(sydney pollack) when i grew up love stories were dependent upon obstacles. love stories were dependent upon non-overcomeable obstacles. inside of us we both know you belong with victor. if that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him you'll regret it. maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life. what about us? we'll always have paris. we ... we'd lost it until you came to casablanca. we got it back last night. i don't remember a great love story in which the two people got together. the love stories i always remember were always tragic love stories. here's looking at you, kid. (sydney pollack) most of the films i've done have been unhappy love stories of one form or another. (sydney pollack) there is satisfying sadness just as pleasurable to feel as the sort of humorous, giddy laughter of a comedy or a happy ending film. see ya, hubble. i can't make a comparison between old films and this film but in feeling, it was a film that was strongly influenced by those older love stories. i come out of the narrative tradition t

people in sydney are contending with some vicious temperatures. temperature on the display shows above 40 degrees celsius. it is extremely hot in sydney. there are many wildfires throughout australia. most people in eastern australia experienced temperatures above the 40-degree benchmark. the high in sydney reached 42.3 degrees later in the afternoon. is there anything that you are aware of when it's very hot? >> drink a lot of water and stay out of the sun. >> reporter: the searing heat and dry air triggered wildfires in the southern state of tasmania. the flames are still flaring, and officials are trying to reach people who may be trapped. but the fires have spread to eastern australia. more than 100 have been reported, mainly in the state of new south wales. searing temperatures and strong winds are making it difficult for firefighters to put out the flames. >> there was an expectation, a hope, that something would abate these weather conditions as it moves across new south wales. the fact is that it is not. >> reporter: a firefighter was burn

in sydney, the heat causes problems. zoo animals given blocks of ice. swimming pools are popular in the suburbs and for some office workers in the center of the city. whether the forecast on wednesday will bring relief to sydney, it will not put out the fires in the rural areas. it is expected the flames will go on for details. new south wales as never faced conditions more likely to produce wildfires, but nor have the people who live here ever been as prepared as they are now for them. the hope is that proves enough. andrew thomas, al jazeera. >> church leaders in venezuela are mourning the country's stability is at risk because of the president's absence. hugo chavez has been in cuba since early december for cancer treatment. church leaders support the opposition view that the presidential inauguration must take place on january 10 or the constitution will be violated. >> it is clear in the text of the constitution that on the 10th of january, the term of the current president expires and a new one begins, for which hugo chavez was reelected. the octo

find out why this well-dressed gilt ended up in court in sydney. the head of the united nations has said that they should not participate in mali. they are concerned that it might staff across the region in -- at risk of reprisals. >> a burned out truck, apparently the result of french firepower, germany is now back in government hands. very happy, the population is very happy the we have been freed from hazard. >> more than 2000 french troops are in mali. the entire operation has been planned and executed extremely quickly. france and their leading counter-terrorism judge, investigating counter terrorist groups in north africa, said the mission started as an emergency response. >> imagine all of these islamist groups. >> the head of the united nations has praised the french military intervention, but said the u.n. itself must keep out of the conflict. >> we have also praised our civilian personnel in the region. >> molly has now received more international attention than it has in decades. but there are no quick fixes to its problems. ♪ >> the top

what is going on in sydney harbour? the president of the central african republic, francois bozize, has sacked his ministers on failing to stop the rebel fighting. he says he is willing negotiate. troops from neighboring countries are helping to maintain peace. >> holding the line, soldiers from an african multinational force barred a buffer zone near the capital of -- force hold a buffer zone near the capital of bangui. >> if the rebels decide to approach, they know they will encounter a force that will react. we are no longer uniquely in the area of persuasion. we are now in the area of an intervention. >> people living in this former french colony have enjoyed -- many have had enough. >> we are really tired of all these problems. everybody here has gone into the bush, even our wives. our children are in the bush. our hospitals are not working. nothing. there is nothing, just suffering. the other rebels accused president francois bozize of reneging on that peace deal. he has also offered significant concessions. immed

to australia, the always impressive fireworks display on the sydney harbor. have been to australia on new year's eve. >> it is beautiful. seen a bad picture sydney harbor. >> we have a nice night tonight. was really cold. we are warming things up just a little bit. 39 degrees at reagan national. windchill factor, not bad, mid- 30's. temperature today, 41 degrees. look how cold it can get on this date, to 13 below back in 1880. 34 degrees as we move on to 38 degrees.ow our final stop is wtop radio, 40 degrees. temperatures have not changed a lot of the past few hours. dulles. quantico looking at 44 degrees. the cold there is off to the of us.nd west is at 2 degrees. this colder air is going to move our way over the next couple of days. mid-30's for daytime highs. that is going to be some of the coldest air we have seen all season long. satellites and radar, clouds us for the day tomorrow. bring us thewill wednesday.on futurecast looks like this. temperatures will rebound tomorrow, 38, 39 degrees. nothing that is going to accumulate. cloudy and cold, upper 20's

novela de lance amstrong que aceptaria en entrevista culpabilidad el coo le quitaria medallas de sydneydel centro , falcao que marca el primero al 11 más adelante la oportunidad de felipe que aparece con el dos a cero así atlético de madrid sigue adelante . >> ahora vamos con noe hernández que recibe homenaje por medalla en sydney 2000 y que murió por impacto de bala que ayer sufrió paro cardiaco . >> bueno aquí están las reacciones de la gente , que dicen que deja un legado para lo que son los jóvenes, sobre todo que buscan emularlo que descanse en paz . >> [♪ ♪] . >> gracias alejandro . >> el ex gobernador de california se tomo en serio hasta la vista arnold schwarzenegger regresara a la pantalla hablamos con actores que estarán en una película . >> ill be back , regresa con the last dance . >> [hablando inglés] . >> johny knoxville agrega humor en las persecuciones y explosiones , película muy divertida . >> estan varios latinos, como la hija del puma . >> es

we have a report from sydney. >> the only to evacuate the people was by air.ore than 1000 people were at lifted -- were airlifted. >> we're asking people the main priority is life. listen to emergency service workers and their directions. >> 2000 properties went at least under water. the extreme weather led to more fun than danger. the wind whipped the sea into foam create a large bubble bath. brisbane escaped the worst. some businesses went under. most household look up early dry. the river reached an all-time high. the weather headed down the coast toward sydney. there was no serious damage done. the only thing still wild by tuesday was the sea. >> i will hang around for a bi t. >> floods two years ago killed 35 people and damaged 35 homes and businesses. it hasn't been as bad this year. the worst does appear to be

in this area south of sydney it's all about containment. frip the fire stayed contained. it was compare atiskly cool. the weekend, though, will see temperatures and the winds pick up. the hope is that the volunteers have done enough. >> greece's parliament has approved a new tax bim aimed at raising more money and stamping out tax evasion. the bill introduces a new annual income threshed -- threshold for salaried worker. >> what is really controversial about this bill is it is attempting to raise $3 billion of new revenues. about half will be raised from pensioners. during the year the government is also going to be cutting billions from cutting. that means greet will be receiving less from the central government and giving it more to achieve this year's fiscal adjustment of $15 billion. this also is happening during a year when the ne -- economy is going to recede further by 4.5% and unemployment is already 36% and a third of greeks are at risk of poffertive and social exclusion, so it is already a very tense social and economic situation for many, many greeks. many hous

just about 22% in and around sydney and as this cold front passes already bringing sustained winds of 40 kilometers this hour. as this cold front passes it's going to be stronger gusts and the heat for your tuesday high, sydney 43. going to be another record breaking temperature for this time of the year. all these combined are going to be great recipe for fire danger. we'll keep a close eye on this. out across the asian continent, things are frigid and cold across much of the northern half. let's look at a video coming out from south korea. they have been contending with bitter cold since the end of last year. temperatures have been hovering around minus 20 degrees in the mountainous area. in the north of the country people and animals are suffering from lack of drinkable water as rivers and water pipes have frozen. let o let's pull back and show you the temperatures. you're looking at shanghai at 6 degrees. that's going to be dipping down. tokyo in the double digits at 11:00. moving over to the american continent now. pretty rough across the west. out toward the gulf state this is w

been no good. -- kylie minogue. 7 tons of fireworks filled the air above sydney harbour bridge. this city's style is rather different. john yang has held what for help -- it's believed to be the first public new year celebration in north korea. burma has joined the global party. ♪ >> the end of the year would not be complete without the viral pop hit, "gangnam style" being performed with great enthusiasm. while hong kong celebrate with a virtuous so show over victoria harbor. fireworks lit up moscow's red square. in dubai, they filmed the midnight moment under the world's tallest building. the gulf states is eager to take its place among the world's best known venues for the dawn of the new year. >> no happy new year in syria. the situation is as great as ever. the bodies of 30 people found with signs of torture in a suburb of damascus. the international peace negotiator of syria urged to push for peace talks between the government and rebels. the country could become a failed state ruled by warlords. in iraq, a wave of attacks killed nearly 23 people and injured more than 80 as

sydney harbour, 7 tons of pyrotechnics, at the cost of almost $7 million.-and-a-half million people, spellbound by shells and sky bursts. 13 expensive, priceless minutes of aerial all. fittingly for a trading mitropoulos, shanghai had cosmopolitan extremities'. performed in the style of a red army santa claus with bayonets. another new entrant to the global firework contest was rangoon. the commercial capital burma. small beginnings, perhaps, for a visible sign that after a year of political reform, change is in the air. in to buy the celebrations were anything but small. in a city where ostentation is a way of life, they could claim to have the world's tallest fireworks display. a window table at the restaurant halfway up cost a mere $4,000 per head. it was almost as tough to get into moscow's red square, revelers having to pass through intense security as fireworks exploded behind the cathedral a st. basil. in several european cities the celebrations were more muted than in the past. the only fireworks came from the crowd. the blowout was bigger in the be

andrew thomas, al jazeera, sydney. >> in cuba, music is the heartbeat of the nation. it signifies the past. many young people are using it as a means to a brighter future. we have this report from havana. >> cubans say music is part of their soul. that is why they came all the way to havana to study it. way to havana to study it.

sydney is experiencing the hottest day on record. these are some of the most treacherous conditions that fire crews have faced for years. bbc news, sidney. >> and talking of he, you can read our body parts of the affected by extreme temperatures atoll bbc.com/news. the top stories this hour. the military raid a of the algerian complex continues. dozens of foreign workers are still being held hostage. 18 the islamic militants have now been killed. the cyclist lance armstrong has finally had to using its performance enhancing drugs during all seven of his tour de france winds. -- wins. the artistic director of the bolshoi theater is being treated in in moscow hospital for severe burns to his face after a masked man through asset asim. doctors are now fighting to save the -- who threw acid about him. doctors are now fighting to save his eyesight. the bbc's steve rosenberg has more. he joins me from moscow. an extraordinary story. do we have any idea what lies behind it? >> we do not know for sure. russian police have launched an investi

but take a look at what is happening in sydney. catastrophic fire danger is forecast by the australian bureau of meteorology. that means when that dry brush, if that dry brush catches fire out in rural areas, it could really cause damage to property and also extensive loss of life. so it's going to be an on going story. tuesday is looking hot. we'll keep you update the with the story. into eastern asia, it is going to be very cold here. another cold shock coming from the korean pieninsula and japan. showers moving across southern japanese islands will be heavy at times. heavy rain also down here across the philippines. they've been hit hard the last 24 hours. by midweek, another round of heavy rain making its way through as another low develops and heads to the west. temperaturewise, 11 degrees in tokyo. that's not too bad for this time of year. 1 degree in seoul. minus one in beijing with a very frosty minus 21 for the high. 6 degrees in shanghai. bangkok, 30 degrees and perfect beach weather here. let's go the americas. we're see

sydney, new york, chicago, l.a. all cities with mass transit, fine arts, architecture. near bodies of water, have easy access to transportation. charlie, anything mathematical, logical? i don't know. you guys have all the experience in finding fugitives. don... ...remember how you could never lay off low and outside pitches? what?! sorry, but low and outside, you couldn't stop swinging at those pitches, no matter how many times you missed, no matter how much it hurt your average. charlie, what are you talking about? charlie: everyone has something they like to do, they can't help doing. you can't help but swing at low and outside pitches. what does andric do? what can't he stay away from? remember when we first talked to him, he was listening to opera? said he'd been at the opera the night they found lisa bayle's body. all four cities where he's lived, they have world-class opera companies. hey, you're right. see if there's any major operas in l.a. right now. that's why he sold his credit cards to a drug dealer for almost no money. yeah, to create a false trail, to make

al jazeera, sydney. >> a delegation led by u.s. politician bill richardson is calling on north korea to end missile launches and open the internet. the group, which includes google chairman eric smith toward a state library in penang. the visit has been criticized by the state department, it comes weeks after north korea launched a rocket into space. >> we have been meeting with a variety of foreign affairs officials, internet officials, scientists, political leaders, and of the delegation has have three messages -- first, a moratorium on missile launches and no nuclear tests. secondly, the american detainee, treat him properly, give him proper justice. third, expand the internet, expand sell phones. that is good for the north korean people. >> a thai television channel's decision to cancel a popular soap opera caused an uproar. the show revolves around black magic and corrupt politicians. some people suspect the government is behind the move to pull the final episodes. >> with one episode remaining, it was pulled from air, leaving

>>> dicen que se oye en las playas de sydney... (mÚsica). ♪ ♪.más de 90 millones de visitas para pedir por lo más importante que en este caso es la salud. >>> le deseamos esto en casa- >>> (mÚsica). ♪ ♪. (mÚsica). ♪ ♪. (mÚsica). >>> qué bueno que sigue con nosotros y esto que vemos en philadelphia y espero que tengan un buen 2013. >>> con las celerbaciones quedansaldos fatales también. un hombre armado baleó a 3 personas y ahora buscan al resposnable de la tragedia. >>> cerveza en mano y con música de banda fue enterrada jenni rivera y jaime garcía nos trae imágenes en esclusiva. >>> en el último día del año, se le dio el último adiós a la cantante jenni rivera. >>> qué alegría poder estar aquí en este momento. >>> dentro del cementerio, el sitio fur cubieto por una carpa blanca y lupillo reivera, rodeado de músicos le honraron. >>> más de 6 mil personas celebrarons su vida el 9 de diciembre en nuevo león mev. >>> deja también atrás, un trabajo que realizó apra eliminar las cadenas de abus odoméstico. >>> el ministro jorge arriaza salió a desment

hong kong, sydney, there have been released a beautiful but celebrations.eep you in touch locally. see you at 1130. >> yes, it is the best party. and if you want to avoid the cold on new years -- stay in and enjoy it with us. . the biggest parties and spectacular fireworks. will all be on kron 4's new year's live show. the bay area's favorite way always with kron 4 it is hosted by catherine heenan and gary radnich. kron 4's - new year's live. starts at 11-30 tonight. >> jacqueline: we're also keeping a look on your forecast. we did see some cloud coverage it is racing to the bay area. the satellite and radar is well to the north. it was starting to break apart. this evening. we can see some cooler temperatures. if you're going to be going out. to see fireworks, is going to be put extremely cold so bundle up. the bit warmer in the south because of the cloud coverage. that will be clearing, shortly. and some clouds and patchy clouds but very cold temperatures bundle up. you're going to be able to see those fireworks. >> time now for a look back at what made t

they say it is proved to be as safe and effective as the traditional flu vaccine. 4-year-old sydney ofan jose knows all about the flu. she's just getting over it. the flu vaccine may have p prevented her from getting sick, but because sydney is allergic to eggs, that wasn't an option. that could soon change. the food and drug administration just approved a new egg-free flu shot called flubok. it was tested in clinical trials. >> the response is great. they did just as well with this new type of shot as everybody else did with the typical influenza vaccine. >> reporter: it is made by injecting flu genes into an insect virus and growing it in caterpillar cells. itan be made much more quick ly than the current time consuming meth ol odd of growing it in chicken eggs. that could mean a big pay off to all americans in the event of a flu epidemic. >> we can produce this in large vats, huge amounts of it, and we don't have to worry about is there going to be enough flu vaccine anymore. >> reporter: for sydney and her mother, it may mean no longer playing a game of chance every flu season. whe

centers for disease control scientists are calling this the sydney strain because it first appeared in australia last march. doctors told us this strain does appear to be more severe with patients experiencing more complications. >> the main danger of this is dehydration. and that's what people get hospitalized with is dehydration because they can't keep up with their fluids. there have been more hospitalizations and deaths with this. >> the key symptoms are familiar, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. also extremely contagious. if you've been exposed to it in any way, then you are most probably going to get it. and once you are sick, you can remain contagious for up to three days after you're already feeling better. cdc says over the last four months, 50% of all norovirus cases have been infected with the sydney strain nationwide. in virginia, they have seen six outbreaks, one of them in northern virginia. it can be anything from a couple of cases to hundreds of them. the district hasn't seen any of this strain yet and maryland officials could not confirm any new cases of the sydney stra

sydney is expected to reach 34 degrees on tuesday. as fires break out, we could see it serious damage to property and potentially people. julia gillard was in tasmania. here is a little of what she has to say. >> i have come to tasmania for one purpose, and that is to say the nation is standing with them at this very difficult time. we will be standing with them in every way. i have already met victorians and people from new south wales who have come to work in support of their friends in tasmania as tasmania continues to fight these fires and then move into the recovery phase. >> the indian army is accusing pakistan of breaking the terms of the cease-fire in the disputed region of kashmir. the pakistani army claims one of its soldiers was killed in a cross border raids by the indian army. india said pakistan fired across the border for this. >> it is evident the pakistani army continues to violate the cease-fire agreement. maybe to facilitate infiltration attempts. the attempts of the infiltrators will not succeed. >> security issues

. >> jimmy: i've been to sydney and hamilton island.do. i was too scared and lazy to do it. i don't know -- do you like heights? >> no. >> jimmy: terrifying then, don't do that. the beach is beautiful. there's -- that's it. that's pretty much it. >> everyone is saying i should go to the great barrier reef. >> jimmy: that's where hamilton island is. >> i have ten days and eight of that is travel. it takes a long time to get there. were you jet lagged when you came home? >> jimmy: a little bit. but it's completely different and the first thing i did was flush the toilet and then i was confused was it going backwards i wasn't paying attention at home. >> when you get home you forget which direction anyways. it's like a 16 hour flight. >> jimmy: it's a long flight. >> melbourne and sydney and it's going to be amazing. we're going in march. >> jimmy: i have to say i wish you could hang out and stay a while. >> i know. i feel like i get to hang out with you and it's not long enough. >> jimmy: when you leave i'm sad you've gone. >> i don't wan

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sydney's temperature is expected to be 43 degrees. >> twitter is being taken to court in france to get to hand over the names of people who posted anti-jewish tweets. from paris, we have this report. >> the small paris office only has five permanent staff and relies entirely on donations. the french union of jewish students is preparing to take on one of the giants of the internet. they expect to win. they want them to reveal the names of people who posted anti- semitic tweets so they can be prosecuted for hate crimes. >> the internet has become a forum for racist speech. people are free to say what they want with impunity and we need to stop that. that is why we expect the french legal system. >> it began in october with one or two people. it grew into a wave of hateful messages, becoming the third most popular subject on twitter in france. over the past year, the number of anti-semitic acts in france have doubled. >> the case which would be heard in the high court is possible because of the anti discrepant -- anti-discrimination laws. it is a new territory and it will -- it is new te

. >> sydney putting on a spectacular welcome to 2013. kylie minogue sang the tunes to the display. 7 tons of gunpowder bait. the bridge in light for more than 1 million revelers. along with fireworks, they had a traditional bell ringing ceremony. even north korea accepts they cannot stop the passage of time. they clearly have money to burn in 2013. celebrations may be winding down in asia, berlin is still warming up in anticipation of the midnight hour. the biggest parties will be in front of the brandenburg gate with a 1 million people expected and a lavish pyrotechnic display lighting up the german capital. >> the prime minister of samoa was among the first to welcome in the new year. last year, they catapulted themselves across the international date line by setting their clock 24 hours forward. >> citizens in venezuela are less happy as new year's approaches. they have called off public new year's eve after the government said the cancer stricken president hugo chavez had taken a turn for the worse. >> the streets of caracas were qui

in australia, a seven-ton fire work's display dazzled hundreds of thousands in sydney. with an estimated 1 billion watching on tv worldwide. thousands counted down the new year in shanghai, china. while in tokyo, japan, buddhist mornings rang bells. nato soldiers searching in afghanistan, took time to let loose and dance their way into 2013. nato has more than 1,000 soldiers in afghanistan, including 66,000 u.s. forces. in central florida, these brave souls took an icy dip. the water temperature, a brisk 37 degrees. in the united emirates, the world's tallest build, the berj khalif that. in london, big ben rang out the old and brought in the new. and the tradition continued in the big apple, tens of thousands, crammed into times square to official with welcome 2013. kurt gregory, nbc news. >> how can you top the kiss at the eiffel tower. >>> 400 new laws go in effect. in maryland, same-sex couples have the right to marry. and the wedding ceremonies started just after midnight. california has banned their workers from forcing their workers and job applicants to hand over

for more we're going to sydney, australia where we're joined via "democracy now!"eostream by anna rose, the co-founder and chair of austrian youth climate coalition as well as the author of, "madlands: a journey to change the mind of a climate skeptic." anna rose, welcome to "democracy now!" what is happening in your country, this record shattering heat, it is being described as a dome of heat. your country literally on fire. for people around the world to are not following this, just describe what is happening in australia. >> right now in austria, we're having record-breaking heat waves. there are fires in almost every single australian state and territory. people have been evacuated, some have lost their homes -- lost everything. meteorology is in these are the heat waves that are unprecedented in our history in terms of the direction, a ferocity, and it is expected to continue to get worse. >> anna rose, can you say something about how these fires follow on all that happened in climate terms in 2012 in australia? there were extreme floods, much of queensland wa

the sydney festival. the artist who created the duck says he hopes it will bring people together. i don't know how. people like to look at it. david: they're still upset there. liz: will be docked at harbor. david: tomorrow, big news. the december jobs report. how will that be affected by retail sales and how it affects the market tomorrow. melissa: i'm melissa francis and here's what's "money" tonight. al gore's current tv is no more. al-jazeera is buying the failing network for hundreds of millions of dollars. is it worth it? and will al-jazeera america turn the tv industry right on its head? >>> plus superstorm sandy victims still waiting for help while washington bellies up to fees on a giant pork sandwich. new york congresswoman carolyn maloney joins to us trim the fat on congress's $60 billion bill. >>> a pink slip blitz in the nfl. 1/5 of its coaches fired this week, fired! after getting lavish pay for awful play. who is next on the chopping block? former cincinnati bengal and fox radio host artrel

and caused by the new sydney strain of norovirus and is highly contagious. >>> in washington, hundreds of thousands of anti-abortion activists are expected on national hall for the march for life. nbc's tracie potts is live. tracie, this marks the supreme court's roe v. wade that legalized abortion. are the protests expected to be larger because of that? >> reporter: they are. the second time this week we've seen that on the national mall. it came because of the anniversary, but because of that, organizers moved this protest to friday so as not to conflict. but today, we do expect to see this pro-life march, this huge march, on the national mall. a lot of things have changed, though, in the last 40 years, especially in the last couple of years. there have been more than 150 new laws by states and local legislatures in just the past two years. 19 different states acting just last year to restrict abortion rights. it's one of the reasons why this group says it wants to speak up and try to push for the overturning of roe versus wade. but a brand-new nbc poll shows 7 out of 10 want roe ver

. >> when you think of opera and the great houses of sydney may come to mind. not south africa. the discovery of an opera cd change to the life of a young man. thanks to his love of music and the kindness of strangers, he is gaining the training he only dreamed of. ♪ ♪ >> i found him literally on the street. he was singing with a group of friends. to my amazement, they were singing italian songs. ♪ >> he had the best voice of the group. i talked to him and said, let's work together. you with your voice and i will pray the piano. we started doing gigs at markets and a few italian restaurants. when he was only four years old, his family was abandoned by his father. he left a cd with italian songs. the pavaroti cd made me feel like singing this music because it was my father's cd. i always wanted to be around him, to learn from him, to grow up in front of him. when he said no, do not do that. yes, do this. i never had none of this from him. >> i love you. >> we used to stand right here and we would put our heads here. the tourists would be around here. they would stop us say, you a

their wife doesn't it give you money i say that right so he took off an order from this guy in a sydney i said good think anyone in my sound really i hate watchin. i do what i do so if i can still get to the wall grabbing whatever it is. he's going to do same thing. right then i made a choice in my life what i was going to stick by their stick by us is mean and mean my label them against them meaning much kids so i chose to get them turned around a little bit. and i'm a coach role model proud parent. i'm living. i'm the one who prevented my own self from going to different areas i prevented it because of my mentality and because of what i d. how i dress party or myself if i want to area and i'm dressed in all red i'm looking for problems and i would be looking for problems i'd be looking for the guys in blue eyed a little bit of gaza look at me only look at mean i'm ready to deal with this problem i'm ready so my anger i'm racial by ignorance that i can get just as stupid as you. might want to stop that mentality when i started dressing differently started thinking differently i've incr

. >>> today lance armstrong was stripped from his bronze medal of the 2000 olympic games in sydney. former 7 tour defrance winner expected to admit to taking performance-enhancing drugs. >>> ahead on news edge a group of men meet by chance and bond over a once-in-a-lifetime experience. they are called spa jeans. they are supposed to make you bootylicious. wrangler created denim spa moist rising jeans. they are to keep your legs soft and smooth. jeans come in three options. op price $140. 40. >>> a jury found former d.c. police officer richmond phillips guiltity on all counts of the murder of wynetta wright. >>> ahead of the inauguration the library of congress has president lincoln's bible on display. one of two he'll use as a swearing in ceremony for a second term. >>> president truman used the bibles for his swearing in 1949. his was the first inauguration televised. the men we met today didn't have to watch it on tv. they lived it. here's fox 5's beth parker. h p >> reporter: these three guys have stories to tell. they didn't just witness history they were part of it. >> we were

nbc's sarah james is in sydney. >> reporter: it was a teenage thrill gone terribly wrong.im with a mate in a flooded creek left this 14-year-old boy clutching desperately to a tree. police and firefighters scrambled to reach him before he lost his grip and his life. the aftermath of the cyclone clutching a life vest for the teen. at first, everything went right. the pair bobbed downstream, snagged a tree. while pushing the boy to safety, the rescue worker went under, under the teen, under the water. his only choice is to unhitch his safety cable and hope for the best. anxious moments then relief as he hopped to the surface 100 yards downstream, exhausted but alive. brett williams says it's all part of the job. >> relief and part of our training. >> reporter: one happy ending for australian rescue workers who needed good news facing a foot of rain in one day while in the nation's south and inferno in victoria last week. and a close call of a very different call for these firefighters. in australia, it seems there's too much rain or none at all. and there's more than a month

a letter sent last night they asked the cyclist to return the bronze medal he won in 2000 at the sydney games because of his involvement in doping. armstrong was stripped of all seven of his tour de france titles last month. >>> a hoax played on one of the nation's top college football players. a bizarre story. cbs 5 reporter anne makovec is in the newsroom reporting on the bay area connection to this story, as well. >> reporter: a lot of people talking about this, this morning. a supposed relationship began after a good morning at stanford in 2009. that's your bay area connection. it became an inspiring story for football fans across the country. now as it unravels, it's a bizarre mystery that has a lot of people wondering, who knew what and when? the notre dame linebacker manti te'o said his grandmother and girlfriend died within hours of each other last september and he would keep playing to honor them. it turns out that girlfriend did not exist. here's a picture of the woman who was supposed to be the woman, 22-year-old lennay kekua. he said they carried on a relationship online for

lance armstrong is olympic medalist from the 2000 games in sydney australia: oprah winfrey's cable networkcord armstrong's confession he he has used performance enhancing drugs for years. doping scandal has grown over the past few weeks he has lost sponsors. he he has lost his leadership role at the cancer charity that he founded you. he lost his seven tour de france titles and lost the ability to compete in future events. trace gallagher is live in our west coast newsroom tonight. trace, is the timing here coincidental or not? >> >> well the international olympic committee says is the oprah interview had nothing to do with this or not o. the ioc began talking about stripping lance armstrong of his bronze medal in the middle of last month. first they had to wait until the international cycling union stripped him of his seven tour de france titles and then armstrong had 21 days to appeal that those he never did appeal and now the 21 days are up and his bronze medal is gone. the guy who came in fourth behind armstrong in the 19 of the 2000 sydney olympics will not get that bronze metal in me

so we askkd some what their resolutions are.jenny calagoss / sydney, australia 10:43:58 "i want to be2013" keith stienen / belgium weight"melvin piper //broken arrow, ok 10:49:29 "work out more maybe"maisa marques / brazil 10:51:34 "make better friinds, lose weight, keep & goin to the gym"patricia nevoll / hamilton, gg 10:53:47 "i want to lose 20 ounds" mos "takin everything day by day" - jameer, springfield, ma 10:56:41 "sleep all year"mmria 3 "i'm gonna raauate next yearr so hopefully its gonna be &ppetter" psychologist 3 new year is a great time to hit the reset button on your life and focus on achieving goals you keep putting off. but eewarns not to set your sites too high - make realistic goals. dr woody says: "most resolutions are, typically, vague, lofty, -3 generic and have no teeth. so, instead of making a new year's resooutionn what about making a 'you''plan for 3 yourself to actually pccomplish -3 something.//(12209:03) ecide -3on a destination, make it -&psimple and reasonable and start thhiking bout what are the ttingg i can do to get woodward says when making a - resoluu

now the rainmaker is situated for close to the sydney area. the good news is that the system will pull away from the land. conditions will improve by this afternoon across new south wales. as you can see within the next 48 hours rain will return to the coast of queensland. further flooding landslides will be a return. as for japan precipitation is snow rather than rain. we're seeing snow showers ongoing across the northwest. we have a high pressure system over the continent. we have a high mountain range in the middle of japan. this is why we usually see dry weather across the pacific side and snowy weather across the of japan side. further snow could cause avalanches. now in north america, pacific storm is drifting into the west producing widespread snow showers across the mountains and rain across the coast. we have winter storm warnings and advisories posted here. we have another system spreading frozen precipitation and snow along the west canada border and similar situation is happening in the southern part of ontario, quebec and the nort

. >>> people in sydney were among the first to welcome the new year. the sky erupted in color as the clock hit midnight. >> here we are. whoa! >> more than 10,000 fireworks helped give 2012 a dazzling sendoff. an estimated 1.5 million people gathered near the opera house in harbour bridge to see the celebration. >>> now let's take a look at the extended weather forecast for selected cities around the world. >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. from all of us here at "newsline" have a happy new year.