guest: the bbc was the first real broadcaster in the 91 to in london.he 1920's the bbc has grown. we are the main domestic broadcaster in the united kingdom. we have dozens of national, regional, and local stations. we have a number of television stations in the united kingdom. during the time of the british empire, radio and reached out around the world. anyone who has seen "the kings speech"will remember how the king spoke to the empire via the bbc. it is a global media organization. we reach out all over the world. it is exciting for my colleagues that it feels to us there was never more need for the kind of objective reporting we try to offer. host: some of the details about bbc world news television. it is 24-hour news and information channel owned and operated by bbc world news. you can access it in over 200 countries. it has more than 70 bureaus. how much of your news is about what is happening in the united kingdom versus around the world? guest: that is a good question. bbc world news america has a catch phrase which i think captures it. they see themselves as bringing the

bbc world news." i'm george al guya. the headlines. >> "bbc news" -- >> a "bbc news" bulletin has been broadcast from bush house for the last time after more than 70 years. thousands of british troops are on standby for the olympics amid worries not enough private military staff will be trained on time. staying with that story, the british government is calling up 3 1/2 thousand pill taxpayer personnel because they have failed to provide enough security staff for olympic venues. speaking in parliament, the secretary explained how the problem with the g4s private contractor had arisen. >> concerns had arisen about the ability of g4s to deliver the required number of guards to all olympic venues and within the time scale needed. we have been constantly monitoring the situation for many months and in consultation with g4s we agree it would be pruden't to provide additional military support. therefore requesting additional m.o.d. support and authorized has been 3,500 military personnel bringing the total number who are supportin

so was the voice of america and the bbc. i am wondering if the chinese coming on the scene would be of any kind of -- would cause these other broadcasters may be on radio or television to may up the coverage including voice of america. you've got religious broadcasters now and you have a radio havana and radey of china, radio beijing and i guess it is and not much else. all the other was are shutting down curren. i'm wondering if the chinese getting heavily into broadcasting would bring back something on radio as well as television. guest: you raise a good point. us thaten't many of still listen to shortwave. you are right that many of the short wave radio players have left the scene. the old radio peking that we use to call it that we listen to when i was young and is now chant -- china and britain international and they have a larger presence around the world including domestic broadcast frequencies and the u.s. there has been a purposeful effort to dispel cri in markets in the u.s.. i believe secretary clinton and others h

went across the whole country, and there was bbc broadcast all over europe. but it is true that not as many people knew about it. for the opening ceremony, they actually had to give away tickets the day before to nurses and schoolchildren to fill wembley stadium to its 80,000 capacity. but once it began, everybody was absolutely thrilled. it was the first time since the second world war ended 59 nations came together in peace just to have fun and enjoy themselves. and they weren't quite so competitive about how many medals can we get. >> well, they were genuine amateurs, weren't they? i do want you to bring in that prop. i can't resist it. it looks fascinating. am i right in thinking it's a torch from way back, or what exactly is it? tell me about it. >> well, this is a genuine replica of the 1948 torch. it's the same shape, though the top's made from a baked bean can and the bottom is a brook stidge, and a corn flake packet with a health and safety flame, which my grandson helped me make. the difference between now and then with the torch relay is they really

the fighting in syria gets closer to the capital, just as a key defector told the bbc the a saudi regime will not hesitate to use chemical weapons -- the assad regime will not hesitate to use chemical weapons if things get worse. we go to the coast of honduras, where cocaine has become the country's curse. and running for gold. how an olympian overcame the odds to compete for america. >> when i look at where i came from, i have to pinch myself. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and also around the globe. tonight, the fighting in syria appears to be moving closer to the center of the capital, damascus. over the past couple days, clashes between government forces and rebel fighters have taken place in the southern suburbs of the city. now, even more worrying, syria's for ambassador to iraq, who defected last week, said that forces loyal to president saleh saad will not hesitate to use chemical weapons. -- syria's former ambassador to iraq, who defected last week, said that forces loyal to president assad will not hesitate to use chemical weapons. >> international diplomacy is str

>> lets broaden the worlds energy mix. lets go. >> and now, bbc world news. >> 200 feared demead syria in what could be one of the bloodiest episodes. a massacre in hamah province. again the government says it's rebels. >> when -- stands ready to go in and seek verification of facts. if and when there is a credible cease-fire. >> hello and welcome to gmt with me. also coming up in this program, at least 19 killed in south africa after a train hit a truck carrying farm workers at a rail way crossing. we have the latest. and here in the u.k., unauthorized aircraft could be subject to lethal force as part of the olympic security. it's midday here in london. 7:00 a.m. in washington and 2:00 p.m. in syria where the government and rebels are accusing each other of one of the worst massacres of the conflict so far. opposition supporters say government forces carried out heavy bombardment in an area situated in a province and claim up to 200 people have been killed. we should warn you, there are some graphic images in this report. >> among the very few im

on -- bbc team on the border. still ahead -- we take a look back at the olympics where engineers shared the glory with the athletes. that is in our next olympic postcard. nasa says its satellites record of what it calls unprecedented surface melting in green land. they did not know whether this is a rare natural event or due to global morning -- they do not know whether this is a rare natural event or due to global warming. >> of this dramatic footage of a glacier collapsing in green land two weeks ago. the owner of the boat managed to escape just-in-time from the huge waves it produced. scientists believe this collapse is a sign of a much bigger problem very nasa says its satellites have recorded what it called unprecedented surface melting. these images show the surface ice on july 8, but only four days later, something extraordinary happened. almost all of it melted, exposing -- 97% of green land was affected. usually about this time of year, about 40% of the ice experience is melting. even greenland because a

but the bbc says there were two problems. one, the likes almost always came from far away, like the philippines. that makes no sense. why would a huge number of filipinos like a store in great britain they've never been to, a store that doesn't even exist? the bbc did some digging into its new fans, its bagel customers, and found many had clicked thousands of likes in the past and had suspicious profiles. that's the second problem. they may not be real people. the conclusion here is that facebook ads may not be attracting the fans that the company hopes it is and that likes may not be as valuable as the company thinks. back to you. >> very good insight. thank you, scott. >>> an east bay city is shining the light on foreclosure within its community. the city of richmond will offer a bus tour today to give people a glimpse of how bad some neighborhoods have been hit by the foreclosure crisis. city leaders say the tour is to send a message to big banks to fix the hundreds of abandoned properties that are causing neighborhood blig

the year. this is gmt from "bbc world news." bulgarian authorities released video footage of the man suspected of being a suicide bomber who attacked a bus carrying israeli tourists yesterday. at least seven people including him were killed. continue street fighting in damascus as the un had observer warns that the country is not on track for peace. now business news. suzuki in india. >> taking industrial action to a new level. talking about the top indian carmaker. it is majority-owned by japan's suzuki motors. it shut down one of its car making plans because of a riot that ended up killing the head of human-resources at the company. >> it was a disciplinary action. >> it was a labor dispute. 50 top senior members of the company went to the hospital. we have seen disputes between management and workers at this company before. nothing at this level of violence. it led to a 33-day strike would cost the company 30% of its profits. it cost the company $500 million. what investors don't like our images like these. that is what they'r

the world's energy mix. let's go. >> and now, "bbc world news." >> it this is "bbc world news america." syrian rebel forces claim key advances against the the government while the u.s. blasts china and russia for vetoing a u.n. resolution. >> of the security council has failed utterly. in its most important task on its agenda this year. this is another dark day in turtle bay. >> the suicide bomber it targeted a bulgarian bus full of israeli tourists. a video emerges the day after the deadly attack. he has overcome the odds after emigrating from cuba, now this u.s. gymnast is hoping to power his way onto the podium in the london olympics. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. tonight, there are fast-moving developments on the ground in syria while the united nations veto has drawn a harsh rebuke from a western powers prefers fighting continues in damascus the day after the attack which killed three of the president's inner circle. rebels say they are in control of key border crossings. >> syrian rebels seize one of the crossings into turkey, dismantling the portra

at the bbc was withdrawing slowly from south america. i had a conversation with the cctv news lima, peru correspondent, who was here in washington. he said, you could simply not good stories about perot on the air at the bbc. now, he is on several times a week with long-form stories once a month on a "americas now." that is a sunday night latin america-focused programs. last week, we ran on a -- we ran a fascinating story that has a local application about a man named alan gross who is being held by cuban authorities. on the other hand, the holding here in america of what are called the cuban five, five individuals who were charged in miami with espionage and were being held here. he -- the issue is interesting and yet underreported by the established media. the attempt here is to have a situation where a lot of stories that do not get reported on cnn and fox news are reported on a channel like cctv news. at the same time, there is an effort to increase the presence of this channel in the american marketplace. host: elaine, democrats line

applicants have described the chaotic process. one told bbc that even after being trained for months, he was not being used. >> i have been told many times that i would have a job at the olympics, and then two or three days later, a call them up and ask what is happening, and they do not know. >> in a statement, g4s, whose contract includes financial penalties, said they had encountered delays in progressing applicants through the final stages, but they are working extremely hard to process these as quickly as possible. >> some of the troops who have been deployed had just returned from afghanistan. others will have to count for holiday. >> i was down there a week ago, and many see it as a great national event and what to do the right thing in order to ensure our security. >> today, another sign of a security operation unprecedented in peacetime. officials are adamant that this will not compromise security, but it will not prevent questions being asked about this embarrassing last minute call-up. >> for more on the security concerns heading in

joining me from beijing is the bbc's martin patien. nce. social networking seemed to play a key part in this protests. >> is certainly played a key part in the fact that we know about it. we've seen hundreds of these types of incidents across the country. i think what is significant about this protest was the scale of it. hong kong media is reporting that tens of thousands of people attended this protest. the reason they were protesting was against the construction of a plant. they were against the pollution. this is not the first time we've seen protests with regard to an environmental concern. >> it is not clear to me, martin, whether this plan will be shelved for good, or whether it is just a delay. what is the actual truth? >> more local officials are saying that the halting of the construction -- they are going to set up a work group which will consult with locals. there's a lot of bad blood. we were speaking with one woman who said riot police were beating the protesters. according to authorities, at least 13 demonstrators were injured

the next story is a lead it to the games. bbc presenters have been tasked with trying out some of the sports. my colleague starts things off with a ride down the rapids. wrecks all olympic sports are difficult. some are daunting -- >> all of the exports are difficult. some are daunting too. he is in the canoe slalom. if you think preparing for the 2012 games are difficult, now he has got to get me through this course in one piece. ♪ >> do i get one of these as well? >> not today. we will be using this over here. all you need to know is to paddle when i tell you. >> what if we capsize? >> we are going to be swimming. i have not been swimming since i was 12 years old. ♪ >> he is heading down to the finish line. ♪ you know what they say. if that first you do not succeed, try again. we just about made it that time. [unintelligible] thank you. >> i finished it. [rushing water] >> they say presenting the news can sometimes find you in deep water, but never like that. all this week, we will show you what other presenters do when they tr

survivors have told the bbc that many people were trapped inside the ferry, though there was only one exit. in yemen, a food crisis has gripped the country. it's so severe that a million children could die. that's the word from oxfam who has launched an urgent appe for aid. the country is in the middle of its hunger season before the next harvest in october and this part of ramadan is pushing up prices. we have this report. >> this is the sound of hunger. the children are crying out for food. in this one village, we found dozens of chronically mom rich kids. some children have already died. watching her eight-month old suffer is agony. >> i'm really scared. i will die if he dies. i am sick with worry. makes me so sad to see my son in pain. >> this is typical of so many of the kids we have seen. he has absolutely no body fat on him at all. they just don't have enough food to keep the children healthy and in some cases [inaudible] this country has always been poor, a toxic combinations of turmoil and violence have swept across the land. the lines of a quarter million children -- the liv

>> they were speaking to the bbc. back here in the u.s. today, busy celebrating the fourth of july in america, and mitt romney took part in a local parade, while president obama delivered remarks at a naturalization ceremony. and while this marks the day of american independence, the state of the economy leaves little to celebrate. stockton, california, became the largest city in the united states to declare bankruptcy. we have a report. say can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ >> at the california race track, is the liberation of american's strong sense of self. but with the pages and, in this election year, some argue the president has increased decline. others more generally worry about their country's place in the world. >> i think it is going in the toilet is where it is going. >> why is that? >> why is that? >> people do not cherish what we have here. they do not cherish it. >> i think we are slowly dropping. i think we have lost our edge. i think we need to get back to being a dominant force. >> everything is a ok, okey- dokey, g

filmed by the bbc in 2009, mr. cormick claimed these cards are the key to how the device works, and they can detect everything from explosives to dollar bills and ivory. >> in ideal conditions you can be up to con kilometer away. >> a kilometer? so this card will help this device spot explosives a kilometer away? >> under ideal conditions, correct. >> after a string of deadly bombs in baghdad, we began investigating the device which he said he has sold to some 20 countries around the world. in early 2010 we managed to obtain a set of his special cards and brought them to cambridge university's computer laboratory to analyze them for us. >> nothing to program in these cards. there is no memory, no micro controller. these are shop theft prevention cards. >> nothing there to detect t.n.t.? >> absolutely not. >> we told the the results of our investigation, and it immediately banned export to iraq and afghanistan. now after a long and complex vesks, jim has been charged. >> he will face six charges under the fraud act o

. >> this was very much a new thing, but a lot of people compare it to the bbc. >> not really. didn't start reading about john until after people started making the comparisons. i knew what he did. you know, who hasn't? >> explain what he did and do you do see the similarities? >> there are similarities. what he used to do, he used to take a lot of time. obviously, the sessions at the studio at the bbc, but then he had a studio at his homeo where he'll kind of invite his favori favorite bands to do a couple of day sessions. these are essentially the length of ours. four or five songs that, you know, they would take a long time to do. it was more like making a record. but the spirit of it, the kind of, you know, this is what happened that day sort of essence of it is, you know, essentially what we try to capture every day. >> do you think the internet is good for indie artists? hasn't been that good for the large record labels? >> i think it's an incredible thing. you know, we talk about it a lot. in interviews and things like that, people ask how i see the music industry. you kn

and let's cross live now to tower bridge and speak to the bbc's jane hill. jane, i know that you have a sense of anticipation because you are actually where the action is going to unfold a little bit later on. tell me what's going to happen? >> in a few hours from now, steven, yes it is very exciting. we're better perhaps for the olympic flame to spend its first night in the host city than here at the tower of london. part of this dating back to william the conquer of course. as you say, on friday evening the flame will arrive in a helicopter across tower bridge where you see those wonderful olympic symbols hanging there as they have been for the last few weeks. it's a very exciting day and truly beginning of the torch relay throughout the capitol, throughout the host city. let's talk to two men keenly involved in everything that we are witnessing here. steve sullivan is with me, who's the deputy chief of the crown jewels no less. and colin stanford from the london chamber of commerce. welcome to "bbc news." how fitting that the olympic flame will be kept ver

you've been watching london live from the bbc. a reminder of the main news. a huge power failure in northern india has badly disrupted the transport network. the power cuts affected large parts of northern india. officials say electricity supplies in the capital, delhi, have now been mostly restored. we are now going to take a break. stay with "bbc world news."

our partners at the bbc reporting from the heart of the city and our reporter has that for us tonight. >> reporter: there's a sense here aleppo city. neither side can afford to lose. what's at take here is nothing less than the survival of the regime of the bashar al assad and possibly the impact for the next few months for the revolution of the free syrian army. you have two sides essentially getting ammunition, getting weapons and getting men into play. there are 2.5 million people living in the city and people expect it could be a blood bath. >> both sides are digging in and people are expecting that in the next 24 to 48 hours the battle will commence. >> the bbc's ian for that. back here at home investigators are poring other that notebook believed to be that of james home. the accused gunman in the movie theater shooting. abc's dan harris tells us, experts tell us that they are tauchb hallmark of mass murders. >> reporter: tonight law enforcement officials are analyzing the notebook believed to be from the suspect james holmes. discovered in the mailroom at the university of colo

our partners at the bbc have been reporting from the heart of the city. and ian pannell has our report tonight. >> there's a real sense that we're at the 11th hour in aleppo city. neither side can afford to lose. what's at stake here is nothing less than the survival of the regime of the president bashar al assad and possibly the impact for the next few months for the revolution of the free syrian army. you have two sides essentially getting ammunition, getting weapons and men into place. there are 2.5 million people living in the city. and people expect it could be a blood bath. both sides are digging in and people are expecting that in the next 24 to 48 hours the battle will commence. >> the bbc's ian in syria. thank you for that. >>> back here at home, investigators are poring over that notebook believed to be that of james holmes. the accused gunman in that movie theater shooting. what could be a road map to a massacre and abc's dan harris tells us, experts now say detailed written plans are often a hallmark of mass murders. >> reporter: tonight law e

the bbc reports. >> seven years of planning -- now the world is arriving. >> you're going to want to grab food here after you dropped your bags. >> americans, italian, spanish, and more, bringing their dreams of olympic glory and their checked baggage. how has the jury, and most importantly, the arrival at heathrow -- has the journey, and importantly, the arrival at heathrow gone? >> very good. >> the g4s security staff did not also up. police stepped in instead. the cost is 30,000 pounds per day. >> the police officers -- we cannot not turn up for work. the people in group 4 who have presidedver this debacle should have -- should hang their heads in shame. >> they have a bid to computer and management problems -- they have admitted to computer and management problems. now they admit many of the people they have hired are not turning up for work. the home secretary called to the commons again today -- she rejected the accusation that the government knew this was coming, despite having examined the security plans closely. >> when we came into office, we did an immediate security audit

but, the bbc says there were two problems with this. one t likes almost always came from far away like the philippines which made no sense to them. why would huge numbers of filipinos like a store in great britain. let me remind you this is a store that doesn't exist. the bbc did more digging into its new fans, fans it paid for these bagel customers. found many of them clicked thousands of likes on pages and had suspicious profiles like a man born in 1997 who claimed to be an executive. i'll do the math f. that person exists at all, he's 15 years old. wall street unnerved by news that the largest bank in america lost billions more than they first thought on bad trades. 4.4 billion in the first quarter. you add it to the latest, the losses in the recent quarter you're to almost $6 billion. i told you about that yahoo! hack. you may have heard warnings that pass words were divulged. gmail and other services weren't hacked. i want to call your attentiontha subtle point. some use their e-mail to log into other services like yahoo!. if you us

the bbc had a second problem. it did digging. l customers found many of the people clicked thousands of times and had suspicious profiles like a man born in 97 who claimed to be an executive at chevron. i'll do the math. that person if he exists is 15 years old. speaking of shaky numbers, jpmorgan chase restated its earnings. it now says that $2 billion loss is a $4.4 billion loss and it's not so sure about other trades. it erased a half billion off of its profits. the company says it still made $5 billion in profits but one expects the bank to get the numbers right the first time. not a confidence builder. let's bring in sima mody. >> we're getting more details as they come out. jamie dimon is having a conference call with analysts to discuss more around the losses. we'll keep you updated as they come on. jpmorgan said it would restate its results and reflecting recently discovered information that raises questions and suggests certain individuals may have been seeking to avoid showing the full amount of the losses in the portfol

the bbc has been following it on its journey around the country. >> the twists and turns of this nation wide journey are virtually complete. the olympic flame leaving dry land to follow the occurrence which once followed henry viii to his capital. four-time gold medalist danced his way to the rolling barge and the fiery cauldron in her about. olympians spanning more than six decades, including michael a page and paul berger, both in their 90's, who wrote in the 1948 games. behind her gathered dozens of rolling skiffs, some dating back to the 1900's. the early risers adding their voices to be millions who cheered the flames passing. in all, 90 votes representing the times rowing tradition would take part. the flotilla shepherded through by michael knight, the man who preceded over a somewhat larger event on a soggy sunday last month. >> to be part of this, carrying the flame back into london, to go into the stadium tonight. it is just fantastic. >> on the boat race course, young rowers joined the procession. communities lined the water's edge to urge them on. to central london's urban la

the world's energy mix. let's go. >> and now, "bbc world news." >> hello and welcome to "bbc world news." i am george alagiah. top officials arrived in london four days before the opening ceremony. the ioc president says he will not be playing the blame game regarding security. deadly attacks across iraq. reports of continued fighting in as assadecond city orders efforts to be redoubled. >> just to take a look at this -- four days to go until the opening ceremony. on friday, the athletes will gather in this stadium behind me and the world's biggest sporting event will begin. it has been a wet summer so far in britain. the forecast is pretty good. the transformation of this part of east london, in fact one of the poorest in the country, is extraordinary. not all the venues are here, but many of them are. the aquatics center, the basketball arena, all ready for just over two weeks of action. let's show you a live shot from the olympic park. as i just said, right behind me is the olympic stadium. that is where bolt, among others, will be defending his record. let's go to central london and ta

we'll be looking at all the past olympic games if our postcard series here on "bbc world news." oners have long complained their city is the hard toast get around with in the western world with public transport bursting a the seams during rourke. -- roush. the olympic lanes are unlikely to help and extra tourists will place more strains on the buses, tubes, and trains. will the city grind to a hat over the next few weeks? i'm joined by mark who is in charge of the olympics transportation and that's for the organization transport for london. >> good afternoon. >> what about this? is london going to grind to a hat? >> it's not going to grind to a hat but it will be much, michigan busier than normal. we're expecting an additional one million people on some of the busiest days undertaking three million trips. public transport is going to be very busy in certain locations and in certain times and the roads are going to be very busy. we need to put in place the olympic route network to make sure the game's family to and from their venues on time. >> i love you say game's family, you ge

this comes as the bbc find firsthand evidence of torture and illegal detention. it is from there that we have received this report. >> some things in the new libya have a depressingly familiar feel. tribal elders have gathered to mourn the death of a man who has been tortured, not by his henchman, but by a rival tribe. >> looked, it says he was beaten. his hands and feet were tied before he died. in this -- >> in this conservative society, some people want revenge. tribal allegiances can be more powerful than loyalties to the state, and more than 100 people have been killed in recent fighting. negotiators say that it will not undermine stability. >> there will be one government, one nation. one people. >> libya is due to hold its first nationwide elections at the end of the week. outside of the main cities, it is pretty clear who rules the streets. this is the wild west. >> across libya there is a lack of central government control. real authority appears to still live with armed militias and men with guns. you could argue that with the removal of the colonel, new

the light. those games will always be associated with his extraordinary barefoot run. >> this is "bbc news" live from london, the headlines. china's 16-year-old swimming prodigy ye shiwen denies she's used performance-enhancing drugs after an american coach calls her gold medal swim impossible. the electricity grid in india failed for a second day running, leaving 600 million people without power across the north and east of the country. now in syria, a battle to control the strategic city of aleppo is continuing. sources are reported to be bombarded the area. activists say more than 25 people died in aleppo on monday. joining me from beirut is our correspondent jim muir. i gave just a couple of details there. could you bring us up to date with the latest? >> well, conflicting claims by government and rebels as to the state of an area which is on the southwest side of the city. it's a very important place for the rebels because they've made a stronghold there. it's quite a packed area. now the government is saying that it is pursuing the remnants of armed groups there and inflicting heavy lots o

the bbc has more on this most unusual rao. >> it feels like an escape from everything. this is the story of government, red tape, and a very unlikely battle. it is time for vespas at the benedictine monk chapel, contemplating their very unusual run-in with the law. >> we sold our first casket and then received a cease and desist -- cease and desist letter, saying we were in violation of a state law. >> here is the scene of the crime, a simple workshop where they produce elegant caskets. nothing fancy. these days you can buy coffins online, but these monks say they are answering a call it -- a calling. >> they have very many in their own coffins. after hurricane katrina blew away their factory trees, they needed to find other ways to pay the bills. they had the skills and there was no problem with the market. >> there are 30,000 deaths per year in louisiana. >> for those who control the business in louisiana, they do not care for the competition and feel that state law, which says only licensed funeral directors and sell them, the losses on their side. >> lawyers say that

however hard the regime tries, this crisis is not going away. bbc news, beirut. >> police in pakistan have exchanged gunfire with gunman who attacked an office of the security forces intelligence agency. the attackers took several hostages and killed at least one officer. the pakistani taliban have said they are responsible for the attacks that took place near the militant stronghold of north waziristan. u.s. secretary of state clinton has been briefing the israeli president and other top officials on her talks with the newly elected president of egypt. egyptian leaders have assured mrs. clinton they will abide by a peace deal with israel. save the children has issued a new warning about the growing crisis in sudan. a thousand children are arriving every day in crowded refugee camps in south sudan, currently flooded due to heavy seasonal rains. relatives of 25 palestinian prisoners from gaza will be allowed to visit them in israeli jails today for the first time in five years. israel agreed to the move in may as part of a deal to end the mass thunde

. >> next, the bbc review of the factions in parliament so far this year. after that, of mitt romney in jerusalem. then, the 2012 presidential campaign. tomorrow on "washington journal ," the week ahead for congress. a kaiser health news correspondent has details on a recent survey that shows 13 states cutting medicaid, to save money by reducing benefits, tightening eligibility requirements, or paying less to health requirements. and richard williams discusses the role of the food and drug administration in insuring the safety of domestic and foreign food. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> the internet brings radical transparency to almost everything it touches. privacy becomes an artificial construct. it is created by laws and institutions and enforcement. >> until a few weeks ago, he under sought -- oversaw the process of expanding the number of internet domains worldwide for the corporation for assigned names and numbers. on the communicators, at 8:00 eastern. >> the house of commons is in recess. they will return september 3. we will tak

this is not just a battle for the land of syria but for its soul, too. >> you are watching "bbc world news america" still to come to -- a fencer comes by to share his olympic experience. the rome olympics which took place over half a century ago had some amazing moments. muhammed ali won boxing gold. over the past few weeks, we have been looking back at previous games and in today's post card, allen johnson remembers the ethiopian who went for his greatest achievement at the 1960 olympics. >> when the modern olympics came here, they played themselves out in an ancient setting. in those games, the best for members was the marathon which finished in the shadow of the coliseum. among those lining up at the start was a small, unknown ethiopian. the remarkable thing about him was the fact that he had no shoes on. he was going to run the olympic marathon and bare feet. this was -- and he was about to show the world what he could do shoes or no shoes. there was some symbolic edge with with was going to happen. back in the days of the dictator, the italian troops had occupied ethiopia. here i

only the victims are blameless here, and there will be more of them. bbc news, in aleppo city. >> syria is just one of the many topics that have become fodder on the campaign trail in the u.s. this has offered a glimpse into how president obama and mitt romney would approach the world beyond the american shores. both candidates have spoken to veterans of foreign wars in recent days, and mitt romney's said this about his opponent. >> it is simple. if you do not want america to be the strongest nation on earth, i am not your president, but with his cuts to the military, you have that president today. the 21st century can and must be a 21st century. terror, war, economic calamity. it is our need to steer it into the path of peace and prosperity. >> republican mitt romney there, and just yesterday, president obama was before the same group making his case by listing the accomplishments of his administration. >> we have worked with our allies to take out more al qaeda leaders at any time since 2011, and thanks to our forces, osama bin laden will never hurt us a

this is not just a battle for the land of syria but for its soul, too. >> you are watching "bbc world news america" still to come to -- a fencer comes by to share his olympic experience. the rome olympics which took place over half a century ago had some amazing moments. muhammed ali won boxing gold. over the past few weeks, we have been looking back at previous games and in today's post card, allen johnson remembers the ethiopian who went for his greatest achievement at the 1960 olympics. >> when the modern olympics came here, they played themselves out in an ancient setting. in those games, the best for members was the marathon which finished in the shadow of the coliseum. among those lining up at the start was a small, unknown ethiopian. the remarkable thing about him was the fact that he had no shoes on. he was going to run the olympic marathon and bare feet. this was -- and he was about to show the world what he could do shoes or no shoes. there was some symbolic edge with with was going to happen. back in the days of the dictator, the italian troops had occupied ethiopia. here i