those countries have urged japan to ratify the hague convention. an accord concluded in 1980 that bans parents from taking children across borders when international marriages break up. 87 countries have signed the convention. the u.s. has taken a particularly hardline stance. >> we are actively engaging foreign governments to go ahead and join the hague convention. >> reporter: japan announced last may that it would join the treaty. it's the only country yet to sign. late last month, a government panel drafted legislation to implement the convention. >> so, why did japan refuse to sign the convention for so long? >> one of the reasons is a gap in the family law system between japan and other countries. like in the u.s., parents can have joint custody of a child. in 1989, our united nations convention of children's rights said it's better for both parents to look after the child. but in japanese law, custody is given to only one parent, and that's typically the mother. why? experts say the idea dates back to the 1960s when the japanese economy start

but seven seats were made in under seven days, the first man was forgiven when he missed the hague, the branch was taken by a dove to a book that was built before a flood, if a rainbow sent out a sign, if someone was told to sacrifice his own son and told to hold up before he was done, then the fish and bread that i just said is all that i've got, is all that i need for me to get fed and for me to feed a whole lot of folks in need because they set me on fire. when they look back, i was chilling. i had to fight like 10 older brothers, and because i had this dream, so they sold me out to a band of bandits and one day was commanded to stop, drop, when i got this fish that i found while fishing around, under water with the daughter of the pharaoh, the child was chosen to force the pharaoh to free his folks from a foreign land, repair everywoman, prepare every man, prepare every child, all you've got is that right in your hand. all i've got is some fish and a few loaves of bread, and a whole lot of folks have got to get fed, but i believe. i believe i can part the sea now and then, and then

in amsterdam, the other modes of transport are so well-organized, it is just like in the hague, a car is more of a new sense that a create a car is more of a nuisance and liability. it is expensive. the other modes of transport are much more convenient. >> ok, mike, you have a question? use the microphone, please. >> separated bike paths in the united states are controversial, and they're slowly catching on. how important is it to have those facilities in place? is it maybe a quarter of importance, 50% of the attraction for people to take their bikes? i'm wondering how important it is. >> i think that you need a cycling infrastructure, both from a statistical point of view and the feeling that people have when they use it. otherwise, we do not think we would have more people cycling if we did not put in more cycling facilities. i think the cycling infrastructure is absolutely necessary. if you want to do

lavrov was speaking with journalist during a trip to the netherlands artie's igor piskun reports from the hague criticised the idea to put together the so-called group of friends of syria which could meet as soon as by the end of february would include several western nations including the u.s. and france some arab countries and representatives of the syrian opposition and said you are better off says if this group will not include representatives of the syrian authorities it would mean the international community is taking a certain side in this internal conflict for syria while russia and china they stand for peaceful dialogue between both sides of this conflict especially with the syrian authorities saying now that they are ready for this dialogue the russian foreign minister also said that right now it's very important to establish who controls these heavily armed militant groups within the syrian opposition and the other issue touched upon by the russian foreign minister is the recent proposal by the arab league to deploy a u.n. peacekeeping contingent into syria and according to the russi

damascus regime that could be used to justify external military action for more on this i'm joined from the hague by our t.s.a. jaeger piskun oh. so sergey lavrov made the comments during his trip to the netherlands can you tell us more about what he said. well our foreign ministers also all criticized the recent proposal needed by the west to put together the so-called group of friends of syria because according to this project such a group would even cooed members and representatives of the syrian opposition and not of the of thought he said which is according to moscow not a productive approach in the situation i said your office said that the international community has all we need quite enough effort to prevent the syrian opposition from having peaceful dialogue in the soon enough thought east while russia stand still for peaceful communication for talks between both sides of this conflict. so you know i was also reminded that the syrian i thought these are really for this dialogue president assad as you can authorize the vice president of syria to talk with the opposition so it's kind of no

. >> the fate is, he stays in the bunker he's in in damascus or knows the fate and is send to the hague, or he knows the fate of gadhafi, and when we say we're going to give him an ultimatum, he said, and then what? that has to be backed by the use of power. we keep finding reasons to abdicate. we find reasons to avoid the moment of reckoning. >> i saw marie colvin's mother. this poor woman. i was thinking about her. how many countless hours and weeks of her life has she spent waiting for her daughter to come home from one dangerous war zone or another, and now she's waiting, hoping her daughter's body will be brought home, and even that is in question. >> it's a terrible tragedy for parents and families. who watch us go to the zones. we put them through terrible hell. usually, they let us do what we have to do because it's really important, and marie made that very, very clear, but can you imagine what she's going through right now, and her brother, her sister, and the family just wanting to get the body out and the injured colleagues in there. across the population of homs and the cit

concessions or other concessions that would lead to him being in the dock whether in damascus or in the hague because he sort of knows how that movie ends. >> right now this particular movie seems destined to end as many movies do in a very bloody battle, shep? >> shepard: jonathan, thank you. the president presidential candidates are getting ready for a string of contests tomorrow and mitt romney could be in for a bit of competition. we will check out what to expect in tomorrow's show downs plus, egypt dealing with brand new instability and protests and accusing americans of causing big trouble. ahead, the plans to put some united states citizens on trial for something that in this country would be encouraged. what washington has to say about that. from the journalists of fox news. from title town. this is the fox report. the next available claims representative will be with you in 97 minutes. [ laughs ] ♪ and if you've got cut rate insurance, there's nothing you can do about this. so get allstate. the only insurance company that guarantees your claim experience won't be mayhem... like me. [

we have to negotiate with russia and china and think about taking the esident to the hague. that needs time but we need to think about something for now r tomorrow to stop the killing of civilians. i think we have to force the president to open up humanitarian corridors. he has to open up the city's. we have to see the reduction in the number of death and a deal to bring humanitarian assistance to the people. thank you. >> thank you. you now have two minutes. >> thank you president. i would like to think that the democracy will give you unanimous support in determining defining the actions of the regime as they repress the people and we must respect for the human dignity in the face of the massacre. the whole international community must keep up pressure on the regime by applying restrictions the killing must stop. that is a non-negotiable point. a democratic will require a period of transition and the minorities. applying more measure to the syri overnment can only be agreed fall countries are going the same direction. and clearly unfortunately that not the case. as well as

. >> the comments came at the same time william hague told the bbc the same thing and tom done lynn finished a three-day visit to jerusalem to meet ahead of a white house meeting between the president and netanyahu, all as oil hit a high in los angeles. >> jennifer griffin in washington, thank you. even though iran's oil embargo is largely symbolic, it's pushing oil prices higher and could send gas prices up as well. they're as high as we've ever seen for this time of year. the current average for a gallon of regular unleaded is $3.57. up more than 12.5% from a year ago and many of the analysts say we could hit record highs this summer. for context and perspective, bob is live with us from houston. bob, the logic is confusing because we're not using so much home heating oil because the winter has been so mild. in addition, demand is down for gasoline. >> it is confusing and people not familiar with global markets can be very confused because, you're right, stocks are at relatively high levels in the states. demand is down. however, oil prices going up because of the expectation of future sho

i note the british foreign secretary william hague reiterated today that all diplomatic pressure would be used to get the arab league plans to hand over power. that has not worked so far, and muir exhortation to the regime has not worked so far -- and mir -- mere exhortation to the regime has not worked so far. so western governments have a choice. do they take them on on their own? do they are the free syrian army? or do they stand by and watch the slaughter continued? >> thank you for watching -- thank you for joining us. now to japan, where a year on after a tsunami and earthquake devastated the country, new details are coming to light. today, the radiation -- today, it has been revealed that the radiation from the fukushima nuclear plant was so serious that authorities considered evacuating tokyo. >> getting ready to face the radiation at fukushima. suits and masks, protection against the contamination. we were being taken to the power station at. the first group of foreign journalists allowed in. through the exclusion zone, 12 miles of overgrown fields, abandoned homes. in the hea

the country. britain also recalled its ambassador. >> this is a doomed regime. there's no way it can recover its credibility internationally or with its own people. >> william hague added the situation is unacceptable and demanded an international response. >>> france, italy and belgium have also recalled their ambassadors. western powers appear to see no point in engaging with@asad. they will likely seek to strengthen opposition forces. russian foreign minister is in syria for a meeting with president asaid. he arrived on tuesday. a crowd of people waving flags gathered. russia side is likely to urge asad to hold dialogue with anti-government forces and promote political reforms. russia has friendly ties with syria and hopes to breakthrough by negotiating directly with the president. first, president, then prime minister. now putin has his sights set on russia's presidency once again. he's running in the election set for march 49. he has served as prime minister for about four now. political ant lists say a putin victory is likely. his popularity is suffering over protests over corruption during his time in office. >> reporter: during a recent rally temperatures

china vetoed united states resolutions to stop the violence in syria and move toward a political transition in damascus. britain's foreign secretary hague spoke to the path of commons about the path forward for syria. >> with permission, mr. speaker, i'll make a statement on syria. the whole house will be appalled by the blood shed and repression which continues at this very moment. over the last 11 months more than 6,000 people have been killed. the syrian regime deployed sniper, tanks, mortars against civilian population centers particularly in the city of homs and dara. thousands of syrians have endured imprisonment, torture and sexual violence including the incidence of adding rape of children. humanitarian situation is deteriorating. it is ununacceptable situation which demands a united national response. last tuesday i attended u.n. security council debate in new york with secretary clinton and french minister and other ministers, we all spoke

the u.k. foreign secretary william hague called for even more sanctions on the country and he said that new efforts for a u.n. resolution on the country will be taken up again in new york later this week. as the e.u. puts the squeeze on the massacres then the syrian people have chosen a path of peaceful reform a new constitution is one massive support in sunday's referendum where there are ninety percent of voters saying yes the changes put forward by president assad are designed to end the ruling party's fifty year monopoly and pave the way for free elections officials say turnout top fifty seven percent while it's still raging in some parts of the country including the flashpoint city of homs where dozens were reported killed over the weekend this is a u.s. led group of nations agreed to step up the pressure on the massacres and provide more assistance to the rebels but political analyst jeremy told the supporting on one side of the conflict he thinks is counterproductive. this group called the so-called friends of syria i don't think that god's intervention by the bulk of syrians the syrian peop

the u.k. foreign secretary william hague called for even more sanctions on the country and he said that new efforts for a u.n. resolution on the country will be taken up again in new york this week. writer a lot of with us from brussels thanks for that update. as the e.u. puts the squeeze on damascus the syrian people expecting the results of saturday's vote on a new constitution there are forms put forward by president assad are designed to end the ruling party's fifty year monopoly on power and pave the way for free elections officials say there was high turnout despite a boycott from the opposition violence though raging in other parts of the country including the flashpoint city of homes where dozens were reported killed saturday rebels say it's a massacre the government insists it's fighting armed terrorists political analyst only are a lot of the shabby things putting pressure on assad is unbalanced and doesn't address the needs of syria. the direction is west. and the what's the plan to remove a president i thought the home office and they don't care at what cost if one wants to be heading t

western leaders you had hillary clinton talking about the travesty of the veto you had this hysterical statement from william hague from from the u.k. the u.k. foreign steps are you saying that the countries that have blood on their hands and this you know when you hear these countries make these historical statements where you hear sarkozy the french president saying you know we're not going to abandon the syrian people you think so who are you to say we're not going to abandon the syrian people who are you to intervene in this conflict which is taking place inside the suffering country i think the response in the west just shows how much they like the metal and interference of a country's business and you just think how can they learn from libya gets haven't they learned from the other countries where they've tried to intervene in istanbul way and have made the situation much much worse as a result of the u.s. says its embassy in damascus has suspended operations and that all personnel have left the country due to the worsening security situation there what do you think this decision might signify and mean for t

the u.k. foreign secretary william hague called for even more sanctions on the country and he said that new efforts for a u.n. resolution on the country will be taken up again in new york later this week to the reporting ahead in the program playing with the u.s. and south korea begin joint military exercises despite threats of missile strikes and retaliation from the north. russia's called on iran to provide assurances to the international community that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only but in return. rights to the regime enrichment must be recognized. to bush it is a school it's very important for world powers to confirm once around answers all the questions raised by the international atomic energy agency on its nuclear program that it will in turn have the right to peaceful uranium enrichment this is the same right exercised by other members of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. when coming after the un's atomic official said they're on able to confirm whether iran has the ability to build nuclear weapons to rahm's criticized for its failure to cooperate with them during two

a number of students and teachers at the cople elementary school in the town of hague in westmorelandounty have come down with the virus. as a precaution, the school will be closed today. virginia health department officials say if your child experiences any symptoms, keep him or her home for at least 48 hours after the symptoms have ended before sending your child back to school. >>> metro is helping george washington university in a cleanup effort to prevent the norovirus from spreading. this week, nearly 100 students have gotten sick. school officials are asking students to wash their hands more often. metro wiped down surfaces at the foggy bottom metro station which services both the g.w. campus and the hospital. >>> a struggling hospital is asking the district for $15 million to try to finance a turnaround. united medical center in southeast d.c. says the cash would help fund new branding and forgive a $6 million loan. the district took over united last year after the previous owners defaulted. many council members have pushed to keep it open because it is the only hospital east

the u.k. foreign secretary william hague that called for even more sanctions on the country and he said that new efforts for a u.n. resolution on the country will be taken up again in new york later this week as the puts the squeeze on damascus the syrian people are expecting the results of saturday's vote on a new constitution reforms put forward by president assad are designed to end the ruling party's fifty year monopoly and pave the way for free elections officials say the high turnout turnout was high despite a boycott from the opposition violence is raging in some parts of the country including the flashpoint city of homes where dozens were reported killed over the weekend meanwhile a u.s. led a group of nations has agreed to step up pressure on the masses and provide more assistance to the rebels but political analyst jeremy solve think supporting. one side of the conflict may be counterproductive. these two friends of syria and then things of god since friends of syria by the bulk of syrians the syrian people i mean they had an agenda which they tried to push through and the simple fact

by alex however many say this song is clearly too much and is just a clever hague's in the meantime the electoral campaign rolls on with more surprises likely along the way. party moscow. they can all make fate of greece still hangs in the violence despite the country's parliament agreeing on sunday tossed orisha plans ordered by the e.u. and i.m.f. the euro group president says asons hasn't fulfilled all the conditions for receiving a second bailout worth one hundred and such a billion euro to prevent it going bust next month the years demanding written assurances from leaders of the two main greek parties that i will stick to the austerity program after elections in april meanwhile the debt ridden bloc has suffered another blow from the ratings agencies moody's has downgraded the six e.u. states including vulnerable portugal italy and spain. and economist our climate at a full thing now is the most indebted euro zone members if ever ready on the table . doing it slowly but surely sort of preparing us the public default is imminent and not to avoid it will be sold to the european commi

he was echoing the sentiment of foreign -- the british foreign secretary william hague who said the same thing to the bbc this weekend. meanwhile, the israelis are taking -- are not taking any chances. they are deploying the iron dome missile shield near tel aviv. they deployed that today. this comes just days after they tested an antiballistic missile test in the mediterranean sea, shepard. >> shepard: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. thank you. the united states and mexico today agreed to work together for drilling for oil and gas in the gulf of mexico. the secretary of state hillary clinton and mexico's foreign minister signed the deal. it stems from an agreement the president made with the mexican president back in 2010. the u.s. and mexico will now share profits and work together to avoid spills and more. >> at a time when we are working hard to both secure energy supplies and shift to more environmentally appropriate means of extracting fossil fuels but also adding immeasurablably to our search for renewable energy, this agreement is a win-win. >> shepard: the united states interi

the past 11 months of blood shed. >> foreign secretary mr. william hague. >> i'm gratful to the honorable gentleman who has referred rightly to the blood shed taking place over the last 24 hours and agreement that exists over the house and international community that this regime in syria has no future and he has spoken, as i have, of the need for comprehensive diplomatic efforts and that he has no criticism of what the government has done so far. i'm obviously grateful for that. to deal with his specific questions, he asked about whether there should be an eu arab league summit. that, indeed, is one of the possibilities for bringing together a wider group of nations so address the crisis. but i think it wouldting that goes beyond the european union and arab league since they are also african nations who have been supportive at the security council, latin american nations as well. so it is probably best to have as inclusive as possible an international gathering and group that goes beyond europe and the arab world. that would be my preference in discussion

the program. britain's foreign secretary william hague supports, instead, further tough diplomacy. >> i think israel like everybody else in the world should be giving a real chance to the approach we've adopted. a very serious economic sanction and diplomatic pressure, and the readiness to negotiate. >> reporter: sanctions lead by the united states are starting to bite. businesses in iran have a hard time getting international financing. and the price of food and essential goods is rising fast. the price of meat say tehran shoppers has doubled in three months. iran is also wrestling with restrictions to its oil sales, restrictions brought about by sanctions. tonight there are signs the pressure may just may be working. even as the wargames got under way, iran's leaders offered to reopen negotiations on their nuclear program. and to meet in tehran with inspectors from the international atomic energy agency tomorrow and tuesday. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> jeff: there was fresh violence in syria this weakened where activists continue their demonstrations against its assad regime. 20 were re

mood claims responsibility for the attack so of course we had william hague just a few days ago in the british media promising that britain would support the free syrian army by any means that they could and of course that means political support financial support and military support and is no coincidence i would say that it seems to be always the french media that breaks the announcements by free syrian army officers claiming responsibility for four attacks of course it was the figure of zero who broke the announcement by free syrian army offices that they were responsible for the killing of the list. and the syrian civilians so this indicates . a very close communication and frequent communication between the french media and the friends and the opposition and then of course just a few days ago as well the video emerged online of israeli official. and a free syrian army officer below where they were talking in much depth about how they could cooperate more closely and then at the same time we are seeing in the media. an increase in accusations of syrian government violence against c

the assad regime, are demanding united nations support. it seeks to strip president assad of power within two months. william hague is one of the key foreign ministers who have come to new york to back arab league ministers. he deliberately stresses that it is the arab world, not the west, leading demand for change. >> we are underlining that thousands of people are dying, that we want a way forward in this crisis, and the arab league are here today presenting a way forward. >> the arab league is urging the security council to unite and endorsed their peace plan. catarrh -- qatar's prime minister says the syrian regime 's only solution is to kill its own people, and says the killing regime is still at work, but russia insists the united nations wants to open the way to outside intervention and threatened to veto the agreement. the wording most council members support condemns the regime's use of what they call gross violations of human rights including murder, sexual violence, and torture, including against children. the resolution also backed arab league demands for president assad to turn over his power within t

the u.k. foreign secretary william hague said today that they will push for a u.n. referendum again in new york some time later this week and france is also calling for support from the international community to prosecute some members of the government of syria for crimes against humanity said this is set to continue. in brussels today. german lawmakers have this monday evening approved a new rescue package for greece despite worries that athens will need even more cash in the future and suggestions from germany's interior minister that it's time that greece left the eurozone altogether the hundred thirty billion euro bailout was agreed in principle last week of tomorrow. tense discussions among the eurozone leaders germany is europe's richest economy has to contribute a majority towards it but is a sense of unease in them that it'll have to keep coughing up cash to prevent a greek debt default in the future it is the second bailout of course in a little over eighteen months it said to ensure athens for now at least can pay its debts is the view from inside berlin h

in the past twenty four to forty eight hours is western spokesman including the foreign secretary here in london william haguespeaking openly now about recognizing a government in exile and about the necessity for the outside government to goo regardless of any concessions regardless of any discussions it's no longer about peace it's no longer about reform it's about replacing assad because from the point of view of the west assad's major crime has been nothing to do with human rights and nothing to do with reforms it's been to do with his pursuing a line that is too independent of the line that is to be imposed on the entire middle east by washington by london in part tell of the violence nothing neoconservative was going on argue with his crop with his alleged crimes in the face of the u.n. report that says that the actions from the government in response to the protests are far out of proportion to the ones that are coming from the streets among the gangs. indeed but the point is if it was about human rights and reforms then people would be interested in engagement because it's quite clear from everybody t

a number of student and teachers at the cople elementary school in hague in westmoreland county have n with the virus. as a precaution, the school will be closed today. department of health officials say if your child experiences any symptoms, keep him or her home at least 48 hours after the symptoms have ended before sending your child back to class. >>> metro is helping george washington university in a cleanup effort to prevent the norovirus from spreading there. this week, nearly 100 students have become sick. school officials are asking students to wash their hands more often. metro wiped down surfaces at the foggy bottom station which services both the george washington campus and the hospital. >>> a warning as you make your way to work and school this morning. there have been more than half a dozen armed robberies in the district since last night. it's all part of a recent crime trend. d.c. police say five robberies were reported throughout the district yesterday morning alone. officers handed out flyers to people to the street warning them about the rise in street robberies. p

in the case of a case of a right well really ten years of sanctions beggared the economy and that is what people william haguehillary clinton people have talked about. stopping iran's oil industry through these economic and financial sanctions could this could hit the iranian economy and thus undermine the undermine the real regime at the same time there really is must be very very nervous about the american build up inside the got inside the persian gulf if you look at the map of iran it is surrounded by american military bases incidentally bases which are also in that russia and china so i think in some ways the pressure must be on inside the rhine to think we should be going to retaliate in forced i also think that this is a very dangerous situation the militarization of the straits of hormuz in the persian gulf can lead to accidental clashes and we can remember i suppose that accident back in one thousand eight hundred seventy when american warship the blends in shot down a civilian airliner with a loss of two hundred ninety day there have been a number of instance like that over the over the years they c

the resignation speech, it was nonsense. it was horrible. who was i talking to just recently? i was with hague and he had sort of deputized me to go talk to the staff. some were bitter and angry, what are we quitting for, this is awful. he sent me over to talk to trisha, julie and d.d. in the sun room, explain to them that the old man had to go. very rough. >> let me turn to bob lichter at george mason university. any final thoughts or questions, bob? >> pat, you have been in politics as a commentator, communicator, candidate, just about everything, and i wondered if you have any single principle you would give to somebody running for high office that could structure the way you try to communicate with the electorate. >> i don't know if you can. i don't know if you can. we're all different. and as we talked about president obama and president nixon and ronald reagan, how different reagan and nixon were in terms of communication. and what their strengths were. nixon loved the press conferences, and we would be out there, and they would be -- >> he was a lawyer. that was his training. >> also he

the syrian people, then you are standing on the side of the continuing killing and abuses that are carried out every single day. >> william hague stayed plan was credible and viable and calls on president assad to surrender power. >> we have between 30-100 people being killed violently every day and the torture and abuse of huge numbers of people, including children. the arab league are putting forward a plan for a peaceful resolution. >> problem is that russia still rejects this entire approach. >> we have to be careful in that we need to move this process ahead in a very deliberate, determined, but careful way. >> russia's foreign minister was not here in new york. in australia he said russian policy was not about regime change. earths to persuade russia not to draft the resolution, they may not -- a leaked report by the head of the arab monitor commission says some monitors weren't called and some weren't properly equipped and others thought it would be a pleasure trip. bbc the united nations. >> i was going to say business news but it's sport. >> the end of the transfer window. >> it closed on tuesday night perhaps without

you see the notes, and when handerman and he met, ron ziegler and al hague was in there for mouhours and hours on end. he talked incessantly and argued back and forth. he did an enormous amount of reading, but he really wanted to understand why you thought what you naught and why you thought it. >> i want to go back to many of the events which shaped 1968 that led to richard nixon's nomination, but i want it to talk about the tell metic side. you had the assassination of martin luther king. this occurred in vietnam, and then we got into new hampshire against governor romney who was up there for a couple of months. he quit the race two weeks before new hampshire. robert kennedy got into the race when gene mccarthy did well in mid-march. nelson rockefeller go the up and was supposed to get in but he got out. lyndon johnson, i was waiting for nixon to come back from smith where he visited julie, and he said listen to johnson's speech and tell me what he said because the press is is out there on the tarmac. that's when johnson resigned. three or four days later dr. king was shot and ther

the better off you will be in this economy. archived and searchable at c-span.org video library. >> next british foreign secretary william hague reports to the members of the house of commons on why there was a failed attempt to obtain a u.n. resolution on the syrian situation. >> of the whole house will be appalled by the bloodshed and repression continued in this very moment. over the last 11 months more than 6,000 people have been killed. the regime deployed snipers, tanks, artillery and mortars against protesters and population centers particularly. thousands of the syrians have endured imprisonment, torture and sexual violence including the alleged rape of children and the humanitarian position is the interior reading. this is an unacceptable situation which demands the united international response. last tuesday i attended the u.n. security council debates in new york along with secretary clinton and the french foreign minister and other ministers. we all spoke in strong support of a draft u.n. security council resolution proposed by the kingdom of morocco on behalf of the arab league. the resolution called for implementa