they are fighting the decline of the west and nail. this implies financial capitalism and the nexus between financial capitalism new liberalism and the war party which is basically the democrats in the republics in the west but also some parties in europe as well so all deletes will fight it it's the decline of the roman empire you could you could see it's in slow motion but it's also the tour turbo accelerated version and we have to ask this question to our friends in beijing by the way because for them this is the chinese century so what are they putting in place in terms of not emulating all the mistakes committed by the west especially for these past one hundred years and is there going to be a chinese century that is chinese century chinese characteristics i don't think so but then we're going to talk about it soon ok alexander when you come in on this go ahead well i just don't think the west is in the climate quite on the contrary we're the most dynamic economic structure that exists on the face of the earth we tracked more forei

yes i mean the middle class is very strong in the west t.v. is right there are problems we have a declining middle class that is something we have to fight but for the time being we are both the most competitive societies and the most equitable societies if you look at the distribution of income in china in russia in brazil you will see that the first the people at the very top they will get so much more of their share of national wealth than the rest of society that is not the case in the west yes we have a you know a number of ultra rich people in the united states and in europe but by and large the middle class is the strongest in the west stronger than anywhere else kepi what about rising middle classes elsewhere. no. we have to qualify what alexander just said. the problem is inequality in. western countries starting with the west look i was before the u.s. election i did six thousand miles in six southwest states i saw poverty all over i lived in california twenty years ago i used to go to the southwest in years ago when you compare what'

western countries starting with the west look i was before the u.s. election i did six thousand miles in six southwest states i saw poverty all over i lived in california twenty years ago i used to go to the southwest in years ago when you compare what's going on in parts of nevada in parts of utah and parts of colorado now days to twenty years ago you know it. is graphic anybody in europe is more complicated for instance i have lots of friends in spain my son lives in barcelona for that matter so i'm in close contact what's going on inside spain's unemployment rate for the new generation the google facebook generation now is fifty percent so even if you go to a good school or even a back nickel school. it is in spain our stores there's no jobs so the solution for them is to immigrate to south america over here you know any in europe is more complicated have parts of germany which have some of the best standard of living anywhere in the world you have northeastern italy for instance which has a tradition of small and premiership you go to a small. con

something that the west should be proud of. well. part of the force for good in the world i mean the interventions that have taken place if you think about afghanistan for example that has been to rout out al qaeda operation based terrorist organization that has struck around the world from bali to madrid to london there has been one grave there on which europeans and americans had a you know a dramatic fall out that was the iraq war that should not have taken place but compared to certain other regions the west is the most peaceful and stable region there is no conflict inside of the west if you look to russia with the chechen conflict in the northern caucasus if you look to singe are now in the diner that's been over for a decade now more than a light now more than a decade so it's not a conflict. well i mean i would still call it a violent conflict but money is not a but there's no vote there's no violence in chechnya maybe around it but not in chechnya ok then i think asia is here and let's look at it as these are. yeah well

the west. ok alex analytical back to you in brussels you know outside of the west however we define that the west has seen its very very violent ok over the last twenty years it's nato interventions is this something that the west should be proud of. well i mean i think the west is still the largest force for good in the world i mean the interventions that have taken place if you think about afghanistan for example that has been to rout out al qaeda operation base terrorist organization that has struck around the world from bali to madrid to london there has been one grave there on which europeans and americans had a dramatic fall out that was the iraq war that should not have taken place but compared to certain other regions the west is the most peaceful and stable region there is no conflict inside of the west if you look to russia with the chechen conflict in the northern caucasus if you look to see. that's been overthrown by decade now more than a lie now more than a decade so it's not a co

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and for the west in general ok alexander in. again you i mean you no need to is nato a force for good ok because it's looking to the pacific now. well i mean nato is reaching out to countries like australia and japan to intensify their cooperation but i'll give you an example of that you just mentioned a country where i travel relatively often and that is libya if it had not been for nato colonel gadhafi would have murdered the inhabitants of lingo i don't know that we don't know that how do you know that what do you know what he so you know that we don't know that that's why he's are going to i know has said he was always this guy for twenty years thirty years he's a crazy guy don't listen to him and he makes one statement then you listen to him it doesn't make any logical sense at all where his troops were. outside of benghazi they were preparing to enter the town he has said that we will he will squash the cockroaches who live there and i quote the colonel gadhafi this new. ad readers are already a very bad reuters story ok we

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still an ice situation toward the north and west. we'll break down the details, show you some numbers coming up in a little bit. we'll get a check on the traffic over with lauren cook. >>reporter: good morning, mike. all that wintery mix will make the roads slick. no delays in white marsh, 95, nice and clear from route 43 all the way into it the city. if you are traveling on the beltway this morning, no delays from parkville all the way up to towson. as we check in and take a live look at the west side at liberty road, traffic moving right along, no problems getting down to route 40 or if you are traveling the inner loop up through pikesville. as we head up to hunt valley, here's what 83 looks like, nice and clear from schwann road down to the beltway. megan and charley, over to you. >>> you can count december 26th as one of the most hectic travel day of the year. millions will be saying saying good-bye to loved ones and heading home today. getting home could take longer than anticipated because of some nasty weather out there across

bank a project which if it is completed would cut off from the rest of the west bank. the united states anticipated this a week ago secretary clinton told israel way in advance don't retaliate by building anyone publicly and does exactly what they're doing because it's probably the single most aggressive thing they could do and i think after the israeli election there has to be a serious conversation with the united states and the new israeli government about this idea of building a new one at the rate they're talking about and. dylan do you do you think that this first of all would you characterize israel's response to the building the settlements as. as retaliatory and what's your take on what happened in the u.n. yesterday to the first question i think there's little doubt given the timing of the announcement regarding the new construction the authorization of new construction in those zone areas that it is almost certainly a response to what's her place at the united nations yesterday in terms of what the consequences of that will be in the long term i think that re

west portal. in a former lifetime i was president of the greater west portal neighborhood association for four years and i remember the discussion -- you know, i think it's seven years that's been a vacancy on the avenue. and it was a ritz camera before. it's a little tiny store. the ncd, the west portal ncd was put in place, i think greater west portal neighborhood association had a hand in it in the '70s, my good friend howard strassner. there was an impression financial institutions are invading our neighborhood, we have to put a restriction on how many can come in. otherwise we'll lose the character of our neighborhood. that was done. and, you know, it's hard to imagine that the conditions that applied in the '70s are applicable now, especially as charles schwab, a bank, how do you define it? i think that the neighborhood is much more at risk or harmed by having a vacant store front for seven years than to bring in a willing tenant that's willing to participate in the community. the other thing the ncd did, and i give howard grief for it every time i see him. they put a 26 foot height limit on w

storm system in the east and one in the west. got several in the west. we have a little piece of energy coming here through the north north dakota, south dakota area. more cold on shore flow with mountain snows, coastal rains, one to two feet of snow in many of the mountain areas out west. heavy snow in maine. northern vermont, winter hasn't set in in the east. it will slowly get here. so the breeze is going to kick in. that will help with the upslope. rain and even some snow showers at the highest elevations as we head toward midday. we'll see sunshine. again stray sprinkle can't be ruled out. most of us stay dry. clearing skies tonight and a nice wednesday with lighter wind as the storm system pulls away. so today got about 57, breezy, mix of sun and clouds. tonight we're down in the 30s to near 40 with lighter winds. tomorrow a nice day. even though it's going to be a little cooler with less wind and sunshine, it will be a good day on wednesday. thursday afternoon showers, mostly cloudy, 53. by friday and saturday, sunday and monday, there could be a

the west would start would begin to. qualify terrorist as. bad terrorist and acceptable terrorists will also ask the minister why he thinks the nato was so eager to deploy the six batteries the interceptor missiles on turkey's border with syria and whether iran could be the actual target here is what he said that's what. people say. the configuration as it is being presented in the media. really looks like it could be used against iran and other vital issue concerning syria isn't stockpile of chemical weapons going to russia is cheap diplomats or players seem to acknowledge that it's the responsibility of syrian authorities to keep it safe and that it would be unacceptable if the rebels got their hands on it but then it makes very little sense of why some states in the west continue persuading the rebels to continue fighting by giving the moral political and financial support. frozen in her press going off there of course we'll have more highlights for you from sergey lavrov exclusive interview later this hour that's also available on our web

and the world calls on israel to call off new settlement building in the west bank and east jerusalem just a day after the u.n. upgraded palestine's diplomatic status. in life for moscow this is our team going to have you with us these along must lead opposition in kuwait has boycotted saturday's parliamentary ballot in a bitter standoff with the country's own elected leaders the u.s. backed monarchy is accused of amending the voting rules to influence the outcome of the poll or he's losing confidence he is in the gulf state with the latest kuwait maybe a tiny nation but it's a regional influence as well as its strategic importance to the west is immense absolutely immense as an opec member anything any sort of unrest that happens on the ground here could have potential impact on the world oil market as well as global oil prices as well as the pentagon's plans to use this tiny nation as a hub for its ground forces as a counterweight to iran now kuwait already holds three american military bases and folks in washington are talking about increasing the troop presence here especially in

such an approach the syrian crisis and in my understanding i see two sides to this lorrie of how the west first it's syria's their geopolitical alliance with iran and hezbollah and their perhaps with the with russia so it's a it's there it's not it's not a western friendly country in its current format and probably the west realized that even with negotiations and smooth negotiations with the current ruling system in syria things aren't going to change much and probably they realize that changing by the hour is the only way forward to them the other and dimension is the energy and and since two thousand and nine qatar and turkey have been talking about a new gas line that is that extends from qatar. through syria to turkey and then to there to the european union with gas or resources this is very important because if this is to happen it will bypass russia and it will probably loosened a noose that russia currently has over the european union in terms of supply and gas. in western countries i see we're getting out there dr wilson thank you for giving a shit thought so it is appreciated th

to the west or western citizen or american citizen particularly both here to to. be sure to put some pressure through. the. countries. that have been sort of thing there were a massacre for. the way we still enjoy the. support from from the information and the across. some syrian rebels are reportedly threatening to make russian and ukrainian citizens in syria their target and prey saying they shouldn't be allowed to leave the country alive meanwhile moscow is warning that the opposition may win the conflict but and an honest sceptical price. has the details the russian foreign ministry would not exclude the possibility of the syrian opposition forces being victorious in the military conflict in this country that is according to the deputy foreign minister minister but he stressed once again at what price a completely unacceptable price according to the russian foreign ministry this victory may come he said that for now it has been claimed that sixty percent of syrian territory is being controlled by the pro position forces whilst forty percent of the territory rem

and the world calls on israel to cancel new settlement buildings in the west bank and east of jerusalem this comes just days after the u.n. upgraded palestine's diplomatic status this as conflicting reports emerge of that fresh israeli strikes on a residential area in gaza. and top news and commentary from moscow this is art to you live glad to have you with us the vote counting is still underway in kuwait where the opposition claims it is the lowest turnout ever with only a quarter of people casting a ballot the opposition has boycott of the parliamentary ballot accusing the ruling of monarchy of changing the election rules to influence the outcome of the poll artie's was a tough enough is in the gulf state with the latest poll the polls are closed doors olds are in but the battle over kuwait's political future has only just begun as expected the new parliament is largely consisting of folks who are considered to be closely allied with the ruling power but that is because the opposition didn't front any candidates in a boycott of the vote they've even questioned the outcome before the

well to the north and to the west. notice the winds pretty busy now out of the northerly direction between 10 to 15. if that reason we have a high wind advisory through the course the day. so while it's a cloudy sky we're at 36 to 37 around the lunchtime here. we're near flirt with 40 for most of the day today but again the windchill factors feeling like it's into the 20s. there's the first storm departing into the canadian maritimes, here's another one the rockies storm and this is a storm that could bring yes some snow by the weekend. we'll talk about that coming up in just a little bit. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. how we doing? >>> traffic was a mess yesterday as you know. well aware. and icy conditions are still going to be possible this morning. so it's extremely important for you the take it slow. -- to take it slow. a live look right now 95 at route 152 no problems to report whatsoever. no problems getting down to white marsh and that will remain clear into baltimore city

sanctions to start lifting the sanctions gradually at the end the state to lift all sanctions if the west and the p five plus one are ready and this two issue i believe iran will show good will to accept additional protocol to cooperate with by the possibility they mention issues which would need to give access to die beyond additional protocol the e.u. hasn't been buying iranian oil for months now has iran been able to find new markets i believe iranian oil export has decreased fifty percent sixty percent but believe me even if you are in they cannot export one drop of oil they would not give up their rights under the n.p.t. . it really doesn't matter how much you want them exported or not during the war eight years invasion of iraq nine hundred eighty two nine hundred eighty eight we had much more war situation let's move on to syria no how do you think the craft in syria may affect the situation around iran. i believe this would affect more the region the us allies. i believe if they continue like peace syria would go to seed war and civilian war. spreading to iraq so the jordan lebano

now with concerns rising in the west that the syrian regime may use its huge arsenal of chemical weapons another troubling video appeared earlier this week on the web it shows what appears to be a rebel group testing chemical weapons onto a lab rabbits placed in containers after an unknown gas is released and the deaths of both animals amassed person's words to use it against syrian civilians but this comes as rebel groups from across syria are uniting under one command in the latest western backed africa to topple president bashar asad artie's guided she count looks into whether all the chemical fears of the west are really a prelude to foreign intervention. u.s. officials said intelligence agencies have detected that assad's government has been preparing its chemical weapons stockpiles for possible use the obama administration's message to syria the u.s. is ready to act if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons there will be consequences and you will be held accountable there will be consequences. there will be consequences we have sent a unmistakable message that this woul

down to the south and west we go. it's starting to snow. we're going to see a burst of snow this morning, but a big changeover to rain. we'll have the forecast coming up. >>reporter: mike, no delays here on 695 just south of burniee highway. i'll tet you know what traffic looks like on 83 on "good morning maryland." >>> a live look at times square where it is unusually dark. take a look at that, megan. let's head that way for a check of today's tech bytes. >>reporter: in today's tech bytes, less than a merry christmas for netflix. the video streaming service went dark for many customers on christmas eve and was out for more than 10 hours. netflix uses amazon's cloud servers which were down. for the first time sales are falling for e-rooders like the amazon kindle and barnes and noble nook. they're being replaced by tablets which are becoming cheaper with longer-lasting batteries. you may be thinking this morning about returning a christmas gift that was bought online. abc news technology editoranna sterns says if you mail it back, make sure

for the past thirty three years ever since these lammy cueva lucian the west and the us in particular has been plotting against iran and people in our country are aware of that. but at the same time people go on with their lives and they don't worry about what the united states me do. this does not mean that the united states does not want war with iran what i'm saying is that they won't gain anything by this war and such a war is unlikely. so we are not afraid of the us or any other country in our message to those countries is that a friendship and not a message of war. talk only a foolish person can expect is with guns but such an approach makes no sense at all. you say your message is a message of friendship and you do look like a very peaceful person but i think you will agree that some of the sayings that president doesn't mean jaja says about washington can hardly be described as friendly do you agree if you look at what mr ahmadinejad you will see that he's approach is actually that of peace and friendship he ran is an anshan nation with history that spans thousands of years an

at the radar, we do have some shower activity off to the west. it will be coming in at this morning over the next couple of hours. even some areas there are pockets of freezing conditions, there could be some freezing drizzle. we'll show you the radar. >> a busy friday morning. we have a couple of accidents. a crash that is taking up the right lane. there is a lot of activity. you can get by in the left lane on southbound 895. 468, another accident location we're keeping tabs on. moving pretty well on the harrisburg expressway. 51 just prior to the beltway. no problems to report on the j.f.x. traffic is flowing pretty smoothly down to the beltway. up to speed on the north side for the parkville region. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we are following breaking news. a strong earthquake off the northeastern coast of japan triggered a tsunami warning. so far there are no reports of any injuries or damage. a warning was issued for a tsunami up to 6 feet high. this is for the same area that was devastated back in march of last year. official

same goes for the top and west side of the beltway. mid 40s on the topside of the beltway. west side in the 30s. there's a live look outside out the west side. it is top and go mostly stop in this particular shot. there's a look at 95 just south of white marsh looking slightly better but seeing brake lights. this travk -- traffic report is brought to you by home paramount. >>> in baltimore county and in howard county police provided extra patrols around the schools yesterday. howard county schools held faculty meetings to review emergency plans. >>> this morning investigators are trying to determine the cause of a 2 alarm fire in baltimore county. the fire broke out last night in a home in dundolk. firefighters says two children escaped after they noticed flames. no injuries were reported. >>> a massive fire on the eastern shore sends 21 people in the hospital. the residents escaped sunday night. occupants jumped from the building. two firefighters suffered minor injured. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> a man is

the winds will diminish out of the west. then for the day tomorrow, mostly sunny and cool, 45 to 50 degrees. winds out of the southwest. here's your extended outlook. it shows temperatures cooling down just a bib. this happens wednesday and thursday. look at wednesday. a better chance for a winterry mix. right now, computer models indicate that the system will move far enough inland or toad the west that we'll get mainly rain here in d.c. a lot can change between now and then. we'll keep you updated. >> it would be nice to have a white christmas. last night was the longest night . >> yeah. >> it is still 24 hours. >> all right. we need a winning local team. >> it is a local athlete. >> exactly. if you want to escape the weather go watch basketball. we are less than 24 hours away from the biggest game of the season. will rg3 be in it? >> it's been 30 years since american university beat georgetown. number 15 georgetown, today at the verizon the eagles won in an upset. in the first half they score right there and won. going tow

radar now and most of the rain is back to the west and to the south. let's show you where we are around hagerstown and frederick county. i-70, that's where the rain, moderate coming down in the yellows and walkersville to the north of that. you are seeing pink mixing in and street across the area. all in all, we're going to deal with the slick roads this morning. take it easy as you step out. to the south around dorchester. cambridge wet weather and lighter rain across the area. more of the same in indian bone, brick house landing. showers there. and that's going to be the name of the game. as we continue through the afternoon we will be seeing off and on showers. keep that around. handy all day long. and the big coat. and the temperature is coming in at 33 degrees depending on where you go. you will see the temperatures going up as we go throughout the day. it will be cold. 40s in annapolis and 41 in davidsonville. thiss is what you can expect as you plan your day. as we go into lunchtime, showers and more of the same at 3. 49 and that is chilly weath

live in denmark and the united kingdom goods coming from settlements in the west bank already has to be marked differently to denote that it's not from israel the collective n.g.o.s want to see this implemented europe wide here in europe there are many people with ties to the middle east region and they want to make sure they know exactly where their produce is coming from. are you sure this comes from spain. is a palestinian living in germany she has family in the west bank and says the israeli checkpoints mean palestinian farmers are losing out to the settlers even even though you think they get jordan they really checkpoints keep them at the checkpoints for days and. the sun. and then you can keep your vegetables anymore those behind the report into trade between the settlements in europe say they aren't trying to organize any kind of witch hunt we're not talking about boycotting jews over here we're not talking about even boycotting israel itself we're talking about making a difference differentiating between. neagle israeli products which should be watched by european citizens as

on the west side outer loop of the beltway we have an accident. that's on the outer loop at 70 westbound. watch for day delays -- watch for delays there. lights out at mayor drive and hospital drive at cane. speeds slowing on the west side of the beltway down to 46 for an average on the outer loop. that's a live look at 95 just south of white marsh. those are the southbound lanes coming towards us. if we take a look outside they look like they are starting to slow just a bit. this traffic report is brought to cow by your maryland toyota dealer. toyotas are built to save you money today and tomorrow. now is the time to make the jump to toyota. don, back over to you. >> thank you. >>> the top of the news, things should be back to normal at saint joseph medical center in towson after a shot was fired inside the emergency room. christy alleto is live outside the hospital with more on what happened there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a prisoner turn ed on hospital staff here at the hospital and the officer guarding him while receiving medic

winds out of the west at five to 10. here is your look a weather seven-day forecast. tomorrow's forecast, that looks a little more ominous than it is going to be. a slight chance for a rain or snow shower. should be plenty of sunshine but cold temperatures, wednesday, thursday and friday. if you are looking forward to the redskins game next weekend, next sunday, 45 with sunshine right now. that is weather. let's do some traffic. langdon towne is in this morning and he has been busy already. >> we are looking right now at a big problem in virginia. this is on sully road. this is heading northbound before you get to 66. very serious crash. traffic is squeezing by to the left. so this is an investigation so again, three lanes blocked. stay to the left. northbound on sully road as you approach 66. around the beltway in virginia looking at 459, this is at old dominion drive, you will find travel lanes surprisingly light at this hour without any problems or delays. and so far on 95, you will have a nice, light ride this morning

than any other force in the history of the united states perhaps what i what i'm saying is that the west does not support all the revolutions or the so called revolution i was talking about double standards in in the in behind where the west seems to side with with the with the monarchy that is the you know sort of this double standard where as in syria for example there's interference and not just the feeling of the political level on the media level there's smuggling weapons into syria they're spending money into syria they're sending foreign fighters from different penalties group sending them into syria to fight and to help before there was an attitude and this is creating more destruction and divisions among the civilians are massive and there's huge destruction that is ongoing and that is that is really deplorable and that doesn't show that this is anything or this is going anywhere this is really a lot of softening you have now hundreds of thousands of their food sitting in their fiji's this is going to be a problem that's going to be amplified in the in the future unfortunately t

netanyahu has defied international criticism and is pushing through settlement expansion in the occupied west bank he's digging at the possibility of four thousand homes and two more settlements on top of the controversial fifteen hundred in east jerusalem which is already given the initial go ahead to. call jerusalem the eternal capital saying israelis should be united the palestinians want east jerusalem to be the capital of future state and threaten to go to the un security council. for e.u. members are reportedly preparing a statement condemning israel's plans push for expansion was announced after the un upgraded the palestinians to observer state a step towards recognizing its statehood. she says that the israeli government is using the settlements for its own political gain. they don't need them for security they don't need them for what they like to call natural growth the settlements are a political point that will be condemned perhaps by the security council criticised even by the obama administration but without any serious repercussions for israel which will largely be allowed to

problem free on the west side. this is 70 from 29 in toward the beltway. baltimore national pike, up to speed. traffic is running smoothly down towards edmondson. this is the j.f.x., 50 miles per hour. this is the fort mchenry, 55 miles per hour. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> the clock winding down as procrastinators scramble to get the last minute christmas gifts. rob roblin joins us live from towson. have you seen any shopping activity? >> a lot of stores are staying open 24 hours a day. before you go out shopping, make sure you check the store hours. last minute shoppers. they were hitting the streets yesterday. if you wore a last-minute shopper, you are not alone. there are a whole bunch of other folks out there. there are 132 million people that have some last-minute shopping to do. 70 million say they will hit the stores on christmas eve. make sure you know there'll be lots of folks shopping also. 17% of people are spending less this year. $586 billion expected in sales this year nationwide. that is the most optimistic forecast since the

that would further isolate palestinians in east jerusalem from the rest of the west bank, and create another obstacle to hopes for a palestinian state with jerusalem as its capital. numerous european nations have criticized israel's plans. eu foreign ministers will discuss the bloc's reaction at a meeting next week. >> we cross over to our correspondent in jerusalem. should binyamin netanyahu be worried about this diplomatic outrage? >> we do not see much of worrying here. the israeli government does not seem impressed by the diplomatic pressure from the eu and from the u.s. the reaction so far was that there would be no backtracking. according to an official from the prime minister's office, he said there would be no change in the decision that was made. israel argues that they have the right to respond to the move by the palestinians last week at the un. it is quite an unprecedented move for the u.k. and other european states to some and israeli ambassadors to try to -- to summon israeli ambassadors to try to pressure them. it is always easier for them to maneuver around it. i think

deals and two of the world's fast growing countries boost the global influence it's making some in the west. and while some celebrate other struggle the spiraling costs of christmas leave british pension is in a far from festive period. hello and very good even if you just joined us is kevin owen here at the new center tonight our top story syria's rebels say at least sixty people have been killed in a government air strike on a bakery in the central hama province state run media has broadcast a denial instead accusing the opposition of the killings designed to smear the authorities it said just as the international peace envoy visits damascus province has witnessed intense fighting in the past few days meantime russia's foreign ministers rebuffed speculation that moscow is looking to give asylum to president assad and that russia shielding his government so he spoke exclusively to us and more on that from our correspondent he got pissed enough. russia's foreign minister once again stressed that there could only be a diplomatic solution to this conflict adding that moscow is not taking side

what's concerns arising in the west that the syrian regime may use its huge arsenal of chemical weapons and now there are troubling video appeared earlier this week on the web it shows why this claim to be chemical weapons being used on lab rabbits after the test a masked man and threatens to use the poison on syrian civilians. for them honestly you will die like these two rabbits you enemies of allah do you see them they were killed by a chemical and biological weapons that he will be like them because you are supposed to. god is great and. all this comes as rebel groups from across syria are uniting under one command at the latest western backed effort to topple president bashar the loss and meanwhile nato has approved the missile systems to boost turkey's the fancies on its border with syria parties guy next to count looks into whether all the chemical fears of the west are really a prelude to foreign intervention. u.s. officials said intelligence agencies have detected that assad's government has been preparing its chemical weapons stockpiles will possible use the obama administrati

produce of israel except this isn't israel this is the jordan valley in the west bank and this farm is deemed illegal under international law the european union imports around three hundred million dollars worth of products from here each year now a group of twenty two n.g.o.s from across europe is looking to highlight the issue and it's published a report in which it claims e.u. imports make the settlements viable because they are produced in illegal settlements which are contrary to international humanitarian law should be banned out of the european union now if this is not possible at least the consumers have to have the possibility to. to decide for themselves if they want to buy products which have been produced in illegal settlements your see farms this land is much concerned by the thoughts of european n.g.o.s he says he's here because his government told him it was ok to be here. because i was told he. saw it circled where i was told they could get it to morrow the state of israel told me it's time to go i'll go i'm told i'm an occupier when i go there was nothing. in denmark a

the front. it will be getting close to west today. then it will stall. ill be stocked with some a fact of the front all weekend long. cloudy skies and there will be a few showers here and there. the winner will be from 5 to 10 -- the wind will be from 5 to 10. north into pennsylvania or new york state, that is where you'll see most of the rain. in the 50's on saturday and sunday. 60's on monday. rain chances will taper off after that. >> i am glad we're not dealing with any thing weather related. we are starting to see a buildup of volume in the usual spots. 95 south of the white marsh area, traffic is building prior to white marsh. starting to tap the brakes. south on the harrisburg expressway, 65 miles per hour at padonia. not tracking any delays on the j.f.x. near northern parkway. 66 coming out of owings mills. checking 70, not a bad start as you travel in towards the beltway. an easy start on all of the major roadways around the airport. southbound traffic building on 295 down towards the capital beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> th

it is pushing towards the west. it is christmas, one of the last things you'd think we'd be talking about is a tropical storm. but winds gusting up to 108 kilometers per hour. it is pushing off towards the west. about to make landfall along the southern portion before moving into western vesies. the big problem with this one is the heavy rainfall. if you remember just a few weeks ago, typhoon bopha pushed through here and people are still recovering. then as it pushes off to the west going into wednesday and then thursday, manila, you'll get in on this heavy rainfall. we'll be watching this one as it does bring that risk of tropical activity. switching gears, let's look off japan. see the lines coming from the north to the south, all of this is that sea effect snow machine really ramming up here. in some places along the west coast of honshu, you could be seeing up to 70 centimeters of snow. this is where the big ski slopes are located. a lot of people will really be enjoying this, adding more snow on top of what you