u.n. general assembly via video he'll be speaking live at any moment that coverage coming up. good evening it is wednesday september twenty sixth it's seven pm here in washington d.c. i'm christine for zero in you're watching our team. well it's day two of the u.n. general assembly in new york and already it's been jam packed full of world leaders putting forth their thoughts and ideas about international issues and policy coming up any moment now wiki leaks co-founder julian a song and is expected to speak via video link at the event strengthening human rights this event is hosted by our producer and foreign minister ricardo patino or has of course granted us on asylum though he's been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london for months now as he tries to figure out a way to leave the u.k. without being arrested songe is wanted for questioning in sweden on allegations of sexual assault now as we wait for this speech which we do plan to bring you live as it happens any moment now we want to talk about the latest in his case and what he might bring up in this evening in his

u.n. general assembly. plus a water gun games of four adults japan plays battleship before real repelling taiwanese vessels from the disputed islands with water cannons. it's eleven pm here in moscow you're watching r t with us yeah i'm to bang with say first scenes have turned ugly in madrid with riot police charging out of their forty five positions around the spanish parliament and plowing into a vast crowd of protesters flocking to the capital from across spain tens of thousands of demonstrators have joined a rally to express their anger with the government arches jacob reeves who'll be joining us again in about fifteen minutes has this report. that we saw the front lawn of the demonstrators clashing with police of injuries and. numbers had to fall its way through this a mass crowd is also being taken away on a stretcher those are stupid. taxes police all checks as well and really we got impression some of the panic felt by those demonstrators as police push the button there are thousands of people they

u.n. general assembly on thursday as israeli and palestinian leaders address the chamber mahmoud abbas who caused a furor at the u.n. with his failed bid for palestinian statehood this time pursues a more modest goal to gain nonmember observer status artie's marina but neither is keeping across developments in new york she joins us live from there good to see you there marina mark would is addressing the u.n. general assembly as we speak what is the expectations today. well the expectations as you mentioned is that the palestinian president the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas will be requesting for a nonmember observer state status by the end of twenty eight twelve last year when the palestinian leader submitted a bid for full member status that failed many say but that was only because the u.s. . for the security council of the security council never got a chance to vote on it now this nonmember observer observer state status would improve the palestinians chances of joining us agencies and other international criminal courts such as the international criminal court some see it as a a st

u.n. general assembly with russia calling for peace and this. well drawn up plans for its prime minister well once the military action before him to run to bennett's nuclear weapon is things let me stay denied it's doing. good in a strong aggressive world leaders at the u.n. but tearing into a washington post silencing whistle blower was despite still being holed up in the aggregate as london embassy was able to make the speech at through an r t sponsored video in the. next as promised archie talks to we could be a spokes man above the difficult time the organization is now facing. joining you for our one on one exclusive interview is kristen robson the spokes person for wiki leaks mr watson thank you very much for sitting down with r.t. this way the reports of come out that the u.s. now has officially made during the song and wiki leaks and enemy of the state. what does that mean for julian assange and and likely will it be news that the u.s. were you serious calls for the user to.

u.n. general assembly sixty six session he was very insulting it was. he he insulted and members of the u.n. as they were sitting and listening to him this time i think he's insulting everybody's intelligence not just the general assembly but everywhere in the world coming with this. death he does. cartoon type of bomb saying seventy percent ninety percent then boom it's really is embarrassing and i find it very difficult to rationalize or to counter that argument in any reasonable then which is just really beyond the pale in terms of how childish and crucially it was so israel continues its intimidation tactics against iran that is calling for the u.s. not to draw the red line in its dealings with the state but at the u.n. president obama made it clear that america wants to resolve the issue through diplomacy what happened to america's war mongering rhetoric against iran well i think this is this is what it's all about as far as netanyahu is concerned i mean that entire speech where he infused the holocaust to speak about you know the continued suppres

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u.n. general assembly. and water gun games before i build the japan plays a battleship full real compelling taiwanese vessels from disputed islands with water cannons. it was a large see a lie from moscow with me to bomb would say the moves that turned salo in madrid with riot police challenging all out of their forty five positions around the spanish politicians and plowing into a vase crawled of protesters flocking to the capitol from all across spain tens of thousands of demonstrators have joined a rally to express their anger with the government now let's now go to arches jacob reeves who is at the scene with more on this jacob good to see they now some brutal scenes we're seeing in madrid to bring us up to speed on what's happening there right now. oh sure the last hour an awful awful so the situation here is really worse and so what now we saw the four lawyer david straightest clashing with police of injuries and. off but i've been. that's a fight its way through this a mass crowd was also being taken

u.n. general assembly i think it spoke volumes that he was able to and he did he very much started off his speech by thanking the u.n. as you know if it were not for the u.n. they made it possible for him to get asylum asylum was granted pursuant to your universal declaration of human rights. so it was a very powerful message that he was able to speak but also it stood in some such sharp contrast to what obama said the day before and the glaring absence of talk about wiki leaks or manning or the word whistleblowers that is something that has not been discussed by either. by either romney or obama it is conspicuously absent from the from either of their conventions and it's been such a major part of the expansion of the secrecy regime in the us that is not only i mean just as we said julian assange obviously is not osama bin laden you know thomas drake and john kiriakou are not robert hanssen or alter and change their whistleblowers not spies but they're being prosecuted under the espionage act for being enemies of the state the most serious charge you can level against an american and here

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u.n. general assembly with russia calling for peace and israel drawing up plans for little its promise to launch military action before to round but upset nuclear weapons which seems mixtape tonight do it. provide students with a video link to the un he makes his first speech to world leaders will hold up in the ecuadorian embassy in london during his address to condemn the persecution of wiki leaks criticize the u.s. for a speech. to wiki leaks spokesman about the difficult time the organization's facing right now. joining for our one on one exclusive interview is kristen robson the spokesperson for we. thank you very much for sitting down with our. reports of come out the u.s. now has officially. what does that mean for julian assange and wiki leaks well it means that he has a very serious concern that if he has actually died here you would be treated as an enemy an enemy combatant. and we all know what that entails this is an indication that we see him in documents that have sources that show that that communicating with we can loose and providing we can is with information in consider

u.n. general assembly on tuesday.any will be watching to see if the president will discuss the attack on benghazi during the address to the u.n. general assembly. >> time to take a look at who's talking and more. this election has been labeled one of the dirt yis in history. many criticized the president's camp of lying in their attack ads against mitt romney. >> an issue did not air but you can see it at his web site. he admits his own campaign ads may have gone over board at times. >> back checkers have had problems with the ads on both sides and say they have been misleading and in some cases just not true. does that disturb you? some of them are your ads. >> do we see sometimes us going over board in our campaign, mistakes that are made actio, a where they can dispute how they are presenting things? that happens in politics. >> aren't the american people entitled to the truth or a better version? >> most of the time we are having a debate about the country and there's a lot at stake in this election. is it going t

u.n. general assembly is usually criticized as political theater with a lot of talk this year however there was no talking with us president barack obama the leader of the country hosting the un left immediately after his speech on day one and held no bilateral meetings on day to the eighth and final speech of the always controversial iranian leader saw an ad musicians of corrupt western politics and a subtle tipping of the hot to the occupy wall street movement are we to believe that those who spend hundreds of millions of dollars in election campaigns have the interest of the people of the world at their heart in the united states and in europe their voices are not heard even if they constitute ninety nine percent of their societies meanwhile israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu called for a military all tomato on iran over its nuclear program using some surprising methods to illustrate his point this is a. this is a fuse a red line should be drawn right here before iraq completes the second stage of nuclear enrichment. necessary to make a bomb israel stole the show in more ways tha

u.n. general assembly tomorrow. first, though, the president will take time out of his schedule for a taping of "the view" this afternoon in an interview that will run tomorrow morning. this leads to questions for his campaign about how he has time for the ladies on "the view," but apparently has no time for face-to-face meetings with world leaders scheduled to be here while he is in new york and at the united nations. coming up later this hour, we will have a fair and balanced debate on the questions about the president's schedule and the heat he is taking from his critics over this issue. ♪ megyn: and now to the violence in the middle east where more than 50 people have been killed so far in what have been largely anti-american protests over the last couple of weeks. in iran on sunday, hundreds gathered in front of the french embassy chanting anti-u.s. slogans and burning french flags. cartoons of the prophet muhammad were published by a french magazine. police in athens, greece, had to use pepper spray to fed off

u.n. general assembly that japan will stand firm in territorial disputes. he says japan is not willing to compromise in disagreements with its neighbors and told world leaders gathered at the united nations that his country will defend its sovereignty. noda did not name countries but spoke at a time of heightened tension with china over the senkaku islands and with south korea over the takashima islands. >> translator: the attempts to use unilateral power and threats to achieve selfish ends are not in accordance with the fundamental spirit of the united nations charter. that is unacceptable and goes against the wisdom of humanity. >> noda said it is the responsibility of nations to protect their territory. he said japan will fulfill its responsibility but stressed his country will uphold the principles shared by the international community under all circumstances. japanese government officials have tried to take their dispute with south korea to the international court of justice, but their counterparts in seoul have rejected those proposals. noda said coun

u.n. general assembly. >>> also more from our interview with mahmoud ahmadinejad. bill clinton about his wife's future in politics. that and more a little later on "cbs this morning." for now, that will do it for the morning news this tuesday. i'm terrell brown. take care, everybody. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ,,,, >>> lawrence is as hot in here. >>>

u.n. general assembly in. his words directly to the high level gathering from his london ecuadorian embassy hideout. another day at the un sees palestinian leader mahmoud abbas is seeking more independence for the occupied lands while israel to responded to iranian criticism. and a spain's wealthiest region on got the money approves an independence referendum as a disintegrating economy and a fresh round of austerity leads me odds in despair. it's not a call here in moscow you're watching r t with me to bang with say the world's top whistleblower julian assange just found a way to make his own address at the un general assembly from his shelter in the ecuadorian embassy in london he uses a video link provided by r.t. to speak to the world leaders gathered in new york archies a stellar firth has the details of this unprecedented statement. it's a story that demanded to be heard incessantly r.t. have refused to ignore it having followed every detail of duty in a songes case from the very beginning well last nigh

u.n. general assembly. he's thought to dispel international concern over the possible closure of the strait of hormuz, the main shipping route for middle east oil. >> translator: iran has been maintaining the stability of the strait. we will never pose a threat in its waters. >> reporter: western nations have been demanding iran halt its nuclear project. iran has responded by warning it might close the strait in the persian gulf. about 90% of japan's oil imports comes through the narrow channel. iran has a large military power. in a speech, ahmadinejad said iran could press ahead with its nuclear program. but the president has to consider the increasingly harsh domestic economy. western nations are restricting imports of iran's crude oil, the country's economic lifeline. this has caused the price of food and other necessities to more than double over the last ten months. >> translator: the government says it will cut the price of meat, but it's still expensive. >> translator: i can't get by because of the h

u.n. general assembly accusing israel of illegally possessing nuclear stockpiles. of the jewish state. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at the mosque i rule research showing schools are believed to have been killed and injured after at least two explosions rocked the syrian capital damascus and the revolutionary council has claimed responsibility for the attack on a security building saying it's a response to. in the capital the latest on this now to our correspondent. there have been two explosions that have rocked the syrian capital of damascus one happened at the international airport where reportedly four people have been injured regarding that attack we have no more information at this point but the body the other attack which happened at the palestine braunches of the syrian intelligence building their schools of people have been injured and killed now two rebel groups have taken responsibility for that attack but one is the revolutionary council of damascus this is a group that is believed to have strong links with al qaida it is also a group that is seeking the ov

u.n. general assembly in new york with more regime change calls from the west intervention promoted by arab states but still no resolution. and greece's general strike it's off to a fiery start with molotov cocktails flying and police as up to a million people out of work. to austerity. spain braces for yet another round of cuts we asked the people on the streets for their perspective on what exactly went wrong last night. it is a great pleasure to have you with us here today to shed light for you in moscow a gun battle reportedly erupted inside the army headquarters in syria's capital damascus after the complex was rocked by two massive explosions four people have been killed in the attacks carried out by the rebel free syrian army and the bombing comes just a day after another opposition group blew up a military academy in the city in the region with the latest. two massive explosions rocked the syrian capital of damascus early on wednesday morning they happened to near the command headquarters of the army and the air force they were just minutes apart they also happened not far from one

u.n. general assembly. of course from his. push for regime change instead of condemning the. most prosperous region and. independence. disintegrating economy. joining us today. live in moscow where the world's top. found a way to make his own address to the u.n. general assembly. in the ecuadorian embassy in london he used a video link provided by he had to speak to the world leaders gathered in new york . as the details of this unprecedented state. it's the story this demanded to be heard incessantly r.t. have refused to ignore it having followed every detail of julian assange just case from the very beginning were last night the un listened as the wiki leaks founder delivered his impassioned appeal to see the un to the people who were gathered there calling on the u.s. to end its persecution of wiki leaks and of the man himself now he spoke via satellite link from the ecuadorian embassy in london where he's being for more than three months now as he fights his extradition he just the u.n. assembly in the

u.n. general assembly gathering this week as russia called on those who support the rebels to stop studds to stop sidestepping international law and the long running question of whether iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons was also of heated debate with israel trying to draw up quite literally a case for intervention but important the latest from new york. as world leaders gathered for the annual u.n. general assembly international anger over and islamophobia american film was still blazing in the muslim world addressing the world body u.s. president barack obama condemned the video nonetheless defending the right to free speech as president of our country and commander in chief of our military i accept that people are going to call me awful things every day. and i will always defend their right to do so obama also pledged his support for arab spring nations like egypt and libya however when egypt's new president spoke at the un for the first time mohamed morsi said free speech will not be accepted as a free pass to insult islam spoke only prophet. the obscenity is recently released

u.n. general assembly as a stage for his incitement and diatribes. member when mayor giuliani barred yasser arafat from entering new york and he had to spend time in the u.n. clinic. i think that yod gawd belongs in an asylum and not a clinic. i think all we expect from him is turning the u.n. into a circus and to a stage for incitement towards israel, towards the west, towards the united states. i think that this is something which neither the u.n. should allow and the u.s. should not be -- >> ambassador, i understand your point. to the larger question here, what about israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and president barack obama? do you expect or anticipate a meeting between these two leaders at all this week? >> i hope very much that the meeting will take place. i know that there are problems. i know that so far, a meeting has not been scheduled. but i think a meeting at this very crucial moment in time in this very volatile neighborhood with the iranian nuclear threat looming ahead would be a very crucial meeting between those who leaders w

u.n. general assembly thanks having. there forty two days left until the election and every day i'm seeing more scripted stump speeches and campaign stops not to mention the incessant dueling advertisements on t.v. which probably cost millions of dollars to air recently obama's been appearing on multiple talk shows where he can joke and resonate with viewers about his down home nature. today everyone's talking about obama and the first lady appearing on the view check it out. are you romantic kind of has been absolutely yes describe your husband personality because we hear aloof cold unemotional know all those sweet things describe his personality you know well i want you to say it is a little cold and i have no no no he's very he's very loving he's very giving he's very open he's funny i'm funnier told folks be i can be here for your. talk about pandering to middle aged women voters obama so obama was only in new york for twenty four hours and decided to go on the view instead of meet one on one with any foreign leaders

u.n. general assembly. coming together have there been actual things that have come out of it or is it just kind of repeating un rhetoric that we hear all during the year i mean just kind of coalescing together and kind of reinforcing the un line about all these countries well have you the most important things that take place during this week are the backroom meetings and this is what we don't see on our t.v. screens you know we see these speeches being given but the backroom behind closed doors meetings bilateral meetings those are the ones that produce the most tangible results in terms of the more international burning topics that we see every year it's curious that in the last several years the issues that were important for the international community to solve you know a couple of years ago are still on the table we still have these really palestinian question we still have the rainy and controversy the international community namely the us in the west still doesn't know what to do. we have the syrian

u.n. general assembly. >>> welcome back. here are the headlines.pillar cuts it forecasts and merkel says sharing debt won't solve it crisis. draghi will be delivering the key note speech. >> and president obama set to address the u.n. general assembly in new york just a day after inflammatory comments on israel from iran's ahmadinejad. >> we're see something u.s. markets tick into negative territory. s&p 500 would still be opening just barely higher, but we're now seeing the dow for example adding about five points at the open. open are markets in europe and the ftse 100 just barely positive. it's been flicking between fwgas and losses. cac 40 down a 4th of a%. ibex 35 here trying, though, to stay in the green. markets struggling to gain some traction and searching for direction. >> so what are investors to do? here's a recap from some of the experts already this morning. >> looking at relative value trades, we don't luike aussie a much. within the g 10 currencies, pick the one that will hike next. >> in the short term, we think there's still more

u.n. general assembly wednesday night. more, we're joined by michael ratner, legal advisor to julian assange and wikileaks. welcome to "democracy now!" talk about what he said and also this latest information that has come out under the freedom of information act that suggests the u.s. may be looking at julian assange as an enemy of the state. >> the point he ended on in the speech you just put up on "democracy now!" was the obama administration is taking credit for the arab spring. what he points out is that is a false view of history. that the obama administration both with tunisia supported ben ali or was indifferent to him, to what he was doing to his own people. with regard to egypt, they supported mubarak. hillary clinton called him a great democrat or whatever she said. in fact, it was wikileaks that brought out the documents in early december about tunisia that really show the corruption of the ben ali regime and has been given credit by the tunisian government for helping encourage that arab spring. he tries to co

u.n. general assembly. he will declare recent acts of anti-american violence and protests through out the muslim world and the killing of chris stevens dois not spreading good commonwealth across the world he will talk about nuclear threats from iran and united states is committed to its relationship to israel the strongest ally in the middle east. while he is in the u.n. he is not expected to be with any world leaders. jay carney explained monday why the president has made no public plans. >>> the president just recently had a conversation with prime minister netanyahu that lasted more than an hour i believe, and that was just one in countless conversations that they have had. as you know the president has met with and spent time on the phone with prime minister netanyahu more than any leader since he took office. >>> many are criticizing the president. republicans are blasting president obama for being in campaign mode during his visit. they criticized the president's decision to do an interview with the

u.n. general assembly later today in new york. there's the civil war in syria, the recent attacks in libya and egypt and the possibility of iran developing a nuclear weapon. but the president is not going to be at the u.n. for long. he's taken some hits for it. the president arrived in new york city yesterday afternoon and he went straight for a sitdown not with world leaders but with the ladies of the view. in fact, the president will not be sitting down with any world leaders during the u.n. which is extremely rare. last year he had 13 meetings with world leaders during the u.n. so critics are accusing the president of putting his reelection efforts ahead of diplomacy but jay carney pointed out the president is hosting two receptions for world leaders during the u.n. not to mention he speaks with them on the phone all the time. >> the fact of the matter is the president does not wait for an annual meeting to have consultations with foreign leaders and they will continue. >> reporter: the president is expected to focus much of hi

u.n. general assembly via video i have a preview straight ahead. and that's not the only thing that has the internet world talking it looks like the cyber paranoia may just be justified after all america's financial institutions are facing didio west attacks allegedly coming from iran so could this be make the makings of a war that's falling through the wires. was a corporations are people and money is speech that much the u.s. supreme court has made clear one safeguard the american public has though is knowing often where that money is coming from that is not necessarily the case anymore coming up a look at the secretive world of ghost packs. it's wednesday september twenty sixth four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine and you're watching our team. well it's day two of the u.n. general assembly in new york and already it's been jam packed full of world leaders putting forth their ideas their thoughts about international issues and policy coming up in just a few hours wiki leaks co-founder julian a songe is expected to speak via video link at the

u.n. general assembly as president of iran.e never named in his remarks but it was year who he was blaming for the world's problems. president obama spoke before the same body yesterday, criticizing iran's nuclear program. >>> the self-proclaimed of power are responsible for the corruption, ignorance and oppression and discrimination in every corner of the world. >> during previous speeches by ahmadinejad, the u.s. delegation walked out. today they chose not to attend at all. a spokesperson says it is because ahmadinejad is using his trip to spout paranoid theories and slurs against israel. >>> turning now to the presidential election. ohio is the center of the political universe today with republican presidential candidate mitt romney and president obama crisscrossing the statement romney kicked things off with a rally the president arrives with the wind at his back. this morning abc news moved ohio from the tossup column to leaning obama that gives the president 255 electoral votes to romney's 206. i need 270 to win the white

u.n. general assembly as president of iran. he never named in his remarks but it was year who he was blaming for the world's problems. president obama spoke before the same body yesterday, criticizing iran's nuclear program. >>> the self-proclaimed of power are responsible for the corruption, ignorance and oppression and discrimination in every corner of the world. >> during previous speeches by ahmadinejad, the u.s. delegation walked out. today they chose not to attend at all. a spokesperson says it is because ahmadinejad is using his trip to spout paranoid theories and slurs against israel. >>> turning now to the presidential election. ohio is the center of the political universe today with republican presidential candidate mitt romney and president obama crisscrossing the statement romney kicked things off with a rally the president arrives with the wind at his back. this morning abc news moved ohio from the tossup column to leaning obama that gives the president 255 electoral votes to romney's 206. i need 270 to win the whi

u.n. general. interesting is because yemen was one of the countries that was the most forceful in responding to these -- to these protests. and then also, i think, he could have met with president -- if you look at these protests in pakist pakistan. very tough. let's listen to what president zardari said about how the u.s. is treating pakistan as an ally in the war on terrorists. >> more people have suffered than pakistan. drone strikes and civilian casualties on our territory and to the complexity -- add to the complexity of our battle for hearts and minded through this epic struggle. >> so, you know, the united nations general assembly has made up these magic moments, boring speeches. i think this was one of the things that really resonated in the hall among all of the people. and they have lost a lot of people. >> it's been horrible. >> all right, elise labott thank you very much for sharing this morning. six minutes past the hour. in the next half hour on "early start" we'll be joined by former

u.n. general assembly today. he didn't have anything public on his schedule. what has he been up to? >> warner: not much here at the u.n., gwen, despite all of the international crises, not only iran and syria but the anti-american outburst, violence in the middle east. he is not meeting at all one on one with any leaders, we're told. he declined, as we know, to meet with prime minister netanyahu who doesn't get here until thursday. he denieded the request to meet with the new egyptian president mohammed morsi an and the presit of pakistan and the president of libya. again where these anti-american outbursts have taken place. those have been left to hillary clinton, the secretary of state, to handle. she had a couple of those today. the reason really is the election campaign. and white house advisors will tell you that pretty frankly in private. it's not just the time requiredded for the meetings but it's all the time required for the prepare for the meetings. in other words, it's not just the two days. you really have to have something to say when you go on those meetings. you have t

u.n. general assembly. stands on that podium as president and mitt romney stands next to him, that elevates the challenger. it is true. but the president could be a little rusty. this is one criticism i have of his communications shop. sorry to do it on tv. but when is the last time he was in "the situation room"? i understand he can't set up debates. but i do wish he had been sparring a little bit more. journalists like you, let alex interview him. toughen him up a little bit. put him in tough interview situations. i thought he was great on "60 minutes" yesterday. that was a very good, hard, solid, factual, interview-based interview. >> the whole notion of the presidential debates going back to 1960 with nixon/kennedy debates, usually, correct me if i'm wrong, only if somebody makes a major blunder does that wind up having an impact. if they're both just adequate, it's not really going to change a lot of votes. >> that's the history of debates. very few candidates win them. a lot of candidates have lost th

u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon very powerful and important and the only person our president decided towith formally while he was here at the u.n. yesterday. so in what is arguably the busiest week for arguably one of the most important men in the world, alina cho spent a whole lot of time. >> a couple of hours. >> i can't believe it. on the opening day of the u.n.ga you get this incredible access to this man. >> incredibly lucky. >> we were traveling in his convoy. we started at his residence at 7:30 in the morning. >> unbelievable. >> it was incredible access. i have to thank the secretary general's office for that. it was unprecedented. you know what the unga is like. it's so busy that the secretary general likens it to speed dating. >> speed dating? zblb his words. you know, he is a man that every world leader wants to meet and ban ki-moon is more than accommodating. such a nice man. he takes hundreds of meetings, thousands of hand shakes and very little sleep during this period. as ashleigh mentioned, we were with the secretary general on the opening day of the u.n.ga. we got a gli

u.n. general assembly today. >>> plus the nfl responds to the controversial call.is one that turned the world of pro football upsidedown. all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> good morning. thank you for joining us on this wednesday morning september 26th i'm pam cook. >> what day is it, pam? >> wednesday. >> middle of the week. i'm dave clark. let's check your weather and traffic. steve is right there. how does it look? >> same as yesterday. you two look great. the weather looks pretty good too. unless you are by the coast. inland temps are very close to yesterday's readings. low to mid 80s. around the coast and bay after that fog 60s and 70s. >>> steve, good morning. traffic is moving along pretty well if you are driving on westbound 24 between walnut creek and oakland it's a nice drive. and the morning commute looks good on interstate 680. let's go back to the desk. >>> only on 2 a san jose business raided by police during the night. police stormed the building on charter park drive after getting a tip marijuana plants were inside. ktvu janine de la

u.n. general assembly international anger over and islamophobia american film was still blazing in the muslim world addressing the world body u.s. president barack obama condemned the video nonetheless defending the right to free speech as president of our country and commander in chief of our military i accept that people are going to call me awful things every day. and i will always defend their right to do so obama also pledged his support for arab spring nations like egypt and libya however when egypt's new president spoke at the un for the first time mohamed morsi said free speech will not be accepted as a free pass to insult islam holy prophet. the obscenities recently released as part of an organized campaign against islamic sentences is unacceptable and requires a firm stand egypt respects freedom of expression one that is not directed towards one specific religion or culture but the opening of the un general assembly is usually criticized as political theater with a lot of talk this year however there was no talking with us president barack obama the leader of the country hosting the

u.n. general assembly. about, you know, this new world order that he sees when the world powers would have less influence. but he wasn't as fiery. he didn't mention israel by name. i think a lot of people were surprised. in the statements he was saying leading up to this appearance he was much more fiery. i think in addition to ban ki-moon, the u.n. secretary general asking him to tone it down, i think maybe the supreme leader in iran said you might want to tone it down. there's a lot of tensions in iran. >> he pointed to a double standard considering weapons in muslim countries versus weapons in israel and the united states. i want you to chime in on this after listening. >> sure. >> translator: no one feels secure or safe even those who have a stockpile of thousands of atomic bombs and other bombs in their arsenals. >> there's a great piece on cnn.com, called the hypocrisy in the middle east. sara sidner has that piece for us. i want your take on that. >> the whole issue is no one says anything about iran