u.s. state department reports china decided to strike back and came up with its own account of human rights violations in one to ninety eight russia has always alleged the u.s. state department report was biased and question the right of any nation to bear. however december two thousand and eleven so russia's foreign ministry issued its own report on human rights. well the us department of state the united states was criticized criticized by the soviet union by rochelle a later for these reports of this kind we said i remember that an american is positioning itself as a judge for other country for their situation human rights so why did russia decide to follow this example well first of all. i am working in the in the foreign ministry of the russian federation and definitely as our minister sergey lavrov actually put it yesterday during his press conference on the. year two thousand and eleven. our foreign policy is not an ideological foreign policy and it is. very much preventing one and. that's why when we criticize we do not criticize our do radiological and. for their logical reasons we

u.s. state department spokesperson victoria nuland said the u.s. wants to see if north korea is ready to take concrete steps towards denuclearization. talks have been stalled more than three years. the u.s. envoy will visit seoul and tokyo in the days following the talks. davies will report on what he learns. that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. tokyo. thanks for joining us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

u.s. state department confirmed that he was at the consulate. a spokesperson said he met with staff and left voluntarily. she did not comment on what the meeting was about or his wurnt whereabouts. the scandal could affect his boss. he's seeking to join the communist party's highest ranking. he led efforts to crackdown on criminal gangs in the city. a shanghai party chief was fired on corruption charges ahead of the party convention in 2007. it is believed that a power struggle is behind the scandal. the new zealand government says building -- a building in an earthquake collapse a year ago was sub around the. 150 people died in the wreckage. on february 22nd an earthquake killed 185 people. fatalities in the building collapse included 28 japanese students of a language school. officials released their report thursday on the 2011 quake. they say that six-story structure did not meet the standard of the day it was built in 1986. they added the building's low beering concrete columns were not sufficiently re-enforced with steel. the government spo

u.s. state department congratulated the yemeni people on the election is because the united states will continue to use drones and fighting the. elements of al qaeda in the country i'd like to point out to our viewers yemen the yemenis government is one of the only governments in the world that allow a foreign power to use drones in their own country i mean that's why the united states is happy with this transition quote unquote transition by the way sala staying at the ritz hotel in new york right now i guess he's not too sick ok so i mean this is why the united states supported this in saudi arabia because it doesn't change the rules of the game they're going to continue to use drones and innocent people going to be continued to be killed in yemen and that's going to continue the the protests in the country and the anti-american anti western sentiment in the country today. it's interesting u.s. military aid to yemen increased five fold in the first two years of the obama presidency he suspended much of that in response to the. gross and systematic human rights abuses and killings mass killings

u.s. state department spokesperson said the u.s. side wants to see if north korea is ready to take concrete steps to denuclearization. it will visit seoul and tokyo following the talks. glenn davies will report. >>> that wraps it up for "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

u.s. state department. this thing has state department and u.s. intelligence all over it three easy steps and that's all it takes to overthrow your very own government so this revolution become a commodity a product that could be branded packaged mass produced an export out all across the globe well just like ivan's video this too of course is a spoof but the game of regime change is quite real and it's unintended consequences can be downright dangerous. since delta mostly the american taxpayer i think is getting. the short end of the bargain because there are there are bankrolling people that are going around the world fomenting astroturf revolutions that are eventually backfiring and they're backfiring all over the place and once the people find out who was behind this their anger turns. to the american government india where can people once your bus resume be you can be good . and easy recipe but the aftermath may be the hardest to see captain of r t washington. but next the business news with natasha. twenty four minutes past the hour you're w

u.s. state department has tried reaching out to the government in china in atechbts to shut down the site. but so far, jessica and roj, the department of state has been told by the chinese officials these are just novelty item ts and there's nothing they can do about it. >> now, if you have something, you should let us know. you can e-mail us at the unit at nbc bay area dot com. >> well, let eegts bring our chief meteorologists. >> rain drops are starting to fall after 14 days with no rain. not only the rain, but the wind, the wind advisory in effect for tomorrow morning. now, what we are finding is some of the strongest bands of rain right in throughout the east bay, also for the ne nins la and portions of the north bay. for san francisco, maybe some light to modern rainfall. right across the bay bridge into oakland and back here on the east bay. >> down in the south, not too much happening right now. just a few areas of light shower. but as we have been talking about, it has bnl so dry for so long that there's so much oil being brought up on the roadways. temperatures having a hard time

u.s. state department, right? >> it is a military and civilian component. most of the scene is military. >> that is the security? >> and they also have several affair teams. the core of the team is civil affairs but as been supplemented to re department of state officer, where a civilian development adviser. the rest of the team is security or force protection. >> you are sent to -- how do you pronounced the name of the province? >> oruzgan. >> oruzgan. >> you said it perfectly. >> i just repeated it. what is day-to-day life in the area for the afghans themselves, and for the team? >> overall, oruzgan is 0 and agrarian economy. >> why are you there? >> it has played a prominent role. when hamid karzai motorcycled across the border he went to a ruse gun to rally a network of colleagues -- oruzgan to rally a network of colleagues and friends. that is historically that province has long been significant. it is very small. it is the fourth large -- smallest province in the country. it is six districts, probably 250,000 people all together. a large number comes

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u.s. state department. when you see that image, the leaders of iran, afghanistan, and pakistan, what do you think goes through u.s. officials minds? >> iran has hosted a meeting with afghanistan and pakistan. it's just what the relationship between the united states and pakistan, they are looking to iran in order to help them manage their relationships with afghanistan. since both iran and pakistan are not included in the reconciliation talks with the taliban, they are ganging together to protect their assets. >> this comes at a crucial time. we have hamid karzai going into this meeting saying that his government was having to deal with the taliban. what does he hope to gain? >> he was stretching the truth. these are still between the u.s. and the taliban. president karzai wanted to send a signal that he is already talking to the taliban. there's a lot tension between pakistan and afghanistan and that is exactly why the pakistani is need iran in order to manage afghanistan now the u.s. will not play that rol

u.s. state department. when you see that image, you have the leaders of iran, pakistan, and pakistan, what do you think goes through the minds of u.s. officials that you used to work with it? >> iran has in the past hosted the presidents of afghanistan and pakistan but it has usually been in tehran. this is the first time that pakistan has brought tehran on board. it is suggested that with the relationship between the united states and pakistan in its decline, pakistan is looking to iran in order to help them manage their relationship with afghanistan. i think that they are banging together in order to protect their assets. >> this is coming at a crucial time. we have hamid karzai going into this meeting saying that his government was having talks with the taliban. what does he hope to gain? >> he was stretching the truth. these are still between the u.s. and the taliban. president karzai wanted to send a signal that i am already talking without you and i want you to deliver to the table. there is a lot of t

u.s. state department spokesman.l suspend uranium enrichment and agree to a moratorium on long range missile tests. inspectors will check it. >> one crew member died and three missing after a chopper crashed in alabama in about 13 feet of water in mobile bay last night. divers have locate the wreck but they are trying to get inside to look for the missing crewmembers. >>> also this morning, we are hearing the first 911 calls after that deadly school shooting in ohio. >> we just had a shooting at our school. >> we need assistant right now. >> there is a student with a gun. >> 17-year-old tj lane is whom they are talking b he is accused of killing three students and wounding two others on monday. prosecutors in ohio are expected to ask a judge to charge the suspect as an adult even though he is 17. now, they dismissed media reports that those shootings may have been connected to drugs or some sort of bullying incident. one victim's father was interviewed for today's "cbs this morning." >> they are still doing cpr on hi

u.s. state department adviser who is a fellow at the woodrow wilson center. is a really grim image of what is happening and yet we have hillary clinton saying that she thinks that the opposition forces will be increasingly capable of defending themselves. is that realistic? >> i sympathize with the fact that the options here are very grim. the administration has three objectives. they are to establish safe havens. they need to help what -- to help what is not a population without the capacity to fight the instruments of state power. this could endure for quite some time, the killing, the shelling. worse if they decide to retake arms and put it into one of the main centers of opposition. the west will look increasingly bad in the weeks to come. >> the u.n. announced that they have this list of senior syrian officials. they are accused of crimes against humanity, they have appointed an envoy, does that make any difference? >> it is making us all feel a lot better right now but unless it can find a way to emboldened the opposition. this will go on for quite some

u.s. state department who currently serves as the council boss as the president -- who currently serves as the president of the council on foreign relations. is anything that can be done at the moment? >> if they mean to stop the bloodshed, they are being painfully realist. there's not much they can do. what they can to will be things that will have the desired effect over time, such as sanctions or harming the opposition. >> -- arming the opposition. >> when the white house signed on to the u.n. resolution, they cited in gauzy and the death of civilians. you have people being killed in homs, but there is not action by the international community. >> syria is not quite the pariah that libya was under gaddafi. there is a bit of intervention fatigue. the kind of intervention is orders of magnitude greater, more risky, more casualties taken. so far, it is harder to design and maps and execute. >> doesn't it suggest the humanitarian a barometer is that the floor? we see the civilians suffering. when you cite humanitarian reasons for intervening, you end up with this kind of murky decision. >>

u.s. state department has criticized honduras for harsh, human conditions. >>> the investigation into whitney houston's death is now focused on the prescription drugs found in her hotel room. the l.a. times reports that subpoenas will be sent to those doctors who prescribed those drugs. the officials say the amount of drugs did not seem unusually large. investigators will be looking at the drugs whether the drugs were dispensed properly and whether houston was receiving too many prescriptions. >>> a memorial honoring whitney houston is growing outside the new hope baptist church in nung-- in new jersey. houston's funeral will be held there. it's a private funeral. no machines for a -- plans for a public memorial. >>> nadia lockyer has entered rehab. in a statement she said she's seeking treatment at a -- after a recent incident at a hole tell. she said she was -- at a hotel. she said she was violent attacked by an ex-boyfriend. she's there for a chemical dependency and for chronic pain from a car accident. >> for her to come forward and address this straight on, i applaud her. i wish her well

u.s. state department who heads the atlantic council middle east center. i want to point out something you wrote a year ago was that if these demonstrations by down now, they will be back at some point. >> they will be back again. i think the demonstrations that we are seeing are limited and they have been met with a very heavy security presence as well as a crackdown on trying to limit coverage of what is going on. this issue is just going to go on and on because the underlying grievances of discrimination and a lack of real political participation have not been addressed in the year since the uprising in bahrain started. >> yet, when that report was given to the king which monitored the excesses of the force that was used during the uprising, many people were surprised that such a tough report would be released in bahrain. they promised reform. has it not gone anywhere? >> there have been steps to address the very harsh measures that were taken against the protesters. something like three or 4000 by iranian shiites were dismissed from their jobs at that

u.s. state department who currently serves as the president of the council on foreign relations. is the white house being too pessimistic or realistic when they say that there are not any tools for the international community to deal with syria? >> they need to stop the bombardment of that is going on but they are being realistic. there is not much going on. what they can do on things that will perhaps have the desired effect over time through sanctions or some prefer a garmin and opposition. none of these will have a short- term or tactical impact. >> when they pushed for action against libya, they cited in benghazi and people killed in that city. you have people being killed than homs -- in homs, but there will not be action by the international community. >> syria is not quite the pariahs that the deal was under gaddafi. there is a bit of intervention fatigue and the kind of intervention that one would have to imagine in syria is orders of magnitude greater, more risk, more casualties taken. it is harder to design and harder to execute. >> doesn't it suggest that the humanitar

u.s. state department who currently serves as the president of the council on foreign relations. is the white house being too pessimistic or realistic when they say that there are not any tools for the international community to deal with syria? >> they need to stop the bombardment of that is going on but they are being realistic. there is not much going on. what they can do on things that will perhaps have the desired effect over time through sanctions or some prefer a garmin and opposition. none of these will have a short- term or tactical impact. >> when they pushed for action against libya, they cited in benghazi and people killed in that city. you have people being killed than homs -- in homs, but there will not be action by the international community. >> syria is not quite the pariahs that the deal was under gaddafi. there is a bit of intervention fatigue and the kind of intervention that one would have to imagine in syria is orders of magnitude greater, more risk, more casualties taken. it is harder to design and harder to execute. >> doesn't it suggest that the humanitar

u.s. state department dismissed the news saying that it is not terribly impressive and seems to have been hyped. i am joined by a senior fellow at the u.s. institute of peace and she has written extensively on iran. there is back and forth going on. was this diplomatic theatre? if so, who was the audience? >> there were two different audiences. one was a domestic audience. part of this was about john starting iranian nationals and at a very important juncture. -- jumps starting iranian nationalism and a very important juncture. to the international community, which is where the real message was, it is a sense that we are persevering, you cannot intimidate us. we will be defiant. a lot of the things they have done are technically just for peaceful nuclear energy and fall under what is legal for iran under the non-proliferation treaty. >> the u.s. said there was little new in the pictures. this announcement that they are expanding their enrichment facility, is that more concerned? >> i have been in the research reactor. a lot of levels of questions remain from getting back to 2003 about what

u.s. state department dismissed the news saying that it is not terribly impressive and seems to have been hyped. i am joined by a senior fellow at the u.s. institute of peace and she has written extensively on iran. there is back and forth going on. was this diplomatic theatre? if so, who was the audience? >> there were two different audiences. one was a domestic audience. part of this was about john starting iranian nationals and at a very important juncture. -- jumps starting iranian nationalism and a very important juncture. to the international community, which is where the real message was, it is a sense that we are persevering, you cannot intimidate us. we will be defiant. a lot of the things they have done are technically just for peaceful nuclear energy and fall under what is legal for iran under the non-proliferation treaty. >> the u.s. said there was little new in the pictures. this announcement that they are expanding their enrichment facility, is that more concerned? >> i have been in the research reactor. a lot of levels of questions remain from getting back to 2003 about what

u.s. state department official said that india's failure to stand with the west on the oil embargo is a slap in the face pretty united states and raises questions about india's ability to lead but despite all that indian officials won't budge on the issue india the ranga largest oil customer with an annual trade of twelve billion dollars officials here in new delhi are negotiating with their counterparts in tehran to continue that trade using rupees instead of dollars to get around but one thing since and it's not just india ignoring the west's wishes with four asian countries collectively borrowing two thirds of iran's oil while the e.u. it's just twenty percent and whether the sanctions work or not is book in guess concern these are sanctions imposed by the united states and the european union they didn't consult us with the impose new sanctions so it's that's their medical problem not ours issues the welfare of the people and that energy needs that's why many feta think sions will be totally ineffective if the asian giants won't play ball countries which are sort of looking to our india a

u.s. state department officer says to resolve iran's nuclear issue u.s. and its allies should change their approach. the american intelligence agencies and for that matter the israeli intelligence agencies and many other foreign governments intelligence agencies are saying that iran has not made the political decision to pursue weaponization and that leaves time for diplomacy to be pursued to find a peaceful solution that's beneficial to all parties involved the primary sticking point the primary truck problem that we see is that nobody trusts one another people in the p five plus one don't trust each other iran doesn't trust anybody in the p five plus one so in an effort to try and move things forward and shift that paradigm from the negative to the positive you know we need to get creative and international leaders need to find ways to take risks for peace anything from broadening the agenda to discussion issues not just focus on iran's nuclear program but things that iran is also interested in regional security energy security things of that nature jus

u.s. state department spokesperson mark toner dismissed the idea. >> we've seen time and time again syria play this kind of shell game with various proposals, various peace efforts, various attempts at dialogue. they pretend to engage, attempt to -- or pretend to engage and then nothing ever happens or comes of it. >> toner said the u.s. wants the u.n. security council to take action. he stressed the importance of putting international pressure on assad. >>> in october russia and china blocked western-led efforts to adopt a resolution, calling on assad to halt oppression of protesters. and the syria story is playing out on a number of other fronts. iran's supreme leader is accusing the u.s. and other western nations of interfering in syria's domestic affairs. iran is one of president assad's main supporters. observers say that collapse of his regime could weaken tehran's influence in the region. >>> israeli soldiers are training to respond to a missile attack from syria. this drill simulated a cross-border counterattack. soldiers and tanks used live ammunition and took control of a mock s

u.s. state department dismissed the claims and hype face of western economic pressure the escalating situation around iran has some worried about military outcome. the from the national iranian american council believes a military strike wouldn't wipe out its nuclear capabilities but the real problem here is that there is this escalation towards this military action that's not going to actually take out the nuclear capabilities of iran if israel bombs iran it sets the program back a couple years and then they have to go in and bomb again and then they have to go in and bomb again and you just have this cycle really the end of the day in full scale occupation and total war there's no clean right that happens this is if this happens it's the beginning of a long confrontation that really it's going to make you rock in afghanistan look like a cake walk and it's going to plunge the u.s. into a very long term military engagement. for more on the israeli iran standoff you when we talk to joe cemented a founder of the trends research institute has a preview of what he has to say the full interview com

u.s. state department said the two governments held constructive talks on implementing new sanctions against iran in another meeting to follow soon. japanese foreign minister began by refraining from clarifying details of the latest proposal. >> translator: it's important for the international community to coordinate efforts and share its concerns about iran's nuclear development. we had detailed discussions on the key issues including application of the exemptions. the talks have significantly progressed. >> he said the two nations are very close to reaching a consensus. japan's health organization says the seasonal flu is spreading rampantly. in some areas the infection rate is the highest in ten years. the national substitute of infectious diseases say that more than 1.7 million people sought treatment for flu symptoms last week. the figure was up 620,000 from a week earlier. school children aged 14 or younger accounted for a large number of infections typically spread within classrooms. the number of elderly patients aged 60 or older was up 40% from a year earlier. nhk has found that eig