have been granted political asylum therefore in the united kingdom they are believed to be persecuted and of victims all of the political situation here in the country among them is what is a very notorious figure also a recent. man who to move to leave russia for the shores of great britain is mr chalabi again and all of those have been granted political asylum despite the fact that they have been found guilty here in russia on numerous charges for money laundering to abuse of power and many other things but despite all this britain continues to say. those are victims of political games that they are law abiding citizens within the territory of the united kingdom and therefore the agreement that exists between moscow and london about exchanging prisoners to have our prisoners or suspected. log wrongdoers basically is no envoy because they have been granted the status of political refugees. out of a reporting for us thank you. but russia. neck and neck race for the arctic's rich resources is challenging moscow's claims to a portion of the polish seabed but russia says it won't give up

be facing trial in russia any time soon of course he has been granted political asylum in the united kingdom seven years ago and since then russia has repeatedly asked its. british colleagues to hand the man over to extradite him so that he could stand trial here in russia of course he faces charges of homicide kidnapping extortion and various such terrorists and extremists activities so a large number of crimes that he's accused of and yet the united kingdom insists that this was a client is a political refugee that he has remained a law abiding citizen on its territory and therefore the agreement that russia and the united kingdom have between them to share and extradite all those accused of various crimes on each other's territories that agreement. not stand because of course he has been granted political asylum so the question of his standing trial in russia is a very ugly likely one even if he is detained in poland and then later sent back to the united kingdom. well john mclaughlin from the institute of democracy and cooperation in paris says that if poland arrests a cry of this will b

and i think a big open competitive trading economy like the united kingdom has nothing to fear from that. >> rose: does that mean that brazil and india should be on the security council for example of the united nations. >> i think there is a case of giving more people seats in the security council. india i think offers a very compelling case for india to be represented on the security council. after all, it is a fifth of the world's population, virtually. so yes, i think there needs to be changes to the architecture of the world. we're going to have discussions in washington in a few weeks time about the imf and making sure that an institution created after the second world war reflects the world of the 2 1s century. so yes, it is not, we've got to change the international institutions. but i think we also have to change our thinking. and in america, and in britain and other parts of europe, we shouldn't think that we are the only thing what is happening in the world. there are lots of good things happening in the world. >> if you look at today from where you sit in this very office whe

the united kingdom his lawyers and the secret service want to gain information from that person or to interrogate them so mr miliband would have been presented with. a request from the secret services who would have said that this is a difficult case there's a risk that this individual might be exposed to school inhuman or degrading treatment but we would like to interrogate him and they would have said to him relationship we cannot reduce this risk through taking normal measures like asking for mitigation and so on in the circumstances mr miliband was then faced with this very difficult decision as to whether or not he ought to go ahead and take and get the information whether he could reduce that risk of torture and unfortunately in this case it seems like it may have been the wrong decision and those individuals we're talking about two or three people were subject to torture not by the united kingdom or thirty's but unfortunately by the services which they were held overseas because most of it was but a change of government the current prime minister david cameron's old inquiry int

we hope he will visit the united kingdom -- your visit with the united kingdom will be equally memorable. once again, our thanks and best wishes for the rest of your visit to this country. thank you. [applause] [inaudible] [applause] ♪ [applause] [applause] ♪ [applause] ♪ [applause] ♪ [bells ringing] ♪ [cheers and applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> denied, congressional leaders commemorate the 9/11 terrorist attacks. after that, the medal of honor briefing. later, a discussion on the history of the 14th amendment. >> for me or anyone else who is considering continuing on in public service, i think the real question is, do you have a vision -- a positive vision for the direction the country should go? do you have a demonstrated set of experience to show that you can get that done? >> outgoing gov. tim pawlenty on a potential presidential run, growing up in minnesota, and his time as governor -- sunday on c- span. >> monday on c-span, republican senator lindsey graham is the keynote speaker at a foru

the deputy prime minister. >> united kingdom now, after 13 years of labour government, has the highest numbers of children in households in europe. that is an absolute and shameful legacy. one thing that the previous government failed to do that we will do is create incentives to get people off the benefits and into work. that is the surest way out of poverty and the surest way we can look after those children who are abandoned and not looked after by the previous labour government. >> after the chinook crash on the mull of kintyre, every during has found it impossible -- everitt inquiry has found it impossible -- every inquiry has found it impossible to attribute negligence to the pilots who died in the crash. may i thank the government for honoring the pledge made before the election to hold a review and ask our the independence of that review will be assured. >> deputy prime minister? >> i am acutely aware of his considerable expertise on defense matters and his longstanding interest in this tragic disaster and the circumstances around it. i am pleased to be able to confirm that we

this is the pope's first state visit to the united kingdom. its symbolically significant, of course, because of the historic divide between the protestant nation and the roman catholic church, dating way back to hry viii of course. the queen and the pope were actually together, we did have pictures moments ago of the queen and the pope together. they are actually meeting at this hour. later toda the pope will participate in a parade through edinburgh. >>> a possible break this morning in a string robberies that has put university of maryland students on edge. one man is in custody accused of at least one of those robberies, and poli are still searching for two others. news 4's tracee wilkinss live in college park with more on this story. >> police have one suspect in custody. surveillance video helped to make that arrest happen. that surveillance video also shows two other suspects who are still on the loose. prie george's county police arrested 19-year-old chenor jah. police say he and two other suspects robbed a student on august 8th. he was

we are broadcasting to our viewers in the united kingdom and around the world.olitician frs a leading party in the pakistani city of karaci says one of their leaders, imran farooq was killed in london. s he is believed to be attacked in northwest london. british police have not yet confirmed the identity of the victim, but said a 50-year-old victim has died after suffering multiple knife wounds. >> a major police investigation has begun. at its heart, the violent and so far unexplained death of this man, dr. imran farooq, a leading member of a movement and one of pakistan's most controversial political parties. in the pakistani city, there was shock and grief at the loss of one of the party's stars. hussein declared a 10-day mourning period. but dr. farooq had enemies as well as friends here. he left in 1992 after authorities accused him of murder and kidnapped. he claimed the charges were false and politically motivated. after several years on the run, he arrived in london and claimed political asylum. british police have said nothing about who may have killed

there are thousands of undocumented citizens of the united kingdom in america, and the united kingdom government has no interest. i would urge you to press that. there are bilateral trade agreements and millions of people working. press the slew. one final point, i would challenge the bill. at would price do we have comprehensive immigration reform. i would ask the question at what price can we not have it? >> so you would give them all the bad stuff just to get the good things? >> no, i wouldn't. but i'm reminded of what voltere said, which is let not the perfect be the enemy of the good. by holding out for the perfect, there are 12 million in a bad way in this country. >> what is the difference between imperfect and the atrocious. >> i would ask you to not let the perfect outway the we. thank you for having this commission tonight. someone once said that what leads evil to triumph over good is that good men do nothing. i think you for doing something good and not letting the evil win by sitting down and doing nothing. thank you. >> thank you. i will probably get in trouble for letti

it has been a truly memorable occasion, and we hope that your visit to the united kingdom would equallyur best wishes for the rest of your visit to this country. thank you. [applause] [applause] ♪ [applause] [applause] [applause]

regarding human lives, the united kingdom has a concentrated level of democracy.velopment, there's been cooperation on fair trade and final development, particularly to measure immunization and advance market commitment. we look for exploring with the united kingdom new ways to promote environment to the benefit of all. i also note that the present government has committed to the united kingdom to devoting 7.7% by 2018. it's been encouraging to witness the positive signs of a wor worldwide growth. to turn this into affective action calls for fresh thinking. to improve life conditions in many important areas such as food production. clean water. education, support of families, especially migrants and basic healthcare. the human lives are concerned time is all short. yet it has been witnesses that governments are too big to fail. the human development of those people is no less important. it's an enterprise. worth of retention for this truly too big to fall. between the united kingdom and the holy diety how much progress has been made since the diplomatic relations.

in connection with atrocities in the north caucuses but currently has political asylum in the united kingdom. brings us the latest stories. it was uncertain whether the polish authorities would in fact arrest or detained that supply if they have done so in the morning of friday the seventeenth of september as he was leaving his place of residence currently in detention and the russian side has already sent over a number of documents listing all the evidence that they have and the charges that are filed here in russia against that with a guy of this specifically outlining the details of why they believe the polish side should be extradited to russia and let the man stand trial of course the polish side has yet to make that decision both sides very carefully alluding to the fact that that decision will be a strictly legal one and adhering to all principles of international law practice and of the politics being entering not entering the picture at all of course the question upsets fate now lies solely with the polish of four days according to some of the head formation listed that during the c

thousand and one first nationally then internationally and was granted political asylum in the united kingdom around the same time you can magistrates court later refused to extradite the man despite a number of charges here in russia and there's some very serious charges that that mr pryor should be tried will be facing charges of murder kidnapping and store share participating in terrorist attacks from the secretive it is russian prosecution saying that they have enough evidence to link him to one of russia's most terrifying terrorist attacks in the world that we are seeing it up to over two thousand and two they also believed to be one of the masterminds behind the current hour brassed in the russia's volatile caucasus region so there is a long list of wrongdoing that russia believes service those archives to be guilty of but of course the united kingdom has so far refused to act. no i didn't say that he's a refugee on its territory. by. now with the brain as well it may be that i actually get to make yet station decision this of course that. he's out of there reporting live thank you. wel

britain refused to extradite him to russia because that he was given political asylum in the united kingdom and therefore an agreement that exists between moscow and london for exchange of suspected criminals does not apply specifically because of sat by its political refugees betas so despite the fact that in russia he's facing very serious charges those are included manslaughter kidnapping of participating in terrorist extremist activity as prosecutors also believe he has participated in the moscow theater siege that took place at a job or two thousand and two despite all of those very serious charges it is somewhat unlikely there is a bias for will begin at this. anytime soon. for more on this now i'm joined by dmitry babich a political analyst from russia's ria novosti news agency good to have you with us here so the key so is a coyote has been detained by the polish police what happens next well i don't expect anything good because russia will long to agree to anything less than he is extradition and it will be politically very difficult for the polish authorities to extradite him beca

plus silence in the united kingdom around the same time keeping magistrates court later refused to extradite the man despite a number of charges here in russia that some very serious charges said that mr secretary should be tried will be facing charges of murder kidnapping and store ships participating in terrorists and extremists to that he's russian prosecution say that they have enough evidence to link him to one of russia's terrifying terrorist attacks in the. theater seen it up to over two thousand and two they also believe to be one of the masterminds behind the current up arrest in the russia's fall in style caucasus region so very a long list of wrongdoing that russia police service does archive to be guilty of but of course the united kingdom has so far refused to extradite him saying that he is up political refugees and on its territory he remains a law abiding citizen first now with the wind in the fray as well it may be the polls that actually get to make the expedition decision and this of course will then be a whole new ball game. three miles out of our reporting well fred we'r

authorities to russia to stand trial sell the story to the united kingdom is even faced with that decision once again he will have to be detained in poland and that is in itself is a questionable thing at the moment. i can't tell you because i mean i was out of there reporting live thank you. for all for more on this we are joined by john laughlin the from the institute of democracy and cooperation in paris. hello to you john so there were earlier reports that poland wouldn't in case of his arrival do you think this could be a breakthrough for russia in prosecuting terrorists suspects i think there's no doubt that if poland were to do say it it would be an enormous breakthrough for russia certainly in the fight against terrorism but more generally in its new. political friendship with its neighbors we've seen over the last year and a half big turnaround in western foreign policy towards russia mainly under american initiative and we've seen changes in georgia or at least in the policy towards georgia we've seen huge political change in ukraine and of course we've seen political change in p

an international level and since two thousand and three has received political asylum in the united kingdom despite the fact that russia and the u.k. have an agreement to exchange i want to criminals to stand trial in their respective countries because it has been granted political asylum and is therefore housetop the status of a political refugee u.k. have used to extradite in the box and despite recent attempts and of course the charges against him in this country are very serious if he is extradited will be standing trial for homicide kidnapping explore for participating various terrorist at a visit to these most notably of course the moscow theater siege that none of those the other seats so a lot of serious charges that this is a private does face but of course with the recent experience to blow by it doesn't seem likely that the private and this trial will begin anytime soon here at the start. or at artie's caterina's are over thanks for that report. well we are getting details of late breaking details that polish police have detained off meds a high of one of the most wanted terror s

. >> susie: goldman sachs faces a large fine in the united kingdom. the "financial times" is reporting the amount could reach $31 million. a formal announcement is expected tomorrow. the f.t. report says the claim follows a five-month investigation by the u.k.'s financial regulator into goldman's overseas business. it was launched in april, after the securities and exchange commission charged goldman with misleading investigators. the bank was fined $500 million by u.s. regulators, but the "u- u.k. fine is not solely based on that controversial abacus transaction, but overall business practices in the u.k. >> tom: with financial taking the lead again, but this time it was on the upside. lots going on, so let's get everybody updated, susie, in tonight's "market focus." >> tom: investors were able to shrug off the federal reserve's regional economic assessment showing slower growth. it was back to the economically sensitive sectors of finance and industrial stocks, with each of those sector e.t.f.'s up 1%. investors shunned more defensive and dividend-p

he is on a visit to the united kingdom. his first stop was scotland. this is recognized as a symbolic bridge between the catholic church and britain. >> his contribution to the understanding of christianity. i hope you have the opportunity to deepen the relationship between the romage catholic church and the church of scotland. >> his visit is being over shadowed by child sex abuse scandals. there are also protests planned against the stand on gay marriage, abortion and the $20 million the british government is paying for his visit. >>> 9:26 now. well do you look forward to retirement or are you more concerned about your financial security when you stop working? we're taking -- talking about a change in mood when it comes to retirement and we're going to have some tips for making sure you are financially ready to stop working. >>> and take a look. this is not a galaxy far, far away. it's a convenience store where this criminal made one big mistake. we'll show it to you next. we're back in a moment. >>> ready, boys? >> yeah. >> here is another story fro

>> there is never been a state visit by a pope to the united kingdom.xisted between the monarchy of the united kingdom and the roman catholic church beginning with henry viii and calling himself the head of the church of england. 1982 pope came as a visit and the holy father with a strong message to the united kingdom saying there's a real danger of marginalizing christianity, religion in general, but christianity in particular and he went after secular aggressive forms of secularization. david cameron is expected now to say to the holy father, you have made our nation sit up and think, so there's been yes, controversy, but it's turned into a great public debate about the role of faith and religion in the public forum. >> and father, i'm not sure if you saw it, if you heard the intro there, but said the suspected terrorists were released. >> yes. >> what's the news on that? >> well, basically what they said, they had good enough information according to the terrorism laws in england to bring these men into custody. they originally arrested five aen then

eye on threats emerging, individuals coming back and forth from pakistan, afghanistan and the united kingdom. now you have the united splinter groups. like al qaeda and the arabian peninsula. it's becoming harder to track the individuals leading the united kingdom and heading to these places. there was an american killed this week in fighting in somalia. do we know all the individuals who are going there, and are we carefully tracking every single last one who is coming back? and the the worry, and i think this is a reasonable concern on the part of the british authorities is that eventually someone will go through that net. someone will escape through the net, and we won't find him. that's not just theory. if you look at the case of abdulmutallab, where we had prior warning about the individual, both the british government and the u.s. government let down the ball. we missed that one. can someone else follow the same path? yes, whether you're talking about al qaeda or elements of the provisional irish-republican army. individuals would love to capitalize on big name events like you're talki

. >>> a trip to the united kingdom. that's my story, coming up. >>> inventors creating the cars of the future. now, three of them have won a $10 million prize. . >> well, we've been waiting on this for quite a while. some rain, even thunderstorms out there this evening. taking a look at radar. where is it going and how long are we going to see some rain. we'll have your first look at the forecast coming up. >> keep it right here, fox 5 news at five is just getting started.  . >>> a military judge is refusing to close the hearing for the accused fort hood shooter. a major for nidal hasan wanted to keep an upcoming hearing confidential. the judge said the families of the 13 people killed have a right to hear the testimony. hasan is accused of opening fire on the texas army bass killing 13 people and wounding 32 others. he was shot and is paralyzed from the waist down. >>> the government accountability office is going to review the f.b.i.'s methods in concluding that simons acted alone. he k

coming out of the plane right now as he lands in scotland to begin this four-day visit in the united kingdompopes have visited britain before but this is the first state visit by a pontiff because benedict the pope was invited by queen elizabeth. he will be there for four days and he will be meet with the queen shortly. he will be heading to the parade route as about 100,000 or so people meet him. >> controversial but also a historic trip as you mentioned. it has been overshadowed by sex abuse scandals in the past which have shaken the confidence in the roman catholic church. but, of course, he is there hoping to mend fences as well and it should be an interesting visit. we'll have more on that. cog up. >>> the district of columbia is getting a new leader. adrian fenty and vincent gray are making up. the two challengers slugged it out with negative ads but now they are agreeing to work together if i smooth trance i go. vince gray is call following unity and fenty says he realizes that people have spoken. >> i feel like i put everything into it. i was fully prepared and excited to serve the c

but if you look at the situation situation facing the united kingdom at the moment, and you remember we are in a continent where there has been a considerable concern about sovereign debt issues. >> rose: right. >> i judge that the biggest risk facing the british economy is a-- sent out there that we had a government that was unable to deal with the budget deficit. that is a major concern. now what i want to see, of course, is growth. and you know, at the moment we are seeing growth in the british economy. but i want to see growth in the british economy going forward, but it has to be sustainable growth. that means reassuring people we can pay our way in the world. and it also means a private sector led recovery. >> rose: is it essential to do it now? or could you have postponed it. >> i think if you think of when we came to office in may, it was actually as it happens at the height of concern about sovereign debt issues and a number of european countries have now had to introduce programs to reduce public expenditure. you've seen that in greece and spain and other countries, in fran

. >>> finally this week, christiansin the united kingdom are staying on the cutting edge of phone technology to reach what is called the appears geration. peter wooding has this rept. >> reporter: christians across the uk are utilizing their technogy to share their faith and down loaded biblesand text prayers and clips. there is an iphone application for sorted, the first application for men. >> people all over the world can have access to the magazine immediately. >> reaching men with this wonderful message of the gospel. >> recently, united christn broadcasters based their studios launched the first mobile christian tv channel. this is an example on the iphone. go to yamgo.com and load for you. ucbtv on a mobile phone. >> we as christianneed to be aware of wherehe is -- ether it is the marketple, radio, or television. new marketplace of today is the mobile phone. >> glen jones based in chester ran a successful campai recently when hundreds of christians simultaneously received a text message to share their faith whatever they were at that moment. >> some people were on the bus and turned a

. >> the leader of the catholic church received a royal welcome today in the united kingdom. tens of thousands of the faithful lined the streets in edinburgh to catch a glimpse of pope benedict xvi. it is also symbolically significant because of the starke divide between the officially protestant u.k. and the catholic church. >> [unintelligible] >> behind this historic visit loomed some controversy. today, the pontiff admitted the catholic church had not acted decisively or quickly enough about claims of sex abuse by priests. he said that the top priority is to help abuse victims. and controversy involving michelle obama. the comments appear in a book by carlo bruney. it claims that when mrs. burnie asked mrs. obama this past march how she liked life in the white house, she allegedly said it was hell and she cannot stand it. tonight, michelle obama and mrs. bruney denied that conversation ever took place. >> coming in, the latest it on the investigation in this collision with an ambulance. >and a local comic is behind a youtube video that is going viral. >> much cooler temper

. >> we wish you all the best, 318 mission paners, >>> vatican declaring the visit to united kingdom a success. pope benedict wrapped up a trip. christians of all denominations almost the pop >> despitthe controversy of the catholic urch including child abuse stories, uk's first visit has received resounding support of christians of all denominations. president of the methodist confence, reverend alson was one of many church leaders that almost r welcomed the opportunity to meet the pope. >> i was delighd. it is important we go on having conversations. in england, particularly, the catholichurch has been part of the work we have done for some time. >> evangelical alliance supports the religious freedom when he said they are growing a secular agenda. >> they gave their thoughts on the pope's visit high lighting a greater need for unity against secularism. >> britain is a church that has more in common than the things that divide us. it will help give us a united picture in this country. >> potential r for christia working together is focussed in this event. it is a reality on the grou

we looked at the experiences in places like the united kingdom. look at how long the organizations were set up. we did what we thought was best for the united states some money of your questions, chairman, are some that i have given. >> let me respond to what you said at the top, describing my agency as dysfunctional and looking for reasons. if you go down the reasons. underfinanced? absolutely. only susceptible to industry pressure? probably not "only," but in part because they were underfinanced. outgunned because of the other reasons being underfinanced and under resource? i think the answer is yes. we have an agency that has been starved for a very long time where it was to process permits quickly. that is the incentive system that the secretary and i are trying to change. i want to emphasize the bulk of the employees in the organization now and before have been good, professional, dedicated public servants. they have been given a new and expanded mission. they are led to understand that these are preeminent values, that they are to enshrine al

. >> hello and welcome to "bbc world news," forecasting here in the united kingdom and around the world. an american woman freed after more than a year in jail will now press for the release of her two companions. the woman, sarah shourd. >> tonight in the gulf state sarah shourd was united with her family after 400 days in prison. and wearing the head scarf she wore. >> i am standing here because of the efforts of many people. i want to thank the president and the religious figures and everyone who has been a part of making this happen. >> earlier the iranian tv showed sarah shourd free and her family says she's got health problems, and maybe that's why she is released. she left iran alone. her two fellow hikers, shane bauer and josh fattal remain in prison. the president announced sarah's release, and said that they hoped to receive shane and josh and other american's freedom. >> and all my efforts starting today will help procure the same freedom for my fiance, shane bauer and my friend, josh fattal. >> they were filmed in may when their mothers were allowed a brief visit. they have

. >>> pope benedict xvi continu his trip to the united kingdom today. he greeted people outside his window at the apostolic vatican embassy. earlier the pope made his strongest comments on sex abe cases. he said the catholic crch should have acted more quickly to remove priest who's molested children. >>> we're keeping a close eye on three storms the atlantic and the gulf of mexico this morning. all eyes on hurricane carl. it is expected to hithe mexican coast later today. the category 2 storm could gain strength. hurricane igor is a hurricane 3 storm. hurricane julia could still bring large amounts of rain to vera cruz yesterday. you can see how large they appear from outer space. bermuda, residents and tourists have started getting ready for igor's arrival. >> that blown-out bp well could be sealed off by the end of th weekend. the next step is to pump mud and cement through the relief well into the blown-out well from the bottom. the we can't be decled. >> it is well overdue. just glad that day is finally coming. finally we see light at the end of th

we are broadcasting to our viewers in the united kingdom and around the world with me, james bagwell. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has spoken out against the plan to burn korans. general david petraeus said if it went ahead, images of the event would be used by insurgents to incite violence. coming up, we will hear what hillary clinton had to say with this report from washington. >> this is what worries general david petraeus is. 500 people in kabul, gather to demonstrate. one small church in america plans to bring copies of the koran. protesters threw rocks. >> we are concerned about the possible implications of a koran burning in the united states. it puts us in jeopardy. we have even seen trouble on just a rumor that this could take place, and i think that the images from such an activity could very well be used by extremists here and around the world in the same way that they use images from abu ghraib and some other incidents, over the years since 9/11. >> at outreach center in florida, they say they still plan to go ahead. the church, which has 50 members, is run by t

when i was born, homosexual conduct in the united kingdom was a crime.ly, i watched a very moving documentary where people, with tears in their eyes, would describe how they had been are rested and imprisoned -- been arrested and imprisoned for doing things that harmed no other person, but was judged to be within the purview of the criminal law. the things that we would not consider possible should be crimes now. yet, they were within living memory. that law was repealed in the 19 sixties -- in the 1960's and it was repealed through the leadership of members of parliament and the house of commons who saw that it was unjust. the march towards equality did not stop. over the course of the last 10 years, in the u.k., in the spirit of bipartisanship, we have seen laws passed which of reduced the age of consent in the u.k.. we have seen the introduction of civil partnerships conferring on same-sex couples all of the entitlements and legal status of marriage and i am honored and grateful that i can stand before you today, wearing a wedding ring, because i was

i also note that the government has committed to the united kingdom -- it has been encouraging for world wide growth. this calls for fresh thinking. food production, clean water, job creation, education, supportive families, and basic health care. time is always short. [unintelligible] i hope and pray that this will continue to bear fruit and a growing acceptance for dialogue between the world of reason and the world of faith. i am convinced that there are many areas in which the shirt -- in which the church [unintelligible] for such cooperation to be possible, we need to be free to act on our own principles and convictions. in this way, -- god is touches leak -- a dog is constantly watching to guide and protect us. reached -- god is constantly watching to guide and protect us. mr. speaker, i thank you once again for the opportunity to speak to this distinguished audience. we continue our good wishes and pray for you and your government. thank you. god bless you all. [applause] [applause] >> it is my privilege today to thank you on behalf of everyone here, parliamentarians and non- parli

. >> on behalf of the people of the united kingdom, i wish you a most fruitful and memorable visit. >porter: but the rest of his visit may be mired in controversy over the catholic church's child abuse scandal. the pope acknowledged the church failed to act quickly enough to deal with priests who sexually abused children. the pontiff said it is difficult to understand how priests fall in to that perversion. this is the sec time a pope fete seth foot in britain. when the pope visited in 1982 he was greet by massive adoring crowds but pope benedict xvi will face plenty of protest on friday. >> we are urging the pope to open vatican's secret sex files. >> reporter: there's been a lot of criticism about the cost to the british taxpayer, an estimated $20 million to pay for travel, accommodations and security including here at the london residence where the pope will be staying. critics say pope benedict xvi may not even fill arenas at hi outdoor evens around britain. the first day ends with an open- air mass in glasgow. it includes a performance by scottish singer and staunch catholic susa

and some european countries such as netherlands and the united kingdom. >> thank you very much for joining us today. >>> japanese people enjoy eating a variety of seaweed. one kind famous for its soft texture is considered a delicacy. a good harvest of kelp or kombu, as it's called in japan, needs sunny weather, never a sure thing in some parts of japan. next we follow some kelp harvesters in hokkaido, northern japan, who must wait for a sunny day. kombu gatherers in the hidaka region start harvesting in july. summer is the busiest time of year because that's when the kelp is softest. drying seaweed requires strong summer sunlight. kombu is said to be at its sweetest and most delicious when the sun dries it quickly, while it is still fresh. this means that to make good kombu, the kelp can only be harvested on sunny days. unfortunately, there haven't been many sunny days this season. takashi has harvest ed for year. he's only gone out ten times. that's half as much as usual. >> when the tide comes in, the waves are high. it's hard to get in and out of the boat. i may not go out today. my an

. >> at last week's four-day pilgrimage of the pope to the united kingdom has acted like a tonic to many british and other catholics, restoring confidence where despair alert. said the news that this man, ettore gotti tedeschi, the most senior banking official in the catholic hierarchy was placed under investigation will come as something as -- of a jolt. he is suspected of having failed to reveal information about money passing through vatican accounts. -- back in bank accounts. >> as with all banks, they have a huge power and should be held in check. whether it is the vatican bank or any other bank. they have excessive power. >> i think no one should be above the law. i hope they can work it out. if the money is to -- to the country of italy, then it should be paid. >> the vatican has quickly come to his support, saying it is perplexed and astonished at the investigation. and that the holy see expresses maximum confidence in the president and chief executive. the vatican goes on to say that for some time now it has tried to be more transparent about its accounts, said the timing could

. >> united kingdom strives to be a modern society. this challenging enterprise, may it always maintain respectful values. aggressive secularism is no longer valued or tolerated. >> the queen took the pope on a brief, guided tour of holyroodhouse. she gave him a set of drawings, he gave her an eighth century gospel. then it was time for his first major encounter with the public, boarding his glass-topped vehicle for a drive through the center of edinburgh. the crowds watched as the pope went by. there were protestors, groups that expressed their anger to opposition of women priest and his criticism of homosexuality. and inevitably, there was the reverend ian paisley. no papal visit would be complete without a protest by him. but the overwhelming majority of those who gathered to greet the pope were welcoming. some, perhaps a good many, were there out of curiosity, but many were there out of a sense of commitment. it's hard to judge the public side of this welcome. it's sincere. the crowds have appeared and now line the half-mile length