everybody will be doing the four additional days, and i would like to thank the united ministers in san francisco for agreeing to take five furlough days this year -- to thank the united administrators in san francisco. >> to make an offer such as he just made in public to have some sort of alternate process without meeting and conferring with the union over that is itself an unfair labor practice, and i would advise you not to continue in that mode. president kim: thank you. >> item l is a special order of business, the tentative agreement between the district and the boat -- and the glazier architectural metal and glassworkers union, the sheet metal workers' international association, local union 104, and others. may i hear a motion and a second to the tentative agreement? thank you, a reading. >> thank you, vice president mendoza. i want to thank our craft union partners for the common agreement and their acknowledgment of the need to contribute to solving the district's current fiscal problems. commissioner: i need to inform the board that i will be abstaining for reasons. vice pres

when i say i am prime minister of the united kingdom, i really mean it. nd, scotland, wales, northern ireland -- we're weaker apart, stronger together, so together is the way we must always stay. but there is another side to life as prime minister. like being made to watch the england football team lose, 4- 1to germany, in the company of the german chancellor. it's a form of punishment i wouldn't wish on anyone. i have to say, she is one of the politest people i have ever met, every time their players scored another goal, she would turn to me and say, 'i really am terribly sorry.' it's brought a whole new element to anglo-german diplomatic relations, whatever you do, don't mention the score. but however different life has got as prime minister, there's one thing that for me has stayed the same. my belief about how this country needs to change. let's start by being honest with ourselves. the mess this country is in -- it's not all because of labor. of course, they must take some of the blame. all right -- they need to take a lot of the blame. let me just ge

ministers met in hanoi monday. they'll meet on tuesday with their counterparts from eight other countries including china, japan and the unitedtates. the ministers agreed to set up meetings of senior officials to strengthen cooperation in five areas such as maritime security and anti-terrorism measures. the agreements are expected to be in incorporated in a joint declaration to be adopted on tuesday. some asean countries have had disputes with china over the sovereignty of the spratly islands in the south china sea. it seems the asean ministers want to skip the territorial issue to avoid a rough start. tuesday's meeting would be the first regular session with china to discuss regional security. >>> now on the sidelines of the gathering of defense ministers from asean and pacific rim countries, japanese defense minister, toe she me kitazawa met with his two counterparts, china and the united states. japan has proposed a defense hotline with china to prevent troubles near the country's maritime borders. that follows a collision in the east china sea that strained bilateral ties. kitazawa say its says it's unproductive to discus

ministers from ten asean countries met in hanoi on monday. they'll meet on tuesday with their counterparts from eight other countries including china, japan and the unitedtates. the ministers agreed to set up meetings of senior officials to strengthen cooperation in five areas such as maritime security and anti-terrorism measures. the agreements are expected to be incorporated in a joint declaration to be adopted on tuesday. some asean countries have had disputes with china over the sovereignty of the spratley islands in the south chain that sea. it seems the asean ministers want to skip the territorial issue to avoid a rough start. tuesday's meeting would be the first regular session with china to discuss regional security. >>> and defense chiefs of the united states and china also had a meeting on monday. robert gates has suggested to liang guanglie about setting up a dialogue framework so future confrontation would not lead to suspension of bilateral military exchanges. it was the first of such a meeting between the two countries in about a year. china froze military exchanges with the u.s. earlier this year to protest the u.s. decision to sell arms

i asked the former british prime minister how clinton was able to unite progressives in our country and also political sent trysts behind him and why the clinton brand has remained and he during force if our politics and around the world. my one-on-one interview with tony blair at the top of the show. plus, big trouble for meg whitman. now we find out that her husband knew that their house keep her immigration issues. whitman, pal din know and o'donnell are, some republican candidates this year just not ready for primetime? >>> and president obama is at it again, urging young voters not to quit on him after taking a whack at his liberal supporters earlier in the week. is this like the coach blasting the team at halftime and will it win the game? also, a sad story about america came to light today when the u.s. government apologized for intentionally infecting people down in guatemala in the late 1940 oz with venereal disease. a professor researching the infamous tuskegee experiments on african-american men made this discovery. let me finish tonight with what clinton told me about the up

united states. most recently, i've spoken to prime minister netanyahu of israel and abbas. i've been constantly discussing this. as the united nations secretary general, how we can contribute to the middle east peace process. i hope that even though we have a very limited time we will be able to make a certain break through so there is the peace process, a direct negotiations can continue without disruption. >> you want that two-state solution? >> yes. yes. >> the arab league has put together a plan that is being considered at this time as well. >> i understand arab leaders will meet in cairo this weekend. there will be in emergency arab leaders' summit meeting. i have been constantly coordinating and consulting with them how arab leaders can also contribute to this peace process. >> in the disarmament section of the un mission, you talk about a nuclear-free middle east. iran as always in focus. that is important. would that include israel as well? >> establishing nuclear representation in the middle east and alternately around the world -- that is our aspiration. making thi

united kingdom. the still developing the greens is there and president with did it and prime minister cameron have already achieved during their recent meeting in ruins. mr hague destroyed us a letter from the british prime minister addressed to the russian president. reaffirming that this long our president confirmed that he is also determined to hold his followers see this we especially mentioned that are a car peroration interested in investment has a good foundation and promising prospects especially as regards. developing business scar peroration education science. yes a little bit more social things that directly affect the goal of more nice in the russian economy which is our priority to use these quite soon in about a month or so this moscow's will cost and another and meeting of intergovernmental committee for treated investment and we have agreed that both parties will prepare for this meeting considering the possibility that we have to do all of that we have discussed. your dish and only the matter of culture and humanitarian exchange is important to us we have agreed to use a poor and the plan

middle of it because the final decision about whether or not to substitute the united states does rest with the thai prime minister what you think might sway his hand. well once again the. pressure from you know from the united states and also from russia there was also talk from viktor boots lawyer that an assistant to the prime minister had visited bood in jail in april before that time he had been a boot side sort of and then after april they were hoping that victor boot might have some information on the former prime minister who was in hot water in thailand but he refused to give any details of that he says he didn't even know him after that then and the system to the prime minister were more on america's side and wanting to kind of demonize the victor boot so there could be some behind the scenes things going on that we're not we don't know about the public give us a good moment of pressuring me to push it i want to push a bit more on that yes she said that i've been suggestions that could have been some political push within. their own end is that really viable. i think so it's been it's been claimed by the

is only days away from getting a new mayor the united russia party that holds a majority in the city parliament says it will support deputy prime minister sergei so be on in nominated by president medvedev. fifty two year old so beyond it was born in a siberian village and spent most of his career working outside of moscow before moving to the capital five years ago he served as the governor of the oil rich region moscow's previous mayor yuri luzhkov was sacked by president medvedev after

united states government pays the. government in in many. in natural resources and in the things they buy from or from thailand so to think that type prime minister who are again i said is is a british subject who holds a british passport and obviously represents british american interests could actually vote for victory against the united states is simply conceivable it might happen but then again why get santa claus coming and we actually make physically meet him but i think the chances. of this happening are very very very. all right well we'll be keeping a close eye on this story here in r t thanks very much daniel as still an author and investigative journalist live from madrid. now questions politicians don't like to answer being raised on the sidelines of the u.k.'s leading coalition parties conference but freedom zone is anxious over the erosion of civil liberties in the country as well as what it sees as the domination of britain by the e.u. it's been hearing from those at the meeting. it's hard to think of a more time for a. gathering here of the freedoms these days to gather in fads we. call but then last week we saw an uprising again

i asked the former british prime minister how clinton was able to unite progressives in our country and also political centrists behind him and why the clinton brand has remained an enduringnorse our politics and around the world. my one-on-one interview with tony blair at the top of the show. >>> plus, big trouble for meg whitman. we find out her husband knew their housekeeper had immigration issues. whitman, paladino and o'donnell, are some republican candidates this year, just not ready for primetime? >>> and president obama's at it again, urging young voters not to quit on him, after taking a whack at his liberal supporters earlier in the week. is this like the coach blasting the team at halftime and will it win the game? >>> also a sad story about america came to light today when the u.s. government apologized for intentionally infecting people down in guatemala in the late 1940s with venereal disease. a wellesley professor investigating the experiments on african-american men made this discovery. we'll talk to her about it tonight. >>> let me finish tonight about what bill clinton

united kingdom. it is a very simple question for the prime minister. who is right? the justice secretary or is he putting his foot in it? is he saying is he -- [talking over each other] is the same injustice secretary was wrong to say there is no risk of a double-dip recession in the u.k.? the leader of the opposition was asked the question. but he has got to ask a complete question which should include the complete quote. by one time for back ventures especially on the automakers. >> the prime minister knows as well as i do that there are risks in the global economy including for the united kingdom. the chief secretary revealed yesterday that half a million jobs would be lost as a result of the chancellor's announcement today. what people in fear of losing their jobs will want to know are what the consequences of the spending will be for them. they will think the spending review will be a failure leading to rising unemployment. will prime minister agree that it will be a favor if unemployment will rise next year? >> that is a much better question. we are making som

very carefully they said that a lot of phone calls have been made from the united states to thailand obviously to the prime minister's office and this is another part of the this delicious irony the thai prime minister will be americans are saying is actually working for the victor boot is actually working for the americans because he's not only he's a british born but you also hold british passport which means he's obviously subservient to the british or american interests. let's have a now at some other news making headlines around the world chile's president claims that the thirty three miners trapped underground for two months could be rescued in less than a fortnight experts from around the world have been helping to dig a skate shop through the hole from rock to freedom that eventually. rescue to christmas for members of the mining you know how the protest in the regional capital the mine to be paid as we move work aside since of course. the vatican has criticised the awarding of well price for vets to british testing they declined edwards a spokesman said that the station ignored the ethical questions of the t

i asked the former british prime minister how clinton was able to unite progress i haves and political centrists behind him and why the clinton brand has remained in our world. >>> big trouble for meg whitman. we find out her husband knew that their housekeeper had immigration issues. >>> whitman, paladino, and o'donnell, are some republican candidates not ready for prime time. >>> president obama is at it again urging young voters not to quit on him after taking a whack at his liberal supporters earlier in the week. is this like the coach blasting the team at halftime? >>> a sad story came to light when the u.s. government apologized for intentionally infecting people with venereal disease. a wesley professor researching the tuskegee experiments on african-american men. >>> let me finish with what bill clinton told me about the upcoming election. >>> let's go to the "hardball" scoreboard. the new york governor race, democratic, andrew, cuomo, now leads carl paladino by 16 points. paladino threatened the life of a new york reporter, wednesday night, raising a pretty basic question abou

government for a decision to be made a lot of full cost have been made from the united states to thailand obviously the prime minister's office and this is another part of the this delicious irony of the thai prime minister holby americans are saying is actually working for the victor what is actually working for the americans because he's not only is a british war but lost all of british passport which means he's obviously subservient to the british american interest and with the power of american bank. some say the incentive is right for thailand to play ball but america has promised thailand's fighter jets and cheap oil if the decision goes their way if he's next right to america and stands trial in america itself i think then everything will be in public but probably what might happen is that they would like to extradite him but not have a face trial in america but to be in a prison another country. as they have done with other people so that we don't know people don't really know what's going on and there are there are questions about the legality of the extradition process and the motives of the united states but

very carefully they said that a lot of phone calls have been made from the united states to thailand obviously the prime minister's office and this is another part of the dis delicious irony the thai prime minister will be americans are saying is actually working for the doctor who is actually working for the americans because he's not only is a british born but he also holds british passport which means he's obviously subservient to the british or american interests. but i have a look now at some other news making headlines around the world this hour. chile's president claims that the fifty three miners trapped underground for two months rescue less than nine experts from around the world have been helping to dig escape charge through them all of them had actually. been to christmas meanwhile members of the mining nubian held a protest in the region demanding to be paid as work at the site since the mines perhaps again. we in vatican has criticised the awarding of the nobel prize for medicine to british test tube baby prime then robert edwards a spokesman said the decision to ignore the ethical questions of the t

minister. the terror threat level is high in the united kingdom.rorists could plan on attacking with assault weapons. travelers are told to exercise extreme caution in busy tourist areas and the u.s. state department is advising all americans living and traveling in europe to take precautions for their personal security. >>> and so far, there are no details on specific targets and the security's stepped up at the popular tourist areas. >>> jury deliberations are on hold today for the men accused of killing ken harris. derek valcourt has more on the delay. >> reporter: hi, don, they've had a lot of questions. yesterday, they asked if they could examine the bullet that killed councilman, ken harris and today, no questions and no verdict. the defendants face a long list of criminal charges in connections with the murder of ken harris. the police say that harris visited the haven lounge to use the bathroom. he walked in on a robbery trying to get away and was shot in the back. the prosecutors told the jurors that dna on gloves and a halloween mask link

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of the indian parliament, he's been everything from undersecretary-general of the united nations to deputy foreign minister of india. simon schama is a world-famous historian born in britain. he is now a professor at columbia university. and kishore mahbubani, the dean of the school of public policy in singapore where he teaches students all he learned in his first career as a diplomat, former foreign secretary of singapore. welcome, gentlemen. i should say this line john kennedy has when he had all these nobel laureates in for an evening, he said there's never been this much talent in one room. >> jefferson dined alone. >> we've never had this much talent around the table since larry summers had a sandwich alone. simon, what do you make of the campaign? i know you've been following it. >> well, a very interesting moment, i think, actually. if there were some signs that as a columnist in "the new york times" said today, rage might not be working across the country. we might be going back to 2004 where we had a virtual cultural civil war coming out of that election. and different parts of the country very,

minister defends austerity and pakistan on the brink. more alleged terror plots, more u.s. strikes. the country's former president has harsh words for the united states. general pervez musharraf, a "this week" exclusive. >>> plus -- >> i'm not a witch. >> -- all the week's politics on our roundtable with abc's george

they said that a lot of phone calls have been made this morning from the united states to thailand obviously to the prime minister's office but finally in the development what the mood was brought to court today it was brought of wearing a bulletproof vest protected by thirty commandos government alleges that the russian government is actually trying to assassinate richard bush which is if you want to talk about conspiracy theories this one takes the cake all the way center not of the program we have a marshall master class. in this sport it's just hands and feet and it's not just fun to watch actually a lot of the modes are pretty useful for itself it plans for a girl like me and mission is going to be something. he's going to for a traditional russian technique this spring a fighting spirit stateside right now let's find out as she goes on a bit later. questions politicians don't like to answer being raised on the sidelines of the u.k. coalition's leading parties conference the freedom zone is anxious over the erosion of civil liberties in the country as well as what it sees as the domination of britain by the e.

very carefully they said that a lot of phone calls have been made from the united states to thailand obviously to the prime minister's office and this is another part of the dis delicious irony of the thai prime minister who be americans are saying is actually working for the book is actually working for the americans because he's not only is a british born but he also holds british passport which means he's obviously subservient to the british or american interests. now that look at some other news making headlines around the globe. chile's president claims that the fifty three miners trapped underground for two months could be rescued rescue fortnight experts from around the world have been helping to dig escape shelfs threw off a modern rock to free them that eventually would be rescued christmas meanwhile members of the mining union held a protest in the regional capital demanding to be paid his new work site since the mines collapse the biggest. the vatican has criticised the awarding of the nobel prize for grants to british history baby partnered with edwards a spokesman said the decision ignored the ethical qu

meant to continue to fool the woods he meant to continue to fool the united states and finally the bluff was called by by his foreign minister will just say the truce we are right to link a nation a list of a mystic government we have no intentions to do any peace was the palestinians ok eve you want to reply to that because that's what a great deal of the pain was forgetting go ahead go ahead but is anyone forgetting that there were there was a ten month free were not a thing moved and about us didn't come forward until about two weeks before it expired and only when obama twisted his arm so you know i think i think b.b. has shown and i'm not thrilled with everything that he does but i think he is showing he definitely a willingness and it didn't happen so well you know what are we supposed to do with that you can't keep saying that it's about the settlements and it's about the settlements and ignoring all the issues that i have various now about the terrorism have just been completely ignored that did hills of duty in some area overlook tel aviv and easily if that becomes a base for a palestinian state allen gaza out of th

very carefully they said that a lot of phone calls have been made from the united states to thailand obviously to the prime minister's office and this is another part of the this delicious irony of the thai prime minister will be americans are saying is actually working for the mood is actually working for the americans because he's not only he's a british born but you also hold british passport which means he's obviously subservient to the british or american interests. also the come this hour in a scrape on the vices of life multi-group it's a remote school craze where that's helping hundreds of young people farts with drug addiction by taking them back to nature. showbiz that it's entertainment value of the insel trade it's a nice presentation high production spastically it's graphics use all of this is a way to sort of focus people's attention by using techniques that are associated with that same amount during this war we had nearly the same military entertainment lead. lines the oceans would be soo much brighter than if you moon about the sun from phones to pressure it's. nice for instance on t.v. don't come. m

minister is expected to express readiness to step up support for countries in the region. he's also scheduled to take part in the east asia summit, where he'll confirm that the united states and russia will join the regional forum next year. the prime minister will meet the leaders of singapore and new zealand separately. earlier the two countries signed the transpacific strategic economic partnership agreement. kan has said he will also consider joining the framework, which in principle abolishes tariffs on all products. meanwhile, the japanese government is coordinating talks with kan and chinese premier wen jiabao, where they hope to discuss ways to improve bilateral ties. >>> iraq's oil minister has called on japanese companies to invest and start businesses in his country. >> however, we do wish to see more japanese companies actually coming and working not only in the fuel development, also in the refineries and the electricity. >> husain al-shahristani made the appeal at a meeting with japan's ambassador mitts owe sakaba on wednesday. sakaba, who's in charge of coordinating assistance for iraq's reconstruction, is making his first visit to the iraqi capital since he

they said that a lot of phone calls have been made this morning from the united states to thailand obviously to the prime minister's office and finally in the development of the wood was brought to court today he was brought in wearing a bulletproof vest and protected by thirty commandos government alleges that the russian government is actually trying to assassinate victor boot which is if you want to talk about conspiracy theories this one takes the cake. brazil's presidential elections are going to a second round runoff after the main competitors failed to secure enough votes for an out white an outright win this comes despite a push by the popular outgoing president lula da silva to line up his chief of staff as a successor dilma rousseff fell just short of the fifty percent threshold that she would have needed to make her brazil's first ever female president her popularity is based on the promise to continue with the policies that have made brazil one of the world's biggest and fastest growing economies to face opposition leader jose serra at the end of october laura lister has more. on the streets of brazil a

carefully they said that a lot of phone calls have been made from the united states to thailand obviously with the prime minister's office and this is another part of the dis delicious irony of the thai prime minister will be americans are saying is actually working for the victor boot is actually working for the americans because he's not only is a british born but he also holds british passport which means he's obviously subservient to the british or american interests. have a look now at some other news making headlines around the world chile's president claims that the thirty three miners trapped underground for two months to rescue the rest of the. experts around the world helping to dig a straight shot through the model to free them that had initially been rescued to christmas with members of the mining union held a protest in the regional capital demanding to be paid there's been no work at the site since its collapse in the biggest. the vatican has criticised the old reading of the price for next to the biggest rescue . super expensive but this isn't the role of the ethical questions of the treatment but w

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. >> defense ministers from the ten-member asean plus eight countries including japan and the united states have expressed concern over territorial disputes in the south china sea. >>> the meeting is the first ever regional security conference held in vietnam's capital hanoi on tuesday. vietnam's defense minister told reporters after the conference that japan, the u.s., and many asean countries expressed unease over china's growing presence in the south china sea, which has resulted in territorial disputes with vietnam and the philippines. japan's senior vice minister of defense called for efforts to address china's actions in the east china sea referring to last month's japan/china boat collisions. >> china argued that multilateral talks cannot resolve everything and reiterated its position that territorial issues should be discussed bilaterally. >>> public support for the cabinet of japan's prime minister has plunged sharply to 48%. a diplomatic issue involving china and an internal struggle within the ruling democratic party both had an impact on naoto kan's popularity. compared to

treasury secretary and finance ministers from around the world met in washington this weekend to try to find a way to get the global economy moving again. the united states is very worried that if europe cuts government spending too much, it could severely hurt economic growth right here. so earlier i spoke with the french finance minister christine lagarde, a proponent of european austerity, about whether growth is at risk. minister christine lagarde, thank you so much for joining us. there seems to be tension between the united states and europe over what's the most sensible way to deal with the current lack of growth. the u.s. wants europe to continue pushing money into the system. europe is talking about a lot of austerity. >> in terms of growth versus austerity, it's a policy that we've adopted in pretty much all european countries that we need to address both issues. if we do not reduce the public deficit, it's not going to be conducive to growth. why is that? because people worry about public deficit. if they worry about it, they begin to save. if they save too much, they don't consume. if they don't consume, unemployment goes up and produc