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

united states, william jefferson clinton. [applause] and the recipient of the 2010 liberty medal, former prime minister of the united kingdom, tony blair. [applause] >> thank you and welcome. i want to thank my fellow board members at the constitution center and our president and ceo. thank you for your support. our chief park ranger, thank you for where you do. most of all, i want to thank my longtime friend and former prime minister -- my longtime the former premier ester. -- prime minister. as i think most of you know, the first time i had any hand in presenting this award was in my first year as president before this center was here. in 1993 on july 4. we give it to nelson mandela. we have had at least five winners of the nobel peace prize win this award and many others who have done noble and good things. when he was prime minister, tony blair worked hard to modernize his country's economy and improve its performance for ordinary citizens. he worked to reform the uk's health, education, and social welfare systems so the advanced opportunities and responsibility and were effective. he led the uk on an impressive path to

next tonight animal lovers unite russian prime minister is known for his affection of man's best friend his beloved dog tony became the first dog to get a color to be tracked by satellite now it looks like he'll have to buy another two brought him a putin has a new puppy that's why it's given to him by bulgaria's prime minister during a trade trip and it seems to be at first sight you can see the beautiful. gary of sheep dog is what you're looking at and she'll be heading off to join the ever growing prime ministerial menagerie as well about the animals being presented with recently has been that tiger cup which was given as a birthday present two years ago and even a crocodile as well. which leaves is most of the business because the bulgaria meeting was only about thirty friends of course there's a lot of work to be done as well not least of all the next stage of the south stream project got details on the ramifications of the meeting and the south stream project in our business update right now. our welcome to our business program here and our energy companies from russia and bulgari

because it will be to the benefit of both countries earlier we've also seen japan and the united states. prime minister and president obama meeting as they were discussing the. very renewed their alliance or fifty euro law and the two countries basically strengthen their alliance again this because of a rising of china concerns over rising china and north korea so they too have talked about their alliance not just economically but also strategically politically another meeting that's happened with. several leaders heads of states involved russian president dmitry medvedev is his signing a meeting is his signing a contract with japan and china regarding the building of a new chemical plant but this is going to be an important investment and they signed this agreement early this morning china and the us having just come from twenty summit they didn't actually sit down for me to hear it. this is still lingering this issue is brought over carried over to a currency war basically the u.s. is accusing china of not wanting to. the you want the renminbi appreciate and therefore making and giving china an unfai

here to discuss this is senior minister of united church of christ. dr.eforest, senior pastor of the first baptist church of lincoln gardens. and the chair of african-american studies at princeton university. gentlemen, thank you for being here. there's been so much talk over the last year or two that the black church is dead. you wrote a piece called the black church is dead. is that true? have we lost our way? has the church lost its purpose. >> we need to understand the church as the institution. the myth of black churches, black churches differentiated landscape. they are human beings, conservative, progressive, in the middle theologically. the idea it has a center of political politics has to be decentered so we can understand exactly what black religious folks are doing. in trying political times, it needs a closer inspection. i was trying to spark conversation. >> he did that. >> i have a slightly different take having been away from the church for a number of years and then returning to the church. i found that the church certainly was not the chu

the foreign minister of united arab emirates said it would be minor if iran had nukes. >> long range damages that it would in fact keep some from telling us what they really think because what they really think will get passed on a message what we really think, it will suddenly be in the "new york times" or the washington post. >> most of the leaked material covers the past three years, including discussions between american and south korean officials for a unified korea. discussions also discuss google. they told an official in beijing that they may have directed a cyber intrusion into google's computer system as part of a coordinate campaign. in an effort to minimize the fallout. secretary of state hillary clinton and american ambassadors have spent the past few days notifying diplomatic leaders around the world. as for wikileaks, julian assange had no he criticized the u.s. state department. >> probably not seen anything at all, having seen the abuses by that organization. >> reporter: they say there is more to come. this is the first in a series with more expected to be released

>> i think it's an embarrassment to both prime minister netanyahu and to the united states. prime minister netanyahu came on this visit wanting to make it a positive visit. in doing so by having the interior ministry announce this while he's here it undermines his credibility in the eyes of the administration. for the administration it looks like they're trying to make peace with soeonewho is not serious. >> warner: are you suggesting that this was made in spite of prime minister netanyahu or that he was behind snit. >> first of all we don't know. i suspect this was done to embarrass him. the announcement was made by the interior minister, by the interior ministry. the prime minister has been trying to keep things quiet in jerusalem until now. now when something like this happens when there's an announcement of housing ewen is in jerusalem he is in a corner. he cannot criticize because this is the mom-and-apple pie issue for israelis and for his coalition so he has to be... take it quietly but he knows it's going to infuriate the administration. >> warner: embarrassment and t

united states, it advances the security of all mankind. >> leaders from 47 countries welcomed and joined obama's call to secure all vulnerable nuclear material within four years. japan's prime minister at the time, yukio hatoyama, gave an example how his country could contribute. >> translator: the scientific investigation of nuclear substances is very important. japan and the united states will jointly develop these technologies over the next three years. >> nhk world has visited a research center in japan to see how nuclear detection technology works to help maintain security. >> reporter: researchers here at the japan atomic energy agency are developing technologies to detect and analyze nuclear materials. i've been permitted to enter this laboratory as long as i don't bring in any dust or dirt. in the future, any nuclear materials that are seized or exploded will be brought here for examination. recently, high-profile cases have shown the need for this type of lab. in 2007, police in slovakia arrested three people for allegedly possessing highly enriched uranium. investigators thought the uranium came from somewhere in the former soviet union and believed it could have been sold

the foreign minister of the united air be rai of emirates that they have nukes. >> and the long-range damage is that it will keep some from tell us from they really think. and they will get mad on a message of what we really think and then it will be in the "new york times" or the washington post. >> most of the leaked material covers the past few years including discussions between american and south korean officials about the prospects for a unified korea. discussions include mountain-based -- mountain view-based google. and they say china may have a cyber intrusion into google's computer systems as a coordinated campaign of computer sabotage. secretary of state hillary clinton and american am ambassadors have notified diplomatic leaders around the world. as for wikileaks, the founder has no regrets releasing the information. speaking via video link, he crit -- criticized the u.s. state department. >> it would mean not publishing the abuses by that organization. >> there is more to come. today's released is the first of the planned releases over the next few months. alan? >> thank y

. >> the prime minister said the united states has not understood the problem. >> couric: and a presidentiali came to dallas to find out who shot scwvment r. >> couric: dallas fans waited and debated over which of the plausible suspects had pulled the trigger. from any number of bamboozled oil barons. >> i'll get you for this if it's the last thing i do. >> couric: the j.r.'s neglected long-suffering wife sue-ellen. >> which slut are you going to stay with tonight? >> whoever it is it's got to be more interesting than the slut i'm looking at right now. >> couric: to keep even the cast and crew guessing, all of them were filled taking a couple shots at old j.r. >> take that you son of a (bleep). >> couric: but larry hagman had the last laugh. everyone from miss ellie to the makeup artists had a shot at shooting you. >> that's true. id everybody to shoot me until the end when i pick up a bottle of gin and i say "missed" and i'd rigged it up so water kept squirting out of it. >> couric: meanwhile, the who shot j.r. frenzy was front-page news, gracing the covers of magazines from "tv guide" to "

foreign minister of the united arab emirates says ahmadinejad is hitler, and tells a top state department official, quote, "the threat from al qaeda would be minor if iran has nukes." in these private dispatches posted online by "the new york times" and other papers, several arab governments take a line virtually identical to israel's. in another meeting with general petraeus, the saudi ambassador to the u.s. describes king abdullah urging the u.s. to attack iran, saying, quote, "the use of military pressure against iran should not be ruled out." but defense secretary robert gates is quoted telling france's defense minister that an attack on iran would only delay iranian plans by one to three years, while unifying the iranian people to be forever embittered against the attacker. many of the documents are simply embarrassing. for example in the effort to close guantanamo, the state department plays what "the new york times" calls let's make a deal, offering rewards for agreeing to take prisoners. slovenia, for example, is told that if it wants to get a meeting with president obama, it need

pand and the united states and us prime minister have president obama meeting as they were discussing the there is we need their alliance or fifty euro law and the two countries basically strengthen their allies to get this because of a rising a china concerns over rising china and north korea so the two have talked about their alliance not just economically but also strategically politically well most of it is also doing as prime minister you know it's a con once again expressed regret over president. can assure islands president reaffirms our vision of the situation the president decides him selfe region to visit this is own surgery and things will stay this way the president all foods to change their approach to the issue of the peace treaty and superiority is the economy instead the broader the economic corporation the more solid the foundation of our relations to be treated very if invited the japanese prime minister to visit russia moscow or any other region including the far east the proposal has been accepted now tomorrow russian president dmitry medvedev will be meeting with

united. it was the day of the prime minister released his budget. 400 billion pounds of cuts, but rooney is still be star. >> celebrities, over there in nigeria, are they in the front pages? >> no, they are not. in terms of the question of terrorism, how the news is driven, you look at this country. somebody shoots somebody in school. before you know it, another person is a copycat. >> but you have to report the story. >> you see the effect of how this thing is mushrooming. we are beginning to appreciate this, talking about our politicians. >> there are some dictators over there. [laughter] just a few. here is where i was going. there was at a rally in washington, sanity vs. fear, colert vs. stewart. colbert said that 6 billion people have showed up for the rally. [laughter] >> maybe people would believe it. >> some people would be saying, there were 6 billion people at the rally. do you think fear drives the american media in a way celebrity drives the american media? i will toss this in before i relinquish the table. i asked a cab driver one day, is there a piece in the world? he said, no. i sa

a very real and a titanic effort to save the world's biggest wildcat united dicaprio get star praise from the russian prime minister. tackling terrorism and extremism are the main issues on the plate for the members of the shanghai cooperation organization they have come together in the capital for the c.e.o.'s annual summit the group unites russia china and four central asian nations representing over one and a half billion people iran india pakistan and mongolia all the associates members russia's prime minister vladimir putin came to do to discuss ways to smooth economic relations and keep the massive borders of its members secure the participants in the summit also focused on developing agricultural trade and humanitarian cooperation as well as fighting the consequences of the global financial crisis the c.e.o. is not a military alliance and its top priority is the regional security of its member states. but we're coming to you live from moscow. this is r t now let's check out some other stories making headlines around the world this hour south korea's defense minister has resigned in the aftermath of a firefig

questions obviously this has added a tense element to the relations between the united states and russia russian foreign minister sergei lavrov weighed in on the situation questioning why this clandestine activity is taking place at the moment. but. despite two rulings in thailand's criminal court saying victor boots guilt was not proven the thai government has still decided to hand him over to the u.s. like consider this unprecedented political pressure on the legal process and on thailand's government this is an example of striking injustice we as a state will continue to give all necessary support to boot as a russian citizen. shortly after the extradition was underway us city officials say that they followed all the procedures they hope that what is happening right now with the activity surrounding viktor booth that it would not impact the relations between moscow and washington in any way let's take a listen to what was said. we have. a broad and deep relationship with russia it is guided by our mutual national interests i don't expect that this will have any impact on our relationship but it is fully consi

united states, william jefferson clinton. [applause] and the recipient of the 2010 liberty medal, former prime minister othe united kingdom, tony blair. [applause] >> thank you and welcome. i want to thank my fellow board members at the constitution center and our president and ceo. thank you for your support. our chief park rger, thank you for where you do. mo of all, i want to thank my longtime frid and former prime minister -- my longtime the former premier ester. -- prime minister. as i think most of you know, the first time i had any hand in presenting this award was iny first year as president before this center was here. in 1993 on july 4. we give it to nelson mandela. we have had at least five winners of the nobel peace prizwin this award and many others who have done noble and good things. when he was prime minister, tony blair worked hard to modernize his country's economy and improve its performance for ordinary citizens. he worked to reform the uk's health, education, and social welfare systems so the advanced opportunities and responsibility and were effective. he led the uk on an impressive path to reduce greenhou

the prime minister now has a month to form his new government, returning to join it. >> the united nations appealed for $164 million to battle cholera out break in haiti. at least 11,000 have been affected since last month. >> the prime minister taken from his hospital back to his family home. suffering a series of strokes. doctors say he is in a vegetative but stable state. a chinese vase sells for $17 million in london. >> more than 4,000 passengers and crew were marooned and are now back on dry land. an engine court fire. >> limped into san diego. thousands of passengers lined the decks waving to curious passers by. the veries ill left long beach on sunday for a seven-day trip to mexico owe. a fire in the engine room left the passengers with no power and toilets not working. >> conditions were really horrible, food was really gross. this was people getting sick, vomitying in the food area. the whole food area smelled like vomit. >> with no election risity, hot food was off the menu and with no election elefood in the refe rater had gone bad. the ship will stay in san diego until all rep

the foreign minister of the united arab emirates says, "ahmadinejad is hitler," and tells a top stateent official, "the threat from al qaeda would be minor if iran has nukes." in these private dispatches, posted online by the "new york times" and other papers, several arab governments take a line virtually identical to israel's. many of the documents are simply embarrassing. for example, in the effort to close guantanamo, the state department plays what the "new york times" calls, let's make a deal, offering foreign governments rewards for agreeing to take prisoners. slovenia, for example, is told if it wants to get a meeting with president obama, it needs to take a prisoner. in an apparent sign of corruption, u.s. drug agents catch afghanistan's vice president in the uae with $52 million in cash. the dea officials looked the other way. libyan leader moammar gadhafi's visit to new york last year is the subject of several documents detailing his strange behavior, including his relationship with a "voluptuous blond" described as his senior ukrainian nurse always by his side. one of the

units in east jerusalem. the plans for new apartments were made public during a visit by the prime minister to the u.s. the dispute over settlements building has scuttled an effort to relaunch the peace talks between israel and palestinians. 10,000 fled across the border from burma to escape clashes between soldiers and ethnic rebels following the elections on sunday. boats are still being counted, -- votes are still being counted. the poll was bought -- was boycotted by the main opposition group. there were reports of irregularities. pakistan's scientist has reappeared in london. he received threats after he won the national. the cricket board will open an inquiry into the matter. the archbishop of canterbury has confirmed that five anglican bishops are to lead the church of england and convert to catholicism. they will join part of the roman catholic church set up by the vatican for disaffected anglicans. the men, who were jr. retired bishops, are opposed to the plans to ordained female bishops. >> pope benedict anchor the leader of the church of england, the archbishop of canterbury, when he invited

ministers to make further reforms. >>> the two-day summit of the asia-pacific economic cooperation forum will open in yokohama on saturday. ahead of the meeting, world leaders including the presidents of the united states, china and russia have started arriving here in japan on this friday evening. prime minister kan flew back from seoul where he attended the g-20 summit meeting. kan will now chair the apec meeting and is also scheduled to hold bilateral meetings with other leaders on the sidelines of this weekend's summit. on friday evening, chinese president hu jintao arrived at tokyo's haneda airport. hu is the first top chinese official to visit japan after bilateral ties were strained in early september following an incident in which a chinese fishing boat collided with a japanese patrol vessels near japan's senkaku islands. but it remains to be seen whether hu will hold an official meeting with kan. if he does, the prime minister will use the opportunity to improve bilateral ties. on saturday morning kan will meet u.s. president barack obama. officials say he hopes to reaffirm the japan/u.s. alliance against the backdrop of china's increasing influence in east asia. in his scheduled meetin

in another cable, the foreign minister of the united arab emirates said the threat from al qaeda would be minor if iran has nukes. today iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad called the leaks an organized effort by the u.s. to create trouble between iran and its arab neighbors. >> it looks like an intelligence and psychological war and has no legal value. definitely it won't have the political impact in the way that they pursue definitely nations are aware. such a game will have no effect in relations. >> ifill: on the other hand, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said it's clear the arab world agrees with israel's assessment that iran represents a serious global threat. >> there is a gap between what leaders say in closed meetings and what is said publicly especially in our region. >> ifill: north korea which already has nuclear weapons also drew considerable attention in the documents, some of which focused on the chaos that could arise if the communist government collapses. other documents focused on yemen and that country's alleged complicity with u.s. missile strikes at su

newt gingrich was treated as prime minister of the united states of america by the media and others. you know, he couldn't bring that off. you don't have that much power. republicans are being humble about their power. they're smart to be, because it is a limited grant they have gotten from the voters. a historic turn-around but limited grant nonetheless. one-half of one branch. >> also, on healthcare, i think the republicans need to be careful. this was a very conservative electorate. they were split half and half whether they want to repeal healthcare. in this electorate you think it would have been overwhelming. as they go forward, it's important that they gave at it try to repeal the whole thing, they know they can't, which is the best thing they have going for them because do they really want to get rid of the items in the healthcare bill that are popular? i don't think so. >> chris: i want to pick up on what brit was saying, bill. i think the republican response since election night has been really interesting. one, boehner has been humble. he said there is no time to celebrate

he also told the ministers to keep collecting information on north korea and to closely cooperate with south korea and the united states. at a news conference later on tuesday sengoku strongly condemned the attack, calling it unforgivable. >> translator: the japanese government expresses condolences to the victims and support south korea. the provocation undermines peace and stability in northeast asia. we demand that north korea stop such acts immediately. >> sengoku said he doesn't think the attack was accidental but he cannot say for sure until the government obtains more information and analyzes it. he added that the government will consider imposing additional sanctions on north korea. we spoke earlier about north korea's possible aims to attacking south korea. we also asked about the consequences for the region's security. >> north korea's to forcibly start talks with the united states, with the aim of signing a peace agreement. it has long thought to replace the 1953 armistice agreement with a peace treaty in order to legally put an end to its confrontation with the u.s. whenever north korea wants to talk

japan's environment minister is trying to drum up opposition to a plan to extend the kyoto protocol. the treaty exempts the unitedchina from cutting greenhouse gas emissions. the conference is supposed to discuss an international framework to replace kyoto. the agreement expires in 2012. china and other developing countries are pushing for an extension. the treaty obliges japan and other industrialized nations to cut their greenhouse gas emissions. the u.s. has not ratified the treaty. the european union has signed on. it is considering accepting an extension, but it wants major polluters such as the u.s. and china to press to cut emissions. japan's environment minister ryu matsumoto said it will not help reduce carbon dioxide emissions. matsumoto promised japan plans to do everything it can to create a new framework that will include all major emitters. >>> japan's domestic auto production dropped in october for the first time in a year as sales tumbled following the end of the government's subsidy program. eight japanese carmakers said on friday their output during the month totaled some 720,000 vehicles, down

if in the coming months the ports unit in my constituency does not see a reduction in immigration-related cases, will the prime ministerisit the issue? >> what we do at our borders is incredibly important. i spent some time yesterday with the home secretary at heathrow airport, meeting uk border agency staff. they do a fantastic job, and i want to help them go on doing it. i shall look carefully at what the honorable gentleman says -- the answer is that what we are going to do is make sure that immigration work is done in northern ireland rather than at stranraer, but i shall look very carefully at that to make sure that the system is working. >> does my right honorable friend agree that a proper and well planned international rescue plan for the irish economy would be far less damaging to the wider economy of this country than some of the possible dire alternatives? >> my honorable friend makes a very good point. every man, woman and child in ireland spends more than £3,000 each year on british goods and services. our economies are very intertwined -- very interlinked -- and it is right that we take part in helping to