december 17, 1999, the united nations general assembly designated november 25 as the international day for the elimination of violence against women and invited international organizations and non- governmental organizations to launch activities, raise public awareness of the problem on that date. starting on november 25, there will be 16 days of business, media events in the greater bay area. these events conclude on friday december 10, which also coincides with international human rights day and will be celebrated with an evening of truth telling and exploring the state of our human rights through art at the mission cultural center for latino whites. today, we are not only honoring the work that she does every day by highlighting the importance of the work that still needs to be done globally and right here in san francisco to eliminate violence against women and girls. >> thank you, supervisor, for supporting us and helping us in this space. we need to begin discussing what is important for women. i read the paper, and i tried to figure out what the government is up to. never do i r

and europe as well the united nations to some documents suggesting that the united states were planning to spy on some of the united nations top officials including secretary general the spying included listening to their conversations while collecting data of their personal data including on their bank cards and are following them around as well some information on. this incident when a group of american diplomats walked out during the statement of the speech of the president of iran at the united nations general assembly and this until the document suggests that the walk out procedure was one some very humiliating political make claims are also revealed in this document which are used by american diplomats according to wiki leaks in their conversations between each other. the presidential runs for example was called the naked king of the presidents of iran was referred to as simply hitler. the town then between the russian prime minister and the russian president he's a man with a horse that was named as batman and robin some some are some really strong information if you will which is she you see a big blow to american diplomacy ends it to be the state departme

this holiday was created by the united nations' general assembly to advance human welfare, freedom andess for everyone. a day we should be glad to celebrate. it is 5:38. we will be right back back! >>> 5:40. 51 degrees and raining here in northwest washington. it is cool and damp. looking at your day planner today, we will have the chance for rain all day. some of it will be moderate and heavy as the temperatures slowly climb to that 60-degree mark. here is our time saver traffic. >>> thank you, howard. right now if you're traveling d.c.'s 295 heading northbound past the 11th street bridge, no incidents and accidents along the way. in your next traffic report acheck on those wet maryland roads and volume building. >> thank you. >>> and federal agents have arrested more people in the prince george's corruption investigation, including the police officer sergeant richard dellveer and the corporate kim and the officers, and they were arrested monday at the beltsville police station and they're accused of being involved in an untaxed liquor and cigarettes smuggling scheme. the agents serve

and 1945 was the temporary secretary-general of the united nations conference that was held in san franciscoit was in effect the first secretary-general of the united nations and he also went to yalta. the he was talked about being a potential secretary of state. >> i have not and never have been a member of the communist party. >> hiss went before the committee and dazzled them but one congressman was suspicious and that was one from southern california named richard nixon. he had a feeling that hiss might be lying and he summoned him and it turned out detail after detail. >> a shocking disclosure. >> the statute of limitations on espionage was he was prosecuted for perjury. it was one of the most widely watched trials in the 20th century. >> this was the great symbolic battle over domestic communism. it largely shaped the conservative and liberal positions in the united states. >> with the conviction of alger hiss we can see the vindication of justice. >> i never thought alger hiss was traitor to the united states. i think that was blown out of all proportion. >> some people speak about hi

wells details about american efforts to spy on the united nation says secrtary-general.evealing the classified information is putting americans at risk. >> the people at wiki leaks could have blood on their hand says. >> the people woe are leaking these documents need to do a gut check about their patriotism. i think they are enjoying the attention they are getting, but frankly, it is coming at a high price. >> reporter: an army specialist is the prime suspect in the theft of some of the materials released by wiki leaks. >> a day after a somali man is arrested -- mosque burst into flames. he attended the mosque while he was planning to bomb a christmas tree ceremony. >> next, why there is hope for a good year for retailers. >> the busiest day of the season at chicago's airport. we'll have the latest. - hello! - ha! why don't you try a home cooked meal... with yummy hamburger helper? oh! tada! fantastically tasty, huh? ummm, it's good. what would you guys like? hamburger helper. what?! one pound... one pan... one tasty meal! with not having enough food. that's why i've te

nations singapore as the head of a three g. group of twenty seven smaller states and then of course you'll have ban ki moon the secretary general of the united nations bob zelic head of the world bank there at the summit sitting down with the leaders making sure that the voices of the poor in the world outside the g twenty are heard loud and clear. today when the g. twenty is is becoming a household name for politics and economic decisions those that mean that the g eight is actually dying as institution oh no no. what we saw there i know you the father of both says that that would make you sad of course if well done really it means twice as much work for us in the g. eight research group in the g twenty if you got lost struggling to keep them both alive again well i think what we saw a few months ago when both summits who are held together g eight muskoka g twenty in toronto you could compare which one was working better than the other were neither working could they work together and i mean yes he was overwhelmingly yes both could work well together so up at muskoka of the g eight they raised in the teeth of the worst recession when govern

saudis ordered to spy on some senior top foreign officials and even the united nations senior officials including secretary general the spying would. gathering information personal information on their bank accounts and other personal data some embarrassing political mclean's also mentioned in some of these documents how american diplomats allegedly every through two leaders also countries including off the partner states of the united states. for example the president of france nicolas sarkozy is referred to in some documents as the naked emperor the german chancellor merkel is referred to as teflon merkel the president of iran hold up why didn't john is referred to simply as hitler russia's prime minister vladimir putin in some conversations according to wiki leaks is referred to as the alpha dog and the power turned down between the prime minister and the president russian president dmitri really was referred to as batman and robin so like i said some very controversial information if in fact it is true and it has already pushed some analysts to say that such data are also all such calibur can only have a leak

to spy on some of the top foreign officials and even some of the senior united nations officials including the secretary general himself the spying included gathering information personal information like of bank accounts data and listening to phone conversations and even forwarding them around is also according to some of the documents released by the we can release the website there's information on the situation with iran allegedly one of the leaders of one of the arabic countries asked the united states to attack iran before it could complete its alleged nuclear program other documents also hold some very controversial and sensitive information information for example political nicknames which are allegedly used by american diplomats in their secret classified conversations some of these nicknames are given to even the leaders also some of the key allies of the united states and europe for example the president of france nicolas sarkozy is allegedly referred to as the naked emperor german chancellor angela merkel is allegedly. for two as an got to flaunt miracle be. the president of iran mahmoud ahmadinejad

the secretary-general of the united nations that with the chinese leadership recently and did not utterd about human rights which so far as i know should be a priority in the united nations. they are putting people in jail in china for peaceful dissent. his second term is coming up and if i were advising the white house which i am not, i would give serious thought that we should not support them. >> i can low point, the a-380 airbus. it was not encouraging. >> a bed of the concord fell off and that was the end of the concorde. >> high note looking for it is so many people as they come to washington and we have a whole new crop of them, they are going to come here and clean up the swap and they are all going to fix what ails us in washington they never think there is a reason things are the way they are. they are all coming here to run a brown r on thateef of reality and it will be kind of fun in an oddball way. >> for more than 40 years, people came to fix things, yong, passionate, there is a lovely quote that says they come expecting a cesspool and find a hot tub. that is a program for

of facebook beat the secretary general of the united nations so tell me what you think about that and what does it mean what i think about that is the united nations really doesn't have a lot of power in the sense of its ability to influence events mark zuckerberg does he has a lot of money facebook has become extremely influential and i would add in view of the previous discussion leaders of democratic countries will always have limited power that's what democracy is all about they are in office for a fairly short period of time their power is always limited and circumscribed which is one reason why a hu jintao or a king of saudi arabia they're going to be high on the list because personally they can exercise power without a lot of constraints democratic leaders have a lot more constraints ok very good point i'd like to stick with the facebook versus the united nations is is that also a value janine i mean we value facebook more than we value the united nations and the and where i guess we're all agreeing this is an american centric conversation. well i mean that's that's that maybe

and i send a copy to the white house and the state department annually to the secretary- general of the united nations. we have programs in 73 countries in the world, 35 of which happen to be in africa. we still elevate the middle east to one of the top positions. >> on the front page of ""the new york times" and capturing income in the interior pages as well, the latest documents dump from wikileaks. from your time as president, if we wanted to pass 266,000 documents to somebody, we would have needed a small truck to do it. now you can do it with a thumb drive the size of a key chain. ist harder to keep good counsel and keep your private thoughts private if you are president now? >> i think it is much more difficult. we did not have a 24-hour television news cycle. cnn was not formed until 1980, my last year in the white house. we have three major networks and that was basically it on television. they had news may be one time late in the afternoon and may be a morning news which is mainly entertainment and that was it. the other thing was newspapers. magazines. it is completely different now where ev

no less than the secretary general of the united nation has made these comparisons. they typically cost and have tracked the prices, up 2500 through $900. that is where tensions are high and they think they need to be armed but when it cools down the price falls they're less likely to stockpile arms and when prices fall they are bought up and moved to other conflicts. pick up an item at $200 and a move it somewhere else and is selling five or $600 it is worth it especially if you get a bunch of them. that is still pretty cheap. the united states is the largest known recirculate air of kalashnikov over the last 10 years of redo have price information on the wholesale side as the united states buys them from the eastern european arsenals and reissues from afghan afghan -- afghanistan and iraq and we don't know all the prices but we can see the bids and contracts. eric delivered kalashnikov ample from central europe to the kabul airport denies states government bought several thousand cost roughly $200 apiece or less. some have bought up a big stocks $100 per rifle that

planning today the enduring partnership with us, look dover and approved by the secretary-general of the united nations -- looked over and approved by the secretary- general of the united nations. >> thank you, secretary rasmussen of nato and secretary -- and president karzai of afghanistan. thank you for your leadership in organizing this important meeting on afghanistan. we have just had a successful meeting, culminating in the induction of this partnership agreement. this is an important step forward for progress on the ground in afghanistan. the united nations will continue to work for the people of afghanistan with other partners. we all share the same goal, stability, and good governance, respect for human rights and harmonious relationships between afghanistan and neighbors. there have been obvious difficulties in recent months, but we remain united in defining a clear path for a transition perio. afghans can take on increasing leadership and responsibility. the united states will do its part to support the civilian aspect of this transition. we also recognize that there can be no purely militar

. >> the united nations command, led by the top u.s. general in korea, has proposed high-level military talks with north korea. according to a statement on wednesday, the u.n.c proposed talks with the p'yongyang korean people's army. the commission says that the high level talks are intended to initiate an exchange of information and to escalate tension on the korean peninsula. -- deescalate attention on the korean peninsula. a military body will investigate the incident and determine if there were any violations to the 1953 armistice agreement. the transfer of a in the form of food stamps has been suspended to the city in response to tuesday's attack. the unification ministry announced that the south korean red cross' delivery of tons of cement and $506,000 worth of medical supplies has been halted as of wednesday. nearly $2.4 million worth of private-led humanitarian aid for vulnerable people in the north is now awaiting transfer, also been withheld. >> the south korean government and financial authorities and the country held an emergency me

the superintendent of arlington national cemetery, the commanding general of the united states army militaryict washington, mr. roger denzel, and the hon. eric shinseki, secretary of veterans affairs. ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united states. ♪ [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the procession of our nation's colors and those of our veterans services organizations. the procession is lead today by a member of the legion of valor whom earned the distinguished service cross all serving in afghanistan. as the colors are posted, the united states marine band will play the national march. please place your hand or real heart or render a salute as we posed the colors. -- please place your hand over your heart or render a salute as we post the colors. ♪ >> order arms. >> please remain standing for the prayer for all veterans delivered by the department of veterans affairs chaplain services. >> let us pray. holy god, as we return to arlington to honor america's veterans, we seek your blessing upon hour ceremony and the hundreds of veterans day ceremonies

. >> america's top general in south korea is the head of the united nations command.e saw for himself the damage caused by tuesday's shelling. >> it is clear to me from what i have seen here that north korea attack the island. it is in clear violation of the treaty. >> the uneasy truce the agreement brought has held for nearly 60 years. the attack this week has tested it severely. this afternoon, another scare. explosions were heard and smoke could be seen over north korea just a short distance from the island across the sea. a live firing exercise perhaps. in these tense times, it caused considerable alarm. many of the island's residents are staying in a temporary shelter on the mainland. some are still traumatized and unsure of what the future holds for them. this weekend, a joint u.s. south korean military exercises will begin. this american aircraft carrier rejecting u.s. power close to the disported -- disputed border. north korea has already expressed anger at the drills. it describes them as a reckless move aimed at targeting the north. that is the same kind of

general david petraeus, we'll continue saying the bombs are ours not yours. other cables went to u.s. diplomats at the united nations who were urged to collect detailed information on secretary general ban-ki moon and other international diplomats. the state department in response today dismissed any allegations of diplomatic spying. the internal cables also contained candid, unflattering, and distinctly undiplomatic references to world leaders. russian prime minister putin was mockingly called the alpha dog. french president sarkozy was dubbed the emperor with no clothes. and afghan president karzai was described as driven by paranoia. in kabul today, karzai's spokeman offered a muted reaction. >> so far as the contents relating to afghanistan and the leaks concerned there is not much in the document that might surprise us, and we don't see anything substantive in the document that will strain the relationships. >> ifill: the russian foreign minister traveling today in india also played down any fallout. >> well, this of course makes for amusing reading. on the one hand it widens our knowledge of human potential bu

and, you know, no less than the secretary general of the united nations has made these kinds of comparisons. they typically cost -- i've tracked the prices and others have too -- in this a conflict zone 5, 6, 7, 8, $900. that's in a conflict zone. that's where tensions are high and people think they need to be armed up. when a conflict cools down, the price falls. when people are feeling more secure, they're less likely to stockpile their arms or seek them in markets. and when the prices fall, they get bought up and moved to other conflicts. if you can pick up an item for $200 and move it, it's a little item, like i said, 8, 9 pounds, you can sell it for 5 or $600, it's well worth your trouble especially if you can get a bunch of them. that's still pretty cheap. the united states is the largest-known recircumstancelator of kalashnikovs right now, so we've got price information on them at the wholesale side. the united states buys them from eastern european arsenals and reissues them in iraq and afghanistan. and we know that the initial purchases of these weapons, we don't know all the price

definitely the biggest humanitarian challenge that we have seen in the history of the united nations and the generalons have not been fulfilled. the fact there were fewer casualties should have been cause for people to say somebody did something right and evacuated large populations it is a free areas but that credit was not going because after all we all understand and you're sort of here at the council but has a wonderful center in this town somebody who has worked in the think tank businesses as there are careers made and that sort of bad news and careers made in sort of predicting the worst, there's careers made in the sea and the rhythm was falling apart. so far pakistan has defied those predictions more than once. the under flood themselves. let's go first to the specific question. he said it was the emotional loss in terms of infrastructure lost crops and the potential for future crops lost, potential for development etc., etc. a. the world bank figured is for actual infrastructure sort of material, tangible things being lost and that is a 10 billion-dollar figure. and for that, funds are bei

general. the u.s. has for the first time faced the united nations human rights council over accusations of rights abuses american officials faced harsh criticism over violations including racial discrimination hole and torture in the country's jails abroad council members in geneva called for the closure of guantanamo bay prison and full investigations into abuse allegations against u.s. troops american representative strongly deny all accusations backer of the answer coalition's has washington is trying to change its image after the bush administration. the obama administration is trying to rectify the problem that the bush administration created in terms of u.s. image around the world the united states could not continue to lecture all the other countries in the world about democracy and human rights and freedom and at the same time have as its principal image that of torture torture incorporated because bush and cheney and rumsfeld not only invaded afghanistan invaded iraq they detained tens of thousands of people they said they weren't liable to be held under the geneva conventions they were they we

no surprise there, of course, the united nations headed right now by secretary general ban ki-moon who from south korea. he has said this is the most serious provocation between the two nations since the end of the korean war. we'll keep you updated. jenna: well, right now the u.s. supreme court huddling behind closed doors meeting to decide which cases to hear. one of them, a gigantic class action lawsuit against walmart of all places. and this is covering hundreds of thousands of female workers. what's this all about? is shannon bream is live for us from washington d.c. shannon, what's at stake here exactly? >> reporter: walmart is arguing this class could include up to 1.5 million female employees and claims could run into the billions of dollars. the retail giant argues there is no way a class action of this size should have been approved or certified because they argue it violates the rules of civil procedure. a number of big companies and business groups are weighing in because they know it could have a huge impact on every business here in the u.s., jenna. jenna: what exactly ar

definitely the biggest humanitarian challenge that we have seen in the history of the united nations and the general said that much. however, let me say one thing. the worst predictions have not been fulfilled. the fact there were fewer casualties should have been cause for people to say somebody did something right and evacuated large populations it is a free areas but that credit was not going because after all we all understand and you're sort of here at the council but has a wonderful center in this town somebody who has worked in the think tank businesses as there are careers made and that sort of bad news and careers made in sort of predicting the worst, there's careers made in the sea and the rhythm was falling apart. so far pakistan has defied those predictions more than once. the under flood themselves. let's go first to the specific question. he said it was the emotional loss in terms of infrastructure lost crops and the potential for future crops lost, potential for development etc., etc. a. the world bank figured is for actual infrastructure sort of material, tangible things being lost a

signing today the enduring partnership with us looked over and approved by the secretary-general of the united nationsbe standing with president karzai and the secretary-general. i thank you for your leadership over this ver important meeting on afghanistan. we have just had a successful meeting culminating in the adoption of this decoration and nato-afghanistan partnership agreement. these important steps forward will all of your conferences in london, in kabul and on the ground in afghanistan. let me stress that the united nations will work closely with the government and people of afghanistan with other partners. we all share the same goal, stability, governance, respect for human rights, and harmonious relationship between afghanistan and her neighbors. there have been obvious difficulties in recent months, but we remain united and committed. we have to define the clear path for transition. institutions have demonstrated that they can take on increasing leadership and responsibility the united nations will do its part to support the aspect of this transition. we also recognize that there can be no

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definitely the biggest humanitarian challenge that we have seen in the history of the united nations and the general said that much. however, let me say one thing. the worst predictions have not been fulfilled. the fact there were fewer casualties should have been cause for people to say somebody did something right and evacuated large populations it is a free areas but that credit was not going because after all we all understand and you're sort of here at the council but has a wonderful center in this town somebody who has worked in the think tank businesses as there are careers made and that sort of bad news and careers made in sort of predicting the worst, there's careers made in the sea and the rhythm was falling apart. so far pakistan has defied those predictions more than once. the under flood themselves. let's go first to the specific question. he said it was the emotional loss in terms of infrastructure lost crops and the potential for future crops lost, potential for development etc., etc. a. the world bank figured is for actual infrastructure sort of material, tangible things being lost a