. >> united nations security council kazakhstan the mandate of its peacekeeping force -- the united nations security council has extended its mandate of the peacekeeping force. in the ivory coast. our bbc reporter has more from oba zsa zsa on -- from one area. >> they certainly do not want the former colonial power to meddle. this is the man in charge of the security forces. the leader of the young patriots. it is the youth movement that was used as a force in recent years be and he is under u.n. sanctions, as he was accused of inciting mob violence. >> my country as an independent entity. a sovereign country. we do not need to receive orders. we do not need france to put our country under pressure. >> one man was believed to have won last month's election, but his victory was overturned by the council. both men have been elected, leading to clashes. the ivory coast is the largest cocoa producer. many are muslims and came to work in the vital cocoa industry. northerners felt marginalized, and in 2002, rebels were prevented from taking power. there has been tension between the north and sout

was an exhaustive attempt to convince saddam hussein, one, we meant what we said at the united nations security council. by the way, there's the debate in my administration, whether i should have gone to the united nations security council at all. some members said, no, you don't need to. give me 20 or 40 days to disarm. >> your position, as you say in the book, is that legally, he was in violation of previous programs. >> right. so we didn't need one. on the other hand what's interesting, i think it will interest people here in america, i wanted there to be a coalition of freedom loving nations who were willing to confront saddam. so he would understand it's not just the united states that was demanding. it was a lot of nations. but those nations cannot act without a u.n. security council resolution. certainly not the case for america. but a lot of nations. you know, the leader said let's go to the security council. i wanted to build a coalition. we passed an unanimous resolution. then i started conducting diplomacy. on one hand, the diplomatic, and military track. trying to send signals if you defy t

having the international community certainly walking on eggshells here in new york the united nations security council has been meeting round the clock throughout the weekend these emergency sessions were called for by russia which is certainly not taking the tensions between south and north korea likely whatsoever for many different reasons one of them of course being russia's proximity to a possible conflict as well as a serious threat that any tensions including a war would cause to the international community let's take a listen to what the russian ambassador to the u.n. said here in new york last night there may be a division of tension. serious conflict for that matter so in the big chamber when they have this private meeting which was also of course asked for by the russian federation. we reiterated the cool or a full forty straight on both borders in the no uncertain terms we asked for ask the republic of korea to refrain from conducting this exercise at this at this point in time but there are certain political circumstances would try to deal with the situation unfortunately so far the securi

>>> japan's ambassador to the united nations has suggested it will take some more time for the united nations security councilo agree on a response to recent north korean actions. tsuneo nishida spoke on wednesday to reporters in new york. >> translator: coordination is underway inside and outside the security council. but, none of the moves have produced concrete results. >> talks continue at the world body on how to respond to north korea's development of a uranium enrichment facility and its shelling of south korea's yeonpyeong island in november. a senior japanese foreign ministry official says china contends that the u.n. security council should not denounce north korea at a time of heightened tensions on the korean peninsula. >>> indonesian president, susilo bambang yudhoyono, and japanese foreign minister, seiji maehara, have pledged to make asia wide efforts to ease tensions on the korean peninsula. during a meeting, yudhoyono said he believe the war must be avoided at all costs. yudhoyono referred to indonesia's presidency of the association of south asian nations in 2011. he said, indonesia will see

but the overall situation that led to the emergency meeting of the united nations security council remainsnchanged. reporting from seoul. >> south korea have been conducting these drills every month for the past 37 years. it's defensive in nature. at the center of the dispute is the border south korea recognizes the northern boundary and thousands of south koreans reside in these small islands. residents on the island, victims of last month's attack are inside underground shelters waiting p and earlier they've been getting gas masks just in case. missile capabilities and fighter jets are on stand by in case it he is calculates. but peace activists hope both sides back down. they rallied outside the defense ministry just before this morning's drills. >> it ended but now the question is will north korea stick to vowing to destroy this place. the situation here is very unpredictable. abc news, seoul. >> facebook.com ceo mark zuckerberg is in china this morning touring the top search engine there. the meeting between zuckerberg who has study manned erin and its ceo in beijing after posting glo

the united nations security council has extended its peacekeeping mission in the ivory coast for sixonths. it defies orders to leave the incumbent president refuses to hand over power. the un african leaders in the west says he lost the runoff to the opposition leader. washington and the eu had called on him to step down and are preparing sanctions against him and his allies. british police have arrested two men suspected of preparing a terrorist attack. there were detained during a series of dawn raids across england and wales. they are between 17 and 28. they are linked to a potential bomb plot. they have been monitored for several months by britain's domestic intelligence agency. britain and a number of other european countries have been on high security alert for the last month. officials say there is a heightened threat of terrorist attacks. north korea has called live fire exercises conducted monday by south korea as reckless but has backed down from its threat to retaliate. residents of yeonpyeong island on the yellow sea took shelter during the 90-minute live fire drills. p'y

in the security council of the united nations if it's such decision not to expand this authority is on a go to move during the negotiations we. discussed for a formation of international financial institution was what you were interacting in the form of twenty on this matter and we also discussed the strength and security of the main the asian region and the pacific region as well and our cooperation within the break. we also talked about. the situation around afghanistan and exchanged opinions they need. further cooperation with the way. in combating terrorism and drug trafficking and i see a preview of russia well. in these ascension to the group when you were going on financial measures against the money laundering war and the eurasian grow that usually goes on combat thing where the. money laundering which and terrorism financing as a full fledged member of these first groups. which of i would like to. point out once again that intensive contacts on top level only contact them years and on the other hand person not on the facts among the ordinary citizens of our countries. are a si

. >> reporter: the united nations security council held an emergency session sunday to discuss the ongoing conflict but after eight hours behind closed doors members failed to reach a unified statement condemning north korea's actions. >> the situation continues to be very tense and dangerous. >> reporter: the escalating tensions on the heels of new mexico governor bill richardson's unofficial visit to north korea meeting with government and military leaders during his four-day trip and called for pyongyang to show maximum restraint. and south korea continues to defend military drills saying they have done it on a monthly basis for years. terrell? >> preeti arla in washington for us this morning. preeti, thanks. >>> it's going to be a wet christmas on the west coast. a powerful storm is raising fears of mud slides in and around los angeles. l.a. could get another two or three inches of rain today. on top of the two to four inches it got over the weekend. as ben tracy reports, this massive rainmaker is causing serious trouble. >> reporter: in sacramento, california, you would be better off

and revelations of its uranium enrichment program should be sternly dealt with by the united nations security council. >> saiki also said he asked russia to help raise issues related to the north at the council. the two officials also discussed china's proposal for a meeting of chief envoys to the six-party talks on north korea's nuclear development. saiki said he conveyed japan's position that north korea must first take concrete action toward denuclearization before any dialogue can be resumed. saiki expressed hope for russia's diplomatic efforts to rein in north korea, noting that north korean foreign minister pack ui chun is scheduled to visit russia next week. >>> south korea's government and weapon manufacturers have resolved to boost the domestic defense industry amid growing tensions on the korean peninsula. on thursday the south's defense ministry and arms manufacturers held a seminar to discuss the country's military capabilities. south korean forces struggled to effectively respond to a north korean artillery attack on yeonpyeong island last month due to problems with waep weapons deployed

better according to the two thousand and seven report of the fact finding mission of the united nations security council it said that the k.l.a. though the terrorists who took power in june ninety nine had transformed into the political power and as he put it someone transformed into criminal structures carry now organized crime activities or drugs weapons trafficking and prostitution and it key crucially is says that many of their leaders are now political leaders at all levels including prime minister and other ministerial offices so these are the rivals the midst of actually it's no better over there but what course of the needs is to be linked as it should be to the rest of serbia its economic natural hinterland its source of strength it should not be cut off by an albanian chauvinism that wants to join its a greater albania or greater albania. and macedonia this is the problem for the region. albanian chauvinism supported by western capitals that should know better. lines for peace thanks for being on the program today. shock tactics of eliminating the drug around call abuse of divided opinion acro

we can create obstacles on some issues in the united nations security council where russia has a deal. we might reduce incentives for russia to cooperate in providing supply routes for our troops in afghanistan. it will give more weight to the arguments of russian nationalists who seek to undermine cooperation with the united states and its allies. it would require additional satellite coverage of russia at the expense of their use against terrorists. with all that we need to achieve, why would we had to our problems by separating ourselves from russia over a treaty that we ratified. our military commanders are anxious to avoid the added burden and uncertainty of an intensified arms complication with russia. there no such competition would detract from other national-security priorities. that is one reason that they are telling us unequivocally to ratify this agreement. they also have asserted that the modest reduction in warheads and delivery systems in the tree in no way threatened our nuclear deterrence. defense secretary robert gates and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admir

. >> the united nations security council has scheduled an emergency session tomorrow to discuss tensionsh and south korea. the meeting was requested by russia, whose envoy said he is, "seriously concerned about possible further escalation on the peninsula." a legal victory for american amanda knox, who is appealing her murder conviction in italy. the appeals court gave the go- ahead for an independent review of crucial d.n.a. evidence. knox was convicted of murdering her roommate and is serving a 26-year term in prison. in britain, prince william and his fiance, kate middleton, stepped out together in public tonight for the first time since announcing their engagement last month. the two attended a christmas variety show for a cancer charity. they'll be married next april. and this is the way millions of visitors view the majestic niagara falls, but few have seen them this way. recently uncovered pictures show how the american side of the falls looked 41 years ago when army engineers drained it to remove loose rock. they turned the spigot back on after four months. still ahead on tonight

. >>> nuclear talks between iran and the united states, along with other members the united nation security council begin tomorrow in geneva. iran is announcing its producing its own yellow cake, a coarse uranium powder. shelby lin reports. >> reporter: on nuclear program no longer needs outside help, iran told the world on sunday. years ahead of iran's atomic energy, announcing its producing its own yellow cake. >> the entire fuel cycle starting from the exploration and then mining and then turning it into yellow cake. >> reporter: observers say the announcement is intended to send a message on talks about iran controversial program. >> iran is telling the community that i am self- sufficient, i don't need anybody. i don't need nid no-how. i have it all. so stop trying to stop my program. >> reporter: the obama administration says it's not surprised by the development and that iran has been working towards this for years. although iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes it might be enough to produce a bomb. i'm shelby lin reporting from atlanta. >>> deadlied intos in south america a

peninsula again this weekend, so high russia is calling for an emergency session of the united nations security counciluth korean military exercises were cancelled yesterday due to bad weather. on friday the north warned that it would strike if the south went ahead with live fire drills. the bank of america has joined other financial institutions refusing to handle payments for wikileaks. the bank joins mastercard and paypal in severing business relationships with the whistle-blowing organization. those actions come after wikileaks released a flurry of secret u.s. state department cables last month. in addition to the loss of financial relationships, wikileaks founder julian assange is wanted in sweden on rape allegations. as you might know, he was jailed for a week in london on those charges and then released on bail on thursday. lisa argen here now to tell us about the rainy forecast ahead. >> the heavy rain in the east bay right now, condord, livermore, oakland and we're getting the back edge of this front pushing through the peninsula right now. so this will be the heaviest rain this morning, and t

so high that russia is calling for an emergency session of the united nations security council.outh korea military exercises planned for the island shelled by north korea were cancelled yesterday due to bad weather. friday the north warned that it would strike if the south went ahead with live fire drills. the bank of america has joined other financial institutions who are refusing to handle payments for wikileaks. the bank joins mastercard and pay pal with self investoring relationships with the whistle blowing organization. they come after wikileaks released a flurry of state department cables last month. in addition to the loss of financial relationships, wikileaks founder julian assange it wanted in sweden on rape allegations. he was jailed for a week in london on those charges and released on bail on thursday. well, the weather out there as i was driving in, the windchill's on full force. >> yep. heavy rain from oakland to san francisco, all over the bay area, plus the fog and that moisture plume is slated to move right across the bay area. the golden gate bridge, the rain

united nation's security council held an emergency session on the area today, but reached no agreement as to how to handle the matter. >>> the house may vote on a measure that could damage the u.s. relations with a critical ally, turkey. the resolution would declare the world war i era of killing armenians. they estimate up to 1.5 million were killed by turks. in march, turkey withdrew their ambassador from washington after the foreign affair's committee, endorsing the proposed resolution. the 2010 census report is about to be released and singles a political shift to the right. the data shows republicans will gain house seats in texas as well as new york and ohio, two key states won by president obama in 2008. each house seat represents votes as well with six estimated to the shift of gop. mid-term victories by republicans also give that party an edge as states who redraw their congressional district. they report this to come out on tuesday >>> all this wet weather causing some big headaches and making a mess around the bay area. still ahead, see where the homeowners are dealing with

the united nations security council held an emergency session yesterday but failed to agree on a statement about the situation. meanwhile, new mexico governor bill richardson is wrapping up a five-day mission to north korea. >>> another busy day ahead for the u.s. senate set to vote on whether to move forward on an arms treaty wit russia. the treaty would put lower limits on each country's supply of strategic nuclear warheads. the senate's republican leader mitch mcconnell opposes the deal concerned it would hamper u.s. missile defense efforts. >> all of a sudden we're once again frying to rush things before christmas eve. i think that was not the best way to get our support. >> barring a setback, we believe we're on the path to victory by the end of the week. >> the debate in the senate is set to resume about two hours from now. >>> it is 5:07. the victims of the san bruno blast unleashed their anger. >> don't tell me one thing and say another thing over and over again. >> the new findings that pg&e took shortcuts with its inspections. >>> and the competition for the america's cup heats u

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. >>> and the united nations security council meets today in an emergency session to discuss the tense situation on the korean peninsula. south korea plans an artillery exercise this week on or near the same island that north korea shelled last month. the north has warned of a "catastrophe" if the exercise is held. meanwhile, new mexico's governor bill richardson, who has met with top leaders in north korea, is calling for self-restraint by both countries. >>> a new study found a chemical linked to cancer in the drinking water of 31 u.s. cities. the same industrial chemical made famous in the movie "erin brockovich," hexavalent chromium, was found in tap water in washington, d.c., and other cities, according to the analysis done by an environmental group. the report comes out tomorrow actually as the government is considering whether to set a limit for the amount of the chemical that should be allowed in drinking water. >>> and finally our first look at the new lion cubs at the national zoo in washington, d.c. seven lion cubs, look at that. seven lion cubs made their debut on saturday

the united nations security council has extended its peacekeeping mission in the ivory coast for sixonths. it defies orders to leave the incumbent president refuses to hand over power. the un african leaders in the west says he lost the runoff to the opposition leader. washington and the eu had called on him to step down and are preparing sanctions against him and his allies. british police have arrested two men suspected of preparing a terrorist attack. there were detained during a series of dawn raids across england and wales. they are between 17 and 28. they are linked to a potential bomb plot. they have been monitored for several months by britain's domestic intelligence agency. britain and a number of other european countries have been on high security alert for the last month. officials say there is a heightened threat of terrorist attacks. north korea has called live fire exercises conducted monday by south korea as reckless but has backed down from its threat to retaliate. residents of yeonpyeong island on the yellow sea took shelter during the 90-minute live fire drills. p'y

later this morning, vice president biden will chair a united nations security council meeting. will focus on iraq and ways that members can continue to support that country's government. and a programming note, the vice president will be on msnbc tomorrow afternoon in an interview with "andrea mitchell reports." >>> other stories making headlines on a wednesday. while much of the nation continues to deal with severe weather, a small town in oregon is recovering today from a rare tornado. the twister tore through the town tuesday, ripping roofs off buildings and uprooting trees there. the good news, no serious injuries were reported. it's the first tornado in oregon in more than a year. >>> tragedy off the coast of australia where rough waves tossed a boat packed with people thought to be refugees against jagged rocks on tuesday, flinging those on board into the water. at least 27 people died. australian officials say they are not sure where the passengers were coming from. >>> well, next time someone says they need their beauty sleep, believe them! researchers in sweden took ph

along with other members of the united nations security council are beginning in switzerland. it's the first time in more than a year, the group has met. just ahead of the meeting, iran announced it had taken a major step forward in the nuclear fuel process producing what is called yellow cake, a vital component in enriched uranium. >> iran has become s elf- sufficient in the entire fuel cycle starting from the exploration and then mining and then turning it into yellow c ake. >> iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purr pos but u.s. government experts say the mine that is producing the yellow cake could not be y ielding enough of the s ubstance, but they say it might be enough to produce a bomb. a fund-raiser will be held in san francisco tonight for the families of two uc berkeley graduates imprisoned in iran. shane bauer and josh fattal will arrested with share rue shourd in july 2009. shourd was just recently released. tonight's fund-raiser will feature readings by well-known authors at the verde club, nato green will make an appearance. >>> we're getting new info

on june 9 the united nations security council passed a fourth sanctions resolution on iran for its violations of its commitment under the treaty with the support of china and russia. ratification also opens the door to further arms control agreements, both to further arms reductions and to address tactical nuclear warheads. the smaller-yield devices under five kilotons that are in some ways more dangerous than the strategic weapons with which we're dealing now. ratification moves us down the path to a world without nuclear weapons as envisioned by presidents obama and reagan. for years the idea of a nuclear-free world was ridiculed as a fantasy. this may now be beginning to change. don't turn it down. republicans as well as democrats have come around to the idea that eventual nuclear disarmament is not only desirable, but it is in fact doable and it is consistent with our national security interests. former secretaries of state george shultz and henry kissinger have joined forces with former senator sam nunn and former secretary of defense bill perry to make this case. in a january 4, 2007, o

it could create obstacles on some issues in the united nations security council where russia has a veto. it might also reduce incentives for russia to cooperate in providing supplier routes for our troops in afghanistan. it would give more weight to the argument of russian nationalists who seek to undermine cooperation with the united states and its allies. it would require additional satellite coverage of russia at the expense of their use against terrorists. with all that we need to achieve, why would we add to our problems by separating ourselves from russia over a treaty that our own military once ratified? mr. president, our pheuplt commanders are aeupbg -- our military commanders are anxious to avoid the added burden and uncertainties of an intensified arms competition with russia. they know such competition would detract from other national security priorities and missions. that is one reason that they are telling us unequivocally to ratify this agreement. they also have asserted that the modest reductionness warheads and delivery systems embodying the treaty in no way threaten o

all five members of the security council of the united nations made the pilgrimage to new delhi with a view to seeking closer ties and economic relationships and also, if they could, to pace economic relationships on military sales on nuclear sales. everyone got something. i think of all the visitors to china probably get the prize because china managed to not only get to india, but also follow it up immediately with the visit to pakistan where he also signed a multi-billion dollar deals. so of the five major bidders to india china was the best in the region. i cannot talk about 2010 without mentioning the way that the year has ended, with a huge loss with the death of ambassador richard holbrooke who has left a huge job that needs to be completed, a man that was truly irreplaceable in the diplomatic circuit. many regard him as one of the most influential diplomats of his generation. it is unclear whether the administration will actually try to fill his job or will try to make do, particularly at this critical stage. so with those opening remarks, i'm going to request gilles dorronso

international pressure is increasing, both the european commission and the united nations security council have released a statement asking them to restrain from violence and respect the outcome of the elections. from the united states standpoint, time is running out. the united states is prepared to impose targeted sanctions on the president, his immediate family, and his inner circle should be continued to the legitimately claim power. at the same time, we are mindful of the situation and -- pat kennedy house approved and authorized a departure of dependents and not emergency personnel for our embassy in the country. >> that is it? " that it. >> the situation at the ivory coach did not come up with the mars people, did it? >> that is a statement. >> i passed. >> not to my knowledge. >> the secretary met with senator mitchell, yes? >> yes. >> can you tell us about that? >> i will reply -- i will decline to be out his report. he has returned to the region. deputy david hale met today with u.n. special representative in brussels and mr. hale, joined by daniel shapiro from the national secur

been helped and it was coffee in on him self the secretary general the united nations in his parting speech to the security council said what have all the special agenda items and special reports and special sessions on the palestinian situation ever done to help the palestinians and the reality is very little if you look at the past thirty years all the resolutions and at the un human rights council in june. it's something like seventy five percent of all the resolutions are condemning israel a stance simply helping the palestinians the reality is the only thing they've done for the palestinians is encourage a sense that no matter what happens whatever mistakes they make whatever terrorism they may support the u.n. will always be there to encourage them make them believe that no matter what they will prevail and it's only encouraged the most extreme forces in the palestinian camp it has not helped the moderates so why has the u.n. failed to hope the palestinians in any meaningful way the u.n. is a large organization and has many agencies that do good work unfortunately a number of them are highly politicized in n

position as the principal advisor to the secretary defense, to the president of the united states and the national security council and that is basically when you do. you have a 1200 man staff and some of the finest people in uniform of all the services, the marine corps, coast guard representatives and you advise the secretary of defense and the president on the best military options for the particular situations we find ourselves in. >> host: as high as that position is you were not in the quote, a chain of command. what you mean by that? >> guest: the chain of command runs from our combat commanders from people like central command and pacific command in to the secretary of defense and to the president. that's the chain. the chairman is the adviser to both that chain but if you don't have a good relationship and a good connection to the individuals out in the field, then you are unable to give the secretary defense the best advice and the other thing you can do if they work a lot of these issues through the chair and you can start the ball rolling before you even advise the secretary or the president to get thi