extremists from northern mali while additional international support is confirmed from the united states britain and other european countries. and yes we can't barack obama's promise to close the notorious guantanamo bay prison continues to go on kept within the detention facility hitting its eleventh anniversary with over one hundred sixty captives still being held without trial or charge. and recapping the week's top stories this is r.t. with the weekly i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us fears of clashes in belfast between loyalists and nationalists on saturday once again ended in street battles leaving twenty nine policemen injured the outrage was sparked six weeks ago by belfast council's decision to reduce the number of days the union flag flies over the city hall the latest violence and broke out after about a thousand unionists marching on city hall were attacked by locals in a predominantly catholic area police fired. water cannons and plastic bullets to disperse the crowd for has been at the scene. clashes breaking out once again on the streets of belfast you can see the police th

from northern mali while additional support is confirmed from the united states britain and other european countries. yes we can't. promise to close guantanamo bay prison continues to go on with the detention facility. with over one hundred sixty captives still being held without trial. certainly glad to have you with us now fierce clashes in belfast between loyalists and nationalists on saturday once again ended in the street battles leaving twenty nine policemen injured the outrage was sparked six weeks ago by belfast council's decision to reduce the number of days the union flag flies over city hall the latest violence broke out after about a thousand unionists marching on city hall were attacked by locals in a predominantly catholic area police fired water cannons and plastic bullets to disperse the crowds. has been at the scene. breaking out. the crowd. becoming. helped by the many. political language it's. so what's the tension here on the straight. recreational rioting that well some people are calling it. you can see the plates at the back that lead just say the back roads of polic

workers at that plant come from the united states, britain and other western european countries. >>> state officials say that california's jobless rate is holding steady. unemployment was unchanged at 9.8% in december. nearly 2 million were out of work last month. that's down 255,000 from one year ago. construction, information technology, education and health services were the biggest. take a look at what's happening in the bay area, all nine counts have unemployment rates lower than the state average. it's the lowest at 5.5%. san francisco at 6.5%. and santa clara at 7.5. it's the highest at 9.3%. >>> solid earnings from dow components, general electric and morgan stanley helped stocks end higher. dow gained 53 points today. nasdaq lost 1. the dow and s&p 500 are sitting at five year highs. here's the course of the dow over the five year period from january of 2008 until now. stocks that finished higher three weeks running. >>> this could be one of the worst flu seasons in several years. the good and the bad about this year's vaccine. >> too much work to be done. >> fans catch the 4

but even in the united states and britain, the study finds shoppers tossed up to 50% of the food they buy. >> you've got the cultural issue that it is good to overprovide for your guests, or overprovide for your family and have only the very, very best and to throw away the worst. >> reporter: the study found here in england, people threw away $16 billion worth of food from their homes last year. and much of it was still perfectly edible. researchers blamed stores that encourage consumers to buy more than they need because it's cheaper. another problem? use by and sell by labels which are just estimates. >> they're a very clumsy way of telling people when food is no longer edible. you have to guess as to when -- what date you put on that. >> would you ever eat something over the date? >> it depend on what the food is you know. if it looks okay i eat it you know. >> reporter: consumers also have to be less fussy and choose fruits and vegetables based on quality not appearance. rita nissan for cbs news, london. >> the study's authors say changes need to be made now to ensure there's eno

there are 400 soldiers on the ground as well, with support from the united states, britain, and otheruropean countries. france has called an emergency meeting at the u.n. security council. as they are approaching a speedy deployment of troops from west africa. they are hoping to achieve their objective swiftly. >> regarding france's direct involvement, it is only a matter of weeks. later on we can be backed up, but we have no intention. >> the two important northern cities were targets on the third day of the operation. french fighter pilots struck training camps and logistical places. other targets as well. in the capital bamako, government is encouraging people to do what they can to support the war effort. > in one of bamako's suburbs, people line up to give blood. they are responding to a demand from the president and religious leaders to support the country's forces. >> we are ready to respond to any request of our government. if they call us to fight, we want to respond. we are ready to die. >> some money, some military. >> government officials of called the french intervention

the united states, britain and canada, have supported the french military action. so far we have provided intelligence and logistic support. there is no direct u.s. military involvement in mali. at this point, though we intend to work with regional allies, the african countries that pledged combat italians to be part of the region african led force -- >> no direct military action in mali by the united states. steve coons, be safe, you and your party. thanks for joining us. >>> the other big story at this hour, big trouble at boeing after another battery issue. two biggest japanese airlines grounded their fleet of 787s. this is just the latest in a series of setbacks and problems for the dream liner. also a setback for boeing shares which are down again and goldman sachs jumping into the fray today. we moving boeing from its buy list and cutting its target from 90 to 98. phil lebeau was all over this story. you were on the first 787 flight. would you describe this as a real crisis for boeing? >> oh, absolutely. absolutely. there is so much invested in this plane. th

the united states, britain, western allies who had citizens there saying they were not informed thathe algerian special forces were going to move in and they moved in, perhaps, too fast and too hard. but that said, all of the governments from washington to london are saying it is the fault, of course, of the attackers that the responsibility lies with them. but make no mistake, the algerian government, very tough on militants inside that country. very swift to crack down on this. the message that they are sending, of course, is one of very tough, a very tough posture that they simply won't put up with this. randi? >> terrible situation there. barbara starr reporting for us this morning. barbara, thank you very much. >>> we have some other news including shocking video to show you from a political convention in bulgaria. we want to warn you here. this is tough to look at here. you can see it here, a man running on to the stage pulling his gun. the amazing thing is, it failed to fire there. what luck. the would-be assassin was targeting the leader of a minority party in bull garria. be

the nationals are being held from algeria, ireland, japan, france, and the united states, and britain. >> many of the people i've worked in the area many years. i asked for your understanding for not being able to give you more detailed information. >> it's not clear how many algerian workers are being held. least 30 people have managed to escape. a catering company said that it has 150 employees alone still confined at the plant. the gas field is in remote parts of the country's eastern desert, serviced by its own air fields, accommodations, and hospital. several hundred people are believed to work on the base at any one time. it's just 100 kilometers west of the libyan border. one armed group says it carried out the attack as payback for algeria allowing france to use its air bases in the assault against al qaeda dazzling spiders in neighboring mali. >> according to the information we have, there are about 20 terrorists inside. we believe they take orders from him and i don't believe they came from mali or libya. this is a revenge attack aimed at foreign countries participating in t

out of the you completely with some inside the conservative party saying britain would be fine and get on ok however the united states one of britain's major allies has been putting the pressure on david cameron and putting the pressure on britain to remain within the european union the united states and washington like having their man on the inside as it were within the e.u. meetings and they want to stay that way r.c.s. fees are only reporting there live from berlin peter thank you very much indeed for that update. france is tripling the number of troops deployed to mali to two thousand five hundred as part of their preparations for a land assault it wants to dislodge islamist extremists occupying large swathes of the country and despite a six day complain of french aerial bombardment smiley rebels have extended their reach the u.s. is also assessing paris and its operation at many of those who are now fighting the mali government and the western forces were reportedly trained by american agents as part of a costly program to combat terrorism africa acts that lawrence freeman explained was gone wrong as well as ho

the united states, britain, and japan were not warned of the algerian attack, even though their citizens were among those captured. britain said friday the operation in algeria is still ongoing and reiterated an earlier claim by prime minister david cameron that the news may be dire. cameron made the remarks late thursday. >> we face a very bad situation at this bp gas compound in ontario. a number of british citizens have been taken hostage. we already know of one who has died. the algerian armed forces have attacked this compound. it is a very dangerous, very uncertain, a very fluid situation. i think we have to prepare ourselves for the possibility of bad news ahead. >> we will have more on developments in algeria and mali after the headlines. >> the united states ramped up its involvement in mali's conflict thursday amid the hostage crisis. crafting plans to use its cargo planes for shuttling french troops and equipment. regional forces from west africa are turning the armed conflict against rebels who have occupied much of mali's north since march. the european union is planning to

i think it in the interest of the united states, britain and other western powers to aid these forces on the ground, les these islamist insurgents gain control of mali and turn it into a if you base for international terrorism. >> rose: a kind of new afghanistan. >> that's the danger, that is certainly what they would like to see and in fact, guess what, we're seeing veterans of the afghan war who are popping up. these are transnational groups such as al qaeda and the islamic magazinereb and others which might not only in mali we're seeing them now fighting in algeria. this is a transnational problem and it will require a transfat response. >> rose: jennifer cook help me understand what is at stake here, what is the national interest on the part of the united states but generally, what is the threat to africa if mali is not being able-- if they are not able to thwart an islamist take over. >> well, al qaeda and the islamic mugreb and other islamist groups up in the north of mali for some time have been conducting hostage for ransom operations, drug trafficking, cigarette smuggling and

even more important, perhaps, the united states reacted very negatively. the relationship between britain and the united states has been the mainstay of british foreign policy for more than a century. yesterday, a member of the state department said that if britain were to leave the european union, that would seriously damage the special relationship between washington and london. >> thank you very much. >> to washington now where u.s. senator john kerry is president obama's choice for the next secretary of state. he has been quizzed by senators ahead of his recommendation. >> the issues like climate change and fighting disease are also priorities. he's expected to easily win approval for the job from the senate. to syria where authorities have called for a million-man prayer at mosques on friday in an effort to stem anti-regime demonstrations. >> the embattled president was also shown on state television praying with syria's spiritual leader to mark the birthday of the prophet mohammad. the fighting around damascus and other cities continues. a french woman who faced 60 years in a mexica

invasion of mali and they're very much familiar of the risks of foreign invasions both the united states and britain have engaged of course as we know in iraq afghanistan and in many other conflicts but i think it likely reaction is likely to be similar to the kind of terrorist atrocities that we saw in nine eleven or seven seven where they're very often used as a way to legitimize further aggressive foreign policy in other countries such as as i said iraq afghanistan and other countries in the region i would have the public backing as well as flares up again saying that's couple of days in algeria would be what would the public back in these various countries including france still be there. i think that the buy in which a lot of these situations are often exploited by governments means that it creates an environment of fear and fear is that exploited in a manner which enables them to legitimize further foreign policy kind of endeavors in other countries in the name of the so-called global war on terror so unfortunate that the countries like the power to be split between the kind of the people who

the french are going to be able to handle this themselves and they're already relying on united states and britain for the just you know support for intelligence just the also the african troops that are going to be coming in or are they really trained poorly equipped themselves they don't have the facilities they don't have the planes of the helicopters to bring in their own troops the u.s. is probably going to have most of so it's it's a very big very open ended project that couldn't be. many more countries for a very long time what about china barry because china's got some economical interests that you know we can trust that in a way get involved that's what really interests me i find that in the end china with no boots on the ground and you were in africa i mean china has no bases outside of china in the end they're the ones that really benefit from this intervention because they need they need security and that part of the world because they have huge new investments in every single country bringing miley there are huge new chinese investments you're talking about one hundred million dollar

we are going to hit hard directly in the heart and it will be the united states and britain. >> a lotrphthis is their intent and goal. how serious are these groups coming together from your understanding from the briefings you receive? >> well, very serious. we have been looking at northern africa for some time. i sent some folks from my team there back in september. and what we found before -- remember they have been making money through ransom for some time even before joining al qaeda in '06. they were the single largest contributor for many of those years even to osama bin laden. they have been doing this for a while. they are certainly well organized. all of the different organized crime groups, tribal groups that have been doing this for years, those groups are starting to come together. so the movement of jihad and now calling themselves sig inaatories in blood. it will attract more trouble because the more success they have that is a recruiting tool for them. that is where jihadists will come because they think they are winning the fight. >> you wrote today and i want to get y

troops in the night before the battle, and harry hopkins who bonded with the leaders of the united states, great britain and the soviet union, the two of them had a gift for connecting. for stalin it was -- [speaking in native tongue] , according to the soul. and to churchill, he was a crumbling lighthouse. to roosevelt, hopkins gave his life asking for nothing except to serve. and so they were the happy, they were all happy, and he was, he was part of that group. thank you. so -- [applause] oh, he's pouring the wine. >> if you have questions, please go, to the microphone in the center. thank you. >> uh-oh. [laughter] >> yes, their on. >> this is not going to be a brilliant question, i can assure you. i was just wondering whether there's any evidence -- >> can't hear you. >> not much i can do about you, i think this is on. [inaudible conversations] is there any evidence that before he died harry hopkins had any concerns or fears about the soviet union in the post-war period? >> yeah, great question. after roosevelt died, well, harry was at yalta. he was at all the wartime conferences, casablanca, tehran

is the emerging challenge in mali and across and of courseofcourse britain's role, he'll be looking at the concerns of the united statesut britain turning inward as opposed to being a strong voice within the european union. very complex issues that he'll wrestle with over the next four years. >> jennifer: you covered my list of questions so i really appreciate that former assistant secretary of state p.j. crowley. thank you for joining us in "the war room"." >>> americans want assault weapons gone. senator dianne feinstein said she's going to get rid of them. and plus called zombie mortgages. but it's way too cute of a name when you lose everything and then find out they still want more. then later victims victim, survivor, advocate. debra parker will tell you her story and after hearing it someone will have some explain explaining to do. why the congress has not renewed the violence against women act >> jennifer: we're back inside "the war room." i'm jennifer granholm. we have two big stories coming from our nation's capital. first california senators dianne feinstein. she reintroduced a bill that would ban assault we

this has moved from northern and west africa to great britain and the united states. today, he called the terrorist attack in algeria, the latest and growing demonstration of a radical movement across west africa. he supports the movement. he is out front tonight. thank you very much for taking the time. i appreciate it. the islamist commander we spoke to whom you just heard there said, they demand a release of the war. this attack had been in the works before the french involvement in mali. former military involvement. the question is, should the united states be negotiating with these al qaeda linked groups? >> here is the difficulty. you have done some great reporting on this. as you know, for the last six years, this particular all qaeda affiliate has been taking westerners as hostages, many of them french. they are using this for bargaining power and collecting ransom and then they use the monetary ransom to build their organization. they are freshly supplied from some of the weapons they picked up in libya. so we have a situation frankly where i think we've got

even in the united states and britain, they find that shoppers toss up to 50% of the food they buy. >u've got the cultural issue that is good to overprovide for your guests or your family to have only the very best and to throw away the worst. >> reporter: the study found here in england that people threw away $16 billion worth of food from their homes last year. and much of it was still perfectly edible. researchers blame stores that encourage consumers to buy more than what they need because it's cheaper. another problem, used by and sell by labels which are just estimates. >> it's a way to tell people when it is no longer edible. you need to guess on what date you put on there. >> would you ever eat something that goes over the date? >> depends on what it is. you know if it looks okay, i would still eat it. >> reporter: consumers, they also have to be less fussy and choose fruits and vegetables based on quality, not appearance. >> now the study's author says that changes need to be made now in order to ensure there's enough food to go around as the global population gets bigger and

the two of them -- shakespeare's king harry and harry hopkins who bonded with the united states and great britain and the soviet union. the two of them -- according to stone, two of them spoke from the sole of the body. hopkins gave his life according to roosevelt. asking for nothing except to serve. and he was part of that group and they were all happy. thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> we will take questions now. please use the microphone. >> hello, i was wondering if there was any evidence -- i think this microphone is on. [inaudible conversations] >> is there any evidence that harry hopkins have any concerns or fears about the soviet union and the postwar period? >> that is a good question. after roosevelt died, he knew everything that went on. the day of roosevelt's funeral, saturday, april 14, 1945, harry was in the mayo clinic where he again was recuperating. we saw him at noon the day of roosevelt's funeral. so hawkins was among the first people that truman had to spend a lot of time with. he had to fill him in about the deliberations leading up to the agreements and then

what he wants and to try to make that the platform to convince britains to vote yes in a renegotiated e.u. position. the take is the united states wants them to stay a member. britain is playing yet another pivotal role in a shaky and uncertain future. >> thank you. good to see you as always. >>> one of the longest held policies in the united states military is now ending. women in the u.s. armed forces will no longer be banned from jobs that may put them in direct on the ground front line combat. that means infantry and specialops units. defense secretary leon panetta making the announcement official. that will happen in the next hour. barbara starr, the black berry e-mail went buzzing at the same time. it was quite surprising for this. we know that this has been an on going struggle, if you will, for some women fighting for this. but for this to happen, did it surprise you, as well? >> i think inside military circles this had all been afoot for some time. they were conducting some trial runs, if you will, seeing if women could pass some of the physical fitness courses that would be required. the marines had two women washed ou

not protecting civil liberties of the united states citizens and they're they're not protecting the human rights of united states citizens. feeling is holding in britain were in literacy of citizens in the country would be better for the trouble getting in prime minister david cameron has evolved with skeptic position to remain unchanged with the people and then i'm like oh no don't spoke on the station. and. the e.u.'s popularity are very very low amongst the british public at the moment we just had a poll that asked respondents to grade institutions like in school and the european union got an average grade of a d. plus from the british public that's not very very high now on a more serious note this recent poll it's really marked a tipping point because for the first time in decades the number of people that say that they would vote for britain leaving the european union is the majority of the british public so it's really turning britain turning into a nation of real euro skeptics at the moment and it's not just the results of one poll we've seen things like for example british support for political parties anti european ones like the u.k. indepen

the franco- german friendship would not in any way prejudice the relationship between britain and the united states. they have received a french band initiation from charles de gaulle that he did not get from the british prime minister at the time.+ it is perhaps deeper than and some people imagine. it has been the case that germany and france as well as next-door neighbors have a particular interest in trying to achieve this together. it is more than a friendship. it is a partnership because they have common goals. the common goal was to integrate europe politically and economically. that is really a part of this friendship. it is something that both france and germany see as being essential to their own well- being. >> could also be about rival nations elsewhere? >> it is a unique treaty touted by the history of the two nations but certainly in the fact it shows that it is possible for countries that have been archenemies for a long time to become the closest of the friends and the driving force behind an integrating movement in a continent. >> thank you very much, john, from our parliamentary st

united states. this may also surprise you, britain over to france and the u.s. to become germany's single largest trading partner. their combined trade with the u.k. in the first nine months of last year was $203 billion. what is it that these ceos want? >> they do not want to leave the euro. free trade is critically important. cameron was positive in the comments he made and made it clear that he wants a new treaty but the way that he positioned it was for europe, not just the uk. >> i should say that the french foreign minister welcomes all british business to france, if they were to leave the european union. >> get it in there. >> get it. >> thank you very much. much more to chew over here on "gmt." find out why this well-dressed gilt ended up in court in sydney. the head of the united nations has said that they should not participate in mali. they are concerned that it might staff across the region in -- at risk of reprisals. >> a burned out truck, apparently the result of french firepower, germany is now back in government hands. very happy, the population

but you have the united states, france, britain, japan, all these countries whose citizens are there.sets in the region so they could be planning some kind of rescue operation, leon panetta, defense secretary, says they will spare no efforts to try and get them out. unclear how they can get them out unless they launch some kind of attack. it doesn't look like they are ready to give knees terrorists some of their demands, which include the release of their prisoners held by algeria and their groups, want them sent to mali where islamics are hanging out right now. >> developing details that are you watching for us, elise labott in washington. >>> and president obama's call to reduce gun violence is receiving a cool reception on capitol hill. he unveiled a list of proposals, including the ban on the sale of assault weapons and instituting background checks on all gun sales. the president released his proposals one month after the massacre in newtown, connecticut, that killed 20 first graders and six adults. > >> if there is even one thing we can do to reduce the violence, one life that c

security council how they feel about it but as you said correctly the europeans germany britain the united states they all say ok we'll support the fridge i want to take this sort of out of just molly i know that there are several examples of this going on especially around africa and i just over the weekend we saw a failed mission in somalia and this is when a french team was actually trying to rescue one of its kind of secret agents i think a man by the name of identify or alex a secret agent believed to be held since two thousand and nine by al shabaab apparently though insurgents killed the hostage during this raid despite help from u.s. combat aircraft as well so talk a little bit about the bigger issue this is not concentrated in one region it is not it is not actually you know there are three very big dangerous pockets of. in sagan's see islam. militant the surgeon sees in somalia in northern nigeria. and then of course mali and this stretch across the width of africa and the fear is that is the link to gether it will cause even more problems now actually even though mali is we're on the w

a lost frustration on the part of the united states and britain and france because they weren't notified that algerian special forces were going to raise this compound. there are a lot of questions still remaining, jenna, about what happened and exactly what is happening going forward, but the united states has pledged to continue to work with the algerian government and so has david cameron of great britain. a lost questions remain going forward about what exactly did happen, jenna. >> certainly more to the store, and when we get it, we'll share it with viewers. >>> we're getting new information right now about the string of problems that forced airlines around the world to ground boeing's brand new dream liner jets. the national transition safety board is ruling out excess voltage in battery fire on board a 787 in boston earlier this month. you might have seen that on happening now. peter doocy is live in washington with an update for us. peter? >> reporter: john, to figure out why these lithium ion batteries were leaking electri leaking el, the ntsb brought the ballotries to their lab

protecting civil liberties of the united states citizens and they're they're not protecting the human rights of united states citizens and t.e.u. feeling is heartening in britain were majority of citizens now feel that the country would be better off for the trouble and all it's really marked a tipping point because for the first time in decades the number of people that say that they would vote for a person leaving the european union is the majority of the british public so it's really turning britain turning into a nation of real euro skeptics at the moment and it's not just the results of one poll we see things like for example british support for political parties and to european ones like the u.k. independence party it's at an all time high so lots of plaid news for pro europeans at the moment so what is the main grudge the then that many people are holding against the. well the british public has always been very divided over membership anyway but the past year has been particularly difficult we've seen you know the chronic financial crisis in the eurozone with a real loss of confidence that but also the same time at home they have crippling austerity me