world. the united states is building two nuclear reactors. it just past the united states with the world's fastest supercomputer. it now has the record for the highest high-speed rail in the world. but the scandal speed is 220 m.p.h. it has plans for more models of high-speed rail. by comparison, japan has 1,500 miles. france has 1,200 miles. the u.s. has zero. according to the vice chairman of china's national investment and reform, the r&d and china, it will probably get 20% by 2020, renewable energy in china. let me take you through examples of what china is doing. take the coal industry in china. china has a lot of old inefficient plants. they said, this is polluting our atmosphere. we will close them down. in 1992, they bought two 600 megawatt generators better called ultra supercritical. they're working at the highest temperatures possible, commercially. they bought them from abb, a european committee, and g. they started operating them. in 1995, it established a research centers, and said, okay, this is the best of the world has to off

some of their groups that will feed into the citizens united world will come up and into the background from a strictly for electoral purposes. republican coordination, i will of the guys on the other side talk about this. it was widely reported the reason that i think it is interesting that people noted the difference of coordination on the republican side, the democratic side on message, is what facilitates that level of coordination is a very small number of decision makers that come from a more concentrated number of donors to the ads if that makes sense. we have got 5 million members who are funding our ads. lieber is very beholden to their constituency, their members. but when you have individual donors who can deduct your campaign strategy, it is facilitated much tighter coordination for the party. on this expenditure this is something i want to touch on and encourage you to look at it more deeply. i think everyone is trying to figure out what to make of what happened in the last cycle. there are things that have popped for me to read with the pro citizens united decision, the fl

the idea of a nuclear free world is the idea of threatening small powers with nuclear weapons as the united states does president obama speaks of his dream of having a nuclear free world but that's a nuclear free world which is free of nuclear weapons except in the united states one of the principles of nonproliferation is that you don't provide smaller countries with a motivation to acquire their own nuclear but. the united states has targeted strategic nuclear weapons on many north korean sites and it's because of that that north korea's decided to acquire the target so if you want nonproliferation if you want to nuclear free world you have to stop threatening other countries with war and invasion and nuclear annihilation so as to buy the subject from an exam room so official institute of oriental studies he told us he believes china and america's respect involvements with north and south korea could lead to a global conflict. will be nightmare for many countries and first of all for the six countries we who met in the six party talks we share the common border with giving control and cha

like to be nuclear powers in driving toward eventually a nuclear free world and if we would not of ratified this treaty in the united states and hence has to be ratified in moscow then we would not have the credibility not have the standing in the world to lead on this issue so for those senate says to oppose the treaty even so low what do you think finally got limit changed their mind up to so many months of wrangling and dragging their heels. well when i was in the senate for twelve years on the senate foreign relations committee intelligence committees i never impugned or questioned the motives of any other senators but i would say this in answer your question i think the realisation that the a mince knowledge base was all in favor of ratification those over the years for the united states government who had responsibility for nuclear weapons and for strategies and for foreign policy all were overwhelmingly in support of this if for no other reason than it was clearly in the interest of the united states as well as russia so i think in the end. which is always supposed to be the case in theory that knowledge and

united states. and, yes, china is going to be the world's largest economy, but the united states will be the world leaderdical innovation whether it's through patient care. >> i might add this is a big industry whether it's pharmaceuticals or so devices exported around the world and the world depends upon us for those products. >> let me ask you about the global economy. how do you see things? do you see any change as a result of, for example, the midterm elections? of, for example, the growth of china and latin america and the impact on the united states? what's your take on the u.s. economic landscape today? >> i think we have to ask ourselves. the united states with 6% of the world's population or 5% of the world's population at one time had 40% of the world's economy. today it has maybe 23% of the world's economy. how did that happen? we had the leading educational system in the world. other countries caught and passed us, so the challenge for the united states is the realization that our health care systems, our medical systems, our educational systems are the underpinning along with property rights

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clear free world which is free of nuclear weapons except in the united states one of the principles of nonproliferation is that you don't provide smaller countries with a motivation to acquire their own nuclear deterrent the united states has targeted its strategic nuclear weapons on many north korean sites and it's because of that that north korea's decided to acquire deterrence so if you want nonproliferation if you want to nuclear free world you have to stop threatening other countries with war and invasion and nuclear annihilation i mean time and examine it and so from institute of oriental studies believes that china and america's respective involvements with north and south korea could lead to a global conflict. will be a nightmare for many countries and first of all for the six countries we who met in the six party talks we share the common border with giving control and chang also and of course china can be involved because it gives a treat to the alliance to reach a business career first and they demonstrated the recently. read in the stool prevent the collapse of north korea

world. diverse stories. people in the united states sometimes think of the arab world as a lump sum.hat is good about the arab film festival is the also have a festival for the school's program, which we have films where we invite free of charge, i schoolers to come and attend. every year, high schoolers to go out really with a good experience, attending and watching these films. the arab film festival is not only about the festival in october. we also have year-round programs. check out the film festival to run the year, not just in the fall. -- throughout the year, not just in the fall. the best thing that somebody can take away from the arab on festival is the arab cinema is talent. it is beautiful. the stories have that they represent are good stories, beautiful stories. also, the art form is beautiful and well made. >> for a complete film schedule and to learn more about the arab film festival, visit >> welcome to culture wire. did you know the city of san francisco has an art collection consisting of 3500 objects? the collection ranges from painting and public buildings to mura

sign up to that document this is especially interesting because the united states obviously fought against naziism in the second world war and this is one of those rare opportunities when we have countries like iran and israel even agreeing on an issue which almost never happens but here is the united states who does not want to go along with everyone else over the last several years there have been documents leaked and declassified revealing us cover ups of nazis right after the second world war of course of particular interest here is the waffen s.s. the so-called protective squadrons of the nazis that were really a militarized group that helped carry out the goals of the nazis by doing things like ethnic cleansing to all sorts of war crimes and these were the people that the united states ended up cooperated with in the wars in the years after the second world war of the most important interest here though is of course the voltec waffen s.s. because the united states was really copywriting tightly with people located there to try to fight the soviet union and a lot via for example a baltic state as one of is the o

especially the people who are older than others here were saved by a basic admiration to the united states, saving the worldthey saved israel from various things, and for us, united states is really, done something about israel's prime ministers. every time they realize how dependent they are on the united states. they forget -- they try to complain about the united states, but when they come back, -- they realize, again, with the lying of israel officials who are waiting in order to ask the prime minister to call the secretary of state, to call the secretary of defense to do something because we are, we have the operation or something, small thing. we just had a fire and the first from the israel prime minister to the united states. you specialize in fires, so if you ask me how united states or how israel should look at the united states, some of them do. we should look in a kind of concern to the united states because of your economic situation, and we hope today that the spending be cut. i believe it's not the major problem israel should face. what is it they should face or what to be concerned with is t

i think what blow to the to the whole idea of a nuclear free world is the idea of threatening small powers with nuclear weapons as the united states does president obama speaks of the dream of having a nuclear free world but that's a nuclear free world which is free of nuclear weapons except in the united states one of the principles of nonproliferation is that you don't provide smaller countries with a motivation to acquire their own nuclear deterrent the united states has targeted its strategic nuclear weapons on many north korean sites and it's because of that north korea's decided to acquire a deterrent it is also. because. it was named by the bush administration as one of the three axis of evil powers and it became clear to peeling yang that it could be next on the united states hit list and that is one of the reasons why it acquired a nuclear deterrence so if you want nonproliferation if you want to nuclear free world you have to stop threatening other countries with war and invasion and nuclear annihilation stephen go into foreign policy analyst on the line from automotive thanks for your thoughts on the news channel

the unfortunate coverage of the death of rich art ard holbrooke who has represented the united states across the worldd's life's work saved tens of thousands of lives. we loved his energy. we loved his resolve. that's who richard was and he died giving everything he had to one last difficult mission for the country he loved. wherever chaos and violence threatened american interests and human lives for nearly a half century, wherever there was a need for courage and insight, richard holbrooke showed up for duty. all right. >> before we go, let's go around the table and everybody give us your closing thoughts on ambassador richard holbrooke. >> i thought john kerry's statement was actually quite eloquent and expressed much of what i feel that richard represented for the country. i just thought he was a friend who was indestructible. it never occurred to me that he could possibly die this young. >> jamie? >> well, i served with richard for most of eight years and was friendly with him for the ten years since then. my wife is very close with him. i think it's very hard to sum up a life in a minute and he

largely agree with what the two other guest said i think we have to remember that the united states senate is the world's greatest deliberative body and it may be surprising to song that it's taken so long for the senate to get around to debating this treaty and voting on it. but that's the way it is in the american system and i think with president obama's strong push and the us military strong push for ratification of the tree this year i think it will get done despite the political obstacles that have been thrown in the way. but you know the treaty i think is essential it's not just a good treaty it is essential and two main reasons one is as was said it's essential for more cooperation and less confrontation between the united states and russia even though the cold war is over and yes even though the presence of two thousand strategic nuclear weapons on each side is a remnant of the cold war this treaty is essential for united states and russia to maintain the transparency and predictability about what each other is doing so that that old cold war animosity doesn't come back so it's essential for tha

think richard nixon. ,, ,,,,,,,,,, the attack is what pulled the united states into world war >>> todayarks the 69th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor. hawaii. it's what pulled the united states into world war ii. president roosevelt called the 7th of december a date which will live in infamy. more than 2,000 americans were killed then. veterans and bay area school students gathered tonight for a commemoration service on mount diablo. ann notarangelo joins us with the symbol that's clearly visible and what the day means to those groups. >> reporter: every year there are fewer and fewer pearl harbor survivors who are able to attend, in their 80s and 90s. this is the 47th year that they had the beacon lighting here on mount diablo and for all of nuts bay area it is a reminder of why the united states got involved in the world war ii. >> usa! >> reporter: the colors of the holiday season turned red, white and blue as excited children remembered a somber anniversary. >> it was today when the japanese bombed pearl harbor in hawaii. >> a lot of people died. i was amazed at how many. >

of these weapons so do you think that it's a nonstarter that other country in the world really care what russia united states are doing but i heard right i was officials saying that if you proceed and i think we should reiterate it it's going to take it where one of the talking points. he's going to leave you don't have these twenty two other talking points you talk about inspiring other nations to for a creating an atmosphere these are very lovely words but i know little about israel and israel has nuclear weapons for these and then to do with russia and united states you see because of situations in the middle east iran is building nuclear weapons because of all kind of notions of the grand jury and such and so you know as did you can inspire these nations because if you give a speech about zero or because russia united states going to train a nuclear weapon somebody and we haven't even mentioned defected tactical nuclear weapons not probably a trance absolutely and. major major concern. terrorism is they're getting their hand on a tactical nuclear weapons they're not going to use into an interconti

after what we plan to do about democracy in the world be on our own shores? >> the united states has always favored the spread of democracy and always will. and i trust that we will never give up our commitment to democracy. at her commitment to democracy around the world rose out of our basic commitment to democracy at home. that's not going to change. the question is what do you do about it? we've always talked to talk in a recent years we have walked the walk, too. we have spent lots of money can hundreds of billions of dollars and over 4000 lives and trying to bring democracy to iran. the verdict, it's made real progress to the extent that it makes progress toward democracy, that justifies investment in essays has made there. but we're simply not going to be able to afford that kind of investment. so why we will continue to proselytize rhetorically, why we will continue to make speeches, while we were continue to cheer from the sidelined in favor of democratic forces everywhere, we're not going to spend much money among democracy in the future. >> okay. so we'll touch

at the united nations the world's diplomats. creators produced the animation in their taipei studio. animators have stockpiles of digital faces to match the newsmakers. they can also imitate their voices. and actors in motion sensor suits mimic their body movements. the team tries to create imaginary scenes with a touch of reality within three hours after getting the news. from taipei jimmy lai now joins us. mr. lai publishes the newspaper apple daily and others in hong kong and taiwan and launched next media animation. mr. lai, thank you for being with us today. >> thank you. >> what are you trying to bring to the world by starting next tv? >> on tv all you have is the last slice of the news because something -- only after something happen you have the news. so whatever happens you have the missing images. but with the quick response animations we can recreate missing images and turn tv news, which is just information, into a new story. and that's -- you know, that's what we want to do. >> how do you draw the distinction betwee

united states and china. it's possible. through a world war can start to careen financial unfortunately. suffers of the horrific disease leprosy in russia say that with a cure now possible their biggest battle can today be with the stigma associated with the condition. reports on those living with the condition and how some feel they're shunned you may find some of the in midge's and her report disturbing. last image best fairly is russia as old as slap a village has no streets all in one but houses with its own fire brigade ambulance service and kindergarten it's a home for many people affected by leprosy away from the eyes of a public world little understanding of the disease when the first patients arrived they have to know if they were packed into just one house but now there is this a building big enough to house two families and given the patients more privacy and dignity larry like the vast majority of people in terror has been cured he could believe but says it's not the ethics of the disease which made him stay but people's reaction who are doing the road sometimes is like a man

that is the assessment from the united nations. the world has been almost unanimous in pressing laurent gbagbo to step down. his backers accused u.n. of meddling. here is our correspondent on what happened today and what it means for the region as a whole. >> un peacekeeping mandate has been extended. the un says things are getting more dangerous. they protect the hotels, sheltering the opposition government of alassane ouattara. thein the eyes of gbagbo's supporters, the rebels. >> we see the strategy to promotvoke the mission. we are sending appeals. [unintelligible] unity personenel are out of therheir home. >> he said there should be no doubt he has won the election. >> the head of the electoral commission went to the hotel, the headquarters of my challenger. going against all the laws of our country, he announced the results of the elections which were incorrect. the international community has accepted these results and declared war on the ivory coast. prexy has the support of the constitutional council. >> he has the support of the co

world which is free of nuclear weapons except in the united states one of the principles of nonproliferation is that you don't provide smaller countries with a motivation to acquire their own nuclear deterrent the united states has targeted strategic nuclear weapons on many north korean sites and it's because of the. north korea's decided to acquire deterrence so if you want nonproliferation if you want to nuclear free world you have to stop threatening other countries with war and invasion nuclear annihilation. and so i mean on the program. at one time leprosy struck fear because it meant a slow death but today it's both treatable and curable yet for russians diagnosed with the disease there's another problem to overcome being isolated by society examiner could show reports next tonight of those living with the condition and the stigma. lost amid vast families russia's oldest lap a village has no streets only one but houses with its own fire brigade ambulance service and kindergarten it's a home for many people affected by leprosy away from the eyes of a public with little understanding of

center is a scene of events of great importance, including the founding of the united nations and the peace treaties with world war ii. this shows as a poll reform moving to the united states. the architecture and plans are regarded as some of the finest and most complete manifestations of the beautiful movement. there is a scholar of classical architecture that says that this is the greatest ensembles of architecture in america. in 1899, the mayor was considering concepts the proposed establishing the grand civic center for san francisco. and leon know what had happened. after the earthquake and devastating fire, there could be a new city hall to replace the one that was destroyed. over the next 17 years, there were new parts added to the civic center. promises of the federal building began in 1933, completing in 1936. this brought the civic center to completion. and of course, the history of this building is both interesting and witty. like the office of nimitz, who will be next to my office. [applause] how cool is that? that is the reason this is a beacon of sustained design, with a green certification from

world. the united states is no exception. yuko aotani looks into the strategy of a u.s. mining company that's coming under the international spotlight. >> reporter: this tablet pc and everything from flat-screen tvs to electric cars to military equipment have one need in common -- rare earths. but with china restricting exports, companies are scrambling to find alternative sources of these essential materials elsewhere. governments are acting to safeguard their national security. attention is focused on the united states and its mine in california that once supplied most of the world's rare earths. mountain pass mine was closed down in 2002. but it's now undergoing redevelopment and modernization with an eye on the world market. mining companies from resource-rich countries vied with each other at this week's rare earth conference in tokyo. a key person here is the ceo of money company, the u.s. company which owns mountain pass mine. >> this is a complete opening of people's minds and a complete change in how processing of rare earth's is going to be done at mountain pas

after 9/11, what osama bin laden succeeded in doing was drawing the united states in to unprecedented central engagement with the muslim world. that was going to happen. after week invaded afghanistan and iraq, with united states having hundreds of thousands of troops and muslim countries it was inevitable the american president would turn not just to know focus but no relationship to this thing called the muslim world and we know it does not exist -- but we will use the phrase. most american jewish supporters of the war of -- in iraq and supporters of israel was under the illusion when bush overthrow saddam hussein, that it was all some beautiful harmonic convergence of the interest of israel and the issue -- interests of the united states. in fact, what it meant was the israeli-palestinian conflict would become more of a liability to the united states in the region than it ever was before, and not only in the region but around the world. for example, when obama goes to jakarta and "the times" reports some parliamentarians, people on the street, when they're asked what is the main problem they say palestine. we know that pa

that is the gloomy assessment from the united nations. the world has been almost unanimous in pressing the president to give up his seat and go with last month's election, but with support from the army, he is refusing to oblige. now, what has happened today and what it means for the region as a whole. >> united nations peacekeeping mandate has been extended for another six months. united nations says things are getting more and more dangerous. they protect the hotel sheltering the opposition government while at the same time, they have a role in protecting the civilian population. the president told the board to leave immediately, something they refused to do. in the eyes of supporters, that means they are now rebels. >> what we see so far is a tragedy booked to strangle and to provoke the mission. it appears to be hitting violence against unicef personnel. they're being pushed out of their homes. >> the president for the past 10 years gave his first television address since the election on tuesday evening. he said there should be no doubt that he

than north koreans and south korea is integrated with the preeminent military power in the world today the united states. so the options available to young yang are very limited. and the best they can do is to develop what deterrence it can but it's clearly being provoked and it has been provoked for some time ever since the current south korean president lee myung bak has come to office lease policy is to confront north korea to seek its collapse and to absorb it into the south it will take for example the life fire exercises south korea has conducted forty seven live fire exercises this year alone. there was a forty eighth ones that has been carried out yesterday. that was initially scheduled but one south korean officer said that when the head anyway because of the tensions on the korean peninsula which only makes sense if the intention is to escalate and aggravate those tensions the united states policy for the last sixty years has been to see the collapse of the north korean state and its absorption into the south. lead government is more closely aligned with the u.s. foreign policy goals on

the 69th anniversary of the japanese attack on pearl harbor, the event that launched the united states into world war ii. in alameda the coastguard held a ceremony to honor survivors and honor those who died. >> we do that with our presence here today. we do that by reflecting on the past, applying it's lessons and revering those that achieved great deeds in our history. >> the early morning attack on the u.s. naval base at pearl harbor, hawaii december 7th 1941 killed nearly 2300 american military personnel and another 68 civilians. later today the beacon will be lit for the annual tribute to pearl harbor victims. -- let's take a look at the weather with steve. i don't remember if you remember last year they lit it in snow. >> one year ago and today we have sunshine so just depends on how things develop in one year. we had very cold, cold conditions in november and now we're seeing very mild conditions. rain for tomorrow is up on the north coast but mainly just cloudy up there but starting to move into the picture but we have mostly sunny skies but thick fog out this morning. mostly sunny now. t

my family is from mexico did my grandfather was recruited to work here in the united states during world war ii. my father emigrated here. i sister and my mother emigrated in 1967. we have very different experiences for all three of those members of my family. in my entire professional life, i was looking back. i've always been around immigration law. i am proud that it has been so. someone asked me if i ever regretted been so focused on that. i said i did not do it on purpose. somebody just told me once to do what you love and everything will work out. i'm pleased to say that it has. we were told to give our perspective a little bit. it's hard not to speak personally about comprehensive immigration reform and what it means. i had the privilege to work on some of the most meaningful cases to me. i know it's the one place in san francisco i always know how to get to. to give you a brief legislative update, one of the things that i said before ever working for a congressperson, if they knew how immigration law worked, they would have never signed the 1996 bill. on my watch, it's very impor