wave of recession and how much should one how vulnerability is it russia clearly is is quite an unstable economy if you if you look at the developments over the last ten years say russia clearly stands out among peer countries in terms of the instability in terms of the variability in growth and this to a large extent stems from the fact that russia is vulnerable to what happens in the world economy it is while noble in the sense that its exports are very concentrated on commodities and oil in particular and it is also wonderful because capital flows in and out of russia are also affected by commodity prices so when the world economy is doing well the commodity prices go up capital also flows into russia and you get it magnified effect and vice versa so clearly what we are seeing now as the world is going through a difficult phase of all it is seeing the spillover is through the russian economy as as we've done in the past so by the structure of the economy it's quite well dribble to lose what is happening what we've seen lately in the news is that moody's has downgraded degre russian ma

well, what is interesting here, he wanted to say, he said to the former employer that meyer was unstablea play on stereotype for so many soldiers they are somehow all suffering from some type of post traumatic stress. he he is not an expert. >> you write a big check to, maybe, both of them to make this go away? >> you have to settle it and get it out of the court. it will never seen the light of day. >> you have to write a big check to someone? >>guest: yes, and it would be the meyer not the supervisor, he should be punished or fired. >> remember, he could file a cross complaint against the company. you have to milk them both go away. thank you, both, you will stick around we have lots more to talk about. gingrich taking the lead over his republican rivals, but what about his chances in the head to head match with rebound? diabetes testing? it's all the same. nothing changes. then try this. freestyle lite® blood glucose test strip. sure, but it's not gonna-- [beep] wow. yep, that's the patented freestyle zipwik™ design. did it just-- [both] target the blood? yeah, drew it right in. the t

it's a highly unstable and dangerous time. >> schieffer: bob orr, speaking of unstable, north korea. a long-time dear leader has passed. apparently. d d gone on to whatever reward he has earned. what do you think is... what's the situation? what do we know about.... >> the problem is we don't know very much at all. we know virtually nothing about the successor's youngest son who has a bit of a western education. tht this is a person who has pen purposely closeted away from the public. c.think the question there is who is going to really run the country? will it be entrusted to this young successor or will the military complex take control? i think most of the smart people are saying there might be a rettle bit of a power struggle here at least a vacuum an uncertainty that raises everybody's stakes because this is a flash point. this is kind of waiting to happen. wa know the past that korea has always used provocation as a way to try to get its way. question is, will this continue. >> schieffer: nora, what do they think at the white house is the most dangerous place in the world right

it's a highly unstable and dangerous time. >> schieffer: bob orr, speaking of unstable, north korea. a long-time dear leader has passed. apparently. and gone on to whatever reward he has earned. what do you think is... what's the situation? what do we know about.... >> the problem is we don't know very much at all. we know virtually nothing about the successor's youngest son who has a bit of a western education. but this is a person who has pen purposely closeted away from the public. i think the question there is who is going to really run the country? will it be entrusted to this young successor or will the military complex take control? i think most of the smart people are saying there might be a little bit of a power struggle here at least a vacuum an uncertainty that raises everybody's stakes because this is a flash point. this is kind of waiting to happen. we know the past that korea has always used provocation as a way to try to get its way. question is, will this continue. >> schieffer: nora, what do they think at the white house is the most dangerous place in the world right

. >> we did have some reports of the roof being unstable and the firefighters that were on the roof didave to make their way off the roof safely and they did. >> there is no word on what caused the fire. we're told at least one pet, a dog, is unaccounted for. also, power could remain out for the entire complex throughout the night. that means all 60 apartments and the red cross is standing by ready to help those folks with arrangements for the night. live in alameda monty francis, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much. san francisco police have arrested a man accused of kidnapping and raping a woman in oakley one week ago. 45-year-old steven clark was taken into custody after he was spotted at the intersection of goff and geary in san francisco. he has been booked into jail on kidnap and rape charges. earlier this week clark was the focus of an intense man hunt when he was spotted near san diego. a strange and dangerous story from santa clara today. police say they found home made guns, bombs, and ammunition at a home afteromeone heard gunshots at the house. 45-year-old daniel pabat

obama celebrates the end of the iraq occupation people point to the devastated infrastructure and unstable government american troops are leaving behind. was india's ambassador to iraq in the one nine hundred ninety s. his analysis of the u.s. troop withdrawal from iraq is simple that of washington it will still try to control the country's rich oil reserves. caught up with him in utah. president obama has announced the united states will definitively end the war in iraq at the end of this month but as the united states attempts to get the military personnel and contractors out of the country questions still remain about the implications of this decision for security in the region joining me to help discuss this is the former indian ambassador to iraq and the author of the book the ultimate prize saying kala thing so much for joining me first of all i want to ask you about the recent terrorist attacks in iraq obviously there have been quite a few in the past few years and they've claimed hundreds of iraqi citizens lives do you think there is still a role for the united states in iraq when

nuclear watchdog talks about how kim jong il's death might further upset the already unstable region that's after a recap of our main stories and just under two minutes time. wealthy british soil. is no time to try to find. markets why not. find out what's really happening.

mitt romney tried to do is paint him as unstable without using the word unstable, the word they used was unreliable. do we know whether that's having any impact? >> well, i don't think simply governor romney is saying it. but you have this kind of weight of a lot of people in the republican party. particularly kind of the elites. elected officials. who remember what it was like when he was speaker. and the fact that he was -- it was a chaotic period and a coup attempt against him which failed and ultimately he stepped down after they had disappointing results in 1998. and not only governor romney but all these other republicans are saying this, it is i think going to take some kind of a toll. and he has adopt add posture at this point of saying -- adopted a posture at this point i'm going to stay above this and not going to respond and stay positive. but there's a lot coming after him. as jeff said, the advertisements in iowa are constant. and the superpac, the romney superpac which does throw the kitchen sink at him, is on all the time. >> aren't some of the polls showing a little b

nuclear watchdog talks started about how ken jong il's death might further upset the already unstable region that's after a recap of our main stories and just under two minutes time. wealthy british style sun. has moved on to the title. markets why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with my stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into a report on our. thank you for joining us two thirty here in moscow this week's top stories from our teeth tens of thousands gathered for a peaceful rally in the russian capital demanding a rerun of the parliamentary elections and president also vows to uphold the reforms promising an overhaul of the country's political system. that head of the arab league's mission to syria ronson damascus fresh claims of violence international pressure mounts on the syrian regime to end its crackdown on protesters at.

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might further upset the already unstable region that's coming up right after a recap of our main stories in just a couple of minutes. to history in the making. testimony. ten stories that shaped two thousand and eleven. thank you for joining us four thirty here in moscow your are your week's top stories tens of thousands gather for a peaceful rally in the russian capital demanding a rerun of the parliamentary elections president dmitri medvedev of val's folded her arms promising an overhaul of the country's political system. we had alba the arab league's mission to syria runs into masochism in fresh claims of violence and international pressure mounts on the syrian regime and its tracks.

and the growing diplomatic crisis with an unstable regime. now yanked all of its embassy staff from iran and ordered the iranians to pull their diplomats from london. this is all because of what happened yesterday in tehran. crowds of protesters stormed the british embassy there. setting fires, detaining workers, reportedly stealing secret documents. it was a scene really reminiscent of the 1979 embassy takeover in iran that kicked off the hostage crisis. in this case, iran has publicly called the attack unacceptable. but britain's foreign secretary says the protesters must have had support from the iranian government. >> the idea that the iranian authorities could not have protected our embassy or that this itself could have taken place without some degree of are a jail-time consent is fanciful. >> shepard: still hours ago iranian state television quoted a government spokesman says the move to close the government in london was hasty. that spokesman warned of further appropriate action, whatever that means. "the fox report's" chief correspon

republican swapping out the speaker in the teeth of an election year when things in the economy are so unstable and the question of leadership and management in washington -- it does not reign supreme, but it is not insignificant. republicans need to work on their internal ability to work with themselves and understand that writing a house bill is only one part of the process. when you do not have a majority in your party, you have to understand not only what you're writing and what you want to fight for, but what you are willing to accept in the end, and they're not there yet. ank you, both. happy holidays. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> c. "newsmakers -- see newsmakers with representative chris van hollen again later today. coming up, we'll hear from secretary of state hillary clinton talking about a recent executive order to promote women's rights. later this afternoon, former president bill clinton marks the 20th anniversary of his first presidential bid with former campaign advisers and strategists gathere

the country is extremely unstable.have to turn a lot of efforts to find out what exactly is going on what will happen after this event. we are very blind when it comes to north korea. largest artillery force in the world. it is a huge concern and the instability with a change like this is something we have to pay attention to. >> we used artillery to hit the north korean island knowing there was going to be the flow of international aide into the starving country. why did they do things like that and also putting aside the trading openly with their nuclear inventory. why the provocation that will bring hell on to their own people. >> what little they know they truly believe it's for attention 9 the leadership wants to get away with this over the last six years. it has been. the militant we have are willing to do this kind of provocation. the south koreans will do much of anything about this. >> do they have one or two of these devices as soon as they make them up to shock the world and scare people. >> they have an ars

the boy and his dog waited 90 minutes dangling precariously as rescue workers moved closer on an unstable hillside. >> the helicopters were kicking up rocks. >> yeah, they were hitting us in the face. >> wanted to hoist them out, but the wind from the routers forced them to plan b. >> we were able to rappel down, secure the victim and his dog and it with them to safety. >> finally they were slowly brought down and on injured. that's how long were you out there? >> about two hours. >> house. was it? -- how scary was it? >> very scary. i appreciate it. >> two hours later, he was an arms of his family, no worse for wear. >>> tonight, gabrielle giffords makes it an important date. also still ahead big changes if your a verizon wireless customer. your bill may be going up. >> it will be called tomorrow, but it will be a lot colder this time next week. >> for people ringing again that the new year in alexandria, big changes. >>> one year later the survivors of the deadly rampage in tucson will reflect on the january 8 shooting that killed six people and injured more than a dozen including congr

the biggest concern is that the ground is saturated and unstable trees could be concerned for those blowing over. we warm up at the end of the week. storms state to our north. >> carrie engel from valley view farms is here to answer your plant and gardening questions. you have brought a beautiful cranium. >> to iranians are very cool. -- terraniums are very cold. they are impossible to grow. i had a lid on this morning. all the condensation is coming through there. there is no water sitting in here at all, but it is a great way to keep plants. >> you don't have to do much to maintain it. easy. >> it totally depends on how you are taking care of that. i am tired of looking and them and they are dusty, but in most cases, they don't last long. at this point i would wait until we get back to the growing season. wait until the middle of march and just go ahead and take it back. don't go back more than 1/3 at any one time. now, that was good. they are one of the easiest orbits to grow. they will bloom 3 to four months. make sure you feed them with orchid food. there will be of little spike from t

the last thing the what -- they want now is an unstable moratoria. >> the state department indicated that the passing on of power in north korea may delay developments on the nuclear disarmament talks. it had been an issue for some time, but his death this weekend was unexpected. live from the newsroom, jayne miller, wbal-tv 11 news. >> kim jong il graduated from kim il sung and he was officially named his father's successor in 1980 and he took over in 1994. you can see his life in pictures on wbaltv.com. in baltimore county woman woke up to a mass of gunmen in her home. it ended with the responding officer shooting the suspect. nadia has been following the story cents a broken and is following us live from police headquarters in towson. >> the officer was placed on routine administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal investigation. they are glad because of what the officer did because they considered it to be the right thing. >> it sounded like four or six shots. >> police responded here after receiving reports of an armed robbery. a woman reported waking up and seeing a

john: it is a shame they are under vieded and unstable. -- you can join the discussion at facebook.com/abc7news. >>> president obama is applauding the labor department's latest jobs reports but says the economy needs to keep growth growing. the unemployment rate is now 8.6% the lowest level in more than 2 1/2 years employers added 125,000 jobs last month more than 13 million without jobs. president obama says there is much more work to be done. >> the president: right now that means congress needs to extend the payroll tax cut for working americans for another year. congress needs to renew unemployment insurance for americans still out there pounding the pavement, looking for work. failure to take either of these steps could be a significant blow to our economy >> obama administration promised that unemployment would not exceed 8% if we passed the stimulus bill. that promise has gone unfill fulled. more than 300,000 americans left the labor force last month. that means they've stopped looking for work. i think we should all be ed about that. >> analysts say the number of people who sto

i think at the moment, the situation in north korea is almost certainly very unstable.ook, this is not a constitutional monarchy like great britain. you can't impose the 22-year-old kim jong un on the military. i think there's every risk that north korea's population upon hearing of the death, getting past the initial reaction will begin to think about what comes next and may consider heading for the borders, the river or the demilitarized zone but from the perspective of u.s. forces, korea and the south korean, the nuclear weapons are clearly the biggest issue at this point. >> so ambassador, you think that when the people of north korea hear the news of their dear leader, they're going to head for south korea? >> well, i think the north koreans are much more aware of what's going on outside the country than people let on. certainly a lot of them will be very uncertain what to do. but the risk is that the military will fracture, they are the real power in north korea. they have a lot at stake here. very unlikely in my view they'll want to be ruled by somebody utterly i

they are trying to tardic drip as being unstable,er rat -- tar gingrich as being unstage, erratic andebody you -- unstable,er racket and somebody you really can't trust -- erratic and somebody you really can't trust. he has to stop the momentum of gingrich and raise questions about his personal credibility. >> what about the debate this weekend? i hear donald trump is even pulling out now? >> donald trump is a joke, come on. let's just say. it it's ridiculous and all the candidates said no except for rick santorum who needs any publicity he can get and it looked kind of official and i think trump looked official and he realized that this wasn't going the way it should. but there is a debate in des moines on another station and all the candidates will be there and that might be once again -- that's what's made newt gingrich is his performance at the debates. we don't know whether he has the feet on the ground and the people in the various primary and caucus states in january. one thing romney does have is cash on hand. >> wtop political analyst mark plotkin, thanks for coming in. have

franchise owner who says that they tried desperately to stay open, but the economy is made in the unstable. haute the end is almost here. >> it is an icon, that is why i am sad to see it go. >> after 43 years, those famous original polish sausages, they are located at the world famous lexington market and shutting off their girls for good this saturday. >> it is lexington market. i understand that. i was put in a position where i didn't have a choice. i had to let it go. the baltimore eatery franchise for 15 years made the tough decision after they noticed the decline of patrons over the years. sluggish economy and stiff competition, she has no choice but to close down operations. >> the whole year, we look for other means and other ways, but nothing came through. we have got to go. >> patrons the used to come here with his grandfather started the same tradition with his daughter three years ago and is sad to see a baltimore stable go. >> my grandfather is gone, my father is gone, and now this is gone. >> wants to close this weekend, wilkins will be working at one of the other locations. w

officers served his home and found homemade guns, blow guns and ammunition two of the bombs were unstablee bomb squad removed and detonated the devices safely. >> san francisco police arrested this man who is charged wid kidnapping and raping an oakland woman. steven clark was taken into custody. police say he met the woman at a tavern. >> in con -- condition cord, -- in concord, people are wondering who it killing ducks. today, police arrested a boy they believe is responsible for killing the bird. police say there five separate cases of geese and ducks being shot to death by pellets or small caliber hand guns. the teenage suspect is being held at the contra costa county juvenile hall. >> the dwight between congress and president obama over extending the payroll tax cut and long-term jobless benefits will resume of the holiday break. today the senate voted to extend the cut, keeping money in your wallets. president obama says he is pleased but it's not enough. here's more from washington. report. >> reporter: president obama wasted no time. >> the extra thousand dollars or so the average

john: it is a shame they are under vieded and unstable. -- you can join the discussion at facebook.com/abc7news. >>> president obama is applauding the labor department's latest jobs reports but says the economy needs to keep growth growing. the unemployment rate is now 8.6% the lowest level in more than 2 1/2 years employers added 125,000 jobs last month more than 13 million without jobs. president obama says there is much more work to be done. >> the president: right now that means congress needs to extend the payroll tax cut for working americans for another year. congress needs to renew unemployment insurance for americans still out there pounding the pavement, looking for work. failure to take either of these steps could be a significant blow to our economy >> obama administration promised that unemployment would not exceed 8% if we passed the stimulus bill. that promise has gone unfill fulled. more than 300,000 americans left the labor force last month. that means they've stopped looking for work. i think we should all be ed about that. >> analysts say the number of people who sto

. >> the romney camp sees gingrich as unstable and unfaithful, but the former speaker tried to diffuse the charges by admitted to failing. >> i've said up front openly, i've made mistakes. i've had to go to god for forgiveness. i've had to seek reconciliation. >> far behind in the polls, michele bachmann launched a new attack, contemptuously cloning gingrich and romney. >> if you look at newt romney. if you look at newt romney. if you look at newt romney. >> she elaborated on "face the nation." >> it's clear there's not a dime's worth of difference between the two of them. >> meanwhile candidates returned to the table, well aware that the time for traditional retail politicking is now or never, but the debates are not done. another is coming up on thursday in sioux city, iowa, and the pressure there will be intense. dean reynold, cbs news, des moines. >> a preliminary hearing is scheduled tuesday in the sex abuse case against former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky. five of his accusers are expected to testify, and as anna werner reports, at least one other witness. >> former

up with tougher european rules to allow for an intervention when a member nation's budget becomes unstable. and timothy geithner will be meeting with officials throughout europe ahead of the summit. >>> thursday, the european central bank is widely expected to cut rates by 0.25%. back here at home, friday's job numbers were stellar. unemployment finally fell below the stubborn 9% mark, dip ing to 8.6%. watch western digital today. shares spiked friday on company expectations of better quarterly sales. keep an eye out for s.a.p. over the weekend, it announced it's buying success factors for $3.4 billion, the latest move in an escalating rivalry between s.a.p. and oracle. >>> finally, how confusing are things in italy? a canadian professor who left italy 28 years ago was mistakenly named next junior minister for agriculture. >>> who plays who for all the marbles in college football, a huge free agent deal in baseball, and the packers are beaten. plus, for the first time in two years, tiger woods tastes victory. >>> we have a lot of rain and cold air in the middle of the country. where is it

. >> we can't minimize the stress they're under at all times and very close to an unstable situation,tate, country that may or may not have nuclear weapons already and a country that's been, you know, very active in trying to kill americans and going to the bombing of the beirut barracks, all of those men and women are under alert and i'm sure the navy is under that highest state of alert as many, many years. >> jamie: allow me to tip my hat to them and thank you for being there. and thank you and happy and healthy new year to you. lt. colonel bill cowan, thank you very much. >> my pleasure, jamie. >> jamie: take care. >> kelly: in nearly ten hours, 2011 will be a thing of the past and may be welcome news for wall street investors, but there are big concerns that 2012 will not be much better. what can we expect in the new year? joining us now, financial advisor, and also the president of diversified financial consultants. thank you for joining us today. >> thank you. >> before we begin, happy new year to you. how happy of a new year for investors in 2012 or for that matter the america

people are living in unstable condition in homes which are badly damaged. but people are getting on. there have been, until today, no major shakes, but this was a bit of a shocker. >> how would you say this earthquake compares to the previous two? you said it did not seem quite as damaging. how do you think it really compares? >> it was certainly -- you certainly felt it. let's put it that way. not quite as strongly as some of the previous ones. it was enough people were coming out of their homes, checking on neighbors to be sure they were ok. i understand in some areas there has been a small amount of liquefaction, where liquid comes out of the ground. that is something we did not know much about until last september. but not as much. i was talking to my wife earlier. some of our ornaments have fallen down and broken. i would not say we are getting used to it, he but the people can take it in stride. >> we will leave it there. a resident of christ church on the phone with me. you have more news on the earthquake. >> to back up what he was saying to us abou

government, however, plans to keep its tight controls in place as real estate prices still remain unstable. >> u.s. stocks ended mixed on friday as concerns over europe are pushing aside an improved u.s. economic outlook. for more on how stocks are starting here in japan this monday morning, we switch over to the tokyo stock exchange. how are tokyo stocks kicking off? >> good morning, we could be in for a volatile week for the christmas period and also some of the news there from the possibility kretd it rating downgrades of eurozone countries and also key housing data out of the u.s. which will be crucial this week as well as that country heads into a crucial year with the elections coming up as well. that's going to be a major focus how the u.s. economy is looking. let's look at the opening levels this monday morning here in tokyo. both indexes trading marginally lower, not a massive move really and a lot of analysts expecting actually volume to be a little bit thin this week. we have a holiday shortened week in japan with a national holiday on friday. trading might be a little thin. dir

taking a big bet on european debt, although it might seem curious to bet ha hard on something so unstablect he could do so with such a low capitalization rate, what are we, nearly four years after the crash of 2008? i mean, that seems to me extraordinary. >> it is and the level of leverage that apparently was at play here was the kind of level that existed obtained during the lehman years and bear-stearns years where they are leveraged 40 to 1 on money. he says they in fact reduced the leverage that they had in play. we'll find out more about that when he is actually called to the witness table in a few minutes. but there was a big bet on european debt and what gets these guys in trouble time and again, katty, is the idea that they know better than the market. and mr. corzine presumably because he had been a u.s. senator, a governor of a major american state, felt that he had some insight into the ability of these european sovereign debt issuers to make good on debts that others didn't have. i think maybe maybe his background as a master trader from his days at goldman sachs that led him

the bomb squad had to dispose of two explosive devices after found to be unstable. neighbors told us that he and his wife had lived in that neighborhood for nine years. >>> in berkeley today, hundreds of people came out for the annual telegraph holiday street fair this year, though, their business means more to local merchants than ever. a massive fire a month ago destroyed a building in that neighborhood. the aftermath led police and fire to close a busy section of telegraph for weeks. businesses in the area say it turned out to he approximate a mirge disruption and sales suffered. they are trying to make up for lost time and money now. the area next to the building at the corner of telegraph and hay street will remain closed for security reasons, but pedestrians will have access through the intersection. >>> next at 6:00, packed highways and malls are a clear sign many people out shopping this supersaturday. a live report on what retailers and shoppers hope to gain from the madness. >>> also, people in dublin speak out against a stunt gone wrong, senting a canon f

obama celebrates the end of the iraq occupation iraq is pointed to the devastated infrastructure and unstable government american troops are leaving behind. while next year an r.c. will follow the story of former soviet state as ever john to see how the country has developed since the collapse of the soviet union. since ancient times this country has been called the land of fire there are places here when natural gas bursts out from under the earth mixing will soon soil before exploding into flames. it's a miracle of nature there's nothing like it anywhere in the world mattias our country is called the land of fire. the first fortress tile is a pit here on the caspian shore in the twelfth century people build the houses inside the walls today this ancient district of baquba is on unesco's world heritage list how does this not the aura of this place is so amazing it's so easy to spend hours here just breathing this air that blows in from the north of the through the in taking in the scenery the war. since gaining independence in one nine hundred ninety one azerbaijan has gone through two diffi