here in the united states. i would like to welcome nicole rivera to come and read a letter from the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. thank you for being with us, nicole. [applause] >> thank you, joaquin, for that great introduction of our house speaker. i'm really happy to be here on her behalf. she sends her regrets for not being able to be here in person, but she did send a little greeting that i'm happy to read now. dear friends, congratulations to all the san francisco latino heritage committee honorees for providing leadership and service to the san francisco bay area. the many contributions of latinos reflect america's diversity, our rich heritage and a promising future. hispanic americans will continue to add to our national portrait, to our culture and to our history of progress. tonight we honor the waves of hispanic immigrants who have come to our shores and enriched our nation. many have been here for generations. others may have just arrived. with their determination to build a better future and their commitment to safe family and community, we are all making america more american. this is the essence of our history, to honor the

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two thirty am in the russian capital good to have you with us here on our team using your headlights leaders of the g. twenty nations agreed to try and avoid deliberate currency devaluations an all out warfare but doubts remain over whether they'll stay true to their word washington has accused beijing of artificially keeping the water weak to gain a global trade advantage and. a leading newspaper and. ames a senior russian intelligence chief moose and we did says blew the cover of a lot of balls in the biggest spy scandal since the end of a cold war publication claims the man was a double agent and helped washington with intelligence gathering. and israel forces pro palestinian charities underground after accusing a number of them of having terrorist links the israeli interior ministry stopped issuing permits to many forcing them to continue their work illegally. coming up next our special report looks at the red army operation that freed europe bringing with it the fall of the nazi stay with us here on our. feet.

stay with us here at our table be back in thirty seconds after this short break. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images seen from the streets of canada. for racial to rule the day. for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. russian prosecutors believe a brutal beating of an investigative journalist in moscow was most likely linked to his work and his newspaper articles and blog oleg kashin dealt with sensitive social and political issues president dmitry medvedev says those behind the attack will be found and punished r t z as the latest. dr say i caution is in a critical but stable condition he did suffer from various injuries during that attack and they include a broken jaw as a broken ankle broken hands and broken fingers and a fractured skull as well he already went through several surgeries at hospital in fact the doctors even had to put him in a state of an artificial cuomo to prevent pain shock. should we consider the surgery we carried out successful the patient'

it means a lot with us. -- to see our mayer brown here with us.means a lot to us. >> these and gentlemen, da mayor, willie brown. [applause] >> thank you very much. i am, of course, delighted to again be part of this celebration. claudine is absolutely correct. in a city and county of sentences, the diversity that exists here in terms of age, sexual orientation, race, national origin, religious interests, all of those items are part of what we each celebrate with each other, even though we may not be technically a part of it. that is what makes it such a very special city. as indicated, we are meeting some challenges now, facing ourselves, with reference to conduct our people, but be advised -- we will get through this, as we have gotten through everything in this city, and we will only be better for having done so. so we will do so in the manner in ic

us. physically and mentally especially. to come here you know we we have always kept believing in us now with team in the car sort of i keep believing in myself and today was a special day all around. now there was a local in the final of the paris small stars for the second year running on face battled it out with robin sword laying in front of the home crowd but the man who dropped out of the water federated semi's was unable to go for the rest grab the trophy two time french open runner up sword link to view six one and then held on to secure his second title of the season on a tie break. and same with tennis as the seventeenth annual russian and wards were held in moscow over the weekend the nation's cream of the crop were all in a full out red carpet mode for the event usually except that the best male player award he won two to them and seen twenty two and reached the semifinal of the u.s. open becoming russia's number one ranked player in the world but a large part of the ceremony was dedicated to up and coming players who are ex

so he spent two years here. i used to come here on the weekend. it was dreary and dingy. oftentimes a did not want to come because it was not very pleasant. but i was deeply grateful for the extraordinary care he received here. to all the care givers, we cannot thank you enough for continuing to serve in that facility that was not the most beautiful. but now we turn over to the facility that truly is beautiful. we want to thank you again. [applause] we want to thank you again for hanging in there with us. this is a jewel for the city. we can be very proud of it. we can be very proud of the leadership of the city. we can be very proud of the residents who live here and will have great dignity as they continue to enjoy all that is laguna honda. it is a privilege to be with you. i bring greetings from my colleagues, your congresswoman, the speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi, who desperately wanted to be here today, a work called for other places. thank you all for the privilege of serving you. maybe next time you call i will take your call again. [applause

, willie gramm, who deserves a tremendous amount of credit for envisioning the bonds that brought us here. i want to thank in particular the leadership of the city attorney, who in some ways is responsible for us being here because she created that impetus to initiate a federal lawsuit against a tobacco company back when few people thought there was any hope and that there should not be much expectation of success. she carried that torch. she succeeded in that effort. she moved on, but she did not move away. she not only created the framework that allowed us to generate, all told, $141 million that contributed to this project today because of that tobacco settlement, but she said it is one thing to have a bond and another thing to have a settlement. minutes and equipment. we need new things to provide dignity that this building's physical architecture can supply. that is louise gray. thank you, louise, for your extraordinary leadership. when mitch was referencing -- it is interesting. i was elected mayor and one of the first stops i had was, literally, within 7 feet of where i am standing

here. where is the sergeant now? richard engel joins us with that part uh the story, the journey home, richard. >> good to see you here. the sergeant and his unit are no longer in afghanistan. that doesn't mean for them the war is necessarily over. for a lot of soldiers especially those who saw intense combat they bring the experiences and sometimes the draw ma back home with them. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: before sun down last summer soldiers from the 82nd airborne division fight off a taliban attack on an american outpost near kandahar. >> stay low! stay low! >> reporter: minutes into the fight three american troops are injured including two in a key defense tower. sergeant lewis loftis moves in and takes up a machine gun. soon, the tower is back up. >> shoot! >> reporter: after 30 minutes the taliban assault is driven off. >> make sure you get security on the intersection. >> reporter: we met the sergeant earlier in the week on patrols the combat veteran on his second afghan tour volunteers to be up front spotting for bombs. >> heads up.

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we had over two hundred people here from russia kazakhstan and his back to stand the work was very hard and many of us lived here on site for two or three years but now we're happy to say the time has come to pack up the structure is working perfectly. welcomed news after years of failed damn projects and wasted water in just a few short years these small downs have turned parts because like desert back into a seascape dotting it would be. the hope is that as the project progresses the dams will be built even higher heaping more water is extending the boundaries and the bounty is a barrel see back to the city. when the sea left us my husband did not want to leave this place he used to say children would grow to see with their own eyes even before he died he believed that the sea would come back. now as the excess water flows through the sluices it disappears out into the nearly and greater peril see no grand scheme for saving that exists yet for the one million people living in kazakstan poorest region measurable improvement will only come when these shores once again fill with boats lindsey france r.

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. >> thank you so much for joining us. heren britain we are expecting the location of the royal wedding to be announced later and speculation is rife that they will tie the knot at westminster abbott -- westminster abbey. middleton was photographed coming out of there yesterday. but it is only one of the options on the table. more on that, i am sure. that is almost it for this edition of "gmt." our top story -- nato is meeting in lisbon to discuss the future of the mission in afghanistan, billed as one of the most crucial summit in its 61-year history. coming up with bbc news america, a mysterious death in a russian jail could cast a shadow over russia's relations with the west. a special report on world news america. that is pretty much it from "gmt." stay with us here on bbc world news. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible b

stay with us here on r t still ahead this hour. but you're celebrating national unity day a holiday with a historical roots but also allows people of different social and political opinions to share their ideas. but first georgia plans to revamp its ailing agricultural industry by inviting new farmers from south africa who are as are the minority there in the georgian government believes they would find better opportunities far from home and bring investment and new ideas but local farmers fear the drastic measures will see them plowed off their own land are reports. three years of land but his family barely scrapes by the toggle odds and lives on potato soup all year round one of many farmers struggling to survive in georgia though he has plenty of land he cannot afford to grow anything on it. most the fuel for the tractor is too expensive the pension i get is forty five u.s. dollars most of this goes towards my medication after i buy that i hardly have anything left over. trish or tar has a heart condition but still works the lan

many people from ucsf are here today, our sister institution, all of home relief help us, but that was not why we got 84.3% of the vote. we got it because the people who work here, the care that is provided, and what people know about san francisco general for over 100 years. [applause] that is something that we can be very proud of, just walking around today. and i'm sure that many of you have noticed that, that it is, for us, like a homecoming of all sorts. my first day in san francisco general hospital was as a medical intern. i still remember the exact date -- june 21, 1986. right here in the mission emergency room. and at the same time with pat carr, who is here, who was starting as a nurse in the emergency room at about the same time that i was. we are all family. jane o'connell is here on the end, our long-term ceo. [applause] . we talked about family relations and my first encounter in san francisco general hospital was as an medical intern with a bomb bringing her children here for care. i want to know where else but in the public sector would somebody go from being a mother b

we also have a new dean who is here with us today. we are very appreciative for the support that we have for our leadership. ucsf employees here include not only all the doctors, but all of the respiratory paris, clinical lab workers, biomedical engineers, administrative staff, and a large number of researchers. the care of any patient requires not only cooperation between the city and university, but the cooperation across all of our specialties in order to deliver the quality care that we do. many of our personnel here are involved in cutting edge research. we believe strongly that this research has a great impact on the care that we are able to deliver. the subjects of our research include trauma care, violence prevention, better communication with patients, improved diagnostic techniques, just to name a few, and i would be remiss not to mention that we are the world-renowned center of hiv research and care. in addition to the superlative care and clinical research, we also play a critical row -- critical role in training the future

stay with us here on r.t. coming up later in the program moscow's standstill muscovite located in the paralyzed but the traffic find out if there's a solution in the capital's daily gridlock. but first with thirty percent of the population living below the poverty line in external debt becoming a growing concern many fear georgia could soon become a bankrupt country critics of the saakashvili government say it's too much money being wasted on useless projects r.t. sarraf earth has more from tbilisi. anyone who's ever received a hefty credit card bill the pain of having to pay off. well judy could face an eight hundred million dollars in interest payments by twenty thirty. two spiralling foreign debts. the level of debt has doubled over three years there is an international norm saying that if a country's external debt which is sixty percent of g.d.p. in the country is considered bankrupt we are currently at over the forty percent mark in georgia continues this it is entirely possible that we will find ourselve

us. we are already here. but please come back and visit us frequently. this wonderful new laguna honda would not exist without you. i just want to add a personal note. my younger sister, emily, was a resident here for many more years than i have been. she was greatly loved. we lost her recently. i would like to dedicate this speech to her and remembered her, as many of the residents do, with great fondness and affection. thank you all. [applause] >> i would like to invite you all nowi that good enough? this is a participatory ribbon cutting. it requires nothing more complicated than this. i will ask you to count down, not up. upon conclusion, we will applaud the great works of turner construction, the dedicated men and women who are still toiling inside to get this project completed, which begs the question when will the residents be moving in that? there is an easy answer -- soon. [laughter] [crowd chants a countdown] [applause] go ahead in an orderly manner. >> welcome to culture wire. we're going to take a look at one of the biggest and most significan

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us to tropicana hotel. alone the very welcome to the business program here on r t with me here live back about china's central banks us the latest burst of money printing from the u.s. could endanger the global economy it's us the fat stimulus highlights the need to reform the international monetary architecture trying to size special drawing rights developed by the international monetary funds could be used as a global reserve currency that is something emerging economies have been proposing via the g twenty ever since the global crisis erupted moved into here as a go china central. as do forest would offset a speculated bubble created by the hewitt's liquidity injections. stocks rally it after the fed's new round of stimulus the us dollar fell to its lowest level in years some analysts say the u.s. has cautiously aiming at inflation devaluation hunt hoping to export its problems to the world. increased quantitative easing by six hundred billion dollars to complete. i mean we're not in a situation where the total going to be comparable i could hundred fifty of them on hundred billion dollars by the end of ne

they're being here means a lot to us -- their being here means a lot to us. more than ever, we need to be friends with government, and knowing their door is open to us is appreciated. [applause] supervisor mirkarimi: good evening. i'm ross mirkarimi. i represent the fifth district, and i'm delighted to be standing up here with my colleague who will speak in a moment. i want to thank mike farrah for his leadership and mayor newsom for helping facilitate this gathering. i'm iranian american, persians, and throughout my -- [applause] throughout my life, my family had always had very close relationships with the arab and arab-american community. i spent a fair amount of time working in the middle east in jordan and iraq and traveling through loud the milk -- throughout the middle eastern areas, so i feel very much at home, and it is important that feeling is well represented in city hall. i look at the flags that are well illustrated year. it amplifies the need that much more that san franciscans, californians should understand and become more acquainted with the

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stay with us here on r.t. . the president of slovenia thank you very much for being with us today it's my pleasure but the nato summit is coming up in couple of days and you have played an active role in promoting closer ties between russia and nato how much do you think nato has to change in order to recognize the value of russian partnership i mean there has to change and nato is in a search for a mission for a long time after the ending of called ward the legitimate question was if nato is necessary at all but the mission was never completely defined and i think that it cannot be confused with a true partnership with russia and we don't have a cold war anymore and we have to figure out what to do this new partnership means and i think that in has been in the coming days we should come closer to that definition mr president presently the president proposed to european security treaty do you saying it actually nato leadership into a concept review president medvedev a proposal that was said was an excellent beg

thank you very much indeed for joining us here with us thanks. wow still ahead of their ideology that refuses to die. it was not just a few people who had to be punished but on intolerant audiology of mass killing. sixty five years often during bad trials so leading nazis convicted of crimes against humanity we are squires some europeans are now cannot find a nazi. now set in democracy abroad doesn't come cheap has hard up american taxpayers are finding out to their cost the u.s. is spending billions of dollars to finance foreign politicians and parties which fall on its side of the fence as jihad office expects a. great party but who's picking up the tab apparently the american taxpayer nine billion dollars spent by the united states agency for international development and promoting washington's democracy initiatives. a new model for influencing a target country's internal politics and favor of u.s. interests to financing training support and guidance to pro u.s. forces in foreign countries another democracy promoter the national endowment for

one thirty am in the russian capital good to have you with us here on our t.v.'s in your headlines a german t.v. show that aims to expose online pedophiles in the dividing opinion critics say journalists are putting themselves beyond the rule of law by posing as minors on the web and setting up the potential child abusers. georgian government sowing seeds of discord as its plan to offer land to south african farmers meet stiff opposition from locals they say they're afraid of losing their only source of survival. and russia marks the day of national unity a holiday with a background sees old events acquiring new meaning celebrations allow thousands of people with different political views to have their voices heard. next max kaiser and coast e.c. herbert take a look at the case of a u.s. credit card company accused of setting up a fake court and judge to force debtors to pay up it's coming your way next in the kaiser report. max kaiser and this is the kaiser report you know back in the one nine hundred sixty s. they used to say question. now nobody questions anyb

economic influence has declined stay with us here on r.t. . welcome to the ilona shell now get the real headlines with none of the mersey are coming live out of washington d.c. .

followed by his own documentary on the environment here on nbc. for us now, that's our broadcast. for this monday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm bel reporting i'm brian williams reporting tonight from our nbc news washington bureau. we hope to see you tomorrow evening back home in new york. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the giants are golden again bringing home some more orange and black bragging rights. good evening, everyone. i'm jessica. >> the trophies keep piling up. catcher buster posey

from the moscow state university of international relations thank you very much indeed for joining us here not thank you. but moving on to the us now where president obama's party has lost control of the congress in the midterm elections democrats have managed to retain a majority in the senate and the house of representatives is now in the hands of the republicans with congress divided between the two parties it would make it much harder for president obama to go forward with his legislative agenda but many voters have other concerns they were at about the corporate bankrolling the candidates the vast amounts of campaign cash was poured into these elections a spokesman for the u.s. green party says the runaway spending is detrimental to the country's political system. of the important thing to point out is that that money comes from corporations and corporate money has poisoned our democracy but the real problem is an election system that is rigged against us in several ways there are state laws regarding ballot access that democrats and republicans have passed together to privilege thems

it's fun to use and we just -- here that's what we use on the turkey, we just put it around here and hat we use for the spoon. >> and i find when you buy things for certain projects you have leftovers. when you have a bunch of left overs, you become more creative. >> and look at what they are doing here. and this hasn't been just for tv. they've been expanding here in between -- standing here in between segments and coloring. >> reporter: this shows you are never too old to color. and this is great you punch a hole in the construction paper and then color the indian corn there. >> right. exactly. now this is really -- over here we have -- this is such a great way to decorate your table or your decor. this is a fake gord but you can use real ones and take your tea light and just cut a whole the size of the tea light and you put it in and it's safe because they are electric and then just put a bow and how pretty. >> reporter: that is fancy. that looks like something in better homes and gardens. >> and it was easy. and here we take construction paper and we have a fan and put the turkey.

stable condition in a hawaii hospital after being involved in a two-car accident and he is good to us here and we here at fox 5 wish him a speedy recovery. i'll see you morrow morning. good night for now.

first, we want to thank everyone who got us here. we all have someone help us, whether it was our mom, dad, pitching coach, the coaches that we have now. they had a huge and in this. we want to thank them, our wives, our family, love the ones. we had a little talk. i said if we do not do as good as we did at least last year we will be a failure. we changed that and we did a good job of it. you all have waited so long for this and we brought it home for you all. thank you. you are the best. [applause] >> 3 staples in this franchise for a very long time. i get the privilege of introducing three hitters. you will hear from all three of these gentlemen, aubrey huff, buster posey commac and, and fr sanchez. [applause] >> san francisco giants. world series champions. let's enjoy this today, tomorrow, a week, maybe a month, and then let's get back to work and make another run at it. [applause] >> this is unbelievable, guys. first of all, i want to thank god for putting us in this situation and blessed us the way he has. i want to thank my fa

six thirty am in moscow good to have you with us here on our t.v. easier headlines russian diplomats finally gain access to businessman victor boot who's just faced a report in the u.s. on arms smuggling charges he claims american officials tried to force him to confess to crimes he didn't commit who was extradited to the u.s. from thailand on tuesday please u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton joins a growing chorus of officials are urging the senate to ratify the start nuclear cuts treaty before republicans gain the upper hand in the legislature relief and european finance ministers start work on a possible aid package for debt stricken ireland in an effort to restore confidence to the euro zone. next hour on r t algor an avs guest on spotlight is sergei bremmer it's prosecutor at the international criminal tribunal he's in the studio to talk about whether the precedent set by the nuremberg nazi trials remains valid one per one prosecuting today's war criminals stay with us. news today bought a limb says once again flared up. these are the imag

and tell you so beloved joins us next with all the latest from the world of sports stay with us here on r.t. . a lot into this for us news thanks for watching our main stories and bring you fairest spartak moscow beaten by chelsea in their latest champions league clash bobby stay in contention for qualifying group. so far this season it's about him holding up the russian flag high in the basketball nearly. and also wave of tragedy three times surfing world champion andy iran's is found to add at the age of thirty two. champions league fast was part of moscow and all tied for second in that group the russian side going down for want to chelsea at stamford bridge wednesday night all full blues bills coming in the second haul for . followed by a penalty from joe pa and then a brace by branislav involving the late consolation goal for the president scored by. a. few one. with that kind of result there's just one positive to be taken from this game this year as part counts one that we have now there were certainly playing one of the best teams in europe and maybe won the best teams in the

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