us bank organisation as an attempt to cash in on tragedy. almost a decades on ukraine still mourns those who died in the 1930's famine in the u.s.s.r. known here as the whole of the more and it's a rare example where political forces more used to in fighting put aside their differences to unite in common cause now the ukrainian diaspora in the united states is joining in remembrance in a rather peculiar fashion is the application for the whole of the credit card. will be able to allow the south asian. and one of our branches the catastrophic nine hundred thirty two nine hundred thirty three famine claimed at least three million lives in ukraine alone with several more million british across what is now central russia and kazakstan some one key of insist it was an act of genocide directed against ukrainians most school says it was caused by criminal agricultural policies of stalin's government but those behind the credit card project claim they're driven by remembrance motives only putting all the story debates aside you know what it's another good mechanism to have knowledge and more remember thanks to the political elite and civil organizatio

they are staying with us here on our t.v. sixty minutes past the hour in moscow north koreans finally allay their late leader to arrest wednesday but the world still wants to know what lies ahead in a post kim jong il country has annoyed its successor and youngest son is now in charge but there's a little known about him or his where if you know should i went back to school to uncover more about the man who has an intense act of follow. the death of the north korean dictator has raised questions and hopes over whether the dictatorship one of the last in the world will follow or will this extremely closed society remain isolated condit's new leader to so little is known about the late leader is the great successor his furred and youngest son named is a bit of a dark horse even his age remains a subject of speculation his thought to be twenty seven or twenty eight his new ascension to power increases the media hunger for information about him so his expensive education in switzerland said lead tracked it's a lot more interest a

will stay with us here on r.t. still to come memories of kim's school days. our correspondent looks into the secretive past of the new man at the helm of north korea by meeting a former classmate plus. we delve into why the u.s. is searching for loopholes to force pakistan into sharing the blame for nato's drone strike that killed twenty four pakistani troops. but first with what amir putin is pledging the government will do everything possible to provide transparency in the upcoming presidential election the prime minister says it's actually in his interest as a candidate. it could. be species but as it is too little i want to stress that we're the first who need the transparency because we need to be sure that people support us of course there are forces to which it's not only development that's important but the turmoil of course they have the right but the problem is that they have neither a united programs no means of reaching their goals for them so that they just want to deal with the election that's the problem today thing you let them listen. during

we've got a lot of this evenings ahead of us here. today is one of many great days for the project and american bridge floor marks the erection of a last piece of bridge stack. and the final major piece of the fabricated steel for the project. today's piece will allow us to start the cable work in the months to come. so you'll see a dynamic change again in the bridge. we are proud of the fabrication that has been provided by dpmc and we thank them for all of their efforts. we're also very fortunate to have an experienced work force here on the project that can accomplish great feats like you see going on behind us. without their skill, without their effort, this wouldn't be possible. milestones like today are only achieved through the spirit of cooperation, communication, and coordination. and for that, american bridge floor appreciates the team work of everybody that is here today and some special ones that couldn't be here as well. finally, i express our gratitude for the support from cal trans, the california transportation commiss

stay with us here on r.t. still to come a controversial goodbye just days after u.s.troops withdraw from iraq r t takes a look at the legacy some say they have left behind. could you take three. three. three. three stooges free. videos for your media projects a free media. from phones to. t.v. don't come. thanks for staying with us here on our team nineteen minutes past the hour in the russian capital taking a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe starting in nigeria where at least fifteen members radical muslim group boko haram have been killed during clashes with security forces the gun battle was the northeastern town of. those living near the city's central mosque to evacuate before soldiers moved tanks into the neighborhood at least sixty one have died in clashes since the. thursday's boko haram campaigns to implement strict sharia law across the country. suicide car bombs killed six soldiers wounded at least twelve others in pakistan the bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a paramilitary camp in the northwest of the country

you make it yours. jcpenney. >>> this is an exciting day for us here at abc 7. >> this is our annual share the holiday food drive is underway. there has been a big day out there. >> and we've been here but the money being raised today is going to be split among all food banks throughout the bay area. we've been focusing on the people in need and those helping and we have someone who is something of a rock star. he's called an ambassador for the food banks. welcome what. does an ambassador do? >> i represent community outreach to raise wareness of what the food bank does. i talk about maybe donations in time, money or food z to recipients i talk about how to get into the program autos why do you do this? >> food banks serve a need which is food. and i like to think we have enough to go around. >> and so what would you tell folks in order to volunteer? there are things to do. >> and i encourage everybody to do what they can to help. everybody gives, everybody receives. >> do some of the processing which means boiling them down into smaller numbers and food goes up further. >> and i do s

we are so glad they are here with us. i am so overwhelmed with how many people are here. it just couldn't be better. for those of you who don't know, the grove has been hosting world aids day since 1994. in 1998 the first award was given for a local hero in the epidemic, and that was given to someone a lot of us worked with at san francisco general. that was irene smith. she worked with a lot of our patients. now the award is called the unsung hero award, and it is the first time it is presented to a group of people. because of the magical constellation in sfrabs, and i don't believe any of this could have happened in any other city. the people who came to work at san francisco general created what would become a national model in h.i.v./aids care. today we honor the staff members of ward a-5, a-b and 86, all located at san francisco general hospital and trauma center. our honor's were the first people to respond to the epidemic in the 1980's. they came to work despite a poor understanding of any risk, of the lack of any real treatment or even a name for the deadly playin

stay with us here on r.t. still to come this hour tis the season to shop. trading making selling is the way to make a living to have that you feel good and then and that you are looking for something else resident as people on the streets of new york if spending money is that important to getting in the holiday spirit. but first a post-election standoff that threatened to explode into violent unrest in the republic of south a set has seems to be resolved peacefully the outgoing president has agreed to step down and paving the way for a new poll in march artie's marie if you know she now has more. they thought of course who's been governing the caucus republic of south center for ten years has an announced his resignation on saturday emphasizing he has made this decision this isn't to step down to avoid violence and to and the political standoff in the region indeed following the presidential election here in the firm but the situation here has been very tense and very dangerous following the opposition candidate victory in the presidential runoff another ca

it's ten pm in moscow good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story it's time for a change in russia this from president dmitry medvedev outlining a plan for widespread democratic reforms with the country's political system first up or he's a carrier of trouble was listening to the annual state of the union address she has this report. first and foremost made from a better promise that people's voices will become louder thanks to sweeping reforms of the country's political system or political stablish meant was listening carefully to his address to the parliament as he sketched out the first steps which need to be taken he plans to bring those initiatives to the newly elected duma in the very near future in the last months of his presidency should the president of the sure my proposals are to introduce direct election to russia's regional heads to simplify the registration of political parties to remove the need to gather signatures to take part in federal and regional parliamentary elections to cut the number of signatures needed to tak

katie's up next with all the latest business news stay with us here on r.t. . hello welcome to business here and our as two thousand and eleven comes to an end this is articulates back at the highlights of the year this tuesday we focus on the north stream pipeline one of the most important international projects in the energy sector started taking gas from russia to janet in november to meet again kay reports on what it took to launch the longest subsidy pipeline in the world. they said it wouldn't be possible too expensive too long too complicated nevertheless not stream came to life it took four years of planning and eighteen months of construction and the pipeline was launched on the eighth of november twentieth levon with the valve like a wheel of fortune turned in europe's favor let's now take a look at this map over here the whole goal of building this immense one thousand two hundred twenty two kilometer undersea pipeline is to deliver gas to europe and of void having to go through countries like ukraine which at times prove themselves as not safe partn

it's six pm in moscow and matt trezise good to have you with us here on r t our top story arab league observers have arrived in syria's third largest city homes which is witnessed some of the fiercest battles between state and opposition forces since the uprising started back in march before they arrived government tanks were apparently pulling out of the city the activists say around thirty people were killed in the latest violence there a fact finding team is said to assess the real situation on the ground and verify president assad's compliance with a regional plan aimed at ending the bloodshed but there are some doubts over the mission's impartiality. i think the disco mickey is not. objective it will not be objective it will be subjective it will be pressured by the united nations the united states and especially the dude who done the command is going to be. accused by the international justice over genocide on would crimes so i think it would be his opportunity to present something to united nations and to the united states which is and manipulated. the state of affairs in syria

three pm in moscow good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story on this day two decades ago the world's largest country ceased to exist the fall of the soviet union meant the end of the cold war and the birth of a dozen new countries but twenty years later the collapse of the u.s.s.r. still raises some unanswered questions or he's a catarina groucho beck's planes. even today many generate their own explanations for the fall of a global goliath but some putting it down to the role of just a few. ok to reach. the nineteen ninety one august coup was a turning point in the country's history with images of yeltsin standing on a tank creating a new hero yet for most here even that wasn't seen as causing a fetal crack in the soviet union it was all very sudden and shocking i mean there were people here even months before who were shoring us that this was going to go on forever so all the billions and billions and billions that the us and put into intelligence and forecasting or proved to be completely useless the collapse of the soviet unio

dot com ok he joins us next with a business update stay with us here on our team. welcome to the business up day here and i'll say christmas is over in most parts of the wild but i run the festive season has only just begun despite that concerns in europe and the u.s. shop is steadily slowing down in a cluster of a found out russian men are at the forefront of the seasonal spending. years eve as when the russians give gifts and this year they're going all out at least eighty one billion dollars will be spend this the stamper and a fifth of that will go towards presents consumer spending is expected to increase by twenty eight percent and muscovites will withdraw twenty percent more cash than any of the month of the year that's about five hundred sixty dollars each if you are a russian woman you can look forward to a particularly lavish gift as mandible spent twice as much as i sir partners so what kind of gifts are we're looking at it's well the most popular items are expected to be alcohol then we have a choice and finally household appliances so not all that roma

the new year with a grand fireworks displays and celebrations across the whole country from all of us here we wish you a happy and prosperous twelve months ahead. two thousand and eleven was a tough year economically but the toughest commentator of the mall is here on r.t. because a report is next. banks guys are welcome to the kaiser report looking back how we cut through the financial propaganda gave you the real deal stays here yes max this is the last kaiser report of twenty eleven and where going to look forward into two thousand and twelve as many are doing but i want to look back to two thousand and ten at the same time when we were looking forward to what would happen with two thousand and eleven and first i want to turn to this little clip here and we're discussing a story about bank of america and they had bought four hundred thirty nine u r l's like bank of america sucks dot com bank of america blows that brian moynihan sucks dot com and blows dot com in order to avoid any activists or global insurrection against banker occupation targeted man online here's your response to that

six pm in moscow i'm good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story thousands gathered in central moscow protesting against this month's parliamentary election results the mass rally was organized by opposition groups who claim the vote had been rigged for more on this we go live to our he's an isa now a live for us at the scene of the demonstration hello a nice a so fifty thousand people were expected to show up in protest today what was the result. it's certainly fair to say that the head count of this saturday's rally beats that we saw two weeks ago at below plan square official figures we're hearing from the interior ministry is that thirty thousand opposition is saying some hundred thousands but certainly tens of thousands of people came onto the streets of moscow today to call for free and fair elections you had lots of different political groups here people that just came out and say they're not part of any political group that in fact they don't want this to be politicized they want to just come out and have their demands made an

part of our state of california and the fact that this street took a 4,200 mile trip to be here representing us at this christmas tree. god bless all of you and let's have a great celebration here at our nation's capital. >> next, from the 19th and district of california, jeff. >> it is an honor to have the tree come from the congressional district in california and sherry part of california with the rest of the nation and the world. this was made possible by a partnership with the indians who helped us bring the tree here also celebrating across the nation. we did sioux tribes, and then again throughout the nation. having acquired here and being able to raise money within our community to pay for the expense of having them come, welcome. we appreciate you being here. it has been an exciting prospect -- process to be part of the planning of this. natalie the festivities but it hit home on the tree arrived. we had press from around the world. the significance of being able to celebrate the religious holiday because of our freedoms was overwhelming. i want to thank you, mr. speaker, for having it

yulia joins us next with all the latest business headlines stay with us here on art. thanks matt a very warm welcome to the business update turkey has given the cream light to solve trying to cross sponsor the black sea the pipeline is intended to carry gas from southern russia to europe bypassing the transit countries of ukraine and belarus its plans to have a capacity of sixty billion cubic meters a year and will cost around twenty billion dollars to build owns fifty percent of the project while twenty percent belongs to italy's any the rest is evenly distributed between france's e.d.f. and germany's win just hold all of the whole project may yet be multiple earlier this week gazprom said if it can gain some ownership of the ukrainian transit system then south stream may not be necessary. and a new era is beginning for the russian economy the country fast apply for membership of the world trade organization but nine hundred ninety three well finally that long ago shay sion is over russia has been formally invited to join richmond virginia looks at the changes this w

challenging year for the people here in the country because it's been all about that this year and the bailouts that that very severe austerity this now in real terms of the people hit us that just all of that heat get a little bit like it's really affected so many people here in the country every household felt the brunt of this the scene and you close the famous springing up here in the country even here this evening the results that are very clear you can see lots of people out on the street leaping rope on the streets tonight so many different people signed up to that discontent and so many young people it's all that you were speaking to a full team fifteen is a very nice if they did very well educated people that are happening to grapple with extremely big issues and they're you know doing their part c. turning out into the states and really making us who we evaluate the way we fools about the usa and in europe as a whole new prime minister lucas papademos says as steps summing up the year's events that we still face the big challenges they gave stick all they can and put all their assets into the main end within the year if that close to one thing i can tell you

stay with us here on r t still to come what do you look for. do you sense of humor it would be appealing in a world leader think it's an international way of speaking you know everybody gets it and everybody likes it our own resident in new york asked people on the streets about what must have qualities for the world leaders of today. but for us the withdrawal of u.s. troops from iraq has left a wave of sectarian violence in its wake america says it's leaving behind a stable country but even the largest oil reserves in the world won't be enough to pay for the peace erakat want artie's sean thomas investigates what that means for the reputation of the u.s. in the region and beyond. packing up to head home it may be easy to overlook the total costs of war at least one hundred or two thousand iraqi civilians killed as well as thousand american soldiers millions displaced from their homes not to mention a one trillion dollars financial burden still the former occupiers leave behind some words of encouragement. i can say that with confidence that in

they survived it, that day of infamy. ♪ and for as long as they are still here with us, then what they part of the here and now that belongs to all of us, even 70 years on. john donvan, abc news, washington. >> diane and all of us here salute each and every one of them. we leave you tonight with another holiday scene. the christmas lights in salt lake city at temple square. thanks to our affiliate abc-4, ktvx. good night. >>> a surprise raid on occupy san francisco. encampment is gone, protesters are plotting their next move. >> one of california's toughest prisons is under lock down tonight. late word on rioting. >> and oakland family is at odds with a hospital keeping their wounded son alive. tonight a dramatic east bay shootout follow up and a local woman hopes to capture the miss california title. how her service in iraq makes her uniquely qualified. >> here, you can see san francisco police officers standing guard today over justin herman plaza. it's now void of tents and unoccupied. good evening, everyone. >> and will it stay that way? after being kicked out today, demonstrators

ok david director of crisis communications at country with solutions thank you for joining us here. well now to some other unease from around the world and there's one place at the heart of the e.u. that's long been struggling to achieve much talked about unity until now belgium finally has a new government after a record breaking five hundred forty days of political deadlock socialistically that will take charge of the new coalition which will have to sort out the forms of cuts to patch up the belgium's dwindling economy the last two governments quits in april twenty ten off the failing to resolve internal disputes questions. a string of bombings across afghanistan have killed dozens of people as the country mount a muslim holy day a suicide bomber struck at a shiite shrine in the capital kabul killing at least thirty on a separate incident anyone teased and sold for killed after a bomb exploded in a mosque and the latest reports from the country's second largest city kandahar say three people have been injured as a bomb placed on a motorcycle was detonated. that's the main news bu

us. and here at a refurbished car plant. of the push to develop the latest generation of carbon fiber materials. a european aerospace delegation came to moscow to check out the opening of compazine new production complex the plant is expected to become the country's largest carbon fiber base. the overall global tendency and the forecasts by many are both indicative of the fact that is in the near future possibly in a matter of a few years the demand for these materials can skyrocket and this may bring about changes to the entire global economic system we are talking about millions of tons as soon as this breakthrough that is to say quantum leap occurs it will mean a revolution in technology a new world and russia must be prepared for it. we can get to the carbon in products a rather long process first we have to make poland which looks like honey or maple syrup. several ways to go but basically are mixed with the. chain. additionally. oxidation. two types of carbon. is produced with the help of. the taint through a process c

such protest two weeks ago tens of thousands took to the streets also to have their say stay with us here on r.t. for the latest on this developing story a correspondent and use in our ways covering it all with the latest updates. soon in our special on the money program how good are russians at saving their cash and how far will the russian consumer market expand in the coming years but first the headlines stay with us. the least explain areas. untouched by. surrounded by steep long. case paintings on display for thousands of years. the eastern sun and beyond the tiger. come on chief. among the money with the business over russia visibly.

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giants or drop off a donation and thank you very much, everybody, to be -- who has been so helpful to us here in the community and the neighborhood. >> it's a great cause. i'm going come on out from behind the check. let's check our boxes here. we have one full, two full, three. how are we doing? i know i'm going into the dark place. we're about halfway through our fourth box. we have to fill the boxes, at least six need to get on the trucks and we'll take anything. get out here to greenbriar shopping center in fairfax and we'll happily take your denyition -- deepation. and the food bang will take your check, too. shawn, $101,000. is that amazing or what? >> that is incredible. we should put it out there as a challenge to anyone watching tonight. come on down and see if can you help us help them beat the number. we really appreciate it. sue, yrci, everyone else down there. and, as we said, we invite to you stuff a truck at any of the four food bank donations. we'll accept until ref:00. the number can you call in case can't get down there is (202)895-3307 and our volunteers are standing by to

as you can see here previously. the use of. physical impact. all these methods have several major downsides. production costs and difficulties. we have managed to develop solutions for all of these. developments. which can be easily produced in any of russia's regions only traditional. at the very beginning this is to take advantage of something called the. twenty eight. easily when they come into contact with an active liquid. compressed air is used to accelerate the mixture to. completely. get rid of the unique here the. pores of the. structure of the target. as well as production units through the complete. we started with design. then produced prototypes we went through the plates and. then we produced three units we made them manually. by the time we go to. commercial production. kind of innovative product. and there's apparently no shortage of interested customers especially in the energy sector. power plants like these serious build up on important parts can eat into the energy efficiency as well as increase the chance of an accident but

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part of our state of california and the fact that this street took a 4,200 mile trip to be here representing ushis -- at this christmas tree. god bless all of you and let's have a great celebration here at our nation's capital. >> next, from the 19th and district of california, jeff. >> it is an honor to have the tree come from the congressional district in california and sherry part of california with the rest of the nation and the world. this was made possible by a partnership with the indians who helped us bring the tree here also celebrating across the nation. we did sioux tribes, and then again throughout the nation. having acquired here and being able to raise money within our community to pay for the expense of having them come, welcome. we appreciate you being here. it has been an exciting prospect -- process to be part of the planning of this. natalie the festivities but it hit home on the tree arrived. we had press from around the world. the significance of being able to celebrate the religious holiday because of our freedoms was overwhelming. i want to thank you, mr. speaker, for hav

such protest two weeks ago tens of thousands took to the streets also to have their say stay with us here on r.t. for the latest on this developing story a correspondent and use in our ways covering it all with the latest updates. soon in our special on the money program how good are russians at saving their cash and how far will the russian consumer market expand in the coming years but first the headlines stay with us. on. the east explore areas. touched by. surrounded by steve. case paintings on display for sylvia's. eastern sun the only time good. to see. on the money with the business of russia is. four thirty pm in moscow these are your r.t. headlines thousands rally in the russian capital in a second mass protest against the parliamentary poll result the opposition claims the vote was rigged and they call a recount by the government has promised political reform. in syria all people want for christmas is peace but there is no festive mood in the air as the latest round of violence leaves dozens dead and maybe escalation the arab league deploys observers to try and mediate a peace d

it's great to see such a great crowd here for what for us is an extremely important event. my name is ed reiskin. i'm the transportation director here in san francisco and very pleased to welcome you all here this morning for what we expect will be a very lively and productive couple of days here in san francisco. the san francisco m.t.a. is the agency that's charged with implementing the city's transit first policy, which is about getting people out of their cars and into more sustainable modes of transportation, such as bikes, such as walking and transit in our great muni system. as someone who myself gets around the city often by bike, and i do that by choice, but more importantly, i'm given the charge of our agency to get folks out oaf their cars. i can't tell you how exciting it is for me to think all of the brain power and enthusiasm for cycling that's in this room are going to spend the next two days working with us to help us figure out how we can do every -- even better. although we've done a lot in terms of bicycling and increasing the mode of bicycling as a transp

this can't wait i especially like the old russian songs here the ones my grandma used to listen to when she was my age i'm. beginning to advance people of all levels can come here i'm not doing too badly. oh well practice makes perfect. and give safety tips be prepared to. be more proficient. many tourists don't have the chance to skate every winter. either way popular with muscovites. it seems. is the ideal christmas day out relax into the festive music and those calories. to enjoy christmas shopping experience while moving to our next location it's time to get your wallets ready. i personally love. any christmas. traditional. christmas all the. various christmas markets it's located next to red square. and it's a great place to bring family and friends it's open until the tenth of january from . warm you can get quite chilly. temperatures today. is known for its freezing weather. take note when visiting any attraction outside here you can see a range of christmas decorations folk can see crafts an art a closely connected with local history and an old russia would has been an essential

here right i want that kind of us fairy tale totally all right let's move on . but there is one thing that we've heard very often when it comes to describing this current congress or i guess there are two words technically here's the president talking about it. they need to do something so build the answer the question then is will congress do something if congress does something that i can't run against a do nothing congress if congress does nothing. then it's not a matter of me running against him i think the american people will run them out of town. so the do nothing congress only according to the washington post they can browse and statistics that name couldn't be more true congress has passed its fewer number it's fewest number of bills in at least the last ten non-election years the three hundred twenty six passed by the house is only one third that they passed in two thousand and nine barely a quarter past in two thousand and seven the senate also very low obama's only signed sixty two new laws comparison of after thirty years compared to eighty eight sig

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dr kevin owen here thanks for being with us i'd like to focus. your thoughts without for a minute the former president mubarak of course old trial we've all seen in the countries of the middle of its parliamentary elections right now but of course what we've also seen is that in recent weeks the new protests met by a military crackdown that's left more than a dozen people killed why is this still little signs you thing. pace nearly a year after the revolution started. well you know the chips are really a pitts in my eyes is the definition of a pandora's box essentially this free groups in egyptian politics were vying for power the military these limits which were broken down into the muslim brotherhood in the salafist and then you have the liberal minded egyptian politicians that the most powerful groups are the first to you the the military and the islamists and both groups they they have very little trust for each other there's a lot of resentment amongst each other and that would explain why you're seen so much violence recently on the streets

thousand and three and the grief mystique recommitted made the situation here worse there are so many mistakes committed by the us military leadership especially in managing the civilian aspects here this had a negative effect because. in fact many here say it was the american mismanagement of iraq and that led to the rise of sectarian violence in the country all people if you ask who brings the terrorists to iraq he said us a. whole damage to the infrastructure of iraq he said. so i think. we on american must cooperate in order to. put up this. culture that hate. between two peoples the timeline for u.s. troop withdrawal was set in two thousand and eight and while the obama administration initially tried to extend the deadline the official transfer of power came sixteen days ahead of schedule on december sixteenth two thousand and eleven but we hope that the future. all of us many good things if. and then he can look to the iraqi in a quill a balanced not my view with see. iraq he follow america must have been everything's on american. good subsisted not sources and also mind. many people who. love. our country

more news and half hours time but first latest edition of technology update stay with us here on r.t. . hello and welcome to technology update as you can see from the decorations at this department store in central moscow it's that time of year again now this artificial tree there's hardly any resemblance to the aromatic conifers of my childhood new materials are replacing natural and traditional ones left and right and that's especially true with carbon fibers what are increasingly finding their way into our latest gadgets and playthings. from carbon fiber have actually been around for decades recreation like golf and boating or everyday things like cell phones watches in cars carbon fiber products are all around us. and here at muscovy each a refurbished car plant russia is certainly not one to be left out of the push to develop the latest generation of carbon fiber materials just this past month a european aerospace delegation came to moscow to check out the opening of compazine new production complex the plant is expected to become the country's largest carbon fiber based textile

you take a live look beyond us here. you can see public works crews are cleaning up a lot of the items that were here. furniture and clothing. this all happened about 1:00 this morning according to the police chief. he says officers in riot gear moved in an the encampment. he says overall there were 50 plus arrests made. at least 50 people were arrested right now. police are guarding justin herman plaza to make sure protestors don't make their way in. chief explained to us why they took action overnight. >> the mayor has been really thoughtfully and patiently negotiating with occupy leadership. and as of about yesterday, director nuro was getting no e- mails. they looked over the site. it appeared all communication had broken off. after the aggress i have attack -- aggressive attack on the officers last thursday, it appears the group had deteriorated. it became a health hazard inside and a public safety hazard on the outside. >> reporter: the chief was referencing there a spot in the mission district. a potential spot wh

welcome to the show thank you so much for coming here to us today thank you well first of all a you were appointed the u.s. ambassador to moscow in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven when you went perestroika well. was that it's early stage we are you a real enthusiast perestroika and did you have to convince well your bosses the are your people washington to to to to support gorbachev and its bonds you know it was a changing situation when i was named ambassador we were still not sure. where gorbachev was planning to go. through here and put some new diet is out we had met him. after he became general secretary and he seemed to be he was obviously younger more competent than his predecessors but he was a communist we hope yes he was and we understood that and. my attitude was let's test him and we could put forward before he came. into office a program for cooperation and we called it four different areas we had said this is our agenda and when we put that together reagan said several things we're not going to seek superiority. we. we're not looking for military superiority we want