in october, there were 2210 new pending contracts. one month later, the number of finalized sales was 1626. that is a lot that when south. >> given the concerns about the millions of dollars of ross -- losses, they are conservative. >> he says appraisers are following new and tighter rules to avoid the anything goes culture of the house in bauble. -- housing bubble. add to it litigation because so many people lost some much money when it burst. >> we are seeing a lot of litigation which is making furthethose that wish to make loans more skittish. >> it adds up to a market there remain stubborn. sellers be aware, your buyer may go for your price but the bank may not. homeowners who want to refinance are also seen the effect of lower appraisals. brace yourself, home values have taken a hit and no one expects a quick recovery. >> some new coins have been designed in time for the war of 1812's celebration. represent the bar -- battle of baltimore and will feature the lyrics of the national anthem. the order was backed by president obama t

their safety suits floating around the area but there were new people in them he means the crew was unable to get down to the lifeboats the boats were washed away with the flow of the water. so that was the situation with life jackets in the water very little time to organize a proper evacuation making it all the more difficult investigators have also said that there may well have been a breach of safety protocol and what that official language really means is that this oil rig should never have been being towed in these conditions in the first place it made it very dangerous to even attempt such a maneuver president medvedev has said that all help must be extended to the people rescued to those in the water and that a full investigation must be launched to find out why this happened. ok tom many thanks for houses tom barton there from central moscow for us. all the cold sky or a sunk one that was being tugged back to port arthur has finished drilling in the sea of a hole and that's why there is no major threat of oil contamination in the sea unlike previous incidents involving oil rigs wo

you aware that news international commissioned an investigation and national e-mails? were you aware that news international commissioned an investigation into news international e-mails by the solicitors firm? >> yes. i didn't apply them, but i was told of it happening. >> you claimed in a "wall street journal" that they made a major mistake. can i ask what mistake you were referring to? >> i think maybe that's a question, again, for james, but there was certainly -- well, we examined it, re-examined that, we found things which we immediately went to counsel with to get advice on how to present it to the police. >> in their written response to this committee's questions, are you aware that news international stated that both john chapman and daniel cloke reviewed these before forwarding them? >> no. >> so nobody in the company told you that some of your executives had reviewed the e-mails -- >> i thought -- i was under the understanding that everything had been sent to them. >> okay. you are aware that lewd mcdonald qc reviewed the e-mails again on behalf of the internatio

then fitch delivered some wering news. it says it is thinking about further cuts to six countries that use the european currency. here's why. italy is under fire again despite a new austerity package. spain's debt is soaring. the third quarter in ireland fell by 1.9%. belgium house already been downgraded by moody's. now fitch might to do the same. slovenia has been targeted for a cut and so has -- its rating is just above junk status. another cut would be a blow. the only good news is that fitch says france will keep its aaa rating for now. the long-term outlook went to- which means she could be downgraded within two years one -- said his comments were not representative of the french government. >> it is difficult to conduct in the eurozone currency policy which could be adopted to weach country. this is why the eurozone may not survive. >> in greece, shopowners are slashing prices. but money is really tight and people are loathe to spend it. "we see a big difference. it is sad to see it this way." he says of the first da

speech often means having to be more savvy when it comes to filtering the facts in the mainstream news were often missed now here's from people in new york about whether they're tired of being pollutant. are you sick of the media being biased this week let's talk about that do you feel like the media's biased sure they are just going to pick the right one that you want to listen to is the right one around one know. you're going to listen to them all and make up your own mind when do you case a political party is it government is in power but i can't. see things on the media i absolutely do think it's important for the news to try to be on bias but unfortunately everybody brings their own slant to their reporting i don't think it's avoidable even though it's desirable obvious puzzle for anybody beyond bias so why would we expect a news organization to be unbiased because they're professionals who journalists with a job but they're still human well they have a lot of stuff you either read or the news is untrue and a lot of the television isn't that a shame that the news would be untrue. but t

their safety suits floating around the area but there were new people in them he means the crew was unable to get down to the lifeboats the boats were washed away with the flow of the water. investigators also say that safety protocol may well have been breached they often use official language like that in these situations what it really means is that this oil rig should never have been towed in such conditions in the first place it was far too dangerous to do that at the moment search efforts are the focus president medvedev has said that all help must be given to those who have been rescued fourteen were plucked to safety by helicopter really or four of those are now in a nearby hospital and the president also said that in a full investigation must be launched to try and find out what caused this ok tom many thanks but of course if we hear any more on this story tom barton that many. while the oil rig sank while it was being towed back to port arthur finishing a drilling expedition in the sea of a there's no threat of an oil spill though on like previous incidents involving oil rigs els

east and as the new year started its march across russia as a vast territory australia japan of the two koreas china and other countries lit up as midnight passed five hours ago they were ringing in the new year in thailand and vietnam with kazakhstan nepal and india following later right now the south pacific is probably heading off to sleep after hours of celebration but here in moscow we're already over three hours into two thousand and twelve for the west dozens of countries for you.

is the best biological heat insulator it doesn't lead to one thought in the old days where there were new modern synthetic materials around the fluff was used to make clothes for polar explorers and sleeping bags and it's indeed an excellent insulator. like sea birds blue whales simply turned feel the cold the temperature of their bodies always stays at ninety eight point six degrees fahrenheit thirty seven degrees celsius. the thick layer of hypodermic fat keeps the heat in well however it makes them look somewhat cumbersome. instinct compels palookas to save energy. they're easy movements never exhibit aggression. after a brief course of ice diving almost all divers go swimming with belugas in an open enclosure. for many it is a dream come true but nowhere else in the world can you communicate with blue whales in their natural habitat. our task is to provide a good dive so that the whale school so we in the deep waters for a while communicate with people and then come back to the surface we treat them to fish if they fulfil the task correctly am yes a syllable in the pride and. the whal

new folsom prison. they suffered gun shot wounds, stab 1. they were taken to local hospitals and some employees suffered injuries. 50 inmates were involved. new folsom prison is next to the older state prison. >>> a 3rd suspect in a casino shoot out that left a hells angels leader dead is back in reno tonight. gary rudnick was the vice president of the club. he is expected to face charges in court tomorrow. san jose hells angels president jeffrey pettigrew was killed in the gunfire. >>> the makers of myth busters cameitute outto see the damage from the canon ball they fired. ktvu's eric riddle is live with what the host has to say. >> reporter: they say this is the worst thing that happened. they think the canon might have been aimed upwards. it came down this street. slammed into that driveway and then into the house. the host came back today to apologize. >> lot of power. the power got away from us. >> reporter: they face cameras for the first time after seeing the damage a canon ball did to this home when a experiment went way off course. >> we are

to paradise i tried to talk her out of it but she never listened she only listened to her new friends who were. her new friends turned out to be extremists and the last year of her life she disappeared for several months the next time her mother saw her face was on t.v. in a report on the latest special forces raid against suspected terrorists these deadly skirmishes are part of a bigger conflict being played out across the north caucasus region the terrorist led by dog who is russia's most wanted militant and on the list of america's most wanted terrorists want to establish a pan caucasian islamist state. in the last decade parts of dagestan have become really just theoretical ice this region is now the heart of russia's islamic terrorist problem and almost every day the authorities are engaged in shootouts with terrorists and very often that happens even in the capital city of the region . locals say it's hardly surprising muslims are true. into radical islam as they see it as an alternative to the hard life in the region the older members of the community believe a large proportion of those

many new ideas, these were new perspectives to lift up our heads. we saw the things that we have been facing all these years with all of the larger national security considerations. in the clinton presidency, starting in the campaign, bill clinton systematically took off the table what republicans and democrats had used to divide forces. welfare reform, crime, and not to sound like pollyanna, but to raise the force in american politics that it had been for the past century. >> what is the narrative against governor clinton? his whole life was plotting and scheming to vance himself in politics. he had signature oppositions to the vietnam war. , that was the thing that you did. an excellent source of political consulting back then. >> i am interested, was there a moment where you thought of this could really happen? that this campaign could elect the president? >> this might sound self- serving, but i came to little rock in 1973. the president and hillary came to that dinner and was the first time that i met them. i told my wife of the time that i had

mostly they were new recruits.thanks to this federal grant called the safe regret, the city was able to bring back 22 firefighters over the summer. today the firefighter will hold a badging ceremony for nine men and women who transferred from other cities. the new hires just completed a modified academy with san jose. they'll fight fires beginning on sunday. per capita the union argues the department is still understaffed, even with the new hires. no doubt today is a good start in getting the city back to some form of normalcy. the new firefighters arrive at a time when the rift between the city and the department could not be wider. the fight is over pension reform. now the safer grant b is good for two years. but the department hopes through attrition the 49 new firefighters will be able to stay on permanently. the mayor of san jose was not at the bagging ceremony. we doubt he'll be there today because there's still that rift. when we asked about the mayor going out on new year's day as is customary. the fire uni

company these were chambered for nato rounds coming out of the crates you could clearly see these were new weapons where are they coming from obviously nato is in. they're arming these rebels these rebels we were told oh they're using old. soviet weapons from the time of when during the cold war when the soviet union sold libya lot of weapons these we saw very few. we saw evidence of very little use of soviet made weaponry this was all brand new nato weapons being used by the rebels i want to ask you to reflect also on another thing sat there he argues that this his dad went down without an investigation without a trial do you think adoptee's dad was justice served in this case oh absolutely not i you know whether whether he had gone off to south africa or zimbabwe and he got a chance to you know write write an article or give an interview or or even if he was in before the the tribunals in the hegde where he had a chance to give his side of the story i think a lot of western powers would have been very embarrassed by what colonel gadhafi would have had to say about his past relationship w

the new rules were prompted by the 2009 crash of a regional airliner near buffalo, new york, that killed 50 people. an investigation found both pilots were probably suffering from fatigue. >>> now to politics and the republican race for the presidential nomination. in the latest cbs news poll, republican voters were asked which gop candidate is best prepared for the presidency? 45% picked newt gingrich. more than twice the number choosing mitt romney. but when they were asked which candidate has the best chance of beating president obama, romney beat gingrich 37-31. >>> meanwhile, gingrich is accusing romney of running a smear campaign against him. the former house speaker is most upset about ads being run by a political action committee with close ties to romney. dean reynolds has more on that. >> if you've seen one of these candidates who is running negative ads, ask them to stop it! just look them in the eye and say, it's unworthy of iowa and it's unworthy of america! >> newt has more baggage than the airlines. >> reporter: the iowa air waves are full of attacks. the vast majority on

economists predict the report will say at least 100,000 new jobs were created last month. but the number of people filing for unemployment went up. with all those new jobs, the unemployment rate will just stay at about 9%. >>> and a study out today finds only 7% of those who lost their jobs during the recession have recovered. that is they returned to or got their previous status. twice as many say their reduction of incomes and lifestyles has been drastic. >>> tokyo's nikkei average gained 46 points today. hong kong's hang seng added 38 points. in london, the ftse opened lower. on wall street, the dow lost 26 pointsy ed. the nasdaq index picked up six. >>> listen up if you use ticketmaster's website in the last 12 years, you could be getting a refund. a proposed class-action settlement has the company refunding the processing fees because they were deceptive. don't spend it all in one place. the refund is only $1.50 per transaction. and only 17 transactions. so, not a fortune. >>> burger king plans to roll out better french fries next week. a series of upgrades at the comp

or in introducing new frames were the new framework that we were a security. also new measures to secure the internet and also in fighting piracy and we hope that there will be negotiations on this part of the shows are being discussed with libya g. eight some of them are discussed on that and i think the g twenty we shoot of course used the potential of the shanghai cooperation organization and the brics countries the events of the past few months have indicated. that russia's role in solving political issues. with that we saw all these issues through diplomacy without any external interference and of course using the potential of the united nations proces and to give additional input is to to gratian to see any process is. integration cooperation with our partners we need to have. more of them in a partnership with the collective security treaty organization and we will use all of the potential. to secure our borders we also need to use the potential of the customs union and the single. trade. and we thought that we now have a new addition task we have blocke

spinet comprehensively if i may say so about the news of the world must ask now about your time that the soviets pressed. while you were working for the sunday express to your knowledge or any members of the staff hacking voice mails? >> the answer to this note. there wasn't money available for the investigation there wasn't news of the world outside someone's house it cost tens of thousands of pounds. >> when you were working for the national enquirer to your knowledge or any members of the staff hacking and to the voicemail? >> i never did them but this is post 2006. >> i would now like to move to the question of the conversation that you have with mr. hugh grant at the public house which he tape-recorded and perhaps we could have on the screen document, the reference for which three and then for. >> evidence about this document earlier on the page the displayed in the screen on the left-hand column about half the way down you were asked some questions about the daily mail and if i take it up this starts with mr. grant saying it wasn't just news of the world it was the mail and then we see the conversation that follo

where we knew christian would be renewed their safety suits floating around the area but there were new people in them he means the crew was unable to get down to the lifeboats the boats were washed away with the flow of the water. investigators also say that there may well have been a breach of safety protocol as they put it which translated into layman's terms means that they spoil rigs should never have being been towed in these conditions in the first place was far too dangerous to try and attempt that president dmitri medvedev has said that all help must be extended to those rescued and that a full investigation must take place but now the focus is on the race against time to try and get anyone left alive out of the water before it's too late ok tom keep checking in with me for any progress on this time passing their banks. well the oil already sunk whilst it was being tugged back to port after had finished drilling in the sea off a horse that's why there's no major threat of oil contamination in the sea on like previous incidents involving oil rigs worldwide that includes the mexi