let's start in western australia where these folks caught something extraordinary on their video phone. >> that was right in front of them. you rely see the lightningit th >> bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> i think i'd be saying the same thing. that was a jumbo-size bolt. >> that was a three-bleep kind of lightning strike there that that woman expressed. >> [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> they have had quite a bit of rain in iraq. so much so they had to declare an emergency public holiday. one guy is like i need to get around so he just took advantage of what was around to make himself a makeshift boat. >> is that a door? >> that looks like a door or some type of long piece of metal. and he throws on a plastic chair and a shovel. >> the water is only ankle deep. it's funny he's out there on his little raft. >> yeah, except he's staying dry. it may be only a few inches, but he's not wet. >> this guy, however, also in iraq had a different thing to do in the water. he decided to just take advantage of the new pool underneath the bridge that should be a roadway. >> i like that he's got o

10,000 gallons of gasoline catches fire while making a delivery to a gas station in maddington, western australia, a small suburb of perth. firefighters do their best to control the fire, but both the truck and the service station are fully engulfed in flames. >> the flames got really big. the flames were about 50 feet in the air. >> simon simpson works in the area and records the incredible sight with his camera. >> firefighters were just trying to basically stop it from spreading. >> soon, a crowd gathers and several other people also start to record the growing fire. the flames get higher. the smoke, thicker. >> the police and everyone started to get a little worried about the amount of people that were standing, just watching and filming. >> the chaotic scene spirals out of control. >> it's going. it's going! >> then the flames reach a massive amount of fuel and the gas station erupts. >> i've never seen anything that big. it was a bit of a shock and sort of stunned me for a second to see such a big fireball go straight up. >> before the blast, simpson is about 40 feet from the huge cloud of

>> i am making a fill number australia, in western australia. >> rose: on the water. >> in february,, young gentleman named julieas avery who made a very good short film. >> rose: are you surprised by the sort of love that most people who saw the film, about fly fishing in yemen had, the response to that? >> no, i'm really delighted. >> rose: i'm delighted by it because i love the film very much. >> rose: i did too. >> and hi a wonderful experience making it. in fact, i was texting naomi who was in the water tank in spain while we were in the desserts of morocco and i was saying how is the tang. she said it is a nightmare. oh, it's quite nice in the desert. so yeah, they were right back-to-back those two films. but i'm very happy about t it's nice. >> rose: when you choose actors for this what is in your mind other than talent. >> i think a cast is basically a question of instinct. you need to see the characters. >> rose: in other words, you know the character and you have to look into their eyes and their performances and their essence is see when you look at her -- >> well, for nao

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where you took survival for granted this was in the rich countries of western europe and the united states and a few other australia canada. this was real i think there were a combination of things that were the economic miracles of the post-war era and the welfare state. which meant that hardly anyone starved any longer in these countries and it took a while it took about a generation frugal to get used to this but then people had grown up taking survival for granted and this was a very different world we were growing up seeing survival is uncertain and you have to be guarded and very careful and their values change russia has not had the same experience so it is not as poss materialist as germany or britain or sweden but i do see a generational change toward that beginning to emerge in russia so it's tearing it started or needs to its head in early years and it is again what your experience then sweden but it's starting to move in that direction says a right old and will hide a renowned american sociologist and political scientist spotlight will be back shortly talk to a break so stay with where you are and we'll

i do think it should be a joint effort of western society, meaning the u.s., israel, canada, australia will have only with leadership decisions in washington. >> that's not going to have been. >> the u.s. is israel's only fan. people are pretty disgusted with the kind of undemocratic behavior going on there. >> if you show me a stronger democracy in the middle east for a stronger ally of the united states in the region, i will agree with you. but i beg to differ because the cheapest aircraft today at the united states in the middle east is in that region. we are in the frontline presenting the same value in same principles. you'll find the source is coming to shores. >> thank you. >> you know, i share your concerns about iran. i worry about it all the time. i think it's real. but growing up jewish, and learned that being jewish also meant caring about the stranger from the bible or the people of king david, but also people of the profits. what i didn't hear in your talk is forgive me, but any kind of humanity towards palestinians. i don't know what you paid to do with them. i don't thi

western central banks. running a deranged policy monkeys that don't understand the universe in which we inhabit the central bank backlash first hong kong now australiagets ugly case of two thousand us so first the hong kong monetary authority recently said that it was over borrowing and over leveraging and essentially fraudulent lending that caused the financial collapse so all of the quantitative easing is going to do nothing and now glenn stevens the head of the central bank of australia has spoken in the past week and he says that the balance sheets of central banks have reached wartime levels and he shows these charts and you can see it's quite dramatic but he says in terms of the policy response there is a discomfort in some quarters that central banks appear to be exercising an unprecedented degree of discretion introducing new policies yielding uncertain benefits and possible costs well what they're talking about i think alluding to here is that the central banks have been expanding their balance sheets to hide the deal leveraging that to happen as a result of the criminality of the big banks who committed terrorism and just b.c. has said yes

western central banks. running a deranged policy monkeys that don't understand the universe in which we inhabit the central bank backlash first hong kong now australia gets ugly case of truthiness so first the hong kong monetary authority recently said that it was over borrowing and over leveraging and essentially fraudulent lending that caused the financial collapse so all of the quantitative easing is going to do nothing and now go.

the australia-based institute of economics and peace says people in western europe are 19 times moreed in a terror attack. researchers found incidents worldwide have increased nearly ever year since 2001 but deaths are down. >>> in a field test of a 3-d printed assault rifle failed after firing just six rounds. it's a setback for the wikiweapon project. they are trying to make a firearm from parts currently available for 3d printing. >>> look at these stunning nasa image s taken by environmental satellite. they are collected in a new nasa e-book called earth as art. the e-book is free under the connect link on nasa's website. >> those colors. >> space and art lovers unite. >>> a story that will inspire you to do something good today. a group of total strangers come together, they lift a car off a mom and her baby that is in her arms after a horrific crash. the two officers who responded are with us this morning. >>> and our very own barbara starr brings us a sneak peek of "zero dark 30," the film about how the u.s. hunted down and killed osama bin laden. all of a sudden washington ha

continue to dominate the western pacific, the navy and air force to the same degree that it did throughout the cold war in the post cold war the philippines and australia in particular to bear some of the burden. that's what i mean by an empire. i'm going to let the audience discover for your questions with the major conclusion of the book is the latest want to ask you before we turn it over what you -- you are walking away from america's historical a central role of the superpower, and you are talking about inevitable, necessary, a decline, and how would you respond. they want the american influence to extend long into the decade that they cannot do that bearing the same level of burden. of vladimir putin against china at the same time that what countries like vietnam and the philippines drag us into a war with china, over the sea is so azoff plater balancing triet in any case, the u.s. has so much oil deposits in texas, louisiana, oklahoma or other places i can name but we are doing to be -- because of energy reserves we are going to be a significant power for decades to come in any case, now is to get allies and others like minded to do more. >> thi

western province. workers blocked streets with flaming barricades. it's part of a protest to demand better pay. authorities fired rubber bullets and arrested several demonstrators. australiaat wave sparked brush fires across parts of the east coast near brisbane. yous fought flames as temperatures climbed to 100 degrees. some of the fires burned homes. some weather stations reported hottest november days on record. japan. it's a holiday cake you and your dog can eat together. a pastry chef is baking the treats in tokyo. his recipe use as special pet friendly flour and leaves out chocolate and alcohol. some of the cake costs more than 70 bucks a slice. that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. >> i'm shepherd smith. this is "the fox report." bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. president obama says he won't let critics of the u.n. ambassador susan rice keep him from nominating her for secretary of state. he claims so far he hasn't chosen anybody to replace secretary of state hillary clinton. but he says ambassador rice has done a great job at the u.n. and it will be his decision. >> i don't really spend a lot of time on, you know, what fol