in western germany, the retreating waters have exposed more threatening remains -- barrels a poisonous materials and world war ii bombs that need to be set off in controlled explosions. in the north of the country, some unusual ruins are visible now that the water level has fallen. the remains of an old mining settlement that was flooded in the 1950's. what personal the area well. -- walkers know the area well -- well. >> i think that these have been visible only a couple times in 60 years. >> this haze over the city is nothing but missed. -- mist. it did not actually rain here for weeks. good news for the walkers, but should these conditions make them think? >> it is not bad for the plants and trees. they are getting ready for winter. they have lost their treason -- leaves and color. the trees are gone into their annual hibernation -- going into their and a hibernation. >> is a tuition is more precarious -- going into their annual hibernation. >> the situation in southern germany is more precarious. perhaps one of the strangest manifestations of the extended sunshine are these strawbe

. >> poverty is especially widespread in berlin and in the world region of western germany.y people there live off welfare. they have jobs they do not pay enough to live off. some rely on soup kitchens to get a nifty. they are calling on the german government to come up with a master plan for combating poverty. >> large fortunes, large inheritances, and high incomes need to be taxed at a much higher rate. otherwise we will not have room to maneuver to fight poverty. otherwise the welfare state is going to hit the wall. >> schneider estimates some 20 billion euros a year are necessary to help fight poverty. >> thousands of mourners in the czech republic took part in a procession through the streets of prague to honor the late president. the leader of the velvet revolution died on sunday at the age of 75. his body is lying in state at the prague castle. foreign leaders are expected for the state funeral on friday. havel was the president from 1989 to 1992 of checklist of what yet. and then the czech republic from 1993 to 2003. finally, a russian rocket has blasted off with a n

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how >>marty: this is both fascinating and frightening, in western germany, 45,000 people have been evacuated as exports of this prepared to diffuse to mass of world war two bombs. they are at least 65 years old and a part of the allied arsenal. these were found recently in the river once the river started to receive. one of the bonds least 1.8 t. the other is a 2 and 75 town u.s. arm. both could cause massive widespread damage if they explode. och >>marty: this year is a closer look at herman cain suspending its campaign. >> as of today, with a lot of prayer and soul- searching, i am suspending my presidential campaign. >>reporter: that announcement comes after herman cain for personal contact for allegations. ginger weiss says she had a 13 year affair with herman cain but he says he only gave her money to help with skills and expenses. he says he was only helping a friend in need. >> was this an affair? >> this was not. >>reporter: at least four other women have accused herman cain of sexually harassing them in the '90s. he was head of the national restaurant association. this was the first

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. >>> 45,000 people in western germany are on alert after a two-ton bomb was discovered in the rhinem are being told to evacuate. the world war ii explosive will be diffuse tomorrow. i'll be back tomorrow in the 2:00 eastern hour. we'll show you how you can shop and give to a charity at the same time. right now we're also getting ready to go to candy

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. >>> and a massive bomb from world war ii is defused in western germany today.an 40,000 people were evacuated from the area as a precaution. it's one of yerm any's biggest bomb related evacuations since the war ended. more later. now back to "caught on camera." >>> so far we've shown you stories of brave individuals caught in frightening situations but what happens when a natural disaster strikes? a major u.s. city devastating whole neighborhoods. it will take heroic efforts by rescuers to save as many trapped victims as they can. a mall parking deck collapses. >> we have one man that is under a parking structure, a crush injury. >> and a mile away at the very same moment an apartment complex caves in. >> i remember breaking down and crying. i wasn't ready to die. >> people trapped everywhere. >> we've been hit with a major earthquake. >> it is 4:31 a.m., january 17th, 1994. centered in the northridge section of los angeles, california, 20 miles north of downtown, it all happened so fast in seven terrifying seconds, nature unleashes its fury. >> the first thing

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gas probably has the greatest first electricity joint venture in western europe germany second. utility r.v. says the parties ended talks to set up the venture after falling to agree failing to agree on the deal the j.v. was planned power plants in germany u.k. belgium and the netherlands the talks started in summer as part of a plan to mitigate the costs of germany's decision to phase out nuclear power in ten years separately gazprom says it's considering taking part in up to five electricity projects in. russia has cut its key interest rate as inflation drops to the lowest levels in a decade the rate has been cut by a quarter of a percent to eight percent government hopes cheaper loans will help business grow i meant instability in the global economy. let's look at the markets now european stock markets are trading higher on a big data from the u.s. although volumes a low ahead of the christmas weekend london world trade a shortened session today here in russia markets are trading mixed in the afternoon of the r.t.s. is gaining point four percent to my six is half a percent in

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gas giant gazprom has to postpone plans to create its first electricity joint venture in western europe germany's second largest utility all w.a.'s as the parties and talks to set up the bench up of the fed into a great deal j.v. was planned to operate power plants in germany u.k. belgium the netherlands who took started in the summer as part of the out of you is plans to mitigate the cost of germany's decision to phase out nuclear power in ten years separately gazprom says it's considering taking part in up to five electricity projects in both the area. national oil company ross that petro has put its london i.p.o. on hold until next year if the company fronts a list of third of its job and raise three hundred fifty million dollars to pay off debts and increase output sources close to the offering say the flotation has been postponed due to low to mold ahead of the presidential elections in russia. and that's it for now i'll be back in about fifty five minutes from all here in business. here in bygone days sleds were vital to get around. but today they're more leisure than life line. one drives

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gas giant gazprom has to postpone plans to create its first electricity joint venture in western europe germany's second largest utility. supposes and talks to set up a venture after failing to agree on the deal the jumping was planned to operate power plants in germany u.k. and the netherlands the talks started in the summer as part of the all w. is plans to mitigate the cost of germany's decision to phase out nuclear power in ten years separately gas problem says it's considering taking part in up to five electricity projects in the area and that's all this is for now i'll be back in about fifty five minutes for more business. this was the plant that was responsible for causing the world's worst industrial disaster and now it had been abandoned in a condition where it had become a source of pollution or the most recent study that was done shows that this water pollution and spreading. more than hundred thousand people in. groups walking in a. ten times more likely to be born with birth defects in children in the rest of the country. in the sea as little as five hundred dollars. unpunished. the

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postpone power to create its first electricity joint venture in western europe germany's second largest utility all w.a.'s as a pause has ended talks to set up live and shop all to fighting to agree on a deal the j.v. was planned to operate in germany u.k. belgium and the netherlands the talks started in the summer as part of the all two of you is plans to mitigate the cost of germany's decision to phase out nuclear power in ten years separately gazprom says it's considering taking part in up to five electricity projects in bulgaria i'm not so we've got time for this hour i'll be back in less than fifty five minutes for another edition goodbye for now. luke. are you watching all t with me and will research your headline two deadly suicide blasts. killed. militants could be this is just league observers enter syria to try and find a peaceful end of the tunnel going on. more u.s. soldiers losing their lives to suicide.

we're also talking into western parts of germany. all this active weather is due to a strong system -- look at me zooming in -- moving in towards the east as we go through the next 24-48 hours. as i show you on our graphic here -- i still remain to be a very giant weather person, looking at the breezy condition. this is going to be causing all types of travel delays for today as well as tomorrow. talking gail force winds sustained at 46 in dublin, 58 in plymouth. that works out to be about 97 -- i should say 97 miles per hour in some locations we saw those winds yesterday. they'll continue to be gusty and 22 in london. as i show you as we go through tomorrow, we're still going to see windy conditions out there. they're going to start to subside. notice we're talking 58. 58 in glasgow tomorrow. as we go through, it looks like about 24. we will see improvement. the problem is this is causing travel delays. you can expect the delays to affect you if you're going to be flying in the evening and overnight for glasgow. 60 to 90-minute dela

germany. back into western france as that frontline moves in. is going to be very stormy here the next day or so. and out to the east clearing up. in turkey you will be seeing mountain snow as well as thunderstorms down to the south. temperaturewise, 9 in berlin 347 in stockholm. minus 1 in moscow. we are keeping it in the teens in athens, rome, lisbon. here is your extended forecast. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline," we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

he spoke from germany, a day after afghanistan's western allies pledged long-term support once their combat troops leave the country. president obama has pledged to pull u.s. forces out by the end of 2014. heather kovar, cbs news. >>> he is hurt and lost. tonight a search for a pup snatched from the spca. the disturbing things witnesses say they saw. >>> a blunt warning from the obama administration. how it could punish other countries that don't fight gay discrimination. >>> party too hard at that holiday gathering? the help for your hangover that's approved by the feds. ,,,,,, car. >>> in santa cruz, the spca is looking for a dog that may have been thrown from a car. frosty is a 1-year-old poodle- terrier mix missing from the spca. witnesses reported seeing him being thrown from a car. they said he was bleeding from the mouth. officials say he may be afraid to approach people right now. >>> after a wild ride, an antioch man tracked down and got back his own stolen car. the victim spotted someone driving his car that had been stolen last week. he chased the man behind the wheel unti

he spoke from germany, a day after afghanistan's western allies pledged long-term support, once their combat troops leave the country. president obama has pledged to pull u.s. forces out by the end of 2014. heather cobar, wjz 13 eyewitness news. >> ashoura is the biggest event in the shiite muslim calendar. making it the largest event of worshipers. a target for military attacks. >>> wjz has just obtained this video of the scene at west patapsco avenue in baltimore. firefighters say a person was struck by a light rail train just after 4:00 this afternoon. we don't have word yet on the person's condition or how the accident happened. buses are transporting light rail. >>> well, family members of the man who tried assassinate president reagan say he diswerves more freedom. -- deserves more freedom. >> hinckley's sister, diane, told a federal judge, her brother does not bother anyone when he is allowed free time outside the mental hospital. hinckley has been confined in st. elizabeth hospital washington since 1981, after a jury found him insane when he shot and nearly killed president re

he spoke from germany, a day after afghanistan's western allies pledged long-term support, once their combat troops leave the country. president obama has pledged to pull u.s. forces out by the end of 2014. heather cobar, wjz eyewitness news. >> the biggest event in the shiilate calendar, making the large processions of worshipers a target for military attacks. >>> guilty on all charges. that is the verdict today for former maryland governor robert ehrlich's campaign manager. paul schurick was convicted of election fraud for his role in the 2010 election day robocall. schurick now faces up to five years in prison. his sentencing is scheduled, february 16th. >>> and a former prince george's county executive, also learned his fate today on corruption charges. jack johnson was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison. he was also slapped with a $100,000 fine. prosecutors said johnson steered milliops of dollars -- millions of dollars to developers in bribes. wjz will have much more on the schurick and the johnson cases, coming up new at 5:00. >>> former illinois governor rod b

it seems that germany is doing quite well despite gloom for the west of western europe. >> for the timeeing, that is correct. german business confidence rose for the second month in a row. the economic institute released data showing that europe's biggest economy continues to hold up, despite the eurozone debt crisis. after falling in the summer and autumn, business sentiment has been watching as it defied expectations and rose to 107.2 points in december, and is expected to continue increasing in the coming months. the mood in the german economy is improving. the construction sector is booming at a time of year which usually sees a lull. all-in-all, business leaders are looking to the future with more optimism than in recent months. as the debt crisis to cold in the eurozone, the index declined four months in a row. not until november did the mood turnaround. it this optimism among company executives is going along with predictions of numerous economists. several institutes are expecting a recession next year. with doubts still hanging over the euro and various garments ordering deeper

forced the evacuation of more than 45,000 people in germany this weekend. 1.8 ton british bomb along with a much smaller one were discovered in the westernt of the country. it triggered one of the biggest bomb evacuations send the end of the war. the bombs were discovered after water levels fell in the river due to a lack of rain. they were actually successfully diffused. >> whew. >> pretty amazing. >> that's a wild store. 4:56. not everybody is happy with san francisco's museum of modern arts plan to expend. >>> and for all yr ,wsnews weather and traffic updates, check us out on facebook. search nbc bay area morning news. >>> new this morning, police are asking for the public's help in finding whoever is shooting ducks and geese in city parks. it's happened more than once. >>> plus, the shooting of mentally ill suspects inentires training for bay area police officers. >>> i'm damien trujillo where big changes are on the way for the postal service. changes that could affect you. it's coming up next. >> and a live look outside beautiful san francisco. it's monday, december 5th. this is "today in the bay." >>> certainly need hot coffee or

germany has announced it will begin pulling its forces out of afghanistan at the end of this month. all western troops are set to leave the country by the end of 2014. bundeswehr begin to wrap up a deployment that has been extremely unpopular since it began. >> after 10 years in afghanistan, the bundeswehr is set to begin withdrawing. some 450 german soldiers will begin to leave, but the situation remains difficult, as the german foreign minister admits. >> the human rights situation in afghanistan is improving, but only slowly. basic human rights are enshrined in the afghan constitution, but they are far from being realized in practice. >> the main opposition parties have already said they will support the government's plan, but lawmakers say afghan president karzai have to do more -- has to do more to fight corruption and the drug trade. >> how long before he finally realizes that without these efforts, governing afghanistan without the help of foreign combat troops will be impossible? >> across political divisions, there were calls for the withdrawal plan to be altered, should the security s

. >> ♪ glo-o-o-o-ria ♪ in excelsis deo ♪ >> in germany, the mosel river winding through the mosel valley in the western on the key trade routes, and it was the center of the german renaissance in the 1500s. the magnificent imperial castle, a residence of kaisers and kings of the holy roman empire for hundreds of years, sits on a huge sandstone rock presiding over the old town below. the castle and the city were almost completely destroyed during world war ii, but with the help of many nations, the castle was restored to its medieval nobility. today, the castle is not only a tourist destination, but a majestic place for a walk by man, woman, and dog. a stroll from the castle down steep and narrow streets takes you directly to the old town, the site of nurnberg's christmas market, called the christkindlesmarkt, or christ child market. it is one of the oldest and most popular of the christmas markets, and it is grand. the christmas market takes up the whole of the main market square, the hauptmarkt, set up in front of the imposing frauenkirche. although the actual date of origin of the nurnberg market is

germany maintains an air base in the south of the country, which it uses for the mission in afghanistan. but calls are growing for westernovernments to look beyond their own political interests and speak out against the human rights abuses in east pakistan. human rights watch says the time has come for sanctions to be imposed. >> you can say that eurozone economies are looking resilience on the markets today. steve has more. >> some encouraging signs. the european financial stability facility has successfully sold about two billion euros were the three-month bonds, which meant a solid demand as investors saw safety. the fact that successful in selling short-term debt tuesday. spain even saw its borrowing costs fall. the spanish treasury sold off nearly 5 billion euros of treasury bills. spain will be paying just over 4% interest on 12-month t-bills, almost 1% less than just a month ago. greece has reached its limit in raising taxes and now needs to refocus its austerity program on long-term spending cuts. the warning came as the greek finance minister met in athens on tuesday with senior auditors from the eurozone, europ

i also lived in germany after the reunification, the word was that the koreans were terrified. as there were four western germans for each eastern german, in the case of north and south korea, there are two south koreans to every one north korean. that will be a heavier burden. fascinating. very much moot so far but interesting discussion anyway. >>> the other top business stories this hour, at&t has called off plans to buy t-mobile usa from deutsche telecom. the proposed $39 billion merger was plagued by anti-trust concerns. at&t says pulling out of the deal will cost it $4 billion in various charges. the agreement would have propelled it to the number one mobile phone provider slot in the united states with roughly 120 million subscribers, pauline. >>> charles, shares of taiwan's smartphone corporation, htc, gained 7% by the close of trade today despite a rule by the u.s. international trade commission that said it had infringed on apple's intellectual property rights. it includes a ban on the import of some htc phones by april, but htc is marking the ruling as a small victory because the court only fo