sixth chase at kempton park the seven year old won by a net from captain chris and was a jockey sam wyly cullen sharing the spotlight as his father robert the horses own up with get the trophy. on thursday former astray and cricket captain ricky ponting looked on as italy legend alexander del piero helped what bottom sydney f.c. snatch a late one nil victory at home to a leader leader's central coast mariners last that when a didn't score but brett emerton did heading home in the eighty eight minute to send the crowd into raptures want a last minute group so the visitors reduced to nine men. generally friday russian boss people power has to scout who. we'll see up close and personal later but there you're really top sixteen quest off to a strong start at the amen outmuscled turkish side to face the moscow start on sunday when you sign twenty two point five minutes to stick at it as many from the bench to help the host win ninety points to seventy one and go talk to thieves. then on saturday do that joke of it was made to sweat as you well number one for the back to beat nicolas almagro i

country we have seen some arrests including those of opposition leaders of a gaillard so fanatics in the wyly they say that they were detained unlawfully since they claim that all the people who gathered here this saturday are not taking part in any rally they're just outside for a walk all in all what's happening here today is really of no comparison to what we've seen a year ago last december when truly tens of thousands of people took to the streets while here we're talking just over about a few hundred. tough economic times in the u.k. taking a toll on british diets like the taliban and al soaring food prices and you can forcing many to say no to a healthy meal that's a movie after a short break. an artist was arrested for putting up posters critical of drone usage all over new york city the poster show a menacing drone shooting a missile at innocent children with the words drones protection when you least expect it written at the bottom these posters definitely reflect a lot of americans fears that a big brother skynet will completely eliminate the very concept of privacy and free speech

and i couldn't help thinking about the kinds of negotiations that agents and perhaps andrew wylie in particular used to have with publishers. now it has come to this. good news and they have agreed to print the book. [applause] [laughter] and andrew does still work magic in a recent novel of mine about the watergate scandal did pretty well. he was able to get random house to agree to bring back two of my older novels and i know that the coming availability in kindle is what i should be happy is developed. it least and the long-term economic sense. but i would be lying if i told you that the new electronic edition will give me as much pleasure as the new prospect of copies to be inscribed and those at my desk, the one with one copy of everything that i have published them, being extended a couple more inches. but let me let me give the up-to-date view. by this point, it may surprise you to know that i own and use a candle. there are things i like about it. because i can't figure out how to annotate, i use it only for pure pleasure reasons. mostly novels, often old ones. last year i fo

this is like road runner, wylie coyote way off that cliff.long way down. there are serious consequences for all of us. >> spending cuts, taxes raised across the board. and the president was hoping that everyone could cool off, drink of eggnog, spend time with the family and when you get back to washington on thursday, let's hammer it out. but a lot of people are saying it doesn't look like it may happen at all. >> a lot of people will be celebrating on new years. when we wake up january 1, there might be a lot of upset people. >>> in other very important news, perhaps the most important news of the night, trenton, ladies and gentlemen, remains in the hands of the hessians. yeah, george washington didn't cross the delaware this morning with his troops on christmas day. no, this is not historical footage. the annual re-enactment takes place -- or is supposed to take place yesterday didn't happen because the weather made the conditions too dangerous. >> the actual crossing in 1776 was a big turning point in the revolutionary war. yesterday, gene

i want to thank andrew wylie and jen off.s, you have written extraordinary books. i don't really know why i'm standing here but i've been working at this for about 100 years. not as long as elmer lammerts -- leonard, but a long time. [laughter] and i would not be here if it weren't for my daughters. [applause] alice, asa, bruschetta and -- husband dan, mom and dad and all of you. i would like to in the end except this in the spirit of the turtle mountain chippewa people and in recognition of the grace and the endurance of native women. this is a book about a huge case of injustice ongoing on reservations. thank you for giving it a wider audience. it means so much to all of us. thank you. [applause] >> and so, this concludes the 2012 national book awards ceremony. please help me congratulate all the finalists, winners and judges. [applause] everyone is invited to join me at the after party in the balcony. i would sincerely like to thank the national book foundation and especially harold for inviting me to be a part of this eve

today, i'm thinking they're like wylie coyote running over the cliff and keeps his feet running beforety apply to him and drag us us to his death. my example goes to this. our polling friend here can tell us the majority of americans really do blame the republicans in the house for taking us over the cliff, if that's where we go. that's what all the polling shows. it's not as if the republican party at large is helping itself here. individual members at the house in safe districts might fear being primaried from the right. but the party as a whole will suffer from this. it's self-destructive, like somebody blowing themselves up. it's taking small businesses with it. 18 home builders, ceos sent to the president, please do a deal. 13 ceos from the business roundtable signed a letter to the president, just do a deal. all the business community wants, all they want is for a deal to be done. the problem that the republican party in the united states has today what constituency are they speaking to with this? are they really helping themselves as a party or destroying us going over the cliff