-russia relations. as we hold this hearing, diplomats from dozens of nations are meeting in new york to review implementation of the nuclear nonpareil for asian trading. the crucial barrier against the spread of nuclear weapons to rogue states and terrorist. far more than in recent years, those nations are rallying behind the united states and it -- and its efforts to lessen the nuclear threat. the new start has already helped us isolate iran and isolate its average to cast the united states as a threat to the mbt. this treaty is only the first step in a far more reaching effort. in announcing the negotiation of new start, president obama and medvedev said they were trying to move beyond called for mentalities. the senate will speed up that the pollution. they will lay the groundwork for further on -- preparations. the original start treaty provided a signature effort led by our friend dick lugar which is to dismantle and secure nuclear weapons in the former soviet union. new start build on that foundat

i think it will be important not just for poland but primarily for russia and for the world if russia were to fully destalinize its historical memories, historical consciousness because i think great countries have the capacity to acknowledge not only the good things that happened in their history. so we hope that russia treads that path. >> suarez: a lot of analysts, both in your country and writing from e.u. member-states, have talked about poland's recent embrace of europe, its increased stature in nato and you mentioned the role in isaf and the new closeness with russia as all being a sort of declaration of independence from the united states. is that really the case, that if you move toward one, you move away from the other? >> no, i don't think so. the united states was very helpful to us when we liberated ourselves from communism, when we made the transition from a command economy to the free economy. in our operations to join... aspirations to join institutions of the west, wto and the north atlantic treat owe organization. there is a security relationship but also a potential

, russia had 150 million people. this is the book i'm writing right now. it is down to 143, or 142 people. they lost 8 people in two decades. they're going to go down to around 114 million. russia, germany, and ukraine will together between them lose 60 million people between 2010 and 2050. the west is dying. if you include russia and the west as i do. is russia a long-term threat to the united states of america? no. i think we made a terrible mistake moving nato right into their front yard, right onto their front pomp. and they reacted to that. they believed we took advantage of them after we won the cold war. i share some of their beliefs about that. i think we made a series of stupid imperial blunders. in what we did. now putin is somebody we should work with. let me give you one example. i mean, i was when putin went to captain forest and in effect said we will -- the stalinists, the soviet union -- we're responsible for murdering all these polish patriots and heroes in the forest. and the way he handled that fun

the people in russia did it. a year later when russia invaded the nation of georgia, as their tanks were rolling across the border into georgia, they are cyberattack was simultaneously occurring, bringing telecommunications systems, but banking and other key functions of the georgian government. it is not a theory. it has happened. it has happened of a small-scale. it is happened somewhat primitively, but it has happened in the real world. and we know that a lot more can be done that has happened in cyberspace. so, is this a good thing? cyberwar may be better than other wars, right? people don't really get killed in cyberwars. it is clean, it is neat. we don't have to do calisthenics. well, we argue in the book that cyberwar probably is not a good idea. that, if we could put the toothpaste back in the tube we would. unfortunately, we can't. we argue that cyberwar is not a good idea for two major regions -- reasons. won the united states is relatively defenseless, and case it is attacked in a cyberwar. and two, cy

agreement, and they wanted desperately china and russia's agreement. from this u.n. agreement, assuming it passes the u.n. security council, it would then go to the european union, which will impose even tougher sanctions, including some of the things they didn't get here. and after that is done, a group, such as the united states, france, germany, japan, italy, other countries like that, australia, will then impose individual, tougher sangs, and those are the sanctions that would be the quote, unquote, cripple sanctions that clinton said last year. >> secretary of state clinton used that "with all due respect to my friends" it seems the u.s. was not happy with that agreement. >> that's right. and neither were the chinese or the russians, to be frank. this agreement was negotiated over the weekend and through yesterday, and they essentially regarded what the turks and the brazilians did as a side show. not something serious, and not something that anyone could take to the bank, but it does complicate matters because we have the turkish president and the president in

there were the chinese communists supported by russia. and there were pro-japanese chinese who also had a government of their own almost to the end of the war. so these three forces existed. all right, but this is not just a thing of the past. the second world war, a lot of the political divisions in the world today, almost 70 years after the second world war, go back to the second world war. you see, it was not until the 1960s that in america books began to appear with the good war, the greatest generation. well, they all have reasons of their own and they are not altogether wrong. but in a sense, there is no such thing as a good war. accept that a war sometimes you have to be flawed and at least i believed that the second world war had to be fought. but it is not a good war, and it is not a war that had to be fought in the eyes and the minds of millions of people around the world, even today, you know, even today. and these are generations who no longer live the war, lived through the war, who no longer have the memories of the war. you

it wasn't just in russia, it was in belarus and other places. so as admiral mullen says, in effect we actually have twice as many inspections because we have so many fewer sites to inspect. >> i think it would be great for an eighth grade level memo on how less is more. because somebody will take -- that could be taken either way. i think it would be helpful to all of us. >> senator, if i could just elaborate on the answer i gave you before on the number of inspections, 18 versus 28. the 18 are divided into two categories, the first 10 are both deployed and nondeployed sites. eight are nondeployed sites. in that first category of 10, we actually carry out inspections that require two inspections under start 2. there was a separate inspection on data updates and a separate inspection on r.v.'s under start 2. under this treaty we do both in the same inspection. so for all practical purposes the number of inspections is about the same as it was under start 2. >> thank you. secretary clinton, again thank you for being here. i seem to remember from t

was thinking about the history of russia and the evil empire and the russia that -- russians versus the united states, and i thought, wow, amazing, here we are, looking at an economy that is trying to integrate itself into the world system, and yet people question whether or not there's the rule of law here. and when i interviewed the president, he was talking about how the country was trying to adapt to different energy sources and they didn't want to be so reliant on oil, which of course is so rich in their country. but oil had plummeted to $32 a barrel down from $147 a barrel, putting a scare into officials in russia. so they were planning to create new revenue sources and trying to rely on technology and now they're actually creating a whole city next to moscow that they want to -- they want it to be like sell sell -- silicon vay and they're trying to encourage innovation. the point i was making, we need to department to the situations, and everything is changing. the media business has changed drama -- dramatically. financial services has changed dramatically and will continue to c

do you think russia has that problem? in russia, there is one big internet service provider. i don't have verizon and at&t. there is one really big and that service provider and it's owned by the russian government. and largely run by their version of an actual security law. china has already started architecting and designing the cyberspace that they can shut it off for the rest of the world. they have drawbridges in cyberspace that they can pull up and isolate the country. and they can filter for content running through their cyberspace in other words, they've thought about defending against the cyberwar and they have a system. it's not perfect, but they have a system. china does, russia does. and then there's little old north korea. north korea that i can barely feed its people. actually, you can't feed its people. north korea stage a little cyberattack on the united states last july 4th, just a little test to see if they could do it. and they did. they attacked most federal government agencies. it is a simple denial of service attack and to knock them off the web and they

>> i think we are working with russia and china and others. we think that we have produced a draft resolution that is tough, it's comprehensive, it's broad-based. we think it sends a very strong message to iran. >> but what specifically did the u.s. say it would back away from in order to address russian and chinese concerns? >> i'm not going to get into the particulars of the negotiation. >> is it fair to say that you made the judgment that, having agreed on the resolution, that announcing that agreement and circulating it today (a) would not harm the turkish or brazilian efforts to coax the iranians into some kind of a fuel swap deal, and/or (b) might, in fact. strengthen the chances of iran responding to their ideas because it would see that the sanctions train continued to move down the track? >> well, i think first and foremost, arshad, i would say that we are actually moving down a process that we have been following for some months. this was a priority of the obama administration coming in from october 1st. we had a genuine offer of con

the united states and russia have significantly increased cooperation on nuclear nonproliferation and civil nuclear energy in the last 12 months. starting with the establishment of the bilateral presidential commission working group on nuclear energy and security. and our july, 2009, joint statement on nuclear cooperation, the russian president and i acknowledged the shared vision between the united states and russia of the growth of a clean, safe and secure nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and committed to work together to bring into force the agreement for nuclear cooperation to achieve this end. the russian government has indicated its support for a new united nations security council resolution on iran and has begun to engage a specific resolution elements with p-5 members in new york. on april 8, 2010, the united states and russia signed a historic new start streety significantly reducing the number of strategic nuclear weapons both countries may deploy. on april 13, both sides signed a protocol to amend the 2000 u.s.-russian plutonium management and disposition agreement whi

russia, brazil also down 3.5%. and germany down 2.6%. so what we may not be decoupling we're not quite down as much of the rest of the world has been. how about the european banks? the story is very simple here. the spanish issue, if there is really an issue, is an altogether different problem than greece. orders magnitude different. the big european banks reflect in that santander european bank down about 9%. some of the other ones equally weak here. how about the banks here in the united states? story's pretty simple, the senate's voting on parts of that financial reform bill, we're finally getting it. the first amendment from barbara boxer set to add line saying that no taxpayer money will be used to fund any bailout of any financial institutions. it looks like we've got some kind of deal here that $50 billion bailout fund it looks like it may be dead. we'll get news on that. certainly, there are some the banks, the other ones, commodities, for the commodities end because i want you to see this was a general puke-out of stocks today.

>> i think we are working with russia and china and others. we think that we have produced a draft resolution that is tough. it's economy comprehensive, it's broad-based. we think it send as very strong message to iran. >> what specifically did the u.s. say it would back away from in order to address rush -- >> i'm not going to get into the particulars of the negotiation. >> you made the judgment that having agreed on the resolution, that announcing that agreement and circulating it today, a, would not harm the turkish or brazilian efforts to coax the iranians into some kind of a fuel swap deal and/or, b, might in fact strengthen the chances of iran responding to their ideas because it would see that the sanctions train continued to move down the track. >> i think first and foremost i would say that we are moving down a process that we have been following for some months. if this was the priority of the obama administration coming in from october 1, we had a genuine offer of constructive engagement with iran. we put on the table the confidence

russia had 150 million people. this is about the book i'm writing right now. it's down to 143 or 142 and they lost 8 million people in two decades. they're going to go down around 114 million. russia, germany and ukraine were together to lose 60 million people between 2010 and 2015. the west is trying to include russia in the west as i do so is russia a long-term threat to the united states of america? no. i think we made a terrible mistake moving nato right into their front yard on to their front porch. they reacted to that and they believe we took advantage of them. after we win the cold war i share some of those beliefs about that. i think that we made a series of stupid in the real blunders in what we did. putin is somebody we should work with. let me give you one example. i was impressed when put in went and said in effect we the stalinist soviet union are responsible for murdering all of these polish patriots and heroes and the way he handled that funeral i think the russians and the proposed law there are go

on the issue of russia, let me just say that when we went to russia, we had this particular discussion and tried to make clear that nato is not directed at any particular enemy. we do not see the gradual enlargement of nato on the basement -- basis of article 10 as something that should be viewed as a threat to russia. we all believe that and will continue to state it. the russians in their own turn have to decide how they react. the bottom line is, there are many aspects to this report that indicate that we see any number of ways that the alliance can cooperate with russia on dealing with common threat. it is an open door, open hand in terms of dealing with russia. >> just on the question of my colleague, and political circumstances, do you consider any geographical limits? add to the secretary-general, don't you think that all current developments means some kind of [unintelligible] for the entire process of europe atlantic integration? thanks. >> we restated that nato should retain an open door policy based on the previous criteria that have been used. we made very clear that nato i

a terrifying ride in russia -- a bridge starts pitching and rolling and causes -- and a drizzle still coming down a little bit out there. >> a special congressional hearing is going on in west virginia on the upper big branch mine disaster. labor secretary promised accountability and a thorough investigation into that april 5 explosion. relatives of the 29 who died in that april 5 explosion will also speak. the secretary defended the investigation by the mine safety and health administration and said the process will allow for unprecedented public -- participation >>> secretary of state held riklis as the u.s. support to action taken by south korea against the north. >> we are working hard to avoid an escalation. the ledger rent and provocation -- this is a highly precarious situation that the north koreans have caused in other regions. >> today the south suspended trade with north korea appeared last week it accused the north of torpedoing and sinking one of the ship and dr. prius said that was -- accusation was tantamount to a declaration of war. secretary clinton will visit south k

controversy earlier this year when a woman sent her hard-to-handle son back to russia. a ranch in big sky country of montana has a different approach. that's tonight's "sunday cover," one woman's effort to make kids from overseas adopt to home on the range. russia, 17-year-old vanna is helping a group of hungry boys prepare a campfire lunch. >> i actually like working with the kids. they actually like me a lot. >> mitchell: vanna earned this helper job after two years at the ranch for kids, last stop for troubled and violent children, most of them russian, brought to the states by adoptive families who were with fetal affects impulse control and makes children prone to violence. he spent eight rough years in a russian orphanage before being brought to america by new parents, strangers who didn't speak his language. >> i made them real mad. i flipped out and yelled at them. >> in some cases the child has tried kill the parents. maybe he's killed a family pet, molested other children, tried to burn the house down. worst-case scenarios. >> mitchell: joyce sterkel created t

russia was gradually moving toward a liberal system. it had a parliament, not quite like the british and the french. nonetheless, it was allied with britain and france and so forth. and the russians collapsed because the russian people didn't want to fight. here there is russian ruled by a cruel dictator, whose people have murdered or imprisoned millions of russians. and the russians fought. who knows bikes you see, as i told you, our life is full of unintended consequences. and the russians were invaded, and they fought much better than in the first world war, when actually had hitler won, they would have been at his liberated of communism. didn't make any difference. you know, it's very -- is not simple, but again, you see, this is my formulation, and this is why i have such a great admiration for churchill. second world war was not won by the british, was won by roosevelt and stalin. but in 1940, churchill was the man who did not lose it. and that was of tremendous importance. >> thank you again. is a very stimulating afternoon. and

russia was once called an evil empire. so were the new york yankees. but 30 years ago tonight, everyone's favorite evil empire got some payback. >> i am the father. >> couric: yes, it's the 30th anniversary of "star wars, the empire strikes back." many still consider this sequel, technically episode 5, to be the best of the "star wars movies. and how do you pay tribute to pac-man's 30th birthday tomorrow? if you're google, you turn your home page into a working arcade. video games have evolved, but gobbling dots and dodging ghosts are still pretty popular. the world record score of 2n't34 million points was set just two years ago. and still ahead, what was the best sitcom finale of all time? no, not "cheers." not "mash" either. what "tv guide" says it was next. look at all this stuff for coffee. oh there's tons. french presses, expresso tampers, filters. it can get really complicated. not nearly as complicated as shipping it, though. i mean shipping is a hassle. not with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits it ships anywher

and just as in recent fatal crashes in libya, and russia, this one happened during a landing attempt. as investigators from india and the u.s. begin the search for answers at the airport in mangalore, the focus is also on the flight's miracle survivors, who, tonight, are telling their stories. from london, nbc's kyra simmons has the latest. >> reporter: the boeing 737 overshot the runway, plunging into a valley, bursting into flames. the tail one of the few parts of the aircraft still recognizable. firefighters and villagers went over difficult terrain to reach the wreckage. many died still strapped to their seats. a local reporter told nbc news -- >> one family lost 16 members, one single family losing 16 people on that flight and among the dead, at least 20 children according to one of the eyewitnesses. >> reporter: amid the tragedy, a moment of hope. a child carried from the plane, covered in foam to douse the flames, put into the arms of medics and taken to a hospital. the burns were so severe, it is not known if the child is among those who survived. surviveers like this little g

so russia can provide cover and security in terms of have development, the economy the way china has. will china agree to enroll that back? that's now the question. no. but the other point you raise, what should be the u.s.? approach? i reallythat doubt that trying o pressure china would be thate chfective. effective. my hunch is that that would confirm the chinese notion of america as a bully hegemonistic power prone to power politics and this type of thing. i think more effective would be to solicit china's genuine partnership in the cooperation and deal with these issues. i mean, that appeals to maintain the payroll for development. it flatters china's notion as a rising global power.acro in it provides a framework for dealing with a problem of power, great our secession and war and peace and china could grow into the steps of the incumbent great power.into the ste so that wouldps offer, you knowi think an appeal to china for at woue partnership to deal with these things.al but probably pay off better than it wttempt to drive a way -- wedge between. >> thanks, richard. i love your

in singapore, china, russia, the united, india, italy, the u.k. and the u.s. to. first of all freedom still don't forget tarincot regimes that ruled by the federal of the gun the families and parents to announce each other whether state is an unambiguous little blunt force and there is no element consent there for this is not about for example zimbabwe or north korea or burma. in these countries there is no pact which between the government and the people but simply the instinct to survive nor to focus on countries where there are particularities such as israel and the conflict and with palestine or to but challenges venezuela or post-apartheid south africa. instead, in the course of the years truffle's i focused on countries that whatever the political few accepted the terms of globalization. the mobil site is singapore, the state which i was born and have long the senate words i'm constantly struck by the number of people i know, good friends who very eloquently defended the system that elevates individual restraint in return for the collective groups. this is w

we could well see china and eventually russia running towards the no camp too. so we're in a stick y wicket right now. >> woodruff: so in he sense, does this undercut the u.s. or you are saying it remains to be seen, depends how the u.s.-- . >> it undercuts the u.s. drive for sanctions. if we play it right and skillfully and if the iranians for the first time are serious about finding a solution, it opens the door that didn't exist before today. >> i worked at the defense department. we were paid to be more dour. my read's different. i think this is pretty embarrassing. it was not a great idea, the original deal it made more sense as weak as it was. >> woodruff: the original deal was a swap just like this. >> but it was obligatory there was no going back. and there was nor material coming across as a percentage of what it is they had. they've made a lot mohr and they are making a lot more per month then they were back in october. >> woodruff: the iranians. >> the iranians. and so i think i agree we are in a bad place, and we're going to have to swallow this. you

it was so far away to many, many weeks to get on the plane through russia. and we only knew the chinese people eat with the chopsticks and my father disappeared and as i thought as a child he was gone for many, many years. as an adult i discovered that he was gone only for 19 months but as a child i thought he was gone forever. and this is a picture because he was sort of adventurist when he probably borrowed some costume in tibet to look like tibetan and he met the dalai lama who was 19 years old. in that way i lost a great friend and supporter. and somebody who was making fun so that's a picture with my sister. and i drew and drew maps. this is not my map. this is a map of my daughter. she drew. because the maps i drew survived and i wanted to discovered the world and i think my father with his trip to tibet was important because he indirectly told me when he came back it's much bigger than what i told at school. this is the picture when i went to school. this is how ridiculous we looked in the middle of last century for the first time. and this is when th

the people who actually when there to do a report on east jarret -- eastern manufacturing and said russia would have a field day. somebody said there was the mural by dave teeming with workers to work hard and earning a paycheck but they smoke on the assembly line, quality control was four. dirty floors then stepped into the car. oftentimes one of the men i interviewed they saw fenders and door panels coming off and then put on with the dents in them. poor quality control that due to the car from the beginning in the factory itself was bombed by nato in 1990 the company that was making our remnants. it was not that big of a deal but nato's chosen as a target. nato bombed yugo. [laughter] >> host: does it still exist? bernanke's bricker was purchased by fiat. i hope it works there trying to have a production facility for southeastern europe in serbia and it is just a system that was in place and fiat is transforming the factory today. lot of east european manufacturers that were terrible in the cold war are good today. i am pulling for people from those who have a huge downturn. >> did the

russia and china are different case, russia because of its history and identitying power in afghanistan wouldn't work on the ground and they facilitated it and it's positive. and china is beginning to get active in iraq and afghanistan in developing iraqi oil and in some reconstruction activities in afghanistan. that's a good thing and should be encouraged. i think one thing that is many times missed is how much both iraq and afghanistan have been an international effort, not just the united states going at it alone. host: the "washington times" report that is general mcchrystal is assisting iraq in afghanistan and do you agree? guest: we did see the iranians getting active in western part of the country. i think, i think what i would say is this. iran has had conflicted view towards afghanistan, in 2001, and 2001 they were involved and we have seen training and arming of folks in afghanistan. and in some sense iran is trying to play both sides of the street. to have ties with the afghan government. and to provide some development and assistance to the afghan government. but at the same

incredible video from russia before a mile long bridge wobbling. authorities say strong river currents apparently lose in one of the supports. the bridge has been closed indefinitely. it was completed last year at a cost of $80 million. >>> a pilot was disarmed and removed from the cockpit after he sent an e-mail threatening to hurt himself. the jet blue pilot e-mailed an exgirlfriend saying he was going to hurt himself in spectacular fashion. jet blue said the flight was never in jeopardy and the pilot was removed for health reasons. >>> an emotional call for justice at the sight of a recrept hit and run. friends and coworkers of julio gonzalez gathered at the intersection. today's rally was in effort to raise attention to the incident and in hope that someone will come forth with information. >> we just want him to come forward, because they're a coward. and my friend was murdered, i will never get him back and we want this person to pay for what they've done. >>> gonzalez was employed by the international alliance of theatrical association. >> r

because this comes after two others were killed in russia including the president of poland and libya where more than 100 people died. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused those accidents, but good news, a 9-year-old boy who survived the crash in libya has returned home. >> kia, was there any test distress call from the pilot, any other clue tuesday what may have caused this? >> reporter: we just don't know yet, but it is a difficult airport to land in, if you overshoot the run way, it is very, very dangerous. it was raining, so there was a real question of visibility there and some eyewitnesses this morning are saying that the plane skidded and snapped in half. so some dramatic eyewitness accounts for what exactly happened. we'll have to wait to find out. >> for more on this, we're joined by paul mccarthy, a veteran pilot and nbc news analyst, paul, thank you for being with us. >> thank you, lester. >> there was rain at the time, it was only a 150-foot long run way, that should be enough for a 757. what are some of the things that might cause a pilot to overshoot

that is exactly what is happening over the river in russia. it is a new $80 million bridge that began to wobble yesterday. it did so after strong currents from melting snow loosened one of the vertical supports. that bridge opened only last fall. fortunately nobody was injured when the bridge begin to move. >> don't think they will be using that for a while. >> don't think so. >> that's wide. >> the tonight show is

russia and china are different case, russia because of its history and identitying power in afghanistan wouldn't work on the ground and they facilitated it and it's positive. and china is beginning to get active in iraq and afghanistan in developing iraqi oil and in some reconstruction activities in afghanistan. that's a good thing and should be encouraged. i think one thing that is many times missed is how much both iraq and afghanistan have been an international effort, not just the united states going at it alone. host: the "washington times" report that is general mcchrystal is assisting iraq in afghanisn an do you agree? guest: we did see the iranians getting active in western part of the country. i think, i think what i would say is this. iran has had conflicted view towards afghanistan, in 2001, and 2001 they were involved and we have seen training and arming of folks in afghanistan. and in some sense iran is trying to play both sides of the street. to have ties with the afghan government. and to provide some development and assistance to the afghan government. but at the same ti

the bridge is over russia's vulgar river, one of europe's longest. police shut it down because it's too dangerous for drivers but apparently for the that pedestrian. crews believe flood water from melted snow loosened one of the bridge's vertical supports. >>> a different kind of delivery at this post office in alabama. a car right through the brick wall and almost into the building. people inside said it sounded like an explosion when it came barreling through. the tow truck driver who came to pull the car out said he was worried about the willing itself-- >> about the building itself. >> falling on somebody. >> knowing the way this facility was built, just unsure how that was even possible. >> fortunately nobody got hurt. no word on who the driver is or why they drove through the wall. >>> an ohio woman behind a month-long burglary spree not your usual suspect. police say she was pregnant. the woman apparently just wandered into several houses in harrison, ohio sometimes when the people were home in the backyard. in one case she even brought her yo

russia has this problem, china, japan, all getting older, don't have enough people. their workforce isn't growing fast enough to grow their economy at 3% or 4% or 5%. and they are having a real tough time with immigration. we have all heard the european stories. it is not working, they don't understand it, they don't have a history with it. russia, china, we understand it. we know000 deal with -- we know how to deal with it. if we get a good comprehensive immigration reform system right that gives us all of the maybe we need, we could have a competitive advantage for the next centuriment host: on our republican line estelle from memphis, tennessee. you are on the air. caller: good morning. with all due respect, mr. guttierrez, i must disagree with you. i think it is people like you that don't understand the system. i work directly with the illegal problem. [inaudible] i'm a banker and i have people to come in. what they were doing is getting social security numbers from people who were deceased. [inaudible] they sat in there, couldn't speak english. they always had s

policehut down his 4 1/2 mile long bridge in russia and you can seewhy. the deck just keeps wobbling back and fortt. and you can never drive cross the thing. crews believe water rom melting snow loosened one of the supports. >> boord of education in texasm. approved new standards for history textbooks republicans are trying to balance what is taught in the classroom, liberals say a block of sev social conservvtives on the boarr is pushing personal and political agendas. president obama's middle nme.g initial as opposed to the middle name. which some people use to carry a negative connotation >>we bviously put middle names in -- in r othe people. %-want to put the fullname. >> the board eventually decided not use obama's middle name. new standards will be used t teach 5,000,000 students in texas, for 10 years. >> and it will be cooler this weeken and a little rain. >> yeah, h much rain? that's the question. to go meteorologist jessica starr with thelatest sky watch forecast. jessica in. >>i gus. not too much rain. t a ance this weekend for rain showers. mo

. >> shepard: are getting indications, mike being that russia may be supportive of punishing iran. >> that's right. dmitry medvedev, the russian president, today went with the news today that iran may be able to produce more with less. essentially said that we're heading for last chance for the regime before the u.n. security council acts. the question, of course, we always ask is how far will russia and china actually go when push comes to shove. but the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., susan rice says that she believes there is good progress being made on a new round of sanctions in the security council. shep? >> shepard: mike emanuel at the live at the pentagon. thanks. downtown bangkok has turned into a battleground as a deadly political standoff continues to escalate. [gunfire] >> shepard: these pictures said to show troops opening fire on antigovernment protesters in thailand's capital city. so-called red shirt protesters striking back, throwing rocks and molotov cocktails. they had been camping out for two months around an area including luxury hotels and shopping malls. they are t

we know russia is turning its eye to the arctic and its reserves. they are building the first offshore oil rig that can withstand temps as low as minus 50 degrees celsius and heavy pack ice. as their oil production is in decline they are reducing taxes and hurdles to encourage new oil development in the arctic. they are planning for a near wholesale replacement of their ice breaker fleet to better operate in the polar region. by the same token, an energy company from england is ready to seriously explore for oil and natural gas for the first time off the coast of greenland. what is happening currently in the gulf of mexico has shown us that there is certainly risk and there will always be risks and impacts associated with producing energy. and we must takeover appropriate step to minimize those risks into the future. but we also need to be rational in our response to what we are seeing with the deep water horizon tragedy. we don't know exactly yet what has failed or how many components have failed. until we do, we should be careful, we should be cau

with us today in afghanistan in a big way.ave be russia and china is a different case. us russia because having been an an occupying power in afghanistan going to work for them to return on the ground though they are facilitating operations initying afghanistan logistically in terms of transportation they've been facilitating that and thatn is positive and china is ground ag to get somewhat active in iraq and afghanistan in terms of developing iraqi war dee dee khalil and some of the construction activities and afghanistan. that i think is a good thing and should be encouraged. so one of the things that thisi. many times a miff is how much both iraq and afghanistan have been an international effort not just the united states alone.eft >> host: the "washington post" reporting he calls it not set to become significant. would you agree? >> guest: again i'm not i current in terms of the intelligence. but we did see the irony af iranians to the active in the western part of the country. i think what i would say is iran has had a conflict of view towards afghanistan. in 2001

. >> reporter: finally tonight, caps star ovechkin and similar onhave led team russia for the hockey world championships in germany. they beat canada last night and that led to a rather bizarre photograph. ovechkin , squaring up for a fight with his caps teammate who plays for canada they never threw a punch but i guess patriotism trumps company loyalty. glad they didn't throw down. that's the story from here at the ballpark. nats and o's. highlights at 11:00. back to you. >> that's the battle we want to see out there. thank you, bret. bra great weekend coming up. >>> we he take it. that's all for 9 news now at 6:00. stay with wusa 9 and. have

. >> briefly before we leave you, a seven-kilometer bridge over a river in russia has been closed because it's wobbling. it's thought one of the vertical supports on the bridge has been loosened by flood water caused by melting snow, affecting the balance of the structure. emergency services are on standby in case it dee de-tieror ates further. this bridge is one of the lockest in europe, was only completed last year at a cost of $80 million. you'll find more on that an all the international news online on our website at bbc.com/news. get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter, and we're on facebook too. thanks for being with us on "bbc world news." >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold. get the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. ♪ >> union bank offers unique in

they had a show in russia, he's going apart way. let's encourage good behavior. >> host: we have gotten a slew of e-mails accusing you of being anti-semitic based on two things. number one, your 2008 book, "churchill, hitler and the unnecessary war." and then also what you have written about america, america's role in the middle east in israel's role in the middle east. >> guest: sure. i don't know if they had read my book, "churchill, hitler and the unnecessary war." what i say there is that the war itself was unnecessary, and it describes what happens in the holocaust. when i talk about what's called, there's a chapter in their, that talks about the losses, the third to the last chapter. and i use a phrase i think chamberlain to describe it, and he goes into detail what happened to the jewish people. in eastern and central europe under the nazis. and a real permanent or for which the nazis are responsible. but my point about that is this, the holocaust is a crime against humanity. one of the greatest in human history. but it is al

. >> in russia a bridge we won't cross even when we come to it. this is a bridge over river volga. it was closed after it started swaying dangerously. the cause unnorthern. it's thought it could be the result of tremors or that a bridge was weakened by flooding. >>> wal-mart's battle with supermarket for grocery dollars and you could be the winner. the shopping gained said its slashing the price of 22 different grocery items, how much of the new roll backs could save you. >>> a surprise from google today that probably made a lot of offices less efficient. >> that noise was a little irritating on google. 87 degrees. 12-degrees above average. what a change through the week. now another through the weekend. why you probably want to keep the umbrella handy. . >>> update now on an investigation. plenty of reaction from viewers over last night's investigation of a local locksmith in hot water with the attorney general for reportedly charging his customers hundreds, even thousands for services. an order has been issued against him and his company around the clock locksmith. since the stor

. >> just briefly before we leave you, a seven kilometer bridge has been closed in russia because it's been wobbling. it's thought one of the vertical supports on the bridge has been loosened by floodwaters affecting the whole balance of the bridge. emergency services are on standby in case it traits further. it is the longest in europe and completed last year at a cost of $80 million. the main story in a move they hope will assure roller coaster financial markets, european ministers have accepted the need for sanctions against the e.u. countries that run up too much debt. they were meeting in brussels to decide how to tackle the creation in the euro zone. the germans call for the budget deficits to be under control. you'll find that and much more of international news online. you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. you can see what we're working on, too, on our facebook page. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold. get the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "b