the rods could be used to develop nuclear weapons. the diplomatic sources confirm north korea is considering inviting u.n. inspectors to yongbyong but it wants the u.s., japan and south korea to compromise on the nuclear program. japan has learned north korea has set a high price for the sale of nuclear fuel rods. five times the going rate. this is seen as a sign the country has no intention of selling the rods. china is calling for an emergency meeting on the six-party talks on the nuclear program, but the u.s., japan and south korea have rejected the plan. speaking to nhk, japan's top nuclear negotiator used a baseball metaphor to describe the situation. >> translator: north korea is throwing a breaking ball, and the world needs to watch the ball closely before swinging a bat. in some cases, you should not swing your bat. we have to make a plan so that inspectors can fully survey many nuclear facilities in north korea. >>> meanwhile, political analysts say north korea is expected to seek a dialogue with the united states and south k

he came in the form of these fuel rods here, filmed by inspectors. now getting the material back safely has become a top priority. because of poor security, this site was top of the list. behind me, a convoy of trucks are beginning a long odyssey across europe. inside, 2.5 million tons of radioactive material, including highly enriched uranium that could be used for a nuclear bomb. we join the convoy as it make its way north, snaking through a deserted belgrade. the roads have been closed and guards lined the route. the journey which will take more than four weeks and cover more than 7,000 miles begins with the truck driving from belgrade toward a town near the hungarian border. the containers are loaded onto a train. as well as highly enriched uranium, they also contain spent fuel rods, something al qaeda has been looking for to make a radioactive dirty bomb. >> if you had a small fuel element in your hand, it is highly radioactive. if you wrapped dynamite around it, you could slip into your purse or backpack and makes a very interesting dirty bomb,

here, it came in the form of these fuel rods, film by inspectors. now, getting this material back and to save the has become a top priority. because of its poor security, this site was top of the list. behind me, a convoy of trucks are beginning a long odyssey across europe. inside, are 2 1/2 tons of radioactive material, including highly enriched uranium, which could be used for a nuclear bomb. >> as the convoy heads through the gates, we join it as it makes its way north, snaking through a deserted belgrade. roads have been closed and guards flying the route. the journey, which will take more than four weeks in all and cover more than 7,000 miles, begins with the lorry driving from belgrade toward a town near the hungarian border. hear, the containers are unloaded onto a train. as well as highly enriched uranium, they also carry spent fuel rods, something al qaeda has been looking for to make a radioactive so-called dirty bond. >> if you had a small fuel element which fit in your hand which would be highly radioactive, and you rub a couple of stic

they carried spent fuel rods. something al qaeda has been looking for to make radioactive so-called dirty bomb. >> if you had a small fuel element which would be highly radioactive, and you grab a couple of sticks of dynamite around it, you could slip it into your purse or backpack and it makes a very interesting dirty bomb which would create havoc in any city. >> of this cargo is the largest of its type ever move. it is too big and too dangerous to fly by air. this journey has taken five years of planning. the train travels for nearly 24 hours across hungary. its destination is the port in slavonia. the material is loaded on to this ship for a 20 day journey. it will be tracked at every stage along the way. somali pirates tried to hijack this ship blaster and there were no guards on board. it will be closely watched. this is part of a wider ambition. >> this is the sixth country we have cleared out of highly enriched uranium. there are several more countries will need to clean out before now and the end of the fo

, fresh spent fuel rods that they are ready to sell. look, they have to be tested, i'm not saying they're going to do. this but they acquiesced, they agreed to this. hopefully some kind of mechanism, the u.n. envoy or six-party talks or diplomacy some of kind can push in that direction because you can't keep having this tension on that peninsula. there's too much of a potential for a powder keg, for a tinder box situation to happen. >> warner: you know what people in the administration say, that of course north korea wants six-party talks to resume or talks about the talks. meanwhile, they're going to continue their uranium enrichment. they showed off a new plant to a stanford scientist as you know. i think it was a month ago. the u.s. is saying, we can't reward them for bad behavior. why don't they start behaving better and we might look in to this. what do you say to that? >> well, i briefed administration officials yesterday, two different briefings, and obviously that was raised. look, i'm not necessarily disputing that, but if we c

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pulgadas de nieve, se cancelaron más de m vuelos, en pensilvania declararonstado de emergencia, y en rod island hasta 16 pulgadas de nieve. y vamos a nueva york una de las ciudades que más padeció d isolda está ahí, adelante. >>> que tal, gunos le llaman la mega tormenta del 2010 grupo , cayo 1 a 3 pies. es una tormenta que paralizó no solamente a nua york sino a gran parte del noreste del país. >>> un manto blanco, gélidas temperaturas es el panorama a consecuencia de la tormenta que azotó al país. golpeando a nueva york. cuál fue el mayor inconveniente? >>> quedarme en manhattan, pensaba regresar anoche a mi casa. > la peor parte de la tormenta fue para los miles de pasajeros que desde ayer están varados en diferentes aeropuertos de la región, a causa dea tormenta tuvieron q cesar sus operaciones y cancelar los vuelos, incluyendo el de newark y el kennedy. >>> se cancelaron el domingo, y me dicen que no van a abrir hasta eves o viernes. >>> la intensa nevada que afectó a toda nueva inglatra dejó a miles sin energía, y interrumpió el sistema ferriario, incluyendo el conf

these fuel rods will now be made safe. but the race continues between those trying to secure the nuclear material and those hoping to steal it. gordon corera, bbc news, slovenia. >> the details of that shipment and the route were kept secret until now. basically the bbc came along and decided to make a lot of that information public. >> it's dangerous because they could use some of those ingredients to make a dirty bomb. we all have seen what that can potentially do. very serious what's out there. >>> when we return it's time for your "skinny" and some controversy involving a foot fetish video and an nfl coach. >>> and jennifer hudson dedicates her charitable act to someone very special. all that and more coming up in cial.skinny." all that and more coming up in "the skinny." car >>> here's going to be the water cooler story of your christmas season here. nfl coach rex ryan, coach of the jets here, apparently this website named deadspin.com has discovered video a few years old that apparently shows he and his wife there, t

it also reported that the north has agreed to negotiate the sale of 12,000 fuel rods and ship them to another country. if the report proves true, it suggests that north korea may be ready to take concrete steps toward denuclearization of the korean peninsula. south korea's foreign ministry has responded cautiously. ministry spokesperson kim young sun said it is as yet unclear what activities north korea will allow the inspectors to carry out. he added south korea needs to take various factors into consideration before it can determine north korea's intentions. >>> that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm hideshi hara in tokyo. we'll be back in half an hour. thanks for joining us on nhk world.

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proposition 8 a lightning rod for protests wherever it went through the court system. it went through the state system. it's now in the federal still. protesting hundreds today. a voter-approved marriage as between a man and woman. judge walker overturned that. jerry brown would not defend it. they agree on one thing, that this is going to ends up at the u.s. supreme court. this morning we have a line. one person traveled a long, long way. he is a prop 8 opponent. he traveled a long way to be first in line for today's hearing. >> just to hear it. be in the heart of it. i used to live in reno so i used to drive up during many of the proceedings, many of the rulings. and i didn't want to miss out on this one also. >> mayor of san diego. >> san diego, yeah. >> attorneys opposed to prop 8 say supporters have to show their lives are harmed by judge walker's decision. prop 8 backers say judge walker is what they consider an activist judge. in other words, he should not have acted as a policy-maker. that's not the job of a judge. the arguments begin this morning at 10 a.m.. l

just one more question on the exclusivity and rodding provision. on the signature transaction since those are the ones where there are large numbers of transactions and signature is the only method offered, what is the competitive structure of the net work in the signature transfer system? >> you touch on an important point with regard to the tradition for network exclusivity. currently the signature debit networks are proprietary to the card. as i understand it they are in operation today with two signature networks securing the card. what that means is if a merchant is facing a transaction where the authorization method is signature the merchant has the only option the merchant faces is to route the transaction over the designated signature network. under the exclusivity provisions offering possible alternatives the alternative that would require two signature networks, one network with each method of authorization is the only way by which carries an additional network pressed into service as a competitive alternative in those situations. however

cones which see specific details as well as colors and rods which see motion and more detail in the dark. the cones are what control the color physician. -- vision many if you have a deficiency in the cone function, that's what you end up with color blindness. >> now, the cones and rods, that's something we deal with and we learned about with animals. >> yeah. >> dogs and cats don't have the same and they don't see color as well. this is. >> that's actually a funny fact in that humans are one of the only mammals that perceive color. >> so there you go. something we didn't know. >> fun fact. >> in some of the more extreme cases, it is possible someone can only see black, white, almost like the life is black and white program. >> that's absolutely the case. one in 30,000 people have true color blindness meaning they see everything in a gray scale like a black or white tv. these people know they have a color vision problem. they also have other ocular problems along with that. that's not going to be one of the people who is going to go through the first few years of their life not knowing t

break the rods of the 0 pressors. burnt tramping boots. let the time of the garments rolled in blood come to an end. >> earlier in heavy rain the pope lit a candle if his window overlooking st. peter's square to officially open the vatican's nativity scene. police among the crowds were on high letter also because of two parcel bombs sent to embassies in the capital estimate >> i felt really good, i felt secure in the city seeing the police around. so no, i haven't felt threatened in any way. >> later on saturday the pope will deliver his christmas message to the city of rome and the rest of the world, then he will host a christmas lunch for hundreds of homeless people. >> meanwhile, christians around the world have gathered at the traditional scene of the navetity, in bethlehem. a record in of tourists and pilgrims have into the occupied west bank town. visitors are bouncing back after a decade of violence that left bethlehem virtually deserted at christmas. hundreds have crammed into the historic cathedral in beijing. crowds who couldn't

the north agreed to have other countries buy its 12,000 nuclear fuel rods. they are designed for nuclear reactors that use plutonium. these are seen as stems towards denuclearizizati denuclearizization. >>> the united states has reacted cautiously to reports that north korea has agreed to allow u.n. inspectors to return to it its nuclear facilities. >> we've seen a string of broken promises by north korea going back many, many years. we'd be guided by what north korea does, not by what it does it might do. >> the u.s. government maintains that north korea needs to stop provocative behavior and take positive steps towards denuclearization. >>> the anti-whaling group is set for a new season of protests against japan. the group launched a new boat on monday to intercept whaling operations in the an arctic ocean. it left tasmania to join two other boats that set sail earlier this month. the boat is capable of traveling at 44 kilometers per hour faster than japanese whaling ships. it was built to replace a vessel that was destroyed in january. one official said t

an end to government investigations of two problems involving accelerator pedals and steering relay rods. >>> 5:47 now. at any given moment more than 800,000 drivers on the road are probably texting making a call or using a hand-held cell phone. that's a lot of risky behavior going on behind the wheel. dr. kim mulvihill looks at a high-tech way that could save lives. >> reporter: rainy days can make driving treacherous. the wet pavement, the traffic, and yup, the distracted drivers. texting while driving is against the law but that hasn't stopped everyone. >> i see people texting all the time and it's the most stupid thing that they can be doing while there are behind the wheel. >> i think it's idiotic. >> reporter: and while accidents do happen, texting while driving dramatically increases the odds. that's where this new app can help. it's called drive safely. a mobile application that reads text messages and e-mails aloud in realtime and automatically responds without drivers touching the cell phone. >> 5 e-mails in the last two minutes. >> reporter: barry is a fan of the potentially l

. >> richmond firefighter rod woods has been organizing this event for 23 years. he says somewhere around 6,000 parents and children were registered for this giveaway six months ago. no walk-ups allowed. >> we have some families actually that are in line that gave to the program in the past. and now they're in line because they're in need. >> one of those in line and in need is betty gibbs. >> i'm a single parent with four kids. and i'm here to help my kids out so they can have a good christmas for little things they can get, what i can't share with them. >> priscilla knows what all this means for their family. >> it means a good christmas because we weren't gonna have one without it. >> the guy with the santa hat jumping around. that looks like the police chief. ho ho ho! it is the chief. >> not chief right now? >> not right now, no. but this is great. so many great volunteers helping us out. really a nice day. a lot of had things come together here. >> outside waiting in this line for hours for a chance had the christmas is ariana chavez that knows all the ingre

a russian company helped build the reactors, and russia supplies nuclear fuel rods to iran. this is a tactic also mastered by iran, something which makes pteron so unpredictable for its neighbors -- which makes tape arountehran so unpredictable fos neighbors. >> iran is finally returning to the negotiating table, but at the same time, it seems that pteron is still insisting on its right to nuclear program. party see any progress at this time? >> everybody must realize that there is no other way to have reasonable discussion and negotiation about the problem. what else could they do? they are under tremendous pressure, so they try to at least convince their own population that they are starting negotiations as a position of strength. >> how strong are the indications that iran wants a nuclear bomb? >> the problem is, even without the bomb, iran's nuclear program has a design which would allow them to be nuclear capable. even if they do not go for the bomb, it would change the strategic balance. to overcome that, it would need trust on both sides. here is where the problem is.

in this case, i became a lightning rod, with that tax, and even credit whiff- attacks. some howling balances. and with a former with a-some wheat balance is, i've i've become a lightning rod with-attacks, and even credit given. should i be given credit for international relations not getting effective results? >> and clearly, not answering in that form. in the meantime, the wikileaks is getting supply of cyber attacks and with a tremendous amount of political pressure from the united states. joseph lieberman has just introduced a bill on the esplanade specifically targeted at p prosecuting wikileaks and asking amazon to drop its support of wikileaks, and it is not welcome to their country. >> that wathe the 49ers are on the road, and against the raiders against the chargers and san diego. college football, the stanford cardinals are going to wait if there results but if >> #2 oregon, has defeated oregon state. and this is clutching a likely trip to face all burned. and saturday, the rushing game- auburn--4 in >> and 28 carries, as auburn winds. the docks finish with a 1

to make a long story short north korea began to reprocess the nuclear fuel rods. they get six or seven capable. so back in july and the north koreans as me to come over again because they wanted to deliver a message to the u.s. government. again they wanted to negotiate and do away with their nuclear-weapons and to have a permanent peace treaty to replace the cease-fire that had existed no. so that is what i have done. if president obama asked me to go over with certainly be glad to do so, but i would not presume as a private citizen to intercede. >> with the carter center at all? if it takes is the terrible and it looks like a war to break out with you go if you were asked by president obama simply because you really believe that you could perhaps stop what could be -- >> i would go, but only if i got permission. i never have been on a foreign trip into a troubled area without getting prior permission or approval. always make a report when i get back. sometimes i have to say that the president was not enthusiastic about my going, but it's just a matter of my comm

rod wood started the program 20 years ago. he said he was once again down on his luck and said he would give back if he did. >> when i got hired it with the fire department, i said lord, what do you want me to do? to give back? he put this in my lap and here we are. >> today's giveaway helped about 1700 families in west contra costa county. >>> visitors got their first look at a giant lizard. the 8-year-old female lizard is 3 feet long and weighs almost 14 pounds. biologists say they expect her to double in size. those lizards are native to parts of asia. they are strong swimmers and experts describe them as feisty. although the lizard here seemed quite happy just to stay in her traveling cage. >> that's a good thing. >> lew wolff says no. but that's not stopping oakland pushing ahead with the plans to build a new stadium for the a s, the new action to try to keep the team in town. >>> $750,000 has been approved on an environmental study about whether to build a new ballpark for the as. they will consider impacts of putting a

take control of his possessions which included house property cattle children and females spare the rod spoil the child that also translated to women as well so essentially what happens with the woman is she goes from being under the rule of her father that is then transferred to her husband and i think this is often why people find this somewhat humorous but it's really not humorous. women that talk back women that gossiped a lot and women that just were not under very good control it was deemed necessary to use force not. ten years. so there is only one way to beating kicking those types of things that plays into the idea that women essentially that are being abused somehow are deserving of that abuse they have brought it on their head picking their husbands there's the possibility of adultery they don't know when to shut up they push them too far and so essentially they're asking for it in this plays into how in the criminal justice system we treat women who are abused which traditionally has not been very well and so there is a general kind of perception in the hierarchy of power st

everything for fishing the box with the rods the roads in here. and a drill to make a hole in the ice very important and then we were ready to head out onto the ice apparently there was some sport the better the numbers for fish out here if you can find. i didn't like. you to find some way to get the word so. it's not easy when you're dealing with my space but all true good work out with the drill i did eventually also. almost. seventy cents miss is no danger of falling through so we had a whole we had all delicious plates now surely that be the endless hours of waiting talk about the way. that it's crazy. to. you when you leave i swear to god i've been fishing so many never actually managed to get that quickly that it's not easy. fantastic. i do going to feeds too many people. for small dinner appetizer but little did i know this was just the beginning this is absolutely crazy. you're just another. second in about thirty seconds. james of the james has all the makings of a skilled fisherman the fish can't get away. near bates. treats. so i though

. >> richmond firefighter rod woods has been organizing this event for 23 years. he says somewhere around 6,000 parents d children were registered for this giveaway six months ago. no walk-ups allowed. >> we have some families actually that are in line that gave to the program in the past. and now they're in line because they're in need. >> one of those in line and in need is betty gibbs. >> i'm a single parent with four kids. and i here to help my kids out so they can have a good christmas for little things they can get, what i can't share with them. >> priscilla knows what all this means for their family. >> it means a good christmas because we weren't gonna have one without it. >> the guy with the santa hat jumpinaround. that looks like the police chief. ho ho ho! it is the chief. >> not chi right now? >> not right now, no. but this is great. so many great volunteers helping us out. really a nice day. a lot of had things come together here. >> outside waiting in this line for hours for a chance hadhe christmas is ariana chavez that knows all the ingredients nee

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he would expel the international atomic energy inspectors and start reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rods from their ancient atomic reactor for electricity, and the united states started trying to impose much more severe sanctions on north korea than they had since the 1950's when the korean war was over. kim il-sung announced that if that happened he was going to attack south korea, and the fact is then and now north korea could almost totally destroyed seÓul, the capitol of south korea, because it is close to the border. i decided to go over and try to resolve the issue. and lagat reluctance approval from president bill clinton. i went over and negotiated with kim il-sung successfully and to arrange to put it into an official in granite by negotiating in geneva and that is what bill clinton did. leader kim il-sung stopped the nuclear process and we were well on the way to a peace treaty with north korea. when president bush came into office, that in tiger process was undone and in his inaugural address, president bush declared that north korea was an axis of evil, and to make a long st

>> i would like to introduce to everyone our newest commissioner, the ports' loss our gain, rod they fopping. many of you worked with him over the years and -- it is a pleasure to have a a long time san francisco family represented here, someone who has -- has been active within the city government and has been active within the business interests of the city and understands business and nappeds the general tourist business that is the backbone of some of our economy. we welcome you rodney. >> great. >> anything you would like to -- >> thank you so much. i'm absolutely more thanned to serve the city, looking forward to working with you. and sharing comments, sharing thoughts about shaping san francisco. so, looking forward to it. honored. thank you so much. >> good to have you with us. >> would it be all right? >> mike, can i go first? >> go ahead. >> on -- on november 18th, when he a commission, a commission hearing on a restaurant that wanted to have amplified music. and it was an italian restaurant and the music was going to enhance the on pra singing that took place there. i'm go

today we have a very distinguished panel and to lead that off is our moderator ja rod, and he represents the area north of san francisco and in his first term he's chairing the environmental safety and toxic materials jurisdiction committee. it has jurisdiction of airport pollution making him the key legislature in over seeing california new global warming law assembly bill 32. mr.,huf fman, serves on the water parks and wild life committee and in that roll will present any water challenges confronting the state this year in that very capacity. prior to this election in the california capacity he served as senior attorney as the national environmental defense county and was a member of the,m oren municipal water protection district for years. he was instrumental in negotiating the, san jaquin, refr river. we think this will be one of biggest restorations in our nation. please welcome me in welcoming. ja rad. >> welcome susan and welcome to all of you. the first or worst fear of any water manager is running out of water. i lerned that in my four years at,m oren, county the water district

. >> rod macdonald is quite the dramatic gatt. i have to agree with part of what he said. i think that the title one theory that the fcc adopted is a leaky ship and therefore to have a difficult time in court justifying it. we would have preferred that they reverse the decision from 2002 and reclassify internet access as a title two communications service. that would have been a much firmer legal foundation then this decision. is going to be difficult. i think that we are born to try to help the fcc support its decision, but it is going to be difficult.

chilling, 28 degrees for national, dulles 25, detroit 21, row chester snow flying all over the place -- rod chester snow flying all over the place up there with lake effect, down in texas, most of texas was very, very beautiful today with temperatures in the 60s and 70s and look down here, miami 53 degrees for a high temperature and orlando today it was only 49. so we aren't the only ones kind of suffering through. this is temperatures current conditions now for national, 22 degrees, relative humidity, that's very low for this time of the night, 34%. the dew point, the measurement of moisture in the atmosphere, is about 2 degrees right now. so that's why you're feeling so dry and you're shocking everybody as you're walking around touching them. winds out of the northwest at 15. that's sustained. that's calmed down a bit, but we're still gusting out there. wind chill in the city 9 degrees, down to 3 for gaithersburg and dulles. teens in the suburbs, wind chills 0 to 10 likes i just showed you. here in the -- like i just showed you. here in the city we're down to about 20 degrees, but again i

to try and step on a maybe an offer from the north koreans for example to give up their their fuel rods from the young nuclear reactor and try and ship them to the scientists will be something that might be allowed us to start scaling down the current levels of tension that was going forward an expert on korean issues on the way diplomatic fallout. find out why angry iran's considering the breaking off all ties with the u.k. . power has been restored at moscow's airport after a twelve hour break over one hundred flights were canceled and others diverted to nearby airports after freezing rain down the electricity cables authorities have been ordered to do everything in their power to ease the situation on the ice covered streets of the russian capital and airports are to tells us how the downfall of. cables that run the. weather is. coming in. there were no means no place for people to sit there is no transport nothing has been done for the people. running. by the. story. of the bad weather putting. one. number of incidents. in another. thing and nothing and. everyone. reporting for us.

and maybe an offer from the north koreans for example to give up their their fuel rods from the young real nuclear reactor and try and ship them to the scientists will be something that might be allow us to start scaling down the current levels of tension that was the korean expert glenn ford speaking for us there now coming up in the program at fueling anger. find out how the u.s. congress criticize the american air base in kyrgyzstan and what it all has to do with a revolution in the country. power has been restored moscow's airport after a twelve hour break over one hundred flights were canceled and others diverted to nearby airports after freezing rain downed electricity cables authorities have been ordered to do everything in their power to ease the situation on the ice covered streets of the russian capital and airports are firth tells us how the day unfolded . the. cables. coming in today. there were no means no place for people to sit there is not transparent nothing has been done for the people. none of the. planes. taking off. running. in the. story. of. one. number of incid

it's difficult for them to add to that program right now, because they'll be a lightning rod of attention. >> reporter: as much as the fed might want to step out of the political spotlight next year, it can't. it is also charged with writing rules to implement the banking reform law that was passed by democrats, but will be implemented under a republican house. >> that means that the industry is going to push back in thealss over the deficit. a little tax cut stimulus might help now, but economist matthew slaughter says some restraint will be needed soon. >> and chairman bernanke and others have been quite vocal in pointing out that's going to be a big threat to the sustainability of the u.s. recovery going beyond the next year or two. >> reporter: keep in mind, the fed is an institution with a long political memory. in the 1980s, it was blamed for tanking the economy-- but was later praised for crushing inflation. the lesson learned was to weather the political pressure and focus on getting the economics right. darren gersh, "nightly business report," washington. >> susie: on wall street

into how the automaker dealt with recalls concerning gas pedals that could stick and steering relay rods that could brach. the cement was approved in japan. the latest fine is on top of $16 million toyota paid earlier this year. >>> a bill in congress would provide money for health care for 9/11 first responders. supporters say approval is crucial because congress adjourned for the year; but in the final hours, the prospects are uncertain. tracy arlough reports from washington. >> reporter: first responders who got sick at ground zero are taking their fight to washington. >> to me, this is a no-brainer. we're going to get this done. >> reporter: this morning the rally at the white house and capitol hill urging congress to pass a bill that would provide billions of dollars for their health care. a previous version of the measure passed the house, but failed to get a vote in the senate this month. >> it's a lot of money, so my early response is that i am skeptical about the bill. >> reporter: but now that lawmakers have trimmed the final price tag and change how to pay for it, supporters b