and the importance of the to the america's cup. we have not talked about other kinds of nightlife and the importance of having a good night light -- nightlife scene who are here for the america's cup and in terms of them enjoying themselves, when they are here, and leaving with a favorable impression. hopefully they come back. nightlife in the city is under tremendous pressure and has been. if you look at some things that are coming down the pike like putting a ton of housing on 11th street which could dramatically reduce nightlife there and other parts of south of market where proposed changes could undermine nightlife. it is a constant struggle. it is critical in the next two years that we have nightlife, a great nightlife remaining for america's cup and we will continue to have that into the future. could you after my editorial is incumbent on the relationship between good night life and the america's cup? >> absolutely. i see it turning into the things in terms of the arts and entertainment side but also the business side. we w

the america's cup. san francisco have a leading tradition, and we think the america's cup presents a fantastic opportunity to showcase that tradition of using such a prestigious event which with such impact to harness that efforts to improve local communities, so we encourage you to certify tonight. thank you very much. >> katherine hoover. and >> i speak before you wearing two hats. my first is representing the passenger cruise industry. most of my professional career has been in the professional cruise industry. i am happy to be back in my native san francisco. in my role as a marketer, one of the things we did was market research, and there is no question that we have one of the most desirable sports to visit. i was blessed to travel the globe on passenger cruise ships and can say there are four or five gloria's ports in the world, one of them being in san francisco, hong kong, sydney, vancouver. one reason i am in support of america's cup, and i am not a small boater, but i am in support of sleep we

america deserves more than that. [applause] since the politicians have continued to fail, i decided to run for president. you all responded as you are responding now. i thank you. i am honored by the deep support of so many people across this country. it expresses the frustration of so many people across this country. when i made the decision to run, i did not fit the usual description of somebody that ought to be running for president. [applause] i had never held public office before. [cheers and applause] i did not have high name i.d. right now it is probably 99.9%. [laughter] i did not have a kajillion dollars. we learned that the voice of the people is more powerful than the voice of the media. [cheers and applause] secondly, we have learned that message is more powerful than money. we proved something else. i grew up in a world of segregated water fountains. my father was a chauffeur. my mother was a maid. we showed that you did not have to have a degree from harvard in order to run for president. we showed that

i am here speaking in support of the america's cup. blue and gold is a good solid union company from top to bottom, and we look forward to those jobs. we thank those who are bouncing around the need for the use of clean fields and the desire to use the local ferry fleet. we have more than enough qualified and competent masters in the bay who can do this work. we look forward to navigating these ferries to those seen this wonderful raise. >> i am the vice president and chief marketing officer. i am here in support of the eir and the america's cup. there is a popular misconception is the proverbial moment in time in the city's life, that the sailors below into town and right back out again, leaving behind only the breeze and the waves. i am on behalf of the 122 employees. i am here to stay where in full support of the america's cup coming to san francisco for two reasons. the improvements along the waterfront and along the city as well as the impact of will be felt in the dollar's and the jobs but will be snapped up by the people who liv

estÁn actuando en amÉrica latina por dÉcadas. !v xoñ"el+dbe!pdkyo2oé >> ha estado de cinco paÍses latinoameranos? !v xoñ"el+dbe!pdkyo2oé que quiere irÁn lograr en amÉrica latina? z@ mq >> es nuestra pregunta. porque ese aumento tan grande intercambio la zona. °çw çw3tvve#fd&- no tan sÓlo en amÉrica latina. espuedes hacer con una infraestructura pequeÑa. preocupa mucho z@ mqlos lazos especiales que tiene irÁn y venezuela. z@ mq sea bolivia,icaragua... >> z@ mqsÉ que tenemos poco tiempo, como !v xoñ"el+dbe!pdkyo2oéven ustedes la primavera Árabe? que sigue? >> no tengunbola de cristal. z@ mq pero ñ=uuÑpçokskrooedt!xies-7Ñww6akepÑáal !v xoñ"emismo tiempo z@ mqlo fique tienen el lujo de ver de lejosestamos un poco preopados! no es una pravera, pero lo que no llegarÍa la democracia. >> los paÍses no tienen una historia de democracia. estamos por comparar mq rÁpidamente los paÍses europa. !v xoñ"el+dbe!pdkyo2oé ellos tuvieron la primer vez fg/ de captar la primer z@primera en los paÍses demoÁtic

and they had bought four hundred thirty nine u r l's like bank of america sucks dot com bank of america blows that brian moynihan sucks dot com and blows dot com in order to avoid any activists or global insurrection against banker occupation targeted man on line here's your response to that so let me get this straight the bank of america to avoid a public relations problem went out and bought a bride morning sucks dot com the c.e.o. of bank of america brian moynihan sucks brian moynihan blows dot com to avoid a public relations problem and also of course in this propaganda war you want to cover up your crimes of financial terrorism as best as you can and the people on the internet who sussed this stuff out quick you try to divert attention from them because god forbid bank of america should be transparent or obey the law in any way shape or form no no no i want to blow themselves up and everyone around them because brian moynihan stock stock um what else to go up now brian wanted us still there. their share price though and down below six touch five dollars recently so that's a form of

como aficionado, no como gente que trabaje para el amÉrica. triste por lo de ayer, vi el partido acÁ, en la casa de un amigo, porque sigue el mismo. >> vamos paso a paso. >> maestro, vamos comenzando por el principio. con los del arma este bÍa algÚn talÓn de aquiles? >> no, a mÍ realmente la excusa no me gusta, no estÁn en mi carrera, los fracasos son fracasos. eso para mÍ es un fracaso, pero cuando amamos el equipo a los Únicos que nos faltaron fue a dueÑa y a siÑa del equipo, los mexicanos, con recorrido. un 10 de los que me gustan a mÍ, que manejan el juego freÍr feria por aguilar benÍtez y molina. lo mejor que tiene el amÉrica ahorita es un grupo de chavos que vienen y que van a terminar jugando muy bien. entonces lo que pedirme lo dieron. salvo siÑa y dueÑa porque no los vendiÓ toluca. >> eso pudo haber dejado... eran buenas compaÑeros para el asado. >> realmente iniciamos el proceso este con gente que uno confiÓ y creyó a muerte. dio sigo creyendo y confiando que los chavos pueden sacar. >> ademÁs tuvieron un arranqu

à comments for the america's cup and cruise terminal. first i would like to say that the feir contains strong environmental protection for the base, area, water, community and habitat. the imply mentation and enforcement of these protections will be critical ensuring that the america's cup in associated development will be as environmentally responsible. we would like to recognize the city, the mayor's office and the america's cup event authority for working to address the concerns of the environmental community, in particular, my organization appreciates the short-term and long-term air quality measures that are being implemented to reduce marine vessel and other air emissions and to off-set the shutdown of short side power for crew ships at pier 27. the requirements for cleaner engines and a new pier 70 dry dock electrification will be great. at the same time due to the fast tracking offer the america's cup eir, some of the documents, key documents like the mmrp and the se qua findings were released recently. it has made it difficult f

we are going to cripple america. energy independence -- how about energy security so we can happen of production in this country like natural gas so we are not dependent on speculative places where we get our oral from now that causes the price of oil to increase. >> senator santorum, dan from iowa. >> dan, sorry. i cannot see anyone with these lights. >> i want to thank you with york -- or your service, especially spending so much time in iowa. my question is, what would you do or what would the country look like with a santorum administration in the first week? >> you heard the plan that i outlined. i do pray that we do not have an explosion in the middle east and iran that proves they have nuclear weapons capability by the time january 20, 2013 rolls around. the plan i put in place will be the first thing i do on day one to make sure the united states is safe from his existential threat. that is number one. number 2, i will go up the process of repealing obamacare. [applause] it is the biggest threat to freedom in

one holiday gift made in america. we started small. one family, the same family that invited us to check the labels in their home nearly a year ago. your neighbors know you're the made in america family. >> oh, yes. >> reporter: they drive slowly past the house? we wondered, would the neighbors join in? so you're in? >> we're in. >> we're in. >> we're in. >> reporter: viewers have now pledged well more than half a million dollars towards gifts made in america, that number still growing with a couple of days til christmas. and if you wondered at home, have you made a difference? look no further than bellvue, washington. chris and his father making these plastic tool caddies. they've never seen this. more than 5,000 sold. >> they said, "world news," "world news," and i said, oh, my god, they must have picked us up. >> reporter: there were the spooner boards we showed here on "world news." jo ella james wrote me on facebook during the news, "buying one for my 7-year-old grandson before the end of the broadcast." and what about that other

a new type of america's cup. the races before have been off the coast, hard for spectators to you. not always in the -- always in very impressive votes, but not always the fastest racing yachts available. the plan is really now to go with these catamarans that are dramatic. we have seen them out on the day -- bay, and it is amazing to watch. speeds are impressive and it will be a new race and a new experience. the overview of my presentation will be sort of the even timeline -- even timeline, the various partners involved, the course area, some of the venues. i will leave the venue description to david. implementation plans, talk a little bit about the transportation strategy and go into question and answer. so there are three main parties to the host and a new agreement that the city signed in december 2010. city and county of san francisco, the america's cup event a 40 -- this is a group that is managing the planning for the event on land, and the america's cup organizing -- excuse me -- yes, organizing committ

♪ >> cuÁl es la relaciÓn de amÉrica latina con los estados unidos? hablamos de la operaciÓn rÁpido y furioso y de la imagen de estados unidos en amÉrica latina. tambiÉn estÁ con nosotros el abogado que presentÓ una demanda en la corte internacional de la haya en contra del presidente de mÉxico felipe calderÓn por crÍmenes en contra de la humanidad. por quÉ lo critican tanto? Él ha representado a israel en cinco paÍses latinoamericanos pero hoy nos habla sobre la amenaza nuclear de irÁn en contra de israel y sobre la presencia de agentes iranias en paÍses como venezuela, ¿quÉ hacen ahÍ? la contienda de los republicanos por la casa blanca. hoy va al punto el actor puertorriqueÑo efraÍn morales. nos habla de sus Últimos proyectos, lo veremos porque se considera como un activista y nos da su su opiniÓn sobre el movimiento ocupa los angeles. ♪ >> vamos al punto con jorge ramos. ♪ >> se retirÓ de la contienda por la presidencia tras el escÁndalo por una supuesta relaciÓn es la matrimonial y acusaciones de acoso sexual, esto es l

>> this is "bbc world news america." funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global expertise to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america reporting from washington. the last chance summit, european leaders meet to save the euro amid warnings of global recession and a crisis of confidence. >> investors are not convinced that if they lend eurozone countries some money, they will get it all back some day. >> by much returns to virginia tech. two people are killed at the scene of the deadliest campus shooting four years ago. -- violence returned to virginia tech. prime minister vladimir putin accuses america of promoting protest. elmo goes to islamabad, could "sesame street" pave the way for better relations between pakistan and america? welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the g

>>> and made in america. with just five days till christmas, whole schools and entire towns spring to action. to help create american jobs. >>> good evening. it is the world's most mysterious country. nuclear weapons make it one of the most dangerous too. so when the news broke north korea's dictator kim jong-il had died, president obama and other world leaders were braced for the worst. would the country collapse and war break out? tonight, nearly 30,000 american troops in south korea can be hit by north korea's missiles. what does kim jong-il's sudden death mean for them and for us here at home? so much depends on this man, kim jong-il's son and successor kim jong-un. but there are also many questions about him as well. what does he think? is he really in charge of the world's fifth largest army? must this young man, still in his 20s, prove himself by provoking conflict? our team is fanned out from washington to south korea tonight to work through these questions, and we begin with abc's global affairs anch

>> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america." after nine long and violent years, they are finally back. president obama travels to meet the troops and marked the end of the war in iraq. >> i am proud to say these two words. i know your families agree. welcome home. >> a day after five people were killed, we asked just who was the attacker? and the plans for queen elizabeth, the british royal family will be racking up the miles to mark her 60 years on the throne. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it is harder to end the war then to begin one. a message for future leaders by one of today. they will come troops back from the war. the conflict has been long, bloody, and controversial. the commander in chief paid tribute to the courage and professionalism in the field. >> barack obama never wanted this war. as a state senator, he called it a dumb. >> all the fighting and all the dying, the building, the training, a partner in, all of that has led to this moment of success. iraq is not a perfect place, but

we supported the certification of the eir for the america's cup. however, we did raise some of our concerns around social equity, which are the issues of good jobs and good union wages with good benefits and working conditions. i would reiterate that concern again, and i am very happy about the assurances we have from ports of about a sit-down in the new year to talk about those issues, and also, we have assurances from mr. bopp billingham, and infrastructure manager for the event sponsor. we're going to sit down with him and deal with some of these issues around waterfront were, particularly the operation of cranes. those are discussions that we look forward to, and we look forward to appearing again before the port commission in january to assess where we are at on the social equity issues. thank you very much for your consideration of our concerns, and what a great day it is for the port of san francisco. commissioner brandon: thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is jennifer, president of san francisco tomorrow. i have appreciated all the month

we love america. we're willing to sacrifice for america. if called upon by leaders who tell the truth and live with integrity and to know how to lead, and i hope to be one of those leaders, i need your help with the caucus. bob was telling me the caucus site at a high school gets full. get there early. i want to be one of the leaders who will tell the truth, lives with integrity, and knows how to lead and will put america back to work with rising incomes again because i love this country and i know how to do it. thank you so much for your help this morning. [applause] last night you saw the debate if you had nothing better to do. [laughter] that means two or three of you saw the debate. if you have any further questions, i am happy to respond to anything you may have this morning. yes, sir. >> [unintelligible] >> i will not repeat all the compliments. i wish i had given you a microphone so everyone could hear it. the question is what i will do on the first day. i have a long list. there are a series of bills that i will file. there are a se

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have trade policies that make central america -- that help america and not just the people we have been trading with. number four, we have to have energy policies that take advantage of the extraordinary energy resources. number six, reinstitution support human capital and finally, a government that does not spend more money than it takes in. >> the timeframe of that idea -- >> my approach is slightly different. i emphasize the fact that we have to know why we have a recession, and unemployment before you can solve the problem. financial bubbles are treated by excessive credit and stimulation by the federal reserve. this stimulus creates bad investments and as long as you don't correct this, will maintain this, you cannot get back to economic growth again. so far, what we have done is we have not liquidated the debt, we have been dumping this on the american people, with the federal reserve so the debt is on the people and what do we do? we bail out the people who were benefiting from the bubble. as long as we do that we will not have economic growth. the japanese are doing this right n

i want to keep america america. i want to make sure our prcipal stay strong -- p rinciples stay strong. let me mention this -- what is the right course for our military? there are some who have the view that america's time has come and gone. that this next century will be a post-american center. in their view what we have to do it is a piece or accommodate these other people in the world that are getting stronger. the world is not safe for. that is the only justification i can come with further justification to shrink our military. the president has cut the military budget by almost $1 trillion over the next 10 years. the secrety of defense said that is a doomsday scenario. think of that. our navy some years ago was asked how many ships we had to have as the absolute minimum to be able to fulfil our mission and the world, and they said 131. w313. we have fewer ships now than anytime since 1917. our air force is older and smaller than anytime since 1947. our present was to cut the number of active-duty personnel, in

>> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america." after nine long difficult years, they are finally back. president obama travels to fort bragg to meet the troops and mark the end of the war in iraq. and i'm proud to finally say these two words -- and i know your families agree -- welcome home. >> a day after five people were killed in belgium, we asked just who was the attacker? and what are the plans for the queen's diamond jubilee? the british royal family will be racking up the miles to mark her 60 years on the throne. welcome to our viewers on pbs america and also of around the globe. it is harder to end a war than to begin one, a message for future leaders delivered by one for today. president obama marked the end of america's nine-year military commitment in iraq by welcoming troops back. the conflict has been long, bloody, and controversial, but the commander-in-chief pay tribute to the soldiers courage and professionalism in the field. >> the president of the united states. >> the president and the first lady came with lavis

those who believe in the fundamental values and fundamental principles that make america america. they're standing next to me a man who is known as a conservative conservative. a person who has been conservative in his life and the values he lived and the things he has fought for and his service for our country. i had the privilege of seeing his old boss last week. i was that president george herbert walker bush and former first lady. what an inspiration they are. what wonderful people. what wonderful man. [applause] what a wonderful man i stand next to. a son of arizona. a former senator. former vice president of the united states, vice president dan quayle. [applause] >> thank you, governor. welcome. thank you. thank you very much. welcome to the great state of arizona and this historic place. all of us that live around the area know this very well. my grandfather, my grandfather lived three blocks from here so this has been a place i called home for a long, long period of time. but today we are here to give enthusiastic support to the next president of united states of america,

arriba el amÉrica! >> vayan a la puerta porque hay que recibir a nuestro invitado como debe ser. >> nosotros tambiÉn les vamos a dar un taco de ojo a las sras. que estÁn en su casa. >> chicas, agarrense del abdomen porque lo que viene a continuaciÓn es pedro moreno! [ aplausos ] >> vente, pedro y las mandamos para allÁ. >> estuvo bueno esto. >> pensÁbamos que iba a salir por esa puerta. [risas] >> primas, primas, primas, vengan para acÁ. >> como se nota que son las mujeres las que ponen el orden en la casa. >> acÉrcate que es bufet. >> pedrido es conocido en estos dÍas como enzo! >> haces ese personaje entre galÁn y maloso y una cosa asÍ. >> mÁs maloso! >> se te ve asÍ como un rollo bien interesante de galÁn pero al mismo tiempo villano! papÁ! >> gigolÓ! [risas] >> en la novela, no en la vida real. >> me ponen canas y me caracterizan porque tengo una hija en la historia que es violeta... que hace mÓnica rivaldi. y habÍa que levantarle un poco la edad a pedro moreno. >> pero muy malo con

america's top intelligence officers are trying to figure out out it happened. abc's martha raddatz is tracking the story. >> reporter: the iranians say they have their hands on an rq-170, a secret stealth aircraft that carries the most advanced sensors, cameras and listening devices for spying from the air. the u.s. will say only that a drone malfunctioned over afghanistan late last week. in case of malfunction, it's designed to circle until it picks up a signal again or until it runs out of gas, which means it could have glided into iran largely intact. the drone is designed to automatically erase its sensitive data, but even if it did, the drone's skin, which keeps it invisible from radar, could be an intelligence bonanza. >> if they are trying to figure out how to detect american stealthy systems in the future, well, now they've got something that allows them to do that. >> reporter: the iranians have not shown pictures of the drone they say they have but that may be because they don't want to reveal how much or how little was left of the aircraft. george? >

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. >>> made in america. the surprising things we found to eat and drink in aisle two of an iowa supermarket. >>> and tebow's secret. how did a guy who couldn't throw straight become a comeback superstar? is it prayer? something else? everyone is tebowing tonight and we mean everyone. >>> good evening. it is good to be back from iowa and the big abc news debate. and what a debate it was. in the wake of all the drama on that debate stage this weekend, today the two front-runners took the campaign to a new and seismic level of punch and counterpunch. and leading off our coverage tonight is abc's jake tapper. also just back from iowa, tracking this pivotal day in the campaign. hello, jake. >> reporter: good evening, diane. what a day. gingrich is surging, and romney needs to stop him. so romney is attacking gingrich, and he is not turning the other cheek, newt gingrich. it is on. even mitt romney's wife wasn't crazy about his proposed $10,000 bet with rick perry. >> i'll tell you what, 10,000 bucks -- $10,000 be

en despierta amÉrica! no se lo pierda. ♪ ♪ ç >> sale el sol e ilumina la ciudad, quiere decir que comienza despierta amÉrica. y hoy que faltan 5 dÍas para terminar el aÑo y para darle la bienvenida çal 2012. chiqui, satcha, karla, fÉlix estÁn de vacaciones! >> estÁ lleno de hombres aquÍ! un aplauso para jackie guerrido y jimena! [ aplausos ] >> jimena, cuÁnto tiempo tienes ya? >> 9 meses. puede suiñen cualquier momento. pero que sea despuÉs del show. >> estÁ bellÍsima. lo Único que tiene es la panza. >> tengo ya una cara de embarazada que no puedo. >> tÚ nos has dado todas las primicias de lo que va pasando con tu embarazo. >> tienen el nombre. >> no todavÍa. yo estoy aferrada a una y mi marido a otro. ç >> en el Último momento deciden cambiar... tal vez... >> ya falta poco. >> en el dÍa de ayer honestamente el mundo del espectÁculo, todo el mundo está de luto con la muerte del sr. pedro armendaris junior. >> a los 79 aÑos de edad nos deja, primero con una historia dentro çd

i am most optimistic about america. i am pretty optimistic about and yet because i think they have got very good demographics there. the political situation is you know, on a day-to-day level you have got the corruption and inefficiency and they are not building roads properly but on the long term, it's pretty stable. they are not going to have a civil war. they have a democracy that works. they have the ability to change governments and government more or less reflect the will of the people so the long-term it's stable and they have this fantastic bulge of working age people coming up. i much forward about china. china has been growing very fast but i think it is going to start hitting the brakes fairly soon. the labor force is starting to shrink already thanks to the one-child policy. the country is going to get old before it gets rich. under the one-child policy, you had this period where you would have to parents with only one kid and that was fantastic dependency ratio. told parents could go out to work. that one k

you are going to manufactured in america and grow in america. you are going to sell here and around the world. manufacturing creates a middle- class and pays 22% more than the average wages in other types of jobs. it gives working people the opportunity to make sufficient money, to have sufficient security and health care so that they and their families are living in a satisfying, quality of life, weight. i want to -- quality of life way. i want you to believe that america is going to make it. we are going to start manufacturing, making things in america. we say to the automobile industry, something that was important for our country. it saved hundreds of thousands, indeed millions, of jobs. manufacturing jobs have the biggest leveraging effect on other jobs -- levering the fact that any other enterprise -- leveraging of that than any other enterprise. we are going to make it by doing what john kennedy asked us to do. not what our country can do for us. but what we can do for our country. thank you. let me hear your questions. >> hello, congress

we are now on item 11, america's cup draft parks events operations plan. >> it is information only. there is no -- its only environmental stuff. >> good afternoon, i ever made partnership and redevelopment office. and you're wearing two hats -- and at that as well as i have been working half time for the mayor's office of economic and work-force development of the america's cup project, so i am here in both roles and i'm here to present the america's cup parks event operations plan. just to give everybody a little context, the schedule of america's cup events fault -- calls for two types of events. in 2012, the world series events, august 11th through the 19th and august 27th through september 2nd. this is a traveling exhibition of races the america's cup authority and race management are going to run the world, racing is smaller craft, 45 foot catamarans. they show up and it's a traveling road show with a common have wonderful events and an event village they create an race the boats near the shores of people can get a good sense of what their races are like and it's a great way to

i love america. and between the stops at the various national parks, mom would read to us books about the founding of the country and dad would talk to us about the founders. i think corn qualifies as amber. i'll call that part of the amber wave s of grain. there is another verse, however, that is important as well. it says oh, beautiful, more patriots dream, that sees beyond the years. the idea was that the patriots and their vision for america was not just for their time, but for permanence and that america and the foundation of this country would not just be a short experience but something that would last a long, long time. it would see beyond the years into our times. i believe in the principles upon which this country was founded. i believe that freedom and being able to choose our elected representatives is one of those key principles and i also believe in opportunity. when the founders crafted the declaration of independence, say said the creator endowed us with unalienable rights, life, libe

>> this is "bbc world news america reporting from washington. the last chance summit, european leaders meet to save the euro amid warnings of global recession and a crisis of confidence. >> investors are not convinced that if they lend eurozone countries some money, they will get it all back some day. >> by much returns to virginia tech. two people are killed at the scene of the deadliest campus shooting four years ago. -- violence returned to virginia tech. prime minister vladimir putin accuses america of promoting protest. elmo goes to islamabad, could "sesame street" pave the way for better relations between pakistan and america? welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. never has europe been so necessary, never has it been so much danger. those are the words of nicolas sarkozy and head of the summit which is billed as the last chance to save the europe. the stumbling block is not financial, it is political. how much power should brussels have over the eurozone countries? >> in brussels, there is some christmas cheer. men

on medical grounds but america's not giving up on one of their most wanted and so then people. you think it was in some of the widen it is so over the top they left him one is entering it three and a half years after the arrest. if gagne was this latest threat that wouldn't have been done there are nine cases currently fighting extradition to america richard o'dwyer is the latest he's wanted on copyright charges for creating a search engine for pirated content it's not even considered a crime in the u.k. but at the moment that doesn't matter the us can still get their man a coalition government promised to change this while in opposition nails the chance to deliver either bennett r.t. london. a reminder of headlines is coming your way in just a couple of minutes with me here on that.

el apoyo del presidente hugo chávez le abrió las puertas de américa latina a irán. elevando los niveles de preocupación en temas de cooperación nuclear y militar. en breve le explicamos porqué en "la amenaza iraní" en breve le explicamos porqué en "la amenaza iraní" ♪. ♪. >>> maría elena salinas: un periodista investigativo que oculta su identidad y se hace llamar antonio salas, ha causado gran impacto en europa con sus libros; debido a sus investigaciones ha tenido que declarar como testigo, en casos muy controversiales y asegura que, con frecuencia, recibe amenazas de muerte. y con su más reciente trabajo, titulado "el palestino" pasó seis años infiltrado en el mundo de las redes terroristas internacionales. su investigación comzó en los polémicos círculos bolivarianos de venezuela, vytenis didziulis pudo entrevistarlo y aquí tenemos en exclusiva su revelador testimonio. >>> vytenis didziulis: ¿existen personas dentro del gobierno venezolano que tienen relaciones con personas o grupos terroristas? >>> salas: yo me encontré con que miembros del

i look at america and get a very positive light. i know right now, it's become somewhat conventional to be very, very critical, to be very concerned about the future. i know we face real challenges. but i am convinced is that what america has is what the world would love to have, the most powerful dynamic people in the world. i talk about that day in and day out and don't worry about what the other candidates are doing or saying. i focus on my message and what it takes to get this economy going to make sure we can pass a law in america to have a brighter future. >> sean: this may surprise you, but i'm a pretty competitive person. i was trying to see if i was competitive in a presidential race, we know that governor perry had a tough 54 seconds in one of the debates. are you quietly saying, yes! or are you saying, uh-oh, that could be me, feeling sorry for him? >> in the case of governor perry, i was the guy who shouted out the epa. i think that might have been what he was looking for. i said, how about the epa? and he picked that up

the iranians are the net winner of america's failure in iraq. as. you run is the net winner ok we go back to monday and let me put this on the. day that the majority the majority of sunni sunni arabs sunni arabs polled think that iran is trying to get a nuclear weapon and even greater majority of sunni arabs sunni arabs polled think that would be a good thing for the middle east that is a dramatic indication of how and where are you sure. you think you. know i don't think i think this is totally wrong i mean i would like iran to have a do you think i don't think so. i was under a lot of islamic movements who are new to iran and all were you first because the iranians have they have a nuclear power in the region it's only heiress agreements are against iran what iran is a fact everytime the sunni arab governments are against iran but what iran has effectively done it is it has galvanized the grievances of sunni arabs across the middle east and has used the know how it has in terror like nation arab government i think you intervention are a very.

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you stood up for america. america needs to stand up for you. [ cheers ] >> that's why as your commander-in-chief i am committed to making sure you get the care and the benefits and the opportunities that you've earned. for those of you who remain in uniform, we will do whatever it takes to ensure the health of our force, including your families. we will keep faith with you. we will help our wounded warriors heal. and we will stand by those who've suffered the unseen wounds of war. and make no mistake as we go forward as a nation we are going to keep america's armed forces the strongest fighting force the world has ever seen. that will not stop. [ cheers ] [ applause ] >> that will not stop. but our commitment doesn't end when you take off the uniform. you're the finest that our nation has to offer and after years of rebuilding iraq, we want to enlist our veterans in the work of rebuilding america. that's why we're committed to doing everything we can to extend more opportunities to those who have served. that