is still from my actions vested fam radio stations i would like to ask president putin and the e.u. leaders in your. dresses you have said you have made it clear that you tackle a lot of questions in the framework of cooperation in quite a quick manner for instance you've been able to agree with the e.u. protocol service to to hang the russian flag in the right way because before that it was a doubt but in any case there are some questions that take time to discuss for for example axis of russian companies to the european in their key markets and these are free travel for russians. go to europe. so how can you take all this. take of this question. to the benefit of the countries as mr browser said speaking of visit free travel travel i have already said it all i don't think there is much to add. to the human spirit but. the ball is in the corner of our european partners partners and for four years all the readmission agreements have been in force. we have taken and implemented all the decisions so on external water control so there are no questions that remain technical as settled v

them putin also address u.s. criticism of moscow's security and human rights policies in response to news that a court had reduced the jail sentence of one of putin poses strongest critics. the president said that the case was not politically motivated, and he dismissed recent protests about his presidency. >> we do not need this anarchy. during the 1990's, this kind of anarchy give market economics and democracy a bad name in russia. people are still afraid of that today. >> the marathon press conference lasted four hours, but president putin had little to offer that was really new. >> it was a fighting performance by vladimir putin who likes to present himself as a faithful servant of the russian people, but there was a lack of fresh ideas and concrete answers. his words sounded a lot more like holding onto power than a new beginning for the good of russia. >> efforts to bail out ciphers are running into fresh obstacles. a german newspaper is reporting that the international monetary fund is not prepared to con

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and president putin says it's now or never calls on russia's lawmakers to overhaul the economy root out corruption and stem the flow of the country's wealth. broadcasting live and now in. our brand new digs here in moscow this is the with me rule reece to show you it's a pleasure to have you with us turn our attention first now to egypt where both the muslim brotherhood and its opponents are claiming that the country has narrowly voted to back the disputed draft constitution in round one of the referendum and the claim is based on an official tallies the official results will not be announced until after the next stage of the draft was shaped by the islamists but has been slammed by the opposition of course want to build true small from cairo this be a tense night here in the capital cairo waiting for these key. referendum of the constitution. of course the official ones will come out of the second round which indicates that it was a yes vote the muslim brotherhood together with the media outlets numbers are mounting up they're saying approximately fifty six point five percent voted yes

proves that putin is of all people. play into all of russia the site on. morning news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing up for a shelter all day. please. please please. please . that's to be. a. little. misleading good. very little. good to have you with us here on out see today i'm rory sushi in moscow russian lawmakers on the verge of blacklisting a number of u.s. officials for alleged violations of human rights and this comes after washington adopted sanctions against some russians as part of the so-called magnitsky law details now from oxys top. barack obama has signed into law the u.s. magnitsky bill which concerns russian officials which the u.s. accuses of involvement in the death of sergei magnitsky a lawyer who died in prison in two thousand and nine having been imprisoned on tax evasion charges which his supporters say were trumped up russia though has for a long time now railed against this legislation saying it is rank hypocrisy and that if the magnitsky bi

president putin promises that a corrupt official politician will go unpunished. about the crackdown the russian the balance during his first address since returning to the. u.k. reveals who's going to stump up to revive its founding conny for the rich can rest at least. one thing the poorest port after the break. it's perched atop a jaw and under view from the kremlin stretches as far as the eye can see up for a city to all of siberia for centuries. it lost its economic importance even before it was bypassed by the chance i bear in railway but the poles cremains a spiritual center. things like these are a yearly occurrence thousands of docs worshippers of them selves implicity water to commemorate the baptism of jesus. in the fifteen eighties the russians had only just conquered siberia taking it from the muslims. surrounded by enemies to balls to be their stronghold constructed on top of the city but soon enough it became an economic hub siberian oil of its time bringing in a third of the state revenue but the ball scribbled location had of the uses for the russ

>> president putin has just nailed the lid in the coffin. shame on him. shame on him for saying here's an ultimatum. i'm angry at the u.s. for something else. let's use the children as pawns. >> coming up at 6:00, we'll tell you more about the mcfaddens, their connection to russian adoptions and why putin's action could have impacts on families all over the country. >>> now to a story that could affect an awful lot of people in the state. a new law going into effect tuesday will given parents an additional way to protect their children. >> they can protect them thanks to this law. parents can now request a freeze on their kid's cred kit-- credit. the request cap be made online at three of the major credit reporting agencies. in the past the agencies were allowed to say know if asked to have the child's credit lot. >>> two years to the day that phylicia barnes was reported missing, prosecutors is asking that the courtroom be closed for part of the testimony of her half sister deanna. it's over video that shows a sexually expolice sit tape. mi

or politician will be able to rest easily putin focused on problems at home as he spoke to lawmakers for the first time since returning to the top job artie's alexia share of ski listened in. several years ago when former president medvedev addressed russia's lawmakers this signaled major constitutional changes for the country with the presidential term being extended to six years this time when president putin delivered his first annual address after returning to the kremlin for the third time it ran no major sensations nor political changes but at the same time this speech was even more significant as some have already said that many others before this time put in barely spoke about any foreign policy issues the main focus was on domestic problems in russia and there have been plenty according to russia's president in fact he started his speech by saying it is now or never as the world is going through a crisis russia must stand up to all these challenges and the first and the most correct way to do that is to invest in two youths not rich it is the whites that cleon as of today th

and president putin says it's now or never. has no legs to all the bull be calling me corruption and stung the outflow of the country's wealth. this is aussie broadcasting live from our brand new h.d. studios in moscow i mean hello and a very warm welcome to the program to egypt first where both the muslim brotherhood and its opponents are claiming that the country has now voted to bond with a disputed draft constitution and round one of the referendum they claim is based on an official tallies that fishel results will not be announced until after the next stage the draft horse trained by the islamist islam it's but has been slammed by the opposition correspondent trees in cairo for us. it's been a tense night here in the capital in cairo as people have been waiting for these key results on the referendum of the constitution in the last few hours we've got preliminary results of course fishel ones will come out of the second round which indicates that it was a yes vote the muslim brotherhood together with the media outlets numb

well we're going to go straight to our top story now president putin is in turkey for talks i believe we can now cross a live to a news conference that he's having with prime minister recep here in istanbul with trade and syria very much on the agenda that's trying listening if we can. just. get your record in holding on the turkish side by sending a corporation and. establishing a joint venture called marketing distribution between rusty have to. be called in j.c. . so you can see they're actually signing some trade agreements there which is it is very much trade oriented as russia and turkey seek to further develop close trade ties especially with energy but of course syria is bound to have been on the agenda as well and we will go back to this this news conference in just a couple of minutes i believe. for the mean time france and britain have summoned the israeli ambassadors in their countries to get don't ever why most settlements have been authorized in disputed lands in east jerusalem the u.n. and the e.u. have also said that israel's construction plans pose a threat to future

president putin says it's now all never called on russia's lawmakers start of a pull economy to root out corruption and stand the outlaw outflow of the country's wealth. this is all see broadcasting live from our brand new agey studios here in moscow i mean you leisure paula hello and a very warm welcome to the program to egypt for us too about the muslim brotherhood and its opponents are claiming that the country has now voted to bind the disputed draft constitution in round one of a referendum the claim was based on an official tallies the official results were not there now it's until after the next stage the draft will shape the i was trained by the islamists but has been slammed by the opposition correspondent belcher is in cairo for us. it has been a tense night here in the capital in cairo as people have been waiting for these key results on the referendum of the constitution in the last few hours we've got preliminary results of course fishel ones will come out of the second round which indicates that it was a yes vote the muslim brotherhood together with media outlets number

and president putin vows to cage the corrupt and says it's time for russians to seize the initiative in their country's development. in a very good evening to if you just joined us money kevin i mean this is our first syria's main opposition group says the u.s. should reconsider its decision to add an al qaeda linked group to its list of terrorist organizations saying it's helping them in their fight to topple president bashar assad this is the united states becomes the latest country to openly declared support for the opposition coalition meantime there's been an explosion in the last few hours of some of the interior ministry building in the syrian capital damascus he's going to teach you can see in washington his gun hi there why is america willing to support the opposition movement while claiming one of the factions has links it says to al qaeda. well kevin it's clear that washington is trying to distance itself from extremists in syria they have designated the front carrousel can ization it's a sock to be one of the most aggressive and ruthless groups currently involved in the c

of the headlines tonight russia and turkey pen lucrative new business deals as president putin says the two countries are looking at new ways to solve the syrian conflict warning against a military buildup in the region. and the british jobs program is just not working as it's revealed the scheme actually makes it even less likely to keep people employed. this is kevin owen it's good to have you with us now from some britain of some of the israeli ambassadors to their countries to get over why more settlements have been authorized in disputed lands near east jerusalem the u.n. in the you've also said that israel's construction plans pose a threat to future peace negotiations more from a middle east correspondent paula. that's happening in an area known as anyone and what it effectively means is that the waste that income will be cutoff on the streets to them this announcement is why be conceived as punishment against the palestinians for number one going to the un was with us for the number two winning it essentially winning a bird that sees the palestinian state being recognized within

ally that welcome to business president vladimir putin pledged to strengthen the russian economy today and his state of the nation address he highlighted the importance of fighting corruption investing into russian equities raising taxes on the which our correspondent natasha said that sky has all the details. putin's main idea for russia's development in the twenty first century is basically it looking eastward meaning of course india and china and judging by the market's reaction investors really liked what they heard the r.t.s. jumped to the psychologically important level of one thousand five hundred points its highest since mid october and putin's address to the federal assembly his first by the way since coming back to office in may had a number of important economic messages but perhaps not one that traders liked the most had to do with putin's ideas for russia's so-called stabilize ation fun he suggested investing about one hundred billion rubles annually that's about three so billion u.s. dollars into the russian stock market. warda by the end of the year the stabilization fun

and president putin bastid page the corrupt and says it's time for russians to seize the initiative in their country's development . hello and welcome to our table straight to our top story now north korea has successfully launched a rocket defying warnings from its neighbors and the u.s. it's a second the tenth this year after failure in april of one young says it sent a weather satellite into orbit but washington seoul and tokyo claim it's testing long range missile technology u.s. threatened fresh sanctions saying the north violated international law as it's banned from conducting ballistic missile tests by the u.n. washington called the launch highly provocative on japan wants a tough response from the u.n. security council north korea expert professor frank says the pressure on trying and has never worked so any new sanctions won't either. sanctions are of course an appropriate means to show your political dissatisfaction but in terms of being effective if they are almost useless in terms of north korea sanctions have been applied for decades korea had enough time to find ways aro

has been in politics in russia but no wonder it seemed at times that putin was not addressing the whole russia and not for the whole world to see but he directed a stern warning to those. sitting in front of him cuckoo or david in order that we could you know when you can get it but how can people trust an official or a politician who talks a lot about the good of russia at the same time trying to take his money out of the country i ask you to support the bill to limit the amount of foreign accounts and stocks that officials and politicians can have that the people. don't applaud yet maybe you won't like everything i have to say but even put in will be holding an annual press conference for the world media and the eyes of the entire planet will again be on the russian president let's see russia r.t. reporting from inside the kremlin. all right let's get into it here on r t the world update now and some other global headlines for you starting with activists in bahrain they say police have used tear gas on hundreds of anti-government demonstrators as rallies flared up again following the

from putin's return to the kremlin to bursts of public dissent a look at how the changes on russia's political scene in twenty twelve will be remembered by those who covered them here in r.t. . twenty four hours a day you're watching our. the international peace envoy for syria says there are only two directions for the conflict a political process all hell and russia's foreign minister at a meeting with me in moscow said the syrian opposition is refusal to talk with the government only paves the way for further bloodshed but. the spin off has been following the talks for us now so what exactly do circular of and. see as a solution to serious crisis and what's the main stumbling block. of the main stumbling block at the moment is that neither side of this conflict is the willing to compromise the rebels say that our side has to go i thought himself says he's not going anywhere he's protecting his country moscow says no one's able to persuade him to do so well neither the. opposition are willing to put their weapons down. if. you know the only alternative is. really help. the politica

and president putin vows to cage the corrupt and says it's time for russians to seize the initiative in their countries develop. their one is kevin zero in syria's main opposition coalition says the u.s. should reconsider his decision to are the leading rebel group to its terrorist list meanwhile several explosions struck outside the interior ministry building in damascus killing at least seven earlier the u.s. become the latest country to endorse the opposition alliance the latest smarties going to church you can. washington is trying to distance itself from extremists in syria they have designated the front carrousel can ization it's a sock to be one of the most aggressive and ruthless groups currently involved in the conflict washington decision to call them terrorists is seen as more of a symbolic move because many other fighters in syria possibly most of them welcome the efforts of those designated terrorists efforts that include suicide bombings and killing of prisoners as you just this wednesday. a bombing bill drop to the massacre to cause we're here at the interior ministry

will president putin sign what is one of the most controversial laws he's been face with. yesterday he indicated he probably would and today he signed it. as you mentioned it has been very controversial because a number of ministers in his own government, including the russian foreign minister have publicly criticized the law and president putin's critics have accused him of playing politics with russian children. >> criticized it on humanitarian grounds. >> yes, absolutely. it's interesting to note that the bill we're talking about, the law we're talking about is wider than simply banning adoptions. it's russia's retaliation for the act that bans russians officials suspected of human rights violations from getting u.s. visa's and freezes their assets. so this bans u.s. officials from coming to russia, u.s. officials who have committed abuses and crimes against russian citizens. it shuts down n.g.o.'s in russia, and most controversially it makes it illegal for american families to adopt russian children. the argument is here, in terms of adoptions that russia has been conc

russia saw protests this year leading up to and after vladimir putin was elected for a third time as president but not nearly as big as what we saw at the end of twenty eleven i think the demonstrations in russia were motivated by frustration the demonstrators had the care political goal which was to discredit the the reputation of president putin and the power to go to russia knowing that those that president putin you know russian were going to win the election they had no choice they had no possibility of beating him in an election so they tried to their strategy was instead to discredit used in the eyes of the west just before putin's inauguration a protest in central moscow turned violent for the first time since the recent opposition movement began rallying arrests were made in both protesters and police reported injuries several demonstrators face court hearings on charges of inciting mass public disorder and a dozen more trials will carry on in the new year with opposition claiming this is all part of a kremlin clamp down on their movement but putin's reelection and protests

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has been in politics in russia but no wonder it seemed at times that putin was not addressing the whole russia and not for the whole world to see but he directed a stern warning to those. sitting in front of him cuckoo or david in water that which you know when you can get it but how can people trust an official or a politician who talks a lot about the good of russia at the same time trying to take his money out of the country i ask you to support the bill to limit the amount of foreign accounts and stocks that officials and politicians can have. the people. don't applaud yet maybe you won't like everything i have to say but ima put in we'll be holding an annual press conference for the world media and the eyes of the entire planet will again be on the russian president let's see russia. reporting from inside the kremlin well i'll be back with a news team with more news for in about thirty five minutes from. we brace the cold weather and travel to the north of russia and the port city of london that's they with us for that if you can. i. you know how sometimes you see a story and it se

blasts from putin's return to the kremlin to best serve the public dissent look at how the changes on russia's political scene in twenty twelve will be remembered by those who covered them here in r.t. . well live from moscow this is our take and we start with some breaking news this hour a passenger plane has made an emergency landing on one of moscow's main highways now witnesses say the plane was partially destroyed after landing and is now on fire well unconfirmed reports say it's a red wings' plane coming from the czech republic and was attempting to land the new cover airport and we understand at least. one person has died and of course we'll bring you more on this as we get it as we say unconfirmed reports so far of this breaking news that a plane has landed on a highway with at least one fatality we'll get more on this as we get it here on r.t. . the international war for syria says there are only two directions for the conflict a political process or help and russia's foreign minister at a meeting with lakhdar brahimi in moscow said the syrian opposition's refusal to talk wit

and president putin says it's now or never he calls on russia's lawmakers to overflew the colony over time and corruption understand the outflow of the country's wealth. you're watching all t.v. broadcasting live from our brand new h.d. studios in moscow. hello and a very warm welcome to the program to egypt where the muslim brotherhood is claiming that egyptians have narrowly voted to be country's controversial new draft constitution the claim is based on the movement's own vote tally but with ballots still being counted it hasn't been officially can fund the draft constitution will showed by the brotherhood but has been slammed by the opposition who say it favors the islamists and for an update when i joined live from cairo by correspondent true well good morning nice to see you so what more can you bring us on these claims by the muslim brotherhood and early indications on the way voting on the way voting has gone. it's here in the capital cairo is people have been waiting for these key results on the referendum of the constitution in the last few hours we've got the live in the re

i call on president obama to tell putin the u.s. cannot and will not engage in a business-as-usual relationship with a regime so utterly destroyed of humanity a regime that deliberately tears about the -- apart the lives of its own children die-- by depriving them of the love of americans who only wish to give these innocents a family and better future. let those in the administration turn their eyes from these outrage explain to these orphans why they must be sacrificed for the sake of good relations with the putin regime. with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from kale is recognized. mr. berman: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of s. 3331, the intercountry adoption universal accreditation act of 2012, and yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. berman: i would like to thank senator kerry and my colleague from new jersey for their work on thegs will. this bill ensures american families adopting c

vladimir putin signed the ban into law on friday. lawmakers there cite a history of abuse of russian children adopted by american families. many believe it was a retaliation about a law signed by president obama that poses u.s. travel and financial restrictions on human right s abusers in russia. good morning. you were in the process of adopting a 13-year-old boy named -- and his name is daniel from an orphanage in siberia. >> yes. >> tell me the status. is that on hold right now? >> it's definitely on hold because of the law that putin just signed in. but i'm ever hopeful that things are going to change. and i'm hopeful that better communication between both countries might cause putin to rethink the thing he just signed. >> how far along were you in this process to adopt him before the ban went into effect? >> well, i had already met daniel. i had lived over there for a few months in 2010 and spent a great deal of time with him. i completed my dossier. the region created a law banning u.s. adoptions before the country did. and that

nine pm here in moscow right now the headlines tonight president vladimir putin says america's poor human rights for a complex are others as moscow responds to washington's decision to sanction russian diplomats from. also new dramatic leaks or the launch of a political career. set to outline in the next few hours his plans for the christmas address from the safety of ecuador's london embassy look ahead to that. and the u.k. reveals the war in afghanistan has cost it over seventeen billion pounds that figure expected to rise before british troops that would draw. in a very good evening chief who just joined us it's kevin owen here at the new center tonight our top story the i'm a putin has slammed america's human rights record citing indefinite detention and sanctions in overseas prisons while speaking to journalists the president defended moscow's response to washington's decision to sanction russian officials to go piskun off listen to what president putin had to say. the president slammed the monied ski act passed recently by america lawmakers saying that it's a continuation of a serie

has been in politics in russia but no wonder it seemed at times that putin was not interested in the whole russia and not for the whole world to see what he directed a stern warning to those. sitting in front of him in water that which you know when you can get it but how can people trust an official or a politician who talks a lot about the good of russia where you live the same time you're trying to take his money out of the country i ask you to support the jail to limit the amount of foreign accounts and stocks that officials and politicians can have should get the people. don't applaud yet maybe we won't like everything i have to say but ima put in we'll be holding an annual press conference for the world media and the eyes of the entire planet will again be on the russian president let's see russia. reporting from inside the kremlin. now the death of one of the most prominent soviet leaders remains shrouded in mystery examine the circumstances surrounding the end of joseph stalin's life that'll be in just a few minutes right here not. years um to see. destruction without to see.

and president putin vows to cage the corruption says it's time for russians to seize the initiative in the country's development. over good evening chief you just joined us here at the new center tonight and first syria's main opposition group says the u.s. should reconsider its decision to add an al qaeda linked group to its list of terrorist organizations saying it's helping them in their fight to topple president bashar al assad this is the united states becomes the latest country to openly declare its support for the opposition coalition has kept speed on this kind of future cans it's. like why is america willing to support the opposition movement while claiming one of their factions has indeed links to al qaeda they say. well kevin it's very much clear that washington is trying to distance itself from extremists in syria they have designated the front a terrorist organization it's thought to be one of the most aggressive and ruthless groups currently involved in the conflict washington's decision to call them terrorists is seen as more of a symbolic move because many other fighter

putin: operative in the kremlin." welcome to you both. fiona hill, is this even about adopted children at all or is this about a more confrontational stance towards the united states? >> well, it is now about adopted children which, of course, the story makes very clear. but it's come out of really campaign politics on both sides of the united states and in russia. mr. putin first actually survived a bruising campaign to become president again in spite of the fact that everybody saw him as a shoe-in and as part of that campaign he did ratchet up anti-american sentiment. he blamed protests that took place around the elections for the russian parliament and around the presidential elections, many thousands of people out in the streets in moscow and elsewhere, he blamed those on the u.s. support. he's taken punitive action against u.s. n.g.o.s. he's declared many non-governmental organizations in russia that received foreign funding, especially funding to the united states to be foreign agents, people now under a new legislation have to regi

unpleasant putin says it's now or never as he calls on buses no make is to overhaul the economy motown's corruption and stem the outflow of the country's wealth. you're watching all to see broadcasting live from a brand new h.d. studios here in moscow i mean. under a very warm welcome to the program to egypt trust where the brotherhood and its opponents are claiming that the country has not only voted to bonk the disputed draft constitution in around one a referendum so the claim is based on an official tallies there for sure results will not be announced until after the next stage so they dry out by the islamist but has been slammed by the opposition so our correspondent is in cairo for us what will. be to tell you right here in the capital in cairo as people have been waiting for these key results on the referendum of the constitution in the last few hours we've got preliminary results of course traditional. to come out of the second round indicate that it was a yes but the most a brotherhood together with the media outlets numbers and matching up there saying approximately fifty six p

here ups energy future president putin's meeting e.u. leaders on his first trip to brussels since returning to the kremlin. tackling terror on trade routes he reports on the drone campaign. one of the country's leadership seems to be quiet about it plus. has already. a million documents to be released. promises to reveal secrets concerning every government in the world as he lays out his plan for twenty thirteen in a christmas address. in london. russia's lower house of parliament approves the response to the so-called magnitsky act moving towards a complete ban on americans adopting russian children. twenty four hours a day you're watching r t. continental energy issues are set to gather steam president putin in brussels for talks with european union leaders russia is the largest oil and natural gas exporter to the twenty seven nation block such a big partnership rarely comes without hurdles. explains. we're up for a very interesting e.u. russia summit here in brussels with several very important issues on the agenda one of them will be

the next is vladimir putin. they want to be the next hugo chavez. as the nigerian kernel, he's looking to try and create -- your statement is correct with desi watt power our power to live? about the mechanics, but the means to match a using that power, but then making it palatable to pfo. i was in china 10 days after mubarak file, which was an incredible moment as i was meeting with the party officials and they hadn't had time yet to revise their talking points. so they did not know because they just happen. you would ask them, and that was when he was one of another top of their top middle east efforts. he said we don't even know what to call this thing that's going on in egypt right now. we don't know how to label it right now. others would say, you know, the reasonable and have been here come the reason these changes will occur here is because you have to understand we are in asian culture. i looked at the guy inside, in egypt was? i've never seen a chinese communist party official blush, but he blush. you could see an aside do not say that anyw

hope is going off listen to what president putin had to say. the president slammed the monied ski act passed recently by america lawmakers saying that it's a continuation of a series of anti russian laws like the jackson then a guy act which was abolished recently and putin says that the us as a country which is still uses prisons like i will agree with one time aware of the violations of human rights happened on a daily basis has no rights to criticize the human rights situation in russia. our us partners and their lawmakers say they are concerned about human rights in our prisons that's fine of course but there are plenty of issues they have themselves abu ghraib and guantanamo where for years people have been detained without charge it's inconceivable prisoners walk around in chains like in the middle ages they've legalized torture inside their own country if something like that happened here it would cause an international outcry and you put it all remains quiet in the us we've heard plenty of promises to close guantanamo but it's still the

. >> relations between russia and the european union in focus as vladimir putin plays -- pays a visit to brussels. >> and today is the start of a new era according to the ancient mayan calendar and the old one draws to an end. in egypt, the final round of a national referendum on the countries' disputed new constitution is set to start on saturday morning. most observers expect the constitution to be approved. unofficial results from the first round of voting last week showed 57% in favor of the document. >> critics say the constitution is to islamist-based and ignores the rights of women and minorities in the country. in the run-up to the vote, opponents and supporters of morsi clashed again on friday. >> "our souls and our blood we sacrifice to islam," they chanted in alexandria. thousands of muslim brotherhood supporters rallied in the city ahead of the voting on egypt's referendum on the proposed constitution. >> my message to the egyptian people is saying yes to stability. production needs to start moving. economic reform will jump-start political reform, not the other way around

. >> vladimir putin signs a law banning adoptions by americans. named after a russian toddler who died after being left in a hot car in virginia by his adoptive parents. >> the vast majority of russian citizens are negative about the foreigners adopting our children. we need to do it ourselves. >> but the reality is americans are most the most enthusiastic adopters of russian kids. 7500,000 of whom -- 7800,000 of whom need homes. only 18,000 homes in russia take in orphan. the state department regrets the decision with the russia new restriction on the zil society organizations that work with american partners. the adoption law is really believed to be a reaction to a u.s. law passed in the name of magnifsky, lawyer who died in prison after investigating $230 million tax fraud case. it been as those russians believed in some way linked to his death and other human rights violators from traveling to the states and freezes their assets. some say you can't link the two laws. >> i think law is absolutely outrageous. amoral and despicable. this is a la

. >> we ask president putin, please, can he set an alternate means but don't let me children suffer. >> glor: he met saddam hussein and made it look easy. david martin on the death of general norman schwarzkopf and what the world did not know about him. and "on the road" with steve hartman as a man tries to save his wife of 56 years. an unusual request that gets a surprising response. >> got two of them and i only need one. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> glor: good evening, scott is off tonight. i'm jeff glor. it is the end of a holiday week, but it would appear congress is just getting started. tonight, the president said he is mottestly optimistic about a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, which would mean avoiding automatic tax increases and spending cuts come, you know, 1. the president spoke to the nation this evening after an hour-long meeting with congressional leaders at the white house. democrat and republican leaders have agreed to extend jobless benefits and some tax increases. they appear to remain deadlocked on who exactly w