they are fighting the decline of the west and nail. this implies financial capitalism and the nexus between financial capitalism new liberalism and the war party which is basically the democrats in the republics in the west but also some parties in europe as well so all deletes will fight it it's the decline of the roman empire you could you could see it's in slow motion but it's also the tour turbo accelerated version and we have to ask this question to our friends in beijing by the way because for them this is the chinese century so what are they putting in place in terms of not emulating all the mistakes committed by the west especially for these past one hundred years and is there going to be a chinese century that is chinese century chinese characteristics i don't think so but then we're going to talk about it soon ok alexander when you come in on this go ahead well i just don't think the west is in the climate quite on the contrary we're the most dynamic economic structure that exists on the face of the earth we tracked more fore

yes i mean the middle class is very strong in the west t.v. is right there are problems we have a declining middle class that is something we have to fight but for the time being we are both the most competitive societies and the most equitable societies if you look at the distribution of income in china in russia in brazil you will see that the first the people at the very top they will get so much more of their share of national wealth than the rest of society that is not the case in the west yes we have a you know a number of ultra rich people in the united states and in europe but by and large the middle class is the strongest in the west stronger than anywhere else kepi what about rising middle classes elsewhere. no. we have to qualify what alexander just said. the problem is inequality in. western countries starting with the west look i was before the u.s. election i did six thousand miles in six southwest states i saw poverty all over i lived in california twenty years ago i used to go to the southwest in years ago when you compare what

that the west should be proud of. well i mean i think the west is still the largest force for good in the world i mean the interventions that have taken place if you think about afghanistan for example that has been to rout out al qaeda operation base terrorist organization that has struck around the world from bali to madrid to london there has been one grave there on which europeans and americans had a dramatic fall out that was the iraq war that should not have taken place but compared to certain other regions the west is the most peaceful and stable region there is no conflict inside of the west if you look to russia with the chechen conflict in the northern caucasus if you look to see. that's been overthrown by decade now more than a lie now more than a decade so it's not a conflict. well i mean i would still call it a conflict violent conflict but money is not a but there's no vote there's no violence in chechnya maybe around it but not in chechnya ok then i think you see it here and let's look at it it's these

the north in the north east of asia that makes me nervous not the west ok pepe what do you think the people in afghanistan think in libya in syria and i go ahead tonight yeah let me talk a little bit about the south china sea is my backyard because one of my bases is hong kong in fact what's happened in the south china sea is going to be solved in a mechanism between the association of the southeast asian countries stan countries and china the problem is the un they will last to have a collective bargaining discussion in the china wants a bilateral discussion i'm sure all over the next few i wouldn't say months but perhaps over the next two years or so they will find a mechanism to discuss all the disputes it's basically about oil and gas it's always about energy so who's going to exploit water. so they're going to still has problems in the south china sea. no it's not i hope i'm right it's it's it's what we are getting from the political leadership from these southeast asian nations and also from the chinese as china doesn't want a confrontation with the south east southeast asia es

welcome across about the mind you were talking about the possible the fall of the west. eleanor like to go back to you in brussels you know outside of the west however we're going to find that the west has seen is very very violent ok over the last twenty years it's nato interventions is this something that the west should be proud of. well. part of the force for good in the world i mean the interventions that have taken place if you think about afghanistan for example that has been to rout out al qaeda operation based terrorist organization that has struck around the world from bali to madrid to london there has been one grave there on which europeans and americans had a you know a dramatic fall out that was the iraq war that should not have taken place but compared to certain other regions the west is the most peaceful and stable region there is no conflict inside of the west if you look to russia with the chechen conflict in the northern caucasus if you look to singe are now in the diner that's been over for a decade now more than a light now more than a decade so it'

and for the west in general ok alexander in. again you i mean you no need to is nato a force for good ok because it's looking to the pacific now. well i mean nato is reaching out to countries like australia and japan to intensify their cooperation but i'll give you an example of that you just mentioned a country where i travel relatively often and that is libya if it had not been for nato colonel gadhafi would have murdered the inhabitants of lingo i don't know that we don't know that how do you know that what do you know what he so you know that we don't know that that's why he's are going to i know has said he was always this guy for twenty years thirty years he's a crazy guy don't listen to him and he makes one statement then you listen to him it doesn't make any logical sense at all where his troops were. outside of benghazi they were preparing to enter the town he has said that we will he will squash the cockroaches who live there and i quote the colonel gadhafi this new. ad readers are already a very bad reuters story ok w

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the problem is inequality. western countries starting with the west look i was before the u.s. election i did six thousand miles in six southwest states i saw poverty all over i lived in california twenty years ago i used to go to the southwest many years ago when you compare what's going on in parts of nevada in parts of utah and parts of colorado now days to twenty years ago you know it. is graphic anybody in europe is more complicated for instance i have lots of friends in spain my son lives in barcelona for that matter so i'm in close contact what's going on inside spain unemployment rate for the new generation the google facebook generation now is fifty percent so even if you go to a good school or even a back nickel school. it is in spain after wars there's no jobs so the solution for them is to immigrate to south america over here you know any in europe is more complicated you have parts of germany which have some of the best standard of living anywhere in the world you have northeastern italy for instance which has a tradition of small and two premierships you go to a s

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situation with ice to the north and west, right along 83 heading out toward the north and the west. we'll talk about that coming up through the show. here's storm number one for today. take a look back out to the west coast, that is storm number two. that could bring us maybe some snow as we go into the weekend. so futuretrend showing the rain and then here comes, again, the heavy rain during the course of the afternoon before everything lifts off toward the north and to the east as we go into your day today. in terms of how much snow, again, just outside the beltway, we're thinking a dusting to an irchl. higher amounts towards hagerstown. this is our icecast, ice ekreetion over parts of carroll county and towards the northern tier of the state and that could be a big deal as we go into this afternoon. it's 42 today, there's storm number one, ending as we go to thursday morning. it's 42 on friday with a blend of sunshine. i showed you that storm, by the way, out in the pacific. here comes the snow and rain, 38 degrees on saturday, and we'll be into the 40s on monday and tuesday. we'

east and in the west because they are aligned with the u.s. all are specially the u.s. wants to have a beachhead in terms of controlling central asia oil and gas resources and that's another story as well we should talk about resources if we don't change this model which is the french. you know it's waste it's a waste model basically. fossil fuels this thing is going to explode with the middle class middle class and inside the capital the western capitalist system within the next few years is not even decades. in fact when we have this what's happening in greece spain parts of italy but. portugal when they sing hits the norse in european countries any it will inevitably maybe not german maybe not germany because germany has a very sound economy they have their export mall though they are doing a strategic alliances with russia in terms of oil and gas as well they are sustainable but the rest of europe with exceptional about germany and scandinavia is not then we going to have sort of the. wall street movement inside western europe as well and

would cut off from the rest of the west bank. the united states anticipated this a week ago secretary clinton told israel way in advance don't retaliate by building any one publicly and this is exactly what they're doing because it's probably the single most aggressive thing they could do and i think after the israeli election there has to be a serious conversation of the united states and the new israeli government about this idea of building a new one at the rate they're talking about and. do you think that this first of all would you characterize israel's response to building these settlements as. as retaliatory and what's your take on what happened in the u.n. yesterday to the first question i think there's little doubt given the timing of the announcement regarding the new construction of the authorization of new construction in those zone areas that it is almost certainly a response to what's her place at the united nations yesterday in terms of what the consequences of that will be in the long term i think that remains tot

the west would stop would begin to. qualify terrorist as. bad terrorist and acceptable terrorists also ask them why you think it's a nato was so eager to deploy the six batteries of the interceptor missiles on turkey's border with syria and whether iran could be the actual target here's what he said that's what some people say. the configuration as it is being presented in the media. really looks like it could be used against their own other vital issue concerning syria is that stockpile of chemical weapons going to russia diplomats or outside players seem to acknowledge that it's the responsibility of syrian authorities to keep it safe and that it would be unacceptable if the rebels got their hands on it but then it makes very little sense of why some states in the west continue persuading the rebels to continue fighting by giving them moral political and financial support. just like you know you can watch the exclusive interview full online from us in r.t. dot com. member this story r.t. brought you earlier this year of a man who had his b

influence of the west. the most important element in all of this is whether or not the opposition is able to stand up against this family the ruling class the ruling class in kuwait and most importantly standing against u.s. imperialism kuwait in and of itself is not terribly important but when seen in the context of the g.c.c. and seen as one of the most reliable u.s. allies particularly juxtaposed against what is happening in bahrain then we understand that the united states in the western powers cannot allow the saw family to fall you have to see that kuwait is a launching point in a possible war against iran so all of these taken together really shows that the united states has both political geo political and then of course social reasons why they want to maintain the status quo egypt's president mohamed morsi has announced that the referendum on the new constitution will be held on december the fifteenth that's as the country is gripped by unrelenting protests with thousands coming out both for and ag

at the end the state to lift all sanctions if the west and the p five plus one are ready and this two issue i believe iran will show good will to accept additional protocol to cooperate with by the possibility they mention issues which would need to give access to die beyond additional protocol the e.u. hasn't been buying iranian oil for months now has iran been able to find new markets i believe iranian oil export has decreased fifty percent sixty percent but believe me even if you are in they cannot export one drop of oil they would not give up their rights under the n.p.t. . it really doesn't matter how much you want them exported or not during the war eight years invasion of iraq nine hundred eighty two nine hundred eighty eight we had much more war situation let's move on to syria no how do you think the craft in syria may affect the situation around iran. i believe this would affect more the region the us allies. i believe if they continue like peace syria would go to seed war and civilian war. spreading to iraq so the jordan lebanon and even tortured. iran would be the list to

arabians and then iranians who responded but the west far from doing. i have continued to up the ante by increasing sanctions an increase in the military pressure and many iranians know feel that any claimed owed on this would be some sort of national disgrace what the west done is made the new arena a nuclear nuclear program as of touchstone of national pride one of your interviews said and therefore it becomes more and more difficult for the reason to quiet down so i think as i say the iranians may well give access but i think you know these negotiations have to because only good faith alone is on the table is what is on the table and is not the way some other demands a person by washington which is what is continuing happened you well do you think that the radius can lose faith in those haitians as a whole i mean we've heard these talks of wrapped up a looks like a self will be meeting again in tehran in january but we've had talks after talks after talks with no outcome. i think the result is we paid you could go and you go a long way to try and. co

at the radar, we do have some shower activity off to the west. it will be coming in at this morning over the next couple of hours. even some areas there are pockets of freezing conditions, there could be some freezing drizzle. we'll show you the radar. >> a busy friday morning. we have a couple of accidents. a crash that is taking up the right lane. there is a lot of activity. you can get by in the left lane on southbound 895. 468, another accident location we're keeping tabs on. moving pretty well on the harrisburg expressway. 51 just prior to the beltway. no problems to report on the j.f.x. traffic is flowing pretty smoothly down to the beltway. up to speed on the north side for the parkville region. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we are following breaking news. a strong earthquake off the northeastern coast of japan triggered a tsunami warning. so far there are no reports of any injuries or damage. a warning was issued for a tsunami up to 6 feet high. this is for the same area that was devastated back in march of last year. officia

same goes for the top and west side of the beltway. now speeds in the mid 40s on the topside of the beltway. west side in the 30s. there's a live look outside out the west side. it is top and go mostly stop in this particular shot. there's a look at 95 just south of white marsh looking slightly better but seeing brake lights. this travk -- traffic report is brought to you by home paramount. >>> in baltimore county and in howard county police provided extra patrols around the schools yesterday. howard county schools held faculty meetings to review emergency plans. >>> this morning investigators are trying to determine the cause of a 2 alarm fire in baltimore county. the fire broke out last night in a home in dundolk. firefighters says two children escaped after they noticed flames. no injuries were reported. >>> a massive fire on the eastern shore sends 21 people in the hospital. the residents escaped sunday night. occupants jumped from the building. two firefighters suffered minor injured. the cause of the fire is still under investiga

the ncd, the west portal ncd was put in place, i think greater west portal neighborhood association had a hand in it in the '70s, my good friend howard strassner. there was an impression financial institutions are invading our neighborhood, we have to put a restriction on how many can come in. otherwise we'll lose the character of our neighborhood. that was done. and, you know, it's hard to imagine that the conditions that applied in the '70s are applicable now, especially as charles schwab, a bank, how do you define it? i think that the neighborhood is much more at risk or harmed by having a vacant store front for seven years than to bring in a willing tenant that's willing to participate in the community. the other thing the ncd did, and i give howard grief for it every time i see him. they put a 26 foot height limit on west portal, which is, you know, it's awful now. it's haunting us now. so, i think the rules that went into place in the '70s don't apply. this is a great opportunity to help our neighborhood. thank you. >> additional public comment on this item? okay. seeing none, the

radar now and most of the rain is back to the west and to the south. let's show you where we are around hagerstown and frederick county. i-70, that's where the rain, moderate coming down in the yellows and walkersville to the north of that. you are seeing pink mixing in and street across the area. all in all, we're going to deal with the slick roads this morning. take it easy as you step out. to the south around dorchester. cambridge wet weather and lighter rain across the area. more of the same in indian bone, brick house landing. showers there. and that's going to be the name of the game. as we continue through the afternoon we will be seeing off and on showers. keep that around. handy all day long. and the big coat. and the temperature is coming in at 33 degrees depending on where you go. you will see the temperatures going up as we go throughout the day. it will be cold. 40s in annapolis and 41 in davidsonville. thiss is what you can expect as you plan your day. as we go into lunchtime, showers and more of the same at 3. 49 and that is chilly weath

storm system in the east and one in the west. got several in the west. we have a little piece of energy coming here through the north north dakota, south dakota area. more cold on shore flow with mountain snows, coastal rains, one to two feet of snow in many of the mountain areas out west. heavy snow in maine. northern vermont, winter hasn't set in in the east. it will slowly get here. so the breeze is going to kick in. that will help with the upslope. rain and even some snow showers at the highest elevations as we head toward midday. we'll see sunshine. again stray sprinkle can't be ruled out. most of us stay dry. clearing skies tonight and a nice wednesday with lighter wind as the storm system pulls away. so today got about 57, breezy, mix of sun and clouds. tonight we're down in the 30s to near 40 with lighter winds. tomorrow a nice day. even though it's going to be a little cooler with less wind and sunshine, it will be a good day on wednesday. thursday afternoon showers, mostly cloudy, 53. by friday and saturday, sunday and monday, there could be a

we start with some of our maps. 55 on the north side. problem free on the west side. this is 70 from 29 in toward the beltway. baltimore national pike, up to speed. traffic is running smoothly down towards edmondson. this is the j.f.x., 50 miles per hour. this is the fort mchenry, 55 miles per hour. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> the clock winding down as procrastinators scramble to get the last minute christmas gifts. rob roblin joins us live from towson. have you seen any shopping activity? >> a lot of stores are staying open 24 hours a day. before you go out shopping, make sure you check the store hours. last minute shoppers. they were hitting the streets yesterday. if you wore a last-minute shopper, you are not alone. there are a whole bunch of other folks out there. there are 132 million people that have some last-minute shopping to do. 70 million say they will hit the stores on christmas eve. make sure you know there'll be lots of folks shopping also. 17% of people are spending less this year. $586 billion expected in sales this year nationwide. that

the coastal sections and could be an ice storm to the north and west. advisory wise, we are advisorying you folks in carroll county, out towards fredrick county, just be ready because we're going to see a rain, snow, ice mixture, a mess to the north. while we're at 37 in the city, we're hanging onto the upper 20s to 30s outside the beltway. look the eldersburg 31 degrees. everything that comes in right now -- or i should say in the next hour or so will fall in the form of some snow. you'll notice over the southern suburbs of d.c., back down into virginia, you're dealing with the snow and that's what's lifting up from south to north during the course of the morning hours. you'll notice 15, 20 minutes outside of the city limits and this will start to move in during the morning commute, the tail end of the morning commute. so first is this burst of snow that's going to come in and then it's going to change over to rain for the city. still could be a wintery mix over our northern counties and an ice situation north and west of town, north and west, really,

to use them as they threatened so i think the danger is that the west is aware of such materials in syria at the same time it's going to be used against the syrian government as a pretext for intervention britain is now facing five more years of austerity the treasury chief insists that cut backs will help the country's struggling economy find out the details later this hour. also after the break hamas invalid to liberate palestine and the lands inch by inch as israel refuses to abandon its settlement construction. the stunning beauty of reindeer gracefully dancing across the arctic tundra more than just a scenic image it is a way of life for some traditionally the net its people are nomadic reindeer herders and though in many ways they lead a simple and rustic life they are also highly skilled and organized in their training. then we show off. another weekend will be preparing for the winter and living around more and more every sport has several is depending on pastures on the day we found this particular camp they were settled near the coast of the tata see here for families work

produce of israel except this isn't israel this is the jordan valley in the west bank and this farm is deemed illegal under international law the european union imports around three hundred million dollars worth of products from here each year now a group of twenty two n.g.o.s from across europe is looking to highlight the issue and it's published a report in which it claims e.u. imports make the settlements viable because they are produced in illegal settlements which are contrary to international humanitarian law should be banned out of the european union now if this is not possible at least the consumers have to have the possibility to. to decide for themselves if they want to buy products which have been produced in illegal settlements your see farms this land is much concerned by the thoughts of european n.g.o.s he says he's here because his government told him it was ok to be here. because i was told he. saw it circled where i was told they could get it to morrow the state of israel told me it's time to go i'll go i'm told i'm an occupier when i go there was nothing. in denmark a

the winds will diminish out of the west. then for the day tomorrow, mostly sunny and cool, 45 to 50 degrees. winds out of the southwest. here's your extended outlook. it shows temperatures cooling down just a bib. this happens wednesday and thursday. look at wednesday. a better chance for a winterry mix. right now, computer models indicate that the system will move far enough inland or toad the west that we'll get mainly rain here in d.c. a lot can change between now and then. we'll keep you updated. >> it would be nice to have a white christmas. last night was the longest night . >> yeah. >> it is still 24 hours. >> all right. we need a winning local team. >> it is a local athlete. >> exactly. if you want to escape the weather go watch basketball. we are less than 24 hours away from the biggest game of the season. will rg3 be in it? >> it's been 30 years since american university beat georgetown. number 15 georgetown, today at the verizon the eagles won in an upset. in the first half they score right there and won. going to

and the reason is is because if the blood escalates from that country the last thing that the west wants is any reports coming out on the internet of actual rebel terrorist atrocities in that country atrocities that we've seen quite a bit of recently now let's take a look at some other stories from across the globe this hour. at least. people have been injured as clashes broke out at the inauguration of mexico's president police used tear gas to disperse the protesters trying to break through security barriers by throwing molotov cocktails demonstrators claim president yet zero votes to secure his election when. north korea says it will try to launch a long range rocket later this month the move is set to sour relations with south korea and the united states a failed launch in april resulted in washington suspending food aid to the totalitarian state tension on the peninsula is also rising over south korea's recent deal with the u.s. which will dramatically increase souls' ballistic missile range. at least two people have been killed and three badly injured when a double decker bus hit a

now with concerns rising in the west that the syrian regime may use its huge arsenal of chemical weapons another troubling video appeared earlier this week on the web it shows what appears to be a rebel group testing chemical weapons onto a lab rabbits placed in containers after an unknown gas is released and the deaths of both animals amassed person's words to use it against syrian civilians but this comes as rebel groups from across syria are uniting under one command in the latest western backed africa to topple president bashar asad artie's guided she count looks into whether all the chemical fears of the west are really a prelude to foreign intervention. u.s. officials said intelligence agencies have detected that assad's government has been preparing its chemical weapons stockpiles for possible use the obama administration's message to syria the u.s. is ready to act if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons there will be consequences and you will be held accountable there will be consequences. there will be consequences we have sent a unmistakable message that this woul

problem for a 70 not g795 through the west side. south on 795 owings mills area, 50 miles an hour toward the beltway. it live picture 50 at ritchie highway, acts and activity still off to the right shoulder 50 ms. jennifer road. south of 95 out of white marsh, still a nice start to the 895 split. harbor tunnel and fort mchenry look 5 and 295 in great shape. >> taking a look at some of the top stories. the man who led u.s. forces to victory during the first gulf war in 1991 has died. retired general norman schwarzkopf died in florida thursday at the age of 78. known popularly as stormin' norman due to his explosive temper, he served his the last military assignment as commander in chief of you the best center command before retiring in 1992. is spokesperson for george h. w. bush has advised people to "put the harps back in the closet" when it comes to the former president's hospitalization. he has been in intensive care since sunday in a houston hospital battling what is said to be a terrible case of bronchitis and a series of compli

of the syrian crisis and why the west chose that they take such an approach the syrian crisis and in my understanding i see two sides to this lorrie of how the west first it's syria's their geopolitical alliance with iran and hezbollah and their perhaps with the with russia so it's a it's there it's not it's not a western friendly country in its current format and probably the west realized that even with negotiations and smooth negotiations with the current ruling system in syria things aren't going to change much and probably they realize that changing by the hour is the only way forward to them the other and dimension is the energy and and since two thousand and nine qatar and turkey have been talking about a new gas line that is that extends from qatar. through syria to turkey and then to there to the european union with gas or resources this is very important because if this is to happen it will bypass russia and it will probably loosened a noose that russia currently has over the european union in terms of supply and gas. in western countries i see we're getting out there dr wi

with syria parties guy next to count looks into whether all the chemical fears of the west are really a prelude to foreign intervention. u.s. officials said intelligence agencies have detected that assad's government has been preparing its chemical weapons stockpiles will possible use the obama administration's message to syria the u.s. is ready to act if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons there will be consequences and you will be held accountable there will be consequences. there will be consequences we have sent a unmistakable message that this would cross a red line how does america the media quickly picked up on the alarming news of the syrian government's alleged plans citing secret intelligence for fox news confirms that syrian troops now have the deadly nerve agent sarin gas weaponized and at the ready the syrian government flatly denied the possibility saying it would not use such weapons against its people. we would not commit suicide we feel there's a conspiracy to provide a pretext for any subsequent interventions in syria by these countries during creasing

on the west coast of the united states. more simply -- [airplane noise] we are at an airport. this is the first marine emergency response facility on the west coast. more simply, we can call it the first fireboat house at an airport. it is a core value for the airport team that we have worked together to provide an exceptional airport, that we are innovating, and that we work in partnership. this is a partnership between the fire department and the airport. great project work by airport staff and the division of design and construction, who designed this building. the engineering staff support to the work. the architectural team and the design and construction staff -- i would like to recognize all the staff involved in the successful project. [applause] completed on budget, and one month ahead of schedule. we have an outstanding fire department staff at the airport. i believe we have one of the most recognized fire department staffs of any major airport in the u.s. the airport is committed to making sure staff has the late

some storminess out to the west but well out to the west. you can see there is plenty of clouds out to the west. we'll see the clouds but won't see the storminess today. highs today, mid-40s in washington. we'll go 45 degrees. 44 in leonardtown. a little colder there north and west. it will be in the 30s if you get up in the mountains north and west. it should be dry for you and it will be dry if you are going to be going out. >> okay. at least we have that. >> we've got a lot more than that. we have got the redskins. >> yeah. >> we're burying the lead here. we shouldn't be doing weather at all. >> let's check in on the traffic. >> we are starting off unfortunately with a very serious crash investigation. this is on 28 northbound. this is just past lee highway towards 66. again, you will find three lanes closed. stay to the left to get by this investigation again. this involved a vehicle fire that -- a car that hit ate tractor-trailer. so again, a very serious crash right now on sully road northbound as you approach 66. otherwise, we are loo

the wind out of the west will be around 12 miles per hour. 30s to the north and west. 31 baltimore city and upper 30s over annapolis east and not checking in yet but right around 39 degrees. it's a wind advisory today just know the winds will be up between 15 the 20 sustained and gusting closing in on 40 to maybe 50. and right now, notice last hour between 10 to 15. so it's a brisk breeze out of the northwesterly direction. that's made the temperatures feel like the upper 20s to low 30s. here's the first system pushing to the north and east. to the west and the rockies notice this storm. doesn't look like much right now. but that will be a storm that we have to watch going into saturday. it will develop tough carolina coastline, the question is, how close is it to the coast? if it's pretty much on top of us that could be a heavy snow accumulation. maybe about 3 to 6 or 6 to 10 inches, further to the south and east, still yet an snow event but minor accumulations, maybe 1 to 3. higher amounts closer to ocean city. so we'll have to watch this kind of evolve over the next 24 hours. so it's

he criticized the west for failing to condemn the actions of some groups within the syrian opposition who sometimes go to the most extreme measures like taking hostages or even terrorism it's absolutely unacceptable if. the west would start would begin to. qualify terrorist as. bad terrorist and acceptable terrorists will also ask the minister why he thinks the nato was so eager to deploy the six batteries the interceptor missiles on turkey's border with syria and whether iran could be the actual target here is what he said . that's what some people say. the configuration as it is being presented in the media. really looks like it could be used against iran and other vital issue concerning syria's its stockpile of chemical weapons going to russia's jeep diplomats or outside players seem to acknowledge that it's the responsibility of syrian afterwards to keep it safe and that it would be unacceptable if the rebels got their hands on it but then it makes very little sense of why some states in the west continue persuading the rebels to continue fighting by giving the moral political and

the cooler air out to the west. 60s everywhere else. and 50 stuck in the valley there. hagerstown and cumberland really didn't hold up a whole lot. and there's still fog in a few spots. the water is cool, compared to the warm, moist air, over top of it. so you get ground fog forming. and the airport had a little fog and missed a little while ago, too. 57 there. 59, westminster. otherwise, way above our average, which is now in the mid-40s. our normal high is about 46. southwest winds. and later tonight, they'll be shifting to the northwest, as a front, this front clearly denined by showers. snow up in maine. shower activity. thunderstorm activity mississippi, alabama. with that warmer air down there. temperatures near 80, believe it or not. the front is going to move through late tonight. early in the morning. with it, shower activity as you can see. a lot of it is breaking up as we're heading toward the evening hours. it's not a real solid band of rain. but we'll see rain tonight. by tomorrow, cool air begins to move in. yes. back in the 30s. chicago, detroit now. 15,

for the past thirty three years ever since these lammy cueva lucian the west and the us in particular has been plotting against iran and people in our country are aware of that. but at the same time people go on with their lives and they don't worry about what the united states me do. this does not mean that the united states does not want war with iran what i'm saying is that they won't gain anything by this war and such a war is unlikely. so we are not afraid of the us or any other country in our message to those countries is that a friendship and not a message of war. talk only a foolish person can expect is with guns but such an approach makes no sense at all. you say your message is a message of friendship and you do look like a very peaceful person but i think you will agree that some of the sayings that president doesn't mean jaja says about washington can hardly be described as friendly do you agree if you look at what mr ahmadinejad you will see that he's approach is actually that of peace and friendship he ran is an anshan nation with history that spans thousands of years an

buildings are going on the west bank will be split into the access to jerusalem will not be possible for the palestinians any more reaction by mr netanyahu and others were very strong and unusually undiplomatic you could say just before his visit to berlin condemning the stand of germany and the fact that the foreign minister lieberman with some lame excuses did not come to believe to be his counterpart our foreign minister rest of ela also shows that at the moment there are lots. of tensions among politicians in germany and in israel and israel exports tons of fruit and vegetables cosmetics and other goods to the e.u. every year but despite being labeled as made in israel some of those don't exactly originate from there many indeed are produced in settlements considered illegal under international law and now they're calling to ban such exports or at least in force more accurate labeling is artie's peter all over. produce of israel except this isn't israel this is the jordan valley in the west bank and this farm is deemed illegal under international law the european union imports ar

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it would cut off east jerusalem from the west bank. it would make it impossible to have a connection between east jerusalem and the west bank. this has been married controversial, -- the e1 area has been very controversial. there is a red line for the international community that has been crossed, which is why we are seeing those strong reactions. >> thank you for that. in that egypt top judges have agreed to -- >> egypt's top judges have agreed to oversee a referendum. this comes a day after they said it would boycott a referendum. >> president mohamed morsi granted himself sweeping powers. that prompted some judges to call for an indefinite strike. >> germany is reported to be considering the export of tanks and armored vehicles to saudi arabia, a country which is already -- has already used its weapons to put down a popular uprising in the country neighboring. >> they say that hundreds of boxer armoured patrol vehicles -- should the deal goes through, it would make the government an accomplice to islamist extremists, some said. >> s

overnight tonight more of the clouds creeping in from the west. but you can see that the bulk of the cloud cover and the snow showers have moved up to the knot and east. another disturbance approaching though from the southwest and because it's coming to us from the southwest we're not expecting any snow in the d.c. metro area. but take a look at 9 futurecast as we head through the day on sunday completely clear. but then the clouds start to drift in. as we head into monday morning. the rush hour is still completely career. but the clouds and also the snow showers approaching as we head toward noon will get that snow showing up in the mountains and probably have an accumulating snow in the higher elevations on monday and then that rain snow line very quickly moves north to the mason dixon line. as you can see the snow in pennsylvania but not down here in the d.c. metro and then more showers will arrive overnight monday into christmas morning. but during the day on christmas it looks good. overnight tonight just a few clouds. it's going to be less

a lot of the visual bogus claims that allowed the west to sort of justify the backing of the for you syrian army terrorist group leaders of our western countries particularly nato countries or encouraging the syrian terrorist rebels guerrillas whatever you want to call them to really accelerate a bloodbath in that country because in the eyes of washington of london the bigger the blood out the quicker they can have reaching just a report just came out this week with a supplying satellite units to rebels rebel groups terrorist groups essentially in syria so they can communicate while the internet is down to their country there was an image initially sold in the media in places like the one closed there's a move by the assad government possibly to shut down. rebel communications actually go on for the investigation it looks like it's actually a combination of the united states operatives and the syrian rebels could actually be behind the bringing down the internet and the reason is is because if the blood . country last being with the west once there's any reports coming on the interne