also, the catholic nun in brazil whoa runs a huge social service agency. what's essential, she said, is love. as muslims go to mecca, the pilgrimage in several religions. >> announcer: major funding for religion and ethics news weekly is provided by the lily endowment, a private family foundation dedicated to founder's interest in religion, community development and education. additional funding provided by mutual of america. designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. the estate of william j. carter, the jane henson foundation, and the corporation for public broadcasting. >> welcome. i'm bob aber nether. good to have you with us. new figures from the census show a record number of americans are now counted as the poorest of the poor. in 15 americans now lives at 50% or less of the national poverty level. that's more than 20 million people or almost 7% of the population. that's the highest it's been in the 35 years since the census bureau began keeping track. the global economic crisis topped th

. >> for the mollen, brazil continues to grow, 3.5% -- for the moment, brazil continues to grow. the bric nations represent the fastest-growing countries in an otherwise stagnant world. >> you are watching "bbc world news america." struggling to get by in russia -- as elections approach, its basic needs that occupy most people's minds. hillary clinton has become the first senior member of the u.s. government to visit burma for than half a century. arriving in the capital, the secretary state said she's quite hopeful that the reforms signaled by the government could lead to a broader movement for change. >> hillary clinton's historic visit to burma starts here in the country's new capital. she will be with the country's civilian president, a former intel leader. she will hold talks with him for more than two hours. -- a former junta leader. just to gauge how serious the country's leadership is about reform and how much further they are willing to go. if she likes what she years, she may announce that washington is willing to take steps in return as a way of rewarding burma for goo

brazil needs capital to create jobs in brazil and to grow its economy. china needs the strategic resources for its sustained growth and to feed its people. this is so that countries such as brazil can provide. -- this is something that countries like brazil can provide. >> cheap chinese imports are squeezing out local products because the commodity boom has driven their currency through the roof. this is one of the biggest story farmers -- soy farmers. he has presidential ambitions. >> i think if we're not careful, china will eat us and after that, india will come. how will brazil compete with chinese industry? i must the government takes adequate matches to protect us, brazilian heavy machinery will disappear. >> for the moment, brazil continues to grow, 3.5% this year. growth is perhaps the most powerful argument. the nation's represent the fastest-growing economies in an otherwise stagnating world. >> you are watching "bbc world news america" still to come on the program -- struggling to get by in russia and elections approach. it is basic needs and n

the economy is growing fast, and brazil needs more electricity. >> the average for dams in brazil is half a square kilometers of land flooded per megawatt capacity. in belo monte, the ratio is much better, just 1/10 of that. it is unique. it will destroy a lot less land. >> the group fighting to stop the project says the arguments of norte energia are nonsense. it says 668 square kilometers of land will be flooded and much of the river diverted. that 80% of the xingu will be rerouted through this area and rejoin its original course here. that will cause permanent drought along the rivers big bend in the area marked in red -- great. the fish and turtles account for 3/4 of the local populations diet. the indigenous people live off fish and the resources of the forest -- resources that will disappear. >> renata pinheiro, a biologist, companies us on a trip through the pristine juggle an river landscape. she says huge amounts of greenhouse gas will be released when the forest is submerged, which will further fuel climate change. 12 indigenous tribes, including the arara, live in the regi

peoples the structural adjustment to brazil to argentina to other south american economies was absolutely horrible there was major unemployment at the middle class shrunk this is what's going to happen if the i.m.f. true to its one policy fits all agenda leading pulls what its leader toward us and for europe so everybody is trying to find a way else which like i said from the point of view of europe would be to have an europe there would be equal for everybody from the netherlands to sicily but it's not going to happen because from the start they had this political idea that if we have a common currency we're going to have a political unity it's strong it's not going to war because there's a will to economic imbalance between north and southern europe and we are trying to grow it is a political rationale is a p.s.r. to john in there you mentioned the new currency i mean business always been brought up every time the brakes comes into the picture as well as a crisis putting it together is there room now for a new reserve currency any is a color too big to fail is a really a viable replacem

and china trading a new one in reality russian brazil trading in rubles and reality this is already happening so in the next few years maybe logical conditions of trades between countries would come up with a different system and that would be in fact a basket of currencies because everybody will be using other terraces then the dollar to trade among themselves ok you know very quickly out of that the world trade organization membership of russia have been waiting for two decades now of negotiations do you think the membership but will prove to be worth the wait for russia. it will if russia diversifies its economy cannot be a model culture of oil and gas just like venezuela for instance like when as well a joint america sewer in south america but they have to export more than oil and gas same applies to russia in terms of trading with europe for instance of course europe is absolutely hungry for russian oil and gas but russia has to export money factor product sense well and considering date intellectual capability and the intellectual know how in russia just can't be done but you

the problem that brazil has to deal with. here in america, the middle- class is being squeezed. that brings the show to a close but remember, you can get constant updates on our website. to reach me and the rest of our time, we are on twitter. thank you for watching. we will see tomorrow. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. union bank. and shell. >> this is kim - about to feel one of hisat shell, we're developing more efficient fuels in countries like malaysia that can help us get the most from our energy resources. let's use energy more efficiently. let's go. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news america" was presented by kcet los angeles.

in emerging economies like brazil, the middle-class is growing and many standards are rising. >> they never thought they would get this height in their lives. but this is their first time on an airplane. >> i feel like a bird. our planet is wonderful. these clouds are wonderful. >> the boom in travel industry is being fuelled by a new class of passengers. lower and middle class civilians are traveling and spending in record numbers. -- brazilians are traveling and spending in record numbers. ♪ ♪ that these people are part of a new generation of tourists. they have come to a store in town where the first europeans landed in brazil 500 years ago. -- they have come to a historic town where the first europeans landed. >> food is not the only thing we need to live. this is living. look how beautiful this places. >> these people are clearly making the most of their holidays. this is a dream that has come true thanks to brazil's economic growth which has saved millions from poverty. these speeches used to be the preserve of the traditional middle-class, a professional and educated elite.

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vettel is ending his formula one season in style after claiming a record fifteenth pole position in brazil. let's go straight to the russian prime league where the top two sides in the championship group and the relegation group are in action today firstly a result from the last a rock bottom tom toms finally ending their nine gang losing streak with a goal is true or at least this process while it's currently school is near the relegation peak game there between rostov and am part for now and go on coming up there are two games in the championship rings any two or three points clear at the top of that take on locomotive and if this in sideslip are second place to this girl could go a level with them on points if they'd be big spending and g. that will be the last game before the winter break with fixtures resuming at the beginning of march down started i dunno moscow missed the chance to go second in

in fact in brazil, tourists had to wait up to 145 days last year just for an interview. in china, only five places where you can get an american visa. the wait time? up to 120 days. and you often have to fly or take a train just to get to the visa office. this husband told us about the big plans for his family during their christmas trip to the u.s. >> we want to go shopping. >> reporter: and while he was approved, his wife and son were denied. that family, not coming. you're talking about visas, simply to visit the u.s., not to stay here. >> this is not about people staying here. these are people who come, may spend two weeks, may spend a lot of money, creating american jobs and then go back to the countries where they came from. >> reporter: in the last decade, the number of foreign tourists traveling overseas jumped to 60 billion. you would think that would happen in the u.s., but look at this. 26 million overseas visitors to the u.s. last year. this year, nearly the same number. we don't have the people to process them? >> we don't have the facilities in the location

countries but secondly we believe russia should work more closely with countries like india brazil and especially middle east countries where the situation is very difficult at the moment historically we have always will and much power and influence in the region but today the situation has dramatically deteriorated flirting with it because we don't do enough in the middle east or to have to do is because the us has outplayed us in the middle east because america has been super busy there it's worth we nor and all those tendencies and we did not expect this social unrest to break out i was with instead we're signing contracts and building relations with those regimes and we'll see those tide coming over such things are quite predictable if you work on it seriously and probably when the u.s. resorted to the use of force in the middle east russia had only two options left kristie it could send its troops to support the other party in the conflict here this is a way the soviet union used to do they can those days when we had many so. local conflicts in africa healed by the soviet union an

countries that you mentioned the growth of the growing ones china brazil india. unconditionally saying we will not sign on in the united states it would require the senate or the congress to act in two weeks notice to in essence ratify a treaty a legally binding treaty to reduce emissions which is highly unlikely so given that no one wants to play ball it's to feed on the one that it's what do you think is who's most at fault. you name a couple of different factors everybody has their own reasons but what do you think would be the number one problem here as you would be holding up i'd say it's pretty evident. that the global economy is probably the biggest impediment to moving forward with an agreement you have a group of nations coming together that actually believe the same thing the foundation of this is is there that there is a problem of climate change we have the tools to fix it and we should use them. that's a that's a pretty big step and it's different from what we've had in years past but in order to get through to actual action on those those ideals you

that was really brazil? >> that was brazil and st. thomas in the caribbean. >> jimmy: and has vampire fever hit even brazil? >> i think you can excite brazilians by doing anything. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> you can kind of -- i mean, as soon as we turned up, there's such a different mentality. it's like fever pitch as soon as you go there. and it's -- people want to hug you and they don't understand -- even if there is 1,000 people and they try to hug you at the same time, there's no understanding of it being like, you feeling uncomfortable. they think they're just like, it's a party, what? >> jimmy: very warm and they want to -- >> there's a thing me and kristen are walking down the street in rio, all the extras just grab you and they are getting thrown off by security. you may see it in the movie, a big security guard dressed as rio party goers. >> jimmy: we have a clip from the movie when we come back and i -- i saw the film. it's -- first of all, i enjoyed it and secondly -- it's very erotic. it's very erotic. we're going to see so

latin america which is you know imposing austerity measures now this time she's asking countries like brazil for example for help. i'm wondering if you i mean this is seems to me like a total role reversal but do you think this is one of the sat is easy said the i.m.f. doesn't have the money probably doesn't is this what's going on here well i think actually it is soon to be time that does seem to be you know behind the scenes trying to get the brics to invest in europe but i think it's a scandal and the reason is that fundamentally. you know the bric countries are many much poorer than european countries sure on the surface they seem broke but the problem is not enough money in europe the problem is a bad structure the problem is the fact that countries don't have control over their own currencies the problem is that the e.c.b. doesn't perform as much of a role as it could so it's actually kind of outrageous that they get these poor countries bailing out these richer countries when what the euro needs is not money but structural reform to just make its own markets work i think that's such a

countries and i think secondly we believe russia should work more closely with countries like india brazil and especially middle east countries where the situation is very difficult at the moment historically we have always lived much power and influence in the region but today the situation has dramatically deteriorated it has got to live with this is because we don't do enough in the middle east or behalves it is because the us has old players in the middle east because america has been super busy their. weak nor in all those tendencies and we did not expect this social unrest to. you know what instead of we're signing contracts and building relations with those regimes we didn't see this coming ogles such things are quite predictable if you work on it seriously and properly when the us resorted to the use of force in the middle east russia had only two options left christe it could send its troops to support the other party in the conflict here the same way the soviet union used to do they can those days when we had many so-called local conflicts in africa fueled by the soviet union and

that was really brazil? >> that was brazil and st. thomas in the caribbean. >> jimmy: and has vampire fever hit even brazil? >> i think you can excite brazilians by doing anything. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> you can kind of -- i mean, as soon as we turned up, there's such a different mentality. it's like fever pitch as soon as you go there. and it's exuberance. people want to hug you and they don't understand -- even if there is 1,000 people and they try to hug you at the same time, there's no understanding of it being like, you feeling uncomfortable. they think they're just like, it's a party, what? >> jimmy: very warm and they want to -- >> even on the set, there's a thing, me and kristen are walking down the street in rio, all the extras just grab you and they are getting thrown off by security. you probably can see it in the movie. this big security guard dressed as rio party goers surrounding us. >> jimmy: we have a clip from the movie when we come back and i -- i saw the film. it's -- first of all, i enjoyed it and secondly -- it'

an indigenous leader in brazil has been shot dead in front of his community after he took them back to their ancestral lands from which they had been evicted by ranchers. he was riddled with bullets by masked gunmen. the agricultural expansion in brazil has worsened the land conflict between farmers' and indigenous groups. in australia, a nurse has been charged with murder over a fire. five elderly people have been killed, 30 are still in the hospital after the fire broke out. european scientists have measured articles that appear to be moving faster than the speed of light, that contradicts one of the fundamental laws of physics. this seems to confirm a experiment carried out in september. the tests are still being conducted to find out if there is another explanation. after a week of tensions on how to sort out the eurozone crisis, the german chancellor and the for british prime minister failed to reach an agreement. the chancellor is system allowing european central bank to print money is not a solution. >> david cameron's motorcade swept into berlin at a moment of tension. the germ

it adopted six penguins that were found starving off the coast of brazil two years ago. the two were marked unreleasable and they were adopted by the zoo. they have the largest of these penguins of any zoo of aquarium in the world. >> they are so fun to watch. >>> one of california's most famous sporting events is returning to the bay area this spring. [ man ] i got this citi thank you card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes, i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ keep on going in this direction. take this bridge over here. there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] write your story with the citi thankyou premier card, with no point caps, and points that don't expire. get started at thankyoucard.citi.com. >>> california's version of the tour de france will spend a lot of time in the bay area next year: today the a many, gen tour announced the route for the bike race. the first leg will begin in santa rosa. bay area stops include san francisco, santa fe and

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let's get an overview with our global count. ♪ brazil's economy is growing strongly. its birth rate has declined in recent years, but this year it has risen again -- to 2.2 children per woman. social services have improved, more homes have been built, and incomes are rising. these are some of the reasons why brazilians are living longer. child mortality has declined. so the population is growing. italy has one of the world's lowest birth rates. many women there, as in other european countries, feel they have to choose between family and career. older people dominate the scene in many places. about 1.4 children per woman is the current birth rate. playgrounds can seem awfully quiet. population growth is fastest in parts of africa. the democratic republic of the congo ranks 19th in terms of population size, but is expected to move up to tenth place by 2050. there, people still rely on their offspring to care for them when they are old. the birth rate is now 5.2 children per woman. in neighboring angola, the birth rate is 6 children per woman. demographers say birth rate

brazil's source the beet's main competitor -- sugar cane. >> brazil as a very strong sugar-cane grower -- is a very strong sugar-cane grower. but it can be used for ethanol. it is getting more expensive to grow sugar cane. >> crop is more economical? -- which crop is more economical -- sugar cane or sugar beets? this chinese farm machinery deal er has already sold more than 10 of these. a large percent of chinese sugar supply comes from sugar cane. but that is changing, especially in the north of the country. >> it is big-sized. it is easy for mechanization. for the sugar beet harvest in china, it is more in the -- in demand. >> the german and european markets have gotten too small. company can only expand the most other regions of the world -- the company can only expand if it grows in other regions of the world. >> the export numbers -- >> 12,80.8 billion euros. that was the number last year. germany ranks second to the u.s. in sales of medical technology. japan ranks third. pacemakers are one of the items in the most demand. germany and russia have stepped up their efforts to replac

the trees most abundant in the borderlands between brazil and bolivia. portion is to this area are on the pacific course across the andes in rubber to the sports loving caring it across the high, icy mounds but after doing that it would involve dispatching ships are in the southern tip of south america along and dangerous trip almost 12,000 miles. the entire route was so difficult that the sector of the royal geographical society calculated it would be four times faster to ship it by transporting down the river to the amazon itself and into the atlantic. the problem was that waterfalls blocked 229-mile section of the lower river. the downstream end of the impassable such was the pursuing him, my ancestor winter to build a railroad around the rapids. bought in pittsburgh, he did his undergraduate engineering degrees at yale. five years later seeking excitement he joined a philadelphia railway construction firm which had the contract to build the railroad. the brothers seem to believe their experience with railroads trump their utter lack expense in amazon

it adopted six penguins that were found starving off the coast of brazil two years ago. the two were marked unreleasable and they were adopted by the zoo. they have the largest colony of these penguins of any zoo of these penguins of any zoo of aquarium in the ♪ ♪ going to the bank without going to the bank... that's a step forward. with chase quickdeposit on your smartphone, you just snap a picture, hit send and done. chase quickdeposit. take a step forward and chase what matters. ♪ we just keep on keepin' on ♪ ♪ keep on >>> california's version of the tour de france will spend a lot of time in the bay area next year: today the a many, gen tour announced the route for the bike race. the first leg will begin in santa rosa. bay area stops include san francisco, santa fe and santa cruz. the tour will head to los angeles. >>> mark is here with sports, sharks in action. nothing better than over time and a shoot out in hockey. >> good stuff to start the season tonight. this thing might hold off like the game of the year for a while. sharks fan a little disappointed

native to the amazon basis, the tree is most abundant between brazil and bolivia. the ports nearest are on the pacific coasts across the andes. sending rubber to those ports would mean carrying it across the high, icy mountains, dispatching ships around the stormy southern tip of south america, a long and dangerous trip of almost 12,000 miles. the entire route was is so difficult, in fact, that the secretary of the royal geographical society calculated nearly four times faster from the western amazon by transporting it down the river to the amazon itself and then to the atlantic. the problem was that waterfalls and violet rapids blocked a 229-mile section of the lower madeira. west of the was navigable river and vast supplies of rubber. the downstream end of the impass bl stretch was the brazilian hamlet of santo antonio. born in pittsburgh, craig took his undergraduate in engineering degrees at yale. he won two university mathematics prizes and was hired by the geologic survey before graduation. five years later, seeking excitement, he joined a philadelphia railwa

us in achieving quite a growth rates the key words are global financial stability chinese growth for brazil good russia. south africa all the things really important for global economy right now and the share of brics countries quite big in the global g.d.p. . a new direction for growth big countries. higher risks in the global economy occupy wall street i know that you guys are used to having protests wherever you go whether it's people who are against globalization or environmentalists that occupy wall street have promised this time to two states protesting can do you think maybe after all these people have a point i mean introducing one person tax or financial transactions and currency trade that's actually enough money to finance most social and environmental that it is in the world i think that people who. go to the streets to send a signal to the governments her point and. the point is that all things that the government should be doing should be related to the people's needs. one example in russia is the creation of international financial. the mosque or some people believe that that

brazile, ari fleischer, cnn contributor dana lash, the co-organizer of the st. louis tea party coalition and cnn analyst gloria borger. a spirited debate about national security issues. some disagreements between the candidates, libertarian conservative divide over the patriot act passed after 9/11, difference on immigration as well. david gergen, your quick, first impression on what we heard from these eight republican candidates tonight? >> i don't have any sound. i'm not hearing anything. >> david's having a bit of an audio problem. dana lash, as a conservative who watched the race, mitt romney at the top of the pack but a host of other conservatives come up what i call the anybody but romn romney candidate, former speaker newt gingrich came in, tied if not nationally ahead tonight, your first impression from what we learned from the eight republican candidates? >> i think there were a couple of really explosive parts of the debate for me. the first one was obviously iran. i thought that perry and gingrich led the way with strategy when it comes to iran. but

joining me donna brazile, ari fleischer, dana lohse, erin burnett. david gergen, the patriot act, conservative libertarian split that hasekisted since this was passed right after 9/11 came out in full force tonight however. >> absolutely. ron paul, i should tell you, john, he continues to speak well for the libertarians and you can see him on twitter, they're cheering him on because they thought he was strong tonight. but at the same time, i think when newt gingrich came back, as did mitt romney, they really speak for the majority of the republican party. a much stronger patriot act would be tough on terrorism, the war continues from their point of view. >> that's a question that essentially puts the legacy of the president wyou worked for i question, you want to continue in strength under the policies put in by bush or as congressman paul says walk way from it? >> it is 8% to 10% group that follows ron paul on this earn. i remember this, arlen specter, former prosecutor, senator from pennsylvania, sat in a meeting with bush that bin laden has been i

a is a historic day in brazil says the rio governor. a very emotional day for all of those that live in brazil, especially for those in rio. it is an uphill battle. 1/5 of residents live in the 1000 shantytowns on steep hills overlooking the site condominiums. last year, more than 30 people were killed during a similar this time, top drug traffickers were arrested days before the operation did. he was found in the trunk of a car. on sunday police captured automatic weapons, grenades and drugs. now, police have to set up a permanent presence to keep traffickers out and convince residents that they will not be abandoned after decades of neglect. >>robin: we will head outside and take a look at the roof camera. here's a look at city hall. a beautiful shot. clear conditions. it is called its orders in the '40's. over all, pretty doesn't then smiled. of course 60s for santa rosa, and that played fairfield. >>robin: here are your brother have liked--here are your weather headlights. partly cloudy and some are similar to what we saw today. a l

the energy giant was suspended from all drilling activity in brazil. this action comes after chevron took responsibility for a spill off the coast of brazil that lasted a week this month. that leak spilled about 2,000 barrels of oil. today's best sector was the traditionally defensive utility sector. this exchange traded fund is made up for power utility stocks. it closed up just a fraction today. what's interesting is it hasn't benefitted this month from a flight to safety as it was at a six week low on wednesday. power companies from two different regions led the gains. wisconsin energy and consolidated edison were up 1.3% each. xcel energy from minnesota gained 1%. a.t.&t. is less optimistic it will be able to get government approval for its planned $39 billion buyout of t-mobile. the deal was announced in the spring, but faces a department of justice lawsuit among other government reviews. on thanksgiving, a.t.&t announced it will take a $4 billion charge if its takeover of t-mobile fails. a.t.&t lost about a half percent today. that drop puts it a