the civil service is in london. the legislature is in london. we are not a very big country and we are hugely centralized country. this has been the same, the labor of the government to try to devolve talent across the regions. >> for years, the bbc world service which can be heard all across the united states was headed by the office here in great britain. i understand that it is supposed to be funded by the bbc itself. is that true? >> i remember when the world service was funded by the bbc and then it was decided that it would be funded by the foreign office instead. everyone thought this would be a disaster for the world service. it with his become an arm of british foreign policy and they would starve it of money and try to direct its operation. that did not happen. it has prospered under the wing of the foreign office. i do not see why it should not prosper under the wing of the bbc. the bbc has much bigger global reach, not in terms of the world service, but in terms of other activities and its marketing and its books and its videos. i th

thousands gather in london to pray set to rise in university fees is expected to be the biggest smocks yet and he's prepared to face on the message later i'll be following the demonstrations old day they have. it's only a small segment of the that has all the cream in the us wall street is predicted to hand out wreck or a year end bonuses amid the country's growing unemployment and soaring debt. plus tackling traffic terror with moscow's bottlenecks consistently ranking among the world's worst we look at how local drivers are learning to take advantage of the champs. elysee is coming to you live from moscow welcome to the program london is braced for mass demonstrations from thousands of students making a final attempt to prevent the british government from more than troubling the amount some will have to pay to go to university. and now is live in the british capital for us let's cross over to see and hello to you laura obviously thousands of students there behind you i see them marching behind you there are some concerns about the possibility of trouble coming with the students of po

and driving his extradition to sweden from london for eventually trial and. on with foreign wars and losing popularity at home and the pentagon seeks to drum up public support for its going to page in afghanistan using the news media as a weapon. news for russia and around the world this is all see with me thanks for joining us in britain huge student demonstrations are expected on the day parliament votes and government plans to raise tuition fees and deep education cuts with critics describing the moves at the funeral for education protest leaders have expressed fury at the government targeting universities while bailing out banks and failed european economies like oil and the war and it gauges the mood ahead of the vote. another wave of protests is set to grip the ukase capitol on thursday this is crunch time for the student protesters as it's their final chance to make their voices heard ahead of the evening vote in parliament on increases in to wish and fees for university students they say it will mean a university education will become elitist a privil

the new investors would take over 98% of the jack london square development project. the marriage would bring in an estimated $400 million to the area. that has been promised a lot with very little return. >> it starts and then all of a sudden things just start to fall apart and then whatever it was that they got started, just pieces start falling away. >> reporter: the financial infusion in jack london square is good news for people like david diggs and lauren nagle. >> i like to go out and i would rather not go across the bridge to do it. >> there's been a lot of promises so i'm excited about the possibility of something happening, but i feel a little bit like i'm not going to hold my breath. >> reporter: ellis partners has already invested $130 million in jack london square n oakland, cheryl hurd, "today in the east bay." >>> an east bay man jailed for three and a half years while awaiting trial for a crime he says he didn't commit will have to wait even longer. a hearing to discuss dna evidence in the case was supposed to happen yesterday but it was postponed unti

and also british prime minister and the mayor of london switch on the lights at london's brand new olympic stadium ahead of the one to twelve games. and ask a call for with an a foul and it seems like brett farve could be finally done for good this time the forty one year old returned to action against the bears up to breaking his amazing ira man streak the previous week by the comeback was very short lived has made us both reports now. brett farve against all odds coming back from right shoulder injury to start for the vikings in the game played outdoors at the d.t.'s bank stadium for i was and to understand that he didn't appear to be off early on a quick delivered to percy harvin here was going to make people miss and want twenty three yards to put minnesota on top of the bears responded with a field goal and then on the first and dirty jay cutler decides to views the vice safety and finds it sixty seven yards to johnny knoxville on the sideline he does the rest to give the bears a ten to seven lead. but defense isn't the only sure the vikings have their all fancied line has done a terr

and also british prime minister and the mayor of london switch on the lights at london's brand new olympic stadium ahead of the whites in twelve games. and let's kick off or with an a foul and it seems like brett farve could be finally done for good this time the forty one year old returned to action against the bears after breaking his amazing iron man streak the previous week but the comeback was very short lived as made us both reports now brett farve against all odds coming back from right shoulder injury to start for the vikings in the game played all doors of the bank stadium frowns on tundras. he didn't appear to be off early on a quick deliberate to percy harvin here was going to make people miss and want twenty three yards to put minnesota on top the bears responded with a field goal and then on the first and dirty jay cutler decides to views the right safety and finds it sixty seven yards to johnny knoxville on the sideline he does the rest to give the bears a ten to seven lead. but defense isn't the only sure the vikings have their fancy blind has done a terrible job protecting

and approve university tuition fees sparking violence in the streets of london as the process wind down we look back on a day which has seen government buildings and even the royal family attack. even with unemployment and homelessness in the u.s. of a fifty year high banks may pay out. a void higher taxes. if you're pushing for democracy push all the way why did they put mr assad to jail . for. the rest of the founder of the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks the west has no right to dictate its version of democracy to all those prime minister. live from our studios here in central moscow this is with you twenty four hours a day so london has erupted in protests the latest european capital to see huge demonstrations against government austerity cuts thousands of students and trade unionists flooded the streets as the british parliament narrowly passed a new law tripling university tuition fees well joins me now live from london. laura the bill that's brought student protest is into the streets it was passed by an extremely narrow margin but tell us why this new lower school so much pu

students stage a protest in london the head of a parliamentary vote on tuition fee hikes rage they have to pay for the mistakes of those holding the purse strings. even with unemployment and homelessness in the us of a fifty year high banks may pay out bonuses to help the wall street elite avoid higher taxes. while the founder of the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks awaits a legal decision in the u.k. his supporters are attacking the website of the government of sweden which seeks his extradition. from our studios here in central moscow this is r t with the twenty four hours a day london is the scene of mass demonstrations by thousands of students and trade unionists it's their final attempt to block the increase in tuition fees with just a couple of hours left before the british parliament votes on the plan it's the latest and the largest in a string of rallies against sweeping austerity measures and budget cuts across europe started as a relatively peaceful march later turned into violent clashes with the police which is largely outnumbered by the demonstrators parties or emmett's

the london stock exchange, the u.s. embassy, political and religious figures were all potential targets. the men were charged with conspiracy to prepare racks of terrorism. three men charged at the same time were released without charge. >> the nine men were brought to the westminster court this morning after a week of questioning by counter-terrorism officers. the two suspects arrested london were the first to appear on the dock, followed by three men from part of and others. they spoke only to confirm their name, ages and addresses. the men were seized in coordinated raids last monday. they had been charged with conspiracy to cause explosions and engaging in conduct in preparation for acts of terrorism. the court was told they are accused of agreeing to potential targets for a tax, carrying reconnaissance, and igniting in testing incendiary materials. it is alleged the london stock exchange was one of the high- profile locations they had planned to attack. the american embassy was another. the suspects are also charge

the civil service is in london. the legislature is in london. we are not a very big country and we are hugely centralized country. for the better part of a century, labor of the government to try to devolve talent across the regions. but you're kind of kicking against gravity all the time. >> for years, the bbc world service which can be heard all across the united states was headed by the office here in great britain. i understand that it is supposed to be funded by the bbc itself. is that true? what impact will that have? >> i remember when the world service was funded by the bbc and then it was decided that it would be funded by the foreign office instead. by the government of the day. everyone thought this would be a disaster for the world service. it with his become an arm of british foreign policy and they would starve it of money and try to direct its operation. that did not happen. it has prospered under the wing of the foreign office. i do not see why it should not prosper under the wing of the bbc. the bbc has much bigger global reach,

thanks very much in the meantime live from london. where the former british prime minister gordon brown has said the problems in the eurozone of amounted to much more than just the debts he fears the euro will face tough times in the first months of twenty eleven so i'm bowman the head of research at smith institute says there is some truth in this. actually been right about something i mean it wouldn't take a genius to see that there is a crisis approaching the. crisis i think it is probably because of the government it wouldn't be surprising that. excuse ramping up government. response. but i think the bailout in ireland has failed to markets. still extremely high that we see in portugal and spain creeping up words as well so i think we're probably going to see quite a difficult year for the it's not the end of the sooner the better really i think we need to see start looking to the future and looking at how countries can return to their old turn to a way that they're able to get their way out of these kind of. high or low interest

ranges between twenty and forty thousand and that's in london alone this comes against a backdrop of a euro in crisis as billions from national budgets goes to save banks and into the coffers of the european union after a summer of the austerity demonstrations on the continent the u.k. seen a wave of autumn process and ireland for its own demonstrations earlier this week as its parliament passed the toughest budget in irish history to secure an i.m.f. and the e.u. bailout of one hundred fourteen billion dollars the feeling on the street is that ordinary working people and the less advantage to being made to pay sort of mistakes made by switches and process the speculators cheer one of the groups who resent this the most is the german taxpayer europe's largest economy is footing the bill for bailouts and e.u. excesses and there's a growing feeling amongst germans that it's not fair that they should bail others out meanwhile student groups here are saying there is to shut down cities and towns up and down the country by bill kaysing and. picketing schools universities and institutions

london erupts in protest in response to the latest in a string of government austerity cuts in europe thousands of students and trade unionists flooded the streets as british parliament passes a new log tripoli university tuition fees. fat cat deal even with unemployment and homelessness in the us at a half century high the country's largest banks may yet record bonuses early to help the wall street elite ovoid higher taxes. to rest of the wiki leaks founder shows the west has no right to dictate to others what democracy means according to russian prime minister vladimir putin he was commenting as moscow demands an explanation from nato following a lead by the online whistle blower suggesting the alliance had secret defense plans against russia in eastern europe despite the ongoing reset in relations. up next the alona show in our washington studios they speak to our who is defending wiki leaks and they find out why a u.s. military man who leaked information to the whistleblower website has become something of an american hero. we've got. the biggest issues good voice ceased to face w

and also british prime minister and the mayor of london switch on the lights at london's olympic stadium ahead of the one to twelve games. and ask a call for with an a foul and it seems like brett farve could be finally done for good this time the forty one year old returned to action against the bears up to breaking his amazing ira man streak the previous week but the comeback was very short lived has made us both reports now. brett farve against all odds coming back from right shoulder injury to start for the vikings in the game played outdoors at the d.t.'s bank stadium for i was and to understand that he didn't appear to be off early on a quick deliberate to percy harvin here was going to make people miss and run twenty three yards to put minnesota on top the bears responded with a field goal and then on the first and dirty jay cutler decides to views divine safety and finds it sixty seven yards to johnny knoxville on the sideline he does the rest to give the bears a ten to seven lead. the defense isn't the only sure the vikings have their all fancied line has done a terrible job pro

late this evening, assange arrived at this estate outside london. his new home for the next several weeks. >> very nice to be freed from prison. >> reporter: tonight, julian assange told nbc news that wikileaks will increase the speed that it publishes its archive of secret documents adding so far it's released less than 1% of the 250,000 diplomatic cables in its possession. brian? >> peter alexander in our london bureau tonight. >>> and to politics in washington now, a quick note on the president's tax cut extension. the house is debating and democratic leaders say they will vote on it tonight. some democrats, as you may know, are very unhappy with this compromised plan, saying it favors the wealthiest americans. now we go to the war in afghanistan. it was one year ago the president announced he was sending 30,000 more troops into that fight. tonight, the administration has a new assessment, a status report on the war touting progress but there are a lot of caveats. our white house correspondent savannah guthrie covered it today and is with us toni

central london had been a battleground for hours. the security detail must have known. >> they never had any plan for the rural route to converge with the demonstration, but the problem arose when these protesters split off from the main demonstration. the main demonstrations were going around the houses of parliament. they split away and ended up in the west end of london, the theater area, which is where the royal couple were heading. that is how the two collided. that raises the question -- once you can see the protestors had split away, perhaps the piece planning the world trip, they should think, do we need to change routes? it was a volatile situation. this will be on the front page. >> another problem seems to be the police car cut separated from the royal car. we have witnesses saying that the police cars were trying to move forward, banging their front doors into the protesters. several correspondents have said that the government won the vote, but it will not look like a victory in the streets. >> the question to the police

ranges between twenty and forty thousand and that's in london alone this comes against a backdrop of a euro in crisis as billions from national budgets to save banks and into the coffers of the european union after a summer of demonstrations on the continent the u.k. seen a wave of autumn process and ireland saw or its own demonstrations earlier this week as its parliament passed the toughest budget in irish history to secure an i.m.f. and the e.u. bailout of one hundred fourteen billion dollars the feeling on the streets there is that ordinary working people and the less advantage to being made to pay for the mistakes made by rich bankers and processing speculators is one of the groups who resent this the most is the german taxpayer europe's largest economy is supposed to the bill for bailouts and e.u. excess and there's a growing feeling amongst germans that it's not fair that they should bail others out meanwhile student groups here are saying there is to shut down cities and towns up and down the country by bill kaysing and. picketing schools universities and institutions and it'

route to a show in london's west end. they were traveling in a lavish and highly visible rolls-royce limousine, and the protestors apparently knew they were coming. the car was dented, hit with a paintball gun, a window was broken. tonight's attack was part of something much larger, massive cutbacks in great britain that could triple college tuition, and cut way back on social services. and something even larger still. a growing wave of economic downturn across europe, including here and the discontent that can often bring. we begin tonight with our own stephanie gosk in our london bureau. stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. today, the future king of england was subjected firsthand to the back hash over budget cuts. demonstrators pelted prince charles' limousine and smashed a window while he and his wife camilla made their way to an event in central london. this video captures the moment of the attack. the duchess was visibly rattled. an eyewitness spoke to nbc news by phone. >> she looked quite sho

>> i was in london, yes. >> how long did it take you to get to mumbai? >> the genesis of the film, it was not an instant reaction thing. i don't work for news, i am not part of a quick response team, so i am hired on a job by job basis. i do the project that i like in the projects that for some reason, turn me on. i got a call, i think it was in january, from executive producer who like. he asked if i fancied it going to mumbai. i had not met a documentary -- not made a documentary for four or five years. i had been making traumas. i had done a movie. the last documentary i made was called "terror in moscow." it was the story of a siege in a moscow creator. it told the story of a hit squad with women with suicide belts. it told a story through the eyes of the hostages. it was really about sitting in a theater with your family and friends, powerless, waiting to die. it was about the events that unfolded. i obtained a tape which had been shot by the terrorists in the theater during the siege on one of the hostages'video camera. that was my last documentary

yet within the purview of the mayor of london. i do not run the airports, yet. >> reporter: it's flurrying here, brian, and there's snow forecast for later in the week. i'm about to join the thousands of other passengers crossing their fingers. i have a flight booked for thursday morning. >> stephanie gosk at london heathrow. what a mess and tragedy for all those families. stephanie, thanks. >>> now we turn to capitol hill in washington. a different kind of backlog there. the clock is ticking down to the holiday break. president obama has delayed his own trip to hawaii with his family. there are still two big dramas playing out in the so-called lame duck congress. one on arms control, the s.t.a.r.t. treaty. the other on the emotional fight over new help for 9/11 first responders. our own kelly o'donnell on the hill all day, tracking it all. kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. after eight republicans helped democrats repeal don't ask, don't tell over the weekend, now republican leaders are battling democrats and

and also british prime minister and the mayor of london switch on the lights at london's brand new olympic stadium ahead of the one to twelve games. and ask a call for with an a foul and it seems like brett farve could be finally done for good this time the forty one year old returned to action against the bears after breaking his amazing iron man streak the previous week but the comeback was very short lived has made us both reports now. brett farve against all odds coming back from right shoulder injury to start for the vikings in the game played outdoors of the d.t.s. bank stadium for i was in the tundra stand and he didn't appear to be off early on a quick deliberate to percy harvin here was going to make people miss and one twenty three yards to put minnesota on top of the bears responded with a field goal and then on the first and dirty jay cutler decides to views the vibe safety and finds it sixty seven yards to johnny knoxville on the sideline he does the rest to give the bears a tank to seven leads the defense isn't the only sure the vikings have their all fancied line has done a

because the founder of whistle blowing web site wiki leaks is leaks i should say is in a london court hearing whether he will be granted bail julian the songes in british custody after stockholm issued an arrest warrant in connection with weight delegation's which firmly denies sweden wants to question him although the country's chief prosecutor canceled a previous warrant saying there was no reason to suspect that he committed the crime the wiki leaks founder supporters say the accusations are false the site is still operating and continues to publish confidential american diplomatic cables lindsey german from the coalition of resistance joins us now from outside that court hearing taking place in london thanks for being with us this hour what do you expect to happen in court today. well i hope he will be released. because many people feel that the americans of putting pressure on the swedish government. this actually happens we think getting a son should be treated as somebody who is a criminal he should be treated as somebody who is on the public service in releasing this informati

so you're watching news and much more twenty four hours a day now london is clearing up after another day of violence student protests after lawmakers approved a hike in university fees. targeted government buildings there was even an attack on prince charles's car london correspondent joins us now live. how do the streets all the british capital look this morning. well part of this is. like a particularly destructive tornado has swept through with broken glass a lot of people being drafted in for this cleanup operation a lot of the violence was centered around the green open area which is just opposite the houses of parliament that protesters tore down fences which are now being having to be put back up again as a telephone box by the treasury in which all the windows all the little panes of glass have been meticulously smashed by one particularly determined person. yesterday was it was a violent day it's now being called the worst rest that we've seen in london in the decades the latest figures that we've got reports thirty four arrests for a range of crimes including violent disord

live from london thank you. well in his latest edition of his program. stop financial terrorists plaguing the world economies that's coming up later here on r.t. . that owns j.p. morgan the j.p. morgan i was the fed that's part of the u.s. banking cartel jamie diamond is ben bernanke he is dirty underwear and ben bernanke he gives jamie diamond a few billion fresh t. bills and if they don't then jamie dimon says we're going to crash the u.s. economy the global economy by not rolling over this junk diaper debt collateralized by baby poop and your old tired global economy goes into the into the swamp now why is jamie diamond not in guantanamo bay right now being violated by blackwater is zero never is down there walking on broken glass eating broken glass why why is he allowed to roam free why is your double standard why do the people at airports have to have people from the t.s.a. stick their hands up their strength going up to their elbow and then jamie down with you walking around free is a bird i don't get it he's the terrorist. america is the largest

is in london for us to gauge the mood in the streets. they gather its head just outside the university of london union about an hour ago and now they've started them march towards parliament if we're lucky we'll see more students coming around the corner and more trade unionists there seems to be more people gathering to join the macho all the time they are just about about three hundred yards ahead in front of me that making their way towards the houses of parliament their goal is to be m.p.'s directly as they go into that which is expected to take place about six pm this evening at that time the students say they'll be holding a candlelight vigil to try and stop the m.p.'s from voting this measure it actually took a bit more about the issues surrounding these demonstrations that we've been seeing in london and across europe i'm joined by sam bowman he's the head of research at the adam smith institute sam thanks very much for talking to us now let's talk first about something that gordon brown's told the b.b.c. this morning which is th

it is midday in london, for 30 p.m. in kabul and 7:00 a.m. in washington where president obama will attempt a hard sell today trying to persuade americans a strategy in afghanistan and pakistan is on track. he is unveiling a review of military and civilian operations in the region. it says a responsible withdrawal of troops should be able to begin in july of next year. but in its that gains against the taliban are fragile and precarious. clinton somerville is in the afghan capital for us. >> president obama all the recalled president hamid karzai to give him a heads up on the review. has been agreement that military progress has been made fighting insurgents and taliban but this review will give more than just the military campaign here in afghanistan. now more american troops fighting in afghanistan and ever before. but our day and all the firepower making a difference? the president's review will say, yes, progress is being made fighting the taliban in the south of the country. 30,000 extra american troops -- giving president karzai's gover

in london, the ftse opened higher. on wall street, the dow opens at 11,478, after losing 13 points yesterday. the nasdaq index gained six points. >>> the federal communications commissions could pass new internet access rules today. the proposed rules would prevent providers like comcast or qwest, from blocking sites and applications. wireless companies would be able to block some sites and apps. >>> toyota is facing $32 million more in government fines. the transportation department announced that toyota agreed to pay the fines, which are due to the company's handling of brake and steering recalls. these fines come on top of another $16 million that toyota is already paying. >>> new government stats show americans are using less gas for the fourth year in a row. analysts say the recession, declining popularity of suvs, and concerns about climate change are all factors. >>> well, if you want to shop straight up until christmas, get out the coffee because now is your big chance. toys "r" us announced it will stay open 8

. >> this week, we continue our interviews from london. dan reed is director and producer of the documentary film "terror in mumbai." the film is about the 2008 terror attacks in mumbai, india, that killed over 175 people. >> dan reed, how would you describe what you do for a living? >> i am a freelance documentary director and producer. i also direct, am a bit of a gun for hire, but i tend to make films that go behind a big news story or go behind something that has made headlines and try to show the more complex side of it and to try and kind of unpack the hidden truths. >> who pays you to do this? >> i am hired by channel 4, hbo, pbs frontline right now, the bbc. i have worked for the u.k. broadcasters for the last 20 years. >> how many documentaries have you done? >> about 25 or 30, i have lost count. >> we asked you here to talk about "terror in mumbai," which is 2 years old. >> it is the story of the terrorist attack on the city of mumbai on the 26th of november, 2008. it is known in india as 26/11. it is their 9/11, if you like. wha

robert hall reports. >> it's one of london's most spectacular views. but op a december evening in 1940, the dome of st. paul's overlooked an inferno. >> on the evening of december 9 -- december 29, 1940, fire from enemy planes rained down on london. >> this evening at the exact same time, a con invoice of vehicles retraced the route which led wartime volunteers into a firestorm. among them, 16-year-old george wheeler. >> everything had gone up. so this day i have spoken to senior fire officers and they cannot imagine what it was like with those fires. >> modern equipment and communication were just a dream. today's firefighters can only imagine what their predecessors faced. >> if you can imagine one big fire, a single warehouse, radiating heat and igniting structures adjacent to it, this was going on all over the city, creating firestorms within the city of london. terrifying. >> as water supplies dried up, the prime minister, winston churchill, issued just one order -- save st. paul's. by dawn, the courage and tenacity of the exhausted fire crews had

a look at how london used to care for its abandon children. >> i did exactly what i was told. i walked the length of this concert hall up to this stage and turned around and my foster mother had gone. >> hello. japan has announced a major reconfiguration of its defense forces in response to new security concerns posed by china. they say china's military rise was a source of national concern. japanese forces will be scaled down in the north where they were to face the sothe union and be faced toward china. this report was sent. >> japan is reshaping its defense in response to the shifting balance of power in asia casting the number of tanks facing russia to the north and instead expanding its forces to the south toward growing might of china. missile defense will also be strengthened to guard against an unpredictable north korea. >> we have been able to put forth defense that includes troops with mobility. >> when a chinese -- collided with a japanese ship, the fishing captain was arrested. china broke off contact claiming the island near where the incident took place were righ

the wikileaks founder julian assange is back in a london court to fight for bail. this after prosecutors challenged a judge's addition to free him. this was the sight. his lawyer, mark stevens appeared on the attempts of the court to talk about julian assange's punishment regime as he described it in materials of the custody he was being kept in what he calls utterly victorian conditions. i think that would be very much the basis on which they pursue their bid for bail for jewel kwan assange. he was granted that of $375,000 on tuesday. but worth pointing out that was nonetheless blocked as a complaint was put in by the authorities. at issue now. a little while ago i spoke to john mcgwire who was outside the area where julian assange was being held. >> he was being held for the last nine days since he gave himself up to police in london. response to the european arrest warrant on behalf of the swedish authorities. the reason for today's proceedings is that although he was granted bail including those conditions remain the headlines that of $375,000. you took about t

peter alexander in our london bureau tonight. peter, thanks. >>> and to politics in washington n, a quick note on the president's tax cut extension. the house is debating and democratic leaders say they will vote on it tonight. some democrats, as you may know, are very unhappy with this compromised plan, sayi it favors the wealthiest americans. >>> now we go to the war in afghanistan. it was one year ago the president announced was sending 30,000 more troops into that fight. tonight, the administration has a new assessment, a status report on the war touting progress but there are a lot of caveats. our white house correspondent savannah guthrie covered it today and is with us tonight with more on that. savannah, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this review was not a long three-month protracted battle like we saw last year over how to proceed in afghantan. the white house is sticking to its basic counterinsurgency strategy. the question here is, what is working and what isn't? progress in afghanistan, the president

and also british prime minister and the mayor of london switch on the lights at london's brand new olympic stadium ahead of the one hundred twelve games. and ask a call for with a on a foul and it seems like brett farve could be finally done for good this time the forty one year old returned to action against the bears after breaking his amazing iron man streak the previous week but the comeback was very short lived as made us both reports now brett farve against all odds coming back from right shoulder injury to start for the vikings in the game played all doors of the bank stadium for i was going to understand he didn't appear to be off early on a quick deliberate to percy harvin going to make people miss i want twenty three yards to put minnesota on top the bears responded with a field goal and then on the first and dirty jay cutler decides to views the vibe safety and finds it sixty seven yards to johnny knoxville on the sideline he does the rest to give the bears a ten to seven lead. but defense isn't the only sure the vikings have their fancy blind has done a terrible job protecting

and also british prime minister and the mayor of london switch on the lights at london's olympic stadium ahead of the one to twelve games. and ask a call for with an a foul and it seems like brett farve could be finally done for good this time the forty one year old returned to action against the bears up to breaking his amazing streak the previous week the comeback was very short lived has made us both reports now. brett farve against all odds coming back from right shoulder injury to start for the vikings in the game played all doors at the d.t.'s bank stadium for hours and to understand that he didn't appear to be off early on a quick deliberate to percy harvin here was going to make people miss and run twenty three yards to put minnesota on top the bears responded with a field goal and then on the first and dirty jay cutler decides to views the vice safety and fires it sixty seven yards to johnny knoxville on the sideline he does the rest to give the bears a ten to seven lead. but defense isn't the only sure the vikings have their all fancied line has done a terrible job protecting f

it was a cab or a mini cab it was a cab it was a london castle and this is the elite he has for many caps didn't exist in those days that he mini caps are post second world war invention but anyway off to the second world war my father also became a cab driver but he was a cab driver with you know a small family of three children so i'm not saying we grew up in utter poverty but i grew up without you know heating or a car or television or a refrigerator or you know anything of the modern world there's a person do. a listen i know. so that your father was sort of well left. leftists of the leftist political views and that you really you really quarrel with your grandfather the they were sometimes became enemies is that true well they came from opposite. to russia my father because with the rise of naziism which he experienced as a young man and. he was horrified by fascism and by naziism and and he fought against it in britain before the second world war and in the thirty's as a young man in london he was a left wing socialist ideas off hands off russia europe is not a member of the c

in london so so it was hard harder then to be a foreigner it's completely different now so he changed our name and he said you know what we have to let go of all of that and make a new life for ourselves but my grandfather was very very fixed to his past and his history. and what about you graeme for the you know anything about your answers to say i i think of a couple of your interviews you said something about you or your world. you know a great great great great great great grandfather is mentioned in war and peace on both sides of my family i come from a czarist military class. on one side it was comey and ski and on the other side it was men on often my. my grandfather's father was in a sense that the common to him he married a countess who was off to come in. that was my great grandmother. so already there was a mix going on and. so that was sort of their background i don't know the exact details of all of the family background far from it but i know a certain amount about my grandfather's background. in the recent interview to pearl magazine you you mentioned that your child tu

ranged between twenty and forty thousand and that's in london alone this comes against a backdrop of a europe in crisis as billions from national budget scale used to save banks and into the coffers of the european union after a summer of demonstrations on the continent the u.k. seen a wave of autumn process and ireland's or its own demonstrations earlier this week as its parliament passed the toughest budget in irish history to secure an i.m.f. the e.u. bailout of one hundred fourteen billion dollars the feeling on the streets there is that ordinary working people and the less advantage to being made to pay for the mistakes made by rich bankers and prophecy speculators one of the groups who resent this the most is the german taxpayer europe's largest economy is supposed to in the bill for bailouts and e.u. excesses and there's a growing feeling amongst germans that it's not fair that they should bail others out the bulk of the action in london is expected to take place around parliament's around a thousand police on the streets of westminster as protesters tried to directly not be m

ranged between twenty and forty thousand and that's in london alone this comes against a backdrop of a europe in crisis as billions for national budgets goes to save banks and into the coffers of the european union after a summer of the austerity demonstrations on the continent the u.k. seen a wave of autumn process and ireland's or its own demonstrations earlier this week as its parliament passed the toughest budget in irish history to secure an i.m.f. the e.u. bailout of one hundred fourteen billion dollars the feeling on the streets there is that ordinary working people and the less advantage to being made to pay for the mistakes made by rich bankers and prophecy speculators one of the great series at this the most is the german taxpayer europe's largest economy is supposed to in the bill for bailouts and e.u. excesses and there's a growing feeling amongst germans that it's not fair that they should bail others out of the action in london is expected to take place around parliament whether it be around a thousand police on the streets of westminster as protesters try to directly n

charlie d'agata joins us from london about what julian assange is facing. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, juliet. he's been in hiding for more than a week, but as we speak, julian assange is in a court in central london. he will face a british judge about an hour and a half. that judge will decide whether the wikileaks leaker will be extra dilted to -- extradited to sweden. julian assange surrendered to british police in london tuesday morning, ending an international manhunt. the wikileaks founder has been hiding out in britain for a week as hundreds of leaked u.s. diplomatic cables spilled more u.s. government secrets. the 39-year-old australian is wanted by swedish authorities for alleged sex crimes. he's accused of sexually assaulting two women while in sweden last summer, charges he denies. his lawyer says sweden's boeing to u.s. political pressure to go after the wikileaks leader. >> this doesn't seem to be about an attempt to get at the truth or justice. it seems to be a persecution, not a prosecution. >> reporter: the wikileak

and in fact my grandfather finished up being a taxi driver in london most most of the rationalism as they drove taxes in paris back taxes in paris absolutely right so my grandfather aren't on that noble tradition and became a taxi driver in london it was a cab or a mini cab it was a cab it was a london castle and this is the elite he has for many caps didn't exist in those days that he mini caps are post post second world war invention but anyway off to the second world war my father also became a cab driver but he was a cab driver with you know a small a family of three children so i'm not saying we grew up in utter poverty but i grew up without you know heating or a car or television or a refrigerator or you know anything of the modern world there's a person do go. listen i know. no that your father was sort of well left. leftists of the left his political views yes that you really you really quarrel with your grandfather the they were sometimes became enemies is that true well there came from opposite. to russia my father because with the rise of naziism which he experienced as a

and also british prime minister and the mayor of london switch on the lights at london's brand new olympic stadium ahead of the one to twelve games. and ask a call for with an a foul and it seems like brett farve could be finally done for good this time the forty one year old returned to action against the bears up to breaking his amazing iron man streak the previous week the comeback was very short lived has made us both reports now brett farve against all odds coming back from right shoulder injury to start for the vikings in the game played in all doors at the bank stadium for i was in tundras. he didn't appear to be off early on a quick deliberate to percy harvin here was going to make people miss and want twenty three yards to put minnesota on top of the bears responded with a field goal and then the first and dirty jay cutler decides to views the bike safety and finds it sixty seven yards to johnny knoxville on the sideline he does the rest to give the bears a tank the seven leads. but defense isn't the only issue the vikings have they're all fansub line has done a terrible job prote

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peter alexander in our london bureau tonight. peter, thanks. >>> and to politics in washington now, a quick note on the president's tax cut extension. the house is debating and democratic leaders say they will vote on it tonight. some democrats, as you may know, are very unhappy with this compromised plan, saying it favors the wealthiest americans. >>> now we go to the war in afghanistan. it was one year ago the president announced he was sending 30,000 more troops into that fight. tonight, the administration has a new assessment, a status report on the war touting progress but there are a lot of caveats. our white house correspondent savannah guthrie covered it today and is with us tonight with more on that. savannah, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this review was not a long three-month protracted battle like we saw last year over how to proceed in afghanistan. the white house is sticking to its basic counterinsurgency strategy. the question here is, what is working and what isn't? progress in afghanistan, the p

airports in london, paris, frankfurt, are badly affected. there are delays and cancellations that may be beyond christmas day. we will have the latest from one airport where some passengers are preparing for their fourth day stranded at the airport. we have the latest on the situation in europe. >> and going nowhere fast. for many passengers at brussels airport, monday brought cancellations and frustrations. they could clear the runway, but did not have enough liquid needed to de-ice the plane. clearing the backlog of stranded travelers even if they are able to get back up on their feet on tuesday will still take time. in berlin, the trams are still running. the pavement was glacial. as of this aviation hub in frankfurt, two-thirds of flights were canceled. it was a similar picture in france. the main airport, scores of flights were left grounded. >> we are here from saturday morning at 6:00 a.m.. >> the transport minister got a taste of passengers frustration. >> worry for three days. >> in australia, people traveling to europe for christma

when you count the pedestrians and car fatal san francisco ranks worse than tokyo and london. elizabeth stamp of the non- profit walk san francisco. >> san francisco is the most dangerous for pedestrians. >> reporter: according to her the top then include the financial district, bayview, south of market and tenderloin. they represent 4% of the city's population but more than 20 percent of the pedestrian accidents. and seniors are especially vulnerable. >> seniors especially are more at risk of being hit. and then, of course, once they are hit, they are more likely to be seriously injured or actually killed. >> reporter: many pedestrians aren't too surprised by the numbers. >> i know when the giants parade closed the entire market down it was nice having this as a pedestrian way instead of a car way, because it does seem the cars that are the offenders. >> john alex lowell suffered a traumatic brain injury when he got hit crossing the street nine years. now as the chair of the walking committee he is am asking the city make changes. >> there are insufficient enforcement of the

charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >>> it's cbs moneywatch time on a friday. mixed day for stocks in asia. ashley morrison is here in new york with that and more. ashley, good morning to you. >> good morning, terrell. investors were cautious following signals china will not raise interest rates. japan's nikkei lost a fraction, while hong kong's hang seng had a late-day rally finishing higher a quarter percent. today, wall street gets the leading economic indicator list for november. on thursday, stocks got a lift. the dow gained nearly 42 points while the nasdaq added 20. >>> online shoppers have extra incentive today. more than 1500 retailers including macy's, toys are us and sears are taking part in the third annual free shipping friday guaranteeing free delivery by christmas eve if you order today. more than 60% of them have no restrictions or minimum purchases. a handful of retailers including amazon.com have extended their free shipping offers through this weekend. >>> washington's trying to crack down on debit card fees. the federal reserve proposed a 12