would drive investors out of scotland. he recently opened a new centers for online retailers. >> that will give us one of the most successful and prosperous countries in the world. >> scotland already has many freedoms. annual u.k. government spending amounts to about 10,000 pounds per capita in itspending as opposed to 8000 in england. they subsidized free health care and tuition for scottish residence. students from other parts of the u.k. have to pay up to 9,000 lbs in tuition fees. like many and crush people, she thinks that stocks are living well at her expense. >> i am paying. at the beginning of every academic year, i have a big bill that i have to pay. i am perfectly happy to pay for my own higher education. i am not so happy to pay for some scottish kids. >> andrew argues the scotland is paying for the english. he no blogger wants to pay taxes to london for his discovery. he gives his whiskey time to mature, but he is in a hurry for independence. >> the time is now. >> he wants to revolutionize the kilt, not scotl

in some new evidence on the case which was handed over by scotland yard if you heard anything about that evidence i don't think it's anything serious must be just the media report in the journalist must've misinterpreted the facts at the coroner's court hearing the officers of scotland yard rose up and said they needed two more weeks to hand over the remaining papers to the prosecution service would you maybe there is a certain procedure maybe it's to do something else where you can my lords doubt that there could be new documents what's more likely is that they just need to provide more people or some type of those that they submitted along with the extradition request also heard another interesting interpretation russian investigators say you're no longer a suspect a witness say no longer a witness but a victim yes of particulars is it possible that the british authorities move mr cole to be a friend of yours who. from the witnesses latest on to the list of suspects this city. is it possible now has the i read of such an option in the paper of a reporter from the sunday times. because

in some new evidence on the case which was handed over by scotland yard if you heard anything about that evidence i don't think it's anything serious must be just the media reporting the journalist must have misinterpreted the facts at the coroner's court hearing to the officers of scotland yard rose up and said they needed two more weeks to hand over the remaining papers to the prosecution service would you maybe there is a certain procedure maybe it's do you do something else where you can my lords doubt that there could be new documents what's more likely is that they just need to provide more people or some type of those that they submitted along with the extradition request also heard another interesting interpretation russian investigators say you're no longer a suspect and a witness say no longer a witness but a victim yes of particulars is it possible that the british authorities move mr to be a friend of yours who. from the witnesses latest on to the list of suspects this is really this is it possible now is that i read of such an option in the paper of the reporter from the sun

that the crown prosecution service was told in some new evidence on the case was handed over by scotland yard if you heard anything about that evidence i don't think it's anything serious must be just the media report in the journalist must've misinterpreted the facts at the coroner's court hearing the officers of scotland yard rose up and said they needed two more weeks to hand over the remaining papers to the prosecution service would you maybe there is a certain procedure maybe it's do you do something else where you can my lords doubt that there could be new documents what's more likely is that they just need to provide more people or some type of those that they submitted along with the extradition request also heard another interesting interpretation russian investigators say you're no longer a suspect and a witness say no longer a witness but the victim yes. is it possible that the british authorities move mr to be a friend of yours who. from the witnesses latest onto the list of suspects this really is is it possible now. i read of such an option in the paper of a reporter from t

that the crown prosecution service was told and some new evidence on the case was handed over by scotland yard if you heard anything about that evidence i don't think it's anything serious it's must be just the media report in the journalist must have been misinterpreted the facts at the coroner's court hearing two of the officers of scotland yard rose up and said they needed two more weeks to hand over the remaining papers to the prosecution service would you maybe there is a certain procedure maybe it's to do something else where you can my lords doubt that there could be new documents what's more likely is that they just need to provide more people or some type of those that they submitted along with the extradition request also heard another interesting interpretation russian investigators say you're no longer a suspect and a witness say no longer a witness but a victim. yes. is it possible that the british authorities move mr coe a friend of yours from the witnesses latest onto the list of suspects this really. is it possible now is that i read about such an option in the paper of th

can say the same information until their turn to dust up in the archives you will know exactly maybe scotland yard was not prepared for such a situation maybe they expected this first hearing which was a preliminary one take some decision. there were also reports in the video that the crown prosecution service was told in some new evidence on the case which was handed over by scotland yard if you heard anything about that evidence i don't think it's anything serious must be just the media report in the journalist must've misinterpreted the facts at the coroner's court hearing the officers of scotland yard rose up and said they needed two more weeks to hand over the remaining papers to the prosecution service would you maybe there is a certain procedure maybe it's to do something else where you can my lords doubt that there could be new documents what's more likely is that they just need to provide more people or some type of those that they submitted along with the extradition request also heard another interesting interpretation russian investigators say you're no longer a suspect and a witn

has some new evidence on the case which was handed over by scotland yard if you heard anything about that evidence i don't think it's anything serious must be just the media report in the journalist must have been misinterpreted the facts at the coroner's court hearing to the officers of scotland yard rose up and said they needed two more weeks to hand over the remaining papers to the prosecution service would you maybe there is a certain procedure maybe it's to do something else where you can my lords doubt that there could be new documents what's more likely is that they just need to provide more people or some type of those that they submitted along with the extradition request also heard another interesting interpretation russian investigators say you're no longer a suspect and a witness say no longer a witness but the victim yes. that is it possible that the british authorities move mr cole to be a friend of yours from the witnesses latest onto the list of suspects you need this is it possible now has the i read of such an option in the paper the reporter from the sunday times.

positive news for me personally as well as my lawyers and the prosecutor general's office of cold on scotland yard to send all were all of the evidence or for their investigation there are many documents in this case we have never received the results of the examination is a positive news for you know what we have to remember about the price you had to pay for it you were exposed to radiation were significant was the damage to your health it was serious enough to detect the early symptoms over radiation sickness it was a serious as that which you would believe. treatment yes i did had to spend about a month in a hospital that was moscow clinical hospital number six which is now part of the federal medical biological center employees specialists who previously work its nuclear power stations and so on the treatment involved many intricate procedures we had to do a long list of tests every day and samples were analyzed using some complex math formulas and thanks to prompt intervention by russian doctors the disease was nipped in the bud. as it would. have any symptoms and no long term effects o

scotland is a tougher one. i do not know. i have to guess it might have to do with the very long tradition in scotland of sending more immigrants overseas. parts of america, the scottish pride is still incredibly powerful and parts of virginia and west virginia and kentucky. the scottish tradition is very strong. >> fascinating stuff. take all for joining us on gmt from "bbc world news." german chancellor angela merkel told the german parliament today that only strict new rules enforcing fiscal discipline could rebuild trust in the eurozone. that's all from this edition of gmt. thank you for watching. >> ma s >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank ha financngl restth to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" wasre ged enescebytes t kleanlos.

police advised against all travel in central scotland. the waves and the wind have taken their toll as today. police say they have dealt with 100 major incidents on the road. the north of the country is covered in snow. engineers are struggling to reconnect more than 60,000 homes. after a tough day, it will be a cold night. >> the headlines. your's leaders are trying to compete with a solution to the eurozone crisis. are trying leaders to complete a solution to the eurozone crisis. >> a shooter killed two people on the virginia tech campus. let's turn to indonesia. the dutch ambassador to indonesia has traveled to a small village to apologize for a notorious massacre in 1947. almost the entire male population was killed to suppress independence fighters. how much of a landmark is this apology? >> it is a really significant apology. remember, since that massacre of 1947, the dutch state has never formally apologized for what took place in this tiny village. it was on december 9th, 1947, almost the entire male population of this village was

back to you, craig. >> angus walker in scotland for us. now back to lester, jenna, and janice. >> i like the middle one, who was obviously extremely hungry when the camp raeras were on hi. must eat more! >>> janice huff, good morning. >> good morning. nice here in new york. >> not such a nice morning across the southern plains. need the rain in texas. littlerock, you don't want any more. you had record rainfall for the month of november. expect three to five inches from little rock to east of dallas. likely to see flash flooding from across texas to parts of the mid mississippi river valley. cold in denver. expecting 3 to 7 inches of snow tonight. sunshine in california today. across the eastern seaboard, sunny from boston down to d.c. and atlanta with temperatures in the 50s this afternoon. break here too. 80 in miami. a little on the windy side. sun over the central plains and a little rainy acr >>> and a good sunday morning to you. i'm storm 4 meteorologist chuck bell. off to a bright and sunny start in washington this morning. it is go

but part of the agreement rested on scotland not releasing him to the u.n. or back to libya without our consent. what they did was even worse -- they made him a free man. >> greta: you know what is so astonishing-- the united states got wind of this in fall of 2008, during the bush administration, that he might be released. they knew about the diagnosis and he was supposedly dying of cancer. in '0 19, the obama administration likewise know its. fast forward to august and he is released on this ridiculous compassionate grounds that he's about to die and he never has died. i cannot believe we did not have the diplomatic muscle that we couldn't have stopped that. this is one of the most corrupt actions of the scottish government. what were we doing? >> there is little doubt that the british wanted to do something for cadoff tow help british investor it's. >> greta: that's horrible! >> and i think there is no doubt, as you rightly say that for at least a year, the u.s. government knew that the british government and the scottish government were thinking about it

back to you, craig. >> angus walker in scotland for us. now back to lester, jenna, and janice. >> i like the middle one, who was obviously extremely hungry when the camp raeras were on hi. must eat more! >>> janice huff, good morning. >> good morning. nice here in new york. >> not such a nice morning across the southern plains. need the rain in texas. littlerock, you don't want any more. you had record rainfall for the month of november. expect three to five inches from little rock to east of dallas. likely to see flash flooding from across texas to parts of the mid mississippi river valley. cold in denver. expecting 3 to 7 inches of snow tonight. sunshine in california today. across the eastern seaboard, sunny from boston down to d.c. and atlanta with temperatures in the 50s this afternoon. break here too. 80 in miami. a little on the windy side. sun over the central plains and a little rainy across parts of the great lakes and the >> good morning. a beautiful but chilly start to the day. we'll have lots of sunshine earlier on. a few clou

and without a doubt, the royal bank of scotland management made huge errors. but you would have to prove that they were actually negligent or fraudulent. i think that going forward, the rules that govern the management of banks will be much tougher. if it happens again, management will be on the hook. >> comments from one particular expert. let's hear from the bank. the chairman of the royal bank of scotland has surprising an unexpected comments. let's listen to this. >> the banks have to be rescued by taxpayers. they should be freestanding entities of substantial and enduring strength. the idea that they have to go, hat in hand, to the public at large, is shocking. >> who would have ever thought we would have heard that from a banker. there are measures in place, going forward. regulatory consent is needed. the bosses of banks that fail should not be allowed to take on similar jobs at other banks. there can be personal consequences, if they are in charge of when a bank fails. >> it would be remiss of me not to talk about the euro zone. >> loot -- let's move o

and you have the wishes of the people of scotland and the support of the people of scotland in your quest for justice which i share. i have a brother and like all families in scotland we like to travel. many of our founding fathers of the united states were scots. i have a brother, an american girl and he is now an american citizen my brother who lives in jacksonville. i think there is slightly better weather than we are facing today. but, i can tell you that my brother when i speak to him on them on a regular basis always asks me about what we are doing to try and bring justice for you and for all of the families of lost loved ones and lockerbie. there is a brief which i have arranged from the people of scotland to be placed and the reeves says, some simple words. always remember, never forgotten and forever in our hearts. that is a genuine sentiment from me and my colleagues and the people of scotland and it is in both english and gaelic. so thank you very much for allowing me to be here on this wonderful and moving -- thank you. [applause] >> we had a number of calls from the press abo

that would be a really money spinner for the zoo and store scotland. behind their arrival there's a number of contracts between scotland and china exports of fish and oil deals, for example, so they may be cute, but they're also commercial. back to you, craig. >>> angus walker there in scotland for us. that is the news for now. let's go back to lester and jenna and janice. >> love those pictures. thanks. >> i like the middle one. obviously extremely hungry. >> when the cameras were on him he was, like must eat more whatever. that was disturbing. janice, good morning. >> good morning. >> nice here in new york. >> not such a nice morning across the southern plains. they need the rain in texas, but if you are in little rock, you don't want anymore because you had record rainfall for the month of november, but expect three to five inches along that front from little rock to just east of dallas. flood watches are in effect. likely to see flash flooding across eastern texas into arkansas. parts of the mid-mississippi river valley. in the meantime, it's cold

i come from scotland which has a curious history in this regard and something i allude to in the book. if you had gone to scotland early in my story, say in the late 16, 17 and censure when a calvinist were really taking control and when edinboro, i imagine was rather like tehran after the islamic revolution, it was a theocratic am intolerant and rather awful society to be a part of. with a level of an intolerance of even having fun in any shape or form were amazingly high. but this was the extreme case of puritanism and yet, in that same city of edinburgh within a century you had one of the greatest flowering south secular thinking, the enlightenment, of all time. this is the city that produces adam smith and all of his contemporaries. probably the greatest generation of intellectuals the west has ever seen. something extraordinary happens in scotland which i don't think historians have fully expect which got it from its theocratic intolerant calvinist days to its dazzling enlightenment heyday all in the space of 150 years. >> host: my theory is they were all looking for consumerism

. >>> and today marks 23 years since the lockerbie bombing over scotland. coming up, details on the new push to find evidence and possibly others who may be responsible for that bombing. alisyn: fox news alert for you. so this is how they celebrate christmas in washington, with the house, the senate, and the white house locked in a struggle that will likely mean less money in the paychecks of 160 million americans. it's brand new hour of "america live", i'm alisyn cam camarota in for megyn kelly, president obama saying that congress will not have a christmas holiday without extending the tax holiday, warning lawmakers they may not be leaving d.c. until they prevent a middle class tax hike by the first of the year and he's prepared to scrap his vacation plans as well. chief white house correspondent ed henry joins us live from the white house. ed, we know this changes by the hour. what's happening now? >> that's right, we still don't know, alisyn, whether the president is even going to hawaii at all. remember, it was a couple of weeks a. critics say he was g

i come from scotland which has a curious history in this regard, and something that i alluded to in the book. if you had gone to scotland early in my story, say, in the late '60s, early 17th century when the calvinists were reading, taking control come and remember, i imagine was rather like tehran not long after the islamic revolution. it was a bureaucratic and tolerant, rather awful society to be a part of. over the levels of in tolerances of even having fun in any shape or form were amazingly high. this was the extreme case of puritanism, and yet in that same city, edinburg, within a century you had one of the greatest secular thinkings, delight meant, of all time. this is the city that produces adam smith and all his contemporaries. probably the greatest generation of intellectuals the west has ever seen. so something extraordinary happened in scotland which i don't think historians have yet fully explained which got it from its theocratic and tolerant calvinist phase to its dazzling enlightenment, all in the space of 100, 150 years. >> host: my theory is they're all looking for con

wild wind and massive waves batter scotland. >>> and the fur flies. why an animal rights group is handing out the things they're why an animal rights group is handing out the things they're most against. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. today we begin with running out of time. what has begun an all-too familiar scene on capitol hill, republicans and democrats are deadlocked over key legislation. this time if congress can't compromise on how to pay for payroll tax cuts that expire december 31st, tens of millions of americans will see smaller paychecks next year. nbc's brian mooar reports. >> reporter: a sharply divided senate shot down competing attempts at payroll tax cuts. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: republicans refused to raise taxes on millionaires. democrats wouldn't agree to slash federal jobs. and if congress doesn't extend the tax cut and unemployment insurance, president obama is threatening to keep lawmakers in town through the holidays. >> we are going to stay here as long as it takes

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i am the new lord advocate of scotland. i am a very determined man. the more difficult the task, the more i see that as a challenge to be overcome. what i want to do today is give you my personal commitment, my genuine personal commitment that i will do everything in my power to bring all of those involved in this appalling crime to justice. one of the things i want to do is to take up the cudgels in relation to the lockerbie investigation. i have been working hard with u.s. law enforcement and my colleagues to try to put the lockerbie investigation back at the top of the radar. it is still the biggest act of terrorism on u.k. soil. you have my personal commitment that i will do everything i can to bring the others involved in this appalling act to justice. can i just say that it is truly humbling for me to be here on this sacred ground of arlington cemetery. there is a memorial in scotland representing each life lost in this tragedy. you have the full support of the people of scotland in your quest for justice, which i share. i have a brother, and li

pushed that scotland's row it institute one of the leading food research centers in europe scientists here are trying to find out whether long term consumption of g.m. foods may affect health the professor is so concerned about the implications of his discovery he's decided to publicize his findings early as a scientist looking at it actively working on the field. i find that. it's very very. fair to use. a citizen get it big. drugs defers experimenting because when we started it and i did ninety five there was not a single publication or the. potential or duty of f.x. of genetically modified. for a t.d. or those with any species rats mice. or humans. even though that the humans for all of the eating it. this is the same good idea potato. that we used for genetic engineering get ninety eight ninety five and this is the particular potato variety which is one of the easiest to genetically engineer and the point of the whole genetic modification experiment was to protect the potato a gate stay feeds one of the major pests it scotland of they attack their the potato they grieve parts of t

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he certainly did not speak on behalf of scotland. he did not speak on behalf of the scottish parliament. if the united kingdom does leave this place, the people of scotland would do considerably better representing ourselves, free of london rule. >> i have to say, that is a very difficult question to answer. there are half a dozen of them thrown in there. david cameron did what he had to do. he was forced into an impossible position. he has left the united kingdom even more vulnerable than it was before. we are a permanent voting minority. we do not have a friend in the room. they want to have our rebates. they want financial market regulation. he has opened up debates in britain. cameron does not know what he has unleashed. the momentum for us to have a referendum to divorce ourselves from these failing structures and replace it with a genuine free trade agreement has unstoppable momentum. it is good for the u.k., it is good for scotland, it will be good for your financial sector. it will create many, many jobs in scotland. >> the n

and lower parts of scotland. and it does mean that you'll have to take care, especially if you are going to be out on the roads there. if it is snowing the snow will be buffeted about. winds are strong enough to be doing structural damage, making driving very difficult. gale force winds getting up to about 160 kilometers an hour for the gusts. now as for the precipitation as i mentioned, scotland will be seeing snow, parts of northern england as well. otherwise it is going to be chilly rain and heads over to scandinavia down through poland and in towards germany. back into western france as that frontline moves in. so it is going to be very stormy here the next day or so. and out to the east clearing up. in turkey you will be seeing mountain snow as well as thunderstorms down to the south. temperaturewise, 9 in berlin 347 in stockholm. minus 1 in moscow. we are keeping it in the teens in athens, rome, lisbon. here is your extended forecast. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline," we'll be back with

. >> taking scotland by storm. after arriving from china, it was time for the panda pair of sweetie and sunshine to meet the press. >> welcome to our viewers on p.b.s. in america and around the globe. the troops are coming home, but america is not abandoning the middle east. that was president obama's message today as he stood beside prime minister maliki to mark the end of america's military commitment in iraq. after nine long years, on december 31st, the last american troops stationed there will come home. can america be influential there without having boots on the ground? here is our coverage. >> prime minister maliki asked to come to arlington national cemetery, where many of those thousands of americans who died fight negligence iraq are buried. he and president obama honored the dead. and for mr. obama today, a warning to iraq's powerful, overbearing neighbor, iran. >> we are partnering for regional security. just as iraq has pledged not to interfere in other nations, other nations must not interfere with ir

and you have the wishes of the people of scotland, the support of the people of scotland and your quest for justice which i share. i have a brother, i mean, like all families in scotland, like to travel and settle abroad. many of the founding fathers of the united states were scots. i have a brother who married a lovely girl, an american girl, and is now an american citizen, my brother in jacksonville, florida. i think slightly better weather than we are facing today. [laughter] but i can tell you that my brother, when i speak to them on a regular basis, always asks me about, you know, what we are doing to try to bring justice for you and for all the families that have lost loved ones in lockerbie. there is a wreath which i've arranged from the people of scotland to be placed. and the reason says some simple words. always remember, never forgotten, and for ever in our hearts. and that is a genuine sentiment from the and my colleagues and the people of scotland. and it's in both english and gaelic. so thank you very much for allowing me to be here on this wonderful and moving ceremony. t

genetic modification experiment was to protect the potato against atheists one of the major pests it scotland of they attacked their the potato they grieve parts of the potato and we observed that that particular elected which we used which we take to crop. the snowdrop bulbs did to protect the snowdrop. against or sorts of pests attacks and we had hoped that if we had to take the that particular gene and transferred it needed it into the potatoes that would also be protecting the potato against insect attacks which in fact it did. after the end it was were killed at dissected we found out that it compared it with the genetically modified potatoes their internal organs developed differently some of the hole gets such just for example the got increased in size. even do it. fast or some of the other issues for example or the kid is not developing as well as the troughs and the conclusions were this is if. they found those data surtees six thirty six very significant differences between the g.m. . g.m. at. philadelphia u.s. physicians criticize that after more than ten years there is still no lo

a warning for the folks in scotland. at least 30,000 people in the country are without power as gusts of up to 165 miles per hour continue to rip through. schools, roads, and bridges have all been shut down and to the highest wind warnings possible. england, wales, and northern ireland have also been hit by the storm, which of course dumped large amounts of rain on scotland as well. this is a great story -- christmas came early for three people in michigan with a perfect stranger picked up the tab on some presence. >> mary kate and put some toys on layaway for her son david yesterday afternoon. -- mary chapin. she was hoping to pay off the balance by the week before christmas. then she got a call that changed all that. >> they said that someone had paid $180 on my layaway and there was only $10 left. i thought it was a joke. she was to stand up to the side. >> a complete stranger described only as a woman in her 30's had taken care of the balance. she did not leave her name and did not want a thank you, only writing on t

only the country's second ever piece of silverware meanwhile sweden will face the sport's heavyweight scotland on saturday. i don't think the game turned out to be very tight we were confident how to stay focused and concentrate on the result and you'll be so really happy to win the bronze medal. e.c. made them on their denmark is a very experienced team and we expected them to fight until the end we kept in mind that we should battle even if the equalized we followed the plan and we won. finally ever wanted to take part in a major sports tournament but maybe didn't quite have the athletic prowess for its well maybe you can take a look at this interesting the first ever world mind games a battlefield for intellectuals as their tester with a chess bridge many other activities beijing here the city which host the two thousand. for brains this time with a traditional opening ceremony to set the stage chess go bridge draw off g the five activities the competitors knowing on the normal gold would put them on the fast track to celebrityhood the games are televised certainly adding to the pressure ru

wild wind and massive waves batter scotland. >>> and the fur flies. why an animal rights group is handing out the things they're most against. >> good morning, everyone. i'm lynn berry. those stories and more are straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> and we begin this morning with running out of time in what has become an all-too-familiar scene on capitol hill, republicans and democrats are deadlocked over key legislation. this time if congress can't compromise on how to pay for payroll tax cuts that expire december 31st, tens of millions of americans will see smaller paychecks next year. nbc's brian mooar reports. >> reporter: a sharply divided senate shot down competing attempts to extend payroll tax cuts for more than 160 million americans. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: republicans refused to raise taxes on millionaires. democrats wouldn't agree to slash federal jobs. and if congress doesn't extend the tax cut and unemployment insurance, president obama is threatening to keep lawmakers in town through the holidays. >> we

european championships and denmark in a confident way thirteen to seven their hosts were beaten by scotland in the semifinal smiting a danish test for the last ball in sport two thousand and six european champions russia lost the opening and but found their stride later on living by four points midway through come close eleven matters in the penultimate and the but the russians show their dominance by controlling the last one five nil living the final score thirteen seven and thought place wrapped up that was only the country's second of a piece of silverware into outside and will face scotland in that saturday's decider. he was pushed on the goal of a great i don't think the game turned out to be very tight we were confident how teacher they stayed focused and concentrated on the result and you'll be and so very happy to win the bronze medal. e.c.m.a. them and they didn't mark is a very experienced team and we expected them to fight until the end we kept in mind that we should battle even if the equalized we followed the plan and we won. in basketball the n.b.a. players are back on court f

so for two to arrive in scotland in one day was a rare event indeed. equally uncommon, a diplomatic visit that gained so much attention when the vips themselves seem more interested in bamboo chutes. they were greeted by bagpipes, costumes and kilts, after an eight-hour journey from china, inflight meals on a plane adapted, dubbed the panda express. >> we monitored the pandas throughout the entire trip between eating the panda cakes and the carrots and the apples, they were just as happy as they could be. >> reporter: they have left their home to spend a decade in scotland. the female called sweetie is shy compared to her male traveling companion, sunshine. so shy, perhaps, that it will be months before they share a cage, and get to know each other a little better. it is notoriously difficult to breed pandas, but the hope is that sweetie and sunshine will not be the last new arrivals. once they become friends, they provide new links between china and the outside world. >> the pandas are a symbol of the friendship and the cooperation between chinese peo

. >> a huge storm blows through scotland. but it's the name of the hurricane that's making headlines. now officially, the storm was called hurricane freed him. but people started calling it a pregnant injure raf can't get out of a swimming pool. >> you would think it wouldn't be that hard. >> oh, but it was. see the gruelling rescue effort. >> the crazy target lady is back for the holidays. millions love her but few know who she really is. we'll reveal the real lady behind the laugh. >> and bar stools are not just for sipping beer. we're riding in style all the way to number one. we begin our count down and you can have it for us. >> he noticed somebody spray painting his car. >> i would imagine it has something to do with pearl harbor. >> safe guess. the car is a mitsubishi. he caught the guy doing this to his car. when he approached the guy, he started yelling racial slurs, and nicholas claims the guy put his hands on him. he fought back. this is very graphic and full of foul long waj. the guy is saying, you're right. i'm s