owner g e made over two million in political donations and twenty ten and scientists say deep sea coral damaged by b p oil spill in vermont new plant shuts down over ready oh active water leak and thousands protest nuke waste train shipment in germany and hurricane could worsen cholera epidemic in haiti and un says six hundred fifty rapes reported in the border moroccan forces raid protest of first world news stories washington post reports the u s has deployed armed predator drones to hunt for al qaeda operatives in yemen for the first time in years the drone are being operated by the joint special operations command it being flown from a nearby country booty or quite tar the drawings are part of a major u s buildup in yemen that includes the arrival of new cia teams in the one hundred special operations force trainers and deployment of sophisticated surveillance and electronic eavesdropping systems operated by spy services including the national security agency the pentagon official told the washington post that plans are being made to nearly double military aid to yemen next year to two hundred fifty million in pakistan a pair of u making his first visit to neighboring india well have more on his trip after the headlines at the united nations on friday taking part in legal advisor her harold koh defended the legality of unmanned drones and said the number of expressed concern about legality of our use of force in afghanistan and elsewhere with respect to the use of force and targeting white detentions the united states is committed to ensuring that all our actions fully comply with the rule of law it is considered view of this administration that the u s targeting practices are good in recent operations conducted w of unmanned aerial vehicles comply with all applicable law including international humanitarian law the burmese military junta is claiming victory in the nation's first elections in twenty years pro democracy groups tied to the imprisoned nobel peace prize laureate aung san suu kyi boycotted the polls international lectures monitors and journalists were banned from observing the vote in the thai border town of my sought for means migrant workers tore up their voting documents  protest white chua a bernese migrant worker said everyone sees this election as a fraud the military has swapped their uniforms for pull titian's clothes change the name of the unit to the name of political parties but they are still holding the power when people select they will be the same so it is useless to vote in this election speaking in australia as secretary of state hillary clinton criticize election process in burma and said we look at burma today holding flawed elections that once again expose the abuses of the military junta and it's heartbreaking because the people of burma deserve so much better and australia and united states will continue to work together to establish an international commission to inquiry to hold those leaders in burma accountable for human rights violations continue in person across persecutions of ethnic minorities and news from peru to american activists lori berenson is expected to be released on parole today are all of this was yesterday after serving nearly fifteen years in prison parents and was convicted in ninety six by hooded the nation's official unemployment rate remains at nine point six percent even though the private sectors added one hundred fifty nine thousand jobs in october the economic policy institute reports if the rate of job growth were to continue at october's rate it would take twenty years for the economy to return to power pretty recession unemployment rates there's a total of twenty six point six million workers who were either unemployed or underemployed last month like me and political news house speaker nancy pelosi has an she will run for minority leader despite the democratic party's defeat in election day pelosi decision sparking a battle over who will be her second in command the current majority leader standing how are of maryland and majority whip jim clyburn of south carolina are bo vying to become minority whip the second highest ranking spot after minority leader republican lawmakers are threatening to cut off money needed to implement part of president obama's health care plan after knowledge you know they lack the votes to repeal the legislation house republican congressman eric cantor of virginia said if all of the obamacare cannot be immediately repealed then it is my intention to begin repealing it piece by piece the new york times reports republican lawmakers plan to use branding bills to block various provisions which they object to and limit access to government subsidized private health plans that include coverage of abortion in addition republicans want to limit money and personal personal available to the internal revenue service so the agency could not aggressively enforce provisions that require people to obtain health insurance and employees to help pay for it on sunday senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said republicans will also try to repeal the bill outright mitch mcconnell said people who supported us political independents want repealed and replaced with something else i think we owe it to them to try defense secretary robert gates is urging members of congress to repeal the don't ask don't tell policy before republicans take control of the house in january but deep divisions remain inside the armed forces on the policy changed over the weekend the new commander of the marine corps general james amos told reporters now is not the time to repeal the ban and m s n b c has announced t v host keith  to the airwaves on tuesday olbermann was indefinitely suspended three days ago after it was revealed that he had donated money to three democratic candidate in violations of the m s n b c's policy while keith olbermann donations became front page news little attention has been paid to the massive amount of political spending by m s n b c's parent company general electric one of the nation's largest military contractors fairness and accuracy in reporting reports g e made over two million and political contributions and ten election cycle the top recipient was read publican senate candidate rob portman from ohio the company has also spent thirty two million on lobbying this year and contributed over one million to campaigns against california ballot initiatives aimed at eliminating tax loopholes for major corporations and news from the gulf of mexico federal scientists found damage to deep sea coral and other marine life on the ocean floor several miles from the blown out b p well  say this find is a strong indication the damage from the spill could be significantly greater than officials had previously knowledge penn state biologist charles fisher said that we what we have at this point is a smoking gun that is abundant circumstantial data that suggests that what happened is related to recent oil spill coral is essential to the gulf because it provides a habitat for fish and other organisms such as snails and crabs making any large scale deaths of coral eye problem for many species it might need years or even decades to go back to vermont yankee nucular power plant was shut down sunday right after discovery of a leak of radioactive water plants owners entergy said engineers a dentist had a leak approximately sixty drops per minute from a pipe in the feeding system piping company said the lake was confined to the plant and that there was no one to throw out of public health safety or the plant's employees in other nucular news thousands of protesters in france and germany have attempted to block a train carrying nuclear waste some practices change themselves to the train tracks while others drove trucks onto the tracks hundreds of protesters have been detained anti nuke sentiment is on the rise in germany following the government's announcement in september to extend the life of the seventeen nuclear power plants by twelve years they were due to be decommissioned in twenty twenty and haiti's president rene preval is warning that flooding caused by hurricane tomas could increase the spread of deadly cholera epidemic outbreak has already killed five hundred haitians and sick more than seven thousand hurricane tell us skirted haiti on friday flooding some coastal towns forcing thousands of their home out of their homes and soaking camps for displaced people in the capital port au prince with rain and news from africa the united nations has revealed more than six hundred fifty women and girls have been raped during mass expulsion of and go to the democratic republic of congo in the past two months victims said they being withdrew from the territory five years ago meanwhile negotiators from the moroccan government and the pro independence leaders from western sahara are scheduled to meet near new york this week for talks mediated by the united nations and in oakland california police arrested one hundred fifty two people friday night after hundreds took to the streets to protest what they viewed as a lenient sentencing of the bart police officer who shot dead oscar grant two years ago on a train platform  sally was sentenced to two years in prison the shortest sentence he could have received in july pair a jury of los angeles convicted mercifully of involuntary manslaughter but acquitted him on a more serious charge of second degree murder and voluntary manslaughter and family and friends of the late clarence kalen who brought his ashes to spain where he fought against fascism in the spanish civil war in the late thirty's killen died last year at the age of ninety five in madison wisconsin was one of the last survivors of the abraham lincoln brigade a group of american volunteers who fought the defense is going to mock democratically elect government against a military coup led by general francisco franco backed by adolf hitler and italian dictator benito mussolini and that's it for today's meth high the police were unable to locate him three twenty six p m a call from to run a block in archer's three asked for a welfare check on a man who was passed out in the bedroom possibly alcoholic caller have stopped by attempting to return a dog and men on suspicion of public intoxication how could you tell forty six am a caller from two hundred block of georgia drive reported blue toyota truck had been keyed police took a report twelve twenty seven p m caller from six hundred  sesame street teacher were smoking marijuana in memorial park picnic area police cited the boys five fifty p m caller from brunswick road near the why you put a large man was wailing on a child in the passenger seat of his gr yes are to the bronco driver who then brandished a pistol call was referred to the california highway patrol six forty four p m caller from across a pizza restaurant on nelspruit ported route ten year olds yelling profanit of fish and game twelve twenty two p m a woman from eleven thousand block auburn road reported her sister is living in a shed in the yard and using heroin the woman wanted to demolish the shed so the sister was walking around vegetation fire the call was transferred to cal fire and fire was put out in two p m call from twelve thousand block of grass valley ave reported his trailer was broken into within the past week the locks were cut off and he was missing for speakers and other items returning one p m a woman from seventeen thousand block of mohill road reported a motorcyclist came by the residence then started a fight with her husband when he told the motorcyclist to slow down and four fifty four p m call from on trying to work on cars and grabbing on the car doors nine thirty pm caller from two hundred block of commercial street reported a man was down with a head injury rescue personnel responded in ten fifty nine p caller from three hundred block of sacramento street porter to possible drunk man was throwing food around the store and left in the green truck police were unable to locate him love twenty eight p m bartender from two hundred block of broad street reported a drunk man with long hair and a beard in today's local headlines university of california may increase fees by eight percent and give to minors foundry adds major upgrades for performers in today's first local story fees for the students from the university of california system could see an eight percent fee hike propose today and stabilize to stabilize the system's ailing budget which has was twenty one billion dollars on underfunded liability in pensions and health programs california served you see systems major budget cuts in recent years  support for the university remains ten percent below the level provided by the two thousand and seven eight since then you season romance in california residences increased by sixteen thousand students you have proposed more pronounced aid to cover the fee increase for the first year stage and other major improvements to the historic buildings great hall it will be more competitive and more comfortable said miner foundries executive director gretchen bond it opens the building up to a lot more events when construction wrap up in the next few months the building will have solid new stage to replace the existing portable one a grid of stage lights and a large door where the musicians and performing artist companies can unload equipment and sets directly onto the stage as a complement to places such as center for the arts and the nevada theater both of which have sloped floors and fixed seating to give comes from a man who had been called an unofficial mayor of the town that's lived in the bay area and worked in retail before moving to nevada city he built and remodeled many homes and businesses and was especially proud of running the brass shop in poor him according to his arbitrary in the san francisco chronicle he was known for donating everything from toy cars to boys who visited his shop to a college education to one student who was also a fits all supporter of the foundry the nonprofit minors foundry host weddings catering events and performances w improvements and planned balcony the great hall will accommodate up to four hundred fifty people wonder founder staff are raising funds for a new wood floor to top the existing concrete one that upgrade would help the venue fill up its week day schedule with swing salsa and ballroom dance classes and make it even more attractive for proms and weddings great place great events and that's it for local news today you t v news would like to thank you union associated press amy goodman routers and others for the source in our news and especially you for watching and we'll talk to you tomorrow should be wednesday