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AP-APTN-0730: ++Egypt US Embassy Thursday, 13 September 2012 STORY:++Egypt US Embassy- Heavy security around US embassy in Cairo LENGTH: 01:07 FIRST RUN: 0730 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: Natsound SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 858643 DATELINE: Cairo - 13 Sept 2012 LENGTH: 01:07 SHOTLIST 1. Wide of riot police sitting on the ground on the street leading to the US Embassy, barbed wire in foreground 2. Mid of barbed wire and riot shields 3. Security in the street leading to the embassy, seen through barbed wire 4. Mid of two burned police cars in front of the US Embassy, seen through barbed wire 5. Wide of the two burned cars and barbed wire blocking the street 6. Sign above of the entrance to the embassy reading (English) "The Embassy of the United States of America", with graffiti written over and around it reading (Arabic) "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah" and "Bin Laden" 7. Close-up of the sign and graffiti 8. Mid of closed embassy entrance 9. Mid of barrier blocking street 10. Various of police with riot gear in the street near the embassy 11. Various of barbed wire blocking street leading to embassy STORYLINE Heavy security was in place around the United States Embassy in Cairo on Thursday, after a crowd attacked the building reportedly to protest against an anti-Islamic film produced in the US. It followed an attack on a US Consulate in Libya during which the US ambassador, Chris Stevens, and three American members of his staff were killed. US President Barack Obama ordered increased security at US missions around the world after the killings and angry protests in Cairo. The four diplomats were killed on Tuesday as protesters overran and burned the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. In the Egyptian capital, the American Embassy was breached by protesters, and the US flag was ripped down, although no deaths were reported. US officials are also investigating whether the attack in Libya was a terrorist strike planned to mark the 11th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001. Initial reports were that both the Libya and Egypt events had been motivated by anger over the anti-Muslim film made in the United States. Obama made separate calls on Tuesday evening to the presidents of Libya and Egypt, urging them to work with the US to ensure the safety of diplomatic personnel. Obama told Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi "he rejects efforts to denigrate Islam, but underscored that there is never any justification for violence against innocents and acts that endanger American personnel and facilities," the White House said. Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. APTN (Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) AP-NY-09-13-12 0433EDT

Presidential election: Barack Obama expresses support for Emmanuel Macron; Presidential election: Barack Obama expresses support for Emmanuel Macron; Occitanie: Tarn: Saint-Juery: EXT Low angle shot man along through market Vegetables moved along, Macron and Le Pen posters behind defaced with graffiti Various of French cheese on sale Vox pop cheesemonger Various shots Coralline Ruinier (Macron campaigner) chatting with people and interview SOT Marine Le Pen poster defaced with swastika and Hitler moustache

Artist Ben Eine's work makes it to the White House; ENGLAND: London: INT ITN reporter along with Ben Eine (Artist) (aka Ben Flynn) in his studio Close up of Eine Ben Eine (Artist) interview SOT - On having one of his graffiti art pieces given by David Cameron to Barack Obama

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REPUBLICANS ARE WRESTLING OVER WHETHER TO BACK DONALD TRUMP, NOW THAT HE"S THE PRESUMPTIVE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.
JEFF ZELENY HAS THE STORY.

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DONALD TRUMP"S VICTORY LAP IS LOOKING MORE LIKE AN OBSTACLE COURSE - AND THAT"S JUST AMONG REPUBLICANS.
(Donald Trump/ (R) Presidential Candidate) I actually wish the primaries were not over. It"s no fun this way. I want the primaries to keep going, but everybody"s out. I"m the only one left-that"s OK, right? (Cheers)
HE"S DISPATCHED WITH HIS GOP RIVALS, BUT THE DISCORD INSIDE THE PARTY RAGES ON.
TRUMP HAS WON THE HEARTS OF MILLIONS OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS, BUT THE MINDS OF PARTY LEADERS REMAIN ELUSIVE.
SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM SAYS HE CAN"T VOTE TRUMP.
(Sen. Lindsey Graham/ (R) South Carolina) I don"t think he has the judgment to be commander and chief. I just can"t go there with the Donald.
SPEAKER PAUL RYAN SAYS HE CAN"T ENDORSE TRUMP.
(Rep. Paul Ryan/ House Speaker) I"m just not ready to do that at this point. I"m not there right now. 
SO FAR, TRUMP IS HOLDING HIS FAMOUSLY SHARP TONGUE - PERHAPS TAKING A NEW STAB AT DIPLOMACY.
(Voice of Donald Trump/ (R) Presidential Candidate) He can do whatever he wants to do. It"s fine, but I was surprised by it.
BUT OTHER REPUBLICANS ARE GETTING ON BOARD - SOME GRUDGINGLY, SOME NOT.
(Gov. Bobby Jindal/ (R) Louisiana) "I"m voting for Donald Trump because I don"t think we can afford four more years of liberal incompetence."
(Sen. John McCain/ (R) Arizona) "As I"ve said many times, I support the nominee of the party."
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY SAYS HE"S ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE NOMINEE AND WILL DO SO THIS YEAR TOO.
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND DEMOCRATS ARE WATCHING IT ALL WITH DELIGHT.
(Pres. Obama) "There is no doubt there"s been a debate that"s taken place inside the Republican party. I think not just Republican officials but more importantly Republican voters are going to have to make a decision as to whether this is the guy who speaks for them and represents their values."
BUT TRUMP KNOWS JUST HOW TO FIRE UP ANY TEPID REPUBLICANS.
(Donald Trump/ (R) Presidential Candidate) "Now it"s between me and Crooked Hillary."
TODAY ALONE, HE"S TAKING HIS MESSAGE TO A RED STATE - NEBRASKA - AND A BLUE STATE - OREGON.
BUT THE WELCOME MAT WAS NOT ENTIRELY WARM - GRAFFITI IN LETTERS EIGHT FEET TALL SAYING "DUMP TRUMP" WERE PAINTED ON THIS GRAIN ELEVATOR IN OMAHA. IT"S BEEN FIVE EXTRAORDINARY MONTHS SINCE TRUMP LANDED IN OMAHA, CAMPAIGNING FOR THE IOWA CAUCUSES WHEN PARTY ELDERS THOUGHT HE WOULD FADE AWAY.
(Donald Trump/ (R) Presidential Candidate) "I love you Omaha, I love Nebraska."
NOW IT"S HIS REPUBLICAN PARTY. AND TRUMP IS REVELING IN THE MOMENT, EVEN PUTTING ON A COAL MINER"S HAT THURSDAY NIGHT IN WEST VIRGINIA.
(Donald Trump/ (R) Presidential Candidate) "That is great. My hair look OK?"
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AP-APTN-0930: Egypt US Embassy Thursday, 13 September 2012 STORY:Egypt US Embassy- Heavy security around US embassy in Cairo LENGTH: 01:07 FIRST RUN: 0730 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: Natsound SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 858643 DATELINE: Cairo - 13 Sept 2012 LENGTH: 01:07 SHOTLIST 1. Wide of riot police sitting on the ground on the street leading to the US Embassy, barbed wire in foreground 2. Mid of barbed wire and riot shields 3. Security in the street leading to the embassy, seen through barbed wire 4. Mid of two burned police cars in front of the US Embassy, seen through barbed wire 5. Wide of the two burned cars and barbed wire blocking the street 6. Sign above of the entrance to the embassy reading (English) "The Embassy of the United States of America", with graffiti written over and around it reading (Arabic) "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah" and "Bin Laden" 7. Close-up of the sign and graffiti 8. Mid of closed embassy entrance 9. Mid of barrier blocking street 10. Various of police with riot gear in the street near the embassy 11. Various of barbed wire blocking street leading to embassy STORYLINE Heavy security was in place around the United States Embassy in Cairo on Thursday, after a crowd attacked the building reportedly to protest against an anti-Islamic film produced in the US. It followed an attack on a US Consulate in Libya during which the US ambassador, Chris Stevens, and three American members of his staff were killed. US President Barack Obama ordered increased security at US missions around the world after the killings and angry protests in Cairo. The four diplomats were killed on Tuesday as protesters overran and burned the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. In the Egyptian capital, the American Embassy was breached by protesters, and the US flag was ripped down, although no deaths were reported. US officials are also investigating whether the attack in Libya was a terrorist strike planned to mark the 11th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001. Initial reports were that both the Libya and Egypt events had been motivated by anger over the anti-Muslim film made in the United States. Obama made separate calls on Tuesday evening to the presidents of Libya and Egypt, urging them to work with the US to ensure the safety of diplomatic personnel. Obama told Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi "he rejects efforts to denigrate Islam, but underscored that there is never any justification for violence against innocents and acts that endanger American personnel and facilities," the White House said. Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. APTN (Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) AP-NY-09-13-12 0538EDT

AP-APTN-2330: ++Mexico US Drug War Monday, 19 July 2010 STORY:++Mexico US Drug War- NEW Ongoing violence around the country, DOS Comments LENGTH: 02:53 FIRST RUN: 2330 RESTRICTIONS: Pt No Access Mexico/NAmerica/Internet TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: UNIVISION/DOS TV/ABC STORY NUMBER: 651754 DATELINE: Various - 17/18/19 July 2010 LENGTH: 02:53 UNIVISION - NO ACCESS MEXICO DOS TV - AP CLIENTS ONLY ABC - NO ACCESS NORTH AMERICA/INTERNET SHOTLIST: UNIVISION - NO ACCESS MEXICO Monterrey, Nuevo Leon - 19 July 2010 1. Zoom in from military truck and soldier to bullet marks in wall of house 2. Mid of soldiers next to a body 3. Pan of bullet clips 4. Wide of investigators at crime scene Cuernavaca, Morelos - 19 July 2010 ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 5. Wide of firefighters and ambulance 6. Mid of soldiers walking 7. Mid of front of the house where the first grenade exploded 8. Zoom out from door broken by the explosion 9. Pan glass on ground 10. Mid of soldiers running 11. Mid of smoke coming from window 12. Mid broken window 13. Pan right from broken window smoke stains above it 14. Mid of police outside the building Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua - 19 July 2010 15. Pan of graffiti on a wall reading (Spanish): "FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration), you have to investigate the authorities who are supporting the Sinaloa cartel. If not, we will set more car bombs against the federal police. If in 15 days there are no results - arrest of corrupted federal authorities - we will load a car with 100 kilograms of C4 (type of plastic explosive)." 16. Close of graffiti Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua - 18 July 2010 17. Wide of plane on tarmac and federal police walking on tarmac 18. Closer shot of the same 19. Wide of motorway with federal police trucks passing 20. Federal police van driving away 21. Motorcade of police cars Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua - 17 July 2010 22. Mid of police officers where the car bomb exploded 23. Wide of the same 24. Mid of burnt car on street DOS TV - AP CLIENTS ONLY Washington - 19 July 2010 25. State Department Spokesman Philip J. Crowley walks to lectern 26. Close of reporter asking question 27. SOUNDBITE: (English) Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary Of State For Public Affairs: "It may represent a different tactic, but I think we've recognised all along that, you know, unfortunately, these drug cartels, they have an enormous amount of resources at their disposal. They can buy any kind of capability they want. But we are determined, working with Mexico, to do everything in our power to reduce this violence that affects not only the Mexican people, but our own." ABC - NO ACCESS NORTH AMERICA/INTERNET Arlington, Virginia - 19 July 2010 28. Mid of officials at podium 29. SOUNDBITE: (English) Alan Bersin, Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection: "The border is more resourced and more secure than it has ever been, but the work continues and the challenge remains." 30. Mid of Bersin leaving STORYLINE: A day after a bloody attack killed 18 people at a party in Torreon, Mexico, violence continued around the country on Monday. In Monterrey, a drug gang blocked off a street during a shooting early in the day, local television station reported. According to local media, one man was killed, his body lying in the street for hours after the attack. Police cordoned off the area while forensics scoured the crime scene for clues. Elsewhere, local media reported grenade attacks on two homes in Cuernavaca, Morelos state. One shattered windows in a door, but injured no one. No one was hurt in the other grenade attack, which ignited a blaze. In Ciduad Juarez, where a car bomb killed three people last week, a graffiti message scrawled on a wall on Monday threatened more attacks in the city across the border from El Paso, Texas. The message directed its threat at the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and the US Drug Enforcement Administration, demanding an investigation of Mexican law enforcement officials who "support the Sinaloa cartel". The Sinaloa cartel - one of the world's most powerful drug-trafficking organisations - has been battling the Juarez cartel for control of Ciudad Juarez in a two-year-old war that has converted the city into one of the world's deadliest. Messages that presumed drug-gang members have scrawled on walls and banners and attached to the bodies of their victims frequently accuse Mexican federal forces of protecting the Sinaloa cartel, a charge President Felipe Calderon's administration vehemently denies. Monday's graffiti message said there would be another car bomb unless "corrupt" federal officials are arrested within 15 days. There was no way to verify the authenticity of the message. The FBI and the US Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Explosives are aiding the Mexicans in the car bomb investigation, officials from those agencies have said. Government troops and police stepped up their presence in Ciudad Juarez after the attack. To the north of the border, US officials denounced the bombing and announced their own security plans. "These drug cartels, they have an enormous amount of resources at their disposal. They can buy any kind of capability they want. But we are determined, working with Mexico, to do everything in our power to reduce this violence that affects not only the Mexican people, but our own," said State Department Spokesman Philip J. Crowley. At the Pentagon, officials described new security measures. National Guard troops will head to the US-Mexican border August 1 for a year-long deployment to keep a lookout for illegal border crossers and smugglers and help in criminal investigations, federal officials said on Monday. The troops will be armed but can use their weapons only to protect themselves, General Craig McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, told a Pentagon news conference. The troops will undergo initial training and be fully deployed along the nearly 2,000-mile (3220-kilometre) southern border by September. The announcement provides details on how the government will implement President Barack Obama's May decision to bolster border security. "The border is more secure and more resourced than it has ever been, but there is more to be done," said Alan Bersin, commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, part of the Homeland Security Department. The 1,200 troops will be distributed among four border states, with Arizona getting 524; Texas, 250; California, 224 and New Mexico, 72. Another 130 would be assigned to a national liaison office. Bersin also said the Homeland Security Department will provide six more aircraft, including helicopters, to the border effort. He said at least 300 Customs and Border Protection agents and inspection officers would be sent to the Tucson, Arizona, area, along with mobile surveillance vans and additional technology. Mexico's drug violence has killed nearly 25,000 people since December 2006, when Calderon deployed thousands of troops and federal police to fight the cartels in their strongholds. 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Artist Ben Eine's work makes it to the White House; ENGLAND: Hastings: INT Ben Flynn (aka Ben Eine, Artist) interview SOT - Obama's got original painting and Cameron has a print / one is nicer than other, one is worth more / not massive fan of his work but both use typography and messages so is similarity Flynn showing reporter photographs of trains he had sprayed with graffiti (in the past) EXT 'Love' graffiti on wall Wall covered in graffiti Reporter to camera Low Angle shot of exterior of Flynn's studio INT Flynn choosing cans of paint in studio Artwork on desk PAN to Flynn at work Close Shots of Flynn signing his work

AP-APTN-0930: Mexico US Drug War Tuesday, 20 July 2010 STORY:Mexico US Drug War- REPLAY Ongoing violence, DOS Comments, funeral palour of slain partygoers LENGTH: 03:22 FIRST RUN: 0330 RESTRICTIONS: See Script TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: UNIVISION/DOS TV/ABC/TV AZTECA STORY NUMBER: 651786 DATELINE: Various - 19 July 2010 LENGTH: 03:22 UNIVISION - NO ACCESS MEXICO ABC - NO ACCESS NORTH AMERICA/INTERNET DOS TV - AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: (FIRST RUN 2330 AMERICAS PRIME NEWS - 19 JULY 2010) UNIVISION - NO ACCESS MEXICO Monterrey, Nuevo Leon - 19 July 2010 1. Zoom in from wide of military truck and soldier to bullet marks in wall of house 2. Mid of soldiers next to a body in street 3. Pan of bullet clips 4. Wide of investigators at crime scene (FIRST RUN 2330 AMERICAS PRIME NEWS - 19 JULY 2010) UNIVISION - NO ACCESS MEXICO Cuernavaca, Morelos - 19 July 2010 ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 5. Wide of firefighters and ambulance 6. Mid of soldiers walking 7. Mid of front of the house where the first grenade exploded ++MUTE++ 8. Zoom out from door broken by the explosion ++MUTE++ 9. Pan glass on ground ++MUTE++ 10. Mid of soldiers running 11. Mid of smoke coming from window 12. Mid of broken window 13. Pan right from broken window to smoke stains above it 14. Mid of police outside the building (FIRST RUN 2330 AMERICAS PRIME NEWS - 19 JULY 2010) UNIVISION - NO ACCESS MEXICO Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua - 19 July 2010 15. Pan of graffiti on a wall reading (Spanish): "FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration), you have to investigate the authorities who are supporting the Sinaloa cartel. If not, we will set more car bombs against the federal police. If in 15 days there are no results - arrest of corrupted federal authorities - we will load a car with 100 kilograms of C4 (type of plastic explosive)." 16. Close of graffiti (FIRST RUN 0330 EUROPE PRIME NEWS - 20 JULY 2010) TV AZTECA- NO ACCESS MEXICO Torreon, Coahuila - 19 July 2010 ++MUTE++ 17. Wide of people next to the door of building where 18 people were killed on Sunday 18. Mid of police officer and police truck 19. Wide of police tape around the building 20. Mid and close of bloody handprint on a wall 21. Various exterior shots of funeral parlour (FIRST RUN 2330 AMERICAS PRIME NEWS - 19 JULY 2010) UNIVISION - NO ACCESS MEXICO Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua - 18 July 2010 22. Wide of plane on tarmac and federal police walking on tarmac 23. Closer shot of the same 24. Wide of motorway with federal police trucks passing 25. Federal police van driving away 26. Motorcade of police cars (FIRST RUN 2330 AMERICAS PRIME NEWS - 19 JULY 2010) UNIVISION - NO ACCESS MEXICO Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua - 17 July 2010 27. Mid of police officers where car bomb exploded 28. Wide of the same 29. Mid of burnt car on street (FIRST RUN 2330 AMERICAS PRIME NEWS - 19 JULY 2010) DOS TV - AP CLIENTS ONLY Washington, DC, US - 19 July 2010 30. State Department Spokesman Philip J. Crowley walks to lectern 31. Close of reporter asking question 32. SOUNDBITE: (English) Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary Of State For Public Affairs: "It may represent a different tactic, but I think we've recognised all along that, you know, unfortunately, these drug cartels, they have an enormous amount of resources at their disposal. They can buy any kind of capability they want. But we are determined, working with Mexico, to do everything in our power to reduce this violence that affects not only the Mexican people, but our own." (FIRST RUN 2330 AMERICAS PRIME NEWS - 19 JULY 2010) ABC - NO ACCESS NORTH AMERICA/INTERNET Arlington, Virginia, US - 19 July 2010 33. Mid of officials at podium 34. SOUNDBITE: (English) Alan Bersin, Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection: "The border is more resourced and more secure than it has ever been, but the work continues and the challenge remains." 35. Mid of Bersin leaving STORYLINE: A day after a bloody attack killed 18 people at a party in Torreon, Mexico, violence continued around the country on Monday. In Monterrey, a drug gang blocked off a street during a shooting early in the day, local television station reported. According to local media, one man was killed, his body lying in the street for hours after the attack. Police cordoned off the area while forensics scoured the crime scene for clues. Elsewhere, local media reported grenade attacks on two homes in Cuernavaca, Morelos state. One shattered windows in a door, but injured no one. No one was hurt in the other grenade attack, which ignited a blaze. In Ciudad Juarez, where a car bomb killed three people last week, a graffiti message scrawled on a wall on Monday threatened more attacks in the city across the border from El Paso, Texas. The message directed its threat at the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and the US Drug Enforcement Administration, demanding an investigation of Mexican law enforcement officials who "support the Sinaloa cartel". The Sinaloa cartel - one of the world's most powerful drug-trafficking organisations - has been battling the Juarez cartel for control of Ciudad Juarez in a two-year-old war that has converted the city into one of the world's deadliest. Messages that presumed drug-gang members have scrawled on walls and banners and attached to the bodies of their victims frequently accuse Mexican federal forces of protecting the Sinaloa cartel, a charge President Felipe Calderon's administration vehemently denies. Monday's graffiti message said there would be another car bomb unless "corrupt" federal officials are arrested within 15 days. There was no way to verify the authenticity of the message. The FBI and the US Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Explosives are aiding the Mexicans in the car bomb investigation, officials from those agencies have said. Government troops and police stepped up their presence in Ciudad Juarez after the attack. To the north of the border, US officials denounced the bombing and announced their own security plans. "These drug cartels, they have an enormous amount of resources at their disposal. They can buy any kind of capability they want. But we are determined, working with Mexico, to do everything in our power to reduce this violence that affects not only the Mexican people, but our own," said State Department Spokesman Philip J. Crowley. At the Pentagon, officials described new security measures. National Guard troops will head to the US-Mexican border August 1 for a year-long deployment to keep a lookout for illegal border crossers and smugglers and help in criminal investigations, federal officials said on Monday. The troops will be armed but can use their weapons only to protect themselves, General Craig McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, told a Pentagon news conference. The troops will undergo initial training and be fully deployed along the nearly 2,000-mile (3,220-kilometre) southern border by September. The announcement provides details on how the government will implement US President Barack Obama's May decision to bolster border security. "The border is more secure and more resourced than it has ever been, but there is more to be done," said Alan Bersin, commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, part of the Homeland Security Department. The 1,200 troops will be distributed among four border states, with Arizona getting 524; Texas, 250; California, 224 and New Mexico, 72. Another 130 would be assigned to a national liaison office. Bersin also said the Homeland Security Department will provide six more aircraft, including helicopters, to the border effort. He said at least 300 Customs and Border Protection agents and inspection officers would be sent to the Tucson, Arizona, area, along with mobile surveillance vans and additional technology. Mexico's drug violence has killed nearly 25-thousand people since December 2006, when Calderon deployed thousands of troops and federal police to fight the cartels in their strongholds. Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. APTN APEX 07-20-10 0530EDT

Barack Obama speech to students in Jerusalem; Man smoking cigarette Dr Riyad Hodali (Birzeit University) interview SOT EXT Reporter to camera 'Death To Israel' graffiti on separation barrier (wall)

AP-APTN-0930: Libya Doctor Thursday, 13 September 2012 STORY:Libya Doctor- Doctor who tried to save US diplomat Chris Stevens says he died of smoke inhalation LENGTH: 01:42 FIRST RUN: 0230 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: Arabic/Nats SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 858610 DATELINE: Benghazi - 12 Sept 2012 LENGTH: 01:42 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of main gate outside Benghazi Medical Centre ++NIGHT SHOT++ 2. Tracking shot through hospital corridor 3. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Dr. Ziad Buzaid, Benghazi Medical Centre: "The US ambassador arrived at almost 1300 local time (1100 GMT). We received the case. There were traces of smoke on his face and the smell of smoke on his body, he was dead. I tried the usual first aid in cases of suffocation, I tried CPR for an hour-and-a-half. We used recovery drugs but unfortunately there was no response. Then, around 1345 local time (1145 GMT), we announced the official time of death. There were no bruises on his body, his body had no injuries. There was only the smell of smoke, suffocation is the main reason for death." 4. Various exteriors of fire damage to US Consulate building 5. Mid of burnt out car in parking area 6. Mid of graffiti reading (Arabic) "Allah Akbar (God is great)" written on wall of building 7. Interior shot of burnt out meeting room 8. Wide exterior of consulate building, swimming pool in foreground STORYLINE: America's ambassador to Libya died of asphyxiation, apparently from smoke inhalation, after being caught up in an attack in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, according to the doctor who treated him. Chris Stevens, 52, was killed when he and a group of embassy employees went to the US consulate to try to evacuate staff as the building came under attack on Tuesday by a mob with guns and rocket propelled grenades. He was brought by Libyans to the Benghazi Medical Centre without other Americans, and no one at the facility apparently knew who he was. "There were traces of smoke on his face and the smell of smoke on his body, he was dead," said Dr. Ziad Buzaid. "I tried the usual first aid in cases of suffocation, I tried CPR for an hour-and-a-half. We used recovery drugs but unfortunately there was no response. Then, around 1345 local time (1145 GMT), we announced the official time of death. "There were no bruises on his body, his body had no injuries. There was only the smell of smoke, suffocation is the main reason for death." Three other Americans were also killed in the attack, which is said to have been carried out by protesters angry over a film that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Footage from the scene on Wednesday showed the scorched remains of the consulate building. Stevens was a career diplomat who spoke Arabic and French and had already served two tours in Libya, including running the office in Benghazi during the revolt against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. He was confirmed as ambassador to Libya by the Senate earlier this year. His death deprives the United States of someone widely regarded as one of the most effective American envoys to the Arab world. In his unfailingly polite and friendly manner, Stevens brokered tribal disputes and conducted US outreach efforts in Jerusalem, Cairo, Damascus and Riyadh. As a rising star in US foreign policy, he cheerily returned to Libya four months ago, determined to see a democracy rise where Gadhafi's dictatorship flourished for four decades. President Barack Obama's administration, roiled by the first killing of a US ambassador in more than 30 years, is investigating whether the assault on the consulate was a planned terrorist strike to mark the anniversary of the 11 September, 2001 attacks and not a spontaneous mob enraged over the anti-Islam video. Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. APTN (Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) AP-NY-09-13-12 0618EDT

WGN - Chicago, IL, U.S. - Murals on wall in Bronzeville neighbourhood on Tuesday, August 25, 2020.

AP-APTN-1830: Libya Military Thursday, 24 February 2011 STORY:Libya Military- REPLAY Benghazi military base abandoned after days of fighting LENGTH: 01:55 FIRST RUN: 1330 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 677024 DATELINE: Benghazi - 24 Feb 2011 LENGTH: 01:55 PLEASE IGNORE SCRIPT SENT EARLIER AND REPLACE WITH FOLLOWING, WHICH CLARIFIES SUPER CAPTION FOR THE SPEAKER AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST 1. Wide pan of damaged buildings 2. Graffiti on wall depicting Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi as a devil with the words (English) 'Game Over' written nearby, pan to burnt out military vehicle 3. Truck carrying munition launchers with men dressed in fatigues driving past cheering residents (AUDIO) gunfire 4. Wide of burnt out building 5. Pan of burnt out cars on street 6. Close of Libyan government sign on box of munitions, zoom out to vehicle carrying munitions taking off 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Hatif Hasia, Benghazi resident: "This was the biggest army barracks in Benghazi, was the residence of Colonel Gadhafi, and it was attacked three nights ago by civilians with home-made bombs, with tractors, with rollers and with other things which we don't know until now. But it seems that there was a heavy artillery from inside and we found, a lot of eyewitnesses found executed people from inside. It seems that there was a rebellion inside the barracks, plus the other people from outside the perimeter and it was breached three nights ago." 8. Various of smoking and damage buildings in military base complex 9. Wide interior shot of large storage facility, pan of tanks parked in facility 10. Various of men clambering on tanks inside storage facility, one making a victory sign for the cameras 11. Wide of abandoned tank in field STORYLINE Residents of Benghazi displayed their control over Libya's second largest city on Thursday, riding on captured tanks and hauling off munitions seized from the areas military base. The city is at the forefront of the uprising against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and now appears to be completely in the control of civilians who rose up and overwhelmed government buildings and the army base. The severely damaged military base in the centre of the city is a ghost town, left to civilians who pose for the cameras astride captured army vehicles. The base was taken over after days of fierce fighting earlier in the week. Speaking at the still smouldering barracks on Thursday, local resident Hatif Hasia said the facility had been taken over by "civilians with home-made bombs, with tractors, with rollers." He also said eyewitnesses claim a military rebellion had also taken place inside the barracks with a group of soldiers taking up arms with local residents. Gadhafi's crackdown has so far helped him maintain control of Tripoli, a city that holds about a third of Libya's six (m) million population. But the uprising has divided the country and threatened to push it toward civil war. In cities like Benghazi and across the east, tribal leaders, residents and military officers have formed local administrations, passing out weapons looted from the security forces' arsenals. Gadhafi's control now has been reduced to the northwest corner around Tripoli, the southwest deserts and parts of the centre. International momentum has been building for action to punish Gadhafi's regime for the bloodshed. Both US President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have raised the possibility of international sanctions. Another proposal gaining some traction was for the United Nations to declare a no-fly zone over Libya to prevent it using warplanes to hit protesters. Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Wednesday estimates of some one-thousand people killed in the violence in Libya were "credible," although he stressed information about casualties was incomplete. The New York-based Human Rights Watch has put the death toll at nearly 300, according to a partial count. Moammar Gadhafi's son claimed on Thursday that the reported death tolls have been exaggerated, although he didn't provide his own figure. In a press conference aired on state TV, he said the number killed by police and the army had been limited and "talking about hundreds and thousands (killed) is a joke." He also said a committee had been formed to investigate alleged foreign involvement in the protests. Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. APTN APEX 02-24-11 1342EST

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AP-APTN-2230: ++US Syria Monday, 5 March 2012 STORY:++US Syria- Senator McCain calls for US to lead on Syria airstrikes LENGTH: 03:21 FIRST RUN: 2130 RESTRICTIONS: See Script TYPE: English/Natsound SOURCE: Various STORY NUMBER: 731064 DATELINE: Various, 5 Mar 2012 LENGTH: 03:21 AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY AMATEUR VIDEO RELEASED BY "SHAMSNN" - AP CLIENTS ONLY ++SHAAM NEWS NETWORK (SHAMSNN) IS A LOOSELY ORGANISED ANTI-ASSAD GROUP BASED IN AND OUT OF SYRIA WHICH POSTS VIDEO AND STILL IMAGES OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS ON THE INTERNET. IT CLAIMS IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONNECTION TO SYRIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES OR ANY OTHER STATES++ AMATEUR VIDEO - RELEASED BY A GROUP WHICH CALLS ITSELF UGARIT NEWS - AP CLIENTS ONLY ++PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS NOT A RECOGNISED NEWSGATHERING ORGANISATION++ ++AP CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS AMATEUR MATERIAL++ SHOTLIST: AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY 1. Wide of Senate floor 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Senator John McCain: "Some kind of intervention will happen, with us or without us. So the real question for US policy is whether we will participate in this next phase of the conflict in Syria and thereby increase our ability to shape an outcome that is beneficial to the Syrian people and to us. I believe we must." 3. Wide of Senate floor 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Senator John McCain: "Providing military assistance to the Free Syrian Army and other opposition groups is necessary. But at this late hour, that alone cannot be sufficient to stop the slaughter and save innocent lives. The only realistic way to do so is with foreign air power." AMATEUR VIDEO RELEASED BY "SHAMSNN" - AP CLIENTS ONLY ++SHAAM NEWS NETWORK (SHAMSNN) IS A LOOSELY ORGANISED ANTI-ASSAD GROUP BASED IN AND OUT OF SYRIA WHICH POSTS VIDEO AND STILL IMAGES OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS ON THE INTERNET. IT CLAIMS IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONNECTION TO SYRIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES OR ANY OTHER STATES++ Jib al Jandali, Homs 5. Wide of high rise building on fire from shelling with plumes of smoke rising from it in the district of Jib al Jandali, Homs AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Senator John McCain: "The United States should lead an international effort to protect key population centres in Syria, especially in the north, through airstrikes on Assad's forces." AMATEUR VIDEO - RELEASED BY A GROUP WHICH CALLS ITSELF UGARIT NEWS - AP CLIENTS ONLY ++PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS NOT A RECOGNISED NEWSGATHERING ORGANISATION++ Midan district, Damascus 7. Students demonstrating in support of the plight of the people in Homs and other cities that have allegedly come under fire by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad. Students chanting (Arabic) "There is no God but God and we will only bow for God. May God protect the Free Army." AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Senator John McCain: "The benefit for the United States of helping to lead this effort directly, is that it would allow us to better empower those Syrian groups that share our interests. Those groups that reject Al Qaeda and the Iranian regime, and commit to the goal of an inclusive, democratic transition as called for by the Syrian National Council." AMATEUR VIDEO - RELEASED BY A GROUP WHICH CALLS ITSELF UGARIT NEWS - AP CLIENTS ONLY ++PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS NOT A RECOGNISED NEWSGATHERING ORGANISATION++ Midan district, Damascus 9. Students demonstrating in support of the plight of the people in Homs and other cities that have allegedly come under fire by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad. Students chanting (Arabic) "There is no God but God and we will only bow for God. May God protect the Free Army." Students spray painting graffiti onto a wall in (Arabic) "God is Great; Free the Army." AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Senator John McCain: "Is it now the policy of NATO or the United states for that matter, to tell the perpetrators of mass atrocities in Syria or elsewhere, that they can go on killing innocent civilians by the hundreds of thousands, and the greatest alliance in history will not even bother to conduct any planning?" AMATEUR VIDEO - RELEASED BY A GROUP WHICH CALLS ITSELF UGARIT NEWS - AP CLIENTS ONLY ++PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS NOT A RECOGNISED NEWSGATHERING ORGANISATION++ Midan district, Damascus 11. Students demonstrating in support of the plight of the people in Homs and other cities that have allegedly come under fire by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad. Students chanting (Arabic) "There is no God but God and we will only bow for God. May God protect the Free Army." AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Senator John McCain: "The President must state unequivocally that under no circumstances will Assad be allowed to finish what he has started. There is no future in which Assad and his lieutenants will remain in control of Syria, and that the United States is prepared to use the full weight of our air power to make it so." AMATEUR VIDEO RELEASED BY "SHAMSNN" - AP CLIENTS ONLY ++SHAAM NEWS NETWORK (SHAMSNN) IS A LOOSELY ORGANISED ANTI-ASSAD GROUP BASED IN AND OUT OF SYRIA WHICH POSTS VIDEO AND STILL IMAGES OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS ON THE INTERNET. IT CLAIMS IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONNECTION TO SYRIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES OR ANY OTHER STATES++ Idlib 13. Demonstration to demand that the Free Syrian Army receives arms. People holding a large flag which was the former flag of Syria. AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY 14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Senator John McCain: "What we can say for certain is that we will have no influence whatsoever with these people (the Syrian opposition) if they feel we abandoned them. This is a real moral dilemma. But we cannot allow the opposition in Syria to be crushed at present while we worry about the future." AMATEUR VIDEO - RELEASED BY A GROUP WHICH CALLS ITSELF UGARIT NEWS - AP CLIENTS ONLY ++PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS NOT A RECOGNISED NEWSGATHERING ORGANISATION++ Daraa 15. Top shot of people demonstrating against a recent suicide bomb explosion that they blame on Assad forces; People chanting (Arabic) "Freedom, forever, despite you Assad" and "Death rather than humiliation." STORYLINE: Frustrated by a diplomatic logjam and a bloody Syrian offensive, Republican US Senator John McCain urged the United States to launch airstrikes against President Bashar Assad's regime to force him out of power. It was a call for dramatic military intervention that was not supported by the Obama administration or its European or Arab partners. McCain said that President Barack Obama has taken too soft a stand against Assad and the brutal crackdown on his own people. He said that Syria's neighbours in the region will intervene militarily, with or without the US. From the Senate floor, McCain said the United States has a moral and strategic obligation to force out Assad and his loyalists. "The only realistic way to do so is with foreign air power," McCain said. "The United States should lead an international effort to protect key population centres in Syria, especially in the north, through airstrikes on Assad's forces," he added. It was a marked change from McCain's remarks last month, when he said in a media interview that the US should find ways to help the Syrian people without putting American "boots on the ground." Then, he said the options included medical care and technical assistance to safe havens for refugees of the violence. But in his remarks on Monday, McCain declared it was time to step up militarily and that the US should lead the effort with direct military action. "The President must state unequivocally that under no circumstances will Assad be allowed to finish what he has started," McCain said. The Obama administration, he added, should make it clear that "the United States is prepared to use the full weight of our air power to make it so." McCain's proposal will likely divide American lawmakers, many of whom opposed a similar operation in Libya last year. Even if it were championed by the Obama administration and its NATO allies, the plan would divide other countries hostile to the Assad regime but unwilling to support another Western military intervention in the Muslim world. And it would be anathema to Russia, which sees Syria as its primary ally in the Middle East. Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. APTN APEX 03-05-12 1740EST

NAME: GER WALL SPEE2 20091109I TAPE: EF09/1052 IN_TIME: 10:31:33:09 DURATION: 00:05:59:20 SOURCES: ZDF Germany DATELINE: Berlin - 9 November 2009 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST 1. Leaders walk through the Brandenburg Gate from left to right: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown; French President Nicolas Sarkozy; German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev 2. Close of Merkel 3. Mid of US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton 4. Close of Sarkozy to pan left of Merkel 5. Wide of leaders 6. Close of Medvedev 7. Wide of leaders 8. Pan over faces of Medvedev, Merkel, Sarkozy, and Brown ++PLEASE NOTE THESE PICTURES WERE SHOT BEFORE THE LEADERS WALKED THROUGH BRANDENBURG GATE++ 9. Wide of people gathered for the classical music concert at Brandenburg Gate 10. Daniel Barenboim, leading the Staatskapelle Orchestra 11. Pan down of the Brandenburg Gate 12. Pan of Merkel, Sarkozy, and Brown with his wife Sarah, to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev 13. Close of Clinton 14. Wide of concert 15. Leaders and officials clapping their hands 16. Wide of concert, crowd clapping 17. Wide of Brandenburg gate 18. Sarkozy approaching lectern 19. SOUNDBITE (French) Nicolas Sarkozy, French President (++SOUNDBITE FINISHES ON CROWD SHOT++): "It (the fall of the Berlin Wall) is a call to us all to fight oppression, to fight the walls which still divide people and territories across the world. This then is the message that the reunited Europe is proud to carry to the world." 20. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Dmitry Medvedev, Russian President: (++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON WIDE OF BRANDENBURG GATE AND IS OVERLAID WITH VARIOUS SHOTS OF CEREMONY++) "Here in Berlin I would like to say that we all hope that the period of confrontation has faded into the past, the transition to a new multi-polar world is today vitally important to the majority, to all countries in Europe and the rest of the world, and the need for unity is vital to us all. The world continues to respond to the most serious threats, be the economic or regional. We are all fighting together against terrorism, against crime and I hope hope that we have all turned our backs of dividing barriers that separated us before." 21. High shot of ceremony 22. SOUNDBITE (English) Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister (++SOUNDBITE FINISHES ON CROWD SHOT++): "You tore down the wall that for a third-of-a-century had imprisoned half a city, half a country, half a continent, and half the world. This wall was torn down not by leaders, not by, not by military might. This wall was torn down by the greatest force of all - the unbreakable spirit of the men and women of Berlin. You dared to dream in the darkness. You know that while force has temporary power to dominate, it can never ultimately decide." 23. SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Secretary of State (++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON CROWD SHOT++) "And tonight we remember the Germans on both sides of the Wall, but particularly the Germans in the East, who stood up and finally were able to say 'No more. Freedom is our birth right and we will take it by our own hands.' We know that millions of hearts, of minds, and hands were behind those who literally tore down the Wall." 24. Wide of Brandenburg gate 25. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President: (speaking in a video message) "Like so many Americans, I'll never forget the images of people tearing down the Wall. There could not be a clearer rebuke of tyranny. There could be no stronger affirmation of freedom. This anniversary is a reminder that human destiny will be what we make of it. For Germans, the Wall was a painful barrier between family and friends. And for so many across Eastern Europe, it was one symbol of a system that denied people the freedoms that should be the right of every human being. And yet, even in the face of tyranny, people insisted the world could change. And those countries that got trapped on the other side of an Iron Curtain, they had the courage and resolve to hold fast to the belief in a better future." 26. Merkel approaching lectern 27. SOUNDBITE (German) Angela Merkel, German Chancellor: "I think nearly everyone who was alive at the time can remember what he or she were doing and feeling on this evening. For me, it was one of the happiest moments of my life. Ladies and gentlemen, it was an epic turn of an era. We know that today. The Germany, the Europe, indeed the world, which were divided into two blocs, were brought together. Finally, the end of the Cold War had arrived." 28. Brown and Sarkozy applauding STORYLINE Thousands of cheering Germans re-enacted the electrifying moment the Berlin Wall came cras hing down, toppling 1,000 graffiti-adorned 8-foot-tall dominoes that tumbled along the route of the now vanished Cold War icon, celebrating 20 years of freedom from separation and fear. The spectacle, billed by organisers as a metaphor for the way the real wall came down 20 years ago Monday and the resulting fall of communist countries in eastern Europe, was one of several events to mark the anniversary and celebrate the profound change it had not only Germany, but Europe and the world. Chancellor Angela Merkel, the first east German to hold the job, called the fall of the wall an "epic" moment in history. "For me, it was one of the happiest moments of my life. The Germany, the Europe, indeed the world, which were divided into two blocks, were brought together. Finally, the end of the Cold War had arrived." Yet she also recalled the tragic side of November 9 for Germans, the Nazi's Kristallnacht, or Night of Broken Glass, anti-Semitic pogrom 71 years ago. At least 91 German Jews were killed, hundreds of synagogues destroyed, and thousands of Jewish businesses vandalized and looted in the state-sanctioned riots that night. Within hours of a confused announcement on November 9, 1989 that East Germany was lifting travel restrictions, hundreds of people streamed into the enclave that was West Berlin, marking a pivotal moment in the collapse of communism in Europe. Merkel also welcomed Poland's 1980s pro-democracy leader, Lech Walesa, to the former crossing, saying that his Solidarity movement provided "incredible encouragement" to East Germans. Also in Berlin for the ceremonies were the leaders of all 27 European Union countries and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. "The need for unity is vital to us all," he said. "I hope that we have all turned our backs of dividing barriers that separated us before." French President Nicolas Sarkozy paid tribute to Berliners on both sides of the wall for realising the dream of liberty, calling them "Dear Friends" in German. He said the fall of the Wall "is a call to us all to fight oppression, to fight the walls which still divide people and territories across the world." "This then is the message that the reunited Europe is proud to carry to the world." He recalled that twice in the course of the 20th century, Germans and French stood bitterly pitted against one another, in the course of two tragedies which makes "the peace and liberty of today" all the more joyful. The wall's opening came hours after a botched announcement by a senior communist official on a cold, wet night in 1989. At the end of a plodding news conference, Politburo spokesman Guenter Schabowski offhandedly said East Germany was lifting restrictions on travel across its border with West Germany. Pressed on when the regulation would take effect, he looked down at his notes and stammered: "As far as I know, this enters into force ... this is immediately, without delay." Schabowski has said he didn't know that the change wasn't supposed to be announced until the following morning. East Berliners streamed toward border crossings. Facing huge crowds and lacking instructions from above, border guards opened the gates, and the wall was on its way into history. US President Barack Obama also paid tribute in a video message to the main anniversary event. Obama said in the message introduced by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that the anniversary sent a message of hope. "Even in the face of tyranny, people insisted the world could change. And those countries that got trapped on the other side of an Iron Curtain, they had the courage and resolve to hold fast to the belief in a better future." His message was greeted with applause and cheers. Clinton paid special tribute to east Germans, "who stood up and finally were able to say 'No more. Freedom is our birth right and we will take it by our own hands.' We know that millions of hearts, of minds, and hands were behind those who literally tore down the Wall." British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, told Berliners "you tore down the wall that for a third of a century had imprisoned half a city, half a country, half a continent, and half the world." "This wall was torn down by the greatest force of all - the unbreakable spirit of the men and women of Berlin," he said. "You dared to dream in the darkness. You know that while force has temporary power to dominate, it can never ultimately decide."