tonight on a special edition of worldfocus, technology around the globe. what innovations are happening overseas that may soon make their way here to america. you ve heard of living the high life, well in the nation of estonia they re living the e-life and loving every minute of it. in singapore, what to do about all those cars clogging the streets. the government says it has the solution, pay as drive, but that is giving new meaning to the term road rage. from greece, blind. the simple act of walking down the street, once a challenge, yet easier thanks to this handheld device. and from israel, it s the electric company with tens of thousands of electric cars expected to hit the road in the next few years, one company is hoping to change the way we fill up. from the different perspectives of reporters from around the globe this is worldfocus. major support has been provided by rosalynn p. walter and the peter g. peterson foundation dedicated to promoting fiscal resp
tonight, on worldfocus. tonight on a special edition of worldfocus, technology around the globe. what innovations are happening overseas that may soon make their way here to america? you ve heard of living the high life. well, in the nation of estonia they re living what they call the e-life and loving every minute of it. in singapore, what to do about all those cars clogging the streets. the government says it has the solution, pay as you drive. but that is giving new meaning to the term road rage. from greece, new hope for the blind. the simple act of walng down the street once a challenge, gets easier, thanks to this handheld device. and from israel, it s the electric company. with tens of thousands of electric cars expected to hit the road in the next few years, one company is hoping to change the way we fill up. from the different perspectives of reporters and analysts from around the globe, this is worldfocus. major support has been provided by rosal
tonight on worldfocus. on this special edition of worldfocus wlook at the global environment. how one country is leading the way in renewable energy. we ll see how denmark has greatly reduced its dependence on fossil fuels while creating jobs at the same time. denmark is also the world leader in wind power. we ll show you how it got to that position. if you d like to reduce your energy costs, you will like to see what one community is doing. then we ll take you to an island where they actually produce all their own power with energy to spare. from the different perspectives of reporters and analysts around the globe, this is worldfocus. major support for worldfocus has been provided by rosalind p. walter and the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america s future. and additional funding is provided by the following supporters. good evening. i m martin savidge. thank you f
tonight on worldfocus. on this special edition of worldfocus we look at the global environment. how one country is leading the way in renewable energy. we ll see how denmark has greatly reduced its dependence on fossil fuels while creating jobs at the same time. denmark is also the world leader in wind power. we ll show you how it got to that position. if you d like to reduce your energy costs you ll want to see how one danish community is doing so drastically. then we ll take you to an island where they actually produce all their own power with energy to spare. from the different perspectives of reporters and analysts from around the globe, this is worldfocus. major support for worldfocus has been provided by rosalind p. walter and the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america s future. and additional funding is provided by the following supporters. good evening. i m m
tonight on worldfocus. we look at the issue of immigration. not only highly divisive in the united states. in europe we ll look at it. in germany where plans to build a new mosque drew a powerful response from the right. in spain, it s all about jobs. once welcomed, some immigrants are now scorned as unemployment goes sky high. in south africa the anti-immigrant backlash is also about economics. it comes from south africa s poorest people. from the different perspectives of reporters and analysts around the globe, this is worldfocus. major support has been provided by rosalind p. walter and the peterson p. peterson foundation. and additional funding is provided by the following supporters. we re going to take an in depth look tonight at the issue of immigration. as you may have seen there was a big rally over the weekend in washington. calling on congress to pass reforms that would give legal status to millions of people here illegally many working in jobs that amer