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the chinese state is much smarter than the monarchies of europe because the monarchies of europe tried to keep down the middle class. the communist party, the they are not particularly communist and agree to the middle class and make them stakeholders so if you were to talk to most entrepreneurs most professionals in china they don't want to change the system they are happy and that raises the question is this stable? if those with a wealth and power are able to change it and are happy with something like dead democracy, does that give moble staying power, and if the chinese can make decisions about the high-speed rail and the network about investment for the long run, the of the five-year plan, a ten year plan, and the united states, believe it or not, we have a lot of government agency but nobody is doing the long-range economic planning. that is why i think the china model if it is going to carry the day it isn't going to be the model that everyone ascribes to, but there will be one version of modernity. it will have a large place in the world in the 21st century and the western mod
the chinese state is much smarter than the monarchies of europe because the monarchies of europe tried to keep down the middle class. the communist party, the they are not particularly communist and agree to the middle class and make them stakeholders so if you were to talk to most entrepreneurs most professionals in china they don't want to change the system they are happy and that raises the question is this stable? if those with a wealth and power are able to change it and are happy with...
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let's head over to europe. we did have white picture in much of europe during the weekend. snow made a very rare appearance in some areas. we do have slides to show you. let's take a look at these pictures. obviously this is from paris with the identical tower in the background. some snow left this is bordeaux, france, someone knows how to make the most of the snow. we're seeing an aerial shot of the snow covered coliseum. just for information it was closed to the tourists this day. this is st. peters square in vatican city, looks as if everything is frozen in time. weatherwise i think the high pressure will be dominant. france and italy not much snow. a few snow showers could develop in northern spain as well as some areas in the uk and the skand knavian peninsula. more heavier snow in the mountain areas. rain rather than snow many the coastal areas. thunderstorms have a possibility to be popping up there. athens at 13 degrees. then general jet stream is taking the temperature down. the cold surge bringing temperatures down to minus 8 in berlin for the high and moscow minu
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the chinese state is much smarter than the old monarchies of europe because the monarchies of europe tried to keep down the middle class. the communist party, the so-called communist party because they're not particularly communist, has integrated the middle class. they have made them stakeholders in the state. and so if you were to talk to most entrepreneurs, most professionals in china, they don't want to change the system. they're happy. and can that raises the question, well, is this stable? if those with the wealth and power to change it are actually pretty happy with something less than democracy, does that give that model staying power? and if chinese can make decisions about high-speed rail, about highway network, about investment for the long run, right? thea got a five-year plan. they've got a ten-year plan. and the united states, believe it or not, we've got a lot of government agencies, but nobody is doing long-range economic planning. and that's why i think the china model isn't going to carry the day, it's not going to be the model that everyone ascribes to, but it will
the chinese state is much smarter than the old monarchies of europe because the monarchies of europe tried to keep down the middle class. the communist party, the so-called communist party because they're not particularly communist, has integrated the middle class. they have made them stakeholders in the state. and so if you were to talk to most entrepreneurs, most professionals in china, they don't want to change the system. they're happy. and can that raises the question, well, is this...
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we want to defend the whole of europe not just some european countries we want to european allies and friends to join in on missile defense strategy. in the event of the situation with a european missile defense system becoming unfavorable to russia we reserve the right to take no further steps in the nuclear disarmament area. the kremlin has repeatedly demanded that nato guarantees that the european missile defense shield would pose no threat to russia's strategic interests sofa the west has refused to cooperate with moscow on the issue. intercontinental ballistic missiles through snowbound russian forests under the cover of darkness. shrouded in secrecy the people in need to perform training drills and test the hardware on the roof. suddenly the convoy comes to a halt. street. crossing it's quite a challenge for the drivers of motor vehicles weighing. as specially considering. heads. of heavy launches safely reach the opposite bank with the most hazardous huddle behind it the convoy is on the move again. as the convoy forges ahead to its destination they leave the forest and pass th
we want to defend the whole of europe not just some european countries we want to european allies and friends to join in on missile defense strategy. in the event of the situation with a european missile defense system becoming unfavorable to russia we reserve the right to take no further steps in the nuclear disarmament area. the kremlin has repeatedly demanded that nato guarantees that the european missile defense shield would pose no threat to russia's strategic interests sofa the west has...
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economy, but markets remain cautious over europe. >> definitely, ai, good morning to you. we saw u.s. stocks recovering into the close there on hopes of the greek debt deal going through. as you mention, there are retail sales also. if you take out the car sales and components and gas prices, the actual core amount rose 0.7% for january, which was a little bit of a positive, if you take out the overall numbers there. so some positives to take out from the retail sales. but let's see how the nikkei and topix are kicking off this wednesday morning here in tokyo, and both indexes trading higher. nikkei closed above 9,000 yesterday and seeing the trade today. highest close yesterday since september, 2011. as you mentioned there, unexpectedly and positively, japan deciding to expand assets behind program or credit easing, and that was after a two day meeting yesterday. that fed through to the markets. we did see a pop higher for japanese government bond prices. inversely, saw a little selling on the yen. bank of japan moved there causing investors to sell a little of the yen on
economy, but markets remain cautious over europe. >> definitely, ai, good morning to you. we saw u.s. stocks recovering into the close there on hopes of the greek debt deal going through. as you mention, there are retail sales also. if you take out the car sales and components and gas prices, the actual core amount rose 0.7% for january, which was a little bit of a positive, if you take out the overall numbers there. so some positives to take out from the retail sales. but let's see how...
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and for europe we focus on iran. iran has a fairly active missile program, largely consisting of liquid propellant missiles. they are doing interesting experiments on solid propel ants. today they have scud and old soviet missile. shahad 3. liquid missile, technology probably received from north korea. this is north korea nodong missile. they have recently test add solid missile with a range of 200 to 20,000 kilometers, somewhere in that range. some people are suggesting we may see a liquid propellant missile in the range of 3,000 kilometers in the not too distant future. so today the threat is really quite -- the missile threat from iran is localized to the middle east. obviously israel is very concerned about it because they are within range. turkey could be concerned about it but turkey is a friend of iran, which is one reason they resisted nato attempts until very recently and agreed to deploy a radar which you'll see on future maps right about here in turkey. in the next, say, several years, five years, missile
and for europe we focus on iran. iran has a fairly active missile program, largely consisting of liquid propellant missiles. they are doing interesting experiments on solid propel ants. today they have scud and old soviet missile. shahad 3. liquid missile, technology probably received from north korea. this is north korea nodong missile. they have recently test add solid missile with a range of 200 to 20,000 kilometers, somewhere in that range. some people are suggesting we may see a liquid...
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they too have been working to reduce their exposure to europe. they have substantially reduced their exposure to the eurozone countries. all of that is good. >> if i could interject, is there a reason why the council created by dodd-frank to monitor systemic risk has not characterized the money market mutual fund as a systemic risk? >> it did actually in july. it pointed to them as an area that needed more work. imagine the bailout. the things done in 2008, the exchange stabilization fund, they were outlawed by dodd- frank. those things are not available. it is very important the money market mutual funds take the necessary action to be safe. as i said, one thing they are doing is reducing risk and exposure. they have already imposed some improvement in the regulation of these funds they are considering additional steps and consulting with the federal reserve. more might need to be done in order to ensure we do not see another run at like we did in 2008. >> i will yield back my remaining two seconds. [laughter] >> thank you for coming back. it is
they too have been working to reduce their exposure to europe. they have substantially reduced their exposure to the eurozone countries. all of that is good. >> if i could interject, is there a reason why the council created by dodd-frank to monitor systemic risk has not characterized the money market mutual fund as a systemic risk? >> it did actually in july. it pointed to them as an area that needed more work. imagine the bailout. the things done in 2008, the exchange...
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one is the financial disruption in europe, the other is the conflict in the middle east. that's the risk we're fairing in 2012. neither of which occur, we're very likely to stay until that band. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me ask dr. gruenspech stlau in your sm here that they're a fuel of liquid fuels dropped from 49% last year -- not last year but 2010, to 27 percent in 2014 and 23 by 20, by. >> this was made not including as a result of the fuel economy standards. you have calculated if these fuel economy sand ard which have been announced by the situation and which the auto industry and -- if those are included, what does that do to the percentage of liquid fuels that we have to import? >> dhaeng you, mr. chairman. we are certainly going to include that in our -- a case like that in our pulls can it makes a significant i'd say in the 2035, liquid fuel consumption would probably be lower by million -- 1.4 million barrels a day, roughly. i'm trying to remember the number. and most of that would come out of imports. so it's a pretty big deal. >> so instead of it being
one is the financial disruption in europe, the other is the conflict in the middle east. that's the risk we're fairing in 2012. neither of which occur, we're very likely to stay until that band. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me ask dr. gruenspech stlau in your sm here that they're a fuel of liquid fuels dropped from 49% last year -- not last year but 2010, to 27 percent in 2014 and 23 by 20, by. >> this was made not including as a result of the fuel economy standards. you have...
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. >>> the debt crisis dampens's europe's largest economy, germany. france is still expected to grow in the fourth quarter. >>> and why twitter won't be going towards an ipo. >>> supposing you're not a greek national, sunday's austerity deal in athens may have seemed too good to be true. turns out it was. the president of the euro group has been saying greece still hasn't done enough to secure a multi billion dollar bailout, as if to underline it's a point, he called off a meeting meant to approve it. he has been saying this, further technical work between greece and the troika is needed in a number of areas here. he also says this includes the closure of the fiscal gap of some 325 million euros for the year 2012. the delay puts greece at renewed risk of default and it also may come as a surprise to the country's unity government after positive noises were made by the european commission's own top money man just a day ago. take a listen. >> as outlined by the euro group last week, this program will be supported by unparalleled circumstances from greec
. >>> the debt crisis dampens's europe's largest economy, germany. france is still expected to grow in the fourth quarter. >>> and why twitter won't be going towards an ipo. >>> supposing you're not a greek national, sunday's austerity deal in athens may have seemed too good to be true. turns out it was. the president of the euro group has been saying greece still hasn't done enough to secure a multi billion dollar bailout, as if to underline it's a point, he called...
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muslims comprise about six percent of the belgian population one of the highest rates in europe and is expected to rise to more than ten percent by two thousand and twenty the muslim who live in belgium they say. they are belgium from american origin turkish albanian origin and the first declination of identity is not muslim radical groups such as those of the islamic fundamentalists comprise a minority and it's not representative of the muslim community in belgium and. nevertheless politicians analysts and even the belgian muslims themselves acknowledge that the problem is what these groups symbolize radicalization the process its spread and the allure of extreme views. tests are still here r.t. brussels for more world news in brief for you now this hour cumber supreme court has sentenced the camaro reaches chief jaida to life in prison for crimes committed by running a detention center field judges rejected his claim that he was only following orders or overseeing the torture and execution of more than twelve thousand victims he was already serving a thirty five year prison sentence
muslims comprise about six percent of the belgian population one of the highest rates in europe and is expected to rise to more than ten percent by two thousand and twenty the muslim who live in belgium they say. they are belgium from american origin turkish albanian origin and the first declination of identity is not muslim radical groups such as those of the islamic fundamentalists comprise a minority and it's not representative of the muslim community in belgium and. nevertheless politicians...
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i think what the europe and the u.s. are trying apply economic rationality that creates a situation ask that splilts really th -- splits really th leadership in iran even though you don't have a score card with each player where they're going to line up on this. >> rose: back to the question of u.s. economic eradication of our dependence on oil in terms of fossil fuels. is that in the cards in the near future? >> no. i think not in the near future. i think we're going to become much more efficient in how we use fuel. we're going to go from cars that get you know 23 or 30 miles per gallon to cars that get 54 miles per gallon. and the other thing that's happened that's kind of come as a surprise is after all these years of seeing our imports going up, we're seeing rising domestic u.s. oil production owing to the vables of advance f technology. so i think the picture is the western hemisphere will be relatively more self reliant than it would have been thought five years ago, we'll be more efficient in how we use fuel. and
i think what the europe and the u.s. are trying apply economic rationality that creates a situation ask that splilts really th -- splits really th leadership in iran even though you don't have a score card with each player where they're going to line up on this. >> rose: back to the question of u.s. economic eradication of our dependence on oil in terms of fossil fuels. is that in the cards in the near future? >> no. i think not in the near future. i think we're going to become much...
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how can europe overcome its crisis and grow closer together? >> that is the question everyone wants the answer to. nina, what are people saying in brussels? do they share the growing sentiment that the european project is going wrong? >> no. well, here in brussels, the message is it is not the project itself that is going wrong. which is made some very bad mistakes when we first started, and we are paying a high price for it, but we are trying to fix these mistakes. problem was that when the euro was born, there was simply no consequences whenever countries did not stick to their old rules. so over the years, the treaty was amended. there have been changes made to the treaty, but it is only now in the current crisis that europeans really seem to have understood that what they need is stricter rules and more rigorous budgetary discipline and, above all, more political unity. in a way, they are only just getting started with the project. >> people in greece and elsewhere getting started with their protests as well. we are seeing and mounting of a
how can europe overcome its crisis and grow closer together? >> that is the question everyone wants the answer to. nina, what are people saying in brussels? do they share the growing sentiment that the european project is going wrong? >> no. well, here in brussels, the message is it is not the project itself that is going wrong. which is made some very bad mistakes when we first started, and we are paying a high price for it, but we are trying to fix these mistakes. problem was that...
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they were totally competitive in europe. but the lack of us having an energy policy for a nation as large as ours really left them up in the air. >> well, i think companies would like to have clarity about what energy sources are going to be used, how the government is going to tax or subsidize different types of energy. i think the main issues there, frankly, are environmental as much as anything else. you know, japan, for example, has decided to phase out its nuclear power because of the concern -- the safety concerns. the eu decision on diesel i think was generated primarily by environmental issues. so those are the kinds of issues that -- that scenario where government, you know, may make some decisions about energy policy because certain types of energy may be judged or better for the environment. putting that aside, you know, we do need to maintain a robust energy markets. we were talking about this before. there's a remarkable increase in the supply of natural gas, for example, in the united states. and that's a good
they were totally competitive in europe. but the lack of us having an energy policy for a nation as large as ours really left them up in the air. >> well, i think companies would like to have clarity about what energy sources are going to be used, how the government is going to tax or subsidize different types of energy. i think the main issues there, frankly, are environmental as much as anything else. you know, japan, for example, has decided to phase out its nuclear power because of...
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we have faith in europe's economy and in the europe. we believe that the bureau will continue to be an important currency in the future. >> nothing concrete there from the chinese. clear limits have been set, and that is apparently as far as the country's leadership is willing to go, both on money matters and human-rights, for now. >> over to steve now and some very unexpected numbers out of the u.s. today that it is worth noting markets do not usually like surprises, but when they look like this, things are different. a u.s. employment data spark fireworks friday. the much-anticipated jobs report from the u.s. government has shown that new hiring in january pushed the unemployment rate down 8.3%, the lowest level in nearly three years. all in all, 243,000 new jobs were created last month. the news gives president obama a welcome boost as he gears up his reelection campaign. unemployment has not been as low since just after he took office. >> there is still far too many americans who need a job or need a job that pays better than the on
we have faith in europe's economy and in the europe. we believe that the bureau will continue to be an important currency in the future. >> nothing concrete there from the chinese. clear limits have been set, and that is apparently as far as the country's leadership is willing to go, both on money matters and human-rights, for now. >> over to steve now and some very unexpected numbers out of the u.s. today that it is worth noting markets do not usually like surprises, but when they...
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the next one is that the austerity plan is going on in europe will probably cause a recession if europe is not already in a recession. china needs to avoid a hard landing, and i will talk about those topics in a little more detail. the next board is the politicians in washington really need to expend the stimulus plan they have in front of them in terms of extending unemployment benefits and the tax cuts. the u.s. economy is doing better, but it still needs the stimulus to keep going. finally, the unemployment rate is still uncomfortably high. it has come down to 8.3%, down from the 10% level. in california, it is 11.1%, down from the recent high of 12.5%, but it needs to do better. our outlook on the economy is that it is sunny with partly cloudy, but the united states is probably the most important part of this outlook. it is doing well. the chart here showing gdp growth -- this is a measurement of the economic output in the united states, the broadest measure we have. if you follow the red line, you can see that the year-over-year change is starting to trend upward. green columns rep
the next one is that the austerity plan is going on in europe will probably cause a recession if europe is not already in a recession. china needs to avoid a hard landing, and i will talk about those topics in a little more detail. the next board is the politicians in washington really need to expend the stimulus plan they have in front of them in terms of extending unemployment benefits and the tax cuts. the u.s. economy is doing better, but it still needs the stimulus to keep going. finally,...
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lags behind europe and china when it comes to infrastructure investment yet ministration has said that chinese firms will play a role in financing infrastructure throughout the u.s. i don't think it's an ideal situation and i would prefer that the money. go to american corporations but the jobs will go to americans and i'm not so simple boost the economy while some welcome the foreign investors some people in los angeles we spoke to aren't so sure we should be so eager for chinese money i think president reagan is probably rolling over in his grave somewhere. as. it's uncomfortable a lot of people figure america is the you know. bill you know so to ask for more is bad it will create more jobs and it potentially but. this country is in so much that so it's about a. chinese firms are already working on a huge bridge projects in california new york and alaska political leaders defended the contracts claiming chinese companies would be more efficient but there has been criticism over china's work conditions and the devaluation of their currency we can't compete with that now because they'r
lags behind europe and china when it comes to infrastructure investment yet ministration has said that chinese firms will play a role in financing infrastructure throughout the u.s. i don't think it's an ideal situation and i would prefer that the money. go to american corporations but the jobs will go to americans and i'm not so simple boost the economy while some welcome the foreign investors some people in los angeles we spoke to aren't so sure we should be so eager for chinese money i think...
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other chinese leaders have also expressed support for europe. the country's biggest trading partner. but they remain vague about the details. >>> the japanese winter turned shoppers cold on department stores in january. the japan department stores association says sales at more than 250 department stores nationwide fell 1.1% from a year earlier to about $7 billion. that is the first drop in two months. the association attributes the slump to a fall in customers due to a very cold weather and heavy snow. sluggish sales of spring clothing were another factor. and on the bright side, though, sales of items targeting foreign visitors rose for the first time since the pre-earthquake month of february last year. some of the biggest spenders were chinese tourists visiting japan over the lunar new year holidays. let's take a look at the markets once again. >>> more business for you next hour. back to catherine. >> thanks, ai. >>> japan's top court has upheld the death sentence of a man who murdered a woman and her baby daughter when he was a juvenile. t
other chinese leaders have also expressed support for europe. the country's biggest trading partner. but they remain vague about the details. >>> the japanese winter turned shoppers cold on department stores in january. the japan department stores association says sales at more than 250 department stores nationwide fell 1.1% from a year earlier to about $7 billion. that is the first drop in two months. the association attributes the slump to a fall in customers due to a very cold...
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from the europe for. special so that gratian without he also transported one hundred thousand kilos of beaujolais wine from france to japan he says without ever breaking a single bottle but in order to fly these massive planes pilots undergo constant training go for examination for special examination say within the next make it a load. of you and it's systems and so on many little boys dream of becoming pilots but the path to get there isn't always an easy one here and the only way out of six civil aviation school it's the only place in russia where one. to get a higher education with courses offered in academics meteorology and over one hundred fifty hours of flight time and one of the students start the training of these models which gives them the complete feeling of what it's like to sit in a real aircraft flight. and it's true the images on the screen and vibrations of the simulator made even me feel like i could be a pilot if you only have to be responsible for all soon you have to keep under contr
from the europe for. special so that gratian without he also transported one hundred thousand kilos of beaujolais wine from france to japan he says without ever breaking a single bottle but in order to fly these massive planes pilots undergo constant training go for examination for special examination say within the next make it a load. of you and it's systems and so on many little boys dream of becoming pilots but the path to get there isn't always an easy one here and the only way out of six...
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and the south of europe is only going to get greater and what you've got is you've got protests in the south and what we're seeing in the north is a political revolution where new parties are spreading you know and euro skeptic parties are getting better results than ever before the scary thing here that you have is once you start thinking with democracy and trying to change things i think you've got a very slippery slope in the them what's happening at the moment over here is that the e.u. is really showing it through to children what it's all about it doesn't want to listen to the people they're talking about an intergovernmental agreement and this will go into primary e.u. law through secondary legislation which means that the people can be bypassed there will be referendums across the continent particularly in iowa where there should be a referendum on this and what will happen is they will bypass the people and it will go straight into review law and they will get exactly what they want and it is a complete affront to democracy. well course more details on everything we're coverin
and the south of europe is only going to get greater and what you've got is you've got protests in the south and what we're seeing in the north is a political revolution where new parties are spreading you know and euro skeptic parties are getting better results than ever before the scary thing here that you have is once you start thinking with democracy and trying to change things i think you've got a very slippery slope in the them what's happening at the moment over here is that the e.u. is...
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europe is spending 5% of gdp. the u.s. is half that amount at 2.4% of gdp. there is, i think, widespread and bipartisan agreement on the need for further infrastructure investment. last july the carnegie endowment completed a study on the nation's infrastructure. the study was spear headed by bill bradley, former homeland security head tom ridge, somebody you know well, and former u.s. comptroller general david walker, somebody that's testified before this committee they concluded in their report the following -- integrated efficient and cost networks that provide timely access to goods and services are the foundation of a 21st century economy. if america is to remain a global economic power while advancing our common aspirations for a better quality of lie, we need to reinvest in america. especially in our transportation infrastructure. if living within our means includes good husbandry of our existing system, we need more not less investment in transportation. that means more revenues that are wisely spent to meet our obligations for ourselves and our futu
europe is spending 5% of gdp. the u.s. is half that amount at 2.4% of gdp. there is, i think, widespread and bipartisan agreement on the need for further infrastructure investment. last july the carnegie endowment completed a study on the nation's infrastructure. the study was spear headed by bill bradley, former homeland security head tom ridge, somebody you know well, and former u.s. comptroller general david walker, somebody that's testified before this committee they concluded in their...
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it is called in europe and it is set to stay that way for a while -- it is cold in europe. temperatures have been reaching minus 9 degrees celsius at their highest. in parts of eastern europe, the situation is a lot worse. over 60 people have died in ukraine alone. unusual scenes are impressing tourists. >> even brussels' famous fountain is feeling the chill. tourists at the belgian capital usually come to see the little boy releasing a steady stream. >> overall, i guess, to see it, you will have to come back another time in brussels to see him in action. >> across europe, the winter weather is painting bizarre landscapes. in marseilles, palms and cacti are covered in snow. ice formations like these have left the russian harbor in quiet summer. it may be a winter wonderland for some, but for others, it is a nightmare. nine more people died overnight in poland, and across eastern and central europe, at least 100 people died this week amid temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees celsius. most victims are homeless like here in ukraine, hardest hit by the cold. tens of thousand
it is called in europe and it is set to stay that way for a while -- it is cold in europe. temperatures have been reaching minus 9 degrees celsius at their highest. in parts of eastern europe, the situation is a lot worse. over 60 people have died in ukraine alone. unusual scenes are impressing tourists. >> even brussels' famous fountain is feeling the chill. tourists at the belgian capital usually come to see the little boy releasing a steady stream. >> overall, i guess, to see it,...
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we think europe will be fine at the end of the day. europe has been around a long time. they've got resiliency, if nothing else. this is definitely going to be a testing time for europe. emerging world, the normal issues. but doing well. >> jeff, you've been spending the last several minutes going through the mack co-economic pictures. one of the things we talk a lot about in washington is leadership values and what that does to chill business in
we think europe will be fine at the end of the day. europe has been around a long time. they've got resiliency, if nothing else. this is definitely going to be a testing time for europe. emerging world, the normal issues. but doing well. >> jeff, you've been spending the last several minutes going through the mack co-economic pictures. one of the things we talk a lot about in washington is leadership values and what that does to chill business in
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and saying that what europe is doing at the moment they're not really acting very responsibly. well over on our web site r t dot com we're asking what's ahead for the eurozone and not much optimism from voters so far as half of you think the euro is doomed to failure thirty seven percent say greece will spark a chain reaction of the falls about a tenth think germany will save the crippled eurozone and the minorities see austerity measures as a way out what's your economic forecast for greece log on to r t dot com and have your say. in america china's vice president wasn't treated to the warmest of welcomes from u.s. officials vice president joe biden voiced a whole list of disappointments from beijing's economic policies through its stance on syria criticism was also level that tide over its copyright and forstmann and human rights record apart from the brief exchanges that day was largely ceremonial as american leaders sized up paying the man widely tipped to lead beijing over the next decade christine ports i should say reports now on the rocky relationship between the two ec
and saying that what europe is doing at the moment they're not really acting very responsibly. well over on our web site r t dot com we're asking what's ahead for the eurozone and not much optimism from voters so far as half of you think the euro is doomed to failure thirty seven percent say greece will spark a chain reaction of the falls about a tenth think germany will save the crippled eurozone and the minorities see austerity measures as a way out what's your economic forecast for greece...
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europe gets hit with yet another wave of downgrades as confidence collapses and the blocks future of this impresses ahead it's all still to proceed against productive greece. john as long as presidents arise in the u.s. as the two john struggle to find common ground and the ground can literally build up in the civil asia. right now not a chance to get more about the incredibly diverse spectrum of culture and religion in russia today our special reports comes from the republic of mary l. community culture class overcome through a shared faith. this is help people of many ethnic groups prayed ancient times. today this is the sort of worship that can only be felt in this russian region. of the earth they were not allowed to worship in soviet so it's people like us who deeds which on trial we hope to have prayers will avert floods earthquakes and manmade disasters. services like these a rooted in ancient history these words were first spoken in the early a thousand years ago but the worship is gathering here now the thoughts to be europe's last eight games. are not on one. in his family
europe gets hit with yet another wave of downgrades as confidence collapses and the blocks future of this impresses ahead it's all still to proceed against productive greece. john as long as presidents arise in the u.s. as the two john struggle to find common ground and the ground can literally build up in the civil asia. right now not a chance to get more about the incredibly diverse spectrum of culture and religion in russia today our special reports comes from the republic of mary l....
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finally, let's go to europe. a chain of low pressure systems has been bringing wet and windy weather to northern europe. as you can see, the isobars are close together meaning strong winds are prevailing. scotland has received a gust of 90 kilometers per hour as the system moves toward the southeast, areas like finland and the ball ticks and northern germany will be affected. down toward the south, unstable conditions in the central mediterranean all day tuesday. here are your temperatures. we're expecting 9 degrees in paris and 5 in vienna and looking at minus 1 in kiev and minus 3 in moscow. warmer temperatures will continue for the next several days. here's your extended forecast. >>> that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. tokyo. thanks for joining us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
finally, let's go to europe. a chain of low pressure systems has been bringing wet and windy weather to northern europe. as you can see, the isobars are close together meaning strong winds are prevailing. scotland has received a gust of 90 kilometers per hour as the system moves toward the southeast, areas like finland and the ball ticks and northern germany will be affected. down toward the south, unstable conditions in the central mediterranean all day tuesday. here are your temperatures....
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in all of europe since the coal snap has started. weatherwise this winter storm it's going to be bringing all these wet weather down in towards central portions of the european continent now and poland will be seeing some accumulation up to about 12 centimeters and in austria up to 40 centimeters of white stuff will be piling up there. now in romania the cold wave, the peak of it is going to be tomorrow. let's take a look at some of these pictures coming out from romania. this is a specific vehicle cleaning the street covered with snow. heaviest snowfall across eastern europe cut off hundreds of villages on monday. rescue teams struggled to evacuate people. the cold has killed more than 600 people. but the death toll just in romania only well over 70. these people are pushing cars here. looks like there is a lot of travel disturbances and road closures. arctic blast is still here on tuesday. this is where the jet stream is. portugal looking pretty nice. on friday looking much better. still eastern europe will be looking at very cold
in all of europe since the coal snap has started. weatherwise this winter storm it's going to be bringing all these wet weather down in towards central portions of the european continent now and poland will be seeing some accumulation up to about 12 centimeters and in austria up to 40 centimeters of white stuff will be piling up there. now in romania the cold wave, the peak of it is going to be tomorrow. let's take a look at some of these pictures coming out from romania. this is a specific...
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not only to europe but to latin america. there's no question that fdr wanted the power and ability to aid the victims of aggression. he faced a powerful isolation sentiment into congress and the american congress and a very important isolationist organization known as the america first committee. >> foernl fly across the atlant atlantic. >> that made him? >> famous. >> yeah. he was the great american hero. he was famous. more people knew lindbergh. he became the public voice of the isolationist movement. his arguments were very, very racial. anybody know how lindbergh was making a racial involvement about america's involvement in world war ii? he made several of them. >> the danger is not germans. the danger is asia. >> exactly. this is a quarrel among the white civilized people of europe. it's really unfortunate that the white civilized people of europe should be fighting one another. we do not want to get involved in that and have more white civilized christian people slaughtered. what a horrible thing. that's really where
not only to europe but to latin america. there's no question that fdr wanted the power and ability to aid the victims of aggression. he faced a powerful isolation sentiment into congress and the american congress and a very important isolationist organization known as the america first committee. >> foernl fly across the atlant atlantic. >> that made him? >> famous. >> yeah. he was the great american hero. he was famous. more people knew lindbergh. he became the public...
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this is a fixation of anti-american ends you find culturally in europe and elsewhere in then i turned to another example. that interest be the most the most importance of the book led cultural attitude. it is anti-american and if you look at the attitude of religious indoctrination coming in a primitive village and the maternity and t-shirts with mickey mouse and sell funds and a threat and your position you will never accept it. maybe the rest of the village wants to change but you don't. that threatens the life position usually and another attitude that is very pro america and in one that has the greatest danger. and those doing things of which they don't approve is the american and they see no particular shock than the world has the majority spending in admiration of what the country has come a what it does and what it stands for and what they think it could and should be for them. some is their own self-promotion some is in their own imagination. and then all over the world tantalizing and taunting them in the refuge is on hopes of redemption in those far outweigh the risks to the
this is a fixation of anti-american ends you find culturally in europe and elsewhere in then i turned to another example. that interest be the most the most importance of the book led cultural attitude. it is anti-american and if you look at the attitude of religious indoctrination coming in a primitive village and the maternity and t-shirts with mickey mouse and sell funds and a threat and your position you will never accept it. maybe the rest of the village wants to change but you don't. that...
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the others aren't listening to them this is how we saw the rise of fascism prior to world war two in europe i asked m.e.p. nigel farage about this earlier take a look ok mr farris let's get straight to it so you've been critical rightfully so of pop a day most in greece as an unelected official a technocrat put in place by the e.u. but in greece there is a deeper problem you have all of these elected officials democratically elected politicians in parliament who are voting for these deeply unpopular measures as athens literally has been burning outside of parliament why do you think that it is well sunday was very interesting effectively what happened was that the you you have held a gun to their heads in greece said to the political class unless you vote for this bailout package or less you vote for continued subjugation we will not give you the next tranche of money you will go bankrupt. and your reputation internationally will be destroyed and in the face of that the greek political class just don't have the courage to stand up and tell you where to go and you know i can see why i mean f
the others aren't listening to them this is how we saw the rise of fascism prior to world war two in europe i asked m.e.p. nigel farage about this earlier take a look ok mr farris let's get straight to it so you've been critical rightfully so of pop a day most in greece as an unelected official a technocrat put in place by the e.u. but in greece there is a deeper problem you have all of these elected officials democratically elected politicians in parliament who are voting for these deeply...
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and europe is china's biggest trading partner. and it's hit the heart of the value and at the same time chinese manufacturing costs have done up. what's in it for them is to get this right and china has the world's largest reserves in europe. >> more than one billion euros a day are snent china by the e.u. >> yes. thank you. >> a small libyan stoun pleading for help to deal with the influx of illegal immigrants. the authorities say they have been overwhelmed by the numbers of people crossing the border daily. they are being isolated in detention centers. we met some of those detainees. >> the road runs south into the vastness of africa. bringing trade to libya. but also growing numbers of illegal my gants. this is the main check point between the desert and capital tripoli and they have just found a nigerian couple in this car with no visas. they question the man. come for work, he says. nothing more. but black africans are viewed with suspicion now. many of them fought for gaddafi. they have caught more. the authorities here say
and europe is china's biggest trading partner. and it's hit the heart of the value and at the same time chinese manufacturing costs have done up. what's in it for them is to get this right and china has the world's largest reserves in europe. >> more than one billion euros a day are snent china by the e.u. >> yes. thank you. >> a small libyan stoun pleading for help to deal with the influx of illegal immigrants. the authorities say they have been overwhelmed by the numbers of...
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basically uninvolved with these quarrels in europe. you know, critics at the time said these were acts perfectly designed to keep the united states out of world war i, but which this time most americans thought it was a mick take for the united states to get involved in world war i, and most americans wanted to keep america out of foreign crises. time and time again, starting in 1935 through 1938, against roosevelt's wishes, congress passed a series of neutrality acts, pretty much tying the hands of the president, making it very difficult for the president to respond to foreign crises because he couldn't make distinctions between aggressors and victims. and the congress had also rejected something else that roosevelt wanted, and that was american participation in the world court. we were not members of the league of nations, but we could still be members of the world court. roosevelt, who understood the dangers abroad and was not an isolationist, was an internationalist and wanted america more involved, gets rebuffed. congress won't ra
basically uninvolved with these quarrels in europe. you know, critics at the time said these were acts perfectly designed to keep the united states out of world war i, but which this time most americans thought it was a mick take for the united states to get involved in world war i, and most americans wanted to keep america out of foreign crises. time and time again, starting in 1935 through 1938, against roosevelt's wishes, congress passed a series of neutrality acts, pretty much tying the...
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but up next, europe. amidst all of the talk of the eurozone's demise, a quiet bit of magic has actually solved the problem. for now. what in the world do i mean? stay with us. ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 let's talk about the cookie-cutter retirement advice ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 you get at some places. ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 they say you have to do this, have that, invest here ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 you know what? ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 you can't create a retirement...
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our chancellor is on a triple begging she wants money for europe she wants you know the support from beijing for the new u.n. resolution which beijing is not going to give and she also wants beijing to cut off its own oil supply which beijing is wisely not going to do and of course beijing has also to take into consideration that india competition in the region is standing straight with iran and buying ever more rain in oil so i don't think she has any chance of you know talking china out of by. iranian oil that were not happen again i would say she will not put any much focus on it she will she will say that and she will look to the ceiling and then she was smile and say let's talk business now her main focus in this trip is german economy and she's wise to do that she will even not you know a lot be very much for chinese investment into europe because she knows in our heart of hearts that this is truly a bad investment. well more analysis on the chances visit china is available on our website don't call me the so online at the moment frozen water bursts inside japan's crippled fuku
our chancellor is on a triple begging she wants money for europe she wants you know the support from beijing for the new u.n. resolution which beijing is not going to give and she also wants beijing to cut off its own oil supply which beijing is wisely not going to do and of course beijing has also to take into consideration that india competition in the region is standing straight with iran and buying ever more rain in oil so i don't think she has any chance of you know talking china out of...
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and we can go to southern europe all the way up to germany the french are be experiencing it as well how can what is this the right formula and dimitri says it's not the right for me and to bring us back to prosperity because a lot more and more people are just being a misery. yeah well i think look the bottom line is it's really interesting people won't agree to us territory or comply with us geraghty if things are getting better you kind of need to be in bad times to get people to understand how serious a debt problem is and that it needs to be addressed i mean nobody was interested in addressing the debt problem during the boom it's only during the bust the people start to understand why but it is true that austerity doesn't alone create price prosperity what does create prosperity are small entrepreneurs and this is really important two thirds of the net new jobs in all industrialized economies are created by companies that employ less than fifty people now when government is shrinking this actually does create some opportunities for the private sector and new york city recently
and we can go to southern europe all the way up to germany the french are be experiencing it as well how can what is this the right formula and dimitri says it's not the right for me and to bring us back to prosperity because a lot more and more people are just being a misery. yeah well i think look the bottom line is it's really interesting people won't agree to us territory or comply with us geraghty if things are getting better you kind of need to be in bad times to get people to understand...