as the guarantor of the versailles settlement in france simply did not have the wherewithal did not have the military power did not have the economic power to enforce a settlement and so that meant that from the very beginning really germany began to evade the restrictions that was placed upon it by the british size system that france was unable to prevent that from happening so i mean frank should we be surprised that this pact happened because of munich in one thousand thirty eight after all the same powers that created the international system betrayed it i think that's in the. lake or now there was an opportunity. granted it was an opportunity i think in one nine hundred thirty eight to have prevented the war because at that stage germany's armaments were not strong enough at that stage to wage a war on two fronts we now know from recent german sources that in fact the german army was not even prepared for a long war against france in one nine hundred thirty s. or against the czech army which was well armed then they had thirty seven well armed divisions britain and france had g

to get reaction from france, we spoke to our correspondent in france and asked her what the response has been. >> some 230 were sent back to romania from airports in paris and marseille, so the message at least is very much business as usual for the french government, regardless of what the eu commission might say, but, yes, parents has been stunned by the words from the commissioner. behind the scenes, the issue has gotten so contentious that it is becoming more evident by the day, this evening, a party spoke. expressing hopes that the eu threat against france remains a threat and not a reality. they're also looking about clarifying things from the contingent's memo, which has them to expand double dealing on the part of france, mutt -- but, it may be to a late, because it seems that france has put itself squarely in the fireline. -- it may be too late. and the bill on the full face veil was passed by the french senate. it is thought this would only affect a small number of women, but critics see it as an attack on muslims. some countries are considering other measures. the ban will

france argues it can deport people who are judged a public security risk. the roma are you the european commission is doing too little to protect them. -- argue the european commission is doing too little to protect them. >> they are extremely weak in the process of decision taking. politicians from brussels have to understand they have no right to take compromises. any compromise regarding anybody, even sarkozy, means abandoning principles that have no right to die. >> this issue has certainly poisoned relations between france and the european commission. a few weeks ago, commissioner reding compared french actions to mass deportations by the nazis during the second world war. >> this is a situation i had thought europe would not have to witness again. not after the second world war. >> the french president was infuriated. >> everyone here is deeply shocked, especially given our wartime history. these words are deeply wounding and insulting of my fellow countrymen. >> the european commission has stopped short of immediate legal action over the treatment of

more than 1000 were deported from france, most to bulgaria and romania. the european union's unjust as commissioner has announced further investigations of french actions and the country's insistence that there were not discriminatory. it could still lead to full legal action. >> the commission has found that france has not properly applied in its french law the procedure of guarantee, which are foreseen for all e.u. citizens in the european directive. that is why this needs to be corrected, and that is why we have to act on this. >> the main complaint from brussels is that france is not guaranteeing the freedom of movement of eu citizens and does not incorporate those rights in french law. france argues it can deport people who are judged a public security risk. the roma argue the european commission is doing too little to protect them. >> i am not surprised by the fact that the eu is for the moment extremely weak in the process. politicians from brussels have to understand they have no right to take compromise, any compromise regarding anybody even sark

with france. the world war one european countries including france and england where we read the prospect of launch still has to choose what war and france on the dillard year most of all could be done in order to breach the mutual support agreement under the same time avoid implementing it in full. in the nineteenth thirty eight the british prime minister who never changed and held several meetings with hitler in a bid to persuade him not to stall to war in central europe. this continent he was ready to do anything in his power to obtain the suggestion region. on his part fearful of the prospect of the speech of the french prime minister. to put pressure on czechoslovakia in order to achieve a peaceful solution france made it clear it would give new show if the czechs decided to go to be taken benish was ready to surrender the downhill skiing facility it's apparent that the chicks were. to plant their government s. just. needless to say initially the trick government was categorically against ced

is from sugar, and france will take passengers in the other direction. three years ago, deutsche a bond joined forces with its french counterpart to provide high- speed service between the two countries, but the joint venture is now threatening to derail. the french accused the germans are only paying lip service to liberalization. they also complain that a door to a bond subsidiary and not a neutral body divides routes between competitors. the germans accused sncf of maintaining a monopoly on domestic passenger travel, while running passenger services in germany through a subsidiary. deutsche upon urgently wants to resolve the conflicts, so it can test its high-speed ice 3 on the title bout between paris and london, but that would challenge the french monopoly and the french blocked deutsche a bond was last at 10, saying the german high-speed train was 25 meters short of the required length. >> european media companies say they are benefiting from a recovering market for advertising. among them is a corporation in germany reporting profits of about 250

after being exposed to an ambiguous pressure by france and great britain to of its. was the price paid for hitler's promise not to start a war in europe which he breached not only a year later. according to many research as it was the conflict over these who doesn't and that in effect triggered war to. the division of czechoslovakia has been a floated which went on behind the scenes of these talks and was played the decisive role in the people in various countries including russia still looking for the answers documents declassified by the foreign intelligence service seventy years on are directly related to the events of those times. may take lunch seriously on a day off towards noon all of the family gets together in this house in the suburbs of munich traditional the varian sausages all served on such occasions. here the so. suggests. just part of their actual launch in general traditions are respected in this family they know the back is a suggestion german when he was only eight years old he and his parents were deported from czechoslovakia now that he has gone

the european mission has called france a disgrace on the migrants. hundreds have been released and they have declared protections the way that france is treating these people from bulgaria. >> since august police in france have been dismantling romacamps, the policy has been controversial but today they used unprecedented language to rebuke one of the most powerful states. >> this is a disgrace. >> the commissioner said there were parallels with world war ii. >> this is a situation i have thought europe would not have to witness again after the second world war. enough is enough. >> the french government that says the roma are given 300 euros each when they leave the country. france is a part of the union and receiving a dressing down. today accused of misleading the eu. part of the discovery is an internal french memo making a mention of dismantling the roma camp a target. they could face legal action. >> it's a shame of france, i am against discrimination. >> i think that the french government is not necessarily wrong. >> it's pointed out that othe

thanks a lot, frances.ll check back on that high-speed chase at berkeley going on near university. 5:08 is our time. >> san francisco students get big financial help for college. that help comes from some pretty deep pockets. next the famous philanthropist who is putting up the money. >> undergoing intense >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> i'm frances dinglasan. take a look at this live shot. several chp units at the scene. there was a high-speed police chase, speeds in excess of 100 mph that ended with a crash eastbound 80 before university. looks like all lanes may be blocked at this point. we're hearing one person has been taken into custody. we will follow up with a backup and a look at alternates and let you know what's going on. more news now with eric. >> frances, thank you very much. minus. president obama will sign a measure to help small business. our "moneyscope" report now. >> good morning. we begin your "moneyscope" report with president obama ready to give small bu

angerer over france's expulsion of roma. pope benedict makes his first visit in almost 30 years. the father of a german teenager who killed people goes on trial r malauger. an eu summit on foreign policy has been overshadowed between a dispute between france and the eu over the deportation of roma people. they compared the situation is to the situation in world war ii and question their legality. >> leaders ended the note on a cordial note. the mood was frosty at the summit. nicolas sarkozy was said to be furious about the comments about roma deportation from france. he is reported to have had a heated exchange with the european union president. >> allow me to say that this comparison with the second world war with what is happening in our country, that is no argument. it is a sult. it is hurtful. it is a humiliation and the exaggeration. >> sarkozy was outraged that the justice commissioner appeared to compare france's actions to jewish deportations by the nazis. many leaders agreed with him. >> i made it clear that the town and choice of words was not appropriate. we must treat

france and britain on alert, officials uncover a credible plot to attack. >>> campaigner in chief. president obama rallies the faithful ahead of midterm elections. >>> and coach chaos, a pee wee football game turns ugly after a coaches' argument triggers a man-size brawl. this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, september 29th, 2010. good morning, everybody, thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. begin overseas this morning, both france and britain on alert for possible terror attacks. the threat is described as credible. a british officials said the plots were in an early stage with an islamic connection. mark phillips is in london and has the latest on this. good morning, mark. >> good morning, betty. well, western intelligence agencies are saying there is a credible, what they're calling a credible islamist-o linked terror plot that they have interrupted, one that would affect several countries in the west including the u.s., also britain, france and germany. people are undoubtedly nervous but they also say there is no evidence at this time any plot or any attacks were im

we had a party in france. >> this is a wave? >> these parties are pretty unsuited to exercise the possibility. they get in parliament and do rather badly. i'd be caution of saying this is a long-time trend. is it as simple as saying what we will now see is the main parties once again stealing the emperrer's clothes? it is never simple with immigration. it is not a security issue. you can't do anything about immigration. you can only roll out sensible policies. in any other area, the policy and actual media and public discourse, the gap is huge. it comes down to two basic pieces. you need to take away the oxygen given to the far right. you've seen the uk government do that. reality tv shois showing immigration teams wandering the countries looking for people that look illegal and you have the other liberal argument which is no, no. you can't fan those flams. you have to get out there and show leadership. >> it's interesting. if people speak out, it's true that quickly they are branded as reactionary right wingers. how do you take

says despite france's refusal to help. him and it is true though that. troops on the western borders and some of the troops in central regions were put on full alert there were twenty frontlines of visions and also warplanes bombers fighters all ready to help pull up a deal with. a crowd of fifteen thousand party faithful and. in september david. has written a book about. one of the most important parts president. czech radio station on the day when he decided to see things into germany. and. all our cities and czechs and slovaks. distinction or. i have the same view this. can make a great contribution to peace i'm not talking to political parties i'm not talking to organizations i'm talking to you as individual citizens that. try to find means of understanding try not to aggravate the situation. on september the twenty ninth one thousand nine hundred thirty eight leaders of four countries. to sign the agreement ceding the suit to germany. the german historian you're going so to speak slowly approaches the building where hitler presided over the meeting

frances drake.he right as you make your way towards sir frances drake, the right lane is still blocked but they expect to reopen it at 6:00. just another 8 minutes to go. so far no slowing down at the golden gate bridge. no delays either at the bay bridge toll plaza and in the san jose area, an early accident, northbound 280 at cleared. headlights past highway 17. checking out the drive time also 580 from 205 to 680, a little sluggish, 25 minutes because of a couple earlier accidents but none blocking any lanes. you can always find out what your drive time is for your ride to work by signing up on abc7news.com. you'll find it under the bay area traffic link, kristen. >> frances, thank you. it's 5:53. senator dianne feinstein is set to take part in the unveiling of a milestone in the sole pond restoration project. she will join state officials in celebrating completion of a restoration project near the western end of the dumbarton bridge in east palo alto. the former salt pond will broadway 237 acres

france is on a heightened terrorist alert. interior minister pointed to the kidnapping of five french nationals in africa and a bomb alert on tuesday that led to the evacuation of the eiffel tower itself. tropical storm carl has been upgraded to a hurricane after it gained strength over the gulf of mexico. the u.s. national hurricane center said it had reached a wind speed of 120 kilometers an hour. it is expected to make landfall in mexico for a second time on friday. an explosion has killed at least nine people traveling in a minibus in southeastern turkey. disaster relief has been called on the lam. separatist militants carried out a number of attacks in their violent campaign for autonomy in the region. the verbal gloves came off at an eu summit in brussels today. the gloves belonged to the french president as well as the president of the european commission has the scrap over the french deportation of roma migrants. mr. sarkozy accused the commission of wounding france through unacceptable insults and drawing parallels be

correct what happened in france is being watched closely -- >> what happened in france is being watched closely, because europe faces us see us strikes as governments bareback cherished benefits. bbc news, paris. >> the spanish prime minister and has called on a basket separatist movement to lay down its arms forever. -- of basque separatist movement to lay down its arms forever. mozambique has reversed its decision to raise bread prices by 30%. food riots last week left 13 dead. bread will now be sold at its previous price of 14 cents. every year since 1998, more than 30,000 japanese people have killed themselves. japan's health ministry estimates cases of suicide and depression caused the economy $32 billion last year. the government has launched a task force to address the problem. more than two weeks of political deadlock have ended in australia with confirmation that labor's julia gillard will continue as prime minister, would be backing, at last, of to independenct mp's. she has been near west possible majority. nick bryant has this. >> it is like the finale of a tv reality show,

this man is an expert on minority markets in france. >> in france today there are nearly 50 different organizations which certify that meat is halal. it is logical for a market that will be worth 5 billion bureaux in 2010, there should be -- 5 billion euros in 2010. it is what consumers want. >> but france is not used to catering for minorities. this is a country moving towards banning the sale. when a fast-food chain started serving halal workers in outlets there was an outcry. they have decided to stick to the policy. >> in the last decade we have seen the demise of the video cassette recorder and a rival of high-definition tv. what is next for television? one of the biggest electronic shows opened in berlin today. our technology -- technology correspondent was there. >> this is a pretty good place to get a vision of the future of television. they are selling a lot of 3-d sets. you get the experience without glasses. i don't quite get it myself. plenty more sets. they seem convinced customers will want that. we will have to sea. you can even get fairly cheap 3- d video cameras. you

eric, kristen. >> frances, thank you very much.t's 6:09. >> investigators uncover a very troubling link in california's fatal whooping cough cases. >> also... >> the police shooting protest that turned into a near riot overnight in the southland. >> and something more than baby sounds are coming from those baby monitors. why dozens of local utility cucucucucucucucucucucucucucucucu ♪ i thought it was over here... ♪ [car horn honks] our outback always gets us there... ... sometimes it just takes us a little longer to get back. ♪ >>> good morning, everyone. 6:13 on the abc morning news. a live look at mount diablo there. is that mist in front of mount diablo there? that's what mike's talking about, a cooloff. more coming up. >> more news. los angeles police in riot gear are on alert after hundreds of prote protestored gathered to express outrage by a guatemala man shot and killed by chp officers sunday. >> that was a bottle breaking when the protest escalated and people started throwing bottles and plastic crates at police last night.

in occupied france, they survived an interment camps. three years ago the population in france increased dramatically. when bulgarian ro plania joined the eu which meant its citizen kos cross into france freely. but french law said bulgarians and romanians couldn't stay more than three months if they couldn't obtain work permits and didn't have means to support themselve or if they threatened french's fundamental interest. >> so most of the 15now rona leaves here have no formal employment and no control path to integrate into mainstream society. the rights organization threatened to take the french government to the european court of justice. arguing that the deportations are discriminatory. but according to the head spokesman of sarkozy's party, the government is doing the right thing. >> france should be admired for doing this. when people settle down illegal nie our country they must be sent back to the country of origin. people live illegally, when they don't have a job, how do they make a living. they often exploit the youngest ones

. >> france in disgrace, the eu commission threatens paris with legal action over is deportation of the roma minority. instability threatens to destabilize the peace talks before it even starts. welcome to bbc world news broadcast to you on pbs in america. coming up later for you. what happens when india's baby boomers get old? the extraordinary life of one british woman who kept the secrets of her life hidden until the day she died. >> it is not often that you see one of the european union's members reprimanded by brussels but the justice commissioner has described the deportation of roma gypsies as a disgrace and probably in the breach of eu law. france has disrupted more than 100 of their camps and has exported more than 1000 back to romania. >> before dawn, the french police ruth -- move into the roman camp as the families are taken away. many are given 300 euros to leave the country. the french government says that they are leaving voluntarily. the people say that they are being deported because of their ethnic background and in a strongly worded attack against france from the eu c

police say hundreds of thousands took to the streets across france.any are deeply uneasy about seeing the retirement age raised to 62. >> the movement is so big that the message cannot be ignored. the reforms need to be changed. >> the strikes launched late on monday in mainly targeted the public sector, including rail transport. metro services in paris are only running every 30 minutes. commuters were packed into overcrowded carriages. there were long waits at the airport, too. still a majority of voters are against the proposed reforms. >> we need to strike against the reforms and everything else happening at the moment. i agree with it completely. >> to take decisions like this without consulting anyone, that is not what i call a democracy. but we are in a democracy, so if people take to the streets, they need to be heard. >> despite the loud public opposition, french parliamentarians began debating the penchant. the prime minister said he wanted the law passed as quickly as possible. for their part, the union said it will continue their strikes un

you can make it in an hour if you live in france. not doturing, we do anything anymore. education, we used to have the best schools on the planet and we do not anymore. in many ways i think our golden era has passed, and i'm not sure we will ever get it back. >> let me take issue with some of your points and come back to it. phil, what do you see? >> i am a lifelong reader of the edge braker pages. >> you have seen me in there? >> i will chuckle momentarily. the fact is that americans are living to be older and older and older, and we are able to, through the miracles of medical research that you described, keep the carcasses dying, not necessarily the brains. the aging of the baby boom generation, the fact that they will be living in fully finance 30,irement for, who knows, 3 40 years, will be an interesting problem. >> i think united states stands in danger of unraveling of the world power that has been a unique world power historically. one of the reasons is -- you touched on it when you talk about the internet. technology has reduced the importance of nationalities a

in france, it is a lifestyle issue. trade unions have been protesting for the last two weeks. >> we do not accept that 95% is financed by the middle and lower classes. >> at the end of the day, the left opposition was overpowered. social -- the social minister pepper for plans coasted through on a have the conservative majority, giving nicolas sarkozy his biggest political victory of the year. >> we have a depressing anniversary. >> september 15 went down in history. it is the second anniversary of the collapse of lehman brothers, which contributed to the near collapse of the u.s. financial system. many investors in europe lost massive amounts of money. in france, around 150 people joined a demonstration on wednesday. the accused large banks such as citibank of not having done enough to compensate the victims of the lehman brothers collapse. they also feel the german government failed to pass legislation. the european commission launched a bid wednesday to, for what it billed as wild west territory in the financial mark