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germany said on back in the dying seconds. two-one, the final score. >> it is always the same ahead of a tournament. 2010 was no different. i do not want to make excuses, but we knew before the game that there was a lot to do. we still need to improve. >> almost 25 years without a win over france. germany's wait goes on. >> let's talk of that match. titus, they are going to happen with a little bit want to beat france. what went wrong for them in this match? >> a to was a poor performance, really, from all over the pitch, but particularly in defense. -- it was a poor performance, really, from all of the pitch. there's a balance between bringing on the fantastic young player and mixing them with some experienced players. there were missing through injury last night. when they play, they bring leadership and organizational qualities to the team, which make for a far better performance. >> friend said basically a disaster at the last world cup. are they now a force to be reckoned with going forward? >> it has been a story of grad

the night i have a tale of two cities actually two countries for germany germany and the united states one country is preparing for a future in which their children will read clean air and lead the world's economy and the other is preparing for a future and we search children will choke on polluted air and fall behind the rest of the world global economy. how so germany just announced a two hundred sixty billion dollar investment new energy that's eight percent of their g.d.p. with the goal of getting eighty percent of the nation's energy from wind and solar this is the largest investment in energy that germany has made since world war two and they're even making this investment right in the middle of a financial crisis sweeping europe why is germany gets it no nation in the history of the world has ever cut its way to prosperity just look at greece trying to do it failed so germany knows that the only way to get out of his crisis is to grow their way out of it to come out in the end of it a better stronger and wealthier nation through government investments in the future germany is go

germany that actually want to do that but that doesn't mean one certainly doesn't and the u.k. doesn't. cause quite a stir back in december so after these elections let's just see what we're not in for a disaster i think and it's probably going to when the french election i think of merkel coalition is going to bust apart there's this new p.v. party not new but although there are a minor. party and the netherlands they are actually part of that coalition is the only thing holding together is what's going on a lot of political prediction there are new to me and i like that you know there's a huge gap between concept and reality i want to keep talking about this because while we're on balance i want to get to the u.s. as we see those bailouts become part of the conversation in super tuesday and that bad presidential kind of debates we're going to get a great quickly but we will be back with more with mike said loch ness the stick around. the fact and still ahead watson remember watson he was the computer robot typing that beat the champion to jeopardy guess who is hiring him for

germany's gold is not in germany it is a new york and every time when i asked the new york fed for example or the board of governors of the federal reserve in washington d.c. if they have swap arrangements with the german despairing they never ever taught me anything about it they don't even repeat. never really wrote me something they have at the new york fed they have a automatic response system and that says every time when i wrote to them we would come back to us soon as possible but there was never any possibility and i think there's a fear in the. bundesbank that if they pursued a topic too aggressively they would find out that the us says i pop a k. that the gold to back up some of these bank bailouts and so the gold doesn't exist anymore in terms of anything that germany can lay claims on hope demi doesn't think that they're they have that gold actually in their name but getting back to the insider trading around nine eleven and the insiders who profited from investor knowledge trading the airline put options the inside information story in the u.s. of course congress is allowed to

gold one size fits germany but the reality is in retrospect i think it's one size fits not on. certainly they twisted these to be twisted interest rate policy at every possible you know way for the benefit of germany and france not for the benefit of greece so you know that's that's one aspect of it but the second aspect of it just doesn't make any sense at all the fact about this work is nothing new here and the. currency unions without fiscal unions simply don't work there's never been one in history that's work this one is not going to be any different and the best solution right now is actually just to accept that that yeah you know i thought you we're going to push for this fiscal union that doesn't seem to be happening i want to get to that then you said though about one size fits jeremy with the interest rate because we have a great start from this report to showing the sort term interest rate that they differ in the different nations i want to bring that up because essentially what they said was that the real rates were higher for germans than for greek so explain how t

. >> here in germany, political parties are gearing up for an unexpected battle.nap elections in the bellwether state of north rhine- westphalia. >> the minority government there collapsed after failing to pass a budget vote. the resulting election does not bode well for the coalition here in the capital berlin, especially for the junior partners the free democrats. >> if germany were to vote today, it is unlikely that the current coalition would return to the cabinet table. recent opinion polls show that the three government parties with no longer have a majority. the fdp would not even reach the 5% of votes needed to enter parliament. polls show the cdu and csu at 37%. that puts them ahead of the opposition spd at 30%. the fdp are at 3%. the left party remains unchanged at 7%. the greens remain the third biggest party at 13%, but they are under pressure, especially from a wild card newcomers, the private party, polling six%. the partisan now focusing on snap regional elections in north rhine-westphalia, germany's most populous state. the current state premier ha

even in germany, this country has been hit by strikes in various sectors across the country. it is no wonder that many are asking what the european not -- what the president of european central bank was talking about when he said the debt crisis was over? mario draghi said key indicators are looking up. >> the european central bank has pumped 200 billion euros into eurozone economies. the banque's president mario draghi urged a cautious optimism. in an interview, he said the situation had stabilized and key indicators are all better then, in say, the united states. but they have warned about cheap money. they say that could tempt banks to engage again in risky transactions. there are growing calls for eurozone governments to free up more money for the block's -- bloc's struggling economies. demands for an expansion of the rescue funds are already on the table, and i think germany will comply. the u.s. and china are also demanding its. >> most experts in europe agree on one thing. is now up to eurozone governments to stick to the savings targets. many see that is the only way

also, in west germany our wage is 13 euros. in east germany it's 10 euros an hour.ht now, east and west are not equal. if you paid only ten euros an hour, this is not a whole lot. you can't live with that. so for the same job, in the same industry, we should be paid the same. so that we don't have to commute between east and west all the time. [ applause ] the time. you're making the proposals. and, of course, you know that i don't make the policy in terms of wages. it's between the employers unions. but it is true. there's pressure now to bring the wages at the same level of east and west. it's true. commuting is a big challenge for families. and how much time you have left for your family if you keep commuting on free throw way every day. and leaving at 3:00 a.m. on monday. i mean, of course, nobody pays my commuting. i'm at 7:00 on construction and i leave the site at 7:00 p.m. and i have three or four more hours commuting and my daughter is in bed. yeah, my daughter, fortuna thtu is grown up. and i'd like to ask a question about generation. we are saying that pe

soccer in germany is about to get into a figurehead.he german football association has convened to elect a new president. on the left in this picture, he takes over for the previous position holder who serve for eight years. he's a former sports reporter and press officer to the 1990 world cup winning team. the association is considered the biggest sports club in the world with almost 7 million members. titus john to sign the studio to talk about this. 7 million members -- quite a big club there. what kind of situation is the man inheriting? >> he could not really becoming a to a better situation. german football is really in rude health. the national team is in great form. its loss this week notwithstanding, and most important, they have great management in place. germany's youth development, and as we heard in the report, they just hosted two fantastic world cups so the new president's job will be to consolidate the situation and hopefully kick things off with a german when at the european championships. >> how is he likely differ fro

germany we have ever had.t he was also referring to is that it was his belief that this country has a very high level of democracy and an unusually high level of solidarity, according to jaochim gauck. that point solidarity is interesting, because in recent days and weeks, people have challenged him, suggesting he does not have as much sympathy for the have nots in german society, a society worthy haves and have nots for drifting further apart. but jaochim gauck said he is fully committed to equality and opportunity in social justice. but it was said that what he does not want is status solutions to people's problems, solutions that would be paternalistic, a word he used twice. an interesting choice of wording. >> thank you for that overview from our parliamentary studio. french authorities have rejected charges that intelligence failures of a young man to kill seven people. >> they insist there's no evidence the had ties to al qaeda, despite what authorities originally claimed. they say he is a lone wolf. >>

no, i was born here, germany. but i knew from the beginning that people would look at me twice, take a double take wondering where i came from. you must be strong. there are good people people. and sometimes you have to take the bad like you take the good. you must be strong. you must be strong. but life goes on. and that's the way god created me. so why shi you be ashamed for what i have? i don't have any problem with that. so we have to see around when you look at germany today and we have to see what we're going to look like in 10, 20 years. we're going to be a lot less people. we're going to be a lot older. and we're going to be a lot more diverse. we have people from many, many other nations. and so we're not going to look like we look today. and so i'm glad that you talked. and, of course, we should are the right to rules so that we can all live together. we have three children. security. i feel very safe. in germany, severing okay. i have no fear. but look at ten years from now. i'm still safe. but i have a

but what i do not wish for germany is that germany is going to be a country of consumers and all we do is buy. i'm a german. i'm not a consumer. i'm a citizen and i'm not just a consumer without any come pass. that's important for me. and i think that what we should do is to have another culture, a culture of giving. a culture of welcoming people. perhaps we should be less selfish. we should make less advertising so people know each other. people would know us better as people so not ever more money but more people. of course, that has to be decided by the state. it's a mentality. ten years from now i'd like to be proud of being a teacher. i wouldn't wand to hide and say i'm a teacher. but there are a lot of teachers. teachers work hard not only to come on time. they don't spend time on holidays. they're very committed. they go the extra mile. they have contact with young people, with parents. even if they give their time after hours. everybody should be proud of their profession. i'm proud of my own. but i think that perhaps we are hiding too much. yes. we heard. ten years from now we

it is germany's most populous state with the largest economy in the country. what happens matters on the federal level, just from the sheer size of the population. however, there's another point that is very important, and that is that the democrats which are right now in opposition in parliament -- looks like they are going to get booted out again, out of another state parliament, and this will reflect poorly on chancellor merkel kohl listen because they are the junior coalition partner to the conservatives. there will definitely be some implications on the federal level. >> thanks very much for joining us here in the studio. >> staying with domestic politics and germany's bid to ban the far right npd party has gained a bit of momentum. >> the federal interior minister and several state interior ministers have agreed to stop using paid informers. an earlier attempt to outlaw the npd failed because the case relied on testimony from informants in top positions in the party. the constitutional court ruled that the party could not be banned because it's parties m

we just heard germany says it is a possibility.sounds quite drastic. >> yes, especially if you hear the comment made by austria's interior minister, but she is known for drastic rhetorical. observers in brussels say, yes, this is a way of increasing pressure on greece because the europeans are saying this is a major spot where it is possible for too many people to get into the eu. so greece has to step up efforts. that is why they're using this drastic rhetoric, but nobody here is really expecting the europeans to put up border controls. they're doing it occasionally already now, so it is not that much of a new thing. but observers are saying this is not likely to happen. >> where is greece supposed to get the money for this? >> well, i have hinted at it before. it is not a question of money. journalists have also asked this question today in a briefing of the european commission. the european commission was quite clear. they said all these structures are in place. there are structural funds which the european commission has offere

germany also fares badly when compared to its european neighbors. eu has suggested the only way to improve the situation across the bloc is by introducing quotas. but in berlin, this is controversial. >> germany's left party since only female members to the debate in parliament, while male colleagues spent the day on the job in typical women's professions. the government and knowledge to much work remains to be done. >> equal opportunity for women has not been achieved in all parts of german society. even though it has been in the constitution for more than 60 years. but the constitutional right has given rise to decades of this driving toward achieving the goal. >> but while the government welcomes the struggle, the coalition remains opposed to mandatory quotas for women in business leadership positions. the eu has criticized germany's approach of relying on voluntary cooperation from the business world. >> we have seen that a balance between men and women in executive positions leads to a far better economic results. so women are not a burden for

this came a day after a traffic was disrupted when workers at airports across germany took industrial action as well. >> leaders of the top five to emerging economies are meeting in delhi for a summit. the bric states -- brazil, russia, india, china -- called for 40% of the world's population. >> the five leaders arrived in the indian capital wednesday. they're expected to launch plans for a joint development bank in the mold of the world bank. the new institution would promote infrastructure projects and could provide lending during financial crises. that of all right, we will be back in a minute with more news. >> do not go away. >> josephina is a woman with a vision. she produces high-quality seeds for farmers. she began small, convinced the bank to give her a loan. >> i think we are prove to the bank that a woman can be equally competitive. >> give women the opportunity. worldbank.org/gender. >> iran promised to resume talks on its nuclear program on april 13 after a break of more than a year. >> turkey's prime minister met with iranian foreign minister in tehran. this is turkey w

germany has not been france in nearly 25 years. >> staying with sports, a final bout for germany's most female sporting stars. she is gearing up to compete in her last ever by avalon world championships. >> she retires in three weeks' time, but she's not planning and coasting her way to the end of her career. we see her in training. >> moggy elena, germany's best medal chance that the by at the law and world championships. for the past 10 days, she and her teammates have been making their final preparations in austria. intensive training and she hopes will pay off in the big event. >> i am excited about this. it will be a great atmosphere and the stadium, and there will be so many people. >> she will be starting in four individual races and two relays. she hopes to win a medal in each event. her confidence is high after a world cup season that delivered eight victories. >> i have been working hard. i have a good mental coach and a good sporting courage to give me optimal support. it is a great combination right now. >> it could be the final entry in a long list of achievements. in just

how strong is the far right in germany? a seriesf racially-motivated murders raises the fate of extremism. it's midday here in london and 8:00 p.m. in seoul where the world leaders have wrapped up their security summit. long on aspiration, but short on action. at least that's what the critics are saying. the focus of the two-day gathering was the threat of nuclear terrorism. with barack obama warning that hundreds of thousands of lives would be at risk if weapons grade materials fell into the wrong hands. let's go to lucy who has been coffering the summit for us. >> the summit has just wrapped up here in seoul with a press conference by the south korean president. he said it's in the effort of the whole world. it's a cop plex, sometimes peace meal pro summit had been a big step forward. >> when you're out to tack the world's greatest security threat, you're also going to be up against big expectations. the south korean president tried meet them. >> we have done our best to save the world from the perils that maycom. so in t

germany's new president jaochim gauck has had his first outing abroad.land where he called it a decision of the heart. >> the decision was welcomed by poland's president. he said the visit was a symbol of relations between the two neighboring countries getting better. >> the new german president's visit to poland lasted less than 24 hours. but that was time enough for jaochim gauck to establish friendly relationships with all those he met, including the polish prime minister. at the meeting earlier with his polish counterpart, jaochim gauck said he was aware of the neighbors sometimes troubled past. >> i am 72 years old and can look back in the history of german-polish relations that was not always good. indeed, it was often that. i am all the more heartened that the dark history did not cast a shadow over my visit here. >> german and polish media agree that jaochim gauck's inaugural visit was a resounding success. on tuesday, the president laid a wreath at parliament in warsaw in memory of victims of the 2010 plane crash that killed the then-president.

>> dialogue about germany's future.irst degeneration who is responsible, who takes responsibility, who commits one? we are going to start with this gentleman here. microporous coming. wait. and then this gentleman with the red tie. mrs. chandler, times are hard. there is lot of conflict. there is a lot of unemployment. i think that what we should have is something which is going to make life better and make us safer. what can we do about that? >>hank you. >> what was your name again? wheat for the microphone, please for the last three years i've been working on the crisis socially. >> and so you think that we shall all have this common position? >> i have seen on the internet that your topic, the one that you are working on, which is a common basic salary for any citizen is a topic that is discussed all over the society and gemany today. but of course for that it's a basic salary to everyone would have to increase taxes, but it's a question, and of course some people could work on top of that and earn more, and others w

the empire whose resources must be taken well first we have the situation of gold reserves we see germany and switzerland asking about their gold reserves that are held in new york but it all started august two thousand and nine germany's gold is in u.s. custody to spank confirms this is based on a documentary made by max keiser called brown's bottom and you were investigating why gordon brown sold off the u.k.'s gold supply and as part of the documentary you travel to the buddhist banks to find out why it is that they held theirs and they refused to sell their little did you know that on march seventeenth two thousand and eight that weekend bear stearns would have been collapsed gifted to j.p. morgan and ben bernanke you on that sunday night would have slashed interest rates on a sunday by seventy five basis points you showed up at the bundesbank let's turn to this little clip here undercover you're talking to a buddhist bank executive little did i know that i'm a very day burst terms of collapse interest rates have been slashed and goal was skyrocketing you know waiting to see somebody

>> dialogue about germany's future.irst degeneration who is responsible, who takes responsibility, who commits one? we are going to start with this gentleman here. microporous coming. wait. and then this gentleman with the red tie. mrs. chandler, times are hard. there is a lot of conflict. there is a lot of unemployment. i think that what we should have is something which is going to make life better and make us safer. what can we do about that? >> thank you. >> what was your name again? wheat for the microphone, please for the last three years i've been working on the crisis socially. >> and so you think that we shall all have this common position? >> i have seen on the internet that your topic, the one that you are working on, which is a common basic salary for any citizen is a topic that is discussed all over the society and germany today. but of course for that it's a basic salary to everyone would have to increase taxes, but it's a question, and of course some people could work on top of that and earn more, and oth

the fact is germany is europe's largest economy. it is the eurozone paymaster. we will be making the biggest contribution to the bailout, and there's a lot of concern about whether the country is being asked to throw good money after bad. we heard the opposition pushing the government, saying they do not only want the taxpayers to be bearing the burden. they want a financial transaction tax to make sure that financial institutions play that part, and it would also like to see growth-boosting measures to help these indebted countries finally solve their problems. >> talking about money, a plan to prop up europe's biggest drug store chain with state aid has flopped. the chain has gone in solvent, firing thousands of staff. >> the government wanted to step in, but not everyone was behind the proposal. >> the council that represents employees was hoping for a deal to cushion the transition for former workers. they got nothing. >> we feel abandoned. i had the bitter experience today are seeing that in our democracy, the federal republic of germany, women's jobs are g

and germany as well. >> why did you choose those and the subtitle refers to the atlantic democracy but why did you choose those nations? >> several reasons. i'm a european by training, political scientist and i've lived in europe for six or seven years, so i know the country's, and of the languages and the culture and it's important to be able to immerse yourself in a different culture in crafting a book like this, but i think the main reason has to do with the fact that these are leading scientific powers that have been on the cutting edge of the science, the technology as well as the ethical debates around these issues and it's in these countries the you see in the political systems take up the questions in the most systematic fashion. >> wind the history of embryo politics began? >> from 1968, a year of course that is familiar to us as one of great social unrest but i suspect historians looking back will note it for another reason and that is the first time in human history that a human egg and sperm were united in the laboratory. in 1968 in cambridge in england that is the beginnin

. >> does he deserve it -- germany questions honors for a former disgraced president. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- cracks in the republican race for the presidential nomination, -- >> in the republican race for the presidential nomination, mitt romney has edged out rick santorum. >> mitt romney claimed victory in six states including ohio. even though it was not a knockout blow he was hoping for, he has extended his lead in the primary race. >> this was billed as a decisive night in the republican primaries. the series of victories would have established mitt romney as the republican front-runner once and for all, but for all their enthusiasm, his supporters could only support a partial when. the former governor and business man took six out of 10 states, one of them, ohio, by a whisker. >> your support means everything to me, and i will not let you down. i will get this nomination. >> to clinch the nomination, are on the first test to beat rick santorum, who won three states and remains in the running. >> we have one in the west, t