he secretary of the european committee on radiation risks this is. chris busby is a regular mainstream media guest in his black beret has become an easily recognizable figure on the b.b.c. for al-jazeera he was recently consulted on the consequences of the nuclear crisis at fukushima. unlike the iraqi authorities he has investigated in fallujah. but the way around that is to just knock on the door and say scuse me unmasking have you how many people have got cancer here in the last five years and who lives in a very simple because if you know who lives how old they are you can you can then predict how many cancers they should have on the basis of the national average and rates and so on and just compare them with the numbers a report on the one divided by the other is a relative risk so we did you frank who. told you no way i've got too many people off to my gut so i'm not going to construct myself somebody a probability so. my hope and others are you know what all i did was i told them what to do i said look i'll tell you what to do i'll create the q

a note for your diary, ecb president mario draghi will be addressing the european parliament's committeen economic and monetary affairs at 2:30 central european time, 1:30 here in london. stay tuned for any headlines out of that. >>> in japan sluggish orders in may is calling the recovery into question. we have the story live from tokyo. >> reporter: yes. japan's current account surplus dropped 62% from a year earlier to 2.7 billion dollars before seasonal adjustment. while the fear was less than half of what "the economist"s predicted it dropped for the 15th straight month. the strong yen was partly to blame. separate data showed many machinery orders dropped 15% from the previous month. the double digit fall significantly underperformed expectations for a much smaller 2.6% decline and came after a decent 5.7% gain in april. but the government played down the numbers citing tecing technicalities. bank of japan is not too concerned. back to you. >> meantime japan's prime minister says the government is considering another extra budget for the current fiscal year that end on march 13. wit

committees. yesterday, he reported back to the house of commons about the outcome of last week's european summit meeting and today, again, you will hear prime minister cameron live on c-span starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern. and here on c-span 3 tonight, american history tv in prime time, oral history interviews with key congressional staff who are charged with investigating president nixon beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern. francis o'brien, chief of staff of the house judiciary committee, chair in 1974, and at 10:00 p.m., bernard nussbaum, senior member of the committee during the investigation. it's american history tv in prime time. that's all this week on c-span 3. we're live again at the washington convention center awaiting the start of the national education association's annual meeting and remarks from vice president biden and his wife, jill. live pictures from the washington convention center, waiting for the national education association's annual meeting to get under way this morning. attendees will be hearing remarks from vice president joe biden. he'll be joined by his wife, jill. she is

committee. he said the country's economic recovery is being held back by anxiety over the european debt crisis as well as the path of u.s. fiscal policy. >> the physical dal cliff, a shallowy session would occur, and 1.4 million fewer jobs would be created -- he -- the fiscal difficult, a shallowy session would occur, and 1.4 million fewers job would be created -- >>> the fbi has owned a criminal attack on an investigation where sewing needles were found on board sandwiches on several flights from amsterdam to the u.s. one passenger was hurt. the airline says flight attendants stop serving the sandwiches after the needles were discovered. no other airlines have reported similar problems. >>> martian lynch is in trouble with the law. he -- marshawn lynch is in trouble with the law again. he was arrested for a dui. he was in oakland last week to award a color -- scholarship. he's coming off the best year of his career. he's briefly been arrested for hitting a woman with his car and weapons charges. >>> president obama and first lady michelle obama, the president and -- and the kiss cam. they got bo

european championship in ukraine. he served as an ambassador. and was a member on the organizing committee. the opposition wanted to draw the world's attention to the treatment of the former prime minister and opposition leader, yulia tymoshenko. they took their grievances to the fan mile. many western politicians even boycott of the tournament but without effect. tymoshenko remains in custody. >> it is against every human rights, and we should not tolerate it, but i do not see anyone in a position wanted to change the situation. >> i know she is in prison for something. >> cisco has had firsthand experience of the government's repression of critics. during the election campaign, his party has been impeded and defamed. he accuses the government of employing shameful methods that the ukrainian people do not deserve. >> the people who have come to less see what great potential ukraine has -- how beautiful the country is, how hospitable the people are. >> although most visitors only made fleeting visits, the european championships summer did at least unite ukrainians. the national flag flew al

women and children and they can tour in eastern european country that's not the case of the iranian or hezbollah. britain's intelligence and security committee says the u.k. should play online criminals at their own game just two years after the launch of a multimillion cyber security program britain says it wants not only to defend its cyberspace but also to carry out hacker attacks itself what is your smith reports. if you can't be to join them that seems to be britain's new attitude when it comes to dealing with cyber attacks a new report by the u.k.'s intelligence and security commission has concluded it's not enough to defend against cyber attacks additionally the military voyage it sees should be actively declaring cyber war an enemy states attack evidently is in their view the best form of defense although in this case they're calling it active defense. there are voicing that britain should be secretly hacking into enemy systems using programs like the stuxnet virus which disrupted iran nuclear enrichment program it comes just two years after the launch of a six hundred fifty million pounds national cybersecurity programme but progres

committee's. he answered questions about the european debt crisis. earlier in the week, the prime minister rejecd cas to l rfdnbta mbipthro i io is50mnt. >>s ibheou ficient this afternoo if so i will have to exndhis hig in aop cltior t n atecry e btit impact of the eurozone crisis on the uk colony and public, and the second is civil service ifustoenthre is u adet th u q o, e coehat the logic of the single currency means the eurozone may need closer economic ntegratn. do thiatsmthaty d? >>y plg bee su elte ureot two things happen. there was each set of short-term measures of the eurozone countriesagreed, which was about recapitalize ispanh basdy sn e ilmeisof hintt s.h e str aure but then there was a full president report. only the e.u. can have for president but that's the council prenef.ion, teuroze an the e rotooereef gi fgea fal year, greater political union. as i said in the house yesterday while there is a force of logic that if you want a functioning soofthsengrencyou needodo sof seng t ian argument about how fast this will move. >> do you thin

european parliament. across a joined by justine mccabe, co-chair the international committee of the green party of the u.sjoachim denkinger, let's begin with you. the significance of the green party in europe, a much greater presence than it is in the united states. >> yes, that is true. unfortunately, we wanted to be as significant in the u.s. already as in europe, but we have the disadvantage electoral system for small parties. the story of the development of greens in europe, we managed to go into parliament and the step by step into political responsibility. this is different in the u.s. agree that the majority voting system, especially for the -- where you have a majority voting system, especially for the presidential campaign. it is very difficult. before we went in development in germany, it took as a long time. >> how long? >> in 1979, in belgium, germany in 1980. >> when did you go into parliament? >> it was 1983 in germany, and 1984 and european parliament, which probably know is a parliament which represents 20 of the 27 member states of the european movement -- 15 different member states. >> h

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european parliament with us today. we have ms. sharon bowls whose the chair of the economic committee sitting here and mr. peter skipper both are from the u.k. and he also serves on the economic and monetary affairs committee. and had a chance to meet sharon for the first time a short while ago. but she is the first britain of the chair to chair that committee and first female i believe to do that as well and has been chair since 2009. and then mr. skinner actually has been in parliament since 1994 and has been on this committee for 16 years. so the committee is has the responsibility as an economic and monetary policies for the eu taxation and competition policies, free movement of capital, banks, insurance, pension funds, international monetary and financial systems. so they're here meeting with a number of our regulators and also continuing to build those relationships. peter and i had a chance to meet a few weeks ago as part of the legislative dialogue and we're looking forward to continuing to build those relationships as we know we are in a one-world market space for financial services and very plea

the uk treasury select committee this morning starting in just about an hour's time about 11:00 central european time and we'll bring you that testimony live. >> let's take a look around the markets. quick snapshot what's going on in the equity markets. stoxx 600, a quick glimpse of the equity matters which is down very marginally. let's call it flat. roughly a number of stocks gaining and declining so far today. around the region this is how the picture is shaping up. ftse 100 is down a point. marginally higher for the cac. let's move on and look around a little bit more detail at some individual stocks. asml up over 9%. it's a company that makes chip manufacturing machinery and it has had an injection of cash from intel. they are going to spend over $4 billion for 15% stake in the company. that will help to fund research and development into the next generation of chip making technology. so the stock reacted very positively there. this is an interesting one to look at, vestas, down .4%. opened on a very positive note. the world's biggest wind turbine make terrify stock has been hammered as a s

committee. the prime minister reported to the house of commons yesterday about the outcome of the european summit meeting on the crisis. he rejected calls to all the referendum we will have his remarks at 11:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. we are featuring some o programs on c-span2. tonight a look at the presidency with an inside but it the world's most exclusive club. in his book, as president, they broke out 12 men who have lost a run for presidency but who have had a greater impact on american history. on c-span3, american history tv with oral history interviews with key congressional staff charge of investigating president nixon starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. at 10:00 p.m., a senior member of the committee during the investigation. all this week on c-span3. >> the life of a sailor include scrapping the deck in the morning, working on the sales, climbing along. whatever the duties are assigned. by the end of the day, you are ready for the rest. it is four hours long, four hours off. >> the life of an enlisted man aboard the u.s.s. constitution during the war of 1812. >> there's the possibili

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iran foreign policy committee said the military should attempt to disrupt crude oil shipping in the strait as retaliation for the latest europeananctions. current lay fifth of the world's oil flows through the strait where the experts say iran gun boat are capable of wolf pack like attacks on oil tank tears would then require military escort. to that point, u.s. quietly built up military asset in the region including eight mine sweepers capable of clearing the 25-mile straight. just recently, air force f-# 2 fighter jets capable of stealth attacks were relocated to the region and the u.s. had a strong warning again today about iran trying to close the strait. >> decades made clear that we intend to do what is necessary to maintain the strait. >> still, iran remanes definite over the nuclear program and continues to enrich uranium. according to a u.s. watchdog group this picture taken june 7 of the military facility compared to one two weeks later appears to show massive clean-up underway where they tested high explosives for a nuclear trigger. in the past, the iranians have delayed inspectors while the satellite photos show mas

committee. cnbc's bertha coombs is live now with more on that story. bertha, good morning. >> hey, good morning, aaron. we've got futures this morning pointing to a lower start, continuing concerns about the europeanebt crisis, and then of course, those terrible numbers on the jobs front last friday. investors today will start turning their focus to corporate earnings. alcoa unofficially kicks off the second-quarter earnings season with its results this afternoon. earnings for the s&p 500 are expected to drop this quarter, down about 1% from a year ago. a lot of companies will likely be blaming the european debt crisis. the dow's going to start at 12,772 after having fallen 124. the nasdaq's going to start at 2937 after dropping 38 points. >>> facebook, meantime, well, they're looking to get some likes when it comes to the job front. they're going to get into the help wanted business, according to several reports. the social networking giant is going to launch its own job posting board later this summer with listings collected from third-party providers. last fall, facebook announced a partnership with the labor department to provide job-hunting resources. >>> and the head of the international oly

minister david cameron's appears before the british house of commons liaison committee to talk about the effects of the europeanebt crisis on the british economy. you can see a live starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern, here on c- span. >> this weekend, had to the state capital named in honor of thomas jefferson but bob tv and american history tv in jefferson city, missouri. saturday noon eastern, former senator and misery first lady jean carnahan on family life and saw the governor's mansion. of provisions list from ancient mesopotamia to the university of missouri's special collections. sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, american history tv. >> at one time, in 1967, this was called the bloodiest 47 acres in america. >> a former warden texas through the historic missouri state penitentiary. walk back through the halls of history. once a month, c-span is local content vehicles explore the history and literary life of cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5 eastern on c-span2 and 3. >> now discussion on the national security positions of president obama and mitt romney. the

an honor to have a couple members from the european parliament join us here today, and we have with us the chair of the economic and monetary affairs committee who is sitting over here, and mr. peter skinner both from the u.k.. he also serves on the economic monetary affairs committee, and had a chance to meet sharon for the first time a while ago but she is the first from britain and the chair to chair the committee and i believe to do that as well it's been chair since 2009, and then mr. skinner has been in the parliament since 94 and has been on the committee for 16 years. so the committee has the responsibility to economic and monetary policy for the e.u. for the policies, the movement of capital and regulation financial services such as banks, insurance, pension funds, asset management, financial systems. so, they are here meeting with them and a member of the regulators and also continuing to build those relationships peter and i had a chance to meet in copenhagen a few weeks ago as part of the transatlantic legislative dialogue, and we are looking forward to continuing to build those relationships as we know we are in a one world mark

european crisis, that is just one of many factors impacting the u.s. economy. joining us for the next hour is senator pat toomey, member of the banking, commerce and joint economic committeesg with us today. >> thanks for having me, becky. >> we were just talking about your questioning last week of bernanke and we had guests that came on said you were by far the senator who most understood and appreciated what was going on. we've been talking also about libor and what happened there. geithner is going to be going to the hill on wednesday. >> right. >> what do you think happened with libor? what needs to be done? >> well i think we don't know yet, right, what really happened except we do know what happened with respect to barclays. they were routinely in the reporting, misrepresenting the numbers. in some instances it appears they wanted to lower the setting that applied to them, the number that they reported out of a concern that otherwise it would appear as though maybe the market didn't have confidence in barclays. in other cases they were doing it as a way to try to help out their own trading book, right, where there are other guys in the firms suggesting a lower or hig

committee that were brought out. it was not so much now about what nato was 50 years before. collective security. this was as much about and maybe more about economic security for those eastern europeanations that were just untethered. what do we do now? that nato alliance, they membership made a tremendous valdation to those new democracies because yes it gave them the imprim tour of nato and security selection. but far more important is every business person or associated with every business person. >> it gave investors some companies. some liability in their investment in one of those countries. and so this was now a whole different dynamic that has been introduced into the world and to nato specifically than we hadr seen before. it was a verified economic dynamic. again i use that as just one example. that was contained in foreign relations. the 12 years that i served in the senate, greatest 12 years in my life -- no privilege like it, i offense have thought about those 12 years having nothing to do with me. i was a fleeting stewart as what we all are. but you think about what john kerry talked about, what dick was talking about, what's happening in the world. what is the problem