the economy i think it does influence investors i think it does influence the way capital is allocated and right now we don't have an economy that's allocating capital towards a robust development of new businesses that are going to be for the twenty first century we're much more focused on how to grow the economy in two thousand and fifteen than we are in thinking about what's necessary for the economy to grow in twenty twenty five and twenty fifty and think why are we in a situation where the fed the e.c.b. the bank japan the bank of england and the swiss national bank have policy rates at or near zero and growth just still isn't taking off is it a case of the wrong tools or are things that bad. well we're in this place because this is how governments decided to respond to the global financial crisis sort of kicked off in two thousand and seven and supposedly wound up and ing in two thousand and nine and policymakers sort of got themselves stuck let's not forget that low who are using money means that we've got low borrowing costs for

we see toward ukraine in the middle east today second i agree with bob perry and jim lobe on the influence of the neo liberals as well obama's mentor at columbia was big enough. who ran his presidential campaign on foreign affairs in two thousand and eight and has stacked the national security council with brzezinski protegees i went through the same program ph d. program at harvard that produced persian ski before me he is an expatriate paul who hates the russians with a passion and wants to see russia discombobulated so the top russian expert on the national security council is a version ski protege so we we've stat he's stacked the national security council with his people so i agree with bob what we're seeing here is a conjunction of both the neo conservatives and the neo liberals with respect to both russia and the middle east this is extremely dangerous not the only. the stablish main group staying on the outside criticizing those are the real politicker typified by henry kissinger again i went through the same ph d. program at harvard the produce kissinger before me he's a german je

that means that our power and our influence are conveyed in a different way. when you're looking at a situation -- iraq today and so forth -- the way you approach united today as the states is to recognize we are a necessary, but usually not sufficient force to affect the policy objective we are seeking. we have to work with others and we have to work with other parts of society. we learned a lot in the last years with a war in iraq and against them by working in coalitions, working with civilian populations, working with nongovernmental populations, partners and so forth. >> is there an obama doctrine? >> i cannot speak for the administration so i don't want to do that. that is veryhing important, was very important to me and still is and to the president and the country as a whole, is to recognize that we had over the last decade a very single-minded occupation with the wars in iraq and afghanistan and with building our counterterrorism activity. >> that has been essential to do. >> now, it is a time to look up and look around and get out of that foxhole and

part ridgeley democrats who became disillusioned with the mcgovern wing of the party as for the influence on on obama i think the neo cons are much less influential than the liberal interventionists and as i say i think there there are important differences between the two groups although they do have a tendency to ally themselves from time to time over several decades francis in champaign these people that have so much influence it whatever creed we can stress here but they don't have much of a road record of success do they i mean the same people that brought us into iraq are on television talk shows now it's quite extraordinary well it's all a idia logical i went to the university of chicago which is the founding center of the neo conservative movement where i was trained to become a neo con wolfowitz schol ski are all the rest of them were there. for the most part not all of them many of them are american jews. whose grandparents fled the russian empire during the program's against the jews this resulted two factors one they hate russia and the russians with the passion and two they a

or wielding its influence.it doesn't go by the european union when it was to do a deal with a european country. it goes to wrigley to that country and that country benefits from that. that goes directly to country and that country benefits from that. when xi jinping was in germany in march, he went to cells per, which is the biggest inlet work. there's a lot of chinese business there. there is this desire for the chinese to open up this new sort of trade route that would go straight into the heart of europebecause obviously is a massive market for china. china is a massive market. >> and clean tech, germany is massive for that. >> there is a car deal. it was merkel looking to expand ins sphere of influence chengdu. if you want to look at this from a u.s. side or trade side, there is a microcosm between clean tech. bickering that happens. through trade between the two countries. generally speaking, we can say to mutual detriment. it is better for you as consumers in terms of social welfare that is diminished by

regulators after a study says that a psychological excrement influenced -- psychological experiment influenced see. 4000 lockheed martin missiles to iraq. the state department told administrators that the administration wants to sell the missiles to help fight against islamic insurance -- insurgents. megamergers. a comeback. how long will the frenzy last? we will discuss. that is next on the pulse. >> let's check in with currency markets. the dow has risen to its highest level since 2008. we have a construction report out that beat estimates and extends the rally. pmi be estimates, as well. -- beat estimates, as well. u.s. data tomorrow. he said that it will be disappointing and it could push it to 1.72. those are the words. it is pushing sterling higher today and stronger-than-expected. it is u.k. instruction as the number. let's return to the acquisition binge. the recent bid into the purchase of ono was in march and the eu is expected to improve that takeover. there is a boom. mining me now is the head of &a. what a quarter and a year. plus absolutely. the highest since 2007. we have seen a

>> they both are crying for influence, you have iran wanting the shiite influence. i started in syria and now it's coming into iraq. what was going on for a very longtime, as you said, is this proxy war and they're not after cities, even though they're going city by city, and very strategically started in iraq. they want to spread sharia law and their sunni influence. >> and that is the alleged picture of the leader there as you pointed out. they're in mosul giving a speech, you have to think of taking this guy at face value if that's what he wants to do. as bleak as the picture is, it is good to get that view of it. lisa, thank you very much. >>> a deadly terror attack in kenya. gunmen killed 22 people on the coast. it is the same place where militants linked to al qaeda took responsibility for killing 65 people last month. the attacks come as tensions rise over a planned mass protest by the opposition on monday to urge the government to address security concerns, the increasing cost of living and government corruption. >>> fox news can confirm that six jewish susp

nicolas sarkozy over claims of influence peddling. upholding the ban. the european court of human rights rules a french law which forbids face covering veils in public laces is legitimate. in their grief. people in israel pay their respects to the three teenagers of death did and killed in the occupied west bank -- abducted and killed in the occupied west bank. the big story, the french bank bnp pair bought yesterday pleading guilty to criminal charges. they had a $9 billion fine slapped on them. what is not going to mean for the bank's future? like terriblend news for the bank, but shares rose 3.6% today as investors showed their really had saying the case finally resolved. analysts have been playing down its impact, but they are concerned u.s. regulation will go after other european banks and other they have set a precedent. >> excepting guilt and paying the price. agreeing to an 8.9 billion dollars settlement for violating u.s. sanctions. i issuing the largest fine ever u.s. justicee department intends to set an example. >> this outcome should send a

and that means that our power and our influence are conveyed in a different way. and so when you're looking at a situation we're obviously looking at iraq, afghanistan and so forth, the way you approach them in today as the united states is i think to recognize that we are a necessary but usually not sufficient force to affect the policy objective we're seeking. >> rose: and we conclude this evening with the minister of tourism from france, fleur pellerin. >> we have great entrepreneurs. even in france. we have great talents. we need to be more proud about that. we need to focus on the promotion of these people because they are the the gold mine of our economy and of our society for the future. so we need to work on the irritants on things that are not all right, which exist as in every other country. >> rose: carter and pellerin when we continuement funding for charl yee rose is provided by the following:. >> from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: ashton carter is here, he served as deputy secretary of defense from october 2011 to decem

what influence did his soviet sympathies have? very little. there was no soviet monetary thinking to speak of. but you might wonder why to this day it's a european who runs the imf and not an american, whereas the imf was much more important to the united states. the reason is this, president truman had intended to nominate white to be the first managing director of the imf in january of 1946. but right before he did so, he received a long memorandum from fbi director j edgar hoover saying don't even think about it. i got credible witnesses and information that will corroborate my allegations that this man is a soviet spy. now, truman didn't trust hoover but he knew he had a big political problem on his hands. they said we decide add r after all we really want the world bank to quote-unquote secure the confidence of the american investment community, and it would be rude of us to take both institutions. now, both institutions, mind you, were in washington, despite the fact that the british objected violently to this for years, but suddenly the

it is time to make our power, influence, and resources felt.i agree that we should push our partners in the european union to consider a new range of hard-hitting economic sanctions against russia. we should take the first step tomorrow and if russia does not change course, we must be clear that europe must keep increasing the pressure. russia can't expect to enjoy access to european markets, capital, knowledge, and technical expertise while she feels conflict in one of europe's neighbors. they must do what is necessary to stand up to russia and finance of the conflict in ukraine for more innocent lives are lost. let me turn to the ongoing crisis in israel. the crisis was triggered by hamas, indiscriminately targeting civilians. in the last fortnight, they have fired 1850 rockets is israeli cities. this barrage continues to this moment with thomas rejecting all proposals for a cease-fire including those put forward by the egyptian government. israel has the right to defend itself. those criticizing must ask how they expect their own government

it, that there's no influence? i just find it amazing. i know he left, and i'm sorry he left because he would get an opportunity once again to take the party line. you're not prosecuting a contempt of congress because you've got this new opinion that "shall" doesn't mean shall presented to the court or, in this case, to the grand jury. but you haven't given it to us and today is the first time we hear about it. so i join with the chairman in reiterating that we need a special prosecutor because you're a political appointee, your boss is a political appointee held in contempt by congress, the people who work for you work at your pleasure and you're controlling an investigation that is slowly reaching no decision, when in fact lois learner has been found by a committee of this congress to have violated laws as she targeted conservatives for their views. this committee has produced a massive document showing that lois lerner targeted them and not liberal groups and yet, you sit here today i am applying that you're rel

he had influence during the war. in 1944, morganthal put him in charge of the occupational currency that the u.s. would use in germany after the war. the soviets were insistent that they be given the u.s. currency plates. there was fierce resist evensance to this but white wanted to do it. he went so far to totally mischaracterize a memo from marshal. he said if you go forward with this scheme you can do it without interfering of my plans any time after may 1 of the year and white told the various players that were involved that marshal had ordered the plates to be delivered to the soviets. we did give them the plates. the soviets printed up 78 billion occupation marks which were cashed in at a fixed exchange rate and that costs the taxpayer between $ around $4.5 million. i'm being warned that i have been told i have gofer over my time but i will hang around and am happy to answer any questions. >> you're watching the american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. to join the conversation, like us on face

former french president nicolas sarkozy has been charged with influence peddling.zy had been expected to attend a political comeback in time for the next presidential poll. sarkozy denies the allegations. let's talk housing. u.k. housing. earlier this morning, persimmon reported first-half total revenue grew by 33%. to chief executive spoke bloomberg and weighed in on the housing market. >> i think recent weeks have been a little uncertain over exactly what action the bank of england may take. last week, we saw they introduced some measures which in the short term will have little effect. good.k confidence remains the mortgages continue to be available to those people looking to enter the new housing market. >> jennifer joins us now. thanks for joining us. house prices according to the , are continuing to rise. >> they are. it is still a london story. you see gains in capital around 26% on the quarter. there is a broadening of the increases around the u.k. all of the regions tracked by nationwide show positive increases. >> nationwide mentioned the fpc's announceme

any time you have one industry that starts to dominate a region, it starts to exercise a lot of influenceand so my concerns are that we need to balance the economic benefits with the need for greater responsibility to ensure we're doing this in the most sustainable way possible, and part of that is making sure that communities have all the rights available to them to have full say in how development occurs in their -- in their communities, and what we have seen time after time is efforts by local communities to try to have better zoning laws to protect the environment, the water quality, to protect their quality of life being opposed very aggressively by some of the frac-ing industry. >> karen is there an imbalance of power between the energy groups and local governments? >> well, i don't see it that way. before i joined the energy industry, i spent quite a bit of time in northeastern pennsylvania all across the northern tier and interviewed people in communities and farmers and others that had drilling taking place. and i have gone back numerous times to see how things are going. overall

. >> definitely the iranian influences offensive in iraq. because you forget the cause of the history when you invade iran. if they have not invaded iran after this revolution, it would have been completely different so no one would forget the hundreds of billions to support the invasion. and what was the target of the invasion? this integration, you remember, you forget that the notion of regime change, if iran has influence in the region, we we should know that this could be really defensive. >> first of all it is about cooperation and common knowledge. and definitely they have differences and they have common knowledge he. it is about cooperation and negotiation and this is one major part of it. also we have four major disputes including iran and the u.s., and weapons of mass destruction is just part of it. terrorism, human rights, and cooperating on common knowledge, in the grand bargain they would need to negotiate to find principles to settle the differences on these four major issues. and the third is about reshaping my belief that ir

you can have more of the influence regionally. cynics would say why wouldn't you want a nuclear weapon? >> actually, all these calculations are wrong. in fact, we need to go out of our way in order to convince our neighbors that we want to live in peace and tranquility with them because the politics of geography, the fact that we're bigger, the fact that we're stronger, the fact that we're more populist, the fact that we have a better technology, the fact that our human resources is by far more developed than most of our neighbors, all of these provide us with inherent areas of strength that we don't need to augment with other capabilities, and that is why -- that is why nobody considers our neighbors in pakistan as a stronger force in the region than iran simply because they have nuclear weapons. in fact, i believe nuclear weapons reduces countries' influence in our region. it doesn't help anybody. the fact that everybody in the international community believes that mutual assured destruction, that is the way the united states, r

the other question on influence -- yes. i can see, and this is why i go back and forth on whether i really support contribution limits. i can see that there are some politicians that, if you give enough money to them, you will be able to unduly influence them, meaning that you will be able to get them to change their vote from what they would have otherwise voted to something else. frankly, it takes a lot more money than $2600. if it is a seriously large contribution, i can see some undue influence and i think we have to make a decision on balance, whether we want to be able to know what interests are influencing our politicians because they actually give them the money and we can vote for or against them -- when an interest gives money to a super pac, how does anybody know that has anything to do with candidate x or y? how did they know it has anything to do with what the super pac does? leave it to the voters -- frankly, i go back and forth on that. >> i will jump in. i think the other dimension of the question needs to b

the other question on influence -- yes. i can see, and this is why i go back and forth on whether i really support contribution limits. i can see that there are some politicians that, if you give enough money to them, you will be able to unduly influence them, meaning that you will be able to get them to change their vote from what they would have otherwise voted to something else. frankly, it takes a lot more money than 20's hundred dollars -- $2600. if it is a seriously large contribution, i can see some undue influence and i think we have to make a decision on , whether we want to be able to know what interests are influencing our politicians because they actually give them the money and we can vote for or against them -- when an interest gives money to a super pac, how does anybody know that has anything to do with candidate x or y? how did they know it has anything to do with what the super pac does? leave it to the voters -- frankly, i go back and forth on that. >> i will jump in. i think the other dimension of the qu

we all have different influences anyway.own influences that kind of end up where we are. >> i was looking at -- i just want to remind myself. i'm part of that mtv generation. so i grew up watching you guys, listening to you guys all the time in school. middle school and high school. but it was fascinating for me to go back and just do a little research. and you guys have done nine studio albums. and that number seemed really, really small to me. >> it is. >> over 35 years. so i was telling our producer, i was trying to juxtapose, as i was reading the research, how a band could sell 100 million records, become this iconic the world over and have only done nine studio records. obviously, you guys did the right ones, but -- >> sometimes we'd actually complete the records. >> it just seems the impact that you had just seems almost bigger than nine studio records. >> i think a lot of that was just out of good fortune, you know. we certainly didn't flood the market. >> yeah. >> you know, we started off wanting to do what everybody

and it will continue to have influence in ukraine. >> rose: that's okay with them. >> i think it is if it's a normal base. >> rose: they've had influence in ukraine so there's a natural connection to part of ukraine with russia. that's in fact the american goal, is it not, that ukraine be free but that the fact that ukraine is between the west and russia and that therefore they are competing interests there and not necessarily a zero sum. >> but an independent nation, able to make choices, right. and to be able to have roots in the quest and they sign the free trade agreement with the european union but to obviously continue to have roots in russia. there are historical ties between ukraine and russia and there are important economic ties between ukraine and russia which will continue. but what can't continue obviously here is this effort by putin, and i'll say putin as opposed to russia and i'll tell you why in second by putin to destabilize ukraine in a constant way and i think the proposition of pursuing this charlie that a destabilized ukraine that's failing that has all kinds o

the same situation for his lawyer as well, who has been charged with influence pedalling. the allegation is that they were involved in trying to seek inside information on a case against nicolas sarkozy, surrounding his 2006 presidential campaign, there were allegations that he may have illegally received financing from france's richest woman, lillian bettan core. the investigation was dropped, but this year judges tapped the phones of sarcozy and his lawyer, looking at other allegations that possibly muammar gaddafi may have been involved in financing that campaign. when they listened in to the conversations of sarcozy and his lawyer, they allegedly heard evidence that they had got a network of informers telling them what had been happening about the bettan core cause. the allegation is that sarcozy may have offered one of the judge a top post in monaco in turn for keeping him informed. >> it sounds complicated as french politics usually is. what's the reaction in france to this news? >> on tuesday there was plenty of reaction, ranging from shock to resignation. so far th

send a peacekeeping force to afghanistan or at least to kabul to maintain the capital free of the influence of these armed men on the ground these warlords so a nonmilitary political process which was one of the classic problems of the soul war and he pledged of course and as it turned out there was not a peacekeeping force but a multinational force. you have had an extraordinary degree of access to and have done a really remarkable piece of research about the development of some of those people called warlords. i wonder if he could reflect a bit on the dilemma of accountability, demilitarization and how to cope with such people as the country is transitioning from a civil war transnational war two i don't know what to call it. to a greater stability and political legitimacy. >> yeah let me just start by saying what a huge privilege it is to share these two comfy armchairs with you. because of your work on afghanistan and for all of us who have studied it has been a central sort of tax we start with set to be here and get to talk about my book is really a thrill. i think the conundrum or th

access and influence. you cannot do a bride. but you can use money to buy influence. as part of being a citizen. if you have $3 million, you can buy influence. no corruption. you are just having your voice be heard. about antually care industry, you have a lot more influence if you can take $3 million to the speaker of the 2600 than if you give dollars to elected members. >> there are a lot of other ways to buy influence than making campaign contributions. we can debate this and we will for the next kate. -- next decade. going back to the questions of whereonics, another place that hasn't become an interesting story is the scotus blog. which does a live blog. upstairs in the press gallery. they are not downstairs in the press room. they are sitting in the cafeteria. i wonder someone would like to tell us more about why that is so. and what is going on with them with the get equality rest of the press gallery. >> the legendary lyle continues to have a press pass and writes for scotus blog. part an academic

our conceptions of all three of those questions are necessarily influenced by the individual institutionsthat shape our lives. grappling with those great questions ushers in another line of inquiry, what is the nature of good leadership? is it possible to live in and lead wisely and well? a question of enormous importance and did our time business and the government institution has plummeted to move those in leadership failures. as supply seems even more elusive to the need to understand and house leadership is more urgent and few can address that need with the expertise or insight as our speaker this evening dr. michael lindsay. apartment sociologists, author and president of courting collegerees from princeton and oxford and a ph.d. from princeton dedicating academic career to leadership. he has directed the study of leadership as well as faith in the halls of power the best book of 2007 by "publishers weekly" and widely profiled in "the wall street journal", "usa today" and countless other outlets. since assuming the presidency of gordon his expertise is increasingly practical as well

not only does it want to know about what's going on, it wants to influence the outcome.most humble of person anywhere in the world with a- with a handheld telephone can play a part in that conversation, and can influence the outcome. >> anywhere there are journalists working, i think, is actually good for democracy, good for society, good for the population at large. people need to know, people need to be able to make up their own minds. >> killing of journalists, it's not a question that is directed to journalists. this is a question that is directed to society. >> when we put something on the air that helps someone who had no way to reach the levers of power, that's what the fourth estate is all about. that's why i'm risking my life. america, live from new york and i, with a look at today's top stories. the cease fire was over, before it even started. israel and hamas ramping up attacks and diplomatic efforts to end the conflict fall short. a prize winning journalist finds himself in the middle of the border controversial. >> and a fight in washington over keeping amer

not only does it want to know about what's going on, it wants to influence the outcome. so the most humble of person anywhere in the world with a- with a handheld telephone can play a part in that conversation, and can influence the outcome. >> anywhere there are journalists working, i think, is actually good for democracy, good for society, good for the population at large. people need to know, people need to be able to make up their own minds. >> killing of journalists, it's not a question that is directed to journalists. this is a question that is directed to society. >> when we put something on the air that helps someone who had no way to reach the levers of power, that's what the fourth estate is all about. that's why i'm risking my life. >> al jazeera america presents a global finacial powerhouse >> the roman catholic church, they have an enormous amount of power >> accusations of corruption... >> there is a portion of the budget that takes care of all the clerical abuse issues. >> now we follow the money and take you inside the vatican's financial empire. >> when

. >> qatar has more influence than most? >> i think, my sense is that in particularar have some influence there. i have been out of the government for three years, so i do not have access to any intelligence. but taste on what i read those thoseed on what i read, countries may have some influence. >> you know people. let me talk about two things that are relevant to this, three things. one is, do you essentially agree with the speech the president made at west point when he essentially laid out his foreign-policy strategy in what some call an obama doctrine? book that in my felt in recent decades american presidents had been too willing to reach for a gun to solve international problems. and pointed to the role that president eisenhower played in even more dangerous world in some respects that we face today. get through a lot of serious problems and resolve some interesting things, some important things without the use of u.s. combat forces. place where i think i disagree with the president i smore in -- is more in terms of

>> lose the sphere of influence over ukraine. prudent had a vision here of establishing something he called the eurasian union which would be a counterweight. it's impossible without ukraine. indeed, a lot of people in russia including those close to kootenay and the security services there could never really regarded ukraine as an independent nation. if you look at the debates in 1990 one around ukraine becoming an independent state, ucf. of that. -- you see a lot of that. russia has always exercised a lot of influence in ukraine. >> and that's ok with us? >> it is. they have had some influence in ukraine so there is a natural connection to that part of ukraine with russia. that is the american goal, is it not? let ukraine be free. the fact that ukraine is between the west, russia, therefore competing interests there and it's not necessarily zero-sum. >> but as an independent nation able to make choices and have roots in the west & the free trade agreement and continuing also to have roots in russia, cultural, linguistic, histor

we talk about american leadership and influence in the world. tom roguen, we heard a few moments ago from the professor that the presidents is not using strong enough language to make demands. but is there a tank in going too far in making big demands, and then if they're not met having to walk things back. >> i think there is always a political risk. i would agree that the situation that we have at the moment with the palpable loss of leadership. i think the president does have to roll the dice in significant ways. what we've seen whether it's in ukraine or syria, is this brooding notion that american power has declined and america can't be relied upon is to some degree, and we can debate about that degree, but is fostering these doubts and clearly vladimir putin is not particularly concerned about the threats thus far. >> reflect on that tone. >> the one thing i would agree with is perception. the president having taken some very good actions, strong actions in the middle east and europe, i think there is a perception problem and belief, the i

do they not. >> also turkey has influence and that influence is leading president mahmoud but after he finishes his meetings in egypt today, he will be going to turkey and from there he will be going to the gulf including i assume qatar. he is not going to leave a stone unturned in order to bring an end to this bloodshed as quickly as possible because every minute passes without having a cease-fire in place, we lead so many precious lives to ask the palestinian people especially children and women and others and we want to stop that. we are suching a lot from so many tragedies and we're suffering a lot from so many losses to our civilian population and we want an end to it. >> rose: when they were bringing hamas together, did hamas have to give up anything in order to gain that child of union? >> i think they did, yes. mainly they gave up their control in running the effort in the gaza strip which from their perspective this is a big thing that they have together. let me just also add it was only israel, the only country that opposed this government of national government of consens

that don't have that sort of influence in washington.you sort of square that to be a credible leader, an authentic leader but still have that cache in the country that you're not just sort of getting by based on your connections, based on the influence you've been able to buy? you mentioned vernon jordan is successful largely because of his filip with the clintons -- friendship with the clintons, how do you sort of square that ability to lead and be authentic with this sense i think we now have in the#w country that a lot of seem are just getting by at the top because they know the right people and they know the right levers to turn? >> yeah. i have to say that when i look at the situation this washington as a social scientist, i'm pretties couraged. pretty discouraged. pause the partisan rancor and the way in which our political conversations have devolved over the last 20 years, i don't think have been healthy. and when i talk with our students, college students, they, they're very hopeful that they can make a change but also quite dis

>> yes. >> the iranian influence in iraq, beyond political influence, how about iranian expenditures in iraq, whether it's to back up the military or provide training and assistance? what is iran doing in iraq right now that is costing them money? >> i don't have a figure on the expenditures. all cane say is that the iraqis again want the u.s. to be the back bone of their military force. that is why they looked to the fms program to be that back bone where. we developed relationships with military officers in times of extreme crisis has proven essential. in my testimony is when we had to get 500 contractors out it was the iraqi air force, in spite the extreme crisis they are dealing with that flew their own c-130s to get our people out. that is the kind of relationship we need to continue. >> i many going a particular direction with this. you don't have an expenditure figure what iran is spending in iraq. are they likely spending significant resources or is the influence more on the political and relationship side? >> they are expending resources. they were particularly concerned abo

he's suspected of influence and corruption and breaching professional secrets.t's alleged he offered a judge in a prestigious job in monaco in turn for information about the criminal investigation against him. that case was looking at whether he solicited secret campaign financing in 2007 for the richest woman in france. it was dropped last year, but investigators turned to allegations that sarkozy took money from omar gaddafi the former libyan leader. they tapped his phone and found he was helped by a network of informants. he denies any wrongdoing in a string of investigations where he's directly and indirectly implicated. sarkozy's supports say he's the victim of a witch-hunt. >> this is good news and bad news. it's good news it shows in france nobody is above the law, and we know that the investigative judges are very powerful since napoleon. it's also bad news because it smells a little bit like political revenge. >> reporter: sarkozy himself has hinted he'd like to try for president again in three years' time, but his political comeback is looking more and

we have huge influence. as the only exerciser, when we pulled bark, it looks -- pulled back, it looks to the leadership and the people that we don't think there's a possibility for a good outcome. if we pull back and indicate that, that inflames tensions. there's a point to engagement for engagement stake. >> you thing it may escalate. >> the secretary made an all-outest, superintendent a lot of time, didn't produce results. >> we are seeing what is happening in iraq, there's tensions in egypt, syria is a mess. the middle east is a powder keg. how dangerous is the situation in israel for the broader region? >> the situation - as we said, the whole region is a bit of a powder keg. the dangerous situations in each of the areas has ramifications in other areas. political leaders are sensitive to what they see elsewhere and react accordingly. moderate arab leaders are aware that there's simmering sectarian violence, outright war, the arab is worked out. hamas has been in a bad position. they are forced into reck

i could tell that he was under some sort of influence of something. i couldn't get a read on what he was on, but i could tell that his mind was not all there. >> he's, like, taking the metal pieces and hitting the car and just totally fell over. >> from their vantage point, the two roommates are having a hard time understanding exactly what is going on. beyond calling for help, they don't feel safe intervening. >> we had no idea if the guy had a gun or a knife or was medicated. >> we had no idea what he was capable of. my roommate jill and i didn't know what was coming next. >> i was just waiting for this car to explode because i figure a car on fire, the gasoline, something's going to happen. >> what does happen next is something neither of them expects. with flames and smoke billowing from the suv, the man gets back inside and tries to drive. >> did he just get back in the car? he's back inside the car. >> oh my god. get away from the car. >> unable to move the suv by driving it, the man tries pushing the vehicle. all while getting dangerously close

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influence tax policy, a dream job for him. even from a wider vantage point, i know that appeals to him a great deal. but i think he is probably to running thought for president now than he did before in the sense that he got think whatit and i he can do with the job appeals to him and now he has the name and notoriety you get from being a vice president shall nominee. he does not have to look at it as though he has to start running to build the kind of profile that would be required from some house member from wisconsin to have a chance to win the nomination. he is a different sort of figure. possibilities are great for him. he is considering it in a way he did not couple of years ago. phone.rancis is on the good morning. i wish to input this idea into the thought paradigm of things. both parties are guilty as accused. the republicans are guilty as accused of being the party of the rich. but the democrats are guilty as being the party of the republican employee unions. my viewpoint is we need to start thinking in terms of a un