we used to be the poorest village in albania. we did not even have any water. we were always bad off. under the communist regime and afterwards, too. >> these days, however, they seem to enjoy a special status. there have been no arrests here up to now. according to locals, this is a place where the law does not apply. we only heard about the leased checks in neighboring villages. the authorities impounded for tons of marijuana last year, a fraction of the total amount smuggled into the eu. he thinks they tolerate what is going on because drug barons from italy, greece, and germany are involved, and there is substance to that theory. the farmers get their seeds for the marijuana plants exclusively from italy. to gauge the scale of the drug production and the mafia's and earnings, italian tax investigators have had surveillance planes fly over the plantations. they estimate that the farmers grow around 900 tons of marijuana a year. estimated market value -- 4.5 billion euros. albanian authorities and some high-ranking politicians are also reputed to be profiting

wouldn't have mattered if he'd been the king of albania. would have mattered for the albanians -- [laughter] he was in charge of this powerful country at the heart of europe. you suddenly have this huge power and getting more powerful because its industry, its economy were booming. and it had this very powerful army. and so when wilhelm took germany in the direction he could take it, i mean, he had a great deal of power under the german constitution, and i think this' what made him so dangerous. .. in are struggling to enact his legislation and has struggled with decisions. i have always been a lifelong democrat and i remember adlai stevenson, the first candidate i voted for but i have come to believe that in that period of the 50s, in retrospect glad the dwight eisenhower was the president. he had the experience, maybe not the articulation, but the experience and the presence and the reputation to stand up to crucial of -- cruz of --krusc v --kruschev. personnel matters. i think the buildup of the german navy which the kaiser hankered afte

some of the nice that he did as salvador switzerland continued to albania and the pacific island east and often dollars. china has previously due monday. we used to be returned to china the us government says it will not do so because they face prosecution in bed. we could see all the topix speaking most people. china's restive far eastern region of cgi. mini wheat is shaped and restrictions that culture language and religion the government insists it wants them to proceed in this region has been beset by violence. she's ninety one people including seven police have been killed in august can see john. since april according to steve to get the bolts. china has been somewhat divided so it's not as committed to its connections to foreign groups including al qaeda. launching the war. i did. its. thus the acting united states by its statement on the net that isn't measured by china its nz and all the autonomous region. chinese foreign ministers of the united states the back of double standards to oats and it isn't. china has used the united states under the double standards to its anti ter

all what are we traveling circus is in the region is fighting to improve the safety of its water albania traffic starting this fall but the heat then add the basil has to have legal registration to travel and every traveler hostel we are all like that patrols are posted on the theaters and docking activities at ports girls who put under strict monitoring the national traffic safety committee at the touch a special document in order to instruct localities on topics to be doing comedy. the next down to the guide are not letting my kid in the southern city of concurrent if that's the nasdaq as a trading center and in you by not only be cured. it's treating and to be starting more bustling than normal in our polling report will join the euro retreated as the sell of their last matches of items before returning home to celebrate the new year. of course. the market stocks went into a b teams the demons at some pt and hardly anything in his book by its answer is heavy with pisces seems to include the last two non compete payments to like it p three b c at any hour of the day. he seemed to let i

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noplace does it like here which is why all day people from around the world from albania have been crowdings. for some it's a yearly visit and others a once in a time pilgrimage. in less than an hour, we will bring it to you live here in new year's eve here in new york. live in nashville and new orleans and key west. to london and moscow and how to celebrate new year's on a small ship. bringing you top notch performers and you can join the fun online and keep kathy from getting us all fired. 9:00 eastern time and all the way through the midnight celebrations. 12:30 a.m. if you want to join the conversation on twitter, the harsh tag is csnnye. maybe we will put the photos on the air as long as you keep it clean. 9:00 eastern time. join us for that. the best and the worst of 2013. >> we saw exhilarating highs and astonishing lows as pop culture try to make it through the events rocking the world. the best artistic shake-up came from of all places, montana. ♪ i came in like a wrecking ball ♪ >> miley cyrus is not hannah montana this year. >> i remember twerk. >> the pg rating was traded in, sm

my wife and i just traveled to albania earlier this year and i'm thompson needed to the role that you think that activity point played. if this seems to have been very crucial to the priorities of so many of the powers involved, could this have occurred without some of the attention in the balkans? >> i think it could have because you have great rivalries and when they went to war or showed britain and prussia what can close to the war in 1906 and 1907 but there were other causes of the balkans were particularly dangerous because of where they were and a number of the interests went. not like the middle east today or the south china sea today with just local interest. you have a very active competing local nationalism and fees for becoming more than less but you also have the great power interest so you have the russians with i think it was the sentimental stuff and it was much more important, and the state's going from the black sea into the mediterranean which was hugely important. something like the great northern industrial machinery. that was vital to the path which way -- passag

one of my prisms, my wife and i just went to albania earlier this year. i'm fascinated as to the role you think that tinderbox and activity played. it seems to have been crucial to the priorities of so many of the powers involved. could this war have occurred and eventually it occurred but could have occurred without a lot of the tensions in the balkans? >> i think it could have occurred as you had great our rivalries. when britain and france nearly went to war and britain and russia came close to war in 1906, 1907. the balkans was particularly dangerous because of where they were. there were a number of interests met. like the middle east today for the south china seas today, not just local. in the balkans would have series of actively competing local nationalism and these were becoming more vociferous rather than less. what you offset for great power interests that you have the russians but i think the sentimental stuff. and this streets from the black sea into the mediterranean hugely important for the russians. half of its grain exports were not that

the nation of albania was asked. they said no. the nation of norway was asked. they also said no. finally, the united states started to consider a new plan to destroy syria's chemical weapons somewhere where there are no countries. eventually, the u.s. decided to dispose of syria's chemical weapons in the same place they disposed of the body of osama bin laden -- at sea. in international waters. we know how to destroy chemical weapons. we've done it for years in places in this country like alabama and utah. but where it has never been done before, though, is on a ship floating around on the ocean. that is the political solution that apparently making the most sense for these chemical weapons and for now, that is the scientific solution that had to be invented, because it's never been done before. but the u.s. department of defense has now rolled out a new mobile system to destroy chemical weapons in bulk, on a ship, roiling out on the open ocean. >> this team's effort didn't start today. it started about a year ago. there was a recognition that something was going to happen in syr

however, a number of countries refused to participate, including albania, where there were street protests over the prospect. the latest plan calls for russian armored vehicles to deliver the chemicals from 12 storage sites across syria to the coastal city of latakia. danish and norwegian ships will then transport the material under naval escort to a port in italy that has not been made public. there, the bulk chemicals will be transferred to a u.s. naval vessel and then taken to an undisclosed location at sea to be destroyed. for now, danish and norwegian task forces continue training at cyprus to make sure nothing goes wrong. >> it could also be a worst case scenario like, for instance, a container slipping over and some spill has occurred and some contamination has occurred. should the need be, we can go onboard the mission vessels, we can take out the persons which might be contaminated, and we can clean them, we can stabilize them and we can evacuate them to a hospital. >> sreenivasan: there's no word on exactly when the chemical agents will be shipped, but syria has until the end of

my wife and i just traveled through albania earlier this year. i'm fascinated as to the role you think that the tinderbox and that tipping point played in all of this. it seems to have been very crucial to the priorities of so many of the powers involved in this. could this war have occurred -- i mean, it might have eventually have occurred -- that could have occurred without of some of a lot of the tensions in the balkans leading up to all the? >> i think it could have occurred because your great power rivalries. britain and france went to war in 1898. britain and russia would, came close to war in 1906. there were other causes. the balkans were particularly dangers because of where they were. there were a number of interest met. rather like the middle east today oppressed the south china seas today, not just local interest. in the balkans unite us as a very active local nationalisms, and these were becoming more vociferous rather than less. what you also had were great power interest. you have the russians, i think what sort of sentimental stuf

the king ofzolg zog of albania went there. >> not many know.home of benow nieto mussolini. >> when they arrested mussolini they exiled him to this beautiful, beautiful villa. >> it's snung what's stunning. he wasn't happy. when he decided he didn't want to stay there anymore, he fled and was executed. very pricey but a gorgeous gorgeous hotel. >> just the decorations are beautiful. i want to talk about the dictator nikolai cho cheskey. he was building a beautiful house in buick rah. what happened to that? >> let's not call it beautiful. it was large. in 199 he was overthrown. he never stayed there. it stayed vacant until j.w. marriott came in and opened it up as a hotel. here's the good news. it's not expensive, classic soviet architect, look at that but the largest guest rooms in all of the country. >> one more here joseph tito the former yugoslavian dictator. this house is available. >> this is lake bled where he catered to everyone. it's just so amazing. a castle on this beautiful lake. the ironic thing, even though he's gone, heads of state

biggest thefts out of the medicare program was done on a cyber heist out of organized crime out of albania? can you believe that? but it was caught. working with the inspector general at c.m.s., the f.b.i. and what we did over there with n.s.a., we caught them, we got our money back and we're back on track. so they do a good job, and we're kind of losing sight on these concerns about surveillance. there is no doubt that we protect the civil liberties of the united states of america. we do believe in the privacy. i'm not going to describe the program or go into it, but i will tell you what really bothers me. what really bothers me is that somehow or another through the media and even conversations in this body, that we are painting n.s.a. as if it were a bad, villainous, duplicitous, sir especially tissueious -- agency. that couldn't be further from the truth. somehow or another, the men and women who work there, every single day, standing sentry on behalf of the united states of america signals intelligence or somehow or another to feel that something's wrong. the morale at that agency is

>> i mean this in no disrespect to albania.ly well, you have some degree of right to be a little peeved when your results are as good as netflix. >> in other words f you', if yo going to throw a fireball, you have to be able to take it. >> and we shouldn't take these things overly serious. he's having a little fun, and he's a human being. for god's sake, he should be able to. the fact is they are executing well. >> are you talking about richard sherman or -- >> no, that's a whole other conversation. >> it's an example of hubris, to some extent. when ceos get so confident they're willing to kind of joke about it, the way you might say about someone on the field. does that not indicate they're getting over confident? >> i'd say in both cases, sherman and hastings, i'd say it's because they've just got to that point where your blood is boiling. as you're about to deliver those earnings, i mean, that's as much pressure as these folks, men or women, are under, just like richard sherman in that final drive by san francisco when he, y

wouldn't have mattered if he had been king of albania. would have mattered to the albanians. with german reeducation you have this huge power and getting more powerful because the industry and economy were booming and vary powerful army. so when wilhelm took germany in a certain direction, he had a great deal of power under the german constitution and that made him so dangerous. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> book tv is on facebook and twitter. you can like and follow us for book industry news, book tv asked schedule updids and to enter what with live authors. here's a few posts. >> 40's% of college graduates are in a job that that could have done without a degree? what's the difference between a barista or a starbucks barista with a degree? >> you can watch this entire interview. on wednesday, book tv tweeted a "new york times" article on the future of the oxford english digs gnash, and on facebook we posted a link to a article that named the chicago public library as the best