i traveled to albania earlier this year and i'm curious about the point that was played in this. it seems to be that we had so many priorities involved. could this war have occurred without a lot of attention heating up all of this? >> i think that it could because we have britain and france who went to war in 1906 in 1907. so i think there were other things as well. but it seems to be rather dangerous where there'll number of interests met. so not just local interest, although we had a series of local nationalism and what you also had was the russians and the war was much more important. in the states, going through from the black sea, it was extremely important for russia, something like over half of green acts warrants went that way. it was vital to little passages for the russians and then you also had hungry as well seeing them as an ex-essentials threat and then you had germany and italy. and so you have this combination of local rivalries being brought in. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> walter isaacson, you have a new book coming out this

but will we see a repeat performance of some overnight thundershowers in parts of the north spay albania? a look at the forecast when we come right back. >>> got a story for nbc bay area's investigative unit? call the tip line at 1-888-99-tips, or e-mail us at theunit@nbcbayarea.c theunit@nbcbayarea.com. >>> tonight a bay area couple says they have their house covered by insurance. literally. it happened when a huge insurance sign being towed by a plane came loose and fell directly on their house in fremont. that's where nbc bay area's terry mcsweeney is right now. 15 minutes apparently gets you a huge geico sign. >> reporter: very good. very funny, jessica. and tonight we can laugh about this. but last friday when this was all going down, there were people concerned out here. imagine a 40-foot-wide, 19-foot long banner coming out of the sky and landing right on top of your house. it's exactly what happened when susan clark was watching. >> and i heard a loud thump. >> reporter: that's what it sounded like, and this is what it looked like when the 4,000-square-foot geico insurance banner

. >> 2,000 demonstrators gathered to protest against the life sentences emposed on six ethnic albaniauslims. the men deny the charges. >>> greece is a gateway to europe for many asylum seekers and it's coming under scrutiny. under greek law the maximum detention has been extended from three months to more than 18 months. now if individuals are not thought to be cooperating with authorities they could be detained indefinitely. there has been ruling that the detention conditions in greece has amounted to unhuman treatment. >> they say they can only be released in a detention center. >> we spoke to migrants who have spent months inside those camps. >> on long-distance calls to pakistan he tells his mother that everything is fine but he only may have months to live. he was released after he and another inmate contracted hepatitis-c. >> police said to both of us, you're not ready to diet. you have some months to go. when you're clothes to death we'll le--when you're close to death we'll let you out. >> they beat us. a lot of people went out of their minds with fear. from that day no one co

can i welcome the prime minister for the enlargement of the eu with the announcement albania has becomee sixth candidate country to join? >> i agree with the honorable gentleman that the enlargement process has an successful in driving the development and improving the democracy and development of these countries and i further agree that engaging with them now because a country like albania has challenges developing its economy and getting into democracy. there will have to be a totally new approach to transitional controls. >> don't the antecedents of this problem go back to the fateful decision of the prime minister when he was running for his party leadership to approve the conservatives from the european people's party? mr. juncker was the candidate of the epp. they could have influenced him in private rather than impotence in public. it would have been good for his party and good for the government and my goodness, far better for britain. >> i have great respect for the right old john. but i think he is profoundly wrong about this. the liberal democrats -- you were not able to stop

. >> reporter: this house in northern albania was raided by the u.n. ten years ago. one of a number of properties suspected of being used of carrying outs the operations. traces of blood and empty medicine bottles and other paraphernalia were found but the owners still insist that this house has no part to play in organ removal. >> we demand moral compensation because this is not justice. they brought investigators in our house and three us out. we had to sleep in snow. >> reporter: those who lost family members the news is unlikely to bring much peace but they will keep searching for answers and for justice. phil lavel. al jazeera. >> a nine-year-old hit by a plane on florida beach has now died. marie has that and other news making it's way across america. >> reporter: the aircraft crash landed on the beach earlier this week killing her father. the girl was airlifted to the hospital where she died of her injuries. the pilot of this single-engine plane called air traffickers on sunday saying he was doing an emergency landing on the beach. the passenger and pilot were

they will bring new jobs in southern europe such as albania, greese, ititaly. russia and iran have noticed the strategic choice. it needs continued eu and american support to make sure russia doesn't undermine it. russia may stable to destabilize georgia. continued u.s. interest in resolving this conflict is important from moving a potential means for russia to destabilize the region. another potential source of natural gas is from israel and cypress. this can be very useful for the region itself. the ability of these resources to service peace pipe lines i believe are overstated. energy trade reflects existing peaceful relations, it doesn't create them. it also exacerbate existing potential conflicts and not resolve them. they can eradicate conflicts over water and essentially to remove any water shortages in the region. the increases water supplies to israel, jordan and the palestine territories. the new resources can also improve affordable electricity in the u.s. which is very important for future prosperity and peace. in recent months there has been specul

section, police investigating triple stabbing, happened just after 12:30 on the 200 block of west albania street. the victims, 24 year old woman, 22 year old woman,. >> thirty-two year old man all taken to the hospital. still no word on their conditions. >> philadelphia police need your help in tracking down thief who robbed an elderly man in fishtown. check it out, surveillance video of the suspect at the wells fargo bank at frankford and girard last week. police followed 91 year old man, out of the bank, and attack him from behind. they say the suspect stole the victim's money out of his pocket, through him to the grounds, 91 year old man, fortunately he was not seriously hurt. anyone with information, on this man, seen in this video, is asked to please give police a call. >> time line released by philadelphia fire officials shows a quick response to fatal fire on gesner street. >> this after claims from residents, that firefighters did not act fast enough. fox 29's sabina live in southwest philadelphia with the latest on this, sabina? >> around the corner from the scene of the deadly f

croatia to albania and romania. very heavy rainfall inside a couple of hours. a level two on a scale of one two three has been issued for severe weather in the region. as well as for a large population as well. lock at the rainfall totals. 145 mm is about 6 cininches. on tuesday afternoon. and this is what it looks like when you get 150 mm that come down in just a few hours. this particular river across portions of the central romania taking on a tremendous amount of water. at least two have lost their lives. one person is missing in the region. of course hundreds have b forced to evacuate because of the rising waters here. over 1 thousand firefighters on the scene trying to help getting rid of the water. where i'm times 6 meters high. 20 feet. and the clouds certainly ominous, to say the lease, out o of portions of france. quickly a glance across to california. doubt in most of the state. look at the scenes. brand new video out of this region. a water main break across sunset boulevard on the campus of the ucla taking on a tremendous amount of water. the break

this happened just after 12:30 this morning on the 200 block of albania street. victims are 24 year old juan, 22 year old woman, and 32 year old man. all three taken to the hospital. no word yet on their conditions. >>> and crucial funding for the philadelphia school district could wind upgoing up in smoke. the state senate passed the budget by the house, but they amended the sick rhett tax portion of it, and that amendment would ends the tax planned to funds the city's cash strapped schools after five years. now the amendment heads back to the house for approval before going to governor tom corbett. the problem is the house is on summer break. this vote won't take place until the fall. not good for philadelphia schools. and philadelphia school superintendent william hite releasing this statement, saying, quote, with schools scheduled open in less than two months, it is crucial that we secure the needed funding to support our students and schools. there is no clear timetable for house consideration on this amended bill, nor any guarantee of final passage. he goes

the united states government has helped relocate some of their residents in other countries like albania and germany. now a spokesman for the united nations secretary-general ban ki-moon says more needs to be done. and the u.n. is calling on other nations to take all their residents in as refugees to help save their lives. >> the secretary-general appeals to member states to the contribute to a durable solution for the relocation of camp residents outside of iraq and come forward with offers to accept residents into their territories. so that's part of the latest report to the security council. >> one of the groups's advisors wesley martin said in a statement to fox news, we have requested the u.n. to send a team to be stationed at liberty permanently, but this has not taken place. we need a team to be stationed there and need constant monitoring given the risks facing residents. so far the group says that hasn't happened. the last time they say u.n. officials visited the camp was a month ago leaving those people unprotected. so far 116 of its members have been killed in attacks by iraqi

it happened on the 200 block of west albania street just after 12:30 this morning, the victims are 24 woman, a 22 year old woman, and a 32 year old man. no word just yet on their conditions. >>> and, happening today, a state representative charged with political corruption is expected in court after missing a pretrial hearing yesterday. the district attorney's office says state representative jp miranda failed to show. so a warrant was issued for his arrest. his attorney says he will be in court today. a trial is expected in january. >>> philadelphia school funding up in the air once again. the state senate passed a budget sent by the house, but they amended the cigarette tax portion of t that amendment would ends the tax. that was planned to fund the city's crash strapped school after five years. so, now that amendment heads back to the house for approval before going to governor corbett. the problem is, the house is on summer break. so, they won't be able to vote until the fall. >> new video from what angelina jolie is calling one of her darkest days, why the man who recorded this v

. >> reporter: this house in northern albania was raided by the u.n. one of the a number of properties suspected of being used to carry ut the operations. traces of blood and empty medicine bottles other operation paraphernalia was found. the owners still insist they had no part to play in organ removals. >> demand and continue to demand moral compensation, because this isn't justice. they brought international investigators into our house and threw us out. we had to sleep in snow. we want them to come back and look again. >> reporter: for those that lost family members, the news is unlikely to bring much peace, but they will still keep searching for answers and justice. >>> a 9-year-old hit by a plane on a florida beach has now died. maria has that story and more news making headlines across america today. >> family members are grieving for the 9-year-old girl today. the aircraft crash-landed on the beach earlier this week killing her father. the girl was airlifted to the hospital where she died of her injuries. the pilot of the single engine plane ca

the soviet union, yugoslavia, poland, romania, hungary, east germany, czechoslovakia, albania, bulgaria, right on our doorstep in the western hemisphere, of course, was cuba. africa, the middle east, central asia, there was afghanistan, angola, ethiopia, mozambique, south yemen, somalia. far east in southeast asia, of course, there was vietnam, north korea, laos, cambodia, mongolia, the big one, china. talk about red states, right? in the heyday of communism, there were lots of communist countries not quite all over the world, but over really big swaths of the world. turns out, though, that communism in practice is a pretty terrible way to run countries. send your hate mail to rachel@msnbc.com. in any event, the soviet union, itself, collapsed of its own weight in the late 1980s. the soviet union was gone as an institution by the early 1990s. and today there are only a handful of communist countries left in the whole world. there are, in fact, exactly five communist countries left on the face of the earth. vietnam is still a communist country. and its neighbor, laos, is communist as wel

italy turns back many boats carrying illegal immigrants, including minors arriving from albania and africa make it are taken to camps. some are returned home. others live on the streets. in greece, illegal immigrants are kept in detention camps. children housed alongside adults n 2012, 8,000 syrians sought asylum in greece. other thanly two were approved. eu installed 20-mile barbed-wire fence on turkish border with bulgaria. it reduced immigration there from 2,000 a month to 300. france denies 90% of al asylum requests. unaccompanied children are typically turned back at the airport without so much as interview. unlike the u.s., france does not grant citizenship to children born to undocumented immigrants. about 3,000 unaccompanied minors al ply for asylum each year in the u.k. on average, 13% are approved. in australia, unaccompanied children are held in offshore detention centers up to nine months. fences and infrared cameras help secure spanish islands in the mediterranean. processing centers there are overcrowded and unsanitary. now on paper, europe like the u.s. is supposed to act in

albania and germany took like 250 of these people why can't the u.s. the flood in the southern border coming in, why can't the u.s. just take these 3,000 to potentially save them? >> and you want to connect them to christians. these are attacks on minority groups and there's an inverse correlation on these attacks with minority groups and the u.s. presence on the global stage. so as our influence and our leadership is decreasing on the international stage, these attacks are increasing. they don't think we're going to do anything, they don't think that the u.s. is going to step up, and it's a symbolic attack against the west, particularly the u.s., when you go after the ideologies that are western. so this is a symbolic attack. it's something that has to be done. and particularly concerning these 3,000, we made a promise to them. we made a promise to them ten years ago, and regardless of whether or not we speert the mek or they are viable or not viable and there's pros and cons on both sides of their political path but these are people that we promised

southern corridor made a decision to go through southern europe and go through on the route of greece, albania and italy, we see a small russian unknown company pop up and try to buy the transmission system in greece. they are aware this is a way that if you can't beat them with a south stream, try to buy a chunk from within. something has to be done. the third energy package will enable this kind of behavior and not the opposite. in the case of maldo are va, russia is constantly taking payment for gas in national infrastructure. in january, armenia lost the last stake in the gas transmission infrastructure. in the end, this might be more hurting a state's independence than its gas supplies. this becomes an actor in the local economy. gives it a lot of leverage in one of the major financial forces domestically in a are country. >> mr. chow? >> i would support what dr. schafer said. the idea of piling up debt in order to have a debt equity swap later, it's a longstanding russian are business model since the collapse of the are european union in russia. it applies in maldova as well. controlling

southern corridor made a decision to go through southern europe and go through on the route of greece, albania and italy, we see a small russian unknown company pop up and try to buy the transmission system in greece. they are aware this is a way that if you can't beat them with a south stream, try to buy a chunk from within. something has to be done. the third energy package will enable this kind of behavior and not the opposite. in the case of maldo are va, russia is constantly taking payment for gas in national infrastructure. in january, armenia lost the last stake in the gas transmission infrastructure. in the end, this might be more hurting a state's independence than its gas supplies. this becomes an actor in the local economy. gives it a lot of leverage in one of the major financial forces domestically in a are country. >> mr. chow? >> i would support what dr. schafer said. the idea of piling up debt in order to have a debt equity swap later, it's a longstanding russian are business model since the collapse of the are european union in russia. it applies in maldova as well. controlling

quarter we've made a decision to go through southern europe and go through on the route of greece and albania and italy and suddenly we see a sort of strong because small company propaganda by the transmission system that is increase. they are quite aware this is a way that if you can't actually, you know if you can't beat them with the stream at least try to buy a chunk from within. something has to be done because the third energy package will enable this kind of behavior and not the opposite. we see for instance exactly as you pointed out and as indicated that russia is constantly taking payment for gas in the national infrastructure. in january they lost the last stake in the gas transmission infrastructure became the gas power of romania and in the end, this might even be more hurting the state independence then actually the gas supplies so this becomes an actor in the local economy, and di gives it a lot of leverage on the major financial forces domestically in the country. >> your thoughts on this question? that i would support what doctor schaeffer said. the idea of piling up that in

was ambassador to albania. i came a few months after he was there. does bring back the point that there was opposition to saddam by most of the population before 2003. host: what is your best theory about why we fought this war in the first place? iraq did not attack us. people in they administration and the think tank and academic immunity and in congress believe that is true, but that the middle east attacked us on 9/11. the dysfunctional situation in the middle east, where american , wass had to be engaged the underlying problem and the hope was that saddam was not only a real threat, people did believe he had weapons of mass destruction. this was not cooked up to justify an invasion. having the problem of weapons of mass destruction, people fought this would the an opportunity to transform the middle east the way eastern europe had been transformed in 1989. if you get rid of the evil leaders, the people would embrace a western, liberal, democratic agenda. i was in europe at that time. i can tell you the differences and attitude towards the west a

. >> speaking of emerging, two of those three places are doing well, albania got a candidate status.haven't seen you in a while. i was just thinking about this, because, you know, the president, it's a tough job and he's been able to get flack from the right and the left somehow, so, you know, he gets it coming and going, then i was thinking about you. you've criticized obamacare. it's not single payer. you've had other criticism formed, have you ever criticized him because he's too progressive on some issue? are you from vermont? i bet you've never criticized him from anywhere but from even left of where he is? can you think of any instance where you criticized him from being too liberal or too progressive? >> i cannot. i cannot. joe, you got me. >> think about what the average republican thinks of this president and then think about what you think and how far left you really must be. i mean it's vermont. i get that, wow, tony, am i right? am i right. >> you indicator to the job creators and the rest of the country. you hit bed and breakfasts, other than that, you got maple syrup an