obsessed by the end of the world anatole has become irrational. to devote himself to his mission he has given up his career and his social life. and all over the world there are thousands like him getting ready for the worst. two thousand and twelve with more than five hundred million internet pages it's one of the most written about themes on the web about the day of reckoning there are internet users spreading the wildest rumors. from haiti to fukushima the news constantly provides new support. where the room is coming from who are these new prophets of the apocalypse. and who is making a profit out of the business of the end of the world. letters beautiful trees over there. and it's not easy to meet people who believe in the apocalypse the she's faced with skepticism from their familiars they usually prefer to remain quiet but force was made an exception for us. one hundred five this former german teacher who is currently out of work comes here every day to connect. by touching the trees she enters into contact with those she calls her masters

a place in keeping with what anatole calls his work. he's been devoting all his time and energy to it for the last six years now. this former computer expert even quit his job to get ready for it for the end of the world. and the work i do will take me out of body i will ask to meet those superior beings who hold the keys for humanity already clear that he may need to talk to them. to see what can be done for two thousand and twelve ordered. by telepathic trip to get him into contact with mysterious superior beings beings who have announced to him the destruction of the planet on december the twenty first two thousand and twelve very precisely. the food it will be by fire volcanoes earthquakes and most importantly of course by water floods a comedy as the plates for shift that rise and lower the ocean bottom will lift. and what will appear is atlantis when atlantis rises out of the waters that will be when the world ends she office two thousand and twelve is a giant plan for i could use a mean word but purifying for me that's what it is

joining me now lionel barber, editor of "financial times" and anatole kaletsky.at i'm struck by, americans tend to look at europe with a certain sense of supure orty. the t.a.r.p. and things like that case where american democracy was sort of able to act in a crisis. does it now look like we're floundering as much as the europeans, the japanese, even worse? >> this was something of a brusal style fluj this was a stop gap measure which essentially prevented, as you say, america going over the fiscal cliff. all the difficult decisions were really postponed on spending. so, i think there was some disappointment in europe looking at america, but i think we need to be careful about saying that america is somehow ungovernable. the politics are very difficult, but catastrophe was averted this week. >> a lot of people say well, you know, it's not so bad because, this is the paul krugman view, at the end of the day, all the measures or the solutions were all terrible because it was all more austerity than what we need. what we really need is none of this right now. no spe

second, although i'm as big an english patriot as anatole i just don't think we have the kind of musclebe able to borrow on such favorable terms as the americans. i think that it's very easy sometimes for the brits to encourage the americans to have expansionary fiscal policy, but at the same time be very supportive of the current austerity program in britain. two not easily reconcilable positions. pleasure to have you. thank you so much. >> and we will be back. >>> 100,000 dead. that is the gruesome total we could see in syria's civil war in 2013. unless the violence is stopped. that's according to the u.n. envoy brahimi and that's on top of at least 60,000 people who have already been killed in this conflict, according to an exhaustive analysis released by the u.n. this week. meanwhile, russia, perhaps the potential savior in the crisis, continues to refuse to act. so, what is the solution? joining me now is fawaz gerges professor of middle eastern politics at the london school of politics. he was on the syrian border in december. fawaz, you've heard people say the assad regime days a

purifying water conferences if you're good or not and it's a rite of passage anatole is convinced that he will be among the survivors jesus himself told him by telepathy in the new era he's even going to change his name he will be called and told ma integrating christ takes more than just five minutes. if over and have to know how to build your individual. to be able to say frankly to someone so i'm told ma but in fact that's a hidden way of saying i'm jesus christ. obsessed by the end of the world and the toll has become irrational. to devote himself to his mission he has given up his career and his social life. and all over the world there are thousands like him getting ready for the worst. two thousand and twelve with more than five hundred million internet pages it's one of the most written about themes on the web about the day of reckoning there are internet users spreading the wildest rumors. from haiti to fukushima the news constantly provides new support. where the room is coming from who are these new prophets of the apocalypse. and who is making a profit out of the business o

a place in keeping with what anatole calls his work. he's been devoting all his time and energy to it for the last six years now. this former computer expert even quit his job to get ready for it for the end of the world.