that is with the german chancellor, angela merkel.a figure head president the same as you would get in ireland, for example. so not that important in terms of the actual impact on power. as far as stocks are concerned, ahead of the u.s. open, weighted to the upside. ftse 100 is up over 5900. the dexetra dax is up. we've been focusing in on the currency markets, of course, euro/dollar has been firmer. the yen weaker across-the-board against the dollar and both the euro as well this morning so we've hit, what, 3 1/2 month highs currently at 79.05 is where we stand. 103.98. that's about a two and a half month high against the yep as well. a quick check on the bond market. retail sales in the uk much stronger than expected. ten-year gilt sold off on that yielding 2.17% and ten-year btp steady. ten-year bunds unchanged. keep your eye on the oil prices. this is a real outlier, a real threat. brent was above 120. just dipped below that 119.87. we do have real supply outputs when you add in sudan, syria and yemen, they're all starting to weig

angela merkel did not comment on that today. she did recognize there are significant doubts through all the political spectrum, saying there is no guarantee this rescue package will succeed, that there are risks involved, but the benefits outweigh the risks. she said once again that if the euro were to fail, europe itself fails. >> anti-big german -- anti- german sentiments are running high. what to german lawmakers make of this? >> that is right. the chancellor has been depicted in a kind of nazi uniform in some greek media organs. frankly, people here are taking that in stride. they have seen germany bashing before. i do not think that we'd particularly heavily in today's vote. there's also bashing going on from this side. one of germany's leading tabloids at a huge headline screaming "stop!" meaning do not vote for the rescue package. lots of doubts in the media here. >> in other news, the syrian government says the voter turnout has come out at 55 -- 57%. 90% of those to cast their ballots voted for new constitution. this vo

the crisis in the eurozone is the big issue for angela merkel on her two-day visit to china. she arrived in beijing with the upbeat message, saying things in europe or on the right track. merkel hopes the pact will restore confidence in the markets and persuade big investors like china to support european countries in the crisis. our team in beijing went out to hear what people there think about china's relations with europe at this time. >> it will be hard for europe to get out of the crisis by itself. other countries should help. >> everyone should sort out their own problems. that is the best way. >> china has a large population and a huge domestic market. in a crisis, we are the best ones to help ourselves. >> the chinese government is better at controlling its economy because it has tougher ways of doing so in europe. then the chinese people can cope pbetter with hard work and are more careful with their money. europeans are the opposite. they should not be so wasteful. >> i worry about prices going up and whether the chinese economy will grow or shrink. >> i make pop mus

angela merkel is in china.f she wants beijing to help the crisis over iran pose a nuclear program. it is midday in london, early morning in washington, and 2:00 a.m. in cairo, where they are doing with unprecedented to violence at a football match. live television pictures appear to show the police failed to take any decisive action. is that a case of competence, or as the brotherhood implies, inspired indifference? >> after last night's terrible football violence, today, the recriminations have started. the debate is just beginning in the newly elected egyptian parliament, but many egyptians blame the current rulers, or remnants of the old regime for what went wrong. at the stadium in port said, all that is left is the debris of the worst disaster in egypt football history. today, the prosecutor arrived to begin the investigation. locked gate may have contributed to the tragedy. it all started as the players from the visiting side fled for their lives when the players from the home team charge the field. many

arguments or is it so as you say angela merkel's angela merkel's visit to beijing will not sway china to support the west with its approach to iran let's talk about syria china has been against a resolution in the un is anything that germany can do to change china's position on syria do you think i have found it's very interesting that there are some kind of arguments so whether. germany swayed china security council member to change its position again i can't see any possibility of although i think it's important for the leaders of china and germany to exchange views on these kind of issues and the try to see where they can agree on some where specter of it i don't think there is any possibility that. can actually change the chinese position syria as well so i can have a tough time trying to get beijing to side with the west when it comes to syria and as you said a few moments ago also about all of iran aside from foreign policy let's talk about geopolitics here and the u.s. has been enhancing its military presence in the asia pacific region and experts say it's to counter china's gr

after meeting with german chancellor angela merkel, china's premier said its country was considering a deeper involvement insolvent european debt crisis. the story dominating the front page of the financial times, glencore and a mining company merger would create an $88 billion mining giant. the british independent revisits the issues of corporate bonuses, reporting the prime minister david cameron is under pressure to stop huge payouts awarded and the banking industry. and more good news for apple. after a new survey claims the ipad is now a more popular tool than the hubmble p.c. >>> this is "newsday" on the bbc. >> here are the headlines -- egyptian police have clashed with protesters in cairo amid growing anger over the death of more than seven football fans. hundreds have been injured, two people have died in the city of suez. , one of the worst mass murders of the 20th century will learn his fate today at a cover seal war crimes tribunal convened to investigate allegations of genocide. >>> now comradeship was sentenced to 35 years in prison in 2010, but they said he should at n

angela merkel is pragmatic and cautious.will be interesting to see how their personalities dovetail. >> thank you, as ever. other news, a team of inspectors from the international atomic energy agency has arrived in iran. the visit is part of evarts to determine whether iran is working on -- tehran announced substantial progress in the uranium enrichment program. >> tehran has vowed to continue to develop the program and says it will reopen negotiations with world powers only if all u.n. sanctions are lifted before hand. >> it is the second iaea visit in a month. the u.n.'s agency has not given details of the talks. iran said the meetings were aimed at achieving a diplomatic solution to the nuclear question. tensions over iran's nuclear program are rising. the european union is tightening sanctions, a ban on the import of iranian oil goes into effect on july 1. tehran has already retaliated and has stopped selling crude to french and british companies. on monday, the iranian foreign minister appealed to the eu to work to imp

his political ally, chancellor angela merkel said she regretted his resignation. >> happier days, presidentolf is germany's head of state, the symbol of the nation. chancellor merkel is the political power and he represents the country itself. but he is very much her man. she fought for him to get the job. two years later, it is a job he has given up amid scandal allegations. >> the development of the past few days and weeks have shown the people mistrust, and thus, my effectiveness is seriously damaged. by resigning today from the presidency in order to swiftly free the way for my successor. >> the allegations against him are that he was not open when questioned about holidays with a business friend and home loans and favorable terms. but he also made a phone call to the country's biggest newspaper. only a week ago, though country's biggest cars right the berlin film festival, but it has been an uphill battle to stay in office as the country's media has turned against him. it is ancellor merkel orda uphill battle i she now tries to find a replacement amid the greek crisis. >> i have accept

the other woman angela merkel the leader in germany and she is collecting money for the i.m.f. for europe and china as we speak but there's this article talking about the female titans that they are but but saying are they is this the battle of the female titans you know or is there tension and the article cites you know lugard criticizing germany for rely too much on exports and then talk about how. fire back kind of a response to that at her speech at the world economic forum so i don't know do you guys buy this well this is the reemergence of the franco german rivalry right we've seen that that was the time of bismarck we saw it again in world war one and world war two and france is still reeling from a defeat so i think merkel. being chancellor she was in the limelight now christine lagarde as you said she was majestic and. very tall very elegant woman. i think it's clearly a level of competition i don't blame. ok you know no i am sorry this is b. ok it is that they're citing a merkel firing back against what glo guard said about germany everyone is. criticizing germany rig

chancellor angela merkel asked for forgiveness from the families of victims and warned of the dangers of turning a blind eye to racist crimes. >> we forget too quickly, much too quickly. we suppress what is happening in our midst. perhaps because we are preoccupied with other things or because we feel helpless toward all that is going on around us. or do we just not care? >> it was an emotional speech and one full of warnings, especially of the effects of indifference, which has this project which has the potential to destroy democracy. berlin's concert house was transformed into a place of contemplation and remembrancer. ♪ >> one speaker was not originally slated to speak, but he decided to say a few words about the loss of his son. >> my son died in my arms on april 6, 2006. in the internet cafe he was shot, shot in the head. >> he expressed no bitterness at the series of blunders made by germany's's law enforcement agencies. instead, he told of his belief in the judicial system and banked the nation for its support. -- and thanked the nation for its support. >> it offers of money o

. >>> germany's angela merkel is in china. she is trying to reassure the trading partner of the economic health. we have ai from the business team. merkel met with the leaders. how were the discussions? >> i can tell thank you wen jiabao chose his words carefully. he said the country may offer more assistance to europe to help resolve its debt problems. wen jiabao met angela merkel in beijing on thursday to discuss the financial crisis and other issues. at a joint news conference, wen said finding a solution is urgent and important. he said china supports efforts to stabilize the euro. however, he stopped short of making any explicit financial commitments. >>> in the u.s., the federal reserve chairman ben bernancke said that cutting the country's huge deficit is top priority. the fiscal deficit is expected to exceed $1 trillion. that is for the fourth year in a row. >> even the prospects has an increase of a sudden fiscal crisis. >> speaking before the house of representatives budget committee on thursday, bernancke indicated

recent event in germany a waiter named martin was all set to serve some beer to chancellor of angela merkelleagues ... the whole thing was caught on amateur video martin the waiter was so nervous that he dropped the entire tray of beer 5 glacis spilled onto chancellor brought angela merkel back the waiter let out a colorful four-letter word he was absolutely terrified the chancellor was wed to but she was not mad martin the waiter told a german newspaper that angela merkel turned around and grinned at him a short t it's time to get going. to have the energy to turn a "to do" list into a memory. to put more giddy-up in our get-along. to keep stepping up even in overtime. it's time to start gellin' with dr. scholl's... ... and mix a little more hop in our hip hop. thanks to the energizing support and cushioning of dr. scholl's massaging gel insoles, your feet will feel so good... ... you'll want to get up and go. chicago with today's business headlines ... stocks are still at a four year high of riding on the consumer confidence numbers better than expected thanks to a drop in layoffs but the

you snow the german chancellor, angela merkel. you know about her. angela merkel.s at a thing and a waiter dmped a tray of beer on angela merkel. >> what's worse, angela merkel? a, a waiter spilling five beers all over your shoulders? or b, george w. bush giving you an unsolicited shoulder rub. if you guessed b, you are correct? see you next week on what's worse, angela merkel? >> angela merkel. >> oh, my. >> there's a disabled italian cruise liner still a day away from safety in pirate infested waters. helicopters are dropping food to more than 1,000 passengers and crew on the costa allegra. >> one passenger has a brother who survived the costa concordia disaster. their mother is understandably worried sick. >> it was a nightmare that we didn't have we'd have to relive. especially within six weeks. we've count ourselves as very unfortunate. >> the issue of cruise ship safety has made it to capitol hill this morning where a house committee will hear more from survivors of last month's tragedy. whit johnson is on capitol hill this morning. whit, good morning. >> eri

german chancellor angela merkel is meeting with leaders of parties and coalitions to meet with a list of candidates. it was a somber christian wulff who appeared alongside his wife to address the media at his official residence in berlin. the german president appeared calm as he faced waiting journalists, but there was little doubt about why he had called the southern press conference. >> developments in recent days and weeks have made it clear that people's trust in my ability to reach out have been permanently compromised. for this reason, it is no longer possible to fulfill the duties of president at home and abroad in a way that is required of the office. so i am resigning from the office of president today in order to make way for a successor as soon as possible. >> wulff said he was proud of his achievements as president, and then he spoke of the scandal that had cost him his job. >> i have always behaved correctly in public office. i may have made mistakes, but i always maintained political probity. the media reporting we have experienced over the past two months has pain both

wen jiabao met angela merkel. at a joint news conference, he said finding a solution to the crisis is important. wen added china is considering contribute to go the rescue funds, including the european stability mechanism. however, he stopped short of making any explicit financial commitments. >>> over in the u.s., the federal reserve chairman ben bernanke said cutting the country's huge budget deficit is top priority. the fiscal deficit there is e expected to exceed $1 trillion for the fourth year in a pro. >> the prospect has possibility of a sudden fiscal crisis. >> speaking before the house of representatives budget committee, bernanke indicated it take time for job and housing markets to improve significantly, and the u.s. economy could worsen from spillover effects. he stressed the fed will try to improve the job situation and stabilize prices. he said these would be done by extending the ultra low interest rates to late 2014, and by setting inflation target of 2%. >>> let's check the markets. the dow-jones

it was early in the morning of party members headed to the chancellor's office where angela merkel briefed them on the latest development. cross party support is key to efforts to save greece. bell of payments need approval. chancellor merkel is talking toug she insists greece must make clear concessions. it is a line backed by her party. >> our goal is to help greece, but first, greece has to fulfil its conditions. without tough measures in greece, we cannot pay out the next launch, as the imf has made clear. then the opposition is worried that the eurozone is asking too much of athens. it is warning that cuts could prove too much for the greek economy to bear. >> f the pasyearnd-a-half, we have seen promises of spending cuts and reforms that have not been realized because the economic foundations are crumbling. that is why the demands currently on the table are unrealistic. in greece, the economy is collapsing, tax revenue is sinking, and unemployment rising. >> lawmakers are due to vote on the next three bailout package at the end of the month. >> considering everyone was thinking that

and i think it's wrong. >> do you think angela merkel should take a step back and be less involved? >> well, we are all involved now in europe. there's obviously different mentalities and different ways. i feel the more this is something seen as imposed, the less effective it will be. and in the end, this, of course, is going to be good for greece. but we have to all decide to take on responsibilities. if we decide that the pain is too much, let's say stop and go on our own. >> will the euro zone survive? >> i like to be optimistic. >> but you're not? >> i am. but it's something that i cannot not only in my hands, it's in the collective. if we have the collective will in europe, that's fine. if you ask any of the european leaders right now, they will say we have to keep the euro alive. and we have to strengthen it. and we have to take the necessary measures. >> that's george papandreou, the former greek prime minister. well, papandreou was in israel to speak at the 12th hertz leuen summit. and it is held in israel. that's one of the reasons why he was there for that interview. andre

germany chancellor probably angela merkel but not forget the meeting she had this morning during the in germany angela merkel a waiter on suspected shower of beer 21 year-old server says he was pushed from behind all of the glasses fell off of the trette add-on to angela merkel staff hurried smiled at the waiter took the stage and delivered a speech while drenched in beer. and tonight we're mitt romney. warning labels for widely used cholesterol lowering drugs federal government says the drugs can cause memory loss. and comedian bernie mac and an honor reserved for just a few in our city. tonight's medical watch teenage prints at risk biggest threat for adolescents short-term memory reading and mental compilations impaired after a head blow or profoundly and teenagers fortunate skills developed rapidly making them more fragile to stress and trauma. research and new revelations for doctors who believe children's brains more plastic able to avoid concussions. it proves the need for better head protection for teenagers. cancer patients longer believe it impacted by therapy often preferr

so angela merkel, the chancellor of germany -- >> germany. germany. angela from germany. yeah. >> she was at an ash wednesday dinner. >> oh, i didn't know it was a religious -- >> anyway, before we show the tape, there is a waiter who's got five beers on his tray and he's trying to serve angela merkel her beer, and then something very unfortunate happens. >> okay. here. look again. look how calm she is. here he comes. and down the back. >> oh, my god. >> he claims -- we want to watch closely. he claims someone bumped him. i don't see a bump. >> no, you don't. there's no bump. >> he doesn't seem particularly concerned, either. >> no. barely. >> no. >> look at her. >> you know what she's thinking? blank happens. >> she stood up and gave a toast. this guy -- >> with what? it was all over her head and her back. >> this guy claims there was another waitress that was supposed to serve angela merkel but she got nervous and so he took over. >> that man to the rescue. oh, my gosh. >> terrible. that was awful. >> but you learn -- it's like ryan seacrest when all that happened with the di

the prime minister made the offer to angela merkel during a visit to beijing by the german chancellor. angela merkel called on china to use its influence to call on tehran to abandon their nuclear ambitions. is drug addiction hereditary? medical experts are one step closer to answering one of the most difficult questions in addiction treatment. the answer it seems is yes. by comparing attics to their non addictive siblings, british siblings have uncovered evidence suggesting that drug addiction does in fact run in families. we were given access to the research and we have the details. >> this is one of the great scourges of the modern world, addiction to drugs. what determines who gets hoo ked? there was is that it that focused on addicts and their siblings. these siblings described how one stayed clean and the other did not. >> i was 19. the people i was hanging around with, the influences. i did not get into the crack until i was 30. >> i think i already knew early on in my life that there were certain things i wanted to achieve. >> the study involves scanning 50 addicts and their s

angela merkel gets some strong hints that beijing will back the currency. and a sentence of life in prison for khmer rouge's lead torturer and henchman. we start in cairo where a second day of clashes between protesters and police has left three people dead and hundreds injured. there are reports that a government tax building is on fire as demonstrators across the nation call for military rulers to step down immediately. some of the protesters in the capital, cairo, our soccer fans who blame each of its government for failing to prevent a riot that killed at least 70 people after a game in port said on thursday. a mystery is and police have been fighting since there's a. police have been fighting with tear gas to keep protesters away from government offices. for the latest, let's go live to our cairo correspondent. what is happening right now in cairo? and do you expect this unrest to continue? >> it is still basically ongoing street battles. the ministry is blocked first, by the police, and then as you come closer, by the military itself. these street pro

talks with angela merkel in berlin. >> a big eu-china summit in beijing. lifetime achievement award at the berlin film festival. ♪ >> what can the world to to end the violence in syria? the latest plan from the arab league calls for a joint peacekeeping mission with the u.n. >> but the chances of that being a reality look slim. u.s. officials said it will consider the idea, but they doubt it would get through the u.n. security council. >> that is the problem, according to the u.n. human rights chief. she says the council's failure to take any action against syria is giving it time to attack its own people. >> the assad regime pressing ahead with its bombardment of the rebel stronghold of homs. footage making it onto the internet. the head of the year of league has been in berlin for talks with angela merkel on the way ahead. general secretary of the arab league are in broad agreement about the way ahead on syria. the league is adopting a tough stance against the assad regime and has proposed sending a peacekeeping mission, including u.n. troops come to syr

that is german chancellor angela merkel.e was bending over to serve his nation's leader, accidentally tilted his tray, said he was nudged from behind. five full beers straight down merkel's back. he was filling in for a waitress who became too nervous to serve merkel. he jump fld to help, says he got bumped from behind. and dropped that full tray right down her back. he said he screamed right within ear shot of angela merkel the s word when it happened. she didn't look too pleased. coming up at the top of the hour on morning joe, we got complete political coverage from michigan and arizona. also when we come back here, why are you awake. ♪ there's another way to minimize litter box odor: purina tidy cats. tidy cats premium line of litters now works harder to help neutralize odors in multiple-cat homes. and our improved formula also helps eliminate dust. so it's easier than ever to keep your house smelling just the way you want it. purina tidy cats. keep your home smelling like home. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. f

angela merkel has warned that unless athens does more to rein in its debt, there will be no additionallouts. it appears that hard line has already had an effect. >> the coalition government of greece has agreed to cut 15,000 more public-sector positions. the announcement came after merkel was in paris for talks with nicolas sarkozy. the two leaders have been working closely for months to prevent a greek the fault. >> a guard of honor for a special guest at the palace. this year's franco-german cabinet meeting has been overshadowed by the euro debt crisis. aside from dealing with a single currency troubles, president sarkozy is hoping that chancellor merkel's visit will give his reelection campaign a boost. both leaders are to be interviewed later on monday on television. with just three months to go before voters make their choices, 's has been criticized for using the crisis for political gain. both leaders were quick to play down the criticism. >> i believe we are working very closely together as governments. it is quite normal in europe and for parties that belong to the same politi

want to throw over for a moment to berlin again, because angela merkel may not be in the picture yet, but she will soon. she's going to make a statement of her own about the offer of resignation of christian wulff, the german president, should be heading for rome for a meeting with mario monti, the prime minister there. but clearly matters at home are going to dominate certainly her day. so as soon as she comes to the podium, we will join her and hear what she has to say. britian has not developed a nuclear power really for a generation. france hasn't stopped. the two country's leaders are meeting to signing a deal. in the last half-hour, britain's prime minister, david cameron, arrived at the palace in paris for talks with president sarkozy. these pictures from just about 20 minutes ago. mr. cameron says the arrangement with france could eventually be worth up to $90 billion, creating something like 30,000 jobs. well, the agreement may also go some way to improving recent strained relations between the two countries. you'd hardly know it from that picture, the picture of smiles, but

. >> but there could be some problems, because in this vote yesterday, angela merkel suffered rebellionm within her side. the popular press is against rescuing greece the second time around. is germany turning against the idea of continually bailing agrees? >> you have to make a distinction. there is a certain popular sentiment which was also quite strongly supported by the tabloid press in germany, which is against keeping greece in a the eurozone. it feels that greece should actually get out of the eurozone. i suppose the parallel would be a certain popular sentiment in greece, which is very anti- german. but the main political party, all of them in germany, main political parties, omelet -- all believe there's no reason alternative. even if there was an election tomorrow, the alternative for the voter who is not satisfied with the idea of angela merkel's policies of transferring money to greece would not have an alternate. >> thank you very much for that. >> the european central bank has temporarily stopped accepting greek government bonds as collateral. the bank says its decision wa

. >>> coming up on c-span 3, angela merkel talks about the future of europe. the senate budget committees looks into the eurozone crisis. and later, airport security. on tomorrow worn -- morning's, "washington journal" a discussion on cyber security and a talk with senator barrasso of wyoming. he is trying to work out an agreement on extending the payroll tax cuts for the rest of the year. and a look at how the federal government measures price increases and how inflation affects entitlement programs such as social security. our guests are michael horigan. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >>> just so i'll remember, here is that wonderful moment when senator lott revealed his nostalgia for the state's right segregationist south. take a look. >> when strom thurmond ran for president we voted for him. we were proud of him. >> talking points memo fpt com josh marshall on the internet and the website's emergence into the breaking news business. >> the media is such a different system than it was years ago. i think things like that happen all the t

german chancellor angela merkel has called on china the biggest buyer of oil to use its influence to persuade iran to renounce its possible nuclear weapons ambitions merkel is on her a fifth visit to china where she's trying to change beijing stance on iran and get it to support a western resolution on syria also on the agenda seeking support for the eurozone merkel's to hold talks with chinese leaders to try to win vestment in the ailing euro professor simon shan of the chinese university of hong kong believes that china needs an ally to counter the u.s. dominance. are there actually there are a few reasons of truth to be sure and. trusses but that's not the only reason you is cooperating with the states to sentient. it is the lives of the german chancellor that wish to show the chinese the. north makes use of this should it be to increase the oil imports from some of the us to say going to gender but then the only. germany has to convince china she should not. in a change of germans or an order china's need some. support. in china. and so command of china by the united states right