. >> the smiles didn't disguise the tension between president sarkozy and chancellor angelo merkle. they wanted to shoulder some of the burden of a second greek bailout. the french disagreed. today angelo merkle backed down. >> our economic strength depends on a strong euro and because of thisly do everything to ensure the euro'ses stability. >> greece's debt mount stands at $298 billion pounds. just a year ago greece was loaned $95 billion in a bailout. it didn't do the trick and a seconds bailout of $106 billion pounds is being considered. >> europe has to make up its minds where they're going have the will and the financial resources to address this finally and definitively or whether it faces a kind of chaos. >> the next big test will come early next week with a confidence vote in the prime minister's leadership. >> it's been announced that the u.s. congresswoman gabriel giffords will visit tucson for the first time since she was shot there in january. she was released five months after a gunman opened fired at one of her campaign events. six people were killed in the shooting.