>> stefanos: athens. >> anthony: athens?anthony: oh, thank you. this village, what do people here do for a living? farm? tourism? both? >> lambros: yeah, i guess a combination. >> anthony: i noticed a lot of churches, little chapels. >> lambros: there are shit loads, and it's basically the continuation of the original temples, be they apollo or zeus or athena or something. >> anthony: they switched over? >> lambros: they switched over to churches. >> anthony: hey, you guys thought pagan idolatry was fun? check this out. it's much more fun and we'll slide right in there and you won't even notice. >> lambros: seamlessly. yes. [ male villager speaking greek ] >> anthony: important island in mythology though. >> lambros: extremely. >> stefanos: it is the old dionysus island. yes, it is. >> anthony: god of wine, women in song, basically. >> lambros: and madness. >> anthony: and madness. one of the things i like about greek mythology is that the gods were all deeply flawed. i mean, they had some serious problems. they were always,

in athens this weekend over pension reforms for greece.s as the imf and euro area finance ministers are donating possible debt relief measures. let's get straight to athens and speak to vassilis karamanis. just explain the significance of today's meeting. >> hi, mark. first is we're going to determine whether there is any progress to get greek debt relief. the finance minister will try to assess whether his european peers are meaningfully looking to offer some debt repro filing on greece. the second issue is whether greece will be asked to legislate a set of contingency measures around 3.5 billion euros on top of the 5.4 billion euros that are already passed through legislation in the greek parliament. given that the greek parliament is already crossing many redlines, finance ministers have said that it is almost impossible for the current government to legislate this safety net of measures. he will try to convince his peers to have the safety to be implemented if the first set of measures is proved ineffective. whether creditors will ask

clinton: athens is such a beautiful place. herethe university reading -- just want toople stay after they graduate. ms. clinton: and it is so beautiful. i love it. >> how do you feel about indiana? having aon: we are great time. i'm excited to be back in ohio. days, i've hadwo some extraordinary conversations, tough and honest. i've met with coal families who want to be thanked as they should be, for the work that they and their grandparents did. steel worker families who don't understand how china gets away with undercutting our jobs and is mrs.. -- and businesses. and i met with rail workers who watched as the decline in class -- decline in real service which cost jobs now and will cut the region off from more jobs later. everyone who took the time to tell me about their lives, both the good and the bad, i am grateful and thank you. i will not forget your generosity. thanks to you, i learned a lot, which is what i came here to do. we started in ashland, for -- ashland, kentucky where i met with steel workers the factory they

. ♪ we will take for -- take you from new york to london, athens and in the next hour, he result we areatching. greece returns to center stage with new bailout talks. made enoughinister austerity commitments to gain the trust of finance ministers after six years of initial turmoil? the ceo on the brexit vote and what it could mean for the u.k. mark: a closer look at saudi arabia's new oil chief and why he is expected to keep production levels near record highs and what it could mean for the saudi economy. betty: we are now 90 minutes into the trading session of the u.s.. we want to head to the markets with julie hyman. deteriorated have since we talked an hour ago. there were little changed in the dow has even turned negative by a little bit, down about 30 points. caterpillar is leading declines and the s&p not doing much of anything, only up a point. the nasdaq has pared gains to a third of 1%. accelerateds have as the group now down to percent, now weighing more. even as health does maintain some of its gains. one of the interesting charts we have been watching has to do with the yiel

breakthrough in brussels follows new budget cuts and tax rises in athens over the weekend. a move by eurozone finance ministers for an agreement in principle on the increase of debt over the long-term is short on details, which will need to be worked out between eurozone governments. one vital aspect is long-term relief for greece. in the bundestag, it is t the late -- it is delayed until after germany's general election. markus: let's look at other business headlines this wednesday. netflix and other video streaming services face a call on a fifth of their content from europe. that proposal has been introduced by the european commission. -- a part of apprenti plan to create a single digital market in the european union. some critics say that cultural quotas are outdated. the boss of british retailer martin spencer has warned that conditions remain challenging for the company in the year ahead. pretax profits fell by over 18% in the past year. the new chief executive has promised to overhaul m&s' clothing lines, among the worst performing part of the business in recent year

defense attache in athens provided an aircraft in support of search operations. aircraft launched on its search mission earlier today and is still on station helping with the search at this time. >> senior foreign affairs correspondent live for us in paris. greg, what is the situation there? you are at the airport. >> reporter: exactly, gretchen. it was just about this time last night that the passengers and the crew of that doomed egypt air flight 804 were showing up here. this is terminal one, charles de gaulle airport. since that time after the disaster unfolded, a center's been set up not far from here for the families of the victims, and some of them actually took another egyptair flight today to go to cairo to be closer to the action. they are still looking for answers. they got some answers from french president hollande today. he confirmed the crash but also confirmed his country's commitment to find out what happened. take a listen. >> translator: when we have the truth, we need to draw all the conclusions, whether it was an accident or another hiypothes

athens is serious about reforms even if there is work to be done in the deal could be on the agenda. >> the greek government has done a lot of work. pushing forward reforms and difficult measures. reporter: that could see greece seeing the next part of its bailout. some were worried they might face another long brussels night. >> many things remain open and unresolved. reporter: it all hinges on whether or not europe is able to make any concessions to greece on debt relief. one of the country's main creditors says europe has to and wants its partners to move fast. germany would rather delay a decision. finance minister says there is no pressure. >> there is no conflict with the imf. we're trying to find the right way to perform in the short term and in the mid-term. reporter: the euro group has to avoid using -- losing support. it would provoke a crisis europe could ill afford. >> if there are discussions between the institutions and international law -- international monetary fund, then we will try to mediate. reporter: but brussels would have to work in overdrive to sort out proble

immediate indication of whether terrorism was involved in this plane's ts is the bureau chief from athenseece. what do you know in terms of details? >> well, the greek military has been involved for the start. the plane seems to have disappeared from the radar as soon as it exited the greek civil saviation -- aviation air traffic area and entered the egyptian one, so it was quite close to greek areas. 20 minutes after it vanished from the radar, greek military transport plane was scrambled to the area to start the search. there's also a second plane that's joined it. there are two helicopters on stand by on a nearby island in case they're called on for a rescue and recovery operation. and there's a frigate on its way, should be arriving about now. >> alina, so there was communication with the greek aviation officials there, it was exiting the air space. did they ever make contact -- 804 ever make contact with egyptian air authorities? >> as far as the information from the greek civil aviation, it appears not to have done. the director of the greek civil aviation authority said that they w

so was studying german as an undergraduate i was interested in world war ii my father was born in athens in the thirties and i grew up with stories so world war two seemed to be a central event in and and they just keep up with this idea of the art collections of the the nazi leaders and i was surprised of that they devoted so which time to art and cultural matters. the professor said you could write a doctoral dissertation of collecting and when a professor says that you take notice. i thought about it and realized i was tremendously interested in with of philosophical questions and with the nexus of barbarism in and culture had also practical issues. there was no scholarly or academic treatment. so my work has evolved since then. >> host: it is pretty well known in regulation of the art trade then the cells but this second book is the hands-on how we experts it leaves you gsa head and but she became my hands on perpetrators of the artist under hitler completes the trilogy the first is a cultural history and this is supposed to be the representative of official culture him of course, i

the moment,ter perhaps a bit of resolution, a deal struck between athens and brussels. having a look at that and some other stories. euro area finance ministers will release aid to greece in june and september. they have been working on a compromise, which has had a hard line on greek debt relief. are focusing on a roadmap for possible future debt relief agrees. the agreement is above all a show of confidence in greece today. hp enterprises taking steps to narrow its focus, merging its technology services division with computer sciences and a stock for stock exchange with an expected value of $8.5 billion. add hp's existing consumers to its own. hp enterprise was to concentrate on selling hardware and software to large businesses. they got rid of the personal computer and printer business last year. shares jumped in after hours trading. samsung, samsung infringing on as many as 11 patents related to 4g mobile devices. .t wants cash compensation offered to charge a fair and reasonable rate for use of networking technology, but samsung refuses to pay. s receivedha e-mail

way to athens.mf had to back down a little bit in terms of the timing of any debt restructuring for the greek economy. the imf said they wanted to see an agreement that they had to agree to put that at the end of the bailout program. european politics getting in the way. see you -- this is six years, he was trying to increase capital. -- the stock has under performed. and the stock itself down 76%. a couple of things on the reader here in europe. there is still that moment of confidence or delusion, what do you think? anna: buyers are saying that they are confident that they will overcome all the hurdles that monsanto season the way, regulation and financing risks. the other hurdle is the price. this would have created the number one seed and crop chemicals company. monsanto has left the door open and they have had their own challenges so they still -- they see some value area they look forward to further toxin people suggesting that will set the stage. we will see if we get one. but the questions r

we are now joined from athens. we are back here again.xplained the significant, the nitty gritty, of today's meeting. >> fit is significant because he will have an idea of what is the development of the issues that are currently under negotiation. the first is the issue of greek debt relief. issue, and i think this is more significant, is whether the greek government will have to legislate not only the first set of 5.4 billion to received in order national aid, but also if the greek creditors will ask the greek government to legislate another set of contingent measures of around 3.5 million euros. the greek government has said it is not willing to pass it through legislation. a good have another safety pillow that will enforce, whether the first set fails to deliver. the government has already crossed red lights through court legislation. -- through current legislation. they will not pass through the second set of contingency measures through the greek parliament. guy: it is guy. if this is a problem and this kind of next step does not ge

we are now joined from athens. vote be enough to unlock the next funds that greece desperately wants? reporter: good morning, anna. all the implications are that it will be. this is the second bailout vote in a couple weeks. the review started in october and was supposed to finish last year. now, that is done. the euro will meet on tuesday to sign off. all suggestions are that yes, it will unlock the bailout loans. anna: will we see debt relief? reporter: we will see a start to the conversation on the debt, or this point, we have to see a resolution between the euro area and the imf. too gi gap is still way big. the best we can help or is some kind of ray mark for what that -- some kind of framework as to what that will look like and how talks will advance. for: marcus, thanks joining us from athens. manus: austria's political divisions have been laid bare. the parties were tied in the run-up yesterday. the outcome will be decided about the kind of absentee ballots today. that is after the freedom party candidate f

athens, theyngs in would later take part in the paris attacks last november and also planning others in brussels. airport, itbrussels would be march of 2016, 18 months after that case. >> killed in a police raid after the attacks. eckstein of their accomplices stand trial. it is expected to last three weeks. >> the vice president has resigned after being accused of sexual harassment by female colleagues. seat as an empty parliament. ask the vice president has been accused by eight women of harassment and sexual aggression. his actions include explicit text messages, fondling, and blackmail. one of the women coming forward, she's a spokesperson who says she was a victim in 2011. >> i was in a meeting and needed a break so i went to the restroom. they put me up against a wall and tried to forcefully kiss me. i spoke to managers. one started off by saying you can't be serious, he's done it again. the other shrugged it off. revelationg monday's , he is contesting all claims against him. belle: announcing he will be stepping down after failing to have a six-year ban on football overturned

speak toarriving as we give the green light to reforms that is been put in place by athens.s review has been delayed since october. it will be a crucial meeting because it is on the agenda for the first time ever. withdraw.reatens to the differences between the creditors are increasingly becoming apparent. 2.5 billion euros in july. asia as mixed close in n weakened.experts dropping nearly 2%. european markets are firmly in the green. dax up. oil prices up about 2% this session after wildfires in canada. is planning to -- a 5% sale would be worth ion, which would be the biggest ipo in history. they are replacing their long serving oil minister. that is part of a broad government overhaul, hoping to reduce dependent on oil. >> a transformation is going to occur. i think that gives a glimpse of to coordinate the energy policy between the electricity sector and the oil- producing sector. >> there has been a drop in global oil prices. incking is banned france.there is concern about environmental activists. our home and our meals, gas. lead,ing portugal's france is receiving impo

back in november, 1985, gunmen hijack the an egypthai flight bound for athens and diverted the jet to malta. dozens of passengers were killed after egyptian troops raided plane. >> then in october 1999, after a stopover in new york, egyptair flight 990 crashed into the atlantic ocean killing all 217 people onboard. investigators later concluded the co-pilot deliberately caused that crash. >> and then more recently a metrojlightas downed in egypt's sinai peninsula, killing all 224 people on board. isis claimed responsibility for that, saying it smuggled a bomb on board the russian plane. while this was not an asked hi safety record of egypt air. >> reporter: that suggests systemic unsafety that i can see at this early point. one thing i'm slightly not concerned about but i think it's too soon to say, egyptair has already come out and said there was nothing on the manifest in terms of the cargo. there was nothing warning the pilot. if there is something like a large number of lithium batteries or some form of cargo that could either be perishable or dangerous or risky, then there's a no

at 2:48 a.m., this is athens time, it was transferred.he pilots and the pilots were described at that time as being cheerful and thanking the greek air traffic controllers. half an hour to 40 minutes later they tried to check back in with them and transfer them from greek ir space to egyptian air space and they could not be reached. that's when the air traffic controllers realized something terrible was happening and began their distress emergency operations. mary, what else have you picked up on about the mystery of this flight? >> well, i think one thing to point out is the fact that when they were cheerful and their last communication was normal, no problems noted, nothing to cause alarm, and then 30 or so minutes passed, in those 30 minutes it could have been completely a normal flight. they don't have an obligation to continue to talk. now, they did have the obligation to report in and exit the greek air space and report in to enter the egyptian air space, so whatever happened may not have taken more than a few minutes. it could have

we're in paris, athens, and cairo. plus, catherine herridge is here with the intel angle. and forensic pathologist dr. michael baden is here as the search turns up body parts. those body parts could contain important clues. fox and foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is live in paris. greg? >> greta, in the past couple of hours, we have gotten important new information about the harrowing last minutes of egyptair flight 804. according to aviation website, backed up by our own aviation expert, smoke alarms went off in the forward bathroom and the avionics compartment of the plane just before the crash. this, according to a satellite monitoring system. our source says that this affected the computers and the controls on the plane and that could have led to these spiral death dive of the aircraft. possible sign of a critical ma'am function or simply a plane system recoiling from a terror attack. this as the air and sea for debris from the plane continues in the mediterranean where it went down. plane parts, personal belongings and even human remains were found some 200

athens trying to talk to the pilots. ing in. >> right.ow, everyone's kind of looking at the tea leaves. we're dealing with circumstantial evidence. the fact that there was not a radio call, the fact that the track was so abrupt and so sudden and we're trying to figure out theories and apparently the u.s. and egypt have seized on this terrorist theory. i think probably too soon to -- >> you do think? >> to throw that in. i forget who said it. you ve to keep everything on the table. you got to look at the pilots, lock at the possibility of terrorism. you got the look at the airplane. all of that has to be considered. >> mike baker, though, on the terror angle. hearing that the u.s. is saying it's likely. is it possible that the u.s. has a technology that we don't know about for them to jump out and say, likely terrorism? likely a bomb? >> well, saying likely and anonymous people saying, you know, and then caveating. right? so the unsatisfying truth with all the incidents is to let the information play out. we have a desire to get immediate

we have some technical challenges lost in translation between new york, brussels, and athens.ersity. it is a problem that will not go away. why cannot -- why can't we get this solved? richard: you have a structural problem in europe. greece is one of the manifestations of it. to set the precedent of massive , it relief, the question is forces the eu to confront the structural problem it has on the gap between fiscal and monetary policy. tom: it is such an artificial construct. what is your best outcome for greece? richard: you keep kicking the can down the road, you get economic reform, and you avoid a massive crisis. the last thing europe needs is another crisis. tom: it is a pain-free crisis of 2016. 2017 -- i think that is the 10th anniversary of the crisis. richard haass is going to stay with us. we have interesting conversation coming up. bloomberg radio -- he has been controversial. lakota -- karcher now rihanna coach lakota on where are the dots. we will do that later this morning on bloomberg radio. "bloomberg surveillance." ♪ >> in order to get around that issue -- fr

the ten-year greek bond fell and we saw stocks on the athens index rising about 3%. hoping of debt relief. let's switch to oil, shall we. look at crude oil prices there. we saw rally in benchmark rising over 3% while wti rose over 2%. this is concerns continuing over wildfires in oil rich canadian regions and supply concerns. here in japan, volatile commodity markets have dented earnings from major trading houses. you also mentioned from the oil suppliers. that's a big focus here and how the yen plays into a lot of those as well as commodity prices. let's have a quick look before i go. the indexes that are open across asia. seoul's kospi is trading down. china markets open in an hour and a half. i'll have more then. for now, back to you. >> sounds good. thanks for that update. we'll check in with him in a few hours time. >>> south koreaens are learning to love green tea again. >> reporter: it's the largest green tea growing area in south korea. about 1,000 tea farms are cramped into this area. he's been doing this for 25 years. he pulls some paids and uses them to fe

. >> here's matt now, dodging explosions in athens, greece. >> action. >> we saw in '02, bourne fightingad guys in switzerland. after two decades matt's career is strong as ever and why he's one of our summer favorites. >> i don't mind being followed around by jason bourne. >> i have for more candidates for hottest stars of the summer. these lady, melissa, kristen, leslie and kate, the "ghostbusters." you're not going to see them in bikinis but how can you beat the jump suits. i was like a kid in a candy store when i dropped by the set. >> action. ♪ something strange in the neighborhood ♪ >> you're like kicking people's butts. what's the physicality like? >> pretty intense. >> nice and sweaty. >> yeah. >> right in here. >> nice. >> i was actually a size 16 when i got here. i'm a size 9 now ♪ who are you going to call >> any fashions on the outfits? >> i will take a jump suit any way i can get it. >> cinched at the waist and comfortable enough do this, yes. >> the only thing different about this from my daily wardrobe there's no cat hair on it. >> action. >> this is the vehicle that the l

she is on the phone with us from athens. linda, what can you tell us about what resources greece is providing right now? >> well, greece is assisting in the search and rescue operations. we know that the plane's last location was over the mediterranean sea. we are not clear obviously what the final location was. we know that the plane did go over greek airspace and that the greek air traffic controllers, at least until now, had never reported any problems while the plane was in greek airspace. so greece is taking part in the search and rescue operations along with egypt. they're working very closely together, the greek authorities have said. greek has sent c-130 military aircraft scanning the area, and it also september nt an early w aircraft as well. greek authorities are putting helicopters on stand by on a southern island which is reasonably closely located to egypt, closer to where we think the plane may have crossed over. it's sent there for potential rescue or recovery operations, and we know that greece has a frigate

temperatures are going to be extremely high across athens. the high could be 32 degrees, and also sunny weather, and across the north, moscow at 25 degrees, and quite warm for this time of year. in stockholm, 21 degrees for the high with abundance of sunshine for your monday. across asia to hubei province you'll see heavy rainfall into yoyour tuesday, and there's a l pressure system enhancing the monsoon over thailand so totorrential rain isxpecected especially during the daytime hours. mostly dry across japan but gloomy weather across tokyo. that should be moving away as we go in to tomorrow and temperatures are going to be 26 degrees on tuesday. meanwhile seoul will see a high of 30 degrees on both wednesday as well as thursday. so watch out for heatstroke. all right here's the extended forecast. >>> people in thailand are mourning the death of an animal that symbolized their country's friendship with japan. hanako the elephant arrived in japan 67 years ago and died thursday in a tokyo zoo. about 40 people attended a ceremony for hanako at

greece to release 10 billion euros of aid and to reception -- restructure athens debt. the can being kicked down the road once again. goodbye is on a. the unicredit ceo agrees to go. can the bank avoid a capital raising. bayer's choice. bed.nto rejects the -- rejects the bid. where less than a half hour wait from the european equity market -- we are less than a half-hour away from the european equity market open. your stocks up. we are pulled up another percent this morning. equities overnight in asia doing very well. i was looking at the hang seng index in hong kong. it was up by 2.5 standard deviations above the mean. doing incredibly well. the dollar showing a little bit of weakness. the oil showing gain. that should give some more boost to today's market. let's get to first word news amin.aslinda haslinda: -- italy's biggest bank. that is after assets to improve capital lost the support of investors. he will depart once a successor has been named. he and the board agrees there was a need for a management change. bayer says it is still optimistic that its pursuit of

mike emanuel live, athens, ohio this afternoon.on folks took her words out of context, that's what the clinton folks are saying. >> reporter: well, shep, yeah. they're say it was out of context. she has also said it was a misstatement, but hillary clinton is saying she felt it was very important to come here to appalachia to visit with folks hard-hit here in coal country. >> i came here knowing that there was a great deal of incredible sense of disappointment, feeling disregarded and left behind, but i want to be a president for all of america. i'm not writing off any part of america, any people in our country, and that includes here in west virginia in coal country. s saying that workers in appalachia have no question made the country more prosperous and secure. so she wants to fight for them as well, while she is for a green energy future, she also believes there should be a place for those working in the traditional energy sector. >> how are they playing indiana? what's the expectations game sounding like? >> well, it's fascinat

. >>> police in grease clashed with protesters today -- greece, clashed with protesters outside athens for lawmakers voting on new off the airity measures -- au sterrett y measures. later on, things turned violent when some protesters through molotov cocktails at police. greece is required to make cuts for part of an $86 billion bail out package for other countries in the eur ozone. >>> in afghanistan, more than 70 people were crashed in a highly fuel tanker in ganzi providence. the tanker and two burst into flames and many suffered serious burns. 125 people were on the two buses. some news reports say afghanistan's ongoing unrest may have contributed to the deadly crash because many drive recklessly. >>> archaeologists are putting forth some exciting new theory about secret burial chambers, possibly behind the wall of king t ut's tomb. they argued about whether to excavate the boy fair row's tomb -- pharrow's tomb ex-tepsive radar suggest there are walls among the tomb, and think an egyptian queen could be behind those walls. >> i was looking for the evidence that would tell me my ini

athens is at 56 degrees as well as monteiro. there's the westerly wind with praises to 32. -- breezes to 32. 52 in ukiah. the key is this little right here. infotrac right over northern california. by saturday. and then start to move out a little bit by sunday. cooler inland forecast today and that trend continues writing to saturday. warmer early next week, but before we get there, looks like drizzle and light rain. not too bad for may. local juices you -- drizzle more likely tonight. 60s around the bay and now low to mid-70s inland, not the mid- 80s some had over the last couple of days. sunny, cloudy, possibility of drizzles -- saturday. >>> ozzy and sharon osbourne appeared together in california for the first time last night since allegations of his alleged affair -- affairs became public. will it was at the middle fest headed by metal band slipknot for a two night event. the concert announcement comes the same week as the couple announced their split after nearly 34 years of marriage prompted by the revelations of ozzy's a

he was thinking back to ancient athens which was pure democracy.e was trying to figure out how to create a free republic. the careful, it does not just mean democracy all of the time. gete vote on everything, we what is happening in some of these cases and the majority will oppress the minority. it is a mixture. that is why they created the republic. there is an internal dance between majoritarianism and a more balanced regime between democracy with checks and balances and a separate judiciary and free press so everyone can be free including free from each other and majorities. melinda: would you subscribe to he same view? how can someone in pakistan who wants to bring the minority perspective into the open -- how can they do it? ms. jamal: recently, it is going to be made impossible because they are trying to pass ace diver crime bill which has been passed by the lower house of the parliament. due to that law, it ensures that anything against the government, the army, the religion, or a political personality, they will be imprisoned or find up to

and the best musicians are up there in the mountains of greece, and they'll fly into athens for thattival. the issue of money isn't important-- that he's there. [music continues] you know, most places, when you want to get excited, you go faster, but somehow with the epirots, they go slower when they want to show how intense they are and expressions of agony and pain and ecstasy-- slow-moving, exotic things... it's crazy. and they dance, and they kind of outdo each other. and they lead each other around doing these slow, slow, slow things. it's very elegant. well, by the time you get involved in that, everybody's sweating and pouring on the energy and slowing down. they're no longer where they were when they came into the room. it's a different place, and i think it's magic. ♪ on my way. (narrator) the power of music itself can be the force that draws people together. ♪ i would like to reach out my hand. ♪ at rock and roll concerts world-wide, musical performance often facilitates the creation of community. large concerts such as those by the pittsburgh-based band rusted root are hig

i have tracked the athens stock exchange against the stoxx 600, because the athens stock exchange tumbledthan 20 23%. by february it had dropped 30% year to date, the world's biggest loser. now it is the winner, staging the best rally of 93 markets tracked by bloomberg, almost erasing all of its annual losses. while the stoxx 600 remains down 8.1%. is theis is about prospect of the first ever plans for debt relief after these talks that happened earlier this week. guy: it's amazing. as you say, this depends on where you start. nejra: absolutely. and people are divided on whether the rally is losing steam. jpmorgan says an agreement is likely, that the economic reality will curb the exuberance. on the other hand, morgan stanley is recommending shares of lenders. people are divided on where this rally will go. guy: thank you very much. rousseff's the dilma last day on the job? well could force her from office, next. ♪ [ soft music ] e.t. phone home. when you find something you love, you can never get enough of it. change the way you experience tv with xfinity x1. guy: half an hour into the

let's go to our athens bureau chief.es this mean what are the chances that the ecb could ever end up buying greek debt? os: greek banks hope that they will stop being hostile to political uncertainty for the first time in six years. the money which will be dispersed next month will keep greece afloat through october, so hopefully we will see none of the drama we saw last summer when the country missed the bailout loan repayments and banks remained closed for almost a month. more importantly, the agreement will allow greek banks to regain access to the ecb normal financing lines -- cheap financing lines -- as early as next week after 15 months on total reliance on super y liquidity. good news at last for greek banks and bankers are saying for the first time after many years they may finish this year for positive online results. wolfgang schaeuble is very happy that they have kept the imf broadly in the mix, but that you are reporting is about to get some reservations about the deal. i guess they are probably looking for s

at 2:27, less than an hour later, athens controllers try to contact flight 804. but despite repeated calls, radio silence from the cockpit. at 2:29 a.m., while cruising at 37,000 feet, radar indicates the plane began a series of wild maneuvers. first swerving 90 degrees left. then a full circle. 360 degrees to the right. all the while, plunging from 37,000 to 10,000. the plane disappears from radar. >> translator: after the plane was lost, there were trials to get in contact with the plane again. but they failed. >> reporter: the aircraft passed through airports in tunisia and air treea the day before. then swept through paris prior to takeoff. the passenger manifest, erin, we i understand, were cross-checked with any sort of other terrorist lists that may be out there. both before the passengers had boarded the flight, we understand, as well as after the flight went missing. the names of the crew and the three security officers on board were also cross-checked. this is part of a routine undertaking that egyptair and many other airlines now have in place, because

eastern, hillary clinton speaks at an event in athens, ohio. a discussion on political developments in north korea. minutes, in 45 national journal political editor discusses the primary and what is ahead for 2016. and that a: 30 a.m., j core ic, whoounder of m ♪ttempts host: indiana will be the focus of presidential politics today as donald trump and hillary clinton attempt to increase their lead. for full results of the indiana primary, go to c-span.org. secretary of state john kerry is worshiping -- working with russian counterparts on a cease-fire in the syrian city of aleppo. that city has been the center of violent attacks. the white house was put in the position of defending a comedian who used to the n word in

their boots to kick off big fundraising campaign, the annual fill the boot campaign started today athen gin 53, ladder 57 at fourth and snide nerve south philly more than 2200 members of the firefighters union local 22 will be asking motorists for donations, with boots in hands. the drive benefits the muscular dystrophy association, last year, get this, raised more than $155,000. >>> good for them. >> yes, really amazing thing, nationally. >> that's cool. good stuff. >> talk about cool, the weather? >> finally, yes. >> one happy person here. >> yes, cool as in awesome. because, yes, eventually, it will actually turn cooler in terms of thermometer readings, but for now, i know, i know, but bear with me on this one, today still nice day, even though there are some clouds out there, and we had fog issues on earlier on this morning through the western suburbs, right now we take you out to "skycam 3", and look at wide zoom of center city philadelphia. this scene taken from very own station headquarters, high atop the roof. we are seeing, again, sort of just mixed bag. you have some sun filte

>> this area is around the border, between athens -- >> you say daylight is just breaking now, any sightings of anything? >> not yet. daylight broke an hour ago. they are able to see where. where they lost contact, they will have information in the next hour. >> there was a distress call from the plane, it simply disappeared from radar. and one said, it faded from radar, what can you tell us about that? on the radar. [ inaudible ] >> the captain and the first officer, as you laid out for us, had 6,000 flight hours for the captain. and the co-captain, 4,000. what can you tell us about their history with egyptair? >> the next of kin are informed. we will have an update maybe within an hour. >> before we let you go, could you confirm for us the number of people on board? 66, the breakdown, 53, one child. the crew. five crew and three security. >> to answer quickly, there was an emergency response unit. a number of expecting people to arrive. >> the relatives and the families of the aircraft, passengers. and is that a are taking care of them.em >> captain, we will let you go. if you can bring us

being budget cuts are followed in athens over the weekend. detailnciple is short on and private aspects. the bundestag is delayed until after germany post-general election next year. cyril: let's look at what is happening on the stock markets. a pretty good day for european shares. markets showed gains by lunchtime yesterday. government could be considering selling its stake in the carmaker. more business headlines for you now. shell is slashing another 2200 jobs as it tries to cut costs. the oil giant previously announced 2800 redundancies. citing crude prices and it's 45 billion takeover of bg. toyota and volkswagen have advanced major investment in the ridesharing industry. toyota will be working with uber on a partnership allowing drivers to lease cars from the japanese firm and will cover the payments with airfares. volkswagen is putting $300 guest. into uber's rival conditions will remain challenging in the year ahead. profits fell by over 18% in the past year. has promised to overhaul and & s's clothing lines. finally for business news

we have a reporter in athens. why is putin there and what's on the -- under discussion?> there's a variety of reasons. first, as you mentioned, he is visiting tomorrow to celebrations marking the 1,000 -year presence of russian orthodox community, one of the most important in christianity. on the sideline of that, he's also taking a huge opportunity both for greece and for him because it's kind of a wink at rope, because greece share such strong cultural and religious ties that go back in history but also he's seeking to kind of revive economic relationships and investing in greece. for quite some time russia has been eyeing the northern ports, which is very strategic, but also greece's railway. of course for greece, it's a big investment opportunity. now they're just signing a series of by lateral agreements ranging from -- bilateral agreements ranging from tourism to investing in infrastructure in greece, energy, you name it. on both sides, they want to use their alliance, if you could call it as much, as a pressure tool to brussels. so i think both have a lot to benef

on november 22, vance would fly to athens to help remove the danger of war from that part of the worldurprise, his valued secretary of defense, robert mcnamara, would seek a new post, having been nominated by the director of the world bank. mcnamara was unique among defense secretaries, having held the secretary longer than any predecessor. able to see military issues in a broad context. above all, even as keeper of the nations sabres, he remained a humanist. in november, president signed into law the national commission on product safety. although a major bill in its own right, it signaled more than protection for the consumer. for lyndon johnson, it marked the end of his first or years in office. with the nation, it meant another milestone in a long line of impressive legislative achievement that meet the urgent priorities of the 1960's. in translating legislation into a program of action for the american people, no president could match his record. >> we need to crack down on the conmen who prey on the age and the defenseless. some of our parents save up all their lives to buy littl

my father was born in athens in 1930 and i grew up with stories about the war and the hungry and such. it always seemed the central event of the 21st-century. i was interested in cultural history. my thesis had been on the role of the arts and the black civil rights movement and i thought how could i combine world war ii, something german and something cultural. i came up on the art collection of the nazi leaders. i was surprised that these individuals devoted so much time to arts and cultural matters. i wrote a seminar paper on the topic and my professor said you could write a doctoral dissertation on this topic. when a professor says that you take notice and i thought about it and i realized i was tremendously interested in this topic. there was philosophical question that play, this nexus of culture and barbarism, how could these people devote so much time to culture and also a practical issue that even though there was some journalistic treatment, there was no scholarly or academic treatment. i started as a scholar of art plundering and my work has evolved in the years since then.