he said he's going to take me to austria. where in austria? i'm going to ride the white horses. he used to be a countryman in louisiana. they closed down the -- he said the jeep took over his horses. so he got permission for himself, the horses and get rid of the equipment. we won't have no more cavalry because we've got the jeeps now. so he sold -- all the trained horses he sold to the movie stars to hollywood. the ones that they weren't trained, he sold them -- gave them to the people in louisiana. and then he couldn't get rid of he opened the gate and let them go. get rid of all the junk, we had no cavalry. so the jeep took over his cavalry. so he wanted me to go to austria. okay, we went to austria. i'm going to ride the white horses. okay, we went. so we went -- two women owned the stables. you people know about the white hoarseness austria? some of you don't know. the white horses. so we got there, and i remember seeing the two ladies they came out to the gate. they knew who he was, you know? and he says, i want to ride a white horse. she said all we have is white ones. i

austria, the u.k., and france are triple-a. other countries have actually been downgraded. we have not been singled out. it is interesting that we have been included in that group. in the past, when other agencies have taken a look at the eurozone countries, they have not thought the ratings would be directly affected. >> we have been looking at how the asian markets have been reacting to this over the last few hours and initially, they opened down. have they picked up any more since then? >> if you take a look at one market right now, japan, it picked up a bit earlier. now it is up by 10 points. it has been fired by the valentine's day spirit. if you look at hong kong, south korea, and australia, a sales entrenched in negative territory. many investors hope there'll be some inspiration on valentine's day. traders say that the fall is being contained because of the eurozone ratings. they have already been downgraded in the past and investors are starting to discount all of the downgrades. if you add some of the negative sentiment, whether or not greece will deliver on refor

because the immigration quota's only 26,000 plus a couple thousand for austria. that's a drop in the bucket. what's the only way you could change the quotas? yeah? >> congress. >> yeah, you have to go to congress. and is that a promising thing to do? why not? >> they weren't favorable. >> no. the depression is still going on. there's no chance in the world congress is going to open up the doors of america to immigrants. if anything, if you went to congress, what was the more likely result? >> they'd say to cut off all immigration. >> cut off all immigration or at least cut the quotas. so that wasn't an option. so you can't bring them into the united states except you know in small numbers. so what can you do? >> exactly. let other nations, particularly underpopulated nations take them in. and what's the big underpopulated area that could take in a lot of jews? i'm not talking about palestine, that's a whole other issue, that's under control of the british, i'm not going to get into that. what's an area under united states influence that's huge and sparsely popula

first in austria then in czechoslovakia. what else was going on in the world. those were two huge things. >> civil war in spain. >> civil war in spain that seemed to pit russia against germany and italy. italy's invasion of ethiopia, the pretty much demise of the league of nations as an effective mechanism of international relations. and what was the reaction of the congress of the united states to this eruption of world crises? >> they were still very isolationist. >> so what did they enact? >> neutrality act. right, basically designed to keep the united states, what? >> out of war. >> out of war. basically uninvolved with these quarrels in europe. you know, critics at the time said these were acts perfectly designed to keep the united states out of world war i, but which this time most americans thought it was a mick take for the united states to get involved in world war i, and most americans wanted to keep america out of foreign crises. time and time again, starting in 1935 through 1938, against roosevelt's wishes, congress passed a series of neutrality act

three of them, austria, the u.k., and france, a triple a. other countries have been downgraded.we have not been singled out. it is interesting we have been included. in the past, when other ratings agencies have taken a look, they have not included us. >> our economics editor there. giving assessment of the moody's announcement and the implication to the u.k. economy. how asian stocks are reacting to this. but in not looking too good? >> not looking so good after two hours of trading. asian stocks are a-stored. investors were caught off guard -- a negative story. investors were caught off guard. investors seem to be very cautious about greece and whether or not they will deliver on their promise on reform after proving tough austerity measures. japan, hong kong, and south korea, all in the red at the moment. also weaker against the u.s. dollar after the ratings downgrade. >> it is interesting, they have almost they did the obvious. perhaps the contagion of vero crisis is betting. -- of the hero crisis is spreading. >> -- euro crisis is spreading. >> absolutely. these countries w

so he wanted me to go to austria. okay, we went to austria. i'm going to ride the white horses. okay, we went. so we went -- two women owned the stables. you don't know -- do you know about the white horses in austr austria? some of you don't know. the white horses. so we got there, and i remember seeing the two ladies they came out to the gate. they knew who he was, you know? i want to ride a white horse. all we have is white ones. i remember him saying that. i have one i think you might like to ride. she said you see that one over there? hitler bought that for hirohito, but it never got there. that was his happy day, he got to ride that one horse. i stayed there a day with him. bradley came and got me and he brought me back. i went back to germany, and he stayed there and i had to get all his stuff ready because -- out of his van and get all the papers and the matches and roll it up because he was going to leave. the war was over, i stayed there until november to get him squared away. okay. so i got everything squared away. he told me i should take -- it needs to be done. so t

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the surprise loss means austria through. to the quarter finals for the first time in seventeen years while trying to one going into the final day russia knew they couldn't afford to lose any of sunday's rubbers first up was alex bottom all of junior who made it in a special start his davis cup career with russia he went down in straight sets the other knelt saw him in an eagle can it's in straight sets win over under us hide him out it was academic austria one that i three tell you if a spade in the next round. now russian mixed martial arts fighter muso must have took on seven time jujitsu champion cornell's a packer in moscow this weekend the fi was one of ten and kicked off the inner verdict m.m.a. fighting championship michael cruickshank i was ringside. splitting the evening's ten flights into two the main event certainly sapped up everything he could in the build up the lives entry into the ring was baffling as it was astounding with girls dressed in traditional toughest on gowns flanking him from left and right as the

surprise loss means austria through to the quarterfinals for the first time in seventeen years while trailing two one going into the final day rushing you they couldn't afford to lose any of sunday's rubbers first up was alex bottom all of junior who made an enormous pressure start to his davis cup career with russia he went down in straight sets to melt and lead the eagle commits in straight sets where under saddam out i was academic austria one of the tired three to play spain in the next round. to ice hockey and russia have lost their final match at the swedish games the third stage on the euro hockey top russia went down four nil to the czech republic on the final day of competition sweden won the tournament as the host reigning world champion spain learned three one the swedes are now top of the overall standings with one tournament left. now russian mixed martial arts fighter most the most ally of took on seven time jujitsu champion cornell's apart career in moscow on saturday nights the fi was one of ten and kicked off the inaugural verdict m.m.a. fighting championship michael

the man that eagle commits in straight sets under saddam out of which academic austria won the title for a spade in the next round. now russian mixed martial arts fighter muso most alive so called seven time jujitsu champion cornell's a particular in moscow this weekend the fight was one of ten kicked off the inaugural of verdict m.m.a. fighting championship michael i was ringside. splitting the evening's ten flights into two the main event certainly sapped up everything it could in the build up the lives entry into the ring was baffling as it was astounding with girls dressed in traditional tatarstan gowns flanking him from left and right as the bemused about the looked on indeed the almost over the top presentation was in line with the lives of the claim to fame he's one of the official ambassadors to the two thousand and thirteen universe yard games to be held in the crowd was in the mood for a good fight having seen blood hit the canvas in the early abouts but despite such a fantastic match up the fight flattered to deceive the two opponents in the first minute of the fight tousl

group play gets underway in austria later on friday eagle commits in his first up against. the four alex vogel of judea makes his russian debut in the competition having switched from the united states meanwhile roger federer is taking part in the first round of the competition for the first time in a is the switzerland host the usa today was cop is the only major owner to evade the thirty year old in his prestigious career he second up late on friday against american john is now before the stanislav but in ca takes on modern fish. now you'd have thought if you had three in the pit gold medal c.n.n. you might be content to gracefully retire however russia's wrestling champion. of is having none of it he could be in line to appear at a record fifth summer games in london as our correspondent roman culture of reports . three time olympic champion bull vice our side is already a living legend in russia's republic of dagestan but his achievements have all the potential to become near unreachable if he qualifies and wins at the london games as the thirty seven year old freestyle

take you on a little journey to austria. this is called the green lake. it's in syria, austria. the amazing thing about this green lake is it's only there in the springtime and early summer. this is actually a hiking area and a park. during the winter. >> so there's the benches under water and everything. look at that. >> and then as the snow melts on the mountains, the water runs down and forms this green lake. and the reason that it's green is because of all the foliage and the grass and everything that's underneath. this can get anywhere from two feet up to 32 feet deep. so it becomes an actual lake. >> oh, wow. >> and people love, during the spring and summer months, to scuba dive in this area. you can scuba dive around the benches and the park area where people in the winter months would be hanging out. >> it would be real cool if there was a swing set down there. slide. >> and you try to swing on it. >> i think it's just weird to be under water and see a walking trail that people walked on a few months ago and now you're swimming by it. there's a fish there. >> i was waiti

austria maybe but not very sure france. but i am i my feeling is that if the peripheral countries abandon the euro i don't think the although four or five or six countries will feel very happy remaining alone where you've written about things exit from the area think do you think that is a realistic option is a political problems the that and it's also is. a credit debt problem you see. spain has as we said before about. nine nine hundred billion in foreign debt about half of that is held by germany and france maybe banks and funds and investors so you could see france and germany they don't want spain to default because of course leaving the euro is seen only most of defaulting i mean because if you leave the euro the fording that. you have to you can repeat so if spain leave the euro spain has to default and that we hurt german and french banks and they don't want that so the the situation is very easy to understand it's like if i am a bank or you or me money you cannot pay well i want you to do whatever you you can to pa

france and austria were last month stripped of their triple a rating by standard and poor's. this means there's extra pressure on all affected countries to find ways to ensure sustainable growth. tom, "bbc news." >> here and always fascinating to see how countries interpret things completely in the opposite direction of each other. but does it seem -- >> absolutely not. if there's a chance they could lose their rating in 18 months, there's a 50/50 chance it will do it and even if that happens, it's not the kiss of death. let me point to you to last year the united states had a dropped rating but look at the data that's been coming from the u.s. economy. it's not brilliant but is pointed in the right direction. when american elections emerge, it's usually built around the economy but it's not the kiss of death here. one would say it's worrying but proves perhaps this is pain barrier that has to be crossed on the other hand, members of his government says it proves you need to be more aggressive. but another said it proves if anything your strategy is not quite right and you're

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surprise loss means austria through to the quarterfinals for the first time in seventeen years well trailing two one going into the final day russia knew they couldn't afford to lose any of sunday's rubbers first up was alex problem all of jimmy imagine in a special start to his davis cup career with russia he went down in straight sets to. the man that ego commits in straight sets win. was academic last year one with high three and five spain in the next round. now an ice hockey russia have lost for the second time in the swedish games the third stage of the whole. pito billion dinos men lost four male to the czech republic on the final day of competition and it was sweden who won the tournament as the host the reigning world champions finland three one the swedes are now top of the overall standings with one tournament left. now russian marshall mixed fights imo so must a lie i have to say took on seven times jujitsu champion cornell's apotheker in moscow on saturday nights the fi was one of ten and kicked off the inaugural verdict m.m.a. championship michael was ringside. splitti

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play gets underway in austria later friday eagleton it's in his first up again. before alex bought them all of julia makes his russian debut in the competition having switched from the united states. meanwhile roger federer is taking part in the first round of the competition for the. time in eight years as switzerland has the usa the davis cup is the only major owner to evade the thirty year old in his prestigious career a second up later on friday against american john is now before the takes on modern fish. over to ice hockey where russia have moved top of the overall standings in the euro hockey tour after its brutal win over local favorites finland in helsinki the wind coming in game of the swedish leg of the tool the reigning champions of followed closely by the czech republic who had a much tougher way in over twenty eleven runs of sweden as an editor at the heroes he scored a regulation gold and was the only play on the table to convert in a post not shootouts in the czechs one two one russia are not going to get on saturday and they battle sweden in stoc

now to tennis team russia have been given a lifeline in the davis cup tie with austria a dramatic doubles win on saturday has made the school to one going into the final day of action like the no use nate mueller defeat would mean russia facing a playoff to keep their place in the world group however they came through a five set epic against alexander on the livia. down in the final set the rough. completed a remarkable comeback seven six six seven seven five three six six for the final school. well what it all means is that russia needs to win their reverse singles rubbers on sunday first up alex the ball of junior faces eoghan meltzer looking for his first win representing russia and it could all come down to the fifth and final robust eagle in its intentions and responded now to. meanwhile the usa have booked their place in the quarterfinals with a comprehensive three nil win over roger federer a switzerland mark dr marty fish winning the doubles rub against federer and stanislav voting in four sets four six six three six three six three the final school. in the final of the series ope

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but we begin with tennis and team russia have been given a lifeline in their davis cup tie with austria a dramatic doubles win on saturday has made the score two one going into the final day of action. mikhail youzhny knew a defeat would mean russia facing a playoff to keep their place in the world group however they came through a five set epic against alexander and all of a at three in the final set the russian g.o.i. completed a remarkable comeback seven six six seven seven five three six six four the final school that. well without all means is that russia need to win both of their reverse singles on sunday for stuff out of pocket full of judea faces you're looking for his first win representing russia and it could all come down to the fifth and final roba when you go commit same types of andras by the amount of. meanwhile the usa have booked at place in the quarter finals with a comprehensive three no way over roger federer of switzerland while drawing a muddy fish winning the doubles rubber against federer and started in four sets four six six three six three six three the fun sch

making a racket russia going in there in that davis cup tie with austria old roger federer switzerland the whitewash by the usa. perfectly poised tiger woods is four shots behind me to cheer on the way going into the final round of the having drinks national in california. and mission impossible underdogs on the prepared to face overwhelming favorites ivory coast in the final of the twenty twelve africa cup of nations. but we begin with tennis and team russia still alive in that davis cup tie with austria they say after a dramatic doubles win on saturday made it to one going into the final day of action. and mikhail youzhny defeat would mean russia facing a playoff to keep that place in the world group however they came through a five set epic against alexander pile on the living. down in the final set the russians euro someone play from somewhere to complete a remarkable comeback seven six six seven seven five three six six four the final school. well all means that russia need to win both their of singles on sunday alex bottom of judea faces you can melt.

making a racket russia given a lifeline in the davis cup tie with austria. switzerland a whitewash by the usa. mission impossible underdog zambia prepared to face overwhelming favorite in the final of the twenty twelve africa cup of nations . perfectly poised tiger woods is four shots behind leader charlie way into the final round of the pebble beach national in california. but we begin with tennis and team russia have been given a lifeline in the davis cup tie with austria a dramatic doubles win on saturday has made the score two one going into the final day of action. mikhail youzhny knew what defeats would mean were. to keep their place in the world group however they came through a five set epic against alexander and all of a three love down in the final say the russian jew i completed a remarkable comeback seven six six seven seven five three six six four the final school that. well without all means is that russia need to win both of their reverse singles on sunday first up out of pocket full of judea faces you could meltzer looking for his first win r

now to tennis where russia's davis cup same will face a relegation playoff following defeat to austria the surprise loss means austria through to the quarterfinals for the first time in seventeen years while training two one going into the final day playing russian he they couldn't afford to lose any of sunday's rubbers first up was alex problem all of judea who made it in a special start to his davis cup career with russia he went down in straight sets to. commit evil commits in straight sets granted under stardom out of whose academic austere on the tie three to face playing in the next round. now russian mixed martial arts fighter most of us alive took on seven times you jitsu champion cornell's of parker in moscow this weekend the fight was one of ten in kicked off the inaugural verdict m.m.a. fighting championship michael cruickshank i was ringside. splitting the evening's ten flights into two the main event certainly sapped up everything he could in the build up the lives entry into the ring was baffling as it was astounding with girls dressed in traditional tatarstan gowns flank

watch this space now to tennis and russia have been given a lifeline in the davis cup tie with austria a dramatic doubles win on saturday has made the score two one going into the final day of action. and mikhail youzhny you are defeat would mean russia facing a playoff to keep their place in the world great however they can through a five set epic against alexander and olivia munn match at three of down in the final set the russians euro completed a remarkable comeback seven six six seven seven five three six six four the final school. what that means is that russia need to win both their reverse singles on sunday first up alex of junior faces you are going melt south looking for his first win representing russia and it could all come down to the fifth and final rubber when they go in it's in takes on undressed hi there now the. name of the usa have put their place in the quarterfinals with a comprehensive three no win over roger federer switzerland mark bryan and mardy fish winning the doubles rubber against federer and stanislav putting time in four sets four six six three six three

you know, now i -- i'm from austria. >> i'm sorry? >> i'm born in austria. >> in austria? >> yes. and my english is not perfect. >> that's a pretty universal language there. blank my blank and blank you. that's english. do you know what that means? >> yeah. >> so why would you say that to a 12-year-old girl? >> my mistake. >> he says this is the first time he's had a chat with an underage girl. i point out to him that according to perverted justice, he had a sexually charged chat less than two weeks earlier with a decoy who said she was under 14 years old. >> only just chatting. >> see, here's the thing. what you said a minute ago is not what you're saying now. do you have a condom with you? >> no. >> you don't? do you have it in your car? >> no. do you want to check my car? >> i didn't say that. i'm just asking you. >> no, no. >> why did you ask if she had condoms? >> only ask. >> here's what you need to know. >> okay. >> i'm chris hansen. >> are you the police? >> i'm not the police. i'm with "dateline nbc." we're doing a story on people who try to meet underaged boys and girls

it lowered for france and austria from stable to negative. these two nations could face a rating cut. it listed britain to negative. it is bringing continued issue over the economic reforms. it made the decision after standard & poor's 500 downgraded nine eurozone countries, including france last month. separately, the eu welcomed greece's approach of the austerity measures. >> yesterday, the greek parliament served a crucial step forward. >> eu monetary affairs commissioner said the decision reflects the resolve of the greek people to tackle their fiscal problems. greek parties must now make a pledge in writing to actually execute the austerity plan. the eurozone nations are ready to hold another finance minister meeting on wednesday to finalize the bailout package once greece satisfies all of the conditions. among the news surrounding the eurozone, the euro is lower against the dollar and yen. euro dollar at the middle row is currently at 1.3169 to 3171. euro yen is at 102.07 to 12. investors are selling the euro taking the cue from moody's

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which means it effectively earmarks them for a downgrade doing forward, they include the likes of austria toward the east, france and the united kingdom. in particular, france and the uk saw their ratings -- they saw the ratings agency cut its outlook on the aaa credit ratings change from negative. moody's says this risk is largely because things are getting worse in the eurozone crisis and that represents a significant risk to growth for these countries. now, let's move along and talk about greece, because greece actually managed to escape another credit rating downgrade but the country's government is still on damage control immediate this very tuesday. this is after the aftermath of angry protests we saw over the course of the weekend in athens. tens of thousands of people clashed with people earlier on monday as anger over the austerity deal spilled out on to the streets of the greek capital. more than 100 policemen and dozens of civilians were injured as a result of those riots. greece is still a long way from securing all of the funding that it needs. its austerity plan must win app

this is austria we go to next.resh snow and danger of avalanche has caused chaotic situations here. it is piled up on the roofs. 70 centimeters have fallen in areas leaving some areas inn accessible. the news is right now that our storm has dipped down toward the southeast. this is the one that brought the very heavy snow, however, there is another one on the way. just descending from scandinavia. it will come across the same path across germany and across the black sea region. another round of wind and snow. it will not be as potent as the last storm, but will be bringing more winter weather conditions. fairly dry out here to the west, but northern parts of the british isles will peopfeel then coming in. nor snow along the western coast of norway. here are the temperatures for the west and down across the south. we are seeing some double figures popping up there. temperatures are plummeting in the southeast. athens down to 8 degrees for the high. and sub zero temperatures for the highs. i'll leave you now to the e

for the first time the uk is under threat along with france and austria. they're on negleative outlook fm stable. the ratings agency says the changes come as a result of uncertainty over the euro area's ability to reform. the pound is weaker against the dollar on the back of that. andrew sevntence is with us, former bank of england monetary policy committee member and senior economic adviser. andrew, thanks very much, indeed, for joining us. let's pick up with the uk rat g rating. a negative watch for the uk. george osborne has come out and said we can't waiver from dealing with debt. will it change the view of the uk as a safe haven or not? >> i don't think it should in the sense the uk among the western economies has quite a robust deficit reduction plan and they're sticking to 0 it. i think that's the right thing for george osborne to be doing in the circumstances. i think we need to be a bit careful about oversensationalizing these statements from the ratings agencies. after all, we had the other one from standard & poor's i think the last time i was o

germany and the ski towns of austria, switzerland, france relish snow, just not upwards of a dozen feethan a dozen people. on friday, the prince of the netherlands, son of the queen, was trapped in an avalanche skiing in austria. the father of two is in stable but life-threatening condition. now finally, temperatures are breaking, but so is ice. not a good thing in belgrade this week. on the danube, giant chunks broke apart, crushing and sinking boats. people beaten by the season tried to save their spring past time, but the force of winter won again. the u.s. military has just stepped in to help montenegro move people out and critical supplies in to some of their towns. meteorologists say it looks like warm temperatures are headed to europe for maybe an early spring. the problem is with all the snow much of the heat will be reflected instead of absorbed. savannah? >> michelle kosinski, it looks so pretty. causing a lot of havoc there. thank you. >>> up next, we are going to put the fat in fat tuesday in "today's kitchen." first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> this morning in "today's kitc

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>>avalanches like this one were recorded in austria and the attack like a wave and in suffocate those who do not stay above the crest. this week, there were avalanche warnings because warm weather made it hard for f two feet of new snow to stick especially in the back country. >> i would not be doing a but that is part of the thrill on this type of skiing. it was their decision. >> she might have saved herself by wearing an air bag on her back and deploying it just before that snow buried her. >> it is a normal backpack and when you pull the lever there is a nitrogen cartridge and deploys an air bag to fill up with air. >> every year, avalanches killed about 25 people in the united states and this weekend, a fourth person died in another avalanche in washington state, bringing the toll for this season to 17. >> thank you. the same storm system that blanketed central virginia in snow also created a mass in other states. about 20 vehicles were involved in a crash in tennessee. police are blaming it on a whiteout conditions from heavy snowfall and it blanketed parts of north carolina. po