we sent a reporter down to the small town in bavaria to find out more.e up with five reasons why everyone should pay a visit to the festival, whether you love richard wagner or not. >> the festival attracts thousands of opera fans every year. there are five good reasons for making the trip -- first and foremost, to experience the wagner's music performed by world-class august's -- artists. memo one reason is the high quality of the music -- >> one reason is the high quality of the music. >> this year, the festival opened with a new production. the performance transformed the original medieval setting into an industrial biofuel plant. since its founding in 1876, the festival has been dedicated to celebrating the work of richard wagner. the productions last for hours. for fans, it is an experience that is both emotionally turbulent and uplifting. whoever comes here expect to see top performers -- expects to see top performers. [inaudible] >> bob mayor is very connected with germany, the people, its history, the landscape. it is also hugely significant for

. >> this company headquartered in bavaria designs and builds special tools and machinery for use in the automobile, engineering, and oughtindustry. the company is doing well now as the german economy continues to expand. during the month of june, just under 2.9 people were unemployed. that is a drop of 250,000 compared to the same time last year. the jobless rate in germany is 6.9%. the german labor minister is pleased with the latest numbers are e warn against a shortage of skilled workers. >> there is a real need for skilled and highly qualified employees. we have to deal with that. in some sectors, this problem is so serious that it is starting to affect production. >> analysts say that the employment outlook will continue to improve provided that the economy stays on track. over the long term, germany will have to find a way to develop the kinds of highly skilled workers that industry needs. >> stock markets are broadly on thursday as traderss reacted to that positive news from germany and the progress in greece. our reporter sent us this review of the day's trading in frankfurt

there's another reason -- bad weather in bavaria, germany, has caused a worldwide shortage of hops. >> they're talking about 1/3 of the world's supply of this key ingredient for beer. suddenly, either unavailable or certainly available in lesser quantity. >> reporter: prices on fireworks have gone up, too, so much so that dozens of cities have had to cut back or cancel displays of the rockets' red glare. still, this july 4 is expected to offer a lot of pop. garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >>> it's a bittersweet day for the royal family. this would have been princess diana's 50th birthday. today her son and new wife were north of the border celebrating canada day in ottawa. prince william and kate, the duke and duchess of cambridge, enjoyed sunny skies and a gracious welcome. almost a half a million people were on site as they joined con's in their celebration. they also -- canadians in their celebration. they also participated in a citizenship ceremony for 25 people who came from as far away as belarus and madagascar. during the birthday ceremony, prince william relaid a message to

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bad weather in bavaria germany has caused a worldwide shortage worldwidehops. -- worldwide shortage for hops. prices on fireworks have gone up, too. dozens of cities have cut back or cancelled displays of the rocket's red glare. >> if you do not already have plans for the holiday, we are here to help you out. we have posted a list of local event on our web site, wbaltv.com. do not forget to upload your celebration photographs. walmart is once again on top when it comes to sales. the top 100 list of retailers was released. walmart topped the list followed by kroger and target. amazon jumped to no. 19 from no. 26 thanks to the kindle. >> a new audit shows some problems within the state highway association. what does the agency planned to do to fix them? >> the nfl lockout remains. we have a ball and we will have that story straight ahead. -- we have football and we will have that story straight ahead. >> we do not know when the baltimore ravens will use the stadium for its purposes. between rock concert and monster truck rallies, there is some football being played. >> high school kids en

compartmentalize areas that's why the illuminati and seven hundred seventy six at ingle scott university in bavaria germany was found inside a masonic lodges and then spread to france and engineer the french revolution there they want to overthrow all the monarchies but set themselves up as absolute monarchs and albert pike that the supreme commander of all global masonry and eight hundred seventy seven wrote that they would have three world wars world war one between europe and the united states and england world war two would be a larger global war the third war would be christendom against islam that would be invoked by their masonic operatives that would bring in world war three and then out of that they would destroy every existing order and even the finance capitalist and set themselves up as world rulers in the worship of the three one god in their words lucifer and i know that a gallop and this is what we're seeing that this is you know the start of world war three or a tiny course in what could lead to world war three. well yes this isn't a chant by someone who he says has other cells he's

bad weather in bavaria, germany has caused a worldwide shortage of hops. >> they're talking about one-thirdf the world's supply of this key ingredient for beer. suddenly either unavailable or certainly available in lesser quantities. >> reporter: prices on fireworks have gone up too. so much that dozens of cities have cut back or canceled displays of the rockets' red glare. but still, this july 4th is expected to offer a lot of pop. chris clackum, nbc news. >>> and no more pop than out in potomac, where doug is with the family out there. peg and her crew. >> hello, guys. and yes, this is the end. so peg, we want to say thank you very much for having us. ben, thank you very much, and congratulations on your anniversary tomorrow. >> thank you. thank you. thanks for coming. >> you're welcome. and the weather is going be very nice this weekend. for you guys, whatever you're doing. are you renewing the vows? >> no, no. >> i just wanted to make sure. if you needed somebody to do that, jim vance knows how. the next couple days because of weather is going to be quite nice. we're looking at temperat