those are the fr powers that liberated berlin in wld war ii west berlin was in the middle of communist east berlin or east germany, excuse me. that made for an awkward relaonship of course, stolid had cut off the roads to berlint 1.in 1948 and there was the famous berlin airlift. 1958, khrushchev made some menacing remarks about burma end and gave a six months ultimatum about having some kind of treaty about the future of berlin. the simonths have passed and nothing happened and the soviet union and the three western powers were negotiating in geneva at the time. eisenhower helped to break the stalemate and h helped to do so by issuing this invitation to khrushchev to come to the united states. it was written now and delivered to a soviet official by an american state department official named murphy who was instructeto tell his soviet couerpart at the invitation had strings attached and in the event that the talks in geneva resulted in a plan, in other words, of they came to fruition than khrushchev would be invited to the united states. unfortunately or fortunately as it turned out m

the future of berlin. thx months had passed and nothing happened in the three westn powers were negotiating about a. eisenhower hoped to break the stalemate and he hopes to do so by issuing the invitation to khrushchev to come to the united states. the invitation was written and delivered to a soviet official by an american state department official named murphy. murphy was instructed to tell his soviet counterpart that the invitation had stris attached and in the event that the talks in geneva resulted in a plan, if it came to fruition than khrushchev would be hnvited to the united states. unfounately or unfortunately, murphy either did not understand or forgot to tell his soviet counterpart that strings were attached so the invitation was delivered to khrushchev without any strings attached bird but you read it and immediately said, sure. i would love to go to the united states to talk to eisenhower and in the mntime can i travel around 10 ds or two weeks? that is why the trip happened and perhaps it is

we have this report from berlin. >> netanyahu came to berlin with a clear message for angela merkel. he said that it was time to get tougher with iran about its nuclear ambitions. >> there is not much time. i think the most important thing that could be put in place, what the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton called " crippling sanctions." it is important that real pressure on this regime. we can do this in the major powers of the world unite. >> angela merkel threatened tougher sanctions, but she also addressed the dilemma of the middle east peace, calling upon israel to stop the construction of jewish settlements in occupied territories. >> we believe that the progress on the issue of settlements -- a halt to israeli construction is an important element to the new peace process. i am deeply concerned that the possibility of such a process is at the moment very good. >> this visit was not only about the least politics. it was about the past. israel's leader was handed original blueprints of the auschwitz concentration camp. it had been discovered in a berlin apartment. 21 of d

in berlin. the israeli prime minister is meeting german chancellor merkel. the country's share a unique history. the trip includes various reminders of the holocaust. two issues are likely to dominate today's talks. the question of the settlements in the west bank, which germany opposes, and what to do about iran, which netanyahu describes as a threat to israel. >> this is the last leg of benjamin netanyahu's four-day tour. it follows talks in london, during which time hopes were raised that there could be agreements on settlements in the west bank. israel is said to be ready to restrict construction. it may not be the comprehensive freeze that the americans and the palestinians want. in advance of this week's discussions, germany joined the call for israel to halt settlement building. agreement on this issue would only be a first up toward the resumption of israeli- palestinian talks. at the time being, all sides are waiting to see if president obama will unveil a new middle east peace plan. another preoccupation is iran. germany is iran's biggest trading p

we lived on the outskirts of berlin. the villa was full of nooks and crannies for children to hide in. my parents were wonderful with us. my mother shoe was, there, i loved her and she loved me. my father used to take me out in the woods. he was a medical man, he was a physician, he had a clinic for diseases of the leg. we would go for sunday morning walks. he was taking private lessons from one of the great scholars of the time. >> who is that? >> emanual con, the warmest book in the library. see what it looks like? he wrote something called the critique of pure reason. the copernican revolution in philosophy. before, was thought of as being outside, now was thought to be our own construction by means of our thinking and our imagination, and he is probably the most influential of the moderns. perhaps descartes is equally influential. he is a great discoverer, or perhaps inventor of modern ways of seeing things, particularly the way that insists that what we see and understand is largely a construction of our own mental

jamaica's usain bolt after shattering two world records in berlin was given a peas of the berlin wallth his likeness painted on it, kind of cool, shipped to bolt's training camp in jamaica that will be cool, too, wonder how they will get this thing across the pond. >>> shaquille o'neal, speaking of going across water took on his next opponent on his reality show "shaq versus," michael phelps. the two raced sunday three races in the pool. shaq was handicapped, apparently, not shaq, michael phelps was handicapped, giving shaq an advantage. shaq is naturally handicapped. we all are. then my favorite shot here, shaq wearing the same body suit that phelps wore. i'm told those suit does give you an advantage, richard. maybe was that was the handicap, have to wait until september 16th, that is when the episode will air that is a look at sports. >> shaq was handicapped that would have been bad, certainly. >> yeah. >> thanks, rafer. >>> an astronaut has a dinner date in mexico when he returns from space. jose hernandez will be on the "discovery" set to launch tomorrow. born in california and h

. >> benjamin netanyahu came to berlin with a clear message, he said that iran is a danger for world peace. anit is time to get more tough on them. >> there's not much time. i think that the most important thing that can be put in place is what hillary clinton called a cryptic sanctions. it is possible to put real pressure, real economic pressure on this regime is the major powers unite. >> the german chancellor threatened tough sanctions if iran rejected sanctions. she addressed the issue of middle east peace calling on israel to stop the construction of jewish settlements in the occupied territories. >> we believe that the progress on the issue of settlements, a halt is an important element and a precondition for a revival of the peace process. i'm convinced that the possibility for such a process is very good. >> this visit was not only about middle east politics, it was about the past. the israeli leader was handed the original blueprints of the auschwitz concentration camp. 29 diagrams demonstrating the killing machine used by the nazis. more than 1 million people were killed he

we were transported on field trains from berlin to lisbon.en at the jewish committee, chartered boats that took us across and we landed in new york within sight of the statue of liberty, went to brooklyn, and i went to grammar school, high school and college, i went to brooklyn college for undergraduate work. >> what about aristotle? we haven't talked about that? >> yes, then become the key an ethics, very central to the meetings, students reading in college. >> i have read it often. my colleague, eric salem, the, quote, translator, has finished a book on it. that is a major influence those in studies for our students, they are required to read it but they influence our life too. >> how can a book about ethics in form somebody on how they should live today? >> something about aristotle makes him helpful to begin with. he is very sensible. there is nothing highfalutin about him. he is sensible. that famous theory of the means of virtue, accidents, between extremes of courage, finding the right middle between being free kingly afraid and being

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. >>> a bolt of lightning in berlin and some big popping in atlanta leaves the phillies past the braves. >>> he's the first guy ever to do it against tiger woods. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> claudette bears down on the gulf. we'll have your regional forecast coming up in a few minute. you're watching "early today." if you're just waking up this is "early today." in sports with the pga championship within his grasp, tiger woods let the once unthinkable happen, proving even he isn't invincible after all. here is nbc's bill sue ward with a look at all your sports headlines. >> hi, everybody. tiger woods has had some epic battles over the years. he almost always comes out on top. but not this time. at hazeltine in minnesota, tiger entering the final round of the pga championship with a two-stroke lead. y.e. yang hanging tough. yang chipping onto the green. that looks good. that looks great. into the hole for the rarest of eagles. yang catching tiger and passing him for a one one-shot advantage. to 17. woods a stroke behind. putting for par. needs this bad. no

bbc news, berlin. >> president obama has been taking on critics of his plan to reform health care.e urged people not to believe what he called scare tactics. he insisted it was vital legislation would be passed. >> the biggest political fault line in america today runs right down the street. over here, supporters of the president's health-care plan. over here, those who believe the plan is a trojan horse, that it will bring higher taxes and a socialist tinge to american life. the president arrives. his reform plans are under siege. >> history is clear. every time we come close to passing health insurance reform, special interests fight back with everything they have been the use political allies to scare and mislead the american people. we cannot let them do it again. not this time. >> no screaming or booing from this audience, just a few respectful questions and then it was all over. the obama machine is back in action and we can expect much more of this. it is hard to say that the president really confronted his critics there. not all supporters were so lucky. in pennsylvania, se

bbc news, berlin. >> president obama is taking on critics about the health care in new hampshire.e has urged people not to believe would he called his opponents' "scare tactics." >> it is a story of hard-working americans who have had their coverage drop or have been charged fees they cannot afford for care that they desperately needed. i believe it is wrong. it is bankrupting families and businesses, and this is why we are going to pass health insurance reform in 2009. >> mr. obama there, of course. let's go to washington where our correspondent adam brooks is. how is in looking for president obama? >> well, it is something that america has been trying to do for a very long time, give its health insurance system a big overall. now, the obama administration is very confident earlier this summer that it could do it and do it quite quickly. they could come into the quite big piece of legislation, get it through congress a very far, and that would be an enormous achievement. however, there was an enormous amount of trouble, and things got slowdown, and this is perhaps a way we have n

wall before the berlin wall fell over. you know? i spent a lot of time as a foreign correspondent, i spent a lot of time in oneurope, back during the cold war and people said what do you think caused the end of the cold war in the fall of the berlin wall, was it "star wars," was it reagan's foreign policy? was it the war of afghanistan, was it this or that? and i said, no, it was bulgarian blue jeans, and nobody -- they couldn't get anything but bulgarian blue jeans over there, big old baggy and they weren't even blue, you know and you know, what color, whatever color they felt like making that day, they were government blue jeans and one size fits all. bulgarian blue jeans and fine they'll the people, you know, east of the berlin wall, the iron curtain said we are -- we aren't wearing them any more and came into the streets and said shoot us and we won't wear bulgarian blue jeans, we've hat it and we ain't wearing that stuff any more, we want a pair of levi 501s, open up that wall! and it happened. and the pressure was to

she now faces a gender test after a victory in berlin. first, reports from south korea that suggests its northern neighbor is about to ease border restrictions. the north is also indicating it would like to have talks with the u.s. over its nuclear program. from seoul, korea, we have this report. >> some say that mexico is, perhaps, an unlikely location, for one of the world's most secret states. but governor bill richardson, an experienced diplomat, who has visited p'yongyang, believes that north korea is trying to send a clear signal. >> let's ticket vantage of this, and the next step should be some kind of dialogue that involves the united states and north korea. >> -- let's take advantage of this. >> north korea released the reporters with the help of bill clinton, and they believe they deserve something in return, and that is direct talks. that may prove problematic. the government in edsall, as well as tokyo, beijing, and moscow will not have much trust with atoms to sideline them -- the government in saleoul, as well as tokyo, beij

he finished four in berlin and smb said he is not ready. yes he was. adolf hitler committed suicide you think he was ready? actually it is very small. america said you need help? you gotta. we will always help you. so if you look good adolph hitler and say he is ready for a war and look at stalin u.s. diplomatically messed up everything. it is absolutely wonderful. you see the russian liberator they cannot do it. thank you very much to america. thank you for your help. it is in the book and you help him. and when you speak about this, only one in the country, only one, it is the russia soviet union, hitler passed across 41,000, look west. you see it under the aircraft. yes. look at the degression technology just to put across the border. yes it is a picture, yes it is a photograph, but in it defensive war, you do not need airborne troops when you have 1 million trained parish shooters. somebody says it is do pretty prepare them if you prepare yourself for defensive four, this was designed for a motor race in america. stalin ast america. the tanks were

terrific coming up, -- at >>> , coming >>> the berlin zoo presented its newest attraction, a californian at sea lion cub. today, he showed off his swimming ability along with his mother, father and members of his extended family. crowds gathered to watch the young sea lions when, plight, and bask in the sunshine. >> go, diego, go. >>> heat and humidity for the weekend. tomorrow, not so bad. by sunday and monday around 98, the heat index about 100 to 105 degrees. no heat advisory at, but more than likely, we will have one issue for the day on sunday or monday. slightly cooler wednesday and thursday. >>> all right, steve. get ready, abc world news is next. p

we can show you how to treat activities like-- the berlin wall is not to treat the berlin wall for theake of creating it but to make the point about the lack of intellectual diversity on campus as well. when you are off campus as a conservative student obviously you have the same rights as any normal american citizen but on some college campuses across the boundary you are treated as the second question. you can learn about conservative ideas, you don't hear any conservative speakers so the point is to show when students crossed the boundary they are being oppressed and not getting a balancedification. honestly overall one of the most effective ways to get your ideas out to the greatest number of students is by bringing in a conservative speaker to your school and again with seven number of times but never a single speaker at this program can come to your campus and one of the best parts about bringing in a conservative speaker is that it gives you the opportunity to reach hundreds if not the alsands of students with conservative ideas and market them properly and the best part about b

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team jamaica celebrates the win and the gold medal in berlin. the bolt golden once again in the 100, the 200 and now in the 400-meter relay. but although they set a world championship record, thee jamaicans fell short of their ownl 37:10 world record set a year ago. stilsilver for trinidad and tobo and bronze for britain. espn track analyst larry rolston on whether we'll see bolt run the individual 400 any time soon., >> i think you will. he ran 45 seconds mid, which is terrific world-class time as a 16-year-old. so, you know, he knows the ability's there. he's having fun with the 100 anh 200. it obviously is a glamour event. frankly, it's a little easier to train for the 100 and the 200. more training and longer training sessions, hotter interval work to be a world-class 400-meter runner. i believe he will break michael johnson's world record at 43 low when' tax that event. but i think it's a few more years off. he's having too much fun. the guy can get serious and train heart but he still likes to dance and he really does. he hits those night

a year to the day that he broke the world record at the beijing olympics, even better in berlin. 19.19 seconds. he had five gold medals at these championships. that's beyond description. >> he's not even winded. >> we'll be >>> for those looking to strike it rich, what could be more perfect than a beverly hillbilly's casino. jeff throw's hotel and casino. no word on if there's a cement pond in the back. >> >>> next on the late show, renee cel weigher. >>> thank you for watching. good night. we'll see you tomorrow.

another record-setting race for bolt at the world track and field championships in berlin. earlier this week he smashed the mark in the 100 meter. a world record time of 19.19 seconds. american wallace spearman finished third while tyson gay withdrew because of an injury. that's your early look at sports on "early today." have a great weekend. i'm fred roggin. >> thank you, fred. >>> can a sci-fi alien spooker hold off brad pitt this weekend at the box office? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a town gives something back to a family who has given their all. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." very happy friday for you. a chance for showers especially across the southeast. boston, buffalo, chances for thunderstorms, especially later on this afternoon. and saturday with that system off the coastline, certainly stay out of the water and the beaches on significant rip current risk on the east coast. if you're watching nbc 12 in richmond, virginia, frollick among butterflies at lewis ginter botanical garden but

and, the gold medal, in berlin. so, bolt, golden once again, in the 100, and 200 and, now in the 400-meter relay.n. but, they set a worldt awo championship record, they fellfl seort of their own world record sett a year ago. >> whether we'll see him run the 400 anytime soon? >> i think he will. he ran 45 seconds mid, terrific world class time as a 16 yeard. old. you know the ability is there. he's having fun with the 100,ing and 200. and it's a little easier to train for the 100, and 200.s a t more pain, and longer training sessions, and harder work for to the 400. a i believe he'll break michael johnson's world record, when hee attacks that event. but he's a few more years off. he's having too much fun.f he can train hard, and he stilld likes to dance., and he he hits those nightclubs.se and i think he'll be content fol a number of years, before hee e moves up to the 400.00. >> to get a better idea of just how fast bolt is, let's compare his time to one of the fastest humans, carl lewis. >> coming up, 50-year-old m

seven sports on the short list as members prepare to vote in berlin. baseball, golf, crotty, a roller sports, rugby, softball, and swash, but only two will be recommended. the decision will have to date ratified in copenhagen did baseball and softball or on the schedule in beijing last year but they have been dropped for the london 2012 games. speaking on behalf of this board, the world's number one tiger woods said goals possible inclusion was long overdue. >> golf is a truly global sport and not think it should've been in the olympics awhile ago. i think that of gadahn, it will be great for golf and especially some of the other smaller countries that are not emerging in golf, i'd think it is a great way for them to compete and play and get the exposure met some of these come -- countries are getting. >> austrian doubles pair pulled out of the world badminton championships in india due to concerns about security. they withdrew from but torment following the lead of the eight- strong england team that flew home after citing a specific terrorist threat.

yesterday, south africa's caster semenya breezing to victory at the world championships in berlin. today, that win in question, amid speculation she is really a he. the story now from abc's "good morning america." >> questions that have been raised because of semenya's tremendous speed, muscular physique and deep voice. semenya, who is 18, burst on to the scene just a few weeks ago with a dominating performance in another racing competition. after that, international track and field officials asked the south african authorities to conduct a gender verification test. used to be that such tests required no more than dropping the pants. but today's version requires reports from a gynecologist, an endokrin knoll jiflt, an internal medicine specialist and a gender expert. >> we'll have a whole lot more on this very strange case coming up later tonight. >>> finally, the punch line, courtesy of mr. david letterman, a man who sure know hows how tod a grudge. >> you know who squeaky from is? in the 70s, tried to assassinate president ford. she's been let out of prison, been paroled. is she

now, berlin the bear declined to comment. but apparently there are no hard feelings.b site media ite.com reports, quote: bill: once again, we thank you all for your tremendous support. and that is reality check. pinheads and patriots on deck pinheads and patriots on deck tonight starring alec balalalall introducing the all new chevy equinox. with an epa estimated 32 miles per gallon. and up to 600 miles between fill ups. it's the most fuel efficient crossover on the highway. better than honda cr-v, toyota rav4 and even the ford escape hybrid. the all new chevy equinox. bill: time now for pinheads and patriots. alan baldwin says that he might move to connecticut and run against joseph lieberman. we do not believe that is going to happen. the senator was asked about it. >> that would make my day. i respect alec baldwin as an actor and comedian. if he wants to run, that is his right. though " we believe that he is a patriot because he stands up -- bill: we believe that he is a patriot because he stands up for his relief -- police. this is a commercial but are more schwar

. >> in the soviet union ronald reagan engaged the evil empire, and the berlin wall came down.e have done this. >> the berlin wall came down because he engaged them by building up the u.s. military, not because he spoke to them. >> and you're telling me that's it, that negotiations have nothing to do with it that, nixon and china? what about that? >> the real change in china came in the '80s. >> it's negotiation from a strong point and one thing reagan did do is rebuild our military to where the russians couldn't afford to keep up, they had to talk to us. >> no question but you all are suggesting one doesn't -- there's no one suggesting we shouldn't be strong. >> one doesn't talk to stalin to somebody who kills millions of people. >> i'm glad you're not directing foreign policy because this nation has routinely and often engaged with very bad people who do things we do not like. >> and sacrificed its own interests -- >> -- to advance our agenda. >> guys, we have to end now. we went to breaking news on the great image. thanks for watching for us tonight, folks, and congratulatio

a sensational performance to win the 100 m at the world championships in berlin on sunday. the triple olympic champion came to victory. >> i think 9.5 is a big thing. i am proud of myself because i am the first man to have done that. i did very well. i am just happy with it. i am just trying to win. >> the headline on monday was missing ship found. the next question was, just where were you during the 18 days the world was looking for you? the cargo vessel seized by pirates turned up off the west coast of africa. its crew of 15 were alive and well. >> the mystery of the disappearing cargo ship finally tracked down after a massive naval hunt. the news was confirmed when the russian defense minister reported to the russian president. it was found he said 300 mi. off the -- island. the crew was alive and well. how did the vessel disappeared from view? its voyage began nearly one month ago on july the 23rd the next day in the baltic sea it was reportedly boarded and searched by armed men. on july 28th, it contacted the coast guard sailing through the english channel and was sig

. >> this is a decision that paved the way for the berlin wall. opposition groups in hungary would have a picnic on the border with austria. this allowed hundreds of east germans to leave communist eastern europe. >> it looks like an unlikely place to start a revolution but this is what happened in these peaceful meadows 20 years ago. hungary had already appears to the iron curtain. ordinary people, young east germans, found a new hole in the curtain. the commander of the border guard had not been given new orders, he should have tried to stop them that he decided not to. 10,000 people came here to press their unification of europe. the east germans took advantage to reach austria and then west germany. >> i am here in the central part of the european revolution of freedom, of democracy, of coming together and that continues to shape our part of the world and that inspires many other parts of the globe. >> after the picnic, it only took congress three more weeks to officially open the border with austria. -- it only took hungary three more weeks.

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presenting the potential for some problems a little bit later in the week but look -- you see salisbury, berlin moving over toward ocean city. pretty hefty showers moving through right now. they'll take another hour or so to move through. deer island, crisfield seeing shower activity and up toward elkton in northeast maryland. that's what we're dealing with as this humid air stays in place and the front continues to try to work through it. it's not going to do it any time today so we'll keep you posted. as for keeping you posted on the tropics, we'll send it over to marty with more on some activities starting to heat up. >> thank you very much. we started discussing this with you yesterday. this is tropical depression number two. it will get the name ana. it's expected to strengthen as we move through the afternoon. it's still a good six to ten days away from the continental until. it's moving right along the inner tropical convergence zone. the fact of the matter is this. this needs to be watched very closely. it's starting to really organize itself a little bit. we're getting now updates ever

the former president and secretary of state traveled to berlin of for a getaway and now hurricane bill is pelting the island with heavy winds and rains that have forced the clintons to cut their vacation short. charlie cook has a chilling forecast for democrats. he says in a special update to his newsletter that democrats could lose more than 20 seats in next year's congressional elections. he writes -- bret: the health care reform debate is factoring in to many reelection bids and one ohio congressman is feeling the heat from constituents. steve brown reports on the effort to make an impression. >> summer is winding down. time for one more ride at the fair. one more shot at winning a blue dog. one more signature and that the blue dog. >> we're getting a petition. >> two congressmen helped broker the deal on the controversial 1000-page house reform bill. >> i was so oppressed with the intellectual curiosity. >> this is an american citizen issue. >> they will not meet with us. >> there is a large congressional district geographically. >> driving the 16 counties from and to and take four

his first race since breaking records in the 100 and 200- meters in berlin several weeks ago. >>> that's sports. have a good week. >> bolt verses a cheetah who wins. >>> >> bolt. an old cheetah. young ones are fast. >>> clearly this group never listened to their mother when they said don't play with your food. . >>> in texas this weekend a black tie event took a fori turn. it was the cats wearing black and white. the event was held for black and white cats and they all wore bow ties. an animal group held the event to spotlight the city's homeless cats. >>> it was raining food in nevada this weekend. take a look at 50,000 pounds of tomatoea flying in the air in reno. thousands joined in for this food fight. i don't know it looks kind of fun. participants paid ten dollars toward a good cause, the american cancer society and for $50 more could throw them at the mayor of reno. get him. we will be right back. produce with a 100% guarantee... means freshness is always in season. rancher's reserve beef, guaranteed tender, says you're always ready to grill. and now, safeway has a new promise. a

right now, i am doing a film in berlin with roman polanski and pierce brosnan.is not just working on "leverage," i am able to do other things. tavis: what is it like to work with roman polanski? >> it is great. he is an amazing director and actor. he will act your part out. you will allow it. it won him to say, this is how you should do your part, let me show you. he has such great ideas. great storyteller, the life of the set. just an amazing energy that he has. tavis: any secrets you want to tell me about where "leverage" is going in season two? or you can just wire it to my house again. >> i will do that. the first season, the character i was playing was quite literally the drinker. in the second season, we're looking for another vice. tavis: maybe it is just my read, but i got the sense at the end of season one, you start to have tension in the group. >> trust issues. major trust issues. they do not know if they can work together, there have been some trails. i think the second season you will not see them together as a team right away. i think it will work

learned that tests carried out on the gold medalist caster semenya who won the world championship in berlin had significantly elevated levels of testosterone. africans turned out in thousands to welcome her home, but the controversy about her gender remains and she has been told to take further tests. our correspondent watched the homecoming in johannesburg. >> there was an air of festivityn johannesburg's and main airport. thousands of well-wishers from miles around. add all hoping to catch a glimpse of the woman they call their golden girl. and then security guards ushered caster semenya through. you could just about picker out from the crowd. this is a week ago, and caster semenya was virtually unknown. now she is a national hero thrown into the international spotlight. within minutes, the shy 18-year- old was at center stage at a massive victory party. close relatives says -- close relatives say she is more comfortable running. these pictures of her power in four to win the gold in the women's 800 meters show that she is something of a sexual curiosity. her performance has prompted the

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life he in thisarming community changed forever during two minutes on a trkin berlin. one of theran bece a world beater, and in the process, it created aninternational storm. >> they doot want south africa to go forward. >> that was proof. >> if you had sn everything? >> everything. [laughter] >> and denitely a girl? >> definitely. >> so quick has been world champion success, the home she shes with her mily is still without running water. er birth certifate has en pruced as evidence. there is no ambiguity yea-- born in 1991, sex male. is clear that has lived a caster semenya all of her life -- it clear tt cast senya has lived all of her li as a girl, and then a woman. question seems certaino continue one person who should know is mother. >> the is no doubt. what say -- there ino doubt. i give birth to her that day, from nine --y womb. >> ad many here think that caeremenya is bei targeted because she is black anfast. part of cliff h collapsed onto a crowded beach in pougal. it killed lst five holidaymakers and injured several others. it was a popular holiday destination

but such was the stunning nature of her performance in berlin that the questions seemed certain to continue. one person who should know is her mother. >> [unintelligible] i give birth to her. that is at. from my whim. >> it is a country that knows the cost of discrimination better than any other. caster semenya many think is being targeted just because -- many think caster semenya is being targeted just because she is black and she is fast. >> with the wayne yet, latvia, estonia. back in the 1980's, all three were part of the soviet union. now they are part of the european union and nato. we had a report from the late 1980's. our correspondent return to investigate the consequences of the revolution. >> the soviet-arab jail was dark, damp, and -- this soviet- era jail was dark, damp, and crowded. prisoners from estonia were brought here for interrogation because moscow treated it nationalists as criminals. she got four years in jail. >> it never did i feel like i was alone. i knew the majority of the estonian people were with me. >> in 1989, 1 million people were ready to join her in the ca

individual title, outclassed the field, including the defending olympic champion to win the title in berlin. richards was the last year in beijing by the british actually -- athlete, and at last richards could celebrate a first major individual championship bowl. there was another american winner in the 400 meter hurdles when caroline successfully defended their title, going through puerto rico's first world record championship medal. less than two weeks to go before the start of the u.s. open tennis championships. venus williams has been beaten at the rogers, in toronto. in her first appearance in the event in 12 years she won the first set for a loss of a single game. but they are back now to win the next two sets 7-5, 6-4. >> thank you, russell. a summary of top stories, at least 75 people have been killed and hundreds wounded in a wave of attacks in baghdad. one massive truck bomb occurred outside of the heavily guarded green zone, damaging the iraqi parliament. keep up with all of the news on bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new honolulu. the newm

and they'veeenhelped by berlin economic stimulus packages. >> the slowdown in production is w over.re entering ahase of stabilization or of slight growth. this respect, the worst is now overbut not for the labor rket. unfounately, we have to expect more job losses. >> reporter: gmany is not the only economy to emergefrom the cession. france ao surprised analysts recording .3 of 1% growth inhe second quarter. ken as a ole, theeu economy continued to shrk, according to official figus published today. major economs such as britain pulled down the europe average, contracting b.8 of 1%. but lithuanias in a league of its own, posting a g loss of mo than 12%. the tiny baltic statwas hit relatilyate by the economic crisis season seekg to ride out the orm. some bourqwoers have seen their wages reduced by asuch 50% and the governme has also raisedtaxes. >> to assess how fast the wor is rebounding d to analyze wh it is meaned by the united states, we are joid once again by o of our regulars, roben farzad, a senior write with usinessweek." alys good to see you. >> thank you, marn. >> butspecial

. >> i come to berlin as so many of my countrymen have come before. although tonight, i speak to you not as a candidate for president, but as a citizen. a proud citizen of the united states and a fellow citizen of the world. >> one year and six weeks ago, candidate obama traveled to europe and said that he was not appearing as a candidate for u.s. president but as a fellow citizen of the world. mr. obama sees the world under his leadership as an active and interactive player as part of the international community. apparently the international community believes that we are and obama sees himself on center stage of that grade world amphitheater. the effect of this transformation is that pulariti soaring. the percent of germans who ewed the dato is 64%, up 31from 2008 poll. ng to the pugh, global the , k.u.69%, up from 16% k.la year. the french three-quarters, 75% of frenchmen nosee america favorably versus 42% in 2008. so what is the big lever that has moved the seesaw of america's popularity so radically upward? acknowledgement of world citizenship? y

. >> he did that during the last real estate bust when the berlin wall came down and the exxon valdezt up on the rocks. what are they worth? >> about the same probably. >> the same amount of money that he paid when this was the smallest cell phone that money could buy. but returning to the '80's isn't all bad. the crash has removed the illusion of wealth. >> there are a lot of people who thought they had a lot of wealth. it turns out that wealth does note exist. they thought they had this pot of gold and they were taking advantage of it. but it turns out the pot of gold was a myth, but all the debt they've racked up in the meantime is very real. >> for people just entering the market if they can compete against the investors, things couldn't be better. >> the price sat 35. >> lefevre's daughter also sells real estate. even at these prices, the rundown houses are a steal. >> i've got a lot of people i grew up with in high school that i can talk into houses. >> her client had been around the real estate block a few times. what have you paid for houses previously? >> anywhere from half a

before the world championships in berlin, where controversy around her gender arose, she won gold at commonwealth youth games last year and again at the african junior championships. her former headmaster says while some kids used to remark that semenya runs like a boy, at school, there was little doubt. >> i'm 100% sure that caster is a girl because when we admitted her, we admitted her and knew that she's a girl. this was a shock. >> reporter: this woman says she used to run and play football with caster and they shared a room on many occasions during high school trips. >> i feel angry because i know caster's a girl. >> reporter: the south african government and the public have rallied behind the gold medalist. people in her home village have been rejoicing for days. to them, she remains an inspiration. >>> we're pushing forward now. it's in every state, it's killed hundreds of people. now there's fear swine flu may be waiting in your child's classroom. from preschools which can be germ factories all the way to colleges like the university of kansas, now telling six students to shu