will remain berlin." well, the trees are back, and so is berlin. the indomitable spirit of berlin rises up in the buildings, the festivals, the art, and the life on the streets. berlin is very much alive. [speaking german] [speaking german] prost und auf wiedersehen. announcer: all videos and dvds smart travels are $24.95 each, plus shipping. call 800-866-7425 for the two-episode dvd or video on berlin, munich, and bavaria. details of all of our travel videos, dvds, and best guide books are on the web at smarttravels.tv. please have a credit card ready and call 800-866-7425 or visit us on the web. captioning made possible by u.s. department of education captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- venice seems to be everyith more italy connoisseur's...of europe. prague has always been beautiful... germany... the irish civilization... the eiffel tower was built... hope you've enjoyed the magic of... stonehenge is roped off and viewable only from a distance, but england is dotted with l

just a stone's throw away from berlin the ultimate objective of the offensive. by measured the distance with a ruler the sixty one kilometers to the outskirts of berlin is only sixty one kilometers and when the allies bombed the flashes of anti-aircraft shells let this guy like stars. to the plan short. the. left of the advancing soviet troops with almost no ammunition and fuel the soviet army took two months to prepare for the assault. the germans also took advantage of the delay. yeah reserves around brought up here this was the place where the army's strongest units were concentrated in the wars final weeks of the germans also built formidable defenses extending twenty kilometers west ward from the forward positions or six and a half kilometers from a. soviet inge german forces were being amassed along the author for the most massive military operation in world history. so the total of three and a half million troops from both sides some ten thousand tanks schools of thousands of assault guns and eleven thousand some of those know all the operation of that sc

berlin the ranch dog home to germany's parliament it was right here the final flight of world war two took place. there are ever fewer surviving witnesses to the events of those days soviet veterans will never forget what happened sixty five years ago show us gun fire corpses flames that's how the reich started look by the end of april nine hundred forty one. german soldiers fought for every piece of footage and really tried to stand to the last minute against soviet troops. more than fifty thousand soldiers and officers night over russian polish and german each of us fought for all. the russians for theirs you go on twenty four hours. to. last a fortune. the red flag was raised on the top of the lifestyle game a nine hundred forty five. became the symbol of victory of soviet people over fascism. in one thousand nine hundred five a silly was an anti-tank gun platoon commander she still keeps a map that he got before assaulting berlin. it occurred at the river this is a map they gave out before the donkey at them we were supposed to attack the outskirts of carlin at the dawn and before

evening of the second of may civilians were out in the streets of berlin. many. but the adults stayed at home the russians had. heard many stories about. what if they were treated in the same way the kids had pill faces they were wearing shorts some had small bowls on their hand when they were given some poor and they rushed home with. skipping something else or the part i found out that the people who were doing for the food what access from the local theater. hungry they stood with. the russians. they were afraid of us they thought russians were constant acts with a long mustache they were looking us all over thinking where the russians mustaches were your first hand they wanted to know we were wearing field caps we were just a young boy is authentic. on the evening of may eighth marshals you called and representatives of great britain france and the united states signed the act of germany's unconditional surrender at the headquarters of the soviet fifth army in berlin. on the ninth of may we were losing to our hearts content of lead found a big bottle containi

by the evening of the second of may civilians were out in the streets of berlin. there are many kids but the adults stayed at home we the russians had come you know it was can appreciate heard many stories about them. what if they were treated in the same way again the kids had pill faces they were wearing short pams some had small balls on their hands and knees when they were given some poor and they rushed home with them . i saw myself skipping something else of the pot i found out that the people who were queuing for the food what access from the local theater all skinny and hungry as they stood which held a man of us that's the russians. you know they were afraid of us they thought russians were cossacks with a long mustache they were looking us all over thinking where the russians mustaches were your first half and they wanted to know if we were wearing field caps we were just young boys with seventy. on the evening of may age marshals you called and representatives of great britain france and the united states signed the act of germany's unconditional surren

student activist why he thinks socialism is seeing a resurgence twenty years after the fall of the berlin wall and we're going to ask you do people need either big god or big government to stay in control i'm going to speak with the reasons michael moore to hand about whether fiscal conservatism and social conservatism have to coexist and since it's friday we're going to treat you to some laughs so we can have the scoop on all the crazy stories making headlines this week from an s.t.d. test you can take on your phone to japanese holographs becoming rock stars comedy central blogger gonzalo cordova will give us his take at the end of the show but now to move on to city's top story. all the world leaders came together in seoul south korea for the g. twenty summit most of the hard work was pushed off for another year so what did we see what we did see though was world leaders expressing their dismay to president obama on the fed's recent actions and emerging economies wielding their newfound power on the global economic stage artes and he said now he has more. well the g twenty has come and

. >> greetings from berlin.start off with a tasty tribute to one of the great british institutions -- fish and chips. 2010 marks the 150th anniversary of the famous combination. the first shop opened its doors back in 1860. today there are more than 11,000 shops around the u.k. that sell millions of portions every year. we went to see why the dish has kept its place in the nation's hearts. >> many things are associated with britain. few are as popular as fish and chips. this is london's oldest surviving fish and chips shop. he was founded in 1871. it makes it almost as old as the dish itself. >> they are really amazing. >> when you look at chips in mcdonald's, the american french fries, they are very thin. they are not chips. i would not eat them. >> it is quite comforting. >> they are very british. >> fish and chips is traditionally something you buy to take out and eat. a portion here costs about 10 euros. the way they are made has not changed much over the years. >> the way we do it is very much like the trad

launched an investigation into a special -- a suspicious package fod in chaellor merkle's office in berlin. republicans are expected to make historic gains in u.s. elections. bp is back in the black after the worst oil spill in u.s. history. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> a package intercepted at chancellor angela merkle's offices in berlin today contained explosives and is linked to the mail bombing in greece according to germany's interior minister, who told reporters the parcel had been mailed from greece to the view of days ago. he confirmed the device was built in the same way as the bomb that exploded at the swiss embassy in athens earlier today. security in all-german mail rooms has been bolstered in response. he ordered them to exercise particular caution with mail from greece. >> the government district in berlin, the seat of political power in germany. a suspicious package arrived early tuesday afternoon. it was addresd tohancellor merkle, who was in belgium at the time it was delivered. journalists working close by were close to get on the s

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the scenes of the berlin wall falling were beamed across the world as the historic moment when the west beat the soviet union and capitalism formula defeated project communism. years later the cameras show the other angle the economic collapse brought by capitalism victory the us marks it as world freedom day with the us government means when they say they celebrated our freedom day with the fall of the berlin wall what they really need is the freedom of us corporations to be able to plunder exploit and really do what they please within the borders that they weren't able to on this ship you. say. and is that something they said saddam would cling to power and now but the status he was hanging on to berlin seems to my old the words are what you're seeing here images of american soldiers and iraqis declaring virtual victory over the statue of saddam hussein beamed to viewers worldwide. it was staged as a spontaneous outpouring of iraqis inspired by the american soldiers who came to liberate them that was lead found out soon afterward to organized by the u.s. army so the symbols are really

at this point there are pieces of the berlin wall all over the world what came following the historic moment was this bali hood era of freedom now marked by economic collapse and list war two decades after the fall of the berlin wall some argue the u.s. empire is also in plotting its influence waning in the face of rising world powers several of them with the stink of socialist leanings jan hospice r t washington d.c. well it's not only in developing countries that socialist parties are getting vocal vice presidential candidate in the two thousand and eight u.s. election eugene yeah and spends what he feels america needs socialism or we believe that in a world and particularly in a country where there's so much wealth and it's primarily appropriated by a small few people to the detriment of millions and millions hundreds of millions of people the vast majority of people who are either in abject poverty or at least don't see the full rewards of their labor that socialism is a system in which the needs of people can be met by production and in fact the production of society in the way s

at this point there are pieces of the berlin wall all over the world what came following the historic moment was this bali hood era of freedom now marked by economic collapse and list war two decades after the fall of the berlin wall some argue the u.s. empire is also in plotting its influence waning in the face of rising world powers several of them with the stink of socialist leanings hospice r. t. washington d.c. all right kareen is now here with the business news stay with us. i don't welcome to business good to have you with us this hour we go straight to our top story russian bulgaria close to sealing a deal which could carry gas to europe through a bulgarian section of the south stream pipeline russian prime minister letting the putin is in sofia yet to meet his bulgarian counterpart boy kabaddi said the south stream agreement is expected to provide for the establishment of a joint stock company to begin construction the deal could help gas from complete its south stream project ahead of the arrival of the book pipeline. well gary it's a key country for deciding which part plan

she studied at a college in berlin. she is the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi in germany nce 1935. >> it is important me that jews in germany develop a positive i did in a, not something related to persecution and the holocaust but a positive identity. >> she will become a rabbi for jewish communities in lower saxony. as in many other places in germany, the jewish community there is primarily composed of immigrants from the former soviet union. >> i have the linguistic tools to reach people and key medicate jewish religious content in a more understandable way -- and communicate jewish religious content any more understandable way. >> she says that her new congregation likes to sing, and she is pleased about that because as a former music student she enjoys carrying a tune. >>> the world's oldest person has died at the grand old age of 114 years. she celebrated her birthday earlier this year with champagne. she died of the french caribbean island. she was born on st. barts and 1896. she lived most of her life as

thanks very much indeed for bringing us the latest from berlin . watching live from moscow and max kaiser economist and host of artie's kaiser report believes germany is ready to emerge as the world's new superpower. the crisis is only adding to germany's ability to ultimately break away from the euro and to compete head to head with china for competition in terms of being the twenty first century global superpower it will be germany and china the us has gone the u.k. is long gone continental europe is outside of germany doesn't produce anything so you've got a reconstituted germany with their own central bank again their own currency and i predict the rise of germany again this is something that after world war two. was attempted to be outlawed but germany is back and of course germany has excellent relations with russia the russian leadership speaks german the german leadership speaks russian so there's a lot of talk there and the tonic genie is being let out of the bottle i don't think america is prepared for a germany because being a was a supe

steve evans is in berlin. what kind of details are the german authorities giving us on the nature of this device that was found? >> simply saying that an x-ray revealed that the device had a timer. it had batteries and a fuse. it was in a luggage destined for this flight to munich. they're stopping short of saying that they have discovered a bomb. experts from berlin are examining it further. but it all comes in front of the background where yesterday, the interior minister warned that he had concrete information that an attack was being planned on germany with the specific timing of this month. that warning reist alert -- ra ised alertness. heavily armed police are here in berlin. whether people are more jittery -- or, if there is a real device -- we do not know. we do know that the federal police are taking this very seriously. >> thank you very much, stephen evans in berlin. we'll continue to follow that story here on "bbc world news." china has rejected claims that it hijacked a huge chunk of internet traf

one of the parcels reached via office of chancellor merkel in berlin. in nohwestern pakian, icidbomb hasttacked fridraye at a mosque frequented by antititaliban tribal elders. at least 67 were killed. a few hours later, three people died in a grenade attack in another nearby mosque. local media said the pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility for both attacks. the suicide bombing is one of the deadliest attacks this year. >> worshipers had gathered for friday afternoon prayers in the town when a suicide bomber detonated his deadly load. the mosque's roof collapsed, trapping many victims beneath the debris. >> when the blast occurred, i rushed toward the wounded to rescue them. there were a lot, some without their heads. i picked up my son. the women came and i gave them my son's body and started bringing out the dead bodies. >> some 300 people were in the religious center when the bomb went off. the wounded were rushed to hospitals in the main city in the region. >> we were saying our prayers and suddenly, we heard the sound of an explosion. there

steven evans, bbc news, berlin. >> an historic day there. greek police say they have successfully destroyed a letter bomb addressed to the french embassy in athens. the controlled explosion followed a spate of mail bombing to european leaders and embassies. two suspected leaders of a greek militant group were arrested on monday in connection to the attacks. our correspondent in athens says the latest bomb attempt give some clues about the motivation of the group behind it. >> the bomb sent to the french embassy is the 14th that has been identified by the authorities. it was contained in a hollowed book written by a 19th century greek separatist with a return address to the archbishop of athens. that is the bombers' idea of a joke, but it aroused suspicion at the french embassy. date sent word back to the courier company, where the bomb was destroyed in a controlled explosion. another career -- there had been five other suspicious parcels. the greek authorities to have been carrying out this screening of parcels destined for overseas addresse

launched an investigation into a special -- a suspicious package found in chancellor merkle's office in berlin. republicans are expected to make historic gains in u.s. elections. bp is back in the black after the worst oil spill in u.s. history. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> a package intercepted at chancellor angela merkle's offices in berlin today contained explosives and is linked to the mail bombing in greece according to germany's interior minister, who told reporters the parcel had been mailed from greece to the view of days ago. he confirmed the device was built in the same way as the bomb that exploded at the swiss embassy in athens earlier today. security in all-german mail rooms has been bolstered in response. he ordered them to exercise particular caution with mail from greece. >> the government district in berlin, the seat of political power in germany. a suspicious package arrived early tuesday afternoon. it was addressed to chancellor merkle, who was in belgium at the time it was delivered. journalists working close by were close to get on t

in berlin they promised to clear the path for business links and develop science and technology together let me put it in added that he doesn't see any obstacles to russia's accession to be the w t o the world trade organization well said europe should leave behind its cold war mentality he also said there's a possibility that the current ceiling in between russia and the european union will be created. that's. still an audition yes for the currency union we all realize that it's a derivative of putting the economies together and it depends on the level of the economies development it has to become mature but on the whole i don't rule out such forms of cooperation between us. and we'll bring you more coverage of the forum when we speak to our correspondent in berlin going off that's a little later in the program. on after months hurting around the world in orbit a russian cosmonaut and two nasa astronauts have their feet firmly back on the ground after returning from the international space station and although the landing in kazakhstan was dubbed ideal the crew had to bite their lips be

air berlin had a difficult start to the year with severe weather. the volcanic ash cloud from my son caused hundreds of cancellations. -- cloud from iceland caused hundreds of cancellations. sirish budget carrier reiner sas that businesse looking up. they have raised the profit core cast -- profit forecast. it expects 400 million euros. it is continuing to gain market share across europe. lower operating cost of possible. labor unrest continues in france. pilots and cabin crews said it will go on strike at the end of this week to protest against government plans to tax job- related perks, such as cut price air tickets and hotel rates. it is likely to affect thousands of travelers flying to come from, or through paris. employees of air france are steppeset to go on strike tuesd. the german auto sector is bouncing back from the recession strongly, more than expected with one in seven jobs in germany connectetohe auto industry. that comes as very welcome news. demand from abroad is feeling the rebound. they are forecasting that 80% of cars assembled in

russian prime minister vladimir putin to some of germany's top industrialists at a business form in berlin. of his following the discussions. but you know pushing me to. a speech at the forum focusing on the cooperation between russia and the european union calling for more cooperation and more ties in fact he said that if russia and the european union want to stay competitive in the world in the international economy of an it is vital for both to work together he also called european partners not to hamper cooperation between european companies and russian companies once again he talked about creating a free economic zone a free trade zone between russia and the european union from long. and hold the international community to specifically business elites here in germany and the european union to put their efforts together in order to sort of the remaining problems many of which are still quite visible here in europe and in russia as well let's listen to what was going to put in had to say you know it was a good shot it took the year a slightly fluctuating but as a whole it's a good stabl

on this day in 1989, restrictions were lifted between east and west berlin.hat prompted celebrations that led people to break down the berlin wall, once a symbol of the cold war. >>> and tonight, the kennedy center awards, the mark twain prize for american humor. to "30 rock's," tina fey is expected to attend the event, steve corell, jimmy fallon and betty white. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. michael jackson's children speak out for the first time since the pop icon's tragic death. actress diane keaton talks about life behind the anchor desk in her new film "morning glory." >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. the day today on your nbc station. have a good

i couldn't have set it in munich or berlin.was what motivated me to do it, because it's a place that i know. arne bellstorf's book coincides with the 50th anniversary of the founding of the beatles. he's preparing an exhibition for the beatlemania museum. >> i saw it had aesthetic potential, and also in terms of the plot. it's a good story, which described the life then and i knew i'd be able to render as a comic. >> but the story of astrid kirchherr and stuart sutcliffe ended in tragedy. sutcliffe died of a brain hemorrhage in 1962. he was just 21 years old. "baby's in black" is a tribute to him and to an entire generation. >> fed up with low budget flights in cramped planes? there's a better way to travel and one that's also more environmentally friendly. take the slow train. you've probably heard about the orient express and the trans- siberian railway but now a new route has reopened after almost a century connecting moscow and nice. the trip through seven countries takes three days but you will arrive perfectly relaxed. th

police received 16,000 calls last year for help for women in berlin. the number of women who do not report cases of abuse is much higher. >> barbara says she would still be in during the beatings and kicks if it were not for her son. she found the courage to separate from her violent husband when he threatened their then-three-month old son. >> he is a butcher by profession. once he grabbed a knife and said he had already slaughtered 70 pigs, and one more would not matter. then he held the knife to my throat. >> when she left her husband, barbara had five euros to her name, spoke no german, and wandered the streets. she found help with an outreach center. on average, three women seek the help of the center each day, nearly 1000 each year. consultants speak six languages. >> a woman cannot manage on her own. she can perhaps ask neighbors or acquaintances for help. if there is nobody, it is very important to have a phone to call the police in an emergency. >> with the center's help, she is now trained as an office clerk. she would like to work for the ou

stephen evan, "bbc news," berlin. >> still to come, height of romance.e hear from the couple at the center of a record-breaking love story. >> the italian government says it has captured 28 of the country's 30 most-wanted mafia criminals, and police are said to be closing in on the remaining two at large. there is some flash photography in this report from duncan kennedy. >> antonio, known as "the baby." the latest high rfc ranking alleged mobster captured this week, believed by police to be the brains behind a famous clan. they called a news conference to announce the extraordinary progress being made by law enforcement in the fight against organized crime in the past two years. >> a number of mafia members arrested, and totals 6,724, 28 of which are on the list of most dangerous criminals. only two are missing from that list, and the net is tightening around them. >> and these are the two missing from that list. one a leading member of the brazilial costa roca and this one. so why are police being so successful against organized crime now? one reason i

the berlin sign can one hundred forty five after a torpedo attack and she hit a mine. into the soviet military a great deal of effort to raise the berlin. she was sent to the u.s.s.r. where she was refitted and renamed the admiral next email although the lawyer was already in a state of great decayed nine hundred eighty six the crew was still trying their best to maintain her status as the most comfortable cruiser. solo in a boasted a cinema to swimming pools a restaurant and several bottles each night the ship band played for the passengers . but. the weather was just fine least of all tourists were strolling along the streets of nova receipts. joining me from that there were no telltale signs that the ship might be in trouble later on. you. remember we sailed from. ten pm. as soon as the pier he radioed to port traffic supervisor. to report the situation. he was told that only one. was about to enter the port. in accordance with the rules the next. but they made an exception. of the steamship line and so the freighter was ordered to give way to the passenger . went t