berlin has become a magnet for artists from all around the world. galleries have popped up thanks to rents that remain affordable. now, showing off what its international artists can do with an exhibition called "based in berlin.' >> these chinese knockoffs are perched atop 8 platform. the central exhibition hall looks improvised. following the model, 80 young artists including some who have moved to the german capital, use a variety of media and subjects to illustrate the potential of the city's art scene. >> this shows that berlin is a place where artists come to work from around the world. the problem is that they sometimes have it easier exhibiting their work abroad than they do here. >> the mayor would like that to change. this is the city's effort to help the artists show off their talents. the average performance artist studied in berlin and spent years in los angeles and now she is back in the german capital. >> everything changes when you have the opportunity to show your work and get a good studio and exchange ideas. that is more difficult

what china really does bring to berlin is the promise to keep buying bonds denoted in euros. chinese officials have taken great pains to say they have faith in the european economy, and they will continue to buy those bonds in euros. if they were to change their mind on that and present they are uneasy about that, that would be a big problem in berlin. and that's something that the government here badly doesn't want. >> even in berlin, and earlier in a summit in london, and a deal with 2.4 billion, and despite those agreements the visit with the british minister with those rights, more reports. >> marching band, and soldiers on the parade and the formal hat. given all the ceremony that britain can lay on. but hard diplomacy inside. >> we are different countries and we are clear that political and economic development go hand in hand, one supports the others. >> mr. cameron raised civil rights cases and the speaker was more robust. >> human rights, china and united kingdom should respect each other and treat as equals, engage in more cooperation than finger pointing. and resol

the latest figures show 136 people were killed trying to escape berlin. this is now part of the german finance ministry. the government marked the 50th anniversary of those words on this same spot. >> the construction of the wall was one of the key episodes in the cold war. its fall was symbolic of the collapse of communism across central europe and of its global ambitions. it marks the beginning of german and european union ty. >> with the end of east germany, berliners quickly removed most traces of the wall. those that remain fascinate visitors to this day. >> cycling news -- the preference starts next month. some of the world's best -- the tour de france starts next month. some of the world's best writers have been getting some experience -- riders have been getting in some experience. now moments after crossing the finish line, the winner broke into tears after hugging his teammates. >> i won my last stage at the 2009 tour of spain. this is my second major victory. it has been a long time. i am very happy. >> early on, four riders away from the pack,

the berlin patient received stem cells from a donor who was immune to hiv. in fact, about 1% of caucasians are immune to hiv. some say it goes back to the great plague. people who survived the plague developed an immunity and that immunity was passed down to their heirs today. do your doctors say that you are cured? >> yes, they do. >> reporter: and the medical journals? >> they do as well. >> reporter: cured? >> right. >> reporter: am i looking at the first man in world history to be occurred of hiv? >> i think so. >> reporter: what do you think about that? >> it makes me very happy. very, very happy. >> reporter: needless to say timothy is now being monitored by doctors at san francisco general hospital and hewlet ucff where we sought out a medical opinion from one of the most respected aids researchers in the world dr. jay leavy one of the co-discoverers of the hiv virus. >> if you are able to take the white cells from someone and manipulate them so they are no longer infectible by hiv and those white cells become the whole immune system of that individua

such a versatile of we the greatest festivals the current cannes venice and berlin film festivals andmoscow as part of the second group which includes moscow montreal and canada. no london is not part of the group not that. they are and noncompetitive a long long long festival twenty five days so then look at our door in switzerland sunset in spain and karlovy vary in the czech republic and moscow competes with these festivals for world premieres of interesting films and that fortunately we can't compete with the big three there is a movement downside for the berlin film festival and the moment upside for the moscow also my hope is that if i live long enough that moscow will become the third festival anywhere live my old girl there that you know the second group. ok well let's hear more about one of the oldest film festivals in the world in a report by spotlights union they didn't need them or. it might have all started with writing marilyn and proclaiming cinema the most important of the arts anyway judging by this monumental what plan. in moscow that a filmmaker is clearly worshiped

berlin is a very fine city. the first time i opened my hotel window and looked out over berlin and the garden the first thing a pops into my mind as corpus christi. i don't know why. just a very flat. it's berlin. so anyway. >> some very big fan of years. we all feel truly gifted to partaken your stories. very wonderful. >> i'm sorry. >> i have a feeling that it will be considered one of the century's greatest books. i just started reading your new book. i just wanted to ask you as a writer. you have a very engaging manner. just listening to you talk. it comes very naturally to you. how difficult is to be a really good writers such as yourself. the sturgeon and along the way. i mean, you talk about the keys to the table. it to relief feel like you knew you could do this? , a great storyteller. along the way you encountered doubts of yourself. i'm just curious. >> harmelin. >> your stories are so engaging. i feel like you're talking to me when i'm reading. it's a wonderful feeling. your marvelous. i love that. en

i loved going to berlin to see blood is there now but also a feel for berlin but subtle things. for example, one thing i did not know or appreciate this how close everything all the action takes place around its year garden. hence the title "in the garden of beasts." all of those actions are around the eastern corridor of the park. what i've learned is everything was so close together just a 15 minute walk to dodd to gestapo headquarters to the building i don't know why that was important but it was. and the first time i opened my hotel window over berlin and looked over the year guard and i thought of corpus christi. very five. >> i am a very big fan of yours and i know we all feel gifted to partaking in your stories you are wonderful part of. [laughter] i am sorry. i have a feeling at the end of the 21st century it would be this century's greatest books. i just guarded to read your new book and as a writer, you have an interesting manner just listening to you talk. it comes very naturally to use and how difficult is it to be a good writer such as yourself? as you encounter dis

downside for the berlin film festival and the moment upside for the moscow show my hope is that if ileave low enough that moscow will become the third first . or second group. ok well let's hear more about one of the oldest fell first i was in the world in a report by spotlight and they did me that. it might have all started with writing marilyn and proclaim in cinema the most important of the arts anyway judging by this monument to what camera in moscow that of filmmaking is clearly worshiped in russia and that is celebrated here every doing when dozens of movies from around the world arrive in moscow for the international film festival it was the soviet action film which first got it go when in one thousand thirty five the first album moscow international film festival had two legendary surrogate eisenstein on the jury prizes then went to the soviet civil war epic but also to a fringe rene clair comedy and the disney cartoon three little pigs it was not until the one nine hundred sixty s. that the festival became a regulator vent every of the year the soviets could enjoy a breath o

the opening game will be played here in berlin's olympic stadium. the other matches will take place in towns and city as cross the country. hundreds of thousands of fans are expected with some 80% of the tickets already gone. all germany games are already sold out. this is good news for the organizers who want to establish women's soccer as a broad-based sport. >> my dream is coming true. the world cup in my home country, the beautiful site of 2011. >> the women's squad has been hard at work promoting the competition. germany are both defending champions and host nation of this year's world cup. with the men's team cheering them on, germany's first 11 are hoping for a fairy tale ending. >> ♪ hello >> i'm really looking forward to this world cup. and i'm sure we can score a huge success. >> all over the world support for women's soccer is reaching fever pitch. all the participating teams are eager for the tournament to start. and anticipation is an all-time high. >> ♪ can i kick it yes, you can ♪ >> we're prepared. with that preparation comes positiv

from years we're showing to target the film of each of which was shown in berlin so many direct and wehave a large panel rom of russian from said dunk you know how the filmmakers where we show all the interesting film made last minute international audiences when they go to watch a russian movie they don't expect a hollywood like blockbuster then they they they they would rather expect something something closer to art out there is that true oh yes of course there's the they're looking for something exotic they're looking for something spiritual they a looking for the list of course traditions are very very kind of these what are the best countries to sell russian films to europe asia america was some asian countries india and china. is some special audiences in the in america but mostly festival audiences even if some films are sold. the big cities like paris and london where they have place in the cinemas for films like that or because the part of non european films and russia is considered a european on the european country not part of the. european union so we don't have their adva

berlin opens his arms to them every day. >> i very much so for to being in berlin.un. i am sure that i will have a wonderful time the next time i'm there as well. i appreciate you assuming that i will have another term. i'll have plenty of time to pick berlin on my schedule. thank you very much, everybody. >> i can promise the berlin signing will happen for some more time. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] somin the nba t >> this marks the fourth of michelle visit during the obama administration. she will be presented with the presidential medal of freedom this evening. our coverage gets under way at 8:00 eastern, 8:00 p.m. it is a fewt -- it o'clock p.m., a minutes away. we would hear from your phone calls. this gets away in a few minutes. a couple of live hearings to teddy of bell. -- to tell you about. we will look into extending the robert mullen term. it is at 10:00 a.m. eastern. after that, ryan crocker has been nominated to be the new ambassador to afghanistan. that its way at 9:30

that is a question proposed by a human-rights group in germany after a berlin court threw out a case against a saudi diplomat. the diplomat and his family turned a domestic worker into their slaves. the case and is headed for germany's highest court. >> the case centers on a diplomat working for the saudi embassy in berlin, who hired an indonesian made. the made accuses her employers of forcing her to work 17 hours a day without pay. she says she could not leave the house, only got leftovers to eat, and was subjected to violence. >> it is an extreme example. not all domestic workers experience violence. in this case, the husband, wife, and children were given permission to beat the made, and they did. >> the maid said she managed to escape, helped by the german institute for human rights. she brought a test case, suing for unpaid wages and compensation. but because the defendants had diplomatic immunity, the labour court in berlin rejected the complaint. >> how can a state fulfill its obligation to offer legal redress if there are human rights violations? immunity should be lifted in

membership of now because it has become a film director on his own to his last film was shown in berlinand we just saw some writers become directors some script writers moved elsewhere for example volume of sorority and it was a known writer works with the second film already and won't argue. the writing of the living was a very good writer is very difficult to put on screen looks some people cried ginsburg cried generation beyond screen so there are good writers there screenwriters there will be people who write for theatre and then move to cinema. and also there is this school of new drama. which tries to change the rules not to fold the chekov type of writing and to move elsewhere sometimes it's chucking something they don't like it's something they use the two words of the screenplays and they're all places but it works and the younger audience is full oh and. i also want to ask you about the budget where you say that the mascot for the festival is trying to become one of the three main events of the year of this kind. do you have enough. money i mean what's the magic of the fiscal

and most school and obviously we are also obvious abstention of berlin you know for the intervention in libya so to some extent i think that's maybe it it can be a way to some of things but we can see quite good relation between paris and berlin regarding you but also very good relation between paris and london regarding nato issues and to some extent i think that's a many evolution by comparison with the triangle you mention in two thousand and three. russia is one of the largest markets for a european vegetables i'm talking about of course about the cucumber of well these eco carli but syria nobody knows yet where it comes from first it was cucumber is that it was area where people say that russia has closed its borders for european vegetables and this causing controversy of course in europe among farmers and stuff do you see such measures such radical moves you know actual moves by russia for example as as. sort of and willingness. to tackle bilateral issues in a more positive way so so there are problems in relations if we look at practical steps out. yes but you know i walk a lo

berlin's approach could trigger a meltdown on the markets. >> meeting at the chancellory in berlin, sarzoky and angela merkel agreed that speed was of the essence in achieving a second greek rescue package. >> france and germany want a new program in place as soon as possible. there is no tim to lose. >> a deal now looks likely after chancellor merkel softened her stance, agreeing that private investors should take part on a voluntary basis, rather than being forced to tribute to a new bailout. a key demand of france and the european central bank. >> we want the involvement of private creditors on a voluntary basis. i want to stress this. there is no legal basis so far r the beingobligatory involvement. and we also say that this involvement with private vedtors must be worked out together with the e.c.b. >> meeting the schedule for the european bank all next week, sarzoky and merkel want concrete proposals to be presented at an e.u. summit starting in a week's time. >> the markets are unhappy about all of this. >> this is all about restoring confidence, and it worked. at least for the time

both in berlin and enough and that are pushing for is that they don't even believe in them just not to buy a dime to find out what on earth they're going to do with the latest and greatest. meanwhile i'm very much afraid the deficit is emerging a deficit of political legitimacy both in the service companies like germany and holland i mean the deficit greece and ireland do you think that the government buys what the people are saying that they will continue to protest and are they going to take that into account. the government is on borrowed time don't forget that this is a prime minister who only about ten days ago tried to fall on his sword and missed he was prepared to resign. that hopes that he goes to sleep every night with out of that he will manage to keep the whole thing together because there's a steady view through parliament today and tomorrow then go to brussels secured a massive new loan come back to i am frankly saying that you seem to get it going to be basic euro this loan and hoping that then the greek summer and the extreme heat that happens here that you have been do

>> hello and welcome to the journal on dw-tv in berlin. coming up on our program, the imf has chosen christine the guard as its new director. -- khristine lagarde as its new director. >> and the women's cup team usa beat north korea in the opening match. it is history in the making, the imf board has appointed christine lagarde as the new managing director. it makes for the first female head of the global financial manager. >> most of america was actually against the european taking the post, but then brazil began lining up with her. washington says her experience comes at an invaluable time and a critical time for the company. >> the result the sound of like a routine press announcement. >> the international monetary fund has today selected christine lagarde as the imf managing director for a five- year terms of starting on july 5, 2011. >> the current french finance minister had been widely expected to become the imf's first female managing director. brazil and the u.s. threw their weight behind her, along with europe and china. she wasn

and second well they threaten us culturally but others see the real fear in paris and berlin as a loss of political power and this sort of. for a german condominium is already a challenge but with the inclusion of turkey in the european union it would be totally impossible to sustain now embroiled in economic crisis the e.u. isn't as strong as it once seemed turks are starting to view the dollar lays in joining less with frustration and more with relief frankly given. the state of the european union right now is the inability of taking decisions the euro's fragile situation the rising racism and islamophobia in many countries. it's it's becoming less and less attractive turkey is no longer waiting for europe to change its mind instead many speak of the access of turkish interest shifting from west to east it's pursued a no problems policy its neighbors in recent years that sealed impressive results busting trade and making turkey a leader in regional diplomacy if we want to. combine our. power with others i think we should look at eurasia that was first behind me has long been seen as

germans are asking why obama has not been to berlin.bama wanted to send a clear signal -- we stand by you. this relationship is important. it is not as if with previous visits they were downgraded. it is that this one comes at a very important time in obama's presidency and merkle's chancellorship. >> we will go to the republican color -- a republican caller. >> i wanted to let you know that your comments are very much appreciated. you handle calls very well. we really enjoy you. you are a great host. i want to ask your guest -- the euro has been so strong for the last few years, with the exception of the last two years. it has been a strong currency. all of the social benefits that germany offers -- how come german exports are so strong, and yet in the u.s. we complain we cannot compete against china because of the fact that wages are low? which is in germany are higher than the u.s. -- wages in germany are higher than the u.s. since the cold war, germany worked as an ally to the u.s.. now russia has its own interest to protect. with n

berlin opens its arms to them everyday.ook very much forward to being in berlin. and the last time i was there, we had a lot of fun. [laughter] and i am sure i will have a wonderful time the next time i am there as well. and i appreciate you assuming that i will have another term. and so i will have plenty of time to be able to put berlin on my schedule. all right, thank you very much, everyone. >> and i can promise that the berlin brigade will be standing for some more time. >> earlier in the day, the white house offered a preview for preparations for tuesday night's state dinner in honor of the chancellor. guests were arriving late in the afternoon, here's a look. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable phillip gordon and his wife, mrs. rachel gordon. >> dr. elizabeth sherwood randal, and her husband, dr. jeffrey randal. mr. brian lords and his guest, mr. bruce bozy. . force . . >> dr. steven olestad and his wife, mrs. ruth olestad. >> the honorable ambassador phillip murphy, u.s. ambassador to germany, and his wife, mrs.

in 2005, de groot looked and felt like a middle eastern version of berlin in 1989. that's what i thought it was and that's what a lot of people thought it was. but, as we know now, in

after the fall of berlin the stone was found in hitler's office at the chancellor of the third reich. church in breast fortress. there are traces of shells on the walls and inside. it was from here that the defenders of breast fortress launched their first counterattack. scores of german and soviet soldiers died here.

he was in dressny, berlin opens its arms to him every day, but the berliners can also wait. they have proved this throughout their history. >> i look very much forward to being in berlin. and the last time i was there we had a lot of fun. and i'm sure i'll have a wonderful time the next time i'm there as well. i appreciate you assuming that i'll have another term. so i'll have plenty of time to be able to put berlin on my schedule. thank you very much, everybody. >> president obama as well as german's chancellor angela merkel ending with a humorous note about 2012 as they both share their concerns about their respective economies. germany's economy, the largest in europe, speaking with the leader of the largest economy in the world, president barack obama. with that, we start our day here, 12:18 in the east. our big story, from blame to shame this hour. after days of insisting he was the victim of a hack attack that resulted in a lewd photo being sent to a young woman, new york congressman anthony weiner has come clean. >> to be clear, the picture was of me and i sent it. i

but berliners can also wait. >> i look very much forward to being in berlin.ot of fun. [laughter] and i am sure that i will have a wonderful time the next time i am there as well. and i appreciate you assuming that i will have another term. [laughter] so i will have plenty of time to put berlin on my schedule. thank you very much, everybody. >> and i can promise that the berlin date will stand open for some more time. >> thank you. >> a full day of meetings for president obama and angela merkel. more coverage from the white house this evening, beginning at about 5:45 p.m. with the guest arrivals, the state dinner at 8:00 p.m. this afternoon on c-span, several speakers -- federal deficit and debt reduction -- that will be live here at 3:00 p.m. and the new book "reckless endangerment," we will have live coverage on this chat about their politics and prose. that gets underway at 7:00 p.m. >> connect with c-span online with the latest schedule updates on facebook and tour. c-span and social media, connect today. >> undersecretary state for management, patrick ken

were talking about berlin. they thought they found e. coli in the spanish market, it was on spanish cucumbers, therefore blame the supplier. they did find it but it wasn't the strain that has caused all the damage. that seems to be the problem. you have two bits of investigative work. one asking people who got the thing where they ate and then following that and if it all points to one farm, going to that farm and saying it points to you. we need to swab your air-conditioning system, your work surfaces, whatever. then the criticism comes to the authorities. why make that initial suspicion so public? i told you of the bean sprout case. why make that suspicion so public only to have to undo it 24 hours later? there is a sense in germany actually that this thing is being handled poorly. if you look at the main mass market this morning, chaos up there on the left of your screen, i think. chaos about killer germs. so there is a perception now in germany itself that things are going badly wrong. that this thing has n

we're looking forward to the first game in berlin and everyone knows it is really important to start the tournament well. >> 7 of the teams' regulars are guaranteed a place in the starting lineup and the rest of the squad is eagerly awaiting a call to take on canada. >> june 21st is the longest day of the year. even when the sky is overcast, the summer solstice, there is a reason to celebrate, especially as stonehenge in southern england. thousands of druids braked the cold weather to mark midsummer day at the prehistoric site. the event is a modern twist on solstice celebrations that where a high part of the pre christian calendar. stay with us, we'll be right back with our in-depth report. don't go away. >> the vote of confidence for greek -- for the greek government is also a vote for the stability of the euros own. some say that of greece defaults, it could be the end of the common currency. how do we get here? it was a decade ago that europeans began using the euro. we now know that greece lied in order to join the club. athens had a much bigger budget deficit. they fudge the nu

the german chancellor and nicholas sarkozy have been meeting in berlin to discusses the proposal. >> gavin hewitt reports. >> a cabinet reshuffle greek style. european leaders and the financial markets watched as a new cabinet was sworn in. facing violent unrest the prime minister dumped his finance minister, a desperate gamble but a new team could more easily push through osterity measures and so prevent a devastating default. outside parliament the protestors remain at the gate. late evening, they were sitting in. they heard that the new finance minister might try and negotiate with his european pay masters to suffer some of the reforms. the protestors were skeptical. the mood here was uncompromising, no more osterity. >> the more osterity you have people are more unemployed, the economy's collapsing. it's an obvious thing. the protestor who is have been campaigning here for weeks are trying to make it impossible for the government to implement carts. >> away from these pro-tersors there have -- protestors there have also been division about how to protest this. their two leaders w

he played a pivotal role during the fall of the berlin wall and the end of the cold war. eagleburger was 80 years old. >>> a gathering of christian conservatives in washington is a big deal for almost every republican presidential candidate. they're all there. former u.s. senator rick santorum talks about what sets him apart from other gop contenders. >> i had always been pro life, for traditional marriage. but i had always been like a lot of folks. a lot of folks said, weren't here last year that came this year, who come and make the pledge, vow to social conservatives that they'll check the boxes, they'll be for the things that social conservatives care about. ladies and gentlemen, i just don't take the pledge, i take the bullets. >> rick santorum saying i've always been here. where have you all been? the two-day event wraps up with keynote speech of gop presidential candidate herman kaine. >>> casey anthony's murder trial recessed for the rest of the weekend. they were in session this morning. it was about evidence found in her car after her 2-year-old daughter was rep

so frankfurt versus berlin. and fred is live in berlin to explain. so, fred, are the germans side up albeit reluctantly to the idea of a second bailout? >> well, they've certainly signed up to a second bailout but the conditions are the big issue between the german finance minister and the president of the european central bank. basically, as we heard from tlichet, he said there's nothing that should allow greece to have a default. he said private investors should be part of the bailout. they say they want private investors to play a larger role in this new bailout. that's certainly going to be a very, very big issue today when the finance ministers meet in brussels. it's a big point of contention. many of them are already speaking of a cold war-like scenario where both sides are putting up bad things that could happen and can happen. so it appears they're going to have to reach some sort of deal. many people believe in the end what may happen is there might be a voluntary scheme where private investors could be part of a reshuffling or the bonds ext

berlin opens its arms to him every day but they can also wait. throughout history. >> i look very much forward to being in berlin. the last time i was there we had a lot of fun. i am sure i will have zero wonderful time the next time i am there as well. i appreciate you assuming that i will have another term, so i will have plenty of time to be able to put berlin on my schedule. thank you very much, everybody. >> and i can promise that the brandenburg gate will be standing for some more time. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> earlier in the day, the white house offered a preview of preparations for tuesday night's state dinner in honor of the german chancellor. guests began arriving in the late afternoon. here is a look. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable philip gordon and his wife, rachel gordon. dr. elizabeth sherwood randall and her husband. mr. brian lord and his guest. general martin dempsey and his wife. >> dr. steven olestad and his wife, mrs. ruth olesta

in berlin. 1 the noon in athens. i e e-mail monita rajpal. you're watching "world one" live from london. >>> women get behind the wheel to protest a ban on driving. >> washington says it is making contact with opponent's president. he wants to support the forces calling for change. >>> and we were told not to film security forces and later asked to leave. come with us to the chinese town where rioters confront police just a few days ago. >>> we begin with a defining moment for greece. the debt-plagued country is making new moves to try to avoid a financial meltdown. greek prime minister george papandreou is replacing his finance chief and forming a new government. the new cabinet is to be sworn in at this hour. the reshuffle is an attempt. they need more money, billions of dollars. the country won't get its next round of international bailout money unless its embattled leader can push deeper spending cuts through parliament and the deadlines are looming. if they can't get their act together soon, they will start defaulting and that makes a lo

the german chancellor angela merkel and french president nicolas sarkozy have been meeting in berlin to discuss the issue. in athens itself, a new greek cabinet has been sworn in as gavin hewitt reports. [chanting] >> a cabinet reshuffle, greek style. european leaders and the financial markets watched as a new cabinet was sworn in. facing violent unrest, prime minister george papandreou dumped his finance minister. a desperate gamble that a new team could more easily push through austerity measures and so prevent a devastating default. outside parliament, the protesters remain at the gates. late evening, they were sitting in. they had heard that the new finance minister might try and negotiate with his european paymasters to soften some of the reforms. the protesters were skeptical. the mood here was uncompromising. no more austerity. >> the more austerity you have, people are more unemployed. we have less to spend and the economy is collapsing. it's an obvious thing. >> the protesters who have been camping here for weeks are trying to make it impossible for the government to impleme

berlin opens its arms to him every day, but the berliners can also wait. proved this throughout their history. >> i look very much forward to being in berlin. and the last time i was there, we had a lot of fun. and i'm sure that i'll have a wonderful time the next time i'm there, as well. and i appreciate you assuming that i'll have another term. and so i'll have plenty of time to be able to put berlin on my schedule. all right. thank you, very much, everybody. >> translator: and i can promise that the berlin brigade will be standing for some more time. >> thank you. >> president obama and german chancellor angela merkel putting aside some of their differences, at least downplaying them. president obama saying that he was pleased, both of them cooperating with the ultimate goal of making sure that moammar gadhafi, libya's leader, is ousteded. but they certainly have different ideas about that. germany not supporting troops there, but rather adding troops in afghanistan. the united states supporting that nato effort. they also talked about the economy, the

>>in the world of freedom the proudest boast is ich bin ein berliner >>reporter: a quarter of a century later as the berlin wall was torn down and the soviet union dismantled, the council of europe, now established in strasbourg, led the way in helping communist countries transition to democracy. >>people streaming over border. >>reporter: today we are once again at a defining moment in history and once again it is europe's immediate neighbours at the forefront of that change. >>cavusoglu: now we are trying to help the countries in the neighbourhood, in north africa in the middle east and some countries in central asia and actually we foresaw what is happening right now in the region in 2009 and we establish a new status for those countries to integrate them, to let them become closer to the european institutions and the european standards, council of europe standards. >>reporter: at the assembly there was evidence of that outreach, with the council of europe granting morocco "partner for democracy" status; an initiative designed to strengthen co-operation with non-member states. >>reco

the berlin patient received stem cells from a donor who was immune to hiv.fact, about 1 percent of caucasians are immune to hiv. some say it goes back to the great plague. people who survived the plague developed an immunity and that immunity was passed down to their heirs today. >> am i looking at the first man in world history to be cured of hiv. >> i think so. >> reporter: what do you think about that? >> it makes me very happy. >> reporter: needless to say, timothy is now being monitored by doctors at san francisco general hospital and here at ucsf where we is out ought a medical opinion from one of the most respected aids researchers in the world, dr. jay levy one of the codiscoveriers of the hiv virus. >> if you are able to take the white kre8s from someone and-- cells from someone and manipulate them so they are no longer infectable by hiv and those white cells become the whole immune system of that individual, you've got essentially what we call a functional cure. >> reporter: we also sought out a medical opinion from dr. paul volberding, another pio

and so it was done in berlin in german on a double bill with beckett's krapp's last tape. and i think that fact, which got picked up by the new york times, you know-- "young american playwright has to go to germany to have his first work done, and not even in english"-- i think that instantly made the play producible in new york city, because six months later, it was done off-broadway in english on the same double bill and ran for four years. so i quit my job delivering telegrams for western union-- [laughter] and settled in to be a playwright. now, do you speak or write german? no. no. it's a very strange language. do you speak it? no. no. you know, the verbs are at the ends of the sentences, so you can go along, you know, for a page and a half, not knowing what anybody is talking about, and then, all of a sudden, bang, at the end, there's a verb. but you had this-- this added advantage of sitting there the first time you watched it and not being able to say-- or disadvantage-- not being able to say, "you're butchering my dialogue." you didn't have a clue, did you? well,