laid they's president cornerstone for berlin city, marking the official start to construction work. it was badly damaged during the second world war and later torn down by the east german government. the rebuilt palace will feature a baroque faÇade and will house .he humboldt forum berlin the city and capital city of germany is getting its historic center back. >> critics oppose what they see as the reconstruction of the monument. they take an issue with the price tag. it will cost an x-men -- estimated 600 million euros and take at least five years to complete. >> three activists from the women's rights group who staged a topless protest in tunisia were sentenced to four months in prison. the judges said the women from germany and france offended public decency and threaten public order. they were protesting against their rest of a tunisian activist outside the country's .ain courthouse in the capital >> former argentinian president was sentenced thursday to seven years in prison for smuggling weapons into ecuador and croatia in the 1990s. an appeals court overturned a lower court

city's cathedral. >> let's think of it more than about that debate. is it reeked -- is it right to rebuild old monuments in the 21st century? >> berlinis not the first city to face the decision. here's a look at some other famous buildings that are not as old as they might seem. >> this is the most well-known replica of a historical building in germany. it was flattened during world war ii. five decades later, people donated almost 70 million euros to help finance its reconstruction. heavy artillery reduced warsaw 's city center to rubble during the war. poland rebuilt the city stone by stone in a copy of the original. the whole country prides itself on the successful reconstruction, but critics say a city's architecture should embrace its scarred history. >> there is nothing wrong with repairing parts of historic monuments that have been damaged. conservationists do it all the time. but there comes a problem and we reconstructed building that has been completely destroyed and then pretend it is the original. that just confuses the fact that anything has happened at all. >> the city the -- this city rebuild its palace to look like th

city's cathedral. >> let's think of it more than about that debate. is it reeked -- is it right to rebuild old monuments in the 21st century? >> berlinis not the first city to face the decision. here's a look at some other famous buildings that are not as old as they might seem. >> this is the most well-known replica of a historical building in germany. it was flattened during world war ii. five decades later, people donated almost 70 million euros to help finance its reconstruction. heavy artillery reduced warsaw 's city center to rubble during the war. poland rebuilt the city stone by stone in a copy of the original. the whole country prides itself on the successful reconstruction, but critics say a city's architecture should embrace its scarred history. >> there is nothing wrong with repairing parts of historic monuments that have been damaged. conservationists do it all the time. but there comes a problem and we reconstructed building that has been completely destroyed and then pretend it is the original. that just confuses the fact that anything has happened at all. >> the city the -- this city rebuild its palace to look like th

berliners. two years later, john f. kennedy arrived in the divided citynd before a massive crowd he uttered that famous german sentence -- >> ich bin ein berliner! >> i am a berliner, words of solidarity that turned him into a folk hero. during the cold war, berlin became a symbolic outpost of communist eastern europe. in 1980 seven, then u.s. president ronald reagan made a direct appeal to the soviet leader. >> mr. gorbachev, open the gate. reagan's wish soon became a reality. two years later the wall fell. but the backing of the united states, the two germanys were reunited. berlin once again became the capital. though clinton was the first u.s. president who walks or brandenburg gate side-by-side with chancellor helmut kohl. he became read -- he came prepared for a message in germany. >> alles is moeglish. berlin ist frei. >> all as possible. berlin is free. barack obama came in 2008, only a candidate at the time and was refused permission to speak at the brandenburg gate. he got the victory column. hundreds of thousands turned out to hear his message

berliners. two years later, john f. kennedy arrived in the divided citynd before a massive crowd he uttered that famous german sentence -- >> ich bin ein berliner! >> i am a berliner, words of solidarity that turned him into a folk hero. during the cold war, berlin became a symbolic outpost of communist eastern europe. in 1980 seven, then u.s. president ronald reagan made a direct appeal to the soviet leader. >> mr. gorbachev, open the gate. reagan's wi soon became a reality. two years later the wall fell. but the backing of the united states, the two germanys were reunited. berlin once again became the capital. though clinton was the first u.s. president who walks or brandenburg gate side-by-side with chancellor helmut kohl. he became read -- he came prepared for a message in germany. >> alles is moeglish. berlin ist frei. >> all as possible. berlin is free. barack obama came in 2008, only a candidate at the time and was refused permission to speak at the brandenburg gate. he got the victory column. hundreds of thousands turned out to hear his message of

i spent some time, quite a bit of time in berlin, in east berlin, a city that was 70% destroyed in world war ii and suffered from 44 years of total neglect under a communist regime. it is completely undergrounded. the utilities were in such bad condition that the gas lines underneath the sidewalks leaked so much that they killed the street trees. that's how bad it was. our problem is nothing compared to this and it needs to be dealt with. please make a priority of it. thank you. >>> good afternoon, president chiu and supervisors. i have graphics. i know president mandela hasn't been well, but january 1999 he had answered [speaker not understood] on this letter, here it is. and he noted the supportive nature of my letter and appreciated it and wished me the best for the future. and i wished him luck and sent him things, the administrative secretary. hope he gets well soon. and congratulations to nick [speaker not understood], across the grand canyon on tight rope. ♪ and it's going to be a grand canyon morning after if we can hold onto the wire why don't we cross the wire [speaker not unde

berlin and beyond. on wednesday, they commemorated the 50th anniversary of his visit. >> america's presidents are very welcome here. they can feel welcome in this city and berlin offers a special platform for their words. >> several of kennedy successors have also used this platform to speak to the city and to the world about freedom. >> briefly before we go, protests and brazil are once again intensifying. the soccer team is currently playing uruguay in the semi of the federation cup. >> ahead of the match, they took to the streets. they are angry at the amount of money they have spent on hosting the tournament as well as on the upcoming world cup and the 2016 real olympics. >> thanks for joining us, we will be back again at the top of the hour. >> day with us. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

berlin and beyond. on wednesday, they commemorated the 50th anniversary of his visit. >> america's presidents are very welcome here. they can feel welcome in this city and berlin offers a special platform for their words. >> several of kennedy successors have also used this platform to speak to the city and to the world about freedom. >> briefly before we go, protests and brazil are once again intensifying. the soccer team is currently playing uruguay in the semi of the federation cup. >> ahead of the match, they took to the streets. they are angry at the amount of money they have spent on hosting the tournament as well as on the upcoming world cup and the 2016 real olympics. >> thanks for joining us, we will be back again at the top of the hour. >> day with us. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- ,> as a president, as a father and as an american, i am here to say, we need to act. >> it is a rock obama's most prominent effort yet to show that he is the filling his promises on climate change. -- it is barack obama's most prominent effort yet to show he is the filling his promises on climate change. in his

custody also demonstrations planned in more than two dozen cities and for compton and some across the world in the next coming days seoul south korea berlin germany toronto ontario cities throughout the united states and across north america and the rest of the globe are all holding events this week in support of private manning now his court martial will eventually begin on monday more than three years more than one thousand days after it was first brought into custody and by the end of the summer his supporters his family his friends are all finally going to know how he's going to spend the rest of his life tuning later today for extensive coverage of bradley manning's trial if you want to build deeper into the history of the soldier's case and read more about his harsh confinement conditions well go right now to altie dot com. this is so true is. there. a group of hunger striking going to bay detainees a sentence a letter to the military doctors saying they want independent medical treatment more than one hundred inmates have been refusing food for months in a bid to put an end to indefinite detention without charge and poor treatment

there's also demonstrations planned in more than two dozen cities in four continents across the world in the next coming days seoul south korea berlin germany toronto ontario cities throughout the united states and across north america and the rest of the globe are all holding events this week in support of private manning now his court martial will actually begin on monday more than three years more than one thousand days after it was first brought into custody and by the end of the summer his supporters his family his friends are all finally going to know how he's going to spend the rest of his life. and now special coverage of a bradley manning's case a starts here on monday you know you can follow the live updates on the pretrial protests that are to you doug. this is. just a moment here and then a time focus on a boy ruffling the feathers of the world's political power players are worlds apart just a song. distraction is one thing the media does very well we all tend to focus on one spicy issue of the moment and ignore the rest g m o's are definitely worth the media attention but let's not ignore the fact that the food people e

there's also demonstrations planned in more than two dozen cities in four continents across the world in the next coming days seoul south korea berlin germany toronto ontario cities throughout the united states and across north america and the rest of the globe are all holding events this week in support of private manning now his court martial wolfishly began on monday more than three years more than one thousand days after it was first brought into custody and by the end of the summer his supporters his family his friends are all finally going to know how he's going to spend the rest of his life. and our special coverage of bradley manning's case starts here on monday meanwhile you can follow the live updates on the pretrial protests. so that's right at all. to some other international news and bring you this hour the latest series of tornadoes that swept through oklahoma has left at least nine dead and dozens injured some critically three people have died as a result of flooding caused by this storm in the state of missouri oklahoma has barely had a chance to recover from lethal twisters two weeks ago that killed twenty people. m

also demonstrations planned in more than two dozen cities in four continents and across the world in the next coming days in seoul south korea berlin germany toronto ontario cities throughout the united states and across north america and the rest of the globe are all holding events this week in support of private manning his court martial wolfishly began on monday more than three years more than one thousand days after it was first brought into custody and by the end of the summer his supporters his family his friends are all finally going to know how he's going to spend the rest of his life. human rights activist greg murray believes that manning's alleged crimes are nowhere near to those committed by american soldiers in iraq. every time that demanding is discussed you get people from me american government people on the conservative side of the arguments say well he put individual lives at risk and those people of course have to do what all of the mainstream media at their service if they had been any evidence at all that any person any individual had been killed or harmed as a result of these disclosures we can be one hundred

also demonstrations planned in more than two dozen cities and for compton and some across the world in the next coming days and seoul south korea berlin germany toronto ontario cities throughout the united states and across north america and the rest of the globe are all holding events this week in support of private manning now his court martial will eventually begin on monday more than three years more than one thousand days after it was first brought into custody and by the end of the summer his supporters his family his friends are all finally going to know how he's going to spend the rest of his life . this week saw britain embroiled in a round about its own gun tunnel bay prison clone it was revealed that up to ninety afghan nationals are being detained in secret and without charge after the u.k.'s combat stan base. found out some have been held there for more than a. e.-k. lawyers described this is a secret facility that was completely off the radar leading some to describe this as the u.k.'s kuantan a murder in afghanistan but it was a firm and speedy response that we saw from the other city and from defense secretary philip h

berlin. it's a modern city. they have civil engineering on bridges which is beautiful, trains that are spectacular, a new subway system. why can't we compete with old europe and new asia in the kind of structure we build for our economy? >> well, chris -- >> why not? >> when ike did it, he had the support of the democrats. the democrats were in favor of the interstate highway system. what was amazing, the republicans gave more resistance. his own party. i don't think the president can go into congress and say, listen, we want to do something big when the republicans want him to do something small. this is not the time when we have an eisenhower in the white house and democratic group of people -- >> let the republicans know the biggest no in history, let them be the no party, but the president is the building party. i want to go back to steve israel. the congressman. your party, you're for immigration reform which is a mixed bag. it helps hispanic people, helps some people. it's not one issue that grabs the whol

where they have the chunnel going under the english channel, where in germany, berlin, it's a modern city, you would think they won the war. they've got civil engineering on bridges which is beautiful. they've got trains that are spectacular, they've got a new subway system. why can't we compete with old europe and new asia in the kind of structure we build for our economy? >> well, chris -- remember when i ike did it, he had the support of the democrats. the democrats were in favor of the interstate highway system. it was amazing, the more republicans gave resistance, his own party. i don't think the president can go to his own party and do something big, when -- >> jim, shove it at them, let the republicans know the biggest no in history. let them be the no party. but the president is the building party. i want to go back to steve israel. the trouble is you're for immigration reform. it's not one issue that grabs the whole country's attention and says we're going to rebuild this country and look like the rest of the world again, instead of falling behind. why doesn't have the president

there's also demonstrations planned in more than two dozen cities in four continents across the world in the next coming days seoul south korea berlin germany toronto ontario cities throughout the united states and across north america and the rest of the globe are all holding events this week in support of private manning now his court martial wolfishly began on monday more than three years more than one thousand days after it was first brought into custody and by the end of the summer his supporters his family his friends are all finally going to know how he's going to spend the rest of his life. and a human rights activist craig murray he believes manning's alleged crimes aren't even close to the damage done by battling american troops every time that a man is discussed you get people from the american government people on the conservative side of the argument say well he put individual lives in this and those people of course have to do all of the mainstream media service if it had been any evidence at all that any person any individual had been killed or harmed as a result of these disclosures we can be one hundred percent cert

and i have come here to this city of hope, because the tests of our time demand the same fighting spirit that defined berlinury ago. chancellor merkel mentioned that we mark the anniversary of john f. kennedy's stirring defense of freedom embodied in the great mime of this city, his pledge of solidarity ich bin berliner echos through the ages, but that's not all that he said that day. let's remember is the challenge that he issued to the crowd before him. let me ask you, he said to his berliners, let me ask you to lift your eyes beyond the dangers of today. and beyond the freedom of moorely this city. look, he said, to the day of peace with justice, beyond yourselves and ourselves to all mankind. president kennedy was taken from us less than six months after he spoke those words, and like so many who died in those decades of division, he did not live to see berlin united and free. instead, he lives forever as a young man in our memory. but his words are timeless because they call upon us to care more about things than just our own self-comfort. about our own city, about our own country. they demand that we

city and before a massive crowd he uttered that famous german sentence -- >> ich bin ein berliner! >> i am a berliner, words of solidarity that turned him into a folk hero. during the cold war, berlin became a symbolic outpost of communist eastern europe. in 1980 seven, then u.s. president ronald reagan made a direct appeal to the soviet leader. >> mr. gorbachev, open the gate. reagan's wi soon became a reality. two years later the wall fell. but the backing of the united states, the two germanys were reunited. berlin once again became the capital. though clinton was the first u.s. president who walks or brandenburg gate side-by-side with chancellor helmut kohl. he became read -- he came prepared for a message in germany. >> alles is moeglish.

transit and it feels like you're sitting still, the channel, the english channel, germany and berlin, a modern cityu'd think they won the war. they have civil engineering on bridges which is beautiful, spectacular trains, a new subway system. why can't we compete with old europe and new asia in the kind of structure we build for our economy? >> chris, when ike did it he had the support of the democrats. >> yes. >> the democrats were in favor of the interstate highway system. i don't think the president can go into congress and say we want to do something big when the republicans want him to do something small. this is not the time when we have an eisenhower in the white house and a democratic group of people who want to go with it. >> let the republicans know, the biggest no in history, the no party but the president is the build party. the problem is on immigration reform it is a mixed bag, not one issue that grabs the whole country's attention and says we're going to rebuild this country and look like the rest of the world instead of falling behind. why not? >> you are absolutely right. he's trie

berlin is. how has the whole city received the u.s. president this time around and what kate the impact is he left. i think the impact was very little at least looking at positive things there might be the positive thing that both sides of you and pushing for more free trade between both blocs but when it comes to positive impulses cleaning up the mess such as intrusion or privacy such as to solving guantanamo or these things are still on the table and obama hasn't done anything positive on it frederick road from european student to liberty thanks very much for talking to me that's all we've got time for there were these guys fredricka routed from the european students for liberty. right and we are getting some reaction from a russian now on obama's proposal to further khant nuclear arsenals foreign minister said again over says of the current start treaty should be fully implemented first he also said russia and the u.s. have to find a solution to existing problems over america's missile defense shield in europe the g eight talks in n

always in those crisis years it was the city of berlin that could ignite this horror in our lifetimes, bringing with it the end of life, certainly as we could imagine it or would want to recognize it. beginning with the defeat of germany in the spring of 1945, the american british and french had maintained an occupation in west berlin controlled by the secret police, the stazi, and garrison by 350,000 soviet bloc troops. west berlin was the detonator cap for third world war. why? if the soviets had decided to grab it, the united states would have had a sliver of the conventional military power to resist within hours we would have had to decide to yield the city up along with the freedom of its residents or use tactical nuclear residents of the army of 350,000 strong. this was the prospect, the possibility that kennedy would have to make this choice that kept him worried day and night that he would be the american president who would be forced to start a third world war, a nuclear war, the world ending war, if you will. this is what the cuban missile crisis was all about, not the islan

she was a nazi. >> guest: yeah, the final months in berlin and in many german cities had this qualityles coming down. they were under incessant bombardsment in berlin. they know the soviet armies are at their door. the know the war is lost. many have suffered personal loss with family members who died in the bombings or soldiers killed, and it's awful. and you can feel sympathy for germans even if you have a disdain for their larger guilt and responsible for the war. >> oo jim is in greenville, south carolina. you're on book tv. >> caller: mr. atkinson, good morning. i read the first two of your trilogy, and i'm reading the third, and i want to thank you for those. i've read a number of books on world war ii, and there seems to be one major american general who seems to be universally ignored as a subject of books best historians of that period. almost to the point of disdain. he only appears in the narrative of other historians books, and the only book i can remember about him was his own book, "a soldier's story" from the early 1960s, and i'm speaking of omar bradley. after reading

it was the city of berlin who could ignite this horror bringing with it the end of life as we could imagine want to recognize it. beginning with the defeat of germany in the spring of 1945, the american, british, and french had maintained an occupation in west berlin. controlled then by the secret police. the stazi. west berlin was in those early years of the 1960s, the detonator cap for a third world war. why? because if the soviets had decided to grab it, the u.s. had just a sliver to resist. within hours we would have had to decide whether to yield the city up along with the freedom of its residents or use tactical nuclear weapons. this was the prospect, the possibility that kennedy would have to make this choice that kept him worried day and night. that he would be the president forced to start a nuclear war, a world-ending war, if you will. this is what the cuban missile crisis was all about. not the island where the russians had placed offensive nuclear weapons but what the russians would do if we invaded cuba. in a letter to president kennedy that khrushchev would take berlin. thereb

. >> many berliners who set out for work this morning found their usual routes barred. in the citycenter, streets were closed, and there was a massive security presence, all or barack obama's visit. like other world capitals, berlin plays host to a constant stream of visiting vip's, but security was especially tight for the u.s. president, and that made getting to work more difficult than usual. >> i got to take a massive retort. >> i've already been waiting an hour to get through the check went. i'm going to throw in the towel now and try to find another way through. >> it was announced, and they have to do what they have to do. let's see how long it takes. but the president and his family resided in this hotel. police are taking no chances with security, even keeping watch from nearby rooftops, ready to protect obama against any possible attack. since his arrival tuesday evening, security services have placed the city at its highest alert level. the brandenburg gate was also closed off in preparation for obama's some 6000 invited guests. the u.s. president leaves later this eveni

berlin's iconic brandenberg gate. one-third cutback in u.s. and russian arsenals and the remarks come 50 years after president kennedy's cold war speech at this gate announcing a divided cityin. >> blistering hot there, and the president had a good sweat. >> you been to berlin? >> no. >> i have. >> and east germany or east berlin, they are proare proleta and they don't smile, and berlin the most cosmopolitan city i have been in. >> and isn't it a sign that the electric car make ser about to lose the sizzle? that is coming up. oh, he's a fighter alright. since aflac is helping with his expenses while he can't work, he can focus on his recovery. he doesn't have to worry so much about his mortgage, groceries, or even gas bills. kick! kick... feel it! feel it! feel it! nice work! ♪ you got it! you got it! yes! aflac's gonna help take care of his expenses. and us...we're gonna get him back in fighting shape. ♪ [ male announcer ] see what's happening behind the scenes at aflac.com. the ones getting involved and staying engaged. they're not afraid to question the path they're on. because the one question they never want to ask is "how did i end up here?" i started schwab for thos

. >> many berliners who set out for work this morning found their usual routes barred. in the cityenter, streets were closed, and there was a massive security presence, all or barack obama's visit. like other world capitals, berlin plays host to a constant stream of visiting vip's, but security was especially tight for the u.s. president, and that made getting to work more difficult than usual. >> i got to take a massive retort. >> i've already been waiting an hour to get through the check went. i'm going to throw in the towel now and try to find another way through. >> it was announced, and they have to do what they have to do. let's see how long it takes. but the president and his family resided in this hotel. police are taking no chances with security, even keeping watch from nearby rooftops, ready to protect obama against any possible attack. since his arrival tuesday evening, security services have placed the city at its highest alert level. the brandenburg gate was also closed off in preparation for obama's some 6000 invited guests. the u.s. president leaves later this evenin

. >> and just three months there has been for fatal collisions in san mateo, foster city and berlin gamest driver almost hit the police--the prius driver almost hit the police decoy and then when police tried to pull the driver over there was a bit of confusion. finally the driver pulled over. >> just did not see her. the driver claimed she never saw the pedestrian when i tried to talk to her all she could say was, >> i have nothing to say. im very upset... and since this enforcement it ns not just about writing tickets... >> reporter:do yodo you understt you did wrong"? she was given a warning. this program is not just about crosswalk enforcement. this pacifica offer stopped this driver fo ran illegal u-turn. >> i'm issuing the ticket for making trhe u-turn over the double yellow lines. and other violations like cell phone and what this driver is doing or wasn't doing. >> how do you doing sir? can you make get toa a right turn after that white car and do you have your license and registration? have not asked for it if you notice he was not wearing his seat belt. this address in traffic

remember, berlin, once home to the symbol of the cold war. dividing east from west. a city that lived in constant fear of nuclear detonation was the president's back drop for a dramatic new proposal to reduce the world's nuclear stockpile. in sweltering 92-degree heat, behind eight feet of bullet proof glass at the brandenburg gate, president obama paid homage to predecessors who confronted communist in this country. >> ich bin ein. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> for all of the authorities of government it is citizens who choose to decide whether to be defined by a wall or tear it down. >> reporter: this city who once cowered under the threat of a mushroom cloud, president obama outlined a drastic recallbration on how the world's nuclear powers address nuclear threat. called the u.s. and russia to reduce nuclear arsenals by one-third. scrap the cold war era strategy to retaliate after a first strike. and the president will only go as far as the russians is willing to go. the president tried to pave the way with vladmir putin but fell flat. today, the russians exp

last september, frustrated migrants organised a march from würzburg to berlin, where they set up a protest camp in the middle of the city the people in the camp are demanding the rights to move freely and take jobs. here's a personal account of an issue debated hotly all across the continent. bashir zakari is well connected, both online and at his refugee protest camp. he keeps in touch with asylum seekers all over europe. here at the information stand, protesters work together with their berlin allies to provide information to passers-by, organize demonstrations and coordinate daily life at the camp. bashir zakari is originally from nigeria but worked in libya until war broke out there two years ago. today he's telling a group of students his story and how the protest came about. they destroyed my life. i even lost my children because of war. bashir zakari fled to europe. but the boat he was travelling in capsized, drowning many of his companions. alnour ahmed runs the camp's kitchen. he fled war-torn darfur in western sudan. until recently he lived in a home for asylum seekers. the predominant feeling there was of hop

berlin. in his speech, president obama also laid out important themes at the city's iconic brandenburg gate -ncellor. shannon travis reports. for his first time as u-s president in berlin. president obama used the iconic brandenburg gate to deliver a major headline: "after a comprehensive review, i've determined that we can ensure the security of american and our allies, and maintain a strong and credible strategic deterrent, while reducing our deployed, strategic nuclear weapons, by up to one-third. and i intend to seek negotiated cuts with russia -- to move beyond cold war nuclear postures." that's about 1,000 warheads for each country. the president also addressed economic prosperity. and urged action to combat climate change. hours before. obama spoke to reporters after meeting with german chancellor angela merkel. on the controversial n-s-a secret surveillance program. >> "this is not a situation in which we are rifling through the ordinary emails of german citizens or american citizens, or french citizens or anybody else." >> reporter:on drones used to target terror suspects: the presid

and i come here to this city of hope because the test of our time demand the same fighting spirit that define berlinalf century ago. chancellor merkel mentioned we mark the anniversary of john f. kennedy's stirring speech of freedom embodied in the people of this great city. this pledge of solidarity. [speaking german] >> but that's not all he said that day. let's remember the challenge he issued to the crowd before him. let me ask you he said to those berliners. let me ask you to lift your eyes beyond the dangers of today. and beyond the freedom of merely city. look, he said to the day of peace with justice. beyond yourselves, and ourselves to all mankind. president kennedy was taken from us less than 6 months after he spoke those words. like so many who died in those decades of divisions he did not live to see berlin united and free. instead he lives forever as a young man in our memory. but his words are timeless because they call on us to care more about more than our ownselfs, about our own country. they demand that we embrace the common humanity. if we lift our eyes as president kennedy called

berlin a half century ago. chancellor merkel said that we mark the anniversary of president john f. kennedy's stirring defense of freedom embodied in the people of this great citypledge of solidarity. "ich bin ein berliner." it echoes through the ages. [ applause and cheers ] >> but that's not all that he said that day. >> yes. "ich bin ein berliner" of course is the famous catch phrase that president kennedy used on june 26, 1963, in what at the time was a world changing phrase. "ich bin ein berliner" meaning, of course, i am a berliner. and at that time, the berlin wall stood. the president has spent much of the day with german chancellor merkel. earlier today he was welcomed to berlin with a military ceremony. ♪[ music ] he defended the nsa crediting u.s. surveillance programs for saving lives and thwarting at least 50 terror threats. >> this is not a situation where we simply go into the internet and start, uhm, searching any way that we want. this is a circumscribed narrow system directed at us being able to protect our people and all of it is done under the oversight of a court. >> the president said the programs averted at least 50 threats as we mentione

. >> speaking from behind bulletproof glass, he said the city has withstood war but has to be torn down. >> we can say in berlin and europe, our values one, onwon.ce and freedom >> he said they had to help people in burma and afghanistan. >> these people want to join the free world -- free world. they want our support because they are citizens of berlin in their own way. >> he echoed at the famous words of john kennedy 40 years ago. the future he promised today was similar to the one he outlined five years ago as a candidate. >> this is different from last time. the people who filled the streets before are not allowed anywhere near here. of promisedate full -- this is a president with problems on his plate. >> at the news conference with angela merkel he faced difficult questions. one of them the government of afghanistan pulling out after talking to the taliban. angela merkel called for assurances that they are not insured and on privacy and he refused to say the that america is sending the rebels. describing what he wants instead of how to get there. >> for more on his call to reduce nuclear stockpiles -- jim

berlin would no longer be a flash point. he'd put his personal stamp of security on the city and the soviets never tested it again. and i think kennedy came away from that speech confident finally for the first time that he could deal with the soviets. he had military superiority, he knew he had the rhetorical power to win the public relations war and as they were flying to air -- ireland that night to visit his ancestral home. he turns to ted sorensen and said we will never have a day that good for the he's -- rest of our lives. chris: it showed a sort of bifurcation in kennedy's hearts between the peace speech and this one he's saying we have guns. don't mess with us. the same thing where he had the alliance for progress, the quality with south america. at the same time he's arming the rebels against cast roll. >> he was ultimately a politician. he knew that he was trying to get this test ban treaty through congress in the summer of 1963 and convinced americans he had not become a flake. very helpful to give as truck hasn't a speech as this in berlin. chris: i read years ago his concern that in giving such a bar

city. it's all sent to poland. we will accompany the laundry on its journey from berlin to a small town just over the border. this is a german-owned company, but it's based d w, it can take of the local power plant and the steam it produces. the laundry has more than 500 staff, and they work around the clock 364 days a year, every day but christmas. the employees here earn onlyhahd earn, but lower wages do not mean the laundry services come cheaply. the boss puts a premium on quality. >> with costs being what they are, this kind of quality would not beffffffffffffffffffffapara. we are as.s.>> the laundry is deees celsisisisisisisisisisisi. normally that's only required for hospital laundry services, but here, it's part of the regular package. at least 60 tons of laundry are washed here every day and returned to berlin. they now have 130 hotels on their clieieieieieieieieieieiei. >> we faced a lot of challenges. first, the berlin competitors who said we were exporting jobs to poland. and then just ordinary prejudice -- people saying they did not want their laundry done in poland. >> the staff are h h h h h h

. >> speaking from behind bulletproof glass, he said the city has withstood war but has to be torn down. >> we can say in berlin and europe, our values one, onwon.ce and freedom >> he said they had to help people in burma and afghanistan. >> these people want to join the free world -- free world. they want our support because they are citizens of berlin in their own way. >> he echoed at the famous words of john kennedy 40 years ago. the future he promised today was similar to the one he outlined five years ago as a candidate. >> this is different from last time. the people who filled the streets before are not allowed anywhere near here. of promisedate full -- this is a president with problems on his plate. >> at the news conference with angela merkel he faced difficult questions. one of them the government of afghanistan pulling out after talking to the taliban. angela merkel called for assurances that they are not insured and on privacy and he refused to say the that america is sending the rebels. describing what he wants instead of how to get there. >> for more on his call to reduce nuclear stockpiles -- jim

he made the offer in the once- divided german city that symbolized cold war tensions where president kennedy declared himself a berliner, and president reagan demanded the soviets tear down the wall. mr. obama said today as long as nuclear weapons exist, we are not truly safe. >> we're on track to cut american and russian deployed nuclear warheads to their lowest levels since the 1950s. ( applause ) but we have more work to do. >> pelley: chief white house correspondent major garrett is traveling with the president. major, when the president says more works needs to be done, what's he talking about? >> reporter: he's acknowledging russia is not sold on this idea and neither are congressional republicans. vladimir putin said he will not reduce the size of his country's nuclear arsenal until he extracts concessions from the west on the placement of missile defense systems in europe. congressional republicans said they may block these newly proposed cuts because they say russia is not living up to existing arms control treaties. despite all the difficulties, top advisers say president obama will move ahead. berlin. thank

cities is secure. you have to compete. what is true for chicago and true for paris and true for berlin and shanghai and true for toke agree and i will is a global city with global destination. >> rose: in 2012, the level of violence in chicago 500 murders? >> it was equal to what happened in 2008, correct. >> rose: 500 murders. >> and what will it be in 2013. >> right now as of today, we are down 7 74 actual homicides, down 38 percent. >> at the is a, at the same time in 2012. >> and down 30 percent in shooting and over all crime is down. >> rose: what happened, you as a mayor on your watch, 2012, it was your watch and you were doing so badly. >> well, we had some challenges with regard to gangs and we continue, but we have implement add new strategy that turned that around, charlie, so. >> rose: what strategy? >> we have taken 20 areas of the city, four percent of the geography that represent 20 to 25 percent of all shootings, homicides, bleargs and robberies and saturated them so the impact to those zones in about a third of the city, think of it this way, 20 areas, 20 blocks, okay? it is about 400 blocks, we have satura

city. it's all sent to poland. we will accompany the laundry on its journey from berlin to a small town just over the border. this is a german-owned company, but it's based in poland. that way, it can take advantage of the local power plant and the steam it produces. the laundry has more than 500 staff, and they work around the clock 364 days a year, every day but christmas. the employees here earn only 1/3 of what german workers would earn, but lower wages do not mean the laundry services come cheaply. the boss puts a premium on quality. >> with costs being what they are, this kind of quality would not be affordable in germany. it's not low prices that set us apart. we are a bit more expensive, actually. but our quality is exceptional. that's possible only because of our polish workers. we know this team up over 20 years. >> the laundry is washed at 90 degrees celsius. normally that's only required for hospital laundry services, but here, it's part of the regular package. at least 60 tons of laundry are washed here every day and returned to berlin. they now have 130 hotels on their client list. but at first