it involves the alleged sexual exploits of silvio berlusconi. but at this time there are tell-tale tapes. abc's david muir has the scathing details. >> reporter: prosecutors say the calls they intercepted capture the prime minister talking to a businessman. that man already on trial for arranging prostitutes for the prime minister in exchange for jobs and favors from the government. in one call, prosecutors say the prime minister brags of his new year's eve exploits. "last night i had a queue, a line outside the door of the bedroom. there were 11. the prime minister allegedly goes on to brag about the number of women he was with. italians have so far been tolerant of berlusconi's exploits, his notorious parties. the leader already on trial for paying underage women to attend. now, though, the phone calls show prime minister berlusconi agreeing to allow prostitutes fly on his state jet and complaining that meetings with the pope and world leaders were, quote, interfering with his other activities, saying he's, quote, prime minister in my spare ti

while berlusconi received the parliament's final approval for his austerity measures last week..., s&p projects that italy's reduced pace of economic activity is likely to limit the effectiveness of the government's plan. the ratings agency forecasts that the country's gdp will grow at an annual average of zero-point-7 percent between this year and 2014..., well below its earlier projection of 1-point-3 percent growth rate. meanwhile, some say that italy's downgrade has more to do with its fragile governing coalition. experts say prime minister berlusconi is not gaining enough support for its austerity budget from the italian people. the approval rating of berlusconi, who is also meddled in a bribery scandal, has plunged to 20-percent. the head of redefine, a brussels- based economic think- tank, said that the current financial crunch is a downgrade of eu and italian politicians. italy's borrowing costs have risen steadily in recent weeks, despite the european central bank's buying of its bonds. analysts warn that the italian debt crisis can negatively affect french and german banks,

well, this is exactly the portrait of silvio berlusconi. unfortunately, he is the prime minister of italy in a very, very delicate moment. >> i see. once the italians were tolerant, perhaps no longer. thank you so much. >>> still ahead, a little more 48 hours from now, a convicted cop killer is scheduled to take his final breath. today a parole board hears a case of troy davis. a decision could come very soon. >>> plus, more of our breaking news out of guatemala, the 5.8 earthquake rocked the area in and around guatemala city. we're told people felt the tremors, people buried under the rubble. be right back. i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. if you have painful, swollen joints, i've been in your shoes. one day i'm on p of the world... the next i'm saying... i have this thing called psoriatic arthritis. i had some intense pain. it progressively got worse. my rheumatologist told me about enbrel. i'm surprised how quickly my symptoms have been managed. [ male announcer ] because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to

berlusconi is 74. his sexual appetite has already landed him in italian court.e's accused of paying an underaged moroccan prostitute for sex at one of his notorious bunga bunga parties. [ speaking italian ] >> reporter: that scandal broke and italians were remarkably not scandalized. >> most italian men like the idea of men has fewer wrinkles and more hair and more girls. >> reporter: but the newly leaked wiretaps mark a new low for the philandering millionaire prime minister who's heard boasting that he's only a prime minister in my spare time. and he complains that meetings with the pope and world leaders are interfering with his sex life. after a romp with a group of women, he adds, listen, all of the beds are full here, this lot won't go home, even at gunpoint. in a letter to an italian newspaper, berlusconi lashes back at these latest revelations. "my private life is not a crime." italy's courts may have a different view of that question. jeffrey kofman, abc news, london. >> that's one of the pieces where you really have nothing to say coming out of it, rig

silvio berlusconi is defiant. he says that the downgrading is mostly a reaction to media reports. italy possible debt burden is running at 120% of gross domestic product. -- italy's debt burden is running at 120% of gdp. s&p does not think that the targets can be easily achieved. growth is forecast at 1.1% this year. there is widespread speculation that the forecast will be scaled back to 0.7% for the year. traders on the floor of the milan stock exchange say that this might have a positive impact in the long run. >> maybe this a valuation will force the politicians to implement reforms that they have not put into place. >> average italians seem to have lost all confidence in their government. >> we have had enough of this joker berlusconi and the rest. they need to be sacked. >> if rome can implement their austerity package is, many will lose their jobs. unemployment among the country's youth is already 30%. >> european stocks when higher on thursday even though bond yields on the italian debt rose. >> italy's downgrade by s&p has been expected but there has been some reaction at

italian prime minister silvio berlusconi and sheehan -- appeared in a milan court. he is accused of paying his former attorney over 400,000 euros to give false testimony on his business dealings in 1999. mills never went to jail for the charges because of italy's statutes of limitations expiring. berlusconi is also fighting allegations he paid for sex with an under age prostitute. ben is here to bring us up-to- date on what is happening with greece. >> they have been in videoconference calls. if you never had a video conference call i would not suggest parting with this. a conference call between greece and into lash -- international lenders have ended officially monday. in the face of the leas on promised reforms greece's partners are threatening to seize payments into the rescue funds as it only has enough cash to last until mid october. the government says the teleconference will resume ler on tuesday and no official announcements will be made afterwards. greece has had its hands full -- full trying to convince creditors that it will get its deficit under control

stunt filipino means business and berlusconi knows it he's visiting the town later this month to stave off the rebellion and he'll have a fight on his hands filipinos the sort of rome's water supply and that may is threatening to cut it off if he doesn't get what he wants either bennett r.t. filipino italy. death late in greece meanwhile is planning to impose a property tax acclaims will let the country meet the demands of its lenders the greek prime minister has already pledged to move ahead with highly unpopular astaire and measures later this hour we talked to a greek m.p. cmos kcal blue who says joining the euro zone was detrimental to his country's financial health. and with the help of the european union greek for most have stopped producing can imagine the country like greece right now . it's people we don't produce enough meat we don't produce enough we even oil we are importing and we had the scheme from the european union that farmers were paid so that they wouldn't produce anything. we've destroyed. the main assets of our economy the investments that were made that. were onl

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parties berlusconi's political opponents have criticized him for the report of remarks. absent a decade since the nine eleven attacks on american soil that shook the country to its very core it led to the so-called war on terror and the invasions of ghana stan and iraq the residents laurie harvest asks people in new york if they feel they're living in a safer world. the so-called war on terror that launched after the tragic nine eleven attacks on the us has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and trillions of dollars by some estimates so ten years later as the effort been worth it this week let's talk about that i think it's more secure now i think that i believe that yes is it trillions of dollars safer. and i don't know i could say that i don't know the war actually started more. than it's that's my opinion but that's the european opinion so to speak as you know the europeans they are not as aggressive in the war against terrorism as the americans so america the u.k. anybody is involved in it just just back off. and that's a hard to know because if you do back you were

imposed across the world italy cuts tax on high earners from austerity package so you know silvio berlusconi it announced a sixty six billion dollars or forty five point five billion euro austerity package and part of it was a tax on people earning over ninety thousand euros a year but apparently he's getting rid of that leaving all the other stuff for the job i get donuts but that number forty five point five billion euros max made me think of something from two years ago melanne police seize u.b.s. j.p. morgan deutsche of bank funds now this was due to the fraudulent toxic assets or top talent fake assets that were sold to milan and six hundred italian municipalities were sold thirty five point five billion euros in toxic derivatives present so these municipalities in italy were sold fake securities that went to zero in value because they were fake to begin with and now oh here's berlusconi saying he needs approximately the same amount of money imposed in austerity measures the best they pay now for the toxic securities that were purchased to begin with and this is a pattern we see over an

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fake securities that went to zero in value because they were fake to begin with and now a poll is berlusconi saying he needs approximately the same amount of money imposed in austerity measures the best they pay now for the toxic securities that were purchased to begin with and this is a pattern we see over and over around the world it's happened when fishing towns in norway it's happened in alabama in america it's happened all over italy happens all over the world and it is apologies the governments the local banks by securities german banks but trillions of dollars society general our society general going to declare bankruptcy in the next ten days because they bought fake securities from wall street they created fake securities they bought them with themselves they bought them with b. and p. they exchanged a fixed occurs with each other for a fee and the fees paid to them as a bonus and now however the implosion is taking place to the revelation that there is no white knight coming there is no bailout that will get the ponzi scheme go. again there is no stimulus package that will take une

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it leaves a jobs are points for not reading still the credit ratings giant uses faith in berlusconi's budget ability while his eurozone partners are left wondering if his legs. were just over forty eight hours before the palestinians appealed for a seat at the un israel maintains its position and begins reinforcing its borders fearing a wave of protests. also in new york president of commerce seeks to boost libya's leadership of the general assembly by pointing out the progress of a country with questions over whether it needs actions in the media like the un resolution which. has been such an amount of but news recently that the markets didn't really we have to the downgrade of recently the russian indices finished higher at the close of play as they practice gains overseas from strong up world war and this is about twenty minutes of. a very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow italy's taking a beating from ratings giant standard and poor's which downgraded the country's school on one notch and says its growth outlook is negative to prime minister silvio berlusconi criticized

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to tell you business man and his wife have been arrested for blackmailing prime minister silvio berlusconi over his alleged artie's body prostitutes the police say the couple received around five hundred thousand euros it was gone he admits paying the money but insists he was just helping a friend in need italian prime minister is currently on trial for allegedly having sex with an underage prostitute both berlusconi and the girl deny the accusations. well in just a few minutes our moscow team explores the most poetic parts of the russian capital well that's coming your way before kareena will update us on what's happening in the world of business. welcome to business here and out he thanks for joining me the pressure is rising in the latest gas dispute between russia and ukraine keefe wants russia to sell its fuel at a lower price and moscow says that this college is possible but only if you crane joins a regional customs union or sells its pipeline to russia in the meantime ukraine is trying to cut dependency on russia's gas supply it's preparing to go on i.p.o. with a gas division of st

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