president who walks or brandenburg gate side-by-side with chancellor helmut kohl.e 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 change. after eight years of george w. bush, he represented a different america. he stressed berlin's a special place in history. >> this city, of all cities, knows the dream of freedom. [applause] >> now, barack obama is back in berlin, as president. this time, he will get his speech at the brandenburg date and the city waits again for its message from america. clicks onto business news now. deep cuts could be on the way for the second largest bank, commerce bank. they are looking to cut 1/10 of their staff. >> sources say and they're looking to cut he 5000 jobs. there have been weeklong negotiations between management and workers. it is still partially st

president who walks or brandenburg gate side-by-side with chancellor helmut kohl.e 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 change. after eight years of george w. bush, he represented a different america. he stressed berlin's a special place in history. >> this city, of all cities, knows the dream of freedom. [applause] >> now, barack obama is back in berlin, as president. this time, he will get his speech at the brandenburg date and the city waits again for its message from america. clicks onto business news now. deep cuts could be on the way for the second largest bank, commerce bank. they are looking to cut 1/10 of their staff. >> sources say and they're looking to cut he 5000 jobs. there have been weeklong negotiations between management and workers. it is still partially st

here's chuck in germany at the brandenburg gate, maybe? >> breakfast in bed? have a good day, everybody. wrap it up. >> see you tomorrow. >>> live pictures here. the brandenburg gate in berlin, the east side, where president obama is set to speak in a few minutes now about his goal of decreasing nuclear weapons from the world. it's a special hour here on this wednesday, june 19th edition of "the daily rundown." we're going to bring you the president's full speech live. by the way, this marks just one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the famous jfk berliner speech. >> all free men, wherever they may live, are citizens are berlin and therefore as a free man, i take pride in the words -- -- >>> five years ago it was 200,000 berliners to packed the square to. >> the walls between all allies cannot stand. the walls between races and tribes, natives and immigrants, christians and muslims and jews, cannot stand. these now are the walls we must tear down. people of berlin, people of the world, this is our moment. this is our time. >>> others obama skrapd plans to s

. >> speaking at berlin's brandenburg gate, u.s. president barack obama renews calls for a reduction of nuclear arms. >> four u.s. soldiers were killed airing a telegram -- taliban attack on the bob graham air base in afghanistan. -- the bahgram airbase in afghanistan. >> thanks for being with us. president barack obama has delivered a highly anticipated beach at berlin's random burgh gate. the address through heavily on history and also drew a number of rowing concerns that have tainted obama's image among germans. >> among them, the prison surveillance program and the expansion of the drone wars under the obama administration. the iconic vandenberg gate -- brandenburg gate has seen previous speeches by john f. kennedy and ronald reagan that made new policy commitments. the centerpiece of obama's speech was an announcement for a renewed push for nuclear arms reduction. >> the sun blazed down as the crowd waited for the president and chancellor. barack obama followed in the footsteps of previous u.s. leaders setting out foreign- pol

so far talking about the history and importance of why he is there at brandenburg gate. >> for two centuriess gate stood tall as the world around it convulsedto due to revolution and republic, arts and music and science that reflected the height of endeavor but war and carnage that exposed the depths of man's cruelty to men. >> this is symbol of reunification. 50 years ago president kennedy gave his famous speech there. president obama gave a speech there in 2008 campaigning for the white house. he wanted to give it at brandenburg but they reserve that honor for sitting presidents only. now, he has his chance. go live to our website at abc7news.com, katie marzullo, "abc 7 news". >> kristen: you leave this part for me -- you know what, this is useful. and which one should i buy, which one is the best. no one went to the trouble to find out. >> eric: that is why i'm having you read that. >> jane king is live at hard hitting report and tell us about the interested in bay area real estate on the rise. don't soft sell this one. >> you know, all that news, you can really use. newest data company s

isn't the speech that was being given at brandenburg gate and with so many demonstrators coming out to the the u.s. president as opposed to those who came to cheer him five years ago well that's why the organizers deemed that type of security necessary in order to keep them away from where the president was delivering his speech he it is coming up see half past eight prime interest is next. good afternoon to welcome to prime interest i'm perry i'm boring in washington d c and here's the headlines in the room following today. it's bad day after six weeks of job openings from the last announcement in scaring risk markets into a correction we're taking speeds we've been seeing much recent price inflation and unemployment data still have not reached target and it caters to be gained but fed might reduce its bond buying princes later this year we'll talk with dr andrus producer bob inglis from the new york stock exchange and just a bit and the pending consultant bill boyd to financial advisory services is under the gun no not because of its role in the botched independent foreclosure review

one of those four thousand invitations would be present at the speech that was being given at brandenburg gate and with so many demonstrators coming out to the the u.s. president as opposed to those who came out to cheer him five years ago well that's why the organizers deemed that type of security necessary in order to keep them away from where the president was delivering his speech. and they say days a long time in politics well russia's reacted to obama's proposal to further cut nuclear arsenals the deputy foreign minister says the current start treaty should be fully implemented first field in europe while the head of the state duma international affairs committee election prisco thinks that the bomb his ideas need more work as he put it and nuclear arms reduction is a matter for the distant future. still to come barack obama's e.u. trip started with the g eight summit in northern ireland with world leaders but peace talks in syria with a final state but having no call for president assad to leave we examine that just ahead. in russia woman's died at least forty one people have been injur

standing at the brandenburg gate of berlin, barack obama calls for a major reduction in u.s. and russian nuclear stockpiles. >> i have asked to move beyond cold war nuclear pashtun. >> nobody said it would be easy. the president of afghanistan takes aim at the u.s. after direct talks with the taliban. the chinese economy opened up a world of opportunities. a world of brand new shoppers. >> farmers are leaving these fields and are not becoming just workers but consumers. they are off to join the middle class. >> welcome to our viewers on public television and around the globe. kennedy'sfter john f. famous speech in berlin -- president obama a vote the cold war -- with a call to stop nuclear weapons. he asked for the u.s. and russia to reduce their stockpiles by one-third. the reaction from moscow was dismissive. >> president obama inspected the troops in the city that has known to much war. facing east of the brandenburg gate, he was cheered for removing his coat. >> i am feeling so good i am going to take off my jacket. >> speaking from behind bulletproof glass, he said the c

a beautiful day in berlin outside the very significant brandenburg gate. thank you very much indeed for joining us. >>> now, one of the best performers in japan today was softbank up more than 4%. inching ever closer to clinching its u.s. prize after dish network said it's a back donning the bid for sprint nextel. analyst wills expect softbank to continue growing from its m&a strategy. shares gained nearly 74% so far this year. and you lucent shares have rallied this morning. they announced a new cost cutting plan and strategy shift. stefane has been looking at this. they have the new ceo. what has he been saying? >> yes, this morning magic possession to reach into profits since the company was created in 2006, it has been profitable only for one year. therefore, there was some urgency to change the company. the plan is called shift plan and it will reposition alcatel-lucent to ip networking and very high speed broadband including the cloud technologies which the new ceo says are the main priority of the telecom customers. 58% 85% of research will be focus

the brandenburg gate. site of so much history. >> mayor, distinguished guests, and especially the people of berlin and germany, thank you for this extraordinarily warm welcome. in fact it's so warm and i feel so good that i'm actually going to take off my jacket and anybody else who wants to, feel free to. we can be a little more informal among friend. friends. as your chancellor mentions, five years ago i had the privilege to address the city as a senator. today i'm proud to return as president of the united states. i bring with me the enduring friendship of the american people as well as my wife michelle and maria and sasha. you may notice that they are not here. the last thing they want to do is to listen to another speech from me. so they are out experiencing the beauty and the history of berl berlin. and this history speaks to us today here for thousands of years the people of this land have journeyed from tribe to principality to nation state to reformation and enlightenment. renowned as the land of

he stood at the brandenburg gate, which once overlooked the berlin wall. he called on russian leaders to renew a push for world without nuclear weapons. >> after a comprehensive review, i've determined that we can ensure the security of america 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. >> obama's predecessors john f. kennedy and ronald reagan both delivered speeches from the brandenburg gate. obama urged emergence of the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty between the u.s. and russia went into effect in 2011. the two countries agreed to reduce their nuclear warheads to 1,550 by 2018. obama said his government also intends to sharply reduce the number of its shorter-ranged nuclear weapons deployed in europe. the treaty excludes those so-called tactical nuclear weapons. he called on russian leaders and nato allies to work with him. officials in moscow said u.s. leaders must first fo

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.

in just a few hours, he'll deliver a speech at brandenburg gate. he arrived fresh off the g-8 summer in northern ireland. nbc's chief white house correspondent chuck todd is live in berlin with more. chuck, good morning. >> standing here in front of the brendenberg gate just before president obama will give his speech. it is also 26 years removed when they did the tear down this wall speech. no other president has been able to do what president obama has been able to do. he will address and face the east side of the brandenburg gait. he is calling for another caught of arsenals by another third. he is also going to talk about nuclear nonproliferation. not to stop, or not quo on with their nuclear program. he believes the united states should have the capacity to use them. the president will be vetted with a state dinner, and then no more overnighting, traveling with the president, chuck todd, nbc news, berlin. >>> a bipartisan trio is commanding that president obama take more action. they're urging the president to, quote, take specific steps to cha

here's chuck in germany at the brandenburg gate, maybe? >> breakfast in bed? it up. >> see you tomorrow. >>> live pictures here. the brandenburg gate in berlin, the east side, where president obama is set to speak in a few minutes now about his goal of decreasing nuclear weapons from the world. it's a special hour here on this wednesday, june 19th edition of "the daily rundown." we're going to bring you the president's full speech live. by the way, this marks just one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the famous jfk berliner speech. >> all free men, wherever they may live, are citizens

president kennedy's speech here his ich bin ein berliner speech that he gave not far from the brandenburg gatehere president obama will be speaking. the brandenburoenburg gate significant, mrsignifican. he will be the first president to do that. and you may recall back in 2008, when obama was then senator obama, he gave a speech not too far from where he'll be today, at the victory column, the tear garden, garnering an amazing crowd of 200,000 people. i will tell you the interest level here not that same level although there are a lot of people lining up to get through security to see this speech. >> it was 50 years ago that jfk also gave that famous speech about how our problems are man made and can be solved by man. interesting the parallels from 50 years ago to washington. thanks. >>> turning to the government spying program, intelligence officials will send more information to capitol hill about the 50 some plots they say were thwarted in part, thanked to the collection of phone records and online information. the information will be classified. so the public may never know any of the deta

speech live from the brandenburg gate. up next, chris jansing and company.. >>> i'm meteorologist bill karens. well watch numerous areas with thunderstorms. only lasting about a half hour in your area, but a good chunk of the country today, all of the east enseaboard with a chance of storms. deep south, southeast, we have beautiful areas too. nice cooler gorgeous air mass in place. great lakes, northern plains, enjoy. [ man ] on december 17, 1903, the wright brothers became the first in flight. [ goodall ] i think the most amazing thing is how like us these chimpanzees are. [ laughing ] [ woman ] can you hear me? and you hear your voice? oh, it's exciting! [ man ] touchdown confirmed. we're safe on mars. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hi. [ baby fussing ] ♪ >>> good morning. any minute he will be live in front of congress answering questions about two government surveillance programs. one collect records from every american, the other tracks e-mail an internet usage. in his first one on one interview since the existence of the programs going public, president oba

this year, president obama spoke to an audience of about 6000, all invited, at the brandenburg gate. what a difference. >> it certainly was. to be fair, this was an invited crowd, and god knows why. perhaps if they opened it up they would not get enough people. but it shows that when you are the leader of the free world, you have a lot of uncomfortable truths you have to deal with, and not everybody loves you. i do not know what advance man thought this was a great idea, but somebody ought to go out and shoot him. >> what did you think of the president's speech? >> which speech? >> the one he just made. >> there was nothing in it. he had one idea. we have syria in flames, iran going nuclear, jordan reeling, egypt going to hell in a handbasket, and he is talking about arms reductions with the russians. of all the issues on the planet, it is the least important. even putin was shocked by how unimportant it was. and he has no interest in it. it was kind of a misdirection play. look over here because everything else i am doing is in collapse. >> he got nowhere with vladimir putin on syri

standing at the brandenburg gate of berlin, barack obama calls for a major reduction in u.s. and russian nuclear stockpiles. >> i have asked to move beyond cold war nuclear pashtun. >> nobody said it would be easy. the president of afghanistan takes aim at the u.s. after direct talks with the taliban. the chinese economy opened up a world of opportunities. a world of brand new shoppers. >> farmers are leaving these fields and are not becoming just workers but consumers. they are off to join the middle class. >> welcome to our viewers on public television and around the globe. kennedy'sfter john f. famous speech in berlin -- president obama a vote the cold war -- with a call to stop nuclear weapons. he asked for the u.s. and russia to reduce their stockpiles by one-third. the reaction from moscow was dismissive. >> president obama inspected the troops in the city that has known to much war. facing east of the brandenburg gate, he was cheered for removing his coat. >> i am feeling so good i am going to take off my jacket. >> speaking from behind bulletproof glass, he said the c

the brandenburg gate was also closed off in preparation for obama's some 6000 invited guests.the u.s. president leaves later this evening, but some street closures will remain in place until the weekend. >> the u.s. is one of the most important trade partners for german businesses, but foreign investment from across the atlantic also plays a major role here in germany. >> operations provide one -- more than 750,000 jobs. >> of all foreign investors, u.s. companies are the most likely to put their money in germany. over the last five years, they've invested 840 times, either founding companies or helping with their expansion. by comparison, britain invested over 300 times, while china and france are in third and fourth place respectively. >> if you want to sell a product in europe or in germany in particular, either to german industry or to the growing consumer market, then you have to be present here. you have to invest here. >> the mcdonald's restaurant chain has been operating in germany since 1970 one. it now employs 63,000 people here -- more than any other american compan

symbolic highlight of the president's quick trip here to europe was this speech here at the brandenburg gateoing something that jfk or ronald reagan could never have done. he faced east and delivered the speech on the east side of the gate. there was some policy that was involve ready, not just the sill bollism, calling for a one-third reduction in nuclear arms, both with the united states and the russians. of course that has to be a new negotiation. that's going to take time but it's an ambition the president has had for a while and it's always an issue of greater can earn to europeans, frank linger than americans. president was grilled on the nsa controversy that has followed him over here across the ocean. germans in particular and the german media has been very tough on the president, very tough on the u.s. government on this issue, obviously, very sensitive to germans, the history of the east germans, the history of the nazis on east germans and the media1vz pressed the president this point and is how he addressed t >> this is not a situation in which we are rifling through, you know,

. >> reporter: president obama will give a speech at the brandenburg gate. the gate famed for statements is a symbol of berlin's reunification. kennedy gave his remarks facing west. today, president obama will face the opposite side. the president has visited this city before in what has become one of the most famous images of his first campaign, he addressed a crowd of 200,000 people here in 2008. that enthusiasm will be hard for him to match today. then-senator obama tried to give that speech at the brandenburg gate but was denied. the germans said it was an honor reserved for sitting presidents. today, well into his second term, president obama will finally have his chance. mary bruce, abc news, traveling with the president in berlin. >>> a largely symbolic move, the house has voted to ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. critics call it another example of the republican war on women. the legislation has no chance to pass, now. the senate and the president said he would veto this bill. >>> the american medical association has recognized obesity

the president the speech that was being given it brandenburg gate and with so many demonstrators coming out to cheer the the u.s. president as opposed to those who came to cheer him five years ago well that's why the organizers deemed that type of security necessary in order to keep them away from where the president was delivering his speech. artie's people all over the rushes reacted to a bomber's proposal to further cut nuclear arsenals the deputy foreign minister says quote the current start treaty should be fully implemented first and quote he also said russia and the u.s. have to find a solution to existing problems over america's missile defense shield in europe while the head of the state duma international affairs committee alexei pushkov thinks that obama's ideas need more work nuclear arms reduction is a matter for the distant future as he put it well many in a barber's audience in berlin today said they came away under the impression analysis from. her in chief for the german su worst news magazine either we wonder in press two or did he win you over. and over doing well and

he will give a speech at the brandenburg gate of the later, possibly calling for a reduction in nuclear weapons. planszil, the government to send heavily armed police to five of the six cities hosting the confederations cup. the competition is a warm-up for next year's football world cup. rising prices and anger at the government has brought out tens of thousands of demonstrators onto the street. our reporter reports from sÃo paulo. >> frustration spilled onto the streets. protesters surround city hall. i try to force their way in, but are pushed back by police we been a retreat into the building than face the angry crowd. others moved to side streets downtown. a small group destroys businesses as protests intensified. the remains of a local television news satellite van set on fire. riot police eventually move into clear troublemakers. a short distance away, tens of thousands of people with the same message. they are sending it in a nonviolent manner. they fled to the most important street in the city. these protests began early this month in response to a bus fare increase and they ha

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 expressed continued skepticism. this crowd, a fraction of the one that candidate obama addressed five years ago. no chanting today, but the president did quickly get a rise out of invitation only audience who had been sitting in the hot sun for three hours.

then it's on to berlin where he will speak at the brandenburg gate. >>> the 12-year war in afghanistanilestone today as afghan forces take responsibility for security in the country. unfortunately, a bomb blast rocked kabul during the handover ceremony. >>> a major announcement to detail when women will be allowed to train for elite military positions like the army rangers and navy s.e.a.l.s. >>> looking at today's weather expect thunderstorms along the east coast. showers in the nation's midsection and more storms towards the rockies but sunny in the midwest and rain in the northwest. >>> and finally this morning big steps for a courageous little girl overcoming tragedy with determination. >> the 2-year-old who lost her legs this a horrible accident is now taking new strides, still her doctors say it's an uphill battle from here. more from serena suzanne from our tampa affiliate. >> reporter: she hasn't walked in two months but it took 2-year-old ireland nuj gent less than two minutes to walk again after being fitted with her new prosthetics. >> all right. we're going to go one more t

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. >> we've just finished watching the president's speech at the brandenburg gate in berlin. big news out of the speech, the president has promised to cut back america's nuclear weapons if russia will do the same. he said in 2016 america will host a nuclear conference to build support to ratify a new coalition. >> and i intend to seek negotiated cuts with russia to move beyond cold war nuclear postures. these are steps we can take to create a world of peace with justice. >> well, besides that news, the president's speech you heard it just called a smorgasbord, also largely symbolic, he said there may be no more physical walls but there are still big challenges. he talked about income equality, lgbt rights and issues of freedom and security and earlier today for the first time on the world stage the president defended the nsa programs. in a joint news conference with germany chancellor angela merkel. >> we know of at least 50 threats that have been averted because of this information, not just in the united states but in some cases threats here in germany. so, lives have been

president this keynote speech in front of the historic brandenburg gate was that he wants to see a third one third reduction in u.s. nuclear weapons now he said he would be contacting the leaders leaders in russia to try and coordinate some for the plan and there he did praise the the work that's being done with the new start treaty saying that that would limit the amount of nuclear weapons in the world to two nine hundred fifty s. levels however he said he wanted to make that go further and wanted to try and push it on a little bit more by one third and be speaking to the russian leadership about that now fred thank you very much for talking to us just what type of reaction has. received from people here in berlin i think people were disappointed as you already mentioned five years ago there were two hundred thousand people listening to a bomb and this time they were like four thousand handpicked people most likely to be american that's just like two percent of what he could gather as a senator people are disappointed with obama being a president a lot of people from the left because ob

standing at the brandenburg gate of berlin, barack obama calls for a major reduction in u.s.ussian nuclear stockpiles. >> i have asked to move beyond cold war nuclear pashtun. >> nobody said it would be easy. the president of afghanistan takes aim at the u.s. after direct talks with the taliban. the chinese economy opened up a world of opportunities. a world of brand new shoppers. >> farmers are leaving these

he attended the speech at brandenburg gate. >>> good morning. welcome to berlin.esident obama's brief one-day visit in germany. surveillance, syria and nuclear weapons. in a speech that the president just concluded at the brandenburg gate in the heart of berlin, he said the united states and russia should pursue additional nuclear arms. the united states could cut their nuclear stockpiles by as much as one-third. the president said that is his overall goal, part of a long-term strategy to eliminate nuclear weapons worldwide. on syria, the president refused to specify during a press conference with german chancellor angela merkel. mr. obama tried to reassure a german public made nervous by revelation of national security internet data mining as a counter terrorism strategy that the program was narrow, circumstance couple described and legal and it had thwarted up to 50 terrorist a, ta. no one in america is rifling through german database information. back to you. >>> a new poll shows only 35% of americans trust the president. that was taken before the government's

. >> then from brandenburg gates he called for one-third reduction of the nuclear stockpile. >> we na may no longer fear in global annihilation but so long as they exist we are not truly safe. >> he told the crowd the iraq war is over and afghanistan war is snud should signal a change. >> we must move to mind set of perpetual war. and that also means to close the prison at guantanamo. >> several u.s. presidents have visited the gates, now a symbol of reunification. 50 years ago was president kennedy. then president reagan gave this famous order. >> president obama was last in berlin when he was a senator rubbing for the white house. this even was not allowed to speak at brandenburg, an honor reserved for sitting presidents. >> we're hearing from russia on the speech. arms reduction will have to involve countries beyond russia and the united states and head of attorney affairs committee and russian parliament his proposals need serious revision. >>> police are out today enforcing traffic laws in several cities in san mateo county after three deadly pedestrian accidents. most recent one

50 years after jfk's very famous speech, the ich bin ein speech he gave not too far from the brandenburg gate, it was ronald reagan who challenged gorbachev to tear down the gate. he grew a crowd of 200,000, not that amount expected this time but he'll be talking about negotiating with russia, putting pressure on iran and north korea and something that's really interesting, he will be speaking from the east side of the brandenburg gate, he will be the first u.s. president to do that. >> brianna keilar traveling with the president with the president for us, thank you so much. this is the first time we've heard about nuclear arsenals because we haven't heard much since. >>> we have potentially new information in the infamous twa flight 800 crash. six whistleblowers ending their silence after 17 years. they claim federal investigators falsified the official cause of the crash. 230 people on board that flight died in the summer of 1996 when their boeing 747 exploded and came down off the coast of long island. rene marsh is live from washington. rene? this means a lot to people. >> absolutely, goo

today, just 4,500 people attended his speech at the brandenburg gate.to see then-senator obama. is the world giving president obama the cold shoulder? john boulton joins us. what did he get out of germany? >> i think it the more of a publicity stunt for obama, looking to give a speech about reduction of nuclear capabilities in a historic venue. speech pretty thin on substance, and the crowd wasn't wildly interested. it caps a bad trip for the president, starting with the g8, where president putin told him to take a hike on syria. >> what is it with russia? >> i think it's continuation of the last ten years. the obama administration came, members of the jurying to press the reset button. relations were frosty because of things the russians were doing at the end of the bush administration. after making concession, after concession, the russian reaction was you haven't given us enough. and syria, the administration has had this wrong for the last two years. our interests in russia and syria are fundamentally different. >> the u.s. is in the process of buyi

you're seeing the live pictures at the brandenburg gates.ernational reaction to the spying program has been severe, stronger than anything here at home. here's hong kong protesting the nsa and supporting self-described whistle-blower edward snowden. polls show majority of americans support the monitoring of phone calls. >>> on a happy note, back here at home, christie's will sell the original apple computer between $300,000 and $500,000. it's on display next week at computer history museum in san jo jose. yes they did bill them on a board. >> awesome seeing that. >> it is fun. >>> for the first time anywhere, put on public display the larger pacific stripe. it is an octopus so rare it done have a scientific name. >> mesmerizing to watch. >> that's the least of the academy's concerns. >> bob redell doing it only as he can, explaining why one biology has his arms full of the creature with too many arms to count on one hand. >> reporter: getting a rare eight-arm boy to mate with a rare eight-armed girl, that's the easy part. >> mating's happeni

paired with the speech of the brandenburg gate today. as soon as next week we should expect a page her presidential address announcing new policy on the issue of climate change. none of these new policy efforts will require any money from congress or any legislative action from congress. this is the president acting on his own. the president, we are told will be acting directly despite what he was telling everybody privately about his worries about the dial testing. how does president obama weigh the strategy here? and are there lessons from how previous presidents have dealt with strategic dilemmas like this, that may be informing what he is about to do? joining me now is steve kornacki. he's a senior writer at salon. thanks for being here. >> happy to be here. >> are there historical parallels for other presidents consideration decisions like this? >> i think the biggest thing to keep in mind is, it's the second term, not the first term. there are political calculations here because he's the head of the democratic party many the party,

the president was speaking at the brandenburg gate in berlin.ifornia senator dianne feinstein was raising concern about what she calls the greatest threat to american privacy. grant lodes is here with this story. grant? >> reporter: yeah, see this behind me? they are widely used in the war on terror. and according to the fbi. they are now being used in the war on crime. ♪ grassley: does the fbi use drones for surveillance on us soil? mueller: yes. mueller: in a very, very minimal way and very seldomly. >> reporter:this is the first time we've heard about the fbi use of drones, though they have been used by the border patrol and drug enforcement administration. california senator dianne feinstein was among those expressing concern. >> "i think the greatest threat to the privacy of americans is the drone and the use of the drone, and the very few regulations that are on it today." >> reporter:drones are making their way from the battlefield to the home front. last fall the alameda county sheriff's department tested these remote=control eyes in the

after the president spoke earlier today at the historic brandenburg gate. the same place where ronald reagan gave his tear down this wall speech and today, the president discussed national security and called for a reduction in nuclear weapons. more on that speech just ahead. but it has been a wild day in washington. with the raucous caucus of the gop holding forth on capitol hill in a full day of carnivalesque rallies against immigration reform and enemy number one of the gop, you guessed it, the irs. supporters dofd their tricorner hats bright and early gathering en masse to basque in the wisdom and inspiration of tea party heroes. first, it was the anti-immigrant crowd, the leading lights of steve king, michele bachmann and low i gohmert. and did someone say tear down that wall? >> to build a wall isn't that hard. as i say, we just build it still they stop going around the end. >> give us your tired, your poor, because we'll give you a chance to work. but we should not be giving a chance to be a taker. >> that amnesty costs a fortune. amnesty could also

they were under the brandenburg gate, the symbol of german imperialism that the germans rejected after 1,000 years of triumph and pain. >> how do we get the good aspect of germany? it's amazing -- >> that's what the president was saying. he said, look to the good side of history. i think he used that phrase or a phrase like that. look to the good side of history. don't be afraid of what history calls on you to do now. i think he was saying that to her, to the german people and telling all of europe and the world that was the case. especially after that all of meeting that he had with vladimir putin. >> terrible. >> which is another power to the east saying to the germans you've got to take care of european. you may be reluctant given your oin own history, but you need to do it. >> gene, we're looking at the world of our kids where brazil and india and china and russia will be competing with us probably. really competing with us as equals perhaps somewhere down the road maybe. he's saying, look, lift your load in europe too. you as an another old power, you've got to carry your load. >>

presidents visit to the german capital was ace each in front of the brandenburg gate. it was a hot day and the president tried to cool things down. i feel soo warm and good that i'm going to take off my jacket. and anyone else who wants to, feel free. we can be a little more informal among friends. >> thousands of invited guests heard the speech in a high- security zone. obama announced a new initiative to reduce nuclear weapon stockpiles. >> we want to ensure we and our allies maintain a strong deterrent while the playing -- while reducing nuclear weapons by up to one third and i intend to seek negotiated cuts with russia to move the on cold war nuclear postures. >> russia dismissed the move out of hand a short time later. obama also held talks with angela merkel. the controversial u.s. programs to monitor internet traffic. obama explained why the u.s. was on u.s.and data citizens. >> we know of at least 50 threats that have been averted because of this information, not just in the united states but threats here in germany. lives have been saved. thes obama insisted t

the taliban stops violent attacks. >>> president obama is speaking right now in berlin at the brandenburg gatee are live pictures from the gate where the president is renewing his call to reduce the world's nuclear stock pipes. let's listen for a minute. >> -- the same fighting spirit that defined 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 city. his pledge 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 liv