sitting with me but hailing from the united kingdom is columbia university's simon schama, and bret stephens is "wall street journal's" foreign affairs columnist, and chrystia freeland is at thomson roidters. bernard, you have been a prominent participant in the whole affair of dsk. there's a column in "new york times," in which he says, describing your writings on these issues -- to judge business his recent writing bernard-henri levy prefers to live in a country where elites are rarely held to account, where crimes against women are routinely excused with a wink and a nod, and where people without money or status are treated line the nonentities that the french moneyed class believe they are. i'd rather live here. you are in nice and happy to be there, but what would you say to this columnist? >> what i tell him, first off, that i love america. i so often explain that anti-americanism is a sort of form of fascism, and that i hate sometimes the way in which america is cartooned, and sometimes by itself. the image of the justice which was given in the first days of this affair was a cartoon

united kingdom is columbia university's simon schama, and representing the americas, i suppose, bret stephens is "the wall street journal's" foreign affairs columnist, and krista freeland is global editor at large at reuters. welcome to all of you. bernard henri-levy, i'm going to start with you because you have been a prom negligent participant in the whole affair dsk. there's a column in "new york times" which says, describing your writings on these issues -- >> you are in nice and happy to be there, but what would you say to this columnist? >> what i tell him, first off, that i love america. i'm a defender of america. i so often explain that anti-americanism is a sort of form of fascism, and that i hate sometimes the way in which america is cartooned, and sometimes by itself. the image of the justice which was given in the first days of this affair was a cartoon image. it was not america. it was not the justice -- the judicial system which was praised so highly and which he exhibited as a model for the whole world. for somebody like me who likes america as much as france, it was heartbreak