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european parliament on thursday in brussels he is working to prevent around from acquiring nuclear weapons free he them to give approval to access bank records in europe. this is half an hour. . [applause] >> dear vice president, excellencies, dear colleagues, dear friends, it is a great privilege for me to welcome mr. joseph biden, the 47th vice- president of the united states. [applause] vice president biden has been at key figure in american politics -- a key figure in american politics and a friend to colleagues in this chamber for many years. he was first elected to the u.s. senate in 1972. he served as one of the youngest senator is in his country's history. he was reelected six times before becoming vice president of united states in november, 2008. a former chairman of the senate foreign relations committee and the senate judiciary committee, he is known to speak his mind. he defends causes which are far from popular at the time. he leads opinion, he does not follow opinion. so that is the reason for your speech today, mr. vice president, to the european parliament is so important

as you already know, ladies and gentlemen, not only am i pleased to be back here in brussels for the second time as vice president, as you probably know, some american politicians and american journalists refer to washington, d.c., as the capital of the free world, but it seems to me that in this great city, which boasts 1000 years of history, and which serves as the capital of belgium, the home of the european union, and the headquarters for nato, this city has its own legitimate claim to that title. as a lawmaker for more than 36 years in our parliament, i feel particularly honored to address the european parliament. president obama and i were the first running mates in the last 50 years in america to make it to the white house from our legislative bodies, so we both come to our executive jobs with a deeper appreciation for the work you do here -- with a deep appreciation for the work you do here. together with my colleagues in the united states congress, we represent more than 800 million people. stop and think about that for a moment. two elected bodies that shape the loss for al

. >> reporter: european transport minister held an emergency meeting yesterday in brussels. they are trying to figure out how much ash is too dangerous for airlines to fly. >>> a frantic water rescue from rain-swollen creeks has been caught on tape. three college students had to be rescued after they waded in to the creek and then couldn't get back on land. it happened near atlanta. first responders were able to pull all the victims to safety and no one was injured. >>> the carjacking suspect on the run has finally been captured. cameras were rolling when donald ran to avoid police dogs and officers in oregon. at one point, he jumped in to the river but the current was too strong. once back on land, he was reached by police. he actually tried to reach for a gun so police had to use a taser gun to subdue him. >>> the chaos in greece continues. the government wrestled with balancing the budget and clamping down on rioting. >>> you say you don't like speed cameras? well, some new development are documents suggest that the law may be on your side. we'll be right back. ggwgwgwÑag

the bbc's economic editor stephanie flanders reports from brussels. >> it was the great symbol of europeannity. now the crisis for the single currency risks tearing europe apart. emergency budget cuts have sent thousands of people onto the street. global markets have swung wildly as investors have wondered where this crisis will spread. in practice, it's already revolutionized the eurozone with multibillion eurobailout, even when the rule says there shouldn't be bailouts at all. now these men and women have to change europe's formal institutions to keep up. >> i could feel a sense of uveragetcy and the spirit of cooperation around the table. flfs a strong political will present. >> to move past this crisis, they're looking for new ways to bind all these economies closer together. that means new national limits on budgets and new policies to help the weaker economies grow. even when they've decided all of that, they have to work out how the new rules fit with the europe we've already got. we didn't get concrete details today. we weren't expecting any. but when we do, we can be sure the new

it is not right that politicians in berlin, paris, or brussels, beside british policy. that is completely unacceptable. polling shows the vast majority of a british people are fundamentally against having british laws decided by brussels, and opposed to any efforts by the governments in germany and france to try to flex muscle over british policy. on the point of a military superpower in germany, i do not think that will ever happen again. i think germany has learned its lesson. host: next up is david in mclean, virginia. our line for democrats. caller: i have two brief comments and a question. i think his type of organizations are poisoning the political climate. there was a study done in belgium, showing us the political ideologies in the world. you have outlined, -- you have and the republican party and the credit party were found to be towards the right. your understanding of political spectrum is false. the conservative position has always been lower taxes, and you sit there, and casually, and pompously assault our president. i think he is one of the most disciplin

to avoid another expensive shut down, european transport ministers met in an emergency session in brussels on tuesday. they are trying to come up with a better system of figuring out how much ash is too dangerous for planes to fly. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >>> before you pack your next -- before you take your next flight go to wusa9.com and click on the traffic tab. >>> here's what is in the news now, oil spill in the gulf of mexico could result in the loss of 60,000-barrels or 2 million- gallons. it stems from last week's oil rig explosion. 11 workers remain missing and are presumed dead after the blast. >>> the cities of tucson and flagstaff are suing the state of arizona. they want to overturn the law which requires police to question people about their immigration status. if they suspect they are here illegally. >>> how much would you pay for this this picasso painting? that's not it but it sold at auction last night for a record $106.5 million. the sale took eight minutes and the buyer remains anonymous. >>> picasso painting oil slicks. >> sorry we didn't have the video for

a narcotics trafficker around the globe and she asked me to carry a bag of money from chicago to brussels and i agreed, a big bag of drug money to go where i don't know, but i don't think that i was unclear on the origins of the cash. so that's a very different than the hand to hand drug sale but you can hardly claim i am not complice it in someone else's addiction. i think you have to be willing to carry that to many other harmful products but i think that logic applies. >> host: so you wouldn't argue for the legalization of all drugs. it is in one of the reforms to come away advocating having seen how long some sentences or for some people involved that rather low level. as you observe any of your fellow inmates were not sort of capable enough to be very high in an organization. >> guest: mo, also not that women are not capable of being high in organizations but the reality of the women's ability to sort of rise to the head of the underground economy is stable. i don't know. but as far as drug legalization this is what i think. marijuana should be legalized and i think if we took that s

bringing it around the globe, and she asked me at one point to carry a bag of money from chicago to brussels, and aagreed to do it, a big bag of drug money to go where, i don't know. but i don't think i was unclear on the origins of that cash. so that's very different than a hand-to-hand drug sale, but you can hardly claim that i'm not complicit in someone else's addiction, you know? i think, you know, you have to willing to carry that also to many other harmful products, but i think that logic applies. >> host: okay. so you were, you would not argue for the legalization of all drugs, that's not one of the reforms you come away advocating. having seen how long some sentences are for some people involved at rather a low level. as you observed, many of your fellow inmates were not sort of capable enough to be very high in an organization. >> guest: no. also by, i mean, not that women aren't capable of being high in the organizations, but the reality of women's ability to sort of rise to the head of underground economies is debatable. i don't know. as far as drug legalization this is what i thi

chancellor angela merkel spoke before travelling to brussels for a meeting of the e.u. >> ( translated ): this is a very important decision that makes clear that we are protecting the currency in the interests of our citizens. but it can only be effective in combination with the ambitious greek austerity plan, which was passed in the greek parliament yesterday. >> holman: president obama said he spoke with merkel this morning about the greece crisis, and made clear the u.s. supports the rescue efforts. but even with the support of the international community for greece, anxiety over the country's debt issues rattled markets in europe and asia. >> brown: and we turn next to two economy-watchers: mark zandi, chief economist at moodyseconomy.com; and mohamed el-erian, c.e.o. and co-chief investment officer at pimco, a global investment management firm. mark zandi, starting with you what are the jobs number tell you. a lot of jobs across lots of different industries. you know, we have been in recovery for six to nine months. but the missing link was job growth, i think we found it today. v

and here in brussels, a thanksgiving service, had a thanksgiving service.oers sang the national anthems of britain, belgium, and the united states. on that joyous day, may 8, 1945, this continent lay in ruins. ravaged twice by total wars in less than 30 years. at that moment of peaceful united europe, the european parliament must have seemed like a fantasy to anyone online. and yet, through the will of your fellow citizens and statesmen like john henry spock, for whom this great hall is named, and robert shuman and jonbenet and the visions that gave birth to apartment and earned him the presidential medal of freedom from president lyndon johnson, here we are, a symbol in this hall. here you are. what began as a simple pact among a half a dozen nations to create a common market for coal and steel, grew into an economic and political powerhouse. a community dedicated to free thought, free movement and free enterprise, a europe that once a story has called not so much a place, but an idea. and i am here to reaffirm the president obama and i believe in this ide

the salad was organic wheat berry turine and pea tendrils, corn, brussels sprouts, shaved fennell, crab. entree, a petite filet with roasted halibut. i think maybe either -- i don't know if they got both or their choice. seasonal baby vegetables. desert, amaretto chocolate truffle green tea creme brulee and basil cheesecake. that's what they had to eat tonight. should let you know that president obama's speechwriter john favro and david axelrod credited with working on his speech. once it gets started, it should run anywhere from about an hour, that's how long it will be with ed chen doing some introductions, michelle obama doing some journalism awards and then the president and jay leno. i think the program will last about an hour. everything that we're showing you tonight will reair after tonight, the conclusion of tonight's dinner. >> have a couple more tweets asking who is at the head table. if you start at stage left, which is on the right-hand side of your screen, it will be the head table and these are officers of the white house correspondents' association or, obviously, invited

i think angela merkel will have to go to brussels and really put some demands of the germans on the tablend that is things like a european rating agency. that is things like chapter 11 for euro zone countries and there will be some tough choice toes make for europe in the next month to come. >> sylvia, it's nick parsons. i wonder if you could remind us what the parliamentary risk is looking like in gerchlny there and what probability do you think ultimately there will be, what likelihood that these measures will pass? how are you reading it here inspect. >> well, let's put it this way. first of all, angela merkel and her coalition have a comfortable majority in parliament. they have a majority in the upper house, as well. so they can pass this through even if the whole opposition votes against it. but i think she needs the whole opposition on board. she would end up with a bit of egg on her face if the open is it sigz voted against this. angela merkel can come out of this quite bruised. >> sylvia, thank you very much indeed. nick is going so stick around for a while, as well. >>> cheap mo

here in brussels, a bank's giving service -- a thanksgiving service, where church source said multiple national anthems -- church services sang multiple national anthems. this continent lay in ruins, ravaged by price -- ravaged twice in 30 years. at that moment, a peaceful, united europe, european parliament -- it must have seemed like a fantasy to anyone alive. and yet, through the will of your fellow citizens and whomsmaen, like the man for this great hall is named, and all of the visions that gave birth to parliament, here we are, assembled in this hall. here you are. what began as a simple pact among half a dozen nations to create a common market for coal and steel grew into an economic and political power house, a community dedicated to free thought, free movement, and free enterprise, and europe that one historian has called "not so much a place, but an idea." i am here to reaffirm that president obama's and i believe in this idea -- obama and i believe in this idea and in the world that it does already helped bring about. you have one from a unified voice. bolster the cultural a

remember that ashfield was the famous labor loss in the election in the mid 70's after markham went to brussels to aid jenkins. it looks to me as the people perhaps apply to other places don't like people being foisted on them as celebrity, or seeing somebody to go off to mick more money elsewhere. you see here, and the democrats and yet, and yet, mayber held rochdale which should be easy and we hear labor play retake chesterfield and it is a very, very patchy night and these local fans are kicking in, like i have never seen in a general election before. and the lib dems, you could imagine arguing even with that huge swing, they're still in second place has been the argument all along. >> thanks emily. straud, conservative gain and labor to conservatives and dowd did you doly south and all over the shop and 9.5%. and the conservative gain bringing ham ghoul and 9.8% and 9.5 and the other ones and colby, and another conservative gain the steel town and swing, and -- 3.4%. and -- and northampton south, and a swing here, much bigger. and swing of 9.6%. and we're getting news now of another bit of

we have the g-7 coming up in brussels. what will you be looking for? what will you be writing about today? guest: over the weekend is the real issue. the european leaders meet for dinner over theire, which is nice for them. that is after the market's close. we will see what comes out of europe. in addition, the imf will approve its portion of the greek loan on sunday. these are timed. host: in d.c.? guest: yes. there's a lot that ought to be done over the weekend to restore confidence in markets and give people a sense that the government snos know what they'e doing. host: bob davis, thank you. we have been a little euro centric this morning could we want to continue that trend. we want to spend a little time getting caught up on what has happened in the british election. we will be talking with james blitz of "the financial times. this is from the bbc a few hours ago. >> let us take you back through some of the extraordinary issues of an extraordinary night. >> very angry. >> here, her. e. >> a disappointing night for you, mr. clegg. c >> the outcome

ministers from all 27 countries -- we go -- all 27 european union states are expected to gather in brusselso discuss the possible -- to discuss, and possibly approve the proposal. we'll talk more about that in a few seconds. that to the phones, n.j., on the line for republicans out of alabama. -- jay, on the line for republicans. caller: i would like to compliment your call-taker who was very pleasant. i wish that people could comprehend that we are long -- in a long war. some of the more sophisticated riders are starting to use the term "the long war to give we have improperly titled these battle -- [inaudible] afghanistan was one battle, iraq was one battle. this concept that we ignore is incorrect. we are in a battle in a long war. for example, we had the vietnam war that was one battle in the cold war which we eventually won -- thank goodness. also, let me review a couple of figures here. host: lend me ask you -- bring this to a close for me. how do we conclude this battle, or keep it from growing into a larger war? caller: you win the war when you destroy the enemy and his will to figh

leaders from beijing to brussels, to new delhi, to washington, they must raise the banner. they must foster a positive environment in which capital goods, services, and people, with all appropriate ground rules and safeguards, can flow freely across the globe. leaders in the business community and the labor movement have responsibilities as well. businesses must refrain from running the government to seek unfair competitive images in the global, competitive marketplace. union leaders must accept that their members' livelihoods rely on the growth of world trade and can no longer be allowed to dictate our global trade and commercial policy. those of us who believe in free enterprise and free trade have a responsibility, too. we must do a far better job of explaining the benefits of open markets, while not glossing over the distractions -- destruction that affects some communities. make no mistake, we have to do something. we must devise ways to support effective programs to help people who are disenfranchised. that is no excuse to turn our backs on trade expansion and the new

my last examination was outside of brussels, belgium. i have come to the conclusion that some of the problems of the system has, or some of the big points are primarily handled through the district administrator. in southwest florida, by philip we have an excellent system. -- i feel like we have an excellent system. we have inspectors coming in unannounced all the time to inspect the facilities. one of my questions deals with travel pay deductible. it is $7 when you go to the disbursement office. no one seems to answer why we have this deductible. the other thing is for buyers is went to get a new clinic. the way they account -- the way they account patients, i do not understand. if i go in for four stocks, i am counted as four different patients, rather than for -- rather than one person making four stops. can you answer why they do it that way? guest: i am not quite sure what you are referring to. i know the clinics you're talking about, but i do not of the procedure. sorry. host: the other aspect, looking at travel vouchers? guest: th

leaders from beijing to brussels to new delhi to washington must rise above these parochial views and narrow political interests. they must foster a dramatic environment in which capital goods, services, and people with all appropriate safeguards can flow freely across the globe. leaders in the business community and the labor movement have responsibilities as well. businesses must refrain from running to the government to seek an unfair competitive advantages in the global marketplace. union leaders must face the reality that their members livelihood's rely on the growth of world trade. they can no longer be allowed to dictate our global trade and commercial policy. those of us who believe in free enterprise and free trade have a responsibility. we must do a far better job of explaining the benefits of open markets while not glossing over the distractions that affect some workers in communities. make no mistake about this. we have got to do something about that. we must devise ways to support effective programs to help those people that are disenfranchised. that is no excuse to turn

leaders from beijing to brussels, to new delhi, to washington, they must raise the banner.y must foster a positive envvronment in which capital goods, services, and people, with all appropriate ground rules and safeguards, can flow freely across the globe. leaders in the business community and the labor movement have responsibilities as well. businesses must refrain from running the government to seek unfair competitive images in the global, competitive marketplace. union leaders must accept that their members' livelihoods rely on the growth of world trade and can no longer be allowed to dictate our global trade and commercial policy. those of us who believe in free enterprise and free trade have a responsibility, too. we must do a far better job of explaining the benefits of open markets, while not glossing over the distractions -- destruction that affects some communities. make no mistake, we have to do something. we must devise ways to support effective programs to help people who are disenfranchised. that is no excuse to turn our backs on trade expansion and the new job

leaders from beijing to brussels to new delhi to washington must raise -- must rise above parochial views and narrow political interest. they must foster a positive dramatic environment in which capital goods, services, and people, with all appropriate ground rules and safeguards, can flow freely across the globe. leaders in the business community and the labor movement have responsibilities as well. businesses must refrain from running to government to seek unfair competitive advantages in the global marketplace. union leaders must accept the reality that their members' livelihoods rely on the growth of world trade. they can no longer be allowed to dictate our commercial policy. those of us to believe in free enterprise and free trade have a responsibility, too. we must do a far better job of explaining the benefits of open markets while not crossing over the destruction that affects some workers and communities. make no mistake about it, we have got to do something about that. we must devise ways to support to effective programs to help those people who are disenfranchised. that is no e

ideas that a swedish free-market think tank from 2003-2005 and served as a senior fellow for the brussels-based center in 2006 and he received his master's degree from stockholm university in the history of ideas please join me in welcoming johan norberg. [applause] morning to you all. i hope you all had a good night last night. as you all?;. know, the hangovs not a problem. the party was that relates to the topic of my speech here about the next financial crisis. we are reminded that the recession is not the problem. the boom was the problem. all the bad investments that we've made when we thought that the good times would keep rolling and rolling. that gives us a clue as to why the markets are a little bit turbulent right now. we never really did solve the problems that led to this crisis. we never really lived with a hangover. instead, we tried to take another couple of shots of tequila and get on with it. hang over the weekend believe in is not a good election slogan. the thing that will solve the problem, we will deal with it and build a bridge and get on with our lives, that is much more

. >> that came as the new european economic task force held its first meeting in brussels.hey discussed how to tighten rules to prevent this kind of greek debt crisis from happening anywhere else. the chairman finance ministers -- the finance ministers did their best to provide a unified front in the face of nervous markets. the criticism of germany's decision to ban they get short selling without consulting their partners is now water under the bridge. >> what do you think of the terms? >> [inaudible] >> they did talk about ways to reform the europe. the president of the european union heard statements from various statements -- heard statements from various members. >> we must do what we can do very soon and very fast. we should do it as fast as possible. >> the task force also recommended harsher penalties for deficit offenders. the mother was a broad consensus of having financial sanctions -- >> there was a broad consensus of having financial sanctions. that -- >> that might include the loss of voting rights. >> the british prime minister says that a strong and stable e

commitments on criminal- justice, social employment committee that we would like to take back to brussels"the observer." i love the way they always spend the stories. -- spin these stories. >> elections have consequences. the conservatives are the largest party, the largest number of mp's. one has to assume that he and clegg and make it work. >> she is talking about your party. who is going to be the next leaguer -- leader in the conservative party? >> i think the picture will be gordon brown. [laughter] >> tv's thrilling election right, after all the ratings, the polls have shifted. >> they said it had an effect in . i thought it was wrong to have that kind of instant poll created. i thought it was a phantom liberal democrat surge. >> people really were in the used. they did enjoy -- people really were enthused. they did enjoy the debate. >> this is sunday live. on our website you can keep up with all the latest. coming up, another perspective on the coalition government. >> we have the former conservative cabinet minister. this is modern, progressive politics. for once, you must be feel