new carlthorp reports from budapest. -- nick thorpe reports from budapest. >> happened here in these peaceful meadows. hungary had unofficially pierce the iron curtain several months earlier. what happened here was that ordinary people found a new chink in the curtain and tore a big hole. the border guards had not been given new orders. he should have tried to stop them. he decided not to. 10,000 people came here on the day of the picnic to press for reunification of europe. but but the east germans took advantage of the event to reach austria, then west germany. >> what happened here was an important part of the european revolution for freedom, democracy, coming together, and continues to shape our part of the world and inspires so many other parts of the globe. >> after the picnic, it only took hungary three more weeks to officially opened the full border at austria. the authorities in east germany, czechoslovakia, and elsewhere were furious but powerless to interfere. once their own people could travel freely, their power collapsed. today, a single watchtower and eight few strands

asked to comment, budapest had this to say. shiny little people they are. they worked the same equation using annoy pod and takes only a new yorker just nine hours of work to earn an ipod but in mumbai is takes 57,000 years. it is incredible. jamie, you read the equation. does that make sense to you? >> i'm annoyed by the equation. do you know how much easier it would have been if he had chosen something from the dollar menu? you know what i mean just and do you realize i live in new york and it costs me two big macks to take a cab here today. i'm not talking about the crazy formula, i just had a really fat cab driver. >> greg: isn't this the best shining example of america's prosperity, the quickness by which we can earn a big mack. >> good to know that you can take a break after every 12 minutes and go, that's a big mack, just earned it, right. >> bill, it takes you three days to earn a mcnugget so this has to bother you when you see that people can afford big macs. >> i'm concerned we are no longer giving jamie car service, he is taking a cab, sorry abou

they were visiting the hospital in budapest where he was recovering after crushing.e lost control and plowed into the barriers. he suffered multiple skull fractures. he regained consciousness and was breathing without assistance. >>> president ahmadinejad's government seems to be in turmoil just days before his swearing in for a second term. several high-ranking officials are reported to have resigned. >>> india has launched the first nuclear submarine to be built entirely in the country. india is only the sixth country in the world to have a nuclear fuel submarine. the prime minister said it would become increasingly relevant to indian security. >>> "amazingly different" is the way that secretary gates described iraq during a recent visit. he praised the security situation after seeing how the american troops are adapting to their non-combat role. we have this report from baghdad. >> robert gates came to iraq to hear firsthand how the 130,000 soldiers or adapting to their new, supporting role in the country. they are taking their cue from the iraqi commanders. they