the town is nestled in the foothills of central bulgaria. the country's most important writer was born here. the 12,000 residents have been hard hit by the economic crisis and the decline of the armaments industry. just 44 years old, the mayor has been in office for nine years. searching for a solution to the town's finances, he compiled a list of all the people who have not paid their tax bills. >> look at how long this is. these are all of our friends who owe the town taxes, and i will have the black angels pay a visit to some of them. >> the mayor carries a blue folder with the names of today's targets. acquire gets its marching orders. a cafe and restaurant owner, but the amount of taxes owed has to stay a secret. the mayor says his novel tax collection method works because the residents have a sense of humor and a strong sense of personal honor. whenever the black angels march 4, the townspeople know that an unusual serenade is in store. the choral groups sing ordinary bulgarian folk songs, but this is no ordinary performance. whenever

and bulgaria. most spoken of german. >> they came because they heard from friends how good it was here. every parent naturally wants to give their child a better future. >> almost 1000 roma move to berlin in 2011. few speak fluent german and have job training. immigration can be difficult, especially for those who are poor. that is why they're recommending freed language classis. >> need a proper integration strategy for integration within the eu. it is a new area for us, but one needs attention. >> they do not want to restrict freedom of movement for europe's pour. instead, they want to give direct help to the communities that need it. >> and that brings you up-to- date with the latest international news. >> that is right. we will be following this coalition talks in athens threat even in. stay with us for that.

magnitude 5.8 near the capital of sofia in bulgaria. crowds have attacked the presidential palace in mali. >> that is right. the interim president was beaten unconscious monday by protesters who stormed his offices. they were demanding for his resignation. he has now been taken from hospital to a safe location. >> that they had expected their president to be leaving office, but on news he was staying on for 12 months, the people took to the streets. they came out in the thousands, marching in protest through palaco. these students are shouting they do not want the president. and they declared they did not want the deal in recent days either. >> we want him to leave the transition so that the people themselves can decide on the transition. he refuses the echo what recision -- ecowas decision. this was -- >> this was the moment that he was attacked in his offices. he was unconscious when brought to the hospital, though he was to recover later. it was only days ago that he had been sworn in as interim president. following an interim electi

there are places i have be i the wod whe people say, remember the time you were in bulgaria? i go, oh, yes, i remember. in fact i've never been to bulgaria so i don't mean anything. >> rose: we've established you don't like to travel. >> it is an indelible experience. i will never forget it, and i'm not sure-- i wouldn't the to repeat it. >> i wouldn't mind going back. >> rose: but what was it? >> for me, the culture shock i never ally got over the st of cltur shock and that essentially boiled down to the difference between rich and poor. poverty-- wealth beyond the dreams-- a wedding we watched which was dripping in gold and elephants and money. and 50 yards outside the gates of the hotel, a woman washing her child in a puddle of water. and it's that sort of contrast, i could never be-- it stuck with me-- it sticks with me even now describing ind i thi what a big job india has because, you know, it's-- it's fantastic that they are making so much money now, they're becoming such an economic power in the world. i think politically, they can't help that woman with her baby, but

clouds are rolling in and to pushare beginning d.c.the east of take a look at what is going on, and bulgaria low pressure off the coast. eventually making their way across the bay. waking up tomorrow morning, you will deftly want to keep the umbrellas handy. 55-64 degrees. coming up, a full look at the we have a big warm up the end oftowards the week. a sneak peek at a photo gallery on wjla.com. >> that photo gallery has been popular. people and the virginia town at of the august a treat today. alan jackson gave a free concert raise money for mineral, va.. >> about 3000 people showed up the big concert. >> how are you doing tonight? >> everyone from regular joes to the county sheriff says tonight that hadiggest thing happened here. many do not think much about the earthquake anymore. case here. the will all right about the earthquake. >> the senior class memorialized on t-shirts.e >> it was a major day, very scary. >> tonight's concert raised to help the county rebuild its schools. >> 150 to $500. -- $152,000. >> she helped make it happen. organizers say she cast the first vote online for mi

. >> a magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck in bulgaria at near the capital, causing residents to rush into the streets. it struck at 3:00 a.m. local time, 25 kilometers west of sofia. residential apartment building crashed to the ground during the tremor, which lasted several minutes and was followed by at least one after shot. the bulgarian interior minister says there aren't so far no reports of casualties or injuries. the presidential palace in mali has been attacked. >> the president was beaten unconscious on monday by protesters. they were demanding his resignation. he has now been taken to a safe location. >> they expected their president to be leaving office, but on news he was staying on for 12 months, the people took to the streets. that came out in the thousands, marching in protest. the students are shouting they don't want the president. that made it clear that did not want the deal made by a western leaders, either, meaning he would stay on and organize elections. we want him to leave the transition so that the people themselves can decide on the transition. this was the

. >> and an earthquake has struck bulgaria causing residents to rush into the streets. it hit at 3:00 a.m. local time. no reports of deaths or injuries but a number of aftershocks have shaken the region. >> and the interim president has been taken to a safe place after he was beaten unconscious by protesters. >> the financial cost of the revolution is vast. now an unusual solution to the problem of pollution. it comes in the form of a robotic fish. >> today several are being put to the test in this harbor. the latest high-tech attempt to keep our waters clean. >> it can do so much. using artificial intelligence, it can hunt down contamination and reports back to shore in real time. >> once in, the robots can work alone without any control from the researchers. just like a real fish, it can maneuver easily in the harbor. >> with these fish, they can run autonomous lip and do the monitoring for you and if there's a leak or anything, these fish can find it out straight away in real time and track down the source of that pollution so we can put a stop to it straight away an

what are your thoughts on me trying bulgaria? -- on the triangle area? what are your thoughts on the improvements that can be made in that area? >> there are a number of improvements that can be made. i will share with you a personal story. my dog was run over on gramercy street. there have been auto accidents like crazy. there are many things that could improve the situation. supervisor farrell: ok, thanks. supervisor kim: thank you. at this time, we will open it up for public comment. does anyone wish to speak on item six? please speak up. >> good afternoon. i am here on a different matter, but i could not resist the dictation. their subject of pedestrian safety, i would recommend everyone look closely at the possibility of creating pedestrian-only crossing, adding a third sequence to be a light signals, which would involve only pedestrian crossing for those three signals. that is the best way to keep pedestrians and cars from mixing at intersections. it also reduces emissions. thanks. supervisor kim: thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my nam

been continuing to be reported here, actually up to 144 kilometer per hour winds were reported in bulgariaesterday. now going through your wednesday, more rough weather is going to be expected as a system continues to spin here. also, seeing some foul weather, low countries including germany here, you've been see something heavy rainfall as a cold front continues to drift down towards the south. london and paris, both at 14 and 15 for your wednesday high. but look at this, your lows, london at 7 and paris at 6, really cool here. into the alpines, you're going to be potentially seeing some snow. farther to the south of this front, though, lisbon, you're seeing a low of 21, high is expected to be up there towards 34. very summer-like for you there in portugal. here is a look at your extended outlook. >>> once again, the leaders of greece's main political parties have failed to strike a deal aimed at establishing a workable government. theountry will hold another parliamentary election. tuesday's talks focused on a proposal by greek president karolos papoulias to set up a technocratic governm

he has also served as our ambassador to bulgaria. from 2005 to 2008. and many, many other assignments having to do with, with the soviet union, russian federation, east central europe and europe. john, great to see you here today. >> thanks. >> our third speaker to my left will be ambassador susan schwaab, served as united states trade representative for several years beginning in june of 2006. she is currently professor at school of public policy at university of marylandai pla, s a long history. you served as dean of the university of maryland school of public policy for eight years in '95 to '03. if you read in the biographical material, on ambassador schwaab. you will see a long series of achievements she representing the united states and trade negotiations. own one i am not seeing, u.s./russia bilateral agreement in november 2006. senate is my oversight. our final speaker, batting clean-up today. will be, claus kleinfeld, ceo of alcoa, the largest, integrate a alum numb country. 61,000 employees in 31 countries. a big job. i want to extend a shou

what are your thoughts on me trying bulgaria? -- on the triangle area? what are your thoughts on the improvements that can be made in that area? >> there are a number of improvements that can be made. i will share with you a personal story. my dog was run over on gramercy street. there have been auto accidents like crazy. there are many things

. >> at 5.8 magnitude quake struck southwest of bulgaria's capital early on tuesday. no casualties were reported, but many buildings were damaged. the bulgarian quake comes on the heels of a 6.0 magnitude earthquake in italy on sunday that killed six people. >> the world's tallest tower has open to the public. tokyo's skype tree stands 634 meters high. thousands of visitors flocked to the japanese capital's newest attraction. the countries hard hit tourism industry is hoping for a boost. 25 million people are expected to visit the tower every year. >> it is being heralded as a new era in space travel. a private company has successfully launched a rocket that will take supplies to the international space station. >> the u.s. space agency nasa says it is banking on the switch to commercial cargo providers now that the space shuttles are being retired. >> the launch of the first commercial supply mission to the international space station opens a new chapter for the space industry. the rocket and capsule were designed by a u.s. company called space exploration technologi

bulgaria and albania both put in 10% flat tax is pretty easy to collect. russia did the same thing a decade ago. they are experiencing growth. more real estate taxes. we did this in the early 1930's. it does not have a happy ending. >> the argument against that is it did not seem to have a credibility -- equitablility. they're looking at taxing people if they earn over 1 million euros. the population is suffering with the cuts as well. >> the suffering comes when you do not have a vibrant private sector. public sector economics does not work. you have learned that from the soviet union among other countries. the key thing is you can have a flat tax. people note it is equitable because if you make it, you pay it. if you do not have policies that make it possible for the private sector to flourish, you will stagnate. japan now has that proportionally higher than breeze. -- greece. they have policies throttling the country. this stuff does not work. >> when you went to bed and saw there had been a big change of government in france, and the lord knows what ki

. >> reporter: and germany, britain, france, spain, italy, the netherlands, canada, bulgaria and australia, all told syrian diplomats to get out. >> this is the most effective way we've got of sending a message of revulsion at what has happened in syria. >> reporter: but as the new video shows, assad isn't getting the message. and syrian forces still vastly outgun the opposition. and today, brian, the state department accused iran of aiding and abetting the shabiha, the pro-assad militia. activists say the shabiha is trained by iran and uses the same tactics that iran employed to crush its own rebellion. brian? >> richard engel starting us off tonight. richard, thanks. >>> and now to the crisis in northern italy, where a deadly 5.8 earthquake shook the region this morning. the epicenter was just northwest of bologna. the same area where an even stronger quake killed people just over a week ago. and once again, our own jim maceda is there. >> reporter: brian, i'm a few miles from the epicenter of the 5.8 tremor which hit this area earlier this morning, damaging or destroying a number of bui

increase resilience and don't move as a way to reduce kloet impact fracking is banned in france and bulgaria because of public outrage but in the quaint corners of england's countryside people's fears are no match for the energy giants either bennett r.-t. sussex. well remember there's always plenty more to check out on our website at r.t. dot com let's have what's lined up a few right now one of the half million tons of tsunami debris from japan is set to reach the u.s. pacific coast by. discover what its impact might be in the online story. of the most framed paintings in the world scream sold for one hundred twenty million u.s. dollars in new york and sixpence a bit more to the public option don't worry if you missed the chance to bid you can find out more. join me on a journey to the heart of the problem to a place is hidden from the tourist you're going to meet some real criminal insiders although they may not be the usual news makers you see on t.v. . today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. corporations are on t

increase resilience and don't move as a way to reduce clo it impact fracking is banned in france and bulgaria because of public outrage but in the quaint corners of england's countryside people's fears are no match for the energy giants either bennett r.t. sussex. remember there's always plenty more to check out on our website at r.t. dot com but here's what's lined up there few right now one of the half a million tons of tsunami to every from japan set to reach the u.s. pacific coast by. discover what its impact might be online certainly. in just three weeks that's how long some pentagon strategists think it would take to overcome iran with the u.s. were to attack a country read more about this highly contentious post back a piece of its war muscles in the region r.t. dot com. leaves keep this inside he too could read the room. many. make to fool. us. civilization notice their absence. but this is their life outside civilization possible. worlds to the true science technology innovation hall the least of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. you know sometimes you see a s

the impact fracking is banned in france and bulgaria because of public outrage but in the current corners of england's countryside people's fears are no match for the energy giants either bennett r.-t. sussex. more weather story online sort of following a lot of late news in brief now an apparent protest against presenter sad in syria as a local university has killed at least see hundreds of arrested the latest pictures and verified video you seeing here showing the troops raiding the campus firing at demonstrators while students armed with knives also attacked a rally there's been anti regime protests university almost daily. the trial or rags fugitive vice president has been postponed while his lawyers peel for a special court to hear the case terry go how should we deny his running death squads targeting government officials security forces and shia pilgrims he's currently seeking refuge in turkey pulls the trial politically motivated here in the next day. on a lighter note is. taking the long way down leaping from a helicopter in a jet powered wing suit you flew over the brazilian cap

he's also served as our ambassador to bulgaria from 2005 to 2008, and many, many other assignments having to do with the soviet union, the russian federation, east central europe and europe. our third speaker to my left will be ambassador susan schwab, who served as the united states trade representative for several years beginning in june of 2006. she is currently a professor at the school of public policy at the university of maryland. a quite railroad she has a history, as you served as the dean of the university of maryland school of public policy from 1995 to free. and if you read in the biographical material, you'll see a long series of achievements that she made in representing the united states in trade negotiations. the only one i'm not seeing there, susan, is the u.s. russia bilateral agreement in 2006. >> it should be in there. >> maybe it's my oversight. >> our final speaker will be klaus kleinfeld, the ceo of alcoa. the largest integrated alum number company in the world, 61,000 employees in 31 countries. he also serves as the chairman of the u.s.-russia business counsel. and

the impact fracking is banned in france and bulgaria because of public outrage but in the current corners of england's countryside people's fears are no match for the energy giants either bennett r.-t. sussex. the world's top news stories now in brief an apparent protest against president assad in syria as aleppo universities left at least four dead and seen hundreds arrested and verified video shows troops raided the campus firing at demonstrators while students are knives also attacked the. protests at university almost day. trying to write a fugitive vice president has been postponed while his lawyers appeal for a special court to hear the case should be denied running death squads targeting government officials security forces and pilgrims he's currently seeking refuge in turkey because the trial politically motivated the hearings next. it's been an attack on a cattle market in northeastern nigeria has killed at least thirty four this is a gunman armed with explosives began shooting before setting the market on fire. juries in jus a spate of violence a few days ago gunfire and explosi

the impact fracking is banned in france and bulgaria because of public outrage but in the current corners of england's countryside people's fears are no match for the energy giants bennett r.t. sussex. there's always plenty more to check out on our website r.t. dot com. view right now one million tons of tsunami debris from japan set to reach the u.s. pacific coast. discover what its impact might be online story. just three weeks somebody had to go on strike just think it would take to become iran u.s. were to attack the country more highly contentious as america gets more muscles in the region more r.t. dot com. several e.u. members are threatening to boycott the u.s. twenty twelve football championship if ukraine is that treatment of its jailed former prime minister yulia timoshenko and claim she was beaten by prison guards. as the details it certainly is getting darker and darker for key of in relation to the euro twenty two well football championship which starts in less than forty days from now and now the dutch government is the latest of the european officials to express their wish

the impact fracking is banned in france and bulgaria because of public outrage but in the corners of england's countryside people's fears are no match for the energy giants might have been it r t sussex. the whole story is one we've been following at length from the web site r.t. dot com in fact while you're there for a check that out there's a lot of other stories as well latest top pictures of the day these stories might interest you right now one and a half million tons of debris from last year's tsunami in japan is set to reach the u.s. pacific coast were appalling by october discover what its impact might be story it's taken that long to get across the ocean and one of the most famous paintings in the world ever screen has sold for wait for it a record one hundred twenty million u.s. dollars in new york the most expensive ever than at a public auction where if you miss the chance to bid you can find out more of course on our web site artie dot com. this is sign. to greet the room. make. civilization notice their absence. but this is their life outside civilization possible. to.

to no in russia to get their preparations back on track after saturday's two one zero defeat to bulgaria this time the i knew you were in front of just seven minutes or not the latter was guilty of an own goal as the last off defender failed to clear across by returning barcelona you behave awfully well soon after the restart rough that came on to replace the struggling playmaker was neither and inspired the hosts for men on the boat first hit the ball from a free kick and swiftly school with the medal in second with fifteen minutes to go the dutch will open their european campaign against denmark on june the ninth after going out to puerto banus because of russia four years ago but by being turned to as one of the favorites by that and therefore most of us. you have a group well the good one grinding the top of. the ranking you can arrange the world very good snow you know that because over the. you know they have the right players. i don't think being even thinking about. two years ago or feeling they just did just ready. well defending champion spain were also victorious in that prono

the impact fracking has banned in france and bulgaria because of public outrage but in the current corners of england's countryside people's fears are no match for the energy giants either bennett r.-t. sussex. let's take a look at some other news from around the world now this hour in libya new laws prohibiting public praise of the late leader moammar gadhafi have been brought in by the ruling national transitional council punishment can be as much as life in prison for offenses deemed as damaging to the state censorship also prohibits indorsing the former leader's ideas a series of norms introduced by the revolutionary government head of elections in june. gingrich has officially dropped out of the race for the republican presidential nomination in us after losing five state primary elections last week he said he believes his rival mitt romney is a clear favorite to challenge president barack obama for the white house in november some commentators however claimed his support for romney during his speech was somewhat grudging in which one just two of the thirty one primary elections that

impact fracking is banned in france and bulgaria because of public outrage but in the quaint corners of england's countryside people's fears are no match for the energy giants either bennett r.-t. sussex. the story been falling for a long time on our website as well as want to catch up and find out more about its online at r.t. dot com while the world's news no brief and apparent protest against president assad syria's aleppo university has killed at least four and seen hundreds arrested this unverified video showing troops raiding the campus firing at demonstrators while students armed with knives also attacked the rally there's been anti regime protests at the university almost daily. the trial of iraq's fugitive vice president has been postponed while his lawyers appeal for a special court to hear the case terry go house shimmied denies running death squads targeting government officials security forces and shiite pilgrims he's currently seeking refuge in turkey and calls the trial politically motivated hearing resumes next thursday. there's been an attack on a cattle market in no

increase resilience and don't move as a way to reduce clo it impact fracking is banned in france and bulgaria because of public outrage but in the current corners of england's countryside people's fears are no match for the energy giants either bennett r.t. sussex is a story we're following a lot on this channel if you want to touch it was more as well you can on our website r.t. dot com couple news stories in brief the trial of a fugitive vice president's been perspire own while his lawyers appeal for a special court to hear the case now hashimi denies running death squads targeting government officials security forces and shiite pilgrims he's currently seeking refuge in turkey and calls the trial politically motivated hearing set to resume next thursday. there's been an attack on a cattle market in northeastern nigeria it's left least fifty six people dead witnesses say a gunman armed with explosives began shooting before setting the market alight nigeria's enjoyed a spate of violence just a few days ago gunfire and explosions rocked the northern city of kerno following clashes between the

the impact fracking is banned in france and bulgaria because of public outrage but in the quaint corners of england's countryside people's fears are no match for the energy giants might have been it r t sussex. and dmitri joins us with the business news and it seems all prices are going deeper and deeper every hour what's going on well a lot of action is going on mainly fears about what's going on in europe as mario draghi says the situation is becoming more uncertain and downside risks are increasing therefore indeed we are seeing oil prices red with with thinking of the . two and a half dollars per barrel of brant is declining two dollars per barrel also we've heard statements from the oh that. prices are too high and that supplies should be loose. in the united states we are seeing also a negative picture with the nasdaq plunging even deeper now more than a one percent decline in. the dow half a percent this is on mix that we've got the housing market seems to be reviving with thirty year mortgage rates at their lowest level ever but. same time the service sector is slowing down its g

throwing out their ambassadors from syria are united states, britain, canada australia germany, spain, bulgaria, and now the reaction is strong across the world. the russians were their top allies but even they are getting skittish now. the foreign minister says the government bares the main responsibility. the russians should say more. they are not admitting that the kids were shot at close range, executed. and france says despite all of these outrageous and the fact that france strongly condemns it quote, no state is ready to plan a ground operation. so i'm not sure that help is on the way, so of course everybody turns to the united states, and here is white house spokesperson jay carney. >> we're working very closely with our allies with our partners supporting the opposition helping it stand itself up, helping it unify, providing military and humanitarian assistance, and working together to further pressure -- further isolate and put pressure on the regime. >> of course the real question is what does that mean? does that mean that we're going to provide arms for the people fighting against

in fact, the united states now has the all-government model like bulgaria, romania, and poland.t make sense to operate the way we are with the big-government solution. >> look, first you have to realize that what you're talking about, john, chairman, is that those are processes. those are something different than who's doing whatever it is whatever they're supposed to be doing at those stations. we can take a look at the processes and what makes sense. does it make sense to profile more? does it make sense to take a look at a different way? does it say that, hey, you know, grandmas or people in wheelchairs choshouldn't be tred that way, et cetera? that's a different issue than giving the system over to the private company. >> again, the federal government should accept the regulations, they should be connecting the dots. collecting the security information or going after as the security agency to people who pose a risk. instead, everybody's getting shaken down. >> that's it. >> and it's an insult. >> chairman mica, can't you give me a card in which i can figure out, unlike a dri

bulgaria's? poland? these are tough questions. >> host: let's talk about the winners and give us a chance to reflect more on some of them. i called out the ones that strike me. >> guest: who do you like? >> host: well. >> guest: who did you enjoy getting to know? >> host: well, one of the ones i wanted to ask you about, who i thought really stood out, is probably carl bonoff. >> guest: i think 1935. i believe if i am not mistaken, decade in which a couple of nobels're skipped. we should mention that used to be much more common than it has become in recent years to not award a peace prize and many decades, one, two are three years that were skipped. >> guest: you're right. now it comes every year like christmas. to somebody, anyway. but he stood out as a fairly compelling figure, and. >> guest: bravest men of his time. >> host: talk about him. did you know him before you started doing research? >> guest: only vaguely. he was a german journalist and pacifist. he was jailed even before the rise of the nazis

he played a critical role in bulgaria's eu succession.etary of economic affairs for the president of bulgaria. we are honored by having such distinguished leaders here. with that, i will be quiet and turn it over to bobby. thank you so much. >> thank you for the opportunity to talk to you today. you obviously heard from our deputy secretary this morning. she is a powerhouse in that regard. one of the things i am sure she expressed is that homeland security and cyber security are not something one person does by themselves, any one organization, any one nation, anyone. that is the underlying theme of everything we do in the office of cyber security and communications. we have two principal responsibilities. one is protection and defense of the .gov the second is working with our private sector partners for protection in the critical infrastructure. in both of those cases, it is no one single organization 's responsibility. it is a very international mechanism. i wanted to take a moment to frame a number of our program activities around the

he is also served as ambassador to bulgaria from 2005 to 2008. and also many other assignments having to do with the soviet union and russian federation and central europe and europe. john, great to see you here today. our third speaker to my left will be ambassador susan schwab, who served as a united states trade representative for several years, beginning in june 2006. she is currently a professor of the school of public policy at the university of maryland, a place where she has a long and distinguished history. she served as the dean of the university of the school of public policy for eight years. if you read in the biographical material that we have on susan schwab, you will see a long series of achievements that she made in the united states and trade negotiations. the only thing i'm not seeing there, susan, is the u.s. and russian bilateral. maybe it is by oversight. our final speaker will be klaus kleinfeld. the ceo of alcoa, the largest employer in 31 countries. that is a big job, and he also serves on the business council. i would lik