from there i went to bulgaria, to kosovo, to -- which was then part of yugoslavia.ent to the kosovo, serbian and croatian parts of yugoslavia, into hungary, into what was then czechoslovakia and east germany. c-span: how many times have you been there since 1981? >> guest: i went back for a long report and trips to romaine -- romania in 1982, in 1983, in 1984. after 1984 i published an essay in "the new republic" called romania's gymnastics. and i got, i was no learning given a visa -- no longer given a vis a vis after -- visa after that. so i did not go back until 1990, four months after the 1989 revolution. and i spent two months in the country in 1990 traveling all over. then i was back for another month in 1998 for a book, "weesward to -- [inaudible] and then i went back for an extended visit in 2013. i made four visits, four extended visits in 2013 and 2014 for this book. c-span: you mentioned something, i want to run some video from 1989, and we'll watch it a little bit and have you explain what this is. >> guest: okay. [background sounds] [speaking in native

their agents increase at the border with turkey, and we have more than 100 agents in bulgaria. the member states and the institutions must work closely in order to make sure that we can set up this new agency. i would would like to see the deployment as of october with a 200 border guards and more with the border in bulgaria. we will also defend our borders in terms of those who cross our borders. we'll will be very strict as to who can cross the border for something that we are looking to implement by the end of the year. anyone coming into the european union will be registered. we'll have the date, the place and the reason as to why the person is leaving borders. by november we will be proposing a new information system. a travel system. a travel information system which would be automated. we'll be able to determine who has the right to travel into europe and so in this way we will see who will be traveling into europe. but before that person arrives on our territory, the security of our borders also means that we have to give up priority to the exchange of information and i

so by march 1941, german armies were in occupation of hungary, romania, bulgaria.. so long as they remained unoccupied territories, there remained the possible route for allied cooperation. -- four a counterpart allied invasion. but he tried to bring greece to his stooge, mussolini. the stooge was delighted. here was his chance to prove to the people he too was a conqueror. but he was wrong. perhaps uniforms fooled him. something did, for after the fascist legions went this far into greece, the greeks, in a brilliantly conducted campaign, drove the italians back and invaded albania. hitler was enraged. for failure of his stooge to protect his southern flank to protect southern russia. he sent a final ultimatum to the yugoslavs and greeks to surrender or else. but the yugoslavs and greeks come from a long line of fighting men. nazi slavery did not appeal to them. [planes crashing] at dawn on april 6, german bonds told yugoslavia's they were at war with germany. the nazis and italians launched a powerful and coordinated bases from all naval all of their beaches. the

bulgaria did not have a russian frontier, but it did have bases, bases on the black sea, bases to praynary governments of hungary, under the dictatorship of an admiral, of romania, governed by young king michael, who was only a tool in the hands of hitler's puppet, general in bulgaria, all sold their countries out to hitler's. now threatened by a revolt of their people, they were only too glad to be protected by hitler's army. 1941,march 1930 1 -- german armies were in occupation of hungary, romania, bulgaria. that still left yugoslavia and greece. so long as they remained unoccupied territories, there remained the possible route for allied cooperation. but he tried to bring greece to his stooge, mussolini. the stooge was delighted. here was his chance to prove to the people he too was a conqueror. but he was wrong. perhaps uniforms fooled him. something did, for after the fascist went this far into greece, the greeks, in a really conducted campaign, drove the italians back and invaded albania. ler waswas -- hit enraged. he sent a final ultimatum to the yugoslavs and greeks to surrende

insisted on the fact that in one month we will have this european border gap created and in place in bulgaria. and european defense, which is perhaps the newest thing in the speech. genie: one more question -- a few days ago an investigation pose a manualnto barroso about taking a job a few weeks after the brexit. lacks, eu ethics rules would you say? >> eu rules are already very high, perhaps then -- perhaps higher than in many number states because the rules have been created and there are specific rules in particular for lobbyists. they do not exist in other states. but president juncker s says he -- that heck again will work again on it to reinforce and see how the commission can be totallyly irreproachable regarding ethics. genie: thank you for coming in to see us. next, the truce in syria has held for a full day, but there are concerns about security that are keeping aid convoys on hold. more on that story coming up throughout the hour for you. a new inquiry from the u.k. blames former british prime minister david cameron for the political collapse in libya. former israeli president shi

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thy dive low toward bulgaria. so we can enhance the operation with bulgaria to address that issue. thank you. commissioner. tom, this is an important question not only from a humanitarian point of view because it is our duty to help a lot of the refugees but it's a complicated issue for the e.u. we will be talking to pierre moscovici, the growth commissioner, next. ♪ tom: this morning, a new curve steepening. september 21 is one week away. the market vigilantes test. $106, is it transatlantic dinosaurs mating? once again, rebecca minkoff rules of the fashion show on the streets of manhattan. this is "bloomberg surveillance ," live from our world headquarters in new york. wednesday, september 14. i'm tom keene in new york. francine lacqua, tell me the why juncker inl strasburg. is he does a why state of the union address every year. you mentioned brexit. there is nothing he can do about it, but he says he regrets it and is very sad. reflection point for the european union. we saw a reflective, moody paul ker at times. we need to decide whether we integrate more or go back into the p

their agents increase at the border with turkey, and we have more than 100 agents in bulgaria.the member states and the institutions must work closely in order to make sure that we can set up this new agency. i would would like to see the deployment as of october with a 200 border guards and more with the border in bulgaria. we will also defend our borders in terms of those who cross our borders. we'll will be very strict as to who can cross the border for something that we are looking to implement by the end of the year. anyone coming into the european union will be registered. we'll have the date, the place and the reason as to why the person is leaving borders. by november we will be proposing a new information system. a travel system. a travel information system which would be automated. we'll be able to determine who has the right to travel into europe and so in this way we will see who will be traveling into europe. but before that person arrives on our territory, the security of our borders also means that we have to give up priority to the exchange of information and in

well, the government leaders in these countries, in eastern europe and the baltics and in romania, bulgaria, they're very concerned about mr. trump's comments because they're afraid of something yald youlta-2. shake pands with putin, you're a great leader. putin says you're a great leader. trump says, why can't we get along? and putin says, we could. just leave eastern europe to me. you don't understand these people. i'll take care of them. you can come over and build hotels if you want. and that kind of handshake frightens the europeans to death. but it's not just that they're worried about it. they count on american support. and when a major candidate for the office of president of the united states indicates he may not be supporting them, it empowers all the people who in their own political systems have said i told you so, i told you so. russia is strong. russia is going to be here. better listen to russia. they will come in and kick us you know where. so it upsets the ongoing balance in the political structures even before the american election. so he's already having an impact. it's n

bulgaria joining the netherlands and france in banning burkas. you know, of course, we're starting to see some backlash against certain aspects of multiculturalism here. could a allow ever exist like that in america? >> i think we have to make our laws based upon, in this case, public safety. if we decide this is an issue driven by public safety, then we have to go after that threat to public airty and national security. -- safety and national security. we have to be careful that we don't across the board ban religious symbols or that we have to treat all religions the same in terms of those things that could pose national security problems. look, when we look at what's happening in terrorism, it's radical islamists. it's islamic terrorism that is a threat to this country. charles: right. >> we need to be able to talk about that, we need to go after it. we should not allow political correctness, nor should we allow religious freedom to be used as a guard to try to undermine this country from a national security standpoint. charles: tony perkins,

you'll hear talk of securing borders, particularly bulgaria with turkey.ou'll hear about the push towards a threat against terrorism. they are going to ramp up that. talk about a common defense policy. something they could never get through when the united kingdom was part of the e.u. and the last thing is a future in terms of growth. this is this when you're seeing a divided e.u.. on one side you have those calling for more integration. jean-claude juncker, the e.c.b. president mario draghi saying we need the political union to back up the monetary union. then you have poland and hahn gary calling for more power back in the individual countries. i'm hearing from the likes of barclays talking about the economic issues. i'm hearing goldman and bank of america's fund survey says the number one threat, number one risk is a disintegration over the e.u.. is it the number one threat to you as well? >> so i don't think i would put it that high. again, i think maybe to point that we were just discussing, i think this is an issue where a ally the u.k. might have mo

and for this reason we defend our borders withrease ate speck there are agencies one dealer herb bulgaria and the members on ashley members states have to be in order to major they can set up this new agency. and the we will also defend our borders but to be very strict over who can cross of border to implement. anyone coming into the european union would be registered at date and place and the reason as to why. by november we will be posing with then they will seek u.s. travel -- traveling into europe. this security of our borders . in assamese hit here of intelligence because we're giving them in it as a necessary means to carry out there rorer for the world is getting bigger every day and europe is getting smaller every day economically and graphically if we wish you maintain our influence in the world, it is obvious that we have to work together and did this together that we will be able to face challenges and with the soft power behalf to it meant that is noto sufficient in the world that is ever more dangerous so we're in is the union and the member states to solve this conflict. >>

risk diplomatic immunity that people like me needed to work in very difficult countries, communist bulgaria in the 1980s. i've seen up close what they were trying to do to us and how we wrapped our selves in that immunity. totally apart from the importance of saudi arabia in the fight against terror and the competition with iran against any country, this would be a mistake. it opens the door to extraordinary threats to americans of a legal nature around the world. thank you for asking me. >> i appreciate it. those are some of my concerns as well. one thing we hadn't really talked about today in my memory was the dominant shadow overhanging 9/11. that is what if terrorists get their hands on weapons of mass destruction. we have seen isis use chemical weapons. it has been made public al qaeda worked on biological sorts of weapons. do any of you have any comments about that prospect, how that might change the way we view terrorism, et cetera? >> i think that any use by terrorists of chemical, by lebron james cal, radiological, let alone nuclear weapons, would have a profound effect on the -- o