caller: i watch cctv a lot. between cnn and fox news ---cnn is more to the left, fox news is more to the right. cctv shows a lot more of what is going on around the world. it shows a lot more of what is going on in syria and iran than our news channels do. bbc does even more so, but i have a question. the question is, -- more to do with humanity. the way the world is going, if i could get mr. laurie's comment -- the race to the top. does anybody really need that much money? if i had anything close to $1 billion -- you have people with $50 billion, $60 billion. i am just wondering if anybody needs that money. i will hang up. guest: thank you. i am not sure i can comment on individual wealth and whether it is good or not to have $50 billion in your pocket, but a perhaps prompt me to make a few comments about china's position in the world. everybody comments on china being america's biggest creditor, holding $1.20 trillion in u.s. treasurys. the chinese hope through the media to be able to explain this rising power

today we learned cctv. jim laurie is an executive consultant to the chinese news service based here in washington. thanks for coming in. >guest: thanks for having me. host: tell us about the mission ofcctv and what it has done and the united states. guest: china central television is the largest television presence in the world's largest television nation. it is a state-of, state operated television station, more than 13,000 employees, all round the world, mainly feeding the chinese population with news, current affairs, entertainment, sports and every imaginable kind of broadcasting from beijing and for the entire nation. in recent years, maybe 12 years ago, china central television began to develop international channels that reached out to the world. it was limited at first. they founded and english- language channel called channel 9 and in the last few years, there has been an attempt to replicate with other international broadcasters are doing and that is create a newschannel to put out in the world. t

we will hear from cctv america. we leave you with this image of senator john mccain who is in afghanistan today with troops. he tweeted out that it is always good to send independence day reach expand into then stay with our troops. at the independence day to you. see you again tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> it is independence day. a look at our our schedule heren c-span. next, a congressional gold medal ceremony for the first african american marines known as the montford point marines and then at a hearing on feature plot -- future plans for the national mall. after that, how minority leader nancy pelosi and she reflects on her 25 years in congress, including being elected the first female speaker of the house. president obama staying here in washington to celebrate america's 236 birthday. in about 35 minutes he will take part in a naturalization ceremony for active service ceremony for activ

yesterday, we heard from cctv, china. today we look at bbc america. simon wilson is the washington bureau chief joining us from the d.c. bureau. give us a sense of the reach of the bbc. host: we got new global audience figures last month that were very encouraging. around 239 million people around the world watch bbc news in some form. we get our news lots of different ways. that includes people who listen to world service radio in english but also more than more than 20 regional languages. it includes "pc world news," our main tv channel. bbc news america is part of that network. a big growth thing for us is online news. that is 239 million people around the world. more than 30 million of those each month in the united states. host: how else is your mission changing? how are you thinking about the news you broadcast around the world? guest: the bbc was the first real broadcaster in the 91 to in london.he 1920's the bbc has grown. we are the main domestic broadcaster in the united kingdom. we have dozens of national, regional, and local stations. we h

they're going to be dealing with bag checks, extra scanners, metal detectors, cctv.re even surface to air missiles, six of them, on buildings in east london. the residents are really mad about that, but the government is saying, well, security is number one. we need to send the message that the games are safe because there have been terrorist threats, and they have been foiled, and there's some real concerns that terrorists might try to take advantage of the situation, but the message is that london is safe. >> zain verjee reporting live from london for us this morning. >>> let's head to colorado now. bursts of gunfire killed and wounded so many in minutes, but police say james holmes may have spent months plotting a sophisticated death trap inside his own apartment. >> reporter: we now have a better idea of why bomb experts spent more than 24 hours assessing the booby trap before making their first move. inside the apartment 30 improvised explosive devices. one law enforcement official says the setup is unlike almost anything found in the united states. it's more si

the news came in thursday's evening's news broadcast from state-run cctv.gu kailai, seen here with her charismatic then-popular politician husband bo xilai, is to be tried for the murder of british businessman neil heywood. authorities charge gu and a family aide killed heywood at this hotel in chongqing last november. >> ( translated ): according to xinhua, the state news agency's release, the investigation results show that gu kailai and her son had conflicts with british citizen neil heywood over economic interests. gu kailai poisoned neil heywood to death in the consideration that heywood posed a threat to her son's security. >> warner: at the time, bo was the populist party boss of chongqing, angling for a more powerful post in the party hierarchy; his wife, a successful lawyer and businesswoman. their son, a reputed party boy, was at harvard's kennedy school. he had earlier studied in england with heywood's help. in a statement yesterday, the british foreign office said, "we are dedicated to seeking justice for heywood and his family, and we will be f

what the army is going to be doing is things like checking bags, metal detectors, x-rays, scanners, cctve, so they're monitoring the situation and people feel better about it. >> zain verjee, thanks so much. >>> for one u.s. olympian the biggest hurdle she has to overcome is her health. rob? >> her name is carrie johnson and she's fit, as you would imagine. a sprint kayaker. she competed in the last couple olympics while battling a disease that causes fatigue, pain, and weight loss. they will have to keep that at bay again if he's going to have a shot at gold. >> reporter: carrie johnson starts graduate school this fall to become a veterinarian, but before she hits the books, she's hitting the water. sprint kayaking in her third and final olympics she'll race in both the 200 and 500 meter sprints. johnson has yet to earn a medal but she's determined to finish strongly. >> every athlete is lining up on that start line, you know, with the goal and the dream of winning an olympic gold medal, but i think if you can paddle away and say i did absolutely everything i could do, then you would ha

there were these cctv shots from the palestine hotel, overhead shots that showed the cement truck approaching one is killed in either hotel, but more than a dozen people outside the compound die. >> i said to myself, i can't believe i'm about to die like this. i haven't even lived my life yet. >> al qaeda in iraq claimed responsibility for that terrifying, coordinated attack, which took place 2 1/2 years afte

after that we continue our series looking at the foreign news bureaus, and this week, cctv, chinese television will be out here. up next, christopher hayes, with his new book to take your calls after this news update from c- span radio. host: the labor department releases its weekly update on new claims for unemployment aid today one day ahead of the monthly jobs report. also due out a report on the health of the service sector and to private-sector reports on the job market. the bank of england has backed an injection of 50 billion pounds, 78 billion u.s. dollars into the british economy. the move was widely anticipated and it raises the money -- the amount that is been pumped into the british economy since march 2009. it is the first stimulus since february. britain is in recession, defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth. a truck with supplies to native groups has cross from afghanistan into pakistan for the first time in seven months, and truck drivers are getting ready for the same trip. pakistan opened the border to nato ships after the u.s. apologized for an air strike th

then be executive consultant of cctv >> protest began getting planned in different countries. my tour followers essentially -- rather than being in the studio with producers left and right and researchers and an ear piece giving me the latest wire information, i was sitting on a park bench with my phone having dozens of twitter followers doing all of those roles for me so i could essentially do coverage of these revolutions and fact check things coming out of it. >> you can watch this whole event tonight as part of our july 4 lineup. also includes a discussion on the statue of liberty and commencement speeches from cory booker and elon musk. >> tomorrow's road to the white house coverage will feature president obama on a bus tour in ohio and western pennsylvania. on friday, you can see his remarks in pittsburgh. you can also watch them on c- span.org and c-span radio. >> we pulled in for refueling and more the ship in harbor. >> the former commanding officer of the u.s. as coal are on the events surrounding the attack that left 17 people dead and 37 injured. >> i was turned ba

we will talk to a representative of cctv and friday bbc america. today we will turn the spotlight on the german broadcaster deutsche welle. it is all over the world. tell us about your region with the mission as. >> from german english, what ever you want. about 1500 people are working in berlin, that is where the company is based. it is public funded here we have 270 million at euro per year. that is approximately $348 million fee. host: and your staff here? guest: we have staff in an office here. it is not too far away from here but it is not to -- we have staff in our office here. it is not too far away from here. host: the big story out of germany is the euro economic crisis. how is that story playing out for you? what is your role as far as giving it context? guest: i think many people are very curious where this crisis is coming from. the euro is stronger than the dollar. the dollar was stronger when the euro started 10 years ago and now the euro is about $1.26 a this morning. it is a debt crisis because many countries in the europa a zone, e