cctv of china. jim laurie is an executive consultant to the english news service of cctv. he is based in washington. thanks for coming in. guest: thank you for having me. host: tell us about the mission of cctv overall. what is done here in the united states? guest: china central television is the largest television presence in the world's largest nation. more than 40 television channels -- most of which are in chinese, a state-owned, state- operated television network, more than 13,000 employees, staff around the world, mainly feeding the chinese population with news, current affairs, entertainment, sports -- every imaginable kind of broadcasting from beijing for the entire nation. in recent years, roughly 10 years ago, china central television began to develop international channels, channels that reached out to the world. very limited at first. they founded an english channel called channel 9 12 years ago. in the last few years, there has been an attempt to basically replicate what other international broadcasters are doing. that is, create, in a world of proliferating

new york. how did cctv cover that story and when news get back to china? guest: the english-language channel is seen everywhere in the world including china. one recognizes that the numbers of english speakers in china are a distinct minority. at ould venture to save th over the last 25 years watching china that there are different standards set for chinese- language broadcasting which is aimed at the chinese mainland population and standards of broadcasting for international viewers in the english language. in the case of the dissident, one has to be realistic. it was not played up as a big story in chin the way it played in the hours we're responsible here in washington. it was part of the hillary clinton visit to china. it was in that context that in this story played out. as you recall, the situation in the u.s. embassy threatened to derail to a certain extent the clinton-guide her visit at that time -- geithbner visit at that time. there's a diplomatic move to resolve this issue. watching the american networks as i did at that time, we basically saw t

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

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

news bureaus in the united states. we started off on monday with al jazeera. on july 4, we focused on the voice of america. 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 nation

new book. 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

news operations in the united states. 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