a "new york times" columnist moderates the event, held at cooper union great hall in new york city, at 6:3 zero p.m. eastern on sunday. also on sunday is the dedication ceremony for the museum of the bible in washington dc. mayorrs include the d.c. and israeli ambassador to the united states. starting at 9:50 p.m. eastern on c-span. ♪ >> this week>>, the 29th anniversary of the 10 am flight 103 bombing was marked by a ceremony at arlington national ceremony, with remarks by attorney general jeff sessions and family members of the victims. 103 from london to new york city was destroyed by a terrorist bomb over scotland, killing 270. this is just short of 90 minutes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] >> welcome and thank you all for coming to the 29th anniversary service membrane pan am flight 103. --

the new york times columnist michelle goldberg migrated the one hour, 20 minute event held at cooper union great hall in new york city. [applause] >> thank you all for coming out on a friday night. [applause] we are

the new york times columnist michelle goldberg migrated the one hour, 20 minute event held at cooper union great hall in new york city. [applause] >> thank you all for coming out on a friday night. [applause] we are here to debate the proposition -- capitalism is the best way to improve standards of living, ensure political and economic freedom and provide opportunity. and the reason i was intrigued when i was asked if i wanted to do this is because i am sort of persuadablon this issue. time when it at a seemed as if alternatives to capitalism had been completely discredited. i think it's hard to remember if you are not around them. it is hard to remember, how much you have seen if there was really no alternative. it doesn't matter what you think where of human mortality, the m you are in notable fact of life, i imagine that if you are coming of age now, it seems as if communism has failed and capitalism has now failed. we are governed by this comic book villain oligarch, while people are forced to wear diapers, because they aren't given bathroom breaks. this is at a time when wages are st

i am grateful to cooper union for giving us this to have this debate and. -- i'm grateful to cooper unionor giving us this historic great hall to have this in. it was scheduled for a different venue and it sold out quickly. it's testament to how much hunger there is for intelligent political debate that all of you are here. this is home to a tradition of political debate going back to 1860 when abraham lincoln made a major anti-slavery address in this very place. thank you to -- [applause] books,ou to haymarket operating sales outside the hall. verso books and the union for providing licensing services so this debate can reach people beyond this room. and let me explain how this is going to go. we're going to -- we have a number of formal questions that everybody that we talked about beforehand -- people will have three minutes on each side to address them and then two minutes for rebuttals. so that i don't have to kind of talk over people and try to bring segments to a close. their mics will cut out when their time is done. keep it moving fairly briskly, then we'll move into a more infor

a "new york times" columnist moderates the event, held at cooper union great hall in new york city, at 6:3 zero p.m. eastern on sunday. also on sunday is the dedication ceremony for the museum of the bible in washington dc. mayorrs include the d.c. and israeli ambassador to the united states. starting at 9:50 p.m. eastern on c-span. ♪ >> this week>>, the 29th anniversary of the 10 am flight 103 bombing was marked by a ceremony at arlington national ceremony, with remarks by attorney general jeff sessions and family members of the victims. 103 from london to new york city was destroyed by a terrorist bomb over scotland, killing 270. this is just short of 90 minutes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] >> welcome and thank you all for coming to the 29th anniversary service membrane pan am flight 103. pan am flight 103. h. father was in seat 9 i am the money -- memorial cochair with my mother. we remember our friends and family taken from us today. you may notice the change in the sitting out here. -- seating out here. there is usually a very tall man sitting up here.

dickinson, aty the art cooper union. the saga of the anti-slavery general fired from the friedman spiro by a soon to be disgraced chief executive. and the grander and no promise to mormons, or two men such as clarence king, who possessed nature in the wild. then there was the war, the terrible war. all the while, before, during, and after it, the idea of compromise, which is being debated, and often held responsible for the country's failure to face its fatal flaws for its show business and shortsightedness, and for the reconciliation at the end of reconstruction that opened a new era. beyond the scope of this book of jim crow. i don't presume to say what people or should not have done, which is not to suggest i am without judgment, sorrow, for certain time -- or at certain times astonishment. by placing persons, events, contradictions, as suppose, and compromises that to one another, perhaps we can empathize with the choices other people may or thenot felt they had given circumstances with which they lived and the motiv

consistent is human it's unacceptable that someone bows out when they disagree with the union european cooperation doesn't work like that the. british prime minister to reason may knows all too well what bellowing out feels like she's hoping for brussels to greenlight talks on a future trade deal with the u.k. it's still unclear what this would look like. but one thing's for certain the u.k. wants to stay aligned with the e.u. on security issues. although the british people took a sovereign decision to leave the you that does not mean that we are going to be leading our responsibilities in terms of european security. the remaining eight you member states also want to bolster security at least here e.u. leaders tell his same line. we want to pull in our brussels bureau chief and he is covering that summit for us tonight good evening to you max so let's talk about what the members of the e.u. can agree on and that is defense right. it is defense indeed brant it's the permanent structure of cooperation on defense what might in the end lead to a real defense union so that was the happy moment today he

noted in the civil cooper union address, and i quote, you say you are conservative, imminently conservative. revolutionary, destructive of something of the sort. what is conservatism? is it not adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried. we stick to contend for the identical old policy on the of controversy adopted by our fathers who framed the weernment and under which lived. accord,u, with one reject and scout and spit upon the old policy and insist upon substituting something new. that's the end of lincoln's quote. his opponentsthat were unanimous in their defense their new, despite disagreement concerning what the new policy should be. noted, again, and i quote, "true, you disagreed yourselves as to what this substitute should be. you are divided upon propositions and plans but andimous on rejecting denouncing the old policy of the fathers." is the not the contemporary recognition of politics, as made the intelligible only in terms modernory, the confirmation of the in fact there is agreement between and conservatives simply because they have both rejected the old policy

forgrateful to cooper union historic great hall to have this in. it was scheduled for different quickly. it sold out it's testament to how much hunger there is for intelligent political debate that all of you are here. tradition ofto a political debate going back to made aen abraham lincoln major anti-slavery address in this very place. you to -- [applause] thank you to -- operating the the hall.ide backsyou to ver so provide for life and services so this debate can reach people beyond this room. how this isxplain going to go. a're going to -- we have number of formal questions that everybody that we talked about hand. people will have three minutes them andide to address then two minutes for rebuttals. so that i don't have to kind of talk over people and try to them andments to then a close. cut out whenll their time is done. fairly briskly, morewe'll move into a informal discussion and there are not going to be audience doesn'ts, which i hope disappoint people very excited hear. panelists.oduce our nick gillespie editor in chief tv.eason and reas

in appreciation of this cooperation the european union has provided subsidies totaling more than six million euros over the last two years. that money is also welcomed by the bavarian national park administration. director finance libels says this kind of cooperation shows that european nations can work well together. he explains why the program works. we talk to each other a lot and we trust each other. we try to find things that we have in common and then we put projects together kynan and sometimes we just sit around in the evening and discuss things over a beer and then for some open on the suits and look at a room. we're honest people and they tell it like it is. they don't pull any punches. but our discussions are always very pleasant. communication is good. communicator. a real check german winter fairy tale. but powerful bench because as both sides will have to work hard to make sure things stay that way in the years to come. a timely story of cross border harmony for the festive season that's it for today but you like to find out more about any today's reports visit our faceb

in these days and it's unacceptable of that someone bows out when they disagree with the union european cooperation and want one. british prime minister to resign may is all too familiar with what bowing out feels like. she's hoping for brussels to greenlight talks on a future trade deal with the u.k. it's still unclear what this would look like but one thing's for certain the u.k. wants stay aligned with the e.u. on security although the british people took a selfie decision to leave the e.u. that does not mean that we were going to be leaving responsibility is intense if you have to in security the remaining e.u. members also want to bolster security at least here does the same line. here is some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world the head of the islamist militant group hamas has called for fresh global protests against donald trump's controversial recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital and speaking in gaza city at an event commemorating the group's thirtieth anniversary. demanded that the islamic world make every friday a day of anger police in germany have lau

and as you may know it's unacceptable that someone bows out when they disagree with the union european cooperation doesn't work like that the. british prime minister to reason may knows all too well what bowing out feels like she's hoping for brussels to greenlight talks on a future trade deal with the u.k. it's still unclear what this would look like. but one thing's for certain the u.k. wants to stay aligned with the e.u. on security issues. though the british people took a sovereign decision to leave the you that does not mean that we are going to be leaving our responsibilities in terms of european security. the remaining eight you member states also want to bolster security at least here e.u. leaders to the same line. we want to pull in our brussels bureau chief now max hoffman he is covering that summit for us tonight good evening to you max so let's talk about what the members of the e.u. can agree on and that is defense right. it is defense indeed brant it's the permanent structure of cooperation on defense what might in the end lead to a real defense union so that was the happy moment tod

how significant a move is this this is called pascoe so permanent structure of cooperation between the different european union militaries that doesn't seem like a big deal maybe at first because it's sort of like baby steps but it's baby steps in a very specific directions ever since the trump administration came to power and maybe even before that the europeans started to realize how vulnerable they were without the americans are hard it would be for them to defend themselves against anybody without the americans without nato the europeans always had built upon their reputation as a soft power but many of them now think that you need some hard power to back this up so what are they doing they are cooperating in different projects the countries that want to can participate others don't necessarily have to participate we're talking about things like a medical hub training missions logistics and all that and why is this significant well because it might take years it might take decades but maybe at the end of this road we will see what many politicians have been calling for in the past a european army maxell fi

agreement is paramount and if we can align ourselves alongside the european union and work with them with strong cooperation the decision has been made? we have disagreed, ian and i. there is a lot of mileage left in this. we have always argued about different things, but we do it ina about different things, but we do it in a friendly way and ultimately we come together as a family. it's christmas. where going to share food and drink over the weekend. as my mother says, disagree agreeably. nigel, ian, thank you very much for talking to us. charlie is outside and we will talk to him in a moment. stav, charlie needs a scarf this morning, doesn't he? jini needs a whole lot. it is cold. further snow showers over scotland. these are the pictures that have been coming in. snow also in shropshire and parts of northern ireland. road conditions will be treacherous weather has been snow. there will be ice, so watch out for that. snow showers across northern scotland, north—west england and northern ireland. elsewhere, a fine and dry afternoon. it will stay sunny for most of us. a really cold day, but at least the win

striking attitudes, and that does not matter whether it is the organization for islamic cooperation or the unione they all swarm into the general assembly and strike an attitude on israel and then stick u.s. taxpayers with the tab on it. >> i think that the generalye assembly is a waste of space. if you look at what you see you see that democracies are outnumbered by nondemocracies, which i don't think was the goal of the u.n. when it was set up, and as you say, you have every hobbyhorse being flogged, and the results are that frequently democracies do not get their way in terms of what you might think would be sensible international policy, you do get crazy things passed through. fortunately, of course, it has no sort of standing failure. then you have a question, as you suggest, what is the point of an organization or a body that has no influence on things and gets hijacked? >> mark: meanwhile, back in the real world, the islamic state has lost 98% off its territory, and yet, that has barely made the papers, because nobody wants to give donald trump the credit for it., >> well, i think that th

being complicit how are they involved the european union and its elise in particular that has done most to pursue cooperation with with libya over particularly over the last year not only is it fully aware of these abuses but it has taken a host stream of measures in order to cooperate with the libyan authorities to stop . those seeking to cross the mediterranean from doing so and therefore forcing refugees in my. and it's back into detention centers where they are at the mercy of not only the libyan authorities and the guards the control these tensions centers but also then a a network of of others militias traffickers and smugglers who who are contributing to that abuse let's let's go to the ferry in strasbourg listening intently to what philip luther had to say how do you respond to that as a member of the european parliament that also a as a representative of the netherlands as well as a country that is very supportive of migration and the problems that individuals have had in their own respective nations where there has been civil strife all this afternoon we are actually in beijing with the e.u. foreig

the principal message was about the challenges for the remaining members of the european union on defence cooperationre of the euro. so the message is pretty clear. no privileges for the uk and the eu is moving on. and those brussels habits die hard as the summit spinning kicks off. but sadness hangs in the air. i think that the overall atmospherics is not a negative one. having said that, one should always keep in mind that this is a divorce. and all divorces are not a happy occasion. so people are, in a way, satisfied that the divorce proceedings can now proceed in an orderly way. but still, there are many people who, although they understand and respect the decision of the united kingdom to leave, they feel sad about it. europe's capital enters christmas in sombre mood. brexit is underway but the really hard bargaining lies ahead. nick's in brussels for us. what are you hearing about what happens next? obviously, the next immediate phase is a transition, negotiations on the implementation phase, and there are interesting points in brussels about the main concerns of the leave campaigners — eu sour

mohammed bin salmond the powerful crown prince of european union member states have overwhelmingly agreed to formally widen defense cooperation the move lays the foundation for a proposed european defense union the goal is to make europe less dependent on the u.s. and the pentagon for its defense its. all right time now for business news with kristoff and there is a lot of bitcoin bosom again that is right brand and the crypto currency is receiving more and more echidnas futures are now traded on the world's largest options exchange in chicago you can bet on what the price is going to be and one two or three months from now vester is going for the one month future thinking they can go to wrong it opened at fifteen thousand eight hundred fifty dollars and hit as high as eighteen thousand eight hundred and fifty now the cryptocurrency has been constantly setting records in the first half of the year it was trading around two and a half thousand the biggest surge between november and december you see it there from under seven thousand to over fifteen thousand now that's a sixteen hundred percent rise on the year they have also b

i think that the european unions permanent cooperation that was launched recently, that's a great way to make europe pay more attention to the need to devote more resources to defense and security and work towards more sharing between the two >> when we talk about that burden sharing, making these economic commitments to nato, are you satisfied with the level of commitment you see from countries? several months ago when we were here in brussels and president trump was addressing nato members, he said everybody needed to pull their fair share to make that 2% commitment are you satisfied with how that's going >> the agreement has been expressed before by president obama and before that by president bush so it's not natural that u.s. has to show so big when it comes to the alliance. europeans need to do more. this group is among the countries that spend 2% or more on the gdp on defense. but i'm happy to see this group actually expanding so there are going to be more countries next year who will meet that important threshold. i believe that the dynamic is important. we shouldn't expect ev

leaders celebrated the start of closer defense cooperation which might lead to something that a few years ago it seemed unattainable a real defense union today this dream becomes a reality we are launching permanent structure of cooperation so-called. which is a practical expression. to build a european defense but right after the happy moment the german chancellor seemed to have a word with two sgt nobody said what it was about but one thing seemed certain medical wasn't happy about comments on a mandatory refugee quota the council president had called the quota divisive and ineffective some agreed but the chancellor had a rather different view on. this i made it very clear that i'm not happy about the simple statement that the regulations we have aren't working solidarity has more than an external dimension we also need it internally and that's where we have a lot of work left to do because the different positions have not changed. in the pictures like these from two thousand and fifteen are not forgotten migrants trying to make it to europe it's still the most contentious issue in the e.u. more trouble on other topics is looming tho

union, next on great decisions. (triumphant music) - [man] great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association in association with thomson reuters, funding for great decisions is provided by price water house coopers llp. - [narrator] founded in the aftermath of world war ii, the european union had an ambitious goal, to end wars in europe. - one of the great and most positive historical events of the last several centuries was the creation of the european coal and steel community in the 1940s and 50s, that led to the common market, and that led to the european union and to the european currency and a linking of former adversaries, namely germany and france in constant union. - what began essentially as an economic idea, the basic idea was something that was called functionalism that is basically if you have economic cooperation and economic integration, that will lead functionally to other types of integration especially political integration. - most people in the u, most voters, the general public, have believed that the eu is a defense mechanism against a dangerous world. it was a defense mechanism against the soviet union. it was then a defense mechanism through integrating as markets against t

market to fight terrorism to have economical dies i would really want to cooperate but we don't need an institution like the european union where mostly unelected people like the all the european commission those deciding for the hour the mockeries democracies what to do and if you talk about immigration today european union brussels is in charge of our immigration rules and the national capitals the national governments not anymore they have transferred most of the immigration policies to brussels so we are not in charge of our own front door anymore so it would be a good thing instead of a bad thing if it would erode not you wrote but the institution called the european union has said that hysterical or worse a phobia reigns and europe and in the netherlands why is that i mean does europe have enough problems without this being from top to. well you know i see a terrible thing happening in most of the european countries and the one hand they criticize the american administration they make fun of mr trump i'm not defending mr trump all the things.

member states have overwhelmingly agreed to formally widen defense cooperation move lays the foundation for a proposed european defense union the goal is to make europe less dependent on the u.s. for its defense. the world is waiting for us to act those were the words of german chancellor angela merkel today as she urged quick progress on talks aimed at forming a new coalition government europe's largest economy has been in political deadlock ever since inconclusive elections in september merkel is now hoping the talks the central of social democrats on wednesday will lead to a rerun of the grand coalition between germany's two biggest parties. the c.d.u. would like to avoid new elections so the goal is clear to figure out if another grand coalition is feasible. standard must be what does our country need my take on is this of course we have different positions from the social democrats but i also see a whole range of issues where there's room for agreement schmidt's mencken the chancellor wants talks to proceed quickly but thoroughly and for now at least she rejects a key s.-p. demand to replace germany's dual system of pu

cooperation. it makes the move for a european defense union. the goal is to make europe it on the u.s.nd pentagon for defense. time now for business news. there is a lot of bitcoin buzz again. correspondent: the crypto currency is receiving more and more recognition. bitcoin features now traded on the largest stock exchange -- on the stock exchange in chicago area it as high as $18,850. the crypto currency has constantly been setting records. at the first half of the year it was trading at 2500 and now it is from 7002 $15,000 -- $7000 to $15,000. some say the bubble could burst. there is skepticism europe when it comes to bitcoin and we wondered what people in the united states make of the the currency. correspondent: overall, cryptic currency itself, not just bitcoin, the block chain technology is pretty much established, but when we talk about the prices of bitcoin -- what is justified? $50,000, $100,000, $12,000? nobody knows. it is risky. it is the big unknown. so far there are a lot of investors who fear to miss out. that is what people keep jumping on this crypto currency. brent:

of you member states have formally decided to widen defense cooperation the move leaves the foundation for a proposed european defense union we have more on that story as more details emerge let me now bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the was a major flare up in southern california's largest wildfire has triggered new evacuations the base has been moving closer to the city of santa barbara fires in the area have forced two hundred thousand people to flee their homes and destroyed hundreds of houses. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has banned key opposition parties from next year's presidential election he claimed the move was based on the party's decision to boycott miral elections on sunday on the opposition was protesting against what claims is a rigged electoral system saudi arabia has to end its thirty five year ban on cinemas the first one would stay open early next year the only spot of change is being introduced in the conservative country by muhammad bin salon the powerful crown prince. large parts of europe have been covered in a blanket of snow and the images you are seeing are

they were at odds with each other strategically but for somebody like the soviet union that stalin actually cooperated much more than any of the axis did with each other. >> host: so turning to the pacific what was the japanese theory of the endgame in the of war against the united states? everybody talks about the of amado warning of pearl harbor of with the war of attrition what was the theory of how they would win?. >> we created in formalized of 1940 when china is doing now if we look at the dacha of the french and the british we don't see military access commensurate with their fleets is not quite comparable to our own we feel that the west is in decline a few love america but the japanese were told to be a military attache or four minister had the opposite impression that we let london burned so they did not understand spiritually or culturally our willingness to go to war with those resources one tough blow and the americans would say they kim 3,000 miles and radio silence? and they did not know it? they thought they would get three carriers that would be the end of the fleet but with a bald th

union or britain i don't think you. have to choose between europe and britain or we hope for developed economic cooperation not only with europe but the whole of the world but they'll be new tariffs when britain leaves the european union we don't know where they'll be or not because the exact conditions of britain leaving the e.u. are not clear by not so if we're. talking about the w.t. all conditions that will be the equal conditions as with all other countries so i think there are those brics that situation will open new york but unities but not close them but what about british opportunities because at the moment it's russia selling to britain much more in twenty seventeen rather than the other way around it's not good for you. yet there is a significant rise of british exports to russia it means that opportunities are increasing even for british business in such not actually very favorable conditions . ok you are there rush you're the trade representative of the russian federation and a lot of talk about trade a citizen a t. fin tech you're right if you're running out here and in nato we're going to look kindly on t

we are a member of the african union where also a member. of the islamic cooperation movement. all he's organizer asians have taken of deir position regarding the issue. cycle. regarding the israeli palestinian problem we comply with the resolutions of the united nations. you think it's a mistake on behalf of the american president. i believe the status of jerusalem must be examined. i ask part of the peace process between israel and the palestinians yeah us just listen to the situation in libya. i've we have seen those terrible images of slaves. who you ask that the international criminal coal deal with the issue that was a summit with the european union yet in union and hubby john? with announcements of far maybe some mutterings inventions all who have seen people coming back including to the share. on people so that after the nice neutral words there will be no actions. you'll right after the images that were broadcast on cnn regarding the situation of migrants who are reduced to slavery in asia we were all shocked. to see these images and those practices. especially all the

foreign minister is saying and that is the millet military part of the cooperation between the united states and the european union or within the framework of nato and then that's where it gets interesting because later on of course the foreign ministers will meet in the framework of nato meaning seek not be able but it will be there rex tillerson will be there also and both of them know that nato only works because the americans shoulder well the dirty work the real fighting the germans usually say will provide training will provide medical assistance and that only works because the americans do the other part of that and see goblin that was that and that won't change in the next years because it takes so much investment and so much efforts and you need to convince for example the german public to do something about that so what he says the europeans do know but to really change it especially the military part extremely difficult not very easy to shift those dynamics there michela what's the view from germany is there the political will to execute some change here and just generally speaking the comments from gab

leaders celebrated the start of tesco the permanent structure of cooperation in defense matters maybe you didn't leading to a real defense union that something that federica more to really the chief diplomat of the european union didn't think possible only three years ago that's what she told us but now it has become a reality in some dream of a european army so there is unity there there is progress there and it's also you know it's been propelled by the realization that the u.s. might not be a reliable partner not even a military partner in the future and then there was also unity apparently on the topic of sanctions against russia because of ukraine and heads of state government agreed to extend those sanctions another six months until july two thousand and eighteen so there is some unity but as you know in other matters like migration there is not yet i mean migration really is the issue that is causing a major fault line in europe isn't it. you know and it's been like that for years it's sort of been under the carpet you know hasn't been talked about that much in the last months you could say because also of bragg's it be

market to fight terrorism to have economical dies i would really want to cooperate but we don't need an institution like the european union where mostly on the elected people like the all the european commission those deciding for the hour the mockery democracies what to do and if you talk about immigration today european union brussels is in charge of our immigration rules and the national capitals the national governments not anymore they have transferred most of the immigration policies to brussels so we are not in charge of our own front door anymore so it would be a good thing instead of a bad thing if were to erode not your rope but the institution called the european union has said that hysterical was a phobia rains and you're a ban in the netherlands why is that i mean does europe have enough problems without this being from top to. well you know i see a terrible thing happening in most of the european countries on the one hand they criticize the american administration they make fun of mr trump and love defending miss the from all the things he does but there is only criticism ninety nine percent of the politicia

a deep and special partnership with the other 27 members of the european union as we move forward in friendship and cooperation. >> reliving trauma, fear of publicity, culture of denial are some of the reasons many women are reluctant to report rape, assault, sexual harassment, does the agreement meets? will he on behalf of government apologized to the victims parliament and government have been letting down? >> the institution, all political parties to improve complaint procedures and other aspects of the culture of politics to make sure younger men are young women who are interested in politics do not in any way feel deterred from an active role and that is a place for everyone in this house on all sides and the house authorities themselves of making sure this is the best possible working environment. >> many mothers in this chamber know how hard childbirth can be, a veiled threat against this when being question and the way honorable members did when questioned by channel 4 recently. and complete the work, to use her influence, the prime minister of bangladesh, thinking -- >> i'm sure the honorable lady, no

leaders celebrated the start of tesco the permanent structure of cooperation in defense matters maybe you didn't leading to a real defense union that's something that federica more to really the chief diplomat of the european union didn't think possible only three years ago that's what she told us but now it has become reality and some of them dream of a european army so there is unity there there is progress there and it's also you know it's been propelled by the realization that the u.s. might not be a reliable partner not even a military partner in the future and then there was also unity apparently on the topic of sanctions against russia because of ukraine and heads of state government agreed to extend those sanctions another six months until july two thousand and eighteen so there is some unity but as you know in other matters like migration there is not yeah i mean migration really is the issue that is causing a major fault line in europe isn't it. you know and it's been like that for years it's sort of been under the carpet you know hasn't been talked about that much in the last months you could say because also of bra

states have overwhelming the agreed to formally why didn't defense cooperation the move is the foundation for a proposed european defense union the goal is to make europe less dependent on the u.s. its defense. he watching the news coming up ahead winter arrives in europe bringing travel chaos to the ruins of the railways an airport but not everyone is against the heavy still for the. ben joins me now on the buzzword in recent weeks has been descriptive currency bitcoin which is entering a new era it seems bad and it continues this week and reader a major bourses now trading bitcoin futures the chicago board options exchange virtual money has value surging to well over eight hundred thousand dollars today some reckon the derivatives will help stabilize the extreme price volatility of the past weeks and ensure big coins place in the financial mainstream i talked to our financial correspondents about that starting with linda hong in singapore i asked who is investing.