contracting with cypress?hat actually doesn't really pass -- maybe legally it doesn't quite get there but it doesn't quite pass a smell test. >> i will leave some of the questions for the mta staff as well but as to the legal standards if someone leaves the private sector and immediately cuts all ties to the private sector employer before joining a public agency that sort of activity is okay under conflict of interest laws. >> okay. it's very interesting. the mta staff -- who is speaking on behalf of mta ? thank you. if you could just kind of walk us through what the process was for this contract and why wasn't this employee who had worked with cypress in the past actually not -- wasn't assigned to some other place that wouldn't have any decision making power over this contract? this contract has one that has multiple disputes over the years and i think would make sense to put up a fire wall at some point so there isn't added controversy to the approval of the contract. it doesn't seem it was considered by mta

who is providing the services right now. >> cypress security. >> so cypress is providing that right now? >> that's correct. >> and you extended that contract before? >> we have extended before through this board, yes. >> okay. so the question i have and this is why i appreciate the time that the additional time but i don't know that additional time necessarily cures the problem i have with the process because if you are taking armed services out of the contract which i think makes a great deal of sense then it's not clear to me that the competitive process that you followed necessarily gets you to the best result. the reason why you go through a competitive process is because you want the taxpayer's money to go to the better than giving you the best deal but you're talking about a different service. if all you're talking about is unarmed services so my question to our budget and legislative analyst is there a way to know that if we're going to take the armed services piece of this contract that in fact this is the company that would have given us the best deal? >> madam president, madam

g cypress is united. we'll be left out. >> reporter: this is a divided society in a divided country. not every one is celebrating victory. mustafa akinci's supporters are. for people here reunification is a solution. they say their lives will get better. the economy will improve, isolation will end, and they are ready to make compromises to achieve that. >> reporter: the election was a referendum for a way in which the cypress problem can be solved. u.n. brokered peace negotiations are to resume, and that is when mustafa akinci has to prove he can bring about the change he promised >>> kazakhstan is voting in presidential elections. according to election polls the current president is winning by a landslide. they have the second-largest economy, and biggest oil producer. independent election sources say nursultan nazarbayer captured 97.5% of the vote. time numbers will be released monday. there are questions about the legitimacy of the results. human rights say the government cracks down on opposition and

zeina hodr is in northern cypress. >> reporter: this is not recognized by the international community but turkish sipcypriots are attaching importance. there are two main candidates. what he stands for is the status quo and his main rival, what he stands for is change. this is what you feel when you talk to people here yes, both men say that they are both committed to a solution to the cypress problem. both of them see a solution in a very different way. the incumbent ideally would like to to see a two-state solution, the turkey internationally recognized while the other candidate, what he would like to see is a reunified island because he thinks this is the way forward. so voters really have two choices, and it is an important time. the united nations envoy saying that negotiations which have been suspended since november are set to resume soon. so, the man who will win this election will be mandated to sit with the greek cypriots in another attempt to solve the cypress problem but with diplomats believing the possibility of a break through is real. >> indonesia has confirmed it will

on this cypress contract, i think it's the right thing to do. the question of whether armed guards in public institutions should be continued is a broader question that we'll hopefully address at another time. for this contract, i'm really supportive of the comments from the workers themselves. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor cohen. >> thank you, madam president. i have a couple questions for the director of security. thank you. in the letter that director riskin drafted and said to us, talks about -- in a section talks about the training of our armed security guards. you make a reference that the armed security guards receive training that is extensive and beyond the minimum requirement that the state puts out. i'm curious to know, "what is that minimum requirement that the state puts out?" >> madam president -- director of security enforcement at mta. forgot that last time. the state requires six hours of class time and four hours at firing range that's followed by a test. >> is that a written exam? >> it's written exam and they have to pa

of late democratic efforts have picked up pace to find a solution to the decades-long conflict in cypress. >> eruglu wants to keep turkey as a state of turkeycypress a state of turkey. the divisions are deep at a time of reviving the peace process. many believe those involved in the conflict can be gained economically and and democracically. >> it can besting utilizeed and viable if cypress reunites and her political relations with turkey normalizes. >> the opening of the ports and markets can bring huge potential. while many people may differ on politics they're united on the hope of ending their isolation. >> a group of russian bikers are on their way towards germany despite a warning from poland that they won't be allowed to cross the border. the night wolves are a pro kremlin motorcycle gang, and with tensions running high, warsaw considers any trip along the the roads provocative. >> they support the unmistakable look of outlaws, rebels of the road but born to be wild? not these days. now they ride for russia and christianity. >> our values are based on the same thing on which our co

as of late diplomatic efforts picked up pace to find a solution to the conflict in cypress. >> the main challenger is incumbent. his camp wants turkey to remain the mother land and turkish cypriots to have their own internationally recognised state. it doesn't mean economic revival. >> i don't think economy would be better and the turkey cypriots they have all the connections with the world through turkey. >> the divisions are deep at a time of international interest in reviving the peace process. the turkish cypriot community believes all involved in the conflict could cane economically and politically if the island unites. >> we have the exploration and exploitation of resources in eastern mediterranean, which can be utilised and final if cypress reunites and her political relations with turkey normalizes. >> the opening of ports, markets and the potential offshore oil and gas reserves can bring potential. people here may differ on politics, they are united in the hope of ending isolation. >> memorial services continue in turkey to commemorate the 100th anniversary of one of the blood

chris grabar- kie-witz es un ex empleado de cypress security -- la compania que resulto ganadora en la... varios supervisores, entre ellos, malia cohen, denunciaron la situacion como un conflicto de interes a pesar de que una investigacion del fiscal de la ciudad determino que no se habia cometido ninguna violacion etica en el proceso.... ahora la junta considera reformar sus leyes de etica o pedirle a la autoridad municipal de transporte que genere nuevas reglas para evitar que vuelvan a surgir situaciones como esta... on cam durante eltiempo en que grabar-kie-witz trabajo con cypress security, recibio premios por su habilidad para generar contratos altamente lucrativos con la autoridad de transporte.... ahora es el quien toma las decisiones en los tratos con su ex-compania.... conflicto de interes? juzgue usted.... continuamos con mas noticias.... take vo blanca ---el programa de baÑos porttiles ubicados en el tenderloin de san francisco ahora se expande al sur de la calle market. ---en enero...la junta de supervisores aprob 200 mil dlares para mantener este programa hasta finales de

late the diplomatic efforts have picked up pace to find a solution to the decades-long conflict in cypress. >> the main challenger wants turkey to remain the motherland and for cypriots to have their own state. it does not mean economic rival. >> i don't think the economy will be better, and the tour turkish cyprots have all the connections to the world through turkey. >> the turkey cypriots believe that all those involved in this conflict can gain if this island reunites. >> we also have the exploration and exploitation of the natural resources in eastern mediterranean, which can best be utilized and be viable if cypress reunites and her political relations with turkey normalizes. >> the opening of ports markets and gas reserves may bring potential and they may be in hope of ending their isolation. >> russian motorbikers are on their way to germany despite a warning from poland they will not be allowed past that border. with tensions running high, warsaw consider the planned trip to be provocative. rory challands went out to meet them. >> revving up for the summer season these are russia'

make compromises to achieve that. >> reporter: the election was a referendum for a way in which the cypress problem can be solved. u.n. brokered peace negotiations are to resume and that is when he can improve and bring about the change he promised. >>> in news by the u.s. state department secretary of state john kerry will met his iranian counterpart in new york on monday. it's the first meeting since marathon talks sealed the outlines of a nuclear deal. they'll talk on the sidelines of a nuclear proliferation conference at the united nations. >>> kazakhstan's president took victory in the election according to an election poll. nursultan nazarbayer took 97% of the votes, extending his 26 year rule. we have this report from astronaut. elections in daz is the chaps for a day out doing one's civic duty. this government employee was thrilled to be with his daughter and grand daughter voting for the first time. election officials gave her a prize of kitchen wear. who did you vote for? the president nursultan nazarbayer is popular. the country is the economic success story of central asia but w

. >> a resolution to approve the contract with cypress security for armed and unarmed for the mta in an amount approximately $23 million commissioner avalos. >> thank you supervisor president breed so based on the controversy surrounding this contract that is swirling around the contract would like to continue this is to the april 14th meeting. >> supervisor avalos has made a motion to continue to the april meeting second by supervisor farrell we'll take that without objection. this item is continued to the april 14th meeting of the board of supervisors madam clerk call item 11. >> a resolution to retroactively authorize the public health department to expend $33,000 plus for the mental abuse for the support for the period of september 2014 to 2015 and wavering any direction costs. >> same house, same call? we'll take that without objection. this resolution ask adapted unanimously madam clerk item 12. >> item 12 an ordinance to overwhelmed the police code for discrimination against people's gender identity for people the right to get mitigation from the human services and to impose t

the poll in elections in cyprus.t turkish occupied cypress, it is not recognised by the international community. it's hoped the vote will pave the way for conflict resolutions with cypriots in the south. let's look at the divided island. it has been divided since 1974 after turkey invaded the north in response to an athens-backed military coup. the northern part of the island was held by turkish cypriots. greek cypriots inhabit the south. in 1983, the south became a self-declared republic. united nations buffer zone was established, it remains. several rounds of re-unification talks have failed. it's hoped they'll resume after the election. hoda abdel-hamid is in the turkish side and sent us there report. >> reporter: the election is not recognised by the international community, but turkish cypriots attach significance. voters have two choices. there's two candidates. the incumbent. what he stands for is the status quo, and the main rival - what he stands for is change. and this is what you feel when you talk to people here. yes, both men say that they are both committed to a solutio

i'm disappointed the contract with cypress security was reinstated or whatever. i think you >> that item is on our agenda today and paused the speakers time. the sibeerous contract cannot be spoken about today >> thank you madam clerk >> i think you know how i feel about that. also, please no new jails, that isn't the answer. they are building these target expresss around the city, they are building on one on ocean avenue in my neighborhood and that will hurt small business in ingle side. we don't need that target. i don't know why that is being built. we need to stop having these corporate department stores taking business away from the preexisting small business that are already serving just fine. also, we as student really could use a break with public transporta i go to marine often and talk about this matter and the wonderful opportunity we have to prevent chronic disease. i get harassment for discusing thes matter jz going to marine. for example, my bicycle spokes have been cut repeatedly to broond new space heaters broke within a 2 month period this winter

. >>> on extremely rare site of the mediterranean island of cypress there, and look closely there, ack flamingo and the environmentalists spotted it in a flamingo count in salt lake and it is thought to have a genetic disorder called melon melonism. there was one spotted last year, and it is wondered if it is the same as the one spotted there. >>> and there is a urge to make your ground less thirsty and the prize is to make your ground less thirsty and if your ground is in the running, maybe you can make your yard less ugly. >> and a chilly start with 40s in the morning, and you mentioned it jessica, the best chance of showers is tuesday. that is another cold system which is the good news here, more snow for sierras as we head for the middle of next week. >> thank you, rob. thank you for joining us here at 11:00. have a great day tomorrow. >> bye-bye. ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- julia louis-dreyfus, scott eastwood

. >> resolution cypress security. approximate amount of 38.3 m million. >> okay. supervisor kim. >> thank you. i know that i had brought up questions about the armed services last week. and so, i just want to appreciate sfmta taking the time to draft a memo on some of the questions that i had asked. and i see director ris kin here*. and i just had some additional questions. so the memo did address some of the training questions that i had brought up in terms of what type of training security guards got. last week we were told they got 16 hours total of gun training. and it looks like they get a little bit more than that, which is really good to see. i think and comforting. i also under -- you know, in the memo you also talked about which transit agencies use contracted security guards as arms. and it's good to see what other jurisdictions are doing. but it didn't actually explore any injury dixz that didn't use arms*. i guess i would push again, you know -- did you look at agencies that don't use any armed services and kind of what are the outcomes of that? were t

as far as i know the mta is not in the position to make the proposal with cypress or any other provider. >> madam president so we have approved an extension of the existing contract in the past in order for the negotiations to continue. is that correct? >> that is correct, but we did go through the mta board and the budget and finance committee and then approved it here. >> so if we continue this item today until next week the department can excuse me back to us -- the. >> >> the department can come back with amendments and about a schedule for altering the contract if that's the determination but we're presuming at least a 60 day process in order to bring a new contract to this board by which time the existing contract will have expired and people would have been laid off? >> the layoff depends whether we can extend the contract through other means. again as i said earlier we need to talk to the city attorneys to find out if there are other contracting means to continue this current contract or enter into a new smaller contract with this current vendor. >> so just for clarity you are -

. >> reporter: the city has a $38 million contract with cypress security. about a million of that is only for armed guards. >> this is a deterrent to the people who might be thinking about robbing these san francisco employees. know that they are protecte. >> we have to look at our bus drivers because they are the ones -- we have a history where there's demonstration of attacks and assaults on our bus drivers. we haven't seen it yet with our fare collectors. >> they should be armed. no doubt. because we carry a lot of cash. >> reporter: this woman is a fare collections receiver for sfmta. >> you heard that in there, there haven't been any attacks. so why have armed security? >> well, because they are armed. that's why there haven't been any attacks. >> reporter: chicken or the egg? >> that's right. that's right. >> reporter: after some debate, the board of supervisors passed the new measure $38 million contract 7-4. but they said the conversation will continue. reporting live, i'm joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> new video captures a crime in progress. two suspects

. >> the city has a $38 million contract with cypress security. about a million of that pays for those armed guards. >>> happening today, federal prosecutors will make their case to give convicted boston marathon bomber tsarnaev the death penalty. the prosecution describes dzhokhar tsarnaev as a man who didn't care that he had killed four people. the defense argues the ohler brother was the mass -- older brother was the mastermind behind the attack. if the jury is not unanimous, he will get life in prison. >>> 4:57. a big step in l.a.'s bid to build a new stadium that could be the home for the oakland raiders. >> and the controversial vaccine mandate bill has a key vote today. i'm kiet do. coming up live we have a list of the compromises. [message beep] the average text takes your eyes off the road for nearly five seconds. [screaming] >>> good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, april 22. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. nearly 5:00 on this wednesday of a key vote on legislation requiring most california schoolchildren to

but at least with the cypress banks, there was a lot of money there. with a doing? they were chasing yield. you are getting much more of an interest rate if you are in a cypress bank in 2012 than elsewhere. i know robert would never chase yield. he plays basketball with the president. and he never passes. he's a goner. brendan: thank you hans nichols. olivia: to our twitter question of the day. shell is buying bg group. is this a new round -- the beginning of a new round of megamergers? ♪ brendan: you are looking at live pictures of new york city. i'm brendan greeley with olivia sterns. tom keene is on vacation, if you can believe it. we have matt miller sitting in for betty liu today. matt: i feel like he may not be on vacation. i feel like tom has just finally tapped out. i may be wrong. brendan: matt miller has read every word of capital in the 21st century. he carries around the paperback everywhere he goes. what is new? matt: the problem is, i read it in french and i don't speak french, so i did not get much from it. apparently, i have not read ca

it is election time in the self declare turkish republic in cypress. one of two candidates vying for the leadership of this enclave which is only recognized by turkey. he wants that to change. >> there i would very much like to see a kind of more brotherly relations rather than mother-baby relations so to speak. >> they say they want links with the world as an united country. >> this is the last day to campaign for the country's run-off vote. this election is about change, and they believe that there is an opportunity. as of late the diplomatic efforts have picked up pace to find a solution to the decades-long conflict in cyprus. >> the main challenger is incumbent his camp wants turkey to remain the motherland and turkey to have their own internationally recognized state. reunification for the supporters doesn't mean economic revival. >> i don't think the economy will be better, and the turkish kypriots. they have all the connection through turkey. >> the divisions are deep at a time of international interest and reviving the peace process. they belie

and we believe 2015 will be an important year for the settlement of the cypress issue. our commitment for a solution is as strong as ever. we expect negotiations to resume very soon after the elections in the north. before the end of this year. ultimately, it takes two to tango. what is needed for a settlement is true political. if they show similarly strong political will, there is no reason why a settlement cannot be reached by the end of this year. as always, the active involvement of the u.s. will be important. in the political period ahead. second, the turkish army and relations. we have been working since 2009 to overcome the division teen these two ancient peoples. two people who for centuries co-existed in peace and harmony. let me underline this point. turkey shares the suffering ofwith armenians. patience and results to establish -- between two peoples. we continue to believe that we can build a peaceful common future only through dialogue. in this context our president's message last year on the events of 1915 was a historic step. the recent statement of our

looking back from inside a dome of cypress or under a mangrove or alongside a manatee, all that masterythe determined hand of man stuff just seems ridiculous and cruel, unthinkable that well-meaning folks would destroy a one of a kind system of life thousands of years in the making, but then they didn't even know because back then there just weren't enough guys like mac stone. so you're telling me that most folks when they visit the glades for first time, they don't know what to do. >> yeah. it's true. you can tell by the way people park their cars. am i allowed to step in the water? is it safe to go into the grasses? me, the best thing is just park your car. it's a national park. and see what you can find. >> yeah, but you're strange. >> says you. yeah, says you. >> the rest of us are evolved to stay away from swampland. >> speaking of trails, this is a gator trail right here. >> this is a gator trail? >> he's part renaissance man, part adventurer, part artist, part-time scientist. >> this is where it starts getting fun. >> all of which makes him among the best wildlife photographers i

she wants to advise muni's proposal with cypress security. going away with armed guards would save the the city $1 million over the length of the contract. the idea is already facing opposition. >>> facing bank fraud and tax evasion charges according to the san francisco chronicle. and during that time he had $19,000 in donation checks into his personal account. he did not declare more than $1 million in income to the irs. wynn worked for the arch die sis of san jose for more than six years. >>> san jose police chief jumped into action when he saw a handcuffed man running away. what he did to catch that murder suspect and the security questions that the escape is now raising. >> why likely republican presidential candidate scott walker said the u.s. should curb immigration both legal and illegal. >> good morning. we are looking at the east bay commute and finding 680 is getting a little bit slow as you drive through fremont. we'll give you a look at the valley and take a look at lingering problems. >> and it's only going to get more enhanced.

. >> reporter: on cypress drive we counted 12 homes have installed panels since last summer.he street so did john. >> i saw everybody else getting them so something must be good about it. >> reporter: the promise, roughly 20% savings on your power bill if you lease. barry showed me how much power his panels produce during daylight for his refrigerator. >> i can run it for four hours in a 15-minute period. >> reporter: 15 minutes of solar equals four hours on your refrigerator? >> yes. >> reporter: new jersey ranks three in the nation for home and business solar installation about 34,000. every day crews from many companies, this is princeton based nrg is adding to that. we saw some homeowners figuring out their savings, there's the threat about global warming. >> if it costs me the same and i'm going green, i'm a happy camper. >> reporter: the tax credit has been a big part of the success. the challenge, when that tax credit expires at the end of next year will solar panel prices have come down enough to keep this industry sizzling? brian thompson, "nbc10 news." >>> next on "

. >> reporter: the city has a $38 million contract with cypress security about a million of that only for armed guards. >> this is a deterrent for the people who might be thinking about robbing these san francisco employees. know that they are protected. >> if we're really going to think of safety we have to look at the bus drivers because we have a history where there's demonstration of attacks and assaults on our bus drivers. we haven't seen it yet about our fare collectors. >> they should be armed. no doubt! we carry a lot of cash. >> reporter: this person is a fare collections receiver for sfmta: you heard in there there haven't been any attacks so why have armed security? >> because they are armed. that's why there haven't been any attacks. because -- >> reporter: chicken and egg? >> that's right. >> reporter: the board of supervisors passed the $38 million contract 7-4. but they said the debate will continue. in san francisco, joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> a napa jewelry store employee is in the icu tonight. he endured a beating and suffered cardiac arrest in fact middle of a robbery

. >> the city has a $38 million contract with cypress security.s pays for the armed guards. >>> doctors medical center in san pablo is closed for good. long-time employees gathered outside as the last patient was discharged yesterday morning. icu was eerily quiet. empty beds left behind. the 60-year-old hospital has limped along with a $20 million deficit every year. 80%. patients were low income or -- 80% of the patients were low income or uninsured. the building will be up for sale. >>> day 2 of the sentencing phase for convicted boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. he faces the death penalty. the prosecution describes him as a man who didn't care that he killed three people. the defense argues the older brother was the mastermind. if the jury is not unanimous, he will get life in prison. >>> it is 5:56. in the next half-hour, why a move to l.a. looks more plausible this morning for the oakland raiders. east bay officials move forward with their own plans. >> reporter: the vaccine mandate bill faces a key vote today. i'm kiet do with a live

. >> we have cypress, aged. it's readily available.n get it on a truck tonight. >> now that we've liquidated the low-margin generic products and closed big pine, it's time for me to renovate the greene street location so that we have 100% of our focus on selling fresh, hand-made, all-natural pies. and i want the half drywall to go all the way down, and the difference between here and here... >> yup. >> is glass. when we get down to here... >> yup. >> i actually want to do a counter of just four seats. >> okay. >> the glass will stop wherever the production stops. >> right. >> i'm changing the layout to maximize the floor space for pie sales. i'm also bringing the kitchen up front so the consumers can see that it's hand-made and all-natural. by expanding the seating and adding a viewing station, i want consumers to be able to have a unique experience watching us make pies and understand what goes into each one. with the change in our product and the change in the process, key west key lime pie company will start to increase revenues dra

>> caller: hey, i'm calling about cypress semiconductor.d a nice little run there, up to oh, i don't know -- >> 16. >> caller: almost 16 there. is this a good time to -- >> yes i think it is. i've seen this stock trade down and people are saying jim, what's the matter with it? i say, nothing. i say, buy. all right, now i'm going to go to bruce, oh, in ohio. bruce! >> caller: boo-yah, jim. bruce from chesapeake ohio. i've been following you since the 1990s on the street.com. >> holy cow, man. that makes you older than me. what's up? >> caller: i even have some street.com stock. i'm calling about twitter after you did your technical analysis last week, twitter surged several times, getting knocked back down each time. what's going on short-term -- >> i have to tell you, i don't like the way twitter acts. i know that tim collins said it looked good. this stock feels like there is absolutely, without a doubt, a seller at the 50 level, who lives there. that's what we used to call it. that seller lives at 50 and won't get off the shine. wait unti

the one who purchased the ticket for him it was purchased at a guest is in on the street in east cypress road congratulations. >>james: is another heart warm store at your boy dreams came true at the time of when the contract with the atlanta hawks he's battling leukemia and his suffered a setback and not being able to go so the readiness is a reference to become a member of its favorite basketball team for the day you concede there he got his custom jersey with the pre- game warmup and to handle all of his favorite players. >>james: coming up will tell you how one san francisco and it would is combating sanitation problems will explain the cancer patient got a lot to get on the fine will shave the videos are getting kicked off applying that video now on by rome california will be required to get their children vaccinated will take about the bill that could do just that. ♪ hersy's spreads. brg the delious steof hersh'chocate to athing - erytng. withersh'spreads, thpossibilits ardelious. i love my mileageplus® explorer card. we're saving our united miles... ...for a trip to hawaii. we lov

there's a half a million gallon cypress swamp with thousands of fish and alligators and ducks.is will be opening on wednesday. we're giving you a sneak peek. there's a glass in here now. the reason we don't have any alligators in here yet. we don't want them crawling around. they're actually on their way in here. here's the deal it's also a hotel. there's 100 hotel rooms in here. there is also a restaurant. it has a view that overlooked the mississippi river. and the memphis skyline. i'm joined by some pretty amazing men. here is johnny morris and bill dance. >> how are you, anna? >> fantastic. how are you doing? >> great. >> what makes the ceo of a massive country, 92 bass pro stores decide to open a store in the pyramid. >> my friend lives here he said you should do this. we looked at the building and it is an amazing structure. to have an opportunity to build a store, i think the footprint is like half a million six feet. >> it all came from a fishing trip a lot of good things come from a cold cat fish trip in the middle of winter. what happened? >> we had to let the city kn

cypress. they can get access through financial markets. if you may ask madame lagart, what is in the rules of imf, it's very difficult to get answer. it's not my invention. you need the primary surplus if you have to chief 160, 170%. any greek government has to deal what do you think, when will you get access to financial markets. if you don't have access to financial markets you need someone who lend you money. the europeans have said, we are ready to do it until 2020. supposed you'll be 2020. if you find someone else who lend you money we will be happy. amounts by 200 million. sometimes it's much more than $200 billion. it's not as simple. we are saying please if you don't, we can't disburse it. it's a great debt. the great debt is financed for 30 years. therefore, restructuring of debt is not in the given situation. the problem is regaining competitiveness to get primary surplus. >> what should we ask? >> oh, no i will not take you as ancient. as european finance ministers meet so often, i met my european colleagues sometimes more often