neo nazis organized rallies across the czech republic. they were joined by many average citizens, chanting slogans like jeopardy success out. many of them were normal eople. normal people like those who live in the same high-rise apartment block as mira and andro. this neighbor didn't join the neo nazi marches, but the pensioner did start a pension against the roma, collect approximating hundred signatures. we the undersigned object to the behavior of the roma community, he reads. we demand the police do something about it. the roma don't respect the local populace. they are noisy, they steal, and hey frighten us. he wants nothing to do with the right-wing extremists. he adds that some roma even signed his petition. i just want them to behave like normal people, he says. that's not racism. he's been hit hard by the global financial crisis. the industrial city is suffering falling wages and high unemployment. the frustration is adding to the anti-roma sentiment. 100,000 people live in the city, 1/10 of them roma. there are some roma who ar

in the czech republic, where the death penalty was banned in 1990, there are only 35 lifers. otto bitterman is one of the most infamous. >> translator: i was sentenced to life in prison for committing five murders. >> he was a notorious criminal. his case was very notorious. but to me, he was actually a very pleasant person to deal with. he was very polite. very walk. mild mannered. he was actually just a very affable guy. >> bitterman led a small gang that robbed and killed at least four men and one woman over a three-year span. >> translator: it actually started when i got into a certain gang of friends with whom i had common interests, as far as weapons and drinking alcohol and having parties. and for things like that, of course, you need money. and, of course, as a young kid i didn't feel like working, but on the other hand i wanted to have money. >> how many people you the personally murder, otto? >> myself personally, i actually killed three people. but i participated in all five of the murders. >> bitterman buried one of the victims in his own backyard. >> translator:

neo nazis organized rallies across the czech republic. they were joined by many average citizens chanting slogans like gypsies out. many of them were normal people says on. the it could harm. normal people like those who live in the same high rise apartment block as me rollin on to the neighbor young steve blow to join the neo march is. but the pensioner did start a petition against the roma collecting three hundred signatures. do you agree new terms the nation with we the undersigned object to the behavior of the roma community. he reads we demand the police do something about it. when he spoke from the roma don't respect the local populace there are no easy feat the steel and they frighten us. he thinking the carnivore only thing you can feed him when he been. steve says he wants nothing to do with the right wing extremists. he adds that some roma even signed his petition. q what would you. i just want them to behave like normal people he says. that's not racism that would mean that the truth. the club has been hit hard by the global fi

well let's stay with ice hockey and a success story for the czech republic as relative newcomers left prague are cruising to their second playoff spot in two years in the k h l comes under but has more. two years ago ice hockey quad believe progs work seat is and contras moving from this the base of corporate to the czech capital and then made the occasional debbie in twenty its wealth as it was a lockout season in the n.h.l. many homegrown stories a return to help make it at a new level including boston bruins captain and stanley cup winners than a chara however after the big guns went back to north america the broad side was knocked out in the first round of the playoffs but this year finished form a ton of bad on head coach gary yellin into charge and aims to make the most of his cage hill experience in the quat second yeah that was to me the easter dishes and a call to. drop their biggest so i know i know dolly a little bit different culture player stare budget anyways it's fun to work at two levels the roster is a mixture of western european and canadian players but now russia an

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red devils into the knockout stages but three times champions top group a with a final victory over czech of the mets would join in the last sixteen but by late because of who finished with the win with sociedad the real madrid and gets us a riot of shopping and the surprise. the trick for breath. having finished at the summit of group b with ronaldo said in a new battle with nine goals in a clean campaign. the dentist and green olive attend to a snowy night snack at the tech telecom irina expanding our session i have already qualified as group c winners prior to that final defeat to benfica who were hoping to land the runners up spot. but uptrend in chemical speed and the next three one the portuguese side lost after defecting to head to head with gold against a greek rivals in the descent of the city picks up the defending champions in front of the home crowd finding a path that ten straight champions league victory ron paul to become talk about stadia for the germans is a european kingdom stopping to crumble one of joe's name arabia recently said his chelsea side will not win the title

>> he fought in the wars and check nia, he was a leader of czech nia, there was disagreements about what way they could go. he went off in an extremist direction and supported in some way by al qaeda. >> is he hoping to remove czech nia from russia. >> he's focused on the north caucasus. >> that includes czech nia. >> yes, and volgograd is not far from that, halfway between socchi and moscow. >> let's talk about volgograd, the second attack in two months. the first was a bus, also a suicide bomber. why that city? >> the southern federal district is controlled by a man in putin's personal network. the man who controls it is the brother-in-law of the man who controls oil in russia, so they are closely connected. the man who is in charge of this district has a background as the justice minister, wrote a book on thou compat terrorism. going after him, showing how weak he is, he can protect socchi, but not volgograd. it's a way of sending a message to putin that he is week. >> you hit on the topic - be able to protect socchi. do you think it's protected? >> i think it is. that's where russia

cup upset host russia win just one of their three matches in sochi as the czech republic play in the china one cup and finland the overall euro tour with six weeks to go until the winter olympics. plus a lot of the ring the roy jones jr beat is in a better match to fight a unanimous decision to win the w.b. you cruiserweight title here in moscow. and all in saying we look at why russia all the world's best in synchronized swimming is champions past and present close another dominant season with a spectacular end of year show. but let's start with ice hockey as host russia lost two of their three matches at the china one cup in sochi to finish third overall from four in the euro to the last tournament before the winter olympics at the black sea resort the red machine started well at the bolshoi i started coming back from a goal down to beat sweden three two on thursday time bondo open for breakthrough not only in the first period russia where level within four minutes through maxi should be enough one one it remained until the third quarter to date. netted his and russia second but sw

they have planned two in poland and three in the czech republic. there has been a polish speaker talking about the importance of having labor solidarity across borders to force amazon to pay higher rages. not said the -- it has affected the ability to ship packages and they say holiday deliveries in germany will be on time. >> what else is on our radar this wednesday morning? -- bit coin --n silver lake is said to buy i.m.g. worldwide. >> generic viagra hits the u.s. market more than two years earlier than expected after tmp eva reached a settlement. >> we will have special coverage of today's fed announcement. that is at 7:00 p.m. u.k. time. >> we will bring you what will ben bernanke's final news conference. ♪ >> welcome back to "the pulse." we're live on bloomberg tv, streaming on bloomberg.com, your phone as well. >> let's bring the focus back to the fed. still with us, jim o'neill. a columnist for "bloomberg view." everybody is talking about it and maybe even overanalyzing it. it is a big, big story that is going to have implication beyond u.s

which gave the czechs an unassailable lead. that was before combined to win the mixed doubles 6-3, 6-4. >>> a three pointer, with just seconds to go, over in chicago dallas guard ellis scored 22 points as the mavericks had a big lead and held onto victory. >>> we have a particularly good year in review section where you can look back at some of the best and worst sporting moments from 2013. and that is all for sports now theron. >> jo, thank you. now take a look at this from the u.s. midwest. a bright red object flying across the sky from iowa. the american meteor society says witnesses reported an object as bright as the sun. showing effects you normally get from meteors. >>> the russian leo tolstoy entire body of work has been digitized. tolstoy estate outside moscow. >> this is the voice of the 19th century russian writer leo tolstoy, widely considered one of the best novelists, author of war and peace and anna karenena. is this film shows him in his final years at his estate. we caught up with his great great granddaughter,

. >> they should have never put the germans under czech control. and when they tried to break away in 1938 to get back under german control that was the cause of the conference. >> and that started world war ii. >> they are worrisome. >> we do not want to see that unresolved territory to the chinese. they are a growing power and they're putting the pressure on everyone. >> i remember it helped it decide the 1960 election. the chin chinese communist. and it was a big uproar. >> should obama convene a conference on this matter? >> why not? i don't know if it will help. what needs to be behind the conference is the credibility of the united states. >> should the united nations get a conference on it? >> somebody how is. i think the u.s. is asserting leadership and sending b52s there. the u.s. is keeping a lid on this. it comes back to iraq and afghanistan. these are the consequences. >> chinese claim these as sovereign territory. and they're not going to sit down with the united nations and it decided there. one of the other is going to wined up in co

. ♪ check czech >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy.e are the top stories we are following: the senate approved a sweeping defense bill addressing sexual assault in the military. it will block commanders from overturning court martial decisions. it goes to president obama for his signature. >> russian president vladimir putin signed a decree to pardon gaoled oil ty can -- ty can mikhail khordorkovsky, he argued he was gaoled foros

>> it included much of today's poland, the czech republic. it includes croatia, austria, hungary, part of romania. it's big indeed. it didn't so much collapse -- it certainly had internal upheavals but the society saw a chance to get out. >> what was their condition in tend of world war i. >> austria again felt the strain of war. one of the organizers of the western powers, i think. indiana again today was a huge and prosperous leaving the people starving in 1918. >> last is the ottoman empire. >> for a while had been known as the sixth man. people had been expecting the demise in the 19th century. they had been looking good by 1914. a revolution, a new young turkish government called the young turks. looks like they might survive. the war was too much for it. they turned on the austrian and hungarian side. defeat helped to bring the empire down. our territories reversed which included the president's middle east was stripped from it by the victorious allies and lost most of the territories in europe. >> who decided iraq and its size. >> it w

in the competition in the czech republic. big time year for him. 2013. he's got two.need a big stretch from him right now in terms much his activities to get back in it. henderson on the floor for louisville, sharp shooter gave them big production win against wichita state in the national finals. he hit a couple of 3s. here he is defending on harrison. and aaron harrison gets the soft roll. >> greg: that's where the size made a difference. able to create enough of an angle to get that up over the rim. >> jim: he's got ten points all this half. blackshear scoops it up, no go. another foul on kentucky. only one basket from the floor in the last 7:30 by louisville. aaron harrison says, put a package on me, cbs. ♪ ♪ ♪ (music: ithey're here!ersion of "have yourself a merry little christmas") grandma and grandpa! ♪ merry christmas. ♪ ♪ (music: cat power cover of "have yourself a merry little christmas") ♪ have yourself a merry little christmas ♪ ♪ let your heart be light ♪ from now on our troubles will be out of sight ♪ ♪ hang a shining star upon the highest bow ♪ ♪ and hav

dense layer of the one we won the men's international tournament the arno open two thousand thirteen czech republic or series about seventy players from fourteen countries that is emitted in the tournament. she defeated five international masters and six international fiber masters and scored seventeen point five points with a possible nine the total score is above the requirement nor for the men's international master. the rating updated after the tournament. one large on site to get the degree of the mill grandmaster. i get all depressed. this was my first job in which i won among men i was very happy one and won six games and had three draws the site added thirty two points my reading get them fixed neither richard j lo is josiah's coach is a well known grandmaster thanks to a supervision of thirteen year old girl won the silver medal at the world junior championship among girls under twenty years old out in greece. the book one of the problem of a button from a democratic authority of the settling these to see the board. she was twelve years old. the team played against the girl's age

andee the czech republic hungary and poland, and they have all done very well by aligning themselves with the european union. we want to head in that direction. his decision has grown up in his face and has threatened his presidency. it is not clear how long this government can continue. >> the coverage of the ukrainian situation in the last couple of , is there a real struggle going on between the russian sphere of influence and the european sphere of influence and ukraine is caught in the middle? >> i would say it is the legacy of the cold war. russia has attempted to exert sway in the southern tier. states andthe united other europeans have attempted otherst the georgia and countries in the caucuses away. the battle is playing out in the streets of kiev, as you just saw. tosuspended assistance rebels. that means no more nightvision goggles or armored vehicles or two indications equipment. this after the report after -- a report of militants split. the u.s. is anxious about these splits. here is an extensive report from syria. how critical is this nonlethal aid to the syrian rebels

they were having troubles with the poles in the north and the czechs and the slovaks. it was not just a pesky neighbor that had assassinated its heir. it was an accidental threat. serbia was not destroyed. austria-hungary probably would be. host: 11 years ago you were here talking about a book called "paris, 1919." guest: i can see how much older i look. [video clip] guest: when i realized that lawrence of arabia was there. queen maria was there. i thought this is just such a wonderful collection of people. we love gossip. i thought, this is such a wonderful subject. then i realized no one had really done it. you think, good. then to be serious, i realized some of the great issues were discussed then. some of the things we are still dealing with were discussed in 1919. host: how did that book do? guest: it did very well. it surprised me. it surprised my publishers. i would put it down in part to timing. it came out 10 years after the end of the cold war when the world was in a much more complicated place. yugoslavia was breaking up. there was trouble in the middle east

you can see here, the trolley car, the product of the czech republic, and it's actually moved. it used to be a little farther west of here, up h street, near union station. now, they moved it down earlier this morning, about 6:00, and they found some issues with the overhead lines, and they've actually gotten vehicles up there. we want to show you video of some close-ups of this. and this thing is commanding a lot of attention. it was when it was brought in on friday, and it is this morning. it is a harbinger of change on h street, a whole new mode of transportation, new in the sense there hasn't been a streetcar on these streets for at least half a century. so once this thing does start running, it will be quite a fixture here, and planners hope it will bring folks who h street. once again, now, in the testing phase. and we talked to an engineer about what they were doing this morning. >> this morning we are going through and doing final adjustments, final tweaking. we're going to outfit a high-rail truck with a panograph and make sure there aren't any conflicts with the live

if i look czech republic except today of old is old houses i don't think the life of individuals is much but it was before except they could travel they could or they could do many other things but what do we know in twenty years. in the crisis that is very obvious votes will be europe in twenty years but i mean no one can say what it will be twenty years but if you look at it now it is sure it has a lot of problems and mostly big countries dictate what they small members should do but overall i mean it has to diversify see you have a big program because they can sell produce archaea you know that produces this and this is where the i think the boos when that when they when they were given two chances to go to europe to lose rockier they will do is make a camel to go to europe so there's a chance that serbia won't become part of the. now what i'm saying is like if you look at here up now it does have the unity and the diversity and these are the qualities that you appreciated in former yugoslavia plans please. give me a break with the with with the idealistic vision with europe is german

christmas the services of transformation and it will be the last christmas in afghanistan since the czech troops be withdrawn. next years old is that this country based in the couple attended a special of the survey said. the afghans that tuesday because he believed in peace and love enjoy. because i bought was a knock at the neat is that headlines your own fault i'm going to stay with us. he is it did. the young are welcome to the fifty one percent in a show about women re checking out well. coming up. one year on that tragic day i can deal effective with the treatment of victims has produced so far i haven't noticed i've run efficiently and will try again as in the information city of bath after i saw a man among them. it's a way to fix them and he literally just going to cost. we begin in india and it swung his site young woman respect the gang raped on a daily kos and more victims of sexual assault are coming forward than ever before. but despite massive six candles committee seeking justice continues to be an ordeal. the muncie so special to get justice that day too. when you stated

new museum to the city streets of fraud has showcased the one secret surveillance programs of the czech government the museum is located in the five hundred square meters underground bunker under the altar hotel includes an undergrad ski tow in a room filled with surveillance devices as well as displays featuring cold war memorabilia. the booker was constructed with steel reinforced concrete walls in order to offer communist party members and military officials shelter in the event of a new clear attack the booker also acted as a base for intelligence services to keep an eye and gets in the hotel above the hotel mainly cater to foreign officials diplomats and journalists. the barker was kept in for years until the military finally repealed the space to the hotel in nineteen ninety eight and remain on view until last month when the hotel opened the museum. all i can treat the spirits as we welcome to planet hollywood resort and casino in a staged event kicking off the pop princess's to your life take its presidency of the executive's say that i can conceive of future top hats and can be

back to the ukraine story, we decided that we thought it was more important to have the czech navy in the nato alliance than try to build a bridge to soviet union. over basically trying to build relationship with democratic soviet union. that has been the gift that keeps on giving. in ukraine, my heart goes out with entirely ukrainians who want to have a future with the west, i appreciate that. let's not forget where ukraine is. vis-a-vis the soviet union, how we've treated the soviet union why we have a putin who finds the wonderful to run against the west and nato domestically because of something that goes back 15 years ago. this isn't happening out of -- in a vacuum. >> schieffer: that brings us to john mccain who is in ukraine, in kiev this morning, you just heard him. he told ukrainian people, he spoke to the demonstrators, he said we are for you, united states is with you. i think john mccain is with them. i want to check and see how far that extends to the united states. >> i think as tom said it's hard, we have it in our. >> dan: to love the protesters in the cold, that's wha

ambassador to the czech republic told me earlier that there's no ulterior motive to the u.s. presence there. we are in favor of peaceful demonstrations and peaceful expressions of popular views that is the way democracy gradually grows from the grassroots from listening to the voices of the people we are certainly not preaching and advocating revolution. to victoria nuland. the crowds if there were violence and certainly be discouraging any form of violence you're saying you're keen to see peaceful demonstrations but what about the so-called peaceful demonstrations but the occupy movement in the states being handled in many respects brutally by the police pepper spraying peaceful protesters i would watching to react if kremlin supporters were amongst the occupy protesters that. there were there were i'm sure there were plenty of observers russian another observers moving around that period and there was i strongly disagree with you call it brutality at a certain the protesters were permitted to camp out. in lower manhattan for weeks at a time and eventually they were moved ou

agents or he's a senior fellow at the farm policy research institute and a former us ambassador to the czech republic. he maintains his new old too remote to behind the american presence in the country. we are in favor of clean peaceful demonstrations and peaceful expressions of popular views. that is the way democracy gradually grows from the grassroots from listening to the voices of the people. we are certainly not preaching in advocating revolution victoria's new and renewal and did not get the crowds if there were violent into this or that the disparity in any form of violence. he'll say to your kid to seek peaceful demonstration but what about the circle peaceful demonstration for the oak applying the atlantic in the state's be handled. in many respects brutally by the police pepper sprayed it's peaceful protest is outward looking to react if fretilin supporters or silk apply the test is that there were. there were. i'm sure there were plenty of room to fit in other news moving around in that period and it was. i strongly disagree with the call of brutality the certainty that the union

recent weeks and recent months at the same time it was noted that the comment that was made by the czech prime minister who was caught on camera when he was commenting over the fact that he had a knee injury and might not be able to attend mandela's funeral that at that time he said and i'm quoting i'm dreading i will have to go in the end he did not come but his foreign minister did come and what this does point to is the fact that world leaders use these kind of opportunities as an opportunity not only to pay respect to south africa's greatest son but also as an opportunity for their own personal gains. let's get more now on the unexpected. and cuban leaders with eva got injured she's a venezuelan american attorney and officer was it just a hunch or can we read more into this. i don't really think we can read much into this it seems as though really had no other choice had he not shaken the hand of president raul castro then he would have looked extremely bad except especially in that scenario when he's at the funeral of one of the world's greatest leaders who focus specifically on how

said you know we don't seek to criticize the west at all what we try to do i am trying to protect the czech protect excuse take our own rations has since our old russian people against what he called chua site values that seeks the discrete am i dragging down of values from the west he quoted by an old christian existentialist philosopher named mika like it d i have to basically say out what we're trying to do is prevent things from the outside from dragging us down to an immediate statement that he's trying to maintain what he sees as russia's your values from outside interference the president said letter to the victory of forward thinking so much for that to her. the senator care of him to me or for the career of one the counterfeit wine merchant has finally come to an end the twenty oh one has just been convicted of manufacturing fake vintage wine in his kicks. he's now facing up to forty years in jail system azeri eight reports the santa cruz the french one. no compass his crusade to sniff out the fraudster who was speaking his vintage wines began about five years ago and it's here in

her while at the same time it justifies the sort of new cold war with the missile defense in poland czech republic turkey etc i disagree i think that the release of mr hodder will be viewed positively in the west i mean the strains of anti putin nineteen russian propaganda you know the l b l g b t rights issue is one this completely separate from mr holder. ok ok well what i say let me just. have a way these people become celebrity prisoners have a navy that well known people in the west and this is a great gesture of surprise from putin but is it is it actually a genuine change in direction for the country or this. no i don't think this is any genuine change for the country if we're talking about a move away from law and justice we roast russian citizens in both of these cases feel that their crime and their punishment was well deserved and i think that this could create a little bit of domestic backlash because the russian people will question why they haven't. served out there for sentence but i have to agree that i do not think that this will be received positively in the west i think

channel one cup winners the czech republic two one it was the hosts who opened early in the final period courtesy of an alexander out of the last penalty shot but within four minutes no second usually about me maybe a nightmare for russia and their fans to one the final score one a victory from three for the host at the last event and at the home olympics venue just over six weeks to go until the winter games. so a not the best preparation for russia ahead of the olympics but the team did get a boost after the challenges of domestic violence were dropped against their first choice goaltender so me and the lone wolf the colorado avalanche star was facing up to two years in jail after his model girlfriend claimed he attacked her last month but prosecutors said they had no proof beyond a reasonable doubt and the case was dismissed. while staying with ice hockey and russia's judaea team are preparing for their opening game of the world championship against norway in sweden on thursday and before they headed off richard van port feet went to see the squad as they look to improve on last year'

that does for me in the sports and fitness has been seeded czech setback at midnight for the latest in the world of sports. o o it it's our snow flurries from time to time today here in seoul but that was nothing compared to some regions for details let's go over breaking down at the weather center put down. what's the latest. leaving the pits and ten million tonne other provinces in particular caught a lot of snow today taking a lead that the current conditions in a senate that the heads up high pressure system from time now which is why we're seeing cloudy skies. now with a heavy snowfall lots of eggs in some regions that likes to be another round of snow overnight in st. that said it's to get at most thirty centimeters of snow and a sense of aiden's one survives and is taking a lead that tomorrow's greetings celebrate is zero degrees to me mommy when is it that snow overnight before reaching the height of five and three degrees respectively. looking on sale at their meetings take their toll. that's right the next six degrees respectively. meanwhile bottoms and tops out at my store.

recent weeks and recent months at the same time it was noted that the comment that was made by the czech prime minister who was caught on camera when he was commenting over the fact that he had a knee injury and might not be able to attend mandela's funeral at that time he said and i'm quoting i'm dreading i will have to go in the end he did not come but his foreign minister did come and what this does point to is the fact that world leaders use these kind of opportunities as an opportunity not only to pay respect to south africa's greatest son but also as an opportunity for their own personal gains. well you were in america in the tourney and all for the handshake is absolutely meaningless i think that it's just another one of obama's insincere gestures you know he also showed. hand a few years ago adding at a summit of the americas in trinidad but then he proceeded to implement policies that were very aggressive towards venezuela so i don't think this is going to signify any kind of change or shift in u.s. policy towards cuba obama also took a jab in his speech i think that was directe

her while at the same time it justifies the so-called new cold war with a missile defense in poland czech republic turkey etc so. it's operate in a whole different level and i think some people in the kremlin president putin misunderstand the nature of western propaganda they will invent issues if they don't have them or because they let some children get in there let joe replied to that because you gave a very quick answer saying he has when we will say no just quickly respond to what . will basically i i disagree i think that the release of mr holder will be viewed positively in the west and i mean that the strains of anti putin nineteen russian propaganda. are you know the l b l g b t rights issue is one this completely separate from mr cause of course ski there may be links in people's minds between hard of course and the magnitsky issue. because they're both a matter of law. whereas the l g b t. possibly falls into the same category as pussy riot and that they're portrayed as being an abuse of human rights and so on but they are. ok ok well let me just. say these people become celebr

ambassador to the czech republic well one can understand what officials have been seeing amongst the protests is that why u.s. diplomats handing out refreshments to protest is what's ukraine got to do with washington have you perhaps heard of the transatlantic alliance and the strong alliance between europe at that time including the soviet union during world war two we had a very strong and long relationship and. wanted it to return to one of great friendship with the countries of eastern europe and eurasia ukraine is one of those and we. call president bush the father after the fall of communism. went to ukraine among the first visits that he made this is george h.w. bush. seeking a peaceful a europe whole and free europe that would include russia would be no threat to russia so the fact that we are continuing to pursue the u.s. has continued to this open arms policy of encouragement of democracy in ukraine is should be no surprise at all and certainly not should not be seen as threatening to to russia but in that context why is the issue over the fact the ukraine may be forming a

in romania and in the czech and in poland and when it comes so ukraine does it look as if i let me just ask you when it comes to ukraine does it look as if perhaps the e.u. is winning because after all now you have a code which is always breaking hints of doing yet another u. turn so he's going to revisit this again in march and look at more renegotiations i mean how would russia regard that. it's a big decision it's a major choice for the for ukraine to have a join the european union or the customs union but presently on a coach which is on its regrettably. being put on the immense pressure by western major and also what we're seeing in western politicians and we've also had the former president of georgia mikheil saakashvili go to ukraine an independent sovereign country and they're encouraging protests against the ukrainian government which was democratically elected in two thousand and ten so yes president and a coach is under tremendous pressure at the moment but we must we must remember that what we are hearing in the west from our politicians and from journalists does not corresp

recent weeks and recent months at the same time it was noted that the comment that was made by the czech prime minister who was caught on camera when he was commenting over the fact that he had a knee injury and might not be able to attend mandela's funeral that at that time he said and i'm quoting i'm dreading i will have to go in the end he did not come but his foreign minister did come and what this does point to is the fact that world leaders use these kind of opportunities as an opportunity not only to pay respect to south africa's greatest son but also as an opportunity for their own personal gains and that was our t. correspondent policy. and contrary to what many people believe homelessness is still very much an epidemic here in the united states perhaps the greatest snapshot of that is new york city where poverty has just reached its highest levels since the great depression of the one nine hundred thirty s. take a look at this this is data out by the department of homeless services and it shows the number of people in new york city who sleep in shelters every. knight as you can

and czechoslovakia explain the czech republic explicitly cutting rates to cheap in the currency we saw this last year but i've been omics in japan we saw it in two thousand and twelve with brazil so it's going on around the world i expect this will continue for years so that competitive devaluation scenario is continuing by the way countries think they're going to prove exports that's not how you improve exports you improve exports with you know technology innovation education good business climate low taxes value added there a lot of ways to promote exports but you've been in your currency is not one of them all chipping in the currency does it get inflation but that's the point the reason central banks are cheapening the currency they tell the politicians the central bankers say it's to promote exports for that's not true the real reason is to import inflation in the form of higher import prices you know the us is a net importer we import more than we export japan imports massive amounts of energy so for them a cheap currency means higher import prices that means inflation that's wha