what you said about post soviet countries i was invited to open the first struck pride in the czech republic and i can tell you from my own experience and from talking to many politicians and people in the czech republic girls learn so much on the phobia they're really not to be compared with the homophobic level in russia but he says there is no dearth of polls it's not just anecdotal it shouldn't be based on your personal impressions look at the polls and the czech republic and their levels of home know exactly when. so when the prague mayor said yes it's alright to have a good product unfortunately it's never allowed in moscow for instance but in the czech republic they respect freedom of their citizens the pro. it's our allowed to do a thorough two on will take place this month and we can say that in the czech republic generally speaking to people are not homophobic but coming back to your question would a boycott help russian l g b t i people i personally don't think so that's why human rights watch is against a boy called because we think that. it's important that the olympic winter ga

and from talking to many politicians and people in the czech republic there is not so much on the phobia they're really not to be compared with homophobic level in russia but he says there are little doris lieutenant paul vance or belittle it shouldn't they be based any up personal impressions look at the polls and the czech republic and the level itself on our exactly when. so when the prague mayor said yes it's all right to have a gay pride unfortunate needs never allowed in moscow for instance but in the czech republic day respect freedom of their citizens the product price are allowed to do thirty one will take place this month and we can say that in the czech republic generally speaking the people are not homophobic but coming back to your question would a boycott help russian l g b t i people i personally don't think so that's why it's against a boy called because we think that. it's important that the olympic winter games take place but that athletes and supporters and everybody watching will learn about the state of legislation in russia and the state of homophobia and that it wi

what you said about post soviet countries i was invited to open the first struck pride in the czech republic and i can tell you from my own experience and from talking to many politicians and people in the czech republic girls learn so much on the phobia they're really not to be compared with homophobic level in russia but he says there is a lot in the polls it's not just anecdotal it shouldn't be based on your personal impressions look at the polls of the czech republic and the level of cell phone number exactly . so when the prague mayor said yes it's all right to have a gay product unfortunately it's never allowed in moscow for instance but in the czech republic they respect freedom of their citizens the proprietors are allowed to do the third one will take place this moment and we can say that in the czech republic generally speaking the people are not homophobic but coming back to your question would it help. russian elegy b.t.i. people i personally don't think so that's why humans rights watch is against a boy called because we think that. it's important that the olympic winter games t

in that in the czech republic right now the wealth disparity is the lowest it is in the world but these people are twenty seven out of thirty eight in disposable income so why don't you go live in the czech republic where they have no money to spend of goods and services but they are very close together in wealth disparity yeah you can be really close you can be poor and really close to richer i mean if you're poor you have all your lives in christ and you talk to me about the czech republic. because in the united states we do have great wealth disparity and the problem is not the gap between the rich and poor the problem is that the poor get better off over time and i've explained to you sir the between nine hundred seventy one and one nine hundred ninety one the poor have gotten better off the united states after all because of free market capitalism sir and you are ignoring that and you are causing the poverty that you claim to be against and you say it's the regulations are but it is legal it is the review regulation of these corporations that they had me last night and now we're go

to me about the czech republic. or parity because in the united states we do have great wealth disparity and the problem is not the gap between the rich and poor the problem is that the poor get better off over time and i've explained to you sir the between nine hundred seventy one and nine hundred ninety one the poor have gotten better off the united states after all because of free market capitalism sir and you are ignoring that and you are causing the poverty that you claim to be against and you say it's deregulation but it is only one of the review regulation of these corporations that they i mean you know which one is this really am i ignoring the poverty or my cause you can't explain yourself because either is jibberish what i'm wondering which is your actual position that and that's going to be where we wrap it up i think. richard great to see. these scientists are wrong but not the way you think as global warming picks up scientists and researchers are finally beginning to come to grips with just how very se

and the president of the czech republic, this is 2011, said, ask the people, president class, to rise the lgbt pride to stop -- to stop the promotion of homosexualism and deviancy. and i went. and when i was picked up at the airport, they said that they were struggling with one of those street-long rainbow flags, but they had reached out across central europe and there was a young man who heard their call and was taking a nine-hour overnight bus to bring them that street-long pride flag. his name was malan rosa. i said, i want to go pick him up. he had no place to stay. he had to scrounge up the money. but this is the type of courage that we see following harvey and george around the world. he had just buried his father who blamed his suicide on his son. he was weary and bruised, yet he still got up and did what needs to be done. extraordinary individuals. so, let me just say that for malan's story, i have the honor next month -- i had been invited to the white house, and i'm taking malan with me to introduce him to the president and the first lady. and i & i'm taking malan because i

general elections in the czech republic.was quite a highly politically charged atmosphere. >> and it's about to become even more heated. the deputy prime minister takes the stand at a conference and strikes his health minister. >> seemed like a conventional boring speech and then excitement. >> no one knew it was going to happen. i think it really did come out of the blue. >> and no one is more stunned than the abused health minister. >> at first it seemed like the victim here was going to be above it all and show some dignity and take his slap on the head and leave. >> he's obviously stopped by an adviser. he presumably says, you can't just let him get away with it. get back in there. the audience loves it. >> you attacked me cowardly from behind. why didn't you face me like a man? you're a coward, he says. there's a real punch and judy aspect to it. >> i think this guy was trying to talk his way out of it and got beaten up more. >> but what could have sparked such a public display of anger? there could only be one answer.

and finally in the czech republic one man's cookware is another man's headwear last week burner resident lucas navi won the right to legally wear a spaghetti strainer honest for his official government photo id navi is a self-proclaimed pasta foreign a member of an ironic religious organization called the church of the flying spaghetti monster now according to its web site the church claims that an invisible and made of spaghetti and meatballs created the universe after drinking have a. the one night and it's only dogma is the rejection of dogma up burn out of city hall spokesman paul zahra said that nobby's application complies with the laws of the czech republic where headgear for religious or medical reasons is permitted so as long as it doesn't hide the face and believe it or not this isn't the first time an individual has dawned a fetish for dora for an official photo i.d. back in two thousand and eleven australian man nico almost was granted permission to wary of spaghetti strainer on his head after battling with the australian government for three years no word yet on whether or n

. >> recent riots in the czech republic have highlighted growing anti roma sentiment.y're a tiny minority, around 13,000 in a country of 10 million but have recently been targeted. >> it's a scene repeated in capitol cities around the world. they are changing the guard in prague. the tourists get the picture postcard view. it's a picture that tells only part of the story. there are stressors and strains in czech society as there are elsewhere in europe as economies struggle. recent riots here also have strong racial overtones. they began as protests against the roma minority. the short taxi ride to the suburbs, a trip very few tourists take show an example of where the problem lice. 13 families live here. most households have no one who works. one man trying to change that told me they have to break a jobless culture passed from one generation to another. they live behind high fences and walls. >> this is because of the high frequency of traffic on the road, but this is not the only reason. there are security reasons. if the members of the workers parties or the local

and strong gusts -- strong winds of 90 kilometers per hour have been reported in the czech republic. this system is now in the weakening trend, however, it still can unleash the severe weather and be tracking towards the northeastern areas. and back behind it, big atlantic pressure system will be -- high pressure system will be dominating much of the west in the central region, but the hot air is still pumping from afr a africa. here madrid and lisbon are both looking at 36 degrees. that's all for me now. i'll leave you with your extended forecast. >>> aging of society isn't just a human problem in japan. a popular monkey park plans to close at the end of the year as the animals are getting too old to perform. the park in northeastern japan opened in 1992. at its peak it welcomed about 1 million visitors per year. but the park's foreign staff left the country after the fukushima nuclear accident two years ago. they included most of the animals' trainers. the 28 monkeys act as students and ninjas but nearly half are age 60 or more in human years. this summer's heat has left them looki

. >> the political crisis continues in the czech republic this week after the interim prime ministert a vote of confidence. instead 100 deputies voted against the technocrats. brieflyhe would only stay on in a caretaker capacity next week. >> protesters again to to the streets this week in the country where the arab spring began. tens of thousands of opposition activists were out in force in the capital, united by one goal, to oust the government led by the party. >> the protesters, it is a sham. , theused real legitimacy only one with the authority to rule them is the people themselves. >> unrest has been simmering since the 2011 revolution. it has boiled over again because of the death of this man. this opposition politician was killed on july 25 by islamist extremists. many blame the government for the killing. >> a huge fire forced the closure of the main international airport in nairobi. thestigators sifted through remains of the international terminal for clues as to what caused the fire. most domestic and international flights had resumed by now. -- have resumed now. >> the sy

we had a report of 115 kilometers per hour gusts reported in the czech republic. eight centimeter dynameter hail reported in germany. temperatures are shaping up like this and it will be continuing to be very hot across the central locations. so do be precautious for heat stroke. i'll leave you now for the extended forecast. >>> that's all for now on this edition of "newsline". i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. we'll be back with the latest at the top of the hour. thanks for joining us on nhk world.  >> you need to know that mark mazzoni wrote this that here -- of course it's the first thing i would tell you. he is going to tell you. even more interesting than the fact that he wrote it here, he was here or it was while he was here that max was born. we are a full-service lace. [laughter] we handle books, families, personal lives.

czech republican -- czech republic. >> and if you get them teaching them early and several languagesthe rest of their lives. >> well, let me give you some numbers here. he is about 17 months old so he will be the national geography beecham pi yon. >> and bahamas, nassau. >> so if you want your kid to do well in school, get going early, because this kid is not in kindergarten. >> afghanistan, kabul. >>> and guys, the two favorite things on the planet are beer and cute ladies. >> two of the favorite things and we are not that simple. >> this is courtesy of the tipsy bartender youtube channel, and we have had him on the show before, and that is a blond german girl in a bikini pouring 360 cans of budweiser into a bathtub. >> i don't know if i approve of this. i'm a fan of the old budweiser king of beers. >> we enjoy a few of them. >> and she is sipping on the brew while she is filling up the tub. >> my brain is fighting itself right now, because i love it. that is a lot of brain down the drain so to speak. >> you could go in and drink the beer with a straw. >> before she washes her butt

already ignited funnel clouds in germany and hail have been reported, winds of has been reported in czech republic continuing this way. but we're still talking about the heat which is covering eastern and southern parts of europe. temperatures are in the 30s, and that's good to be continuing. so here as well, please, please take precautions for heatstroke. i'll leave you for nor the extended forecast. edition of "newsline." i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. we'll be back at the top of the hour. thanks for joining us on nhk world.  >> you need to know that mark mazzoni wrote this that here -- of course it's the first thing i would tell you. he is going to tell you. even more interesting than the fact that he wrote it here, he was here or it was while he was here that max was born. we are a full-service lace. [laughter] we handle books, families, personal lives. we are very proud of the factth

we have a report of 115 kilometers per hour, gusts reported in czech republic in the three-hour span,s of rain fell in the same country. and we have eight centimeter diameter in germany. that's going to be taking place in similar regions from northeastern spain and into finland today. temperatures are shaping up like this, and it will be continuing to be very hot across the central locations. so do be precaution for heatstroke. now for our extended forecast. >>> here's one more story to share with you before we go. workers at a zoo in osaka are helping the animals stay cool in scorching summer conditions. they're trying to keep temperatures down inside the enclosures as a heatwave takes hold outside. the creatures suffered as the temperature rose above 35 degrees celsius. many spend all of their time outside. workers have set up shades to protect the animals from direct sunlig sunlight. they have installed machines to spray water through the polar bear facility and they have also turned on air conditioning in the penguin cage. >> translator: they must feel cool. >> translator: i envy

the czech republic is headed for early elections after the prime minister lost a vote of confidence. >> he was appointed by the president just last month against the will of a majority of legislators. the vote was the latest development in an ongoing power struggle between the czech president and parliament. >> the standup has paralyzed policymaking for nearly two months with the economy struggling to recover from recession. >> after the vote, the prime minister said he would stay in until a new cabinet was formed or elections were held. >> my cabinet will continue its work and fulfill the administration's basic tasks. >> he has lost parliamentary support but still has the backing of his old ally. the president appointed him last month after his predecessor resigned over corruption. legislators felt he had bypassed them, but he is sticking to his choice and stepped up pressure on parliament ahead of the confidence vote. >> i assure you that i will not appoint a new government in the coming weeks. even if one were to subject me to rack torture. >> even without parliamentary backing, t

nukosh novi of the czech republic fought the government for the right to wear a head covering in hisongs to the church of the flying spaghetti monster. the devout are encouraged to wear a pasta screener on their heads. they call themselves pasta-farians. as think progress reports a check government spokesperson says mr. novi's request complies with the laws of the czech republic is permitted if it does not hide the face to which we say, thanks be to god ramen. >>> the second awesomist thing on the internet is a humbling public service announcement. the inventor of gif pronounces it like jif. we've all been mispronouncing the name of hell vet ka. the typeface seen in many a corporate logo. why should we trust ralph her irman? he's european, he knows what these sorts of things. mr. herriman is offering the proper pronunciation on his website. he's thus far only taken on the classy fonts of the old world so allow me to offer up the proper pronunciation of the foreaccessible typefaces. comic sans. and times new roman. and the third awesomest thing on the internet, it's first friday of au

already ignited funnel clouds in germany and hail have been reported, winds of has been reported in czech republicontinuing this way. but we're still talking about the heat which is covering eastern and central parts of the u.s. -- europe, excuse me. temperatures are in the 30s, and that's going to be continuing. so here as well, please, please take precautions for heatstroke. i'll leave you now for the extended forecast. >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. we'll back in about half an hour so do stay with us on nhk world. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: america's frosty relations with russia grew chillier today. president obama scrapped a planned summit in september, with russian president vladimir putin. good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, edward snowden's asylum, syria and more are all weighing on u.s.-russia relations. we dissect what's behind today's diplomatic rebuke. >> ifill: then, a sweeping overhaul of the nation's mortgage finance system. margaret warner explores th

. >> lawmakers in the czech republic have voted to resolve the lower house of parliament head of elections set for this fall. the country's former prime minister stepped down following a corruption scandal. now the leftist interim government has come under fire itself for mismanagement. >> american crime writer elmore leonard has died. he was 87. he wrote more than 40 novels, many of them made into tv shows or films, among them "shorty" and the paul newman movie "hombre." >> now to that very disturbing story from japan. radioactive water has leaked from a storage tank at japan's destroyed fukushima powerplant. >> operators say the leak is still ongoing and the highly toxic water has likely siege into the soil. the power plant was shut down because of severe damage from the 20 11th earthquake and tsunami. >> the leak is happening in one of the hundreds of tanks built to store huge amounts of contaminated water used to cool the reactors at fukushima. officials say a puddle that formed near the radiation is in meeting a dangerously high dose of radiation. >> 100 miller sieverts per hour is eq

the czech republic is headed for early elections after the prime minister lost a vote of confidence. >> he was appointed by the president just last month against the will of a majority of legislators. the vote was the latest development in an ongoing power struggle between the czech president and parliament. >> the standup has paralyzed policymaking for nearly two months with the economy struggling to recover from recession. >> after the vote, the prime minister said he would stay in until a new cabinet was formed or elections were held. >> my cabinet will continue its work and fulfill the administration's basic tasks. >> he has lost parliamentary support but still has the backing of his old ally. the president appointed him last month after his predecessor resigned over corruption. legislators felt he had bypassed them, but he is sticking to his choice and stepped up pressure on parliament ahead of the confidence vote. >> i assure you that i will not appoint a new government in the coming weeks. even if one were to subject me to rack torture. >> even without parliamentary backing, t

opportunity reacquaint himself with agreements the bush administration had agreed to with the czech republic, the placement of missile defense assets in europe, something he rejected shortly within his administration. that is something that would sell vladimir putin that we are serious. it would show we are not about rhetorical posturing. inda, about hispanic engagement. what advice do you have for our party to do a better job? >> i come from new hampshire and we have about a two percent hispanic voting population. it is funny when i get the immigration question. usually -- in canada, it is not really a problem. it is different in texas and all these places. it is a very important issue. the obvious problem which feeds mentioned at the beginning, when there is a loud voice saying something sensational and offensive, that sort of ends up being what is our position, which is ludicrous of course. we just have to accept that is the way it is going to be. so, --t we have to be doing is really again, this comes down to state and local officials, people in the community, in the neighborhoods. you h

became the first rider to win five races in his debut season with victory and burn out in the czech republic britain's cal crutchlow started on pole but crashed out on lap eight but marquez claimed his fourth win in a row to boost his bid to clinch the title at his first attempt the twenty year old finally overhauled longtime leader holder who had to settle for third after also being passed by danny in a second straight all spanish podium and a very happy marquette is now twenty six points clear at the top of the standings with seven races to go. i'm very very happy because honestly i didn't expect the big three here. and there marco as always throw here so they did that there's also the world idea is pretty big spread to finish in the bowl you but i'm so happy for for the boys for about there with because we're sort of eyes. well staying on two wheels and russian team yet when it is leading the supersport serious thanks to their british riders some lows who's going all out to win his and his team's first title as comforting but apple found that. after three seasons in the super sport series

before in america it originated pretty much in europe from people from the soviet bloc's like the czech republic and poland would hijack planes in go to west berlin or copenhagen of course, we do not call them hijackers but is scabies but hijackers had a bizarre background gangsters would hold up the liquor tracks so it was a criminal and pejorative connotation so they were escapees that was hijackers and happening all over the world and colombians especially. in the greeks and the most well-known of the hijackers were the liberation of palestine that had several high-profile hijacking of a very famous commando who famously hijacked a plane in 1969 and destroyed the cockpit is she got out of prison there is a very famous glamorous shot taken never buy a pulitzer prize total winning journalists holding the ak-47 and she has a ring on her ring finger made from a rifle showcasing the she was engaged to the revolutions as she was a very glamorous figure and underwent six surgeries to redo her face she did it with underground no anesthesia and then hijacked a plane is part of the massive operation an

the czech republic, bulgaria and italy also selling weapons to them, but that has officially been frozen. >> more coming up shortly in the france 24 debate. bradley manning has been sentenced to 35 years behind bars. wikileaks has described it as a strategic victory. >> his fate has been decided. bradley manning has been sentenced to 35 years in prison. last month, the former soldier was convicted of the biggest breach of classified data in the history of the united states. as manning was being sentence, hundoutside demanding justice. private manning has also been dishonorably discharged. his title has been reduced to the lowest rank of private and he has been stripped of all his pay and benefits. manning leaked over 700,000 secret documents to wikileaks. he insists that he only handed over information that he believed would not be harmful. under military law, his sentence will automatically be appealed. he will probably be eligible for parole after he has served at least 1/3 of his sentence. >> the level of severity has been upgraded on the fukushima water leakage. >> the worst contamin

obama comes into office oand the first thing he does is he stiffs our allies in the czech republic and poland over a missile defense system for europe and does so unilaterally with no consultation. putin looks amount at him and says he will stab his friends in the back. he is weak. i want to reset with you. i will send my secretary of state over with the little but ton from the reset button. wasn't that easy? he looks at him and says what are you doing? then he looks at him and says okay, the guy says gaddafi has got to go and takes no action. it's the french and brits who make him go. he is weak. two weeks ago he says bashar assad got to go. two years later is he still in power. he looks that the guy and says. putin looks at him and he is is he is weak. it's like the 90-pound >> bill: finally. >> it ain't going to happen. better not to do this. >> bill: now it's time for obama that call him out and slap him around verbally. >> i bet it hurt him deeply. i bet is he in fetal position crying because he has now been called a slouch in the back of the classroom. >> bill: putin is a little

the czech republic again.eject any idea of negotiating with russia about missile defenses and build and not worry about them. i don't think we should forget we should make china feel pain here for giving snowden asylum if are a couple of days and then allowing him to escape to moscow. the lesson putin learned watching what we did not do to china is putin could get away with it and so far they are both right. >> thank you. it has been an enormously dangerous thing as well. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> fox news alert amber alert across oregon and washington state for two children who may have been kidnapped by their mother's killer. the hunt is on for 1y5i78z dimaggio. he murdered a woman and took off with one or both of her children. the body of christina anderson was found in his burned down home. the remains of a child were also found and have not been identified. police believe dimaggio kidnapped hannah and ethan. they have not been seen since saturday. he is driving a blue 2013 nissan versa. anyone who

missile defense capability, trying to get those bases for radars and missiles in poland and the czech republic. i would reject any idea of negotiating with russia about missile defense. i would build what we need to build and not worry about them. i don't think we should forget. we should make china feel pain here for giving snowden asylum for a couple of days and allowing him to escape to moscow. the lesson putin learned watching what we did not do to china is putin could get away with it, the too. so far, they are both right. >> ambassador, thank you. this is complicated and dangerous as well. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >>> this is a fox news alert. amber alerts going out across oregon and washington state for two children who may have been kidnapped by their mother's killer. the nationwide man hunt is on for james dimaggio. police say he murder ed a woman and took off with one or both of her children. the body of christina henderson wu found in his burned down home. the remains of a child were found as well but weren't identified. police believe he kidnapped 16-year-old hannah and 8-year

gets involved, you know, in -- with russia and moves czech republic and the polish missile defense system. you know, our friends in the world look at us and say we're not standing with them. our enemies don't sufficiently fear us. >> i want to tackle that subject in a second. nathan, go to the criticism. >> when you focus this through the lens of domestic politics. that because the threat level increase happened overseas. we're talking about embassies. >> it wasn't here in the united states. >> right there are people who will criticize the president no matter what he does. but because there was a level of distance and it wasn't -- people standing in line at airports for four hours or something. i think -- there is little downside to the domestic policy or political front for the president. >> senator, i'm curious if you want to respond to sara's criticism there a little bit of the president. it's been a rough period for the president on foreign policy. i would say this issue, particularly of egypt, and you look at the snowden thing, you know, it's been a rough six months for the president

opportunity to reacquaint himself with the agreements that the bush administration had with the czech republic, poland, the place of missile defense assets in europe, something that he were rejected in his administration. those are the things that would tell the russian government, vladimir putin, that we are serious, we are not just about rhetorical posturing. we will actually take action. >> marilinda, back to you on hispanic engagement. what advice would you have to our party to do a better job? >> i love this question because i come from new hampshire and we have about a 2% hispanic population. it's funny when i get the immigration question, i usually start by saying, well, in canada is not really a problem -- anyway, it is a different experience than it is in texas, out west. but it is a very important issue. the problem, which feeds off of what t.w. mentioned, unfortunately, when there is a loud voice saying something sensational or offensive, that is what is plastered all over the news. that ends up being our position, which is ludicrous, of course. we just have to accept that is the wa

from people from the soviet bloc after world war ii, like the czech republic and poland would hijack a plane to go to west berlin or copenhagen and escort but, of course, we didn't call them hijackers, we call them escapees because we like them. in fact, hijacker had he majority back rent but it's from the prohibition era, gangsters would hold a liquor trucks and it comes from the thing, holger hands high, jack. so the truck hijackers for liquor is working from, kind of a criminal for jordan in addition to the people who originated in europe were escapees and then it became hijackers when it was in america. but it is happening all over the world. i talk in the book will be about the happening a lot with revolutionaries in south america, columbians a special were injured but a lot of revolutionaries in europe, germans, greeks were really into this. i think the most well-known practitioners of hijackings were palestinians. the popular front for the liberation of palestine was involved in several high profile hijackings and to talk about one woman in this book, very famous command of wh

but i met havel in the czech republic. i met lech walesa and sukova in poland. and in asia, i met with the japanese prime minister and the south korean head of state, and all the chinese communist leaders -- jiang zemin and li peng. c-span: who of all those people impressed you the most -- personally, not their political beliefs? >> guest: boris yeltsin, simply because i'm fascinated by russian politics and russian history, and he's just such a formidable presence. even walking into the room, he's just quite a force in his own right. and i admired him very much for having such a tremendous influence in bringing the end of communism to his state. c-span: when does your second book come out? >> guest: next fall. it will be published by random house. i haven't titled it yet, but it will deal with nixon's foreign policy views and it will deal with nixon's views on scandal more extensively: whitewater, watergate, the clarence thomas hearings, the kennedys. it will deal with the legacy of vietnam and what nixon saw the legacy of vietnam as for the united states, and t

we abandoned missile defense installations in poland and czech republic, two countries pursuing democraticourses, very good friends of the united states, hillary clinton, secretary of state, placed a call to the president from poland at midnight, refused to take the call, and i don't blame him a bit. the idea that if we were nicer, sweeter, made concessions to putin, his russia would be our phren was a fallacy from the beginning, and it appears that president obama has finally figured that out. it took him longer than it took jimmy carter to learn about the communists. dagen:ments to avoid another photo op like in northern island sitting in the chair next to putin looked, well, laughable, absolutely laughable, was it not? >> well, it's, you know, russia is a much less important country in the world as it is today than 25 years ago when it was one of two nuclear -- antagonistic superpowers. it's got half or less of the population than it did then. its economic heft, unfortunately, is not strong, and it's exports oil and natural gas when u.s. production of those things is now increasing, and

in the czech republic, who knew an albino crocodile swims in the zoo which has one of the rare speciesrse during a track session at lady bay beach. in massachusetts, president obama rides a bike during his family vacation. hope he's relaxing and enjoying it. "hot shots," pictures from around the world. >>> the national hurricane center is watching the tropical disturbance off mexico's yucatan peninsula with the potential to become a tropical storm in the next few days. it could create even more problems for parts of the southeast already getting hammered with heavy rain. let's bring in our chief meteorologist, the severe weather expert, chad myers. he's tracking the storm. what's going on, chad? >> well, the organization still isn't there, wolf, which means this isn't gaining any strength right now. the risk is that this is very warm water. this could explode at any time. and let me tell you, there's not even a computer program that's saying that. there are no models that are saying explosive growth, but it concerns me when you have a storm that could be so close to the u.s. that could

gregg: put the missile defense system back in the czech republic in poland.me, pull out of s.t.a.r.t.? >> the president new he was obligated to go to the g 8 summit. our allies are there. there is no way we would disrespect them because we were disrespected in a bilateral relationship with russia. the president knew he couldn't cancel st. petersburg. he knew he had an opportunity to confront putin on his home territory and talk about the bilateral, relationship in a frank, open, honest way on putin's turf. that's exactly what he should have done. by kicking putin in the butt, in the kremlin or in moscow and then boeing to the g 8, he would have got high-fives from the allies and gotten tremendous good press across the board. gregg: mike, the other point bolton made, maybe it's a legitimate one, look, the record reflects that president obama has been outmanueverred and embarrassed consistently by president putin and seemed to be underscored yesterday by jay carney, the press secretary. i will quote him. he was citing recent failures. our lack proving guess on

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