to receive the czech republic's highest honor, the order of the white lion. and to meet some of the 669 czech people and their families hewinton winton down plays what he did as he told cnn in 2013. >> of course, it is wrong to say i was saving children's lives. i mean, there was no war on. there might not have been a war. you know, it was all very speculative at the time. it is eyasier to say now saving lives because we know what happened subsequently. but we didn't at the time. i mean, it might have all been for nothing, nothing might have happened. >> there were eight winton kinder transports from telegrpro london. a ninth train didn't get out in time. of the 50 people on that train, none is believed to have survived. >> i mean, it is very gratifying to know that what i did was successful. but i mean, if other countries had participated we could have saved many more. if the americans had taken children at the time. >> winton's exploits only came to light in the late '80s when his wife found his scrap book. he is not well known outside of britain other than

canada, the czech republic -- they allowed the czech republic to enter canada and arrivals increased 36% in the following years. russia opened up to hong kong in 2009. the volume of arrival from hong kong to russia jumped 184% in the following three years. with this background, we can ask ourselves what will happen if the program were reversed or curtailed? you can reasonably assume it would be the opposite of the benefits we have realized. that also case studies countries it would wisely have restated these requirements and there are some examples. canada renewed the czech republic in june 2009. after two years, they decided to reinstate the requirement. arrivals from the czech republic to canada declined 70%. canada also impose the visa requirement to mexico in june 2009. mexican arrivals to canada dropped nearly 50% over the next three years. imposed visa requirements on south africa in 2009. it ensued a decline of 30% from that market. is with this background that visa requirements are fundamentally the self-imposed values of trade. the visa waiver program benefited 31% of our ov

from czech republic in the following years. russia opened up to hong kong in 2009. the volume of arrivals to russian federation from hong kong, china, jumped 184% in the following three years. so we can then with this background ask ourselves what would happen if the visa waiver program were reversed or curtailed? you could reasonably assume that it would be the opposite of the benefits that were realized when it was introduced but there are also case studies of what has happened when countries have perhaps ill-advisedly restated visa requirements. and there are a few examples of this. canada renewed the visa requirement on the czech republic in june of 2009. so after liberalizing for two years, they decided to reinstate that requirement. well, arrivals over the next three years from the czech republic to canada declined 70%. canada also imposed a visa requirement on mexico in june of 2009 and over the next three years mexican arrivals to canada dropped nearly 50%. and then the uk, also another case study here, imposed visa req

it was five years ago that obama was in the neighboring country, the czech republic, for a major address in prague, where he called for a nuclear free world. >> so today, i state clearly and with conviction, america's commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons. [applause] states willnited take concrete steps toward a world without nuclear weapons. to put an end to cold war thinking, we will reduce the role of nuclear weapons in our national security strategy and urge others to do the same. make no mistake. as long as these weapons exist, the united states will maintain a safe, secure arsenal to deter any adversary, and guarantee that defense to our allies, including the czech republic. begin the work of reducing our arsenal. to reduce our warheads and stockpiles. we will negotiate a new strategic arms reduction treaty with the russians this year. [applause] to achieve a global ban on nuclear testing, my administration will immediately and aggressively pursue u.s. ratification of the conference of test ban treaty. after more than five decades of thes, it

czech republic, how to lions ended up in a bohemian village. and sweden, where right-wing extremism is on the rise. there are a few more days to go before voters go to the polls in scotland to decide if they want to be an independent country and leave the united kingdom. 4 million people are eligible to vote and an increasing number are saying yes. it would mean a centuries-old dream fulfilled at last. the id of scotland becoming an independent country was a nightmare. it is not a surprise that an opinion is particularly divided along the border between england and scotland. >> scotland welcomes you, reads the scott -- reads the sign. there is little to show visitors have left and went. the border runs along the river. here in the town of coldstream malcolm campbell applies his trade. he takes tourists on fly fishing trips. most of the visitors are english and yet he is in favor of scottish independence. >> i am very much a yes of voter. there is no anti-english sentiment at all. it is not westminster. westminster is a huge dinosaur that is not

the czech republic grew 31% the year after. hungary 15%, slovakia 44%. clearly this program has a significant impact. within the competitive environment though, resting on our laurels, much less stepping backward is clearly a bad option. there is serious marketing and product development going on around the world to compete for these various bases to establish a brand u.s.a., the market of the united states a couple years ago has been a major step forward in being able to compete. but they're competing against a global budget of destinations working themselves that's $4 billion. so other destinations are competing very strongly. though the tide has been turned over the last two years in terms of market share, if you look at since 2000, the united states has lost market share of global travel. it's lost market share from south america, from europe, and from asia. and some of the products we been involved with as a firm have actually been helping governments around the world and consortium of regional grouping countries such as a pack, ac on, look at how c

czech republic, how to lions ended up in a bohemian village. and sweden, where right-wing extremism is on the rise. there are a few more days to go before voters go to the polls in scotland to decide if they want to be an independent country and leave the united kingdom. 4 million people are eligible to vote and an increasing number are saying yes. it would mean a centuries-old dream fulfilled at last. the id of scotland becoming an independent country was a nightmare. it is not a surprise that an opinion is particularly divided along the border between england and scotland. >> scotland welcomes you, reads the scott -- reads the sign. there is little to show visitors have left and went. the border runs along the river. here in the town of coldstream malcolm campbell applies his trade. he takes tourists on fly fishing trips. most of the visitors are english and yet he is in favor of scottish independence. >> i am very much a yes of voter. there is no anti-english sentiment at all. it is not westminster. westminster is a huge dinosaur that is not

flown in from london to prague to receive the czech republic's highest honor, the order of the whitend to meet some of the 669 czech people and their families he is credited with saving just before the outbreak of the second world war. >> thank you very much for the great honor you have done to his memory by conferring upon him in memoriam, this wonderful insignia. >> winton has been dubbed the british oscar schindler. as a 29-year-old stockbroker, winton arranged a kinder transport to get the children, most of whom were jewish, out of the country. he helped to get a permit for each child and crucially, organized foster families for each child. in order for british authorities to let them stay. winton down plays what he did, as he told cnn in 2013. >> of course it's wrong to say i was saving children's lives. i mean, there was no war on. you know, it was all very speculative at the time. it's easier to say now, saving lives, because we know what happened subsequently. but we didn't at the time. i mean, it might have all been for nothing. nothing might have happened. >> there were eig

czech republic, how to lions ended up in a bohemian village. and sweden, where right-wing extremism is on the rise. there are a few more days to go before voters go to the polls in scotland to decide if they want to be an independent country and leave the united kingdom. mi

suspected cases in the czech republic and france have proved negative. two hong kong now where student leaders have warned they will escalate protests if government officials refused to return to the negotiating table -- to hong kong now. >> many have brought tents to show their persistence after the local government canceled talks on thursday, calling the protests illegal and the students' insistence on greater voting rights and compatible with hong kong's constitution. we stay with the theme of china because trade between the world's second-largest economy and germany is set to grow next year after the leaders of the countries signed off on a number of agreements. >> it will not only deepen economic ties but increase cooperation in areas like research, health, and technology. >> china is a key market for high-end german products, and china was germany's number three trading partner last year, its biggest outside europe. >> it was also china's human rights record up for discussion as well. >> dialogue as a path to greater trust -- the chancellor and pre

(train horn honking) - prague, czech-republic is a must-stop for travelers the world over. by overnight train. the whole crew crammed into one small cabin. yeah, it was tight, but it was cheap, and i'm paying, so there you go. this train may not have been the best for sleep, but with a sight like prague as a wakeup call, it was totally worth it. the castle was incredible. i've never seen anything like it. i know i'm not always the most eloquent wordsmith, but mere words can't possibly do prague justice, anyway. fine, sir, your tram has arrived. when i travel, i like to dig below the surface. we're going deep. let's take the road less traveled and find the real and raw side of prague.

hungary, poland, slovakia, and the czech republic.hey addressed the crowd of some 200,000, was absolutely quiet listening to them. and then broke into applause you regularly -- irregularly, deeply moved by what they said. this is a celebration not just of the unification of germany and the liberation of east germany, but also of the freedom of modern europe. >> leipzig were members a special night 25 years ago. john, thanks a lot. >> staying here in germany, police have seized at 330 kilo shipment of heroin. with a street value of, get this, 15 million euros -- possibly the biggest haul ever confiscated in the country. >> the shipment was found hidden in a truckload of pickled vegetables that arrived from iran. after months of investigations, police have arrested two brothers of syrian descent who run businesses in germany. police think they are connected to a syrian-iraqi drug gain that could be behind the smuggling. >> a number of refugees around the world -- the number of refugees around the world is the highest since record-keepin

it's open in the capital of the czech republic, prague. >> you get in a bath filled with water, barley yeast. it's kept at 98 degrees. >> during your 30-minute session, you can have all the beer you want from the tub-side tap. when you dry off and leave, they give you a bottle of it for a souvenir. >> why is it beneficial to dip yourself in beer? >> maybe after a few beers it makes sense. >> everything does after a few beers. >> it's all models at this place. >>> for some of you, your local news is next. >>> for everyone else, we're back with the ticket to true happiness. hey, how you doin'? it hurts. this is what it can be like to have shingles. a painful blistering rash. if you had chicken pox, the shingles virus is already inside you. as you get older your immune system weakens and it loses its ability to keep the shingles virus in check. i just can't stand seeing him like this. he's in pain. one in three people will get shingles in their lifetime. the shingles rash can last up to 30 days. i wish that there was something i could do to help. some people with shingles will have long t

nicholas winton was awarded the teder of the white lion, the czech republic's highest citation, and receivedth the humility with which he had done his heroic work. >> in a way, perhaps, i shouldn't have lived so long to give everybody the opportunity to exaggerate everything in the way they are doing today. >> reporter: it would be hard to exaggerate what nicholas winton did. in 1938, with the nazis already occupying part of then- czechoslovakia and preparing to roll over the rest, nicholas winton, then a 29-year- old london stockbroker, had gone to prague and decided that if no one else would get the country's threatened jewish children out, he would. he found the families. he made lists. and as he told bob simon of "60 minutes" earlier this year, he wouldn't take no for an answer. >> i work on the motto that if something's not impossible there must be a way of doing it. >> reporter: he badgered governments to allow the kids in. the u.s. refused but the british finally agreed. and when bureaucracy dragged its feet, he forged visas and spread money around to move things along. >> took a bit

the announcement came yesterday, the czech republic ordered similar screenings. >>> some other news thating for you today. a company in connecticut is producing high-risk ebola kits and delivering them to new york's emergency responders. each kit contains a facemask, gloves, a gown, biohazard bag for infectious materials. the owner says business has been nonstop. >>> australian prime minister tony abbott says the country is preparing for a potential ebola outbreak there. he's been pressured to send medical teams to west africa. he says today the government has given $18 million to help fight ebola internationally and now the focus is being prepared in australia. >>> at least one school in cleveland, ohio, is being cleaned overnight. a teacher may have come in contact with the nurse from dallas who is now infected with ebola. that teacher is being asked to stay home today. two other cleveland area schools are closed today as well. >>> now for a look ahead, we want to take a look at lawmakers on capitol hill. they'll be hearing testimony on the ebola crisis. dr. thomas frieden, the directo

i'm just back from the czech republic and i was struck that our friends there are as concerned about the growth of cynicism and illusions about the dangers they face as we are here, some of us are here. we will soon be something the 20th anniversary of the velvet revolution with a ceremony in the u.s. capital unveiling a bust. which were member how strongly he felt about the suicidal character policy that that never economic and security interests so proceed about freedom and human rights and his concern that sacrificing values to serve interest would end up undermining both. i think the best way to rebuild a democratic conviction is to connect americans to people on the front lines of democratic struggles around world, people who know the dangers and/or prepared to sacrifice to defend their dignity. drawing spirit from them and maintain a lifelong of support for their work is important not just for them but for the security and future of her own democracy. thanks. >> thanks a much, carl. >> thank you much. it's a pleasure to be here. let me just note, since i am definitely with the

countries like ease germany, 40% .ely, austria is 80% czech republic and hungary are 100%.e russians to interrupt the supplies to the ukraine for any reason because they jack the price up again, it is going to have a knock on effect on the economies of central and eastern europe. vested interest today. >> even the u.k., tucson extent -- to some extent. there a supply agreement with russia. rise, will inevitably that news in the winter. we had this conversation every winter. saying we must be less reliant on russian gas. yet here we are again. >> we are still relying on a rush we will be for a long time. in five years or 10 years, one of the ways in which europe may be able to diversify could be receiving lng shipments from the u.s. were starting to see that happen out of the baltics. equipment arriving that is going to make lng possible. how would just a click feasible is it to make that happen? logistically feasible is that? >> it costs a lot of money. you have to take a view of how robust in europe. is it going to grow to justify that investment. that is a big issue that

what fear had czech republic or hungary or poland, what fear? it was the intention -- other countries, coming to countries. for those, the same issue. all those countries, what fear they had. now they're members of nato, okay. fear, what fear? russian is a stupid country. i think mainly they are trying to let us see, i said about results of the election a lot via. i think they had reasonable people. they wanted to gain, create this inflation of russian threat. russian threat, what? i will tell you. in latvia, you know perfectly well, 30% of the population without nationality. i worked with european union. i was speaking with your. please, do you think this is acceptable? what is the reason? why they don't have nationality? because they are not from latvia, but this is not their problem. day, although not, they are living there because they are russians only. and i said, we don't want to impose them, our conditions. please, impose the only. the rules of counsel of europe, the rule of the oecd and nothing else, then there's no problem. that's why

>> i thought that was a former czech republic date. face bong is scary ease especially when you look in the mirror you say holy mackral what happened to me? >> i would not go near that. these novelty aspects of smoking weed are more of the more simplistic way where i can control it and looking for an e sig. >> this is used to smoke dabs which is a highly, highly concentrated form of pot. you should never, ever try it. you will be the first to -- >> i will be the first one. glia what it is, it is butane hash oil or bho. i think we know what else has the officials bho, barak hussein obama. i don't know what, but something is going on. >> it is pot illusion. >> cannabis is more like can ya yabiss. i did that on the spot, america. a lot of people don't do that. >> joanne, would you wear something like this if you could drink wine out of it? >> it is art and i respect art. that's a talent. this would be a nice decantur for wine drinking. you don't break the phac when it is on your face it is good. >> but you would prefer a pot cake pot or g

stage, i think some of this started when the administration decided to pull out of poland, and czech republic, the intercept or program that was meant to defend europe and u.s. against any lauren that become out of iran, well russia pushed, for administration to pull that out, when this was done, i think other nations took our measure, not just putin but in beijing, and iran. i remember the difference of this approach compareed to reagan, when reagan became president, he had hostages hill in iran, they were released the day he was inaugurateed. in order to avoid reagan you know, he had credibi said this won't stand. we have russia, on the advance at this point in time, but within secon 6 months that had n inverseed, i think leadership is what is missing here that is what i want to convey. leadership from the president. lou: there seem to -- seems to e leadership asserted on part of china, russia skpeurbg ran, they arskpeurbgran, theyrush -- skp e working corporate live and toward an end that they share. and there seems to be no tragedyic response what so ever from the administration. are you

so he was fighting from nurn berg to the czech republic. as he came to the live realm, the first round came in by german aircraft. then led the georgiaen infantry terrain followed by romanian tank battalion and the u.s. attacked from a different flank. so what i'm seeing is increased op prablt and partnerships we have created and we have trained towards. i'm sorry i can't talk specifically to those readiness rates, but what i can tell you is the forces we're training with are ready and well equipped. >> i don't know if he still has a question. >> my question is linked in some way to the previous one, slightly broader. two threats. cno two days ago said here that if he had a real nightmare it was isolationism is a policy here in the united states. i'd like your comment on that. and then the second threat follows on austerity u. every country is being lent on heavily to reduce their debt. almost to the state where any price will go. spain, 27.7% unemployed, dreadful ee that as r your threat? >> i think the threat to isolationism is one that -

the northerlands looking to bounce back from their defeat against the czech republic. >>> now to thehere it will be very special day for football, where landon donovan will play the final game for his country. he will now play for the galaxy and wear the captain's arm band for the final game. he has made 156 appearances for the united states. he is the all-time leading goal scorer for 57. his 57 career assists also a world record. his best performance coming in 2002 as the united states reached the quarter finals. the u.s. coach has paid tribute to the retiring star. for more now we're joined by united states football writer, and john, put it into context how big his contribution has been to united states football, soccer. >> i think he has been the face of u.s. soccer for the last 15 years. an entire generation of fans has seen him lead the team. whether that was in 2002 or the 2009 confederation's cup when the u.s. beat spain and went on to the final or even 2010 when he helped lead the team to the round of 16. >> what is the feeling among soccer fans about the decision? >> i think

six points behind iceland and the czech republic. >> they know how well they did in the last two gameshat to expect, but iceland did well. credit to them. i think we were a bit too sloppy at times when we had the ball. >>> the final round of qualifiers for the africa cup of nations take place on wednesday with cameroon preparing to take on sierra leone in the first match. cameroon have had to host sierra leone in both legs since the teams are banned from playing in their own country because of the ebola outbreak. the two sides played out to a 0-0 draw on saturday with sierra leone players being mocked with chants of ebola, ebola. the cameroon coach has warned his players not to be fearful. >> translator: at the medical level we are very well-informed. he know what was done to protect the team and its environment. for me it's very important to be careful. >>> cricket legend isn't used to being on the losing side. but he watched his new football team take part in the indian superteam. they were playing their first-ever game in the competition. former engineer keeper said his team can win

with her from state department officials and a former ambassador to the czech republic. it's hosted by the foreign policy research institute and the kennan institute. >> good morning, everyone. i think we will get started. i am matt rojansky, correct of the kennan institute. i'm very pleased to cosponsor and present this conference to you. welcome all of you this morning. is a question this is a time and an important subject. it's always been an important subject but i think never has been more timely for us in particular in the russia-ukraine, former soviet world, the question of whether democracy, the development of democracy, democracy building and democracy promotion matters, whether it can be successful, what other tools it takes to make it. so this all questions i think we will address today, particularly compelling now. and i think questions on which many other important questions hinge, including those of security and prosperity, not only for the region that we work on at the kennan institute but for the wider world. i look forward to being the insights that our

they enjoyed a brief romance when she spent six weeks with him in the czech republic but they're no longererican model but congratulations on a lot of things there. >> a lot of things there. >> a lot going on there. models and ex-girlfriends and babies. congratulations, jude. >>> the latest batman ben affleck. he's currently filming "batman versus superman." we got a glimpse of him. i was talking about it online. we know how he was able to fill that bat suit out. he's been working out with the michigan state football team. >> he surprised the team there and opened up with comments saying i'm batman. he continued by giving the team a pep talk which can be boiled down to, go beat indiana. the spartans will play indiana tomorrow on espn. we'll see if he actually inspired the team. >> they should win that game no matter what. anybody can give that pep talk and they should beat indiana. no offense, but come on. >>> let's turn to kerry washington. love this story. she's the star of "scandal." she's turning heads with her latest close-up. >> the 37-year-old actress posed for the cover of "allure"

. >> also ahead, a man called britain's schindler receives the czech republic's highest award for savingn world war ii. we begin with this quote, we'll fix it and learn from it. those words from a nasa official after a rocket blew up seconds after takeoff late tuesday night,

there is suspect case in prague at the czech republic. at world bank imf. cdc director tom frieden struck ominous note likening this outbreak to the emergence of aids back in the 1980s. >> in the 30 years i've been working in public health the only thing like this has been aids. we have to work on this so this is knot the next aids. >> he worried about the economic impact of ebola to the degree it has in west africa. here at home in dallas this afternoon, house homeland security mike mccaul is holding a hearing at dfw airport discussing response of the texas ebola. they will focus one number of dropped balls. why the hospital sent thomas eric dug can home after he first came in. thankfully no other cases emerged in dallas. duncan's closest contacts remain in isolation. none of them have shown any symptoms which is pretty remarkable. we earlier spoke with the dr. anthony fauci, that the nih has begun testing of a candidate ebola vaccine in the country of mali. now there are no ebola cases in mali but they chose three health care workers that they're going to

so those would be poland, czech republic, slovakia, the baltic countries.and this work has provided me with an unintended but i still think valuable and unique perspective on the effectiveness of the u.s. democracy assistance. so what i'd like to be in my presentation today is give you a quick sense of the central and european europeans are promote democracy with that teaches us but effectiveness of u.s. assistance. then i will move on to briefly reflect on the effectiveness of the center and eastern european themselves of one of the potential cooperation opportunities i see a joint eastern, central europe and the u.s. in the field of democracy promotion. without worrying about central and eastern european to marx promotion and some country and started immediately after their own democratic breakthrough. and it was championed by some of the same people who organize those domestic breakthroughs. so given the nature of those regime change in center and eastern europe, civil society asking an important and driving role in terms of democracy promotion, but as -

netherlands for the first time in history and the dutch is third and six points behind ice land and czech republicto expect but ice land did well and credits to them and we were a bit too sloppy at times when we had the ball. >> reporter: there were nine qualifiers in total taking place on monday and drawing 1-1 with belgium and bosnia without a win in the games and helping out whales and wins for croatia on the top of group h. world champions germany find themselves in a rare position of looking to regroup after a defeat. germany lost 2-0 to poland in - 0-2016 match and republic of island later on tuesday. >> translator: i think the self confidence in the team is very high. we are the world champions although we lost some recents games and world champions doesn't mean you are unbeatable but we are all in top form again and want to show the world again we are almost unbeatable. >> reporter: world cup runners of argentina will take on hong kong in a few hours time and building toward next year's copa america in chile and not quite the draw you expect and half of the 40,000 tickets available having

and up until today, just britain, france and the czech republic had that screening in place.ember, many flights from west africa come to europe. or go to america through europe. so i meanvy been to sierra leone many times and it's just a six-hour flight from london to there. some of the flights have been canceled over the crisis, but those flights continue. the screening in the uk is being extended across the euro star, gat wick airport in london. birmingham and manchester. one of the things that the british prime minister was saying is he thinks the screening ought to be extended across the continent. if it feels like there has been a struggle to fashion a coordinated response in the u.s. you can imagine in europe, a collection of independent states, it's even more challenging to get a coordinated response. and worldwide, it really does feel and many of the people you're talking about are saying this -- it really does feel as if the world is just waking up to the kind of response that's needed. >> keir simmons, indeed, thank you so much. >>> and now to our daily fix. this af

word,d from a german shakespeare or a small town in the czech republic. which is correct?c."will go with they made a silver coin. it was the main currency in europe for nearly 500 years. everyone has referred to this rule -- >> the eddie murphy role? >> a super complicated thing about trading places. it's about the only film i've ever seen about this whole world of finance. that's really accurate heard >> really had of its time. -- really ahead of its time. >> love it. cftc? are there too many acronyms for wall street? >> outsiders certainly think so. it's certainly an optical 20 standing at -- obstacle to understanding it. when mario draghi was talking abst the ecb announcing with detailed modalities to follow, it's not really clear that that is english. industrynancial intentionally does this because they profit from misunderstanding. >> it keeps coming up. this question of intent. the intent doesn't really matter because if somebody is talking -- if that person is deliberately trying to confuse a civilian or this language is bamboozling, it doesn't matter. >> tweet us.

but fear had czech republic, or hungry, or poland. it was the intention that the first of a european union. and other countries, you are coming to these countries. for those, the same issue. all these countries what fear they had. remember though, now they're members of nato, okay. fear, what fear? russia is a stupid motion. good start third world war. mainly they are trying to let us see, i sent about without elections. i think that they have also reasonable people. they wanted to gain, creating this inflation of russian threat. russian threat, what? i will tell you. in latvia, you know perfectly well, 30% of the population without nationality. i worked with european union. i was speaking with council europe. please, do we think this is acceptable? what is the reason? why they don't have nationality? because they are not from latvia. but this is not their problem. all their life they're living there because they are russians only. and i said, we don't want to impose our conditions. please, impose them only. the rules of council europ

albania the czech republic estonia hungary italy and the netherlands have all contributed further militarymportance of a strong international coalition to address this threat posed by isil and other similar organizations. so the international communities are working cooperatively to starve isil of funding and weapons and prevent the flow of foreign fighters. resolute efforts have been directed as seeking to prevent the unfolding humanitarian disaster. austria ireland japan kuwait luxembourg new zealand norway slovakia south korea spain sweden switzerland have contributed significant packages of humanitarian assistance ss australia. madam speaker the grave threat posed by isil and similar organizations in the middle east and beyond means that decisive international action is essential. the international community is uniting to combat the terrorist threat in iraq and syria to play its part. >> there are an estimated 60 australians who are fighting alongside islamic states in iraq and syria. there are some who have returned back home home and it's that terrorism threat is being taken very ser

time and again i was told, whether it was the baltics or the czech republic or slovakia, the inclusion of these countries in the visa waiver program was the final step in recognizing their migration from being under the control of the former soviet union into becoming full members of the association of freedom loving and democratic states. it was not just an economic travel issue but it was a moral and political issue for these countries. by the way, if you ever want to experience real gratitude, it's to go to a country which has been admitted into the program and to see how even every day people react to being told that they're finally in the category, equivalent to that of western european allies that we have had within the program for a long period of time. in fact, even my barber here in the u.s. who is from korea made a point of saying the next time i wanted to get my haircut, thank you very much for admitting korea to the visa waiver program. so it was very, very meaningful. but i'm leer to talk about the program not in light of my experience in 2008, but in light of where we are

effective arsenal to deter any adversary and guarantee that defense to our allies including the czech republicwork of reducing our arsenal. >> that was the first big foreign policy speech of barack obama's presidency back in 2009. sometimes known just as the prague speech. it's the address in which the new president laid out his plan for nuclear disarmament, something that had been one of his passions even while he was in the u.s. senate. maybe he wouldn't be able to get rid of the entire u.s. arsenal, but he had ambitious plans, big plans, to reduce it significantly. when he won the nobel peace prize later that year the committee attached special importance to obama's vision and work for a world without nuclear weapons. but now five years later comes this. a recent report from "the new york times" that's spawned other new reports as well that details how the obama administration is now engaged in a quote, nationwide wave of atomic revitalization. a $355 billion plan over the next decade to upgrade weapons, plants laboratories and delivery systems. the president who set out to move america and

a driver attempting to park into a spot in the czech republic but not having much luck.ll a little too close to the next car so she used the passenger side door to get out. well at least there was no one filming it at the time to embarrass her. >> we're not showing it over and over. >> my favorite piece of video of the morning. >> the focus was on faith and family values at a two week vacation meeting of catholic leaders that just wrapped up yesterday. >> there appears to be no consensus on the idea of welcoming nontraditional families. >> fox news religion contributor whose book "the wave of serenity" is on the "new york times" reading list for four weeks. you were just saying in the break that some of them weren't that accurate. >> no. but, you know, even our introduction picked up what the general news is saying out there. there was a big question of whether the catholic church should welcome, for example, gay couples into the church. of course. i think every bishop there and certainly the pope and all the cardinals say welcome, of course. what is the church for but t