in the czech republic, where the death penalty was banned in 1990, there are only 35 lifers.tto 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 calm, 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: in

. >> a popular saying, don't shoot the messenger in czech republic. don't shoot the delivery guy. that guy is yelling saying i ordered presents for my family. where am i going to get presents now? >> it's not that guy's fault. >> you're right. that is lost on coat man. now he is saying, i want to see if my delivery is supposed to be there he's got christmas stress. he claims it is real. >> the tv falls out of the truck. >> picks up what looks like a hockey club. then he goes nuts. >> he smashes in the side view mirror then the window. he realizes he's on camera. accordin to the g who posted the video, this dude did about $2,500 worth of damage. what a jerk. >> he has turned this video over to police and they are investigating. >> most of us are still excited about opening our christmas gifts tomorrow. >> we're all excited. >> some people got their christmas gifts early and they are awesome. these girls, hannah, ruby and georgia, got a couple of gifts and they are opening them up. >> that's cool. >> they are confuse d. why would they need a dog pole? they are getting a dog. >> oh,

click or call. >>> when we traveled to the czech republic for "lockup world tour," we encountered onee most unusual prisons we had ever seen. >> i remember we went into this beautiful little village of mirov. it was like being transported into another time. it was beautiful and quaint. there were none of the trappings i'm used to, billboards, advertisement, fast food places. then on top of a mountain was this gorgeous old castle and that was mirov prison. >> inside this fairytale-like 13th century castle we had an encounter with a man whose life was anything but a fairytale. his name was vladimir kuna. >> i heard a lot about vladimir kuna when i got to mirov prison. he was one of the most notorious inmates housed there. because he was such a high profile inmate he had to be taken into a specific cell before we were able to go in and interview him. so there was this big buildup about his notorious crimes. the violence. he was like a character out of "goodfellas." when i started talking to vladimir, i was a little surprised. he was a very calm, gentle guy. he was relating his situation

. >> there's a popular saying, don't shoot the messenger, in the czech republic they need another saying, don't beat up the delivery guy. >> hey. >> according to the poster, that guy is yelling saying, i ordered presents for my family that present hasn't been delivered, where am i going to got presents now? >> it's no that guy's fault. >> absolutely, it's not that guy's fault. according to poster of the video, he says i want to look at your clipboard, see if my delivery's supposed to be there. this guy's not rational. he's got the christmas stress. slings the clipboard on the ground. now he's in the van. >> this is almost unbelievable. >> we reached out to the poster of the video. he claims it absolutely is real. >> oh! >> there goes the delivery guy. >> the tv falls out of the truck. delivery guy comes rolling out. hockey club and then he goes nuts. he smashes in the side view mirror, and then the window. but then he realized he's on camera. according to the guy who posted the video, the dude did about 2500 u.s. worth of damage. >> his packages don't show up on time and include other pe

czech republic and switzerland. second period, the game tied. scores on the rebound. rod was the shark's second round pick earlier this year. they get the assist. switzerland rolls, 5-2 is your final. terry, he is smooth on the ice. isn't that right? >> if i don't slip and fall too badly. i was never a hockey guy. >> you were something. >> thank you very much, henry and thank you for joining us. we'll see you back here tonight at 11:00. until then, have a great evening. >>> i believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and have lived here. >> immigration reform is in the crosshairs of american politics with critics accusing president obama of violating the constitution, but is he doing anything his predecessors haven't already done? >> i think there's a bit of a scare mongering effort to make this seem like this is going to be much more impactful to californians than it really will. >>> the oil lobby says they'll boom rang right back up and then some in krocalifornia. is there any truth to that claim? >>> oakland grabs the crown of california crim

÷x÷x÷x÷x÷x (train horn honking) - prague, czech-republic is a must-stop for travelers the world over.t 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.

. >> reporter: welcome to the czech republic. home of the beer and the beautiful. a moment. but first -- >> i love you! >> reporter: the beer. they drink more of it here per person than any other country in the world. and they make gallons of the stuff, too. now, the thing about prague is that there is pretty much everywhere you look in this city, beer. come with me. we're going to a beer spa. yes, you heard it right. a health spa with beer. or, more accurately, in beer. this is it? there are no sweetly scented scandals here, it's yeast, malt and hops. an entire microbrewery, if you like, all dumped into a heated spa bath. >> if you would brew the beer, it comes out. >> reporter: can i have a smell? >> yes. it's very, very strong. >> reporter: not everyone in prague looks like this, so, don't come here expecting it. >> because of the green color, so it looks like something tirdy lake, maybe, but it's like good, it's not smelling so bad. >> reporter: so, it looks like dirty water and it smells, but they claim it will be good for you. cleansing the skin with vitamin

the president of the czech republic, oslo, the defense minister of the czech republic and the present of slovakia, both of them like an stationing of nato troops on the territories, both of these treasure our members, likened the stationing of nato jets on their territory as being akin to the 1968 warsaw pact invasion of chocolate hockey. these are leaders of democratic allies and members of nato in good standing. hungary at this point would probably not be able to join the eu, given the democratic backsliding that we have seen there. the russians have an expert at using edward snowden, how everything he got to moscow, whether he was a russian agent from the beginning or did he end up miraculous in moscow. they had used them remarkably well in turning european public opinion against the united states, particularly in germany where most of the most embarrassing leaks have been directed at the german public opinion. icy michael hayden here, when i was in germany i told my german friends that i'm sorry, but chancellor merkel should not have been discussing anything other than potato soup

because the folks in the czech republic in prague where the event took place have no objection to iteing declassified, but still, they are stonewalling it. the cia releasing a cable which shines a very significant spotlight on the bush misleading statements prior to the iraq war when they alleged that there was a connection between the people who attacked us on 9/11 and saddam hussein when there was no such connection. >> you mentioned a moment ago that you lost long ago confidence in john brennan, formerly of the obama white house. but i wonder what you think these revelations do to our credibility, to our standing around the world? as you know, there have argued that simply because our enemies are going to use this to attack us and to use this to stir up more anti-american hate around the world, as if a report they need like this to do that, but that's the argument. they're going to use to come at us in the coming months and years. what do you think of that, and moreover, what do you think these revelations do to our standing, whatever that is around the world? >> well, the substan

in both regions between poland and germany, germany and the czech republic, poland and womene, we have lot of .ho work as prostitutes have prostitution. this is not the case in eastern europe. we have prostitution, and we have violence. >> thank you very much. we will come back to some of the issues you raised. let's continue to latin america. area, inworked in this both places. give us a snapshot. >> after listening to both of you and the experiences you shared, there are many parallels, which shows this is a structural and global problem. yet the manifestations are different. inn i walk the streets berlin, i feel more or less safe. yet i do get comments, i do get harassment, and i do have to look at some any sexualized women and advertisements and newspapers. when i think of latin america, i had a very similar feeling in urban areas where i felt like my physical integrity in public -- [indiscernible] ,hen i moved to rural areas there are very different manifestations. to give a crude example, one that touched me very much, the case of indigenous women being raped who then have to mar

has this wonderful -- i'm not going to get it exactly right -- >> champion of freedom in the czech republic>> he says this thing about hope, which i find very powerful, that hope is not the same thing as optimism. optimism is the belief something is likely to happen. hope is the belief that it is possible and it is worth doing. i see the power structures in this country and if i'm going to be telling the truth to people, i'll tell them honestly, we're in tough shape. you know, the house is on fire in terms of our democracy. we are flat-lining in terms of responsiveness, but we still have opportunities if we take the moment, take this moment of extraordinary frustration and engage people directly on the root issue honestly and provide a path through. and i think we have to go that way instead of these half measures that aren't really engaging the root issue. >> so shane goldmacher at the "national journal" wrote, money didn't buy the midterm elections. quote, few observers would place the blame on a lack of money. instead, most would point to a tough political environment, a hostile senate m

female students in the czech republic vigorously shake their bootiess to win internships. it is the subject of tonight's -- >> is this sexist? >> according to jezebelle.com, prog has -- prague has partnered with a local place and here they are vie vying for internships. >> this is disgusting. let's see more. >> i am way too old for this. when you are 50 it is about sex of the i am just too old. the school-sponsored beauty pageants have been going on for years with one journalist noting that czech universities have a high tolerance toward sexism. good for them, but the twerking contests may have gone too far and because of complaint the beauty pageants have been canceled. at "red eye" we hold tryouts for interns. let's take a look. >> oh julio. soon after we hired him he went missing. i told police i don't know where his body is. i think i went home to his family. jedediah, you are -- were a teacher and you are current looy a female. >> really? >> do you see any problem with female students twer ky ng for internships? >> i do. this would never fly. can you imagine the prote

there is no west cheka to come in and sort of take over the czech republic. but what we have not seen a great deal of honestly is somebody covering a lot of eastern europe for many, many years, i aim still astonished by how little western europeans know about eastern europeans. much more about the west than vice versa. >> that's a question of power. the more powerful -- and west has been more powerful, always no less about the less powerful than vice versa. but i think i wholeheartedly agree with what you're saying. they don't have to mingle that much. i think we don't have to befriend each other all the time. we do nicely if we didn't kill cryptic and get negligent each other. >> what germany calls parallel world, parallel societies, stoke the resentment we are see something >> it may, if tolerance and respect is not emphasized. but don't mind parallel society very much as long as everybody has some common ground such as, for instance, the constitution, the law p. all of this needs to be respected. don't mind following the different culture, having different

in that regard, i would like to hear your opinion on the prospects of the slavic peoples, czech republic, bulgaria, people who could form a friendly alliance so that they could help us in international affairs just like it is done with english-speaking countries. another question i have -- he has never violated the constitution and he will never let the constitution be violated in the territory of the republic. i was silent when you blatantly -- you were not stopped from asking the question. i have the following question. when innocent people, people that work on the roads, teachers, journalists, when their lives are put in danger when comrades die, went roads are inspected, his children were left as orphans and he had a pregnant wife, and he knows exactly when certain families were in contact with the militants. not militants, terrorists. there are no more militants in chechnya. they were asked to get back those people, but they called those people in the woods -- they were asked about their comfort and that is according to helping terrorists. those people should be held responsible. do

handed over the keys to the kingdom and any market where that's happened before, germany, italy, czech republic, slovakia, there's been significant downside in those markets once the utilities take over. solar power eats into their margins and revenues. we think there's going to be a decline in japan next year. 20% of global demand. meanwhile, against that backdrop, you have capacity expanded for policy silicon, wafers and modules, so we see significant downside in models. those are the stocks that would be short on this trend and against that, for a stock like a sun edison, where they're basically given unfettered access to money to go out and acquire pipeline and you don't know what's in it, but investors are giving them a valuation on that. >> they've got yield codes. as oil, if we were to believe dennis gartman, that oil's going to go lower, i don't care what the fundamentals are, the correlation is there. >> go inside the call of these names. i think the yield cos have an ability to trade because they're some of the parts. they're going to spend this, having said that, that stock did 52 la

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. >>> more than 1200 gingerbread cookies going into this nativity scene in the czech republic.r if it tastes as good as it looks. looks pretty yummy there. you may want to -- speaking of yummy, leave a little more tip the next time you're in a restaurant in l.a. as protests pop up all over the country for higher minimum wage, one restaurant is trying to help out its employees by adding an extra line on its checks for the kitchen staff, instead of a mandatory kitchen surcharge they want to leave the choice up to the customers. now to talk about it, a psychiatrist and addiction specialist and west coweston, ao talk show host. thank you for joining us on this friday. lots of folks will maybe going out to dinner tonight. the weekend is here. what do we think about this extra charge leaving it up to customers whether or not they want to leave a tip for people who work in the kitchen. >> everyone knows restaurant service workers don't make a lot per hour. if people want to choose to give them more it's their choice. i think putting a line on the receipt will get people to dilute it a

first things he did was cancelled the antiballistic batteries scheduled to go into poland and the czech republic to appease putin. that didn't work as putin's soldiers marched into ukraine and invade a sovereign nation. >> what he is up to. with all these moves whether it's on illegal immigration or even the things that he's advancing right now on keystone, going on his own and never opened the thing, what have you that he's taken a hard turn to act unilaterally in one event after another. what do you think is happening? >> listen, there's no doubt that this is a unilateral president who is exhibiting right now anger and defiance towards the american people. he is angry at this last election. he's angry of the tidal wave against harry reid. he's acting in defiance of this. i'm reminded what ronald reagan said about the hard left. it's not what they don't know. it's just what they know isn't so. president obama pioneered what he calls the foreign policy of leading from behind and what that has meant is we haven't stwood our allies. we didn't stand with ukraine, an ally we had treaty commitments w

. >> in particular, czech republic, slovakia, hungary. the defense minister of the czech republic recently and the president -- sorry the prime minister of slovakia both said that stationing nato troops on their territory would be akin or remind them of the warsaw pact's invasion of 1968. this is a remarkable thing to say. both of these countries are nato members. both of those men are old enough to what the actual warsaw pact invasion was like. you have hungary, which is a complete separate story, you could have a whole day's panel worth about that country. but these are, you know, who would have -- i think that in general, the american foreign policy community, we figure, this part of the world was done. we dish know, they were liberated from communism, they have liberal democracies now, they are set, they are finished, let move on to sexiersexier top asia and the middle east and i think what the ukraine crisis has exposed is just how real shallow those assumptions were. >> but i would like to emphasis the issue of propaganda and actual

. >> the red wings airlines plane, flight 9268, was coming in from the czech republic.faulty brakes are blamed for the crash. eight crew members are on board at the time of the accident. three survive. no one on the ground is injured. >> the miracle was there weren't actually commercial passengers on this plane. it's actually pretty amazing that more people weren't lost in this instant. >>> a plane doesn't have to crash to shock drivers on the road. august 9, 2012. it's a cloudy afternoon in russia, and something is looming in the gray skies above. >> you see this little black dot. it's coming closer and closer. you realize it's way bigger than a small black dot. looks like a spaceship, kind of. >> it seems like it's out of nowhere. a 1960s russian fighter jet bursts out of the sky and comes directly for their car. >> the combat aircraft is an su-24 like this one, specially designed for low-level strike missions. it can travel at speeds of up to 817 miles per hour. that's nearly 15 times faster than russia's official speed limit for the freeway. >> and you can actually

that's not the case in the czech republic. they're getting ready for their annual dinner of carp. it's the most popular holiday meal there. 80% of families will have a carp on the table to celebrate on thursday. why not? >> delicious. it's different and interesting. >> i want to try -- i've never had the feast of the seven fishes. it's on my list. >> are you doing the turkey? >> i'm not doing anything. i did thanksgiving. i'm off the hook. >> off the hook dance? >> i'm going to relax and say can i have a gin and tonic please? it's all good. >>> the holidays with you sound like a good time. >> when i'm not hosting, it's great. >>> we talked about this last-minute rush for christmas presents. it might not be too late still. here we are on the 23rd. >> all right. for those of you looking to shop and ship some last-minute deals that may have made your wait worthwhile. abc's mara schiavocampo has the details. >> reporter: looming deadlines for shopping and shipping. some stores open around the clock offering deals, not seen in years. >> i just got a pair of shoes for 70% off. >> report

four cheetah cubs born in the czech republic last month, starting to get use today each other. the four cubs born november 21 have survived the most critical period after birth and their mother three year old savannah is taking good care of them. the cubs have yet to be named. scientists say every cub is critical to saving the species, which is threatened with extinctions in the wild. just precious. >> the eagles take a train to maryland for tad's game against washington, and it is official, jimmy rollins is no longer a philly. we'll have a look at his special tribute to fans c >> jimmy rollins, the team's greatest chan breeze, longest tenured athlete in philadelphia, gone, in exchange for a couple of pitch pitch earls. took out this full page add for today's inquirer. the departing said: i spent nearly half my life growing up in front of you. we shared a loft memories that i will cherish forever. here is rubin amaro. >> it will be a lost for the organization, at the same time, this is important for the organization, because it is fairly obvious, we made very concerted effort t

. >> reporter: welcome to the czech republic, home of the beer and the beautiful. more of a beautiful in a moment, but first -- the beer. they drink more of it here per person than any other country in the world. and they make gallons of the stuff, too. >> the thing about prague is there is beer pretty much everywhere you look in this city. but it's not all just about consuming. come with me. we're going to a beer spa. you heard it right. health spa with beer. or more accurately, in beer. >> so this is it? no sweetly scented candles here. it's yeast, malt and hops. an entire microbrewery all dumped into a heated spa bath. >> it's all the ingredients the beer is brewed from. >> it's very, very strong. >> now for the test and a warning, not everyone in prague looks like this so don't come here expecting it. >> it's green color so it look like -- but it's like good. don't find so bad. >> so it looks like dirty water and it smells but they claim it will be good for you. cleansing the skin with vitamin b. >> beer is actually very healthy. it was produced initially as a

i mean, it's always been good burks she came from the czech republic.o -- never mind. >> go ahead. >> i'll wait for it to come up. just about riding the bull. i wanted to qualify that for a second. >> that was the first time you've ridden a bull? >> right. i was supposed to ride the bull. >> everybody was. >> right. wasn't necessarily a mistake. >> i had just had an operation, so i couldn't ride the bull. >> right. >> i did pay the bull operator a little bit of money to make it slow so i win. >> there was a bull at johnny utah's, a place here. meanwhile, let's tell you this. a fox news alert. we've been telling you about how north korea doesn't like "the interview" by sony. it's supposed to open up in a few days. apparently hackers have thrown out warnings. the latest warning from the guardians of peace said this, the world will be full of fear. remember the 11th of september, 2001. we recommend you to keep yourself distant from the places at that time. it sounds like a warning. it sounds like a threat of violence. and so even though sony said we're not

europe, of course, being massively important to the czech republic.ome 80% of exports head to other eu nations. i checked in with the governor and asked him how concerned he was about the impact. >> we are not that surprised. >> eurozone is moving. it is more advantages to the part of eurozone to which we depend more. to put it, again, in short nutshell, it is bound to help german exporters. we are part of german production lodge i have theical network. so i think we -- despite the fact that it may take much longer until the easing of eurozone monetary continues help to the weaker part of eurozone. we are going to be more influenced by the weaker euro itself. so we will be -- from the rest by what happens in eurozone. >> what do you think about the russian sanctions and how do they impact the czech economy? >> that is a matter of foreign policy. it's not for me to have some comments on them. not too much of them are hit by sections, either by russian sight or by european sanctions. so it's not a pleasant development. but we are not in a meaningful ore

that is the same level as bermuda, israel and the czech republic.they are increasing risks of a rising bond yields. that could make it harder for japan to manage its debt. moody's of the levels, is at a similar level to fitch. we did see a big fall in yen. it has recovered, so watch out for yen. watch out for japan as we head into a second hour of "the pulse ." we will be watching the telecom sector. we are seeing a host of consolidation. makers of the portuguese . we will have matt campbell and caroline hyde covering not only what we see on portugal but also the fact that vodafone may make a bid for liberty global in the future. we will have the lowdown, next. ♪ >> a downgrade for japan. moody's cuts japan's ratings on concerns over its growth policies. telecom's takeover as they move forward with a $9.2 billion bid oi portuguese after bloomberg discovers vodafone may create europe's largest telecom company. can oil take the pressure? oil tumbles to the lowest level since 2009 after opec maintains output. will oil companies be able to survive the s

in that regard, i would like to hear your opinion on the prospects of the slavic peoples, czech republic bulgaria, people who could form a friendly alliance so that they could help us in international affairs just like it is done with english-speaking countries. another question i have -- he has never violated the constitution and he will never let the constitution be violated in the territory of the republic. i was silent when you blatantly -- you were not stopped from asking the question. i have the following question. when innocent people, people that work on the roads, teachers, journalists, when their lives are put in danger when comrades die, went roads are inspected, his children were -- when a road inspector who wa s on his post, his children were left as orphans and he had a pregnant wife, and he knows exactly when certain families were in contact with the militants. not militants, terrorists. there are no more militants in chechnya. they were asked to get back those people, but they called those people in the woods -- they were asked about their comfort and that is according to

. >> maybe we should have a system like this -- >> reporter: a model from the czech republic was vacationingand with her boyfriend when the wave hit. she was badly hurt but survived. her boyfriend did not. >> his favorite quote was, the day without laughter is a day wasted. so the best way to honor him is -- and the best way to make him happy is if i am happy myself. >> reporter: from indonesia, sri lanka, india and thailand, towns have been rebuilt, the scars are healing but no one will ever forget. although this city was the hardest hit and it seemed like that community couldn't recover, the town is back up, the economy is working again and the residents here say that, yes, they have recovered. >> that is very good news, katy tur, thank you so much. >>> america's economy, new numbers this past week which surprised experts. we'll tell you why it has more to do with you than anything happening on wall street. for the volkswagen sign-then-drive event. for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a german-engineered volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jet

one is at a zoo in the czech republic and three are at a preserve in kenya.heir population has dwindled due to poachers going after their horns. >>> breaking news. a major new development in the hostage siege in sydney. heavily-armed police have just stormed that cafe where a gunman has been tolding hostages. a live update -- coming up. >> reporter: a rush to get the presents where they need to go before the holidays get here. we'll tell you all of the work there is going on here at this mail processing facility in san jose on what is the busiest mailing day of the year. that story is coming up. >>> and right now, we're still seeing slow traffic although the rain stopping in many areas has helped us out a little bit. still a big delay at the bay bridge toll plaza. >>> rain has let up. it looks like a rainy week off and on. not as bad as last thursday. we'll have impressive totals. more on that coming up. >>> 7:31. we're following breaking news in sydney, australia. you are looking at live pictures right now where there's been an exchange of gunfire and heavil

not install the anti-ballistic missile battery stations that were about to go to poland and the czech republic and that was an effort to appease -- >> i want to interrupt because i'm trying to get an answer. will you practically be able to change what the president is trying to do? in other words, will you have the votes to stop funding, to take measures like that to block these initiatives? >> it's not clear at this point where the votes will be, but i expect in the senate to see a far more vigorous voice defending our national security interest and i am hopeful that we will prevent a bad deal and a bad decision, and the point i was making on this, there is a reason why i expect to see bipartisan cooperation to rein this in. in 2009 the appeasement of topun and putin invaded ukraine. when president obama went to iran. iran was -- -- >> i think we just lost that satellite connection with senator ted cruz, we apologize, but you guys got the point. he is fiercely opposed to what president obama announced today. we'll get other perspectives coming up. much more on this historic news. stay with us

it included withdrawing the missile interceptors from poland, the czech republic, not allowing georgiato join nato as they wanted to quickly. putin didn't just wake up one day and think he could go into the crimea without consequences, he learned by watching the united states. you look at isis, we allowed the threat to gather strength because we prematurely withdrew our forces. here's my greatest concern. my greatest concern is what lesson are the iranians taking from this chaos. we cannot allow there to be a nuclear-armed iran. not only for the sake of israel and our allies, make no mistake, they get nuclear capabilities, the saudis and certainly the egyptians and maybe even turkey would be the next countries and it will be virtually impossible if the united states fails to stop iran from becoming a nuclear power. they will not, we will not be able to stop those countries as well. and there's some that believe the saudis already have an implicit agreement with pakistan and option on the technology from pakistan if irans did become a nuclear armed power. this poses a huge threat to sta

romania is still looking at 2019, but other big countries, hungary, the czech republic poland, they havewith their currency and it is a tool they can use and they have dipped into it in the last few years. this is something eurozone numbers do not have access to. >> and you have others tsonga we are thinking about the euro. look at what holland has been able to do. they have been dropping their rate. other eastern european economies have followed them down. but they have this for stability. the problem is the treaty to the euro demands at some point you have to. >> yes, you have to post a man you want to delay it as much as possible. >> bill, you were just in a country -- >> ireland. >> that also adopted the euro. how did it feel to you? >> ireland is also still feeling the aftereffects of the great economic expansion they had in 2007 and 2008. it was raining every day, and people did seem a bit glum in dublin. and the economy seems like it was not going to investors -- going gangbusters either. i think they are still absorbing some of the problems that the rest of the euro -- >> well, o

it included withdrawing the missile interceptor from poland and the czech republic. involved not allowing georgia to join nato. putin did not just wake up one to him think he could go to into crimea without consequences. he learned by watching the united states could you look at issa. we allowed them to gather strength because we withdrew our forces and created a vacuum. here's my greatest concern. of all those challenges -- we can go around the rest of the world -- my greatest concern is what lesson have iranians taken from this chaos? we cannot allow the to be a nuclear armed rain, not -- nuclear armed iran, not only for israel. make the mistake. they get nuclear capabilities, and egyptians and turkey would be the next countries. it would be impossible if the united states fails to stop iran, we will not be able to stop those countries as well. there are some that believe the saudis have an agreement with irantan and an option if does become a nuclear armed power. this poses a huge threat to stability in the middle east and a huge threat to our interest. my worry -

response to western aggression have proven to be very weak links the defense minister of the czech republiclikened the stationing of nato troops and their territory as being a cam to the 1968 warsaw pact pact invasion of czechoslovakia, leaders of the democratic allies. hungry will not be able to join given the democratic backsliding that we have seen. the russians have been expert at using edwards noted. however you think you got to moscow, russian agent from the beginning or just ended up miraculously in moscow. they used him remarkably well in counting european public opinion, particularly in germany where most of the most embarrassing leaks have been directed. german public opinion. when i was in germany i i told my german friends, i'm sorry, but the chancellor should not have been discussing anything other than potato soup recipes. but but that has provoked very strong anti- american sentiment in germany, and unprecedented step of having your cia station chief kicked out of an allied embassy. it is easy to lament european pacifism. we pacifism. we have been doing that for decades since