now, dutch papers are writing that chancellor merkel is losing an ally.ee told parliament that the netherlands was also losing an opportunity. >> a deadlock is not good for the netherlands. our economy wil improve only if we stop taking on new debt. he still needs opposition support for spending cuts, but he's not impressed. with fresh elections looming, he has found a way to praise -- placed the blame. the dutch should stop babbling to the dictators in brussels, he said on monday. >> the government is doing anything that can and deteriorating conditions for seniors. >> the eu commission rejected the portrayal of the situation. >> this is basically because it is good for the dutch citizens, and decisions, by the way, have not been taken by brussels. >> the dutch finance minister, for his part, attempted to calm markets ahead of tuesday's bond sale, saying holland could still meet that target next year, despite the failure of earlier talks. >> for more on this, we asked our brussels correspondent about the reaction there to the political crisis in the neth

isn't fake. >> how in the world did the dog learn to double dutch? no idea, but he's doing it good. >> i am blown away by this, and i love it so much. >> he looks so happy. look at the huge grin on his face. do you think one day he was just watching somebody else double dutch on the playground? and said, you know what, i can do this, and just decided -- >> i like his run-up, comes in, eyes it up, figures out his timing and without missing a beat. >> my cousins and i always went double dutch, but we always had a grassy area, and put the stick down so you could double dutch in the yard, don't need concrete. was that an incredible trick too? >> he must be some sort of performance pup. >> he has to be, doing that. i can see why this video is goingng viral. that's a jump-roping dog. >> it's a double dutching dog. >> i can't do that. >>> here's one way to feel like a complete dork. >> i need more ways. >> actually, you do pretty good. >> yeah, i think you've got that covered. >> hi, i'm andrew hills. >> andrew hills is back with another video. >> this week

first dutch auctions this morning. pretty straight up test bearing in mind the dutch government has resigned. they raised half billion less than the total amount they were targeting. the yields were okay. in fact cds narrowed a little bit on dutch debt and also we pulled back from the three year spread over german bunds. as far as the spanish auction was concerned, three and six month t-bills, yields did double pretty much as expected. they sold about the total will terp looki they were looking for. uk public borrowing 18 billion, which basically meant the target of 126 billion for withis fisca year was essentially met. andrew, when i look at this quota we have between borrowing targets, auction results, austerity measures and growth, as well, where are we all sitting here in europe compared to the u.s. and china? how is the rest of the world going to help or not help us? >> the u.s. has done probably a bit better than most expected. there was some nervousness about the latest jobs figures. but i think the real powerho

but when he said that the dutch kill their old people, especially for fun, dutch people got mad. that dutch news anchor, who i just questioned there. who you saw me question on the show about what mr. santorum said about the netherlands that same anchor got the chance to ask the santorum campaign if they were going to correct the 100% made up, totally untrue, hysterically wrong thing that mr. santorum said about holland. watch the answer he got. this is an interview between the santorum spokesperson named alice stewart and the dutch news anchor. her answer to him is basically rick santorum is pro life. rick santorum is pro life. rick santorum is pro life. i can't hear you. watch. >> i have to ask you about something you said about holland and euthanasia. i don't know if you read about that on the blogs. he said that people wear bracelets that say do not euthanize me and people are involuntarily euthanized. do you remember that. >> a lot of this is what he is saying that is in his heart. that is life until natural death. the issues that are important to the people of america and t

i was going to ask the way to handle dutch guterce. >> dutch gutters. in san francisco we have a particular problem. houses are all next to each other you can't drain our house to the side because there is somebody's house there. you drain the water toward it and you catch the water. you put a board on the edge and the water hits to the front and the back. it's a common situation here. >> what i have seen in the past with the dutch gutters they have a really nice shingle roof and they come if in with the cap sheet 90 pound organic. which is not strong at all. it doesn't take much to break it a life of 10 years. these days with the new materials that have come out. i have samples. if you notice this is conventional asphalt here. it's really hard. it will crack when it's cold it will break in and a half. this here is asphalt that's treated with styrin and changes the characteristics. now instead of being hard and can brittle tell go back to shape. the material is used in a dutch gutter, there's no way you put your foot through it. you can kick it and hit

a dutch judge has upheld the law banning non-dutch residents to enter the cafe. there is growing concern in the country that tourists are visiting just for the drugs. the ban is due to start in three province next month and go nationwide by the end of the year. >> easygoing is most people's idea of the dutch's attitude of the soft drugs. not streetly legal but tolerated at least in this most liberal of societies. but now that seems to be changing, at least when it comes to visitors. the authorities want the cannabis cafes to carry out i.d. checks and ban non-residents. it's an effort to deter tourist just visiting for the drugs and to cut cross-border crimes. and now, further disappointment for the group of cafe owners who try to block it in court saying it's discriminatory. the judge hearing their objections has upheld the government's plan for what called a weed pass on the force the ban. but the cafe owners have said they'll appeal. in amsterdam, the authorities are against the ban and have been seeking a compromise. it's estimated up to a third of all visitor

when he said that the dutch kill their old people for fun, dutch people got plan. that dutch news anchor who i just questioned there about what mr. santorum said, that same anchor got the chance to ask the santorum campaign if they were going to correct the 100% made up wrong thing that mr. santorum said about holland. watch the answer that he got. this is an interview between the santorum spokesperson and that dutch news anchor. her answer is rick santorum is pro-life. rick santorum is pro-life. i can't hear you. >> i have to ask you about something he said about holland and euthanize ya. i don't know if you read about that on the blogs. he stated that people wear bracelets saying do not euthanize me and people are involuntarily euthanized. do you remember him saying that? >> a lot of these things are what's in his life. he's a strong pro-life person. that comes from life to natural death. those are the issues that are important to the people of middle america and that have come out to look for him. >> not asking about what h in his heart. your candidate said all

still had on the program a revolt against austerity about lead to a dutch just start a report on how going against the euro crisis time calls to government to collapse leaving a caretaker prime minister to do it desperately try to save the country. also coming up in sports next hour conquering of the elements we follow a team of young explorers to one of the coldest regions on earth as they ski to the north pole and have plenty of fun along the way. thousands of american and filipino troops are staging military drills on an island near the disputed territory with china it's despite warnings from beijing about the exercise could lead to confrontation the u.s. has been boosting its presence in the asia pacific region a strategy seen as an attempt to challenge china's growing influence in the area asia times roving correspondent pepe escobar is in the studio with me papa thanks for being with us today so a mock assault to retake an island in disputed waters surely the u.s. and the philippines must see how that will irritate china what's going on well it's true and that's the strategy of

sitting the euro the dutch freedom party that's another example the dutch government collapsed and the prime minister resigned monday after the far right party with drew its support for the government and withdrew from talks about austerity now this is interesting because the northern countries the richer countries surplus countries have seen themselves as the good guys doing the right thing financially economically so what happens if one of these countries rocks the euro zone boat or jump ship entirely and what does all of this mean for precious metals we spoke to james turk about it he's founder of gold money and the author of the collapse of the dollar and how to profit from it make a fortune by investing in gold and other hard assets here's our conversation. we've seen a lot of coverage of protests in the periphery in greece and spain and portugal we haven't seen that kind of discontent in these richer countries i'm just asking you i know you're not a political expert but you are in europe is there any kind of sense that there could be such discontent in these richer countries that

basically will destroy holland it will destroy the economy it will destroy the good life that the dutch people helping us do over the years and unsurprised they've got to say that's it's enough. but i guess the argument is there's got to give us suppose the euro is still in crisis and we just been say this to parts of dutch was one of its strongest advocates a bit of a blow is resignation of this particular time for the single currency future it's an absolutely massive blow it's hard to see where the euro can go from here because what's going to happen is going to be elections. in holland. it's not just the party which is calling it which is growing and. in part it's also the socialist labor party of of just called into this that the socialist party and so we've got two major parties now calling for a complete u. turn. so it's going to be very hard how the elite continue on this line which is telling to the people look there's no alternative where more people are voting for parties that are saying yes there is an alternative and we want to look at other options and i wonder if all this

people have been used to over the years and i'm surprised the dutch saying it's enough in holland to lead the euro and that's not such a far fetched idea as it might have appeared a few years ago but it really is game over because hollande has been a strong ally of germany in the kind of drive towards the euro but i think it would be an enormous blow and basically the dutch people are going to be the important players in here because they are being asked to keep this euro going to make enormous sacrifices and why should they this is what people are saying and so i think it is the end. but i also bring you full coverage of the usa financial crisis online that's called i spent two including puerto terrace to find out why u.s. security staff suspected it and i could connect to the taining a young girl for questioning. also online this risky maneuver known as the sun which is set to take the form for the queen but it has to discriminate question school will see more of the studs and read about the special occasion. that are killing innocent kids but was it a call to the base of course an

the caretaker dutch prime minister is still desperate to push through a budget cuts and has called on lawmakers to help him the government collapsed on monday when mark reiter resigned as it failed to agree on painful measures demanded by brussels a political crisis has already been described as a revolt against enforced the austerity u.k. based journalist and blogger neil clark says there is every chance now the netherlands will abandon the l. but he believes it would be disastrous for the single currency. the big divide across europe and not just in the south but in the north as well is between the people and the elite the people have had enough of austerity and they're now being told that because of this absolutely insane if you school act which was agreed at the end of last year that they've got to be fifteen billion in cuts fifteen billion cuts in government spending and this basically will destroy the whole and it will destroy the economy it will destroy the good life that the dutch people have been used to over the years and i'm surprised that the dutch saying it's enough if al

people have been used to over the years and i'm surprised the dutch are saying it's enough in holland were to leave the euro and that's not such a far fetched idea as it might have appeared a few years ago but it really is game over because hollande has been a strong ally of germany in the kind of a drive towards the euro and i think it would be an enormous blow and basically the dutch people are going to be the important players in here because they are being asked to keep this euro going to make enormous sacrifices and why should that this is what people are saying and so i think it is the end. well we're also bringing you full coverage of the eurozone financial crisis online at auti dot com i spent more there including. terrorists to find out why the u.s. approved the stops that it might be conducting detaining a young girl for questioning. also online this risky maneuver and then as the sun bridge is said to be performing for the queen by the prestigious kremlin christian school you can see more of the stunts and read about the special occasion at r.t. dot com. ukraine's former pr

dutch politicians have shaken that. let's go to the business to tell us what's going on. >> the program and his government can't agree on budget cuts. in fact the entire cabinet of the netherlands is set to resign over a political crisis concerning austerity measures. the dutch prime minister offered his coalition government's resignation to clean up on monday after his political partnership with the ultra right freedom party collapsed over budget cuts. the freedom party led by the anti-eu and anti-immigration politician. it has been supporting the government for the past 18 months. the netherlands has supported fiscal discipline among eu countries. it is fired the country's turmoil will affect the efforts to deal with the debt problems. they are expected to call snap general electns and the vote is expted to be hels sn as late june. share prices plunged across europe on the back of political uncertainty in the netherlands. as the dutch cabinet looked into resigning, stock prices tumbled on monday 3.4% as you can see. 1

people used to over the years and unsurprised the dutch say that's it's enough if holland were to leave the euro and that's not such a far fetched idea as it might have appeared a few years ago but it really is game over because hollande has been a strong ally of germany in the kind of drive towards the euro and i think it would be an enormous flow and basically the dutch people are going to be the important players in here because they are being asked to keep this euro going to make enormous sacrifices and why should there this is what people are saying and so i think it is the end. well we're also bringing you full coverage of the eurozone financial crisis on my left r.t. dot com there's plenty more on that including. all terrorists to find out why u.s. security star suspect michael nutter retaining a young girl for questioning. also like this is a risky maneuver known as the sandwich strictly performed for the pope we'd best to just credit the quest in school movie it starts really back a special occasion. ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko who's currently serving a sev

quest the dutch government is on the brink of collapse. we knew that the dutch prime minister lost the majority in parliament after several weeks of talks over cutting 16 billion euros. the parties could not agree. the government was proposing things like increasing sales, tax-cutting, and freezing public servant pay packages. they cannot come to any agreement. george, the problem, so say the eurozone watchers, if this could happen to a good stable member like the netherlands, it could make it difficult for other politicians in other member states to convince their voters they also have to make these cuts. at risk now for the netherlands is losing its aaa credit rating. it is one of four in the region to still have it. >> we had one of the three main rating agencies already put the aaa rating on a negative outlook for the year. last week, another one made a comment that it was on the edge of some sort of negative action. it depends on what the agencies do. there has always been the political risk with a minority government. it's a question

we're seeing the spread between ten year bunds and dutch out to three year highs as the dutch government failed to agree on austerity cuts. they now potentially have the option of calling snap elections. we'll know more today and the spread between italian dealt and ten year bunds out at three month highs. french debt fairly steady this morning, no major auctions from france in this week after the first round of presidential elections. as far as currency markets are concerned, we've seen aussie dollar a little bit weaker post data out of australia, rba will cut rates this mond and also the chinese pmis. dollar-yen steady. euro-dollar weak are but in the ranges. >> not much of a reaction here but markets kind of paired losses earlier, but actual remain in territory. worries about what this means for the financial sector ahead of q1 the reports on friday. hang seng market off because china mobile was the biggest drag. boj suggesting it would expand its buying program. elsewhere, kospi off 0.1%, australian market down 0.3% ahead of key cpe data out tomorrow. producer price index today repor

so politicians there dissolved the dutch government.ou have two factors here that are very important to america's economy that you've never really paid attention to before. >>> closer to home, invivio starts to trade shares this week. they make devices that help put video on the internet. you may recall last week, we had three ipos, proof point one, info blocks another, those closed higher on the first day of trading on friday, splunk traded much higher first day of trading. all of those are lower with the rest of the markets today, but another bay area ipo in the works this time for wednesday. >> that makes four ipos in less than two weeks. >> lots of money flowing around. >>> time to check in with meteorologist christina loren to find out what's happening this week. maybe an umbrella? >> maybe. we will get a couple of nice days. we have a nice live shot here, white puffy clouds. they're fair weather clouds and they'll be with us today. we have fair weather. 63 in san jose, 64 for livermore, and another three hours of warming to go bef

when i was in the cafe i was speaking to dutch people and they said it's ridiculous. we can't have our friends over to visit and have our friends at the cafe. that's what they are so concerned about in amsterdam. they are thought throg for the can bass the cannabis cafes. they would have a huge knock on the local economy. >> well, john is a resident of amsterdam. he lives near a couple of these cannabis coffee shops. he says rather than a ban, a fundamental change in the law is what's required. >> i think it's a bad idea. i think it should just be totally legalized. marijuana in the netherlands so that you take it out in a more -- because at the moment it's hypocritical. the back door supplied by criminals then decriminalized so-called. but as long as you have the coffee shops operating way they are at the moment, you will just be funding the criminal organizations with money. >> what's your experience of this particular issue living as closely as you do to a couple of these cafes? >> a lot of traffic. from foreign countries. people come and pick up weed to sell in ot

the dutch government decriminalized the possession of less than 5 grams of cannabis in 1976. cannabis cafes or coffee shops saw a major spike in most cities and a major attraction for tourists. now the government wants to tighten the restrictions. >> i think it is ridiculous. it is a shame because i believe that the world really admires the dutch for their pragmatic and forward-thinking view on how they handle what they consider soft drugs. it just seems that they are literally going back in time, digressing. >> the new law is designed to cut the numbers of drug tourists, who some residents complain create nuisances like traffic jams and an increase in drug dealers on the streets. it is also designed to cut crime caused by foreigners coming to the netherlands to buy their drugs and returning to sell them illegally at home. from the first of may, coffeeshops in three southern provinces will become members only clubs. only those with membership cards or we'd passes will be issued for residents over 18. it will come into effect across the country by the end of the year. there ar

thousand and twelve with italian and spanish bond yields back on the rise we've recently seen the dutch government colao under the weight of austerity talks and french president nicolas sarkozy did not win first place in the first round of french elections now its price discovery is guarded against in the financial markets are we seeing its emergence reflected in the delicacy of eurozone governments as this content is being priced into the democratic process will answer that or try to meanwhile central banks may not be waiting to find out if major currencies the euro or the u.s. dollar for that matter will collapse or be devalued they are stocking up on gold i am at data shows mexico added close to seven hundred tons of gold to its reserves in march to turkey russia and kazakhstan are buying more too we speak with gold money founder james turk about why he thinks central banks could be guarding themselves from the confetti can incur in c. b. and shot around the globe and in the u.s. we've seen oil prices become a political football in an election year we'll look at what the onion market

hans is an international coordinator, a is you si did i of the dutch knowledge center on traffic and transport. it's a knowledge center for expertise on cycling and other subjects. it runs the website bicyclecouncil.org and has cycling ambassadors to spread the word on dutch policy cycling abroad. prior to joining the group, he was the project leader of a 10 million euro european project, the opt tum two which stopped the use of cars for commuting businesses and social and recreational activities by providing motorists attractive alternatives. i'm sure he has a huge amount of information to share with us. hans, please. and he needs a microphone. >> thank you. i'm very glad that i'm invited to be here which is my primary task because we are also -- the company is also the official government office to lend support to other countries to promote -- who want to promote bicycling which is booming, not only here, but worldwide, there is a booming interest in promoting cycling. and as soon as people think about promoting cycling, they think the nether hands and it's been -- netherlands, and

and many of the people in the world she grew up in spoke dutch, so she spoke dutch and english. and she apparently at least early in her life, spoke english with a faint dutch accent. so she's very interesting culturally. in the 1820s when she becomes emancipated she moved to new york city, she has a conversion experience, she joins the methodist church, she was a gifted public speaker, she was interested in various reform issues, she moved around, lived in several places. and she was in akron in 1851 when this woman's rights convention took place. she was already quite well known in reform circles as a powerful speaker. sojourner truth was very tall. she was at least 6 feet tall, she had a very imposing presence. and this convention in akron included some speakers who were against woman's suffrage. and said that women were too weak and delicate for public life and for exercising the suffrage. and that bothered sojourner truth. she asked for permission to speak and she was given permission and she stood up and made this spontaneous speech talking about her life as a woman. and w

people have been used to over the years and i'm surprised that the dutch saying it's enough all and were to leave the euro and that's not such a far fetched idea now that it might have appeared a few years ago that it really is game over because hollande has been a strong ally of germany in the kind of drive towards the euro and i think it will be an enormous flow and basically the dutch people are going to be the important players here because they are being asked to keep this euro going to make enormous sacrifices and why should that this is what people are saying and so i think it is the end. where also bring you full coverage of the eurozone financial crisis on line authority dot com there's plenty more to do including twenty zero terrorists to find out why u.s. security staff suspected it might mean that detaining this young girl for questioning. also online this is a risky maneuver known as the sun which is said to be performed for the queen at a prestigious kremlin question school you can see more of the stunts and read about the special occasion at r.t. dot com. secret lover

the dutch have always prided themselves on that. it's been one of the places that money that has flowed within europe because of the aaa rating. do you think that's in danger now? >> i think longer term all of them are in danger. last week we had a rumor france would be downgraded again. of course that's quite possible and quite likely. i don't think they'll do it in advance of the elections. i think that's too political move for the rating agencies to do. having said that for the dutch election we may have to wait until september or october. maybe there is potential for time to throw that up. it's not good. >> no. >> sorry. >> no. it's not good. not in any way, shape or form. especially with all three coming together on the same day. let's head to brian at the stock desk. got a cnbc market flash. what are you watching right now? >> we're focused on walmart and walmart mexico, sue. let's take a quick look at the intraday and see if the selloffs are holding up. we had about two and a half plus hours to the close. walmart intraday obv

we were really focused on the dutch auction. not very often focused on the dutch auction. just remind you particularly in germany, the dax down by the end of play over 200 point loss. might be up less than percent day. put that in on-to-context. but we are weighted to the up side. the focus the dax only up under half of 1% at the moment. so nowhere near clawing back the losses from yesterday. focus on three auctions catoday starting off with a dutch auction. we saw spreads between dutch benchmarks, ten year and german bunds, widen out to a three year high during the course of yesterday's session. this after the dutch government of course resigned because it couldn't agree on fiscal deficits. so we had a dutch auction this morning, t2 and 25 year. didn't raise the amount they were looking for. just shy of 29 billion euros is what they got. but yields were okay. and we saw the dutch bond market holding on to its gains this morning. yields a little bit lower and the cds spreads came in. now in spain, we saw yields yesterday touch the 6% mark. we're just below it today at 5.94

it honors the queen of the netherlands and celebrated by dutch citizens around the world. the windmill is a dutch style and has been under restoration since 2002. how much did it cost? about $4 million paid for by private donations, grants and city funds. nbc "nightly news" is next. at 6:, the giants host the san diego padres. we'll show it to you here on nbc bay area at 6:00. that means programming changes. your favorite shows are moving around a bit. join us at11:00 for an update on

the dutch government decriminalized possession of less than 5 grams of cannabis in 1976. cannabis cafes and coffee shops are a major sites in most cities. and a major attraction for tourists. now the government wants to tighten the restrictions. " i think it is ridiculous. it is a shame because i believe the world admires the dutch for the pragmatic and forward thinking of you on how to handle what they consider soft drugs. it seems they are going back in time, digressing. >> the new law is designed to cut the numbers of drug tourists. residents complained they were creating nuisances. it is also designed to cut cross border crime. ♪ from the first of may, coffeeshops will become members only clubs. up to 2000 membership cards will be issued by each cafe to residents over the age of 18. the law will come into effect across the country at the end of this year. there are around 700 coffeeshops in the netherlands. owners fighting the ban said the new law discriminates between eu citizens on the basis of where they left. some claimed the new rules will cost of to 90% of their

>> panda is a dutch rabbit. there's a sad story, though, behind this really nice friendship.antha is 47 years old. she is a gorilla. her partner of many years, rudy, died in 2005. at one point, they gave samantha a stuffed animal, her baby. she really liked this stuff animal, and they thought, hmmm, let's give her a real friend. they gave her a rabbit. and you have samantha and panda, best friends. >> how long have they been together? >> they have been together a little over a month. they were introduced in february, slowly. >> they supervise things really well to make sure that panda felt comfortable with samantha, before they actually left them alone. >> these videos are popping up on youtube, because people are loving the fact that samantha has a bunny. i wonder if they take naps together, if the bunny cuddles up in samantha's arms. >> let's ask kelly miller, with the erie zoo to tell us about this unusual friendship. kelly, tell us about the decision to introduce a real rabbit into samantha's life. >> it was a very long process. the option for throwing around -- because o

they're worried about the fact that the dutch government collapsed today. they could not agree on the budget cuts demanded by the eu. they are worried about the latest economic data, which suggests the economic situation here in europe is worsening. they are also worried by the fact that today, spain officially was declared in recession. all of this raises the question as to whether the current strategy, focusing on austerity and bringing down the deficit, whether that strategy is working. that is on nerving -- unnerving the market. >> the european union is to impose more economic sanctions against the syrian regime. the move comes as violence continues, despite the small presence of observers. up to 50 people were killed, most of them in the city of hama. the man on trial in norway for the killing of 77 people last july has apologized to those victims with no political connection. anders behring breivik offered no remorse for the people he killed on utoeya island. there are still questions about his sanity. the iranian government says key pieces of the oil

why does the dutch government want to ban foreign tourists from its cannabis cafes? let's have a look at what is making headlines around the world. we began with the "financial times." they have a picture of chen guangcheng on the cover. he claims to have sought refuge in the u.s. embassy. the u.s. state department has refused to comment on that. the kofi annan peace plan is on the brink of collapse. the u.s., the eu, and nato say that damascus is failing to live up to their promise. the loss to chelsea leads to the resignation of the parcel on a football coach. he cited exhaustion as a reason for calling it a day. -- the loss to chelsea leads to the resignation of the parcel on arcelona football coach. prominentna's most human rights activist has managed to escape from house arrest. a former supporter of the spanish work force is now unemployed. the highest rate in nearly 20 years. the highest in the whole of the eurozone. an inquest into the death of an mi ^ officer said that it was almost impossible for him to lock himself inside of a sports back. he was found two

about the fact that the dutch cover rent collapsed today. they could not agree on the funding cuts by the e.u.. they are worried about the economic data, which suggests the situation here in europe is worsening. they're also worried about the fact that today, spain officially was declared in recession. all of this raises the question of whether the current strategy of focusing on austerity and bringing down the deficit, whether that strategy is working. and that is under been the market. >> the president of the american council for capital formation told me there is only one solution to the economic problems in europe and elsewhere. and >> focusing on austerity alone is not the answer. the real answer is growth. unlike some politicians, one cannot spend your way out of it. you have to have a strong private sector, liberalizing labor conditions, encouraging foreign investment. for example, not a single candidate in france for president talked about encouraging foreign investment or encouraging the new steve jobs of france. austerity is not th

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others say the name originated with dutch explorer adriaen block. story goes that he was amazed by the red clay in the soil. so he called the area "red island" or, as the dutch would say, "roodt eylandt." he also named one of the islands "block island" in honor of... himself. >> rhode island is known as "little rhody." it's approximately 1,200 square miles. and rhode island was started when roger williams left massachusetts in search of religious freedom. he had hope that he would find the religious freedom that had led him to come to the new world. >> williams succeeded in establishing a settlement in 1631. thankful for his good fortune, he named it "providence." today providence is the capital of rhode island. and "hope" is the state motto. >> so the flag includes hope, this golden anchor -- which is a reference to the coastline of rhode island -- and also 13 stars to represent the 13 states, the original states. >> here's one more interesting fact. although rhode island is our smallest state geographically, it has the longest name of any state. i

this is youtube video of jer only month know, double dutch dog. she is a 2-year-old cattle mix.r rescued her from a pound. samantha says she and geronimo worked for five weeks straight to get this trick right. samantha and geronimo travel the country with a theater group called stunt dog productions and their video now has more than a half million hits and counting. that's like a stupid dog trick on letterman. look at that. he has really good dance moves. >> yeah. >> speaking of music, music star nicki minaj got caught the greeting overseas. a large crowd of pans and photographers mobbed her as she left the arrival area at london's heathrow airport. minaj is in london on her tour of her new frig rans set to hit stores later this year. this is to come a day after she deleted twitter are account. she did it in protest of a website releasing pirated versions of songs on her upcoming album. >> takes attention away from pippa middleton there. >> sure does. >>> coming up next? on "news4 at 4:00,"s in a calls it solar prominence. this spectacular view next. >>> coming up on "news4 at 5

francois hollande who is running on an anti austerity program growth platform and in the netherlands the dutch government is in limbo after it caved to grassroots pressure and failed to pass its own austerity budget over the last year we've seen the devastating consequences of trickle down austerity job layoffs the riots and the suicides and now the politicians banks toure's and technocrats pushing trickle down austerity in europe are feeling the political backlash from their angry angry populations so where is the world. headed if it sticks to the trickle down austerity agenda and what might the backlash against the sort of austerity look like economists richard wolffe joins me now from new york he's the visiting professor at new york school at the excuse me at the new school university and the author of numerous books including capitalism it's the fan the global economic meltdown and what to do about it dr wolfe welcome back thank you tom since the two thousand and eight financial crisis we've seen these austerity measures being pushed across europe as the dutch government topples sarkozy it

after all she won most of those votes in a runaway victory. >> from now on it's ditch dutch and i thinkwe've got a really good shot at doing that because, you know, as we were coming out of polls today, you wouldn't believe the number of the democrats who were coming up to us and taking literature and saying i'm sorry i couldn't vote for you, i'm a democrat, but i'm going to vote for you in november. >> and that was jeff hager reporting. we told you just a few moments ago about daniel von gino, how does the current senator ben carden think about that. christian shaver has the details. reporter: and it turned into a commanding victory for senator carden winning the democratic nomination by more than 50 percentage points over state senator anthony hughes of prince georges county, here in locust point is where the state's democratic powers gathered to celebrate. >> my friend ben. reporter: a commanding victory for ben carden who will now have the opportunity to defend his seat in the general election this fall. >> it's about all of our children and grandchildren and what type of country, w