during the cold war, berlin became a symbolic outpost of communist eastern europe. in 1980 seven, then u.s. president ronald reagan made a direct appeal to the soviet leader. >> mr. gorbachev, open the gate. reagan's wi soon became a reality. two years later the wall fell. but the backing of the united states, the two germanys were reunited. berlin once again became the capital. though clinton was the first u.s. president who walks or brandenburg gate side-by-side with chancellor helmut kohl. he became read -- he came prepared for a message in germany. >> alles is moeglish.

central or eastern europe.o you know anything about thata snfnlg i only knew there was a strong french component my mother's maiden name is larochec beyond that this is all mother's side, i had no idea. this is father's side as well. >> seymour we think it's my great grandfather was caucasian i'm not sure where he was from but seymour is the name. sorry we did the same thing for you. we looked at your denya, and have the results. your mother's side of family.il. >> you belong to j1b1a1 if can we see the map. we're not showing that. okay. it's coming up, i think.hink >> those are the results fromesl the rest of genome it's typically european. closest populations are german and greek. g >> greek?reek >> german i knew not greek.ek. >> what do you know? kn >> i know on my mom's sideide there's german in there and my mother's maiden is servan. i don't know much other than that but think it's a derivation from servant maybe it was a german world, i don't know. >> interesting. there's information pulling you toward th

much of eastern europe, central europe where you need the drier conditions here because you're still seeing some of these rivers go down following that absolutely incredible flooding you saw last week. so that's going to stay in place. and that's some good news. drier weather and warmer weather, vi enna with a high of 33. athens up to 34 with stunny skies on your tuesday. that's a look at your world weather. here's your extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. ♪ >>> david killick. a new zealand journalist visits an area stricken by the 3/11 disaster. on february the 22nd, 2011, less than three weeks before the great east japan earthquake, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit new zealand destroying many buildings around christchurch. over 20,000 houses were effected by liquid faction and parts of

temperatures rising for the most part across eastern europe. that's your weather, here is a look at your extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani here in tokyo, have a great day wherever you are. ♪ >>> in november of 2012, a freelance journalist in china obtained evidence of corruption by a high-ranking public servant and uploaded images on the internet.

today armenian food infuses he flavor from the mediterranean, middle east, and eastern europe. >> this is our 55th year and in san francisco we're the largest armenian food festival and widely recognized as one of the best food festivals in the area. we have vendors that come up from fresno, from los angeles showing off their craft. we really feel like we have something for everyone in the neighborhood and that's really what it is, is drawing people to see a little bit of our culture and experience what we experience weekend in and weekend out. >> we are behind the scenes now watching the chef at work preparing some delicious armenian kabob. this is a staple in armenian cooking, is that right? >> absolutely, since the beginning of time. our soldiers used to skewer it on the swords. we have a combination of beef and lam and parsley. and every september over 2000 pounds of meat being cooked in three days. >> after all that savory protein, i was ready to check out the fresh veggie options. >> this is armenian cheat sheet. it's tomatos and mint and olive oil. that makes summer food. and wh

but why, eastern europe -- as rain comes in from the south, conditions will ease. dry weather for much of the western couldn't nent and the british isles. very hot in lisbon at 30 degrees for you on monday. in asia, then a seasonal rain band is affecting you. taiwan, you were hit by a big earthquake yesterday. now the system will continue to whoever over the same area. now towards the north, lingering storms for northeastern china. that's going to be affecting the northern parts of the korean peninsula. and ma the average this time of year is only 26 degrees. over 30 degrees over the next three days in beijing. and tokyo coming in at 24 degrees with sunshine. in the u.s. and canada, after causing deadly tornados once again in oklahoma, the severe we weather is affecting eastern coast. we have a potential for tornados in some places including new brunswick in eastern canada. the system will continue to move towards the east at a slow pace. conditions will start to improve, but the coastal areas will continue to see wet and windy conditions into your monday. and a ne

you always follow and life give you an edge and eastern europe the eastern way of thought is that too when you open your eyes in the morning be grateful for the day . and love life. is a miracle that overdue so many things it is a miracle is a miracle and you sitting here it's a miracle said mary to be born as a male and because they were not sold from the. yankees. baseball as a love of you was right but you would not buy the yankees you said that to me today i was shot if i had your money i would buy the dodgers and what you think you will make you will enjoy more oh i would love forming a baseball team you will change them do we know i would just the thrill of being an owner to own a team when you're on the team and you had to will do it you will pay more them and you win the man as the more you will leave the manager to decide to manage is the side but i'd sit in the box and i feel that you are the only then you don't feel. that you're the owner and that's the same thing feel that way anyway i think getting on a right. do you have a favorite all time yankee. well this is a good ro

instead, eastern europe and the balkan peninsula are seeing some intensified rain and thundershowers over the course of the day. out west, due to this high pressure system, looking dry for the british isles and the western continent. and temperatures on the rise. 20 in london and 23 degrees in paris for wednesday. here's the extended forecast. >>> that is all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us. huell: california's gold is produced in association with kcet los angeles and is seen statewide on california public television. this series is endorsed by the california teachers association, the california school boards association and the california library association. huell: it was a historic day: january 31, 1971, the launch of apollo 14 on what was to be america's third trip to the lunar surface. three astronauts made the trip. alan shephard and edgar mitchell actually walked on the moon, while stuart roosa orbited above in the command module. and here's where the story gets

during the cold war, berlin became a symbolic outpost of communist eastern europe.n 1980 seven, then u.s. president ronald reagan made a direct appeal to the soviet leader. >> mr. gorbachev, open the gate. reagan's wish soon became a reality. two years later the wall fell. but the backing of the united states, the two germanys were reunited. berlin once again became the capital. though clinton was the first u.s. president who walks or brandenburg gate side-by-side with chancellor helmut kohl. he became read -- he came prepared for a message in germany. >> alles is moeglish. berlin ist frei. >> all as possible. berlin is free. barack obama came in 2008, only a candidate at the time and was refused permission to speak at the brandenburg gate. he got the victory column. hundreds of thousands turned out to hear his message of change. after eight years of george w. bush, he represented a different america. he stressed berlin's a special place in history. >> this city, of all cities, knows the dream of freedom. [applause] >> now, barack obama is back in berlin, as preside

instead, eastern europe and the balkan peninsula are seeing some intensified rain and thundershowers over the course of the day. out west, due to this high pressure system, looking dry for the british isles and the western continent. and temperatures on the rise. 20 in london and 23 degrees in paris for wednesday. here's the extended forecast. >>> that is all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us.

biggest internet exchange which directs international data traffic to places like syria, molly, and eastern europe. tappedne of the hubs into by the nsa to record about half a billion telephone calls and text messages a month in germany. the report is based on information from former nsa contractor, edward snowden. "long with "the guardian newspaper, they have documents showing to -- showing germany was a target for u.s. buying. they show a ran and pop -- iran and pakistan are the most heavily monitored. but countries like germany get a yellow rating, meaning they are important to u.s. intelligence. by the deeply disturbed espionage activities of u.s. intelligence agencies. this is not acceptable among allies. spying by the u.s. intelligence agencies appears to be completely out of control. ,> we need an investigation which is what we are trying to achieve great it is unacceptable something we do not allow in germany, the storage of private information without due cause, is allowed to happen through some back door. >> despite the outrage, it appears germany's foreign intelligence agency has been m

during the cold war, berlin became a symbolic outpost of communist eastern europe.n 1980 seven, then u.s. president ronald reagan made a direct appeal to the soviet leader. >> mr. gorbachev, open the gate. reagan's wi soon became a reality. two years later the wall fell. but the backing of the united states, the two germanys were reunited. berlin once again became the capital. though clinton was the first u.s. president who walks or brandenburg gate side-by-side with chancellor helmut kohl. he became read -- he came prepared for a message in germany. >> alles is moeglish. berlin ist frei. >> all as possible. berlin is free. barack obama came in 2008, only a candidate at the time and was refused permission to speak at the brandenburg gate. he got the victory column. hundreds of thousands turned out to hear his message of change. after eight years of george w. bush, he represented a different america. he stressed berlin's a special place in history. >> this city, of all cities, knows the dream of freedom. [applause] >> now, barack obama is back in berlin, as president

the germans and swiss plan to phase out atomic energy, but some governments in eastern europe are headingn the other direction. they want to build nuclear plants to reduce their energy dependence on russia. nhk world's ivo tuho reports. >> reporter: poland has yet to build its first nuclear reactor. the government froze all projects to build a nuclear plant after the chernobyl accident in 1986. the country's large labor force and proximity to large consumer markets like germany, has attracted vigorous foreign investment. despite the deepening credit crisis and recession in europe, poland has managed to maintain growth. but economic development has raised the issue of a stable energy supply to secure independence from russia. authorities are looking to nuclear power as an alternative to coal. they are aiming to start building two reactors by 2020. >> we think that the nuclear option as a base load capacity will be very important element of diversification of our energy needs, creating a new basis for energy security for the system. >> reporter: the two projects have attracted the attention

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of the upper-level low which has just been cut off and sitting here in and across central and eastern europe. still expecting about 40 millimeters, maybe up to 60 millimeters of rainfall and some isolated storms. but the good news is that the worst of it looks like it's over. the problem is still you had an abundant amount of rain over the past week now across much of the czech republic, southern germany and southern poland. all that water has to go somewhere. it's con tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley.tonight a conversation with elisabeth moss. junes to be handed out on 10. we are glad you joined us. a conversation with elisabeth moss is coming up right now. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminating hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers lik

why we are dividing germany up because there would not allow elections to be taking place in eastern europe or eastern germany, said he did not trust them. a think he said something to the effect that we really fight world war ii because they totalitarian had the door and eastern europe, many heather, only to defeat him and handed over to another totalitarian. that was at a time when the status quo of the estate's at the end of the roosevelt and beginning of the german a ministration had been -- this sordid past is now behind them. there will work with us to rebuild europe together. they're not what we think they are. patton was relieved of command and put into a nominal role as an archival general. and then, of course, the mysterious death. i think it was just an accident, but that story of the conspiracy theory, that he was somehow killed. anyway, questions? >> the increased use of drones in warfare, how is it likely to affect our willingness to still be able to use conventional warfare or politically want to use conventional warfare? >> we had this new strategy. the technology evolves so

and and to confront socialism in the soviet union an infant with any and eastern europe. militarily confront me it is a military corporation to make war into we've convened a meeting by you own a sword and its defense ministers that they think that they went and i also understand that in recent days the colombian ambassador has given the necessary explanations to the many latin american countries that the o.e. summit in guatemala and they give the impression that there is a step of being taken back out into a healthy step back and part of colombia who has taken in abrupt action a troubling and abrupt action. i would never the less it has been the colombian people that i look at that who have pressured their authorities to reflect and retract what it is what's best and what is correct that i don't pass what us is quoting the tsunamis hit us and i want to talk about the forum again mr vice president i notice you talking to a lot of academics you were talking to dr noam chomsky today intellectuals filmmakers activists you were talking to all over stone as well i'm wondering

confront the warsaw pact and and to confront socialism in the soviet union but even with him and eastern europe. militarily confront me it is a military corporation to make quarter we've convened a meeting by you own a sword and its defense ministers that they think that it went and i also understand that in recent days the colombian ambassador has given the necessary explanations to the many latin american countries that the east summit in guatemala and they give the impression that there is a step of being taken back out into a healthy step back in part of colombia who has taken in abrupt action a troubling and abrupt action. i would never the less it has been the colombian people look at that who have pressured their authorities to reflect and retract what it is what's best and what is correct that i don't guess what that us is going to tsunamis about us and i want to talk about the forum again mr vice president i notice you talking to a lot of academics you were talking to dr noam chomsky today intellectuals filmmakers activists you were talking to all over stone as well i'm wondering what

europe, unsettled recently. over the past 12 hours, more heavy downpours edging their way to the east. for the easternrts of europe, the problem has not been with wet weather, it is hot weather we have been seeing. here are some pictures out of vienna, showing glorious weather there. south in belgrade, serbia, we have people there needing a water fountain. has been, because it so hot, we have seen heavy thunderstorms. here are some pictures out of austria. a town there has been devastated by one of those thunderstorms, a lot of flash flooding and damage, as you can see. over eastern parts of europe, it will stay hot for us over the next few days. you can still see more in the way of wet weather. it is edging its way in from the west, and it will be the western parts, that we still have most of the unsettled weather as we head through friday and into saturday. the other side of the mediterranean, all settled here. you see the wind picking up from the south, ringing a fair amount of dust and haze with them. tunis will be around 32 or 33. >> welcome back. top stories here on al jazeera, talks between the

it was a temporary occupation they pledged not to conduct of eastern europe where they were not popular and ultimately they couldn't sustain themselves from which they had become evicted. is that on behalf of the western allies? >> you can't see that in 1933 roosevelt planned all with up to 57 but a planned each stage as it came. in the balance of the period arnove that section in the mid 50's, the strategics team that he assembled was in charge. of course he died in 1945 but president truman and general marshall as the secretary of state and defense, general eisenhower is the first commander of nato and the first term president dean acheson and george kennon and charles and others. these were people that roosevelt promoted and they continued to direct the country in strategic firm terms through the 50's and they did it. there were mistakes of course, everyone makes mistakes but in general it was just absolutely brilliant strategic direction and was almost completely successful and ultimately of course as everyone knows the great rivalry and the soviet union ended it simply disintegrate

eastern bekaa valley. heavy rain is continuing to cause flooding across much of central europe.he check prime minister has declared a state of emergency. three years ago, he was a little-known soldier on his first tour of duty in iraq. now u.s. army private bradley manning has been charged with the biggest security leak in the history of the united states. he will appear at the ft. meade army base in maryland for the start of his military trial on monday. he will face 21 counts of leaking classified information to the whistleblowing website wikileaks. among them more than 700,000 documents including intelligence reports, videos, and diplomatic cables. collectively they expose years of sensitive information relating to u.s. foreign-policy, guantÁnamo bay prison, and the wars in iraq and afghanistan. most explosive revelations pointed to torture and civilian killings, and supporters say it was his duty to expose them. if convicted, the 25-year-old soldier could spend the rest of his life he had bars. >> fire. >> u.s. army private first class bradley manning says this video of u.s.

illusions to jews and very negative ones and she learned prejudicial things my father experience in eastern europe. and try to beat him up and say that he drank christian blood. i don't know what her particular images were but she felt they dread of me and my family. and in the end she met them. >> you wasn't the only one who tried to stop the court should. >> needless to say my parents believed in continuity of their heritage. and 5% remaining that got out and they felt it was their duty to transmit this torch, to the next generation and white it again and the worst thing that would happen is it would be snuffed out and forgotten. not just their life all the way back, so a long, poignant, resilience tradition easily snuffed out, both my parents thought this would be a good thing. and make the argument, this is the greatest attempt, and in love with one of the 36 and this was all jewish legends and 36 in the world are not jewish and they make the world so good. and the father said gave us some consideration, i really don't think so. so now that i have been married for a decade i can say yes, not o

. >> the food seemed equally pleasing in eastern europe as well. especially at a serbian prison called zabwa. >> to me it was vastly different from the kind of food served in american prison. loads of bread. the food looked fresh. it wasn't processed and it was ladled out, served out fresh. it was a different visual for me in terms of seeing the food. we walked into this one area and this massive vats of dough and yeast were being prepared for this homemade bread that they serve the inmates, so they offered us a chance to try it. i delved into that bread, it was so delicious. this bread was probably the tastiest bread i have ever had. it was that good. >> but most inmates we have met prefer their own culinary concoctions to prison fare. james meek, an inmate at hmp shots prison in scotland is a self-trained saucier and keeps an impressive collection of spices to turn mundane prison grub into something exotic. >> spices. to make curries and that. but you've got to wash out the meat and things like that, you know. and then you make your own sauce and

he came from a family of working-class immigrants from eastern europe, russia and poland. his parents struggled and i have heard frank talk about how they struggled. they worked so hard. they moved around new jersey often. when frank was 18 during the middle of world war ii, he enlisted in the united states army. during world war ii, he served in the signal corps and i can remember frank talking about his experiences in the european theater. he was on the army signal corps, up on wooden power poles and he his ee a war going on in sight. during world war ii, he talked about the many experiences he had, as he said making him a better american. he was very proud of his military service. he is the last world war ii veteran having served in the senate. we don't have any more world war ii veterans in the senate. his death is a great loss to this institution in many, many different ways. and when frank came home from the war, he was obviously very attend d was allowed to prestigious columbia university and did it on the g.i. bill like many other returning americans did. but he qu

the brandenburg gate confronting the soviet union about its horrendous oppression of freedom in eastern europeday of course germany is unified in a free nation. the german press is basically liberal and in a press conference there were questions like this. >> there were a number of hopes in the world that were in a way shattered because of your -- for example the closing down of guantanamo. madam chancellor the nobel prize winner, obama is waging drone war also via germany and is he allowed to do that according to german law? >> bill: absurd question. the u.s.a. launches drones. no other nation is involved. that dopey reporter may be objecting to shared intelligence but when her family gets blown up by jihadists, believe me, her attitude would be different. it's clear that clear thinking americans that the u.s.a. is continuing to wage aggressive war against terrorism and that strategy is a good one. it has saved thousands of lives. you will never convince the far left loons of that. >> do you think barack obama should be put on trial for war crimes? >> absolutely. every president in this centu

if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the soviet union and eastern europe, if you seek liberalizatione to this gate. mr. gorbachev, open this gate. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >>> joined again by our gaggle back here in washington, d.c., crist matthews, susan page, kristin welker. susan, in the break we were talking about the historic part of this moment. having traveled to the railing -- what does this moment mean? >> i was covering the white house for "newsday," and he spoke of his desire, the end of communism, uniting the germany. none of us thought that would happen. we weren't sure that president reagan actually thought this was a possibility, yet look at what has happened. we do get caught up in the headlines of this morning, but we shouldn't lose sight there are these moments in history action and when you cover the white house, kristin, as you know, you really have the 3ri68 of seeing them up close. >> this white house, there was some sort of cold war moments where he visited it feels like a couple days ago. the body language couldn't have been more awkward as they sat