that took me to poland, germany, and other and other parts of eastern europe, many times in israel. i think that's certainly some family and is from identity comes responsibility. half of my is jewish, my jewish grandmother, rachel who live to 104, was the matriarch of my family. she pronounce very loudly one summer when she saw me wearing a little gold cross that all of my polish girlfriends of war in the summer, my grandmother saw it on a street corner, ripped it up mina can threw it on the ground and said you are jewish. that sealed my identity. as i was working on this book i was was a very glad that she was no longer living because i think it would have destroyed her. but she is very much in my heart and in my head. i also felt that once i learned about the major massacre called the polygon massacre which is just one of the holocaust by bullets that exists all over eastern and western europe, the thing that haunted me was the an amenity of the dead. the countless people who lost their lives. it felt to me like i wanted to write a book that would in some way make that loss manif

in fact, russia has ties to nearly every part of eastern europe. thanks to energy economics and a die as bra pra of russian pradiaspora of russian speakers, vladimir putin could use pro-russia groups to destabilize the region. it is in enclaves like these where putin wields an un be even influence. >> translator: without any intention of what happened in crimea. >> adrian vasalev is like many in bul gair bulgaria who oppose sanctions on russia. >> translator: in my opinion the west won the cold war. and has since been trying to put russia in the corner. >> russia in the 1990s was a very weak and in many respects humiliated country that was not able to project force. was not able to defend its interests as it saw them at the time. so when large numbers of former soviet satellites joined nato or joined the eu, the russians viewed this as a slight. >> today, sentiment here over russia is deeply divided even at the top echelons of government. here in poland, that kind of ambiguity towards moscow is alarming particularly in the wake of the ukraine crisi

in eastern europe, there are some sounds that they think are in agreement that most people who are noteastern europe will think are very, very much in disagreement in the style of music called ganga. [singing ganga music] [shrill yell] in gangan music, they sound notes at the same time that are very, very close together. and in bosnia, that sound is of the essence of music. what constitutes being in agreement or being dissonant or being consonant is a culturally determined thing. and it can change over time. [ensemble plays early music] (narrator) within the western classical tradition, ideas have varied over time as to what combinations of notes make good harmony. the story of how these ideas developed can be traced back through the baroque, renaissance, and medieval periods. (man) well, the term harmony is used in western music to describe the simultaneous sounding of several notes-- what we call chords. that's what we use as the basis of our music in the 19th and 20th century, but it really wasn't always the case. in order to understand the development of harmony, you have to really

the reason, russia's rising military presence in eastern europe.ato forces and russian troops are massing along that border in the modern version of the cold war part two. we sent scott thuman on an exercise with u.s. troops in estonia. [gunfire] scott: what you're seeing and hearing isn't any ordinary military exercise, nor is the setting -- a remote section of woods in tapa, estonia, some 75 miles from the russian border, where 170 u.s. soldiers, as the saying goes, are hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst by training with live rounds, putting high-tech stryker vehicles though the paces, and shattering the -- with the deafening sounds of detonating ied's. captain joe vanderlip is the iron troop commander. captain vanderlip: i think there are conditions out there that have prompted our response and there are decision makers in washington and the pentagon that have deemed it appropriate, that, hey, there's enough going on in the world right now, that we need to forward move units to assure the nato alliance. scott: what, you ask, could

in poland, provides a vehicle for regan to begin to think that maybe the communist system in eastern europe is not as stable as people imagined. >> this is the persian missile. a new version will be deployed in and the communist block. >> ronald reagan pushed to have missiles in europe. we aring go to ration up the cold war. >> many will be protesting the deployment of the missiles. this would make irp a battle field and leave america unscathed. >> they are for the most part nonviolent. trapped on the front line. the fear is in the cold war period in the early 1980s, if thicks went wrong, they would go totally wrong. that we might be at the cusb of nuclear war. # to ignore the facts of history, and the impulseless of an evil empire, and call the armed race a misunderstanding, is removing yourself from right and wrong and good and evil. >> the trouble is, you are poised with these weapons at each other, a terrible way to live. mutually assured destruction. why not put a protective shield between us. so that i can have some other option. that was the berth of sdi, or unkindly called star wars

it has to be in europe with aircraft on the ground making certain that putin knows that eastern europes hands off and if he moves on it, the united states and nato are going to respond. nicole: the u.s. jet was operationing in air space and at no time crossed into russian territory. lauren: another showdown for president obama before the supreme court. the high court considers whether obama overstepped authority when he took unilateral action to allow millions of people in the country illegally from being deported. 26 days by led texas to block 2014 immigration plan that decision could end up in a split since there's an empty seat. that would leave in place a 2015 lower court ruling that threw out the president's executive action. nicole: well, a drone apparently crashing into british airways flight at london airport. the plane's pilot report it had incident yesterday. the jet was landing from geneva, switzerland, if it actually if your turns out a drone, first incident, the plane was clear today leave for the next flight. anyone flying a drean near airport faces up to five years in pr

. >> a disaster that became a -- sent eastern europe into a no go zone for humans. commemorations marking 30 years, the president of ukraine highlighted the political fallout. >> first of all it became a catalyst to the collapse of the soviet union contributing to the emergence of opposition antiempire forces and bringing us closer to independence. >> and here in the streets, 30 tolls of the bell at 1:23 a.m. marked the moment when the world's worst nuclear disaster hit the plant about 50 kilometers outside the town. on april 26th, 1986, a faulty reactor exploded and went into meltdown during a botched safety check. radioactive waste pumped out into the environment for days. around 116,000 people were forced to evacuate and a further 230,000 left their homes in the following years. at the time ukraine was part of the soviet union and authorities tried to hide the accident. sweden alerted the public two years later. the death toll is still unknown. only 56 victims officially recognized. the u.n. recognized 4,000 people could have died in the following years. >>> brea

and then he was asked a follow-up -- >> did i understand you to say the russians are not using eastern europe as their own spear of influence and occupying most of the countries and making sure it is communist zone? where on our side of the line the italians and french -- >> i don't think they consider themselves dommated by the soviet union and i don't believe the romanians considering themselves dominated by the soviet union or the polish. >> guest: immediately after the debate we said mr. president, you misspoke yourself and you will have to call a press conference immediately and explain what you meant. and the president said what did i say? and stew said you said the soviet union doesn't dominate poland and the president said i didn't say that. and he said what do you think? and he said i thought i said the soviet union doesn't dominate the polish people in their hearts and minds. and we played it back and he said, oh, my, i left that phrase off. we will hold a press conference and clear it up. henry kissenger came up and we explained what happened and kissinger said you cannot say that.

. >> i'm sorry to find her standing to say sir that the russians are not using eastern europe as their own sphere of influence and occupying most of the countries they are and making sure that their their troops that is a comment somewhere is on our side of the line the italians and the france are. >> i don't believe mr. franco that the yugoslavians consider themselves dominated by the so

we looked for ways of cooperation through eastern europe partnership and various initiatives but, then we saw the events in crimea. and we realized that europe is not sufficiently prepared for risks of similar type and similar kind. think was the first impulse. the second impulse was the daesh because creation or emergence of such a vast terrorist organization has been something unparalleled. of course we had some experience from fighting al qaeda in afghanistan but now we started facing a completely different animal, a political system but also a organization gaining territorial kind of presence. therefore i believe that nato should stay. it is a very important security infrastructure. it has its place in today's world and the defense of it. we are also sharing common values within the nato which are related to democracy, which are related to impetus on freedom and human rights. but nato primarily is a defense organization. so it should guarranty all members a collective defense from the side of other members and i think there is no other way than increase the defense budgets in the r

even though was only used by athletes in eastern europe and the former soviet republic in eastern europethat is where it was invented, where was manufactured, and it was never considered to be a banned substance. and actually, correcting a position. as far as i know this anti- doping agency is currently looking at the possibility of staging clinical trials to see how much time it takes, how long it stays in your blood, and it may be different for different people. so based on that they will draw conclusions for specific athletes. i expect that their decisions, but this doesn't mean that we should just rest on our laurels and make jokes about it. no. they should improve the way we work with international organizations, respond to their comments on a timely basis and do so promptly. and, of course, we should care about the health of our athletes and help make sure the competition sports is fair, and we want fans to enjoy this, fair competition. certainly our athletes, that is the maturity of our office. they should not suffer from the scandal. as we have invited to the studio the head coac

did i understand you to say that the russians are not in eastern europe as their own served influence and occupying most of the countries they are and making sure with their troops it is a communist zone? where's on our side of the line the italians and the french are still flirting with -- >> i don't believe that the yugoslavians consider themselves dominated by the soviet union. i don't believe that the romanians consider themselves dominated by the soviet union. i don't believe that the poles consider themselves dominated by the soviet union. >> immediately after the debate went up to the president, you misspoke, you will have to hold a press conference in you and explain what you meant. the president said, what did i say? you said the soviet union doesn't comment politics the president said i didn't say that. what do you say? the president said, i said the soviet union does not dominate the polish people in their minds and in our hearts. we play back what the president said. all my god, i thought i said in the hearts and in their mind. i left the phrase off. we will hold a press c

we looked for ways of cooperation through eastern europe partnership and various initiatives. ut then we saw the events in crimea and we realized that europe is not sufficiently prepared for risks of similar type and similar kind. i think this was the first impulse. then the second impulse is the daesh. because the creation or emergence of such a vast terrorist organization has been something unparalleled. of course, [indiscernible] had some experience of fighting al-qaeda in afghanistan. but now we started facing a completely different animal. a political system, but also an organization that gained territorial kind of presence. therefore, i believe that nato should stay. it is a very important security infrastructure. it has its place in today's world and the defense of it. we are also sharing common values within nato which are related the impetus on freedom and human rights. but nato, primarily, is a defense organization, so it should guarantee all our members a collective defensive from the side of other members. i think there's no other way than increase the defense budge

, the former soviet republicings -- splubs and eastern europe because -- republics and eastern pe because that's where it was invented, where it was manufactured. and it was never considered to be a banned substance. and actually, they agreed with us by correcting their position. as far as i know, this antidoping agency is currently looking at the possibility of staging clinical trials to see how much time it takes, how long meldonium stays in your blood. and it may be different with different people. so based on that, they will make -- draw conclusions for specific athletes. i expect that their decisions will be objective. but this subject mean that we should just rest on our laurels and make jokes about it. no. we should improve the way we work with international organizations. we should respond to their comments on a timely basis. we should do so promptly. and, of course, we should care about the health of our athletes and we have to make sure that competition in sports is fair. and we want our fans to enjoy this fair competition. and certainly our athletes -- and that's the

we have seen manufacturing moves out of germany into eastern europe and spain.t's improving the possibility for the german companies. i think it is a win-win for the european market. guy: let's talk a little bit about hays. this is the an hour function here at bloomberg. the yellow line is the price target for your business. we are down. the moment. what is it going to take? for yourno sales stock, but you have this spread here at the moment. what is it going to take to close that? >> our 10 years are very well respected. secondly, we are one of the most cyclical stocks you could see. so, when i come out with a a quarter, i say, the exit rate is 5%. i think -- there is a lot of uncertainty. guy: back on the macro. >> it is a bold quarter. get through the uncertainty -- and we will -- i think we will rebound quite strongly. all the have done today is say to the market, we will profit. we are very happy with consensus and we will be up with the back of today. guy: always a pleasure to see you. venales, finance director of hays. we are going to carry on talking abo

and that unnerves our allies in eastern europe. threatening our vision of a europe that is whole, free and at peace. and it seems to threaten the progress that's been made since the end of the cold war. slow economic growth in europe, especially in the south, has left millions unemployed including a generation of young people without jobs and who may look to the future with diminishing hopes. and all these persistent challenges have led some to question whether european integration can long endure. whether you might be better off separating off, redrawing some of the barriers and the walls between nations that existed in the 20th century. across our countries, including the united states, a lot of workers and families are still struggling to recover from the worst economic crisis in generations. and that trauma of millions who lost their jobs and their homes and their savings is still felt. and meanwhile, there are profound trends under way that have been going on for decades. globalization, automation that in some cases have depres

, the former soviet republicings -- splubs and eastern europe because -- republics and eastern europe because that's where it was invented, where it was manufactured. and it was never considered to be a banned substance. and actually, they agreed with us by correcting their position. as far as i know, this antidoping agency is currently looking at the possibility of staging clinical trials to see how much time it takes, how long meldonium stays in your blood. and it may be different with different people. so based on that, they will make -- draw conclusions for specific thletes. i expect that their decisions will be objective. but this subject mean that we should just rest on our laurels and make jokes about it. no. we should improve the way we work with international organizations. we should respond to their comments on a timely basis. we should do so promptly. and, of course, we should care about the health of our athletes and we have to make sure that competition in sports is fair. and we want our fans to enjoy this fair competition. and certainly our athletes -- and that's t

. >> i put that question to a senior - a dutch research fellow, who had been an ambassador in eastern europeaying what does it message for brussels, for the european union. the question was will this mean that individual nations will have referendums on all sorts of different policies, and could to many that countries feel they have the opportunity to bring a veto or gridlock to brussels. again, that question may be aped in the hours to come. >> thank you very much indeed. dominique kane reporting from the hague >>> a merger with alley gan has been scrapped after measures to stop tax avoidance. u.s. company is cracking down on companies moving assets offshore and reducing tax bills. the new rules will limit the ability to shift profits out of the u.s. >> instagram what'sthat has started to encrypt data. the app, owned by facebook said it will be virtual impossible for hacker or u.s. government to read calls. it comes after tech companies have been pressured to release data, and on the heels of the fbi urging apple to help them hack into a phone of a bomber. others welcome the move. >> anyone

rise not only in these regions of the world, north africa and the middle east, but even here in eastern europesomething it is majoritarianism -- only the majority's voice that can and should be heard? mr. kluth: not the rise of it that it has always been one of the classic threats to freedom. james madison, one of the founding fathers of america, coined that word -- majoritarianism. he was thinking back to ancient athens which was pure democracy. he was trying to figure out how to create a free republic. the careful, it does not just mean democracy all of the time. gete vote on everything, we what is happening in some of these cases and the majority will oppress the minority. it is a mixture. that is why they created the republic. there is an internal dance between majoritarianism and a more balanced regime between democracy with checks and balances and a separate judiciary and free press so everyone can be free including free from each other and majorities. melinda: would you subscribe to he same view? how can someone in pakistan who wants to bring the minority perspective into the open -- ho

. >>> we have art from japan, brazil, germany and eastern europe. >> reporter: dinner date by venezuelanavment -- venezuelan art. >>> you've seen oldenburg was doing in the 60s and what his contemporaries were doing and widen your view of pop. >> reporter: you can download spotify play list by ben vaughn. >>> we encourage people to listen to it in the exhibition space. >> reporter: in philadelphia we're a great pop city this is a great chance to build on the knowledge. >> reporter: international pop is on display through may 15. go to arts in fill.org or go to loves the arts and other area events. for 6abc loves the arts, i'm karen rogers. >> time to get a final check. accuweather forecast with meteorologist david murphy. >> reporter: it's a beauty out there today. we have temperatures climbing up to 80 or so in the northern and western suburbs that includes pottstown and downingtown and kutztown and allentown. more of the same in the central portion of the region ups and downs the i-95 corridor. when you get to the shore you're in the mid 70s and mid 60s along the coast. it depends on where y

very few of the billionaires are named but forbes says many appear to be from russia and eastern europe. no american billionaires or clients have been named in the document leak, at least not yet. u.s. assets have become a favorite destination for some of that money. the miami herald reporting 19 foreign nationals created offshore entities that purchased miami real estate. eight have been linked to corruption and tax evasion in their home state. half are cash deals and overseas buyers bought $6 million worth of homes in southern florida last year. that's about a third of local spending. u.s. treasury has imposed new rules in miami and manhattan requiring buyers using llcs and offshore entities to disclose the real owners. offshoring is perfectly legal in many cases, but it has support the art market. reports say russian billionaire created trusts in the bbi to purchase more than $2 billion more than art. that was sold by billionaire steve cohen. these trusts were disclosed last year and created for estate planning purposes but it shows that growing scrutiny could lead for cause for more

if we look at eastern europe heading into the middle east, i do want to mention across parts of turkey, widespread rainfall. that is going to continue to drift to the east. even an attached front moving across syria there through most of iraq where you'll be looking at the showers over the next several days. ankara, rain showers, thunderstorms on your wednesday. but it will taper off by thursday. baghdad, though, showers will be moving into your region. i'll leave you now with your extended outlook. >>> we have one more story to share before we go. the testing of a drone parcel delivery service has begun in chiba city near tokyo. the central government has designated the city as special economic zone and considering introducing a drone delivery service. in the test, a drone successfully carried a bottle of wine to a designated spot. another drone delivered medicine to the rooftop of a 10-story condominium. the small aircraft quickly flew to the top of the building and landed at the correct spot. city officials said they hope drones will make delivering goods quicker and easier. >> tran

this time eastern europe is favored, although submit among those countries over russia's role in ukraine could make consensus difficult >> reporter: holding public hearings for the next u.n. secretary general could make a big difference. the interests that sit in this room, the security council chamber, could think otherwise. this week's testimony by candidates will be watched by many who want change. the security council makes the decision. beginning in july when they hold their first straw poll >>> rescue teams are searching for survivors after a three-storey building collapsed in shanghai. the cause of the collapse is not clear, but it could be from renovations to the bottom floor >>> a court in india is said to hold a special session this tuesday to decide if fireworks should be banned at testimony pels. more than 100 people were killed in the southern astate of india on sunday. more than 300 others were injured. our correspondent spoke to some of the victims. >> reporter: this ward was set up for those that were injured in the fire display. many of the patients had for years been ta

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tacks and from eastern -- baltics and from eastern europe and clearly they're very anxious to see a very strong united states and nato presence on the eastern border. so can you talk a little bit about why you think a permanent brigade would be preferable to what we're currently considering with respect to rotating troops in and out? mr. scaparrotti: i think a permanent brigade, i'm assuming in europe that we have the facilities that we could readily station those, care for families, etc., but a permanent brigade gives you a brigade that establishes relationships with the supporting elements of all forces from the united states, as well as a more permanent relationship and a lasting relationship with all of our allies, that they work with day to day. that can be done over time. better than a rotational force can potentially do it. it also develops relationships and operating procedures with all of those allies and with the forces that are in europe. so primarily it's one that gives you a little more substance, a little more strength and relationship building. and obviously a trained

the stuff we did to the poles and eastern europe is unforgettable. for there -- that's not to say we didn't try to do bad things to the french. anybody who is french, don't think i'm saying that. if you have been to warsaw, that is also a hugely important relationship for us. and the reality is that for many people in europe, including people of your age, people who were in high school or university, the mobility cross border movement, common currency, cross border friendships, going to university in different places, working in different places is a reality they take for granted. they don't know how much suffer rg we suffering went into that. they ran europe for a long time after the war, but it's no longer enough to run europe. people -- it's not accepted anymore. there are reasons why it doesn't work that are internal to the relationship on the political level. but frankly, the spanish, the poles, the swedes wouldn't accept that and with good reason. they can expect there to be a more democratic way of decision making in europe. the problem right

permanently stationed brigade. >> i've had a chance to visit with tisfinishes from baltic an eastern europe a number of times and clearly they are very anxious to see a very strong united states and nato presence on the eastern border. so can you talk about why you chk a permanent brigade would be preferable to what we're currently considering with respect to rotating troops in and out? >> gentlemen, senator. i think a permanent brigade and i'm assuming if europe that we have the facilities that we could readily station those care for families, et cetera. but a permanent brigade gives you a brigade that establishes relationships with the supporting elements of all forces from the united states swemgs a lasting relationship with all of our am lies that they work with day to day. and that can be done over time better than a rotational force can for forly do it. it also developments relationships and operating procedures with all of those allies and with the forces that are in europe. so primarily it's one that gives you a little more substance, a little more strength in relationship building

evil coming from eastern europe -- people coming from eastern europe, they did not want to overthrowemocracy. yes, they did. those teeming millions that anna lazarus emotionally described were full of anarchists and communists, but liberal capitalism was strong enough to let them in any way. as a result, the american republic and great britain thrived and florist and prospered, and my own grandparents were among those who had written to thank. for that more expansive view of what democracy could accommodate. we are talking about a drop in the ocean, really. one billion of us in europe and canada and the united states. we are talking about 20,000 being admitted to britain. we are talking about 100,000 refugees in the united states, proposed by the president, assuming only 25,000 will come from syria. are they all kind of ravening over? monsters of x-rated [laughter] horror? d they are not all policies -- fallacists. thethe palace is -- do what do weihadists, actually do to resist the poison of apocalyptic era? it is not to demonize all of muslims but also to engage with them. who are

it used to be dominant in eastern europe. it has gone way beyond that now.oups in the united states, africa, asia, all participating in sophisticated cyber crimes. mpanieswhat are co telling you? >> they are being attacked. many companies are unsure what to do. they are pouring a lot of money at this issue. ath proper planning and device up front, they can manage and reduce risk. that is a positive thing. lessons have been learned that we can apply to managed risk. emily: what is your take on the panama papers? >> it shows a trend many of us already know, law firms, hedge funds, they are providing services where they hold valuable client data and they are increasingly targets. law firms cannot assume that because they are helping a client that they are not also a target. my interview with luke. that does it for this issue of "the best of bloomberg west." we will see preliminary bids coming in for yahoo!. eric will be joining us on monday to break it down. we will see you then. ♪ carol: welcome to bloomberg businessweek. stars of the annual design conference.

explicit motivation for extending the prospect of membership to the countries of what we then called eastern europe, was to persuade them to make the political and economic changes that would make them worthy and complimentary allies. we were trying to submit -- sell meant in the democrat revolutions that occurred in the former soviet-controlled states and make those changes permanent. we were extending nato's democratic values along with its security umbrella, and we required prospective members to accept it and institutionalize those democratic values. that process continues today, and nato was and remains a political instrument of enormous persuasive power with historic consequences. but are shared values enough to maintain the vitality and the relevance of a military alliance? for those new member countries themselves, the appeal of the alliance membership was the vast military capabilities of the club they were about to join. they sought actual enhanced security in a still dangerous world not just a political partnership of values but now in the wake of renewed russian aggression, most especia

in the late 19th century, you get more and more migrants from italy, germany, and eastern europe. there is a shifting source of free people. what is behind this massive migration to the new world that built up steam in the 19th century? the first cause is population growth in europe. europe breaks out of these limits on population largely because of the capitalist transformation of agriculture, which produces more and more food produced by fewer and fewer people. agriculture can sustain a larger population. the population in europe stands around 109 million people in 1800. by 1900, that has left up to 1400 million and that is even with 50 million people leaving. this is more people in europe and they have to find someplace to go. this migration is intimately linked, intricately linked to industrial development in europe, the rise of industrial capitalism. one of the major factors going into mass migration is improvement in transportation. we have already talked about seeing travel across the ocean and we know that whereas in the 18th century, it might take a month to cross the atla

the opportunity recently to meet in brussels with officials from europe and from particularly eastern europe, the baltics. and they were very pleased to see our proposal to increase the european reassurance initiative four fold. you mentioned the threat from russia. one concern that they asked me about that i couldn't answer was why the decision seems to have been made to preposition the equipment to do the rotational more in western europe than in eastern europe on the front lines. so how do we explain the decision to do that? >> first of all, i'd defer to the authoritative answer to general breed love because he determines where that equipment goes and so on and so forth, but there's a couple of issues here. not the least of which are political and negotiations with foreign governments as to where it goes, where you base it and building the infrastructure to support it and so on and so forth. what we'll do is the initial trounce, the unit will bring the equipment. so the rotational units will bring the equipment and then you what see in '17 and '18 we'll have preprocession-propitioned euro

supporting the fight against isil, all the while defending south korea and reassuring our allies in eastern europe. the demands on our soldiers only continues to increase as the threats to our nation grow more diverse, more complex and more severe. but despite the stark and urgent realities of the threats to our nations and the risks they pose to our soldiers, the president continues to ask the army to do more with less and he's done so once again with his defense budget request. the president should have requested the defense budget that reflects the scale and scope of the national security threats we face and the growing demands they impose on our soldiers. instead, he chose to request the lowest level of defense spending authorized by last year's budget agreement and submitted defense budget that is actually less in real dollars than last year. a budget that will force our army to confront growing threats and increasing operational demands with shrinking and less ready forces and aging equipment. by the end of the next fiscal year, the army will be cut down to 450,000 active duty soldiers from

similar th something out of pepsi, and we will hear what it says, but specifically in eastern europeave seen incremental deceleration since the start of the year. in terms of what coke is pushing, the good news is they p business, water, were up strong in the first quarter, citing the company is making a good strive to get the consumers more of what they do want to consume and less reliance on soft drinks. the issue is really the macro. david: if you could take fx out of it, how would they have done? taking tx added -- fx out of the, expectations were at 4% to 5% on the quarter. about one point 22 points of disappointment all most all of it to them by volume. and a bit of geographic business makes. they expect the acceleration. vonnie: your question, i imagine you have one? for the ceo of coke, guess, i think a lot of it will be understanding why the have confidence to accelerate over the balance of the year if the issue is outgrowth. to the expect macros to improve or do they believe they can fight through it better on the back of marketing? on the positive side, it will be about if

sovereignty and territory of an independent european nation, ukraine, and that unnerves our allies in eastern europe, threatening our vision of a europe that is whole, free and at peace. and it seems to threaten the progress that's been made since the end of the cold war. slow economic growth in europe, especially in the south, has left millions unemployed, including a generation of young people without jobs and who may look to the future with diminishing hopes. and all these persistent challenges have led some to question whether european integration can long endure; whether you might be better off separating off, redrawing some of the barriers and the laws between nations that existed in the 20th century. across our countries, including in the united states, a lot of workers and families are still struggling to recover from the worst economic crisis in generations. and that trauma of millions who lost their jobs and their homes and their savings is still felt. and meanwhile, there are profound trends underway that have been going on for decades -- globalization, automation that -- in some cases, o