that the airliner is safe for them to operate all the other routes that they maintain around the europe union >> how concerned will efficient there be about the fact that the aircraft made a rapid descent from 38,000 feet to 6800 feet in just a few short minutes? without going into the realms of speculation, there will be concern about how that happened. >> well, of course, there will be great concern about that, because until there is certainty about what exactly happened to that airliner, then it is natural for people to speculate about what might have happened and that will be of concern not just to germanwings, not just to lufthansa, but to all airlines that operate this particular aircraft and indeed, as i say to the manufacturer. it's difficult to see why a pilot of an airliner would want to descend that rapidly that quickly into what would on the face of it a mountainous area be a dangerous maneuver to undertake. until the air accident investigators have got to the site and have been able to access the black box flight recorders, it would be dangerous, i think for us to go into too muc

. >> ok, so it's a subsidiary of lufthansa and operates mostly inside the europe union from regionalrport hubs around germany, here in berlin, from germany, dÜsseldorf, which was the destination of this particular aircraft that has come down. germanwings employs around 2,000 people and has around 80 aircraft, 15 or 16 of which are the a320 and there are other aircraft inside its fleet, as well. it will be taking perhaps hundreds of thousands of people from short haul destinations around europe every year. it's a low frills airline a low cost low frills, short haul airline, which is a convenience for people traveling from different european hubs to other european hubs. this one, bourse barcelona to dÜsseldorf. you could imagine -- he. >> let me just jump in there for a second. let's cross over to the spanish prime minister talking about the crash of that germanwings flight. let's listen in to what he has to say. >> i have spoken to the german chancellor angela merkel and asked for her opinion and advice about how to liase further. i have spoken to the legal representation and informed

this pre-fabricated structure which he shares with members of his family, was donated by the europe union. he has received an conviction notice by israeli soldiers. and prime minister benjamin netanyahu has ordered all structures to be demolished. >> they gave us these caravan because the building was falling apart. they claimed that this is illegal. >> they say the homes were illegal because they were built without israeli permits. they criticized the e.u. for spending millions of dollars on the 400 structures in what is known as area c. when the oslo accords were signed israel controlled any future palestinian construction would require its approval. but according to independent monitoring groups, since then israel has rejected 97% of all palestinian permit requests. the top representative to the occupied palestinian territory says that the e.u. is having serious discussions to prevent the demolitions. >> for us we operate and we intervene on very clear humanitarian guidelines. no other reasons. >> palestinian officials say that the demolition orders and the rejection of nearly all buil

in eastern europe, soviet union, whatever, young students of organizations were very much dependent of the political life of the state. they were a submission of the government. here, i see an extreme -- here come a there is another extreme. i don't know if this is that chapter prevents them from doing that. when they make mistakes or what is happened in oklahoma. which is clearly a bigger problem. when they make mistakes in taking an attitude, or political attitude that shows their concern for the future of this country, are there any limitations? host: are you saying you want to see more oversight of fraternities and sororities by outside groups? caller: yes, they have to show being more active in political life. guest: i think it is important glad to hear that you moved here to the united states where we enjoy freedom of association and the opportunity to enjoy things like fraternities and sororities and exercise our right to be -- to be with people we want to be with an exercise our rights to free speech, usually means making people in the majority uncomfortable him otherwise that

european union but it has increased from inside the european union, not least because we have created more jobs than the rest of the europe in union together. -- european union put together. >> it was in his contract with the british people. cut the tens of thousands. now, it is about 298 house and by the time he took office. this is what he said in the contract. if we don't deliver our side of the bargain vote ourselves in five years time. did he mean at? there are two gang reasons for high migration. one, the growth of our economy. the other is that our benefits system allows people to access the benefits straight away. i say, let's keep the strong economy, let's change the benefits system. he wants to keep the benefits system and trash the economy. >> mr. speaker. his promise on immigration makes the executive prime minister's policy and truancy the more -- model of integrity. if he can break so spent attack you laterally ace -- solemn promise on a fundamentally important issue, why should anybody believe any of his promises? >> i am glad you mentioned the document. i brought it with me. i have procured a copy for the

europe? as the european union's immigration policy broken? how to fix it? who can fix it? >> many people fleeing war and poverty seek shelter in europe. many of them perish on the way. often drowning in the mediterranean. in the past year alone, it is estimated that around 5000 people lost their lives in this way. eu politicians in brussels have been indecisive in their response with stopgap measures. for over 10 years they have been searching for a common policy. the new european commission believes that the responsibility lies with the member states. >> i think there's been too many differences in the application of what we agreed at european level in the memory states. we need to make sure that member states see eye to eye on how we apply our asylum procedures, how we treat asylum seekers. >> the european commission says it wants to hold further polemic or he discussions with member states. critics say that just goes to show what a failure eu migration policy has been up until now. >> everybody has had the time to get to grips with the issues. we all know what the proble

unions. the opposite of what goes on in europe. to all these jobs going away because of unions abroad that is a separate issue. most auto jobs are unionized abroad. we are not losing those jobs to germany. they get all kinds of unions in japan and germany. a lot of trucking jobs are not going abroad. they still have to truck stuff. what you are creating is higher unemployment in a higher artificial wages union in america. >> the facts are the facts. you can talk about ideas talk about what you want personally your ideology. "wall street journal" did an editorial. 2012 they said the last ten years right-to-work states compensation increased four times that of not right-to-work states. i don't understand how to say that any more clearly. >> the pay was a full percentage point lower. people are going to get out of unions. you've seen it over and over. americaned shut have the choice to get into unions or choice to get out of unions. >> that's what the bottom line is. it is supposed to be about choice. this is an idea that is totally an

unions. the opposite of what goes on in europe. to all these jobs going away because of unions abroad that is a separate issue. most auto jobs are unionized abroad. we are not losing those jobs to germany. they get all kinds of unions in japan and germany. a lot of trucking jobs are not going abroad. they still have to truck stuff. what you are creating is higher unemployment in a higher artificial wages union in america. >> the facts are the facts. you can talk about ideas talk about what you want personally your ideology. "wall street journal" did an editorial. 2012 they said the last ten years right-to-work states compensation increased four times that of not right-to-work states. i don't understand how to say that any more clearly. >> the pay was a full percentage point lower. people are going to get out of unions. you've seen it over and over. americaned shut have the choice to get into unions or choice to get out of unions. >> that's what the bottom line is. it is supposed to be about choice. this is an idea that is totally an

countries in the arab world democratized like other countries in latin america, former soviet union eastern europe, those countries although they're still sort of, you know, liberalizing, but they're making significant incremental gains towards something that was better than the sort of like, authoritarian stalemate, if you may. so then we start breaking down some of the key explanations that pertain to the arab world and those center around two explanations. again, there's the culture of islam argument or the culture of authoritarianism argument, and then there's the political economy argument. and with the political economy argument, it's probably most salient which it basically argues that where you have oil resources or resource minerals like you to in many countries in the arab world and the gulf region, those resources have benefited authoritarian regimes to solidify their rule. and, basically, redistribute resources in ways that undermines a democratic social contract, if you may. in other words, now citizens are getting very generous benefits from the regime, but in exchange they're not ge

union and japan. attempt to establish the domination of the whole planet including the so-called socialist country of eastern europehe former soviet union and including even china including everybody. as i mentioned before, a pattern of recolonization a new stage of monroe doctrine with respect to south america. nonnegotiable globalization. that is unilaterally imposed globalization. the result of that pattern of globalization was simply a disaster. you can see in greece or spain now, but you can see it everywhere. i think you can see it in the united states. when you have the demonstration in new york, we are the 99% indeed, 99% of humankind did not benefit of that pattern of globalization. those who benefited of it are perhaps even less than 1% in some cases. but let's say 1% or even 5%. it is more minority. which is governed, which is managed by oligarchies. you have an oligarchy running the united states, running the european union, and countries of the european union will stop you have oligarchies also running the dependent countries for latin america, africa asia -- everywhere, oligarchies. this is disaster.

europe. the soviet union was our enemy. they declared that these people asked whether they were members of the communist party. i remember said the party that is loyal to the soviet union in the country wishes to actually destroy the united states. are you a member of that particular group? they said are you a member of the communist party? i'm putting in mind the subtext of that. >> host: to be clear, it is not are you a communist. it is a member of the communist party? suis not about belief. it's about membership. to be a member, you had to be loyal to the soviet union. they actually have a construction if you did for stalin wanted coming right at the party. postcode was administered from abroad? >> guest: well, administer, i don't know -- control. basically controlled by the communist party and he would get coded messages. i have some of those. postcode but the thought came to light after 91? >> guest: much of this came before it all. that is the thing people don't understand. they all had these wonderful hearing in whic

would be out and you would have as a result a political response, a roadmap towards a political union in europehening of institutions. manus: and that is what pimco was saying but we are miles away from that. hans: we are running a suboptimal currency union because we are not on the way to political union and people do not see that happening. we need another event to push us in that direction. manus: we have a limited period of time, the dollar correction is near completion. friday evening, rates may be raised in 2015. but the cycle will be unlike anything. what does that mean? han the incentive backs: -- hans: the incentive bank wants to because shows. there is a gap between what they are telling us and what the market says the radios. you start hugging -- rate is. you start hiking the rate to what is indicated by the dots, that might be a violent adjustment. mrs. yellen is trying to make sure there is a volatility control. when the central bank is hiking interest rates in the case of the united states, bearing in mind that 63% of international loans are in dollars and therefore 63% of loans b

europe. in the soviet union was our enemy. basically stalin had. the.is that these people were asked whether they're were they were members of the conspiracy. are you members of the conspiracy that is loyal to the soviet union? are you a member of that particular group? and they do not have to in that way. i am putting and likeness of stack -- the subject of that. >> to be clear the question is not are you a communist but are you a member of the communist party. it's not a question of belief that membership. >> there was a construction within the communist party in which you can deviate. >> and it was administered from a abroad. >> well, that were controlled. it was basically controlled by the communist party of new york. and he would get coded messages. i have some of them. i did not -- it was not my -- >> but this came to light after 91 and the collapse of the soviet union. >> before all that. much of this came before. that is what people don't understand. the house committee they all have these wonderful hearings. but anyway we are back to the f

which was the possibility of nuclear warfare and having a new kind of regime in eastern europe and the soviet union so they developed in that period a series of six different talks, they gave a couple in the boston area at the coast guard academy that they won in germany, laid out the steps they want to take, decided they wanted to meet and have a summit with gorbachev only when they are ready and have a vision in place and say here is gorbachev's speeches about reforming soviet society and he believes in democracy and doesn't believe -- doesn't -- has nothing to do with that solution to protests how do we actually affect these in ways that matter and do this in a way that doesn't provoke a crackdown against gorbachev and his advisers in the soviet union or provoke other kinds of conflicts in eastern europe and that is why it took a long time to work this out. >> right up here? >> did you discuss with him anything about the pacific our relationship, our alliance with japan, our relationship with china? >> i spent three chapters on china. 9 at is pretty important. for the first time the administrati

europe. >> jobless rate across the european union fell slightly in january. good news according to new figures from the european statistics agency. across the e.u., it fell to 9.8%. in the eurozone, it is at the lowest level since april 2012 at 11.2%. that is welcome news for eurozone countries. the group remained in deflation in february, the third month of falling prices. greece and spain still have the highest rate of unemployment in the european union. youth unemployment in those countries is over 50%. france saw a slight increase in its rate of unemployment while germany remains near the bottom with just 4.7% people out of work. if we talk about greece's situation coming down, he hinted of the weekend he wants to reschedule payments due to the european central bank this summer. this coming just after the form of extension to greece's bailout officially signed on friday. we are seeing the phone feathers among the european partners. he was telling the financial times that greece needs to start a reforms immediately if it wants to be helped out of its cash

. >> all i'm saying is that i think there is a recognition across the european union that it would be to europe that the world looked to provide such a force. if flfs a peace to keep in the future. >> so that element was discussed. was there any other developments? that were discussed last friday around some con kreet steps in libya to win the peace? there are outside players involved in supporting both sides and seeking to apply diplomatic pressure on outside players to seek to minimize. is there are concerns about protecting the assets of the libyan people in the form of the assets of the central bank to ensure that they don't get acquired by either side. >> i think it's not about how much time he spent in libya. northeast of them are taking place outside libya meetings in rome meetings in malta, meetings in tunisia, meetings in cairo. i think that would understate what he's doing to look only at the time spent in libya. obviously, time spent in libya is restricted by security considerations. to be able to forge meaningful relationship stz. >> good. president,you touched upon in anxiousing my

is about the possibility of nuclear warfare and having new kinds of regimes in eastern europe and the soviet uniony developed a series of what ended up being six different talks one in college station a couple in the boston area, one in germany talks that laid out the steps they wanted to take and decided that they wanted to meet and have a summit with gorbachev only when they are ready and kind of had a vision in place. he speaks about how he wants to reform soviet society and he believes in democracy and does not believe -- does not want -- not going to have a tiananmen solution to protest. how then do we actually affect these in ways that matter and do it in a way that does not provoke a a crackdown against gorbachev and his advisors in the soviet union or provoke other kinds of conflict. that's why it took a long time to work this out. >> did you discuss anything about our alliance with japan and relationship with china? >> i spent about three chapters on china. for the 1st time the administration visits china before europe because of hero heaters funeral in february 1989. as for japan he does

that broader sweep -- >> i think what i really need to look at what you are in europe is the anti-european anti-european unionuro zone attitudes but not only le pen on the right but of parties like others in greece. that is a strong and growing emotion in europe and it challenges everything we learned and thought about european unity over the last. [speaking at the same time] >> you have the far left and the far right sort of kissing at that point. >> converging of the point of let's not like europe. >> i have this quote from her she is said the european union is death the death of our economy mirk our social welfare system and economy pitch sounds much better in french but that's her quote. she said she would hold a ref run done if elected odd the approximated even ue.u. >> if you are france talking about pulling out of europe, our is up in big trouble. when the european constitution was being worked on the french voted it down, they are not as european as they might seem. this is a construct that many people feel was imposed on them by the leadership in these various countries. it's one of the reasons that

as the leader of this effort there are six nations, china, russia, all of europe and the european union here together. this would be a huge setback for president obama's foreign policy. this is his legacy moment. >> we'll be watching. andrea mitchell live for us this morning. >>> chuck todd is moderator of "immediate" "meet the press." good morning. >> good morning, peter. >> what happens to republicans if they get a deal? i'm referring to the 47 republican senators who wrote the letter to iran highly critical of any deal. >> look i don't think this is about republicans anymore. i think the president is going to have a hard time convincing democrats, in the house and the senate on this deal. i think what's happening in yemen is going to make the president challenge tougher. the united states is aiding saudi arabia is what appears to be a proxy war against yemen. can the president turn around and say, hey, this deal is good. we're stripping sanctions. we're agreeing to lessen sanctions on iran when one of our biggest allies in the region saudi arabia is fighting them and fearful that ira

in eastern europe, soviet union, whatever, young students of organizations were very much dependent of the political life of the state. they were a submission of the government. here, i see an extreme -- here come a there is another extreme. i don't know if this is that chapter prevents them from doing that. when they make mistakes or what is happened in oklahoma. which is clearly a bigger problem. when they make mistakes in taking an attitude, or political attitude that shows their concern for the future of this country, are there any limitations? host: are you saying you want to see more oversight of fraternities and sororities by outside groups? caller: yes, they have to show being more active in political life. guest: i think it is important glad to hear that you moved here to the united states where we enjoy freedom of association and the opportunity to enjoy things like fraternities and sororities and exercise our right to be -- to be with people we want to be with an exercise our rights to free speech, usually means making people in the majority uncomfortable him otherwise that

and we've played a very large role in that process within the european union, using our diplomacy to encourage our partners in europe to maintain robust on sanctions and to make the argument for sanctions, and using our relationship with the united states to make sure that the european union and the u.s. sanctions regime remain well alone nape ear not exactly synchronized but they are wail lined and the u.s. is looking now, i believe at making some adjustments to their regime so that we are more clearly in lock step. and that requirement will continue making sure that while the minsk forces is taken forward and we all wish it well, the resolve of the eu to maintain the pressure on russia is strong and unbroken over the coming months. and that's the role we've assigned to ourselves. >> and just on the good cop bad cop, did you as bad cop have any relevant conversations with both france and germany about the second minsk agreement before a deal was reached, or did you find out about the deal after it was agreed? >> well, we had continuous conversations with french and german colleagues including meetings, but i have r

there are six nations -- china, russia, all of europe and the european union here together. so this would be a huge setback for president obama's foreign policy. this is his legacy moment. >> we'll certainly be watching it. andrea mitchell live for us this morning in switzerland. >>> chuck todd is moderator of "meet the press." chuck, good morning to you. >> good morning, peter. >> let's say they do get a deal right now. specifically what happens to republicans? what do they do next? i'm referring specifically to the 47 republican senators who wrote that letter to iran highly critical of any deal. >> well look. it is not about republicans anymore. i think the president is going to have a hard time convincing a big chunk of democrats, both in the house and the senate, on this deal. i think what's happening in yemen right now is going to make the president's challenge even tougher because here the united states is aiding saudi arabia in what appears to be a proxy war against iran and yemen. united states on that side. can the president turn around around say, hey, this deal is

. >> it is an interesting study in how europe deals with budgets and rules. >> the european union remain strict in its handling of greek debt, saying that athens must meet all requirements of economic reforms if it wants more bailout aid. >> but for france, the language and the demands well, they sound softer. france has violated eu rules on deficit spending will -- but will get two years time to turn things around. >> the european commission made its assessments and now it is official. european finance ministers have approved a controversial extension for france. it now has two more years to bring its deficit in line with eu limits but paris will have to step up fiscal reform efforts. >> today the council adopted the recommendation for france to adjust its budget deficit by 2015 -- 2017. >> it is the third deadline extension for france. the commission president decided to stay the course in dealing with the eurozone's second-largest economy. critics say that could be because former french finance minister -- is now the eu's economy commissioner. but in a speech before the european parli

arab world dem mock triesed as other countries have late lattin america, africa former soviet union, eastern europe, those country, although they're still liberalizing about they're making significant incremental gains towards something that was better than the authoritarian stalemate. so then we start breaking down the key explanations that pertain to the arab world, and those center around two explanations. again, there's the culture of islam argument or the culture of authoritarianism argue. and then there's the political economy argument. with the political economy argue. it's most salient, which is basically arguing that where you have oil resources or resource minerals like in many countries in the arab world and the gulf region, those resources have benefited authoritarian regimes to solidify their role and basically redistribute resources in ways that undermines a democratic social contract, if you may. so in other words, now citizens are getting very generous benefits from the regime but in exchange they're not betting democratic opening. so there's this implicit, if you may, social contra

the u.s., europe as well, the former soviet union, and south america as well. certainly some risk. jonathan: when i look at the cost of these foodstuffs, sugar, coffee, orange juice pork. this time last year, flying high. would you be willing to say this is near a bottom? >> i think we are getting close to those levels. at the end of the day, we are cutting into the cost. when you have the higher prices, we were sending the signal to the world to expand and produce as much as you can. now, the farmer of the world is not the greatest responder to that signal. but it is certainly not a positive environment. we are just one weather issue away from a deficit again and higher prices. certainly, these low prices are not here forever. jonathan: the elephant in the room is the strength of the dollar. the fixed income guys talk more and more with each other. you have to go to the equity space. you are spending much more time with the fx strategists? >> currency is also important. agriculture has a lower impact than other commodities. that is largely down to the fact tha

union experiment. the angst of de gaulle -- do you have an optimism that your europe can continue to some form of uniontinguish the european unity and the euro, a subset of the larger market. there has been a lot of skepticism about the euro and it follows the unification of germany -- many people thought that was pretty mature -- premature. you did not have a fiscal union to support that monetary union. >> where is the comrade? where is the leadership in europe to cleave together this ugly theory? where is the -- >> the closest thing we have to that is angela merkel. she is not a flashy leader, but she is able to keep things held together, to keep things moving. fortune magazine last year had a survey asking people who are the top leaders in the world and angela merkel and pope francis came out on top. i think she deserves to be there. >> you look at the influence that we see again as we go to these headlines coming out of cyprus. euro 11057 -- the litmus paper of the system is an ever weaker euro. do you look at foreign exchange pairs as a signal of a strong nation? >> they give you a good sense of m

union. we are at a position in europe where mario draghi is going to have to move heaven and earth to get the channel to work again to deliver credit to small and medium-sized companies. states do not even worry about this because they have a different way of financing companies and businesses. how much effort is there a necessary inherent to deliver a better financing model? and how much effort will it take to get the capital union off the ground. >> the american model is quite different to the european model. 70% is through capital markets and 30% through the banking system. in our case it is the other way around. there is an important advance we need to make. that does take all kinds of things. how the investors look at this the security. i think it can be done. under lord hill, in advance has been made. it has been desired by jean-claude juncker to have the capital markets union. i think it should play to the benefits of london. guy: some argue london would be one of the main beneficiaries. is that going to be a force with -- which detracts in continental minds for making this happen? sir

anna: pimco has been saying the only option for the eurozone is to move toward a union the united states of europe. is that the direction of travel for you? doing need more infrastructure that looks like a united states of europe to enable this project to have legs into the future? guest: we think that europe needs to go forward and not fall backward. this is definitely the case. the fact that they are talking is part of this dialogue across fiscal policy makers which is part and also -- parcel with the idea of deepening that fiscal integration which eventually would lead to joint responsibilities and eventually also joint funding. it is a process that carries a lot of political consequences. so it needs to be slow. anna: are you talking at goldman sachs about what you would do if greece leaves the euro? do you have a backup plan in place? a contingency plan, this is the investment strategy the moment it looks like greece will leave? guest: it has been an issue that has been with us for two or three years. so the height of tensions were reached a couple years ago and everybody started doing contin

in eastern europe, soviet union, whatever, young students of organizations were very much dependent of the political life of the state. they were a submission of the government. here, i see an extreme -- here come a there is another extreme. i don't know if this is that chapter prevents them from doing that. when they make mistakes or what is happened in oklahoma. which is clearly a bigger problem. when they make mistakes in taking an attitude, or political attitude that shows their concern for the future of this country, are there any limitations? host: are you saying you want to see more oversight of fraternities and sororities by outside groups? caller: yes, they have to show being more active in political life. guest: i think it is important glad to hear that you moved here to the united states where we enjoy freedom of association and the opportunity to enjoy things like fraternities and sororities and exercise our right to be -- to be with people we want to be with an exercise our rights to free speech, usually means making people in the majority uncomfortable him otherwise that

union. confirming the role as the economic locomotive of europe. nick spicer, al jazeera berlin.south korea there have been rallies in support of the u.s. ambassador. he has left office after being slashed in a knife attack five days ago. he was attacked by nationalists dend maaing maaing the ereunification of north and south korea. >> which carry radar designed to defend against attacks. the reports from m.d. north of the capitol there are big concerns too about people's privacy. >> after spending almost $3 billion to develop the project, the u.s. military has launched the first of two lighter than air vessels called arrow stacks. it's been hovering 3300 meters above an army base. it's mission to identify large metal objects like planes and missiles over a 500-kilometer range, in any direction across the heavily populated northeast u.s. together with a secondary ship providing targeting information, the system is designed to foil a sudden short range enemy strike. the threat is real, our adversaries have gained that can be difficult to detect by conventional systems. >> fence su

in europe and the u.s., you have a union, but in the u.s., you have a fiscal union. is one of the fundamental problems with europe's recovery. brendan: do you think germans understand that their own banks got bailed out because they give money to greece? >> i don't think people have a long enough memory to remember when their own country got bailed out. olivia: yes. you also talked about the toxic blame game. i don't think bringing up war reparations helps. [laughter] we will discuss wall street and silicon valley next. this is "bloomberg surveillance." ♪ tom: good morning, everyone. yields grinding ever lower. let's get to our top headlines. olivia: a big merger in the food business. heinz is combining with kraft and a deal backed by 3g and berkshire hathaway. the deal is a mixture of stock and cash. kraft has a stable of well-known brands. berkshire hathaway and 3g have agreed to invest another $10 billion in the company. 3g also owns burger king. in france, ground crews are making their way to the flight of that germanwings plane crash. the airbus a320 plunged int

steves: from the destruction of world war ii, europe has steadily rebuilt itself into a forward-looking and united continent. with the creation of the european union, economic integration has made another devastating war unthinkable. there has been a massive investment in cutting-edge infrastructure projects. efficient high-speed rail systems tie europe together. superhighways and stunning bridges further enhance the continent-wide transportation system. within cities, sleek subways move millions underground. on the streets above, public transit reduces traffic congestion. and nearly every city is creating traffic-free pedestrian zones, making urban life even more people-friendly. as the world grapples with climate change, europe is taking a leading role in developing alternative energy sources. and while still preserving the historic character of its cities, europe has found a way to integrate innovative architecture into the landscape, giving the old world a modern face. and the human face of contemporary europe is more diverse and vibrant than ever. even as this continent of 500 million people unites, it's finding ways to allow its rich mix of

lisa: how much is union presence of workers affected keeping productions in the state? amy: pretty much worldwide and across the u.s. and in europe unionized industry and that means they are really highly skilled technicians and you can't afford a five-minute delay. any delay is very, very expensive, so you want to hire the most trained and experienced technicians. we definitely have a mature infrastructure for that. matt: let's be honest, we would all rather be in california. autumn wind, it is a better place to live. you got a cooler by. -- bottom line, it is a better place to live. you've got a cooler vibe. thank you so much. "market makers" will take a quick break. we will be right back. ♪ matt: president obama meeting at the white house with the afghan president. at the top of the agenda, a request to slow the withdrawal from u.s. troops from the country. peter cook has more on the meeting. it is not an easy decision for president obama because on the one hand, he gets a lot from this guy that he likes nes to get a little in return. peter: that is right. president obama has made a pretty firm commitment to winding down u.s.

to what the world look like when the soviet union had -- the soviet union and china had allied themselves. eurasia, from eastern europe to the pacific ocean was controlled, dominated by a hostile alliance. it was a fundamental threat to american security. and that threat persisted. it was certainly one of the motivations for the vietnam war involvement. as the 1960's progressed, there were signs of real tension between moscow and beijing. and mr. nixon who was at that point out of office and would have been unaware of these tensions, he was very much aware of the degree to which the vietnam war had undermined political support for the lyndon johnson administration. it got so bad that president johnson decided not to run for a second term. in the second half of the 60's, president nixon anticipated that he would run for office. he made a trip through asia in 1967 and he wrote a really fascinating article in the journal foreign affairs that hinted not only the desire to get out of vietnam -- the title of the article was "asia after vietnam" -- but he hinted that it was important to draw china into the international comm

neighbors, all the extra spending means more imports from the european union confirming germany's role as the economic locomotive of europe. al jazeera berlin. >> a non-profit group in cambodia has come up with a novel first a solar powered three wield motor bike. it is common in cities and comes at a high environmental cost normally, but not this one. rob mcbride has the story. >> early morning at the organization behind the unique initiative and the coffee makers prepare their load. ready to dispense more than a fresh brew, they also bear a message of hope while helping the environment. the regular customers are already language up by the time the vehicle is open for business. this offers a real employment rather than scavenging in rubbish dump to say feed her children. >> my life is better. before i would have no time to spend with my children. now i have regular hours and we have more food to eat. >> as the sun comes up, so this comes into its own. the solar panel on its roof recharging the batteries that will propel it to its next destination. able to do up to 100 kilometers on one full charge, it is a welcome whiff

there was a man by the name of winston churchill who saw that the soviet union was moving through central europend the west wasn't really responding. right after '45 into '46. came to fulton, missouri. he talked about an iron curtain descending in the center of europe from scandinavia down to the mediterranean. his speech changed history. i'm not saying this is going to be the same thing but speeches matter. we are open democracies. >> will he succeed? >> i believe he has a strong chance. his speech will contain substance. substance that no one has heard before. it will be material that few in congress are aware about. he'll put it on the table and in our political system in israel, we'll discuss it. in the u.s. political system we'll discuss it. the idea that an israeli prime minister come to the u.s. to discuss such an important issue is not odd. >> third time he'll be speaking before congress. >> you have had differences with allies on missile defense, on the war in iraq, and they are open discussions between germany and u.s. and britain and u.s. this is now with israel and the u.s. and we ha

dollars, and we still have military bases defending against a soviet invasion in europe 20 years after the soviet unionso we could save at least a couple percentage points of national income by cuts of the military budget. ray: we could have free college education, we could have so much money if we just took a look at the military alone. russell: i went to city college. i came from the hood. it was, again, the heroin capital of queens. the whole neighborhood was destroyed. i was very lucky. i escaped. my friends are dead and in jail. nicole: you're much less likely to end up in prison if you have a pre-school education. russell: early education will make all the difference in the world. so much cheaper than putting people in prison, making them productive members of society. and just this little lobby, this small amount of money corrupts our system in such a way that these people end up in their prison cell versus in our higher institutions of learning. lillian: all the questions we are still asking, but we know a lot more answers today. jeffrey: we collect 1% of national income. we're talking about $1

the european union is closing down mari nostrum and instituting instead something that will only protect europe's borders and not search and rescue people. will he go back and ensure that europe adopts a humanitarian approach of saving these desperate people and supporting these desperate migrants to help them survive -- that's all survive in libya. >> the gentleman makes an important point but i'm afraid the statistics don't back up the case he is making. marim nostrum was a genuine attempt by the italians but i think more people died during the policy then when it was brought to an and. we need to press ahead with the modern save -- slavery built which is doing the story legislation to deal with the problem of people trafficking. that only underlies the important work our budget department does. >> order. >> there is always next week. there is always next week. >> you have been watching prime minister's questions at the british house of commons. question time is live every wednesday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2 and rea airs at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. you can also watch anytime at w

in europe, russia seeks to reduce nato and european union influence in eastern europe and generate disagreement among our nato allies on the very future of europe. russian leaders have chosen a very dangerous path to achieve their strategic objectives, lighting a fire of ethnicity and nationalism, not seen in europe in 65 years. and it may burn out of control. our strategy is to reassure and reinforce our nato allies while considering other instruments of national power to counter russian aggression. all together, the global security environment is as uncertain as i've seen it in my 40 years of service. and, we're at a point where our national as per races are at risk of exceeding our available resources. and that brings me to the budget. we've heard the congress loud and clear as over the years it has challenged us to become more efficient and to determine the minimum essential requirements we need to do what the nation asks us to do. pb '16 is that answer. in my judgment this budget is responsible combination of capability capacity, and readiness investment. it is what we need to remain howev

the european union is closing down an organization that has saved lives, and instituting instead something that will protect europe hospital orders and not rescue people. will you go back and ensure that europe adopt a humanitarian approach of saving these desperate people, and supporting these migrants who are trying to survive? that's all. survive, in libya. >> the general makes an important point. the statistics don't back up the kc is making. marianne austan was an attempt to deal with the problem. more people died during the operation of the policy than when it was brought to an end. there are answers here, we need to make sure we press ahead with the modern slavery bill, which is doing a huge amount of historic legislation, to deal with the problem of people trafficking. we need to do more to stabilize countries like libya and other countries on the mediterranean from which many of the problems are coming. i only underlined the important work that our development edge it does. >> order. there is always next week. arizona's next week. -- there is always next week. >> you have been watching prime minister's qu

in europe, russia seeks to decrease in nato and european union influenced in eastern europe and generate disagreement among our allies on the very future of europe. russian leaders have chosen a very dangerous path to achieve their strategic objectives, lighting a fire of ethnicity and nationalism not senior up instantly five years and it may burn out of -- not seen in over 65 years and it may burn out of control. we must counter russian aggression. altogether the global security environment is as uncertain as i have seen it in my 40 years of service. and, we are a point where our national aspirations are at risk of exceeding are available resources. that brings me to the budget. we have heard of the congress loud and clear as over years it is challenged us to become more efficient and to determine the minimum requirements we need to do the nation asks us to do. in my judgment, this budget represents the responsible capability and capacity in readiness investment. it is what we need to remain at the bottom edge of manageable risk to our national defense as the chairman said. there is no

i was talking to him about how different it is from europe and whether we're looking toward kind of an african union in banking as we are in europe as well. >> i think the background to the structure of banking, the tapestry is determined by the sovereign issues. we have 52 african countries. they're all very very sovereign but there's a deep conversation happening on a free trade area that would include a billion people and would be quite large between the east africa union. off the back of that you can invision more interplay between economies and banks. but as we speak, banking is quite bulk. the consequence of that is the way we run operation is on the basis of subsidiaries. the trick however, or the secret to success is the ability to integrate the operations. >> what will you anticipate from the rest of 2015? how do you think it's going to pan out for your sector? >> we think that the growth of banking will be driven by the economy. we think between 2015 and 2016 the economies will continue to grow around 5%. but eluding -- maybe if i could go back to the earlier question, we grow on the basis

union. using our diplomacy to encourage our partners in europe to remain robust on sanctions and to make the argument for sanctions and using our relationship with the united states to make sure that the european union and the u.s. sanctions regime remain well alive. they're not exactly synchronized, but they are well aligned, and the u.s. is looking now, i believe, at making some adjustments to their regime so that we are more clearly in lock step. and that requirement will continue of making sure that while the minsk process is taken forward, and we all wish it well, the resolve of the eu to maintain the pressure on russia is strong and unbroken over the coming months. that's the role we've assigned to ourselves. >> and just on sort of good cop, bad cop, did you as bad cop have any relevant conversations with both france and germany about the second minsk agreement before a deal was reached, or did you find out about the deal after it was agreed? >> well, we had continuous conversations with french and german colleagues, including meetings but i have regular telephone conversations with bo