jonathan ferro caught up with ecb governor ewald nowotny.he austrian central-bank governor. we asked him about the potential for qe from the ecb. >> there's unanimous support at the governing council to take extraordinary measures, unconventional measures if we see that our mandate demands it. is that we arew not there at the moment. i do not see an immediate need. but within our mandate, yes, we are prepared to do some unconventional measures. it is much too early to discuss this in detail. >> let's talk to jonathan ferro, he sat down with ewald nowotny. a number of takeaways. some of them tacit, some of them not so tacit. walk us through what you got from the conversation. >> just from that, you expect ecb, but he does not see it right now. the segue for the morning -- the take away for the morning, it is like the ecb has played everything they've got. nothing left in their hands. soon,not coming anytime they are talking about the possibility of an asset purchase program. particularly on the issue of the exchange rate and the euro, how muc

we will hear more from our exclusive interview with ewald nowotny. we get the reaction from ehrenberg bank senior economist live in the studio with us in a couple of minutes. ♪ >> welcome back to "countdown." >> let's focus our attention on what's going on in germany. they have expelled the top american intelligence officer in berlin over spying allegations. hans nichols is still there and he's bringing us more. >> good morning. this is a reflection of angela merkel's frustration with american eavesdropping, spying, however you want to put it. they have asked for thisagreement. they have not gotten it. clearly upset about this. really the only one of public recourses left, check out the top american spy. some have him listed as a cia station chief. he is the top intelligence official in berlin and he can no longer be on german soil. timeave to go back a long in european history to get something similar like this. 1995 with the french, they expelled the station chief but that's a little different. french u.s. relations have always been a little more a