old woman in france -- a woman in france -- the system in france is a universal health- care system paidfor by everybody. the argument could be that the organization that have been -- big winners like hospital corporations, insurance corporations, many specialists, should perhaps pay more. they are sitting on more of our health care money. the crucial point is, we want everyone in our country to have health care. if we believe that, we could get there. i know we could. all the other rich countries have done it. host: we have been focusing on the virginia hospital center and the have a new radiation machine called the cyberknife. have you seen that around the world? guest: of course, the notion that other countries are backwards is nonsense. a lot of it starts here. a lot of it comes out of universities and governments. other countries with much lower costs structures have good innovation. anyone out there was an artificial hip or knee or shoulder, that is french technology. they invented that. this deep brain stimulation that deals with alzheimer's, that is canadian. insulin is canadian.

number of muslims in france. her number is 4 million. i think those are fairly evenly distributed about 1 million a piece of the three north african countries, with a smattering of people from elsewhere. these numbers are extremely in precise. >> in great britain, is that the majority of the muslims? >> in northern india, i would say that the largest group is pakistan is that live primarily in the north and then those that live in the south where the london population are bengali. >> the way that your looks at -- the way that europe looks at immigrants and the way united states look at immigrants different. what's the title of this book, "reflections on the revolution in europe: immigration, islam, and the west," has been a question. in what sense is this a revolution? it has been similar to ours in the past few decades. the percentages are about the same the role of the dominant culture and immigration, in europe's case, the muslim culture, that is about the same. the big difference is that this is our second wa

>> france is very difficult for statistics because france had since the french revolution a very radical idea as citizen equality. there is no such thing in the eyes of the state as an algerian frenchman or a muslim frenchman. there are only frenchman. it is not permitted to ask those questions. the best demographers and france -- the best demographer has worked on this and has come up with an estimate which is so much lower than other people around 4 million. and i think those are fairly evenly distributed between a million a piece of the three north african countries with a smattering of people from elsewhere. these numbers are extremely and precise. >> in great britain, pakistan used in bangladesh -- pakistan easis and bangladesh? >> london as the dominant muslim population. >> go back to an earlier statement about the way that europe looks at immigrants and the way the united states looks set emigrants are different things. >> yes. the title of this book has been a little bit controversial. people say in what sense -- ok, it is a big problem but in one sentence -- but in what sense d

. >> your shoulder is now in france. >> in france, so the doctor puts my x-ray up on the light machine, you know, the orthopedic surgeon and as i said they put a stainless steel screw in my shoulder at bethesda naval hospital. he sees that, big smile on his base face. that's a french procedure. the french invented the operation. here come this is american shoulder with a french screw in it. he was so pleased. like seeing an old friend on the street, you know. and he, too, told me, he said, you could have this procedure done in france, it would cost 5,000 euros, about 6,000 dollars, of which i would have paid about 60 bucks out of pocket, that's all. he also said, i don't think it's indicated for you. he suggested physical therapy or maybe pain pills or something if it were hurting. he would have done it, he said, you can definitely find an orthopod in france that will do it, he'll get 5,000 euros to do it. >> who says france is the number one medical health care system in the world? >> the world health organization did a four-year study of all the health systems in the world, 191 count

stop in france. i'm going to be speaking with the finance minister of france, christine lagarde. talking about employment, how much she will be reading into the recent gdp growth we saw coming out of france. we'll also hear about her exit strategy from the stimulus measures. how might she recommend the federal reserve do it. and then later, my exclusive interview with the president of brazil. joining us, president lula, to tell us about reducing his country's dependence on the dollar. and also, he has some thoughts on what he's calling a commodities crisis. join us for president lula of brazil as we discuss the resource rich brazil. back in a moment. you're watching cnbc, first in business worldwide. >>> welcome back to the program. live from the clinton global initiative. french finance minister christine lagarde tells me she is not a fan of bigger government in business. however, when it comes to the financial services industry, it could be a different story, because the industry clearly needs more oversight post the crisis that we were all just involved in. today i sat down wi

coming up later, the last night for hundreds of migrants living illegally outside of kelly, france, before there can is district jered refers make an unwelcome discovery in shakespeare's parish church. >> hello to you. the commander in afghanistan since the western powers are close to losing the war. stanley mcchrystal says many more troops and a change of strategy are needed. his latest report talks frankly of corruption within the afghan government and an international force under night -- undermined. change, the general says, must come within a year. >> the warning is stark. without change, and soon, nato troops are facing mission failure in afghanistan. jim mcchrystal's reports in jacks a new urgency into a cheerless military assistance. he says current strategy is no longer working. there is an urgent need for significant change to our strategy. take this month's nato air strike on hijacked will tankers. chenowith castr -- general mcchrystal says not enough efforts are made to protect the afghan people. he wants the forces to be closer physically and psychologically to ordinary afghan

side by side with the leaders on france.y pertinent to it is our next guest. fellow of the new foundation, the author of "to live or parish forever, two tumultuous years in pakistan." thank you for joining us. on the heals of the latest news, we are going to be hearing from the president very soon on this. how stern should the president be with pakistan to stop the threat there? >> well, the situation with pakistan is a very complex one. we have a great ally in the war against terrorism happens to be hosting al qaeda. a certain amount of pressure can be applied. by the same token, it's a very complex relationship to sustain. >> you spent two years in pakistan. from what you can -- there are obviously situations. what what can you tell us about the relationship between pakistan and the taliban. >> the taliban could make their presence felt, but i could see them and still get in areas and see what they were doing. the agencies knew what was happening to some extent. what has happened between the time that i was deported in jan

undertaking a -- overtaking japan and france. by 2029 at a 10 spaniards will have a high-speed station within 20 miles of their home. one station stop, a sitting it went -- midway between madrid and barcelona which logically enough is selling itself as a meeting place. all around the station, hotels and conference centers have sprung up. the bullet train has brought more tourists and has given the city an image boost. >> the technology is very important because the companies need -- components need to be made. >> we continue on, 200 miles an hour. ticket prices similar to the airlines, it is making an operating profit. another 120 billion europa investment was promised by the government. but in a recession, some people think it is not achievable. >> now we are in an economic crisis. and the government has to chew -- choose carefully where the resources can be assigned. at high speed rail for me is not a priority. >> journey's end after a little over two and a half hours. there may be doubts about whether a government in the red c

france wanted specific limits on bonus pay, but the u.s. said they would not back it. the leaders still have to work together on an array of issues and agree that iran is one of the biggest priorities. >>> and now, some more details on our top story. french president sarkozy that iran has until december to let u.n. inspectors inside the plant or face economic sanctions. they already face three sets of u.n. sanctions for refusing to stop uranium enrichment at another plant. officials from iran, the u.s., russia, china, britain, france, and germany will meet in geneva next week. >>> osama bin lawton is out with a new audio tape, at this time he is threatening we're up -- europe. he says to stop working with the united states or face retaliation. the tape has not been verified. >>> a federal judge in denver ordered 24-year-old -- consping to use weapons of mass construct -- mass destruction. he was going to set up hydrogen peroxide bonds on commuter planes. they say they foiled several other bombing plots. >>> one attorney wants these a timber 11 conspirator to get a new

>> france represents an interesting model because there is a large private sector. there is a tradition of rugged individualism. at the same time, there's a tradition of social solidarity, so that everyone is covered under a universal health insurance plan and yet the provision is largely an office-based private service practice, something we know well in the united states. in france, they regard our group practices, our hmos as something resembling more socialized types of medicine. but one has to remember that under national health insurance systems, the physicians are fiercely autonomous and fiercely dispute and value their individual relationships with their patients. clinical decisions are not made by the state, neither in britain nor in france nor in the united states under the medicare program. >> okay, victor rodwin, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you very much for having me. >> we also want to get yr view. our question tonight is, are you convinced that health care in the united states is as good as that in other developed countries? you can t

his secret lies in a remote region in the south of france. in a history-making discovery, scientists here have cultivated a rare melon containing a super antioxidant that seems to defy the aging process. >> man: watch as over time, an ordinary melon decays while this remarkable melon stays amazingly youthful and preserved. >> woman: using this super anti-oxidant, dr. sebagh has formulated powerful serums to shield your skin from further signs of aging while encouraging natural collagen creation. the ultimate secret to smooth, lifted, youthful-looking skin. >> your face visually looks much tighter, and your pores are much closer. it's fantastic. >> i truly believe that this thing inside this melon from south france is incredible. >> now thanks to a remarkable breakthrough, dr. sebagh's formulas have been distilled into a powerful anti-aging system called "meaningful beauty." >> megan: it's amazing when they say that it is a facial in a bottle. it truly, truly is. >> crawford: i know meaningful beauty's great. people use it, and they start seei

france supports it. the european commission has assessed the financing needs, financing needs which we could cover to be $100 billion annually between now and 2010, to assist -- 2020, to adapting to the new sustainable growth concept and we are ready to do this. and i turn to developing countries and state that the financial transfers and transfers of technical knowledge are once which remember ready to engage in. stand side by side with us in protecting our planet. it behooves me to be candid. in france and in europe we tax polluting enterprises. no country, no country can stand on the sidelines and fail to make these efforts, either we all move forward together, and we will assist you, we will assist you in financing and by transferring technology, or we stand still and in this case we will be forced to set up a carbon tax covering europe. faced with the severity of the situation we simply cannot accept the situation where part of the world protects the planet, whereas others say that we simply don't c

his secret lies in a remote region in the south of france. in a history-making discovery, scientists here have cultivated a rare melon containing a super antioxidant that seems to defy the aging process. >> man: watch as over time, an ordinary melon decays while this remarkable melon stays amazingly youthful and preserved. >> woman: using this super anti-oxidant, dr. sebagh has formulated powerful serums to shield your skin from further signs of aging while encouraging natural collagen creation. the ultimate secret to smooth, lifted, youthful-looking skin. >> your face visually looks much tighter, and your pores are much closer. it's fantastic. >> i truly believe that this thing inside this melon from south france is incredible. >> now thanks to a remarkable breakthrough, dr. sebagh's formulas have been distilled into a powerful anti-aging system called "meaningful beauty." >> megan: it's amazing when they say that it is a facial in a bottle. it truly, truly is. >> crawford: i know meaningful beauty's great. people use it, and they start seei

what's happening on the ground in france. recently we got the most recent gdp report in france and you saw growth. does it feel that way or are things still troubled so far as the economy is concern dconcern? >> well, it's getting better. the financial market are going normalization. at the same time while the crisis is not over. the dow jones is getting up but unemployment rate too. so we know that we have to take into account the causes of the crisis and also the strategy. >> where are the strong spots right now in france? and where are there still troubled weak spots? >> i would say that consumption is all right. it's getting better. and the last term on growth was all right. and these -- think that we are in a better view but it's not enough and we have to be cautious. we have to think to bring solutions to the financial regulation, to the global governance and to find new -- new sectors for growth. and specially i think that we have to deal with this sort of green growth. that's why we plan to invest a lot and to focus o

thank you. >> america, the united kingdom, and france are at one. iran's nuclear program is the most urgent proliferation challenge that the world faces today. as president obama and president sarkozy have just said, the level of deception by the iranian government and the scale of what we believe is the breach of international commitments will shock and anger the whole international community. and it will harden our resolve. confronted by the serial the assumption of many years, the international community has no choice today but to draw a line in the sand. on october 1, iran must now engage with the international community and joined the international community as a partner. if it does not do so, it will be further isolated. i say on behalf of the united kingdom today, we will not let this matter rest. we are prepared to implement further and more stringent sanctions. let the message that goes out to the world be absolutely clear. that iran must abandon any military ambitions for its nuclear program. thank you. >>>> mahmoud ahmadinejad responded t

frances is the voice of cleveland's mom. >> did you see kanye? >> i didn't hear a radically bad outburst. i didn't notice. >> we asked them who is more of a narcissist, kanye or spencer pratt? we just opened the floodgates. >> spencer pratt. >> spencer! >> speidi! >> spencer breathes. that's all he does. there's no universe in which they aren't the center of the universe. >> they're absent of value. they're the absence of intelligence but they have a plan in which they're the center. >> they go off on heidi and spencer. they hated them. >> they met them for two days. >> we were on them 24 hours a day for weeks. they're like one day. >> that's funny. >> you're really mad at them, huh? >> no. >> they're not worth being mad at. >> see ya! >> woody harrelson living the life in hawaii. they're golfing, both barefoot, hanging out, relaxing. >> we got them six montgomery ago there, too. >> they're big movie stars. they get to do whatever they want whenever they want. >> at least they're wearing clothes this time. it seems they're always naked. we've got

france is not where they want to be. their destination is across the channel. >> people prefer to go to the united kingdom because when they are there they are treated like humans, and if they stay here in france, the people are living here in the jungle. >> the french immigration minister does not want them to be here either. he says flattening this camp will send a clear message that the trafficking route between kelly and britain is not closed. closing the cat alone says this charity worker will not solve the problem. what will become of the men once it is gone? the answer is they may well dispersed, but not disappear. this camp was closed in 2002, and the u.k. border agency has stressed anyone seeking asylum should do so in the first country they come to. that said, it may be that taking down the tents in the jumble will not stop -- stop these men in the pursuit of a better life. >> the australian quadriplegic who last month won the right to die has died. >> the prisoner in a broken body had pleaded to be allowed to

also in good shape, france klm. the airline posted a 2.9% decline of its passenger package, but the airline reduced sharply its capacities over the last month. the cargo activity, however, contracted by another 16.1% in august. the stock is up more than 4%. also in focus once again today, the company started negotiation to sell 36 fighter jets. the announcement was made yesterday during the state visit of nichololas sarkozy in brazil. the contact would be worth $4.5 billion euro. france has agreed to buy some airplanes in exchange and has agreed to transfer technologies. they will build jets to sell them later to latin american companies. now let's have a look at the asian markets this morning with at am in singapore. >> thanks, stephane. we saw a lot of trading in the markets. the biggest performers coming out of the greater china region, taking a look at the shanghai composite. the market looked fantastic. we had gainers, overwhelming losers by a ratio of 758 to 105. and the gains were driven by the usual suspects

this comes just two days after president obama appeared with close allies, great britain and france, at that g-20 summit in pittsburgh and revealed to the world the existence of that secret nuclear facility. it also comes four days before iran is set to sit down for the first time with major world powers including america, china, russia, germany, france and britain to talk about its nuclear program. the united states has insisted that iran must match its words with actions. it says nothing short of full transparency will do after iran yesterday said that they would admit international nuclear inspectors onsite to see this facility. officials here may look at this several different ways. no official reaction yesterday but they could see this as a provocation or a domestic show of force because it's known that the current iraqi regime led by mahmoud ahmadinejad is in weak shape politically. one thing that could happen is it could backfire on iran as the international community is united as never before in facing down the nuclear threat. jenna? >> mike, thanks. >> now here's lester. >>

in france, a center right government in france is in power right now, and yet 70% of people in francesupport president obama or approve of the job that he is doing, so it's a very different -- it's a very different thing. i don't think free market types should go popping champagne corks quite yet. the far left in germany also gained in this recent election, so i think what you are seeing more than anything is a more dramatic polarization of the electorate, which is something that is familiar to those of us here. >> i would just open a beer on this one. when in germany, the free democrats, the social democrats, merkel declined, in part because of her tie to socialism. the improvement from 4% to 14% of free democrats is astonishing and it will result in less regulation and taxes. look, the trend of the big three, of course, it won't end up like america, but it is a trajectory, a tra vector ry right as we are apparently headed left. we will cross somewhere on mid field, i think. >> but the free democrats, i wouldn't say they are more akin to our libertarian party, but they are a free mar

if the united states, germany, and france join together in sanctions. we already have sanctions on the place. we put them in place in the 1970s. bill: is israel going to wait around that long because israel is, you know, obviously the wild card here. >> we shouldn't be making our judgments on whether or not they will wait around. even more important is get germany aboard that may require german elections to be in the rear view mirror and not coming up. it might be rather than looking for the perfect where the world community joins together through the united nations on sanctions. we say we are willing to have the major economic powers join together. germany, united states, britain, and france and we will impose sanctions unified on it and recognize that it's not going to be perfect. the russians and chinese may still try to do business with iran, but a significant power like that would be better than nothing at all. blockade is a problem. you start putting -- we have got warships in the persian gulf. we start blockading iran and iran will treat that as

then officials from the uk, france and the u.s. traveled late yesterday afternoon to vienna to brief the atomic energy agency. so, the moment wasn't right until now in the view of the administration, and they really now want to ratchet up the pressure on iran. this is the eve of these very important talks. they want to make clear that iran is not living up to its obligations, and i think we'll hear that tone from the president this morning, one of calling out iran and saying you haven't come clean on what you've done. they think this is in clear violation of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty as well as u.n. security council resolutions, matt. >> savannah, thanks very much. savannah guthrie in pittsburgh this morning. david gregory is moderator of "meet the press." david, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. >> i was going to wrap up the week with you and what was happening diplomatically and i wanted to talk to you about this apparent breakthrough with the russians, in terms of getting them to agree to possibly tougher sa

. >> president obama, britain and france said they built a solid case iran is hiding a secret nuclear plant. they are demanding immediate u.n. sanctions. tonight, the president warned them. if it does not come clean -- >> i think iran is on notice. when we meet with them october 1, they are going to have to come clean and have to make a choice. >> reporter: in a dramatic display of alliedç unity, the president accused iran of building an underground plant. not for a power plant, but bombs. >> the size is inconsistent with a peaceful program. iran is breaking rules that all nations must follow. >> reporter: today, the cia said it's in the holy city, qom. in new york, iran's president, ahmadinejad said they are hiding nothing. >> translator: what we did is completely legal according to the law. we informed the agency. the agency will take a look and produce a report. it's nothing new. >> reporter: the allies disagree and are demanding an immediate inspection. >> the international community has no choice today, but to draw a line in the sand. >> reporter: france's president, sarkozy sai

they don't underand it in france theyove obama. they thought he was ing to do great change and theyon't understand this popular reaction ainst the heal plan based on a notion of a govement takeover. >> what does the tercialized medici mean to a eurean? >> socialized medicine mea medine both financed d provided by the statwith the outlaw of any ivate sector whsoever. there are very few casef socialized medicine in the world today. certainlin britain that has a health care servic that's not cialized medicine because yu have a private sector you ve a supplementy private insurance sect and private autonomy. you have nothing resemble this type of medicine. medicare in the united states is not socialid medice. medicare in the united states public fincing with private provision. >> so could any of these countries tt you've bee descbing be used as a model for the alth care system in the united states? >> franc represents an intesting model because there is a lar privatesecto there is a tradion o rugged individualism. at the samtime, there'

sarkozy from france just got finished with one. gordon brown, and they do it at all of these.as what happened this morning. by if way, a little update, we're now hearing it might be at least until 5:15 eastern before this press conference gets started. the president has a little down time in his hotel room and he is meeting with pittsburgh native and ambassador to ireland and pittsburgh steelers owner. >> all right. chuck, how does the white house feel it navigated through all of this today? the g-20 summit, you and i talked about health care and everything else. there is so much more on the plate in the month of september. the president wanted to have some good progress and a good showing at this g-20. do they feel like they've accomplished that? will this be a productive week for the white house? >> look, i think clearly, iran was everything that he was doing, behind the scenes all week. we're now learning what this week was about. it was about iran. we would see publicly different things going on at the u.n. general assembly. obviously, it was planning to go on the g-20 whi

the bulgarian ambassador of france is to be the next head of the united nations cultural agency. at least 270 migrants, many of them minors, have been detained in northern france, as police cleared out the makeshift camp known as the jungle. it has been housing asylum seekers trying to smuggle themselves into britain. there were some clashese enoughm asylum. more than a quarter of those rounded up are minors, children who have been living in this squalor for months. on a tour of the site, the french immigration ministers said the closers sends a strong message to traffickers that squashing no longer offered a ticket to england. the authorities were quick to wipe out all traces of the camp, but the migrants themselves will not be cleared away so easily. looking at all the bathetic bits and pieces still lying around here, it is almost unimaginable to think that this used to be home to 800 migrants. but something does not add up. police today arrested 276 people, so where did all the rest go? some of the detained man will be given asylum in france, but all want to come to britain. >

. >> police officers in northern france dismantled accounts set up by migrants known as the jungle on the edge of the port town of cali. 300 people were detained in the operation. >> bans on spoking in public places have had a bigger impact on health than expected. heart attacks went down more than 25% after the bans were brought in, that according to roimpers in the u.s.a. the deposed president of honduras returned to his country this week and sought refuge in the brazilian embassy. thousands of supporters clashed with police outside the building. as the week came to a close, there was news of talks between the two sides had been arranged. dominick caine with that. >> fighting on the streets in brazil as thousands of supporters of ousted president manuel staveplza lace -- zalias were on the streets. today he got his answer. it was his followers who bore the frunt. >> they are prisoners sthoge teargas bombs. ner corrupt. we want them to help us to take them out. >> mr. zalais' supporters are hoping the group of organization of american states could help and that brazil might mediate,

. >>> france's oil giant total is teaming up with venezuela to develop an oil field. hugo chavez has promised a huge increase over the next ten years with the help of foreign investors. part of these investments include the building of refineries to clean the crude into exportable oil. christine. >>> shares of geely automobile rising after confirming it would interest more than $30 billion. the fund-raising will help shore up capital.

many hesitate, but france wants a december deadline. the military option, bombing the facility, something that israel is keen on, but britain and america are unenthusiastic. the president and the prime minister both welcomed the chance to sound tough to voters and have made this new revelation at just the right moment, to most effectively tighten the diplomatics group. >>> many of the world's most powerful leaders are in pittsburgh, chiefly focusing on the global economic crisis. it is reported to have agreed to give the emerging economies more say in how the international financial system works. our special correspondent is at the summit. what of the report? what are the prospects for emerging economies? >> i think very strong. the balance of power is shifting, moving away from the g 82 b g-20. when the communique comes out, it will confirm that the g 20 will be the international steering committee for the global economy. who loses? basically the small european countries. the four european countries, the members of the g-7, and there i

france and poland, outraged, demanding his release. the u.s.ing to put him in jail for drugging and raping a girl over 30 years ago. >> i know that it was not rape rape. >> child molestation? >> i do not believe it was rape rape. i am trying to get you to understand that when we are talking about what someone did and what they were charged with, we have to deal with what it was. >> this is what he said he did. quiet lives, champagne, she was drugged and 13 -- quludes, champaign, she was drugged and 13. [ birds squawking ] [ moos ] [ man announcing ] if you think about it, this is what makes theladders different from other job search sites. we only want the big jobs. welcome to theladders. a premium job site for only $100k+ jobs and only $100k+ talent. bill: 9:30 in new york, a big story, director roman polanski fighting extradition with everything that he can. he faces jail time for raping a 13-year-old girl more than 30 years ago in los angeles. he fled just before sentencing. his lawyer just filed a motion today to set him free in switzerland

the meetings taking place in pittsburgh are very encouraging with france and great britain joining us clearly a growing sment of the urgency. it is urgent. this is the time for international action in order to prevent iran from becoming a nuclear weapons power which is a game changer in the middle east. >> all right. democratic senator benjamin cardin from maryland. thanks so much. >> for more on iran, i'm joined now live by john decker. good morning. >> good morning. >> did all of this catch the white house by surprise the fact that iran admits to this second nuclear enrichment program. >>it's interesting in a letter from iran. in some respects it did catch the white house by surprise but it gave them a reason to announce what they announced yesterday in pittsburgh. and i think that the white house believes that they have the international community behind them as they go into these talks in geneva on thursday, the p-5 plus 1, the five members of the security council plus germany as they meet with senior diplomats from iran. these are the first direct talks between u.s. and iran in 3

france's most explosive political trial in years is just about to start.he former prime minister is accused of plotting to discredit his old rival and the man who is now president, nicolas sarkozy. the case dates back to 2004 when both men were trying to win their pot is nomination for the presidency. it is alleged that mr. vellepin tried to manipulate a judicial investigation to smear his opponent. so evident president jacob zuma g-8 -- jacob zuma is addressing trade unions. the congress of trade unions questioning the success of the terms of boosting the economy. the president rejected salary increases despite a whole series of strikes. the children of the central italian region return to school, five months since an earthquake struck a region killing around 300 people. earthquake-proof temporary classrooms. we will have full market and financial analysis and 25 minutes. -- in 25 minutes. looking at american propensity to buy or not. >> the brakes are on that. interesting stuff. he have the u.s. federal reserve meeting this week to discuss the u.s. econo

. >>> in france, the latest battle in the immigration debate. as hundreds are evicted from a makeshift camp known as the jungle. >>> and in our "signature story," we take a look at a side of life in jamaica they don't want you to see. the aids epidemic and why it has been so hard to fight. >>> from the world's leading reporters and analysts, here's what's happening from around the world. this is "worldfocus." made possible in part by the following funders -- major support has also been provided by the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america's future. >>> good evening. i'm daljit dhaliwal. if progress can be measured by a meeting and a handshake, then there was some today on the middle east as president obama brought together the israeli and palestinian leaders here in new york. did the meeting between prime minister benjamin netanyahu of israel and palestinian president mahmoud abbas produce a breakthrough? no, but that wasn't the expectation on this day. af

stephane, what's going on in france? >> on the french market, the banks are trading higher after the ceo told the financial times that he plans to stop repaying the government pailout money before next month. he says the government money is not cheap and the price will increase from june 200. therefore, bnp paribas wants to repay part of the money before that date. air france klm is trading higher on the back of comments from the ceo that the company may break even before the end of the next fiscal year. however, it's hard to say when the airline will be profitable again. the company continued rumors. investors were worried this morning about the potential cost of this acquisition for france telecom. the stock is still up more than -- well, close to 1%. let's have a look at the german markets in frankfurt. >> a nice turn around. we are trading close to indiana ra day session highs. merck and adeed das, merck came through with the announcement that one of its cancer drugs has had positive test results. on the back of that

both russia and france have been unwilling to go after iran in the past. this week the president got everyone in the security council, including russia and france, to go along with his broad declaration against nukes. right after that, pow, right in the kisser, he hits them with this secret nuclear activity by iran way outside the lines of what iran is supposed to be doing. the french president stood next to obama going after iran today. he said iran is on a two-month deadline to face up or face sanctions. if diplomacy got reported like war does, i think what we would be reporting right now is shock-and-awe. joining us is chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. thank you for coming on the show tonight. >> well put. you put it in the right context. >> good. >> glad to be here. >> is it true iran is facing a much more unified pressure or opposition than they were a week ago? >> this never happened before. we have been plodding along watching this diplomacy inch by inch for so many years now. for the first time, russia has stood by the president.

stephane. >> air france klm is up 6.4%. in the meantime, it's going to increase its prices by 20% to 30% so we can address the sharp declines in the cargo activity since the beginning of the year and there's no stabilization for the time being in august. the company reported another 16% decline for its cargo activity. also in focus today, france at thely come, the stock is still trading lower, down 0.2% after the company decided to suspend its rate structuring man after one of its employees attempted to commit suicide on wednesday when he was told that his position may be at risk over the summer. france telecom had six employees commit suicide according to unions, 2 people died the same way since the beginning of the year. that's the reason why france telecom has decided to postpone its restructuring plan and the stock is trading a bit lower. that's the stories in paris today. now over to christine in singapore. >> thank you, stephane. we had retail, production data all very strong and shanghai stocks gained 2.2% after the

. >> lehrer: the u.s., britain and france reacted sharply today to news about iran's nuclear program. it involved a key facility being built in secret, until now. newshour correspondent kwame holman has our lead story report. >> reporter: the disclosure that iran has been building a new plant to enrich uranium came amidst the g-20 economic summit in pittsburgh. president obama, flanked by the leaders of france and britain, said iran intentionally had hidden the plant for years. >> the size and configuration of this facility is inconsistent with a peaceful program. iran is breaking rules that all nations must follow, endangering the global nonproliferation regime, denying its own people access to the opportunity they deserve, and threatening the stability and security of the region and the world. we have offered iran a clear path toward greater international integration if it lives up to its obligations, and that offer stands. but the iranian government must now demonstrate through deeds its peaceful intentions or be held accountable to international standards and international law. >>

they are world leaders reveal irans new iranian nuclear ambitions >>america, the united kingdom, and france are at one. iran's nuclear program is the most urgent proliferation challenge that the world faces today. >>generals and bureaucrats search for common ground in the afghanistan war debate >>the most important thing i wanted was us to refocus on why we're there. >>and a new domestic terror plot reveals al qaedas continuing influence meanwhile, lawmakers on capitol hill duel to a standoff on health care reform... >>mr. chairman let me just complete my thought here. >>in about one minute you'll complete your thought. we gotta... >>i'll complete my thought and then make another point... >>this is your delaying senator and we just have to... mr. chairman i am not delaying. >>i am making an extremely important point. >>bad blood everywhere we look at why with the reporters covering the week doyle mccmanus of the los angeles times nancy yousef of mcclatchy newspapers... pete williams of nbc news and karen tumulty of time magazine. >>celebrating 40 years of journalistic excellence, live from

they all, even france, they all have lower corporate tax rates in america. not only that, that obama's international tax proposal is to expand the double taxation of american multinationals that are trying to earn mabket share a broad. guarantee you one thing. maybe rich people are evil like the left says, but rich people aren't stupid. and maybe you think of these are evil like the left says. i don'agree but maybe they are. but you know what, they are not stupid. if america becomes inhospitable because of hh taxes and a bloated version of government, and companies are going to look around the world, investors and entrepreneurs will look around the world. this is what this whole issue of tax competition is all about and they will figure it's better to create jobs in places like switzerland, hong kong, and even france over the united states. you look at all of the flat tax countries that are springing up in eastern europe. you look at this tax competition fueling, sweden. i was just in sweden a couple of weeks ago. what has wieden done? it has eliminated its

at least 270 migrants, many of them -, have been detained in northern france as police cleared up the this camp, and they followed their orders to the letter. in the processing line, each migrant told his story, hoping it would be enough to win him asylum. more than a quarter of those rounded up our -, children who have been living in squalor for months. on a tour of the site, the french immigration ministers said -- sent a strong message to traffickers -- that squatting no longer offered a ticket to anyone. the authorities were quick to wipe out all traces of the camp, but the migrants themselves would not be cleared away so easily. looking at all the pathetic bits and pieces still lying around, it is almost unimaginable to think that this used to be home to 800 migrants. but something does not add up. police today arrested 276 people, so where did all the rest go? some of the detained men will be given asylum in france, but all wanted to come to britain. >> some said they had family members in the u.k. and wanted to go to join them, and others said they had the perception that it wo