is what the french where in france yes really yes. dramatic and in the national french well lou it's made a statement that the number of suicide jumps thirty percent you know the people who put their or their body on the truck right they jump on. these jumps in one year of course in the united states we don't call them peasants we call them consumers and now. of course we usually do the show in london pierre and we notice that there is a high concentration of french young french people in london and they're supposedly something like five hundred thousand actually in london is this a healthy sign of the economy or is that a bad thing. i think it's a. bad think it's a good thing for those who are but it's a bad thing because. people are all leaving france and people who are productive are leaving the country and people who are not very productive or getting in so there's a it's not it's a real problem there's a brain drain but it's a bridge and also in england it's also something in in germany or spain or italy you need to see that righ

and germany germany's growing france a sinking the french industry minister are known borg just came out saying he wants the e.c.b. to start debt monetization he wants a lower euro germany of course is growing they say we're all fine but there's they're indicating that. while the rest of the world is continuing to treat france like a cork country it is actually looking on paper more like a peripheral country and again this is the french arrogance does not like being peripheral to germany and once again yet again in the several hundred years they are peripheral to germany yeah but this was all in the plan going back to mitterrand who got suckered by germany by allowing reunification of east and west germany mitterrand believe the the concept put forward by germany at the time that well if you reunite germany it will be under the rubric of this multi-nation euro zone under the euro and now here we are ten fifteen years later and we find that oh only germany has a solvent economy everyone else is falling into the muck including france that means a germany effectively runs europe they'll

the very clay of france will become holy. her soldiers will be the soldiers of god, the rebel dukes will be rebels against god. the english will fall on their knees and beg thee to let them return to their lawful homes in peace. wilt be a poor little judas and betray me and him that sent me? i shall dare, dare and dare again in god's name. art for or against me? no wonder that joan has fascinated playwrights and actresses. shaw said of joan, she was very capable, a born boss. in scene one, joan persuades captain robert baudricourt to support her cause and to give her a horse and armor. in scene two, she convinces the dauphin she is sent to drive the english away from orleans and to crown him king in the cathedral at reims. eventually, the knights all pledge themselves to joan's cause. in scene three, joan and the army wait on the south bank of the loire for a west wind. joan prays, the wind changes, and the boats advance the army to the english encampment. scene four takes place in the english camp after joan and her army hav

britain france and probably behind them america getting pretty panicky about. team of overthrowing. saudis just not working whether that's where something that they really want or whether they just want to neutralize syria by reducing it to chaos we can't really tell but certainly if they start to pour weapons in in a big way obviously it's going to make a difference but on the other hand one third at least and probably a majority of the syrians do not want to be living in a sheria state so there is going to be a desperate fight whatever happens and of course you can be sure that iran on equally will say well if this is the way britain and france are going to behave we shall do as much or they are a lot closer to syria than britain and france all right so that's a response from iran but what about the response from britain and france is neighbors see if they go ahead without a sanction from the e.u. what sort of diplomatic fallout could that lead to. well it's not terribly surprising but the word is that there is going to be a meeting of the this afternoon is that there's going to b

britain would not make much of a difference well i think what britain and france should be doing is saying that. well should they be arming rebels in saudi arabia and in persian gulf dictatorships which are polled hobby islam a kind of beliefs that produce bombs in london and of course in new york and washington it is astonishing as a as i said before and the fact that the persian gulf monarchies which make up most of that arab league i think in there for continuing their arming of islam is rebels only makes it more important that security council u.n. security council members like china and russia trying to uphold some kind of arms embargo too many people have died what would be the the fallout in france and britain indeed went ahead with outs independently should say without any sanctions at all what one of the diplomatic consequences of that do you think. well some are already saying that they have been there they have been there in the past two years it's two years since the uprising in daraa with so many legitimate demands of the outside government and there's no doubt i think

well in france, especially engineers. the two or three countries in the world with the best engineers. and so in terms of technology, france is still a country that is taken very seriously by the american executives. >> some of those american executives savor the french approach to work. katherine melchior ray left behind her job as a senior manager at nike in the u.s. and came here... >> bonjour, madame. >> bonjour, madame. >> to work in the french fashion industry. her job is just as high-powered, but now that she's in france... >> merci. >> merci. >> katherine no longer works weekends, and vacation has taken on a whole new meaning. >> i don't check in. i don't check my email, i don't call on the phone, and no one expects me to. >> so when you go on vacation here, you really go on vacation. >> you really go on vacation. >> even so, france is still one of the world's five largest economies. when the french work, their productivity per hour is among the highest in the world, even better than in the u.s. problem is, french

his main challenge is to expand trade relations between france and russia.rance, right all eu countries, is in a crisis and needs new markets. >> is another of hollande -- that is another of hollande's priorities on this visit. >> in germany, the man who wants to replace angela merkel as chancellor in september is in hot water over italy's e -- election. >> he spoke of the near winners as clowns. one of them, beppe grillo, is a comedian, so he might not be that defended -- offended. >> the other is silvio berlusconi. he is a two-time former prime minister. >> the italian president's state visit to germany has been overshadowed by the diplomatic incident created by peer steinbrueck. italy and germany would continue to work together, despite occasional irritations. >tuesday, peer steinbrueck referred to a delete's former prime minister -- to italy's former prime minister as a clown. >> when one talks about things concerning another friendly, allied country, and about the result of a free election, one must be well balanced in his choice of words. >> he would n

frances dinglasan is here on this easter sunday morning.need the rain but i wish it would hold off a little bit. >> i know. we can only control the timing. 70% of rainfall and we could could certainly use it. latest forecast model that will help you predict when the rain will hit your neighborhood. we see bands of rain heading towards the peninsula and towards san francisco. we'll zoom in a bit. we are getting reports of light showers. in fact maybe a little heavier. you see bits of yellow right there. heading toward merced boulevard and light rain in daly city. here is a live view looking down towards san francisco. grey clouds overhead but clearly the bay bridge, market street. temperatures right now in the 50s. so it's a much milder start because of the cloud cover. oakland, 57. san jose, 58. we also have another shot looking at the bay bridge and you see the clouds in the distance as well in san francisco. it's currently 57 in fairfield, 58 in los gatos. here is what you can expect today and rain and showers throughout the day. heaviest

last year france france is completely different germany would be different this year it's not transit state it was a great. the greek banks greeks will a great deal of money to the french as france's economy is in the polling situation . people are leaving there because of the the republican rich their struggles visit friends the european union opposing in terms of. your you're looking at ironically oppose all right ok all right all right dell and jumping you really hard i've tried to impose limits on the whole deal and if you want to feel like you just go ahead. i'm interested in david's repeated analogies to eight hundred forty eight since as we all recall they were a huge failure this is where it was altered and of and so i i don't know why is taking so much pride in that but i think it's. people nichol's you're right there are other issues not just what's happening dylan keep going i don't say that i've been case this is a little fed up with the a stash of the fed up with a stash of throughout europe do and keep going. but but but i think what nicholas is saying and i largely agre

with this.ul >> why were they in france? in the were in france mid 1790's. james had been appointed the u.s. minister to france. they arrived to paris a week after pierre had been guillotined. it was the height of the reign of terror. lafayette had been forced to freeze -- flee france for not supporting the more radical elements of the revolution. his life was not able to leave. she and her mother and other family members were arrested and imprisoned. a mother was executed. ministerho had been before monroe, had tried to get her out of prison. morris was not popular with the french government at all, since he had condemned the revolution and said he supported the monarchy. when the munro's came, -- anroes came, they staged very dramatic event to draw attention to elizabeth monroe. excuse me, to madame off yet. they hired a very expensive carriage. herself inonroe just , askest and went to prison to see here, they did not know what to do. they wanted to see who this person was coming in his carriage. it was the wife of the american minister. she met with mada

>> they were in france in the mid 1790's. james had been appointed u.s. minute sfer to france. had arrived after pierre been gee tinned. they did not support the revolution. she and her family members had been arrested. governor morris who had been minister before monroe worked to try to get her out of prison but morris was not popular with the french government since he condemned the french revolution and supported the monarchy. when the mon rose came they picked up the effort to get her released and they staged an ent to draw attention to madam yet. and they hired an expensive carriage. elizabeth dressed in her best and went to the prison and asked to see her. the governor of the prison didn't know what to do. everybody wanted to see who this person was and word spread that it was the wife of the american minister. and she met with madam laugh yet and made her case a public one. some stories say the next day she was released. it wasn't the next day. it was a couple of months. but it kept her from going to the gee tin and it led to her release. the mon rose became the conduit

and i cannot speak for any other country than france. france will accept its responsibilities. >> britain has also indicated it would consider forming the rebels, but there is resistance from others. -- consider farming the rebels. >> i am against it. i do not think you can solve a conflict by delivering weapons. that would only lead to others supplying more weapons to the other side. >> that position is shared by germany. >> i've made germany's position clear. we have a number of doubts about such weapons deliveries to the opposition. the question has to be asked as to if it will worsen the conflict. >> the council president said there was a determination to find a common european stance. >> there is a growing feeling of frustration about the humanitarian situation, of course, in syria, and it is a growing frustration about the lack of progress on the political front, but we again are working in the framework of a common foreign and defense policy, and our intention is to continue to work in that kind of framework. >> the question of if

economists moved here from france. so france.ort in that. >> in worse shape for the longest time. deep in the damages. the unemployment. they're not in at best shape. and david was once in similar shape. >> yes. canada in that mid-90s in terrible shape. their debt as a percentage of gdp was 7%. but they brought it down to about 29%y the middle of last decade. john: 70-29% by doing something america does not even propose to do with the sequestered by making actual cuts. >> by making actual cuts in dollar terms. and they did that over a number of years. three years. agricultural department cut 22 actual%. natural resources almost 50%. done by a liberal government. >> pile of the government. john: by contrast, france is not taking similar steps. >> the only way they responded to anything is by saying to my know, we have the deficits. it will raise taxes. there have not been any public austerity. we have not been getting. in fact, and we keep talking about how the need to grow the economy which means basically we need to spend more m

followed by germany with 7% in france with 6%. now china has pushed britain to sixth place with 5% of the market. annual sales are now worth some 1.3 trillion euro. >> more them 500 representatives of various political groups have gathered in yemen for the first meeting of a national dialogue conference. >> the reconciliation talks will be drafting a new constitution and preparing for a full democratic election next year. >> we will be talking with an analyst about the hopes for progress in just a moment, but let's look at the challenges facing them. >> after months of protest, the demands were met. he left office just over one year ago. he rolled yemen for more than three decades. it came at a price. parliament granted him immunity for prosecution in agreement for stepping aside. people are demanding that the old elite to be brought to justice and the transition is no in the hands of the national dialogue conference rewriting the constitution before full democratic elections next year. >> if the old elites have been thrown into p

economists moved here from france. so france.ongest time. deep in the damages. the unemployment. they're not in at best shape. and david was once in similar shape. >> yes. canada in that mid-90s in terrible shape. their debt as a percentage of gdp was 7%. but they brought it down to about 29% by the middle of last decade. john: 70-29% by doing something america does not even propose to do with the sequestered by making actual cuts. >> by making actual cuts in dollar terms. and they did that over a number of years. three years. agricultural department cut 22 actual%. natural resources almost 50%. done by a liberal government. >> pile of the government. john: by contrast, france is not taking similar steps. >> the onl way they responded to anything is by saying to my know, we have the deficits. it will raise taxes. there have not been any public austerity. we have not been getting. in fact, and we keep talking about how the need to grow the economy which means basically we need to spend more money. >> the government. >> the governm

the visible end, image for france was complete. -- a disappointment for france was complete. spain takes them of of france at the top of the group. problems -- now they are in position to defend their world cup trophy. >> bolivia's president is planning to try to commercialize the coca leaf industry. they can be used to make anything from an injury drinks. their more famous for been the primary ingredient in cocaine. theyrlier this month, gathered in the capital to celebrate a plant sacred to them. coca leaf is the main ingredient for cocaine and is considered a some predict controlled substance in both -- in most countries. , but not bolivia. it was not until earlier this year that the president succeeded in getting you an approval for the plant's legal cultivation for the traditional use. but now he wants to go even further, exporting products made with the coca leaf. energy drinks. >> our strategy is to get recognition, spreading information about the benefits, not dangerous to our health, and has nothing to do with the drug. >> coca leaf has medicinal value because it con

republic of congo after rebel forces seized control of the capital bangui france and france meanwhile claims its soldiers have secured the city's airport and called for an emergency meeting for the un security council to discuss further action the rebel alliance began its offensive in december and has taken control of about a dozen towns. and coming up after the break we continue our journey from the north end of iraq to the country's far south in a taxi following a filmmaker's dangerous trip across the waters of the country stay with us. all since the new pope was chosen the calls for reform our analysts everyone wants the new pope to allow this and to allow that but the problem is that the catholic church is a religion not a product if people don't like the way a pepsi bottle looks while the company will have to in theory change it to be public demand but the pope claims to represent the will of the creator of the universe the pope. supposedly holds and protects an ancient an eternal truth so how can you expect this eternal truth just up and change because of public demand even thou

the green shows the wet spots, the yellow there, a little heavier showers, frances heavier showers, francesinglasan will have your [ male announcer ] with citibank it's easy for jay to deposit checks from anywhere. [ wind howling ] easier than actually going to the bank. mobile check deposit. easier banking. standard at citibank. makes it easy for anne to manage her finances when she's on the go. even when she's not going anywhere. citibank for ipad. easier banking. standard at citibank. >> carolyn: san jose appears to be winning an ongoing battle with texas and other states trying to lure high-tech companies. a big reason may be a resurgence in manufacturing. news and business technology reporter david louie shows us a prime example. >> electronic manufacturing jobs have been on steady decline, down 20% in the past five years but a turnaround is in the works. this is contract manufacturer for a variety of companies and based on demand from local assembly they moved to a facility three times larger. they plan to go up to 200 employees in the next two months. >> it's great to see them have t

but france is not making any progress at all. country needs reformes and that's what we find out in our europe plus monitor which we've just updated. the country needs reforms, is not doing reforms, so it's falling further behind not just germany, but also behind the crisis countries and ultimately the country is heading for a crisis, maybe not fanl crisis in the short-term, but an unemployment crisis and is even a financial crisis maybe a few years down the line. >> christian, that's a big dey deal to say. if you think the situation is that dire, why aren't markets punishing france more? >> effectively, if you buy a french government bond, then you buy a german guarantee with it. politically, it's inconceivable that germany would let france go bust. of course, there needs to be a certain degree of cooperation, but that cooperation is clearly there. france is doing some reforms, so the country is falling behind further. for a short-term crisis, you would need that pressure from markets which simply isn't there. that german guaran

it is a story between france and france.between this web site-- they dared, they dared to title like this. they dared to call me "the jew "as nobody did about me nor any jewish french in 60 years. it's a french newspaper, web site, who dared to do that. and this is a shame it has nothing to do with libya. it has to do with france. and the fat that in france during this day, nobody protested, nobody said, "you can't call bernard henri-levy "the jew." it's a bad sign about the state of affairs in my country, in france of today. but it is not libya. it is france. >> rose: you say you haven't heard for a while now from mustapha, leader of the fighters with whom you sharedue filmed the desire to dispel the awful specter of the war of civilizations, or-- you haven't heard from them why? >> because i-- i don't know. i have-- i am reduced to hypotheses. >> rose: i had pogd sees, yes. >> hypotheses. the man you just quoted, is close to the most extreme islamist in libya. i met him during the war. we had a very harsh, strong, but man-

france.as announced that france is going to start growing a lot more potatoes, and it's all for one place, mcdonald's, which brings me to tonight's number. 100%. that's how much of mcdonald's 66,000 tons of french fries that are sold in france are going to be grown in france. so why are they doing it? is it because they know they think their taste better or maybe they're just still angry about this. >> freedom fries. >> you know france. we've made fun of you a lot for your language police that ban american's words, you know, this time, though, we're on your side. because it seems only right that you or mcdonald's french fries should be french. and if you have any extras in your 10,000 acres of potatoes, go ahead and put them on a plane to korea, so those kids can keep having those potato parties. >>> well, ambassadorships are some of the most important foreign jobs available, so why are so many of them being handed to president obama's biggest donors? >>> plus, the mysterious death of an amer

the huge crowd later witnessed pope france's first speech.an blessed the crowd first, he asked them to pray for him. francis took the helm of a catholic church that is been rocked in recent years by sex abuse scandal some kind of corruption. issues that some believe france is a turnaround. >> vatican officials say it will take several days before there is an installation mass for pulp france because it will take time for world leaders to arrive. >> and what is the name? >> the pope's decision to call himself francis since be a very symbolic move. is the first pope to take the name which comes from two sites. >> when the st. francis of assisi will get of his wealth and dedicated his life to helping the poor. he saw his calling as an effort to rebuild the church. >> and then there was francis xavier, a spaniard was founding figure of the gentle water. the same one to which the pope belongs. >> the vatican says francis will celebrate his first mass as pulp and the sistine chapel later today. >> vice president joe biden is headed to rome. the vic

last year france france is completely different germany would be different this year it's not grounds it's not the only state it was a great. the greek banks the greeks will a great deal of money to the french and of france's economies in the polling situation. people are leaving there because of the republican risk their struggle is it friends the european union opposing in terms of your eyes you're you're you're looking at iran from the polls all right all right all right dell and jumping you really hard i tried to impose limits on the whole deal and if you want to say i'm going to go ahead bill and i'm interested in david's repeated analogies to eighteen forty eight cents as we all recall they were a huge failure this is where it was altered in of and so i i don't know why is taking so much pride in that but i think it's. people knew it was exactly right that there are other issues that this is what's happening dylan keep going i don't see a way that big case this is a little fed up with the a stash of the fed up with a stash of throughout europe do and keep going. but but but i th

clint eastwood and frances ford coppola were regulars at the restaurant.attracted politicians like senator feinstein and mayor willie brown, changing demographics and lease issues forced the closure. >>> this is a big weekend for purchases. some sales taxes go up in several areas. marin county goes up to 8.5%, san mateo, 9%. in santa clara are a, 8.75%. the taxes are going up in several bay area cities. so we've posted a complete list of those sales tax changes on our website. go to abc7news.com under see it on tv. >>> a lot of horn honking this first weekend of the new golden gate bridge phantom tollbooths causing confusion. that was expected. the automatic toll system started four days ago we placing toll takers. transit employs have been standing by to help, anticipating drivers crossing the bridge this weekend might not be as well-informed as weekday commuters, so it's good its drier than expected. you add rain to the confusion and you could have a mess. >> that's true. so we're going to enjoy the break while we can. there's one right now. we will take

if we want to see london or france we can save up money and go on vacation alone.sing enough without worrying about southern exposure." this is one of the weirdest, i call it a case of poker transparency. >> i think transparency is a good word. ooh. i -- >> got a little feedback there? >> i'm disappearing. if i'm actually talking, hello, everyone. the thing about yoga, i'm always in the back, seeing the urns and the downward or buttward facing transparency looker, that's a real stunning term we should incorporate. i don't know. >> they don't just wear them in yoga class anymore, the cashier at my supermarket has been wearing on it and i'm a much more loyal shopper, i'm on that express lane every day and i can no longer control my impulse buys so i think it's good for the economy. they shouldn't be recalling them. they should be compulsory. >> make sure you buy everything nine items at a time. >> i do now, i do. >> lululemon, i stayed out of that. i work out basketball, in an old paint ball t-shirt. >> hope we never see them on rush limbaugh on "the tonight show" ho

it was for france. like industrial things. no, only coutoure because it was aristocracy, the spirit of france. until the end of the 1980's. the designers of the 1980's. anyway, i was seeing that coutoure, made me dream. i realize that there were people that were not from coutoure but as good as coutoure. when i saw when i thought, i love it. it is nice in different. very creative. fabulous, ginzo. but i love coutoure. the way i was looking at magazines. i what -- i must say that my teacher was a journalist, explaining the clothing. now we call them stylists, which in reality was an editor, especially one which is a dead now. it was very inspiring. one from the magazine "elle." f fabulous, fabulous editor. she was mixing the close. she was doing something else than the panoply. matching, like in coutoure. she was taking an overall and putting with high heels and glamorous jewelry. i loved it. it shows me that you are not obliged. you do not have to wear the matching thing. coutoure, i saw similar things and making the dream, yo

we should have done more before now. >> will britain and france get anywhere? >> i certainly hope so. that would have a good impact within the united states. we have a new secretary of state. i know he is assessing the situation. that could be an opportunity for a renewed dialogue within the administration about what we should be doing, but if britain and france were to take the lead and, particularly, if they could bring the eu as a whole are around to their point of view, that would be a huge breakthrough. arms ship from here? >> i would hope so. if we are not willing to do that, then i hope one of the things we would do is to coordinate the flow of arms that come from other countries. so as best we can -- and this is an imperfect science -- as best we can, those arms get into groups that support the syrian national coalition, that support and inclusive cross- sectarian syria, that those opposition groups and fighters get weapons. rather than the current situation where most of the weapons are going to the more extremist elements and to the al qaeda-related o

last year france france is completely different germany would be different this year it's not transit state it was a great. the greek banks the greeks will a great deal of money to the french and of france's economies in the polling situation. people are leaving there because of the republican rich their struggles visit friends european union opposing in terms of job you're good you know right from the polls all right all right all right dell and jumping you really try to impose limits on the whole deal and if you want to do you just go ahead doing i'm interested in david's repeated analogies to eight hundred forty eight cents as we all recall they were a huge failure this is where it was altered in of and so i i don't know why and so much pride in that but. i think it's. people knew it was you know that i think there are other issues that you know what's happening dillon keep going i don't see a way that big case this little fed up with the a stash of the fed up with a static throughout europe deal and keep going. but but but i think what nicholas is saying and i largely agree with t

here is frances dinglasan in for lisa argen. >> good morning everyone. get the wet weather gear ready because you will need it most likely tonight. even live doppler picking up a lot of moisture in the low level clouds. rain is not falling yet but it is on its way. here is a live look from sutro down to san francisco, we are starting off with low clouds and fog. temperatures will be in the upper 40s to mid-60s. this afternoon increasing clouds with a chance of showers. temperatures will be quite a bit cooler compared to yesterday. so low 60s to near 70 degrees. then a chance of showers increase likely later on as we head into sunday and what you can expect for easter sunday but i'll show but the timing with the model. >> katie: thank you. it was 40 years ago that u.s. troops came home from vietnam. veterans in san jose are marking the occasion by unveiling a new war memorial honoring local troops. a ceremony will take place in san jose. good morning. >> good morning to you. 142 local soldiers who died in the war will be forever honored by this monument b

if the eurozone economy were a plane, its two engines would be france and germany.are basically 50% of the gdp of those 17 nations. these are the pmis -- manufacturing pmis. they show now that france and germany's manufacturing sectors are contracting, as indeed they are below 50, as indeed is the rest of the eurozone's manufacturing overall. so we're talking about in europe a sixth quarter overall probably of contraction, a sixth quarter of recession, and that's why those markets continue to underperform. do into the weekend watch what's happening in italy. the president there is still trying to form a government, beating berlusconi. today another potential leader. the word from our local partners in milan is he might ultimately try to pick a public figure to run a technocrat government which means we won't get elections until november, but that could also move markets in addition to cyprus. you know, scott, just as i throw back to you, the interesting thing here overall with cyprus with the role at the ecb. on the one hand, spain was automobile to auction 4.5 bill

last year france france is completely different germany would be different this year it's not transit state it was a great. the greek banks the greeks will a great deal of money to the french and of france's economies in the polling situation. people are leaving there because of the they were probably rich their struggles visit friends european union opposing in terms of your eyes you're you're you're looking at ironically impose all right ok all right all right dell and jumping you really hard i've tried to impose limits on the whole deal and if you want to feel like you just go ahead. i'm interested in david's repeated analogies to eight hundred forty eight cents as we all recall they were a huge failure this is where it was altered and of and so i i don't know why is taking so much pride in that but i think it's. people nicole is exactly right that there are other issues that this is what's happening bill and keep going i don't see a way that i mean case this is a little fed up with the established that the fed up with throughout europe deal and keep going. but but but i think what