france, france president, told me he isn't concentrated on helping people in their immediate needs. but on a long-range, modernization of industries. it will pay off in some three years time when her industrial plant will be the best in europe. for instance, franceested heavily in hydroelectric plants. france construction of these power plants gives jobs to thousands of men. and when they are completed, extensive electricity will be available on many farms and factories, and homes. it was pleasant on arriving in england to be met by my good and wise friend. there was so much that i want to see and ask about. i wanted especially to see how britain and its industrial leaders have found out how to export the things needed to get the scarce dollars to balance their foreign change. someone told me how they're from did it. they make parts for british cars. he had just made a trip all through v)áe necessary contract. they say the lord helps those who help themselves. the marshall plan seems to be like the lord in that respect. there is no doubt in my mind how much martial plan funds have helped. but some facts are worrying. it is hard to see how europe can fully recover, as long as eastern europe remains at the present low levels. i had my ideas pretty

france? this nation that unites the countries and cities. >> france is a country surrounded by two seas, an ocean, and three mountain ranges. it is much smaller than africa. >> and what grows in franceas. >> well, yes, france does grow bananas, but only a few of them. but they symbolize the diversity which is france. the diversity which is her wealth. a few bananas, even some oil. in volume the oil from the foothills of the mountains may not be a threat to texas but its value is already an economic comfort to france. ♪ diversity which is wealth in the heart of france, prospectors listen to the tick, tick of counters. for there in the hard ground can be found the new wealth of this atomic age, uranium. uranium for france's two atomic piles. wealth to the north in normandy. pastures for some of the finest beef and dairy livestock in the world. here only ten years ago was d-day and the blossoms wilted in the fumes of battle. now there's peace again in normandy and plenty. milk, butter, eggs and cheese. cheese made by0 special formul and skills passed down through generations of peasant cheesemakers producing cheeses famous throughout the world. ♪ these are pastures whose products make

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france becomes inflamed with the , united states. france had supported us during the american revolution. we had war debts that we owed to france that we no longer wanted to pay after they got rid of the french king, after the french revolution. so adams, dealing with hostility from france and france seizing our ships and stealing our goods destined for great britain he sends john marshall and other , envoys to france to come together with a treaty that can create friendly relations between france and the united states. this becomes known as the xyz affair. so it is john marshall sent their with eldridge gary and charles pinckney. the three of them are attempting to negotiate with the french government. the great intrigue or talley road they are trying to establish relations. france sends envoys as well. they are x, y, z, in these dispatches. they said you must bribe us, , give us an exorbitant loan, to even talk to our ministers. so marshall writes up an account of this affair and it ends up being publicized in the u.s. we refused to give into tyrone -- tallyrand. this creates a firestorm. what we have here is the traveling wr

of drones and facial recognition during demonstrations it's not worthy of a lawful state like france. france has seen a serious of massive protests against its proposed security legislation the government said it would review the text which is due to be examined by the french senate in march but this weekend's protests were not all about the security bill many also used the chance to vent their frustration at the restrictions imposed to do to 1000 demonstrators included members of the anti-government yellow vests movement and activists calling for increased support for the cultural sector. in the western city of nonce scores of young people turned out to protest for their rights to party. another rally in kiev turned into an open air grave. as the evening approached rights police intervened to enforce a 6 pm nationwide coronavirus curfew. when as they go soccer now and bahrain munich hosted their jinx opponents have been home it is theirs and beat the reigning champions 41 earlier in the season but this time it was the other way around. by in munich with a case of the pre-game ghost little d

france of the eternal france. really what de gaulle was doing, i think, is proclaiming the return of a free and independent france,taking its place once again in the world community as well as giving back to the french population the pride and dignity of being france and discounting that french government that collaborated and cooperated with the germans. this was the real france, the eternal france. well, that same evening, de gaulle began organizing a france. well, that same evening, the parade the following day and a parade that was to celebrate the liberation of paris, but also a parade to let everyone know, both friend and foe alike that de gaulle was the leader of france. there could be no question and so that next morning it was a saturday, it was a warm, sunny day and word spread across the city that at 3:00 there was going to be a grand parade and precisely ontime, governor de gaulle arrived at the ark did you tdu triomphe and where he lt france's, terpal flaeternal flae french had extinguished four years earlier. he then went down the shacchamp elysee leading the military commanders and leclerc, general

of drones and facial recognition during demonstrations it's not worthy of a lawful state like france. france has seen a serious of massive protests against its proposed security legislation the government said it would review the text which is due to be examined by the french senate in march but this weekend's protests were not all about the security bill many also used the chance to vent their frustration at the restrictions imposed to do to cope with 19 demonstrators included members of the anti-government yellow vests movement and activists calling for increased support for the cultural sector . in the western city of nonce scores of young people turned out to protest for their rights to party. another rally. turned into an open air rave. as the evening approached riots police intervened to enforce a 6 pm nationwide current virus curfew. to india now where farmers have staged a one day hunger strike in protest at planned agriculture reforms they say the laws benefit large private buyers at the expense of smaller producers a week of unrest has seen hundreds of people injured in clashes wit

of drones and facial recognition during demonstrations it's not worthy of a lawful state like france. france has seen a serious of massive protests against its proposed security legislation the government said it would review the text which is due to be examined by the french senate in march but this weekend's protests were not all about the security bill many also used the chance to vent their frustration at the restrictions imposed to do to 1000 demonstrators included members of the anti-government yellow vests movement and activists calling for increased support for the cultural sector. in the western city of nonce scores of young people turned out to protest for their rights to party. another rally in fear turned into an open air raid. as the evening approached riots police intervened to enforce a 6 pm nationwide coronavirus curfew. a right to been asleep a soccer now and byron munich host of their engines opponents hoffenheim the visitors beat the reigning champions 41 earlier in the season but this time it was the other way around. by in munich with a case of the pre-game goes little d

france and algeria to agree on the past. this is a french report linked to the specific conditions of emmanuel macron's mandate into the debates going on in france that are trying to -- that are somehow worrying about the impacts of colonialism and colonial arguments in francere is a willingness to think about the algerian work in relationship with the colonization. [indiscernible] and there is a need to calm down the debates. so this is the framework of the debate. i think this issue of repentance and apologies, that is something that is related to france itself an the fact that france remains, if i can put it that way, attached to the issue of repentance and apologies. it is giving birth to two important synonyms. first, doing so because the algerian regime has not asked for its own report it is not commissioned an independent group of historians and it won't. but i think the issue of repentance is having two important consequences. first, the algerian regime -- [indiscernible] it is also angering the french extreme right movements to join this debate and that is not fruitful, actually. >> let's look at the role of truth commissions. truth commissions have been set up in 40 countries to encourage resolution following conflict. many are based on a model cr

france. let's move to the telegraph or in page- — france. let's move to the telegraph or in page- we _ francewe cannot spend our- france. let's move to the telegraph | or in page. we cannot spend our way to prosperity, that from the business secretary. this is a story basically carry an interview from him in the paper itself, but it is a debate, isn't it, as the story states, over the state of spending in the run—up to the budget? can we spend our way to a more prosperous uk or do we need to hold back and rein in the spending? l uk or do we need to hold back and rein in the spending?— rein in the spending? i think the government _ rein in the spending? i think the government is _ rein in the spending? i think the government is showing - rein in the spending? i think the government is showing signs i rein in the spending? i think the government is showing signs it | rein in the spending? i think the | government is showing signs it is getting concerned about the deficit. we are running record deficits at the moment. the flip side of that is the moment. the flip side of that is the debt is very

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franc frances? >> priscilla, thank you. >>> a full battalion of former defense secretaries is sending a message this morning leave the military out of the battle all ten teemed up to write an op ed saying involving the military in election disputes will cross into dangerous territory they write, american elections and the peaceful transfers of power that result are hallmarks of our democracy and this year should be no exception they add the time for questioning the results has long passed they called on the current defense department to carry out the transition to the new administration fully and transparently saying this final action is in keeping with the highest traditions and professionalism of the u.s. armed forces >>> top health officials in the trump administration are pushing back against a claim from the president. in a tweet president trump claimed that coronavirus cases and deaths in the united states are, quote, far exaggerated and he called the cdc's method of determination ridiculous compared to other countries. dr. anthony fauci refuted this while on nbc's "meet the press." >> the numbers are real. we have well over 300,000 deaths we are averaging 2 to 3,000 deaths per day go into the trenches, hospitals, intensive care units and see what is happening. those are real numbers, real people and real deaths. >> the united states surgeon general jerome adams responded by saying he has no reason to doubt the numbers. >> those numbers of the experts are growing more staggering by the day. take a look. more than 352,000 americans have lost their lives due to covid-19 and the u.s. is growing closer to confirming 21 million cases of infections. at least 44 of those cases are among staff members in one emergency department in san jose they are looking into the possibility that an air powered christmas costume contributed to the outbreak one employee who was working on december 25th has died due to covid complications. >>> overseas the u.k. is marking the pivotal moment in the vaccination efforts. the rollout of the astrazeneca vaccine, oxford university tweeted that, begins today and more than half a mill doses expected to be ready today. >>> the nfl picture is set after a wild final week. the washington football team just needed a win in philadelphia to punch their ticket to the postseason the eagles tried to play spoiler in the second quarter with jalen hurts running in to make it a three-point game but in the fourth down by three the eagles turned to backup qb nate sudfeld, a decision coach pedersen said was his alone. threw a pick washington would not look back washington gets the win 20-14. washington's win clinched them the nfc east, despite them 7-9 they are the fifth team in the nfl to make the playoffs with a losing record. >>> in houston henry ran for 250 yards on the day pretty impressive. becoming the eighth running back ever to run for 2,000 yards in a single season. the texans kept themselves in the game for a bit but this field goal off the boot of sam sloan didn't make it 31-8. >> the browns fended off a late steelers comeback to secure their first trip to the playoffs since 2002 they take care of business and beat pittsburgh 24-22. in buffalo josh allen set the single season record with an exclamation point. he threw for 223 yards and three touchdowns he didn't need to do all of that, but he did was helped by eisaiah mckenzie. the bills are looking pretty good 56-26 the final score there. >>> miami's loss and the colts win over the jaguars puts indy in as the final wild card team in the afc right now two triple headers on the docket tom brady and the bucs in washington and the browns/steelers rematch. >>> let's take a turn and turn to nbc meteorologist janessa webb here with monday weather. good morning. >> good morning. pretty dicey finish to the weekend across the northeast we have this storm system starting to push off shore and hopefully sunshine by this mid afternoon. we are watching our next storm for the pacific northwest. this will give you a good dose of rain and snow across this area, especially across the coast. two to three inches and in the higher elevation look at this, from the rockies into the billings area. that's ave inches of snow. nshine 75 degrees still pretty chilly from the ohio valley to the great lakes continues to be in the mid 30s >>> we have a warmup it's coming our way. i'll show you when coming up. >> congrats on that browns victory yesterday. looking pretty good. >>> the warriors steph curry had an historic night on the hard wood curry scored a career high 62 points in the win over the trail blazers. the first time this season a player has scored more than 50 points in the game a fete curry reached six times in his career before this breaks the splash brothers previous career high of 54. >>> still to come, final "jeopardy. alex trebek's final sendoff to his legion of fans. >>> and will the founder of wikileaks finally face charges in the 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really what this means is this judge, it's important to lay out exactly what this judge is doing. she's going to be determining whether or not julian assange's crimes or alleged crimes rise to the level where they could be prosecuted in brittain had he committed them in brittain those are the terms of an extradition deal between the u.s. and the u.k important to note here, this judge will not be determining whether or not julian assange is actually guilty but whether or not he meets -- or his alleged crimes rise to the level where they would face a trial. that's going to be determined today. even after that, this is not going to be done and dusted. this is going to then go, if the judge decides in favor of extradition, it will be kicked up to the home secretary in brittain to have the final word on whether or not assange should be extrey dieted to the united states he faces no crimes in america. he was escaping allegations that -- in sweden that he had raped

after jay's treaty france started seizing ships and insisting that the united states needed to decide, was it france's enemy or france'sall to push the united states out of this policy of neutrality. in response congress cut off trade with france and authorized american ships to seize french ships. so, congress is mostly controlled by federalists. the american people, many of them, criticize this assault on france. many americans considered france the natural ally of the united states rather than britain, france being the ally of the united states during the revolution whereas britain, of course, had been his opponent. john adams, to respond to criticism of his policies, his administration pushed through congress a series of alien and sedition acts in 1798. so, the alien acts included, first of all, the naturalization act of 1798. back in 1790, the first naturalization act -- naturalization is the process of becoming a u.s. citizen. the naturalization act in 1790 had established a process by which immigrants became citizens. and it, in that act in 1790, it had restricted naturalized citizenship to free white men. the i

france right in the 1st 3 months of the year the best protests french police arrested 10000 protesters people died people will crippled last eyes lost lives here gas and rubber bullets were used in france in industrial quantities and you know what macro and is proud of the police do not speak of repression or police violence these words are unacceptable where there is rule of law then is germany demanding the release of all peaceful protesters detained in russia detained for peacefully attacking police peacefully punching traffic cops and peacefully destroying cars maiming drivers and marshaling kids 1011 year olds to attend violent protests germany itself has been rattled with anti lockdown protests and you know what the german officials and police did they dismiss them as loons crazies extremist and beat them around the head for good measure the democratic institution state is alive in the police or is protective shield a thing called the emergency services for this important service to a country that was a target not long ago when the world looked up to europe and america is as beacons of freedom and liberty the right way to do things but that beacon light has gone out there are no

france, there's a lot of administration before injections. that takes a lot of time. there's a big anti-vaccination campaign. that pushes against france'slout. the onepoint looking at million already vaccinated in the u.k. and the 4 million in the u.s., if europe does not accelerate vaccines, you will probably have the euro reacting negatively to the story because it pushes back the recovery story even further. rabobank, foley, thank you very much. this is bloomberg. ♪ save hundreds on your wireless bill without even leaving your house. just keep your phone and switch to xfinity mobile. you can get it by ordering a free sim card online. once you activate, you'll only have to pay for the data you need starting at just $15 a month. there are no term contracts, no activation fees, and no credit check on the first two lines. get a $50 prepaid card when you switch. nationwide 5g is now included. switch and save hundreds. xfinity mobile. today, overnight, we have seen 99.6% of our business shift to europe. europe has clearly won the battle to win its own share of trading back into the e.u. was the ceo speaking earlier to bloomberg. inevitably

that france france. is still as true today as when i write it you also define experts that someone who is knowledgeable so knowledgeable about a subject they recognise their own ignorance. yeah we've been through sort of funny phase with experts him where. there was a kind of populist revolt against experts the british cabinet minister michael gove's famously said we've had enough of the experts. but of course experts are now arguably back in fashion now because who you're going to believe about a pandemic that chen seemed to be the polling in as much as you can believe polling now days seem to be that people are rather reassured by the side by this site of people who have got lots of letters of the name and seem to know what they're talking about away from the pandemic though maybe not away from the pandemic is the only blair is reported to be an advisor to the british government on coronavirus what do you make of who news room seek to platform and who they don't seek a platform i mean dhoni blair is an

france. the friends that fights. the only france of the real friends of the eternal france. ly what de gaulle was doing is proclaiming a return of a free and independent france. taking its place once again in the world community. as well as giving back to the front population the private dignity of being france, and discounting that french governments that collaborated and cooperated with the germans. de gaulle and this government was the real france, the eternal france. that same evening, de gaulle began organizing a prayed for the following day. a parade that was to celebrate the liberation of paris. but also a parade to let everyone know, both friend and foe alike, that de gaulle was the leader of france. there could be no question. and so, the next morning it was a saturday. again it was a warm, sunny day. word spread across the city that at 3:00 there was going to be a grand parade. precisely on time, one de gaulle arrived at the arc of triumph, there's a photograph of him in front of the french landmark. were he first placed flowers on the tomb of the unknown french sol

france startedy, insisting the united states needed to decide if it was a an -- if it was france's enemy or france's ally. in response, congress cut off trade with france, and authorized american ships to seize french ships. congress is controlled by federalists. the american people, many of them, criticized this assault on france. many americans considered france a natural ally of the united states, rather than britain, where it had been its opponent. john adams responded to criticism of his policies. his administration pushed through a is of alien and sedition acts in 1798. the alien acts included the naturalization act of 1798. back in 1790, the first naturalization act had established a process by which immigrants became citizens. in 1790, it had restricted naturalized citizenship to free white men. the intention there was to keep black men from becoming naturalized citizens, but also limit asian immigrants. this new naturalization act in 1798 increased to the residency requirement for citizenship from five years in the first naturalization act, to 14 years. part of this was to keep new immigran

the so-called gaffa taxes is a tax france has been talking about imposing on digital giants here in france on the revenues and the profits that they create here in france this is tech companies such as amazon such as google facebook and the u.s. has long said that taxing these companies for their profits in france in france would have been unfair this is what the u.s. trade representative is now saying the u.s. trade representative has decided to suspend the tariffs in light of the ongoing investigation of similar digital service taxes adopted all under consideration in 10 other jurisdictions those investigations have significantly progressed but have not yet reached a determination or possible trade actions well of course these taxes would have hit the exporters but the reality is they would have also hit consumers like you annoy you so if you're somebody who lives in the u.s. and you like a particular french brand of make up such as lipstick you'd been paying 25 percent more for it tangy been buying it if these taxes had been put on the here in france we know that the digital giants and said that they would be looking at passing on those costs to con

france is well known for its love of food but since the coronavirus hit and with the nation enduring lockdowns and curfews, kitchens have very much laid quiet and to show our support to france's hospitality industry, "france has do named a large chunk of today's programming to their cause. we met one man determined to keep his parrishian businesses open. >> tucked away in paris, one man is refusing to give into the pandemic. paul started his life as a students in 1992. today's with his establishment and 250 staff, he's known as the king of pucks. since the start of the health crisis, his turnover has fallen by 60%. his doors are still open. before the first lockdown this puck was serving customers seven days a week. on the menu, a mix of international flavors. the frog also has its own brand of beer. >> to avoid laying off his yuck employees, paul asks them to use social media to come up with createa takeout ideas. >> to be honest, being busy helping frog and seeing the changes, seeing how we're able to survive the times. that's always encouraging and inspiring for us. as low a possible, a business like paul's costs 1200,000 euros a week to rub, whether it's open or closed. >> the frog pub's group pays $1

france has committed crimes in algeria all of our history has already been falsified historians say a nation without a history is an ignorant one moreover through the history books we know that france still rules here. of course france should have apologized we must recognize that we committed a great wrong over several generations so one apology is still necessary but not sufficient. but i don't think france should apologize for the collision of algeria after the evian accords france with a jew from algeria so from that moment on contracts were made between the 2 countries and it's not for a country to apologize for what was done in the past. russian police have launched an investigation nuff to footage emerged on social media of an officer kicking a woman to the ground in st petersburg the incident happened during a protest in support of jailed opposition figure alexina vuln the woman was admitted to hospital with concussion but has no being discharged the policeman in question visited her to apologize naming his actions on the confusion and chaos the point. was going to. russia was gripped by a wave of demonstrations in support of. the largest element in moscow official figures suggest that up to 4000 people atte

france. since _ problem will be getting into france. since we _ problem will be getting into france. ird country and only essential travel can continue into france. you need to be a french national_ into france. you need to be a french national or— into france. you need to be a french national or resident of the european union _ national or resident of the european union to— national or resident of the european union to go— national or resident of the european union to go in. i have lifted some of the _ union to go in. i have lifted some of the exemptions this morning around — of the exemptions this morning around france and even caring for a child _ around france and even caring for a child isn't— around france and even caring for a child isn't on— around france and even caring for a child isn't on there. i think the first— child isn't on there. i think the first step — child isn't on there. i think the first step is _ child isn't on there. i think the first step is going to be to get in touch— first step is going to be to get in touch with — first step is going to be to get in touch

france still rules here of course france should have apologized we must recognize that we committed a great wrong over several generations so one apology is still necessary but not sufficient i don't think france should apologize for the colonization of algeria after the evian accords france withdrew from algeria so from that moment on contracts were made between the 2 countries and it's not for a country to apologize for what was done in the past. amid the ongoing division in america the democrats were saying no time in what they call a war on domestic terrorism critics though say that the party's only trying to quash alternative is republican senator lindsey graham has argued that trump's legacy cannot be simply have raised if you're wanting to raise donald trump from the party you're going to get a racist that members of the biden team are now moving in laser like fashion to try to uncover as much they can about what looks very similar to insurgency movements that we've seen over see now that focus on internal threats seems to be resonating across the country more than half of americans think domestic enemies pose the biggest threat to their way of life according to a new poll just 8 percen

france is committed crimes in algeria. want to our history has already been falsified historians say a nation without a history is an ignorant one moreover through the history books we know that france still rules here. of course france should have apologized we must recognize that we committed a great wrong over several generations so one apology is still necessary but not sufficient. but i don't think france should apologize for the colonization of algeria after the evian accords france withdrew from algeria so from that moment on contracts were made between the 2 countries and it's not for a country to apologize for what was done in the past. without a thanks for watching the way we'll be back with more stories from the last 7 days at the top of the. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this spirit dramatic development only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. hello and welcome to world of the departure of donald trump from the white house twitter and many other social media platforms has left many americans ecstatic but astonished many more of just how much pow

france's refusal to apologize. apologise and not enough moreover the time hopwood will jury and people were killed by colonialism we must not lie to each other. france is a colonialist country and without colonialism france would not have succeeded france has committed genocide and war crimes from 832962 with over 10000000 victims . plus our diplomacy is weak and our power is also weak historical troops remain hidden we want to know our real story to prove to the world that france has committed crimes in algeria. only our history has already been falsified historians say a nation without a history is an ignorant one moreover through the history books we know that france still rules here. of course france should have apologized we must recognize that we committed a great wrong over several generations so one apology is still necessary but not sufficient to do this and also both but i don't think france should apologize for the colonization of algeria after the evian accords france with a jew from algeria so from that moment on contracts were made between the 2 countries and it's not for a country to apologize for what was done in the past. today new polls found that over half of americans believe domestic

france and the rebels. my father had been in the french army and had fought in world war i. my brothers were also in the french army. so i chose france. translation: i was proud of what we did. proud of saving frances sent out in front of the french troops. if there was an attack, the harki would be the first to die. we had to get rid of the fighters who are terrorising the population. translation: we always knew that one day algeria would gain its independence. what general de gaulle should have done was take all the harki and theirfamilies to safety in france. but in 1962, the french disarmed the harki and left us defenceless. the other side took advantage of this and began to round us all up. they took me to a barracks where there were about 50 other harki prisoners. there was blood everywhere. they stripped me naked and started torturing me with electric shocks. each time a new group of soldiers came on shift, they began again. the same thing every day. the fln even made us dig our own graves. some people were thrown in alive. some were thrown into the river. the jackals did the rest. i was arrested onjuly the 8th, 1962. i escaped in september the 10th, 1962. it took me a long time to feel wel

france has committed crimes in algeria all of our history has already been falsified historians say a nation without a history is an ignorant one moreover through the history books we know that france still rules here. of course france should have apologized we must recognize that we committed a great wrong over several generations so one apology is still necessary but not sufficient. but i don't think france should apologize for the collision of algeria after the evian accords france with a jew from algeria so from that moment on contracts were made between the 2 countries and it's not for a country to apologize for what was done in the past. u.s. president joe biden is seeking to extend the new start treaty with russia which was jus to expire in 2 weeks' time it's the last remaining nuclear pact between the 2 nations the white house press secretary made the announcement and it's being cautiously welcome by moscow i can confirm that the united states intends to seek a 5 year extension of new start as the treaty permits the president has long been clear that the new start treaty is in the national security interests of the united states and this extension makes even more sense when the relationship with russia is ad