fear in france. watch out, france. beware, the french party national front, the far right party, could be taking over. >> what about the right wing press? " looking at ao personal failure of francois hollande. it is a rejection of his two years in power. e throughout the press is he is being punished. >> one of the main papers which is thought to be more neutral had an interesting take. --this is the front page reprimanded. inside the paper actually there is a fun a pace -- perhaps not funding for the socialists -- perhaps not funny for the socialists. the titanic. someone close to francois hollande said as he picked up the phone, this is the titanic, here, the message is we are sinking. and it really conveys the mood in the french press across the board saying this is really disastrous for the socialist party. will they over the next week be able to turn this around and not a historicmuch of success of the far right? >> thank you so much for that. the second round of elections coming up next week, and i'm sure you wil

the gold brought in a lot of migration here in the horrifies of france. the french built the fair mount hotel and organized our first fire companies. they built the first railroad in san francisco a steam line to admission delores. french citizens were amongst the first to form the banking institution in our city and there are french associates in our city social and religiously and patriotic and philosophical tropic and can trace their beginnings to our city. we've embraced this as cultural and trade for censures and tourism. the most visible influence of fravrns france what can be found in our monument to the city beautiful. it's a movement that was designed by the architect arthur brown who was trained in paris and our city hall was designed. some might say that still isn't france greatest influence in san francisco but might be the legacy of french bakers who brought flour do you get during the california gold rush, you know, do you get is a culinary traditions and the most important french companies were founded by french immigrants who recipe shill

in the south of france to 23. that is a personal weekend. she thinks those three weekends in the south of france -- of course she's going to monaco. >> for all the times you have made that tired, haggard joke, you should take me to the south of france, perhaps take me shopping. >> what? >> yeah. that's already happened by the way by the son of the president of lebanon 25 years ago, i was held hostage. >> you're held hostage one time in the south of france and you have to hear about it forever. >> held hostage, it and to porn flicks and then bought bikinis with only one piece. >> you don't have to. >> really? thank you so much for my summer in france, mom and dad. >> you don't have your filter on this morning. >> i don't? >> t.j., t.j., let's go to break. >> who gets sent to france with no parents and no children? >> you have to provide some context. >> context of this really bizarre story coming up next. what's sneks. >> major league baseball, one of

that means that fewer than three percent of french citizens in france's cac and the army of france's second city maps eighty lead from the socialists. ok but that's not a cure your heart began to honk was very strong in the south east twenty five years ago. to me number in eighteen eight. they were beaten and deals between to the right to petition right national front so when you see right now it's just a natural product conduct weeks it's been a go. but the i'm not a minute and said a strong local player. the us to weak player in comparison to the sweet spot cru and he freaks me out of four times more votes. yesterday i was with to speak to the corner and the room has decided to do with all that is just a case of a party that waxes and wanes or is fast changing for good. not until i can think it says it's not a search of the promise has such a confirmation of what's happening already portrayed own tiny cute. the report in the number of threats to cut yesterday. its approach to the same number of posts ago in two thousand and twelve minus ten was just eighteen percent election so tha

>> you are watching "france 24." here are the headlines for you. paris gets its first female mayor, but the victory for the socialist is overshadowed by the ruling party's losses around the rest of france. the anti-immigration national front hardly could push the president to announce a cabinet reshuffle. turkish primehe minister is claiming victory in the municipal elections. the main opposition group said it they will appeal the results. a landmark report on climate change, global warming could spiral out of control if the world does not act now. also coming up for you, people hated it when it was first built , but today the eiffel tower has become the symbol of france. we will take a look back at the history of the monument today on its 125th birthday. and the warm spring weather in france also marks the end of the annual grace. for people who cannot pay their rent. starting tomorrow, tenants in financial difficulty could once again find themselves kicked out of their apartment. the way, but on first, history was made in paris last night. the ci

france, like the rest of europe, was now changing fast. a rapid rise in population, the spreadf industry, and the emergence of an urban proletariat helped bring about the growth of new social structures and with them, political conflicts. the printing press now enabled millions to receive new ideas in a time of growing turmoil. it was in a newspaper that gericault read the horrifying account of the tragedy of the medusa. in the summer of 1816, the french frigate the medusa, carrying soldiers and passengers, was wrecked off the african coast. the captain, of noble birth and a political appointment, was proved incompetent. of the 115 men and women who tried to save themselves on a makeshift raft, only 15 survived. 13 days on a floating coffin. human beings reduced to a state of animal despair. a poignant human drama of corpses and victims, who suffered atrociously, but for no noble cause. above, on the apex of the human pyramid, men and women gesturing frantically. this painting came to be regarded as a political allegory of a deeper sort. t

in other ways i think it is finding and pope frances. >> is pope frances political? >> he will be receiving president obama in march. he is making a visit to. he is an interest to politicians and of course will be the photo op of the pope and the president shaking hands. i think the way in which pope frances is not political is more interesting in the ways that he is political. the person is prior to the interest of the state and the person should also transcend the interest of the state. who is the state really serving and the question of who is the market serving? i think that is a super political question that frances pushes the question in a way that is credible. >> what about john paul to, as he political? >> in the sense that it is an interest to politics because it has influence over human beings. the social teachings that developed under the second. he was interested in pushing the line that suggested that john paul to figure capitalism and that the prior tradition seemed always to be critical of capitalism and john paul ii developed things in a way that put

>> because of the economic situation, not only in france.hink it's worse even in spain and italy than in france. but we have, as you know, the cultural exception in france that gives help to also for french cinema. so maybe a little less are being done, but i think we do too many films in france. >> charlie: too many? i think there are too many films are shot every year, yes. >> charlie: meaning, there should be more or less films and better films? >> well, better than before because sometimes you have very good surprises with very little films. what i mean is very so many films that are released, it is so difficult, and if the film doesn't fulfill in the first week what the producer is expecting, you go smaller, less people. the films are very short and that's the problem. >> charlie: what's happened here is television has gotten so good. >> in france, too. >> charlie: so the kinds of roles and characters you can develop because you have many hours to do it. >> yes. also, i had american actors saying they had more interesting scripts from t

to france. think we will see in the next european election in may that in many countries, the far right or far left countries are gaining ground. we are in a situation where unemployment is pretty high, revenues are decreasing -- or increasing very slowly. a reformhere is fatigue taking place in many countries. although france is probably not a good example because reform has been lagging behind. this is a worry evidently because governments everywhere in europe are becoming more and more unpopular. and i think people don't understand anymore what europe is about and they don't trust their politicians anymore. seen in italy,ve something we have seen in the netherlands and definitely what happened over the weekend and france was a good example of soda vape review of what will appen -- of the sort of preview of what will happen. >> philippe, thank you so much. barclays chief european economist. talking about reality -- after decades of false armistice, virtual reality is starting to feel a lot mor

france has changed. well actually when i started to notice or three years ago it was in the stone masons and me and this kind of in the suburbs of our guests and to my soul is quite similar to what we heard him once we understand from what people say. it was the place where you can find the skyrocketing unemployment you would find a very hard and housing situations. an obviously what happened then back there seems to have spread out to the whole country it spread out but here's the interesting bit of the last time the national front to lead nearly as many candidates in local actions was nineteen eighty five in the suburbs you talk about where places where they have a lot of candidates by two thousand eight. those numbers had debt had dwindled to sharply and baby this is both a map of france the twenty two thousand in terms of spelling places where there are candidates for the national front to see a lot on the french riviera the song around the second city beyond a few in the north. now that the map is h

to lead a new -- france's ministers, is to lead a new, tighter government. francois hollande said he heard what the french electorate had to say. >> the primary injustice is unemployment. this is why i've proposed a pact of responsibility which is ready to go. this means less to pay for businesses, especially those on low incomes. and on the other side, more investment and more hiring. and finally, an increase in purchasing power, with a decrease in taxes for french people starting in 2017, and a rapid decrease in contributions paid by employees. >> francois hollande making that announcement earlier. very much focused on the economy. still trying to balance out the message for those who voted for the right and the left. the results were a disaster for france's socialist party. all 155 towns were lost to the right. amongst some of those gains were gains for france's national front party. among their gains, marseilles's seventh district. >> a final farewell from the defeated socialist mayor of the sector. this area has been held by left-wing parties for decade

takeover of candy and you might call it she's diplomacy the chinese president kicks off his trip to france in the country's captured on the capital of the on the three day visit marks the two nations fifty years of diplomatic relations. what you call spent at first the search for flights three seventy is back under way this wednesday after being put on hold for a day due to bad weather. unleash an airliner is thought to have crashed eighteen days ago now thousands of miles off course in the indian ocean recovery of the wreckage could be the key as to just highlight and why the plane went so far off course but the clock is ticking the battery for the black box on board the plane just has about two weeks left before transact china hawkins has the latest now on the search. it doesn't encourage them by different nations to call them at the wednesday morning continuing this explanation jets. sixteen eighteen days since it disappeared from radar screens. centenary date different communication company in months at the appointed positions that the plaintiff night i was on it vanished if i see mimi

i mean, sorry, frances. >> hi, everybody. i just skipped over live doppler 7hd picking up clear skies over the bay area. but here's a look at a live shot from san jose. nothing but blue. temperatures right now on the cool side along the coast, where we had some cloudy conditions and an onshore flow. san francisco, 56. oakland, 63. san jose, 68. half moon bay, 57. as we look from emeryville you can see more cloudless skies out there towards san francisco and over the bay bridge, the sun reflecting in the water. sunset at 7:24. so a little over two hours left. 72 in santa rosa. 68 in napa. a lot of 70s. even 75 in livermore. if you like today, you'll like tomorrow. as we look from future out towards the marin headlands and the golden gate bridge, gorgeous day and you can expect similar conditions for monday. mostly clear and cool overnight. we'll see patchy fog develop near the coast, and possibly around the bay. but mostly sunny skies. rainy and cooler tuesday and wednesday. your overnight lows on the cool side in the 40s for

the situation of france.is the situation we have been living with with 15 years. >> you mean the economic circumstances of france? >> that is the major problem in the country. he is doing what should have been done a long time ago. he cannot be loved by people -- >> does that mean you're more conservative than i might have imagined? you believe that the french leadership should change the relationship between the state and -- >> i don't think i am conservative. i think there should be more respect. i think the press does not respect the ethic of what they are supposed to do. of the --surprised sort of the outrage of the journalists, especially on the cover of serious magazines against him. against him personally. >> meaning that it bleeds into his policy. in other words, the personal qualities somehow gets connected to policy. >> there is less respect there that we have ever had for a youident in words, what read every day. i'm very surprised at that. i think it is difficult what he has to do. very, very diff

the chinese president is in france for a three-day visit. today he is sitting down with the french president. it is a key meeting for friend. the country has been slow on investing. he and his wife are being given the vip treatment today. estate dinner at a concert in verse i. but all eyes will be on the business deals that are expected to be announced. >> when he touched down it was not just the red carpet that awaited, but a showcase of the palaces finest wines. both countries are eager to boost economic ties. france has attracted only one percent of chinese foreign investment. tuesday there will be assigning by a chinese carmaker, ceiling the stake. biggest is the investment ever made by a chinese company in france today. eager to bolster flagging growth and the high unemployment at home, the french president is looking to make up for lost time . turning to experts to make up the 40 billion euros. hoped that the trip will go somewhere towards changing that. also on the menu are several deals in the nuclear, agriculture, and aviation secto

frances in. >> cannot imagine what they're going through. annabelle, can you tell me as far as the latest information, satellite imagery, did they find that out early, earlier than the actual press conference given by australian authorities? >> well, the dates on the images that have been released by the australian authorities are -- date back to a couple of days ago, it is rather confusing in the press conference because a reporter asked can you give us a precise date of when these photos are taken and the response came from malaysian authorities. the photos were taken today. there clearly is a level of misunderstanding. it would seem perfectly normal for the photos to be taken and then received and then analyzed carefully and corporated obviously. they don't want to put out any information like the possible sighting of debris forward because they wouldn't want to raise hopes and concerns for family members. >> annabelle roberts, thank you for that. >>> let's shift gears and get a check of the weather. nbc washington meteorologist veronica

the problem is the nation of france is the only political party in france which has never been into power since it started as a political party back in 1972. so many voters think that the ump, the conservative right nv socialist party are almost the same and this now we should at least try the form because it is the only alternative to the present party system. >> really good to talk to you. that is jean yves kamus. let's take you back to doreen in doha. >> thank you felicity. >>> occupying government buildings in a trade deal against china. rob moore has moor. >> out on the streets for another night of protest surrounding the parliament building that students have now been occupying for nearly a week. and despite the violence the night before, many students said they were more determined than ever. >> i really cannot believe this. the harder the government hits us the harder we just stand up for ourselves. >> reporter: late on sunday around 200 people stormed past riot police and took over the main cabinet building. that's when the authorities stepped in arresting some people and accordi

>> reporter: good morning, frances. oscar pistorius arrives in court today under an umbrella, rushing through the rain and clouds of awaiting journalists to get a glimpse of him as he entered court for the second day of his trial in pretoria. the second day and we're on the second witness. this morning we heard from yesterday's witness who had said she heard a blood curdling scream and then gunshots on the night that reeva steenkamp was killed. the second witness today, she also went as far as to say she heard a scream on that evening, followed by gunshots, but went even further saying for an hour before that, she did hear an argument, she heard a woman arguing. now we're taking a break now in court, but testimony will continue all today where oscar's defense team will continue to try to pick apart these prosecution witness that this was in fact not an argument that led to a murder, but a pure accident, an intruder he thought was in his house. back to you. >> chapman, thank you. >>> coming up later on the "today" show,

>> hello, and welcome to "france " broadcasting live from paris. we will be together for the next hour. the eu freezes the assets of ousted ukrainian president yanukovich and 17 other officials, including his son, former prime minister and minister.nd justice the autonomous region of crimea plans to vote on whether to break away from ukraine to join russia. a referendum is scheduled on the 16th of march. the kremlin says that vladimir putin is discussing the issue with his security council. after 3 years in hiding, momo kadhafi's son is back in tripoli behind bars. he fled to need share and as been extradited, awaiting trial, accused of fueling up buddy crackdown. -- fueling a bloody crackdown. brazil'sng up, carnival parade winners will find out more about the colorful costumes and the glitz and glamour. and the latest sports news, with the france and netherlands gaining. let's go to our top story. the crimean parliament has voted in favor of holding a referendum on whether crimea should remain part of ukraine or join russia instead. the autonomou

you are downbeat on france. >> france is important for us.t was the only country last market wentthe backwards. the bank of france showed a decline in the market. we are seeing some signs of stability. 2% and theer yesterday's the data on france on pmi looks a more positive. we are seeing stability in france after a really difficult year last year. it is still very uncertain as a key question is consumer confidence confronted with government policies which customers are generally are worried about the level of tax they may have to pay and unemployment. the hoping we are seeing beginning of stabilize in france but it is a bit early to call that. exit u.k. housing market and its highs and lows must be something you are fascinated by and follow very closely over the years. this in a number of booms and busts. what did you express at the moment at how we do benefit from the recovery in the housing market? doesn't look healthy? >> what we are seeing are two different phenomena. led structure that is unlike other boons with existing properties. fro

i'm frances rivera. tensions escalate in ukraine and around the world following the advance of russian troops over the weekend. we go live to moscow in a moment. first, here at home, we begin with the big excitement from last night, the star studded academy awards. who won big, who went home empty handed. jinah kim reports now from hollywood. >> "12 years a slave"! >> reporter: the historical drama won oscars top prize sunday night the first time a film from a black director has won best picture. >> i dedicate this award to all the people who have endured slavery. and the 21 million people who still suffer slavery today. >> reporter: the film also made a winner of its breakout star, lupita nyong'o. she won best supporting actress. >> it doesn't escape me one moment that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else's. >> cate blanchett. >> reporter: best actress honors went to cate blanchett for "blue jasmine." >> as random and subjective as this award is, it means a great deal. >> rep

who ruptured over iraq summary france was our closest ally of france with the one we were. most in any agreement on when it came to syria. the idea freedom fries and was out and down britain was the one we have felt abandoned by rather than france. adams said. of course anything can go to british rule and had an effect but united states doesn't follow that great anymore. british style of the united states barack obama himself i think is ambivalent about being involved in yet another middle east war. he takes a walk on them. south lawn of the white house's chief of staff denis mcdonough one night. you circle round around forty minutes talking it through. and as we comes up with the idea that i'm going to the congress and ask them to vote on this. will congress and in the country can sanction these things what are the sunshine there's something about the progression. because anything that doesn't fit into the framework of the un security council it is enough to progress to accept self defense. so delish. four days later barack obama met with vladimir putin serious staunchest

but beyond france's borders, there is the race to win the keys to paris. but see who is in the running and how they have campaigned. >> the city is not enough for the both of them. battle is almost certain to throw up the french capital's first female mayor. >> a local election on march 23. i am a candidate. >> socialist front-runner has already served 13 years as did the mayor. she sought to distance herself becausencois hollande of national discontent of tax levels and his approval ratings. be risingill not taxes over my first time because i think the national tax level is already high enough. both for households and for businesses. has plans to build council housing. the billionaires row has arab russian oligarchs, and african heads of state. the socialist campaign poster is heavily retouched and has come in for ridicule. risiblexpert says it than advertisement for anti-wrinkle cream -- said one pr expert. of nicholasotÉge sarkozy former environment minister, the candidate pledge to cut local taxes. have an outgoing administration that has given up. the

sports news coming up for you now on "france 24 jericho --coming up for you now on "france 24," and it kicks off with france's comeback kid. afternce's dramatic comic the first leg of the playoffs with ukraine has given the entire nation a real live. preparations have taken on a real edge. >> we have a competitive team an able to do very good things but not such good things. there will be teams with a collective past with results the last 4 or 5 years that are far better than ours. >> the dutch qualified impressively for brazil. the netherlands are not the same, of course. they will also be missing a very interesting fire brings a lot of speed and is able to play on both wings come back and forth. it is changed a lot from what i've seen the last few matches. there've been quite a lot of changes. the team looks a lot younger than it did for the last major competition. this has been an even contest over the years. they first met in 1908. since then they have one nine matches each with 3 draws. all eyes will be on diego costa when he makes his debut for andn in wednesday's damon delete --

twa 800, air france 447, american airlines 587. they all had large floating pieces. >> mary, we were talking about this in the previous show at 8:00, i just think it's fascinating that even with small pieces of debris or even a large piece, if in fact this is a piece of the plane, you can start to understand what actually happened to the aircraft, even without finding the aircraft itself, depending on where the pieces are from, correct? >> that's right. depending on the pieces, where they're from, what's on the pieces, the tear pattern, the force pattern, whether there's any residue on them, any burn marks. ntsb investigators and others are very good at picking up the clues and every piece can hold just a wealth of information. very valuable pieces. >> and david, we've talked about this again in the 8:00 hour, but the elt, which most people would think would have signaled something if this plane went down hard in water. and you actually have one of these devices. >> right, and that's what is most troubling to me is this emergency l

germany has a 5% market share in china, france accounts for 1 poit 5%. >> france is not good at penetrating the chinese market. france has a lot of big companies. huge companies. a lot of small companies and few medium sized companies, and those could potentially penetrate the market. >> the visit is to mark diplomatic relations between the two nations. francis hollande is hoping deals will create jobs and boost his image. francis hollande is doing badly in opinion polls. while the country is lagging behind competitors when it comes to business with china. perhaps it's no surprise they are pulling out all the stops for president xu. behind the french hospitality lies hope for chinese investment and exports to the world's largest economy. >> south korea says it will repatriate the remains of more than 400 chinese soldiers killed in the korean wore. the president says it's a symbolic gesture of the friendship between china and south korea. >> nepal is free of polio. there's no new cases of the infection for three years. we have this report on the immunization campaign giving the nepalese supp

he said chinese enterprises should be encouraged to invest in france. he expressed how different the first eu to resolve current rate the speed surrounding tele communications equipment presidency said the two countries to stencil cultural and tourism exchanges. he wants to lay tourism to reach one point two million visits for year but twenty sixteen all was said the friend tiny relationship plays an important role in promoting the global balance of power and safeguarding world peace and stability. alaskans and the recent terror attack in china's southwestern cd of quinn in. he plans to boost cooperation with china and fighting terrorism. the two sides also discussed the issues of ukraine in syria and he ran into present released a joint statement following the talks outlining and its long term vision for china friend to elation. without cctv the chinese and french presidents announced a series of major business deals in paris the french economy struggling and it's hoped that annie's investment can play a major role in this recovery when barrett reports

in air france 447, there were 24 messages sent automatically from the aircraft to air france maintenancempany. now, we don't have any of that in this case. not only do you have the ending of the radar, but you don't actually have any clues or early clues. so i agree completely with michael. it is a case of just waiting until this wreckage is found, which it will be. >> richard quest, thanks so much. michael goldfarb, thanks to you as well. the mystery continues. so are there any similarities between this mystery and other plane disasters? we're looking at the controversial crash that stunned investigators and sparked conspiracy theories. mine was earned in korea in 1953. afghanistan, in 2009. orbiting the moon in 1971. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection. and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. [ male announcer ]

but because this will be bad for france. we also ask other countries like britain to take similar sanctions if they were example of assets in london where i belong to russian oligarchs. everybody must be knit together when it comes to sanction to home. on the score were getting some mixed messages from one to take for instance the cover of the economist in the morning. in blair's on its cover the new world order well the seat cover with a minor put in a bare chested in the inside he just knew that final piece in time which outlines just how much money those oligarchs pump into the city and to me for kensington and chelsea moved to chelsea when you open it and a football team. they say one twenty articles using chelsea for mr abramovich and some oppose the deal banana republic response even if it might be his arsenal. they also question is that it uses my mother to a minor detail of legality. well you know the truth of the real problem here is not ultimately going to the sanctions problem the problem is whether europe is goin

he led that agency in the investigation into the air france 447 crash.uch for being with us. i really appreciate it. you've been through something like this before, so let me just ask you right out. you've seen these images of the debris, the possible debris, these two images. do they hold out hope for you? does it make sense that these could be pieces of the plane? >> well, i think it's way too early to tell and nobody can know for sure. we will know only when it is possible to get closer sight of those objects, we'll know. >> you've been through an investigation. you know, there's no two investigations exactly alike, but the air france crash, that plane missing for several days before something was spotted, but something spotted much more quickly. what do you think the biggest complications are right now for investigators? >> i think the biggest complication is that we really don't know where the aircraft might be. so, the area of uncertainty is much bigger than what it was for the air france 447 search. >> and without any certain sign of debris over t

it returned to france from china in two thousand twelve. it calls itself the only brand of tooth brush to be one hundred percent made in france. we just cost the company more but it now makes higher end products. after returning to france twenty nine employees were kept on health of seventy. they didn't run is a feature of fronts when a real crisis which may struggle to leave and come to that the money needed for these men really important in chief of staff of four. with only a portion a minimum of forty five percent of the product must be produced on french soil to be called made in france. this company takes pride in producing everything from the wrong materials right through to the tooth brush right here. both parties in the handle of the tooth brush is money crunch of the partners during the french region of south anything and everything else including installing the wrestlers and packaging of the drawbacks of the privy to go out on supermarket shelves. bill cara now within these walls. well you again the patriotic strategy seems to be

. >> a year after his core nation, pope frances has been received in unprecedented popularity, as theirst pope from south america, the 77-year-old appears unfettered by the trappings of life. born jorge the arch bishop was known for his humility, and modernizing the church, which was among the most 70 in latin america. from an order that focused on a dune to earth style, with an emphasis on social justice. the hope chose his name -- the friars gave up his wealth to serve the poor in today's, the servant of the servants of god is seen living the worlds just days after his election, he washed the feet of 12 young inmates. two of the 12 were young women, one a muslim prisoner. previous popes had performed the ritual in st. peters with priests representing the 12 disciples, in his first pastoral visit pope francis dismissed protocol and politics and traveled to the italian island the tiny island is the point of entry for refugees trying to reach mainland europe, the pope gave on what he saw as the global indifference to the refugee crisis. in november, pope francis bless add man suffering

of overseas students to france. it can even get that many adults don't the year twenty fourteen marks the fiftieth anniversary of the sino french diplomatic ties and chile who aren't obvious french minister of foreign affairs scheme container last month. all three new propositions that encourage more tiny students to pc higher education in france for example seems to have a master's degree in france can get aligned year residents can meet which allows them to stack of perfection. apart from francis propositions many of the forty institutions also offer one on one interviews with the students so they can get immediate feedback. in china is hard to get in top school and studied the majors he wants and that's one of the reasons why parents are turning to foreign institutions of the nfl especially seeing my daughter prefers the school over beijing film academy. so she gets her that what she wants to go with julio instead of the often withdrew to have the one on one interview with the school in one pm so we can get direc

>> well, in air france we were involved in the undersea search.o the surface search for debris was already completed. but i have been involved in things like that. and it's tough. you've got the wind, the waves as you've heard, the swells can be immense. so it can be very unpleasant. but you know the teams that are out there doing this are used to that. in science our expeditions are used to the roughest weather. we work in the north pole, the southern oceans. and it's just something you come to accept. and the ship's crews are professional enough to keep the observers safe. and it's just something that comes with the turf. >> david gallo, we're looking at images from that air france flight. do you remember how big the biggest piece of debris was? it looks like a lot of pieces are the size of a desk or bigger. obviously there was that tail section. >> sure. i think the tail section was the largest. i don't think there were any pieces like the ones we're talking about here. i think that tail section was the largest piece. there were bits of the gal

air france it was a two-year process. it wasn't all at sea, a lot of thinking, lot of things, who goes and does what next. we're at the beginning of that. it's a long haul from here bob what do you know about the oceaner from at this particular place if it turns out this is where the wreckage is? >> the place is a horrible place to do any kind of work. the waters are rough, i've spent time there in 60 mile an hour winds, the sea floor beneath is smooth and flat, under water volcanic mountain range. >> schieffer: right now what do you think the chances are? >> we're looking for very small needles in a very large haystack. have confidence of the government and confidence of the families, again with the right teams, the right technologies, nothing is impossible. i'm confident given those things, it's impossible to say when because we don't know where to start and when to start. >> schieffer: you volunteered your help as anybody said we need you yet? >> not yet. we're in stand by mode. we've offered to the state department an

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learn more about france in a few minutes. senator murphy, did you want to make a brief opening remarks? let's go to dr. yeh, if i'm pronouncing your name -- forgive me if i'm not. dr. yeh is a professor at the school of public health in taiwan. and we very much appreciate your being with us today. just because into the microphone, tell us a little bit about what goes on in taiwan. >> chairman sanders, senator byrd and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify here. my name is ching chuan yeh, professor at the university, but i was the founder ceo of our national health insurance administration in 1995-1998. that was 19 years ago, and i was the administer of health in taiwan. anti-want established the universal national health insurance in 1995. currently, 99.6% of our population enrolled in this program. the other .4%, they have citizenship, but state abroad. they are not covered. taiwan's program is a single-payer system. and has a large single risk pool. before that we had 12 different soc

>> well, we saw very soon after the air france aircraft went down, the air france -- the air bus was transmitting mechanical maintenance data back to its maintenance base at the time of the accident. we may find at some point that this aircraft was also transmitting some sort of data back down to the ground, that air traffic may not have seen because they wouldn't normally be privy to that kind of information anyway. right now it is probably a little too early to tell. >> and so in the absence of knowing exactly -- because they're not coming out and saying we believe the jet is down. it appeared they waited until they knew the jet would have run out of fuel before they went public with the information. how did they start at this point, robert, investigating where the aircraft is. in other words, how do you do a search and rescue for an airplane? >> well, i mean, again as i said we have these reports that we're required to give either through electronic means on the radio. they're digital or sometimes they're voice calls where one of the pilots will pick up the radio and say you know,