frankfurt airport operator here says the demands are excessive. the jobs are in a differently to airtran to control and need only the same skills as baggage handlers. >> all right, turning to soccer. just 100 days to go to the european championship kicks off in poland and ukraine. tonight sees a host of international friendlies across europe in preparation for the big event. germany take on france before a home crowd. that is the last chance for players to shine before germany coach names his squad. >> he only had one chance to practice with his team ahead of the game against france. but he does not have to motivate them. they all know what is at stake. a chance to play the european championship this summer. >> everyone has to try to play his best. it will not be a typical friendly match. each player will be fighting for his spot. >> one player can be certain that his spots -- she has returned to the stadium for the first time in two years since leaving the city for madrid. >> our goal has to do to look at ourselves, sees the the vigil, and then w

in frankfurt, the dax closed up down almost 1%. across the atlantic, the dow jones is going down. 13,188. the hero is trading for $1.2227. >> to egypt where thousands of mourners have packed a cathedral for the funeral of a person who has spent the last few years trying to comfort the coptic christian community. he cultivated religious harmony, winning the applause of the muslim majority. >> it was a case of hope for millions of coptic christians. a man who fought to defend the rights of the christian minority. thousands of mourners gathered outside the cathedral in cairo for the memorial. >> that is the least i can offer him. i know he is in a better place and that he is praying for ofs. listen. >> he was the voice of moderation. even in response to attacks on the coptic community. he also served in the egyptian army during the israeli war. meanwhile, there was another battle for more respect. in the coming months, but they will be looking for a successor to carry on the fight. >> britain's queen elizabeth has served an unbelievab

>> yes, i'm just south of frankfurt, between frankfurt and lawrence burg.like a cell with potential tornadoes almost right on top of us. we decided the better part of valor was to get off the road. we had some hail coming down, so we're pulled over now at a gas station, hoping this is a -- >> in the gas station, senator, are you in a secure part there? just looking out? we want you to be safe. >> not sure, we're just waiting and watching. i'm not sure how security it will be, but there are some cinderblock rooms we'll probably get into if the tornado hits. >> frankfurt is a huge city, important city in kentucky. is the tornado warning and walk heading directly toward frankfurt right now? >> yeah, we're just -- we're watching it on the news, and that hot pink zone i believe we're right in that or very, very close to that. we're between frankfurt and lawrenceburg very near the western ka today parkway. i think we're close, but it's moving pretty fast. they say it's moving 60 miles an hour, we're hoping one the next few minutes it will be past. paint a picture

in frankfurt, tehe dax and little changed on the day. investors are largely waiting for some u.s. jobs data came in -- coming in later this hour. it has been described as inexplicable. he is referring to britain's failure to notify about the freeing of hostages. ithe two hostages were killed in a british raid by their nigerian and doctors. david cameron has taken responsibility to authorize white freeing the two that were taken hostage in may. from "the daily telegraph," would you say in was left out of the libor is this just in case some crossed wires? >> it seems in was left out of the live, at least to begin with. the italians are not at all happy. they are very angry about how they are being treated by london. as you said, the president of italy says it is inexplicable that rome was not kept in formed -- informed. prime minister monti agrees. the story in the paper this morning says this was a slap in the face from the british. a different explanation from the u.k., up from david cameron in the former ernst -- foreign secretary. they said they were informed dr. this got under

frankfurt's twin towers are ready for the transition.ut it would have liked to see tha's new their start. >> son's soccer news. the chappie and leagues quarterfinals turned up interesting pairings. munich faces more side. madrid against another team. chelsea against lisbon. the biggest one, melos facing barcelona. stay with us. we will be back in a moment. we will tell you why actor george clooney was taken into police custody. >> and we will get to the opening of the new formula one racing season. all that and more. stay with us. ♪ ♪ >> welcome back. agencies are warning of the next major food crisis looming in africa. this time in a western region. >> unicef says 1.5 million people can be affected across a wide area that stretches from the west to chad in the east. poor rainfall, failed harvests, and low levels of food stores are to blame. >> matters will get worse from the end of this month as the dry season begins to take hold. and as usual, children are expected to suffer the most. >> fatima has survived several drugs in her lifetim

market, but the dax over 7000 points. >> let's take a closer look at some market numbers now in frankfurt. the dax ended the day of almost one. -- almost 0.25%. euro stocks 50 ended the day down about 0.3%. 2567 the number there. across the atlantic, the dow jones is currently going down just a tad at 13,159, and the euro is trading for $1.3206. >> it is certain to be the envy of many a blushing bride to be this spring and summer. the world's longest wedding dress train has just floated over bucharest in romania in a hot air balloon. nearly 3 kiloliters long, the ivory trade on the wedding gown modeled by a 17-year-old, was laid out for the first time over a main boulevard in the romanian capital. she then stepped into that hot air balloon to give onlookers and even better view of the train, which took 10 dedicated seamstresses about 100 days to create. the guinness book of world records marks the train as the longest in history, beating the previous record held by a dutch designer. that is a spectacle. a lot of fabric there. >> does not look so comfortable. >> it would take a lot of litt

in frankfurt, the dax ended the day where it started. the euro stoxx 50 fell back by about 0.5%.ding is still under way for the dow jones industrial average to a it is unchanged. the euro declining slightly against the dollar, $1.3335. oil company total says it is taking all possible measures to control leaks at a drilling platform in the north sea. >> officials say oil as well as natural gas is leaking from the platform which is seen here in file footage. the installation was about 200 kilometers east of scotland. it has been evacuated and a zone has been imposed for ships and aircraft. a huge and fast-living forest fire in the u.s. state of colorado has claimed at least one life and destroyed dozens of homes. >> authorities evacuated some 900 houses in foot hills and canyons west of denver and on tuesday. the blaze is believed to have been ignited by embers after a controlled burning operation last week. low humidity, minorities, and lack of snow falling most of eastern colorado has been put under a red flag warning for high fire danger. >> so, we will be back in a minute's tim

our correspondent stefan wolff joins us from the frankfurt stock exchange.t is the reason for the upbeat mood? >> there have been at rumors earlier this day that this debt swap will work out. this gave a boost to german shares here. the optimism is great, but there is of course some nervousness also here on the frankfurt floor. but it seems that investors are very sure that this deal will work and that this will be a step to help increase and to help to solve the debt crisis. >> we had a news from the ecb moments ago. they're having their monthly policy meeting. they held rates steady. we will get a press conference as soon. what is expected from the ecb? >> as a few months ago, too, investors bought before that interest rates would be unchanged, would remain unchanged. of course they're very curious to know what mario draghi, the ecb president, has to say about his monetary policy. if he sticks to his monetary policy of cheap money for the financial sector and, of course, people will look very carefully to what he says. at the moment, also here they're very

in frankfurt, the dax closed down just slightly, 71 the dow 4. the euro stoxx 50 closed even.oss the atlantic, the dow jones is currently going up, 13,248. the euro is trading for $1.3236. >> here in germany, the country's new president jaochim gauck has started his first day on the job. use a former lutheran pastor and human rights activist from a longtime communist east germany. in the largely ceremonial office, many are hoping his moral authority and independence of mind, and lack of party affiliation will help the nation overcome europe's debt crisis and economic slowdown. >> the new german president arrived in berlin's bellevue palace with his partner for his first day on the job. his predecessor christian wulff was among those there to greet him. jaochim gauck's supporters say they're looking forward to a new chapter in german history. >> this is the new germany. jaochim gauck symbolizes everyone here who wants to get things done. >> this represents a victory for political reason and wisdom. >> the new president does germany an enormous service. he began with an exciting

frankfurter, who was the confidante of justice stone during the worst part of destruction of the new deal he was gaining in his criticism. he considered him one of the great chief justice of all time. compared to toscanini and mastery of constitutional cases. so hughes continued to lead even though he was outnumbered had great admiration and eshoo been a new constitutional error that they began to extend civil-rights and liberty and they began to defer to congress to social legislation. roosevelt still mad on the court packing plant and refused to talk to some of the senators who were instrumental to defeat him then got on with the business of 38 and 39 trying to get aid to the allies but some of those giving aid to great britain but some of those opposed the court packing plan but roosevelt was up to the channel it -- challenge. he could get to churchill before the u.s. entered world war ii. also an 1941 knowing he was elected to the fourth term 1940 and it was instrumental to the allied victory but nonetheless refuse to give been never let anybody know he was as sick as he was. he

in frankfurt, the dax saying goodbye to the day, down by almost 2%. lots of losses there. the your stocks 50 in the same vote. in new york, dow jones right now trading at 13,095, down about 0.25%. on currency markets, the euro going for $1.3290. in france, the gunman who killed seven people including three children at a jewish school has been buried. >> the body was laid to rest in a cemetery on the outskirts of to lose -- toulouse. his father wanted him buried in germany, but police refused. >> if you were watching yesterday, you might have seen our report on women in afghanistan who could face jail if they run away from home or have sex outside of marriage. >> in a moment, we will be turning our attention to morocco. activists are angry at the government about laws that allowed a rapist to escape conviction if he married the woman he raped. a law that recently drove a 16- year-old girl to commit suicide. >> we will have more on that and the latest on that leak at a gas platform off the coast of scotland. >> do not go away. >> dw on the internet with a new address and a c

despite that loss, it was the leading gainer among dax-listed firms in frankfurt as it share rocketed higher by 7%. overall wednesday, strong showing for equities. let's take a closer look at the markets kicking off in frankfurt were the market finished up by nearly 1.2% above the 7000-point level. well above it, in fact. across the lake on wall street, the dow jones trading slightly lower on this hour after trading site -- trading higher earlier in the session. the euro trading at a value of $1.3019. >> the latest inflation figures are out for the eurozone, and they are still well above the ecb target level. >> 2.7% was the number for february. the european central bank is tasked with keeping levels below 2%. the main driver was -- no surprise -- rising energy costs with car fuel leading the way. prices at the gas pump in germany have risen 7% since the beginning of the year. germany is facing a demographic time bomb. people are just not having enough children here. and there may be many reasons, but one is simply the difficulty of combining a careeeeee>> ang't has presented its annu

. >> the results were better in frankfurt as traders tried in a wave of optimism. >> investors are oftentious at the beginning of a new trading year, keeping stock prices steady. bu not this year. stock prices in germany and elsewhere have been surging. january alone saw the dax jumped by 10%, and it did not slow down much in february and march. the strongest first quarter for the index since 1998. >> the first quarter of 2012 was one of the best quarters the dax has ever recorded. we have seen gains of more than 20%. that is more than even the biggest optimists had bargained for. >> the surge in the financial markets is being fueled by easy money from the european central bank. it has pumped more than one trillion euros of cheap credit into eurozone economies. some analysts fear the excess liquidity could impact inflation. others expect indices to rise even further. >> and that deal to boost the eurozone's pella fun we mentioned earlier gave an added push to equities -- we talked about earlier given added push to equities. >> let's go to the frankfurt stock exchange. >> at the german st

more to come from frankfurt later. julian, we were going to talk about this later, but brazil cut rates more than most expected, 75 basis points. what does that tell us about the global economy which has weighed on investor fears this week. >> in a way i would view this as a bit of a positive. brazil does have a lot of scope to be lowering rates. they are still very, very high. at the same time i think we need more stimulus in the global economy really as growth transitions. china is going to be slowing down a little bit this year and is rebalancing more to foe can cuss on domestic consumption and that means things like education and health care. so it's going to be harder for some global exporters in that environment, ones producing commodities. demand growth from china is likely to be slowing in this situation. so it's important that other countries where they have room can generate demand and, by the way, germany should be in a position to be cutting taxes. it should really cut taxes significantly next year to boost

new world order it's a good book but it's a mouthful to say sir he joins me now on the line from frankfurt very good to see you ok i think you were listening to what. our correspondent in new york was kofi annan the u.n. security council member should overcome the differences and take a unified stance over syria how realistic is that do you think. i don't think it's realistic at all right now because the standpoint of france rather of russia and china is diametrically opposed to the standpoint of washington which is for intervention and regime change they've made it abundantly clear because this is a as i've said before and i documented in the full spectrum dominance book it's a part of a long term pentagon strategy the arab spring is it is a pentagon strategy to accomplish regime change throughout the islamic world and reorganize state so that for example syria there's a map that exists pentagon map that exists showing that syria under the proposed changes would simply have no access any longer to the sea to the mediterranean which is rich in oil and gas is recent discoveries of confirmed

ceo lou frankfurt will be with us in the next hour of the "closing bell." he the outlook for high-end consumers, and also we'll also hit on what he discussed today at that conference, which is, of course, behind this big rally in the stock. the deadline has come and gone. we're talking about the deadline on the biggest sovereign debt restructuring ever. how are investors reacting, and what should we be looking in terms of bond holders agreeing to this new deal, scott? >> let's get more insight from michelle caruso-cabrera. she's been monitoring the latest headlines from athens, along with jose, founder of ufr capital management. >> michelle, what's the latest? tell us about the participation rate in this new deal. it looks like we're getting a positive reaction from market players. but of course, the deadline just passing moments ago. >> two wire reports indicate, maria, that the participation rate is above at least 75%. so that is good enough to get this deal done somehow, some way. one mystery remains, and it's a crucial one. as they count the votes that

felix frankfurter who had been a confidant of justice stone during the worst part of the destruction of the new deal by the conservative court taught -- thought that hughes, he was just scathing in his criticism of hughes. and once he got on the court, he considered hughes one of the great chief justices of all time, compared him to toscanini and his mastery of constitutional cases. so hughes continued to lead even though he was outnumbered on the court by roosevelt appointees, had great admiration from all of his new colleagues, and he basically ushered in the new constitutional era in which the court began to expand civil rights and liberties which was something he cared dearly about. and they began to defer to congress in economic and social legislation. roosevelt never gave up. he still, he was still mad over his defeat on the court-packing plan. he was just angry as he could be. he refused to talk to only of the senators who had been instrumental in defeating him. but then he got on with the business of, particularly in '38 and '39, of trying to get aid to the allies and particu

in frankfurt, the dax ended the day down. be your stocks 50 -- the your stocks 50 -- the eurostoxx 50 also down. across the atlantic, the dow jones down about 0.25%. and the hero is now trading for $1 -- and the euro is now trading for $1.3136. >> we will be reporting on the human cost of austerity in one minute here on dw. >> please do with this. >> welcome back. is portugal in danger of becoming the next greece? the country made the transition to democracy in 1994, and tax revenues are shrinking with no sign of change soon. >> the economy has contracted more than 3% this year, with the result that more businesses are losing people and more people are losing their jobs. >> as the financial crisis hits portugal even harder, these people are doing what they can to help. date helping some 40 families -- they helped some 40 families every day, families that no longer can afford to feed themselves. >> we use carrots, onions, potatoes, whatever ingredients we have on hand. leeks, olive oil, lots of vegetables. >> porto has traditi

in frankfurt, we get this wrapped up of the day's trading action. >> the ongoing good mood in german companies boy at the market's. traders celebrated the unexpected rise of the ifo index. the dax had a positive stop for the week. another driver was the chairman of the federal reserve, and suggested the world bank continue with further monetary help. another manufacturer reached an all-time high. >> looking at those figures for you -- the blue-chip dax was at an all-time high. the your stocks 50 had a similar gain -- eurostoxx 50 had a similar game. the euro gaining as the dollar, trading for $1.2244. >> staying in business news, bmw is recalling about 1.3 million cars around world over problems with battery cables. >> is one of the biggest recalls in the company's -- it is one of the biggest recalls in the company's history. it affects bmw's built between 2003 and 2010. bmw added there have been no accidents or injuries so far in the repairs take about 30 minutes. >> a big boost for angela merkel's party. >> the biggest electoral gains were made by the new power party, and for merke

this was decided as a board meeting in frankfurt on thursday.he european central bank has provided over 1 trillion euro in loans to banks across the region in december and february to help ease concerns about the debt crisis. >>> sharp is to build large scale solar plants, that is, in japan. the company aims to earn stable revenue. as legislation to promote renewable power generation is set to go into effect later this year. the japanese consumer electronics firm plans to build three large solar farms known as mega solar plants. one is north of tokyo. sharp will lease a 6.8 hectare lot in a local industrial firm. they are in talks with two municipalities in northern japan to lease properties in the two areas. the move comes as so-called feed and tariff program is scheduled to go in effect in july. under this scheme, power generating companies, such as tepco, must buy electricity from renewable sources. >>> nine pacific rim countries that make up the transpacific partnership are currently holding trade negotiations in australia. talks began on ma

this was decided at a board meeting in frankfurt on thursday. european central bank has provided over 1 trillion euros in loans to banks across the region in december and february to help ease concerns about the debt crisis. now over to markets. tokyo stock prices are extending their gains on friday morning on optimism over an extra greek bailout. at one point the nikkei index regained the 9900 level for the first time in seven months. the nikkei average is currently at 9865 points. that is up almost 1% or 65 -- excuse me, 75 -- 95 points. investors are buying a wide range of shares on the expectations greece and most private sector bond holders have agreed to debt reductions. now over the currencies and tokyo trading the euro regained some ground against the dollar and the yen on encouraging signs in greece. the greenback is changing hands at 81.60 to 64 against the yen while the single currency is moving at 108.23 to 29 against the japanese currency. hopes for a greek deal have lifted invest are sentiment. this is causing a shift away from the

and making the front page of frankfurter of the minor. >> this is newsday on the bbc. i am in singapore. >> i am in london. pope benedict is celebrating mass with tens of thousands of catholics in cuba at the start of the first papal visit to the island in 14 years. >> 3 natarus 0 jurisch, two britons and an american, have been killed by members -- three nato soldiers, two britons and an american, have been killed by a member of the afghan national forces. >> the president obama health care reform is hanging in the balance. demonstrators rallied outside the supreme court has nine judges considered arguments on whether the bill is constitutional. it makes health insurance compulsory, which critics say constitutes a tax. joining me from washington is our correspondent, adam brooks. give us the background as to how this has managed to potentially rich the u.s. supreme court. >> think back to the first year after barack obama came into the -- into office. a huge political fight over president obama's big plan to change the way americans get health care. it was a knockdown

court justice felix frankfurter wrote her a letter as she stepped down as the secretary of labor. he congratulated her on her success and he noted that she had suffered much criticism for doing it and she responded i came to work for god, fdr and the millions of forgotten working men. the last conversation i had with fdr was that such a nature i could say my cup runneth over yet surely goodness and mercy shall follow me. and i say to frances perkins amen. i would be happy to take your questions. [applause] she also befriended women or had close female friends? >> [inaudible] >> yes, i'm sorry to read the question was we have heard about her male friends and she did have many, but when put into her were her zero female friends? the mass movement really was intelligent women banded together even living together to do things they felt needed to be done to make the world a better place. this is a jury close female alliance and the house is spread all over the country that frances perkins is very much a part of the movement. so those friendships were enormously important to her and jan

up to that frankfurt was spared thankfully but so many other places were not. at least ten people have died in this still menacing storm system. one in tennessee, three in missouri, six in harrisburg alone, survivors there and across the area describing what they saw and what they felt. >> it's very devastating, we are lucky compared to people out that way. very lucky. >> overwhelmed. just overwhelmed with emotions. i had no idea it was this bad. >> the lights went out. he came out of the bedroom and all of a sudden it was a freight train, the whole house was shaking, i said, oh, my god, it's a tornado and dalton grabbed me and pulled me in the pantry. >> the windows were blowing out and the pantry had no windows. >> harrisburg is under a curfew. the tornado that struck there measuring near the top of the scale, 170 miles an hour winds, upwards of 100 people hurt, up to 300 homes known destroyed right now. a shopping center, you see there, simply obliterated. the storm that did it measured three or four football fields across and stayed on the ground for miles.

for more, i'm joined now by our correspondent, who is sticking by on the floor of the frankfurt stock exchange. we just heard the premier markets looking pretty good, but how about the automotive sector overall? >> the sector is doing very well today. shares of bmw on top of the list. it also belongs to the best performers today. indeed, when you have rich clients, you can really make money, so the premium sector is a winner. this is one of the problems of opel. their clients do not belong to the rich, and their clients cannot compete with models, said the money that comes from general motors has to be invested in new models, or the situation will get worse. >> how about the stock market? nice gains going on. >> the market driven by a huge cash injection from the european central bank yesterday. the stock market can profit, but mainly, the bond market because banks are using cheap money, and therefore, spain had a very successful bond auction today, and there is other very good news. the association decided a few minutes ago that greece's debt deal would not trigger an insurance payou

but they do have direct flights from frankfurt to denver so i did make it, as you see.i have been assured you're a politically incorrect crowd but i want to test that out. when sir winston churchill, i'm a great fan of churchill's -- [ applause ] >> when sir winston gave up the prime ministership in britain for the second time, he was quite elderly at the time, and he decided to go on a cruise, and he picked an italian boat, and a reporter from the bbc came up to him and he said sir winston, the "queen elizabeth" is a perfectly serviceable ship. why are you going on an italian boat? and sir winston thought for a moment and he said three things. first of all, on the italian ships, the cuisine is superb. second, the service is marvelous. and third, if anything should go wrong, there's none of this nonsense about women and children first. well, the world situation's a bit like britain's situation in 1940. that was one reason i was thinking of sir winston. we have this global debt crisis which you are acutely aware of. the left seems to be baffled by it all, as they are wit

let's check in with conrad pole at the frankfurt stock exchange. great numbers for volkswagen.ard a. going down there? >> the stock price of volkswagen is down a bit more than 1.5% at the moment. but to put that into perspective, i also have to say that the stock price since the beginning of this year has risen more than 20%. of course, at the moment, investors are easily to be seduced into profit-taking. several factors are difficult to predict if you want to evaluate future projects -- profits of the volkswagen. one is the situation and the world right car markets. another one is the introduction of a new production scheme into the whole group of volkswagen, which will cost a lot of money before it allows to cut costs further. >> registered about italy sliding into recession. how are the market's reacting to that news? >> investors on the stock markets are reluctant after this news. the yield on the italian government bonds rose slightly after the news came in. but still, this field on the 10- year italian government bond is remaining near an eight-month low. so there is not

. >> staying in frankfurt, german public servants are striking for more pay.ore than 100,000 people are expected to take part. public transit workers walked off the job of bringing it subway and tram traffic to a near standstill. others joined in this strike. negotiations are set to continue next week for the wages of some two million public-sector employees. their previous demand for a 6.5% pay rise was rejected as unrealistic. in syria, the red cross says it is distributing aid in neighborhoods of the city of homs. a spokesman in damascus said it was trying to reach people who have fled from the bab amr district. it fell to a government seizure last week of the red cross is not entered bab amr itself. meanwhile, rebel fighters and the northern city of idlib are preparing for a feared government attack. members of the free syrian army say they will fight to the death. fighting is also forcing more and more people to flee syria. the u.n. says about 2,000 syrians are currently trying to cross the border into lebanon. >> assailants in iraq have killed at least 2

let's look at some of the numbers starting off in frankfurt where the dax finished up by nearly 1% at144 points. nice to see the green on the screen there. euro stocks 50 also up 5.75%, finishing at 2593. across the atlantic, the dow also trading higher, up by nearly 0.3%. the euro strengthening, trading at a value of $1.3093. >> germany is about to get a new president on sunday. a special assembly will gather to elect a former pastor and civil rights activist to campaign for freedom in former east germany. >> one of the big issues is far right extremism, after revelations that a neo-nazi group conducted a spate of murders targeting immigrants. >> it is an issue they seem determined to take on. >> he is due to be confirmed as germany's new president this weekend. on thursday, he made his last public appearance as a normal citizen, promoting a campaign against racism in sports. the fight against discrimination looks set to be a central theme of his presidency. >> we have to combat detestable attitudes and offensive propaganda, but we mustn't delude ourselves by thinking we can turn eve

for more, let's bring in our correspondent who is standing by on the floor of the frankfurt stock exchangewhen we see a spike in oil like this, it typically has a big impact on stocks. has that been the case today? >> it is a little burden for the stock market today because the higher oil price is bad news for consumers. on the other side, the huge cash injection from the ecb of this week is good for the markets, but it also has an effect on the oil price because it triggers demand for riskier assets, and a lot of the money goes into the oil market. meanwhile, oil prices also fuelling inflation. this is a real dilemma. >> a lot of the money, and bonds went right back to the european central bank. that is usually a sign of nervousness, isn't it? >> it is right, and it looks cash injection, it is the safest place. also, banks cannot distribute this huge amount within a few days. what is driving on the market is bad news from spain. they had a higher deficit. the dax is down almost 15%. your stocks 50 also under pressure. >> thanks. germany has accused the leadership of french and german aero

yesterday when six of the leading editors in chief of the world daily newspapers in toronto in tokyo in frankfurt and paris were invited to two. country thus up for what should have been a trauma offensive and then there are the transcripts of their meeting made it plain that none of them prepare themselves for the meeting except the japanese and they came exactly to hector and to lecture. on democracy the the the newspaper articles which followed and particularly the one in toronto was simply a plus teach of every chance i russians there that's been in the air for the last twenty years ok and you work with a situation like that there's no way that the russian elections are going to find a fair play in the world media you were scoffing at or agreeing with what we just heard there. agreeing and i think the idea that there was the west. working to teach a democracy to russia because in fact with. as little interesting in development of a new democracy in russia as they were in finding a paperless of mass destruction in iraq walled in to weaken the target country. ok eric i mean i think it's interes