force where french we are in our passports also french but second class citizens second right do you remember what i said the other day. if we had been pulling michigan we'd never have had nuclear tests. well that's what i was called back then. well i think that when we have our independence. the whole truth of the tests and their consequences will come out. quality to our people are taken for ignorant and that has to stop polluting we are not ignorant. today we want the truth and we're going to get it. always maintained that their bombs were clean that they were exploding clean atomic bombs but in two thousand and six they conceded to some follow up throughout french polynesia. and i see the camp recording test and the stands are test which were carried out the year i was boring . and i know that i've had a problem for two years now. and i wonder if it's connected to the nuclear tests. this is interesting. this shows that one hundred and ninety six radioactive follow it's were detected in french polynesia. but we don't know the dose. and they're not telling us but they know. in fran

alien to the french however this was not the case for greenpeace but the campaign against the french was conceived during the first campaign against the united states because the united states was testing nuclear weapons but was testing them underground and france was still testing weapons in the atmosphere. in one nine hundred seventy one this small thank you for a base group decides to stop all nuclear testing in the pacific soon greenpeace departs from or they find an ally in new zealand where fall from the french testing has been detected on its soil. the international court of justice and. france is forced to renounce atmosphere testing but there is still another option the era of french underground testing begins it will last more than twenty years. you don't actually need to do any tests once you've configured it recently well from a physicist point of view there is no chance that it explodes the problem is therefore to figure out exactly what conditions it's going to explode and with how much part which is a ridiculous justification since the purpose of a bomb is to kill peop

for the french aristocrats in tocqueville's time however with their still vibrant dread of the french revolution, democracy still seemed very dangerous indeed. tocqueville disagreed seeing dangers in democracy but also seeing opportunities and reasons for hope. and he also saw democracy as irresistible as the wave of the future as something that was sure to come in some form good or bad to europe where it would be in conflict with the aristocratic heritage as it had come into america which did not have much in the way of an aristocratic heritage to conflict with it. one danger that tocqueville perceived in democracy was what he called individualism. the tendency of citizens to isolate themselves and withdraw from a larger society when they're not bound together which the relations between aristocrats and their interiors. the model he had in mind was the normandy of his where his family had resided and held property and been a noble for centuries, where they had obligations to people that lived on their land and people in the vicinity and institutions there. and where the people in tur

border to use the french and to machines this is a bank run when french people will see that spaniards are coming you know the french it's e.m.c. and all of that will start to remove their money too so last year real estate in paris was up twenty percent it's one of the best performing markets in the world and what you're saying is that's a stealth bank run yes all the europeans who have some money don't they just bought something in paris you know because health system health care but no this stops so we started to see prices in paris go down you know and very fast this interesting right these pockets of real estate strengths whether it's australia canada france are now crumbling you know crumbling london is still benefiting and the cosmopolitan london is benefiting from the election for so long all the wealthy french parisian for french people they just left the country and do went to london because they don't want to to have the seventy five percent of the tax you know look you know this is where seventy five is just too much for a lot and also great the wealthy great people are dep

you on the prices deals on the french bones you know go higher on her. route going to ask you about that because we have spain is now requiring a bad. this is on top of the greek rumor exit in portugal so where does spain stack up in spain now the next and into the fire star is france going to be the next into this into this fire i think portugal will be the first because you know in the last year as i've seen do it there were like twelve percent you know on the on the bone so twelve percent to this is death so portugal spain and i think yes italy it's always a not very good chip was their bones and after us france you know france is the last one a few months ago i got a text message from mia b.n.p. had limited the cash withdrawals at the machine it's even worse no talk about it yes it's even worse. even you know from my readers that you know they cannot withdraw you know they're going to bunker style because bunker style is the one of the biggest french banks and all the really people are there so normal people are going and they cannot withdraw morton

is the french side cited or english? >> much of it was in french, i had the french version. my high school french seeming to be inadequate to the occasion. i had it translated. >> why do you think he wrote his diary in french? >> i think he was practicing french. he was a serious student of the french language. also i think he believed it imparted some discretion to what he was saying. you know, it's interesting. his family and his -- i'm not sure which one of his succeeding generations of reeds or valentines got their hands on the diary, but portions are cut out and inked out, unreadable. and one would suppose were the most indiscreet, except some of the portions that remained, i think, were plenty discreet. i had no idea what the standard was nr for obliterating the packages that were obliterated. >> did you read it all? >> yeah, it wasn't long. it was fascinating. >> as you tried to get to know him, how did you do that, where did you go? >> he has a collection -- his papers with collected at bowden and the professors have chosen to pursue other interests. they have been u

trail and blamed everything high unemployment the financial catastrophe in america on europe well french foreign minister laurent fabius on tuesday hit back at comments by u.s. president barack obama about the threat of the european debt crisis saying it had originated in the united states he said quote the crisis did not start in europe lehman brothers was not a european bank but that's what i'm saying cognitive dissonance on the part of barack obama he can't seem to hold the truth the facts of the global financial crisis originating in america on wall street lehman brothers and other terrorism proponents in wall street with the current crisis in the jobs market any blames europe that there's completely you can't make that claim it unless he's got and stuff like this or he's got some kind of brain damage or his you know cognitive dissonance he just he's psychologically prepared to deal with this crisis but max the french banks are no better in terms of like perpetuating this cycle of debt and bogus derivatives and stuff but what will be interesting here for a second because the french b

it's the french. the french dominate everything." this is the problem.he french do not want their power diluted by eastern europe, let alone the united states, if we were to be more integrated in terms of our relationship. i think the french do have to come along on this. >> very quickly on this issue of the pulling of the sovereignty. it is important to distinguish between the timetable for the fiscal union and for the banking union. you can pull solvency like the european central bank. you cannot do that with a fiscal policy. the need to create a new political institution, which will take the time frame that we talked about. i don't believe the banking union is that far away. >> next week? >> i think we'll have an announcement next week. the pulling of not debt but contingent liability. >> a question here. can i get a microphone here? >> i'm with the atlantic council. i want to congratulate the panel. i wanted to enlarge the discussion about a headline i remember reading in london the read channel fogged in, continent cutoff. what is happening in syria

by the french. i hope they will come back for the second round. >> nicolas sarkozy's conservative party has seen its popularity plummet. if the socialists are successful, it will be the first time the country has been led by a president from a left-wing party that also controls both chambers of parliament. >> one of the very first economic decisions hollande made was to reduce the retirement age from 62 to one 60 four retired workers. >> but with french that rep levels -- french debt levels rising, where will the money come from? the ec be -- ecb and guys is that tough reforms need to happen now. >> many rich industrial nations want citizens to retire later to make up for the lack of economic expectancy. they say it is essential to boost growth and aging societies and ensure that pension systems remain affordable. most of the member states have raised tension ages or plan to do so. they include large economies like the u.s., britain, and japan. but many european countries have been hesitant to act.

. >> wealthy french people who settled here are especially welcome.his man and his charming assistance have properties like this one to offer them, a huge modern villa with a luxurious interiors and fantastic views. the asking price is 2 million euros, a bargain by swiss standards. there are plenty of potential buyers from france, he says, and claims they are motivated by fear. >> i can understand why company owners, who have worked hard their whole life, are worried about the small fortune they have accumulated. it is more than understandable for them to come here. >> it is no coincidence that the french are keen to move to switzerland following the election of the new french president, francois hollande. he has announced plans to raise the maximum income tax rate to 75% and also increase inheritance and capital gains taxes. pierre's phone has not stopped ringing. switzerland appeals to rich foreigners on account of its low taxes and zero inheritance tax. he has recently welcomed 50 new residents from france. >> we have entrepreneurs, doctors, artist

in the french and indian wars had gone ahead of him. so a crowd was waiting as he was marched up the long walk to pendenist castle, a british castle built by henry viii, while the british figured out what to do with him. it shouldn't have been a question. they were rebels and they shouldn't have been hanged, but carlton had decided they would be tried in england and so i was able to find a british cabinet ministry meeting at night in the home of one of the ministers in which they decided the best thing they could do was to get ethan allen the heck out of england because in parliament, john willks and pro-americans were working up enough votes to get a writ of habeas corpus to get the prisoners tried as civilian prisoners instead of traders. ethan allen would spend much of the next few years getting the heck out of there and on a ship to ireland that was attacking charleston. in the cove, the irish rode out in open boats bringing presents of meat and fruit and beautiful cloth and a dagger and cash. ethan allen managed to keep the cloth,

the french team will take. on the take. but last night the color was red. when you have the socialists, the green, a hard left altogether, they have a big enough majority to ensure that front of hollande can push through this tax-and-spend policy that he has set out, the growth strategy. this is the front page of the left-wing newspaper. he . . content.looks they have control of the lower house, the national assembly, for the first time in 10 years. >> is he having to rely on the far left and the green? what influence will they have on his policies? but there's a second round next week. it's difficult as this moment to say what the exact tally will be. i don't think it's a problem for him working with the greens if that's the case. he may get a majority among the socialists iwithout any need for the greens. the concern is that he would need support from the hard left because they are anti- globalization and maybe against some of the cuts that he might have to force through. there will be pain. he has focused in the past few weeks about its growth strategy,

>> my french is very good. i eat french toast. french dip. i can do a lot of french things, okay? my french is excellent. >>> up next in sports, giants enter the contest with red in pursuit after record over a hundred years in the making. after 36 consecutive scoreless innings, matt big daddy cane. keeping the goose egg coming. the answer is next on the xfinity sports desk. >>> welcome back it nbc bay area. four games, 36 consecutive scoreless innings. that the streak the giant hope to expand on the orange friday night at at&t park. t hope would fade quickly. in fact it took only one pitch. matt cane on the mound. going deep. only seeing one pitch. are you kidding me? 1-0 reds. king says i can't believe it. top of the sixth. opposing starting pitcher. yeah, there's something leaking all right. it's the sailboat for the giants. great swing for starting pitcher. reds win 5-1. jamie has more. >> matt cane's been after the game, going into this contest he didn't necessarily have the thoughts of extending that scoreless inning streak. any time the pitcher does take the mound he intends

and for the new french president, a man who is more in line to wanting to go growth measures. the challenge is greater. also of what is at interest is the president and his socialist party have enacted measures that really guide a trend of the rest of europe. for example, they cut the retirement age for certain workers. on thursday, they announce it's going to be more expensive for companies to lay off workers. two moves that would add cost to an economy and not reduce expect he's the question i ask experts. would moves like this help an economy grow? here's the pans >> if you look at the former pension system, it's entirely funded by additional taxes so the trend, yet is different from what you've seen from the rest to the union since this lifestyle reform. more about taxes and not so much about cutting spendture. but it is not about inflating the deficit. it is still a program that is consistent with austerity. >> now, going to japan, the big camera maker olympus mired in scandal are looking for a new way out. >> yes, they're trying to play the comeback kid, if you will. and

the whole european idea that the german french motor and the german french alliance and corporation is very important and if you look back to the police or past even twenty years you always have seen even attempts even by the french to say that if things will go bat let's start to create the common a common state together those germans in order to safe europe what i would argue is that in germany and in france is a dia of keeping this europe as it is even strength and it's it's key it's still without us turn it if and it will stay for a couple of time is there such a thing as euro skepticism i mean as a serious thing in germany is there sort of a year for the business market for example i don't protect it in germany because the germans so far have won from the oral because germany is producing something here on its territory. other than other countries in europe who do not do this and germany can sell its products on a much larger interior european market so a lot of people benefit from this and look at the numbers in germany yes i told you before we are in a crisis we're in a crisi

she was 17 whether she started and met the french director in which movie she was. and she got married with him and created this special universe for her. he created -- she was almost 20, 21, 22. you have to understand in french movies in the '50s, you have elegant ladies, you know, with beautiful neck lace, mink coat. bardot was rushing into this. she was 22. she had the age of the part she was playing. all the ladies were 40, 50 and she played girl of 30s on screen. bardot was always in the nude. she was sun bathing in the nude. that was flabbergasting for viewers... >> you can learn all about this actress. is she? the south of france? >> she is. >> a very quiet life. >> i think -- [indiscernible] the three main important myths about movies. she lives in south of france. she decided not to be in movies anymore in '73 and she had been in 40 movies with scandals because she was sexy. she was beautiful. now she's retired and she lives close to the sea on the beach. and she's fighting for animals. she has contacts with leonardo dicaprio, plenty of american actors and