government to hire french workers he claimed the french spent three hours talking and just three hours of working your thoughts on this was a big story this was a big story because it was it was a kind of group creation just let me remind you something very important from goldman sachs your friends your best friends for months and. bankers said in think it was the huffington post that all the french salaries need to be taken down thirty percent so which is absolutely crazy i mean think about that i don't think banker there you know to come up you know and say you know oh. all the french people routinely enter and just people need to work through the person does a super crazy why because they're getting inference simply i'm missing greece right now you have seen it so in greece also reese have been taken down with thirty percent and this is extremely difficult on top of that we had used to were doing to a french news during the french government and french people who you know the euro did just a bunch of lizzie's people which is which is totally false which really forms because it was i

even if they are french. >> dr.d to cook more as well, which contributes to healthier eating, but who has time to go home and cook? turns out americans work 10% longer every week than the french, who average 38 hours a week. americans, 42. perhaps that's why americans rely more on prepackaged, processed food. it's no wonder we're a nation that gobbled down lunch and picks up fast-food for the family. >> it's very good. >> maybe we could all use a little more. who's in for a midnight snack? i'm hungry. >>> up next, sharks swarm dangerously close to a florida shore, and another eye-popping close encounter with the mysterious ocean kingdom. you won't believe what you're swimming over. but as time passed, i started to notice max just wasn't himself. and i knew he'd feel better if he lost a little weight. so i switched to purina cat chow healthy weight formula. i just fed the recommended amount... and they both loved the taste. after a few months max's "special powers" returned... and i got my hero back. purina cat chow

all the french people. people need to work through the person this is a crazy why because they're getting inference simply i'm guessing greece right you have seen it so in greece also reese have been taken down with thirty percent and this is extremely difficult on top of that we had used to were doing to a french news through the french government and french people who you know the euro did just a bunch of lazy people which is which is totally false which really forms because it was in the business insider a huge piece saying to the french people are the most productive in the world so you can one. so right on an hour on an hour by hour basis productivity in france and as high but you know you mentioned all this actually mention grace we know that before greece collapsed goldman sachs was and gracious they cooked the books they got to greece to join the euro under false pretenses exactly they did a deal with lloyd blankfein and they had a great pop and grayle got together and john paulson had fund manager

minister and a french government and french people who you know the euro did just a bunch of lizzie people which is which is totally false which really forms because it was in the business insider a huge piece saying to different people who are the most productive in the womb so you can one. right on an hour on an hour by hour basis productivity in france and as high but you know you mentioned all this actually mention grace we know that before greece collapsed goldman sachs was and gracious they cooked the books they got greece to join the euro under false pretenses exactly they did a deal with lloyd blankfein and they had a great pop and got together and john paulson head fund manager talked about destroying the economy and selling off the parts to bits and pieces as they are doing now so this is a leveraged buyout of a country it was a financial takedown of a country because greece was only a three hundred billion dollar economy they were out they could do they attacked it was financial weapons essentially credit default swaps naked short selling and now they're selling off bits

french fascist talk about the anti-french conspiracy. by dree turn to the apparel of construction used by national chauvinist and imperialists? because it is terribly exclusive and in a domestic contests -- context if you criticize policy, it's not so much i may disagree but you are against your own country you are disloyal and your position is beyond the pale of discussion. it is a narrowing and exclusive concept that doesn't give us access to the dissent and critiques that are essential to making a more perfect union that is where the founding generation has the right to dissent. what could be more american? yet for 200 years critics have been tarred with a fresh of disloyalty from the war of 1812, the rise of empire across the 20th century. it does not do justice. >>host: also another book you have written about nazis and good neighbors? >> when the roosevelt administration was worried the german immigrant population living in america those spread across central and south america would rise up from berlin to take over their countries

boycotted french good and famously renamed french fries as freedom fries. we should take up our boys from the fields of normandy in them home for american heroes. after demonstration around the world, we said what is this with an anti-americans? i thought that reminds me of something. it reminded me of the early 60s and the president is saying told the kennedy administration, don't go to war in vietnam. we've been there. we know the terrain. he said this will end badly. the pacing is a western army occupation. he told kennedy are going to sink step-by-step into a quagmire from which a lot of trouble extricating. he said this will be bad for the united states and that for the west. so what did we do? we launched a boycott import french flags down the drain. we should take up our place in the field of normandy and bring him home because soil is no longer restingplace. we said to cause an anti-american and as there were demonstrations in countries around the world, we said it's a wave of anti-americanism. in each case we ignored and said the problem is your an

, so french economic growth lags far behind the u.s. >> people understand very well that the french systemong if it's not reformed. people have to work more. for years, people thought that they could work less and earn more. >> but they can't. >> which is absurd. >> editor stephane marchand says other countries in europe are already moving in the other direction, increasing the work week without raising salaries. and france has made some minor reforms in its 35-hour work week. it's a questn

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

a combat tactic unique to the french army. they fly extremely low to surprise the gunmen they have spotted and avoid ground-to-aramisles. the risk is huge. at 10 meters above the ground, these hements are vulnerable to light -- these helicopters are vulnerable to lighter firearms. now the french are convinced they've broken the neck of al qaeda in the region. cutting off the militant roots of supply and trafficking. france also worries about the plight of seven of its nationals who are believed to be held hostage somewhere here, to search for them. >> low-flying helicopters look absolutely terrifying. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, who will succeed hugo chavez? in venezuela the race is on to ake the country's top job. lawyers representing domestic workers in hong kong have accused the authorities of creating second-class citizens. it follows a landmark ruling by hong kong's top court. we report and there is some flash photography here. >> the case has divided hong kong. foreigner

it's a french newspaper, web site, who dared to do that.and this is a shame it has nothing to do with libya. it has to do with france. and the fat that in france during this day, nobody protested, nobody said, "you can't call bernard henri-levy "the jew." it's a bad sign about the state of affairs in my country, in france of today. but it is not libya. it is france. >> rose: you say you haven't heard for a while now from mustapha, leader of the fighters with whom you sharedue filmed the desire to dispel the awful specter of the war of civilizations, or-- you haven't heard from them why? >> because i-- i don't know. i have-- i am reduced to hypotheses. >> rose: i had pogd sees, yes. >> hypotheses. the man you just quoted, is close to the most extreme islamist in libya. i met him during the war. we had a very harsh, strong, but man-to-man conversation, one night of conversation. what it means to be a jew. what it means to be a muslim, and we had a discussion, a frank work as we should always have. we disagree on everything, but we had this co

i picked up rosetta stone french.me sort of recapturing -- a lot of times i'm looking at this french thing from college because i'm horrible at, and kids, you really do waste your life when you don't apply yourself, and i regret it now. no habla espanol. but i don't habla french very much either. i figured i should dive in. i don't know. i just would like to -- you can feel part of your brain going, what? >> jimmy: learning kind of stops at a certain age. >> it feels like it. the rosetta stone, they use like the immersion tactic. it can't really happen, because that would be like if you planted yourself there and everyone speaks french and you have to get along. but nothing is translated for you. they don't speak in english. it's all done with, they speak it, they show you the written french, they show you pictures to associate. you just have to make the connections. and i do feel like i've gotten too old -- i'm like i can't, i'm not a baby, this is not how i learn anymore. so i've had to supplement with it all kinds

in furnishing the house, they were into french. they spoke french at home. they lived in france which he wanted the furniture to come from france and he spent a lot of money bringing things such as the clock that have stood on the mantle since 1818. many of the things he acquired are still in use. you have that that all of the presidents have used since then. when you see our earliest things many of them are in the blue room. so we have the wonderful chairs and sofa in the room. they were acquired by president monroe from france. he was criticizeds for buying french things and not american. they passed a law saying the furniture of the white house must be american manufacturing, if possible. >> the wallpaper is of the same period as the portrait of sam yull monroe. it's really a place where the monroes would feel the most comfortable too. like teddy roosevelt in the east radio. . i understand this room. that's the furniture we bought and this is wallpaper that is f our vintage. >> so it sounds as though buying french and speaking french was as controversial

pollsters say he's hemorrhaging support with social issues at the front of french minds.overnment announced they'd cut five billion euros from public spending this year. his approval rating plummeted 10 points. >> we need to succeed in economic policy especially on employment. and if it doesn't, we have to do that and may be the best friend of of the french but may not be enough to help him. >> since may, there's been a slew of factory closers. in every month of his presidency, unemployment has risen to a 13-year high. increased taxes have suffocated investments. and the target at reducing the eficit to 3% this year will be met. >> by temper, he's the navigator, he oscillates. he doesn't like conflict. and right now, you need either someone who has the daring of the german leader or maggie thatcher in great britain. >> for now president hollande is shrugging off the tough questions, putting hopes on labor reform and the cyclical upturn he hopes is around the corner. the only good news is that the right wing opposition is without a leader and performing even worse. erhaps

taste was and what french qui-- what french cuisine was about, so she had a number of people who helpedool her in this type of thing. >> the white house staff is large and all of this comes from the money that they were paid or from their personal wealth, all these extra staff and advisors that you talk about? >> probably most of them did. for instance, one of the things she hired as they called him "french john" away from the minister from great britain which was a huge slap, to hire somebody away from somebody else's household particularly when that person was in the diplomatic community was an insult on the one hand or a great compliment on the other. and she was able to do that. >> a lot of resources went to creating the outfits. she got the bills and she was like "don't tell my husband." between buying the stuff and paying the duties on it, it was quite a lot. >> i wanted to ask you about the maryland component of this fleeing of the white house during the war. my understanding is that there is a house in brookville-- brookville, maryland that is called white house for a day and my

the french say they are pulling out of their troops out. they will be moving them to countries in the region, chad and synagogue. they will be there over the horizon, on call if needed. his view, that is not what is needed. he said there needs to be up parallel force in mali. he is trying to twist the arm of the french to stay longer. >> the former president has pleaded not guilty to charges of abuse of power today after his arrest, he appeared in court on corruption charges regarding an oil deal with nigeria. he is accused of embezzling. his trial is set to begin on april 3. investigating a grenade blast. it went off near a market in the capital. there were three similar blasts in march last year. war crimes suspect bosco ntaganda made his first appearance at the head. he does not as a series of charges, including murder and rape. u.s.ve himself up at the embassy last week. i think it is very important because it is the starting point for the whole proceedings. they issued warrants for crimes against humanity. he must be present in front o

french lawmakers get to pass a bill allowing it can the french in a fit over it.ect the main stream media to cover it. they're ignoring. the coverage i've seen is to the quaint few who are gathering but if we look at the protests, step back, it's a huge crowd. >> tens of thousands and not just limited to the outskirts but in -- >> neil: all in paris. a rally against this thing. so, to call them all quaint or unusual or the views of the minority. i don't know. >> either the media is not covering these huge protests or they're covering it like you say in a very warped way. wire not talking about a handful of, say, fanatical, religious devoteeys of gay marriage, and this is all over french and the french are known as sophisticated, enlightened, morally evolved. >> neil: anything goes. >> libertyine on matters like this, and we sue now a big and growing backlash to gay marriage in a country where you think it would be accepted with no kinds of protests. >> neil: it's interesting because depending on the poll over there, 51% of french voters approve of gay marriage. ye

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special forces on the ground in syria helping to overthrow that government the impact of french and british a valid military support to overthrow a government in the middle east i think the consequences for britain and france will have to wait and see but i don't think they'll be very good for the civilian populations of fronts of britain and of course the idea that these weapons you get into the wrong hands it's reportedly said that those weapons that went to the libyan rebels got into the hands of extremist islamists don't britain france see that happening in syria by definition the arms that would be supplied by the french and british governments would be in the wrong hands because they are supplying rebels in a civil war and therefore they are the wrong hands no matter who britain or france on and so this is i think what's interesting here is that washington and what your report earlier alluded to is much more nervous about the arming of rebels because they are obviously concerned that the afghanistan scenario is beginning yet again but it is so sad that leaders of countries lik

with the french. the american political parties were divided pro-frefrpbl and pro-british and one of the things john was troubled with during this time was keeping the country out of war. and he was successful. and i think that's probably the thing that he should be most recognized for during the period. >> and i also find it ironic that he's one president who kept us out of war, avoided war because the revolution could have -- and the united states would have collapsed in a second war with britain. >> and would have gone to war at the drop of a hat. >> they were ready to go to war at the drop of his hat and he avoided it and also averted his career. the politicians at the time were maybe like politicians forever, enjoying the exercise of making war. and they were very close to war. and the population, in general, was outraged by the piracy that was going on. american ships were being taken on the seas and american diplomats were being badly treated in france especially. the french revolution had happ

the person fueling the plane said it kind of smelled like french fries.board -- sometimes you smell the fumes. nope, no different. >> that's a good thing. if i had to take a flight with two, three, four, five hours, and i smell french fries the whole time and you offer me pretzels? >> no, i'd like french fries, please. >> and ketch-up, mayo. >> just lots of salt, perfect. it's 25% cooking oil, 75% jet fuel. >> and you know where the oil was from? baton rouge. >> oh, really? >> so it's very

and burned french flags and renamed french fries this freedom fries. member of congress give a speech saying we should dig up the coast of normandy in her denholm because french soil is no longer say restingplace and if there were demonstrations against the war in iraq around the world, what is this wave of anti-american? as i listened to that, i thought that reminds me of something. the early 60s and the president of france told the kennedy administration, don't auto warranty at him. we've been there. we know the terrain. he said this will end badly. to be seen as a western army occupation. his ideal sink step by step into a quagmire and predicted the word last 10 years and am an american. as to be bad for the united states and that for the last. so they burned french flags. a member of congress give his speech saying we should take the boys and bring them home. we sent to collect anti-american as they were demonstrations in countries around the world as a way of anti-americanism. but ignored foreign opinions. they are rational but marched off into th

. >> this is a woman who spoke french. >> very great beauty. she received is seldom anything in the white house. she hated it. >> dignity, civility. those are the words that come to mind. aselizabeth monroe served first lady from 1817 to 1825 as a time known as the era of good feeling. coming up were hurt life and not always happy times inside the white house for this woman born into a well-to-do new york family. she married james monroe at the age of 17 and traveled new york extensively with him. she brought with her to the white house a certain french sensibility. welcome to c-span and the white house historical association's "first ladies." let me introduce two guests. gentlemen, welcome. the last program was dolley madison. she really used the social form to advance her husband's political agenda. what was elizabeth monroe's approach to the white house? >> she and dolley madison were great friends. they were at a very different temperaments. was social by nature and was happy to get in her carriage and go visit all day long. elizabeth monro

you buy a french baguette. a country loaf may be too hard. >> that is fabulous. you can see the fresh greens pouring out of there. >> this is a classic meatball and pickle cilantro. we have a spring roll and papaya solid. >> and this is a? >> the salad is shades of green papaya, fried solid and tofu. >> i would never -- fried salad and tofu. >> i would never think to put those things together. i don't have the talent. >> well, i wanted to do a book that gives people the basic technique of the stir fry grill. >> you said i am a home cook. >> yes. this is all home stuff. i basically take home cooking and convert it into restaurant cooking. now i have to change all the recipes back to home because we make it by the bucket. >> it is hard to find things like lemon grass? >> no, but if you are in alaska and you can't find vietnamese mint, there are other mints, substitutes. >> you can be flexible i read. >> yes. these are country peasant foods. they are not that -- certain things you have to know like basic principles. >> you know what, we are out of time. it smells so

this happened as the french president, francois hollande, said the french president forces had accomplished their goals. they will defer taking control until mid january. a national army. there was a battle between the french forces and rebels in the north. north korean state television has continued its propaganda offensive, showing large rallies by officers and civilians. near daily threats from p'yongyang, including launching nuclear strikes against the u.s., and they maintain that a full-scale war in the peninsula is unlikely. egyptian talk-show host has been answering allegations. he has now been released on bail, but controversy surrounds the case. chanting his name, they protested against the decision of the prosecutors to investigate. he is facing several charges, including assaulting the president. >> this is very disturbing. when we took to the streets on january 25, we demanded freedom, and that includes all forms of freedom of self expression. this is very clearly against the principles of the revolution. to terrorize the media as a whole. instead of focusing on the media, peopl

there was one girl i remember that was coming from the french colony. she was in algeria and came back to france. she had a very white skin. very, very white with speckles? >> freckles. >> freckles. more glamorous. glittering. but she was glamorous for me, sparkles -- no, freckles. sorry, i cannot say. [laughter] but she has beautiful red hair, light afro type but red hair. to me, i was like, oh, my god, she is so beautiful. for me, if i want to be friends with someone that i admire, i have to be like him or her, cannot have the red hair. so i say, i also come from nigeria and i am like you. [laughter] i do not think she believed me so i was inventing names. anyway. so she influenced me. she had white skin. you could see her veins. she was very strange but beautiful for me. i was always attracted by different beauty that i saw everywhere. i remember some movies called guess who's coming to have dinner tonight with sydney party. i remember i said to my parents -- i was 12. if i come with a black girl, what will you say? and they say, if you love her, tha

>> it is closed. >> and the poor birds can't get at the french fries. >> it is a good way to get theindow broken. a bird could easily come flying in and shatter t window. >> it is more than just one bird. there is a whole group of them. we know what these birds are doing. they're hanging out waiting for the krispy kreme guy to drop the doughnuts. this is like an appetizer. >> and you wiped the fry all over the window and you wasted one that nobody will eat. >> and it hits the window and flies away. >> bird enthusiasts will not be happy about this nor french fries. >> the guys from the whatever youtube channel keep coming up with just creative weird ways to get girls' numbers, strangers. we saw them once before do the trick where they're saying can i use your phone for a second, i need to call my mom and put the number in the phone and hit send and their phone rings and you trick them that way and this time they're not saying anything. ♪ >> hi. do you want my number? >> oh, my gosh. >> what is happening here? over and over again these dudes just go up to girls and -- >> this is mind b

obviously, the french, the chadian forces, malians, are operating there. and it appears we're providing some intelligence, according to some reporting in the wall street journal today. this is a very important fight we're in here. i wouldn't take it personally he didn't take your phone call, but he may be on the run as well. and things are a little -- you know, there is a lot of chaos right now with the french and the chadians and malians pressing the offensive. >> people said they could be in the more cave-ridden area in northern mali along the border. rudy, you know him, and you saw him in the piece. he said the chances of chadians, of course, the chad army is the one who said they killed abu zeid and moktar is slim. there's a much better chance of winning the lottery. what do you think? >> there may be some truth to that. look, i think in this case, from a u.s. perspective, it's hard to gauge the evidence right now. we don't have the forces that we've had in afghanistan or pakistan to assess these kinds of strikes. the chadians, it would be great if the

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fired on french civilians-- killing thousands before they squashed the rebelli.national soul-searching for the reasons behind the violence and chaos continued for decades. the middle class blamed the lower classes for abandoning patriotic virtues for decadence-- turning to alcoholism and prostitution and away from respect for authority. they saw decadence differently from the heights of montmartre. the third republic's succession of ineffectual and corrupt governments smacked of decadence and failed to address the social problems created by avaricious capitalism and industrialization. pollution and urban poverty plagued the capital until the end of the century. montmartre's artists found a new role for themselves. it was basically the concept of the independent artist, the bohemian artist, against the bourgeoisie, the establishment life, which had evolved since the early part of the 19th century. no longer did they have to kowtow to the establishment because thestablishmt wasn't as empowered. the third repuic was really very weak. (narrator) the plight of the poo

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lee said the french are anti-american, they resent there star is falling so we poured french wine into the gutter and renamed the french fries as free of rise that we should dig up the boys from normandy because it is no longer a resting place and there was demonstrations what is this wave of anti-americanism? i thought that reminds me of the early '60s when the president of france charles de gaulle told the kennedy administration don't go to war in vietnam. we have been there and we know the terrain. he said this will end badly you will see a western army of occupation and told kennedy you will sink step by step into a quagmire and predicted it will last 10 years and end in defeat what degree do? launched a boycott of french goods and poured french wind down the trade and congress gave a speech to dig up our boys because normandy's telegraph their resting place in the city is anti-americanism there were demonstrations against vietnam it was always but we ignored them and said the problem is they are irrational and we marched off into the to form possible -- farm policy debacle's but r