>> why call it my french cuisine? >> i do not think that you could take the french out of me. i was born and raised on the farm. 95% of what we had on the table every day was coming from the garden, coming from the farm. we were doing the farmers market once a week and offering that. >> the ingredients are one thing. what else about fresh cuisine? is it the way you cook? >> today, every country has their own cuisine. the formation of many cuisines are based on french cuisine. especially when you get to a more gastronomic and complex expression. even the greatest chef of spain or the greatest chef everywhere, the greatest chef in america, thomas keller -- well, he is one of them. there are many others. i think it is also cooking french. it is definitely his vision. it is definitely based on french cuisine. >> and the french style of cooking, what goes into cooking? >> i have learned that from the 1970's in france. sort of changing the face of french cuisine at the time. and from that -- >> who is responsible for that? >> many french chefs. in the 1970's, they started to come he

and yet -- >> he's definitely a-- it isn't called french but it's definitely based on french cuisine. >> rose: and french style of cooking? i mean what goes into cooking i have learned that from the '70s in france where the greatest chef 6 france were sort of changing the face of french cuisine at the time. and there was the now el cuisine. >> rose: and whose's responsible for that michele girard, roger, of course a lance-- also and paul boea construction coup and many other french chefs. and i think this revolution of france in the '70s started to come here early 80s in america. and today, all the young chefs who have learned with some of the most creative chefs who came to this country, are today expanding and expanding the cuisine in america here today. and i think you know, it's wonderful what we have been accomplishing, chef, in the last 20 years in america. and i think we have amazing, passionate young chefs here who have helped us elevate the cuisine. and but what's incredible is that in the past europe was the country to be asked to open restaurant in asia or other part of the

french papers really taking up on that. obviously, the story broke within hours after the papers were delivered at the doorstep. >> what about the papers from the left? >> "liberation" picked up on the story as its lead this monday. you can see those two man again. in the background, he is the economy minister. the headline is that they are defying valls. "liberation" was arguing they have stepped out of line but are trying to communicate this idea within the ruling socialist party that german led austerity is not right for the party and it has to be some change. their argument was maybe hollande will go for that and use them as a vehicle to send a message to berlin. not at all what we saw in the following hours with the sacking of both of them and the rest of the government except for how long -- hollande. >> what are other papers around the world saying? >> the other big story is the isis terrorist who beheaded the american journalist. mail,"ook at the "daily which is saying a man called jihadi john could be the person wh

he was kept at a certain french fort until he can many officer from the french forces would come in seeking. a new he was there. he was able to observe and have a good memory so we wouldn't have to write it down with fort looked like, the number of french soldiers, et cetera but he could have no feel for those french forces that were outside the fort or the indian allies they had. what do you do in his spare time? he walked up and down the river bank and counted all the canoes and extrapolated from there except the what type of a force could be moved at any given time. egypt in 1754, and he goes back out and involves himself in fighting with the french and you find these able to use deserters not only in terms of very sophisticated debriefings but also in terms of spreading disinformation and using them as propaganda value to encourage more desertions from the enemy. by the time to get to 1755 we needs in a common unofficial aide to general braddock, you find that he's also learning a great deal about the operational security aspects of military movements, of putting a trick against troops,

he was kept at a certain french fort until a commanding officer from the french forces would come and see him. and, obviously, they knew he was reporting. he was able to observe and have a good memory, so he wouldn't have to write it down, of what the fort looked like, the number of french soldiers, number of cannon, etc., but he could have no feel for those french forces that were outside the fort or the indian allies he had. so what did he do in his spare time? since it was exercise, he walked up and down the river bank and counted all the canoes and extrapolated from there exactly what type of a force could be moved at any given time. you get to 1754 when he goes back out and actually involves himself in fighting with the french, and is you find he's able to use deserters not only in terms of very sophisticated debriefings, but also in terms of spreading disinformation and using them as propaganda value to encourage desertions from the enemy. and by the time you get to 1755 when he's ap unofficial -- an unofficial aide to general braddock, you find he's also learning about the mili

she was told by french media reports -- we are told by french media reports she was questioned from six a clock a.m. to 9:00 -- to midnight.m. it was a long interrogation. this could carry a fine of 15,000 euros. of the imf placed under formal investigation linked to a corruption probe. also in france, we have a new government now for the second time this year. prime minister manuel valls announced the new cabinet last night in the latest reshuffle. that reshuffle was prompted by criticism from some top left-leaning ministers in the government over the president's plan to fix france's economy. the new french cabinet had their first meeting today at the presidential palace. what more can you tell us? >> i can tell you it was a rather unusually long cat netmeeting, over two hours. the french leader, francois hollande, presided -- unusually long cabinet meeting, over two hours. the french leader, francois hollande, presided. defended to promote and the government policies, including the pact which gives french businesses tax cuts in order to boost growth and employment. that was francois h

to the french finance minister.nk you very much for joining us. what will the government look like? we will hear over the next 4 -- 14 hours who is in it. in terms of political line, i don't expect a big change. ministers will be forced to choose between one side of the other. i suspect most are going to line up with the president and the prime minister. >> do you think the austerity policy that the french government wants to push through is still on the table? we won't see a more physical stimulus concept? >> i don't think so. i agree with the fact that france has austerity policy. taxes are very high. it some of the highest in the very world. that is not austerity. minister wantsme to implement more pro-business policies. will see anynk we roles given to the left of the party. ? will there be a left voice? >> that is hard to say. i think you wanted to align himself with the leader of the socialists.ft-wing at the end of the day what is important is the majority of the national assembly. the majority was narrow. so

french look at the economy and french politicians.all that when we return to "the pulse." ♪ >> welcome back. a quick look at euro-dollar. where are we trading? interesting stuff happening. francois hollande is talking about the euro. with lowaction to deal inflation. hello do we go? do wel wait -- how low go? we will wait and we will watch. some more positive news should the long through in term. we are coming to the end of the month. things are getting weird in the foreign exchange market for the end of the month. you could see a short covering rally and that may be what we are seeing here. now and that2's be a technical story, rather than anything that relates to the eurozone economy. let's talk about the eurozone economy and how hard it is to do business or easy it is to do business. how sweet it is in business? a french food brand has been iding a sugar high. it is expected to expand into multiple countries. it is a global company with french roots. let's find out what is happening. let's go to paris and join our colleague. >> a c

it's a french product.he truffles-- if i put--if i make the tin in china, it's a chinese truffle. >> i'm stunned. he was saying that since the truffles are packaged here, he can legally write "product of france" on the label. it feels like i'm being tricked into thinking i'm buying french truffles, you know? >> yes, i understand. >> and there's another problem. spores from the chinese truffles are infecting the european soil and taking it over the way the kudzu weed has taken over parts of our own southeast. it began to happen in italy, so the italians made importing chinese truffles illegal, and there's a move in france to do the same. >> [speaking french] >> they are putting into danger the crown jewel of french gastronomy. if one day, by accident, our plantation starts producing chinese truffles, we are dead. [leaves rustling] >> the great fear for michel tournayre and the other trufflers in france is that the chinese will do to their precious delicacy what they have done to louis vuitton bags: produce a

the french prime minister was at the conference last night and talking about the fact that the french government loves business. what a difference a couple of years makes. we will discuss all of this and take the temperature of french business. we will update you on the thoughts and the ideas coming out of the conference. a lot to discuss with france. right now, we see a trickle of the german inflation data and we will see what it means. we will talk about that. we have a condo mess to talk about where we sit with the debate. how much risk is europe at when it comes to the story? we talk about that with the company that does exploration and production in the region. how worried should we be about economy, and heating our homes. we will discuss that. a great show is coming up at the top of the 10:00 hour. we will look at the malaysian airlines. that is an interesting turnaround story. as as the business faring result of the attack so they endured? what will the recovery plan be and how will it work. we will work our way through and see the effects of the crisis. an interesting show and

. >> when french tourists are out and about in foreign countries, they like to -- well, complain. especially about the food. not just speaking from personal experience -- an official study by a travel website has just confirmed that most of the time, the grumbling is done in their native tongue because the french are also not renowned for their ability to speak other languages. you would think that would make them more sympathetic to foreign visitors who come to paris and have trouble finding their way around, but even though the french capital is known as the city of love, many of its residents do not show a lot of love to tourists. ♪ [camera shutter clicking] >> when newlyweds mr. and mrs. lee booked their honeymoon to the city of love, it was a dream come true. their friends had waxed lyrical about the wrench lifestyle in the lap of the gods -- the french lifestyle in the lap of the gods, so they were not expecting the rough tone of some of the locals, particularly those who work in the service industry. >> do you have sandwich? sandwich. you have everything -- >> two choices.

the estimate is if you do the french get -- if you look at french government bonds, where do you go inms of yield? 1.3% in france. a bit more room in italy. i am rounding up. probably a shock on the markets. actually 2.491. every dip counts. one point five percent achievable. u.s. treasury bond yields are 2.1%. how much more can bond yields dropped? >> one of the arguments is it markets more attractive. when you look at what janet yellen is talking about, compare that speech to the ones earlier this year. she was very clear about slack and spare capacity. .he had serious conviction a lot of people acknowledge janet yellen is starting to take a more middle ground. if you listen to the noise around jackson hole, september's meeting could be massive. you are looking for the potential of communications. particularly if rates won't rise. qe ends in october. at the end of the meeting we could see a change. >> the progress continues to be more rapid than anticipated. further increases could be more ifid. she did say conversely the goals remain italy since, the policy would be more -- remain e

for french bank bill apass. they dropped below analyst expectations. order russians are feeling a bite of western sanctions as well as 27,000 russian tourists are reportedly stranded abroad. this comes after the russian tour operator went bust over the weekend. and fluctuations for the ruble and what it called negative political and economic situation. at the same time though russian investigators stay they're looking into possible fraud. and general electric says it will invest $2 billion in africa between now and 2018. it includes a in facility to manufacture and assemble machinery in nigeria. africa has become ge's most promising region for growth. the announcement was made in connection to a summit that sees more than 40 african heads of state and government visit washington, d.c. that is the business for now. more news coming right up. stay with us. >> now to another man that know what's what's going on, james creed. >> good to see you, mark. >> starting with french politicians increasingly critical of israel's offensive in the gaza strip. >> that

>> a french fry. >> that's a french fry. >> i was smoking a french fry. >> he is smoking a french fry>> can you smoke a french fry? >> it's a plant, absolutely real. >> i think this is real. >> somebody took the time to smoke a french fry but i think it is real. >> he is still smoking it. >> what he was trying to do in this video was somehow try to explain why french fries are bad for you by smoking one. i think we already knew french fries aren't the best thing for you. smoking anything is bad, also. so it's real. >> we all agreed on one. >> nice. >> very nice. >>> last video. >> i mean, some people scare really easily. >> a lot of videos online of people doing this to other people. >> i think this is real. >> i say real, too, for sure. it is funny. >> it is funny and real. >> you don't think he is putting that on? >> i think he is probably more on edge. he has this room mate who scares him. >> i can watch this all day. >> it is real and i really think he needs to get a new room mate if it bothers him. >> i think it is fake. anybody can do that. >> watch this one. >> that is fake. >>

french companies are seeing their global market share shrinking ever further. the figures are sobering. last year, manufacturing shrank by 4.2%. unemployment remains doggedly high. the economy has seen no growth yet this year. some socialist politicians are blaming austerity measures demanded by the eu and championed by germany for making the situation worse. any economies argue france has dug itself into an economical. >> that is what economists say. we got this report from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> france is the most serious problem in the eurozone. that is the concern here. france has to become more competitive and productive and cut back the part the state lays in the nation's economy. whether a new government will be able to do that anytime soon while people are quite pessimistic on the frankfurt floor that that will happen. still, the share prices in frankfurt went up quite clearly. they hope the european central bank will act to prop up the european economy. remarks by mario draghi are being interpreted to that respect. >> in frankfurt, we can sta

where does this leave the french economy and the outlook for it? of course, these signals that president hollande wants to maintain his line of economic policy. he introduced a stability pact earlier this year to cut taxes for companies. that is starting to have an impact. as you see, the french gdp didn't grow in the past two quarters. from that, to abandon the deficit target for 2014, of course we will have to see who gets named finance minister and economic minister in this new team. that will determine whether hollande will change his line of policy. back to you. >> caroline connan on reporting from paris. let's broaden the conversation. hans nichols joins us from berlin. what does this mean for the rest of europe? thoughts about angela merkel and her policy in general very much at the center of what is going on in paris right now. >> it was at the center of what is going on in paris and also the center of some personally acrimonious comments toward the german government. if you think francois hollande's only goal is to spend more, to break the

asking french household to do more.he is planning 50 billion euros of spending cuts before the end. who isnomy minister responsible for the cap never shuffling says this was proof the current government policies are failing. we should be. maddock about trying to cut the deficit -- dogmatic about trying to cut the deficit. he was trying to offer an alternative. >> of my personal responsibility as the economy minister is the proposal alternate solutions. another path exists. other choices for france and europe. i have past few years, been tired by the president's actions. letters to notes and the head of the executive trying to convince him. president ofed the the republic to refuse the excessive measures that is damaging and weakening the economy. more than a cabinet reshuffle, it is a whole ideological debate that is offered not only in france but across europe. what sort of people are we going to see in this new government? who is out, who is in? hollande's popularity rating is at 16%. he really has to get this right,

gauge what's going on here and what the french people actually actually demonstrate. so we expect mr b. a lot different from. just. keeping an eye on it because these have turned nasty in the past. it was the first time i've worked in paris think it's the first time a foot in france. in the right place is this close you can get by rule the place of the block things over here and you can see a few people gathering it's. about forty five minutes before the march is supposed to close to take place. in terms of the popularity of the french president he's really is his numbers a sole source saw fall down i mean to you to. to the economy here they've really suffered whereas we've seen some kind of. well growth in countries like germany which seems some of the worst affected countries even level out and start to show signs of recovery. time after time again a business sector contracting and even even francois loans personal life wary being called out it seems having an affair some might say one of those french things ever . seem to have helped to ease his. woes when it comes

the huffington post, the french persian, is focusing on the comments of the french president yesterdayhe is focusing on battle efforts in iraq. the huffington post here says that france has finally put its foot down. it is taking some action and is trying to once again find its place on the international stage . >> another top stories russia's decision to ban agricultural products for many western countries. >> absolutely. let's start with this cartoon. you can see putin threatening europe on the top, saying, if you shanks in me i will retaliate. and then europe says, how will you behave if we don't sanction you? and putin says just as badly but it won't be retaliation. and here you can see the headline, russia's ban risks deeper isolation. what does this mean for the countries involved? here in france, the business paper does the math. what will this cost? exports of $1 billion in food products to russia, mainly meat, cheese, and apples. this could have an impact on the french economy and could spark a wider trade war. >> one of the questions is how it will impact russian consumers. >

the question is how do you address this economic crisis, how do you address the french economy. now if francois hollande has a plan, his pleef is that the priority is to make french businesses more competitive. so that end, francois hollande has announced this year a new economic policy depeered towards decreasing taxes for businesses, generally making for a more business friendly environment in the hope that businesses will then begin to hire them. that is the belief of francois hollande, that's his school of thought. other ministers and high profile members of the french political establishment believe on the contrary that the priority should be to help consumers, and depiff consumers more of a tax break, so you can boil it down to tax breaks for businesses or tax breaks for consumers. those are the two that are battling it out. but francois hollande has made it clear that any member of his new team will have to be fully supportive of hi economic views. >> ok, we'll be counting on you to keep us up to date as the names of the new government ministers are announced. the most re

so you've also said that you want to defend french interests in the case germany what are those french interests or chairman policies infringing upon. crystal let things be clear i am not a demand of this one make any sense i cannot be mad at germany for defending their interest i simply find that their interests are divergent from ours it is that simple i criticize the french leaders for not defending france's interests and for defending germany's interests for example in the case of the euro we can see that the euro was created for and by germany the euro is custom tailored but in a way that fits only germany and not any other country of the european union what would. i want something tailored for me and for this i want a national currency is specially since currency is a part of sovereignty that one currency one country this is the way that ninety five percent of the countries in the world function by the way if tomorrow we go back to our national currencies german marks would be overvalued compared to the euro our new francs would be devalued compared with the euro and went down fo

french fallout stories after the reshuffle. what next for the french economy? we will go to that conversation and the rich russians feeling the squeeze. of all speak to the ceo concierge service. are the russians changing their behavior? we will find out in a moment. >> no breakthrough. poroshenkotin and failed to --. a jump ining despite profit. u.k. housing markets are likely to cool. apparently matter. apple prepares its largest ever ipad. good morning to our viewers in europe. a warm welcome to those waking up in the united states. i am guy johnson. this is "the pulse." we are live in bloomberg costs european headquarters. -- bloomberg's european headquarters. two leaders tried to broker a deal in the conflict in russia and ukraine. talk about the progress. ukrainian president and longan president had a conversation yesterday, which lasted two hours and took place behind closed doors. the fact that they are talking is a good time. still, there has been no major breakthrough. both sides agreed to continue talking to each other and the next consultations will

talking to us about what is needed to reform the french economy. you. >> one word -- growth. thank you very much indeed. let's continue the conversation. the growth.ng about of course, we need growth. the question is, how do get growth? hear theteresting to conversation. talking that we needed amanda story in europe. she was obliquely preferring to germany i think. sheome ways, karine berger has a point. >> i do not think it resonates well in berlin. the message that a big part of the left in europe that is been in charge and what we have seen trestman a austerity politically but there is time. over campaigning on austerity. essentially, what is going on is the ecb is austerity. >> this is also about the reshuffle is about power and theyrity and making sure can communicate the message from the government is that it is a single voice and that's ultimately heard. onetheless, we are competing the reshuffle from an investor's point of view tells the government debt is in chaos that does not understand which way ford it is to go -- forward it needs to g

instead, what he did was join the french government. he became part of the french army. he resigned for a commission in the french army. now, there was a french official traveling through the back country of south carolina and georgia trying to drum up support among these alienated back country settlers who were so angry at washington and the federal government. they tried to drum up support to get them to go travel back down from florida -- from georgia but they wanted to do was travel back down from georgia. they were going to travel from georgia to -- let's go back one more. they were going to travel along the line of georgia, and they were going to go to florida where they were going to launch an expedition to take over florida with the support of the french. this is like a pie in the sky kind of raid. but this was enough for general elijah clark, who was this leader, this hero within the revolutionary -- with the revolutionary war. he was a hero in the aftermath as they fought against the indians, but here he was willing to leave his state and leave his country to t

they literally served under french command, war french uniforms -- wore french uniforms and acquitted themselves admirably. their experience and spoke to the challenges that african-americans faced when faced -- when serving an american military. serving under the french generated as far as providing bike soldiers with a different view of racial possibilities, that there were alternatives to what they were experiencing and had experienced in the united states. translated into the postwar period. >> some of the unsung heroes were native americans who served in the combat divisions, for example the 36th, which is out of oklahoma and texas. he had a number of native americans. we know about the novel code talkers in the second world war using codes to full japanese. actually, that dates to the first world war where the choctaw code talkers in 36 used telephones and use their own dialect and came up with some kind of gibberish messages that fooled the germans around the champagne sector. native americans were rewarded for their so-called service by getting naturalization after the war. >>

. >> what have the french papers had to say about the cease-fire? >> it is a major story in the french press, on the front page of "lef figaro." it says "gaza is in a pile of ruins." hamas and the israeli government have their work cut out for them. it says the israeli government is the master of ceremonies here and has the fate of palestinians in its hands. they have the power to put an end to the cycle of violence, "if only they decide to stop preferring the cost of a short-term war over the price of long-term peace." many french papers are very critical of the international community for failing to stop this conflict. this is another article in "le figaro," and it talks about a certain democratic lassitude -- diplomatic lassitude. another article, this time from "le monde," has harsh words for u.s. diplomats, likening them to u.s. -- to spectators watching from the sidelines. throughout the conflict, washington displayed its diplomatic powerlessness. it did not have a grip on the situation. >> what about the reaction to the resignation of the fir

it is on the french side.t was a town that had some status because it was part of -- it was one of the capitals of the region but still very small. dreamsable to have big in this town. this was his house. his parents were well-connected. when he was two years old, his father died and his mother was frederic and her son charles. she had great ambitions for them. she was educated and an admirer of the arts. she wrote a letter to one of his uncles when he was a little boy boy, whoi see in this is less than three years old, the signs of strong character and will. it is going to be a challenge to shape that will without breaking it, but i see the seeds of a man of great vision. that was kind of remarkable because it held through -- trooped through the rest of his life. it was interesting she saw it then. she decided the only way for him to make his mark on world in the same for his brother was to move him to paris. paris at the time was struck with turmoil. there were revolutions rolling through all the time. it wa

help stamp out caliphate ideology it's estimated that around seven hundred french nationals have gone to become the tourists in iraq and syria and that's raising concerns over what's in store when they come home you could see you in september eleventh two thousand won't look too few but. they concluded the troubles you had only nineteen terrorists to kill three thousand people imagine that now you have a case of four. people coming from western europe in training camps in syria. all of these people alone. could create an even deeper problem in may a french algerian jihadist armed with a kalashnikov shot dead four people in brussels jewish museum he'd recently returned from fighting alongside jihadists in syria these are generally young fighters they're young people they're radicalized through two ways simultaneously either they meet somebody through an internet shop forum or on the internet who is islamic radical first or they meet them in person first as a result of travel to some of these countries but there's also a third way and that's through france's prison system muslims are th

it is 1:00 in the french capital. a gaza cease-fire unravels. heavy fighting resumes hours after the truce came into effect. we get an update from our correspondent on the ground. libya's escalating violence forces thousands to flee. over 200 have been killed in the capital in the last month. the fighting prompting foreign governments to evacuate their citizens. fighting back against ebola. the world health organization announces a $100 million plan to tackle the deadly disease. but first, we begin in gaza where a fragile cease-fire has been breached. israel and hamas had breezed -- had agreed to a truce. became into effect at 8:00 local time this friday. hours after, fighting has resumed. reports say at least 27 were killed and 100 more injured according to medics. on the israeli side of the border, air raid sirens warning of rocket fire could be heard. the israeli military is reporting one of its soldiers has been kidnapped from the gaza strip. let's get an update for the chris standing by on the israeli-gaza border. what is the situation wher

. >> it was a french army but also a multi-colored 1. it brought together the french who had joined the general after the 18th of june 1940. it brought together the troops by the provisional government in algiers and above all there were the soldiers of the african army. >> and to those of you who have just joined us, here's a reminder of our top stories. tribal and religious leaders in iraq welcomed the resignation of prime minister. a new government will tackle the fight against islamic militants. they gave their green light to supply weapons to iraqi kurds. ahead of the self proclaimed region accuses ukraine stalling the arrival of a much-needed convey. and 15 african leaders pay tribute to hundreds of thousands of troops who launched the southern invasion and put an end to world war ii. and it's time for media watch and james is here with me in the studio. we start at the french commemorations of the southern landing that was 70 years ago. >> that take right. the defense ministry has been commemorating this all day long by live tweet

twenty is coming your way shortly including how more and more french citizens are joining the ranks of the jet harvests in iraq. those who want to get involved to stop isis in iraq are allied with isis in syria and we still should be doing everything we can to support the free syrian opposition we will continue to provide military assistance and advice to the iraqi government and kurdish forces as they battle these terrorists. please. i'm abby martin the stories we cover here are not going on here in iraq other big story the extreme mad wild eyed talkers a reason they don't want him to now nothing are important and the reason that we should be completely outraged now let's break the set. there's a media leave us so we leave that maybe. i will see push to secure the play your party there's a good. question is that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politicking only on our t.v. . welcome back to the program at least eleven people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on the interior ministry in the iraqi capital baghdad it comes as islam mixtap

now, also about french german, french american relations. there was, you know, general dugaulle had organized some of the french resistance and later the first french army, and he was very tough to deal with. so he had devised the uniform with the symbol from the part of france, lorraine, and so he had the cross of lorraine, and churchill had quipped, the hardest cross i have to bear is the cross of lorraine. now, how did it look for us. we -- our -- we had to get our vehicles and ourselves from bristol to south hampton, which was our launching city. and so the streets of southampton, every street, every alley was one vehicle with an inches from one inch to the next. we were completely overtaking over one city in england. a fairly large sized. and one of the observations i made in myself as well as in fellow soldiers, as you go to face danger, that you try to hold on to as much of your ordinary pattern of life as you can. and there was a striking symbol. parked right behind me was a jeep with a captain as a driver and occupant. and he looked

germany still feels that french politics are more than german xlits.te litigation, despite the fact that the gdp and unemployment figures are so much better in germany than they are in france. the german political class still feels that the french should be and are in charmg. that's a residue of the war and 150 years of german history, which we will not get over in the future years. >> all right. thank you so much for your time this morning. appreciate it. we're not as gloomy as i would expect. david marsh, co-founder of the official monetary financial institution forum and richard champion. >>> ukraine's prime minister is calling on g-7 nations to freeze russian assets as kiev again accused moscow of sending troops across the border. it dampened hopes of a peaceful meeting. the german chancellor has called vladimir putin for an explanation for the latest reports. meanwhile, t a fresh aid convoy could be headed for eastern ukraine as early as today. >>> and the fci is investigating reports of a wave of hackers, jpmorgan and at least four on other u.s.