french forces, french regiments as a rule have white uniforms. this is blue, bavarian blue and it translates as two ridges. it's a german-speaking regiment that is coming with rochambeau. the reason this regiment is chosen, rochambeau knew a number of men would die, would be discharged, and the idea was we .ould simply recruit hessians the hessians speak german already. they know the drill. .ransfer men it did not work, by the way. [laughter] there was a recruiting station in philadelphia by the time they get to new work. -- by the time they get to newport, more than half of them had deserted again with the enlistment bonus. here is the legion. a combined unit of 600 men, 300 grenadier's, 300 artillery, hundred fusiliers. they are off castle hill out here, separate from the main infantry. that happened throughout the campaign. the reason for that -- the reason is what? it is the only one that i know that had more men executed for murder and robbery than killed in battle. mine and yours is a difficult concept apparently to understand. on the other

is true about the french. frenchofficers, fur soldiers, if they had met a continental, it was on the other side of a muska bell -- mus ket bell. when they come over here, they expect something like a wonderful environment and habited by noble savages, which of course is not true at all. the american leadership to be full of ideals, to fight for life, liberty, and all the stuff. and of course, when they come over here what will the yankees tell them? complaint that money is the in otheramericans -- words, what happens in the first couple of months after the whenal of french forces, they are getting to know each , meeting reality and a more coherent and realistic image exists. by the way, this is not just getting to know each other, confined to humans. understanddid not french commands. [laughter] actually an entry where "left,"on is told "right," etc. in english because they were speaking french. the landing in rhode island started a continual learning process of getting to know each other. a process that will

the french improved newport's is. -- defenses. the newly arrived french officer describes the town's geography and excellent natural defenses. he said "the whole southern section of rhode island is nothing but marshy pools, hills, and boulders. consequently, it is easy to defend against an enemy who would be surprised when disembarking. in the interior of the island, there are several excellent positions for a small army. the southeast part of the island is a bottleneck and since it is not possible to land there except in several parties, one would never reach brenton point. it is here in this kind of code that the town of newport is situated sheltered by two islands. -- islands." he also talked about new construction made north of newport to fortify the town. this manuscript is one of two narratives acquired this past year by french officers who witnessed the yorktown campaign. after arriving in july 1780, the french forces remained at newport for a year before beginning their marched south. during this time, french officers had

we know the french government ordered the attack to be carried out by the french secret service , butwhat about the agent responsible for planting the bombs that sank the rainbow warrior? here in northern france, "sunday's those quote has tracked him down. -- "sunday" has tracked him down. city in the rain province. it is now home to colonel jean luc kister, a former head of the combat dive team of the french secret service. so you put both of the bombs on the hull yourself and set them. >> yes. yes, i was the team leader. ford the responsibility this part of the operations. surprisedmbers being when told of the plan to stop the rainbow warrior. >> for us, the members, we were engaged problem makers, but not very dangerous. we were amazed, that such an operation could happen. >> this was the time of the cold war with the soviets. >> we were told greenpeace, who was infiltrated by the kgb. this was the explanation given to us. >> jean luc kister has become a military cadet at just 17. a 1985, he was the captain in the combat dive team, highly trained professional soldier. so why was th

kershaw: i think if i was french and jewish or french and patriotic and had served in the resistance, they would be top of my list. that is a good question. i don't know why they were not hunted down. i know both of them were very aware they were marked men. they were very afraid to be tried in france. when they were brought to france, they knew it was going to be very serious. that is a good question. you would have to ask the same of the entire german nuclear physicist program. what happened to them? they put a man on the moon, basically. there were political considerations. the cold war had begun in 1945. we shook hands and danced with the russians in april of 1945. but that was the end of our so-called relationship. the cold war was really hotting up by 1946-1947, and we needed the cold war against communism in europe. west germany, we had to maintain that at all costs because without west germany, guess what? you don't have europe anymore. we did what we had to do to keep the germans happy, that included going easy on some of their senior ss officials. i think it is unforgivable.

some of these lands our lands the british and french fought over in the french and indian war, pontiac and a british thought about, and the american revolution, the desire for that land, british keeping settlers off the land, it is unlikely that would have saved part of the spanish empire but the spanish and particularly indians were not foolish in thinking that they would continue to be powers on the continent. you have what actually happened on your side. anybody else? >> do you see any parallels between this period of history and what happened later in the war of 1812? >> i end the book with the war of 1812 and another attack on pensacola, andrew jackson. by 1812, there are two sides to that, to the previous question. on the one hand, the british and spanish still very much there, creeks fighting against each other, efforts to build a stronger nation and alliance with other indians felt and it is still a complicated place where sovereignty is up in the air and the united states is much more powerful and becoming the nation we will see in the next decade. i will be around awhile long

it was protesting against french nuclear tests in the pacific ocean. a portuguese dutch photographer was killed as the ship sank. the incident sparked international outrage forced the french minister to resign. staying with that press conference from the french president, stephen carroll is with us. francois hollande also had some economic announcements to make during that press conference. andhen: he did announce income tax cut in 2016. it will affect 8 million french households to the cost of 2 billion euros. those will help low income workers mainly and aim to reduce the number of households that pay income tax in france to the same level they were in 2010. it has been rising steadily since. he also addressed the issue of how the tax cut be paid for. >> it will be done through cutting expenses. we cannot cut income taxes by raising other taxes. deficitt worsen our because we are trying to bring it down. 3.8% of gdp in 2015, 3.3% in 2016, that is our goal. that is my responsibility, so that in 2017 we will be under 3%. annette: he also touched on tha

it is not like french investigations -- investigators can go to syria. they have to investigate through witnesses that can be found abroad. one thing that is going to need to happen is that one of the suspects of these very serious crimes, the people involved in torture, would need to be in france in order to be arrested and brought to trial. laura: france clearly is maintaining a very tough line against the assad regime. given the extent of the allegations, what is your reaction when you hear what's going on at the u.n. this week? when you hear the u.s. president barack obama softening his tone toward the assad regime and possibly considering that assad might be able this day in power if the war in syria ends? subject toes are not statute of limitations. these are the most serious crimes in the world. these are not going to go away. there will be accountability for these crimes one day in one place or another, be it france or the icc or another local court, but there will be justice and these allocations -- allegations won't just go away. laura: thank y

anchor: a survey by french -- a french alps shows about -- a french channel shows about one third ofndentss are opposed to welcoming refugees. survey said they are in favor of more controls. deep divisions were apparent as french lawmakers came together to debate how to deal with the migrant crisis currently gripping europe. french prime minister manuel valls said the french government would never call into question the right to asylum, that that was a fundamental french value. however, he did stress several times that the external limits of the schengen zone, the zone which allows for free movement of peoples within several eu states, that that needs policing, and the only way to do that effectively was for the eu to come together and do it collectively to help out countries like hungary, greece, and easily. the french prime minister poured suggestionsosition that the schengen zone was dead and buried, effectively. right-wing politicians have been asking for france to step up checks on its own national borders, as germany has been doing. for the right-wing opposition. the socialist

this was 28 plus quite a few troops, plus the french planes and french tanks. at 5:45 the des -- these photographs were taken by the french aerial observer at the end of that. you'll see the village. this is from the east -- northeast looking back west, southwest. the americans would have attacked at this direction. you'll see the smoke still rising from the ruins. you can't quite see it here. the clarity is amazing. you can zoom in and see there's not a single untouched building in the entire village. one of the americans, not a single wall withstanding. up at the top another photograph. down here the photograph of the village ruin after the battle and you would see what it looked like. it was just charred landscape. there are no none photographs of the first wave over the top. it's on the cover of my book. that is actually the second wave going over the top. these are more pictures of the attack. this is the only close-up that i ever found going forward across no man's land. it's not identified, but given the fact that the tanks to the left, i'm guessing is c

speaking earlier today on french radio, the french minister jean-yves le drian said airstrikes would begin in the coming weeks. informationllecting on specific goals. carry oute ready to airstrikes and to make the autonomous decisions needed in such situations. >> in the next days, hours, weeks? >> in the coming weeks. they need to be carried out against an enemy, the islamic state group, that is threatening us. genie: flash floods in the western u.s. state of utah have left at least 16 dead. 10 children were among the victims when they were swept away in what was described as a wall of water. four more people are still missing. catherine clifford reports on the floods that hit hardest in the secluded community of hildale. vehicle! oh, no! >> virginia black capture the moment does co-vehicles were swept away in violent flash floods. inside were two women and 13 children. only three children survived. >> i have children. i am a mother. it is hard. hard for the whole community because they were quite close. close to each other. >> hundreds of meters downstream, several teenagers witnes

and french president francois strikes said french air islamic state group in syria are necessary.t will be discussed later today in the french parliament. time now for the day's business news with stephen carroll. you will start with the frankfurt motor show where things are looking up for the european car market. stephen: a bit of good news for european car market -- car manufacturers figures show that figures -- that sales rose by 11.5%. decisions are up by almost 9%. -- new registrations are up by almost 9%. this is open to offset fears over a slowdown in chinese sales. we spoke to paul wilcox. he told us from the frankfurt motor show what his view of the european car record is. paul: the market is very strong. western europe has seen a good recovery. it is being led by market with strong recovery in southern europe. stephen: is europe the area we ford be looking at carmakers, whereas in the past we had looked at china and emerging economies? if you're going to be the driver for growth for you? -- is europe going to be the driver for growth for you? paul: we have to be very cau

the french are determined just to be squatters, he concluded. unlike most squatters they will become owners. the middle east populations thought they'd been promised independence and the tutelage. there was a rising in iraq in the spring of 1920. and in damascus, syrian nationalists proclaim independence and elected faysal king. the allies alarmed patched up the quarrels and came to terms. in april 1920 britain and france met and confirmed the carved up agreed in 1916. britain been sent herbert samuel to palestine as high commissioner, still climbing international authority for the mandate it had written. but france had given up on the idea of an arab state. and once they could shift troops from north africa attacked faysal's army and forced them out of syria. this is the general. british officials who i thought to the war with faysal felt a bit bad about that. in 1921 they engineered his coronation as king of iraq. that league was not consulted about much of me this and didn't oversee. just looked up into the mandate system wasn't clear. the in

majority of the french are against taking in more immigrants.hey are relatively afraid of the consequences that could happen in terms of security. guy: what does he say on that today? he has this issue of unemployment and migration he pushed by the germans. to stand shoulder to shoulder on the migration story. looking at domestic politics, how does he cope with that? >> a logical way to do it is for him to say that he is the head of the country, it is a massive crisis, he needs to deal with that. he is doing it together with his german partner. as their notit being a choice for him to deal with this crisis. guy: he is above the politics. we will bring you more of that coverage of that press conference throughout the morning. it starts at 10:00 a.m. u.k. time. headg up on countdown, i of that, a dramatic week for the central banks. tosia's central bank is due make a decision on freddie gray new zealand, peru, and malaysia to mention just a few also out this week area we will have a look ahead at the macro story v. we will take a break. we will se

the french impounded american ships, too. the united states wasn't getting a lot of respect around the world. to put a finer point on it, about an hour ago sailing up on the sailing ship the eagle by the united states coast guard. it's docked at the inner harbor. i was talking to a couple of coast guard admirals. we were looking at the american flag waving off the fan tail of the ship. he what's really powerful, especially for you veterans who have been in the coast guard or navy especially, that when you're on an american vessel at sea, that's american soil. it should be respected. the flag stands for that. well, what is it here in these early days of the young united states, where these vessels could be stopped at will by the british and people taken off? cargo impounded. even though we are neutral. the flag wasn't getting any respect. and the flag wasn't getting respect, did it mean anything? this is what's going through the people's minds at the time. so there was a drumbeat. maybe we should declare war against the britis

we're going to finish with a story of three french actors, two french first ladies and one darth vader. it's all the beginning of a bad joke. this story refers to a charity event organized on a trading floor here friday. for one day, the actors and three french first ladies went to bat. they pledged to give all the proceeds to charity. it was organized this friday to commemorate the victims of the 9/11 attacks in the united states. and darth vader -- what he was there for is a little bit bond -- beyond me. maybe to pitch in? it's beyond me. >> terrified, aren't you? >> no. >> you know what vader is called in french? dark vader.8úxúÑ÷p÷999Ñówçç 09/11/15 09/11/15 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! aren this vote, the ayes 58, nays are 52, 3 fit sore not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. in a major victory for president obama, senate democrats block an effort to kill the iranian nuclear deal. we will speak with the national iranian american council. and his turkey on the verge of civil war?

the french president has announced his intention to reform the french labor code. his stated aim is to make it easier to hire and do business in france. it has been welcomed by french companies, but trade unions are not so sure. pages,uns to over 3500 the french labor law, detailed for some, over comp located others. francois hollande declaring he wants it to be signified without damaging the protection it offers french workers. >> were going to broadly open the field of social dialogue between workers and employers. trust me, at the end of this process, what we call the labor law will be not just measured in the number of its pages but will be adapted to the needs of business. >> the plan is to facilitate negotiations between employee and employer on working hours, wages, working conditions, and the job itself. a signification broadly welcomed by employee groups who say the labor market's rigidity hurts their ability to hire. law covers an abundance of themes. too many. it has stifled initiative in the work lays. it allows the different actors directly concerned t

french money and french weapons sustained washington's army from start to finish. vergennes' policy is fascinating because it was successful to the success of the revolution. it was also one of the most disastrous decisions of modern international history. contrary to his hopes and expectations, the war did not seriously weaken great britain. it did not enhance france's geopolitical situation. it did not bring the u.s. into the french trading orbit. what it did was provoke a profound budgetary crisis that would lead to the summoning of the states general, the outbreak of the french revolution and the destruction of the french monarchy. bad decision. among all the ironies here, one of the richest and the least remarked upon is this. the prophecy that he unfurled before the british proved to be so much closer to the truth than the geopolitical expectations that he thought to conceal. they had blown the mercantile dam to pieces. in his lie, he foresaw the truth. independence would inexorably produce a mighty spirit power whose transnational reach would undo european e

[speaking french] i [speaking french] [speaking french] >> and, of course, one of things we have letre very proud of is our child, maternal and newborn health initiative. we have been able to assemble an international coalition of countries, international organizations, private foundations to, frankly often with minimal investment to dramatically reduce child and maternal mortality in the developing world. this is something as canadians, we are a very wealthy country, it's something we can do. we know it's effective and we provide a doing a. i know with lots of meats over on but it is in our broader interest that we help people around the world when we can and let me know that aid will actually be used responsibly and effectively and that's what we always committed to. >> vista mulcaire, please join. [speaking french] [speaking french] >> translator: this government does a very general health services, but we want to write -- >> you can't unite the range of country after independence and third party organizations, ngos that we have and get into that kind of a debate. you need to conc

but french money and french weapons sustained washington's army from start to finish. his policies are fascinating that only because it was critical to the success of the american revolution, it is also fascinating because it was one of the most disastrous decisions of modern international history. contrary to his hopes and his expectations, award or not we can great britain. it did not enhance france's geopolitical situation. and it did not lower the united states into the french trading orbit. what it did do was provoke a profound budgetary crisis that would lead to the summoning of the state generals and the destruction of the state -- french monarchy. that decision. among all the ironies here, one of the richest and least remarked upon is this -- the prophecy that he unfurled before the credulous -- proved to be so much closer to the troop -- truth than what you thought -- sought to conceal. they had blown into pieces. and in his life, -- party may, in his lie, he foresaw a truth. -- pardon me, in his lie, he foresaw a truth. and initially, that would happen to the

molly: we have a french football team that is offering to help. flo: the paris football team is following in the footsteps of munich and real madrid. i am saying it with a french accent. the spanish team and the german team. they have found to give one million euros to the united nations high commissioner for refugees, and the french nonprofit. this is the sports daily in france, where you can see this official handing over a shoe to the syrian refugees. but it is not just any shoe. 't is one of the star players shoe. the refugee is saying this is not one million euros, this is a shoe. and the officials are saying we will give you this shoe and we will give you the other shoe later, but we thought it would be too much to give you both at the same time. 80 teams are involved in the season's european league. the champions league has agreed to give one euro for each ticket for their home game to be donated to the refugee crisis. i guess football teams are coming out to help, proof that they are not just a much of -- a bunch of self making moneymaking

genie: let's focus on french politics. shuou do not know who alan pay is a career politician, the mayor of bordeaux, who now has his eye on the presidency. flo: he has been around since the 1980's. a former prime minister former foreign minister as well. the 70-year-old plans to stay around a little bit longer, and he wants to represent his party. of months, heuple has really seen a rise in popularity. this is a concern for the leader -- perhaps everyone thinks he wants to run for president again. if we go back to the front page, let's look at it here it it ofks about the rise to power a senior citizen. we take a look at the front page again. you can see him here looking quite old, a flattering photo for him. he says he is pushing sarkozy's buttons as he rises in popularity. genie: an editorial that is so great and so french, comparing these two men as if they were competing wines. flo: it is quite fitting that they compare him to a bottle of wine. they say nicholas sarkozy is like a heavy red wine that leaves stains, perh

john seidel in paris was fluent in french and married a french woman and was very good at diplomacy. he had worked his way into napoleon the third's court and did a lot to advance the interest of the confederacy. james mason in london was not as effective or quite as diplomatic but both of them had reason to believe that sooner or later the great powers of europe are going to recognize the south. they would put aside whatever moral qualms they or their public had and recognize the south to end the war out of humanitarian concerns and out and also out of concern of king cotton. they had to have the cotton from the south. they were they were supplying 80% of the world cotton and the economies of britain and much of europe depended on cotton. it wasn't just businessmen but the fear of social revolution a massive unemployment. there was real real concern that the longest this war went on, the more danger europe, economically and socially, would would be in. >> well, you know, benjamin served in the senate with william stewart. they they were both senators together. on one evening, benjam

a french drugmaker has received the green light from the commission. the company will now be able to market within the 28member block. it was approved by the f.d.a. in the united states back in july. and another has announced it will buy a majority stake in low tut formula one. news of the acquisition has come as welcome news for lotus. they are facing legal action in the u.k. or unpaid taxes. it's been supplying engines to formula one for years. now it was a busy weekend for the indian prime minister. during a visit to silicon valley, he met with the biggest names in the tech industry. the prime minister was in the region to draw on support for his digital india initiative. reporter: the first visit to the u.s. west coast by an indian prime minister in over 30 years. he was given a warm welcome in silicon valley, home to many of the u.s.'s big tech companies and indian. the prime minister hopes to attract foreign investors and get millions for indians online which he dubs digital india. >> it has a world of opportunities for you. the talents of many,

about 130 french companies wrapped up a two day visit in which the french opened the first major trade office in teheran as well leaving the charge of european countries vying for the share of the iranian market. companies including agriculture and luxury goods. it lucrative share of the market dwindles. the reputation is being criticized because of their tough stance on the nuclear talks and companies like persia have taken a hard hit here. they have roughly departed in 2012 because of the sanctions leaving their iranian partner which is the largest car manufacturer and state owned company here in the lurch. now that iran's fortunes have reversed with this nuclear deal, companies like persia face stiff competition from volkswagen and daimler and even american companies that corner the market because they're so popular. the french got a foot in the door before everybody else in the hospitality industry. they opened the two hotels near the main airport and they want to expand their hotel business in the country. they're the first people to do so. wilfred. >> ali, thanks for that. now fo

how nice the french were to us. i mean, we -- i mean, everybody has been treating us amazing. >> everybody says my family rides that train all the time. i've been on the train all the time. it's a popular route, from paris to amsterdam. it's kind of humbling. i'm not in the military. so when tons of high-ranking people come you wiup to congrat me, and a lifetime of combat, that is very humbling for me. >> how about you spencer? >> for me, it's the same. i had this moment where this little girl was asking me like if i could fly and things like that. and that literally made me melt. and i'm like oh, my god, i'm these kids' heroes, just appreciation from everybody, people on the train, what do they have to be appreciating us for, but it's true. >> was it true your nickname was captain america before this? >> i don't like to -- but yes, it is. >> way to live up to your nickname. what was it like telling your parents for the first time? >> i didn't get ahold of my parents for a while. i tried to call my mom and dad. my l

if only she were french. they are especially a fan of her economic policy and say she is at the head of a flourishing economy, and is the world's most powerful woman. hoping she would be the leader of france, but let's go back to france's response to the migrant crisis. the president announced france the president announced france will be welcoming some 24,000 ÷waú ♪ on saturday, the 14th of december, 1799, george washington-- one of the founding fathers of the united states of america-- lay dying. a couple of days earlier, he had been out riding in cold and wet weather. he developed a sore throat. early on the saturday morning, he said to his wife, "i am feeling very ill." within hours, his personal physicians had arrived-- the finest in the country, the best money could buy. they had all sorts of suggestions

they want the french government to help them make french produce more competitive on european marketsd they will be taking the message as well to brussels next week. >> still to come here on al jazeera. crisis talks in columbia, as venezuela deports more than a thousand people after a border dispute. ♪ >> the show's called "third rail". we'll be talking about topics that you wouldn't ordinarily touch. people are gonna be challenged, we're not gonna take sides... an approach that treats every single player in a particular story equally. it's something fresh and something new. ♪ >>> hello again, the top stories here on al jazeera. a train carrying refugees from budapest's main train station has been stopped by riot police. chaotic scenes with families lying on the tracks, fearing they would be taken to camps. they were hoping to go to austria. >>> an overcrowded boat carrying 70 people has capsized off of the malaysian coast. it went down in bad weather. at least 15 people are reported to have drowned. >>> and china's president has announced he will cut the army by 300,000 soldiers. we

in english with a a french accent. >> yep. [ french accent ] >> jimmy: which is very tricky. talking like on the wire. i could never have made it. >> sounds exactly like -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it does not, but man, you're so believable and fantastic. >> thank you, man. thank you. >> jimmy: oh my gosh. this guy is just an artist. he's a wire walker. is that what you would call him? >> yeah, well, that's exactly it. you know, he's half a brilliant artist and half completely out of his mind. >> jimmy: yeah. how would you come up with this idea? you go, "oh, i wanna walk on a a wire across the twin towers." >> exactly. >> jimmy: you know you can't get permission. >> but that's the thing. is we all have these things in our life that are impossible. we know we can't do them, but isn't it great when you really try to do them, anyway? and that's why i find him inspiring. 'cause he's not a superhero. he's not, like, you know, magical in any way. he was a real person, and he had this dream, and it was impossible but he did it. and i love making a movie out of that. that's the kind o

>> robert morris paid the salaries of the french, the french troops won the battle of york town. we didn't have any engineers and they won the battle. washington was a commander. would we have won the war without the french? e but it would have taken a lot longer. by the way the french bankrupted themselves in supporting us in money and troops and you can say the french revolution is in part a function of the debt that they approved that forces the king to call the state general and when they call the estate general all hello breaks loose in france so the french revolution is caused by the friendship that occurred our expense and one of the reasons franklin versus the notion that we are going to sign a separate treaty without the french even though he thinks we owe so much to them. by paying the salaries, no. >> my name is greg wilker. washington is close with jay but then it becomes part of the democratic republican. >> they don't call them that. it's in the textbook and it's wrong. republican ticket on call it democratic republic of the till 1860. >> is a reason why he joins th

the first one is that french economic growth is not solid at this change.d a flat gdp in the second quarter and the second reason is that 2016 will be the last of full fiscal year before the presidential election and the french president cannot afford any strong austerity policy if he wants to stand election in 2017. >> also the trial of two uber executives accused of criminal violations in the country. they face charges on counts including deceptive commercial practices. this comes after the french government passed a law banning it's uber pop service in the nation. the u.k. could be cracking down on the app as u.k.'s transport body is set to propose a series of new rules that could impact it's business in the nation. stay tuned we'll be live from the trial in central paris coming up in the next hour. >> how much would you bid for the original green back? one lucky investor could walk away with this extremely rare collectible item later on today but for a very hefty price tag. >> they say a dollar isn't worth what it used to be unless it's america's first

they areartners with a french group to decommission the facility. they will focus on decontaminating areas around the vessel. the toughest challenge will be removing lots of nuclear fuel. the fuel is extremely radio active. they plan to get technical help from the alternative energies and atomic energy commission, or ced. it's funded by the french government with expertise of disabling reactors and fuel reprocessing facilities. under the agreement, the cea will use remot controlled robots that can withstand radiation levels and train workers. they will provide cea with data for the decommissioning process,

how nice the french were to us. we -- i mean, everybody has been treating us amazing. >> everybody says my family rides that train all the time. i've been on the train all the time. it's a popular route, from paris to amsterdam. it's kind of humbling. i'm not in the military. so when tons of high-ranking people come you wiup to congrat me, and a lifetime of combat, that is very humbling for me. >> how about you spencer? >> for me, it's the same. i had this moment where this little girl was asking me like if i could fly and things like that. and that literally made me melt. and i'm like oh, my god, i'm these kids' heroes, just appreciation from everybody, people on the train, what do they have to be appreciating us for, but it's true. >> was it true your nickname was captain america before this? >> i don't like to -- but yes, it is. >> way to live up to your nickname. what was it like telling your parents for the first time? >> i didn't get ahold of my parents for a while. i tried to call my mom and dad. my little br

we are seeing that as french pmi is beating expectations. companiese on the oil today. .3%, but over a two day trajectory it has been painful but we have been seeing. back and theally front and center of invested minds this morning. we see china, their manufacturing data missing. contractionhere was for the sixth straight month in china. let's look at how glencorp opens up. again on, volkswagen the downside. the chief executive looks at his fate later today. auto currently lower -- mark: third year of decline for volkswagen. french manufacturing is going -- growing once again. you planarian september figure. the estimate was 48.6, the previous figure 48.3. of 51.4, which is up from 50.2, it is not all good news because private sector employment is declining at the fastest pace in 10 months. factory orders fell also, so the economic recovery in france remains lackluster, you would have to say. let's go over to david inglis in hong kong. david: high mark, a good morning mark, good morning to you. think started slowly, then midmorning we got th

>> madam lynch was fond of things like french couture? >> yes.usiness. i tried to put this in a light i can be enthusiastic about, like how clearly forward-thinking my relatives were. his customers were a hat maker, the very people that treated madam lynch with utter contempt, did they live in the old colonial homes, the mansions we see still? >> yes. >> times were changing in south america too, in those days. society ladies craved the latest in french fashion. there was money to be made. ah, i'm bummed. >> after this episode with the new bordeaux group came a triple alliance war. >> he died in 1858. >> yes. it was a good time to die, because this way he didn't have to join this horrible war. >> he missed the war? >> yes. the old lopez died. the young lopez got in power. >> our man becomes president? >> yes, francisco lopez. >> absolutely the most maniacal, megalomaniacal. piss pot dictator. >> you are right. >> he was unkind to his siblings. >> his two brothers were tortured and killed. his sisters were jailed in tiger cages. >> tiger cages. >>

this is a huge story in the french press as well. i picked out one article which says this is a blow for volkswagen but it's also a blow for the clean diesel label in general. can they be trusted after this scandal? >> there are big repercussions. focusing on the situation in syria and there is a meeting with vladimir putin and benjamin netanyahu. >> it is getting attention in the russian press. there is a photo of that meeting. papers areer wondering what russia is up to in syria and white they are boosting their naval base -- and why they are boosting their naval base. article,k at another it also wonders where vladimir putin is leading the middle east beyond his clear goal of saving syrian president asaad. the u.s. papers are keeping a close eye on syria? >> there is a photograph of that meeting on the front page of "the wall street journal." it is focusing on how russia is teaming up with iran. they are talking about the syrian allies are coordinating several high-profile meetings including secret meetings that have taken place b

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the french bankrupted us.the french revolution is in part a function of the debt that they accrued that forces them to call the estates general and all hell breaks loose. for very long time he resist the notion that are going to have a separate treaty but paying the salary. >> my name is greg walker. close in washington and hamilton during the constitution to the constitutional convention the venue because part of the democratic republican. >> it's in the textbook and wrong. as republican. they don't call it in fredericton differently to 60s. >> there are people to disagree about this. no one answer is jefferson comes back from paris and become secretary of state. madison bows down. it goes from the federal victims. >> the ability there. >> it takes a woman to see this is a noble thing. but he actually starts his conversion before jefferson. he has tohe has to run for office in virginia, and they gerrymandered the district. in the campaign he has to promise things to elected like i'm not going to allow them to

in the french capital. is -- is leaking out -- officials are saying the situation is on the verge of an explosion. in the meantime, as france agreed to accept 24,000 more refugees, the plight of minority communities is in the spotlight here in paris this tuesday. at least 12 turkish police officers have been killed in the bomb attacks on a minibus in an eastern province, coming amid a surge environment -- a surge of violence. a massive aerial campaign has been launched against the pkk militant group. to our top story, and the greek government and the u.n. refugee agency, brought in extra vessels to do with the 25,000 migrants. are saying the situation is on the verge of an explosion. in the meantime, another 7000 syrian refugees also turned up late monday in macedonia. this as the european commission juncker,, jean-claude has vowed to help in the migrant crisis. -- takinge been taken a land route through the balkans in recent weeks. >> 15,000 migrants and refugees on the greek island of lesbos, headed for t

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the french budget, the french budget is out of that time. are we going to get below 3%?hat would make brussels and berlin happy on the budget deficit side of things. we understand that that could be the case 2017. later on, at 8:55 u.k. time, we get cpi time. havet 9:30 u.k. time, we -- technically not the blue book. it comes out later, some confusion surrounding this. but we are going to get some revision data for previous years, and terms of gdp which could upgrade the story. at 10:00.d cpi data willew york fed president speak, and janet will speak this evening. bullard will james be addressing the policy conference at 8 p.m. u.k. time. the market will be paying attention to that, as ever. let us shift gears and talk cars again, this time not volkswagen. but suvs and tesla. they have not gone together. telsla has finally delivered six of them. a big unveiling in california overnight. let's get more on the model x. caroline hyde is here. middle of the night california time, we have six delivered? caroline: suddenly, we start to see the first one delivered. they were unv