french fleet. on 12 july, the marine committee wrote that some transports would be dispatched immediately with water and some barrels of right and flour and jeremiah wadsworth had orders to collect 50 blocks and 700 sheets as well as vegetables and poultry near shrewsbury new jersey that would be accessible to the fleet outside of sandy hook where it was watching the british fleet inside the hook. in the meantime, john hooker was assigned to be agent for the french navy and the two men work together to procure this get and flour for the fleet. he then ordered his flight to rhode island to cooperate with the american full-service -- american forces and general sullivan appeared the french fleet weighed anchor on the third of july, too soon for the prevention's -- the provisions to arrive. system commissary general had succeeded in sending onboard the fleet 50 head of cattle but had not been able to procure sheep and entry. notice sullivan received with the possibility of cooperating with the french

the french fleet. this had the very real potential to end the alliance. cooler heads prevailed and the american and french officials did their best. it was quickly agreed british sailors must beers possible for the incident. any anger was directed against their enemy. the riot was all but forgotten. this is a look first to examine the official explanation to see if british sailors were to blame. if it turns out there were not, it follows the townspeople of boston must have assaulted the bakers. the question that follows is why? since no one was charged, it's impossible to say who wads responsible. the circumstances provide several clues. the first is the lack of evidence against the british sailors. today after the riot, general he stated some of the hands belonging to the privateer are suspected of being concerned in the riot. he was booked to grab to this explanation as a way to avoid further conflict, agreeing some sailors have provided suitable instruments. heath is trying to distance any americans

french citizens -- can france kill french citizens fighting jihad in syria? genie: let's talk a bit about french politics. nicholas sarkozy is on the cover. >> a very inaccurate allen -- machiavellian pose. they are calling him "the cleaner upper" and it french it has kind of a gangster connotation, the eliminator perhaps. he wants to eliminate his rivals and according to their paper, he is very much on the campaign trail although he has not made it official. mistaken, when the battle starts you will see i have not changed," is a quote from him. genie: he has to get rid of several lawsuit. >> >> for decades, world leaders have struggled to reduce carbon emissions. the result is a vast and complicated system in which pollution has become a commodity. and the carbon credits have

on, a french press agency is reporting french airstrikes in syria might have killed french jihadists. there has been no official confirmation from the defense ministry. it is understood french strikes on friday targeted a training camp for islamic state militants. it is the second time french jets have targeted i.s. c amps in syria. on a visit, the prime minister questioned whether the strikes have targeted french nationals but refused to confirm. joining us is our specialist on jihadists. we have not had confirmation from the french government of this. >> it has been a contradiction because official sources said french jihadis were targeted. the ministry of defense did not confirm it, as you just said. you should know the first strike that targeted islamic state militants in syria was made against a camp created and monitored by the french jihadi. this is what we should point out . where they targeted, yes or no? anchor: if they are targeting french nationals, this would not be the first time a country has employed such procedures. >> it is not the first time. regarding europe, brita

so the french orders that the french art -- artillery goes defend the south and can't be used for the south. we need these guns. they agree, we'll stay but we'll only stay for the first hour of the battle. most of the big guns will then leave the sector after the americans reach the objective. that's critical specially given how much that operations plan had emphasized the role of the french artillery. now the americans are going to hopefully reach objectives and exposed and the french guns are going to be gone. so may 28th, all -- all of the companies, the 28th, i was to emphasize this was a task organization. added to it there were three machine gun companies. they had a company of engineers, they had a full battalion of the 18th in reserve. one in front line near company a. this was 28 plus quite a few troops plus the french tank battalion. 5:45 the destructive bombard bombardment. these photographs were taken at the end of that, toward the end. you'll see the village. this is from the east, northeast looking back west, southwest. the americans would have attacked this direction. a

the french riviera in mou nowrning, and the question is, why has this been so extreme? too much property developments along the french riviera and on the other hand, is it global warming that is really having an effect? the cartoon does some of the talking. on a, you can see a bloke pont saying,du hang on, the rescue services are coming. those people are hanging onto a billboard of cop 21, the big paris climate conference coming. that conference is all about trying to save the planet with all these climate control issues . the message for me from that cartoon is, it is very much too late, the emergency is now, not in the future. let's look at the front page of theoç%ÑÑññççç >> hello. i'm john cleese. i think we all know that music, aside from the pure pleasure of it, sometimes has a transcendent power. what is called "sacred music" seems universally to be a form of prayer. so, settle back, take a long deep breath as we join our host, phil cousineau, on this musical, soul-rendering episode of "global spirit," the first internal travel series. >> tonight, we are proud

molly: what are we seeing concerning french politics? flo: marine le pen is excited about the news coming out of a science school here in france. like all universities, and has a bunch of clubs, including political clubs. up until now, most major political parties had a club except for the national front, but that has changed this week. yesterday the national front was officially recognized in order to be carry out that on campus, etc. Ñ÷p÷999Ñówççññññññññññ >> [tuning kamancheh]

the french authorities are in a difficult position. issue and theegal political context where the far right is obviously having a field day by saying those people are invading our country. there is no place to welcome or shelter them. so we have to get rid of them. the government is in a difficult position. theill have to see what minister will say when he gets there this afternoon. a surpriseis made visit to jerusalem. increasing violence between israelis and palestinians has been going on for weeks now. he met with the israeli prime minister yesterday and held a press conference with the palestinian president. frustrationand the that comes from europe's dashed hopes. and the establishment of a political state. it is hard on neighbors. onhor: restoration work tutankhamen is now underway. maskeard of that golden accidentally broke off last year. reporter: his face is one of the most recognizable in the world. he is now getting a much needed facelift. face was knocked off last year. experts now say restoration is under work. [indiscerni

>> i'm going to start. [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] >> of course one of the things we have led on, we're very proud of, is our child, maternal, and newborn health initiative. we have been able to assemble an international coalition of countries and private foundations, frankly with often minimal investment, to dramatically reduce child and maternal mortality in the developing world. this is something as canadians, we're a very wealthy country, we know we can do. it's effective, and we're very proud of doing it. we have needs of our own but it is in our broader interests to help people around the world when we can and when we know that aid will be used responsibly and effectively. that's what we're committed to. >> mr. mulcair? [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] >> translator: this government does very general health services. but we want to -- >> you can't go out in the world and unite the range of countries that we have, and the ngos that we have, and get into that kind of debate. you need to get to it on things that unite peop

gone it had to be an anglo-french system. yes. >> iraq got its independence in the '30s. syria and lebanon sometime in the '40s. >> yeah. >> would it be fair to say that the mandated territories got their independence before most other colonial areas? >> that's a good question. i think you probably can't say that as a rule. i mean, it's morer the tomorrow, if you -- territorial, if you see what i mean. the middle east territories moved to independence kind of in lockstep x that independence -- and that independence was brought about, essentially -- not iraq, which is a different case, but for the rest of them, by the cataclysm of the war. and in africa, the mandated territories became independent basically on the same time frame as the other colonial territories in africa. western samoa is a bit of an exception. it's a very interesting little place. if one were to say, you know, what should have been a state in 99, my vote -- 1919, my vote would have been western western samoa. it was the first pacific territory to move to in

french president. oliver: the social conference takes place today. the agenda to adapt employment to the new digital reality. paris conference on climate change and a number of more arcane aspects of french labored legislation. the right-leaning is the standing opinion says there's nothing on the agenda about the main subjects of modernization such as making the labor market more flexible or pension reform. paper says we can expect no results from this conference that is "a high mast for nothing." thatl in the public thinks francois hollande's gathering is pointless. the left-wing cgt trade union will not be attending. why his union is boycotting the congress, ever since the air france affair, executives were roughed up in public fashion by workers. necessary tos sound the alarm adding that with , the litanyn-in-law f loss favoring redundancies -- it is time to stop pleasing the boxes. -- the bosses. genie: is a social referendum for unity of the left. what does that mean? oliver: it took place at a so

the famous french revolution. the country is clearly going a period of democratic distress according to the paper. an exhaustion and it is time to wake up. on onetingly, it focuses art form in particular, an art rebellion and revolt that is hip-hop and comes back of french hip-hop hey were angry and had a very political message but these days hip-hop has lost the rebellious rap groups are mainly involved in making people dance making them ch think. anchor: ok. interesting. a story about a football player and doll. eporter: this is the german in the german r papers. we will look at the acncng.@úqñ [loud engine running] >> sir, sorry to--to bother you, here, um, are you aware, in the city of new york, you can't have your engine idling in your truck for more than 3 minutes? >> aw, man, come on, man. you're a pain in the ass, man. >> i'd like to have you shut your engine off. you can't have it on for more than 3 minutes in the city of new york, and i'm looking out for the better environment for our neighborhood. >> m

mean for french identity.hey interviewed a woman who is the head of a very prestigious research center. she specialized in immigration. she says what is interesting is the jobs that migrants want. they are jobs that don't interest french nationals these days. jobs in construction, restoration, working with old people. we need these migrants and their dynamic force. our future.cial for she concludes with a message for all of europe. she says a closed continent is a dead continent. thathat's interesting is many migrants are reporting that actually they aren't very attracted i france. they find france very, located terms of bureaucracy, high unemployment. and then there are rumors that french society is quite seen a phobic. -- xenophobic. --ie: one french philosopher trending on the turf of the far right. flo: that's right. he is traditionally known as being quite a leftist philosopher. he is an atheist. famous for promoting hedonism and anarchism. but he has been grabbing headlines recently for trading on the tu

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let's go to the french press about this story. the front page of one paper is slamming down a red card. thatadlines there, it says he is a legend for the french. he is part of the european championship team in 1984, which won for france. he has won 3 -- he is a superhero. of manuel support valls, the prime minister, and the vast majority of people in france. but what people are forgetting is that he has not given a convincing explanation into why he took 1.8 million euros in 2011 from his enemy, sepp blatter. no explanation for that. the french press generally is suggesting that platini has been dealt a blow below the belt. let's look at a front page. fifa gates -- you can see a picture of sepp blatter blessing the back of platini. the french press saying that events thursday -- one of the that this whole media coverage is only just beginning. can you believe that? we have been saying it for weeks now. let me send in a cartoon. is life better elsewhere perhaps on mars? this is a cartoon in "usa today," the international condition

the french prime minister backs the management at air france after striking workers storm ripsa boardeeting and the shirts off their bosses. you, a courtp for thesion that will change way facebook and google manage personal information of european citizens. we will take a look at teachers in ghana who have swapped their blackboards and chock -- chalk for a more 21st century approach. but first, our top story. first, turkey, the united states, and nato are warning from turkishy away airspace. speaking this morning, nato secretary-general said the move does not look like an accident. >> nato allies expressed strong solidarity with turkey. they condemned the russian violations over nato wears raise -- airspace. i call on russia to avoid escalating tensions with the alliance. rush of must de -- russia must s military in the area. i'm also concerned that russia is not targeting isil. anchor: nato was calling on russia to stop the airstrikes it started a week ago, saying they are making a bad situation worse. >> did was a russian fighter jet like this one that major -- nearly caused a major

how do you say dynamite in french? >> dynamite. >> dynamite. tell. you know it's coming, right? you can sense it. oh, no. another fishing scene. this is our vessel here on the right. eric is one of only a handful of old-style fishermen who work the sea the old-fashioned way. >> do you see yourself fishing? >> no, it's stressful to me. >> right. i always think i'm going to catch my testicles or ear with the hook. i have a fear of fishhooks. >> catching dente. >> said it's the best fish of the mediterranean. i have no idea what he's talking about. >> hopefully we'll see. >> hopefully we'll deliver it. supposed to give it to le petit. >> that's right. >> eric works for this man, gerald passedat, the chef/owner of le petit, marseille's only michelin three-star restaurant. >> i'm ready for my fisherman, actually. won't be long. depends on what the mediterranean sea will offer to us. >> so it's a long line, tony. >> i how long is the line? >> he says he has about 300 hooks. >> he basically lays it out at night, comes back. >> yeah. >> in marseille, o

or quite properly a angering the french a ambassador over the french workweek.king about real substantive policy. >> we just looked at the graphic that the most a attacked person during the debate was hillary clinton i suppose that is not a total surprise. carly fiorina said she would be clinton's worst nightmare. when do we get on to focusing on the democrat side and who is the best candidate to fight hillary clinton? >> i think we're starting to get there right now. carly fiorina talked about it in previous debates. rubio talked about student loans. how he couldn't be lectured by hillary clinton on student loans. hopefully sooner rather than later we will see candidates peel away. cancelled dates who weren't terribly effective. rand paul would be a good example. as we whittle that field down, we will see more of a contrast between candidates and issues. and that unifying theme of who would be best against hillary clinton? if anybody can unify republicans it's hillary clinton. >> doug, thanks so much for joining us today. doug heye, national committee. just to

reporter: french troops gearing up for a second mission in syria. have struck what france calls the jihadist capital in northern syria. french authorities say a training center dedicated to suicide attacks has been destroyed. the french defense minister warns france will launch more airstrikes in the region. >> it is from syria that the islamic state is plotting attacks. it is train foreign fighters there and its mission is to come here and strike france. group.my is the i.s. bashar al-assad is the enemy of the syrian people. he is responsible for the chaos. reporter: france also accuses russia of propping up the syrian longtime ally. french authorities say up to 90% of russian airstrikes don't target the islamic state group, but syrian rebels. in these amateur videos, i witnesses say russian warplanes bombed provinces that are not controlled by i.s. -- but thate near line near one of bashar al-assad's strongholds. syrian state television has reported that government troops are gaining more ground, specifically in idlib, thanks to the russian air fo

you have had a french enepic. the question is do you per stheem the monroe doctrine would have been enforced and would have prevented the dominican republic reexpansion. o the. and also this allied ininvestigation of born there. you're not to be downs. >> they wouldn't die dare it. you o the depackle in mrk, see see the employees. >> i think if our own perspective we say quine of a appeal. in 8's. . the lay tin around countries were state,. at to and actually landed . m picko and cry to take dare and in brained france br using tax to get trie to gain a football nold the american american in the pacific northwest. i ean, it was -- no more assume. they didn't have the military power to back it up in 1860. but those europeans proved out retty quickly. >> all that my compliments on a great deal of education and a reat deal of follow. -- one of the things you shouldn't do is stopping british stems on the high seas with the union navy. maybe you want to talk about that a little bit. >> this is the trent affair ou're tal

it is 1:15 in the french capital. iran has said it will participate in international talks over syria for the first time. this as a motion is declared that it has been ready to engage his longtime foe. europe's migrant crisis continues, austria saying that it will build a fence along its border with slovenia. days ahead of the elections, turkish police stormed the istanbul headquarters of a media group critical of the government. now -- business now as stephen carroll joins me. starting with the latest financial rose as financial woes. stephen: this is after the emotions scandal that has battle -- that has embattled the company. almost 7 billion euros. rise.gure is expected to kate moody has the details. the cover-up that has tarnished its recommend tatian and put both -- its reputation and put volkswagen into the red. of 3.5operating losses billion euros compared to a profit of nearly that size in the same period a year earlier. the group said it was unlikely to achieve any sales growth this year because of the recal

electricity,ing using solar panels to pave french roads. a futuristic concept, but one made possible by this small plate designed by a french company. although the full to go take cells are only -- photovoltaic cells are centimeters thick, they are extremely resistant thanks to a layer of glass. >> when you are talking about solar roads, you are talking about exactly that. to say they can take a lighter vehicles like cars, clearly, but also trucks. mark: the cells can be placed on top of any road and work in any climate. just 15 square meters can power a stoplight. worthoner'-- kilometer's can cover street lighting for a small town. the plates will be more expensive than traditional solar panels when they become available in january. although they are the world's first, competition is waiting in the wings. this could be what motorways of the future look like. it is made up of a thick layer of glass with solar panels underneath that can support up to 100 tons of weight. it has a special coating that will unfreeze the road in snowy and icy co

it says that, possibly not," one french intellectual -- possibly not, and quotes one french intellectual. the gap between the vatican's theological positions and the lives people are leaving is still huge. the sinnott is still underway in the vatican -- the synod is still underway in the vatican. that is ongoing for the pope. genie: you were talking about intellectuals. magazine is looking at how there is fierce debate. nicholas: there is fierce debate about the debaters. an intellectual associate with the right wing in france, known to adopt rhetoric used by the far right, there in thinker mode, as in the statue that we know of, "the thinker." he is basically saying, "we have to fight against the politically correct. the things left have lost -- the fence left have lost their medicalÑqo [bell ringing] >> the nation's last sardi

french, tell us what you enjoyed about the task. >> it was very challenging. it is not easy stuff. it is tragic. although svetlana's -- all of svetlana's books are tragic, except the last one, which is more general. it is meetings with people and their stories. it is a kind of documentary. timetime i can't -- it's it is concentrated around a theedy, once chernobyl, second world war, afghanistan, the end of the soviet union with a wave of suicides. you know, when you work on it, it penetrates you, so you live with these people or you hear their voices. -- someame time, it is .f the stories are so strong it is gratifying to translate such work. reporter: you have the opportunity to have several conversations with her. what do you think motivated her to write? >> what motivates svetlana in her work? i think her idea from the very beginning -- she does not try to reconstitute history. it is not about second world war , it is not really about chernobyl, and so on. the facts are not her matter. what she seeks is to find how people live it, small people, ordinary peo

french ] [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] >> i want to bring mr. mulcair back in for our remaining time. >> translator: it is extremely difficult to hear a prime minister of a country who says that he's one of the first to help refugees, and say that the summary is that all the others want titles on the newspapers. >> try being to help most needy of the earth, help people fleeing a tragedy on a scale not seen since the second world war, anybody fighting to get canada to take in more of them is somehow chasing headlines. i find that disrespectful. it's disrespectful to canadians and to canadian values. >> translator: thank you, mr. mulcair. >> the next topic is the global terrorist threat. it's taken on more urgency with the large scale recruitment of foreign fighters. canada's parliament passed new antiterrorist legislation. it's been attacked as undermining civil liberties. >> translator: explain to us, mr. trudeau. >> why did you vote for bill c-351? >> canadians expect us to do two things: protect our security and defend our rights and freedoms.

. >>> a brave french bulldog scaring off two bears. two curious bears decided to check out this southern californiho >>> a battle of david and goliath and david wins again. two bears decided to check out this home. >> this french bulldog had other ideas. the two bears were no match for the french bulldog. he was able to chase them away from the house. that has to be satisfying for the french bulldog community. >> is it a large community? >> it is and they are rallying tonight. >> up next, saturday night live. mila cyrus. check it out. donald and melania trump. >> and now a message from donald and me lan ya trump. [ cheers and applause ] >> good evening. as a man who will most certainly be youne

it is one of the crowning glories of the french automobile industry. it turns 60 today. we take a closer look at the car that has been a source of foronal pride and a byword technological innovation for over half a century. reporter: it was october 6, was, that the citroen ds revealed to the world, an event so anticipated that the french president came to lend his support. it found notoriety when it was credited with sorting -- thwarting an assassination attempt. the car's technological innovation does not stop there. take its famous hydraulic suspension or the headlights that moved with the steering wheel -- that move with the steering wheel. they are aging well. although this particular piece of french automobile history would set you back a cool 300,000 euros. genie: syria has kicked off ground assaults on anti-regime fighters as russia launches new airstrikes. russia says it may cooperate in the campaign in syria. more violence in jerusalem with seed of more attacks today. the israeli prime minister canceled his trip to germany as tensions rise between palestinians a

jÖrg wunram is in the mont-blanc massif straddling the french-italian alps.for this part of his journey , he's taking a ride via cable car. but he's already covered over 900 kilometers on foot on his six-nation trek from slovenia to monaco. jÖrg wunram: there are no borders here. i haven't seen one passport control. except when i arrived in switzerland i had to change some swiss francs. that was the only reminder of the old europe. >> otherwise, this is a europe experienced every day by residents of the border regions. for the last 10 years, max has been working as a cleaner for a french cable-car operator. he hails from a neighboring italian valley, but found it hard to get a decent job in the tourism industry over there. >> in italy i can only get seasonal jobs -- short-term contracts, and low wages. here in france, i have a proper contract and work all year long. >> that's one of many positive cross-border stories that jÖrg wunram has heard on his alpine expedition. mountain guide jean takes him on a tour of a special kind -- crossing the border from italy

french ] [ speaking french ] >> i want to bring mr.lcair back in for our remaining time. >> translator: it is extremely difficult to hear a prime minister of a country who says that he's one of the first to help refugees, and say that the summary is that all the others want titles on the newspapers. >> try being to help most needy of the earth, help people fleeing a tragedy on a scale not seen since the second world war, anybody fighting to get canada to take in more of them is somehow chasing headlines. i find that disrespectful. it's disrespectful to canadians and to canadian values. >> translator: thank you, mr. mulcair. >> the next topic is the global terrorist threat. it's taken on more urgency with the large scale recruitment of foreign fighters. canada's parliament passed new antiterrorist legislation. it's been attacked as undermining civil liberties. >> translator: explain to us, mr. trudeau. >> why did you vote for bill c-351? >> canadians expect us to do two things: protect our security and defend our rights and freedoms. th

whatever you think of my french accent, rudy giuliani agrees you should pay attention when the french are upset. they're upset. they're worried. >> if the french are more realistic about the danger of iran than we are, we are in deep trouble, and the reality is the french from the beginning -- they objected to this agreement a couple of times in advance, the preliminary agreement. they wanted a much tougher preliminary agreement than the one that obama negotiated. >> we should say, apples and oranges. the u.n. resolutions before the iran deal but they're joined at the hip in this respect. they both called for restrictions on iran doing what it is now doing. >> actually, the obama preliminary agreement and final agreement violate the u.n. resolution. >> now the french are looking at wanting to revisit that. >> the u.n. resolutions say a nonnuclear iran. obama says, a nuclear iran to a certain point. so, he gave away the store with the preliminary agreement, when he allowed them to be nuclear at all. and -- >> when i hear they come back, people in the white house say, this is not the ag

mulcair: [speaking french] p.m. harper: this government, health services, you cannot go out in the world and unite the range of countries we have and independent third-party companies we haven't get into that kind of debate preview need to concentrate on the things that unite people. saving the lives of mothers and their newborns is a cause that has united people and on which we have made real progress. mr. trudeau: [speaking french] all over the world, canadians are there. there are doctors without borders. engineers without borders. we need to get engage with the world to our benefit. that is solely must do in order to increase the fate of the most vulnerable in the world. our second reaction topic. mr. harper, you have made the point of visiting the arctic every summer as prime minister. but under your leadership, not one new icebreaker or deep water port has been built. this at a time when you know the russians have a 40 icebreaker and as many as another 14 planned. what will you do to reassert canada's interest

citizens or french residents who are involved in i.s.i.l.'s network in syria principally and in iraq. 5 or 600 of them are in the field. we have been informed over the past few months about the increased numbers of french citizens or residents who have been killed while they've been fighting in its ranks. i.s.i.l. is our enemy. this is very clear but there is no consultation with the russians before we carry out strikes against i.s.i.l. we work independently. but we communicate with the coaf course. >> meanwhile the french army says it's gaining new territory with the help of the russian affairs. the syrian army reports they have been able to take control of the area. aftermath of strikes in the hama and latakia positions. >>> russian president met saudi arabia's defense minister on sunday to discuss the conflict in syria. putin reassured the saudis that russia is not planning to form an alliance with iran in syria. only i.s.i.l. targets in late september. putin says russia has only one aim in syria. >> we don't want to get involved in any re

the french had been seizing a american ships, just as the british had been but a british -- the french did not have the level of naval power that the u.s. did. interviewer: we live in an air of an immediate information, we can get in instantaneously. but, go back to the time in the early 1800s and walk us through how monroe would travel to europe and the time to get over there and meet with leaders and get that information back to the u.s., it had to be very long and cumbersome. cassandra good: it was a long journey to get to europe, weeks, depending on what time of year it was. maybe more than four weeks. you do not have international mail, so if you had to send a letter, you had to find somebody who you trusted to be going where you needed to go. you might find a ship going into new york, but then somebody could hand that letter off to someone else to carry it to washington. so it took a long time. months for letters to get back and forth. even traveling within europe, monroe goes to spain from london, you have to travel through france and spain and he kept a travel diary, where he t

women in uniforms have the tools to do their jobs and the support of fellow citizens. [ speaking in french ] >> and, friends, in a dangerous world we have stood consistently for freedom, democracy and justice. this is the canada conservatives have been building since the time of johnny mcdonald, and this is the canada for which countless dedications to come we will be dedicated. thank you for all your support, for all you have done for our country. please say a preyer for men and women in uniform. god bless canada >>> you've been listening there to canada's prime minister stephen harper there, who looks to be on his way out. the liberal opposition on their way in to - during a convincing election win. let's get more from daniel lack, live for us in toronto, you have been listening in to stephen harper's speech. give us a brief point of what he said. >> well, it's a speech i didn't think he'd make for a couple of weeks ago. the opinion polls showed a tight race giving him a chance of winning a minority government. the opposite happened. what we heard from stephen harper was contrition. he s

the french navy was largely does right -- destroyed. the british were dominant at sea, the french were dominant on the continent. the british did not want us trading with the french. they said, we have for bidding thefrom trading with french. and we were like, dad, i moved out of the house, you cannot tell us what to do any more the british were like, yeah, we can. that was the first thing. the second thing was the seizure of american sailors, forcing them into the british navy. it was commonplace when a british warship would will up next to an american merchant ship, and demand people. like, today, you went back, flopped down on your hotel bed, and saw on the television stoppedhinese warship an american ship, and forced the people into the chinese navy? the united states was not getting a lot of respect around the world. it,ut a finer point on i wasone hour ago, sailing up on the eagle. i was talking to a couple of coast guard admiral's. we were looking at the american five, and i said, what is really powerful here, especially for you

the french government has open an investigation against assad.nounced it would welcome 30,000 syrian refugees over the next two years. i am pleased to have laurent fabius back at this table. welcome. this is a busy time at the united nations. f.m. fabius: the big problem is the famous club 21 is going in the right direction. it is very important. we will see that at the end of year in paris. charlie: better than copenhagen, better than mexico? f.m. fabius: yes. we have ignored the consequences from copenhagen, etc., and now nearly everyone is aware of the reality of the problem. before we had to be active. we still have a large problem to solve. we are rather optimistic. charlie: what kind of results you expect? f.m. fabius: four things. the a legal agreement in such a first one, way we shall not be over two degrees at the end of this century. two degrees more today. that is the first thing. the first universal agreement. second, every single country must deliver a commitment. today, 140 countries have delivered what they intend to do in 2020 and

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the french presidency is what real life is. reporter: the cgt also boycotted the last round of talks to reform the french economy in 2014. they have warned the french president not to confuse a monologue with a dialogue as he goes into his fifth year in office. markus: the german government has trimmed its growth forecast this year. it now expects 1.7% instead of 1.8% as previously forecast. gloomier global outlook. meanwhile, unemployment in britain has fallen to its lowest level in more than seven years. 5.24%.less rate fell to ins as the number of people jobs increased by 140,000. this is the lowest rate we have scenes ends 2008 -- seen since 2008, before the financial crisis struck in earnest. it suggests below jobless rate has been slow to translate into salary hikes. we are going to take a look at the market. in the u.s., sessions in the negative territory for a second day running. reports from j.p. morgan chase and wells fargo fell short of expectations. bank of america surprised to the upside. stock markets in europe en

. >> rose: we conclude with french foreign minister laurent fabius. >> it is not a question of person. i have to be clear. but you cannot have a contradiction. imagine, you're a syrian, okay, your family has been destroyed by the shah. it's more than 50% of the population, and you say to this family, okay, the shah is the one. no, it's not possible. they will go to daesh. we want to beat daesh. we need russian, >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: american express. >> rose: additional funding provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: we begin this evening with the latest developments in syria, russia carried out new strikes today. moscow said it was waging a campaign against the islamic state but reports suggested the strikes hit other groups that oppose syrian president bashar al-assad. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov defended the actions at a press conference this morning. >> if it walks li

reporter: picking up the pieces after flash floods ravaged the french riviera. united front as they begin a lengthy cleanup process. some have taken to show their support. others do the same for us, and that is why we are here. reporter: clearing the homes of water and debris is proving to be no easy feat. they are shocked. >> it is very moving to see everyone coming together. not only helping others, but my family helping me. road, an just down the area swamped with branches. a group of volunteers is already on the case. the show of solidarity is overwhelming. i never realized i had so many friends and friends willing to give a helping hand. it is great. whether it is cleaning outhouses or delivering supplies or coats to those who have lost everything. everyone was chipping in. thought warm m clothing and coats, baby clothing. i was going to take her to a charity shop, but then i saw the resident here. reporter: in a space of a few hours, hundreds of bags of clothing were donated. there is no doubt that the community spirit is boosting more out. anchor: congrat

>> i'm going to start. [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] >> of course one of the things we have led on, we're very proud of, is our child, maternal, and newborn health initiative. we have been able to assemble an international coalition of countries and private foundations, frankly with often minimal investment, to dramatically reduce child and maternal mortality in the developing world. this is something as canadians, we're a very wealthy country, we know we can do. it's effective, and we're very proud of doing it. we have needs of our own but it is in our broader interests to help people around the world when we can and when we know that aid will be used responsibly and effectively. that's what we're committed to. >> mr. mulcair? [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] >> translator: this government does very general health services. but we want to -- >> you can't go out in the world and unit te the range of countrs that we have, and the ngos that we have, and get into that kind of debate. you need to get to it on things that unite peop