and -- but i don't think it's just germany. i think that there are issues around, quite a lot of western countries about whether the banking crisis is behind us and in the way that people have been lulled into believing in the last few months. >> john authers, thank you very much. good to see you again. >> thank you. >>> from north korea tonight, a rare public appearance by the leader of that country, kim jong-il. the ailing 67-year-old dictator appeared at a memorial service marking the 15th anniversary of the death of his father. the founder of the north korean state. >>> other north koreans paid their respects by placing flowers and bowing before a huge statue of the late leader. >>> the north koreans are being implicated in a cyberattack. during the july 4th holiday weekend, the attack, at least temporarily, brought down several major american and south korean websites. this from south korean intelligence officials, other south korean officials, though, exprehat the north koreans could carry out such an attack. >>> now let'

germany's economy's forecast to shrink by 6% this year. export-driven industries such as engineering are being especially bad hit by the downturn. the global recession has slashed demand for product made in germany. german exports declined by 29% in april 2009. compared with the same month a year ago, the worst decline in postwar history. the country's leaders reacted with an unprecedented economic stimulus package. plans to boost an extra $50 billion euros into the economy by 2010. >> translator: we'll succeed in making germany stronger than it was before it entered the crisis. >> reporter: the plan includes state aid for financially stricken companies, investment in education and transport, as well as direct efforts to encourage consumers to spend money. such as the scheme of offering individuals a bonus for scrapping their old car and buying a new one. the plans are costly for the public purse, and some experts doubt they'll have the desired affect in the long run. >> translator: the economic stimulus plans in their present form, of cou

relived in the principal harbors of germany. talking to friends he realized there were direct ships from barcelona to have an and got on one of those. >> was dss during the training as poor material or did they decide to make camp for material? >> he had trouble learning things he was supposed to learn. they tried to teach him a code, morse code, some other kinds and after a while, it was very intense training he was in their everyday, only six weeks but very intense. they realized he was not picking it up very well. so he was not learning the stuff. i don't know but my guess is they figured he would never learn it. [laughter] it was not a question of putting him through the course a second time the results would not have been any different. >> if he was not the master spy was there one in the caribbean? >> no. there are actually, naturally, there was a lot of concern by military people anybody concerned above the national well-being how will -- however the germans sinking so many vessels in a very small spot? there had to me va

you may have learned in history class that nazi germany sterilized people, but what you may not know is that they learned that from the eugenics program early 20th century progressives here in the united states. germany's law for the prevention of offspring with hereditary diseases was enacted in july 1933, a law that can be traced almost verbatim to the california sterilization act of 1909, but, you know, even that wasn't new. beginning in 1899, indiana started sterilizing the handicapped, you know, the undesirables. ten other states in this country followed suit under the progressives. it was even upheld in the supreme court in 1927.

to make sure that germany did not free militarize. that the united states government uses considerable power to make sure that they often had it in quotes, former nazis. the didn't consider them former at all. but former nazis not return to public life on tarnished and that right wing pro or mosul prudhoe nazi groups not flourish in germany again that the use of germany in particular learn what had been done by the third rife and in addition american jewish organizations played an extremely important role in hammering out the various agreements with starting in the late 1940's with federal republic of germany, which went on to compensate the jewish people for that which it had stolen from them. all of this created a reality that despite the cold war and american and west germany's favorite status in the american public opinion as a bulwark against the soviet union american jews in their public sphere to come ashore of holding germany's feet to the fire and to do so required that once again they repeat the details large and small as to

you still don't have that same sentiment in germany and japan. of course, the question for americans should be whether even in germany and japan, is it in our interest to still be there, but i think most americans agree that it's in our interest to get out of iraq, according to a timetable. >> so you disagree with this proposition that there will be 60,000 troops for the next decade that will be in iraq. >> first of all, i don't think it's necessary for u.s. troops to remain in iraq in those numbers. i think the time line stipulated is fine. it could even be faster, frankly. but generally speaking the united states does not need that kind of a presence to ensure our security, certainly here at home, and even our interest there in the region. we don't need that presence. >> do you think there's anything that would actually keep us in iraq, for example, an escalation of violence, or do you think this is something that's basically revocable? >> i'm a historian. nothing is irrevocable. the emphasis must be on putting more responsibility on the iraqi

was germany the winner? >> i think it is early to tell who the winners will ultimately be because that first time was just in effect at test. ultimately, the winners will be the citizens if they bring down carbon emissions. what is important to me -- and i asked the question the other day -- all this talk about cap and trade, how much of that system brought down emissions in europe? at this point, not that much. part of the decrease in emissions is the general economic decline. we expect more results out of the u.s. >> our ability to do cap and trade depends on other countries doing it as well, correct? >> certainly that has been one of the concerns propounded by some congressmen. they do not want to expose added costs to their constituents. we have made it very clear that we have climate principles, that we want some kind of protective measure to make sure that cost did not go out of sight. some sort of price tolerance so it would come within certain limits. >> in northern europe, germany which is very far

right now, the headquarters obviously is going to stay in germany until 2011. why is it taking so long to find a home in africa where you can headquarter the command. obviously much closer to its geographic focus. >> you know, if you look at all the regional commands, there are only two that aren't headquartered within the united states. and that's european command and u.s. africa command. and i think that we started in germany more because, and this is my opinion, more because we sort of took a rib out of the side of european command to stand up africa command. >> in terms of the equipment and the people are going to be largely coming from ucom? >> initially, some of the first people to help stand up african command were from european command. and they were there, they had buildings, so i think that was why we stood it up at germany. now, when you listen to general ward, he does not say that he wants to move his headquarters to the continent. in fact, when he talks to our ambassadors in the various embassies on the continent, they will say, hey, listen. put yo

and -- but i don think it's just germany. i think that there are issues around, quite a lot of western countries about ether the bking crisis is behd us and in the way thatpeople have been lulled io believing in the last few months. > john authers, thanyou very much. good to see you agn. >> thank you >>from north korea tonigh a rare publi appearance by the leader of at country, kim jong-il. the ailin 67-year-o dictato appeared at a memorial servi marking the 15th aiversary of the ath of hisfather. t founder othe north korean state. > other north koreans pai their respes by placing flowerand bowing before a huge statuof the late leader. >>> theorth keans are being plicated in a cyberattck. ring the july 4th holiday weekend,he attack, at least temporarilybrought down several major american and soth korean websites. this from south korean intelligence officials other sou korean officis, thouh, expreh the north koreans cod carry out such an attack. >>> now let talk more about this cyberattack. and for that, we are jined tonightro

germany has been on its knees since 2003. we are hopeful some of the stimulus policies see german consumption pick up and lead to investor pick-up in germany. we still see a fairly large contribution in q2. we're hoping for stabilization in q3. >> i look at the front page of the financial times, talking about the ill wind of credit card losses hitting european institutions. is that a rehashed old story? >> i think it's a rehashed old story. generally the banking sector does tend to suffer late cycle. unemployment picked up and that's what leads to default. we've seen one wave of hits on the banking system. that's still leaving uncertainties as to where it stands. the question marks on the european banking system as a whole are pretty well founded. that's why the central bank has forecast such pessimistic growth outlook. >> i read about unemployment and nonperforming loans. if unemployment is at 10%, are nonperforming loans at the same? >> in u.k., the level of unemployment is not as high as the default rates. we haven't seen

so is germany better than us or worse than us? >> germany is worse than the united states today and there is something that people always forget certainly in europe to adjust to take the broad data and europe whole economy is in to% private and 50 percent public or less in germany a little bit less, my own country is exactly 50/50 bredesen and the u.s. to certain private sector more or less not talking about the smaller data. so if your economy goes down 6% like it has been going down into quarters in europe and in the united states, that means something different for the private sector in europe purses and the united states because essentially it can take the point of view that your government doesn't move. it will not throw people out now given the recession so essentially timor-leste remains the same year ago. if in europe have of that economy stays and zero the government sector and the rest of the sector of the economy is the private sector you have a -- 12 there. >> what you are saying is the real doubles because half of the

the aging aircraft had to be taken to bits to get it from germany to holland. then, the takeover began. -- the makeover began. but there is one part that has changed very little. my favorite of the whole hotel is possibly the least look serious part -- the cockpit. look at this. it has been left virtually untouched. has barely changed since the time the pilots at your -- since the time the pilot sat here. it is a kid's dream -- buttons to press, wheels to move. they even still have this emergency wrote the pilot would have used if they needed to get out of the plan very quickly. but what and when really want to spend the night here? the owners are certainly hoping that this combination of communist era of history and comfort, the idea of checking into a hotel plane will really take off. >> our top story again -- reports from nigeria from the north of the country say the fighting between security forces and militant islamists, who are blamed for fomenting violence across several states, has worsened. it is reports from one town -- the fierce fighting is continui

we are about where germany was before world war ii where they became a social democracy. you still had votes but the votes were just power grabs like you see in iran and other places in south america. people become more dependant on the government so that they are easy to manipulate. is that a fair analogy? >> i have been very concerned. the beginning of the week, last year, gallup had a poll that offered the promise of good news to republicans. it showed that the country seemed to be becoming more conservative. when you asked people, were you becoming more conservative, they said yes. when you broke it apart, you found that almost all of that was concentrated among conservatives. 60% are conservative. there is a risk of a disconnect between the conservative minority, the big minority within the country that is becoming sometimes more extreme and the rest of the country that is staying about where it is. >> i will read the clarification. the sceptor maenator made a sim comment. it is absurd for anyone to claim he made a comparison to nazi germany's dispickable acts. you a

in germany, take a look at the ten-year yield on the bund. germany saying that it looks like their recession is certainly over. the ten-year bund, the yield at 3.44%. we have some supply coming to market again this week. some $60 billion. these are six-month bonds. those due tend to encourage more buying and less trepidation. at the moment, the ten-year yield striking up to 3.69% after dropping last week. we do seem to have a bit more appetite for risk these markets. >> joining us for some marge strategy, we have the managing director of the frank organization and simon godfrey, investment specialist at fortiss investments. simon, let me start with you. are you at all skeptical about the strong pick-up we're seeing in the marketplace? >> this pick-up we've seen in the marketplace is quite logical. because the earnings are now starting to come through in a number of sectors. we're starting to see the upgrades. the risk trade has been based on the green shoots of the recovery, both on a worldwide basis and locally in the region. we're seeing st

germany emits about 3% but has alady reduced its co2 output more than require by the kyoto protoc. power plants and other industrialized cotries in the will haveto buy emission certificates to cver their complete co tput srting in 2027. they claim that will add about 10 billion euros to total aual osts and that germany would lose business as aesult. >> that was deutsche welle. for more where the world stands on the issue of clima change and glol warming, we're ined once again by michael novacek, provost oscience at the erican museum of natural history here in new rk. good to have you back. >> nice to be here. let's take a step back. ere do we stnd? and are we making ay real headway wn itomes to this issue of obal wming? >> ll, i think the's a lot of effort being made. there's effort being ma in going to altnative energyin many countries. there'sfforts bngmade to curb our emissions. how mucresult that that has is anotr question. afr a, wre already in the phase of global rming. thearth has -- t temperature has risen significanty in reent decades, sohis is -- this is a big issue. d wh

this is one of the top fashion designers in germany. he is giving money to this children's center in a rundown area of berlin. he says the government side doing enough to tackle the issue. >> -- owe the government is not doing enough to tackle the issue. >> i said that we have to protect the children. >> this is not something that is fully visible. it is hidden in homes. it is a real problem. in berlin, 46% of children lived below the poverty line. this is a single mother with two children and no job. they go to a soup kitchen for their lunch. >> i don't have any job prospects at my age. i am nearly 49. as for my daughter, she has given up at school because of the financial crisis. she says, why should she study when she will end up without a job anyway. >> this woman still haboys stils hopes but he is trapped in a world of despair. this is a world shared by 3 million children in what is supposed to be one of the richest countries in the world. >> there was no question that one of humankind's greatest acts of exploration was the apollo

causing trouble in germany. the man w many feel uld sway the income of t iran electiontandoff has weighed . rafsanjani, the moderate former president, has criticized t government's handling of the crisis anddemanded the results be released. thousands of protesters rlied on thetreets of tehran. the bbc is unable to report from tehran, so we assemble this report. >> these are pictures which the governme in iran does not want the outde world to see. at best, wcan establish th are ordinary people taki part in today's demonstratn, using a mobilehones outside iversity, where friy prayers are taking place evitably, the riot police and the much-feared vunteer milia moved in. soon there were using tear gas. one woman lled the bbc afterwards to say what she had exrienced. >> they through e gases, tear gases. they hurt babs, elderly people, old women. you cann imagine. >> insi the universit meanwhile, frid prayers were being addrsed for e first time since the electiony a former preside rafsanjani who led it to be kwn he sy

. >> reporter: in germany it worked like a charm. a program to give consumers cash for their old klunkers took gas guzzling cars off the road and boosted new car sales by 40%. but here in the u.s., a similar cash for klunkers program is more complicated. dealers like jim in new jersey say it may not be as effective as germany's in driving up sales. >> the restrictions are much more severe than i thought they would be. >> reporter: germany spent $5 billion to buy back cars. a klunker as defined as a car nine years old turn one in for scrap and you receive an equivalent of $3300 towards a new car. the u.s. allocated $1 billion for its program. the car allowance rebate system or kars. buyers who qualify receives 3500 to 4500 towards a new car. but the qualification for klunker isn't easy. it's based on an epa gas mileage rating of 18 miles per gallon or less when the vehicle was new. so this 1989 buick regal, a 20 year old car does not qualify as a klunker because it was sold with an epa rating of 21 miles per gallon. but this 2000 forw

germany emits about 3% but has already reduced its co2 output more than required by the kyoto protocol. power plants and other industrialized countries in the eu will have to buy emission certificates to cover their complete co output starting in 2027. they claim that will add about 10 billion euros to total annual costs and that germany would lose business as a result. >> that was deutsche welle. for more on where the world stands on the issue of climate change and global warming, we're joined once again by michael novacek, provost of science at the american museum of natural history here in new york. good to have you back. >> nice to be here. >> let's take a step back. where do we stand? and are we making any real headway when it comes to this issue of global warming? >> well, i think there's a lot of effort being made. there's effort being made in going to alternative energy in many countries. there's efforts being made to curb our emissions. how much result that that has is another question. after all, we're already in the phase of global warming. the earth has -- the temperature h

unemployment ticking up in germany. of course, we will get the weekly jobless claims here in the u.s. that could set the tone this morning, as well. they are forecast to rise and we are looking to see whether the third massive offering of debt this afternoon goes any better. the two year, the five year disappointing. we are expecting a $28 billion offering at 1:00 new york time. u.s. economic activity overall, when you look at the data, seems to have begun to stabilize according to the fed beige book. joining us now to discuss what's going on is marco enciatta, from uni credit. marco, we saw the beige book yesterday and it says there are signs of some areas where things are picking up, not just stabilizing, yet the forecast is for things to remain fairly weak for a good, long time. was there any surprise in the beige book data to you? >> no, not really. in q3, we expect to see positive gdp growth. this is extremely significant. the recession is ending. there is a lot of caution in analyzing and predicting the recovery.

that suggests she is spying for germany.a deux's argument is now, he knew she was a german spy and recruited her to spy for france to entrap her. which is, you know, a very convoluted kind of argument. and they follow her for six months and there is no evidence. they can't find anything that she passed and can't find anything she passed to her german lover when she was in madrid. and, she was sending letters about their conversations and everything else. astonishingly, early in 1917, she is arrested, in a very fine hotel, in february, at breakfast time. and they seize everything in her hotel, and begin a massive interrogation and investigation. not only do they have this six months of tailing her everywhere and finding out who she was with at every moment, with the exception of a few times when she sees somebody high in the french government for dinner and the evening and then, somehow, the two cops lose her. i mean, it is clear they know perfectly well who she is with and she meets lieutenant x and it is written as lieutena

causing trouble in germany. >>> hello. the man who many feel could sway the outcome of iran's elections standoff has publicly wade into the controversy. the moderate former president attacks the government for its handling of the crisis and demands that protesters be released. he spoke as thousands of protesters rallied on the streets of tehran and the first large opposition demonstration in more than a week. our reporter has this. >> they are not allowed to protest, and foreign media are not allowed to film them. but once again, members of the opposition were on the streets of tehran today in force. this time, they tried to avoid the ban on demonstrations by attending friday prayers. inside this ceremony, former president rafsanjani issued a statement. one of the most powerful figures in the islamic republic, he called for the release of political prisoners and an open debate about the disputed election on state tv. >> there are some people, a large number of our people who say they are doubtful about the result of the el

was germany e winner? >> i thinkt is early to tell who the winnersill ultimately be because that first time was just ineffect at test. ultimately, the winners will be the citizens if theybring dow carbon emissns. what is importa to me -- and i ked the question the other d -- all this talk about capnd trade, how much of that system brought downmissions in europe? athis point, not that muc part of the decrease in emissins is the genal economic cline. we expect more results o of the u.s. >> our abili to do capnd trade dependsn other couries doing it as well, correc >> certainly that has bn one of the conrnsropounded by some cgressmen. they dnot want to expose added cos to their constituents. we have made it very car that we have climate priiples, that we wt some kind ofrotective meure to make sur that cost did not go outf sight. some sort of priceolerance so it wld come thin certain limits. in northern europe, gmany which is ve far north actually had the most solar and wind per installed. thats quite expenve.

the train travels across germany, stopping at towns and cities along the way. it tries not only to get the public interested in science, but to get people thinking about the big questions of life, the universe, and the future. for example here is something i never knew before -- in the future, everyone will have one of these things. a mood recognition machine. i find the idea unnerving, but look at that. just by looking at you, this can't tell whether you are happy or surprised or angry. this part of the train highlights one of the biggest challenges facing the planet -- as you can see from the numbers appear, the world's population is rising by the second. but at the same time, the amount of available farmland is falling. so the question is, how can we feed the planet in the future? further down the carriage, they have a possible solution. multi-storied farms growing crops skyscraper style could be the way forward. i have to say i've never been on a train with birch trees before. but this is the environment and energy carriage. one of the things they talk abou

but it didn't last long after a double fault from haas, break point for federer and the man from germanyends his return into the net. federer serving for the match, next game, 40-0, federer match point, and that was it. lopsided win for federer. he's in the final again as well. >> i was really happy the way i played today. i came up with some good stuff when i had to, and it was a tough match, because tommy was playing well. i'm very proud of all the records i have achieved, because i never thought i would be that successful as a kid, you know, i would have been happy winning a couple tournaments and maybe collecting wimbledon and sort of achieving the dream scenario, but not really all those records, but it's quite staggering now, having reached, again, i think it's my sixed -- sixth straight grand slam final i've achieved as well, and having so many things going for me again, and opportunity, again tomorrow -- on sunday, it's fantastic. >> with his victory over tommy haas, roger federer becomes the first man in tennis history to reach 20 grand slam finals. breaking a tie with ivan lend

all aboard the science express -- germany sets out to train a new generation of scientists. >> it is by no means a final deal on climate change, but then nobody really expected that. president obama describes the new agreement from the world's richest nations, the g-8, as a historic consensus. certainly, the world's major economies have taken a major stride. the industrial water -- the industrialized world and the growing economies led by china and india have agreed to restrict emissions. it's a signal of intent, but progress from here will not be easy. we have this report from the summit in italy. >> even getting them all lined up for the extended family photo prove problematic. the one that were all waiting for, barack obama. debt -- judging by the good nature of the applause, he's everyones favorite leader, but even obama was not able to bridge the gap between the g-8 elite and other emerging economies when it came to climate change. >> i and the first one to acknowledge the progress on this issue will not be easy. i think one of the things we will have to do is fight the temptati

germany said today that its unemployment rate rose to 8.2% this month. still, the government's top labor official said the effects of the downturn have been comparatively moderate. he pointed to a program in which almost 2 million people are working fewer hours with the help of government subsidies. in an effort to help companies avoid big job cuts. but now as we hear from deutsche wel welle, even some companies who have benefited from the program are finding it hard to continue. >> reporter: this electrician is out of a job. the official notice came this morning. he and 80 of his colleagues will have to leave the lisa and voga steel plants in western germany. they have been on reduced wking hours for six months and thought that, that would save their jobs. >> translator: many of us were taken completely by surprise. the government has extended the shorter working hour scheme so companies can use it for up to two years. we thought that is what they would do, that the company would keep on trying. but apparently not. >> reporter: the plant's employees hav

the berlin wall has fallen, germany will be reunited, the communist regimes in east germany and across east europe are falling. for decades during the cold war, to hear those words spoken was the greatest hope and the most beautiful dream of millions of people living behind the iron curtain. today that hope and that dream are indeed a reality. but we ought to recall why they were so powerful for so many people in those days. perhaps some of us have not given thought for some time to the powerful image from the night of november 9, 1989, when thousands of people in east berlin pushed past overwhelmed border guards at the berlin wall and began tearing down the concrete and barbed wire barrier. their expressions of joy as they embraced friends, family and even strangers on the other side of that wall indeed moved us all who witnessed it. why were all those people so desperate for freedom on that night almost 20 years ago? well, the oppressive totalitarian aspect of communist east germany had been clearly articulated by the long time leader of that regime and. in his favorite saying, it ha

, europe and germany and central banks and that's it. it's no more than that. >> is that a fair criticism or is it strictly politics? >> strictly politics. >> germany worse than on us, better than knous? >> europe is worse than the united states today and something people forget and you're not just to take the broad data, europe, the whole economy is 50% private, 50% public more or less. france has a little bit more public, my own country is exactly almost 50/50 where as in the united states youth two-thirds private sector one-third government more or less. i'm not talking about the smaller data. so if your economy goes down 6% like it has been going down into quarters in europe and the united states that means something different for the private sector in europe versus the united states because essentially you can take the point of view that the government sector doesn't move. i mean the government will not throw people out now given the recession, so essentially the size of the sector more or less remains the same. the negative six is

germany's got the third largest contingent of troops there. approximately 3,500. but as deutsche welle reports years after they arrived in that country the role of the germans, even with what they call their mission is still being debated back home. >> reporter: visited conduse base camp in afghanistan in june. the parliamentary arms commissioner wanted to assess for himself the dangers facing german soldiers stationed there. the taliban set off a bomb close to the camp soon after his arrival. a prolonged firefight ensued. a 21-year-old german soldier sustained a life-threatening bullet wound and another an injury to his arm. later, soldiers told that it took 15 minutes to bring the two men to safety. the german armed forces have lost 13 men in understand can united states province alone. is to listen to soldier's complaints and concerns. their situation in afghanistan is certainly not improving. >> the fact is a lot of -- >> translator: the fact is that our people, our soldiers, are involved in tough combat situations on an almost daily basis. it's clear that thi

germany's got the tird larges contingent of troops there. approximately 3,500. but as deutsche welle reports yea after they arrived in that country the role of t rmans, even wit what they ll the msion is still beingdebated back home. >> reporter:isited conduse base camp in afanistan in june. the paliamentary arms commiioner wanted to asess for himlf the dangers facing german soldiers staoned ther the taliban t off a bo close to the camp so after his arrival. a pronged firefight ensued. a 2year-old german soier suained a life-threatening bullet wond and another an injury to his m. later, soldiers told that it tk 15inutes to bring th two men to fety. theerman armed fors have lost 13 men innderstand can uned states provie alone. is to lten to soldier complais and concern their suation in afghanian is certainly not imoving. >> thefact is a t of >> translar: the fact is that ur people, our soldie, are involved in tough coat situations o an almost daily basis. it's clear that this need to be dealt with offensively and unequivocal in berlin and elsewhere. >> reporter:

it seems to be a bit of a tug of war with germany looking good. the uk, not so hot. >> well, i think it's a tug of war by the sentiment data and the ifo figures. while you're looking at the futures, stock markets here, we're trying to make it ten days in a row. the ftse 100 up 0.6%. banks, construction, telecoms are outline doing fairly well. vodafone had good numbers out today. but you're right, we've had the business climate index in germany represented by the ifo up four months in a row. pmi, both services and manufacturing in the euro zone again contracting less sharply than expected. that's where the good news was. the gdp data, i'm afraid, shares contracted more than we thought. that certainly provides disappointment for those trading in sterling. down against the dollar and against the euro. elsewhere, the euro is firmer against the dollar. dollar/yen, just below 95 and the pound against the dollar, is.6446. >> it was a good session here in asia, ross. most sessions moved higher because of strong corporate earnings. in the end, the nikkei 2

germany, over all. several days later war was declared. at that time the police started treating foreigners like animals. several times i was stopped in the street and transported to the station because their root absolutely convinced i was russian. she was anxious to return to paris and her lovely house, left it in her positions bcts. she was not a french citizen. she attempted to break a contract with the theater are during the war was an act of god. her-- sees her furs and her jewelry and refused to hand them over without payment. heard german agents hell muntader money and the bank froze her account. as she was a longtime resident of france and germany at a time when the war was with friends. on august 6 with hardly any money she boarded a train for switzerland but the german guards would not let your past the border without a passport certifying her natural duds citizenship especially if she made the mistake of telling them she was headed for france, germany's atomy. she was put off the train without her extensive luggage. she had ret

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he came in second in the 200- meter freestyle to germany.'s contender wore one of those laserred suits that will be outlawed but. phelps did not. he did not congratulate the winner and he did not pose for a medal and pulled the silver medal off his neck before he left the podium. >>> we didn't know there was this much tension at the tour defrance. the contender said "my relationship with lance is zero. he's a great rider. on a personal never i have never admired him and never will." >>> tiger woods, still the best golfer in the world, but phil mickelson probably the most reloved -- beloved. he will return to akron on thursday. he took a few months off. >>> finally tonight, as bizarre a play as you will ever see in baseball, barry bonds got to see it in person, randy winn with the fly ball to left -- to right. watch how closely this ball goes. off the foot of delta jones. watch it again. it goes off his foot. he kicks it to young. the problem is the umpires got it wrong. they thought the ball hit the grass, which is an energiment beyond home

a sport plane plunges out of the sky during an air show in germany. > and play ball. president obama throws out the ceremonial first pitch at major league baseball's 80th all-star ceremonial first pitch at major league baseball's 80th all-star game. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with trial by fire. judge sonia sotomayor will be back on capitol hill this morning for a second day of tough questioning in her bid to become the nation's sex supreme court justice. this all follows a day of sharp, if polite, exchanges with republican lawmakers who honed in on one famous remark. nbc's steve handelsman reports. >> no words i have ever spoken or written have received so much attention. >> reporter: the words were wise latina. sonia sotomayor, the first his panic nominated to the u.s. supreme court, had to answer for them again in her confirmation hearing. >> so i guess i'm asking today what do you really believe? >> reporter: in a series of speeches, sotomayor had said a wise latina would more often than

in germany, they're trading up about 0.25%. and for the right price, you could own an infamous piece of history. the watergate hotel, part of the complex made famous by the scandal that brought down president richard nixon some 35 years ago, it's going on the auction today. the watergate burglar slept in the hotel before breaking into the democrat national headquarters in the watergate offices. the hotel has been empty since it closed back in 2007 for renovations. now the owner has defaulted on its $40 million loan. and several developers say they're interested, including a group from the middle east and another from london. boy, do you remember back when. watergate. amazing. >>> coming up on "worldwide exchange," ben bernanke signals that he's in no hurry to tighten policy. but will the fed chairman give us any clues in his testimony on capitol hill today? >> it's going to be absolutely important, as well, for the currency markets. [ quacks ] before mr. bernanke speaks today, how is he going to play into the session? >> well,