some people say in germany the american president has been here for germany as all. i very much so for to being in berlin. the last time i was there we had a lot of fun. i am sure that i will have a wonderful time the next time i'm there as well. i appreciate you assuming that i will have another term. i'll have plenty of time to pick berlin on my schedule. thank you very much, everybody. >> i can promise the berlin signing will happen for some more time. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] somin the nba t >> this marks the fourth of michelle visit during the obama administration. she will be presented with the presidential medal of freedom this evening. our coverage gets under way at 8:00 eastern, 8:00 p.m. it is a fewt -- it o'clock p.m., a minutes away. we would hear from your phone calls. this gets away in a few minutes. a couple of live hearings to teddy of bell. -- to tell you about. we will look into extending the robert mullen term. it is at 10:00 a.m. eastern. after that, ryan crock

which is in germany are higher than the u.s. -- wages in germany are higher than the u.s.ssia has its own interest to protect. with natural gas and the close alliance between germany and russia, how will this affect u.s. foreign policy in the future with germany? >> an interesting question. on the first issue, you are right to say that the wages of germans are higher than americans. they have a cushy welfare state and health care system. it is expensive to hire workers in germany. there has been some shrinkage of the system. some efforts have been made to reduce the benefits so employers are no longer as worried about the non-wage costs of labor. but the main reasons the germans have done well is they produce good stuff. they have the best engineers in the world, and produce machines and ball bearings. there is not serious competition in other places. that is why they continue to thrive and exports fuel their economic growth. on the second question, i might disagree with you a little bit on your characterization of russia as an adversary. i would say that with the reset th

germany at all.ms to them everyday. but the berlinians can wait and have proved this in history. >> i look very much forward to being in berlin. and the last time i was there, we had a lot of fun. [laughter] and i am sure i will have a wonderful time the next time i am there as well. and i appreciate you assuming that i will have another term. and so i will have plenty of time to be able to put berlin on my schedule. all right, thank you very much, everyone. >> and i can promise that the berlin brigade will be standing for some more time. >> earlier in the day, the white house offered a preview for preparations for tuesday night's state dinner in honor of the chancellor. guests were arriving late in the afternoon, here's a look. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable phillip gordon and his wife, mrs. rachel gordon. >> dr. elizabeth sherwood randal, and her husband, dr. jeffrey randal. mr. brian lords and his guest, mr. bruce bozy. . force . . >> dr. steven olestad and his wife, mrs. ruth olestad. >>

all germany games are already sold out. this is good news for the organizers who want to establish women's soccer as a broad-based sport. >> my dream is coming true. the world cup in my home country, the beautiful site of 2011. >> the women's squad has been hard at work promoting the competition. germany are both defending champions and host nation of this year's world cup. with the men's team cheering them on, germany's first 11 are hoping for a fairy tale ending. >> ♪ hello >> i'm really looking forward to this world cup. and i'm sure we can score a huge success. >> all over the world support for women's soccer is reaching fever pitch. all the participating teams are eager for the tournament to start. and anticipation is an all-time high. >> ♪ can i kick it yes, you can ♪ >> we're prepared. with that preparation comes positivism. >> the speed of the game, the physicality of the players. it's just become more professional. >> the women's game has, indeed, gotten more professional. and, of course, that includes the referees

it brings the number of deaths as mainly affected germany. they were contaminated with spanish cucumbers imported to germany. the vegetable did not carry the bacteria. the german media and is usually restrained when it comes to the private lives of celebrities. the trial of a prominent swiss whether forecaster was accused of rape by an ex-girlfriend. he was acquitted today, but the case has raised serious questions about the role of the media. >> tuesday's verdict marked the end of the trial had the end of a feeding frenzy in germany. his private life has been laid bare. observers questioned with the judges would be able to act independently. >> they have been quite un scrupulous. i think it is sometimes on the verge of violating human dignity. >> was the best kwn tv personalities suddenly accused of rape. for months, they pored over the story presenting them as evidence for the prosecution or for the defense. supposedly they got a of the action, too. >> they just think everyone else is doing it so we will look, too. that is how many media ou

barack obama expressed the importance of the relationship with germany. >> in germany, at the heart of europe, is one of our strongest allies. chancellor merkel is one of my closest global partners. [speaking german] >> he praised the german chancellor on a broad range of issues. obama said that germany could play a vital role in rebuilding the country after the gaddafi era ends. at a state dinner on tuesday evening, merkel will receive the presidential medal of freedom. the chancellor, who grew up in east germany, said that without washington's policies during the cold war, she would not have been able to come to the united states capital today. >> when the wall and barbwire divided germany and europe, america stood firmly on the side of freedom and resolutely with us germans as we made our way toward unity and freedom. we will never forget this. >> the two world leaders are making a concerted effort to show that the great trans- atlantic partnership remained strong. >> i will be taking an in-depth look at german and u.s. relations later on in the show. here in germany, authorities ar

been to germany at all. to him every day but they can also wait. they have proved this throughout history. >> i look very much forward to being in berlin. the last time i was there we had a lot of fun. i am sure i will have zero wonderful time the next time i am there as well. i appreciate you assuming that i will have another term, so i will have plenty of time to be able to put berlin on my schedule. thank you very much, everybody. >> and i can promise that the brandenburg gate will be standing for some more time. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> earlier in the day, the white house offered a preview of preparations for tuesday night's state dinner in honor of the german chancellor. guests began arriving in the late afternoon. here is a look. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable philip gordon and his wife, rachel gordon. dr. elizabeth sherwood randall and her husband. mr. brian lord and his guest. general martin dempsey and

germany's conservative lawmakers are calling for a compromise solution. their parliamentary leader once everyone in the country to be asked once in their life whether they would like to be an organ dononor orot. the opposition social democrats are also hoping for greater willingness to donate. their parliamentary leader himself donated a kidney to his wife in 2010.. he supports the proposal. >> the results of this survey and the answers should be registered. we in parliament will have to discuss where that should be done, whether on a personal identification card or a driver's license or another public documents, but i think this is the right direction. >> but critics doubt whether people would be happy to make such a personal decision was standing in a government office or whether it is even possible to force people to answer the question. analysts argue the cause for the shortage of donor organs is not legislation but hospitals. too often, doctors fail to report possible donors due to a lack of time, money, and experience. they say more support is neede

can learn from germany when it comes to the economy and all debate of internet access is a human right and we'll speak to think about the koch brothers role in oil speculation before is a let's take a look at what the mainstream media has decided to cover nonstop point sexting of texting and all this stuff i'm sure you know i don't know if it doesn't look this is sort of like you know not much of congress this is any other congressman anthony weiner. of new york democrat congressman welcome to our consequences all matter anthony have you look at yourself i mean you're really not i mean nobody really wants to see you with less cool it's like me i don't take any pictures of me with less clothes on it's not. that's right your modes of popular talking heads on t.v. are still completely taken by wiener gate or wiener fever or wiener mania whatever you want to college just be sure to add a little wiener to the mix now one of the things that i find more to larry is actually was watching two media personalities who have hot sex scandals of their own talk about wiener struggles. even if i'm eli

germany, we did discuss last night germany's role, and there is going to be a lot of work to do whenstep down in terms of getting the libyan people back on their feet. economic, political work that's going to have to be done and my expectation is going to be that there will be full and robust german support as there has been in the past from from germany on a wide range of issues. with respect to the economy, as i said before this is a tough and complicated piece of business. and, ultimately, europeans are going to have to make decisions about how they proceed forward. what you have to do is balance the recognition that greece has to grow, and that means that there has to be private investment there, they've got to make structural reforms that make them more competitive, they have to have greater transparency in their economic system. but given their level of debt, it also means that other countries in the euro zone are going to have to provide them a backstop in support and, frankly, people who are holding greek debt are going to have to make some decisions working with the european

turning now to the women's world cup soccer here in germany, the u.s. played north korea in dresden. the north koreans owns the first half, but the americans turned it around to claim the victory. >> it was not an easy victory for the u.s.. a feisty north korean side started out stronger. they left the u.s. defense gasping. the u.s. are among the famous -- favorites to win the world cup, but at halftime things looked unclear. but the american team folded together in the second half and started shooting at the no. 3 in bowl with dangerous crosses from both sides. -- at the north korean golgoal h crosses from both sides. defender rachel piehler delivered into the north corner in the 77th minute to, solidifying the u.s. lead at 2- 0. despite their loss, many realized that they need to pay attention to the north koreans. >> sweden beat columbia 1-0. the scandinavian dominated the game, but failed to use their chances. a pass was picked up by jessica evans from -- jessica lynn strohm. in wimbledon, sabena has become the first german to win the final since st

coming up, relations between germany and >> welcome back. chinese premier wen jiabao has been in berlin with a large delegation. the two countries held joint cabinet negotiations. china and germany, among other world powers, is concerned about the european debt crisis. an estimated quarter of the debt is in euros. china has signaled that it will buy a european debt to help stabilize the financial situation in germany it also like a frank debate -- germany would also like a friend debate over human rights, but the issue has sometimes put a strain in their ties. >> germany's contacts with china have forged ahead in recent years, politically, economically, and culturally. but closer contacts have not always meant deeper understanding. for many germans, china remains a distant power, and one that keeps the rest of the world at arm's length. >> i think the fundamental problem with our entire dealings with china is that we look at the country from our viewpoint, as a faraway land, and we never go to the troubled to look at what is actually happeni

in germany, he has a temporary visa. he says he was overwhelmed by the cleanliness and care provided here. did you have that in italy, too? >> no, i didn't. in italy, i was on the streets. i lived on the streets. i was homeless. >> what are you most afraid of right now? >> i fear to go back, that's what i am afraid. >> unlike habib, mostapha faces an uncertain future. the courts have ruled he can stay in germany for now but it's by no means a final decision. >> the summer palace which once belonged to the spanish dictator general franco has been opened to visitors despite protests from the franco family. it's been argued that the villa was paid for by money extorted from the spanish people so the house should be returned to the state. after years of dispute with franco's descendants, tourists have finally been allowed in. the villa is surrounded by meadows and forests. it was once general franco's summer residence. it was a gift from the people back in 1938. juan and carlos babio's family was one of the donors. their gra

now germany managed. find some way to thrive and survive despite high taxes lots of social welfare benefits and high wages now these are things but here in the us many folks would scorn us business killers you know those lazy europeans they work less than we do and and get paid more than we do and have the social safety nets i mean a lot of politicians here in the us accuse that of socialism they say that it would destroy our economy they say that americans can't learn from their economies but we ask whether in fact germany has some lessons to offer and that's in fact the question i posed to the big picture tom hartman if you had to say. well with regard to trade germany has some very very colorful carefully calibrated trade policies particularly have to taxation that effectively work like tariffs so they're protecting their their trade economy but with regard to the short workweek and the unemployment which i think it's you know it's a bit more to the point of what we're talking about here they have a pr

now germany on the other hand is frankly not doing so bad it comes to unemployment germany boasts a rate of just seven percent thanks to policies that encourage companies to keep folks on the payrolls during tough times meanwhile here in the united states the unemployment rate hovers at just over nine point one percent that's nearly fourteen million americans who are looking for work not to mention the fact that most almost half of whom have been jobless for at least the past half year now when it comes to taxes germany has one of the highest tax burdens in the globe its average tax rate and the including social security contributions is a staggering fifty point nine percent now compare that with just twenty nine point four percent here in the states and how does germany manage to grow despite this huge tax burden right that's why we keep hearing from republicans here high taxes means no growth while exports and manufacturing actually leave a way i'm sure many and even more telling is the fact that germany ran a trade surplus of two hundred eighteen billion in twenty two and meanwhile he

germany raises a lone voice in the e.u. to usher in a new era of known nuclear power generation as chancellor angela merkel vows to close all its reactors by two thousand and twenty two but it's already created a shortfall in elektra city in germany which in turn is pushing up prices germany's now importing power from france and the czech republic and it's the crisis hit poorest who will pay higher electricity because. quite understandable you know project prices and of course always. industrial goods and all will be paying more for the electricity will be the rumor will be the people. around thirty percent of the e.u.'s electricity comes from nuclear generation so ironically electricity germany ends up buying will be generated at nuclear power plants the majority of european countries aren't giving up their nuclear programs switzerland is phasing it out but france which has a long and successful history of nuclear power generation sees it as a solution for the future britain sweden spain and belgium or just some of the oth

been to germany at all. he was in dresden, he was in buchenwald, he was in baden- baden for the nato conference. berlin opens its arms to him every day. but the berliners can also wait. they have proved this throughout their history. >> i look very much forward to being in berlin. and the last time i was there we had a lot of fun. [laughter] and i'm sure that i'll have a wonderful time the next time i'm there as well. and i appreciate you assuming that i'll have another term. [laughter] and so i'll have plenty of time to be able to put berlin on my schedule. all right? thank you very much, everybody. >> and i can promise that the brandenburg gate will be standing for some more time. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> in a few moments, a european union news conference on the people live up break that has sickened several dozen people. e. coli outbreak that has sickened several dozen people. >> a couple of live hearings to tell yo

germany -- we did discuss last night to germany's role.n gaddafi does step down, in terms of getting the libyan people back on their feet -- economic, political work that will have to be done. my expectation will be that there will be full and robust german support as there has been in the past from germany in a wide range of issues. with respect to the economy, as i said before, this is a tough and complicated piece of business. ultimately, europeans will have to make decisions about how they perceive forward. what you have to do is balance the recognition that greece has to grow. that means that there has to be private investment there. they have to make structural reforms and make them more competitive. morehave to makhave transparency in their economic system. but it also means that other countries in the eurozone will have to provide them a backstop and support. frankly, people who are holding greek debt will have to make some decisions working with the european countries in the eurozone about how the debt is managed. what we have don

we start with germany. >> germany's women's soccer team has gained more and more recognition in recent years, after snapping up one title after the other. now fans are hoping they can win the world cup on home turf. >> i don't think the pressure is such a bad thing. it's actually good to have expectations like these. we said ourselves we definitely want to win the world cup. >> germany coach neid is placing her faith on experience, but also made room for new talents, such as players from the under-20 world cup. and also at the last world cupp germany's goalkeeper didn't concede a single goal. >> if i had the chance to play the whole tournament with a clean sheet, i'd take it. i don't think i can top my last outing. >> as reigning european and world champion, germany is perhaps the world's most successful women's team. they'll make history as they secure a third world cup triumph. perhaps their new jerseys will give them that extra edge. >> it's nice to have shirts made just for us. but i prefer to play in white, rather than red. >> but whether they're sporting red or white jerseys, the

of the world except germany and italy i think that you're going to see that the path unfolds much as it would have before fukushima a number of analysts say that the fukushima disaster not the end you can you clear innocence what can the world through place nuclear energy with is this a replacement for nuclear energy today that we are progressing developing here we we have an urgent environmental and human need let's just look at the the the the the context in which we're talking you know when i was a young student in one nine hundred sixty there were three billion people in the world today there are nearly seven billion and we're moving rapidly toward nine billion by the middle of this century as we make that continued growth in population world economies like those of japan and india are catching up and we're going to see me saying a tripling in world energy consumption over the next forty or fifty years at the very time when our climate scientists are telling us that we must curtail carbon emissions by eighty percent triple energy consumption reduce carbon by eighty percent how do

power plants the disaster happened four months ago but the echo is only getting louder with time germany says it will give up nuclear energy in ten years switzerland among some other countries are full of it but the majority is not ready to say farewell to cheap energy generated by nuclear power plants they say nuclear fears do not hold water and careful and pragmatic planning could bring more benefits than a policy of denial. oh mr mitchell welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us it's a pleasure to be alexander it's a pleasure to be here first of all as. the forum that we talk about what's that motto any idea behind them this forum is it is if you say to parents as i would guess it should be this year the form that's being held in moscow now is an extension of previous events and it basically is an opportunity to showcase the expanding capabilities of the russian nuclear industry which are indeed very proud impressive. those of us who watch nuclear affairs around the world. are deeply impressed by the commitment of the russian government backed by the the opinion of th

versus greece germany greece are on the same side in the sense that it's germany and france that lent much of this money to greece so if greece goes belly up a lot of banks in germany go up so they need to work together the question is whether there's a middle solution but tween just shuffling more money from germany through agrees and cutting them off ok it's interesting i don't agree you are right go ahead philip should go ahead ahead go. i think we should not think so much in terms of paper with countries but more in terms of the political elite and the citizens saw of course have put it in lead or france and germany and greece want the euro to continue and of course also the banking system that has done banking system the french broken system it has lent to. banks and the greek government but it's not and maybe also some export of us from export us want to continue but for german consumer this is not a and picks player this is not a very good deal with the mark. they could import cheaper auto companies could import natural resources cheaper they could be occasions cheaper and we w

germany -- we did discuss last night, germany's role. is going to be a lot of work to do when gadhafi does step down in terms of getting the libyan people back on their feet. economic, political work that's going to have to be done, and my expectation is going to be that there will be full and robust german support, as there has been in the past from germany on a wide range of issues. with respect to the economy, as i said before, this is a tough and complicated piece of business. and ultimately, europeans are going to have to make decisions about how they proceed forward. what you have to do is balance the recognition that greece has to grow, and that means that there has to be investment there. they've got to make structural reforms that make them more competitive. they have to have greater transparency, and in their economic system. but given their level of debt, it also means that other countries in the eurozone are going to have to provide them a ba backstop in support. and frankly, people who are holding great debt are going to hav

russia is marking 70 years since nazi germany attacked the soviet union. on june 22, 1941, hitler gave orders to invade soviet territory. millions of people were killed in four years of fighting. >> this is an important day for boris. he has come to the kremlin to take part in the reverse. he still remembers the day hitler's forces mounted the attack. he heard the news on the radio and immediately volunteered to go to the front. >> we were young. we had no idea what war really meant. it was only when we got to the front line that we realize we had to fight to defend our country. >> june 22, 1941. the start of operation barbarossa opened a new and brutal chapter in world war ii. it was pushed to the east, came at the cost of some 20 million lives in the soviet union. boris fought in the battle for moscow. he was wounded three times and has long since made his peace with the former enemy. >> we did not fight the germans. we fought the fascists. i do not blame the german people. >> he can forgive but not forget. for him, remembering the heroism of that time i

>> well, to lead on getting the global economy going. >> but how could germany could that. >> germany can do it -- >> it has an export economy, the most successful around except for china. >> mainly doing what is necessary to stabilize the zone. at the end of the day, the american government is fearful that, mber one, europe will be stuck in a sluggible recession and not contribute to global growth and even wse in they don't do wha is necessary to stabilize the euro, we will see a repeat of the -- >> uld she do that without political damage? >>o. and the obama administration wants germany to start consuming more andheis reluctant. >> and also in order to stimulate the global economy, saying if germans are given tax cuts and can buy more this is helpful, but we have an aging society, we need to -- this is the crux of the disagreement over economic policy between the u.s. and germany. >> and i think there's one other issue that is in play, and nobody has answered this, but, one interpretation is that, this is a phase in german politics, mirk sell weak, she will come back. another interp

stalin was not naive but he thought that germany would not attack in nine hundred forty one he thought the attack would come late and he believed that he could use this pact to develop the soviet union's and sphere of influence and the same time. the red army and transferred industry you're on your own mountains but in fact he got it very very badly wrong and of course the red army was course deeply unprepared in nine hundred forty one your book is about the sort of human story behind the how did it develop militarily cheering the current. beginning and nine hundred forty one on the road i mean was that. by the order of nine hundred forty one the roads between two and three million in terms of killed missing and captured i think few are in the world could sustain that level of punishment and still carried on fighting and it was not madness for him in this high come on to believe at that point the soviet union would cave in and what was it that kept the red army fighting. the sixty four thousand dollar question an extraordinary mix of. brutal leadership tough leadership from stalin but

well sure we can work well together for why years germany's economy thriving while the u.s. struggles to survive and could investing in people instead of wars be the key to economic success. like sixty thousand dollars. and the on education of america tuitions costs and unemployment rates are both soaring for young graduates with little to show for their schooling but debt so is college a smart investment or one giant scam. three million times. he's going to protect well apparently the pentagon itself the u.s. military is preparing to treat cyber attacks as lessons of real war and they're ready to retaliate with troops and bombs so this is just keeping up with the times threatening to keep the u.s. in a permanent war of their state. german chancellor chancellor on go merkel is in washington today which is meeting with top u.s. officials as well as receiving the medal of freedom from president obama now both leaders are trying to project a close working relationship glossing over recent differences between the two countries over the u.s. led in libya invasion not to mention t

obviously we see just how successful germany is at the moment compared to the u.s. . well you do have the whole euro zone. crisis and i think germany you know the german government has to pay attention to its electorate and you know it's interesting in all of europe and in the media it's kind of person you know portrayed as some kind of right wing backlash against these governments in finland and germany. you know voters don't want to bail out these countries but in fact if you look at it more closely it's the big banks that are really being bailed out. a lot of this resentment is not right wing it's very understandable greece or for example in. ireland and portugal i mean they're being squeezed their economies are being. pushed into recession or kept in recession in order to maintain these unsustainable debt payments and so i think there you can see obama is pressing for this. because he just wants the problem to be papered over and they can kick down the road. but it's not as easy for the german government to go along with their local is rapidly losing popularity at

there is a changing perception in germany. even germany looks to its own. >> thank you very much. >> that has been our report on the future of the european union. we will see you next time.

these days, germany boasts the europe -- boasts the largest population in europe. it is the largest exporting economy. an increasing number of germans wonder why they should remain quite so closely tied to a european union that requires them to keep bailing out less successful members and so restrict their economic freedom of action. >> the need to finance huge deficits in greece or spain has produced anchor in germany. propping up the euro has become horribly expensive. that leads some to want to pitch it. supporters of the european union urged resume in the process of integration. >> there are always two competing designs. one is that what you see, no 11 want to pay for economic mistakes of another country. in this case, greece. on the other side, they would like to have a friendly relationship with all of the neighbors. also, there must important trading partners. when we put these two in balance, the pro european argument is always winning. >> some see a chance for another leap forward and this will not simply garner support across the union. for as long as ger

to invade the soviet union the reason he gave out was that the soviet union would actually attack germany i think the evidence for that in nineteen forty one flights underneath that justification to his military were two main factors the first was hitler's hatred of communism bolshevism and that was what he really put out to europe that it was a crusade against bolshevism bolshevism was a menace that needed to be destroyed but underneath the real truth about this war was race hatred and if one reads my. book it's clear that you don't want to carve out a living space. and truth expanse of the people he regarded as racially inferior and when he announced operation barbarossa he told his staff that it was a war of annihilation zinni he he thought in time as a war of survival. it was going to be the survival of the fittest and it didn't take and started to realize the consequences and. that there would be horrific losses. and that was and. how unexpected was the invasion i mean hitler and stalin had signs the molotov ribbentrop. back to making them allies onesie allies of course but allies no

as i said earlier, germany is one of our strongest allies.and businesses who sustain the largest trade relationships in the world. we see it in the students and teachers, the scientists and researchers who are unlocking new innovations, including the clean renewable energy sources that we need to combat climate change and create the industries of the future, we see our partnership and the courage of our service members who stand shoulder to shoulder in afghanistan, where germans serve under americans and americans serve under germans. chancellor merkel, i want to thank you and the german people for your strong commitment to this vital mission and our hearts go out to the wounded warriors and all the families, american and german, and others, whose loved ones have given their lives to keep us safe. we remember and honor them all. we see our partnership in the skill of our diplomats who prevent the spread of deadly weapons and stand up for democracy in europe and beyond, and in the passion of our development experts as they work to avert suffer