germany italy a true clash of the titans. these two countries to establish themselves as powerhouses of european football over the last seventy years germany have looked imperious so far in this tournament played for one for their supporters would have preferred a semi final clash against england but instead they will have to pick their wits against an italian side who have never managed to beat a major tournament was a little bit of course and a lot of my friends saying so we are not able to beach to tell you but for me it's clear this time it's it's the exception that's going to govern the route. no one gave it much hope before this tournament started they were humbled by rusher and the only warm up game was some of the players were caught up in yet another corruption scandal on the eve of euro two thousand and twelve. in the first part in first turn easily was not so good the about we played that we made people think that we were not so good then than we do at the end you show us so the last match against england was perfe

germany italy a true clash of titans. these two countries of established themselves as powerhouses of european football over the last seventy years germany have looked imperious so far in this tournament played for one for their supporters would have preferred a semi final clash against england but instead they will have to pick their wits against an italian side who have never managed to beat a major tournament was a little bit of course and a lot of my friends sing so we are not able to beach to tell you but for me it's clear this time it is the exception that's going to govern the route i think we don't remember the states i think that the media they always try to remember us but the fans especially the younger friends they don't even remember ninety seventy of the match of the century or even the two thousand six game we lost in the one hundred in one thousand and one hundred twenty minutes was bad luck and tomorrow we try to win within ninety minutes. no one gave it much hope before this tournament started they were

. >> it sounds like a challenge, but italy is in rare form as the english and goalie learned on sunday. there is still no word from germany's on who will take the lead against italy, miroslav klose or mario gomez, who scored three goals this tournament. >> with two great strikers, our coaches lucky. you can pick who he thinks is best for the match. he has shown that he can pick the right man. >> it remains to be seen which striker its the nod from coach joachim low for the semifinal. the german squad heads for warsaw on wednesday. >> excitement is also building ahead of wednesday night's iberian semi between portugal and spain. the winner of there will face off against germany or italy to lift the trophy. the portuguese squad has arrived in a ukrainian city to cheering fans to get a headstart on celebrations. the spanish team also got a round of encouraging applause upon leaving their base camp in poland. >> it is no exaggeration to say that a fair portion of the planet sports fans are turning into the euro 2012 matches, whether on tv, radio, our internet. >> in the u.s. alone, if your ship is up 82% over the last tournamen

italy knocks off germany. italy will face spain. he did get the yellow card for taking off his shirt, but when you endeavor to the finals. >> and if you look like fax with your shirt off, why it -- if you look like that with your shirt off, why would you not take it off? >> what was that about? stay with us for a look of the seven-day forecast. >> it is going to feel more like miami than any other place. >> st. louis was 108 degrees, 108 degrees in st. louis. we are going to be probably 100. it could easily be 103 or 104 tomorrow. take it seriously. slowdown. drink plenty of fluids. shade or air-conditioning whenever you feel cool. monday the temperatures are too easy back a little bit. your eye thing tuesday -- i think tuesday the fourth of july 88 might feel cool. serious stuff. good >> do not forget your animals with your pet south side. they need plenty of water. >> they have these cooling >> they have these cooling your grilling is still gonna be pretty amateur. but your deck? that's pro. finish like a pro with cabot wood stain

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it is germany versus italy in soccer tonight, but at the summit, it seems to be just about everybody against germany. >> that is true. everybody here at the summit and the european council -- they are all watching football here as well. we were expecting angela merkel to give her press conference before the game kicked off. she did not come. maybe that is a sign that things are not really going her way. she planned to speak to the press about an hour ago, and we did not hear anything by the press conference was postponed. it is true she is getting increasingly isolated. when you talk to people on the ground, they say they can understand germany's position, but, of course, the situation is very urgent in italy and spain, so we need quick solutions. attila merkel keeps saying we need to focus on really getting sustainable solutions -- angela merkel keeps saying we need to focus on really getting sustainable solutions, and we need joint responsibility before we can have job reliability. >> can we expect some kind of breakthrough tonight, or at least some type of compromise? >> the growth

this fanatic now awaits germany to take on italy in the semifinals, and as our resident soccer expert over here can tell us -- >> spain and portugal, and then tomorrow we're going germany/italy. >> really. >> and the two favorites are going to be most likely germany versus spain. >> did you know i was going to do this story? >> i did not. >> you are faking being a soccer expert. he's faking it. >> self-appointed renaissance man. >> self-appointed for sure. >>> it's time for now for an early look at some of the stories we'll follow throughout the day on nbc. facebook may be facing some frank criticism today. the 40-day quiet period that bars bank analysts involved in facebook's initial public offering from publishing reports on the stock has expired. that means they will be allowed to release their initial research on the company and chime in on its prospects. >>> today is national hiv testing day. federal health officials are reminding everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 they should get tested for hiv at least once a year as part of routine health care. >>> and happy birthday to fo

and greece does a lot changes a benyon year of about what he wants i don't know but at least if germany italy east germany can have a credible currency immediately right off the bat. with italy and for. rance remaining in the euro zone and there will at least be a couple of countries there that aren't you know complete zeros here like greece would be if you tried to go on its own you would have some semblance of your own falls to parity they're going to default on these debts so what and how does germany need to prepare in advance for that i would suggest that german banks need to be exiting on one hundred percent right now of all of the rest of their euro zone debt these are the kinds of conversations that we need to be have these are the actions that need to be taken in place instead we keep focusing on the impossible the unobtainium war and the unobtainium yeah you know might sound like i don't know why they don't just come talk to you you sound like you have a solution for what an exit could look like meanwhile what we see is countries attempting to act like they have national sovereignty

excitement is mounting in spain and portugal, but the other big semifinal clash is on thursday -- germany and italy, and italians are looking to extend their very proud record of never losing to germany in the major final. >> but the germans are the only team to have won all their matches so far in this tournament. it will be a tight competition, and the german coach is keeping quiet on his secret to success. >> the last press conference before germany's semifinal clash with italy, and every wanted to pick the brains of the coach, but he was not giving anything away. >> all my ideas will come on thursday afternoon at 12 minutes past 2:00. >> he did say he has his italian opponents all figured out. >> they have shown a lot of strength, quality, and ability in the tournament so far, but we also know where their weaknesses are and where we can cause them some problems. >> germany will be looking to dominate with a blend of watertight defense and lightning counter attacks. they are tired of hearing about the italian jinx. but the coach said his men should put memories of their 2006 world cup semifinal

continental quest germany and italy prepared to go head to head in the second last for a clash at the european championships later on thursday. dane paying to mere apush x. stones the seven seated car line was an iraqi on day three wimbledon. it wasn't pretty but spain won't mind too much the reigning world and european champions qualifying for sunday's euro two thousand and twelve final after a long night in donetsk stayed up late to send us this report. it was a very forgettable first ninety minutes with a defensive display from both sides who flooded the midfield but neither could find any penetration in attack in fact there were more bookings than there were shots on target for in fact andres iniesta were the only one for spain and christiane or another with a couple for portugal and in the last minutes the captain got the chance to win it the ball to go a free kick to spain it brought down the ball fell to realm relish and he found asleep on the left hand side but now they could only blast over the bar well that meant it went to extra time and that seemed to spur spain into life

italy isutng lot of pressure on germany. what is happening in the game? . came out of the blocks looking very calm, very in control, but a thumping header th really stunned the fans and perhaps the players asl thought ofll the signs italy have knocked them out of tournaments before. i hope they bounce back b everyone is desperately hoping they make it to the final. >> tell us autheinp. yes, quite surprising ones as well. i think it was very much in line with wt veasayg, tt he wanted to take the game t the italians. tony is a player who can keep the ball well, and he hee combining nicely. let's see if he has got the discipline and influence to sort of take the game ny e scruff of its neck and impose germanys will hear. eyilha to battle back. >> thanks for that update. we will ceactoou later on in the show. >> the score there, as we mentioned, 1-0, for al more soccer after the break. >> that is rht icaround. ♪ >> thanks for staying with us. >> good to have you with us. mexico is going to the polls th weekend, and a telegenic 45-year-old former governor is wide

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but starting with football in italy and germany due back later on thursday for the right to face spain in the final of euro two thousand and twelve atmosphere is building in more so which of important is in the polish capital and caught up with fans from both sides of the divide. many it's really a true clash of the titans. these two countries to establish themselves as a powerhouse of european football over the last seventy years germany have looked imperious so far in this tournament played for one for their supporters would have preferred a semi final clash against england but instead they will have to pick their wits against an italian side who have never managed to beat at a major tournament a little bit of course and a lot of my friends saying so we are not able to breach the dow jones but for me it's clear this time it is the exception that's going to govern the route. no one gave it really much hope before this tournament started they were humbled free nil by russia and the only warm up game was some of the players were caught up in yet another corruption scandal on the eve of

greece has this tradition, i would say, of making things -- or germany, italy does not have the reputation of making things easy on the greeks. >> yes, and it seems like that are out for a bit of blood. >> he says he wants his team to show killer instinct. that germany is heavily favored to reach the semifinals, but the coaching staff has want players to avoid complacency. -- >> germany is heavily favored. >> euro 2012 has shown time and again that we should expect surprises. >> friday's match could prove to be a barn burner. the german squad has s of the gn action and adjusted their own game to take on the euro 2004 champions. >> there are -- they are a difficult opponent, tough on defense. they will definitely play defensively while trying to get things done up front. that speculation is rife that the strikers returned to the starting lineup, despite the three goals scarred -- score by mario gomez so far. as for the potential political implications of the match, the german coach says he is not worried. >> for us, it is a perfectly normal quarterfinal match. we see it solely in terms of t

by germany, italy and japan because there are strange things about the numbers. not just they're different. germany had reunification in this period. most of the japanese bulge is in the 1960s when their economy was growing 11% a year. but when i look at the other four, the u.s. actually is the highest, but not by a lot. certainly not by anything like the levels. then i'd like to go on to say when we just participated in the medicare trustees 75-year review which you may think is a waste of time, but we were doing our civic duty and in projecting 75 years or even ten for that matter, it's really the growth rates that matter. it's the growth rates that are doing it to federal, state and personal budgets. i just did some calculation over the weekend of the kaiser data on average family premium against median income. 2009 to 2010. that went from 22% to 28%. so the average family premium -- that's total cost, not out of pocket. so the -- a family premium is now -- now, on the average insurance policy, 28% of median income which i find is somewhat staggering numbers. s

fascism swept across europe taking hold in germany italy and spain and eventually throwing the planet into a world war fascism is a word that means the merging of government and corporate interests with a tinge of nationalism and typically racism to keep the population in line and united against a perceived enemy as mosul and he was dissolving italy's parliament in one nine hundred thirty eight and setting up his come out a day fasi day data that corporate sione the chamber of fascist corporation's italian philosopher giovanni gentile argued that fascism should be more appropriately be called corporatism since his hands government off to corporations in one nine hundred forty four the vice president of the united states of that time henry wallace wrote an op ed in the new york times about the dangers of fascism and threats that fascists posed to the united states. he wrote fascism is a worldwide disease its greatest threat to the united states will come after the war within the united states itself another fascist danger is represented by those who pay in lip service to democracy in t

twenty summit in mexico the meeting of officials from france germany italy japan britain the u.s. and canada came amid speculations that spain is now in a situation of extreme difficulty and might need a bailout german finance minister shall be a was at pains to l.a. fears pressroom worried about the looming meltdown the spaniards are doing everything right and nonetheless they are coming under market pressure we need to manage this through close and trusting coordination the press conference had an air of visible hawkishness and there were no clear signals of him in stimuli despite the fact that some governing council members were clearly in favor of the june rate cut marian druggy once again called for a response from political leaders the e.c.b. president stressed each of the crisis hit states should monitor their domestic issues more closely before anyone decides on the eurozone wide solution all countries have all countries all areas have to work together. and they have pretty much first and foremost they have to address their own problems. then they should worry about their.

germany and italy they told that this was again they survived in need. but we have to try to get our little dinner it's a p.k. deal that was pushing us hope a couple rules on that here worthwhile but probably. more likely to progress because short on the big piece you still. kind of really should cancel the essential piece or loss of the story yet but we do save our brothers our somebody and only if we lose it. and you can watch the full interview with the former european commission president and x. prime minister of italy ramana prodi in just about twenty minutes from now. russian investigators have searched the flats of several prominent opposition figures and called them in for questioning the search was ordered by court in connection with a case over clashes at an anti government rally last month when both protest as and riot police were injured parties tom bottom. police have been searching a number of properties those of opposition leaders including the blogger alexei novell me. and the t.v. presenter check they took away items such as computer dis

germany and italy tonight. and germany, italy and spain today in bruise sells. end up at the end of this summit? what, if anything, will have been agreed? >> reporter: well let's put it that way in terms of the results the market can trade on not an awful lot coming out not the least of all because angela merkel is halfway through the first leg of the summit is bringing it back to berlin where she has a crucial dare i say the same word vote in two houses of parliament where in fact the germans have to wade through, have to approve the legislation for the fiscal pact and important the esm, which will go through for all intents and purposes but after that there are works because the federal president has been asked by the constitutional court no not sign it until the constitutional court decides whether this is in breach of the constitution. this tells you how complicated europe is. what outcome can there be if at all they can agree on two little thing, one of course which essentially already agreed on gang of four meeting in rome the other week where they said ok

. >> i think there was more to the germany-italy soccer game that met the eye. >> rick, santelli, how about our own market response in this country, our rates higher today. >> yeah, rates are a a little higher today, three or four basis points, but they're basically unchanged on the week. i think both of our guests including michelle on europe, they had a lot of great ideas, it's bringing it to the market that counts, and i think there is a bill ral of brandon in effect. we have the jobs report on friday, and believe me i think especially after last week's poultry numbers, that will be a number for the market. it will be a bigger run up in races for that safe harbor temporaryily reversed. >> yes, that will be an important report. will we see this come back continue in the second half? we'll get to keith coming up, stephanie, what's your thought, gdp important on the heels of those jobs numbers? what are your expectations for friday, a week from today, and that gdp report. >> i think we get through china's data over the weekend. that will be very, very important to me. e want to see ho

friday is the mini summit of france, germany, italy, and spain. >> there's a lot going on next week.> a lot of things going on. i want to say one thing to the mothers for father's day. the greatest gift that we as father's can receive is to be said that we're superman and their night in shining armor. >> well said, my friend. thank you very much. what a crazy week we're

i rise in the program again and france germany and italy they thought that this was a game they survey really neat and then i ask at least they are required to control by the euro spot and they said no and so that we could cheat everything when a rise of the program you know i remember that helmut kohl say look we did the big africa now we shall call plate in the next two years but then europe changes what will greece leaving the euro do to your country italy not to buy counter-rally but to all the countries the banking system with big disarray and then and then it's clear you know what the domino effect if you keep getting worse and you gain a lot of money because of speculation then you're stuck with portugal ireland spain italy france and then germany and greece of falsely different can they really share a single government and economy with very different yes look kelly for their bad california budget is much more than greece but nobody attacks california because the greek government cheated there is clear no doubt they have completely cheated and the devil was six seven current hig

germany and italy they told that this was again they survived in need. and then i ask it of control at least they are a threat to control by the eurostar face looked. and they said no. and so the greek could cheat everything when they arise and that probably i remember that helmut kohl say look we did the big africa now we shall call plate. in the next two years but the new europe changes what will greece leaving the euro do to your country it's really not to buy counter-rally but to all the country the banking system very big this other way and that and that is clear. you know it means the domino effect. if you keep getting worse and you gain a lot of money because of speculation then you're stuck with portugal ireland italy france and then germany germany and greece of falsely different can they really share a single government and economy with very different mood yes look california they have california budget is much more than good but nobody attacks california. said going to greece past behave because the greek government cheated that is clear . no