fifty six year old italian journalist and zabadani was traveling with the italian red cross convoy towards my job carrying provisions for the wounded. here i just saw for our concern is to deliver medicine is on water to the wounded of the city and of course to be able to come back safe if for nothing and i thank you and i send my regards to all italians of the you get me i know now talk when it's world peace that meds of a convoy you know his car with him and his driver was in the middle of the convoy you know. on their way back from not just a mine exploded causing his car to turn over this but. in zabadani was abducted on the spot by an extreme insurgent group an al qaeda branch called islamic iraqi army analysts in the spirit of solidarity he all notes with his thoughts and actions in that spirit we ask of you having to let us hockey team again and i became the what they're like i have a touch of evil. babble. daddy at the bit of peace from a whole family. non-optimal did then we didn't have time to organize any demonstrations if i did it in money because that's when ever i want it wou

an italian festival, italian family, italian car. that will be displayed on sunday i believe from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. along with that, the andretti family has been gracious enough to give us tickets to the grand prix which we will again raffle off on sunday. so this is a great opportunity for people to come down. the restaurants have been ones that have instituted the connection with the andretti family and the community as a whole has embraced this entire several weekends presume it is going to be for getting ready for st. gabriel to kick off for the grand pre. it will be dubbed race to the italy. so we want everyone to race for little italy this weekend to begin the st. gabriel festival. i told you a few minutes ago that st. grain relate was a racing fan. all italian boys arrestened of his an italian boy. between soccer and racing, they love each. you don't have to be italian to come this weekend. but we want to challenge you to come and take a look at the car. it will be so fast the next two weeks, you won't be able to see it runnin

it's staffed by italians and run by italians. if he is found guilty on charges of aggravated theft cl is the official charge, he will perhaps serve a term of imprisonment in the italian jail. he won't go into a vatican dunn jen. >> top story here on g.m.t., spectacular fireworks display and a musical ex travegansa has closed the london olympic games. we'll recap the top stories in a couple of minutes. see you then. >> saw quite an active cold front working its way through northeast of the united states during the weekend. now moved out into the atlantic, and pressure is rising again. so monday offers something of a respite from the really rather disturbed weather. there is some rain to be found in florida, but maybe not so across cuba apart from the odd shower, sunny looks of things. we've seen some really nasty weather, tropical way working through trinidad, some squirrely winds and heavy rainfall. windy but essentially dry, maybe the odd showers north of rio. little fine weather, some sunshine on monday afternoon but it does cl

into the italian kitchen.each you about running the business? >> respect for food, don't throw anything away. this feeling of the cycles of nature, and the remaining, the cooking, eating, the cycles, respecting it. look, how beautiful. have one, when i was small, i used to harvest it with my grandmother. just like that. >> reporter: food really gives of itself, she says. my thanks to lydia bastianich. >>> and up next on "the wall street journal report." the look at the impact on your money, and in great britain, a lottery ticket is morean just a wish for a fortune. it may lead to gold, silver and bronze. stay with us. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescriptionon celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hourelief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. us, in clinical studies, celebrex is prproven to improe daily phical function so moving

lydia bastianich, the italian mama to at-home cooks.g and teaching on public television since the 1990s, making her a pioneer in the relatively new career of celebrity chef. when we first brought you this story last year, the present paren newer a entrepreneur offered me a tasting tour of her ultimate passionate. >> 60,000 feet. >> reporter: television chef and restaurant owner lydia bastianich put her money where her mouth is. italy is the $20 million food temple to eating la dolce vita. >> 50% is retail, you can buy great chocolate or honeys, all from small italian producers. and the other 50 is prepared for restaurants. you saw the cafe. >> it is the first retail venture for lydia and her partners, son and renowned chef, mario ba tatali. heading up what might be the most successful empire. the three partnered with founder of original italy in turin. oscar forinetti. they hoped that a slice of italy in new york would generate some 60 million in annual sales. >> it was kind of an element of pulling together people, some with financial

six out of ten italians will not go on holidays in august which is quite unusual for the italian peopleso for the government of mario monti clearly a a need for a circuit breaker. he can't squeeze out more money from the real money from the economy in terms of new taxes and we need a break. so the effect of the financial crisis of the high spread on the real economy. basically there will be no pass for the economy in 2012 and the experts say 2013 will be down between 1 and 0.5%. >> thanks for that. >>> let's get a check of how u.s. futures are trading as we head closer to the start of the u.s. session. it's green behind me. the dow jones industrials average implied to open higher by 28 points. nasdaq pointed higher by 16 or so and the s&p 500 trying to add two or three points as well. european markets can give you a sense of the kind of trading we've seen overnight. the ftse 100 is the underperformer down .22%. xetra dax is up .40%. camelback about the same amount. ibex in spain trying to continue the gains up 1% so far this morning. >> meanwhile, we've seen italian yields -- they recov

vincenzo represents thousands of italian leaseholders.e worries that international corporations will soon be hanging traditional family businesses out to d. >> that is 30,000 small family businesses with hundreds of employees. they do not know what the future will bring or if the wood -- they will even have one after 2015. it would be bad news if these companies fell into the hands of the multinational corporations. they only think about their bottom line. we do not want to invest in that way of life. we have a concept of hospitality, culture, and solidarity. at the same time, we see to it that our families survive and people keep their jobs. >> graciano's son rallies the beach attendance. the strike is over and it is time to get back to work. it is two hours later, and the parasols are open now that the protest is over, but the lounge chairs are still empty. further south, the situation is even more dire. the economic crisis has meant fewer and fewer people can afford parasols and changing cubicles. she lost her job three days ago. frien

we're just seen the italian senate approved growth measures for the country, and we've also got italiananks higher today. investors bracing for a drop in profit. italy's two biggest banks will report results later today. italian banks are climbing this morning as you see ahead of that and unicredit up. but as we heard, those banks are down around 20%, 30% respectively this year. >>> that will give you a little bit of perspective. meantime royal bank of scotland has reported a first half net attributable loss of 2 billion pounds after taking charges on credit of almost 3 billion pounds. it's unable to quantify liabilities. >> the nationalization is more idea or chat is driven more by the, you know, search for getting more lending to the uk economy. i can assure you on that front we're doing all that we can. >>> not surprising that they don't want to hear about nationalization. a lot of people discussing that even that possibility saying it's remote. still to come we'll be live in one of spain's most indebted regions as the country's yield remains high. >> are we going talk telecom? >> ar

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the italian festival going on saturday and sunday from noon to #:00.e - - noon to 8:00. >> the weather should be good for the weekend especially as you go into the afternoon saturday and also sunday. but this is what we have right now in baltimore. temperature coming in at 65 degrees. we are feeling nice and cool this morning. we will warm things back up. we can see the oranges right now. we see more greenback across the middle of the nation. that is the second front that will move in here. we are going to continue this flow as we go through the rest of today. enjoy because you know, we do have some change in the forecast. this is the future trend. this is the cold front that worked its way through yesterday. that will be bringing us the dry air for today. there is that second cold front that you hear me talk about. the one that you will like as we go into the weekend. that is going to drop those temperatures down into the 80s. before we get to the 80s, we have to still talk about the tropical weather and we do have tropical storm gordon right now that

. >> the italian prime minister has warned that the resentment could tear the european union apart. >> the divisions drawn up by the european crisis are splitting opinions on whether greece should stay in the eurozone. this week has opened for a pat on the back for happens. >> finally, some good news from the troicha inspectors. they praised the greek government saying they're making progress with their budget cuts. this means that greece is still on track for another round of bailout funding. the euro also started the week on a positive note hitting a one-month high against the dollar. trading has been choppy since last thursday, but now it seems investors are more optimistic about the eurozone situation. in germany, some remain skeptical about grace's future. >> the eurozone has to show its teeth. they can just hand out money. they must make an example of greece. >> another member of the conservative party has voiced doubt about the neutrality of european central bank chief mario draghi. is something the opposition has been quick to announce. >> its a horrendous accusation. if it re

they're going to have pizza, pass tab with italian sausage, you name it.hat goes tomorrow and sunday in baltimore's little italy. >>> get in the back to school mode. thiss the back to school jam taking place at coughlin state community college. they will be collecting toiletries to distribute and command goods for 400 local families. the event is a partnership between west baltimore clergy and the stable children international. and if you're looking for a fun activity to do with the family and the dog, why not check out the maryland spca's puppy plunge? this is happening sunday at cavern edge jr. water from noon until 4 opinion. you can enjoy food, canoeing, game, and music. and there will also be dog contest and a doggy bikini contest, and your puppy can take the plunge and cool off in the water. >> i got nothing. >> hopefully the winner won't be the same for the doggy bikini con test and the ugly dog. >> and thanks to your generous donations, we will be giving several kids the start to the school year they need. good morning maryland at 5 start -- starts

the italians called a call to arms to war babies the first time around. when i visited the draft board i noticed my card was filed with a crease at it's corner. farther's laughter was louder than ever. clients who decided to buy had their paintings shipped to houses in the country. i noticed lucie hiding bags of sugar in the closet where i kept my tennis racket. to mother he repeated. don't worry, she replied, i do. i wonder if they rrmed they had a son at all. yet that month seemed to pass more slowly than others. rose's presence was fleeting. i passed by father's office as she sat by the type writer in a green sweater with a hole in the elbow. i found her in the bathroom once with a black tongue as a pen had burst when she licked it's anybody. i handed her a towel and said, just ruin the cloth. to the light in the courtyard i sang along with my new american record. there is a hungry yearning burning inside of me and i felt every word in the marrow of my bones. august said, i hate this cold porter so a played the album at a low volume and closed the wind

(laughter) by the way, how did the italians feel about this deal?any shareholder who opposed the deal said "the government got ripped off, it was the beginning of the destruction of italian industry." >> the republican candidate seen as a "persona non grata" there. >> jon: wow. mitt romney's business practices are too shady for italy. (laughter) italy. (cheers and applause) mitt romney has to say to italy "i'm a legitimate businessman." (laughter) italy. a country where the prime minister, the head of the country's largest media conglomerate, and the host of their finest bunga bunga parties is the same (bleep)ing guy. (laughter) we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) (cheers and applause) >> jon: welcome back. my guest tonight, a native of afghanistan, a former advisor to the eyes army. her book is called "in my father's country: an afghan woman defies her fate." please welcome to the program, saima wahab. (applause) how are you? >> doing good. >> jon: thank you so much for being here. >> you're welcome. >> jon: and sharing your story with us. "

(laughter) by the way, how did the italians feel about this deal? >> one company shareholder who opposed the deal said "the government got ripped off, it was the beginning of the destruction of italian industry." >> the republican candidate seen as a "persona non grata" there. >> jon: wow. mitt romney's business practices are too shady for italy. (laughter) italy. (cheers and applause) mitt romney has to say to italy "i'm a legitimate businessman." (laughter) italy. a country where the prime minister, the head of the country's largest media conglomerate, and the host of their finest bunga bunga parties is the same (bleep)ing guy. (laughter) we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) as you can clearly see from this attractive graph that our sales have increased by... sorry, my liege. honestly. our sales have increased by 20%. what is this mystical device i see before me? it's an ultrabook. he signed the purchase order. with an ultrabook, everything else seems old fashioned. introducing the ultra sleek, ultra responsive ultrabook. a whole new class o

there is a reason why italians live so long, they have one of the highest quality of lives in the world so act like you're in italy and linger over lunch in the shade. for starters, you eat more slowly and fill up faster. bring along some friends and enjoy spending time with them. after every bite of food, put down your fork or spoon and share some conversation before taking our next bite. don't you feel more relaxed? you also keep yourself out of the sun when it is the most damaging to our scan. >> back in 1947, 65 years ago, the first parking meter was installed on san francisco city streets. the meters have evolved along with modern technology and all of those payments and citations definitely add up. >> this is where it all started, on the corner of polka and bush street. 65 years ago today, somebody had the bright idea to bring some money into the city >> a quarter for four minutes sometimes, is outrageous >> de know the color codes? >> no i don't >> green is all day, yellow is loading, red is forget about it >> that's because read meters do not apply to regular drivers and the tic

now we wait for these italian auctions. a little bit of good news for spain. >>> in india the biggest carmaker maruti suzuki plans to ramp up their diesel engine production. more from new delhi. >> reporter: hi. thanks very much. maruti suzuki chairman is in india and attended the company's agm this morning and the management here at maruti suzuki renewing its commitment to ramp up the diesel side of the business. petrol prices are aligned to the market, diesel prices are aligned by the government. over the year we've seen diesel car sales go up 37% while petrol car sales have declined 13%. so maruti suzuki has been trying to ramp up on the indonesiale car side. they have an arrangement that provides them with less diesel engines. they will be setting up a diesel engine plant. so they are stepping up their plan as far as diesel vehicles are concerned. outside of that, maruti betting on its new small car, 800 cc car which replaces its blockbuster which is the auto and that should think it roads in india sometime around novem

so italian front end yeels.ore comfortable there than say in spain where there is a lot of risk in front of you. maybe a little bit more risk reverse there. contrast that to the other side of curves. we look at what's going on in germany. definitely expect a steepening there where long and german yields have to go higher if this is going to be successful. >> twice you have mentioned germany and i don't blame you. the whole conversation should be about germany. how do you think that plays on? >> review of the constitutionality. it is the big bail out vehicle. it's going to hold up until that point. what is the market expecting? we're going to get something similar to what our supreme court did. no it's going to be yes but. the key is what is the but. it's going to be a yes. we will get through that up until that point we will have to be cautious because there is the tail risk scenario. >> this is a slow money segment. you sound a little bit more tilted to the positive when it comes to italian debt. >> there is a

in greece is reportedly more than twice the average rate in euro zone countries plus analysts say italian technocrat prime minister mario monti. excuse me that wasn't a cause he's a technocrat i just actually i'm sick he is really stepping up to germany and ways once unthinkable in a fight to save italy which is deep in recession but what is the real breakdown of the crisis right now when you put it this way. the good. the bad. well let's bring constantine to help us sort out this ugly mess he's an economist and coeditor of this book what if ireland defaults and he's going to help us sort it out so first of all thank you for being on the show it's always a pleasure to have you one. thank you lauren let's start by dividing and conquering the good the bad and the ugly which is something that you actually came up with before we get to why we're dividing accordingly who is the good who is the bad and who is the ugly looking at the eurozone crisis. the good the bad the ugly is really the trifurcation of europe it's a split in three parts of european core traditionally both in terms of the myth

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(laughter) by the way, how did the italians feel about this deal? >> one company shareholder who opposed the deal said "the government got ripped off, it was the beginning of the destruction of italian industry." >> the republican candidate seen as a "persona non grata" there. >> jon: wow. mitt romney's business practices are too shady for italy. (laughter) italy. (cheers and applause) mitt romney has to say to italy "i'm a legitimate businessman." (laughter) italy. a country where the prime minister, the head of the country's largest media conglomerate, and the host of their finest bunga bunga parties is the same (bleep)ing guy. (laughter) we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) you want to save money on car insurance? no problem. you want to save money on rv insurance? no problem. you want to save money on motorcycle insurance? no problem. you want to find a place to park all these things? fuggedaboud it. this is new york. hey little guy, wake up! aw, come off it mate! geico. saving people money on more than just car insurance. (cheers and appl

them a basting -- a banking licence to help boost firepower. >> german chancellor angela merkel and italian prime minister mario monti had a wide- ranging agenda for their meeting. in a press conference afterward, the two stressed their points of agreement. merkel praised monti's leadership and said that italy's reforms were improving europe's competitiveness. >> italy's comprehensive budget tightening and reform agenda is impressive. it is moving forward, step-by- step, and being implemented. >> the two differ over the role of the european stability mechanism. merkel said the fund should not be allowed to borrow directly from the european central bank, but that is an option that monti supports, and he praised the virtue of flexibility. >> a few things can be achieved under certain conditions, but perhaps these can be done in the future if the conditions change -- a few things cannot be achieved under certain conditions. >> for now, the two appeared friendly. a show of unity was the message for the day with specifics left for the future. >> dw's political correspondent has been following th

this time the defending italian olympic race walk champion. could that name be anymore italian. he admitted to using the performance enhancing drug because he wanted to, quote, win the gold against -- at all costs. whatever. it was in italian. he was set to defend his title in a 50k walk. my mother can do that. for which he holds the record with the time of three hours 37 minutes the the same time it takes for me to take a shower. discuss. >> lightning roooouuunnnndd. lightning round. >> is it safe to say if you are at the olympics as a race walker you are the one athlete not getting laid? >> no, not at all. these race walkers have endurance. they know how to walk. i don't have a third. they have endurance and they know how to walk. >> if you are an olympian you will get laid. if they are getting laid the race walkers are getting laid. you have a good ., you do the short line walkers so you have a lot of runners. you have a race walker because there are one or two in the city and you can beat them. >> it is like trampoline instead of high dive. >> i would like to see a diver bou

i will take fresh italian tomatoes and the fresh seafood, and will bring them to other with some niceked paprika and some nice smoked jalapeno peppers. i am going to stew them up and get a nice savory, smoky, fishy, tomatoy, spicy broth. >> bring it on. how are you feeling? >> i feel good. i spent the $20 and have a few pennies less. i am going to go home and cook. i will text message u.n. is done. >> excellent and really looking forward to it. >> today we're going to make the san francisco classic dish invented by italian and portuguese fishermen. it'll be like a nice spaghetti sauce. then we will put in the fish soup. the last thing is the dungeon as crab, let it all blend together. it will be delicious. when i could, i will try to make healthy meals with fresh ingredients, whatever is in season and local. those juicy, fresh tomatoes will take about an hour to cook down into a nice sauce. this is a good time to make our fish stock. we will take a step that seems like trash and boil it up in water and make a delicious and they speed up my parents were great clerics, and we had wonder

champion valentino rossi has defended his decision to return to yamaha next year the italian rider is preparing for this weekend's indianapolis grand prix in america with his current team getty the thirty three year old has now signed a two year deal to rejoin the japanese manufacturer following a disappointing two year stint with the italian outfit this means rossi will once again join rival and current standings leader for gay runs over the switch came under fire from former duke county rider casey started out but rossi has explained his u. turn. so it's a change of t.v. rossi but it was a change of sport for some of his fellow riders as the likes of danny but those are in better speeds enjoyed a very american day out ahead of the race with a baseball lesson to take their minds of their motivation to tears while colleen edwards and the physio so were among those who were practicing their swing on the years. as a game of golf fuelled old rivalries away from the tarmac. we're moving on to ice hockey west siberian u.s. team the colts are looking to have a russian team and second straig

we spotted a fairy on an italian, from jenn kessy, a flower.nd more for men and women, olympic is bolder, bigger, stronger, biceps, swimmer, canadian superman. went for his name with a crown. race walker who taught the "today" show never liked tattoos until the olympics. >> while not a wall plaque. >> i think a huge signed of who i am. it's something i've worked for 12 years. >> are you going to add a little something? >> honestly, i thought about -- >> oh no. >> making -- i wanted to do big ben on my side with the laurel wreath on the side. hopefully i'll make 2016 and put a monkey for rio, put my daughter's name. >> you have a little ring and now you're going for big ben and a monkey? >> for some it's artistic. all ten symbols of decath loan on the leg, a grateful pole vaulter, for inspiration that doesn't fade, the olympic motto. deserve tattooed on the chest. on his back, what i deserve, i earn. this canadian has a phrase from lord of the rings. u.s. hurdler, a bible verse. as physical as their lives are, the olympics own symbol point as mu

the italians will answer in this match. italy with the winner right there. set and match for italy right here and u.s. on the verge of being eliminated. matt anderson cannot handle it here for the united states and that is all the italians will lead to advance the semifinals. the men's volleyball team eliminated today by italy. we're back with your seven-day forecast next. >> a warning for parents. gestingildren are inte tiny >> very fuad but i did not see any showers. any showers. >> showers and storms will

c-span: how big of a slur is calling an italian heritage that? >> guest: it at and it's probably worse now than it was say in the 1930s. joe dimaggio, the baseball player who is one of the first huge italian athletes sports stars certainly in baseball his nickname if you go back to read the newspapers, his officially published name was day go. and it's a reflection of the changing times. a lot of what the book is about is how it's a much better america because would have recognized our individual -- our individuality and the hybridization of things. and you know it's interesting that at the same time we are much more comfortable with someone like when tiger woods made it big a decade or so. he said he was caucasian, black, indian and asian. people are like yeah that's exactly right and it's kind of curious that as we have become more aware and uncomfortable of the much broader palette of who counts in america, we are also sometimes steadfast babies ethic slurs that were totally in common use 5060 years ago. c-span: we asked you to come talk with

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so no movement from the italians and the spanish.at are trading today. because there was an expectation amongst some that they would get more from draghi. that there would be a bigger ba zooka on offer. i thunk he's answered a master plan. but short term, people are disappointed. let's look at the close around europe. it's the banks that have been walloped. ostensiblies did a sea of red. you'll see those countries in particular that are most affected, spain and italy, down over 4% as a result of what is happening now. but it was quite clear as soon as we had the monti news conference begin, you can see the disappointment writ large on the larger markets, top three, london, paris and frankfurt. all of those markets went into negative territory on the immediate disappoint there wasn't more from mario draghi. and if you look at the spanish and italian markets, those stock markets it was even more pronounced. what i think is important to note here, and this is a one-month track, is the degree to which, well, what on earth is this on the

they want to run the eurozone by the ball but. >> when it comes to the euro, the italian prime ministeroes not see eye to eye with his spanish counterpart. even so, mario monti did his best to persuade the fiscal conservative of the merits of giving dsm a banking license, which would mean it could borrow money directly from the ecb. >> i think this will in due course work. i think that progress is in integration of fiscal policies, banking policies, financial policies. we will have to proceed. >> but finland is against moving the fiscal goal posts. >> the finnish people are decrying which believes as it has been written for us. >> current rules forbid both the bailout fund and the ecb from buying of bonds, but monti is still hopeful that the ecb will change tack after its meeting on thursday. >> let's pull in our european affairs correspondent. mario monti on tour about how to solve the euro crisis. and yes, and it became obvious at the last summit in brussels where finland already positioned itself as a hard-liner country. germany is very much in the spotlight, but germany is the bigge

luna is italian -- the italian boat and the other boat, it's from zee land. the san francisco -- from new any zee land. you can see -- new zealand. you can so a lot of people gathered here. a lot of people are taking pictures of this with their cameras and then they have these beacher seats up -- bleacher seats set up. all of this is near the regatta course. very upclose, very good view of what's going on this week. the teams have been practicing since this last week. they've been doing runs at 1:00, tomorrow they will saturday the first re gat toss and those races will continue through sunday. the skippers of these 11 catamarans had a welcome event this morning at the village. they pose for photos with mayor lee and talked about their experiences. one. members of the or raw cau team vote is a bay area note in-- native -- oracle team boat is a bay area native. >> these courses are about two miles in length and take about 30 minutes in time. it's a real small racetrack. i -- all of these other teams have great sailors. and they will figure it out. >> now, anot