brian banks and his attorney justin brooks joins me now.it's -- i saw the "today" show interview and wanted to talk to you because i was so struck by your philosophical approach to all of this. you have lost so much of your life and your dreams. yet, you're ready to move on. brian, first of all, we're so glad and relieved that justice has finally been served. >> thank you. thank you much. >> do you think it's still possible to recapture your dreams after these years? can you go back? you were a star player from a star high school team. and you had everything at your feet. and now, how do you proceed? what do you do next? >> well, you just keep moving forward. it's been a long journey for me. it's been a lot of downs than ups. but i'm just hopeful. you know, i've been working real hard at training ever since october 1st of last year, just putting a lot of effort on the field and the gym and trying to put my past behind me. and receiving that great news yesterday just only amped me up so much more to want to follow my passion and dreams in pu

joining me now, brian banks and his attorney justin brooks, thank you both for being here tonight.on being -- >> first, let me thank you for being here and congratulations for clearing your name. did you ever think day would come? >> within the last few weeks that we have been fighting this case and this appeal, it became more clear that freedom was on the way, and it's here today, and i'm just overwhelmed. >> tell me how this happened. >> well, you know, i was blessed to have rea facebook contact and request from the alleged victim who in her words wanted to let by gones be bygones. i wanted to let the truth out about what happened. and my objective was to have her meet me at a private investigation office where we could record our conversation and she recanted her complete statements made against me and that got the ball rolling to my freedom today. >> let me ask the attorney, she refused to come forward to authorities, but this secret tape is what led to his now clearing his name, and the california innocence project that you and others worked with needed new evidence to come in

he's with us now with his attorney justin brooks, who's also the director of the california innocence you both with us. brian, it must feel great being exonerated. but at the same time, you lost years behind bars and even with the probation. how are you doing today? >> it's another amazing day post freedom. i'm taking it all in. just so thankful for all the support i've been receiving so far. >> throughout the morning we've been playing some pretty emotional clips of you as you got word of being exonerated. do you remember that moment? >> i'll never forget that. mixed emotions from happiness to everything that's happened to get to this points and overwhelmed with all the love and support following it. >> justin, i have a few questions for you but i want to ask brian first. >> sure. >> this woman apparently finds you on facebook and sends you a message, right? that's how this all started to unravl. what did she say? >> she in a message said she was hoping bygones could be bygones and she was immature at the time but very much mature now. >> and justin krks you take us through this? you

brian banks, justin brooks.we will continue to watch your nfl career. >>> something tells me we'll see brian on the field real soon. >>> a six-hour work day, that's something we could all get used to, and that's exactly what people in bolivia are fighting to keep. they've taken to the streets for massive protests. how does a six-hour day stack up to what we're used to right here in the u.s.? we'll tell you. >>> also, a dog lover's delight. we'll bring you the tale of this cute little four-legged pup that ran an entire bicycle race across tibet. boy, he must be tired. >>> imagine if it was illegal for you to work more than six hours a day. sounds pretty nice, right? well, up until now that's been case for doctors and medical students in bolivia. the government is trying to change that and, well, let me show you what's going on there now as a result. take a look at this. yes, those are the doctors and students studying to be doctors rioting in the streets. they don't want the change, and, yes, they are making it k

joining me from washington jim hoaglund of "the washington post," justin vaisse from the brookings institution, and from paris, hugh carnegie of "the financial times" with me here in new york, adam gopnik of the new yorker. let me go first to paris. tell me, hugh, why did this result happen? >>. >> the first reason was that mr. sar-- sarkozy was an unupon lar president, and he played on that he knew that it was his biggest asset. and he presented himself as a change of style, somebody as he put it would be a normal president, the french seem to crave that after five volatile years, mr. sar cos did-- sarkozy, that was reason number one. the second reason i think you referred to was the general climate about the economic situation in france and in europe as a whole. mr. hollande had made a play, you if you like about the need for growth to match the austerity which has been the focus, the german lead austerity that has been the focus in europe for the last couple of years as europe has grappled with the sovereign debt crisis. and theres with a strong feeling, i think, amongst many people in fran

. >> thank you to justin and brookings, it's a great privilege to be here.grabbing the 4:30-6:00 slot is an extra challenge. i hope everyone's had that coffee after a wonderful afternoon of conversation. what i thought i'd do, spend a few moments a bit reflecting on the last three and a half years of transatlantic relations but very much, to kurt's point, looking towards the future. and, again, i couldn't agree with you more, kurt. really what we're talking about is the nature of american leadership moving forward. and, um, before coming here i got a question from a reporter. secretary clinton and secretary ma net that and -- panetta and chairman dempsey were on the hill today testifying, and is quite a tough hearing. very skeptical. and the reporter asked me what this was all about, what do we need to care about, and i said, you know what? it's not about the united nations although there are many that will say this is about the loss of american sovereignty to the united nations. this is about american leadership in the 21st century and are we going to lead

brookings is continuing to thrive. i am also pleased to see how much the u.s. and europe continues to thrive under the leadership of fiona hill and justin bates. i may seem bias, but it seems the original logic we found it -- we have we found the center where we could connect directly across the atlantic with your, the case for having such an institution is as strong now as when at the center was founded six or seven years ago. it is hard to say that today's annual conference is occurring at a time of incredible activity in europe. he mentioned the g-eight and nato summits the president obama participated in, hosted in camp david and chicago just last week. and of course, literally as i speak of european union leaders are sitting down for a very interesting dinner to confront the challenges in the eurozone and the question of how to generate jobs and growth. i will turn to the implications of these recent events later in and out -- in my remarks. i would like to take a step back and just recall how the world looked when president obama took office three and a half years ago. the topic for this session is the record so far. i think it is

brookings also. i also must congratulate you, justine, for hosting this. the european union leaders are meeting in brussels for this big meeting. now we have -- we the media have presented this meeting tonight in brussels as very traumatic and that's the way we have to put it, of course. but it's not that dramatic. it is traumatic but not for the reasons we usually say. it's not that dramatic because in the sense that i don't think anything is going to happen tonight. or is happening. it is 27 people around a table. i don't know if you have very often conversations between 27 people, it is rather difficult. and i think it's more for them to make new partners and put everything on the table. so that's what they are going to do. and then there will be a long cycle until the end of june. it is a problem because the cycle is indeed long and there is urgency. they the scribe the situation in greece and spain and in the euro zone is really traumatic. so it's going to be really a few very difficult weeks ahead, i think. elections, where we have parliament electio