there were difficulties in kohl 's personal life, too. in 2001, his wife committed suicide. er death led to speculation in the normally reticent german media about kohl's private life and his relationship with his longtime assistant. a fall in 2008 led to a fractured skull and a stint in intensive care. the accident left him partially paralyzed with impaired speech. with the end of his life, he became increasingly withdrawn from the public. to: for more, we can cross berlin. jessica, what has been the reaction to this news of the passing of the former chancellor helmut kohl? jessica: well, respect for helmut kohl goes beyond party borders good have a lot of reading politicians paying respects. angela merkel visibly saddened when she spoke of the death of helmut kohl from the german embassy in rome. she said helmut kohl was a great german and great european. she said she personally had a lot to thank him for. angela merkel famously was the protÉge underneath helmut kohl when she was a young politician herself. germany's president, the social democrat, said that a chapter of ge

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kohl was instrumental in the ratification of the maastricht treaty paving the way for the single european urrency, the euro. and in the interests of the political liberty of all europeans, long before the e.u.'s eastward expansion took place, kohl held talks with leaders of eastern european candidate countries. peace and freedom in europe are cosm's political priorities still -- kohl's political priorities still valid today? melinda: let's start with the priority he placed on the franco-german partnership. in fact, it has often been described as the motor of europe. but that motor didn't suddenly start up when helmut kohl became chancellor. to what degree did he qualitatively change those ties? ursula was the bonds we saw in the report unique to something he did as leader? >> i think there are lines to e seen between helmut kohl and mitterrand did the same thing with poland. if you look at both nations which were most -- most affected by german imperialism, land and france, you see the temptations to not to find reconciliation on the one hand and on the other hand to try to establish something like friendship, something like doing things together and making progress together. so that is the s

s side. when the berlin wall fell, kohl seized the opportunity for reunification. ter a visit to the caucuses, he convinced mikael gorbachev. he also did his s best to o put aside his western ally -- allies'coconcerns. >> people can second-guess and say might have happened anyway, who is to say. if you might have asked me, in this century we are in now, probably. it took strong leadership. it took a man of principle who could work with different points of view. >> kohl's second great ambition was european unity. he and the french president shared an important friendship and they clasped hands at the german should carry -- at the german cemetery. kohl campaigned for a european and economic currency union and for the introduction of the euro. by 1991, elation had given way to disillusionment. the forcing landscapes promised by kohl had dematerialized. even though kohl lost the 1998 election, he goes down in history as the longest-serving german chancellor. helmut kohl defined german politics for 16 years. things went bad for him when details were revealed of a secret

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s&p rose a fraction of a percent. the nasdaq fell nearly 1%. the man who brought about germany's reunification, helmut kohled today. he became chancellor of west germany in 1982 and guided the rejoining with east germany, after the berlin wall fell and the soviet bloc collapsed. helmut kohl ultimately served as chancellor for 16 years. he was 87 years old. and, los angeles temporarily turned into gotham city last night in memory of adam west, who played batman on the 1960s tv show. hundreds of fans gathered to watch as officials flipped a switch and flashed the iconic bat signal on city hall. adam west died this week at 88. still to come on the newshour: my conversation with david petraeus on the fight in afghanistan. new travel and business restrictions between the u.s. and cuba. and, much more. >> woodruff: wars in afghanistan, syria, and iraq. tensions within the gulf states. and, a new administration trying to manage an exploding region. all topics for retired general david petraeus. he commanded american and coalition forces in the wars in iraq and afghanistan, and served as overall commander of u.s.

kohl. will we don't focus on is the tremendous effort and sacrifice and courage and optimism that the german people showed through the whole decade of the 90's into this century in creating the remarkably successful, unified germany. what an achievement. country that is now in public opinion polls, that is the master specint country in the world. a country that has developed a functioning social market economy. the country, even given a lot of static that we have had over the last couple of weeks, between the german-american relationship, a country i know to aighted -- is wedded strong trans-atlantic relationship. this was unthinkable in 1987. what the germans have been capable of doing -- and i don't think frankly, in this country others they get enough credit. >> go ahead. was -- we visited germany before the president. >> that's exactly right! >> we had the rocks thrown. >> that's what i was going to say. rocks thrown at the bus. >> we had to get under our seats. >> this was the missile deployment era. >> exactly! there is helmut kohl. we met helmut kohl at one point and the police are holding the crowd at bay. the ground is jeering and h

kohl's. we're coming up on 6:45... here's a quick look at the top stories we're following this morning... we are now learning more about the gunman who opened fire at a u-p-sn san francisco. it happened on wednesday morning when a u-p-s employee shot and killed three co-workers before killing himself. the shooter has been identified as 38-year-old jimmy lam. a u-p-s union official says lam filed a request back in march to reduce his overtime hours.( darya ) and.. the man charged with the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire will be back in court. derick alemna is expected to enter a plea later this morning in oakland. almena is facing 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the fire that broke out last december. almena was the man in charge of the warehouse.( mark ) also... the leader of isis may have been killed in an airstrike. the russian military claims that it killed abu bakr al-baghdadi last month. russian officials say the strikes targeted an isis meeting that was being held in syria. u-s officials have not yet confirmed russia's claims. ( mark ) in case you are heading up to tahoe this weekend... here's a live look at kirkwood this mor

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