. >> lithuania is one of the eu's smallest and newest members. but it will be setting the agenda in brussels for the next few months. >> the country has just taken over the eu presidency and has been hosting senior european officials. >> the church bells ring a total of 28 times in lithuania's capital -- once for every country in the european union. for the next six months, lithuania will hold the eu council presidency. the eu president described it as an historic moment for europe. >> this shows how far we have come since the iron curtain went down and europe was unified. your inspiration for freedom and independence is now linked to the european project. >> the maximus freedom and peace, and that is the maxim for lithuania as well, located on europe's eastern frontier. once to use its presidency to improve relations between the eu and other eastern european countries. >> the partners are so important for europe because they are our neighbors, and we would like to see democracy develop here, security, and human rights protection. >> an ambitious

. >> lithuania is one of the eu's smallest and newest members. but it will be setting the agenda in brussels for the next few months. >> the country has just taken over the eu presidency and has been hosting senior european officials. >> the church bells ring a total of 28 times in lithuania's capital -- once for every country in the european union. for the next six months, lithuania will hold the eu council presidency. the eu president described it as an historic moment for europe. >> this shows how far we have come since the iron curtain went down and europe was unified. your inspiration for freedom and independence is now linked to the european project. >> the maximus freedom and peace, and that is the maxim for lithuania as well, located on europe's eastern frontier. once to use its presidency to improve relations between the eu and other eastern european countries. >> the partners are so important for europe because they are our neighbors, and we would like to see democracy develop here, security, and human rights protection. >> an ambitious

>> we spoke earlier to our dw correspondent in lithuania. i put it to him that merkel once german data protection law to be european standard. how likely is this to happen? >> the european authorities are now trying to do that. german standards should be european standards, said the home affairs minister. now they are trying to get through negotiations with american counterparts, and that could be a problem because americans are not very eager to adapt to european standards, so there is a long way to go. the new organization will not be in place before 2014. >> are the europeans afraid of the u.s.'s ability to spy on us so well? >> yes, and rightfully so because europeans are very eager to protect their data now. the scandal was a wake-up call for europeans. now they want to tackle the problem swiftly. the big question is -- will the

lithuania has taken over the presidency of the european union. >> the first time a former member of theoviet union has run the affair. a new era is beginning for croatia as people wake up for the first times as citizens of the e.u. but it was temper bide fears about the debt crisis and its own economic problems. >> customs control are a thing of the past now. the two former states are partners again. this time inside the european union. there were cheers as crowds fwathered for the countdown at midnight. 10 years after croatia applied for a e.u. membership they are now part of the club. a new opportunity to achieve cultural and democratic progress. i am raising this class for the europe of the future. a europe of peace and prosperity. but sfite the celebrations and the smiles for many in croatia it has diminished the aura of the new club and they have no shortage of problems. unemployment is at 20% and half of young people are without a job. the civil service needs modernizing. the e.u. is urging their newest member to press on with more reforms. it is certainly not an easy start to the

lithuania has taken over the presidency of the european union. >> the first time a former member of theoviet union has run the affair. a new era is beginning for croatia as people wake up for the first times as citizens of the e.u. but it was temper bide fears about the debt crisis and its own economic problems. >> customs control are a thing of the past now. the two former states are partners again. this time inside the european union. there were cheers as crowds fwathered for the countdown at midnight. 10 years after croatia applied for a e.u. membership they are now part of the club. a new opportunity to achieve cultural and democratic progress. i am raising this class for the europe of the future. a europe of peace and prosperity. but sfite the celebrations and the smiles for many in croatia it has diminished the aura of the new club and they have no shortage of problems. unemployment is at 20% and half of young people are without a job. the civil service needs modernizing. the e.u. is urging their newest member to press on with more reforms. it is certainly not an easy start to the

there are baltic nation of lithuania has taken over the e.u. presidency from ireland. with a population of 3 million, it is a big job for a small country. they will hold e.u. council meetings for the next three months. the director and deputy director of the vatican bank have resigned as they are being investigated for corruption. it comes three days after a senior catholic cleric was arrested in italy for alleged corruption. in the united states, millions of university students taking out loans will now have to pay double the amount of interest because congress missed a deadline to stop the hike. student debt in the country sees $1 trillion, more than the amount owed by u.s. citizens on their credit cards. >> graduation day, always an occasion for celebration and high hopes for the future but also when university graduates have to start paying back the loans that allowed them to get this far. she won't be facing that day for years but she is cal clathe how long it will take her to pay off that debt. >> 10-20 years. probably more. not including if i want to go to schoo

. >> we spoke earlier to our dw correspondent in lithuania. i put it to him that merkel once german data protection law to be european standard. how likely is this to happen? >> the european authorities are now trying to do that. german standards should be european standards, said the home affairs minister. now they are trying to get through negotiations with american counterparts, and that could be a problem because americans are not very eager to adapt to european standards, so there is a long way to go. the new organization will not be in place before 2014. >> are the europeans afraid of the u.s.'s ability to spy on us so well? >> yes, and rightfully so because europeans are very eager to protect their data now. the scandal was a wake-up call for europeans. now they want to tackle the problem swiftly. the big question is -- will the americans play along? >> how likely is it that americans will play along? >> europeans want to connect the data protection issue with the free trade deal currently in negotiations, and they say to americans that

. >>> in lithuania, 28 people were arrested when they tried to disrupt the country's second gay pridearade. >>> and in brazil pope francis took the brazilian's leadership of the catholic church to task, saying that the "church is too distant and too cold." the pope said the church needs to more than simply listen to them. brazil has lost several million followers in recent years to protestant evangelical services that provide services in jails and slums. >>> investigators? florida are trying to determine a motive for a shooting rampage at an apartment complex that left sex people dead. a s.w.a.t. team shot and killed the suspected gunman, 43-year-old pedro vargas after an eight-hour standoff vargas was described as a quiet money with no criminal history and police are release more information on the victim's tomorrow. >>> the mother of a newborn baby is crediting a 10-year-old georgia girl's action with safing her baby from death during an apartment fire. she scissors she was just doing what she was told to do and put it "that is when god did his thing." in our family, we take care of

because they didn't meet in lithuania, they came from the same town.and they didn't meet the concentration camp and everyone left their apartments and homes and got concentrated to this little village. they didn't meet in concentration camps because they were male and female parent i thought it was with his father and a mother was with my father's mother who died and didn't know that either. you know any of this. then they spent four years as displaced people in germany. they come to america and everyone is desperate to get married but it's the land where you don't have to have a passport to say what is your religion. it had tremendous democratic values and gifts that certainly were not true all over the world and in he wanted to get married. they were getting on in years. my father was 40 and this was part of a lithuanian holocaust survivors ball. but it was because my father was an incredible dancer. it was the polka and i thought with my parents. they never touched the floor. i bet he did most of the work. he skated around in his part of the world i

. >> lithuania's capital city seems to be all smiles this morning. the city leaders are using a mobile app called the happiness barometer which measures mood of residents. special posters are spread across the city where people scan the code to register their mood. there's plansp to install huge video screen to show a real-time happiness barometer. so far it has an average happiness rating of 60%. not bad. >> not too bad. could use it in other places. we continue to follow breaking news. south bay officer rushed to the hospital after getting attacked by a pit bull. bob redell just talked to police. the live report next. >>> firefighters working throughout the night, desperately gain upper hand on the destructive while fire in southern california. what we are learning. >> one peninsula city says it must chop down nearly two dozen magnolia trees lining its downtown streets. s. >>> breaking silence in a san jose neighborhood. the confrontation that left a dog dead. >>> south bay camp counselor in court. the charges involving children in his care. >>> pl

prince andrew himself has been accused of all kinds of financial activities involving families in lithuaniat, martin. see, it's instinctive, isn't it? >> this was reported on by journalists because of the actions of the royal family. i think the significant mainstay has been her majesty, the queen. and her commitment to duty and service has frankly trumped all of the wrongdoing. she has been unimpeachable in her character. she has served the country with enormous commitment and stability and steadfastness. and that's led to ultimately the royal family continuing to enjoy such high ratings amongst the british public because the scandals after a while have settled, and who's been left, but her majesty, the queen, stable and steadfast. >> so the economics -- >> of course -- yeah, mika, it's also led to the fact that charles probably won't be allowed to be king until he's about 97. but rattner has charts. let's move on. >> yes. in fact, the economics of this would be the real baby bump here which you're going to get to in your charts on the little prince. >> charts on the little prince. let me

she came to america -- brought to america at the age of 2 from lithuania. her son now stands in the united states senate. that's my story. that's my family's story, but it's america's story. it can be repeated over and over and over again. we think about the statue of liberty and how it thrills so many people to see it for the first time, and then to understand the message of the statue of liberty, to lift my lamp beside that golden door so that people are welcomed to this country, and we knew it from the beginning, it was the key to our future. so many times this issue of immigration is overlooked. it's such a critical part of who we are in america. think back in your own family history, one generation, two or three generations to a person in a foreign land who said one day we're going to america, who undoubtedly was questioned about that decision. you're going to a place you have never been, to a place where they don't speak our language, to a place where they eat different kinds of food. this will be quite a challenge. well, it was. and millions of peopl