we will start in macedonia first and give you an idea what's happening there.s lingering low pressure system and waves of other low pressure system have caused days of severe weather in southern europe. drenching waves led to widespread flooding in macedonia and could for flooding defenses wednesday and winds damaged a structure in pompeii, a world heritage site and the rain will persist into the weekend. you can see the damage and devastation that comes from the consistent persistent rainfall. we see here the low pressure system in the western mediterranean. the influence a lot larger as it brings all the moisture further east and into the balkans and italian peninsula. we are not only seeing rainfall but also strong thunderstorms popping up with the system. gusts up to 120 kilometers an hour possible with snow up to 70 centimeters. we can't rule out isolated tornadoes and flooding is a problem and will continue to be a problem through the day. we are seeing a cold behind the low and snow in moscow and through thursday. in north america. new york and new engla

look at their neighbors such as macedonia and bulgaria and they have troubles but all of their economies are in better shape than greece. all those three countries have low income tax rates of 10%. greece has to put in it -- a progrowth program or -- [inaudible] they have the right formula. i do not think they want to push for the structural changes to get these economies growing again and so if you do not have those structural changes, you're going to have a political problem, not just an economic one. you have radical hearties growing in strength and portugal and spain that have elections this year. you see the rise of the union in france, the xena phobic national union and you see radical parties growing in other parts of europe. so they must put in progress measures instead of these mindless austerity measures which end up crushing the private sector which is self-defeating. >> in germany and brussels, the finance ministers who word -- who were negotiating there so driven by the fear of contagion still that they will do whatever it takes just to try and keep greece and the eurozone.

. >> the german citizen was objected in macedonia and tortured by the cia as a terror suspect in early 2004. by late spring, he was ruled innocent and released. the cia torture report outlines his case but blacks out agent names and interrogation sites. the chair of the german parliament justice committee says that is unacceptable. he wants the unedited report and charges brought against the u.s. agents. >> at the very least we need an investigation and arrest warrants. the perpetrators must know a cannot come here after torturing german citizens. they cannot enjoy a vacation here or come for work. >> at least two german citizens were interned in a great cia prisons. they were subjected to various forms of torture such as waterboarding. it's believed that cia aircraft also made stopovers in germany with abductees on board, but washington says it will not release the full report on cia detainee operations. the german justice ministry is weighing options. >> in due time, it will be considered what consequences should be drawn from the u.s. government's clear position on the matter. >> ge

albania's not the only one facing all of this flooding greece macedonia, bulgaria, all dealing with the major water problems here because of this weather pattern that we have seen in the southern portions of europe. and we are going to see even more rainfall as we continue on into tuesday, another low pressure system has developed in the western portions of the mediterranean. and that combination of cold air wrapping around and then bringing in the collision with the warm air, that's when it's going to really pick up steam and bring rain into the italian peninsula and also into the balkan peninsula. we're looking at areas of up to 80 millimeters of rainfall in the next 72 hours. that may not sound particularly impressive but when you already have land that's saturated with water and rivers having problems when it comes to the rain this type of amount over this time period could be a serious issue. it will drop really quickly in some of these red-shaded areas where the rain is dropping really quickly and that could be a problem. on top of that we're dealing with severe weather, strong gu

you served in albania and macedonia. suffice it to say, you become an asset in the balkans as that region was torn apart by war. i am i am particularly interested in your meetings with melissa fitch. he would later be tried for torture and genocide for his role in bosnia and kosovo though he died before the trial ended. is it hard to negotiate with someone you find is repulsive the right word? >> repulsive works. there are some other words as well. you know you looked at him, he didn't believe in anything. he was in the serb nationalist, communist, he disbelieved in power. you know when you go back in history the serbs and not always an easy time. the reasons why they feel oppressed. they felt that they were the ones who bore the brunt of the ottoman turkish empire. they felt that they were -- the germans made sure they had directly and roots the germans were extremely rough so they have this tremendous sense of victimhood. like all victims, there there is truth to the narrative. the problem was, we were in a situation w

the balkan states and we expect strong winds, isolated tornados and large hail greece, albania, macedonia, the balkan peninsula leaving the possibility of stronger storms this afternoon. the u.k. getting in on the action especially monday in to tuesday as another low pressure moves in. we will get a brief break in the winds through the course of your sunday and early monday. there's the next system moving in for dublin. very wet and windy conditions. look out. we have the possibility of airport delays today. highest near munich. 60 to 90 minutes possible 0. check those flight plans. natalie, back to you. >> thank you. >>> we are keeping an eye on the australian open men's final underway right now in melbourne. novak djokovic is taking on sixth seed andy murray. the match started about an hour ago, and right now the score is get this 4-4 in the first set. tie breaker. looks like a duel on hand perhaps. >>> the pressure is high for both men, but especially murray. four-time winner djokovic has never been meeting at melbourne park in a semi final or final. but get this should murray win, he

i've served in kosovo, macedonia. i did three tours in iraq and three tours in afghanistan.t defines the nature of 21st century combat is the asymmetric threat the unconventional threat, and the threat or the enemy that we face is an enemy that doesn't wear a uniform, doesn't play by any rules, it doesn't understand what the geneva conventions are or play by them. it's not accountable to the international criminal court or their own statute. it uses very basic technology in terms of ieds and suicide bombers. that is something which is incredibly hard to be able to fight against. for me "american sniper" really harness -- if you look at the trailer and the first 100 seconds, the way that clint eastwood articulates a soldier's dilemma in combat today -- it was sobering. very sobering. that's the bit i took away. it wasn't so much about who chris kyle was. i never met chris kyle. one thing i can say about chris kyle and we should be cognizant of is chris was a highly decorated u.s. navy s.e.a.l. he fought in four combat tours of duty four. that's just insane when you're a soldi

. >> let's go to denver now and speak with former ambassador to iraq korea, poland and macedonia, nowthe university of denver chris fer hill christopher hill. so much to talk about. start with the headline out of that nbc news marist poll. i'm surprised. 66% of americans support ground troops in the battle against isis. does that number surprise you? >> not really. i think the murder of the jordanian pilot and the continued, just murdering of innocent civilians has really gotten people very concerned about this. so i'm not surprised. i do note that the opinion poll is more like 25% in terms of real, you know ground troop formation. so i don't see us going back into iraq in the way we're there in 2003. >> we've been talking this morning, the first couple of hours, about how everybody seems to look to the united states to be the world's policemen. whether it's in the middle east looking to us to take care of isis or whether it's europe looking to us to take -- other than poland and a few notable exceptions, to take care of putin and ukraine, and we're trying to figure out, how does the

with the situation in ukraine, moldova belarus and in some of the countries of south eastern europe macedonia, et cetera, et cetera, you can see what enormous source of stability that was which enabled us to take the next step which was to join the european union as the political and economic integration of europe. so that all three were linked and all three were i think the most important thing that happened on the foreign policy front, and we all owe him for that. >> and let me say that trip that you're talking about first lady hillary clinton gave a speech at radio free europe, and that was a very important signal. and i have to say i have no greater pleasure than being able to announce the secession of the czech republic to nato in prague, and president havel was there. it was really amazing. i think we have to -- >> thank you both. >> one more quick question. my follow-up on the last question but i wonder how you would explain the success of the czech republic from the velvet revolution to develop a thriving democracy, a dynamic economy to join the eu? is a something in the spirit of the