and i have been speaking about the whole issue of refugees to one of the front line countries, malta, prime minister sat down with me earlier on, and this is what he had to say. >> we don't have the luxury, let's put it that way, of telling people just wait outside the wall, let us see who you are, let us see whether you are good people, not so good people, and then we will decide. because we have a night from my army there is one decision we can take, you either save people or let them die. for me it's a no-brainer, it's obviously we are going to save people. so the illusion that you can just build a wall and the problem stops, is just that. an illusion. >> reporter: do you believe in the best case scenario that there was a political solution in libya, that your problems with migration and refugees would be over? >> i believe first of all we should not let the flow be managed by criminals, by criminal gangs who are raking in millions if not billions from this business, so they should be taken out. secondly, we should give a legal root for migrants to come into europe. thirdly, well,

ilia: primero en ecuador, segundo mÉxico y tercero malta segÚn revela esta encuesta. la mayorÍa de los extranjeros consideran que su costo de vida es favorable, a un 70% le gusta su cultura y su gente. otros consideran que desarrollan bien sus finanzas. andrea gonzÁlez está en mÉxico con mÁs datos. andrea: vivir en mÉxico se ha convertido en una opciÓn para miles de extranjeros que llegan a este paÍs para trabajar. esto es lo que revela la encuesta del 2015 que coloca a mÉxico, segundo sitio preferido de los expatriados para establecerse. >> el expatriado es aquel que tiene esa posiciÓn en donde vieron tal potencial que lo sacÓ de su paÍs de residencia y lo lleva a otro paÍs para resolver alguna necesidad especÍfica de ese país. andrea: explica que el aumento de expatriados viviendo en mÉxico también se debe a la flexibilidad que otorgan las leyes mexicanas para hacerlo. >> basta y sobra que tengas una oferta de trabajo porque seas familiar de una persona que estÁ en mÉxico por razones de trabajo y con eso es suficiente para obtener status regular. pasan cuatro aÑos y

. >>> miriam is a member of the european parliament representing malta, and joins us tonight from brusselsthis emergency summit was scheduled for september 14th. is that too late? >> in my opinion it is to late. because until the 14th we'll see more tragedies unfolding before our eyes. this is not the first time we're speaking about these tragedies. it is something that is being repeated over and over again. and i would say every day that we're losing, it's something that is keeping us away from trying to address the situation sooner rather than later. >> we have watched the pictures of these refugees for months and months, did europe just close its eyes to this? >> i'm afraid that europe was very slow in taking action. i wouldn't even say divisive action, i would say taking any action whatsoever. i remember tragedies happening in october 2013. we had these same discussions in april, when we had a tragedy on the shores of libya, where 800 people were feared dead, and after that we have the european agenda on migration, and yet here we today, august, speaking all over again about these trag

i've been speaking to joseph muscatt, the prime minister of malta. it's just over the coast from libya. this is what he had to say about the refugee problem. >> we don't have the luxury let's put it that way of telling people, just wait outside the wall. let us see who you are and let us see whether you're good people, not so good people, and then we'll decide. from my army, i have only one decision. you either save people or let them die. for me it's a no-brainer. it's obvious we're going to save people. so the illusion you can build a wall and the problem starts is just that, an illusion. >> do you believe even in the best case scenario there was a political solution in libya, that your problems with migration and refugees would be over? >> i, for one, believed that, first of all, we should not let the flow be managed by criminals, by criminal gangs who are breakimaking millions if no billions out of this business. they should be taken out. secondly, we should give a legal route for migrants to come into europe. thirdly, there isn't enough space fo

we had the meeting later in malta.ata on the cpi, the expectation is for 0 for eurozone inflation. if it goes downward like we had in germany yesterday, the estimate was for 0 and came in -.2%, that will put pressure on druggy to expand the size and scope of qe. that makes the meeting in malta that much more important. to you and i can fight off there on who gets to go cover it. guy: i think probably jon ferro. what can we expect out of germany? this unemployment level is obviously a factor. story that we haven't priced into the german daily at? but that will be several months down. a lot of it has been mostly positive, a lot of numbers coming out. pmi has been a lot better. what we will get is unemployment, 6.4% is where they were at last year. but i can't quite figure out is if german unemployment is so low, why do we have inflation dropping month on month? that could mean that there is no upward pressure on wages. the energy picture hasn't changed that much since august. that is why the downturn there in germany yes

. >>> it's a slippery climb in malta near italy as contestants climbed atop a 33-foot pole that was coveredthe idea here is to claim one of the flags. sometime a running start. tell me that didn't look like it hurt. the tradition is part of a festival to honor a patron saint. it looks like more trouble than it's worth. >>> adam ward, one of two tv journalists killed in an on-air shooting in roanoke last week will be laid to rest at first baptist church in roanoke. ward's family is encouraging attendees to wear the colors of his alma maters, virginia tech and salem high school. >>> switching gears, happy birthday to singer gloria estefan, and veteran actress lily tomlin is 76. >>> happy terrific tuesday. bos alibosso wthembrk.=lra/hotao

we asked a member of the european parliament for malta if that meeting is too late. >> it is too latecause i believe until the 14th of september, we will see more tragedies unfolding before our eyes. this is not the first time we're speaking about these tragedies. it is something that is being repeated over and over again. i would say every day that we're losing, there's something that is keeping us away from trying to address the situation sooner rather than later. i'm afraid that europe was very slow in taking action, any action whatsoever. i remember tragedies happening in october 2013. we had the same discussions in april when we had a tragedy on the shores of libya, where 800 people were feared dead, and after that, we have the european agenda on migration, and yet, here we are today, august, speaking all over again about these tragedies that are happening. i would say that rather than the european union was closing its eyes, i would say that some government -- some leaders in european union, were reluctant on taking any action whatsoever. >>> hungary says germany's approach to a

if you months ago this was an issue only italy or malta or spain or greece were raising. today, it's mainly focused on member states - greece, hungary, austria, germany, could turn to other member states in the future. i hope finally, finally, we all realise that these people are coming to europe. they are not coming to one or other of the states. they are coming to europe. and it took us collectively, unfortunately, some months to realise that. maybe that awareness is there finally. let me say it was important today to discuss the issue with the candidate countries that, by the way those en route. this is an issue that concerns not only all the european union states, but as a whole, the continent. it's a regional crisis and a global crisis. that is why we discuss on a daily basis with the u.n., and the u.n. starting from the u.n.h.c.r., talking about the candidate countries on the same boat, dealing with the crisis. it reminds us that we have to cooperate more and work together but an end game among us. among us europeans being member states, institutions, we are facing

has promised to accept >> an american man and his italian wife started their own effort living in malta. we're overwhelmed by the recent response by the many people who adopt want to be bystanders to this tragedy. >> so you're saying things positively that you're overwhelmed by the reaction of people trying to support the migrants and the refugees? >> yes. i'm up to some kind ago there were many people talking about this globalization. as a foundation, we have said that we want to stand up to this globalization of indifference and when chris and regina set up this foundation some time ago this is exactly what we did. we think over the past few months and particularly over the past few weeks, more people are joining the coalition of those who say that people just do not deserve to die out at sea no matter what. and you saw that tragic haunting picture of the little boy who was found dead on a beach in turkey. >> yes. i mean, in a way, he has humanize the whole tragedy, the whole issue. we have been saying for quite a while we need to stop talking about statistics of how many people die a

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while malta would take the least.er the plans, receiving willr states will risk -- receive 6000 euros for each refugee they take. germany and hungary will be excluded. for each get 500 euros person relocated. three countries are able to opt out. they can participate if they want to hear it for those opposing the quotas like czech republic, the penalty will be enforced belted to this size -- relative to the size of the company's economy. here.ne: keep it right more on the pulse. ♪ francine: welcome back to the pulse. live on bloomberg tv and radio. streaming on your tablet, phone -- revising the number of refugees expected to arrive in the border town. meanwhile, germany has restored controls on the order of austria, suspending the schengen agreement which allows free movement between nations. ministers spoke and an emergency meeting on sunday. >> at this moment, germany is introducing temporary board-checks again at the internal front tears. the focus will be at the border with austria. the aim is to limit the current

other countries where abortion is illegal without xaption are nicaragua, el salvador, honduras and malta >>> the changing of the guard in australia. the politics of new prime minister turnbull and how his differ from his predecessors. and a summit on climate change and future of the planet. >>> vice president joe biden will address officials from the u.s. and in china tomorrow at a summit on climate change. chinese officials are expected to announce plans to cut emissions before a deadline. los angeles and houston affirmed a variety of goals, including expanding renewable energy sources. it turns on a deal reached between washington and beijing in disease. >> heavy haze settled over indonesia, sing more and malaysia. it's an annual problem to clear land for forming. all three countries are prompting poor air quality. we have more on how indonesians are coping with heavy smoke conditions. >> reporter: sumatra on fire. thousands of hectares of forest and bush burn, creating thick, choking smog spreading far beyond indonesia's borders. the airport is closed. the economic consequences appear

and the malta summit of decemb december 1989, he pushed a line that ronald reagan would have pushed if he had still been president. now, you have, therefore, the soviet leadership responding to pressure, responding to its own internal crisis. you have the americans piling on the pressure, continuing to pile on the pressure, but making friendly enough gestures for reconciliation to take place. the interaction, however, was a very, very far from being a smooth process. gorbachev was insistent in the way he made announcements without prior consultation with reagan. in the first year or two he delighted in embarrassing reagan. in the january 1986 declaration on nuclear disarmament, he promised global nuclear disarmament by total disarmament around the world by the year 2000. anti-americans naturally said, what does he really intended to? and they found that he had frontloaded the stages of disarmament in such a way as to conditionally benefit only the ussr at the expense of the u.s. a. this was a very ham-fisted way of going on. sometimes the american side over did it. as we can see from t

they have few problems getting past malta. hollywood film executives denied writing a script. making the n.f.l. look bad. the movie, starring will smith as a scientist that proved the link between long-term brain injuries and repeating blows to the head. >> movie reel: i found app disease no one has seen. >> reporter: it's a movie that won't hit the theatres until chris, but the trailer for will smith's latest film "concussion" is causing controversy. he stars as bennett amarlu, real-life forensic pathologist. he chronicled brain drama in n.f.l. players. the film looks at the league's attempts to cover up the issue. >> the trailer was released monday, pulling no punches. the next day the "new york times" newspaper reported that "concussion" was altered to avoid antagonising the n.f.l., something the director denied. the "new york times" cited new york studios. an email written in august by senior studio executive said we'll develop messaging with the help of a consultant. >>. >>> following the trailer, the n.f.l. released a statement saying: the issue of long-term brain injuri

the wind speeds right now 40 to 50 miles an hour across some of the areas near the island of malta.the vessels reported wave heights upwards of ten meters associated with the waves and wind in that region. leading with this. noaa released a national map of the united states for the summer of 2015. showing you what's happened. if you think it has been hot across the northwest, certainly has. washington a state and oregon, record hot. much of the united states, many above average. the areas below average around the midwest, illinois in particular and iowa. temperatures below normal. that's about it for a lot of the country so far this summer. >> comprehensive weather review with pedram including a car flooded in the studio. >> informative. thank you very much. >> see you again soon. >>> apple unveiled the newest iphone. we will tell you what technology is coming to the wildly popular smartphone and what's being done with the ipad. >>> chinese leaders take steps to calm fears about their country's slowing economy. we will have that story in just a moment. welcome to fort green sheets.

. >> have you ever been to italy and cecily right off the coast there is malta. i want to if i had money or the time. but there hundreds of people there they shed off their climbing skills, and they just did some crazy stuff. this is called the greasy pole competition. >> yes, it was all part of the festival that takes place every year in southern european island. >> wow. >> the object is to climb a 30-g at the end of it, simple but pole is greasy and hanging off a barge off the cities harbor. yes, climbers, end up, boom in the water. i wand ferry in one made it to the end. almost. >> not quite. >> i'm grad mike jerrick is in the here because wow come up with all kind of off colored remarks. >> he almost got it. >> a couple of adult beverages. >> it started out as a yoke but over past few decade air guitar championship is a has turned into a global competenttition. >> ♪ >> wow. >> where is the guitar. >> she just picked it up. >> he's into it. >> someone get him a there. >> thousands of people both indoors and outdoors battled for top prize a happened made electr

." >> fhimah allegedly brought plastic explosives from libya to malta, where the two men constructed a bomb. >> dornstein: were you interested in the details: who built the bomb, and where was it made, and how was it transported? did those kind of details interest you? >> they certainly did. i mean, if somebody tells you something, somebody says, "look, megrahi did it," my reaction to that is, "well, prove it." >> dornstein: the plot reportedly came down to a bomb built into a radio cassette player packed with semtex explosive. it was the libyans who were accused of buying the clothes and the bomb bag and getting it all onto flight 103. >> two libyans are on trial at a court set up in the netherlands. they've always insisted they are innocent. >> dornstein: it would take almost ten years before the suspects were turned over and families like mine were finally able to hear the evidence. and when it was all over, the verdict was a disappointingly mixed bag. >> a split decision. for lhamen khalifa fhimah, acquittal. but abdel basset ali al-megrahi found guilty as charged. the court rule

dramatically by the end of thursday and italy sits two points behind croatia and few problems getting past maltaport and more later. >> thanks much and see you a bit later and do stay with us on alg, i'll be right back a full half hour bulletin of news and live again in hungry to get the latest on the refugee crisis. ♪ >> in the wake of the baltimore riots. everyday citizens are fighting to take their neighborhoods back. >> it's a movement to make a difference. >> educating. >> i feel safer in here. >> the library means something to the people here. >> healing. >> we really have to talk about how can we save lives. >> restoring. >> we given' a family a chance because some of the houses are bein' rebuilt. >> can they rescue their city? >>> the stressing scenes in hungary as refugees lie on railway tracks in a bid to stop [ inaudible ] to nearby towns. >>> hell low there. guatemala president resigns in the face of a corruption scandal. ♪ >> china pledges to cut its army by 300,000 as it commemorates thend

belgium came from behind and italy was level on points with croatia at the top of group h as they beat maltaeat was the biggest opponent for play players on wednesday and 12 men retired from the tournament so far. many because of the tough conditions. mark graham reports. >> reporter: soaring temperatures and high humidity took its toll. and he was forced to retire from exhaustion after collapsing. andy murray's match it wasn't just the 32 heat the scott had to cope with. he also found it difficult to counter adrian's unorthodox title with 15 errors in the first part. the 2012 champion has dominated the frenchmen in the last three sets to win the match under a tough under 3 1/2 hours. >> i don't really feel comfortable at any point there out there in the match. i was very happy with the way i fought through that and finished the match stronger than him. >> reporter: five-time champion federer had an easier match and needed an hour and 20 minutes to beat belgium man in straight sets. >> i was at attack as much as i could and manage that against different players and the score line is maybe no

. >>> competitors were on a slippery slope monday during the annual festival in malta. the 33-foot pole is slathered with grease. >> oh! >> it's at a precarious angle. the aim of the game is to run as far as up the pole and try to remove the flag to win a prize. as you see. >> he got it! >> yeah. good one. >> the style in which you fall off the pole seems more important than reaching the flag. >> belly flop. >> and a lot of speedos. >> i could watch that all day. >> my eyes are burning. >> we know what you're doing this afternoon. >> yes. refresh, refresh. >> just another tuesday for me. check this out. >> let's go to phoenix, arizona. man, did they get dumped on yesterday. a massive area of rain. we are talking lots of it. flooding conditions. even damage at the airport. that's how bad it was. look at the lightning. incredible. we have more of the same today. tropical moisture making it up from mexico into the southwest. we'll have scattered showers and thunderstorms today. some monsoonal and some heavier afternoon. generally half an inch but could be one to two inches

level.employment that he the details germany will take the most an extra 31,000 refugees while malta take the least, just 133. under the plans, receiving states will get 6000 euros for germanyfugee they take, and hungary are already taken that are excluded because of the numbers already there. those imposing -- opposing the quotas, a penalty will be enforced relative to the size of the country's economy area angie: checking some other stories. david cameron has had renewed attacks on the security policies. the 66-year-old left-winger one on saturday. several leaders immediately resigned when he took power. >> officials say 240 grams of radioactive waste were washed away late last week and heavy flooding. the environment ministry says some war-torn an empty. were stuck on sandbars or riverbanks and could not be collected until water levels warships and medical vessels left the port of sonia for the first joint drills between the two nations of china and malaysia. .ensions have been strained let's get more now on the singapore election. what's next for the prime to go to singapore. the

. >>> and competitors want a slippery slope monday in the annual festival in malta.the 33-foot pole is slathered with grease. it's draped in a precarious angle as you see in the harbor. the aim of the game, actually, is to run as far up the pole and try to remove the flag in order to win a prize. as you see for the competitors here -- >> he got it! >> yeah, good one. the style in which you fall off the pole seems to be a little more important than reaching the flag. >> and the bathing suit. >> all about the belly flop. the speedoes. >> lot of speedoes. >> i could watch that all day. natalie, thank you very much. my eyes are burning. >> know what you'll be doing this afternoon. >> exactly. >> refresh, refresh. >> let's go back to your home state, phoenix, arizona. man, did they get dumped on yesterday. a massive area of rain. we're talking lots and lots of it. flooding conditions. even damage at the airport. that's how bad it was. i mean, look at the lightning. incredible. and we've got more of the same coming today. tropical moisture making its way up from mexico int

september 14th to address the refugee crisis and we asked mary a member of the european parliament from maltathat meeting is too late. >> it is too late because i believe on 14th of september we will see more tragedies unfolding before our eyes. this is not the first time we are speaking about these tragedies. it's something that has been repeated over and over again. and i would say everyday that we are losing it's something that is keeping us away from trying to address the situation sooner rather than later. i'm afraid that europe was very slow in taking action. i wouldn't even say size of action, taking any action whatsoever. i remember tragedies happening in ofover 2013 and had these same diagnosiss in -- discussions in libya where 800 were feared dead. and after that we had european agenda on migration and yet here we are today, august speaking all over again about these tragedies that are happening. i would say that is rather done the european union was closing in and i would say that is some government and some leaders in the european union were reluctant taking any action whatsoever.

for example, the catholic sovereign order of malta now runs over 50 lunch rooms for the elderly who haveo other way to be fed every day. >> arguably, the pope is more popular than the castes in cuba. >> there was a survey where the most popular figure in cuba was the pope, followed by president obama and the castro brothers came in sixth and seventh. >> is the pope's visit to cuba right before heading here a message to the u.s. does he bring up the u.s. embargo? >> i believe it is and i believe he will. i suspect that he's going to deliver private messages on human rights and maybe say something publicly in cuba. i also believe he will deliver a private message on the embargo and probably a very public one when he addresses congress. >> will he deliver a private message to raul castro about dissident that is continue to be jailed in that country? >> he has come out that way before and has come out against the embargo saying it doesn't add anything and adds to the misery and suffering of the cuban people. >> he is described as a social i have the. he is of course a champion of the poor. w

malta would take the least. woulding member states get 6000 euros for every refugee they take.ermany, hungary, and italy are its looted from those plans. xcluded from those plans. for those of opposing the quote is like the czech republic, a penalty will be in force. more now on this story as we go through the program. stay with countdown. plenty more on the data out of china as well as what that is doing to equity markets in asia. ♪ welcome back. you're watching countdown. 6:30 a.m. in london. here are the stories you need to know. data output from china this weekend at it to confront the economic slowdown is deepening and raises the prospect of additional angeles industrial output missed expectations. the government also announced some details on how it plans to reform state owned enterprises. germany has reinstated control on its border with austria for the first time in 20 years as they try to cope with the in let's of tens of thousands of asylum-seekers. it is testing the schengen agreement. a system that allows people to travel through the 26 european countries without qu

>>george: to timmy to malta hot spots again 580 west from a change of location will from the of unpleasant over to live a more with the strongest of traffic for westbound interstate 580 this morning come into the dublin interchange continuing delays on the bayshore freeway unexpectedly slow in both the corrections approaching melbourne in berlin and was sent to separate accidents here and even of both a reporter on the northbound side of the freeway the southbound side is backed up headed for sfo down to highway 92 again adding 50 to 20 minutes to the bayshore freeway drive times the labor is backed up into the macarthur maze to nine minute time about the same for your driver time out of hayward headed over to san mateo 192 west month of the golden gate bridge is an easy ride the trip from iran is getting heavier now 36 minutes novato to the golden gate bridge to continues to climb 18 minutes now for west side of interstate 580 into san rafael. >>mark: more cars will be added to all trains during rush hour commute time the restaurant to millbrae direct weekday service still ahead will have

>> malta. >> how many member states are there? plus a couple that are not members. >> right. >> it's close to 200 countries in the world. ooh. nope. >> we have so much to learn. >> let's take it live one more time outside. that's a daily ritual, by the way. they do it not just when the full assembly is in town. >> but the general assembly is in town. it's 7:42. lots of people you'll see around town that will be here for ceremonies to hear the holy father -- >> new zealand. new new zealand. all right, what else? >> all right, mike. so sprinkles in the area. >> some sprinkles, that's about it. cloudy skies, little bit of a cool -- it's penny mcgovern's 89th birth day. happy birth day to us -- can to you, peggy. last day of summer, 59 is your average low, we dropped down to 62, and looks like we're going to have fairly average temperatures coming up for us in the tristate region today. 56 in sussex, 63 this belmar and 55 in poughkeepsie. a lot of clouds out there. maybe a few sprinkles up to the northwest. that's it. but the cloudy s

the bridge district needs money so they are planning to try to raise revenue that way to close the malta that million dollar deficit of most people crossing the spend we talk to do not like. >>mark: another store we're following the shooting of a layoff at happened at a parking lot lahar away a 515 last night--the level of--vallejo. >>mark: the suspect may been shooting at bird woman expected to be ok and more arrests have been made. >>darya: that looking for the bus it was stolen from a fenced and locked and open over the weekend camping unlimited serves children and adults with the dilemma the disability and the band called looking transports hundred participants on a weekly recreational outing house provide transportation to attend summer camp sessions the woman that was stolen is to say market of the band was behind her you notice of boston looks like this and has those green markings from organization the strike is one of lettering of the pitch of two bears walking if you see this bus call the police. >>mark: kathy baker was in the exercise class less to the morning when and as you

it makes it all more important, the meeting of the ecb governing council in malta. francine?re we expecting more qe from mario draghi? we think it is driven by the energy component. but if you are mario draghi, how do you interpret this? draghi's main signal -- is it the inflation number or the gdp? deflation puts a little more pressure on him. if it is gdp, he may have a little more room. he has hinted that he will increase quantitative easing if he needs to. he has pushed it down just with his hints. we sayme of that and mx -- some of the dynamics, days of rosenberg -- some of the dynamics, david rosenberg is with us this morning. are we going to have a 1990's dollar? david: there are probably about six questions right there. tom: i am fired up, david. can look at the dollar as a crimp on u.s. exports. but i look at the dollar as a low price. tom: it shows the strength of the american economy. david: the u.s. economy is the one i'd man. one-eyed man. in 1998 the u.s. dollar went screaming higher. exports were going down in the second half of 1998. isn was below 50 each mont

on stage right now, we have the prime ministers of malta and luxembourg talking about the importance show of support in philly. thousands in fact lining the street to wave at the people's pope. >> this is bigger than a michael jackson concert. i never thought i'd see it. you know michael jackson draws a crowd, but this guy draws a real crowd, man. i can't believe it. >> well, the pope arrived in philly from new york city, greeted by cheers as he walked off the plane. and as usual, he went off script, stopping his motorcade to bless a young boy with cerebral palsy. it was off to the basilica of st. peter and paul where he held mass. tomorrow he heads home after visiting a prison and holding a mass. back to the performances at the global citizens festival in central park after this quick break. ♪ >> in addition to the huge musical acts, many world leaders have taken to the main stage to commit resources to ending extreme poverty. >> thank you for your time and i am pleased to welcome another fighter in the battle against climate change and global poverty, dr. yung kim, president of the