even during merkel's visited washington, it seems that the two were pretty much aligned when merkel said that there were only some differences to join the u.s. and germany in regards to spying. i believe the international criticism has slowed off a little bit, and maybe that is giving the obama administration a little bit of room for leverage. >> thanks for those insights. >> in some other news, a massive manhunt is under way in canada after a gunman killed three police officers and wounded two others. >> the shooting occurred in the eastern province of new brunswick. residents saw the gunman and alarmed police. the shooter then when fire on the officers. authorities are urging people to remain indoors and locked the doors. israel has given the final go-ahead to build about 1500 new homes and jewish settlements on palestinian land. >> this move has triggered sharp international criticism and deepened a rift between israel and its western allies. >> israel's move is in reaction to the world embrace of the new palestinian unity government. israel's housing minister said the new constructio

that is for the meeting between angela merkel and vladimir putin which took place earlier today. right now, francois hollande is continuing to welcome leaders to that lunch at the chÂteau. the main eventh, of the day will take place on the beach. start.nts got an early barack obama with the american ceremony that overlooks omaha beach. he and francois hollande held a joint ceremony in remembering -- in memory of the american soldiers who died in such great numbers on omaha beach 70 years ago. barack obama spoke of the courage of those who had taken part in the battle that was to turn the tide in a common struggle for freedom. called the site, the american cemetery, democracy's beachhead. he also paid tribute not only to those who died but those last few remaining american veterans who made the trip, many of who gathered behind him. commitment to human freedom and the site of wave after wave of young men boarding the boats to liberate people they had never met. we claimedr was won, no spoilers of victory. we helped europe rebuild. ourcommitment to liberty, claim to equality, our c

receivedr merkel ukraine's president-elect in berlin. she promised germany support in stabilizing the country. for his part, he pledged to fight corruption in ukraine and to reform the judiciary. in a gesture to the largely russian speaking east, he also said he would decentralize ukraine's government. >> israel unveiled plans to build 1100 new settlement homes in the occupied west bank and 400 in east jerusalem. the announcement came days after the swearing-in of a new palestinian unity government. toael has asked the west not recognize the new government because it has the backing of hamas which both israel and the west consider a terrorist group. the new plans have drawn criticism from germany. >> friday march 70 years since the beginning of the end for not nazi germany.- world war ii veterans attended a d-day celebration in france. heads of state and government also headed to france for the event, making it a day of diplomacy as well, especially concerning the ongoing crisis in ukraine. russian president vladimir putin was at the cen

what is in it for chancellor merkel to compromise?> there is a clear importance to keep the u.k. -- it is important to keep the u.k. in the european union but it is also important not to undermine parliament going forward. today, weic situation are starting a recovery. the ecb has just done a quasi-bazooka last week. they will do more next year. what they always say is, governments need to do the right reforms for europe to be resilient through the next recession. theeed a banking union and parliament is doing that. we need a mechanism for a stronger budget, these countries are going to have a problem again. >> let's say juncker gets the job. how should i price that into assets? is there a way you can think of? >> i think if you get a very weak president, somebody with a phone line to paris and berlin -- and you have anti-euro politics in france, in the u.k., then three or four years from now some of the week countries may have a problem again. i don't know if it is going to be priced in now. the investors just look at what the ecb an

merkel on the u.k. minister david cameron are set to speak this hour about the standoff over who should head the european commission. they are in sweden right now along with the prime minister's of sweden and the netherlands. a lot being made of the politics surrounding this. what about the economics? this in terms of tracking the future path of europe? >> it will take a long time to change europe. look at it as a very slow-moving ship. -- it will not have a short-term impact. it might have a long-term impact. the issue does come back to the politics. how does this affect david cameron's chances of because any you with written inside it is a farmer -- is a far -- with britain inside it is a far different than without. for that reason, i think it is one of the fields were cameron has to go down the line. >> do you think cameron will have to pay a price? >> of course he has to pay a price. looks what will that look like -- >> what will that look like? >> i haven't the faintest idea. i think this is one wh

. >> german chancellor angela merkel has again ruled out easing austerity programs. back she told german lawmakers that europe needed more structural reforms to combat unemployment and return to economic growth. ahead of the eu summit. she reaffirmed germany's support for jean-claude juncker as the new head of european commission. the opposition leader strongly criticized merkel's government for not doing enough to combat growing inequality in germany. >> our political correspondent simon young was watching that debate and joins us now. a very strong focus in her speech on europe. tell us more about what she had to say. >> of course the big european story at the moment, the search for a new president of the european commission. as you mentioned, chancellor merkel reiterated her backing for jean-claude juncker. she said he might be nominated by european leaders even against the opposition of some governments. he does face opposition in particular from the british government. david cameron, the british prime minister doesn't think he is the right man to create reform,

chancellor merkel among them. french president franÇois hamman paid an emotional tribute to veterans in his opening speech -- french president franÇois hollande. >> thank you for having been here on the sixth of june, 19 44. thank you for being here today on the sixth of june, 2013. you will always be a among us on this beach and in our thoughts. >> and a special gesture, hollande pay tribute to the courage of the germans, many of whom were forced to fight a war which he said was not their own. earlier, veterans attended a ceremony at daybreak, marking the contribution of 150,000 allied soldiers who took part in the d-day landings 70 years ago. many of them injured or witnessed unimaginable suffering. most of the allied casualties occurred on a section of coastline known as omaha beach. a few hours later came another high point -- the franco-american commemoration ceremony led by the french and american presidents. thousands of white marble crosses mark the graves of the american soldiers who died there. at the so

angela merkel once again standing behind the nomination of juncker. i am not sure he is a dream candidate, but angela merkel is .nder pressure in germany they are saying, you cannot give into the brats. brits. regarded as too federalist. very difficult to reconcile those positions. touel sa has gone commemorate the victims killed in world war ii, after the landings in normandy, one of the largest mass murders of french citizens during the german occupation. >> a village in central france was of no strategic interest to the germans, but that is precisely what made it a target. when the allies landed in 6, the ss madee its way toward the north of the country. to try to ward off french resistance fighters in the region, the ss spread terror in its path. route was a village where residents were divided up. men were sent into barns. women and children locked up in the church. all of them were sprayed with bullets and set on fire. 642 people were massacred that they. -- that day. only six survived. almost an entire population marked out in a matter of hours

franÇois hollande chancellor angela merkel brought the men together.putin poroshenko shook hands and agreed to hold talks on a cease-fire in the coming days. away from the cameras inside the normandy chÂteau, another unexpected meeting. putin speaking to barack obama for the first time since russia annexed the crimean peninsula in march. according to diplomatic officials, the two leaders spoke of the need to end violence as quickly as possible. putin claiming he could have a certain but not total influence over events in ukraine's east. against a backdrop of tension, thisay began with seemingly avoiding each other. they attended separate dinners in paris to keep believers apart, but on friday, a hint as to renewed relations made television screens -- clinton and obama sharing a smile at the commemoration ceremony in obamady -- putin and sharing a smile at the commemoration ceremony in on the. >> the man tapped to be the next president of afghanistan narrowly escaped an assassination attempt. at least six people were killed in the attack, but abdullah w

spied on cell phone of angela merkel and 35 other world leaders. president obama arrived in belgium for the g-7 submit where they are expected to focus on the 'e embattled nation of ukraine. >> meteorologist dave warren. this was from yesterday, and these are now very intense lines of areas of severe weather. they begin to bow out. you can see how they bow out. that's an indication of very powerful wind and large hail. this was the last 24 hours that area of rain causing flooding, wind damage and hail damage and continuing to push to the east. a large of wind and hail damage reports. a path there with all these reports combine that one area. that was yesterday, the last 24 hours. the area today will be around west virginia, eastern kentucky and tennessee. this is some strong storms developing. now there is the potential for these to become severe so, a watch is possible. nothing issued yet, but it's moving into areas where there is a favorable force. a watch could likely be issued from the storm prediction area over that area for the remainder of t

started to our three weeks ago i heard a firm, absolute statement from angela merkel that jean-clauder is her candidate. she said sure use every opportunity to lobby on his behalf. the question is, does merkel's support if it is strong, devin cut against everything going against junker? you have the british mounted a campaign, a corrugated campaign. aboute with nick clegg how he is making calls to eu leaders he knows trying to block this appointment of junker. you have the swedish who are clearly opposed. it is getting to be hard to see over the top of his only ally in this. it is angela merkel and the idea that as the head of the center right party, his party -- he should be in scotland and the position. the argument from cameron is these are rules not agreed to by all the treaty members. thank you very much. hans nichols in a berlin. the british labour party, the opposition, has came out against junker. we have nick clegg. a coalition of the u.k. and he is from the liberal democrats. he told my colleague it will be a mistake for david cameron to pull britain out of the eu even if ju

merkel is still broadly on board, but what happens in this meeting?natives.s his party did win. it wasn't a clear victory. they did change the rules. they tried to have it set up so whichever party one would be all but guaranteed the presidency. there is still a lot of horse trading. clearly they are looking from old guard. from the they are looking for someone who isn't a male. there is a great deal of speculation about christina two guard leaving the imf and coming to head the eu commission. here was her response. >> i have a job. i think it's a rather important job at the moment. we are not done yet. we need to continue helping countries out of the crisis. strong is i believe a institution. i intend to participate. >> you mentioned she is broadly supportive of yunker. my only caveat is if this is what her support looks like, what might her opposition look like? she is clearly not extending thetical capital giving him position. she wants to keep david capron -- david cameron happy. if this means sinking the candidacy, i suspect angela merkel will go

angela merkel says that it is not. we have a quote from her speech. >> how can david cameron and the rest -- >> it looks like we haven't got that tape running. >> how can david cameron and the rest of the leadership in britain testified the anti-democratic movement? >> they essentially don't buy that argument. also, the turnout in european elections was extremely low, it was under 50%. going ahead with this will politicize the european commission in a way that may actually distort european policies in the years to come. >> ok, we will take a soundbite from the chancellor's. >> i consider it grossly negligent and acceptable to say that it doesn't matter if britain supports this or not. or even that we don't need to try to keep britain in the european union if they are trying to leave anyway. >> ok, what do you think? the bottom line is that was the most passionate part of her speech. this is the world war chuckle. she put everything on the line. britain doesn't have to prove its european credentials. it will the interes

in the presence of german chancellor angela merkel, vladimir putin broke the ice with petrol -- tetra poroshenko. >> i cannot stay it was a substantial discussion, but nevertheless we touched upon the main issues regarding a solution for the situation and we talked about our economic ties with regards to the solution of the situation. callcome mr. poroshenko's for an immediate end to bloodshed. >> with the brief encounter, there are hopes of a breakthrough. it was always encouraging for angela merkel, who held formal bilateral discussions with the russian president earlier in the day, calling on russia to recognize its responsibility to ease the crisis in ukraine. for the world leaders in normandy, it was more than a day of remembrance. it was also a day of delicate diplomacy. >> let's go to moscow and our correspondent. we saw some diplomatic overtures at the d-day ceremony, how were they received in moscow? rocks russian state tv is -- >> russian state tv is praising vladimir putin for a job well done. there is no talk about isolation. russian tv stresses that angela merkel and fran

intelligence services spied on merkel's mobile phone. the german government has urged the u.s. to overhaul its intelligence activities, but washington is not willing to comply, leaving the germans distrustful of the u.s. posture. u.s. state department spokesperson marie harf said president barack obama discussed the alleged tapping in depth with merkel last month. harf underscored the importance of handling the issue through diplomatic channels. >>> let's now bring in our meteorologist robert speta for a check of the weather. robert, a wet day here in tokyo. i guess the rainy season has begun. how long will it last? >> shery, it typically actually lasts for about a month here into the tokyo metro area. you're right, it really is starting to rain out there. the next 24 hours showers going to continue to come down. as far as the rainy season is concerned we see those showers day in and day out. typically it's quite heavy, but not as heavy as what we've actually seen in the past 24 hours for kochi prefecture. record breaking rainfall into shokoku. mia prefecture say 50 millimeters

. >>> one of edward snowden's eye opening leaks said they attacked the phone of angela merkel. >> nowman prosecutors say they are investigating that claim. we have more. >> reporter: this was a highly polite sized case in germany where the opposition was accusing the lang merkel government with trying to make the whole matter of nsa spying here go away and the angela merkel government did, in fact, say they believed all of this was resolved until it came to light that merkel's phone itself had also been tapped probably by the national security agency. now the opposition has said that it took a very, very long time for the federal prosecutor to come forward and make a decision on whether or not criminal proceedings would begin. however, that did happen today. here's the way the federal prosecutor spoke about what was going to happen now. >> translator: there is a suspicion that unknown employees spied on a mobile phone of the german chancellor. i have, therefore, opened preliminary proceedings based on an initial suspicion according to paragraph 99 in the penal code. >> reporter: this

the 26 other leaders voted in favor, including german chancellor angela merkel. >> the debate about a leading candidate has not only resulted in a decision about who it should be -- it has also set the agenda to the next five years. this strategic agenda sets up the challenges that we, together with the eu parliament, must face in the next five years. >> europe's and excavation president has a difficult job ahead of him. he needs to champion major reforms to the eu and at the same time address british demands that powers be given back to member countries. >> let's find out what this all means. jeff is at the european council and has the details for us. great to see you. mr. juncker has been a very much in the thick of things, and david cameron says he has just been far too long around the eu block tom about other leaders disagree. >> they sort of did. to be honest, a lot of the leaders see mr. juncker is a compromise candidate. he is not actually the first choice of many of them, but he is a consensus candidate, with two exceptions, as you say -- hungary and the u.k. -- and david came

chancellor angela merkel became the first german leader to attend. she said holding a european union summit in a city that was rebuilt from scratch after the war was a symbol of how the eu has made lives better. >> europe's leaders remember the great war. the resulting continent riven by alliances and rivalries. in a sign of just how much things had changed since, german chancellor angela merkel was cheered by the locals. today, europe's rivals mostly square off at eu meetings and not on the battlefield. merkel says the leaders will look for compromises at their summit, even though british prime minister david cameron is isolated in opposing jean-claude juncker as european union president. quick bits of a deal if we are not unanimous. i think we can compromise and even make concessions to britain here. >> here in flanders where so many died due to diplomatic failures, european leaders were keen to sound conciliatory. >> i don't think anyone is going to be the loser. i think it is important that jean-claude juncker puts forward an economic reform agen

prosecutors in germany have opened an investigation into the alleged monitoring of chancellor angela merkel's mobile phone by the u.s. national security agency, the nsa. those revelations came to light last year. you may remember by edward snowden but it damaged relations seriously between washington and berlin and the investigation will be seen as diplomatically sensitive. it's the first formal act taken by a german government agency in response to those allegations made public as i say by the former u.s. intelligence analyst edward snowden. >>> you're watching gmt.

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colombia do you see this as a smokescreen because we had a number of conversations between putin and merkel poroshenko in merkel and the french president hollande there's a lot of pressure now on care to do something to start simmering this down we had also putin asked the federation council here in russia to withdraw the authority to send in russian troops to protect russian speakers and russians in in east ukraine i mean there's movement internationally there's some diplomacy happening here that's right i am a bit more optimistic i think the fact that mr putin has taken the step that you mention of. the parliament to withdraw his authority to intervene. that will put some additional pressure on the government to reciprocate in some fashion it is true that the government in kiev has been slow and these matters especially on virtualization are some kind of status and i think that's where the pressure on the government needs to be put. there will be helpful if the western governments would would make that pressure felt on them so that he would understand that they have he needs to do that an

crisis in ukraine the americans take nothing that's right basically the germans in particular mrs merkel finds herself in a lose lose situation she cannot first of all she does not wish to and secondly she cannot impose real sanctions i mean up until now with due respect the sanctions have been a bit of a joke. and german business is totally aligned against that and so there is a lot of bluster there's a lot of threat but there is you know there is very little real this very little they can really do so what is pretty interesting is in the last few days reading carefully their public statements they are now critical of both sides and they're saying well we want to see if the ukrainian side is serious about negotiating too so european policy was hijacked by the one hand the balts the polls. on the other hand washington and it seems like the senior countries are taking it back and other words you're going to get a split in europe which the european union does not need another split they do need to put this problem to bed. so i can understand your pessimism ok i mean because i've seen these

after the public standoff over juncker, german chancellor angela merkel selected procedures for selecting commission president could be reviewed in the future and was keen to reach out to britain. >> it has been again made clear that the concept of a closer union as outlined in the european treaties, where we as member states moved closer together, does not mean everything needs to take place at speed. >> angela merkel and other leaders have made it clear they want to keep britain in the european union. >> the muslim holy month of ramadan starts this weekend prompting millions around the world to embark on a day of fasting. those observing the fast refrain not only from eating and drinking during the day but also from sex, smoking, and other worldly pleasures. during the day, the focus is on good works and spirituality. the evenings are marked by communal celebratory meals to break the fast. world cup action continues today with the decisive knockout phase. hosts brazil kickoff the round of 16. they face chile, who are brimming with confidence after coming out on top of group b. the last

we heard angela merkel call for sanctions against russia if no progress is made in ukraine.resumably, vladimir putin in making these gestures, will be hoping for gestures from the european union, the united states, many of those western countries that have imposed sanctions and ratcheted up the tone over the last few weeks as well. >> that is right. there is one course of argument that says the reason that they have gone through this escalation policy as they were very firmly warned that there could be further round of sanctions and we could see whole sections of the russian economy put under sanction if the situation continues to escalate. even before that with the protest against yanukovych's government led to all of this. almost like they are not listening to each other and have very different narratives of what is going on and do the bad guys are and who the good guys are. everyone on the same page is a bit unrealistic. see -- andan certainly if russia is offering concessions, they will hope to see them from the other side as well. wererman chancellor angela -- angela me

>> david cameron and angela merkel about debate over who should headed the european commission. >> a call for peace. a cease-fire between russia and ukraine must happen. >> the pressure. sponsors urge fifa to dig into allegations. the world cup bid. >> good morning. good evening for those in asia. i am guy johnson. >> i am olivia sterns. this is "the pulse." muskg up this hour, elon is betting the big and how he hopes the new model s will help the year. span. take you for a >> world cup kicks off in three days. is brazil ready? why the nation is not up to speed. that is later on "the pulse." in the meantime, the top story. jean-claude juncker's candidacy may be smothered today. david cameronand and dutch prime minister are in sweden to discuss who will take job.u's top hans nichols joins us from berlin. juncker's won the most seats in last month's european elections. can he waited it out and hope it will come to him? for the politicians are getting their heads together and it will be tougher? >> he cannot wait it out. time is not on his side. moreonger he waits, the opportunity for a

german chancellor angela merkel can finally use her phone again a year after discovering the n.s.a. had allegedly hacked her cell phone chancellor merkel has purchased a thirty four hundred dollars blackberry encrypts all voice calls internet communications and text messages via a crypto chip and while chancellor merkel says yes to blackberry the german government is saying no to rise in germany as officially ending its contract with the virus and over fears that the company may be allowing u.s. intelligence agencies to spy on sensitive government communications germany's interior ministry spokesman said quote there are indications that horizon is legally required to provide certain things to the n.s.a. and that's one of the reasons the cooperation with the rise in just won't continue rise and had provided internet services to a number of departments within the german government for years now with the contract set to expire in twenty fifteen berlin is proposing to build its own secure now works in europe rather than having to rely on u.s. based companies of course all of these chang

merkel wants to lower the temperature. she plans on engaging on policy and acknowledging the need for reform. listen to how she made sure there was space for cameron to climb down. ifi think it is not drama the vote is not concordant. we have to find as much common ground as possible on substantial issues. i think we can find good compromises with great britain and extend our hand to them. >> on her first point, not wanting any drama, she may be disappointed. cameron plans on calling for an actual vote to see where the chips fall on jean-claude juncker. he has vowed to continue this fight and says it is only the beginning of a campaign. here is what he had to say. it is important that the people of the campaign know what i will do. i will stick to my guns. i will stick to my principles. he sees it as a warning to other european leaders that the u.k. plans to fight for reform. this is only the beginning. it is not the end. so we are going to have some interesting policy discussions once we get over the personnel aspect. do

we heard angela merkel say that earlier in the week.aw a well staged presentation from the russian president, the parliament of russia this morning about 20 minutes ago resend it a russian 's authorization to use force in ukraine. the russian president asked the parliament and unsurprisingly received permission to not have that authority. he is overtly telling everyone he is not going to send russian troops into ukraine. not everybody is convinced, there is still a troop buildup a helicopter shot down by separatists in the east of the country. this will be a topic with the heads of state gather on friday. i am not convinced all 28 of those eu states will find consensus and impose more sanctions. >> thank you, ryan chilcote bringing us up to speed with ukraine and the russian sanctions story. claude juncker, he is confident leaders will pick him to be the european commission's next top executive. hans nichols is in berlin. you caught up with juncker, what did he have to say? gave aught up before he speech to the defense industry group. s

federal prosecutor says he's open top an investigation into the alleged monitoring of the angela merkel'sional security agency, the nsa. he's been mulling over this for some time but a formal probe now into those allegations that persons unknown were monitoring chancellor angela merkel's phone. big row at the time with those allegations by edward snowden, the cia whistleblower that monitoring of political leaders including merkel were included by the nsa. >>> you're watching gmt on "bbc world news." still to come. >> criminal gangs, international networks, millions in illegal profits. the black market trade in fake sporting tickets is becoming the criminal business of choice. business is booming. it's a known fact that 100% of the swordfishes you don't try to catch... ...will get away. seize the summer with up to 40% off hotels from travelocity. ♪ 800,000 hours of supercomputing time, 3 million lines of code, 40,000 sets of eyes, or a million sleepless nights. whether it's building the world's most advanced satellite, the space station, or the next leap in unmanned systems. at boeing, one

. >> angela merkel still backs him. she will be meeting with british prime minister david cameron and others at a retreat in sweden, in hopes of hashing out a compromise. >> the country residents of sweden -- country residence of sweden's prime minister, where these swedish government holds informal meetings. there is likely to be tough talking. one is against the appointment of john caught younger, but sounded a diplomatic note ahead of the meeting. >> i am against there being so-called leading candidates at the u.n. level. the position is not clear on the issue. >> the dutch prime minister is also a critic of the luxembourg candidate, while the british prime minister has made his views more than clear. >> for david cameron, john caught younger -- jean claude junger represents the old eu which he does not want. merkel has said he is her candidate, although she is prepared to negotiate. >> she is no stranger to difficult negotiations. she will do her best to get leaders back on an even keel. >> rescue teams are in a rac

we did receive word today that german chancellor merkel and vladimir putin will meet on friday at theay ceremony in normandy. does president putin have some explain to do? chancellor merkel has criticized him for his actions in russia -- in group training -- in the ukraine and crimea. what will she likely say this week after >> german chancellor merkel will be meeting with putin in france, and also meeting with french president lalonde as well as -- and he will also be meeting with the french president hollande as leaders of the u.k.. that russiave said needs to de-escalate. however, they've also said that georgia will not be getting into nato anytime soon. germany has taken the hard line against russia and also taken the russian line in positive steps to keep a warm relationship, or at least a working relationship with russia. >> is the line in the sand here at russia says as far as ukraine is concerned, and you mentioned as georgiad as far is concerned as well, we understand there are territorial disputes involved. we did swear national sovereignty, but our line is that you cannot j

. >> german chancellor angela merkel and the french president held a four-way phone call on sunday with russian president vladimir putin and his ukrainian counterpart. the call was part of a push for diplomatic solutions to the ongoing crisis in eastern ukraine. they want to do and to pressure russian rebels to lay down their arms. shaky cease-fire between ukrainian military and rebels is due to expire on monday. the path forward is still anything but clear. several hundred residents took to the streets in eastern ukraine to demand an end to the ongoing conflict. the pro-russia demonstrators carried a giant ribbon, a russian symbol of bravery. but they want peace on their conditions. iswe are for peace, but what peace? if they continue shooting, we will take up weapons and defend our land. we will fight for our home. in the ukrainian capital at the same time, several thousand people gathered outside the president's palace to protest against peace and the government's truth. they demanded more weapons to drive out the pro-russian separatist. >> they are not letting us fight, they are not

. >> angela merkel has given support, but david cameron and several others are refusing to endorse him>> the leaders of britain, germany, sweden, and the netherlands said they wanted to focus on the future of the eeo -- the future of the eu and not jean-claude juncker. david cameron did not repeat warnings that britain could leave the eu if jean-claude juncker is confirmed. >> i want britain to stay in a reformed european union. that is my goal. i think that is best written and europe as well. >> chancellor angela merkel says she supports him but did not want to discuss appointments in sweden. >> we have already said that that you commission presidency would not be the focus of our discussions. we wanted to do what had not been done as often as it should. we wanted to discuss topics that mattered to the citizens. >> the four leaders were tightlipped after the summit. a source close to david cameron said that talks were productive, but the debate over jean-claude juncker was still not resolved. >> the german foreign minister has traveled to russia for the first time since the outbreak o

in merkel and the french president hollande there's a lot of pressure now on camp to do something to start simmering this down we had also putin asked the federation council here in russia to withdraw the authority to send in russian troops to protect russian speakers and russians in in east ukraine i mean there's movement internationally there.

media, theyof the were all shocked about the wiretapping of angela merkel's cell phone.r us, listen to civil liberties and human rights being conducted under the nsa with a certain participation of the german secret service, was most shocking. again, we are not willing to restrict this discussion to the nsa. it is not that we are pointing to the nsa is the only evil secret service. we want to talk about our secret services and secret services and their activities globally. -- you know, all secret services in the world tend to use their technology whenever they have the chance to, so it is up to us to close the door and to establish a stronger regulation for secret services, wherever they are. >> can you talk more about the german intelligence relationship with the nsa? >> look, since a couple of months, we established an inquiry commission and the german parliament. -- in the german parliament. it is to investigate not only andactivities of the nsa german territory, but also the corporation, the level of corporations of the german secret services. mayre at the beginning

to do it and it should. >> ifill: a couple of weeks ago when angela merkel was here and they came out drew a new line in the sand. they said it was no longer about whether to annex further territory that would bring on the sectoral sanctions, it's now whether they will hold the troops back from the border in time for the elections, and by all indications they did. why isn't this just an outcome of that kind of line in the sand? >> part of the strategy was to get to the may 5 ukrainian election. >> ifill: right. n some ways we have been too transparent signaling to putin what exactly we expect. so we wanted him to acknowledge and recognize and respect the legitimacy of port-au-prince's election. we wanted him to remove russian troops from the ukrainian border and to stop destabilizing the situation. so president putin knows what he needs to do just enough to keep this europe deeply divided, as david said. we're signaling, already, about where our sanction's threshold is for the next section. we have to stop doing that. we know that russian weapons, russian troops are going across the b

chancellor merkel has been an extraordinary leader in this, and her voice and everything ,hat she has done with russia with her european colleagues, and with us i think in this situation has been exemplary, and i also think it is fair to say that we would not be in the positive position we are in absent her leadership along with that of other colleagues in is, canand the question this be sustained? there is a good question about going into winter, different pressures being exerted, and that is a great question. yes,lieve is the answer is but it also requires countries to take significant steps in the coming months to put themselves in a position to sustain and to also be able to resist competing pressures and influences. you're are exactly right. we have had energy jolts before. will this be different? my sense is it will. we had a meeting with the g7 countries weeks ago in which they agreed to a series of steps , including basic stress tests in all of our economies to gauge the extent of our energy efficiency, and independence, and the results will hopefully be translated into concre

has been tapping into germany's angela merkel's phone freedom of press is nothing when it comes to a scandal of such proportions either a major u.k. newspaper became the target of police raids for publishing the revelations and that's not all the latest leak from snowden shows germany has actually been a launch pad for america's espionage in europe artie's peter all of has details on that story over the last twelve months edward snowden's revelations of showing that not only is germany at the very heart of the n.s.a. surveillance program but that the germans themselves are among the most spied on and listened to in the world with millions of data connections being tracked putting them alongside the likes of afghanistan and iraq and it's not just suspected of having committed a crime that of being snooped on here at the german chancellor rhee there was a breach of security when it was revealed that angela merkel's private cell phone had been listened in to by the americans prompting a few angry phone calls and general all round embarrassment. it now seems unlikely there will be a full

angela merkel, head of germany, may not realize it but natural gas is not going to go there for quite a long time. , and oing to be years therefore if you think domestic prosperity is hinging on the ability to export natural gas, we don't need this bill. if you think global freedom is hanging on the balance, waiting for this bill to become law -- and by global freedom you don't mean freedom for china to get more natural gas or india or japan, but ukraine and countries in eastern europe, don't count on this bill to bring about global freedom. titled but oastly it's promising more than this i could ever deliver, and would urge this bill is not necessary and ought to be rejected. and i yield back the balance of our time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from colorado has 3 1/2 minutes. mr. gardner: i thank the chairman for your leadership over this hour and thank the gentleman from california for the debate. and to the members who came and debated this important piece of legislation today, look, we know this bill has support of organizations like the national associati

happing into germany's angela merkel's phone but embarrassingly for were a lan the latest snowden leak shows germany has actually been out launch pad for america's espionage in europe you know all over has more on that story. over the last twelve months edward snowden's revelations of showing that not only is germany at the very heart of the n.s.a. surveillance program but that the germans themselves are among the most spied on and listened to in the world with millions of data connections being tracked putting them alongside the likes of afghanistan and iraq and it's not just those suspected of having committed a crime that is being snooped on here at the german chancellor rhee there was a breach of security when it was revealed that america's private cell phone is being listened into by the americans prompting a few angry phone calls and general all round embarrassment it now seems unlikely there will be a full investigation into what went on leaked n.s.a. documents talk about an intimate relationship between the german and us government something which is upset people here because t

in terms of the candidate, i suppose we know that angela merkel is in the driving seat here. she found herself between a rock and a hard place, because which ever decision she makes is not going to have necessarily a positive outcome. >> angela merkel certainly won't want to be the chancellor who was in power when britain left europe. so whatever happens, it's going to be very difficult. one of the leaders of the greens said that if jacque layunca doesn't become president of the council -- they can't expect any cooperation from the parliament. so it will be a clash of the institutions despite the fact that the president of the council says he'll try to avoid that. so the constructive part, possibly a super candidate. my colleagues don't think it's necessarily going to happen, but she might be one of the super candidates who could override all these discussions. he could be a very good commission president. >> all right. we're getting into new speculations here. jacque? last word of wisdom. >> first about legitimacy. i would say two things. first of all, democracy, you have 51

is this positive news we heard from angela merkel and these general noises or are we heading something toward a bit more positive on ukraine? >> i think that is certainly what they are hoping, but it is at this stage still hoping, because you're also hearing about that ongoing violence and hearing from members of the g7 saying that is orchestrated by the russians themselves. the stage of international diplomacy now moves from here in brussels to normandy in france. it just happens at that the day after this meeting, there is the commemorations of d-day 70 years ago, the allied landings on these normandy beaches toward the end of world war ii. well, all of the key powers from that time will be gathering again in normandy and that includes vladimir putin representing the russian federation. he will be sitting down, we though, for a meeting with the u.k., with france and germany, leaders of those three countries will be meeting president putin for separate meetings. president obama will be there in normandy in the same place as president putin. i think it's quite possible they will have a