merkle represents the swing generation.upported europe as a way to escape the past, to make sure germany is never at war with its neighbors. if you say that to a 20-year-old who came of age after the fall of the berlin wall, they have no past from which they seek an escape. one of the things merkle and other leaders have to do is find the next narrative. escaping the past will not do it. you have to build the future. europe's place and contribution to global peace, the role in the arab spring -- maybe it is that narrative europeans are waiting for. >> we are speaking about u.s./german relations tonight. guests are dining in the rose garden under the stars at the first state dinner for german chancellor angela merkle, the first one since helmut kohl in 1995. she has been at the united states six times, but this is the first state dinner. why not under president george w. bush? what was their relationship? >> i think this particular visit is laden with symbolic importance, and that the relationship between the united states a

merkle represents the swing generation.ay to escape the past, to make sure germany is never at war with its neighbors. if you say that to a 20-year-old who came of age after the fall of the berlin wall, they have no past from which they seek an escape. one of the things merkle and other leaders have to do is find the next narrative. escaping the past will not do it. you have to build the future. europe's place and contribution to global peace, the role in the arab spring -- maybe it is that narrative europeans are waiting for. >> we are speaking about u.s./german relations tonight. guests are dining in the rose garden under the stars at the first state dinner for german chancellor angela merkle, the first one since helmut kohl in 1995. she has been at the united states six times, but this is the first state dinner. why not under president george w. bush? what was their relationship? >> i think this particular visit is laden with symbolic importance, and that the relationship between the united states and germany has gone th

in washington d.c., a grand reception is planned for the german chancellor hot angela merkle.e she is with president obama. they have a grand ceremony planned for her today. there will be a 19 gun salute and then a formal accord dinner tonight were merkle will get the presidential medal of freeman. they have a lot of business to get to as well. talking about a wide range of policy issues such as an aid operations in afghanistan and libya and the middle east peace process and what is happening there and of course the world economy. >> an industry group is unveiling plans for airport security aimed at reducing check-in times. it will feature iris scanners to match the passengers eyes to their passports and information chips inside of those passports to identify passengers who could pose as a security risk. passengers could be subject to different degrees of searches depending on level of risk. that should be in place within the next five years. >> the california ethics board has rejected a request from the las angeles democrats or to investigate whether schwarzenegger violated s

. >> the smiles didn't disguise the tension between president sarkozy and chancellor angelo merkle. they wanted to shoulder some of the burden of a second greek bailout. the french disagreed. today angelo merkle backed down. >> our economic strength depends on a strong euro and because of thisly do everything to ensure the euro'ses stability. >> greece's debt mount stands at $298 billion pounds. just a year ago greece was loaned $95 billion in a bailout. it didn't do the trick and a seconds bailout of $106 billion pounds is being considered. >> europe has to make up its minds where they're going have the will and the financial resources to address this finally and definitively or whether it faces a kind of chaos. >> the next big test will come early next week with a confidence vote in the prime minister's leadership. >> it's been announced that the u.s. congresswoman gabriel giffords will visit tucson for the first time since she was shot there in january. she was released five months after a gunman opened fired at one of her campaign events. six people were killed in the shooting.

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stabilizing afghanistan and stopping iran from developing nuclear weapons tonight the president will award merkle the u.s. presidential medal of freedom during a dinner at the white house is the nation's highest civilian honor. eyewitnesses say that 400 tribal gunmen clashed with yemeni government forces earlier this morning and have mackay taken control of the yemen city tidies the fighting has intensified since president ali abdullah saleh i was forced out of the country to recover from one suffered in an attack last friday officials said that he is burned on over 40 percent of his body initial reports said that the winds came from a rocket or mortar attack but officials are now saying it's possible an explosive device was hidden in the palace >>in libya nato unleashes air strikes on muammar gadhafi compound and a military base today we're hearing a released 25 loud explosions and the bonds despite several buildings. no wayword yet on if muammar gadhafi suffered a knee injury is the libyan government claims the airstrikes had some television stations killing two people and injuring 16 nato call

back at the white house for a joint news conference between president obama and german chancellor merkle. >> jill abramson will be the first woman editor of "the new york times." watch her almost 40 appearances on c-span from 1988 as editor of the legal times through managing editor of "the new york times." just more than one of the 100,000 people you can search and watch for free anytime. it's washington your way. >> now, lieutenant general william cald westerly, commander of the nato training mission in afghanistan. speaking at brookings yesterday, he said the afghan national security forces will be ready to take the lead for their country's security by the end of 2014. he's introduced by brookings senior fellow, michael o'hanlon, who recently returned from afghanistan. we'll show you as much of this event as we can until live coverage from the white house of the arrival of the german chancellor. >> thanks for coming. i'm mike o'hanlon from brookings' foreign policy program. welcome to brookings. we're delighted today to have lieutenant general william caldwell speaking about afghanist