mr. hollande has missile cruisers to sell to moscow.this says the event is an honor putin does not deserve to attend. it says just three months ago, commentators were comparing the russian president to hitler and he should have never been allowed to attend the festivities where he could be treated like a george miller -- like a legitimate world leader. leader fromical russia has been speaking out against vladimir putin. >> there are billboards in downtown moscow say he's a national traitor. socialistself-styled who has often infuriated his fellow legislators. he's been the sole vote against the ban on international adoption and anti-gay legislation. "the post" says sadly he is one of the last opposition voices that can still be heard in moscow. >> and have also been dissenting opinions. >> one editorial says to prepare for war and not be sprayed it says a new cold war will be long and nasty and that threats of sanctions only belie europe's reluctance to start a trade war with russia. another piece says russia is on track to become anoth

mr. hollande had the sea bass. we don't know what president obama had. do know that obama didn't stay for dinner -- for dessert because hollande had dessert with vladimir putin. here is the conflict. obama warned the french president, asked him not to reward russia with these carrier helicopter transport ships. obama bnp paribas, repeated the argument he had been making in the past. hollande claimed that the size of the fine is unfair. here is how obama prepped it when he spoke in brussels before the dinner meeting. case answer on the banking is short and simple. the tradition of the united states is that the president prosecutions.e in we don't call the attorney general. i do not tell the attorney general how to prosecute cases that have been brought. i do not push for settlements of cases that have been brought. this dispute shows no signs of going away. yesterday, the french finance minister talked about u.s.-eully putting the free-trade deal on ice because these fines were too large. we are talking about potentially $10 billion. >> and we are not don

mr. hollande raising the issue.ered and gave the same response he said he was going to give. let's have a listen to what obama's line is. >> my answer on the banking case is short and simple. the tradition of the united states is that the president in -- meddle in prosecutions. i do not pick up the phone and tell the attorney general how to prosecute cases that have been brought. i do not push for settlements of cases that have been brought. >> guy, that may be the u.s. tradition. the reality on the ground, at least france is there is the perception that the u.s. is ganging up on this bank. you saw the finance minister yesterday in france give an interview saying because of the angsts between b.n.p., the free trade deal between the european union and the united states is in peril. >> that is the b.n.p. paribas dispute. there is also another sore point over the potential deal of a warship that could help russia in its invasion. what is the deal on that? s these is no question, helicopter carriers would be advantageou

mr. holland certain meeting with his ministers today. mark? >> hans, dow husband siemens fit into all of this? >> well, so here is the interesting thing about what bids and what parts of the energy aspects and energy bids that they want. they are saying that the -- by partnering with mitsubishi, the grid side of it will be done from the japan sneeze size. so siemens would avoid any regulatory hurdles where they have 50% already of the high voltage transmission line. they get out of a regulatory mess but create another one. the idea of a european conglomerate. the idea that this would be a european company that is eroded a little bit when you have two powerful partners in mitsubishi and hitachi. i'm not saying it is fatal to the bid but it does change it. >> thanks. hans nichols live in berlin. 3 looking at our function. looks at all the underlying and mergers and acquisitions activity. in europe, the value deal that has been announced this year is half a trillion. 585.7 billion. that is doubling on the same period last year. can it continue? p

mr. hollande will then have dinner with mr. putin. >> yeah, it is a ballet. >> esther obama will not be ?ining with hollande and putin >> correct. >> this is like your third marriage, right? >> more like your third marriage. >> thank you, scarlet. and stocks.quities the euro, 1.3615. vix just above 12. there is a german 10-year yield. the yield is higher over the toward 1.44 dollar-yen. maybe a little less umph we are getting out of mr. draghi. here is the euro back 20 years, stronger euro. i would to just and mr. draghi would dearly like the euro down here at 1.25. >> absolutely. i would certainly make european goods cheaper to the rest of the world. >> it has not happened. >> what daytraders tell me is that because the euro is so strong, there is no inflation. theaois and -- inflation is enemy of currency. they have the opposite. ,> we will focus on this particularly the ramifications for the markets. we have a busy day. we have scoured papers looking at websites. here is the front page with scarlet fu. >> a lot of company new

mr. holland can parse some mercury. he is not a lawyer, but he has run into this time and time again.say this with good cheer to all the regulators, this is the goofiest audio law. >> trish had a great intro to where this is not going to go, which is anything bad for carl icahn. isn coffee is as good as it in telling us where we are with the law. mark cuban is someone who can tell us how they can't win at the sec. tradingory of insider convictions is really abysmal for the prosecutors. the question of the day is, do the smart guys always have an angle? guycarl icahn is a tough from queens committee good being smart and doing deals. is it a crime to be smart and get out front of clorox? >> when i came into the business i was told by smart lawyers that the way to stay out of any problems is if you have some information that other people if they had it would change the price of the stock for them, if you have an act on it and they sell a stock to you or by stock from you and you have an advantage, that is wrong and you will be in trouble. it is no longer the case. it is much different. y

mr. hollande to please press the button, or i wish you had.a merkel, the german chancellor, has been instrumental in shifting her stance to a much more robust one over these past few months against president putin, and that has been incredibly determinative in getting these sanctions and getting russia to basically suffer from what they've done in ukraine. the important thing really is to get russia to recognize officially the new president of ukraine to get russia to stop supporting surrogates in eastern ukraine. from there the news is that it is just really days or weeks away from a full-scale civil war in the east. and once it gets to that point, it's going to be incredibly difficult. you remember bosnia. you remember the balkans. it's going to be incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to pull that back. it has to happen now. and that's the big test of all of these leaders meeting with putin right now. >> yeah. i assume on the sidelines, as they say, there will be a little exchange between president obama and president putin. jim sciutto,

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mr. obama began the day withen frooblewith francois hollande. paid tribute to those who gave their all. >> whenever the world makes you cynical, whenever you doubt that courage and goodness is possible, stop and think of these men. >> u.s. officials regard both meetings, the obama, putin meeting and the putin-poroshenko meeting as hopeful, but they want to see more. mike viqueria, al jazeera america. >> jonathan betz joins us, jonathan. >> a lot of people counting on him he hasn't officially started yet but petro poroshenko was invited to d day ceremonies and got straight to work. it's hard to see and it was brief but remarkable nonetheless. the leaders of the russia and ukraine meeting for the first time since the conflict erupted. after months of fighting. >> russia needs to recognize that petro poroshenko is the legitimately elected leader of ukraine. >> says he's ready to talk with moscow. >> the battle of supporting terrorists. >> he's promising to quickly end fighting to the east while comparing the rebels to somali pirates. >> want to con

mr. obama's next stop in paris. president francois hollande plans to host mr.ama for dinner on thursday and mr. putin separately the same evening. no meetings are scheduled, but aides did not rule out an unscripted conversation. he will be marking the 70th anniversary of normandy. on the situation with the veteran affairs department, here's "the washington post." he plans to introduce legislation in the senate that would allow those who are waiting for care to go to a private hospital or outside the v.a. system. also, the front page of "the washington times," this picture. a march in hong kong to mark the ianamenniversary of tn protest. caller: i believe it was duty to soldier. we do not have a draft and acted. he enlisted to serve this country and he spent five years being detained. it is very insulting that people will politicize the fact that one of our american soldiers was released. the first thing you say is -- he was a deserter. if he was a deserter, let that be know what that the proper time. right now, we should be rejoicing that one of our soldiers ha

mr. obama began the day can french president franÇois hollande at the cemetery.american forces led an assault against entrenched newsy positions. >> whenever the world makes you cynical, whenever you doubt the courage and good assistance possible stop and think of these men. >> reporter: u.s. officials regard both meetings, the putin poroshenko meeting ass a positive sign. they warn they've heard this before. they want to see concrete action. >> the chain of events that brought president obama and butten together started 70 years ago today. today. [ playing "taps" ] >> veterans who stormed the beaches on d-day pause to commemorate veteran who is died on the day that has become known as the longest day. the ceremony marked the five beaches where allied landed. tell us about how the tributes were today? >> reporter: well, michael, we've been at all of the beaches for the last couple of days, and it's really quite incredible and moving how the french have come out to say thank you. here at shore beaches you mentioned this is the official ceremony for world leaders a

mr. putin has a full dance card when gets to paris tomorrow. has meetings with hollande, angela merkel.ar if he will have a sitdown with president obama. they have a chance to meet with each other m we just don't know how long and how formal a meeting would be. >> more consolidation in the u.s. telecom space. sprint is closing in on a deal with tmp mobile u.s. -- t mobile u.s. it could be quite a windfall if these two manage to pair up. >> because it would be $31 billion. that's how much we understand sprint would be willing to pay up for tmp mobile u.s. third -- t mobile u.s. a key company nation 're. deutsche telekom owns most of t mobile u.s. over 60%. the deal would look like $40 per share. you'd be getting half in cash. deutsche ck and telekom, it would still have 15% of the combined company in total. not just solely dependent on urope. they still have to work out what the termination fees would be. sprint wants it to be relatively small. t-mobile wants it to be more on the $3 billion side of things. really what they want to see is size here. this is where really bigger is better.

hollande and president barack obama. it was a dinner, no dessert. he had dessert with mr. putin.ng on the beaches of normandy where ryan chilcote is. >> thanks. d-day celebrations just about to commence and normandy. we are waiting for the french president to kickoff the ceremony. the president of france, just one of a number of world leaders here in normandy today using the 70th anniversary of d-day to find a way to end the war in ukraine. guy. >> ryan, thank you very much indeed. that is what we are watching around europe. busy day. we have european markets just about to open. we are in between draghi and payroll. trying to figure out the

mr. president. since you last had president holland on a state visitor earlier this year a lot of tensions have arisen in the relationship including the french say a potential multibillion-dollar fine on that bank could affect the global economy and could affect trade talks. do you believe those concerns are valid and how do you expect to address them tonight it u.s. concerns about the fringe selling warships to russia? to the prime minister do you feel isolated among of the e.u. leaders about opposition on the european commission president and coo would you like to see get the job, and you feel any pressure from president obama about your position keeping the u.k. in the e.u.. >> the relationship between the united states and france has never been stronger. on a whole range of the issues we are seeing intense cooperation. i am looking forward to seeing president holland this evening to talk about a range of issues and continue the work that was done in brussels. my answer on the banking case was short and simple. the tradition of the united states was the president does not metal in prosecutions. we

francis hollande dined with president obama and had a second meal with vladimir putin. mr obama has no plans for a formal meeting with vladimir putin. but they are likely to rubble bows at the commemoration on friday. if he sees putin, the president said he'll say in private what he said in public. >> russian armed forces annexing pieces of a neighbour is illegal. and violates international law. and the kinds of destabilizing activities that we now see, funded and encouraged by russia are illegal. and are not constructive. >>> a newa fact in nigeria's borno state killed 200 people. men suspected to be boko haram fighters targeted mosques and churches in three villages. they were set on fire. witnesses say the nigeian military was warned about the attack, but did nothing. coming up, band of brothers - the three d day veterans we introduced you to yesterday meet up in normandy today. plus, the return of mad cow, and now another american is dead. the performance review. that corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. and yet, there's someone around the office wh

mrs. clinton weak and oddly adding, "maybe weakness is not the worst quality for a woman." to keep obama and putin apart tonight, french president hollande had two separate dinners in paris. first with obama and then later with putin. that's right -- two diners but tomorrow an obama putin encounter is inevitable. senior white house officials telling me they don't expect any beyond a quick conversation. >>> diane was sitting down with hillary clinton with the exclusive interview. nothing off limits. but so many wonder erring if she will run from president. a rare and candid conversation about it all from benghazi to her relationship, her health and marriage and plan. she tells diane her own deadline. when we'll all know if she's running. the exclusive interview, diane sawyer, one on one, a view inside her life we have not seen before. monday night on the eve of the new book hard choices. >>> we do move on to general motors. back in the news this evening. 15 employees fired over the recalls. the fallout from the ignition switches and lives lost. what the new internal report reveals and the ceo keeping her job. abc's chief business correspo

hollande, i have the opportunity of unveiling the exhibition that will commemorate .he people of the free world i would like to express special thanks to the united states, represented here by the president, mr. barack obama, for raising the proud standards of citizens that rides so very high. they bolster our faith in the and the efficiency of our actions. thank the ones who helped us to manage our freedom wisely, to reinforce it. i wish to thank the people who lived in the free world and who believed in us, who led us support in our endeavors to have poland firmly anchored in the western world through the membership of nato and the european union. i wish to thank all free people who show the ones understanding for those fighting for freedom and sovereignty. i wish to thank you for went tong us as you follow the same path as we did, the path toward freedom. there is no freedom without solidarity. this is what we shouted out loud in this square during the solidarity demonstrations under martial law. but it is not freedom without solidarity today in a free poland in 2014. i wish to reiterate this widely known truth. there is no freedom without solidarity, and there is no the solidarity of the

mr. president. you are going to france later this evening. since you last had president hollandevisit, and a lot of tensions have arisen in the relationship, including on bnp paribas. the french say a potential multibillion dollar fine on that and would affect local -- the global economy and could affect trade talks. do you believe those concerns are valid? have you expect to address them with him tonight? and also u.s. concerns about the french selling warships to russia. prime minister, do you feel isolated among your eu leaders about your position on jean-claude juncker, and who would you like to get the job? -- european commission president. second, do you feel pressure from president obama about your position of keeping the u.k. in the eu? thank you. >> first of all, the relationship between the united states and france has never been stronger. on a whole range of issues, we are seeing intense cooperation, and i'm looking forward to seeing president hollande this evening to talk about a range of issues and continue the work that was done here in brussels. my answer on the ba

mrs. clinton weak and adding oddly maybe weakness isn't the worst quality for a woman to keep them apart, french president hollandeama-putin encounter of some kind is inevitable. senior officials say they don't expect anything beyond a quick conversation and certainly no breakthrough. jonathan karl, abc news, paris. >>> d-day ceremonies are getting underway in france. you are looking at live pictures from normandy where world leader and dignitaries are gathered. and thousands of visitors. more than 150,000 allied troops, half americans, invaded western europe overwhelming the german forces in an operation that proved to be the turning point in world war ii. >>> back here at home, just as russian president putin was making headlines about hillary clinton, she sat down with our diane sawyer for an exclusive interview. it was a no-holds barred discussion. diane asked everything about her private to public life and her plans for the future. could they include another run for the white house? clinton gave diane her own deadline. when we'll all know whether she's running. >> the interview, diane one-on-one with hillary