. >> in a french debate with then interior minister nicolas sarkozy back in 2003. now, these are the pictures. what basically you were saying was we should have a moratorium on stoning of women while we can get a consensus among islamic scholars and mr. sarkozy was furious. he said, what do you mean a moratorium, don't you condemn it out of hand? what are you saying? we just stop it a little bit, discuss it and continue it? so tell us, should you not condemn out of hand stoning of women for whatever reason? >> no. this is not the point and the way you are translating what i was saying is wrong. what i was saying is that myself in my position is this. i'm against implementing not only stoning, the hudud, what we call in arabic the hudud, the penal code, stoning, death penalty and corporal punishment. my position is this is not implementable but we are dealing with muslims. and we are dealing with governments and they believe in the koran and they believe in the scriptural sources and we have text on this. to condemn stoning in paris is not going to change anything o

. >> couric: one of the leaders at the summit sheer president nicolas sarkozy of france, it's his second trip to washington in two weeks. in an exclusive interview earlier today, we discussed a potential international response to iran's nuclear ambitions. you have very passionately advocated stronger sanctions against iran. what exactly do you mean by stronger sanctions? and to what end? >> ( translated ): i consider the fact that iran could get its hands on a nuclear weapon, a military nuclear weapon together with the many statements made by iranian leaders against the democracy that is israel is dangerous and unacceptable. unacceptable, quite simply. now, president obama wanted to stretch out his hand in order to show clearly to the iranians that it was not they who were the target but the leadership. patience has its limits and we have come to a time now where we need vote sanctions. not against the iranian people, but against the leaders who are leading the country to the wall. >> couric: are you optimistic you'll be able to do that within the purview of the u.n. security council or

presidents barack obama and nicolas sarkozy and german chancellor angela merkel among dozens unable to fly through the cloud of ash hanging over europe. one exception, russian president dmitry medvedev. kaczynski was a divisive figure often alienating allies, but today all poles, it seemed, were united in grief over the loss of their president. the tens of thousands loined the streets and as the coffins moved through the old town, some applauded. others chants, thank you lech and maria kaczynski. even critics were moved. >> president kaczynski wasn't a very important person to me, but i think this is a very important historical moment. >> reporter: capped by the burial inside a crypt reserved for kings and heroes, the kaczynskis, once the nation's first couple, had become symbols of its worst tragedy since world war ii. jim maceda, nbc news, krakow. >>> there was a dramatic and emotional development today in the ongoing crisis facing the catholic church over allegations of child abuse by priests. the pope, who has faced questions about his own handling of the crisis, today met with vic

complicated because she went on the radio station to talk about the fact that she and her husband, nicolas sarkozye says this is a matter of new importance, taking on proportions that i find ridiculous. it goes back to a blog on a french website that alleged she and her husband were involved in extramarital affairs. it created this fire storm of press coverage and after that, two officials close to sarkozy, her husband, came out and said they believed it was a plot to discredit his government. basically, this has snowballed to even the point where the former justice minister had to come out and say, look, i wasn't behind any kind of plot. but it's turning into quite a story, contessa. >> she says we're not victims in any kind of plot here, but if the whole blog coming out saying they were affairs was about a plot to discredit the government, is she saying they were extramarital affairs? >> they've already denied it and basically, what has happened since then, is they're in what it appears to be at least, aura of paranoia. that actually, there are forces within the government that aren't in power t

the french president, nicolas sarkozy, came to the white house. he went on the road multiple times to tell healthcare reform and that's where the president is most vocal in his challenge to republicans in washington. listen to what he had to say yesterday. >> now that it's passed they're promising we're going to repeal it. they're going to run on a platform of repeal in november. and my attitude is, go for it. you try to repeal it. >> shepard: i doubt that's going to happen. president obama challenging republicans and rallying the base. what did he accomplish? chris wallace is live in washington. originally they talked about repeal but you have to have 67 to override and they want to change bits and pieces but it's a good talking point working for both sides. >> absolutely. and you see the president there, there was some talk about maybe the democrats would be better off not passing this than passing it. i thought that was wrong. the swagger the president and democrats have, i'm not saying it's a good program. some people like healthcare reform, s

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secretary-general ban ki-moon said president kaczynski was respected internationally and french president nicolas sarkozyalled him a tireless defender of the ideas he believed in. president obama said there are heavy hearts across america and confirmed the united states cherishes its deep and abiding bonds with the people of poland. >>> coming up later this hour we're going to talk more about what led to this tragic crash when we speak with the former chairman of the national transportation safety board. >>> mitt romney may be feeling a boost this morning when it comes to his standing with republican activists. the former massachusetts governor took the top spot yesterday in a straw poll. looking ahead to the 2012 presidential race. although romney didn't attend the new orleans conference it appears he got help from supporters who offered free copies of his book and piggy banks touting his economic experience. texas congressman ron paul came in a very close second. i mean just one point separating them. while sarah palin and newt gingrich rounded out the top four spots. the republican party's chairman is

[inaudible conversations] >> his excellency, nicolas sarkozy, president of the french republic. [inaudible conversations] >> his excellency, president of the united mexican states. [inaudible conversations] >> his excellency, president of georgia. [inaudible conversations] >> his excellency, dmitry medvedev, president of the russian federation. [inaudible conversations] >> his excellency, who jintao, president of the people's republic of china. [inaudible conversations] >> his majesty, king of the [unintelligible] kingdom of jordan. >> you are watching public affairs programming and c-span. the panel examine its social networking and grassroots communications in iran. a group of former u.s. ambassadors discussed the prospect for peace in the middle east. >> the government's assistance to wall street is expected to cost much lower than earlier projected. we will get an update from paul kiel. after that, stuart taylor on the retirement of justice john paul stevens. then robert reich with his perspective on the economy. timothy geithner is interviewed by an economics columnist. thi

we had nicolas sarkozy come over, they sought david cameron. would your party not only like the treasury, but also, in light of less -- was just said with the relationship with the united states, and other priorities, moving on? would you like a job in foreign affairs? >> i am from the netherlands, with the other language that you speak. this is not from the west, the implicated choice for europe. this would also indicate, the euro. if you joined the euro with the u.k. -- >> can i take another question? we have heard the spanish voice, and this may be interesting. what's are you in favor of establishing -- >> are you in favor of establishing the border control? >> the bubbles sometimes burst. i am aware of this. we are in a fluid stage, and there is a long way to go. we have the ways that the liberal democrats offered the real change that we want. if we do something different, maybe we can deliver the kind of fairness. this is the for-looking and the self confidence of the place of great britain in the world. we do this in the privacy of the ba