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the children were brought to britain, sir niklas didn't tell anyone he did. he was knighted by queen elizabeth in 2003. the executive director of national centre for jewish film explained more about his life. >> it was a fascinating story of a man who on his own, at age 29 went to prague, sort of on a whim. a friend invited him. he saw the need for helping especially children who either were orphaned or were trying to get out right before the war in 1938/"39. it was an unknown story until his wife i understand went into the attic and was cleaning found a big trunk, opened it up and in the trunk was a scrap book where they had kept a meticulous record and photographed, even of the chin that they had saved in the rescue operation. and it came to light. so it's an extraordinary story of a man who did a fantastic deed and it really was unknown torso many years. >> classic films such as breakfast at tiffany's and my fair lady made audrey help burp a star. london's national portrait gallery is paying tribute to her with an exhibition looking back at her life. jessi
the children were brought to britain, sir niklas didn't tell anyone he did. he was knighted by queen elizabeth in 2003. the executive director of national centre for jewish film explained more about his life. >> it was a fascinating story of a man who on his own, at age 29 went to prague, sort of on a whim. a friend invited him. he saw the need for helping especially children who either were orphaned or were trying to get out right before the war in 1938/"39. it was an unknown story...
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. >>> joining me from aspen colorado is niklas burns, a professor of diplomacy and international relationsharvard university. his long career in public service includes four years as the u.s. ambassador to greece. great to have you with us. you've been watching as the eurozone ties itself in knots over greece, you were in athens as the new currency was faced in. did greece belong in the euro in the first place? >> i think in many ways it did. greece was one of the poorest countries in the european union the economy was developing in the 1990s, it was a time of greater confidence, certainly about the development of the economy and international investment, and the greeks worked hard to convince the european union that they should be a member of the eurozone. the story deteriorated after that, with all the problems resulting in the last 10 years, with inability to collect taxes, inability to stick to reform programs, inability to impose a coherent economic policy and the results is massive debts, 240 billion euro owed to the e.u., and a kallam attous situation where the greek government hark
. >>> joining me from aspen colorado is niklas burns, a professor of diplomacy and international relationsharvard university. his long career in public service includes four years as the u.s. ambassador to greece. great to have you with us. you've been watching as the eurozone ties itself in knots over greece, you were in athens as the new currency was faced in. did greece belong in the euro in the first place? >> i think in many ways it did. greece was one of the poorest...
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niklas is from the n.y.u. business group and advises the greek national bank.come to the programme. what do you think of the deal hammered out over the weekend. is this what greece needs? >> it wasn't the best possible deal, but the present government wasted nine months and negotiated a deal of 17 hours. you don't expect is to be the best. still, the alternative was getting out of the euro having its own week currency. people losing deposits and becoming poor. it's much better than what would have happened without a deal. it's not the best. >> you mention the people getting poorer if they went out of the euro. haven't they been getting poorer staying in the euro. >> people have lost 25% of their income. if they were right now, to go out of the euro they would, in a few weeks lose 50% of their income as well as 50% of the deposits in the banks. that would be a huge crush. it's not the same as what has happened before. so with the present deal that has been written, maybe we don't know what it will be. if it's more or less what it looks. people may lose another 5
niklas is from the n.y.u. business group and advises the greek national bank.come to the programme. what do you think of the deal hammered out over the weekend. is this what greece needs? >> it wasn't the best possible deal, but the present government wasted nine months and negotiated a deal of 17 hours. you don't expect is to be the best. still, the alternative was getting out of the euro having its own week currency. people losing deposits and becoming poor. it's much better than what...
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. >> niklas is a professor of economics at the stern school of business at n.y.u. joining us from san francisco. thank you for your time. the poll shows greece voted no by a large margin. if the numbers hold up what happens now? >> well now the situation has become much more difficult. the europeans would have liked a yes vote which will be an affirmation of greece's position in the euro. and then the negotiations would have been easier now with a no vote negotiations will be harder. as soon as the greek prime minister has promised in the campaign for the referendum that he will have a solution in 48 hours, after the result meaning tuesday even and i find it hard to believe there'll be a solution by tuesday evening. >> let me ask you this will in your opinion, the european central bank lend the country the money. if it doesn't happen what happens to the greek banks. >> if the e.c.b. doesn't give money, the banks will run out of money on monday. so monday morning, monday evening, i don't know when on monday but they'll run out of money. the 60 euros that the people
. >> niklas is a professor of economics at the stern school of business at n.y.u. joining us from san francisco. thank you for your time. the poll shows greece voted no by a large margin. if the numbers hold up what happens now? >> well now the situation has become much more difficult. the europeans would have liked a yes vote which will be an affirmation of greece's position in the euro. and then the negotiations would have been easier now with a no vote negotiations will be...
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. >>> niklas is an economics professor at new york university stern school of business and says the greek debt crisis exposed the flaws in the eurozone, which limited greece's ability to get out of the debt crisis. >> the euro was set with a set of rules. the biggest country that was willing to stick hard to the rules is germany. there's a smaller country finland and the netherlands which forced hard for the strictness of the rules. the problem of the euro is that if greece gets a deal that is far off from rules, other countries will demand the same, and soon the rules will be completed different. that is the problem. the euro was premature. the - there is no tax union, there's no transfer union in the european, in the eurozone so because of the euro and because the countries don't have flexibility to change the exchange rates, more or less very have to grow and therefore the activity has to grow at the same pace. you can have a big operation like greece where productivity do not grow while in holland and germany, grew a lot. these are innerent problems. doesn't mean it's dead it's diffic
. >>> niklas is an economics professor at new york university stern school of business and says the greek debt crisis exposed the flaws in the eurozone, which limited greece's ability to get out of the debt crisis. >> the euro was set with a set of rules. the biggest country that was willing to stick hard to the rules is germany. there's a smaller country finland and the netherlands which forced hard for the strictness of the rules. the problem of the euro is that if greece gets...
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he is excited about the prospect of playing with guys like alex ovechkin and niklas backstrom. >> it will be strong i've never experienced before. i've always played with very good players players that have played in the olympics but never played -- have put up numbers like those two guys have. so get out there with them would be amazing. i feel excited. i feel kind of like a kid in a candy store, i guess. >> meanwhile, troy brower saying goodbye to the washington fans. we reached out and he sent this statement saying, quote, my family and i want to thank the capitals and their great fans in washington and their overwhelming support for my tenure in d.c. it was an honor playing in front of so many great fans at the verizon center. i wish them nothing but the best in the future and look forward to seeing them again when i come back with the st. louis blues next season. >>> tonight in the nba, the wizards made some moves tonight, trading with milwaukee for swingman dudley. the wizards give up a future second round pick. dudley a very good three-point shooter. >>> moving on to baseball
he is excited about the prospect of playing with guys like alex ovechkin and niklas backstrom. >> it will be strong i've never experienced before. i've always played with very good players players that have played in the olympics but never played -- have put up numbers like those two guys have. so get out there with them would be amazing. i feel excited. i feel kind of like a kid in a candy store, i guess. >> meanwhile, troy brower saying goodbye to the washington fans. we reached...
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. >> niklas the professor of economics at the stern school of business, thank you for being with us. >>> to vienna where the clock is ticking on a deal to kerb iran's nuclear programme, both sides saying they made progress but are struggling to resolve kicking points before finalising agreements should there be one. those include keeping an arm's embargo in place. the deadline to reach a deal is this coming monday in tonight's "a deeper look", the obligations iran has, and why some say the treaty has major flaws. >> it took a few hours for the u.n. brokered ceasefire to be broken. people say heavy shelling between factions continues. >> reporter: in this area people had conflicting opinions about whether u.n. brokered humanitarian truce would mean a lull in violence during the final days of the holy month of ramadan. >> translation: there's no truce. they say this but at the same time they keep shelling ut. us. >>> no one disagrees with the population facing a humanitarian cat as troughry. y -- catastrophe. >> translation: we need gas, oil, electricity from the truce. >> reporter: 80
. >> niklas the professor of economics at the stern school of business, thank you for being with us. >>> to vienna where the clock is ticking on a deal to kerb iran's nuclear programme, both sides saying they made progress but are struggling to resolve kicking points before finalising agreements should there be one. those include keeping an arm's embargo in place. the deadline to reach a deal is this coming monday in tonight's "a deeper look", the obligations iran has,...
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. >> that was niklas with the stern school of business. a lot of optimistic language from diplomats in vienna. there's no deal in the iran nuclear talks. u.s. officials say there's a number of hurdles so clear in order to finalise a deal. >> iran and six powers have been at the negotiating table. james bays is in vienna for the talks. >> there has been positive and optimistic comments coming from key figures. secretary of state john kerry said he had good meetings with his iranian counterpart mohammad javad zarif. . >> very good meeting, positive. i think we are getting to real decisions. we have a few tough things to do. other foreign ministers have been arriving here too, including the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov, and the french foreign minister laurent fabius. >> translation: i hope we are entering the last stage of this marathon negotiation. you know the position of france is a position of constructive firmness, and i hope it will allow us to reach the end quickly, to a satisfying result. >> despite the optimistic tone, i'm
. >> that was niklas with the stern school of business. a lot of optimistic language from diplomats in vienna. there's no deal in the iran nuclear talks. u.s. officials say there's a number of hurdles so clear in order to finalise a deal. >> iran and six powers have been at the negotiating table. james bays is in vienna for the talks. >> there has been positive and optimistic comments coming from key figures. secretary of state john kerry said he had good meetings with his...