we also have no brussels, no belgium, but european towns, towns in europe, trying to find one another and to press, to put pressure on mayors and regional ministers to commit themselves to invest in bicycle policies. so those towns can learn from one another. as i told you, brussels, i have found several similarities with the two towns i have been getting to know now yesterday and today. we have about one million inhabitants. brussels is 10 to 10 miles on distance and i agree with what has been told here that that is in favor of promoting cycling because the distances are never too long, although we also have a difference of height. i mean, like amsterdam is plat as a pancake we would say. brussels does have some, well, ups and downs. an important issue politically is that we have -- we are, in fact, giving big gross national product to the country, 20%, although we're only 10% of the population, but yet most workforce is coming from abroad, from flounders, from outs. so they are coming in at 9:00 in the morning and the workers are again leaving to the north or the south of the countr

interesting thing happened this week for the first time the european commission rejected belgium's budget and said no if you want to if you're going to use this budget you have to change you have to have more tightening otherwise you're going to each the objectives today it looks like they rejected the hungary and budget not part of the euro zone but part of the e.u. this is the first like i want to say where the building of the scaffolding you know when they build a big sky a skyscraper here in new york they build they have some scaffolding on the outside of it that's how to construct it and i think the same thing is true that the scaffolding for fiscal union is being carved out through this crisis and want to see if it results in this big skyscraper like we see in new york or to the ground you mentioned china i want to talk about china after the break we're going to go to break when we come back we'll have more with mark chandler support for x. specialists. all right it's time now for word of the day when we break down a financial term or concept for our very smart viewer but perhaps not the financ

from the tournament with an injury seven feet tall most republic had no problems to make any interview next round after between the belgium in three sets juan martin del potro also qualified for round three time defeated lost. in the only three starts to go to the next round the second seed planted sent germany's tommy haas tracking six four six three six four. russian female player involved in the action on the third day of the tournament mean a broad sense for the made it into the next round should be. in straight sets six two six one to leave now wants to strong for local deliverable the chinese dropped the ball game throughout the night. it was almost perfect as the eleventh seat belt. for its bronze six love six one and wild one and top seed colin is now. a soft touch of georgia six one seven six to join the third round to suppose. world number one raced into the second round at the expense of pile of rain so. needing just an hour and a half to kill all three talents like resistance six to six six laugh to finish up some terrible trouble i hope this makes. i should think that changed from from me winning two thousand

no doubt germany. is now used to why. as well you've already frankfurt germany. belgium. epic says that euro zone the euro zone will now be governed by germany and france and the rest of the blocs members will simply have to give up their sovereignty to save the euro. the system has failed so far now we're introducing principles that we should have introduced ten years ago when we started to introduce the euro then we had a stability pact which basically unraveled now we're doing it ten years later while we have it we're having a crisis on our hands and this new bank is not going to go to the immediate problem of the refinancing of debt of italy and france and to grow and prosper grows and i'm afraid that the eurozone is going to become a stagnation i think it's very hard for national parliaments to accept all this new treaty as it is and the other thing is that the eurozone now is run basically by two countries by germany and france and fifteen fifteen other countries simply have to follow as if they're nonexistent well i'm a bit afraid that by using the word saving the

leaders probably need no reminder that turning around europe's economy will not be easy. this begins with a 24-hour strike? belgium to protest -- a 24 hour strike in belgium to protest. >> growth opportunity still on the agenda, but as we said, greece very much likely to be a big talking point. the greek finance minister has said that whoever hands people a dememia between national aid and -- people a dilemma between national aid and personal dignity are missing the point. >> they are trying to help greece out of trouble that is, broadly speaking, of its own making. there needs to be a quid pro quo for that. the germans are saying they do not believe the greeks have control of that financial situation. and they want one person or commissioner here in the euro -region that overseas what greece does with its money. there is the european central bank, the i.m.f., and the e.u. and they have representatives to go to greece to look over exactly the path that greece is choosing in terms of its austerity measures, its tax hikes, et cetera, et cetera. that system is already in place. the germans believe it needs to go even

no. >> the president of the european republic. you are go to cut that, aren't you? >> he is a former priority of belgium. he likes to mingle with the public. and he likes writing poetry. >> the harvest is reaped. trees are shaking off their leaves. evening is near. >> but his way with words has made him a star far beyond the e.u.'s border it is. in china -- >> he is really funny. interesting. the e.u. delegation in beijing thought it would be good for him to start a blog. now he has nearly 200,000 followers. >> i saw a recent poll of the most popular foreigners in china. and the top one with 2 million was tom cruise. but by the time you got to four or five they were down below 180,000. so this would put him up around the top 3-4 most popular foreigners in china. >> what ask does he have to say? >> i think i am more than those guys r. that's nice. >> ha-ha. break. >> his words are nothing to laugh at. his blog keeps his readers up-to-date on his day-to-day working life and mundane things like the traffic in beijing. he blogs from his phone, many fans say chinese politicians would never be so down to earth

because if they don't they will technically default belgium is on a general strike a lot of walking and cycling today because all the metros down no buses and one of the airports is also closed the unions are protesting against the government cutting their benefits slashing retirement age also raising the retirement age rather so they're complaining that the workers are bearing the brunt and the enterprises are not getting hit at. the top stories all the way shortly that's off to the business news. thank you bill and welcome to the business program has just been hearing that moved in has outlined the changes he things need to be made to the russian economy recognizes the need to diversify away from role materials we do state control over business and improve the investment climate has been national capital says a panel lacks concrete details and underestimates the value of private capital. there needs to be opposed to government policy as putin said very well in his book the real question question has never been asked in russia is how does this government really. positive government policy was repealed or was it which sponsor indu

because if they don't they will technically default belgium is on a general strike a lot of walking and cycling today because all the metros down no buses and one of the airports is also closed the unions are protesting against the government of cutting their benefits slashing retirement age also raising the retirement age rather so they're complaining that the workers are bearing the brunt and the enterprises are not getting here at. well as our correspondent there mentioned e.u. leaders aim to push through these so-called fiscal union to toughen budget rules and punish those who don't have a poor level member of the european parliament has told me that the direction in which the is moving is undemocratic they're trying to put a lot of pressure on greece and this idea that the germans have that you can almost put a budget commissioner in athens who will oversee their budgets set taxes is quite frankly an affront to democracy the oldest democracy in the world and if i was in athens of the moment i'd be out on the streets demonstrating as well the scary thing here that you have is once you start thinking with democracy and trying t

because if they don't they will technically default belgium is on a general strike a lot of walking and cycling today because all the metros down no buses and one of the airports is also closed the unions are protesting against the government cutting their benefits slashing retirement age also raising the retirement age rather so they're complaining that the workers are bearing the brunt and the enterprises are not getting here at. city their will for some insight into the. pool not least a member of the european part of the u.k. independence party. leaders are looking for ways to boost jobs and restore economic growth well how do you cheve growth. thirty measures which surely hamper growth. well fact is you can't i mean it's as simple as that really what's going on in there at the moment a small committers they're trying to put a lot of pressure on greece and this idea that the germans have that you can almost put a budget commissioner nothing who will oversee their budgets set taxes is quite frankly an affront to the marquis the oldest democracy in the world and if i was in athens of the moment i'd be out on the streets demonstr

are getting ready for the summit belgium where this is happening in brussels it's on a general strike a lot of walking and cycling today because all the metros down no buses and one of the airports is also closed the unions are protesting against the government cutting their benefits slashing retirement age also raising the retirement age rather so they're complaining that the workers are bearing the brunt and the enterprises are not getting here at. reporting is also keeping. updated on developments in brussels one of describing the reaction of. some of the. focusing on the needs of suffering workers and not private enterprises others. europe wide. future. the pre-election promises. less than five weeks before the presidential poll. presidential hopeful. program to reform of the country's economy in its third pre-election article. the latest on this. this article has already been deemed by many analysts is a whole list of liberal reforms proposed by the prime minister on the economy first of all. says he wants to see the role of the state and of state monopolies reduced for example gas from which has quite an influence on russia's business like sec

are getting ready for the summit belgium where this is happening in brussels it's on a general strike a lot of walking and cycling today because all the metros down no buses and one of the airports is also closed the unions are protesting against the government of cutting their benefits slashing retirement age and also raising the retirement age rather so they're complaining that the workers are bearing the brunt and the enterprises are not getting here at. tesser is also keeping her twitter stream updated on developments in brussels her latest post says that the city is empty because general strike and people have to walk or cycle. members taking part in the protests and some are refusing to rule out europe strikes in the near future all available back to. the. election promises are coming thick and fast here in russia less than five weeks before the presidential poll prime minister and presidential hopeful vladimir putin outlined his program to reform the country's economy in his third pre-election article. reports. this article has already been deemed by many analysts as a whole list of liberal reforms proposed by the prime minister on the econom

students which is a hair from belgium from italy from even glance from america around the world can anybody come here or they have to be you know i just an artist yeah no no i think it really can be here which is normally students just sending their application form together with the war but after one the year of first sort of choosing if that student will continue filthier or second there which is a don't have an answer or an exam but they would have exam after one year were serious and the tutors are mostly russian teachers that most are russian which is that its teacher is a who are already graduated in russia and who is a professional artist but himself the most time of. war in the russia or the russian government academy well many of the art schools around the world they focus now on contemporary art maybe the training is more strict with its russian roots moby dick balance because our opinion of where giving plastic foundations called base without foundation classic school because you can't develop your own style or the worst school the nonprofessional way. which is it's me in our opinion that we're bringing school in the people. the business sch

no one america. you ask a mainer who he likes and it's different to a north dakotan or a floridian or an oregonian. norwegian to a belgiumt was a fascinating experience. >> even though -- it aired on the bbc. so a lot of americans didn't see it. >> i know. strange that. >> so fame levelwise, you're this enormous star in the uk, a lot of people wonder when you might take over america. >> i don't know about that. i've left that to my partner, hugh laurie. photographs in the background. >> talk about that friendship, too. >> i was very lucky. after an extremely childhood which involved expulsion from a number of schools and imprisonment i managed to get a scholarship to cambridge university. i would quietly grow tweed in the corner and write books on shakespeare which is my great passion. and i was introduced in my second week to this girl who i had seen on stage. she was a first year like me but she had opinion in a play already. it was travesties. i looked at her name in the program and said who is this e. thompson. somebody said emma thompson. we became good friends. you said you should try out. natural actor. i started

. >> from belgium, from israel, footnote, from poland, in darkness, from canada, and from iran, a separation. >> that's the one i'd like to see. >> have you seen any of the other ones? >> no like cats. >> kung fu panda. jennifer nelson. "puss in boots," and "rango." >> finally film selected as best picture nominee -- >> here we go. >> steven spielberg and kathleen kennedy. "the artist" thomas langman, producer. "moneyball," michael de-luca, rachel and brad pitt, the producers. the "descendants," jim burke, alexander pain and jim taylor, producers. "the tree of life," nominees to be determined. >> no, "the help," no "the hugo." >> then we'll get it. >> yeah, there you go. >> that changed this year, ten, right? >> we didn't know exactly how many we had, yeah. >> i think it's 6-5, by the way. >> "extremely loud and incredibly thin." >> surprise. >> please join us on february 26th when we celebrate the magic of the movies. thank you. >> that's a big surprise. >> that it didn't get more. >> that it got nominated. >> "hugo is leading at this point with 11 nominations and "the artist has ten, these are films that the academy and hollywood really loves because it has a lot to do

no other questions, i'll point to what the enemy's doing. president obama's five top ambassadors, germany, france, switzerland, great britain, and belgium gave an average of $725,000 each to the president's campaign. is this country for sale? the number of george bush on those was $285,000. how do we average people feel? i don't want to fuss at them. i'd rather stand up and do it ourselves. that's what i'm asking you to do. i know it's tough to do. most of the people who have given to me have never given a dime to a president. i'm asking you to give a dime. thanks. [applause] >> thank you, governor. our next surrogate is on behalf of ron paul. we have nashua activist, greg sorvy. [applause] >> who is ron paul? who? if you know him? if you look into him, you have to vote for him. it's that simple. who is he? in these times, ron paul is the heart, the embodiment of what it is to be fundamentally american. he's a faithful husband, doctor, veteran, true conservative, and the only constitutionalist in the race. article i section viii defines the powers of congress, the ninth and tenth amendment limit the power of the federal government, our gover

no other questions, i will point to what the enemy is doing. topck obama's five ambassadors, germany, france, switzerland, great britain, and belgium, gave an averagef $725,000 each to the presidential campaign. is this country for sale? the number of george bush from those was $285,000. how do we average people feel? i don't want to fuss at them. i would rather stand up and do it ourselves. that is what i am asking you to do. i notice, tough to do. most of the people who have given to me -- i know it is tough to do. most of the people have never given me a dime. i am asking you to give me a dime. thanks. [applause] >> thank you, governor. our next surrogate is on behalf of ron paul. we have a nashua activist. [applause] >> who is ron paul? if you know him, if you look into him, you have to vote for him. it is that simple. who is he? in these turbulent times, ron paul is the heart and embodiment of what it is to be fundamentally american. he is a faithful husband, dr., veteran, a true conservative, and the only constitutionalist in this race. article one section 8 defines power of the congress, the ninth and 10th amendment limits the power of feder

no other questions, i will point to what the enemy is doing. barack obama's five top ambassadors, germany, france, switzerland, great britain, and belgium, gave anverage of $725,000 each to the presidential campaign. is this country for sale? the number of george bush from those was $285,000. how do we average people feel? i don't want to fuss at them. i would rather stand up and do it ourselves. that is what i am asking you to do. i know it is tough to do. most of the people have never given me a dime. i am asking you to give me a dime. thanks. [applause] >> thank you, governor. our next surrogate is on behalf of ron paul. we have a nashua activist. greg sorbie. [applause] >> who is ron paul? who? if you know him, if you look into him, you have to vote for him. it is that simple. who is he? in these turbulent times, ron paul is the heart and embodiment of what it is to be fundamentally american. he is a faithful husband, dr., veteran, a true conservative, and the only constitutionalist in this race. article one section 8 defines power of the congress, the ninth and 10th amendment limits the power of federal government. our government is out of