gale force winds battering northern europe in the first one to store. goalies to amber shares in ukraine. most western foreign ministers meeting in kiev expressed support for the opposition this is rich in year to europe remain at record lows ecb chief sunday threatened to punish banks that don't pass it on to clients the it'll be your main account or if your store again for swings and wants to lead to the north this week canadians pay the founding forecasters are calling on the first major winter storm in northern germany ferries and trains have been canceled schools closed and residents are being asked to stay indoor. scotland and britain killing at least two people and the thing behind the creator of damage and destruction. ominous clouds covered the city of glasgow as water levels rise to dangerous levels. when some of the two hundred and twenty km house whipped across scotland. the pitching trees and causing widespread disruption to transport and power supplies. just outside the capital edinburgh the driver was killed when his lorry at the tenth ca

. >>> there's a strong winterstorm racing across northern europe.obert speta has been following the situation. robert? >> this one a very potent one across much of norway and the british isles. already seeing winds gusting here, the cloud cover racing from the west towards the east, it really is bringing those winds. some areas seeing fairly heavy snowfall, as well. right on this isobar chart, you can see these lines close together, that's indicating strong winds. i want to show you here towards the western seaboards of norway, photos coming autoof that area, the sea getting all turned up and some of that blowing snow and this does look like it's going to be the case across much of the northern half of europe through the next 48 hours. across parts of scotland, we're going to be seeing about three to five centimeters of snowfall, but some areas could see up to about 20 centimeters, really making for treacherous traveling conditions. if you plan on flying out of northern europe, check in ahead of time on your flights to make sure they are not delayed

by contrast, our story of art in northern europe begins in the late medieval courts of france.t was a time of violent contrasts. in the luxury of the court, the duke enjoys his banquet while the peasants shelter from the snow. in their hovel, they bare themselves by the fire. these illuminations were painted around 1414 by three brothers from the netherlands-- the limbourgs--at the court of the duke of berry. the detailed realism of these faces and landscapes was a feature of northern art in this period. the limbourg brothers began their career working for the brother of the duke of berry-- philip the bold, duke of burgundy. the valois dukes of burgundy established one of the strangest and most extravagant courts of late medieval europe. from their base in burgundy, by marriage and diplomacy, they acquired large areas of the netherlands to build an extensive, though fragmented state of vast wealth. in 1404, duke philip the bold died at the stag inn near brussels. 20 years earlier, his royayal sculptors had begun work on philip's tomb.

britain and northern europe are facing what could be their most powerful storm in years.least three people died today, as hurricane-force winds swept out of the north sea. we have a report from liam dutton of independent television news. >> reporter: december. a time of year when you would expect the british weather to deliver it's worst and today it did. scotland bore the brunt of today's damaging winds with gusts of around 90 miles an hour hitting much of the country. transport was severely affected with all train services suspended for a time this morning before slowly returning to normal this afternoon. the pilot of this plane had to abort landing at birmingham airport buffeted by strong crosswinds. 100,000 homes in scotland were left without electricity with another several thousand homes in northern ireland and northern england affected as the strong winds move southwards. in north wales as well as gales, emergency services were prepared for coastal flooding as large waves combined with high tides were expected to crash over sea walls. parts of newcastle city center

during the 15th century, bruges became the busiest port in northern europe, while bruxelles and ghent became two of its largest industrial cities. [bells ringing] we can catch a realistic glimpse of flemish urban life through the window of religious paintings, such as this madonna by robert campin. in italy, 15th-century artists used perspective and the study of antiquity to depict a suitable setting for their religious paintings. by contrast, a northern painter such as campin in his merode altarpiece, saw no great divide between the past and present, between the look of antiquity and the late medieval world. joseph, in his carpenter's workshop, is depicted with detailed realism-- the tools of his trade and the townscape visible through the window. one sign of bruge's success as a trading center was s wealthy communit of italian merchants and bankers. out of this community came the most famous wedding portrait in western art. here in 1434, jan van eyck shows giovanni arnolfini, a hugely wealthy italian moneylender and tapestry dealer to duke philip the good of burgundy. he's about to

it's not -- it's not 3%, 4%, 5%, it's not asia. >> mm-hmm. >> so i think europe next year, northern europell be sort of flat, up 1%, which is fine for what you -- what we want to do. and i think on the equities side, i think you'd rather be in sort of southern europe, because there you have much more room to grow. >> let me ask you -- >> plus, it's a tale of two different types of investments, right? >> right. >> equity investors want higher returns, but you have a constituent audience of investors that is looking to replace the shortage of yield availability -- >> correct. >> -- if fixed income markets, and when you compare and contrast the types of fixed income investments you're making in europe versus the high-yield market here in the u.s. >> well, you sort of look at it, in europe today, you can lend out on a senior secured basis, and you can probably make around sort of a 10%, 11% return -- >> mm mm. >> -- and it's a floating rate instrument, and making 10%, 11%, and the high-yield market around 6%, 7%. and not everything is senior and secured. so you're getting massively overpaid fo

here in northern europe, the winters get pretty dark and it's no surprise this is where so many christmasorations originated from candle-lit trees to shiny balls and garlands. the centerpiece here is an ight meter high fir with 5,000 decorations. let's meet the man making the chateau perfect the last 20 years or so. tell me, how many trees have you decorated here? >> i decorated around a dozen christmas trees, using over 15,000 ornaments for all the formal lounges. >> where do you get your inspiration? >> for this tree i was inspired by the castle grounds. we have peacocks and unfortunately you can't find any in the garden so we put them in the lounge. what inspired me was the opulence of the 17th century so there have to be lots of decorations on the tree like in the time of louis 14 and the original owner. >> do you have advice for people like me when we're decorating our own christmas tree at home? >> well, decorate the tree with ots of balls, lights and ornaments. you'll see by adding more and more, the tree takes on a magical feel which is just wonderful. >> absolutely. the art of ma

he says he now hopes to work in a hotel and never wants to go back to see northern europe is dealing with an intense winter storm our meteorologist roberts patton has been following the situation robber. lra now are actually seeing some wins out there in the northern portions of scotland over port stephens scandinavian pencil bring about one hundred eighty kilometers per hour just put in perspective that is really of blowing up an ad definitely hold on their hats but this one because the storm system still cruising off their tours eec to see that low pressure area in the satellite picture. it dramatically intensifies in as the gulag airports friday is still in the moving farther and farther east in all these lines really close together. all that is where we are seeing these winds gusting up there right now and still white squares to see about one hundred forty km route winds along the cool school year is here below countries though you have those wins coming on shore and that i believe it or not is creating alliances to warrant surgery in a close by here were seen some of the port's t

a major storm hit northern europe and their stay in scotland and seventy leaked to the thirty km barcelona the high winds overnight. at least two people were killed in britain when strong winds toppled vehicle is a tiny waves caused damage to buildings along the waterfront. this also caused traffic. he is disrupted air travel for killing tens of thousands without electricity the storm is also pretty frigid air from the north our second seen this on line shop there a lot of dawn to cause an indicator species there. the precipitation is a silver ring from the areas of the british isles the southern scandinavia and couldn't find an ordinary stuff the continent snowfall about thirty centimeters likely cost of about one hundred km mark. the traffic is going to be quite satisfactory. and that they're wet and windy conditions will be spent to the east and to stop taking the next twenty four hours that the sisters i'm going to be in a single and this is in the east to decrease and were so fully in thailand that snow showers final and then and that is a mid winter like conditions out there that col

storm is still tweaking it causing a lot of heavy snow showers for parts of the canon of the northern europe the us and the central rockies. about ten to twenty centimeters of snow is likely for a windy area and he still is going to be fun day and on carry on and that colorado with up to fifty centimeters my weekend to the next forty eight hours and snow is combined with the really kept the conditions at that because white out conditions and the dangers the wind chill values but another thing i want to mention it's like bringing colder temperatures. we did with the best minus twenty two that's your high on your friday and snow is likely in chicago on friday though when station the night and ended minds of the crease tumbled wednesday and thursday the day with temperatures could increase the risk of hypothermia. i have to go under cover your skin to the point it was mine and finally across the europe are looking fine drying in the center back breath and windy snow showers with the noise and the city a wet and naked to this town to define the weakening of that unstable conditions book includin

it's way be it a lot of dough the there's a strong winter storm racing across northern europe. our meteorologist robert spencer has been following this situation robert. oz is indeed the very cool storm the northern portion of the british isles and also because in the name penciled i didn't see. always up to the fenty d the climbers proud today to see those clouds racing from west to east in storm is not even here just yet you can see it just on the left side of the screen starting to come into the picture nod ahead of this we are a good lookout winds gusting up to one hundred climbers are likely for on much of scotland expecially review the coastline. it is in widespread snow totals out here. up to about three to six centimeters in some areas not iowa basins up to about twenty seven years is very well likely and then this is the santa cruz off their courts norway in really already been pre some white out conditions there as well and even some portions of the low country so the storm really property on thursday that is the one to watch here is a skinny making for some treacherou

mighty king says the latest animal planet is stepping up call for winter storm is approaching northern europe the british isles nobody starting to feel the effect that the stone with the windy conditions and as they can see the lines are very close to each other it's taken about one hundred forty five kilometers per hour. thus from the british isles. i'm sad that he's oing to be quite dangerous this is the second we are free to airs the precipitation is going to be seen no rather than brain for main course of these ious that the system is expected to move into central europe by late tonight. still any conditions are likely to occur here and we already have high as all the cool link to sit for northern areas of germany and all the school and then to thumb a couple of days ago. eileen going low pressure system has caused devastation in many places over the eastern half of the many caring in countries that include e coli become accustomed pictures the line this binder with the arrest of any county in town on wednesday destroying the new berries and sinking buildings. these areas suffered from a

evacuate again the storms and that meant the full cost has now also warning the severe storm over northern europe and the coming days the area of low pressure is expected to move over the united kingdom and southern norway for making its way to northern germany. by thursday afternoon. being with the extreme gusts of wind storm surges and snow fall experts say the storm is likely to be at least as severe as that which a large parts of western europe and scandinavia in october causing massive didn't travel chaos. when the shackles he is in the northern german coastal city of time but which has been taken to be in the pasta on that stone the limit is fifty miles at the moment it's all costs is expecting that to change don't they. let's say it is believed to be the calm before the storm and the hurricane sabah may still be hovering just over on scotland at this moment. and but suddenly at comment is bracing itself for a very strong winds of up to hundred and forty kilometers an hour and today tonight cd and costs of the night we all say see it about me you see that this mop and combine this with the

other news across parts of northern europe people are beginning to assess the damage left behind by a fierce storm overnight in the summer. the story is that the creed of destruction but the situation seems to be easing. storm warnings are still in effect the tip is that casino was the high winds gradually weakening but not before some fabric to the second highest recorded title stage antics in his hand. finally a major storm in the nineteen seventies pushed through the sky. the city's famous fish market was awarded the central al is up to six meters higher than normal in some places as ocean swells pushed inland. shipping traffic was also disrupted the chairman is not just contain a seaport. it's on the two terminals stopped working. you can't operate a container terminal with its giant bridges in the face of wind speeds this time the storm hit northern jenny packing wind speeds of two hundred and fifty kilometers an hour. despite its apparent eat supper on the hunt list and makes them be it. just a few weeks ago a store called christian because authorities of god sent him a chill in

hurricane force winds battered northern europe on thursday when speeds of over one hundred eighty five kilometers an hour where were measured on the german north sea islands. tidal surge is also threatened coastal defense it's the river held in hamburg rose to its highest levels in decades more than six meters above normal. the fire brigade close the flood defence barriers protecting riverside areas. it's not about keeping everything watertight but we have to keep the river out travelers across northern germany had their patients but to the test really care services suffered severe disruption. but despite the power of the storm there was less damage than predicted. in germany at least be be be. militants attacked the defence ministry in the yemeni capital sun on thursday killing more than fifty people. two germans were among the seven foreign development workers found dead. germany has since pulled its development staff out of the country. al qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack. sectarian violence flared in the central african republic on thursday leaving hundreds of people dea

news in brief i see hurricane force winds and tidal flooding continued to wreak havoc across northern europe least ten people have lost their lives and storms the latest to know the victim an elderly woman in north central sweden was found dead in the snow outside her home. the harsh weather has left hundreds of thousands to suffer power blackouts and is causing transportation chaos across the region. the organization has agreed to a historic a global deal aimed at boosting contacts that could add nearly one trillion to the global economy by simplifying customs procedures of the deal falls far short of the dts ambitious goal of tearing down the global trade barriers. the accord does mark the first global agreement struck by the body since its founding in nineteen ninety five. an american citizen detained in north korea for over a month is now on its way home the five year old veteran that mehlman has been held on charges of hostile acts which pyongyang said he committed six decades ago during the korean war. the less well from north korea's decision to release the former soldier was now on a

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the deadly storm has struck northern europe with hurricane force gusts across battered countries at least eight fatalities are thought to be linked to the extreme weather conditions in the u.k. it caused the biggest tidal surge in sixty years flights and rail services were frozen and man a european regions poland hello tricity caught off in four hundred thousand home. over to france now in paris may be a dream destination but they're all mansour the french capital comes at a premium for those who want to live there and as are cilia found out even if you're willing to pay the price home may still be cramped attic or basement. it all looks great on paper but anyone with an aspiration of living in central paris quickly discovers the nightmare and becomes looking for a flat here this picturesque center of the city might as well have a sign that says off limits to anyone with a tight budget but if you must prepare for very tight quarters when you first arrive to the far out i was completely shocked because this was the smallest area that i found myself i didn't look it's from here through here

when it comes to gay rights or most progressive social issues it's the countries of western and northern europe that are in the lead in the united states is actually a little bit behind but what happens is the debate that you just mentioned has taken place in the united states and if people are free to hash out their disagreements to have the debate i think it tends to go in a certain direction it will inevitably i think read to gay marriage just because the arguments for gay marriage are better than the arguments against it and i think that's why the change has happened so quickly ok i want to speech gears a little bit and in your book you make a point that many forms of violence have a century al cleaved usefulness over time but there are also some new forms of violence terrorism being one of them. and terrorism as we all know relies have a way on more than technology to spread fear i want to as a cognitive psychologist which way do you think the humanities evil genius will go in the future well terrorism is spectacularly unsuccessful as a tactic of political change war the ninety eight perce

the ship was on route from northern europe to india. you may be interested in increasing fuel efficiency and reducing emissions during its monthlong sixty five hundred nautical mile foliage from britain germany japan the five indian ship we use thirty tonnes of biofuel engineers and crew on board for analyzing emissions data on nitrogen oxides sulfur oxides see oh two and particulate matter from that he'll use along with effects and power efficiency and engine wear and tear the things in the world. also on the web and needs the networks the north. shea i think it has on taiwan and all. as far as i said good evening is now six pm the time you're watching it the city. with the stereo bob. you knew you . the news on him. christian is the world over are celebrating increase its coal plants is held his first midnight mass at the vatican during which he urged followers to take care of the fort frances is me humility and service to less fortunate central tenets of his tenure as part of the pope broke with tradition and charities debts you have

gale force winds battering northern europe in the first one to store. goalies to amber shares in ukraine. most western foreign ministers meeting in kiev expressed support for the opposition this is rich in year to europe remain at record lows ecb chief sunday threatened to punish banks that

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when we did our research for 2014 we found that it was all about southern europe, northern europe thise around. analysts don't have a great outlook. say 35us estimates billion of earnings next year. that is 10% rivalry -- it is 10% below where we were last year. greg cesar long-term infrastructure projects. >> we have had the energy bill that has been put through that is taken years to develop. -- that has taken years to develop. what we have seen from the labour party, they want to change everything. >> we need to understand the political landscape. , chris rogers. >> for those listing on bloomberg radio, the second hour of "the pulse" is coming up. we have an exclusive interview with the prime minister of japan , shinzo abe. is it the end to swiss bank secrecy? we talked to the principal associate about tax evasion. you can follow guy and me on twitter. we will see you in just a couple of minutes. ♪ : $12 billion pending to boost brands. mind.u.s. buyers in >> tech titans team up. others urge e and the u.s. government to stop data spying. >> an exclusive interview with t prime minist

. >> at least eight are dead after hurricane force winds and forces battled northern europe. forecasters warn it could be the worst storm, 225 k/hr. hundreds of homes have been flooded. thousands of homes are without electricity. rising seas forced evacuations along the eastern english coast. i don't know if richard has a house on the east coast of england, i hope he doesn't, but he'll give us a bit more on that. >> i used to live in that part of the world, well inland. the situation is now getting better. it's beginning to quieten down. we look at the pictures from hemsby on the coast of norfolk in england. it's a meteorological office. it's the worst storm surge down the eastern side of england since 1953. a storm surge in place as much as five metres. we see the isobars packed together as the low pressure pulls away. strongest winds. close to the coast here of denmark and germany. winds of 148 kph and 158 in germany. big storm surges here too. north of germany. it's the second largest in 200 years. there was a surge of 4 metres in one area at low tide. hamburg 3.7 metres.

. >> a severe storm in parts of northern europe shut down transport networks disprupted holiday plans. hundreds of thousands of homes have been without power. >> the impact of a night of torrential rain. things are no better for people hoping to travel by train, with water on many railway tracks. at one of the bus yist airports, a power outlet is causing delays. people are asked to check flights before they set off. >> in london, cancellations at many train stations. there is confusion here as people try to work out how to get home. >> there has been - trying to get home at christmas is important. >> we got here. we were trike to take a coach after trains had been delayed. they are not good. >> not great. >> i have a bag full of presents. in north-west france more than 200,000 homes have no electricity. ferries from france to britain have been cancelled. this is an example of the impact of winds of more than 100km per hour. tens of thousands of people in the region have been left without power. stormy weather is heading to northern island and scotland. >> whether forecasters are preti

britain and northern europe spent a second day coping with flooding and other damage from a powerful storm. it triggered the biggest tidal surge in 60 years on the eastern english coast. the surge pulled cliff-top homes into the north sea, and caused severe flooding in many coastal communities. in london, the river thames barrier was closed for the second time in as many days to protect against the flood. heavy smog descended on shanghai, china today-- one of the worst bouts of pollution to hit the city since records were started last december. authorities reacted by pulling 30% of government vehicles off the road and banning fireworks and public sporting events. visibility was down to just 160 feet in some places, as people struggled to cope. >> i have difficulty in breathing. i feel uncomfortable. my throat is all funny after i went home. i hate going outside. it was fine in the subway but the air quality is terrible outdoors. visible is also bad and so is my mood. >> woodruff: the dirty air is being blamed on coal burning, car exhausts, factory pollution and shifting weather patte

i would probably think things should get better in germany and northern europe. >> yao assessment inrance is interesting. if you look at the activity data, it's been getting worse for france. france might be well back in recession. what is your assessment of the economy and what needs to be done? >> the first point is the market was surprising. we have shown in france a growth of 3.7% in the third quarter. we are number one in france and we are probably winning market share. probably thanks to a good segment position we have very little exposure to the state activities of less than 10%. we are big in financial sector. we are powerful in some good sector. so it's -- i don't see the french market really. we are growing in france. now about france, there are a lot of comments, but i will say two things. today, what is required first some tax stability. i don't dream of tax relief, but we need to stop seeing the invention of new tax regime every other week. and the second point where all corporate leaders are aligned and just the weight of public spending in the gdp is just wide. and i t

many expect it will be somewhere in northern europe. >> as for 2014, little closer to -- little closer035, electric cars, there's been a lot of hype but still seems as if there are only 1 percent or less of total u.s. car sales. what's going to happen to electric cars in 2014 and do you expect to see consolidatioconso? >> yeah. i think the initial fur ver has cooled off and that's not helped by as we heard earlier on the program gas prices continuing to fall for retail sales. and that means people don't have as much pressure to either get out of their current vehicle or avoid getting a regular gasoline powered car. we will see some new entries from automakers but looks the trend is moving towards in addition to priuses other plug-in hybrid vehicles a mixture of electric and gasoline. >> with gas prices coming down, the economy getting better, isn't that when we usually see when people start buying more trucks? do you expect to see that happen in the coming year? >> yeah. in fact, it's the perfect year for truck buyers. not only was the chevy silverado and gmc seer year ra launched this

cx gets 28% of its sales from northern europe, and we know that northern european companies and spain rebounded, too. right now the consensus on wall street is they'll lose a penny per share. i wouldn't let that discourage you. with this kind of cyclical story, you have to buy the stock now before the turn is apparent. to everyone and the analysts are raising their estimate aggressively and that's the way these kinds of stocks work. second, vulcan materials, vmc, which is the go-to stock whenever you hear about highway spending, as they're the biggest producer of construction and aggregates in america, as well as being a significant producer of cement. i think vulcan is the best pure play on u.s. construction and they never recovered from the great recession. in 2007 this stock traded as high as $121. the stock currently at $57 and it's still 53% below its all-time highs. however, as i mentioned before, highway spending and non-residential construction are picking up in this country and that's fabulous news for vulcan. there are two domestic plays and vulcan and martin murrieta. i pre

disadvantaged students actually to excel, you see it in asia and sipping pore and japan, you see it in northern europere you have children coming out of poverty, and the education system then assures those children get the best educational opportunities. >> these numbers are inevitably pounced upon by advocates of all kinds, right? once we know the .. results of the tests, can we therefore say policy x is the right way to go? policy y for any particular country? and i am thinking specifically of the u.s. here. we have these -- we have all kinds of discussions and debates on the table. >> it is hard to come to cause and effect when you a study like this and you can't copy and paste and education system, but i do think that what the comparisons allow you, they allow you to study the drivers of success, what have those countries actually done that have moved upwards and have realized good results? and then to think about how you can configure those drivers in your own context, actually, some one country that does that well is singapore, in singapore you haven't seen nothing that you haven't seen somewher

the danish prime minister has been bragging all over northern europe about her selfie with you.nd i was hoping that i could get one as well. >> i don't think so. >> oh, really? i feel like you kind of owe me after the whole wiretapping mine cell phone thing. >> okay. but make it quick. >> okay. okay. that one was serious. now let's do fun one. all right. don't worry. i won't tag that on facebook. >> finally "time" magazine's person of the year has inspired one small town in missouri to hold a similar contest of its own. the honor in this case may go to an undeserving character. remember this guy? it's the rodeo clown who made national news for his some say racially charged mockery of the president at the missouri state fair. chosen for person of the year award in the local one. i guess no bad deed goes unrewarded there. >>> up next, we've heard a lot of crazy things about the president's health care law. but the two we heard this weekend may be the biggest head scratchers yet. the clown car rolls on in overdrive coming up next. and this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>>

some of the committees particularly in northern europe are doing much better. if you look at the economies of europe there is a correlation between how well they are recovering and how much they embraced the need to make tough changes. one of the things we continue to do is try to be very understanding of how hard that is and the impact it has on the short term, but to keep the pressure on because that's the path they need to follow. >> i've read some of the countries like greece and italy and spain and portugal have very high unemployment rate from the group of 18 to 25 years of age, very similar to the problems we have in the united states. how are they addressing that? >> they do have very high unemployment rates and the youth unemployment rate is very high. i think one of the reasons i mentioned earlier that we're seeing some additional flexibility on timetables is recognition of that. excuse me congressman, i'm getting over a cold. this has been a challenge all week. >> take your time, mr. secretary. but you can give a short answer since the time of the con

as the stormy weather conditions sweep across northern europe, they are warnings to transport links acrossnk you. >>> an unexpected singer is wowing the arab world, the biggest surprise, she's american. mohammed jamjoom has more from beirut. >> reporter: jennifer grout is the all-american girl with a very arab voice. the 23-year-old has become a fan favorite on middle eastern tv talent show "arabs got talent" by swinging classic arabic songs. many think she'll win the competition outright come saturday. she tells me she's honored to be singing arabic music and hopes to continue to do so. >> do you think that's the future of news that will be wind blown, would that help the viewing experience. >> my contacts will dry out. >> i played a lot of money for these plugs. >>> breaking news overnight, new revelations about the nsa surveillance operations. "the washington post" says the agency, the nsa is reportedly gathering close to 5 billion records every day on the whereabouts of cell phones worldwide. by extension, the people carrying them. pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins us with mor

the to 2012.or 2010 those americans whose forebears traced her ancestry to the british isles of northern europe. american a respondents who say what other ethnic group they identify with. in senses surveys. white ethics traced their ancestry's two central eastern and southern europe. greater middle east is a term by the w bush administration. these are basically muslim countries in north africa and the middle east. the other categories are self explanatory. what is noteworthy is that the only group that can be counted on by republicans by a small rally our mainline voters. voters.asian american all the other groups are trending heavily toward the democratic party, including the new immigrant groups. effect of the different social identities on the presidential vote. what is striking, a sharp increase in the impact of racial identities on the presidential vote. religious identity seems to be waning influence. , this isass identities increasing. maybe because of the coalescence between the ratio of identities and family income. here we take a look at the effect of racial context on voting in pres

union will do that, reduce the distortion between i would say france and germany on one hand and northern europe and, of course, the countries where the lending might be more expensive today. about i think the european banking union will reduce the gap. and overall, yes, i think the ecb has done a great job to regain confidence, to help the market to regain confidence in the system. and when i look at the access of large european banks, it's really good. so, ross, everybody in france seems to be happy with this banking union, even if it's not exactly what the french leaders and also italian and spanish leaders were expecting because basically the esm is out of the game. but it's better than nothing and that's what the finance minister said. that's a good compromise between france and germany and it gives meaning to the europe monetary union. this is what he said yesterday. over to you. >> stephane, thanks for that. by the way, stephane, i've told our producer your present is on its way. it's her birthday today. >> oh, happy birthday. >> our great, wonderful producer. so i know that you -- right?

some of the committees particular pli in northern europe are doing much better. if you look at the economies of europe there is a correlation between how well they are recovering and how much they embraced the need to make tough changes. one of the things we continue to do is try to be very understanding of how hard that is and the impact it has on the short term but to keep the pressure on because that's the path they need to follow. >> i've read some of the countries like grease and spain and portugal have very high unemployment rate from the group of 18 to 25 years of aim, very similar to the problems we have in the united states. how are they addressing that? >> they do have very high unemployment rates and the youth unemployment rate is very high. i think one of the reasons i mentioned earlier that we're seeing some additional flexibility on timetables is recognition of that. excuse me congressman, i'm getting over a cold. this has been a challenge all week. >> take your time mr. secretary. coming back. not sorry congressman, i've been losing my voice all wee