. >> it is 7:30 in the morning in paris. the paris-moscow train is ready for departure. the journey is 38 hours. it is an experience porter and a professional. greeting every passenger is part of the boarding ritual. the paris-moscow route is the highlight of his career. >> we had more passengers during the winter holidays. now it is a bit quieter. i hope the numbers will pick up in the summer again. >> the state and russian railway launched the service to great fan fare last year. it is popular, but mainly with russian travelers. a visit to paris holds a special glamour. but so far the voyage tomas cow is not quite as enticing. anna is a student and with her mother, who is afraid of flying, she went to pair oice a shopping trip. >> we provide some clothing and shoes and everything you want. >> the luxury carriage it is are popular. >> every day we don'tave time for it. >> luxury comes with a steep price tag, around 1,000 euros for a round trip fare. second class is more affordable, about 350 euros. this is the only french passenger on this trip. >> i don't like flying.

in east lansing across to kurt cobain he is a writer and author of preclude a peak oil novel and in paris we have sobered carbo's he is director of hydrocarbons at the mediterranean observatory for energy all right gentlemen crosstalk rosen if i mean you can jump in anytime you want fred if i can go to you to stockholm why are oil prices so stubbornly high because it seems to me and i'm not an expert on oil but supply and demand the market seems to be out of whack because there is an excess amount of oil out there but prices continue to go up and i should point out to our viewers that in even in the united states the united states is an excellent net exporter of gasoline right now but gasoline prices are very high so fred why are energy prices so high. well that's only one answer here that's there someone not fully elements in the picture but in so far as the price of oil is concerned over the years it's gone up since two thousand and eight because demand is out running supply and olympic can adjust the price of oil they are the ones who determine the supply on the margin opec determines

>>> it looks like a bright but chilly day in paris. if you go further east, the arctic cold and heavy snow continue to grip that part of the continent. the cold snap extending into its second week. let's go to meteorologist ivan cabrera for the latest there. >> we make it into a third week here. unfortunately, the temperatures are going the other way, we're getting colder and it's getting progressively worse. we have the snow on top of it. paris will be fine. milder as well as we get into the next couple of days. south and east, the balkans in particular will get hit again. bosnia, herzegovina there, they have not got a break here. we have been snowing day in and day out. the accumulations have gotten ridiculous. we cannot keep up. villages have been cut off. what do you do? you can't get ground transport. you can get helicopters, they have been flying in choppers to get some of the folks out as a result of the meter plus snow that has been falling on top of the region there. again, this is not just a snow event you have to keep in min

the french were our allies. >> paris. >> the peace negotiations were going on. the place for peace negotiations, british french and americans and spanish, too, were involved, took place in paris. >> oh, okay. >> yeah. peace negotiations took place in paris. where else? well, thank you all very much. you've been very kind. thank you. [ applause ] >>> join american history tv on monday for 24 hours of america's first ladies including an interview with eleanor roosevelt at 4:45 p.m. eastern. >> i think like everything else that we started out expecting that the united nations would solve every difficulty just by being the united nations. >> tour the white house private quarters with laura bush at 5:00, ladybird johnson at 8:00. nancy reagan reminisces about her husband at 8:30. at 11:30, the only first lady to run for president, now secretary of state hillary clinton at her final campaign rally in 2008. history history tv monday, president's day, on c-span 3. >>> each year "time" magazine selects a person who had the most influence on events during the previous 12

he got to paris. and so the english felt exhilarated, they felt they had been given a new life, and they were mad. they were mad at the united states. the united states had stabbed them in the back in june, they had declared war on them when they were in mortal danger from napoleon. so they were mad. that's where the english stood at that time. where did the americans stand? well, the americans had done terrible on the ground. their whole invasion of canada had failed. and the privateers did go out, but it takes a long time to get that all going. the privateers were going quite well, but it would take a very long time before that really came into play. what about the american navy? well, my word, the american navy was doing just great. the first defeat of the american army in canada was at detroit in august of -- august 15 of 1812. madison could not believe it. he was horrifyied. here it was an election year, he had told everybody he was going to invade canada and do all this stuff, and here he is, he

started in the late eighteenth century a balloon with two passengers in the basket was launched from a paris suburb one pm and fifty four minutes on november the twenty first seventeen eighty three was piloted by panetta. and marquis de long after flying across the french capital they landed safely in another suburb twenty minutes later the king of france bestowed them the title of count being the first humans to fly in the air and granted them the right to hand it down to successive generations of blueness. since then anyone going up in a balloon for the first time has to pass an initiation ritual to be awarded the title of count by the pilots. because she was which elements do you know count. really earth water fire. what else in. the air rights of us were gone through all of them today we took off from earth and flew in the air well that's for water there's lots of it on the ground and in there and of course we're going to have taken off without fire. of. fire is the main driving force of any hot air balloons the first timers have their hair ends burnt as a sign of respect for fire champa

that featured the colors of the russian flag from we went to paris. from there on. finally we reached our destination in chile southernmost city. number of stations belonging to the united states very many people in high places outside our country from the presence of russian blueness they're extremely objectionable. before we arrived in chile. we were able to fly to king george island but only after two failed attempts. to get in the end with winds of eighteen meters a second we did manage to launch a balloon before everything that could be broken was broken. only four men in the world including myself have ever launched balloons in the antarctic. was trained by. one of the first balloonists in the former soviet union. chief every balloon competition in russia found he. the country's first balloon one a factoring company russia has a total of forty professional balloonists that make frequent flights. each exercise is performed within a radius of two hundred fifty meters other balloons start trailing behind the hair a minute later. before the referee tells contestan

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[applause] ♪ >> ♪ the loveliness of paris seems somehow sadly gay the glory that was rome is of another i've been terribly alone and forgotten in manhattan i'm going home to my city by the bay i left my heart [applause] in san francisco high on a hill it calls to me to be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars the morning fog may chilly air -- chill the air i don't care my love waits there in san francisco of of -- above the blue and windy sea when i come home to you san francisco your golden sun will shine for me ♪ [applause] >> that was great, right? fabulous performance by those young people. what an honor it must be for those children to perform for mr. tony bennett today, paying tribute to his great legacy. something they will never forget, i'm sure. we have many others who wanted to pay tribute to you, mr. bennett, an expression of their love for you and for san francisco. i like to read to you just such an expression. this is a letter inspired by you and your song, the winning entry in the love letter to san francisco contest, sponsored by sf travel. if i may -- "dear

we went to paris. from there on to santiago. finally reached oldest nation terrorists in chile for the world southernmost city there's a. new mission is on the cell phone as host to a number of stations belonging to the united states but very many people in high places outside our country from the presence of russian blueness they're extremely objectionable we paid up before we arrived in chile most of us were able to fly to king george island but only after two failed attempts. to get in the end with winds of eighty meters a second we did manage to launch a balloon but not before everything that could be broken was broken. and all of you know about. as far as i know only four men in the world including myself have ever launched balloons in the antarctic. vitaly was trained by alex some of one of the first balloonists in the former soviet union has been chief referee at every balloon competition in russia found he. and to the country's first balloon on a factoring company russia has a total of forty professional balloonists that

, americans and spanish were involved, took place in paris. where else? >> well thank you all very much you were very kind, thank you. [ applause ] >>> american history tv on monday for 24 hours of america's first ladies including interview with aeleanor roosevelt. >> i think like everything else that we started out expecting that the united nations would solve every difficulty just by being the united nations. >> tour the white house private quarters with laura bush at 5:00, ladybird johnson at 8:00. nancy reagan reminisces at 8:30. at 11:30, the only first lady at her final campaign rally, hillary clinton. president's day on cspan 3. >>> each year time magazine select as person who had the most influence on events during the previous 12 months. if the same question were posed in 1862, who would time select as the person of the year? american history tv will be live next saturday from richmond, virginia as historians including james mcpherson ponder that question and present their candidates for person of the year, 1862. the museum of the con

wherever i am, whether it is paris, whether it is wrong, whether it is nice, whether it is beijing --t is rome, whether it is shanghai, whether it is some place in africa or some place in russia. if i say, ♪ i left my heart ♪ they immediately say tony and them. that means the national anthem for san francisco and literally for america have come from this extraordinarily talented human being. >> ♪ i left my heart in san francisco ♪ >> ok, here we are down memory lane. we are at the at&t park, home of the san francisco giants. as you know, we sing your song after every win of the giants, so we have been sitting here a lot. you were here in 2011 for the opening, and you sang your song, and guess what? we won the world series. so, tony, we want you back. [applause] >> tony bennett has said his song "i left my heart in san francisco" changed his whole life. well, it has affected our lives as well. from the first time tony sang this beautiful love song to every time we hear it sweet sounds after a winning giants game, it deepens our love for our home town and for tony bennett. >> ♪ above th

some top films in hawaii and paris.t reid is here to put those destinations into focus. we have "midnight in paris." what a great film. how can we go? >> first of all, i think the academy awards should add this as gnaw oscar, the best travel destination. for "mid night in paris" i moved to new york because of woody allen films. now he's done the same thing for paris. so much of it is about the paris of the '20s, about the left bank, places where hemmingway went. owen wilson meets hemmingway. he goes back to the restaurant from the 30s. you can still go. so many things that are timeless. >> the flea market is a big one. this is in a different part of paris. you can help with from noungs asian, ouen, where he picks up the old porter records and meets this french woo man who reappears later in the movie. it's all about vintage fines, been around since the 1800s. this is a great place to see yesteryear of paris. >> he does a great job. people are talking about wanting to go. how do you find out about wanting these places? w

believes there is a paris sociologist who's been living in paris for years and people in libya tell me that they don't trust him because he isn't exactly that doesn't know what's really going on in syria for the past two or three decades for that matter it's the same thing as the libyans remember the libyan national council and don't forget what happened so libya and russia and china they look at it and they see it right away now leaving is that country governed by the people formerly known as rebels any fact is a country run by militia so most of them have islam it islam is the line militias they cannot even organize a functional government in tripoli any magic sixpence and do a very complex country like syria in the middle of a powder keg in the middle east and this is what russia specially russia but also china have been pointing out to the west has come our correspondent with the asia times joining us from bangkok thailand. thank you well we've been reporting on the dismantling also on fox by wall street occupations from around the country for months now now all the while the on

the chemical company and the trucking company are in pari delicto.y each know that the dumpsite is an illegal one. the entire purpose of that contract is illegal and a court will not enforce it. however, there are situations in which a contract can have illegal aspects and still be enforceable. >> one example using your fact situation is where the parties are not in pari delicto. they are not equal wrongdoers. for example, the chemical company might contract with the trucking company to dispose of its wastes at an authorized, or legal, dumpsite. the trucking company might then dump the waste in the mountains illegally in order to avoid paying the fees at the authorized site. the chemical company would not know about that. the chemical company could still enforce the contract so that if they had to hire another trucking company to dispose of the wastes legally and pay that company extra, they would be able to collect that extra amount from the original trucker under the original contract. >> a second example is where the illegal activity is incidental

"midnight in paris." "moneyball." "the tree of life." "war horse." all of them such fine films.gratulations. and the oscar goes to -- "the artist." [ applause ] >> thomas langmann, producer. >> "the artist" is a rarity, not only is it black and white and french director's take on old hollywood but the only movie among the nine best picture nominees from entirely los angeles having ten academy award nominations this year, winning five oscars. >> i want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart to you, members of the academy, to you, r.v., not only because we received tonight the award that any filmmaker would dream to receive but because tonight you've given me the opportunity to pay tribute to a member of this academy that i miss so much, the oscar winner claude berry and he directed movies like "the two of us" and produced and worked with directors such as francis ford coppola, milos foreman, roman polanski, and i always thought and remember will i ever one day be able to work with such director, a director that could stand in front of these examples and tonight i know i do

actually still pay less than she does but with the buffett rule in place people like mitt romney and paris hilton will make their money sit on their butts around the pool waiting for the dividend checks to arrive will finally pay their fair share in taxes and not just the mac current maximum of fifteen percent senator white house is calling the legislation the ain't a fair share act so can such a proposal break a republican filibuster in the senate and actually get consideration in a bought off house of representatives here to offer his take on this is conservative commentator david selig from from our new york studios david great to see you thank you. it's always a pleasure. what's the one thread with the. the. kibbutz the telecast montserrat the heart. ok. why do you hate warren buffett's secretary. well i don't hate warren buffett's secretary at all but the fact of the matter is your viewing audience and much of america is being hoodwinked this is a nonsensical argument and i feel like warren buffett has really become almost this and feeble the old man who the president has paraded out

fell into their laps and they got sitting around the pool when you know paris hilton in her bikini why should she pay fifteen percent maximum income tax whereas the guy who's digging up the street in front of their new york city is going to pay up to thirty five percent it makes no sense well you know merican that's just not true and you know it because that guy who's digging up that street that hard working proletariat as it were when he or she invests their money they're going to appreciate that lower tax rate rather than to get raped and david and i know that's what he second point working people are investing their money in for a one case which are tax deferred until they retire this is this is this is this ng money this is a tax this is a tax rate for the rich david you and i both know this is because attack on the middle class tom and don't let them fool you ok saying they are in essentially. the middle class who are slowly reliant you have all these seniors who rely on that money they're going to be taxed right into the poor house it's not right it won't why don't the david if i