, he went to paris. and he became the most sought after and, in many ways, most accomplished portrait painter, american portrait painter of the 19th century. there's accept of his paintings -- seven of his paintings at the white house, there's 17 of his paintings in the national portrait gallery. his paintings are in most every gallery, major gallery in the united states. he was phenomenal. c-span: what is that painting? >> guest: but he also -- this painting right here is the biggest single work he ever did by far. i can't remember the dimensions, but they're enormous. it's enormous. it covers the whole back wall behind the stage at one of the most historic buildings in boston, in the united states. and this is webster's reply to haine, famous moment in congress. and dan yell webster is on the -- daniel webster is on the right, and there are all these other characters portrayed there are from actual studies, most all of them, of faces that he did at the time. so it is, it is an accurate historic documen

of gershwin's repertoire and the movie and team kelley and all of that and paris paris and paris. i don't know where the idea first began. maybe back when i was in high school. i don't know. c-span: one of the things you read through the book or 500 pages lots of different characters, you read about central paris. today there's an 11 million plus people in the whole area. we have some photographs put on the screen so you can decide where to start we can just throw up anything with god in that area. shuns other day palais royale. i mean, how much of an area did you read about? >> guest: right now we are looking at the tillery gardens. they are very important in the story about the people i've written about. they are right at the louvre. one ended loot and baby duck tours sean doleac, which goes at. you can see it in the difference there. the general neighborhood of this book is very much the same today as it was then. that of course is the glass pyramid in the center of the courtyard of the louvre. the lose itself there you are in the sand, looks like upon a start, which is the ped

world of paris. paris like all great cities has many worlds within the world of paris. and mary and john singer sergeant lived world aparts but were neighbors in the same city and they both were painting what would move to be american masterpieces. they were becoming more important over time. c-span: benjamin rush's son hasn't been talked about. where did he come from? >> guest: he was the youngest signer of the declaration of independence. he was a diplomat and our minister to paris in a period early than washburn was assigned. rush is very interesting because he decided to recognize the new republic of france after the overthrow of luey phillip. when communication between the united states and france was a month at best because they had to come by ship. he decided on his own to recognize the new government of france not waiting for ingovernment in washington to tell him that is what he should do. a very brave decision to say the least. and a verify important decision which was welcomed news and app

paris is like all great cities, has many worlds within the world of paris. cassatt and john singer sargent lived worlds apart, yet they were right practically neighbors in the same city. they both were painting what would prove to be american masterpieces, that with more than stand the test of time and will become more important with on. c-span: one of the people you write about we haven't talked about is benjamin rush's son, richard rush. where did he come from? >> guest: he was the son of the famous benjamin rush was a physician in philadelphia, and was one of the founding fathers, signers of the declaration of independence, the youngest signer of the declaration of independence. benjamin rush had a distinguished career as a diplomat. and he was assigned to be our minister to paris in a period earlier man elihu washburne was assigned. and rush is very interesting because he decided to recognize "the new republic" of france after the overthrow of louis philippe. when communication between america and france was still a month at best, they had to come by shi

it's not the first scandal to hit the paris police. last april four officers were questioned, suspected of raping a canadian inside police headquarters. >> time for a check in the top business news. we will start with the did you ins out of the united states and job situation. >> that's right. more good news for the u.s. this friday after jobs data was released, the u.s. added 209,000 in july. this figure is less than june but it's still the sixth straight month of job growth above the 200,000 mark. unemployment data was also released, picked up ever so slightly to 6.2%. the increase suggests more people are optimistic about their job prospects. the jobless in the u.s. aren't counted as unemployed unless they're actively seeking work. let's take a look at how the markets faired this friday. stocks in europe ended the week down in the red. a global sell-off sent the footsie down .8%. ftse down. trading is under way now and u.s. markets are still digesting jobs report. as you can see, right across the board, across all major indices, it'

this pastors at the helm of the small athens paris.uicide is a sin in the eyes of the church, and ordinarily, those who take their own lives cannot be buried in the cemetery, but these are desperate times. >> these days, we see those who claim their lives as people who have lost their minds, as psychologically damaged. although the old rules still apply, the church makes an exception, and we bury them with love. >> psychologists in athens are investigating the psychological effects of the financial crisis. depression and suicide used to be rare in greek society, but in recent years, the numbers have rocketed, and they continue to climb. >> because of the duration of the financial crisis in greece, we have reached the point where everyone is at high risk of developing depression, and every single day, we live with the fear that this is not the bottom, that it will actually get even worse, which i think makes everything -- which actually cultivates a general atmosphere of helplessness and hopelessness. >> every day, he drives two hours t

in paris.ioramas were the main entertainment for people before movies. you would walk into a room and suddenly feel like you were dining with cleopatra or had gone from summer to winter in a minute. people thought they were the most fantastic way to spend your evening. he sets one up that looks like the new york harbor. he thrilled people. they felt they walked in and could feel the sea breezes. there are people talking yankee fashion near you. they flocked to that. they paid the ticket price. a lot of money was raised through this endeavor. up the headand set at the paris expo in 1878. this was one of those magical things that made people realize he was doing something special. at this point, a few visitors came to see it, including joseph pulitzer. it was a key thing he saw this head at the 1878 world expo. there is the question of who is the face of liberty. the story goes around that it is the face of his mother. some places say he said it was his mother. when i looked at the original text

the paris house was developed? mid of the lot. this project has development in the rear because they have a majestic view let's resolve how the deck is a seated the garden deck there's a lot of winds up there from any expense in living in this neighborhood for 20 years. the mr. sanchez and extension of the deck and how this comes to their house and the extension of this house to here. or i didn't has raised issues regarding the utilities stack and he'll talk about them okay? yeah. would you like this the clock is running >> they have a identical set of exhibits. >> same as what we have. >> is it the same. >> no, i'm arne on architect i was retained to look over the plans and see if there were issues in the plans that weren't being fully exposed that will effect their quality of life and understand what the architecture plans were were one issue it isn't on the plan you can see in the plan of they're first floor a large mechanic chase that somehow miysteries low disappeared where does that again, a 5 or 10 foot master eliminate rig

they made it in paris to test the structure. and also, because bartholdi was a wise enough businessman to realize if he put it up, people could climb to the top and he could earn money to make up for the funds spent. here it is at the workshop. if you lived in the area, this is what you would see as you came out of your house. in america, you would think this thing being made would make everybody in america decide we will do our part to raise money for the pedestal and put it up. that was an amount bigger than the amount to build the statue in france. the papers would do their part announcing the fact there was fund-raising for it, but nothing was catching on to the point where joseph pulitzer takes a look at an article about this in one of the other papers, and he goes and makes a query with the american committee about how much they raised. they had something like $1300 in the bank. he is outraged. they have charles stone, a former civil war hero who had been disgraced during the civil war and spent time in lafayette prison as

and paris going higher. shares with companies exposed did fairly well after the rescue plan was unveiled, including portugal telecom and ago ra co, which owned a share of the failing bank. lisbon p.s.i., portugal's main stock index ended almost 1% higher. let take you through a few other story that's we are keeping an eye on for you. the big of the bank warned of overzealous regulators. there's a risk that bankers become too willing to please regulators and conform to them. that includes a $9 billion fine in the u.s. for french bank bill apass. they dropped below analyst expectations. order russians are feeling a bite of western sanctions as well as 27,000 russian tourists are reportedly stranded abroad. this comes after the russian tour operator went bust over the weekend. and fluctuations for the ruble and what it called negative political and economic situation. at the same time though russian investigators stay they're looking into possible fraud. and general electric says it will invest $2 billion in af

it did little to dispel fears that paris would be destroyed. hitler had ordered the french capital to be raised to the ground rather than surrendered. >> defending important buildings was something ask for in a radio broadcasts. something the resistance fighters prepare for. they did not want to capital to be destroyed. >> regular allied troops did not reach paris until the evening of august 24 as the armored division of 15,000 frenchmen along the french forces to free the french capital was a privilege granted by the americans to boost the prestige of the need of free government. the battle for paris was of more symbolic rather than strategic value to the overall war effort. disobeying orders from hitler, the nazi commander surrendered august 25. the next day general de gaulle marched through greeted by huge crowd for the liberating hero. >> if you want to know all about the details of the liberation of paris on this day 70 years ago, go to our website. you will get a minute by minute account of what happened from general de gaulle's victory s

it was the first time i've worked in paris think it's the first time a foot in france. in the right place is this close you can get by rule the place of the block things over here and you can see a few people gathering it's. about forty five minutes before the march is supposed to close to take place. in terms of the popularity of the french president he's really is his numbers a sole source saw fall down i mean to you to. to the economy here they've really suffered whereas we've seen some kind of. well growth in countries like germany which seems some of the worst affected countries even level out and start to show signs of recovery. time after time again a business sector contracting and even even francois loans personal life wary being called out it seems having an affair some might say one of those french things ever . seem to have helped to ease his. woes when it comes to the french people and not happy with them so we're going to see goes on with them today a vote yeah. the least popular french president ever even after an affair with an actress so take what you w

finally, the sweet tooth of paris. founder of one of the world's most celebrated ice cream brands has died at the age of 90. he opened the first ice cream parlor in 1954, and it quickly became a landmark in paris with thousands of like. after 60 years of business, his most important and demanding customers were always the schoolchildren of paris. that is all the business news for now. >> what a legacy. all of the business. >> and we are taking a short break. after that, of course, more news to come. you are watching live from paris on "fr m pacifica, this is democracy now! >> in the occupied territories what israel is doing is much worse than apartheid. to call it apartheid is a gift to israel. what is happening there is much worse. >> as a new 72 hour cease-fire takes hold in gaza, we turn to the world-renowned dissident and linguist m.i.t. professor noam chomsky.

life is beautiful. >> for those raincoat clad tourists, paris under the rain is still paris. >> it'sbeautiful out here. >> even with the rain? >> a little bit of disappointment for me. >> meanwhile cafÉ terraces have indeed is the raindrops. you would be forgiven for thinking ottomans already here. >> we are serving more tea and hot chocolate, but it's not really a problem. >> fewer tourists and only a handful of people, but the drizzle showed no sign of letting up. forecasters say the sun will come out next week. not even the dreary weather can rain on their parade. >> a reminder of our headlines -- keeping his promise. u.s. fighter pilots have bombed the position of crisis militants in iraq on the instructions of barack obama. the white house says the operation has no specific end date as tens of thousands flee the muslim extremists. shelling and rockets resume with the truce over hamas fired with missiles. palestinian officials say a 10-year-old boy was the first to die on friday. and seeking a worldwide response the world health organization has declared ebola to be a public heal

a sort of look around paris and i realize all the building in paris or in fact really love mfn lookingfor 12 or a building i won't have to go very far. >> it's like washington d.c. there's limits on how high buildings can be built. it really sticks out. >> it does. so i started walking around paris among literally knocking on doors every building i was high enough. i got to the concierge said there's an older vietnamese woman live here. i wasn't sure what name she was going by. she said no, she doesn't live here. she was next-door. so that was how i found her. i was writing her letters and asking her to tell your story, trying to pitch it as they let me sort of did this in a scholarly way. what ended up happening was most unscholarly thing possible. we connect to in a way because the day that she called me for the first time i had written maybe 10 letters at this point, was the day i found out i was right. so i get the phone call and the woman says this is madame nhu. i just now noticed with my first son is automatically my relationship with her, going through the birth of my son was a

se trasladaron 6 millones de esqueletos humanos a las catacumbas de parÍs.marcaban el camino de salida, registros y objetos que siguen en pie. pasillos de silencio y claustros, muchos llenados en el siglo xviii con millones de usos romanos provenientes de los cementerios de parÍs. - con millones de huesos humanos, provenientes del cementerios de parÍs. ♪ ♪ >> esta es la informaciÓn, y el 29 de agosto se estrena en el cine. >> gracias rafael, por el informe. no se pierda la semana que viene una entrevista con los protagonistas de esta pelÍcula. >> un reportero es atacado por unas ratas, y capta con su cÁmara la aterradora experiencia. >> pasamos con un avance de nuestro segmento del tiempo. >> no se muevan de donde estÁn porque al regresar verÁn cÓmo empiezan a aplacar las arrasadoras ya mÁs de un fuego de maleza. regresamos con mucho mÁs... ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ kool-aid ] soy como todos. ioh yea! me pongo los pantalones como todo el mundo, lo único es que mis pantalones vienen en 22 sabores. pero aparte de eso... soy completamente normal. [ locutor ] ahora presentando

meanwhile, 20 tons of humanitarian aid left from paris on wednesday. a convoy comprised of medicine tents, and materials for treatment and distribution of water. >> let's get more french perspective on this story. we are joined by a member of parliament. thank you for joining us on "france 24." >> hello. >> what's your opinion on sending arms to the kurds? >> i support the decisions by francois hollande, which will be implemented by the french government. there is a necessity to fight back against islamist state and the kurds in iraq and the democratic forces in iraq need all the support from the international community. i think it's right that france, like the u.s. and britain, are supporting actively the democratic forces in iraq. >> should france join with this possible plan from the united states and the u.k. to launch a rescue mission to help get the yaziidis off of the mount? >> there are different initiatives, humanitarian airstrikes from the u.s., france has decided to send arms to the fighters -- i think all the initiatives are going in the ri

this info graphic has lots of adjusting facts and figures about paris.the pigeon population is estimated at around 90,000. sewer rats get rid of nine kilos of trash every second. the ever let -- the everest 8000 48 meters -- the interactive tool was developed why the sherpas foundation ingg99Ññwçç [captioning made possible by democracy now!] from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> at least 31 people arrested ferguson as protests continue over the police shooting of 18-year-old michael brown. a private office he shows he was shot at least six times. attorneys for brown's family say the autopsy

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philr more on the deal, joins us live from paris.will this acquisition had to roche's portfolio? drug for aes them a respiratory illness. a respiratoryave salesforce in the u.s. selling older medicines. this gives them a new drug. it will probably be approved in the u.s. this year. analysts expect it will have sales of $1 billion or more. this gives them something away from cancer, helps them diverse a vile little bit and use their existing salesforce so they can get this new product on the market. >> at bloomberg, we reported this month roche was pursuing a buyout of chugai, the japanese company that it already owns half of. what happened there? are they working on two deals or is that one kicked to the curb? >> that one seems to have been kicked to the curb. roche expects to interest -- expressed interest in that deal. the response they got was not welcoming. roche turns its attention to intermune. we see this a lot in pharma. the business development folks are always working on everything that crosses their desks. if something doe

we are above the sin river in paris. 30,000 feet high here. diplomats from france, britain and spain signed the 1763 treaty of paris ending the seven years war. i think if i click once more -- yeah, this is the location where they signed this treaty. among the numerous stipulations was one that divided north america down the mississippi river. western half to france and eastern half to britain and france took their claim to the western half of the continent to spain. so the continent was de -- divided and britain having the eastern half and spain holding title the the entire western half. you can see the line here, i believe. so this little flag is paris. maybe you can make out this faint red line. that is the mississippi. and this the border. what i like about this illustration is you get a sense of how remote paris is from the mississippi and far more remote in the 18th century than today. it suggests the diplomats were working with ignorance and knew nothing about the terrain or the people that lived there. george iii confused the mississip

we are actually hear of the seine river, that's paris, probably 30,000 feet high. and it was here in the hotel where diplomats from france, britain and spain signed the 1763 treaty of paris, ending the seven years war. this is the location where they signed this treaty. so among the numerous stipulations in this treaty was one that divided north america down the mississippi river, giving the western half to france and the eastern half to britain, and france in turn immediately ceded its claim to the western half of the continent to spain. so the effect of this is that the continent was divided in the mississippi with britain holding title at least as far as european powers were concerned, britain holding title to the entire eastern half, spain holding title to the entire western half. and you can see the line here i believe -- okay. let's see here. so this little slide is paris. maybe you can make out the spain, red line. that is the mississippi. this is the border. what i like about this illustration is that you really get a sense of just how remote paris is from

. -- paris. the most expensive suites. let us stay in paris and our top story.gricole said its profits were nearly wiped out in the second portugal'sd to bailout. the details. we knew it will be bad and the number is a bit. is exposed tole portugal. they own a 14 per -- they own a stake. it is the wiped down to zero. they took a charge in the second quarter. an extra $200 million euros for keptalue that has been down to zero. in today's debate to the 19 -- dates of backanto to the 1980's. santo familyhe regain control of the company. that relationship has gone bad. one person said the bank had the family. by >> let's talk about one stock that is up. investors are looking at the capital ratios and the bottom line. talk about the figures ok. expected andely priced in. better than expected capital ratio and the corporate and itent profit is up is low in italy which is one of their key markets and we saw it decline in the second quarter. they had a net income of nearly one billion euros. in the second quarter and the other big news on agricole is they had a submitte

the conflagration in the mideast has also engulfed this town on the outskirts of paris. people are shocked by the situation, and leaders in the muslim community are trying to restore harmony. >> we are absolutely shocked by what has happened, and we apologize. we apologize in the name of all muslims. >> local imams wrote a letter to the jewish community. >> the out-of-control individuals who committed these medieval acts of violence do not belong to us. they live on the edge of society and have neither hard nor faith. >> the letter is a sign of reconciliation, but the iran snow that defeating the explosive situation is not entirely in the hands of the muslims -- the imams know. it has become almost socially acceptable in france. even before the gaza conflict, politicians from the far right party were stirring up hostility toward jews. >> what i'm afraid of is that there will soon be a strategic alliance between that party and what are called jihadist or muslim extremist. if the crisis continues to worsen and if these groups -- the old anti-semites and the new ones -- joi

of stone gate and editor of the libertarian republic to come and in paris we cross to any much shown she is a former british intelligence officer and writer all right crosstalk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it george if i go to you first here in new york we're calling this program hearts and minds and when i watch the state department briefings with jen psaki i have to wonder if the mainstream narrative is really losing this battle to make people believe in the elite of today. well it's very hard to say it's. the mainstream media is obviously taken the apollo link through the emergence of new media. it's certainly taken a pummeling through the emergence of new outlets such as the however i do think that the mainstream media do have very powerful legs. i can watch the sunday morning talk shows and i see the same faces the same cries. american action american bombing american intervention and the alternative media then. shows up a few hours later with very appropriate denunciations criticisms. ridicule but what really counts the peo

looking as great in london as paris.france to belarus. -- ukrainian and friends russian president meeting. kiev said tanks entered from russia. for the latest, let's bring in hans nichols. he joins us live. what are you hearing on the ground right now? >> jon, the table is set for peace talks. it is a great possibility for two sides to come together. the question is, will they do so? does either side have an appetite for peace talks? as you mentioned, the tension on the ground is escalating and the rhetoric is escalating. there's no separate meeting between poroshenko and putin. yes, they will meet in a couple of hours and then they will have an early working dinner. where they will tell about trade and a variety of issues. everybody is gather for the eurasian customs union including the former soviet country. , there was aoting whole move toward the eu from the ukraine destined off the protests and the debate in the first point which led to the conflict in the eastern part of the country. one quick note of the snap elec

the conflagration in the mideast has also engulfed this town on the outskirts of paris. people are shocked by the situation, and leaders in the muslim community are trying to restore harmony. >> we are absolutely shocked by what has happened, and we apologize. we apologize in the name of all muslims. >> local imams wrote a letter to the jewish community. >> the out-of-control individuals who committed these medieval acts of violence do not belong to us. they live on the edge of society and have neither hard nor faith. >> the letter is a sign of reconciliation, but the iran snow that defeating the explosive situation is not entirely in the hands of the muslims -- the imams know. it has become almost socially acceptable in france. even before the gaza conflict, politicians from the far right party were stirring up hostility toward jews. >> what i'm afraid of is that there will soon be a strategic alliance between that party and what are called jihadist or muslim extremist. if the crisis continues to worsen and if these groups -- the old anti-semites and the new ones -- joi

she is in from paris. hans nichols joins us now from berlin. he has more. what does this mean for the rest of europe? we would expect that merkel would welcome this coming down those. >> she is not changed her austerity position one bit. this is more of a german and italian story as much as it is a french story. what is germany's reaction going to be? are breaking their stability compacts. we will see with italy comes into. we saw over the weekend in jackson hole that mario draghi is hinting for more fiscal stimulus. that puts a lot of pressure on angela merkel. there has been a lot of pressure on her. she has stuck with her austerity line. she is speaking this morning in spain. spain has undertaken some structural reforms and is now benefiting economically from it. by dismissing in these ministers and having his government dismissed, it makes the president of france a little bit easier to work with. you can have your own government criticizing the german chancellor that harshly. there will be difficulties testen him and cancel chancellor merkel. because of

paris already has a pretty bad reputation in certain companies. chinese people are worried they're going to be robbed the second they leave the airport in paris. >> in germany, they are in the spotlight. theey said it had summoned german ambassador over allegations it was spying. >> the federal intelligence service has unintentionally they need strapping on certain u.s. officials. hillary clinton and john kerry, according to one source. deliberatelyeen targeting turkey since 2009. germany has been upset with united states for over a year now over allegations the nsa was spying on german officials. this is the editorial in the wall street journal. it seems like a case of the pot calling the kettle black. uncle sam is not alone after all. the lesson is self-righteousness about espionage is rarely by the policy. >> time for sports. >> the french athletics team welcomed home by thousands of supporters after racking up a record medal hual. -- haul. >> i am not used to receiving such a welcome at the train station. strange feeling, but a nice reward for

from paris to scotland now.final independence debate took place last night in glasgow. oil revenue, the viability of a currency union and defense. >> what we make in three weeks time, the define us, this generation and also the future of the nation. few societies anywhere on earth have secured this opportunity to vote theltses into independence. this is an opportunity at the ballot box. it is an opportunity which may not come our way again. we do not need to divide these islands in separate states in order to assert our scottish identity. we can have the best worlds with more decisions being taken backed up on the strength and security provided by the united kingdom. i would say we all have no option. no thanks to independence. came back fighting. 71% thought alastair darling had won the second. let's talk with alan crawford. in terms of the highlights, what were they, alan? >> well, again, darling, the former chancellor, they tried mond hard to press alex sal on the currency. he managed to get concession from d

with him he is caroline hyde in paris. caroline in a paris.w cabinet today after the economy minister openly criticized the policies of the government forcing the entire cabinet to resign. new debate one austerity. who will be in and who will be out? i will tell you more later. over to caroline hyde. >> got to love it. i am talking the world's largest advertising company. a bit of a winning streak. sales reached 5.5 billion pounds. better than expected. the u.k. grew as well as the u.s. and emerging markets. britishngth of the pound. i will be back more on where the company expects. if not asees gray black. >> a black swans. looking for. futures lower in paris and germany. why? we were off it yesterday. welcome. -- we were off it yesterday. man

joining us from paris is carolyn. talk to us about the main changes and what we get. >> the three big changes are education, kosher, and most importantly, the economy. the name of the new economic minister. remember name. he is 36 years old and he is a former banker who used to work negotiated id and buy out by nestle of the pfizer nutrition unit back in april of 2012. that was one month before the president was elected. hollande was very active in the left-wing circle. he became the advisor to the president and an economic adviser. he was an architect of the responsibility packed. it is the big flagship economic 31 -- 41th tax cuts of billion euros for companies. did his first press conference and rebuff the criticism from the other side of the socialist party, quoting oscar wilde. saying that when people are of my opinion, i have the impression of being tricked. this is a different economic minister from before. of finance.le now, we have other big changes in education and culture, to replace the other troublemakers

let's take you to the 1800s in paris.ularly a long career, but he was influential, henri de toulouse-lautrec. he had such an influence on the art world it still resonates today. his images of performers, prostitutes, won him in assistant fame. now the museum of modern art in new york is show casing the extensive collection of toulouse-lautrec's best work. and we have been speaking about his influence. >> paris in this moment developed the reputation as an international party city. i'm the author of the paris of toulouse-lautrec, prints and posters from the medium of modern art. toulouse-lautrec is one of the most important artists of belle epoch paris and one of the most interesting characters in modern history . for toulouse-lautrec the posters he made of places like moulin rouge or performers like jane avril gave him fame. he had reserved tables waiting for hill. men and women could drink together, socialize, flirt, dance. it was a time of tremendous. ♪ in the majority of toulouse-lautrec's works the subject is women. w

>> y las famosas catacumbas de parÍs fueron escenario de una pelÍcula rafael, cuÉntanos. >> carrozasque alberga 300 km de cavidades subterrÁneas y 6 millones de huesos humanos. >> (habla en inglÉs). >> 300 km debajo del paÍs, muchos de ellos desacostumbrados al paso humano. la historia de este lugar comenzÓ mucho antes de ser depÓsito de huesos humanos. primer impacto bajÓ a las profundidades. >> (habla en inglÉs). >> (habla en inglÉs). >> inscripciones que marcaban el camino de salida, registros y objetos que siguen en pie. vÍrgenes que aÚn cuidan el paso del vacÍo de monjes y mineros. pasillos de silencio y claustros, muchos de ellos llenados en el siglo xviii camiones de huesos humanos provenientes de los cementerios de paÍs. restos que podrÍan ser encontrados al paso, casi donde sea. >> (habla en inglÉs). >> Ésta la informaciÓn y por supuesto... 29 de agosto estreno en cines. en la ciudad de parÍs primer impacto. >> gracias rafael, y no se pierda la prÓxima semana en una entrevista con los protagonistas de esta pelÍcula. >> tambiÉn en la gran manzana los ratones mickey y minnie,

let's go to france then, to paris. unexpectedly failed to grow for a second straight quarter there. joining us now from paris is bloomberg news reporter mark dean. take us through the numbers, because the numbers in paris have left the government to move on some of its estimates. >> the important thing to understand is the french problems today are actually hidden a little bit by the wider eurozone numbers, and in particular germany. as hans was just saying, you know, exports in germany are the issue. russia obviously, but also flat, you know, lack of demand in the rest of the eurozone and slowdown in china. that's what germany's problems are. but nonetheless, it allows the french finance minister to go on the radio this morning and say, yes, our numbers are disappointing, we had no growth, but look, germany shrank, italy is in recession. it's not just us. it's a superficial analysis, because france's problems are home grown. france is, you know, it's not a economy of exports, it's a question of lack of confidence, lac

i'm just going to call it that in paris which in paris is as many of cultural uses were faced with closure and displacement such as book stores, artisans, the city enacted this to allow their department to purchase hundreds of property in predefined neighborhood for lease for specific uses. the agency then sells the property to the tenant or a real estate subsidiary with a covenant for a particular use. final two examples, one here in san francisco and i'm really happy that lisa beckham is here. we have an exciting model in our own backyard cast that was established last year specifically to secure long-term space for arts organizations in the tenderloin and mid-market. cast was started with a $5 million grant from the kenneth foundation and it has acquired two properties already. the luxury store gallery pictured here as well as 1007 market street and then 80 tush street. basically the cast follows the similar model as the paris program, they end into long-term leases combined with technical assistance to help build capacity for those organizations to purchase those buildings. cast is als

haven't lost either to monaco or paris. what we're going to find tomorrow, i know we'll be prepared to compete and have the intention to be on the front foot to achieve our objections. we'll go to the limit. europe's league competition two years ago when they were knocked out in the group stage after losing five of their six matches. their coach was not quick to play up his team's chances this time either. i think they are a team that masters the game. above average. seem controls are going very well, technically abeau average. have decided players all over the pitch. maybe the europea league is more convenient for us when we see all the heavy weights in the champion's league. very tricky. however, he failed to reach the knock out stages last season and finished third. so all may not be lost. so on tuesday night, st. tersburg, -- english premier league contenders have completed the starting of against balotelli worth about 18 million euros. he returns to i think land after 30 goals in 54 games but did not feature the red sl

two officers are being questioned over 50 kilograms of cocaine in paris. the drugs have not yet recovered. a large amount of cash was found on the prime suspect when he was arrested. >> this 33-year-old police officer suspected of stealing 52 kilos of cocaine remains tightlipped under interrogation. in the early morning of july 24, he was filmed by security camera at paris's police headquarters entering empty-handed and then leaving with two full double bags. investigators suspect the bags may contain the drugs. their whereabouts are still unknown. the french interior ministry has carried out an audit of the drug squad. >> he must've known about how the drug squad operate and how it goes about its business. things need to be improved. there are things need to think about and change. >> now a second officer from the drug unit has been taken in for questioning after his name was found on bank statements along into the suspect. investigators also want to know if he had access to the evidence room where the 48 blocks of cocaine with a street value of 2 million