in the intergovernment stays intact. >> some good news at last for philipp roesler. he needs it after the last few months. will this strengthen his position? >> well, he is not out of the woods yet. there has been a lot of criticism over this whole ballot procedure, particularly over the fact that philipp roesler himself said the intent to change the party's policy had failed even a few days ago while this ballot was still going on. it seemed he was prepared to ignore the opinion of his party membership. there have been criticisms of his leadership of the party more widely. he has yet to find an issue that really galvanizes the fdp itself, let alone the country more generally. there have been calls for him to go, particularly in recent days. if poll numbers and election results do not get a lot better quite soon, i think those calls for philipp roesler to go will continue. >> thank you so very much. some soccer now. in the draw for the champions league roundup 16, a former germany defender big and easy opponent from his old team, munich, pairing them with fc basil. b

could it even encompass the chairman of the party, philipp roesler?se are questions that will be developing in coming days. the fact is the party has been in disarray for months. it lost a series of important regional elections and was booted out of several state parliament. now it is torn by this internal dispute over euro prices policy, with members at the grass-roots level saying they do not want any expansion of the european bailout fund. the fish through a referendum. party leadership opposed that. that is essentially would trigger this crisis. the chancellor has been governing more or less around the fdp with very little input from them for some time to come. so this does not necessarily change of policy in the short term, but it means our coalition is under pressure. >> melinda crane there speaking with us earlier. another prominent german politician is in the spotlight today, president christian wulff. he has dismissed criticism that he deceived lawmakers over a loan from a wealthy friend. christian wulff brought half a million euros to buy a

we'll leave it there thank you very much indeed for your thoughts on this philippe maisonette media rich correspondent joining us live there in the usa. international austerity inspectors the so-called troika are in greece to put in place a second lifeline for the debt ridden country athens narrowly avoided default in december off to receive vital cash injection but still remains at risk that's as cracks are widening in the e.u. also what's considered a major divorce between britain and other members of the brussels summit. has more . it's not easy running a business even a small one like this german company which produces isolation materials for gas turbines loans taxes salaries competition it's enough to keep any business man's head busy but many still wonder why rules different when it comes to the big book or in this case the euro. when a business takes a loan and cunt paid back it announces its bankruptcy i think a state which keeps accumulating debt has to do the same it's no different from a company in that sense you don't borrow money if you know you can't pay it back but fo

now the half-hour height of the hillside takes just five minutes, and it is philippe. -- it is free. >> it is a dream come true, and i it was one of the first to use it. >> this is the murder capital of the world. this new escalator is part of larger renovation plans to improve the city and its image. now this project will radically change the perception of the neighborhood. that is for sure. this remains one of the poorest and most violent neighborhoods. in may not be a stairway to heaven, but the authorities hope new escalator will be are grouped into more social and economic prosperity for its -- to more social and economic prosperity for residents. >> you should never smile at a crocodile. this is a suit in australia where a crocodile attacked. the crocodile lost two teeth in his fit of rage. zookeeper's were able to contain its. he seems all right though. you are watching bbc news, and we will bring you the latest from north korea as a funeral begins of the former leader. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation

his son, prince philippe earned half that. >>> and peace in bethlehem? not quite. dozens of monks brawled turning brooms into weapons at jesus's tradition at the site of his birth. after armenia clergy accused them of encroaching on their part of the church during the annual cleaning. >>> here's an early look at wall street kicking off the day. the dow opens at 12,151 after falling 139 points. the s&p fell 15 points. the nasdaq dropped 35. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei was down 24 points, while in hong kong the hang seng lost 120. >>> new signs of trouble in europe drove stocks here lower. and u.s. treasuries were higher on wednesday. the s&p 500 fell after five straight days of gains backing into negative territory for the year. the downward spike was accentuated by extremely low volume. alcoa and caterpillar led the dow lower. in europe data showed banks were hording cash recently injected by the european central bank rather than lending it out as hoped, a sign those banks may be in worse shape than previously thought. >>> e

philipp cabrera was captured and of being in charge of security of the biologicalary head of one -- billionaire cartel and wanted for a series of murders and kidnappings. we have the latest business news now. the financial fallout from japan's earthquake and all that followed. >> that's right. if you remember it affected japan's g.d.p. and on the corporate front it is a company called the tokyo electric power company and it operated the fukushima nuclear plant. the japanese trade minister has reportedly said you have to accept a massive injection of public funds. what we are talking about is a de facto nationalization. the figures involved are quite eye opening because it was said they may have to project as much as 13 billion. and a government bailout of 8.8 billion dollars helping them to compensate victims of the crisis and this is going to be ongoing. it is a huge situation and it is predictable that the state will have to take it over. >> can we find any degree of upbeat news in other parts of the world, the u.s.? >> they are back in business today. we will look at the kay shiller index th

philippe de cabrera, also known by the nickname "the college grad" was accused of being charged -- in charge of security for the billionaire head of a cartel, guzman, who is wanted for a series of murders and kidnappings. just days after a tropical storm killed almost 1500 people -- actually, i understand it has been downgraded to about 1200 to 1300 in the philippines. the weather forecasters have issued a new flood warning for the country. it is feared thunderstorms across the southern island monday night could lead to flash floods. the number of people known to have died in the disaster could yet go up. the coast guard sending it is still recovering bodies from the seed. joining us on the phone is the mayor of one of the city's worst affected by the threat -- floods. thank you very much for talking to us. at what might -- must be a desperate time for you. what do you need above all? >> yes, sir, well, you can see we are recovering, trying our best to rise above where we are right now. as of the moment, more than 5000 families are inside evacuation centers. they need food, clothing,

. >> reporter: he also cheered a group out of this space on philippe avenue. the building said, no such activities were done at this location. anthony was always under supervision. now, loza is expected to bail out of custody. he will enter a plea next month. we're live in san jose tonight. >> thank you, george. >>> 19-year-old college football player from richmond has died of an apparent heart attack. fred thompson who was a freshman on the oregon football team, suffered that heart attack while playing pickup basketball. thompson is a graduate of oakland tech high school. he would have turned 20 this sunday. >>> it was worse than they thought. more card fraud and more victims. the list is growing of lucky grocery stores that have been hit by tampered debit and credit card readers. more than 500 customers have contacted the grocery store chain saying their accounts have been hacked. this comes after monday, recommending that the customers close their account if they use various self-checkout lanes in scores. the credit card readers at their stores had been tam

to many who predicted that was the demise of occupy tan's towns the movement what's far away but philippe messina a journalist who's been covering the group believes the police crackdown has been a trial by fire and protesters past it was flying colors after an incubation period with the occupy movement really messaging and getting the message our across the country defying the media blackout and then they began ridiculing it then they cannot be ignored the police cracking down in order to differ across the country. from what's been happening in october for example and the other across the country is the people who are taking action for their own hands and they're really sending a message to the system through the power brokers in the country that business as usual the market today will be another mass showing of power and solidarity by the occupy movement or shut down they unfold across the west coast. and coming up later in the program here on our team europe's financial crisis drags on the british prime minister explains his treaty veto to parliament as greece goes kaput hands to stare

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on his marketing team were prince michael of yugoslavia, and philippe junot, once married to princesscaroline of monaco. at lavish parties, they marketed to people like l'oreal's lilliane bettancourt, the world's wealthiest woman. >> thierry de la villehuchet would say to them, look, "come to dinner. we'll have your friends, a good time, good wine." and then here comes the hard sell-- "i've got this great money manager in new york. he makes money whatever the weather. i can introduce you, put money into my fund and i'll hand it on to bernie madoff." >> narrator: his brother bertrand said thierry believed completely in madoff. >> smith: but madoff had one condition he had to impose on everyone. funds were forbidden from listing him as an investment advisor in any marketing materials. that's because madoff was unregistered with the sec, even though he had thousands of clients and billions under management. >> i met bernie madoff in the early '90s. >> smith: sandra manzke, the founder of hedge-fund giant tremont, and later maxam capital, has publicly advocated for more transparency in th

mortar building things , they are not -- there are about putting money in investment or used to beat philipp things that will build the domestic economy, but they're basically creating a casino analyst with the thought of a button on the computer they're making profits betting on both sides of the game and scrambling around in producing nothing. they produce mss the show up in a bank account somewhere, but they are not -- lawyers are accused. they are producing not much of anything, except ginning and touring around computer numbers. that is, to me, a really big concern. and so you're being told that soros is the threat. in the time of concentrated wealth and power, particularly now on a global scale that is interested in a very tiny percentage doing well and not at least stimulating the economic growth so that they have consumers in this country, so that people can spend their money and make money in keep the economy going. then we are in real trouble. i keep telling you, radiology, it does not mean conservative or liberal, but what they are telling him is your appropriate list of positions

philippe kofu few fancy in the lower of life and falstaff fact, there are some areas in the midwest getting hit by sanofi if for ibm's >> this is a fresh look at temperatures. we have made progress in places like napa. definitely out on a warming trend, especially as we head into the afternoon. we are seeing a lot of sunshine around the bay area. forties' for the most part. we're off to a mild start. defense fog still in the central valley's but none of this sixth since to interfere with our forecast. by 11 a and we will continue to see a warming trend. the light lives in the cases said temperatures in the '50s. as the demands closer to the afternoon highs, by 2:00 p.m., if physicists use the green in places like santa rosa and if petaluma. will actually have some low 60s. i will break down those numbers for your neighborhood by neighborhood. oakland could get up to about 62 degrees as 60 looks to be the, number hayward through read my city full-dress redwood city and san jose. we anticipate low sixties in the south bay this afternoon. the kron47 day around the bay forecast shows ace train

mexico's president, philippe calderon, declared war on the drug cartels when he took office in 2006.described the violence in his country as a, quote, challenge to the state and attempt to replace the state, closed quote. and he said in response to the recent casino royale firing in monterey claiming 53 lives, he said, quote: we are facing true terrorists. end of quote. in 2008 the united states launched the merida initiative to assist mexico in its war against the drug cartels. over 1.5 billion has been appropriated, but to date only a third -- although i'm sure the witnesses will tell me more now -- has been delivered. according to reports issued by the gao, the initiative lacks performance measures and accountability. this raises serious issues. what is our strategy and plan to help mexico win this war? is it now time to move beyond merida? and what do the federal agencies need from congress to accomplish this mission that we all agree is so vital not only to mexico's national security, but to ours? the united states' efforts need to be re-examined. we are underresourced along our