they own this furniture business, one of the biggest in romania.hey offered to pay for psychological treatment and ensure that he could attend a normal school. the woman and her husband did not want publicity for their good deed. they have two children themselves, one of whom was seriously ill. that is why they spontaneously decided to help. he is now one of the best pupils in his school. his is not the only live the couple is helping to improve. they have set up a charitable foundation to help others. memo we are worried about europe and romania because the cuts are at the expense of the week. >> we elected this government understand the protests. people's prospects are grim. >> since january, adrian has attended the daily rallies in bucharest. hundreds of people now regularly protests against the social cuts, and almost everyone knows adrian and his story. >> your jump in parliament was really courageous. it was a rude awakening. the rest of us were jolted out of our lethargy too late. >> he is our hero, the father of the rumanian protest movemen

depression thing and you know we're following yet another european financial collapse this time in romania the rest of the asks if it's time to admit the problem may be more widespread than we thought. europe has frozen the three hundred and twenty million dollars worth of assets belonging to former tycoons on the run from russia north or it is among those who have had their assets seized is fallen all agog of boris berezovsky currently living in asylum in london now a brussels correspondent with more on the operation. overseas property and back accounts of several individuals charged in the high profile criminal cases of russia have been seized this is at the request of the russian prosecutor's office some three hundred twenty million dollars worth of assets were confiscated in france switzerland monaco and ukraine and one of those individuals charging these cases. is of course controversial with high profile all the guards and it's reported that about thirty million euros worth of his assets were taken in france so this is in connection with a couple of embezzlement cases leveled against

romania's government has collapsed following a vote of no confidence this just two months after taking office tough austerity policies led to the second government fall in three months the country's president has nominated the left wing opposition leader as the new prime minister though subject of parliamentary approval in recent months thousands of protesters all across romania following two years of harsh cuts. and with yet another european government falling due to austerity measures some are questioning if the global implications are even more serious than we first thought our new york resident laurie half n'est has been trying to find out. are we living through the second great depression and just don't know it this week let's talk about that do you think it's the second great depression wherein. hard question i hope is not maybe some places away easily agrees hopefully not very easily either but i wouldn't say that these only is a great depression do you think it's worse in some places and better in others. it's the worst thing since the great depression probably the second great

minister those subject to parliamentary approval in recent months thousands protested all across romania following two years of harsh. and we get another european government falling due to austerity measures some are questioning if the global implications are even more serious than we all thought our new york resident laurie half honest has been trying to work it out. are we living through the second great depression and just don't know it this week let's talk about that do you think it's the second great depression we're in. a hard question i hope it's not maybe some places like easily or agrees hopefully not very easily either but i wouldn't say that these only is a great depression do you think it's worse in some places and better than others. it's the worst thing since the great depression probably the second great depression it'll be known in the future as the second depression yes why are we calling that that now i don't know do they call the great depression the great depression well was happening exactly yes i don't want to use the word the big deal word depression because a by t

. >>> england's prince harry rode through snowy roads in romania. prince charles owns a mansion in a nearby village. >>> released images from marches that shows a dried lava flow that looks a lot like the forehead, trunk and eye of an elephant. it was taken by a camera in orbit around the red planet. here's a look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dous opens at 12,929. the s&p fell 15 points. the nasdaq lost 33. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei was down eight points while in hong kong the hang seng dipped 236. >>> not surprisingly stocks tumbled on investors first day back after a long holiday weekend. all ten industry groups on the s&p suffered with financials hit the hardest. broad selloff also dragged the dow to its first sub-13,000 finish in a month. >>> facebook's purchase of instantgram grabbed a lot of attention as they ready it's upcoming ipo. instantgram was becoming a highly sought social rival. >>> elsewhere in billion dollar deals shares of aol shot up 34% after the company agreed to sell pa

>>> england's prince harry rode through snowy roads in transylvania on a motorbike as he visited romania. prince charles owns a mansion in a nearby 16th century village. >>> released images from mars that shows a dried lava flow that looks a lot like the forehead, trunk and eye of an elephant. it does. the photo was taken by a camera in orbit around the red planet. here's a look at how wall street is going to kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,929. after tumbling 130 points yesterday. the s&p fell 15 points. the nasdaq lost 33. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei was down 8 points while in hong kong the hang seng dipped 236. >>> not surprisingly, stocks tumbled on investors' first day back since the long holiday weekend. this, of course, in reaction to friday's disappointing jobs report. all ten industry groups on the s&p suffered with financials hit the hardest. the broad sell-off also dragged the dow to its first sub-13,000 finish in a month. >>> facebook's purchase of instagram for $1 billion grabbed a lot of attention as the social network readies i

of romania ration not only in the banking sector. but in general they could see that in the us i could see that in the u.k. we can see that. in europe who will for some and everywhere in the world so we have to reflect on that because they are value was you know democracies which are not easy. they made by by some. sectors and i think this has to be transmitted progressively of course we are in market economies of course market economies have to function but it is very very important that all component of the society understand that our democracies their values and his values have to be respect to should. not be slashed compensations be reviewed i think one should goof who are better understanding by the interested persons themselves and the interest of the sector and again i don't want to mention exclusively the car or sector that there are behaviors that are shocking in the perspective of your fellow citizens as a whole and this is a pin what is fundamental all right thank you very much it was a thank you. dear mom i'm sorry that i

romania's president has nominated a member of the opposition to the prime minister after the center-right government fell in a no- confidence vote. the leader of the left-wing alliance has been asked to leave the government until elections later this year. many visitors to the city of amsterdam are familiar with its interest coffeeshops where people can buy and smoked cannabis. although that industry is under threat because cafe owners have lost their court battle against the government plan to ban tourists from the cafe's. >> the netherlands is famous for its liberal approach to soft drugs. while it is not strictly illegal to smoke cannabis, its use is tolerated. the dutch government decriminalized the possession of less than 5 grams of cannabis in 1976. cannabis cafes or coffee shops saw a major spike in most cities and a major attraction for tourists. now the government wants to tighten the restrictions. >> i think it is ridiculous. it is a shame because i believe that the world really admires the dutch for their pragmatic and forward-thinking view on how they handle what they consider

so the first systems are currently scheduled for deployment in romania in 2014. and in poland in 2018. mr. obama says he will have more flexibility after the election this year. republicans were quick to seize on the flexibility comment. >> this is a president who is telling us one thing and doing something else and is planning on doing something even more frightening. >> governor romney went on to characterize russia as america's number-one geopolitical rival. a charge that threw re row joinedder from medvedev that, this is 2012, not the 1970s, the height of the cold war. congressional republicans are calling for a "urgent explanation" of mr. obama's comment to mr. medvedev. here's the exchange again. after my election i have more flexibility. >> question, mr. obama's -- or reset of u.s.-russian relations is his foreign policy priority. how much further is he likely to take that, that reset, in a second term? >> this is a gaff of the really the first order, john. he has confirmed the suspicions of every conservative and traditionalist and nee con in america that

. >>> england's prince harry rode through snowy roads on a motor bike as he visited romania. harry's father prince charles does own a mansion in a nearby 16th century village. >>> and this is kind of interesting. nasa released an image from mars. it shows a dried lava floe, but doesn't it look a loot like the forehead, the trunk and the eye of an elephant? a lot of people think so. the photo was taken by a camera in orbit around the red planet. >>> now here is your first look at how wall street is going to kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,929 after tumbling 130 points yesterday. the s&p fell 15 points. the nasdaq lost 33. taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo, the nikkei down eight points while in hong kong, the hang seng dipped 236. >>> stocks tumbled on investors' first day back since the long holiday weekend. this in reaction to friday's disappointing jobs report. all ten industry groups on the s&p suffered with financials hit the hardest. the broad sell-off also dragged the dow to its first sub 13,000 finish in a month. >>> facebook's billion-dolla

today, the government in romania lost a no-confidence vote. the nearby czech republic's government moved to the brink of collapse before surviving a no- confidence vote this afternoon. and the dutch government collapsed monday, leaving a caretaker regime to pass an austerity package. britain is also confronting a double-dip recession, news that triggered fireworks as labour leader ed milliband lit into conservative prime minister david cameron on wednesday. >> i'm sure the prime minister spent the last 24 hours thinking of an excuse as to why this is nothing to do with him. so what's his excuse this time? >> i don't seek to excuse them, i don't seek to try and explain them away. >> suarez: indeed, cameron again defended the notion that austerity now will ultimately lead to growth. >> our banks had too much debt, our households had too much debt, our government had too much debt. we've got to rebalance our economy. we need a bigger private sector. we need more exports, more investment. >> suarez: even europe's largest economy, germany, is now p

gymnastics producing a plethora of top gymnast who brought home thirty three olympic gold eleven more than romania the global competition in the sport has increased dramatically over the last three decades. but in the guinness can students complete that there are forty two medals at stake overall at the olympics you know the last roll championships these medals went to twenty one countries soley in the women's events just forty six teams will battle for gold and our priority is the team competition because it's the most prestigious the all around events come second after a leader mustaf you know won the first medal in twenty years for russia in the all around event at the world championships and we are counting on her new national with russia's brightest star the twenty to an all round world champion. suffered a serious knee injury at last year's european championships and was ruled out for more than six months however the seventy year old is back and preparing for early for her most important event so why build on the olympics. for sure i've almost recovered from my injury i competed at the domes

poland along with turkey, romania, germany, and spain, who all said yes. these countries and all of nato embraced our new approach because they understand it will protect them more quickly and more effectively than the missile defense program romney wanted to stick with. and i'd add parenthetically it also provides better protection for the united states of america. as then secretary of defense robert gates who served in republican and democratic administrations, said, "we are strengthening, not scrapping missile defense in europe." i think nothing speaks more powerfully to the differences between president obama and governor romney than one of the defining moments in the past four years, the hunt for osama bin laden. in 2008, while campaigns for the nomination, governor romney was asked what he would do about bin laden. let me tell you exactly what he said, and i quote. he said, "there would be very insignificant increase in safety" and then he went on to say, "if bin laden was brought to justice." he then went on -- that's a quote. he then went on to say

we also have special agents embedded in romania, estonia, ukraine and the netherlands, working to identify key players and here at home the national group which brings together 18 law enforcement and intelligence agencies in order to stop current and prevent future attacks. the task force operates through threat focused cells. special agents, officers and analysts who focus on particular threats such as botnets. together we are making progress. just last week the department of justice and the fbi along with our domestic and foreign partners announced charges against six hackers who aligned themself with a group known as anonymous. they were responsible for a broad range of intrusions targeting companies, the media and law enforcement since 2008. this case was successful because we worked extensively with our overseas partners and we use our traditional investigative and intelligence techniques in the cyber arena. we must continue to push forward and enhance our collective capabilities to fight cyber crime, and we do need tougher penalties for cyber criminals to make the cost of doing busin

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subject to parliamentary approval two years of cuts have led to widespread prostration and protests in romania in recent months. and austerity measures lead to the fall of yet another european government some are beginning to question if this is a global recession or something even worse our resident laurie half an ist in new york she's there to find out what people think on this. are we living through the second great depression and just don't know it this week let's talk about that do you think it's the second great depression we're in where the hard question i hope is not maybe some places away easily agrees hopefully not very easily either but i wouldn't say that these only is a great depression do you think it's worse in some places and better in others. it's the worst thing since the great depression probably the second great depression it'll be known in the future as the second worst of the depression yes why are we calling that that now i don't know did they call the great depression the great depression well was happening exactly you know they don't want to use the word the big deal w

. >>> five people are dead after the helicopter they were riding in crashed in eastern romania, the chopperassing through turkey when it went down. air traffic control is saying the helicopter is not -- is used for agricultural purposeses, not civilian flights. it's not clear what caused that crash. >>> 40,000 people packed in this section of oslo, norway singing in protest. they sang along with the my rainbow raised, the song mentioned by anders breivik who's on trial for killing 77. he says it's an example of what he believes cultural marxists have infiltrated and weakened overall society. >>> could he be practicing for one of his own? royal watchers now cooing over the latest image of prince william holding a baby. william and katherine are now honoring a group of servicemen when a soldier asked the prips to hold her child. now rumors swirling around the royal couple. >>> time now to start the 5:00 hour. >>> in just a few hours ge

as a matter of fact, i visited poland, yugoslavia and romania to make certain that the people of those countries understood that the president of the united states and the people of the united states are dedicated to their independence, their autonomy, and their freedom. >> governor carter, your response? >> well, in the first place, i'm not talking about the pope, i was talking about mr. ford. the fact is that secrecy has surrounded the decisions made by the ford administration. in the case of the helsinki agreement, it may have been a good agreement at the beginning, but we have failed to enforce the parts, which insures the right of people to migrate, be free, speak out, the soviet union is still jamming radio free europe. radio free europe is being jammed. we have also seen a very serious problem with the so-called sawnenfield document that said there's an organic linkage between the eastern european countries and the soviet union. and i would like him to see if those countries don't live under the domnashz and supervision of the soviet union behind the iron curtain. >> from 1976 a

well it's been sort of a poorly kept secret what went on in poland and of course other nations like romania but. the change in governance in poland most of the people that were involved in this were not in power any more really put this sort of on the back burner for a lot of people and we saw the same thing in the united states of course president obama has been completely unwilling to cooperate with these investigations saying that they're old news and he considers the matter closed and there's there's just been considerable resistance in and digging up the past that a geisha is of torture any idea what exactly went on inside that prison. not entirely but we do have indications that waterboarding was at least one of the things that was practiced basing their evidence is to suggest that that interrogation center amongst those was in fact a necessary evil and did prevent further terrorist attacks. i don't think there's good evidence to support that at all i think the. these sort of black sites that operated entirely outside the law and not only violated the. un convention on torture but the

most of the people who do th this -- they either can't be reached, because, you know, they are in romania or in southeast ease ya and registering a goe main name for $3 or if they are in america, registering with inaccurate information, you are going to be harold-pressed to track them down. or, they registered it before a more legitimate person and then they just want some money for it. so, it is -- if we could -- i wasn't involved in this when they started the domain name, the internet corporation for names and numbers, i worked on the senate side then. if i had been a little -- if i -- in retrospect, there are things we should have done differently. and we're hoping that we can, one of the areas where we have been involved, just because we saw so many problems, is trying to encourage reforms within the process. but i'll get back to you on your specific question. >> thank you. >> thanks. no more, mr. graves? >> just a followup on the -- i guess it was the privacy bill of rights, that's been floated out there. i know you spoke a little bit earlier about a component of it, maybe. is that j

they let this 9-year-old in romania take the plunge. this 7-year-old girl in taiwan jumped, too. and can be seen here in a long free-fall over cold, icy terrain down below. and the video camera rolled while a 6-year-old jumped also in new zealand. but when it comes to the very youngest of children -- >> the question always remains, whose dream is this? is it the child's or is it the parents'? it seems some dreams are better off deferred. at least for a few more years. mark greenblatt, abc news, new york. >> if the child can't speak, how is it their dream? >> i'm sorry. we are very nonjudgmental people here at "world news now," but, you know, i mean you let your kids decide whether they're going to play some sports or do whatever -- play with certain friends but they don't have a say in going up. >> i have a 3-year-old and i would not -- >> whoa! how did you get that footage? i didn't know there was a camera up there when i went skydiving. >> is your son on your lap there? >> he's in my backpack. >> both of them or -- >> yeah. a 5-year-o

along with turkey, romania, germany, and spain. they all said yes. they approached our new one. -- they embraced our new approach becausethis is more effectively than the missile defense program. it also provides better protection for the united states of america. robert gates served in republican administrations said "we are strengthening, not scrapping missile defense in europe." nothing speaks more powerfully to the differences between president obama and governor romney them one of the defining moments of the past four years. the hunt for osama bin laden. the governor romney was as what he would do about osama bin laden. -- was passed -- -- was asked tohe said "there would be very insignificant increase in safety" and then we went on to say if he was brought to justice. he then went on to say "it is not worth moving heaven and earth, spending billions of dollars just to get one person." hear his how candid and obama answered. reject candidates obama after that question --he said "if i had osama bin laden in our side, i will take him out. i will k

mitt romania any, a good person, a good moral man, a loyal husband, you know, business practices, maybe some issues there, but never unscrupulous or like embezler like that and i'm not mocking romney yet he's attacked for his faith. reverend jeffers, one of the leaders of the movement said mormonism is a cult. you hear that from some people and doesn't matter if he's a good guy, good more or less, a person you trust, he's in the our faith so we can't trust them. that's what's wrong to me. same thing with muslims, the whisper campaign continues, 50 people of people in alabama think he's muslim. >> i think we've talked about this in the past, don. something that people describe as at the core of who they are, seen presidents use this quote over and over. it informs every decision i make, and we're talking about religion here, i think something that is that fundamental, asking to be put into a leadership position deserves scrutiny, deserves judgment. do i think it should be the single driving factor on how you drive your vote? no, but i think we've stepped too far into political correctnes

we also special agents embedded in romania, estonia, ukraine and the netherlands working to identifyemerging trends in key players in the cyber arena. and here the fbi's leads the national task force which brings together 18 law enforcement military and intelligence agencies in order to stop current and to prevent future attacks. the task force operates from threat focus cells, specialist groups of agents, officers and analysts that focus on particular threats such as botnets. and together we're making progress. just last week the department of justice and the fbi, along with our domestic and foreign partners, announce charges against six hackers who align themselves with a group known as anonymous. and according to the charges they were responsible for a broad range of high profile cyberintrusion starting companies, the media and law enforcement since 2008. in this case was successful because we worked extensively with our overseas partners and we use our traditional investigative and intelligence techniques in the cyber arena. and we must continue to push forward and to enhance our

harry picked up a fast food feast of soda, chips and more on a trip to romania with some of his pals.i'm already eating like royalty. you know what i mean? >> i'm marking them all down. you're on a roll, cam. >> my first time here. >>> are you ready? for a little satisfaction? >> i'll get my seat belt. >> get the seat belt on. here we go. the rolling stones are heading back in the studio. it's true. ronnie wood, the band's guitarist, says the stones plan to get together later this month. and it's timely. this year marks the rockers' 50th. i'm going to say that one more time, in case it wasn't clear. 50th anniversary. they won't celebrate the milestone year. but they're training for when they do, adding that it's like works out for the olympics or something. >> or something. >> or something. when you're in your 70s, going to record a song, feels like you're training for the olympics? >> bring us home, cam. bring us on home. >>> and lastly, the lion isn't sleeping tonight. >> i see what you did there. >> you like that? the show now holds the crown as the king of the broadway jungle. tha

both nato statement on territorial defense, very brave decision that turkey took, spain, poland, romaniaa lot of accomplishments. are you concerned as you move toward the chicago summit that some in congress, including the house armed services committee, are criticizing nato, the missile defense architecture and our abdicating instead for a third site in the united states? does the administration have plans to step up its campaign in congress in support of the phase-adaptive approach? >> we are fully committed to the phase-adaptive approach because we believe that it is the best approach to beating the evolving emerging threats. and so this architecture, which we developed when we came into office, which was a change from the program of record, as you know, was developed because of two factors. one, that the threat assessments that we received suggested a more imminent threat to europe then had been previously judged in the case. and second, that our technology have developed in such fashion that we could feel the systems that were more capable of defending your. and so taking those two

we also have special agents embedded in romania, estonia, ukraine and the netherlands working to identifyemerging trends and key players in the cyber arena. and here at home the fbi leads the national cyber investigative joint task force which bring withs together 18 law enforcement, military and intelligence agencies in order to stop current and to prevent future attacks. the task force operates through threat focus cells, specialized groups of agents, officers and analysts that focus on particular threats such as bot nets. and together we are making progress. just last week the department of justice and the fbi along with our domestic and foreign partners announced charges against six hackers who align themselves with a group known as anonymous, and according to the charges, they're responsible for a series of high-profile intrusions targeting companies, the media and law enforcement since 2008. and this case was successful because we worked extensively with our overseas partners, and we used our traditional investigative and intelligence techniques in the cyber arena. and we must conti