corruption in romania is like a black hole. it seems to suck in everyone in the country. the police, business people, politicians. even the language is proof of that. there are up to 30 synonyms for the word "bridbe." one man has been fighting the powerful pool of corruption for years. now at the end of his last term, the black hole appears to be ready to swallow the cesspool at last because of one person right in the middle of a new corruption scandal, and denial might be difficult to cause the president is obviously connected. the person in connection is his brother. >> a media frenzy in front of the anticorruption authority in bucharest. the president's brother is being questioned by police in a bribery case. >> i did not ask for any money, nor did i receive any. >> but the investigators did not believe him and took him into custody. his brother appeared before the press. >> my brother got mixed up with people he should never have gotten mixed up with. >> this woman launched the investigation. for the head of the romanian anticorruption authority, the case is a prelimi

let's look at the next half-hour -- romania -- why hydropower plants have sparked a controversy. the baltics -- looking back at the world's longest human chain. and britain -- the god bless church. reuse, repair, recycle is the motto. the eu has just announced plans to recycle 70% of its waste by 2030. sustainability and environmental protection are considered important goals for which to strive. alternative sources of energy, for example, received except cities in many european countries. the romanian government invests heavily in hydropower plants. hundreds of kilometers of rivers make the carpathian mountains in romania a particularly suitable place to build hydroelectric plants, and who would argue against this source of energy that does not produce co2 emissions? you would think environmentalists would love it, right? think again. >> rivers full of fish with overflowing banks and lots of room for floods. there can be a bitter habitat for a fish otter. place like this still exist in the southern carpathian mountains, a region especially popular for flyfishing. he has been fis

we were needed with situating missile defense shield sites in poland and in romania the point guided missile destroyers to rota spain over the next two years as part of the nato missile shield and of course commentating with obama's announcement in june that a one billion dollars would be put towards a european security fund specifically to help poland and the eastern european nato allies this is just another part of that bigger picture that shows that nato is not committed to peace and stability in the region they are looking to be the dominant military power james so much information that you've just given us but i just want to touch on what dress listen has just said he said he's gay he kept avoiding the term permanent base but when asked if there would be permanent nato international diplomats he said yes so what does that mean. well it means whatever they want it to mean at this point i think this is still the diplomatic language that is used still a bit whatever eventuates from this they get to say that it was part of the plan all along i think we have to read this as as a comm

as well as russia it will have a devastating impact on particular countries including poland romania the netherlands and you will have individual producers who will be hit very hard indeed if you have perishable goods you can't simply sell them to someone else the next day for the same price they're going to. get you back to a certainty. can jump quickly from one sixth of the economy to the other creating employment raising prices especially in the euro zone and russian economies which suffer from a lack of economy groups problem right now i want to website r.t. dot com we're asking you about the effect the latest sanctions will have on both russia and the western countries so far most of those who voted about a third think that all sides will be affected equally almost as many believe the sanctions will hit average and u.s. citizens the hardest in just under twenty percent say that bridge russians will suffer the most and the smallest percentage about seventeen percent of those polled think that the effect will barely be noticed as economies will quickly adapt and compensate or not

i would say romania is the best case example of a precursor of yugoslavia.mes had done a really effective job of clamping down historic tensions which, of course, would bubble up in the aftermath to great tragedy. >> my name is david mayors. i teach at boston university. when we try to sort out the erosion of soviet power in eastern europe and then its collapse, how important is our understanding of faith-based dissent? in particular the catholic church, john paul ii, poland, which in some sense is a rehearsal for what took place later on, and then leipzig, it was the dissenting protestants who played quite an active role. if you could just comment on that bundle of questions. >> yes. that was another category of middle actors that i discovered were local church leaders, parishioners, peace prayer groups at churches, certainly in poland, the role of the catholic church can hardly be overstated. greg knows much more about that than i do. the case of the role of the church in leip decisizig was significant but more complex than i originally thought. the kind o

where do we put romania in that? >> i think the romanians like to be different. i think we actually have to put in a third category. we should recall that ceausescu did not have opportunity to enact atn in men as he wanted. she was forced to flee before it . given the opportunity, i think he would have fallen squarely in the troglodyte camp. honecker that were really the ones who were telling the rest of the soviet bloc that gorbachev had gone too far, that we must hold fast our socialist roots and hold fast against the crowd. they were increasingly outnumbered. think, is the first place where we can see importantly less an interaction between the crowd and the regime than really the first steps of a civil war. ,iolence in romania that occurs in the two weeks particularly around christmas and after, and up being villager after villager, village against village, many driven by long-term ethnic tension and conflict. isould say that romania actually a best case example of a precursor to yugoslavia and a good example that communist regimes had done a really effective

or fans are enjoying treats from africa, china and romania and the children started writing back. >> i want to thank you for your action. we and all of the children on campus can enjoy our birthdays. >> it was an official nonprofit. mom is the ceo and deals with logistics and chris can handle fundraising and out reach. >> it is beyond me what she has started. >> chris is now focusing her efforts on chris campus in the philippines. it is a fully functioning orphanage. she hopes to break ground there when she is 13 and have it up and running by the time she is 16. lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> a great young lady. let's focus on the forecast. sandhya patel is here and it is a little cooler and foggier. >> the temperatures are running behind where they should be this time of year. but the cooler weather is keeping our fire danger down. looking at live doppler 7hd we have fog and clouds covering the north bay and the coastline and even parts of the bay. there are places that were socked in yesterday night at this time, they are not socked in. the 12th named tropical storm of the easte

i would say romania is the best example precursor of yugoslavia. the regions had done an effective job of tamping down historic tensions which, of course, bubble up in the aftermath. it's a great tragedy. >> my name is david mayors. >> i teach at boston university. when we try to sort out the erosion of soviet power in eastern europe and its collapse, how important is our understanding of faith based descent, in particular the catholic church, pope john ii, policyholder, which is in some sense a rehearsal of what went on. protestants who played an active role. if you could just comment on that bundle of questions. >> yes. that was another category of middle actors that i discovered where local church leaders, parishioners, peace prayer groups at clunchs, certainly in policyholder it can be overstated. he knows more about that than i do. the key of the church was significant but more complex than i originally thought. the kind of superficial narrative is that the church sheltered dissidents. there are even a number of books with titles, the revoluti

well, aparentally, this is a music festival in romania. don't point your butt at the kids. >> it's bad twerking. >> it really is. >> would be a worse video if it was good twerking. >> the best part of the thing is it's a life lesson. we got a life lesson. don't point your butt at the kids. >> yeah. ♪ >>> it's called 360 ball, and it's a round ping-pong table, almost. it's a combination of so many sports. find out how the game is played. >>> and no one likes stinky cat litter, so -- >> how about a tech time for your nostrils? >> the trick to keep a clean zent next. >>> i've bceen a sports fan my whole life, watched sports, played sport, but i've never seen anything like this before. 360 ball this is called. >> woah, woah, woah. >> a wrong ping-pong table. >> nick, it's a combination of so many sports. there's a bunch of videos. this is trending now. it's older. watch what they are doing, two on two volleyball almost. you hit it, goes todd other player, but that player hits the guy on his own team who hits it to the other guy, and they hit i

in southwestern romania floods hit more than 250 villages forcing evacuation of more than 200,000 people. this part of europe experienced severe floods in may that left at least 35 people dead. >>> in a separate incident flash floods swept through a village in northern italy during a summer festival. four people were killed and 20 others injured. >>> and as we just mentioned western japan may be dealing with another typhoon this week. our meteorologist is here with an explanation. this is a typhoon we have been tracking. i first wanted to give you an update of what is happening when it comes to the rainfall for the western half of japan where we had record-setting rainfall. some areas saw two to four times the amount of monthly rain in just a few days. look at this. nearly 1,200 millimeters of rainfall and kamakatsu 680 millimeters over the weekend. we look forward into the weekend and we have another system that will be bringing rainfall. here is a look a very strong typhoon. this system has had a history of moving slowly. tries to speed up and slows down just a bit. this one is slowing

they are enjoying treats she brought in africa, china, and romania and they started writing back. >>t to thank you for your actions so we and all of the children from the campus can enjoy our birthdays. >> this year, sweets for the holiday is an official nonprofit. mom is the c.e.o. and chris can stick with handling fundraising and outreap. >> it is beyond me what she has started. she is focusing efforts on a campus in the philippines, a fully functioning orphanage and hopes to break ground when she is 13 and have it up and running when she is 16. >>> the giants are expected to protest the controversial loss of the cubs at wrigley last night. chicago was leading 2- four innings but the grounds tree made a mistake leaving section of the dirt exposed and when the rain stopped the infield was soaked. they tried to dump sandbags and ranging the infield but after four hours and 34 minutes the umpires called the game handing the victory. the rule book says it is official if the home game is ahead after 4 1/2 innings but nothing allows for the game to be resumed later. be resumed later. >>

or fans are enjoying treats from africa, china and romania and the children started writing back. >> i want to thank you for your action. we and all of the children on campus can enjoy our birthdays. >> it was an official nonprofit. mom is the ceo and deals with logistics and chris can handle fundraising and out reach. >> it is beyond me what she has started. >> chris is now focusing her efforts on chris campus in the philippines. it is a fully functioning orphanage. she hopes to break ground there when she is 13 and have it up and running by the time she is 16. lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> a great young lady. let's focus on the forecast. sandhya patel is here and it is a little cooler and foggier. >> the temperatures are running behind where they should be this time of year. but the cooler weather is keeping our fire danger down. looking at live doppler 7hd we have fog and clouds covering the north bay and the coastline and even parts of the bay. there are places that were socked in yesterday night at this time, they are not socked in. the 12th named tropical storm of the easte

on the court tonight, five seed sharapova taking on romania.king it up in the third and match tied at one set apiece and sharapova with the forehand for the winner. fought back and match point and sharapova advances 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. caroline wozniacki can't return the shot because the racket was wrapped around her long hair. she is trying to swing and ends up giving herself whiplash with a ponytail. ended up winning her match and moves on to round three. even she is like, really? >> bizarre.

on the court tonight, five seed sharapova taking on romania.picking it up in the third and match tied at one set apiece and sharapova with the forehand for the winner. fought back and match point and sharapova advances 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. caroline wozniacki can't return the shot because the racket was wrapped around her long hair. she is trying to swing and ends up giving herself whiplash with a ponytail. ended up winning her match and moves on to round three. even she is like, really? >> bizarre. with a new00 volkswagen turbo.rd card why are we so obsessed with turbo? because we like giving you power, but we also like giving you fuel efficiency. like the sporty jetta. and the turbocharged passat tdi® clean diesel. okay... and the iconic beetle... and the powerful tiguan. okay you can't forget the cc. guys, this is going to take a while. get a $1,000 reward card on new 2014 turbo models or lease a 2014 jetta se for $169 a month after $1,000 bonus. ends soon! watching. abc news continues on-line, on facebook with our abc7 news app. the next newscast

on the court tonight, five seed sharapova taking on romania. picking it up in the third and match tied at one set apiece and sharapova with the forehand for the winner. fought back and match point and sharapova advances 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. caroline wozniacki can't return the shot because the racket was wrapped around her long hair. she is trying to swing and ends up giving herself whiplash with a ponytail. ended up winning her match and moves on to round three. even she is like, really? >> bizarre. watching. abc news continues on-line, on facebook with our abc7 news app. the next newscast is at 4:30. up next on jimmy kimmle, general neither aniston. we appreciate your t what is it? there are no marshmallows in this box of lucky charms! huh... weird... seriously? what? they're magically delicious (yawn) (ding!)r strudel! more fruit in the filling, ya? mmm! ya! warm, flaky, gooey, toaster strudel! now, with more fruit! coming up in "the mix," a dangerous stunt you will not want to try at home. pretty cool to see. see who turned himself into a human ca

although it is interesting i should note that both poeland and romania the president of romania today issued a statement saying that the european union should increase sanctions and also now arm the ukrainian military. i spoke to two civil society activists today who told me something very interesting the ukrainian military is almost 50% funded by private donations from civil society. people are raising money. they are sending food. they are buying defensive weaponry materials, flak jackets, night vision goggles, you name it, for their sons and daughters. the volunteers, the people who are joining up. if you drive into the airport from downtown kiev you see all kinds of billboards basically looking for recruits to the national guard, to the military, whatever. mr. putin has underestimated ukraine's willingness to resist and fight. he thought the people of east ukraine would be automatically pro-russian and rise up and join the separatist and indeed stump for an open russian invasion and annexation. that didn't happen. so i think he actually -- he's gone so far that, you know, to go ba

or fans are enjoying treats from from africa, china and romania and the children started writing back want to thank you for your action. we and all of the children on campus can enjoy our birthdays. >> it was an official nonprofit. mom is the ceo and deals with logistics and chris can handle fundraising and out reach. >> it is beyond me what she has started. >> chris is now focusing her efforts on chris campus in the philippines. it is a fully functioning orphanage. she hopes to break ground there when she is 13 and have it up and running by the time she is 16. lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> a great young lady. let's focus on the forecast. sandhya patel is here and it is a little cooler and foggier. >> the temperatures are running behind where they should be this time of year. but the cooler weather is keeping our fire danger down. looking at live doppler 7hd we have fog and clouds covering the north bay and the coastline and even parts of the bay. there are places that were socked in yesterday night at this time, they are not socked in. the 12th named tropical storm of the eastern

well, aparentally, this is a music festival in romania. don't point your butt at the kids. >> it's bad twerking. >> it really is. >> would be a worse video if it was good twerking. >> the best part of the thing is it's a life lesson. we got a life lesson. don't point your butt at the kids. >> yeah. ♪ >>> it's called 360 ball, and it's a round ping-pong table, almost. it's a combination of so many sports. find out how the game is played. >>> and no one likes stinky cat litter, so -- >> how about a tech time for your nostrils? >> the trick to keep a clean zent next. what the? foster farms chicken gets to the store in 48 hours or less. but it's 4 days to california. there's got to be another way. that could be any number of items, quite frankly. you know if this flight is less than 48 hours? i sure hope so. what? foster farms. celebrating 75 years. always natural. always fresh. join the celebration at take75.com diverted to minneapolis... i think my giblets are frozen. >>> i've bceen a sports fan my whole life, watched sports, played sport, b

let's look at the next half-hour -- romania -- why hydropower plants have sparked a controversy. the baltics -- looking back at the world's longest human chain. and britain -- the god bless church. reuse, repair, recycle is the motto. the eu has just announced plans to recycle 70% of its waste by 2030. sustainability andir

northern bulgaria is contiguous to romania, bulk area should be an oil and gas exporter that should not be totally dependent on russian gas. this reminded me very much of the old days that some of us, i think all of us here, new there had been participants in one way or another in the cold war, and much became familiar. at the time i got this information, i was first trying to get some of the western european press to really run with it. and include some of the bigger newspapers. i have the contacts, and people are somewhat aware but people didn't want to go there. and what you have is sort of willing hostages in western europe. and, finally, i did a column for the "washington times," and since that time, you look at the last few months, there's been a lot of columns now. "the economist" magazine and others have brought very similar stories. in fact, the economist story was almost word for word my story in the "washington times," but they were all afraid to break it. and this fear in western europe about exposing what's really going on, and even since that time i've been given some grie

and he earned this medal of honor for hits actions during the raid on the oil fields in romania in august, 1943. the unit, the bombardment group, which had actually been temporary placed under the command of the 9th air force, were moved to north africa, and they were part of operation tidal wave, which was this bombing mission. and during the 2400-mile flight from north africa to the oil fields, a number of the bombers were forced to deal with serious cloud cover. so there was a little bit of a mixup in terms of their formations. and leon johnson's group broke away a little bit, he refound where he was supposed to be going and decided to continue his specific bombing mission. once he realized and got back on track, they found that leading elements of the bomb group had already bombed his particular target, and therefore he had lost the element of surprise basically. and he made the decision to continue his bomb run with his other planes under his command. and as a result, he lost some additional planes. his plane, the susie q., received significant damage and he was able to directly bomb

as a speck the case of a boat in romania has scared people off going to hospital after a man was admitted to infectious disease unit he had recently returned from nigeria displaying symptoms connected to volver but doctors are yet to give a conclusive diagnosis as areas become the fourth west african country to declare a national emergency over the virus. and there's been a mass rally in pakistan in support of an exiled cleric who claimed the government was corrupt and the prime minister should be ousted thousands of demonstrators who turned out a lot who are about to start a revolution and also protested over the deaths of fourteen anti-government campaigners in june and other gathering splendid in islamabad later this week to highlight alleged vote rigging. so. greece may still be mired in a dead that's almost twice the size of its economy but the e.u. is considering disbanding the financial troika and giving athens greater freedoms to chart its own path have but it will be cold comfort for greeks enduring massive unemployment and painful austerity and with widespread discontent at a go

russia but that said it will have a devastating impact on particular countries including poland and romania the netherlands you will have individual producers who will be hit very hard indeed if you have perishable goods you can't simply sell them to someone else the next day for the same price they're going to lose a lot of money well certainly we talk about the tit for tat sanctions the boomerang of fact as well you talk about it's only ten percent of european gross exports however it's still a big number when it comes to the billions involved but in your opinion not sure how long could it take russia to find substitutes for the european food imports now banned i mean is it even possible in some cases because as they always say it's a two way street isn't it. it is a two way street i've read over the last few days that russia has already been speaking in particular to brazil perhaps to argentina reuss georgia turkey and other countries who may step in to assist. the larger what about all. that now on to allowing a major russian discounter to fly to crimea due to leasing contracts with boe

romania's capital booker asda said to be a one of the most earthquake prone spots in europe but if suffering tremors from time to time wasn't bad enough for residents the government seems in no rush to help them protect their homes as a group is going to now reports. it was been living in this building most of her life first working as a manager and leader getting a flat of her own on one of the top floors and even though it's officially been determined that it may collapse she fuses to move anywhere else that. this house is strong nothing happened before and it can withstand an earthquake it was designed by a famous well architect. out of all the e.u. capitals bucharest has the highest risk when earthquakes small tremors occur every year but in the twentieth century there were two major quakes as well the one in one nine hundred seventy seven left more than fifteen hundred people dead and injured up to eleven thousand. but all of this is often even ordered by the residents. the government is ready to give loans to owners to reinforce their buildings but they refuse is because the people who

its black flag and other world headlines this hour says but express a suspected case of ebola in romania has scared people off going to hospital after a man was admitted to an infectious disease unit he had recently returned from nigeria displaying symptoms similar to what doctors say yet to give a conclusive diagnosis nigeria's become the fourth west african country to declare a national emergency over the virus. has been a mass rally in pakistan in support of an exiled cleric who trained the government was corrupt and the prime minister should be ousted thousands of demonstrators who turned out in the whole valley to start a revolution and also protested over the deaths of forty nine to government campaign is in june another gathering is planned in islamabad later this week to highlight alleged vote rigging. that's all the news often now but next i learned all about the wall of silence over sexual assault cases in the united states and in the colleges stay with us. it was recently revealed that under the guise of an hiv prevention workshop and as tourists you know latin americans were

person believed to be infected with ebola has been hospitalized in romania a fifty one year old man showing symptoms of the disease after returning from ninety or nearly a thousand people have died in west africa from the largest recorded i've brick of it so far nigeria and liberia have already declared a state of emergency as the virus continues to spread. coming up after the break it's worlds apart with host ups on a program to stay with us. it was recently revealed that under the guise of an hiv prevention workshop and as tourists you know latin americans were sent to cuba by the u.s. government to overthrow that government yes the u.s. agency for international development organized for these young people to go to cuba to recruit and set up new political activists however the infiltrators were not very good at their jobs and the cuban authorities were able to now but these well funded travelers in their country this is nowhere near the first time that the u.s. government has tried to meddle in cuba in two thousand and nine usa he tried to set up a twitter like program to organize people

a person believed to be infected with ebola has been hospitalized in romania a fifty one year old man is showing symptoms all the after returning from nigeria. people have died in west africa from the largest recording i break up the disease so far nigeria in liberia ready to turn a state of emergency as the virus continues to spread. nicaragua has been hit with its worst drought in thirty years with a food shortage expected lack of rain could wipe out the majority of crops of rice corn and peanuts and have a huge impact on the country's culture based economy meanwhile the government is looking at ways to the first of five the nation's economy and reduce the impact of the drop on the population. for a short break here in our to international we take a closer look at america's use of drones in iraq stay with us. it was recently revealed that under the guise of an hiv prevention workshop and as tourists you know latin americans were sent to cuba by the u.s. government to overthrow that government yes the u.s. agency for international development organized for these young people to go to

a suspected case of a bowl in romania has caught a scared people off going to hospital a man who had recently returned from nigeria was admitted to in this infectious disease unit displaying symptoms associated with the virus but doctors haven't made a final diagnosis yet juries become the fourth west african country to declare and national emergency over a bowl meanwhile the ivory coast as banned all flights from a boa affected countries. europe is considering handing key financial decisions back to athens the troika a regulator made up of the european commission e.u. central bank and international monetary fund and compared by some greeks to nazi occupants could be pulled out of the debt stricken country but that would be small comfort to those whose lives have already been ruined by the us tara the measures as are now reports. enough is enough to take troika with you and let's us live that is the message from the greek taxi operators association to the government topped with demands the prime minister step down for failing to stop the economic crisis and the strict austerity measu

cases by case of ebola in romania has scared people off going to hospital after a man was admitted to an infectious disease unit he recently returned from nigeria displaying symptoms connected to a bowl of what doctors say yet to give a conclusive diagnosis nigeria's become the fourth west african country to declare a national emergency over the virus. has been a mass rally in pakistan in support of next hour a cleric could claim the government was corrupt and the prime minister should be ousted the thousands of demonstrators who turned out in the whole valley to start a revolution initially protest to their deaths of fourteen and two government campaigners in june another gatherings planned in islamabad later this week to highlight alleged vote rigging. prime minister has addressed a cheering crowd in istanbul after winning the country's first direct presidential election. victory takes him a step closer to the presidency he's known and for time the talking head of state has been elected directly by the population as opposed to being appointed by the grand national assembly i do want

they didn't know english, and they went back to romania. they did find documentation they were alive at the end of the war but they did survive. but that shows how we had to make sure every passenger could be accounted for. many of the male were interned by british because they were considered enemy aliens, quite ironic, because they weren't considered german. but there was one passenger who died in the blitz krieg, so we wanted to account for them. i wanted to give you numbers. so we can account for the fate of all 937 passengers to varying degrees. many were actual survivors that gave us full stories. as of when we completed this pronl about 10 years ago, there were 120 st. louis passengers alive. considerably less today, but thank god there are still many that are alive. we can account for the fates of all 937. 254 were killed. >> i would like to ask a question, mr. karliner. >> yes, sir. >> what was the ultimate fate of the captain who helped to save so many of these lives? did the nazis do anything to him if he survived, was he honored

talking about countries like i think you said romania, mexico, they have deployed early warning systems and the united states of america hasn't. we have a prototype. did there's not work? do we have to develop new technology? isn't there technology today that would at least mitigate the loss of life in the northwest with the advent of a tsunami that we could deploy, we might improve it later? >> is it a question? >> it's a question to either of you, one or two of you. >> no, i think we should build the early warning system. the physics is simple. we know how to do it. it's a bit of a challenge to make sure we don't get false alarms. we have to adapt the emergency broadcasting system to react in seconds rather than minutes. >> but if romania can do it, can't the united states of america? i don't know. i've guess we've fallen so far and republicans are disinvesting so much we can't, but this is crazy. >> in these other countries, japan, mexico, turkey, that have either existing systems or developing systems, those decisions were all made after major earthquake disasters. >> so we've got t

where do we put romania in that? >> i think the roam anians like to be different. think we have to put them in a third category because we should recall that chesku did not have opportunity to act as he wanted. he was forced to flee when he didn't want. it was him and hon. >> honiker saying that gorbechev had gone too far and hold fast to the soviets roots. roam anian is the first place where cancan see interaction between the crowd and regime. the violence had a occurs from christmas and after ends up being villager versus villager different by ethic conflict. i would say romania is a precursor to ugoslavia and communist regimes had done a great job at destroying tensions during the tragedy. >> i teach at boston university. my name is david mayers. when we try to sort out the erosion of soviet power in eastern europe and its collapse, how important is our understanding of faith based accident in particular the catholic church. poel land, we can sure there's a rehearsal for what happened. it was the proddestants who played an active role. >> it was local perishers,

ukrainian aggression, that would embolden putin to take aggression against the other baltic states, maybe romania, maybe poland. is trying to overturn the peace settlement reached in the early 1990's at the end of the cold war. that is a danger to stability in europe and around the world. the chinese, as they push their aggressive aims in the seas around china, are watching carefully the western response, the week restaurant response -- response tostern russia. >> thank you very much, ambassador. coming up, is the value of your home going up or down? are people buying homes or content to rent? it is all about location. find out where one with a company is putting its money. that is next. ,nd later on, the oil industry onshore drilling, has seen a renaissance in the u.s. but the offshore picture is a different story. details ahead. ♪ >> this is "taking stock quote on bloomberg. i'm pimm fox. the strength of the housing market depends on the week. on monday, new home sales fell to a four-month low. today, pending home sales for the month of july are up three the month. for united development fundin

northern bulgaria is loaded width oil and gas, contiguous to romania. bulgaria should be an oil and gas exporter, should not be totally dependent on russian gas. this reminded me very much of the old days that some of us -- i think all of us here knew the -- had been participant inside one way or another in the cold war, and much of this became familiar. at the time i got this information can i was fir -- first trying to get the western european press to run with it and include the bigger newspapers, and i had the contacts, and people were somewhat aware but people didn't want to go there. and what you have is sort of willing hostages in western europe. and finally, i did the column for the "washington times" and since that time, the last two months, a lot of columns now, the economist magazine and others -- have similar stories -- in fact "the economist" story was almost word for word my story in the wow washington times" but they were all afraid to break it. and this fear in western europe about exposing what is really going on, and even since that ti

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