sarkozy is expected to win leadership of the unp in november.e wants to overhaul the right-leaning party. he could be facing off against two of this cap members and former party cohorts. mr. sarkozy sidestepped whether he would run in three years time. he did criticize current president francois hollande's economic track record. both men have start -- have presided over crises but sarkozy said 2008 was different because it was a global crisis. francois hollande has mismanaged the economy to my he said. -- economy, he said. >> it's time for him to realize i'm not the president anymore. he is. >> it has been over two years since he left office and he remains a controversial figure. his supporters were waiting on sunday, ready for his return. >> i'm joined now on the line from london from french politics professor. thank you for joining us. what are your thoughts? he said it's not really a comeback. does it change french politics echo >> this is a classic maneuver. take some time away, in the desert, so to speak, and then return as a savior. that w

sarkozy has promised a low-cost campaign. "le nouvel" says he wants to get rid of a reputation he has for cozy inept to rich supporters. >> and that being -- cozying up to rich supporters. >> and for being profligate. >> there are always people who are going to donate money to him. as you say, it remains to be seen how much his supporters will actually be ready to give him, because they already had to bail out the opposition party after the previous presidential campaign where there was a little bit of overspending. >> 12going to end with some lighter stories. >> all this bad news in the press these days. escapism -- there is a solution for those finding this aggravating. "how to heal your body with your soul." it's a very serious article and interviews, doctors who talk about the power of the mind and emotion. they all agree a healthy mind leads to a healthy body or you might prefer some real escapism, in which case you can always rely on -- they are focusing on princes -- the princess of monaco. you can live like yours they

the return of sarkozy is no solution for france.he country needs a genuine reformist leader, a new generation of leaders with fresh thinking and not sarkozy. his tenure as president was a big disappointment, according to "the financial times." >> find this a fun story about babies. >> a serious report that was published yesterday. one million babies were born thanks to the student exchange program. this is a program that was launched in 1987. 27% of people who took part met their current life partner during their stay abroad. this is a touching little figure that shows he created a lot of positive things. i am sure it is expected to create some crazy mixes. best of luck to them. >> sports now and we start with the latest football news here in france. >> four straight wins has propelled them to the top of the league in their first season in charge of the village room -- velodrome. despite a small start, just a single point from their opening two matches and things are starting to click. especially me who tries to be as meticulous as

is it the same sarkozy? sarkozy says he has changed in the past seven years.e has taken a step back and taking time to think. he has changed a little physically. there he is in february 2014 and november 2007 on the right. he's definitely a little older and more wrinkled. >> one person who seems not to have changed since i've been in france france's favorite news anchor. >> who in the world is she? she made it to the front page so many times that you lose count. she's an institution in france, france's favorite anchorwoman. she's been reading the news on france on a big broadcaster on the weekend for 23 years. can you imagine that? my grandfather was a big fan of hers. why is she on the front page this week? she talks about the fact that she is a fighter. she talks about the struggle to stay young. she talks about her love life, her private life. if you want to get the dish, check it out. >> thank you so much. thanks for watching "france 24." time for sports. psg began their campaign with a hard-axing -- the equalizer. barcelona topped the early group after a

he beat sarkozy in 2012 and most believe that if sarkozy wins he could run for president again in 201>> today is the 20th anniversary of "friends," debut ing september 22, measure measure. to celebrate warner bros. has a pop-up coffee shop filled with memorabelia with the official orange couch from the set. fans can relive their favorite memory of the show and enjoy free coffee for a few more weeks. the coffee shop will remain open until october 18. >> how is this? a tv news reporter off the air after revealing her connection to a medical marijuana shop to alaska during a live broadcast. >> i am the owner of the marijuana shop and will work on legalizing marijuana in alaska. as if this job, well, not that i have a close but [ blank ] i quit. >> okay. the anchor is stunned. the news anchor apologized for the reporter's remarks. she quit on air during the 10:00 newscast last night. would you not thing, i would; that a joke? >> when i heard the we f bomb dropped that was not meaned in alaska, i think i would know. >> we have break news, not one but two american airlines flights forced to

sarkozy was placed under investigation for alleged influence peddling in july. he said the allegations were politically motivated. sarkozy announced sunday that he will attempt a political comeback. >> and we have more new information for you. a new report in fact warns that the number of ebola cases in west africa could rise sharply by january. the u.s. centers for disease control says cases could jump to between 550,000 and almost 1.5 million. this is if stronger steps aren't taken to fight the virus. already more than 2,800 people have died from the disease. experts are blaming a, quote, inadequate and late global response for the current scale of the outbreak. >> the cdc says these worst case scenario figures can be avoided if 70% of the people currently infected get proper care. there is some hope with the opening of new facilities, but the outlook is still bleak as cnn's elizabeth cohen discovered from monrovia, liberia. >> reporter: inside this ambulance, three ebola patients including a teenager. all of them denied entry to one of monrovia's overcrowded

jonathan sarkozy rescuing french politics. he cannot do anything about the markets today. is dominating sentiment. is down by 1.43%. iron ore is getting crushed. commodities are slipping. luxury goods makers. in theg slipping sales likes of asia, china. you ask the question what is going on with chinese growth. new stimulus, more qe, that is not going to be our policy, they say. some of the big miners are taking the heat today. tesco, down by 8.2%. they have said they overstated the prophet by 250 million pounds. they cannot admit that 250 million pounds will be the highest overstatement. i don't like what i am seeing. the stock is down by 10% this morning. pounds over 1.5 billion value of tesco's company. look at euro-dollar. draghi, the ecb president, has told us that he would like to see the ecb balance sheet back to 2012 levels. that implies growth. they have got a new funding program. the take-up was not good at all. the moneytrip out being paid back, that balance sheet is not getting big anytime soon. what is he going to do next? are they going to be pushed down the

comeback, now it has been announced that a corruption investigation into former french president nicolas sarkozyas been suspended. an appeals court in paris announced it is dropping its investigation into gretchen and influence peddling without giving a reason. next and -- it is a prestigious achievement. india has become the first nation to successfully launch a satellite into orbit around mars. india is positioning itself as a low-cost alternative to established players like nasa. this mission cost $74 million which is less than the hollywood film "gravity." >> getting it right on the very first try on wednesday, india joined an elite club of countries to send a mission to mars. for the next six weeks the probe will study the atmosphere of the red planet to prove if life exists. the countries by mr. said he was commemorating advice -- by changing his signature best to read. -- red. >> this week, we have rich. into the unknown -- reached out into the unknown and achieved the near impossible. >> india's space organization produced a spacecraft on a substantially low-budget. at $74 million, it co

we saw president nicolas sarkozy housing -- hosting numerous conferences here.his is along the same lines. it is france stepping up to the plate saying he doesn't want to play second fiddle to the u.s. and has an important role to play tulsa by virtue of its diplomatic tradition its geography, and its ties with a lot of this region in this media crisis. there were a lot of very strong words today, helping iraq in terms of humanitarian aid, helping the kurdish army, giving them the military equipment that they need to face the threat from the so-called islamic state. but in terms of what is really needed with airstrike contributions and troops on the ground, i will talk about the second one first. troops in the ground, -- on the ground, no one can handle that better than those who are there, those in syria, the kurdish. the u.s. they are ready to go with airstrikes and have been doing it already in a rack. -- in iraq. and we did see france launching reconnaissance flights to get possible positions. but as far as who is participating in the airstrikes at this poin

nicolas sarkozy signed a 1.2 billion euro deal to provide to warships.a statement made no mention of the second ship. as the ukrainian conflict continues, in recent months, the sale has drawn international criticism, including from u.s. president barack obama. >> it would have been preferable to press the pause button. >> there was economic pressure in france to keep the deal alive. the country is suffering from record high unemployment in france did not want to damage its credibility as a weapons exporter. if the sale is canceled, the move would threaten jobs in france and france would have to return more than one billion euros to russia. >> we will go back now to wales, where the nato summit is getting underway. that is with our international affairs editor. just before all of these world leaders get down to business. there is going to be a lot of soul-searching going on at this conference. tell us what that is going to be. >> well, there are going to be a lot of questions about what nato means in 2014. it faces a much more complex set of challenges th

speculation about whether former french president nicolas sarkozy will make a comeback in 2014. >> we are all starting to sound like broken records here. according to "live figaro -- "le figaro," he is. they say it is a question of if, not when. it is very vague. they say that the tiger is preparing his comeback. you cannot change a tiger's stripes. it is interesting. all of this comes as a poll came out this weekend that puts the far right leader -- it says he would win the first round -- it says she would win the first and second round of the election and become the president of france. >> that's a pretty dramatic poll. the french -- beleaguered french president continues -- his government does. there is one scandal after another. >> the latest scandal, the appointed trade minister in the latest cabinet reshuffle, who resigned just nine days after the job because of problems with his taxes -- the problem being that he wasn't paying his taxes. it is a very embarrassing situation, once again a setback for french will hold on -- for francois hollande's government. >> time for the lates

former french president nicolas sarkozy has announced his political comeback, two years after being voted out of office. >> the 59-year-old announced on facebook he will be standing as a candidate. it is the first step to an attempt to resuming the presidency. he lost his election to socialist francois hollande. he is currently under investigation himself for corruption. some business news now. china's alibaba group is knocking amazon off his perch as the world's largest retail group. >> alibaba priced into an international public offering at $68 a share. >> it is the biggest ipo in history and is seen as a harbinger of a massive's shift -- massive shift in the global economy's center of gravity toward asia. >> jack ma had a date with destiny at the new york stock exchange. he was not phased as he took his place amongst the wealthiest internet entrepreneurs. the ipo placed ali baba at $68 per share. the opening bell set up a buying frenzy. shares surged to nearly $100 in early trading, but only a select few will have a chance to invest and gain an inroad into chinese markets. >> alibaba i

are experiencing deja vu after pledging to quit politics for good former french president nicolas sarkozyhis hat back in the ring. he made the announcement in a primetime interview. he's expected to run for a party leadership position and then maybe again for president in 2017. >>> here's one way to appeal to voters. mary landrieu showed up at a lsu tailgate. the senator is locked in a tight race for re-election. >> finally they say everyone in the world has a look alike. only a matter of time before we found him. no that's not really vladimir putin that's his look a like. he played his official twin in a stage production. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics on this monday. >> there's a whole lot on the late for the president as we get this week started off. david, thanks for being with us this morning. good morning. >> hi. >> let's talk about this ahead of the president's speech before the united nations the u.s. ambassador samantha power predicted the united states will not act alone if president obama moves forward with authorizing air strikes in syria against isis because p

is sarkozy it more than the propaganda. it is the state sponsor of russia today programme just words like sabean not like. and i like this guy is just ridiculous non answer to my question. john is not. part of their safety and sometimes their lives all over the wall to bring people stories none the propaganda channels don't want you to see and we told her some. stuff there we go again we're told the islamic state terrorist group is the worst of the worst and has global ambitions the public is being taught slowly but surely to fear the islamic state it would appear washington continues to attempt to shape it in reshape the middle east. this is the weekly welcome book islamist militants in libya have taken over a part of the us embassy which was evacuated a month ago stuff or opposed to increasing lawlessness in the country with rampaging warlords on their militias seizing control earlier we asked the editor of the pan african newswire what next. the security situation in libya is becoming even more precarious the united stat

sarkozy says he is coming back. here you are ranking member of the socialist party.hat is your party and your president so in disfavor with your people? >> i think the main reason is that, as you know when europe, the situation is not good. bill gross. growth, particularly in france. reforms when there are no growth is difficult. >> as the president changed? as he as a social president said that we have to be that has he, as a socialist president, said that we have to be -- has he changed his attitude as to what is necessary to put france on the right course? your not know, but i know, because i am working with he is dedicated to deliver the reforms. >> to the economic system? >> yes. assets.has a lot of -- france has a lot of assets. reforms thaten have been postponed, and we need to do that. and sometimes they are not popular. but when you are president, you have to work -- maybe it is not good for your reelection, but you are here in order to work for your country. it is as simple as that. >> thank you for coming. the foreign minister of france. thank you for join

i asked my contacts and close to president sarkozy what was going on. oh, yes, we got a call from the u.s. embassy in paris as a result of this saying hey, excuse me, we called the u.s. embassy in paris after we got the call from chad and said, hey, what do you want us to do with this? stinger missiles. they're your missiles. not our missiles but our guys can stop it if you want. they have the qatari convoy. the answer back from the u.s. embassy in paris referred back to the state department, no, go ahead, let them go. now, there is no evidence so far that those missiles were actually delivered to the libyan rebels and they were never used in the conflict. i don't allege that in the book. however,. what i was able to find out subsequently from u.s. special forces sources, including a senior officer on active duty who was seemed about this. so was willing to take the risk to brief me on what had happened, a u.s. military helicopter in afghanistan was hit on july 25th, 2012, brought down by a surface-to-air missile. luckily the missile warhead did not exp

just three years ago president sarkozy ordered the french military to overthrow libya's moammar gadhafi. then president hollande mustered support trying to overthrow syria's president, bashar al assad. and then he sent people to mali for the al qaeda linked terrorists. their activism has been appreciated by her neighbors and her citizens, some of whom are beginning to complain for the price tag of the foreign intervention, a price tag which grew this past week with the assassination of a french hiker in algeria apparently culled because of the battle in fundamentalism in iraq. for many it brought home france's role. it indicates two out of three french would accept. >> this is a war which concerns france. france feels responsible for the order in the world. and this is a force of airstrikes. >> many things to jim bid did he man for that report. it felt like the beheading raised a steak for france. it makes the stakes so much higher. >> that group wasn't affiliated with isis. >> copy cat. >> inspired by it. >>> coming up after the break, what a u.s. police officer is now saying about the

the politics, this week nicholas sarkozy says he's coming back am he wants to run for president.is country needs him. >> for the time being he didn't say that. i was here. he said that he wanted to run for the presidency of the conservative party. i agree that there must be some relation between the two. >> rose: what happened to, i mean here you're a ranking member of the socialist party. why is your party and your president so in disfavour with your people? >> well, i think the main reason is that as you know in europe the situation is not good. no growth. and particularly in france. we are doing reforms. but i think you are right. but reforms when there is n no-- are difficult. >> but has the president changed. has he made a socialist president said we have to be din than i imagined? has he changed his attitude about what is necessary to put france on the right course? >> i don't know if he has changed but i know because i'm working on foreign policiment but i'm working with him s dedicated to deliver the reforms which are-- . >> rose: to reform the economic system. >> yes. no

former president nicolas sarkozy said that he could not stay out of politics because he has never seenh despair in france. his first interview since announcing he is in the running to lead a political party. >> i do not want my country to be contemned to the fifth power in the world, to the humiliating show that we see today. officiales his first visit to berlin today as some g-20 finance ministers urge them to resolve their differences and improve the economy. setce's prime minister is to meet with german chancellor angela merkel. who is going to give? are the germans going to agree to spend more? >> the germans have given no indication that they want to spend more. is a deficit target. and many ways, this is the same story in a different location. angela merkel will be meeting over the weekend. we have previously seen it in milan. juiceill germany due to the global economy. they will have a balanced budget . that is a clear goal. frankfurt is going to turn to a proxy battle. the same fight we are seeing in the fiscal fund will turn into a monetary fight on just what the ecb can do to

so if we want to meet nicolas sarkozy or the national front, we must roll up our sleeves.e need all the left, serious people with realistic proposals. >> so work on cutting expenses, on helping the business to invest because it's the only way to create -- and also to reinforce the structural reforms which are needed for the french economy. that's a tough job. this job that was started two years ago. >> the problem is, he has no majority in the assembly. how difficult will it be for him to push through a reform? >> absolutely. that was a tiny victory for him to push through the vote of confidence at the time when the prime minister had an absolute majority of the national assembly. yesterday it was only a spin majority given the opposition within the socialist party. more than 30 socialists yesterday decided not to vote the confidence to the prime minister which means that the situation could be even more complicated in the future. yesterday some socialist mp decided to vote the confident, not to push the country into a very complicated institutional situation. but these ma

again when he lost his 2012 re-election bid, the former french president announced on facebook -- >> sarkozypoint tossup. >> to replace the late don pard doxt -- >> incorrect. >> the producers of "saturday night live" named darrel hammond who famously impersonated which american president? >> do i get another chance? >> we'll call time. it was bill clinton. that was a costly one, 500. gabe in the lead at 800 and alex in contention at 400. a barn burner as we move to the ph.d. questions. 300 points. we would usually dim the lights here but we're in a different studio so we can't. we pill put 100 seconds on the clock and crown a champion when we begin the round right now. 300-point question, i'm not barack obama, this democrat senate candidate declares in a new ad that features her going -- >> david? >> allyson grimes. >> fresh off his failed republican primary challenge against senator mitch mcconnell, this kentucky businessman announced this week that he might run for governor. >> time. no one remembers, matt bevan. >> on a speech on women's issues joe biden praised this former republican --