called your cow is on the ice and the thing that i took away from it was apparently in some place in scandinavia is a phrase is your barn door open and if you translate it straight across it meant absolutely nothing so i think the more we can we can do that kind of outreach where we're starting from scratch i think the message tends to be much more powerful so bravo to you guys for doing that. >> that. >> all right. thoughts before we take public comment? >> thank you mr. president and thank you for that lovely presentation and the two gentleman that was up as her assistants, jack and john, john, are wonderful additions to our environmental program as well because they are fluent in the language and are amazing ambassadors so the 3 of you as well as as your colleagues are such a wonderful addition to our department to help us know how outreach can look like and done with such heart i want to echo what commissioner king said. i don't know what you said i just want to agree with you whatever it was because of the energy in the way it was delivered and that says words are only a piece of the delive

have been overlooked that reference in nuclear weapons including what russia has undertaken and scandinavia and other areas. with that imf treaty it may seek you wrote in an op-ed that there should be a real concern to nato because they have embarked on the forces if russia develops the cruise missile in violation of the imf treaty but in light of where we are with the statements putin made. i appreciated your comments we have to show a determinant -- determination summative be exculpatory. i would like to get both of your thoughts on this violation what it means for the nuclear programs. >> i don't think they will go all the way. but him to misinterpret but to anticipate putin woodland -- woodland that year she would be labeled as a warmonger. he did it in and got away with it. he draws lessons from that. one day i am literally made one day he seizes estonia. no way they could exist. to say how shocking or outrageous we're not going to assemble a fleet in the baltic and then stormed ashore like normandy. but then that will plunge us into a nuclear war. but that past have been and teeth in

. >> but now to scandinavia -- the home of one of europe's last indigenous peopl theami. for thousands of years the semi-nomadic tribes roamed the arctic region, herding reindeer, a key part of sami culture. today tens of thousands of sami still live in sweden with some of them still herding reindeer but the future of this ancient people is now under that. >> the power of more than two thousand reindeer is impressive. this is the time when breeders gather their herds to count, mark, and capture the animals that are ready for market. this season is one of the highpointsf the year for piere bergkvist and others. >> this is my life, and it's really heartwarming. >> like most everything in sami culture, it's centered on reindeer. but fewer and fewer sami can earn a livinbreeding the animals. that's why many people here say their traditions no longer have a future. most sami are waiting in vain for the government in stockholm to step in. it makes piere and others feel helpless and angry. >> we struggle with so many problems. wild animals that we're not allowed to hunt, and the

would they say this about scandinavia versus norway? would they say this about baseball versus hockey? you can know one thing and somehow make it present to them that that doesn't mean they know everything. like i had a hot dog and i know how hot dogs taste. i've eaten chile, so i know how mexican food tastes. that doesn't follow. you're like this is true times a thousand of that, because they're talking about human beings, and there's no box that categorizes all human beings. like if they know one homosexual person do they think i know all gay people? if they know one woman, do they think they know all woman? remind them there's uniqueness and diversity. there's a spectrum everything. you can't know one thing and think you know everything. that's my fake science gut. >> so peter peter holden. i love your tweet. instead of diverse, how about... >> proposal! >> i like it! >> amalgamagical. >> ha ha! >> that is awesome! >> amalgamagical? it's a mouthful. but it has -- i see sparkles. i see a rainbow with sparkles. it sounds like -- >> it'

a love of scandinavia helped our champion, elliot come up with the correct response in yesterday's finalalan and val, though have a desire to upset him as champion, i'm sure. so good luck to all three of you. here we go. here are the categories. each correct response just three letters. who knows? elliot. i think i can try musical instruments for $200. alex: elliot. what is the ukulele? you are right. instruments, $400. elliot. what are castanets? yes.

. >> and i was just in scandinavia which doesu think have family leave.have all the protections for working class families guaranteed daycare costs also so that both parents can work if they choose to and most do. and so that kids born into any family have a good chance. so this is another one of those cases of american exceptionalism exactly in the wrong way. we're just exceptional in not providing this basic level of assurance to all families. >> it remains to be seen, of course, how far the president will get on any of these programs and ideas given he's now up against a republican-controlled house and a republican controlled senate and yet one of the issues raised tonight was the notion of raising taxes on the wealthiest to the finance tax breaks aimed at raising stagnant incomes for low and middle income households. specifically the president is hoping and proposing to raise capital gains and dividend tax rates to 28% for high income earners. i don't know how far that's going to get in the senate or the house. what do you make of the fact that he eve

but you're right maybe because it's people looks like -- >> i don't think it's going to be scandinavia. i think they're too small. but i do think -- i agree on us wasting time and whether it's sending our kids off to war or making a binary conversation. >> it's our inability to deal with our internal demographic problems that leaves us vulnerable. >> because other people are getting together slowly but more surely we are building like we need immigration. we need it to stay young technically america will be like italy. right? italy is old. physically old. >> their population, the young people can't support the old people because they stopped having sex or something too long ago and the pyramid is inverted. and then they got super anti-foreigner and barred the gates and have no new blood coming in. and to stay in the u.s. through all this drama is that by force or by lure people kept showing up. and now we're threatening that and that's internally but i think with respect to what's happening around the world we're risking sending amazing talent and amazing ideas away saying like your br

. >> if you look at scandinavia and germany, that a better take, particularly, scandinavia. fact is, this is one they need the population. they need the income from the younger ones to help support the older ones. and they live a long time in japan. >> in the u.s., at least we have a much more open immigration policy than japan. what they're asking for in japan, sounds like a much taller order. >> nominal gdp under 1% gets your attention to show the challenge of the demographic economics. stan collender when you hear people in the media say, it is like japan, how do you respond to that? that america is becoming like japan or europe is becoming like japan? do you believe it? >> no. there are 70 structural differences between our economy and their economy. -- there are so many structural differences between our economy and their economy. >> you have done this for years in washington. how do you respond to this malarkey? did i editorialize there? >> malarkey is a technical term. >> jargon alert. please, thank you. >> in washington, yet people responding to soundbites as opposed

among field beats the family has not broken down but is in europe it definitely has so let's get scandinaviare there is economic freedom there has been a complete breakdown. >> in france you are more likely to grow up with your natural parents in in the united states. the french still very but they stay together. >> there is a breakdown of formal bearish but there is cohabitating couples for with children the state together long periods of time. five free that up to say that while the formal characteristic the community that people go to church on the sunday or that entity it might erode where christianity where they pay taxes to use the church there is a family breakdown but not in social order we all assumed that family breakdown of these jews social order there may be a way out of that conundrum. because think about this what is the one difference

population is rising in europe and scandinavia. there's something more than economic grievances.gap in values moral values between political elites and the people. i think it's not just economic. it's more than that. >> that's an interesting point of dealing with china toward leaks and corruption. the big anti-corruption drive. he realized that's an issue to win over the minds of chinese people. >> it's an important development and much bigger than anymore pundits anticipated to drive against against corruption. it's a serious threat to the system and the reputation and prestige. and, of course this is intensely popular in china. i just want to make an additional point. that is you know when we say democracy, we think of western style democracy. actually, i don't think that is the correct way to look at it. i think democracy or political systems have elements about them. they vary according to the country. china, for example, doesn't have a western style democracy, this is clear. it's a much more transparent representative system now than it was 30 years ago. >> we have just run

it eventually spread east where we expect more impacts across scandinavia.ctive, heavy snow in the forecast across the alps. that is going to be good news for skiers. looked into some of the major towns across the region. not much in the way there. a ski resort, fresh powder on the slopes across the region. speaking of snowfall the u.s. state of ohio. the image shot with an iphone 6. the ireporter here saw this on his windshield. he clipped on one of those macro lenses to his iphone 6, did a magnification some 21 times on his windshield. this is what he saw. he's a schoolteacher, high school teacher, and he says pretty incredible. his words are "it's amazing to see how beautiful the design and patterns found in nature are." the that absolutely of the case. the temperature was minus 20 celsius when he was outside. the windchill of at least minus five fahrenheit. he said he only had a couple seconds to snap the photograph. wanted to share it. more news coming up. >>> you're watching cnn. thank you very much for staying with us. i'm errol barnett. >> i'm rosema

if you look at say scandinavia actually there's a considerable amount of social order and economic prosperity and economic freedom. there has been a complete breakdown of the family. it's common for upper-middle-class. >> in france you are more likely to grow up with your natural parents than in united states so the french don't marry but they stay together anyways. >> is a breakdown of formal marriage but often their score habitat and couples with children that stay together for long periods of time. and the reason i bring that up is precisely to say that while the formal characteristic of how we think about a traditional community in which people go to church on sunday and they have a formal marriage and they live in is very legal entity that made the road over time. if you look at western europe and a country like norway or denmark where christianity is a state religion. people pay taxes to the church yet there is a family breakdown. there has not been a breakdown in social order. i think we all assumed because of our experience in this country that family breakdown necessarily leads to so

of 2014 compared to a year earlier and anti-muslim attacks have risen across europe including in scandinavia a string of attacks on mosques. in germany this week, 18,000 anti-immigration protesters marched under the banner of patriotic europeans against islamization of the west. now many fear yesterday's deadly attack will further boost the fortunes of france's far-right anti-immigrant national front party, a party that continues to see gains after winning an historic 25% of the vote in european elections last year. joining me now is staff writer for "the new yorker" john cassidy and from london chair of contemporary middle eastern studies at the london school of economics and author of "the new middle east" fawaz georges. let me start with you, in terms of the implication for europe. where is europe in your professional assessment where has europe been on the subject of immigration in the past year and how different is that from where it's been historically. >> over the past year the immigration that has been bubbling up for the last 15 years even before this attack. >> yeah. >> we saw it i

. >> reporter: sourced from birch trees in eastern europe and scandinavia, it has been around for years but for us the elatest hydration hype hitting the market. it is hard to come by. so far, only available on-line. >> we don't have rigorous scientific studies that link the use of birch water to anything other than consuming a potentially hydrated beverage. >> reporter: still, with so many super waters fr coconut and birch tree to cactus and aloe water, what could possibly be next? >> i think regular water should make a comeback. >> reporter: you do? >> good old water. why not? and with a good balanced diet you should get what you need. >> reporter: plain old regular h2o. a simple refreshing idea. abbie boudreau abc news los angeles. >> we will stick with water here. we have something coming up. trendy new thing you can make with water. a new item they call tea. >> we will head in to the insomniac kitchen to learn about this thing they call tea. you are watching "world news now." tt2wlr=[bk@%o j# vf0 tt2wlr=[bk@%!!án &fx tt2wlr=[bk@%4!j# pp, tt2wlr=[bk@%x#á&ú:wíx tt2wlr=[bk@%t#j'ú:cí<

. >> investors are wondering if banks in scandinavia will be next. that is something we are watching closely. inside word is that it is unlikely but there is continued fear that other countries will take this action. >> all in the buildup to the european summit this week taking place, many people saying you have to act ahead of that. what is going on in the currency forecast? >> the euro, an 11 year low. a significant impact. the dark about what ubs is forecasting -- you talk about what ubs is forecasting, par ity. they say the franc is the most overvalued currency. ahead of the ucb meeting, we will be watching -- ecb meeting we will be watching the volatility. these was finance minister is saying over the -- the swiss finance minister is saying over the weekend that they have confidence in the swiss national bank. >> will get a perspective on the reaction from the asian financial forum taking place in hong kong. we will be joined by the swedish central bank governor. coming up in 30 minutes from now. later talking to the finance minister of luxembou

you cannot saying, scandinavia and denmark, their central bankers right now, a lot or not doubt whetherll keep the pagan they insist they are. as you say, suddenly, all bets are off. had the telegraph? don't you think they would have assumed a lot more on the downside? there is big downside right now, thought, were they trying to manage or limit the damage to them? honest, i'm not necessarily a central banker in that space that was for outside market disciplines. these things are costly and a steady a lot of money perfecting currency. in a way of longer game plan this will serve. they could have invested a bit more, especially now that this is politicians start to indicate it extends one or lower. ?> will have >> one thing i will say is people always expect a lot. a massive clichÉ. what this is effectively did is confirm what will happen on the european side. and greedy, but for a political perspective, it is not a done deal. germans are crying foul. it might be a compromise that actually make somebody happy. it does not do it. is a good strategy in this environment of volatility this y

and including some of the overflights that russia has undertaken in scandinavia, portugal, other areas. so i wanted to follow up in light of the potential that editing actual violation of the inf treaty that we've seen that in a general scowcroft but you've also written about as well. in fact, i think, general, you wrote an op-ed in august 2014 that they should be a real concern to native because they have embarked on an across the board modernization of their nuclear forces. and, of course if russia's develop a nuclear ground-launched cruise missile in violation of the 1987 inf treaty, that system could virtually reach all of nato europe. so how do you view both of you the idea of the violation of this treaty in light of where we are right now and some of the statements that you've heard putin made? what should our concern be about that? and thinking about, i appreciated your comments, dr. brzezinski, that we had to show commitment and determination to putin and that will hopefully cause them to stop being so escalatory with what he's doing with ukraine. and also this treaty. so i'd l

horse-padded gables like this on farm houses throughout northern germany, the netherlands, and scandinaviain other words, the places where the anglo-saxon were from. this carries a myth about divine twins, probably horse-shaped. and through the late 19th century and germany, these gables were known as hangust and horse. so we are deep into ancestral mythology here. jefferson describes them as the saxon chiefs, from whom we claim the honor of being descended and whose political principles and form of government we have assumed. in the wig story of champion by jefferson, the depraved normans, were the evil-doers. the french-speaking normans imposed futeileism and temporarily deformed the rights of english men. magna carta restored these ancient rights. the battles of the 17th century were further examples of the english asserting their rights against tyrants. americans saw themselves in a continuation of this struggle to preserve the ancient rights of english men against usurpers. as tensions built between the north atlantic colonies and britain, american invocation of magna carta became mor

the mall of scandinavia. there is a mall in france. across the world. in europe, a large pipeline.ve been awarded by the city of brussels eight project -- a project. the mall of europe. hamburg, 90,000 square meters with the city of hamburg to grow and build a new tourist -- >> you are not in greece. >>doesn't appeal to you or not? >> one of the things you want to do we operate in countries in which we should be sure of the rule of law. >> in paris the triangle project has run into legal hurdles. there have been rules on not building skyscrapers and paris. -- in paris. and yet you want to build a big skyscraper. >> what you see in what has happened, we have not been subject to review of the project. the mayor of paris has been very much in favor of it. the socialist party, they see the benefit of the investment in an area that has not received a lot. politics sometimes tends -- but we have confidence it will get done. >> thank you for getting -- joining us. >> mcdonald's, the restaurant chain shaking up senior management. what went wrong? we took a look at five numbers behind his t

and he has then matched that with highly provocative air overflied of scandinavia and western europe and all the way to portugal. so i'm a little concerned -- when i say little, i'm underestimated my concern, but there may be a dangerous streak in his character that could push us to some possibly very danger confrontations. and in that respect, he reminds me a little bit of houschof and we all know where that did lead at some point. and that is why it is terribly important that he has no misunderstandings as to our commitment and determination and that is why doing something on the ground that deters him from trying to leap frog on the ground with a military solution is needed and i alluded to that in my opening comments. in so far as china is concerned. i think probably the chinese have some genuine interest from the standpoint of the enhancement of their international pow erer in the acquisition of cyber capabilities of a confrontational type. i don't want to over-exaggerate this and am searching for words that do not create the suggestion of an imminent danger but part of the stra

for europe because we've seen the number of foreign fighters that have left from france from uk scandinaviahave gone over to fight alongside isis and many of whom have come back presumably with a level of training and also kind of that fortified mindset, if you will which makes them extremely dangerous. less so for those in the united states. our numbers are a lot smaller. again, this is one of the biggest problems that the western world faces is that we have freedom of movement. we can't just take somebody's passport away without due cause. again, how do you read people's minds when they travel to turkey there are he going to visit a relative or go to turkey because they want to slip into syria and take up arms alongside isis? very challenging for law enforcement. that's where they have to build up these intelligence networks particularly human intelligence networks to try to get the upper hand and advantage to figure out what the intention is when somebody travels abroad to these countries. >> we are highly attuned to any developments out of paris or france, for that matter today. thank y

but we have seen this in netherlands, scandinavia, france, the uk it's a repeated phenomena phenomena when it comes to the general election, let's say in the uk will people really want to vote uk? when it comes down to it? how many issues do they even know apart from getting out of europe and anti-immigration? what other parties do they know about? i think the answer is none. >> you mentioned earlier if you're willing to touch on it that your family lives in and around paris. can you give us a feel for what sentiment is like on the ground? >> just shock. again, if you think about the impact, we haven't had as many deaths in a terrorist attack in paris since 1968. in fact, even in 1995 the last significant terror attack there were eight. so the charlie hebdo massacre is significantly worse and it's still not over yet. so i think that people are just reeling in shock, frankly. >> as you said there's the live pictures of the event unfolding in the hostage situation in france at the moment. >> there's been a discussion around air traffic as we watch the situation at dommartin-en-geoel. th

. >> reporter: sourced from birch trees in eastern europe and scandinavia it's been around for thousandsand it's hard to come by. so far only available online. >> we don't have rigorous scientific studies that link the use of birch water to anything other than consuming a potentially hydrating beverage. >> reporter: still with so many super waters from coconut and birch tree to cactus and aloe water, what could possibly be next? >> i think regular water should make a comeback. >> reporter: you do. good old water. >> why not? and, again, with a good balanced diet we should really get what you need. >> reporter: plain old regular h2o. a simple but refreshing idea. for "good morning america," abbie boudreau abc news, los angeles. >> so we have birch water from two different companies and we'll give you a taste or give ourselves a taste and tell you what we think. guys. >> it's sugary. i'm not a huge fan. >> i have to agree with what rachel said in the piece. good old water. 80 calories. >> this i guess if you're looking for a little flavor during your workout. it's okay. >> it's okay. >> wh

have referenced nuclear weapons including some of the overflights that russia has undertaken in scandinavia, less portugal, other areas. i wanted to follow up in light of the potential and i think actual violation of the imf treaty that i know, general scowcroft, you have written about. in fact, i think you wrote in august of 2014 that there should be a real concern to nato because they have embarked on an across-the-board modernization of their nuclear forces, and if russia has developed a nuclear ground half and launched -- a ground-lunch nuclear cruise missile, that system could reach all of nato europe. how do you view, both of you, the idea of the violation of this treaty in light of where we are right now and some of the statements you have heard putin make? what should our concern be about that? i appreciated your comments that we have to show commitment and determination to putin. i would like to get both of your thoughts on this violation, what it means for their nuclear programs, our interactions with them. >> i don't think he will go all the way and violating the nuclear treaty.

the capability and so forth and he has been -- matched cap with provocative air overflights of scandinavia, parts of western europe, even all the way to portugal. i am a little concerned when i say -- i am understating -- underestimating light concern that there may be a dangerous streak in his character that could push us to dangerous confrontations. he reminds me a little bit of christian of -- christiankhruschev. it is important that we have no misunderstandings as to the nature of our commitment and determination and this is why doing something on the ground that deters him from trying to leapfrog on the ground with a military solution is needed and i alluded to that in my opening comments. insofar as china is concerned, i think probably the chinese have some genuine interest from the standpoint of the enhancement of their international power in the acquisition of cyber-capabilities of a confrontational type. i do not want to over exaggerate this and i am searching for words that do not create some impression but part of military strategic history is the notion that you do not prepared

would they say this about scandinavia versus norway? would they say this about baseball versus hockey like there's -- you can know one thing and somehow make it present to them that that doesn't mean they know everything. buzz that rule apply? i had a hot dog. i know how a hot dog taste. i've eaton at chili's so i know how mexican tastes. that doesn't follow. but there are other areas where that is self-evidently true. and this is truth times a thousand of that because they're talking about human beings. you know one person. so i think there's probably people in their lives whether it's a gender line. if they know one homosexual person, if they know one gay person. do they know all women? there's an opportunity to not make it about race for this purpose of reminding them that there's uniqueness and diversity and there's a spectrum everywhere. you can't know one thing and think that makes you know everything. >> so peter a. holden. i love your tweet. instead of diverse, how about? >> proposal. >> i like it. >> amall gm magical. that is a

and including some of the overflights russia has under taken in scandinavia, westport gal, other areas. so i wanted to follow up in light of the potential and i think actual violation of the inf treaty we've seen and that i know general scowcroft you wrote about as well. you wrote in op-ed in 2014 this should be a real concern to nato because they embarked in across the board neutralization of nuclear forces. if russia developed a cruise missile in violation of the 1987 inf treaty, obviously, that type of system could virtually reach all of nato europe. how do you view, both of you, the violation of this treaty in light of where we are right now and some of the statements you heard putin made. what should i concern be about that. i appreciated your comments dr. brzezinski that we have to show commitment and determination to putin and that will hopefully cause him to be so escalatory to what he's doing with ukraine and this treaty. i'd like to get both your thoughts on this violation what it means for nuclear programs, our interactions with them. >> i don't think he will go all the way

we had another commercial airliner in scandinavia that was hit by a russian nato jet.attacks against american financial institutions. they clearly will ramp that up. we're hitting them with sanctions that are really aimed at not punishing the russians but punishing putin and people arobertson him. putin takes that personally. he won't sit pat. he absolutely will give back. there's no question russia is the most unnerving geopolitical piece moving in the world today and the russia/china relationship is one that's a very dangerous one, certainly not in america's interest going forward. >> i definitely heard cyber attacks are the new frontier of this next year from high level officials. >> we've seen some of it. number three you mentioned china. we've been talking in the last decade for off the charts growth. that slows down a little bit. what are the implications. >> the risk interestingly isn't on china. he has more flexibility. what that means, xi does well. chinese political stability is very high in 2015. but the way that the economy slows down means you're not is go

and our competing nations whether it's germany whether it's scandinavia whether it's many of the european countries what they are saying is their kids are going to go to college regardless of the income of their family. in terms of our infrastructure, we once were the envy of the world. today according to the world economic forum we are in 12th place. today in america real unemployment is not the official unemployment of 5.8%, it is over 11% if you count those people who have given up looking for work and are working part time. youth unemployment, an issue we do not talk about is 18%. we got over five million young people in this country who either dropped out of high school or graduated high school and you know what they're doing madam president? they're doing nothing. they're hanging out on street corners in vermont and louisiana and all over this country. there are no jobs for them. in terms of african-american youth unemployment, that number, if you can believe it, is close to 30%. what the war against the middle class and working families is about is that millions of our people are w