. >> i've come to a monastery in southern germany. i am looking to take time out. it is something more and more people are looking to do. even at the reception desk, i am greeted not by a mob, but by a nun. -- by a monk, but by a nun. i asked her what i should do with my time at the monastery. >> i recommend you just go with it. maybe you will have a real sense of peace. if you find yourself thinking about your life and because there is time, things start to come to the surface. allow that to happen. >> i was baptized into the lutheran church as a baby. i will not call myself religious. churchgoers in germany are not .ecessarily all believers ca i cannot relax at the push of a button. i have to find out where i am. i make my son -- my way to the monastery firm house. the-farm -- farmhouse. i had a more romantic idea of a monastery farm. even the monk does not fit the cliche i had in my mind. i cannot get excited about the electronic control system for grain purification. i would like to see cure little piglets instead. the father offers to show me the page. -- the

northern germany's windfarms are supposed to replace the power generated by southern germany's nuclear plants. you're up close and power grids were only designed for steady current from power stations while current from wind energy tends to just randomly wash into the grid. these sudden power surges can cause problems for the aging chet power lines. more and more, the control center finds its power lines running hot. >> the threat of a blackout is not only serious, it is very real. in late 2011 and early last year, we had to take every step available to prevent a black out -- really, every last set. at some point, all we could do was wait and see. so far, we have been lucky and scrape by, but the risk was extremely high. right now, we do not have any other means to prevent a black out. >> these emergency measures cost money. the czech has to shut down its own power plants or ask others for help, but it is they who have to foot the bill. >> we have to ask for help because the surplus flows over to us. the problems ought to be solved at the point of origin where they are created. if we h

northern germany's windfarms are supposed to replace the power generated by southern germany's nuclear plants. you're up close and power grids were only designed for steady current from power stations while current from wind energy tends to just randomly wash into the grid. these sudden power surges can cause problems for the aging chet power lines. more and more, the contl nter finds its power lines running hot. >> the threat of a blackout is not only serious, it is very real. in late 2011 and early last year, we had to take every step available to prevent a black out -- really, every last set. at some point, all we could do was wait and see. so far, we have been lucky and scrape by, but the risk w tremely high. right now, we do not have any other means to prevent a black out. >> these emergency measures cost money. the czech has to shut down its own power plants or ask others for help, but it is they who have to foot the bill. >> we have to ask for help because the surplus flows over to us. the problems ought to be solved at the point of origin where they are created. if we have to a

the trucks carrying the equipment left monday from a base in the southern part of the netherlands. the u.s., germany, and netherlands agreed in december to send a total of six air defense batteries to turkey to protect their nato ally. dutch chief of defense general tom mittendorf says the threat of syrian missiles landing across the border is increasing. the convoy of batteries is scheduled to arrive in turkey in less than three weeks. the location is about 100 kilometers from the border with syria. this is the first time since the iraq war that nato has deployed its patriot missiles in turkey. >>> a group including the executive chairman of internet search giant google has begun a four-day visit to north korea. the visit is for humanitarian purposes. analysts say the group will likely discuss developing the i.t. industry in the country. eric schmidt is traveling with bill richardson. he's been to the north several times. >> this is a private humanitarian visit. we're here as individual american citizens looking at the humanitarian situation. we're going to ask about the american detainee who is he

it has brought euro for europe farther apart northern part and southern part and you know it only made rich countries richer like germany and you know the countries that are on the periphery as they they made it made them even more incapable do you think taken into consideration everything we've said that you were a peon union has a future. oh i think it does because. i think first of all that the euro i agree with you the euro is a key part of the of the european union now and if the euro zone really broke up it would might be the end of that but i don't believe that's going to happen because they've got to move more rapidly and they've got to that's the best way to to do it to do rather than. me not to bring the crisis drag out you got to get out of the recession he won't he won't get the countries solvent with respect to their deficits until you do all you have to do is get back to budget balance for these countries and you have to do that through raising revenues but not sue raising taxes but by getting the economies back to full employment get your back to full employment and all those numbers are going to change a

first of six patriot missiles have been deployed to southern turkey to intercept a possible rocket from syria are up and running. the united states, germany, and the netherlands are providing two batteries each. >> and little but closer to home, making headlines in this country -- a nationwide manhunt is underway for a prisoner who escaped from a michigan jail. rocky marquez got out by posing as another inmate who is set to be released. this is the second time he has escaped by pretending to be someone else. the 31-year-old was arrested in arizona after running from the scene of a drunk driving accident. he is also facing federal drug charges. he was waiting extradition to phoenix when you got out. >> another -- to talk ed kock -- ed koch released from the hospital. >> is into have all the snow out of the way. >> a lot of salt everywhere. the sidewalks and your pet feet. talking about what is coming up, no snow in the near future. our skies are beginning to clear. our temperatures are falling. 30 degrees at reagan national airport area the windchill factor is 23 degrees. daytime highs today, 37. we finally cracked the freezing mark at rea

germany still quite cold, just 16 degrees expected in cairo. central parts of africa, affecting southern parts of the democratic republic of condo. southern parts of africa heavy rain across angola extending across zimbabwe and in toward mozambique heavy downpours. but it looks fine from madagascar, highs of 25. >> top stories on al jazeera. a co-founder of the kurdish separatist movement pkk found dead of gunshot wounds in paris. killed inside the kurdish institute. a sri lanka in maid was beheaded in saudi arabia after being convicted of killing a baby in her care. her parents and the shirlington government had repeatedly appealed. opposition groups and coalition -- peace talks in gabon stall when rebels demanded the president stepped down. a protest government rally is expected in venezuela later after the supreme court ruled the inauguration of hugo chavez could be postponed. the delay is necessary because the president is recovering from cancer surgery in cuba. but opposition has condemned the ruling and wants to know just how sick chavez is. from caracas -- >> a highly anticipated

more arrive from southern europe, but unlike other previous waves of immigration, this one involves highly-skilled and motivated individuals who are simply desperate for work. >> and germany's desperate for them. there's an aging population here, they want educated workers to come. but for those who do, it's still back to school. these are spanish engineers with six hours a day of intensive german learning. and it's not just the young. >> you need a lot of time. a lot of effort. and then it's really difficult to learn german. >> difficult even when you can speak some. samuel is an i.t. specialist. he lost his job because of the spanish crisis. now he wakes each day at 4:00 to deliver germany its bread. this isn't the life he imagined. >> after three months if you have to job, you start to run out of money. this is the second step for me. >> there will be many more like him. europe and the unemployment is still rising and the educated jobless will travel wherever they can to build a future. matthew price, "bbc world news," germany. >> 40 years ago today the supreme court reached a landmark decision in the case of row versus wade. it gave women thal constitutional right to ab

germany. >> for adapted screenplay beast of the southern wild. >>, argo, lincoln, silver linings playbook. >ay is that means the riders copied the stuff for microsoft word and pasted into a final draft. >> (laughter) for best original screenplay the nominees are john gaton . quentintarantino for jiang djanto un chained. >> and moonrise kingdom. >> these are five people who're the very best that sitting in a chair watching other people like a movie. >> (laughter) the nominees for best performance by an actor in a leading role daniel day-lewis and lincoln. denzel washington in flight. you jackman in late mr. robb. bradley called for in a silver lining playbook. and what kean phoenjoaquin in p >> if in flight and then cells character was as strong as half the people who were up this morning. (laughter) best performance by an actress and a leading role the nominees are naomi wats jessica jennifer lawrence, >> finally we are pleased to announce the film selected as the best picture nominees are of a soda and wilth suthern wild zero dark 30, lincoln, les miserable, life of pi , amore, djangoi unch

germany, the last time they coproduced something it was hitler but this is better. highly recommend. highly recommend. >> for adapted screenplay we have obesity of -- " beast of the southern wild." and "silver lining playbook" and "life of pi." >> that means the writers copied from microsoft word and pasted it into final draft. >> best original screenplay the nominees are..."flight." "zero dark 30." "django unchained." "amore" and "moon rise kingdom." >> best achievement in directing, "silver linings playbook." "life of pi." "lincoln." "amore." and beasts of the southern wild. these are final people who are very best at sitting to a chair and watching other people make a movie. >> the nominees for best performance by an actor in a leading role are daniel day lewis and denzel washington and hugh jackman and bradley cooper and phoenix in "the master." fund facts, denzel's character was as drunk as half of the people who are up at this hour. >> guilty. >> for best performance by an actress, watts in "the impossible." jessica in "zero dark 30." jennifer lawrence, and emanuel in "amore." a. wallace in beasts of the southern wild. >> at 85, emanuel is the oldest in history of t

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southern military base. this, of course, is part of the u.s. contribution to nato's response of turkey asking for extra defensive help along that very volatile border with syria. holland and germany also expected to both contribute to patriot missile batteries and hundreds of troops to support that particular deployment. what this does is put the world's largest military machine, nato, right on the doorstep of this very brittle and brutal 21-month-long civil war. syrian regime shells landing inside turkey, prompting turkey's request to nato. that tension has died down. what has changed is the escalation in the conflict. rebels in the north pressing down hard on friday on a helicopter base, which they're trying to take to stop the regime's ability to project air power across the north. as the assad regime gets more desperate, many are concerned they'll reach into their arsenal, perhaps as the more deadly weapons inside, chemical weapons, which they deny having, scud-type missiles have already been used. purely to defend turkey, nato says. at the end of the day, as some say, they have skin in the game. perhaps were a shell to go astray, that may cause some ramifications for nato's

germany. the last time they co-produced something was hitler. this is much better. highly recommend it. >> much better. for adapted screen play we have lucci and ben for beast of the southernor argo. tony for lincoln. and david mcgee for life of pi. >> these are adapted screen plays. the writers just copied stuff from microsoft word. and pasted it into final draft. >> for best original screen play, the nominees are john gatten for flight. mark bole for zero dark thirty. quinn ton terantino. and wes anderson for moon rise kingdom. >> david orussel. ang lee for life of pi. steven spielberg for lincoln. michael hanaka for amor. and ben zietland for beast of the southern wild. these are five people who are the very best sitting in a chair watching other people make a movie. >> the nominees for best performance of actor in a leading role are daniel day lewis in lincoln. denzel washington in flight. hue jack man in les mis. and walking phoenix in the master. >>> just a little fun fact for you. denzel's character was as drunk as half of the people who are up at this hour. >> guilty. >>> for best performance by an actress in a leading role. the nominees are. naomiwatt. jennifer la

exporters in germany at a time where they are definitely the engine that's pulling all the heaviest weight, how are they going to deal with their own economy slowing a bit? the countries in southernly is story is about growth just like with our debt ceiling. it's not about how you go about the messiness to fix it. it really should be about the debt ceiling itself. i'm sure the germans are particular. they had a good 2012. i expect these numbers to go up a bit. i look at german manufacturers like mercedes benz, vovolkswage. japanese exporters like nissan, toyota. i think the battlefield first and foremost is going to be on the war side on the export side. remember, japan achbd germany, the percentive of their exporting that figures into their total economy is so much larger, for example, than the u.s. our numbers are reasonable and our growth is substantial. we went from 1 trillion to basically 1.5 trillion. the point is they are great trades out there. the traders op these floor now have more spread on currency cross charts in their folios to get ready to strat jaegize. there's a lot of hedging. this is something to watch. when the 2012 figures come out we are going to look at th