any reasonably sentient person who looks at spain, comes to spain, eats in spain, drinks in spain, they'rehere's something deeply wrong with you. spain is the sort of place that never really made any sense anyway, and in the very best possible way. this is the country that gave us the spanish inquisition. also anarchy. this is where devout catholicism mixes with surrealism, modernist cuisine with traditional tapas. christianity and islam shared space and traded places. the effects of influences of all those things are right here to see. you can almost look back through time and through the mists of history and see the phoenicians marching up across the vegas, or are those feral hippies? >>> the influx of national hippies, many of whom squat on the mountain, made things interesting. >> when you ask what do you do? and you say we are staging the moon landing. wherever you are on the ideological spectrum, some things are constant, it seems. some stereotypical expectations. it's true, there are free tapas everywhere. yes, they do take siestas. it's a civilized thing to do, i think. but in gran

any reasonably sentient person who looks at spain, comes to spain, eats in spain, drinks in spain, they're there's something deeply wrong with you. spain is the sort of place that never really made any sense anyway, and in the very best possible way. this is the country that gave us the spanish inquisition. also anarchy. this is where devout catholicism mixes with surrealism, modernist cuisine with traditional tapas. christianity and islam traded places, shared space. the effects and influences of all those things are right here to see. you can almost look back through time and through the mists of history and see the phoenicians marching up across the vega, or are those fellow hippies? an influx of hippies many of whom appear to have set up squats in the caves of the mountain have made things interesting. when you ask what do you do? and you say we are staging the moon landing. wherever you are on the ideological spectrum, however, some things are constant, it seems. some stereotypical expectations. it's true, there are free tapas everywhere. yes, they do actually take siestas, which is a

greece has gone worse, so has spain and portugal.ore inequality unemployment, and the economy isn't growing. >> reporter: nearly a quarter of spanish people are out of work. like in greece the government has cut public spending so welfare benefits are vanishing at a time when many need them most. it's tempting to draw parallels between greece and spain, but the comparison only goes so far. here in spain, the party wants to change entirely the way people think about politics. it says the old labels aren't relevant anymore. it may seem ironic but the rise comes at a time when the spanish economy is finally showing signs of recovery. the government says this proves the economic medicine is working. but analysts say it's about more than the economy, and that's why the party is currently leading in opinion poles. >> the real success it has had among the spanish people the reason why it has been escalating in the polls is because of its stance with regard to corruption and reform of the political system in spain. it's a much more reformist

now the party which means we can grew out of anti-austerity floift spain protest in spain.oipt rate in spain is -- unemployment rate in spain is 23%. 5.5 million people out of work. this is putting wind into the sails of this new party that already according to some polls would beat the incumbent conservatives and main opposition socialists. the prime minister speaking to his people on sunday said we can't play russian roulette with the future of our children with a party like this. he says he played on words, he said no podemos, we cannot. rosemary? >> al the problem here in greece they've been making these ambitious promises to the people. and the reality is there just isn't the money there to fund promises. they're either going to have to walk back or could be facing default. and spain must be conservative concerneded about -- must be concerned about that. >> reporter: when john of talking about a moment ago on the program. you're looking at a potential snowball effect. the national elections in spain are due in ten months' time. more light is being shed on elections. sp

awake in spain that they needed to get people up here.nd the presence of la salle being -- led to our wonderful hispanic heritage we have today. >> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring austin texas. learn more about other stops on c-span's cities tour at c-span.org/

what is happening in the south spain, podemos a party like us in spain. >> it is true that the greekeople have been in a difficult position. the eurogroup chief was speaking today and said greece's membership in the eurozone depends on athens sticking to its prior agreement. syriza wants to do the opposite, renegotiating the terms. do you think greece leaving the euro could happen? >> no. we do not want to leave the eurozone. we want to change europe in order to have a nearly liberal -- a neo liberal europe and a social europe based on equality to >> georgios katrougalos all member states. -- based on equality to all member states. >> georgios katrougalos a member of the european parliament. in egypt two sons of ousted president hosni mubarak has been freed four years after they were arrested along with their father. they still face a retrial on corruption charges. their release comes as at least 15 people were killed sunday in antigovernment protests,4 years to the day since egypt's arab spring. more from cairo. >> concerned that the sons have left the prison. we had a false alarm l

we're seeing that in denmark spain, italy germany either. the rise of populist rds becoming more dominant -- parties becoming more dominant. >> the euro dropped towards 1.18 overnight. when does this start to make a difference? when does it start to make a difference? >> i think it will make a difference, especially for germany him a which is a big export nation. -- for germany, which is a big export nation. we have seen economic data coming out of europe a lot weaker than expected. the weaker euro will make it more competitive. japan's currencies are also going fine. japan is having the same impact in the currency. against u.s. and u.k. exports, they have an economic advantage. >> amidst this political risk in europe, would you be buying european equities because of weaker euro? when you look at the fundamentals behind the weaker euro are they supportive of the view to be buying european assets right now? >> i think european equities are multigenerational against the u.s. market. there is opportunity. the euro is getting weaker. that should

the interest rates are similar to spain and portugal. it is not just about the debt, but that has become the symbol for this lack of economic growth for average citizens. they created a large social work their state -- they created a large social welfare state. it is hard to turn that around without inflows of assistance. >> i'm speaking within the specter, former u.s. ambassador to greece. some countries such want greece to stick to the terms of the bailout agreement. if greece says no, there is a chance the country will not receive the support it needs to stay afloat. if that happens, will greece go bankrupt? >> yes. i think that could happen sooner than people think because you should start watching the banking sector first. they were low on liquidity before the election. the new prime minister lamothe have a lot of time to make sure he keeps on an even keel and a relationship strong enough that they support the greek ranks. there is going to be a lack of confidence. that will mean more outflows from the greek banks as investors conti

at a recent rally he said the days of spain's conservative government are numbered. the party's success is not just based on traditional political campaigning. it is also down to massive grassroots mobilization. they hold more than 1000 meetings across spain and -- every week to discuss local and national issues. it also makes good use of the internet. >> what impresses me the most is the amount of time people invest and the ambition to change society. >> but not everyone is excited. a few kilometers away the party is not so popular. >> i don't think it is the best aleutian. i'm disappointed, too, but it's too dangerous. >> i don't like it at all. they are telling fairy tales. in practical terms it is nothing. >> in just a year, it has grown into spain's second biggest political party, but it's unclear if these fresh faces have lasting appeal. >> to eastern ukraine now where heavy fighting between government forces and pro-russian rebels has left at least 19 people dead. >> as a result cease-fire in mint between ukrainian government and russian separatists were calle

spain has a very robust motor market. we have more productive factories of the same company in spain and in germany. i don't think all is lost. we need to do more. i am confident though that europe will make it. let's look at the positives, where were we in the last crisis compared to today? how long did it take for the u.s. dollar to get back to normal? they do give us a chance. we are making progress. we have mechanisms in europe that we did not have. we are going to do qe, which a few years ago was difficult. we have a lot of work, but hopefully we will move a bit faster. we are doing what it takes to get to a real currency union. >> do you agree that there is a difference between the way that the europeans see themselves and the americans? or is it groups of people, bankers and regulatory agencies? >> i think we all make the same mistake to compare the u.s. economy and the euro area economy. it is just not the reality. except that currency level. yes, there is the euro, which is the common currency. there is much more

in spain a group is gaining ground.owland reports from madrid. >> reporter: the supporters are spreading the word about a march for change taking place on saturday. the name of the party means simply we can, and ordinary people are attracted by its message of social justice. it is riding a wave of euphoria after the syriza party won in greece last sunday. the heard took part in that campaign and hopes to replicate the victory in spain later this year. the greek and spanish party share similar goals to ditch austerity programs imposed by brussels. >> translator: we have six years of austerity imposed by brussels, and it doesn't work. greece has gone worse, so has spain and portugal. >> reporter: nearly a quarter of spanish people are out of work. like in greece the government has cut public spending so welfare benefits are vanishing. it's tempting to draw parallels between greece and spain, but the comparison only goes so far. here in spain, they want to change entirely the way people think about politics. it says the ol

spain said they could control the northern gulf of mexico in what is today texas, but they had no oneppear. when the french came in trying to establish a colony, this -- spain heard about this and said we are going to stop king louis the 14th. we need to send people up there to find lasalle and stop the colony. 11 expeditions came looking for it and eventually one of them in 1689 found the remains of the french camp they had set up with all the colonists at that point, dead. and miraculously for modern-day archaeologists, they found the remains of the ship above the water and they made a map. the map shows a bay that looks like matagorda bay and they named the ship the broken ship. based upon that document, we went out searching for it and got lucky and found it. we brought up a beautiful bronze cannon with french writing on it and the insignia of the grand admiral of france. it turns out we had a treasure trove of historical importance. we had a kit for building a colony in the 17th century new world. i'm not aware of those objects existing together. by excavating this artifacts, we

spain has lost more than 3.2 million jobs since 2007.greece, the workforce has shrunk by more than a million. italy lost 870 million -- 870,000 jobs, and france more than 100,000. germany has seen its workforce grow by over two million. germany's economy has benefited for strong demand for exports from outside the eu. that has meant more jobs in germany, some of them for recent immigrants from spain. >> in the u.s., the economic picture is somewhat better than here in the eurozone. the consumer electronics sector is hoping its showcase in las vegas will help sluggish sales. >> at the annual consumer electronics show, the auto industry is showing technological breakthroughs that could make the future of driving driverless. >> with its casinos and showgirl performances, the las vegas strip is famous for its flashing young lights. it can be tough to take them all in especially if you are sitting behind a steering wheel. but with this car no problem. daimler presented its driverless concept model at this year's consumer electronics show. it

they set the most productive factories in europe are in spain. we how more productive factories of the same companies in spain than in germany. i do not think all is lost. we need to do more. i am confident that europe can a make it. let's look at the positives. where were we in the last crisis and where are we today? how long did it take the u.s. to get the u.s. dollar in the country working together as one and how long is it taking europe? it has only been 50 years. give us a chance. we are making progress. we have the mechanisms in europe we do not have. we would do qe. a few years ago, it was quite difficult. we have a lot of work but we are doing hopefully we are moving faster. we are doing what it takes. >> christine, do you agree? is there a difference between the way europeans see themselves or the americans or groups of people? >> i think it's a general expectation we all make the same as the to compare the united states' economy as a euro area economy. sometimes the european union and it is not the reality except at currency level. yes,

we had the latest numbers coming out of spain. spain fell further with cpi at 0.6% on the month. that's the deepest drop on record. much of the fall of course to do with lower energy prices but food and beverage prices also contributed. we glance very quickly and you can see that greece is the darkest red on there down 2.6%. italy in a pink color. the numbers just below flat as we look at things. stefen is in madrid as we continue our tour of europe ahead of next week's ecb meeting. stefen, good morning to you. do these numbers do you think drive a little more to press the bond buying button? >> well that for sure. the reaction of the european level from the central bank will perhaps change given the latest that we had in spain. that being said deflation is a risk for the spanish economy and the unemployment rate remains one of the darkest spots in the spanish economy but despite this the spanish economy is recovering the growth was 1.4% last year and for this year the prime minister is targeting something around 2% target that has been confirmed by the bank of spain. driven by e

things have gotten worse same in spain and portugal. there is more inequality, more unemployment and the economy is not growing. >> reporter: nearly a quarter of spanish people are out of work. like in greece the government has cut public spending so welfare benefits are vanishing at a time when many people need them most. it's tempting to draw parallels between greece and spain but the comparisons only go so far. in spain they want to change the way people think about politics. the old labels of left wing and right wing are not relevant any more. >> it comes at a time when the spanish economy is showing signs of recovery. the government says this proves that it's economic medicine is working. but analysts say that it's about more than the economy. >> the real success it has had among the spanish people. the reason why it has been escalating in the polls is because of corruption and the reform of the political system. it's a reformist party. they want to change the system to reform the system. >> they have successfully captured the mood

the era of two-party governists, the socialists is and the right wing in spain is pretty much over. but the big question is can they actually win in the general election the end of this year. but a lot of people say his parties are populist radical, unrealistic. but his message does chime with a lot of people. the anti-austerity medical, and particularly the anti-corruption message. there's been a string of corruption cases in this country over the last months and years. and a lot of people are fed up with the mismanagement, the bad politics, as they perceive it, in spain. >> reporter: so momentum is building clearly among the anti-austerity party of europe. but from before, when greece was at the height of the crisis, there was a lot of fear from greece were to leave the euro zone, that could spread contagion, especially spain. how is the spanish economy doing now, and is there still the fear spain could go the way of greece? >> reporter: it's interesting, mark, given everything i've said, you would imagine the economy is moving in the wrong direction. actually it isn't. the spanis

fighters. >>> we go to spain where a greek f-16 crashed on takeoff. the plane was taking place in a nato training exercise. lost control where other planes were parked. >>> next we go to liberia. at the height of the epidemic of ebola liberia was seeing 300 cases a week. the recent ebola outbreak sicken bed 21,000 people mostly in liberia, sierra leone and guinea killing over 8600. >>> we end in the guarantee state where new jersey governor chris christie took a giant leap in announcing his campaign for president. christ's pac came a month after jeb bush created his. no decision on christ running is expected until the spring. that's some of what's happening around the world. time to see what's trend on the webb. hermella. >> while india celebrates republic day in pakistan a war of words online. india's accusation in 1950, three years after independence from britain but the holiday is being overshadowed by the #rape day. india claims to be the largest democracy but failed to deal with the issue of sexual assault against women. #rape public day. indian

spain's royal household respects judicial decisions and declined comment.20 days to respond to the court. the paternity suit alleged this woman had a brief relationship with juan carlos. ingrid's attorney tells cnn her mother is willing to testify and has a signed notarized statement from her. back then juan carlos was married, became spain's king and head of state in 1975 after the death of dictator francisco franco. guiding spain to democracy and polls showed him popular until a series of recent scandals. the expensive safari during the economic problems. he made an apology. princess christina faces a trial on tax fraud charges with her husband and various former associates associates. they diverted funds for private use. the princess a sister of the current king and her husband deny the charges. the trial is expected to start later this year with spaniards riveted by the developments. everything will be covered up he says. they will find a nice excuse so it looks fine but there won't be a good outcome. >> it's good this happened. everything should be cla

i think spain has done a wonderful job on structural reforms. it is almost the model of the countries. if you look at the country's growing the fastest in history, they are not the most efficient countries. they are the countries that had their ears, -- big barriers. china is a great example. how did it grow its economy? by limiting barriers. in those barriers are removed there is a lot of potential. a lot of southern europeans are having to deal with cultural questions. holy of life, as they do find it -- quality of life as they define it. efficiency is a key element here. >> i am sorry i want to cut you off your. i want 40 seconds from each of you on who needs to pull the weightir weight. gary, i will kickoff with you. >> it is hard to separate it. i think business needs to pull their weight. if the economy needs to go, as this need to grow. if you look at what the u.s. got going, we had a cheap energy, we had low interest rates, and a very competitive currency. we used that to create jobs. the question is if europe can create jobs. you need t

more now on antiausterity rallies in spain we were telling you about a few minutes ago and jackie isadrid and what sort of turn out are we expecting for this march today? >> reporter: jackie can obviously not hear me standing up there above that square in madrid, a big one is the answer quite a big turn out we are expecting and jackie i understand you can actually hear me and what sort of turn out are we expecting for this march today? >> we are expecting a big turn out, exactly how big is always difficult to predict, however the organizers do have the weather in their favor, bright blue skies over madrid this saturday. the organizers say that people have been organizing themselves at a grass roots level all over spain and have been hiring buses, people have been e-mailing each other to organize car sharing and, in fact, a number of families as many as 400 families here in madrid are offering free overnight accomodation and giving a sofa for people who have come to take part outside of the city and the demonstration is expected to be big and hope 100,000 and how big they will know in

elections this year in italy, spain, portugal. indicate they do not want to be part of the eu. two seats short of the majority in parliament. parliament has a maximum of 300 seats. they have 149. you're going to find out in the next few minutes, get an actual majority. so far, only three quarters have been counted. they will meet with the independent greeks at 10:30. those of the developments in the last few seconds. i'm very interested in the whole debate about the euro. after following it all these years, you cannot keep bailing them out. the concern is, what next? >> people have been pained by the austerity measures. that people have voted in, they have spoken, spain, italy, portugal. all coming up. i saw a sign that said "change europe." >> if they were not to pay the debt, they would default. and there would be a greek exit of the euro. the euro right now hovering above an 11 year low of 1.113. had bond yields down by 30%. they are expecting this victory from the anti-austerity party. but not expecting a majority. if they get

in spain today, authorities announced they tracked khoulabali into spain before the terrorist attacks when his wife or partner left france and then went to spain and then flew from spain to turkey and crossed into syria where tonight she remains at large. spain says now that khoulabali was with her for part of that journey, he drove her into spain to start her journey to syria before he turned around went back to france and carried out his acts. spanish police say they're working intensely to find out who else he talked to when he was in madrid what else he did, any kind of contacts he might have had for his time in spain immediately before the "charlie hebdo" massacre and the kosher market attack in paris. so this is it now. this is the world we're in these individual manhunts search warrants, one or two arrests here and there. but this manhunt for khoulabali's partner, for the outstanding suspect in france that manhunt for her leads right back to syria. the arrest in germany is a german who just returned from syria. the arrest today and the shoot out today in belgium, the belgian au

we feel great playing in japan, the usa, and czech republic, spain, south america. we belong to all the world. >> even if they don't understand the music in the czech republic or in japan, even if they don't know the words, they still come to see you across the world? >> yeah, yeah. people come from around europe, spain, turkey, germany, france, around the world come to see us over there. >> well, this is a special show here on "comunicad del valle." we'll be back and talk more about what maybe what their favorite food is, the mexican food in mexico or the mexican food here in the states. stay with us. >>> we are back here on "comunicad del valle." when you talk about mexican music or mexican food, there's mexican food all over mexico. when you come to the united states, is it the same kind of food, or do you taste a difference? >> we like chinese food. yeah, yeah, that's right. we like chinese food. this afternoon, we went to a chinese food restaurant. >> when you're eating a taco in mexico and when you're eating a taco here, is it the same? it doesn't taste the sa

across europe, from britain to spain, other far-left groups are also taking notice.y believe this is a moment of systemic change away from capitalism. of course others disagree. notably chancellor merkel has hinted shes willing to accept a greek exit from the eu. >> is the european's unity about to be put to the test by greece? >> yes, it certainly is. if they're going to try to oppose angela merkel who is a dominant figure in the european union, it's just not going anywhere. if they want to withdraw, they can withdraw. they may not be the only country that withdraws but angela merkel is not going to risk german prosperity and german solenceryy and the german's willingness to do whatever it takes to stop inflation. >> that all will be at risk if they pull out of the euro because the other countries italy, spain, portugal might do the same and is the end of the euro zone. angela merkel's austerity policies do not work. europe is not recovering and they -- basically, the greek people have been punished and the banks have been rewarded because that's the bailout as basi

if you look at some of the rise of leftist parties in spain, for instance, look at what's happening in the politics of france and even in the united kingdom, people are beginning to debate the wisdom of austerity and this greek election will fuel that debate. secondly, the worst case stereo here is there's no movement on the european union, the greeks refuse to pay off their loans or the probability, possibility, that it could lead to the possibility of the ouster ever greece from the euro zone. >> let's start first with the economic issue. if greece doesn't pay back and goes into default or if the lenders say okay, we'll give you even more concessions, will that encourage other european countries, spain, italy that are much bigger economies and have big debt problems of their own to say hey, you've got to give us the same kind of deal? >> i think that is the concern of the lenders of the european commission european central bank the imf the german government, if you give in to greece now the better wishes of those lenders it will simply encourage some in italy and france and spain, to

spain made up that lost ground, sweeping to a 28-25 victory. that is all we have time for. thanks so much for joining us. y arab emirates. it's rich in oil resources and very affluent. tv dramas produced in abu dhabi

in spain today, importants say they tracked coulibaly into spain before the paris attacks. his wife or partner went to france, went to turkey, and syria. spain says now that he was with her for part of that journey. that he drove here into spain before he turned around and went back to france to carry out his attacks. spanish police say they're working intensely to find out who else he talked to in madrid and any contacts he might have had in spain immediately before the "charlie hebdo" massacre. this is the world we're in now. individual man hunts, search warrants, one or two arrests here and there. but this man hunt for the outstanding suspect in france, that man hunt for her leads right back to syria. the arrest in germany, he just returned from syria. the belgium authorities say that the suspects just came back from syria. the released hostages say the perpetrator of that attack was a captor with isis in syria. syria is a open wound at this point spewing out into the world these trained, motivated terrorists. and in multiple countries tonight, terrorism suspects. but re

this girl came to spain from central africa two years ago. she was just five when she got into a notepad with refugees along with a man who claimed to be her mother's boyfriend. >> i remember that i was in a boat, and i went to sleep, and after that, i don't know where i was anymore. >> the boat ended up stranded in a spanish exclave on the north african coast. the man disappeared. she was taken to a children's home, and the spanish authorities took charge. children like her often end up in the hands of strangers. it's not clear what the human traffickers plan to do with them >> there are indications they intend to sell the children or do something else with them that is illegal. at any rate, some kind of illegal activity involving minors. >> even unaccompanied babies are sometimes stranded on the spanish coast. some refugees bring children because they hope that if they are caught, the spanish authorities will be more lenient if a child is with them. often, the children are little more than ponds -- pawns. for some, the journey is deadly. >>

the movement, which literally means "we can," is hoping to break the two-party system in spain with this year's election. we have reports from madrid. >> reporter: yes, we can. that famous political slogan has become the rallying call in madrid too, they all came out in the winter sunshine. >> we must follow greece. because we can't go on like this. >> as you can see there are a lot of people here, and what these people want is change. the government we have at the moment is lying to us. >> reporter: officially this is a march for political change in spain. it's also a show of strength by podemos. a new partying shaking up the establishment. >> reporter: people here want people to know what podemos is against, what is less clear is what policies it will pursue. >>> ordinary people are sick and tired of an austerity program which in their view is causing more hardship. >> we're dreaming, but we take our dreams seriously. in greece they did nor in six days than many governments in many years. >> reporter: this is the biggest rally in spain in recent times. if this many people show up at th

>> live in spain, al we'll get back to you later in the program. right now, for all you watching at home this is a live press conference of bill belichick speaking at this moment. let's listen in. >> it's clear that i don't know very much about this area. over the last few days i've learned a lot more than i ever knew, like exponentially more. i feel this is important because there's been questions raised and i believe now 100% that i have permly and we as an organization have absolutely followed every rule to the letter and i feel on behalf of everyone in the organization, everyone that's involved in this organization that we need to say something, so i've talked to and gathered a lot of information from members of our staff. i have talked to other people familiar with this subject in other organizations, and we have performed an internal study of the process and i think there's certainly other things that i can do and there's maybe other research that can be done but i say i have enough information to share with you, and so based on the events of

it is when if you take that, and then say what about italy and spain and ireland? then suddenly we start talking very significant amounts of money and that is where the contagion comes from. >> greek equities greek banks. you need to look at the history. talking about the nationalizeation of companies. how in hindsight, they look back. why are we buying equities back then. all of that fear. it is just not going to happen. greek banks. have you taken a look at them if you haven't bought any? >> we have had a brief look. the uncertainties are so extreme and their dependence on the funding from the e.c.b. is so high. we feel the risk still outweighs the potential reward. if we get more stability stocks from for leaving greece so banks have a potential self-sustaining -- then it might be time to have a look. but at the moment it is so high, the risk of policy mistake leading to serious financial loss is too high for us. that's greek banks. i want to talk italian banks. falling almost 5%. some reports circulating that maybe they are going to have another capital raise.

spain controlled the mouth of the mississippi. and the trans-mississippi west he noted. and settlers couldn't turn to it for access to trade. britain controlled the saint lawrence river. native tribes occupied west of the appalachian mountains. he detected little loyalty to the united states in settlers that he encountered on frontier. he wrote, the ties which are weakening every day will soon be no bond. if then the trade of that country should flow through the mississippi or the saint lawrence, if the inhabitants should form commercial connections which lead we know to intercourse of other kinds then in a few years be unconnected with us all together. for the good of the country and his own finances he concluded america should secure the frontier. he knew that the -- this would require both military presence and tran-appalachian commercial ties. washington had one such tie in mind potomac river navigation. washington had dreamed of a potomac river navigation long before independence made it a cause. there you see where the navigation would go. not only could such a wat

a transgender man in spain is making a surprising claim.e says he had a personal meeting with pope francis after making an appeal for acceptance. here's al goodman with the story from spain. >> has pope francis taken another step to push for tolerance in the catholic church? yes, says diego, a transgender man who says he had a private audience with the pope in late january. he was born as a girl in spain and raised as a devout catholic. but after his sex change operation eight years ago, many people scorned him in church here in placentia. he stayed away from mass. >> translator: i've never lost faith ever he says. but the other thing is the rejection. seeking answers he wrote to the pope last year and says his local bishop helped get the letter noticed. next came two phone calls from pope francis and a discreet audience on a saturday evening at the papal residence. vatican spokesman and the local he spanish bishop's office pointedly refused to confirm or deny the meeting insisting the pope's agenda is private. this man loves the whole worl

. >>> spain has arrested four suspected extreme mists in the enclave on saturday.y the two pairs are strongly radicalized and are capable of capable capable of carrying out attacks. >> reporter: the difference between the arrests of these four men and the arrests in spain last year of dozens of suspected militants is that authorities think these four men were ready to carry out an attack in spain right here in europe. ♪ what is especially noteworthy with the breakup of this cell are the many parallels in paris recently. they are two pairs of brothers strongly radicalized with a lot of military physical and mental training and willing to carry out an attack. and according to the police to blow themselves up while trying that. >> reporter: these arrests coming on morocco's north coast. spain has another territory a bit further along on the coast and these two places are considered a front line in the fright against terrorism. they are small cities each with 85,000 people. they have significant muslim populations. they have high fences trying to keep out migrants from

they're piling 28% as far as spain now. are you concerned about the risk of turbulence again particularly given that the rise in their sentiment is as we see quite similar right now. >> well it's not comparable the situation in spain to the situation in greece in that regard but what i would say is that it's the consequence of a very long and profound crisis in spain. the deepest recession and the spanish population is wise. they know perfectly that it's been t you know, one of the main elements behind the spanish economy. we're outperforming the majority of our peers. we are reducing unemployment rate so you know it's quite impressive. so i think that the spanish population knows perfectly what are the fundamentals of the economy. >> and the impression is the situation will continue to improve as we get toward the election. >> yes. our growth rate was 1.4%. we created almost 450,000 jobs last year. this year the dynamics continue improving. the growth rate is going to be above 2%. we have the only large economy with the un

spain and portugal are not. they exited that.greece has in a sense their right to say we're being strangled. you're not. so we have the right or the to the fight for breathing space where you are not under any obligation to do anything that the european union and i.f.m. are telling you. so they might have a weird right to say we are different. and therefore giving less right to the portuguese and spaniards to say we're not going to obey the 56789 c.b. they are not under the obligation to do so. they have been raising their own money and greece has not. there is a big difference. >> a lot more coming up with you in about 20 minutes from now. hang in there. thanks andrew. >> china now the world's biggest market would the apple iphone? more on that after this short break. ♪ >> in the china breakdown will be in particular focus the iphone may have passed the milestone. we know what this milestone is because you've told me and it's china is overtaken the united states as the biggest market. >> in terms of iphone sales this. is the tur

portugal and into spain by the second half of the weekend. here is a storm system already starting to form. and look at these impressive snowfall totals. if you have been to the region you know what it looks like. very beautiful part of the world and the snow is going to add to its beauty. maybe you are snow boarding or skiing near pandora. that's all the time we have here on the cnn world weather center. plenty more news to come after the break. thanks for the ride around norfolk! and i just wanted to say geico is proud to have served the military for over 75 years! roger that. captain's waiting to give you a tour of the wisconsin now. could've parked a little bit closer... it's gonna be dark by the time i get there. geico. proudly serving the military for over 75 years. [ male announcer ] you wouldn't leave your car unprotected. but a lot of us leave our identities unprotected. nearly half a million cars were stolen in 2012, but for every car stolen 34 people had their identities stolen. identity thieves can steal your money, damage your cr

and then in towards spain. if you have a look at the picture here you can see on the satellite imagery there's a lot of cloud across this region and that is way, way below freezing in many parts of spain. you can see the circulation of low pressure coming in from the north. you can see some coming out from across spain, and temperatures have been very very low indeed. >> obviously during the winter months in some months of spain. we see there's know in the forecast. central and northern areas could see significant snowfall. further south, as we move into morocco, we have seen snow fall affecting this region two, up across the atlas mountains. it significant problems there as people try to make their way through the poor weather. chilly conditions affecting parts of algeria, and some snow. the low pressure will get unsettled weather. tunis in tripoli, we pick up heavy showers in the next couple of days. >> thank you. >> still to come on the programme. it's the second day of the economic forum in davos in switzer

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that's bringing the season's first snow to northern spain.s us from the international weather center. how fierce is this likely to be? as fierce as it was in the u.s.? >> not as fierce. it has caused disruptions where we know some 37 provinces across northern spain have been impacted by the school closures across the board. travel delays as well. up to 60 centimeters across the higher elevations of northern spain. even the mountains surrounding madrid picking up snow showers. even to the south, picking up snow showers the past 24 or so hours. in the united states 500 travel accidents occurred outside of philadelphia back on sunday from an ice storm that occurred. the same feature making its way across the atlantic. look at the footage out of spain. shows you what we're talking about. almost resembles the me to era nevadas in california where the whiteout conditions occurred across the higher elevation highways. this is spain where snow has come down, up to 24 centimeters. neighborhoods to the north, roughly a foot of snow. temperatures minus

they dropped over 2% with the periphery of europe declining in italy, portugal, and spain. french consumer confidence came in and there was a little pickup. no irony. the eurozone money is coming out and holding up towards the negative number in europe that will be delivered and loading up the guns of mario draghi and terms of what he expects and wants to do with quantitative easing and bond buying. wolfgang said the greek issue is a load of nonsense that germany wants to let go and these are the beasts of energy. it lost nearly 4% of the value add him on. i find this fascinating. a big gaming company in ireland. morgan stanley and goldman sachs come out on the same day with a change in view and say it was fully valued. morgan stanley has the stocks underway and say it is an evaluation of a significant premium. the performance came out on one day with an investor meeting and the stock is lower. the trajectory and the momentum is at a nine-year high. the pace of the dollar rises too fast and uses more money, giving the yen a bit of a breather. that is what you see. nearly 5%