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and i recommend contacting spur for the report. there will be a noontime meeting to talk about the report and i encourage the public to attend the meeting and submit comments. >> thank you. >> would anyone else like to comment under the president's report? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> good morning, commissioners. we have been celebrating national parks and recreation month in july. my report for this month is a reflection and celebration of all we do. i have a few an quarterly employee recognition and a video highlights for the month. play day on the green. the san francisco parks track and recs & parks will host a -- will host -- your families -- something else to do with your newborn, you are invited to join us. we hope to see a big crowd out there. mcclaren by park design meeting #two. a second design meeting is scheduled for thursday july 28th, from 6:00 to 8:00 at the mcclaren elementary school cafeteria. participants will take part in a visiting session for the session. this saturday, july 23rd, joined dolores pa

phone hacking of nine eleven victims of europe's debt plague it spreads to its third largest economy spurring italy's lawmakers to deal that multi-billion dollar gloating with spending and. america's two faced torture tactics rising uproar over the us training and exporting brutal interrogators all preaching human rights to the rest of. also as burbank is mulling one of the largest international acquisitions for the russian banking industry its agreeing to pay eight hundred forty million dollars for banks international eastern european units and more on that in twenty minutes time. global news live from moscow city center this is r.t. i'm sure rupert murdoch has taken a swipe at his media rivals labeling accusations against news corp as total lies and that only minor mistakes have been made in the phone hacking probe the embattled media mogul now has an f.b.i. inquiry on his hands over claims that the voice mails of nine eleven victims were intercepted meanwhile in britain the scandals claimed its biggest scalp yet rebecca brooks has quit she run but also. u.k. newspapers and was editor of th

dare i say the goal to spur more entrepreneurship and innovation in how we harness the policy levers of washington to achieve our broad objectives. the intersection of that body of work that was the first part of my assignment with the president's strategy for american innovation is i think at the heart of the conversation we're having here. for those in the audience who have not seen the president's strategy published in september of 2009, it outlined these three roles of government and i want to highlight briefly on each and then emphasize the third in the role that i play. the president did speak about the importance of building blocks of innovation. we did talk about research and development, but as we think of infrastructure for the economy, roadways, railways and runways which has been the moniker of late, the president emphasized the importance of digitization in that infrastructure. so you saw in a bipartisan basis in the conference committee a week and a half ago, a consensus on how to move to the next wave of economic growth on mobile digital infrastructure, that is to get

tonight, its megastars harrison ford and daniel craig tell me why wearing boots and spurs was a dreame true for them. you've got your cowboys. and you've got your aliens. it's the wildest movie ride of hollywood summer fare. an improbable match-up of two beloved but different genres. it's got a strikingly starry cast. two generations of leading men. daniel craig of james bond fame. and harrison ford showing a mean side to his all-american movie persona. as well as the lovely oliviawwl wilde. maybe when you see the title you're thinking, huh? well, so is harrison ford. did you say, that movie's for me? >> no, i said i wanted to do the cowboy part. i've always wanted -- i've wanted to do a western for 25 years. they just stopped making them. it was clear that they'd found a new way to make 'em. from the title. but when i read it, i just -- i frankly didn't get it. i didn't get it. and i read this and -- i couldn't figure it out. so i read 30 pages. i said, nah, it's not for me. >> reporter: but he was talked into doing it, in part, by daniel craig. >> this was like going, i'm an english

europe's and plagued spreads to its third largest economy spurring italy's. multi-billion dollar blow to expand. and america is a true face of torture tactics rising up all over the us training exporting of brutal interrogations preaching human rights to the rest of. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. life from moscow. rupert murdoch has taken a swipe at his media rivals labeling accusations against news corp total lies and that only minor mistakes have been made in the phone hacking probe the embattled media mogul now has an f.b.i. inquiry on his hands over claims that the voice mails of nine eleven victims were intercepted meanwhile and the scandals claimed its biggest scalp yet rebecca brooks has quit she ran murdoch's u.k. newspapers and was editor of the news of the world when motivic million dollars phone was hacked next week she'll join. her face and. parliamentary grilling but i thought it was a more i reports while he fights to save his media titan the vultures are already circling i pod every media outlet in town t.v. radio even the sky writers

africa for a pre-season tour the coronation had said he wanted a move to london rivals chelsea but spurs rejected several big bids from them and manager harry redknapp is determined to keep him at white hart lane which was good news for most of his team. were all friends. you know we've got great teams with a. lot of close we want to keep that together you see the germans grow it is not always for sale so that's great. arsenal meanwhile have arrived in china from a lazier the gunners will play a friendly against local club hangzhou green time before leaving for germany to take on f.c. cologne manager arsene wenger has also been paying tribute to former captain patrick vieira after the thirty five year old frenchman announced his retirement on thursday. she proves you neutral but nobody really poetry grows special because you was such a. good. to tennis now where for the first time in thirty three years not one seeded player has reached the quarter finals of the miss a day's tournament and stood guard a spaniard one colace for their own no doubt former champion and third seed mikail usual

here i think has the best location in the city just look at the stunning because i could be listen to spur of the dollar you can see the church of the spilt blood of tuna. salad here it's absolutely like. wow. absolutely beautiful. a city known for its revolutions over the last ten years there's been a different type of uprising that's on the restaurant and hotel scene times have changed in the former capital now offer some of the best food and lodgings in russia and to discuss the western influence and development of simply dispense cultural scene let's meet this week's guest. to me so you are the general manager here at the hotel yes i have been here like since january. in some petersburg and from in russia now for four years but i came here in china. i definitely think that this is my thing so so so every every morning when i wake up i can't wait to here and start my day so it seems that the different hotels and restaurants are opening every single week in the city at the moment you know this is. like when i came here like four years ago they were basically the few feist store hold us i

the answer is a resounding yes ok so what about the rest of europe do you think that this law could spur like an anti corruption wave across other countries in the e.u. . while rather than spurring a wave i think the bribe to really is injecting momentum into what is already started there's been a growing recognition now for some time that the damage the real serious damage that corruption does to companies to countries and companies both on a human level where the citizens don't get their basic needs met because of the greed of corrupt officials and also from a country's perspective where the rule of law is on the mind where economic prosperity is stilted because of corruption. no one can claim a legitimate interest in seeing foreign corrupt officials pocketing their nation's wealth while their fellow citizens live in abject poverty that's simply not right and i think that's really where the bribe react comes into its own it's really a new chapter in what has already been happening across the board in force went in across europe germany the u.k. we've seen a real upswing but also the wi

relatively good assets in europe and so this purchase my spurred by. international is a first step and we may see some of the commercial banks. following suit doing the same sort of thing. let's take a look at the markets shall we while as lower as investors are concerned we're seeing debt crisis in europe may slow the economy and weigh on fuel demand. in asia the hang sayings on the rise resource for as are leading the gains of japanese markets are closed for a public holiday. two hours ahead of the clothing bell in moscow the russian markets ended in previous week and next volumes were down as many people were away on holiday and direction remain unclear. after a largely subdued end to last week's trading sergei suvorov a bank explains what investors can expect in the coming week coming week will be of course the rest of the wonderful constant growth that is not so dramatic and come companies also in the results of stress tests of european banks which will determine the plan from the market place in general and looking for basically there's more good

recently created russian direct investment club was bankrolled spurs projects in a couple of months after a billion dollars will go towards medicine pharmacy tech or a culture an important place to deputy head of the russian sample bank says much of this money would probably come from the middle east but the fund still has much work to make everyone believe their investment should be so. many iraq into the show thank you for coming well first of all i want to ask you what makes you or for the new fund you're having different from other investment funds are existing in the country because people have been investing into the russian economy for a long time sure sure one of the key features is a core invest in the future so we will not be able to invest any money in any business unless there is at least the same amount of going best month coming from the leading international investors so that's a very unique feature and it's very important because of always allows us to have second pair of eyes. looking over investments we are doing it allows us to bring foreign investment into the russian

europe's debt plague spread see its third largest economy spurring italy's lawmakers to deal on multi-billion dollar blow to expanding. and america's toothpaste torture tactics rising uproar over the extreme explore in burlington or the years while preaching human rights to the rest of the world. and russia's burbank is mulling an eight hundred forty million dollar acquisition of old spans eastern european units one of the largest acquisitions all of this type one thousand and twenty minutes to. one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t with marina josh welcome to the program. marduk has taken us live ad is media rivals labeling accusations against news corp as total lies and that only minor mistakes have been made in the phone hacking probe will now have to answer before britain's parliament while across the atlantic the of the eyes looking into claims that the voice mails of nine eleven victims were intercepted as archie's lore and reports while he fights to save his media titan the vultures are circling. good every media outlet and down t.v. radio even the skaters not imitate life

a top story in business ross is looking forward to expand its product as asian program to spur economic growth the idea is to fully privatized fourteen state companies by two thousand and seventeen we'll find out why this is big business bulletin friday that's. just after nine pm in the russian capital you're watching r.t. it took just a few minutes for an earthquake and tsunami to devastate suade surpass a tragedy that will take years to recover from all for some people it's simply too much to deal with the trauma of thousands of lost lives and hard tiles leveled and the threat of nuclear catastrophe well sean thomas reports on the worrying rise in japanese suicides. a triple disaster on a scale the world has never known causing damage and destruction and uncertainty forcing tens of thousands of japanese refugees to leave their lives behind and seek shelter anywhere they can some people do. the bucket but the problem is the minority they be they have been accused by. their classmates or you know of course by offshore. causing. that. if. not. the primarily a move towards self-preservati

europe's debt plague spreads to use third largest economy spurring italy's lawmakers to dior multi-billion dollar blow to the spanish. and americas to face torture tactics rising uproar over the u.s. training and exporting brutal interrogators while preaching human rights to the rest of the world. this is r.t. having to live from moscow i'm reading joshie rupert murdoch has taken us wyatt at his media rivals labeling accusations against news corp as total lies and only minor mistakes have been made and a phone hacking probe will now have to answer before britain's parliament across the atlantic the r.b.i. is looking into claims that a voice mails of nine eleven victims were intercepted but as usual or am it reports while he fights to save his media titan the vultures are circling. put every media outlet in town t.v. radio in the sky right when a lot imitates life a long running simpsons takes the show to its own no rupert murdoch aka gomery by. in an episode broadcast apparently coincidentally this week. but it's not the only old piece of timing in the extraordinary phone hacking case it s

egypt's foreign minister has resigned ahead of a massive reshuffle spurred by renewed public protests he'd only been in the job for a month but the interim prime minister has been forced to make changes after widespread anger over the government's record street crowds returned to cairo as many believe little change at the top since president mubarak was ousted. the u.s. led coalition in afghanistan has handed control over one of the country's thirty four provinces to local security forces it's the first step in a gradual handover of power out of the end of nato's combat operations in afghanistan in two thousand and fourteen but by me on a province has remained relatively peaceful throughout the near decade long occupation of the country in the struggle for land rights in israel there's one place that still a no go area fifty years ago it was a thriving palestinian community but it was driven out you know israel's i get up as a luxury getaway. as the story. in this world in the mountains of jerusalem are the remains of a once bustling arab community only the memories of those who once

gone wrong is not only not too packed expenditures are increased taxes but new policies they should spur growth are necessary if these policies don't come along and it will be a mass. well still to come on the program skeletons in they say his closet why the alliance tons of lines and edge violations by and exactly rebels it's about opinion coming up an. operation to bring the sunken the cruise ship gary to the surface of the boulder event with a stand and says it's final stage. news international time and james murdoch has been accused of trying to mislead british m.p.'s off to say he was unaware of the true extent of phone hacking by reporters his testimony was challenged by two former executives who say murdoch was in full three years ago that illegal practice went beyond just won a rogue journalist some of the media mogul rupert murdoch however denies the accusation and made fresh schools to make his testimony the focus of a police investigation and as the scandal continues to grow critics believe the issue is just the tip of the iceberg and i see no longer falling as the previous se

. >> i have a bone spur in my right ankle, something i've been playing with. >> first week of training camp with the cardinals, tore my calf of nasty. been out for the season. >> torn ligaments. >> reporter: these players have returned to their alma mater to rehab. because being at a team facility is not allowed. >> going to run 45 degrees, turn, cut 90, back pedaling. >> reporter: she's been the rehab coordinator at maryland for six years, and thanks to the lockout, she's helping at least seven nfl players get back in the game. >> once they get to a point where they can start doing football activities, it's hard because they don't have anybody else to practice with. so at this point where they would typically be hitting or doing otas and things like that and really being able to gauge where they are physically, they can do any of that now. >> when you're with a team, you trust that -- they're your employers. that's what they want you to do. when you're here, you don't really know. but i feel comfortable she's doing the right thing. >> reporter: comeback trail is often brutal physicall

been spurred on by t.v. and newspapers artie's honest answer churkin to reports. innocent until proven guilty it's a whole mark principle of the american justice system legally after shoved aside from the vigor of some of the arrests young african black and brown subjects being sat down in the street and an obsessive kind of way fifty shots sixty sets laying on our stomach in our back as we run or as we walk or flee to beating suspects into offenses in cases of entrapment entrapment is not legal entrapment is getting someone to do something that they would normally do to perp walks that parade suspects in handcuffs for the world to see. to a media frenzy devouring some cases and not others i finally did before that i see it as guilty until proven guilty in these cases government is changing the laws sam and is a former white collar convict who knows the criminal justice systems discrepancies inside and out i read while on the road to yours. covering up my crimes when i decided to cooperate with the reds it took the feds two more years. now a teacher he says media

debt is this debt ceiling agreement and this debt debate that's going on now what is necessary to spur job growth i think it's a great question i think if you take the politics off the table the economics that we're talking about in the debt ceiling debate are not good for the country in any way what we need right now based on a weak private sector and weak private demand is more public spending and more public demand we don't want to bring don't ever say it's too soon for going to cut deficits which we should eventually over the next ten years by three or four trillion dollars we need to backload those savings when the economy is healthy or not when we have nine percent unemployment ok here's my question to you that debt is essentially the size of g.d.p. now for the united states typically when a country's debt exceeds ninety percent or. reaches ninety percent of its g.d.p. the currency falls apart social unrest ensues the us according to some estimates is on line for two hundred trillion dollars in unfunded money i think anybody they can do basic math can see that two point two trill

over poured in there and stay was spur bank richard haynesworth the general director of restraints and believes it has made a sound strategic decision. the buying at the bottom of the cycle of the business cycle which means that asset prices are low. obviously he's in a position to buy it is. a strategic benefit is a big spur a foothold into the european union banking regulation in the european union as such if you. in one of the countries your able to open branches in other of the countries with less difficulty. to go to england and so i want to open a project i think it would have more difficulty. well let's take a look at the markets now u.s. stocks are in the. can see there is down by throwing temper slams and then we have nasdaq which is up by point thirty two percent so let's take a look at what's happening in europe stocks there are also mixed we see that the footsie is them by point zero three percent and the dax is up five point one percent and that's a stranger's remain cautious ahead of the release of bank stress test results which i do out later today. and it's a similar st

i thought it was a spur of the moment thing. let's try it. she is like a really good person. you can't describe her, she is really happy, one of the happiest people i met. always watches over you, making sure you make the right choices. a great friend. the one i can trust. it was late at night. like, they went to sleep, they trust them. >> her mother -- she doesn't think it's the parent's fault. the only thing you can do is instill the right values and teach your children not to do that. she is planning to hold a fathering to remember her friend sometime soon. it's unclear if her parents will face charges. reggie kumar, kron 4 news. >> three san francisco bart stations are back open after being closed because of protests. the demonstrators gathered to condemn the officer involved shooting that left one dead a week ago. this is video. kron 4's dan kerman was at that location when it broke out. >> reporter: police moved in. protesters backed off and after 15 minutes the train was allowed to go but for safety reasons bart shut down the station. >> they have killed one more innoc

the president pressed congress again to come to an agreement on raising the nation's debt ceiling to spur jobs. >> the sooner we get this done, the sooner we give our business is the certainty they will need in order to make additional investments to grow and higher. >> republicans say they are ready to cut a deal, but not one that includes tax creases -- tax increases. >> it just does not make sense for americans to suffer under higher taxes in an economy like this. >> i think it puts us in a lot of jeopardy and puts our economy in jeopardy, risking even more jobs. >> the unemployment rate hit its highest level of the year. one economist says it may take more than resolving the debt crisis to get things back on track. >> we need to get to a level so that we actually see a change in the unemployment rate. >> manufacturing and business services are still hiring all state, federal, and local jobs all took hits. >> six people involved in a triple kidney transplant met each other for the first time. >> teenagers learned dangers of distracted driving. what one insurance group hopes to teach th

this side to permit needs to work, so the repair work being discussed is not part of the work on the spur matt. -- on the permit. >> also, i think when the building is completed, it is the best way to prevent future water going between the buildings. it is done every day in san francisco, and we need to sit down and talk with the appellant and have her agree, making sure her building is protected in the future. >> the issue has been raised having to do with work hours. you have some comments on that? >> it is basically governed by the building code. what time did you quit usually? unfortunately, with construction, one reason people start early is the coast -- is because it is done early to avoid traffic, and you can have a delivery trucks during peak hours, so they come earlier or later, and most construction group stop. people get at the site at 7:00, and they expect actual work at about 7:30. unfortunately, the shorter the hour you allow them to work, the longer the inconvenience and noise for the neighborhood, so it is a to edge sword. >> your client is working on the basis of his demo

can the spurs a bounce back in? we have a look ahead. gop presidential hopefuls ramping up their campan including michele bachmann. wildfireo's largest continues to burn tonight and an update on the threat they pose update on the threat they pose it to (announcer) gold bond ultimate softening lotion. with shea butter for soft healthy skin. gold bond ultimate softening. this stuff really works. >> minnesota republican michele bachmann was up for breakfast in iowa today. the gop presidential candidate is on a four day visit to the state. she officially declared her candidacy on monday and is leading in a recent poll along with former massachusetts gov. mitt romney. the government shut down in minnesota this fourth of july weekend. state parks and government buildings have been shut down indefinitely after negotiations after the state budget fell. the governor said that the wealthy should pay higher taxes, but the republicans say tax hikes are not an option. firefighters are making progress against the fire in new mexico which has burned mo

most of the things i have proposed to spur on additional job growth are traditionally bipartisan. i have a free-trade deals sitting ready to go -- 3 trade deals ready to go, all deals that the republicans tell me were their top priorities. they said this would be one of the best job creators that we could have. yet it is still being held up because some folks don't want to provide trade adjustment assistance to people who may be displaced as a consequence of trade. surely we can come up with a compromise to solve those problems. there wi

live in los angeles spur. i'm damian trujillo "today in the bay." >> we'll look forward to that. thank you. 5:02. a bay area moth ser suing the san francisco police department claiming she was a victim of police brutality while pushing her baby 18 stroller. she was walking down the street when police approached her. she had been drinking, admitted to the police she was drunk and then was placed under arrest. this cell phone video shows what happened. you can see police trying to put her inside the car, and then her falling onto the ground face first. >> grabbed me by the throat and slammed me face first into the cement. >> it looked like he was gaining his balance and it was either she went down or he went down. she was the one that initiated it. >> former san francisco police chief doesn't believe the officers used excessive force. bright says her mother-in-law called the police in the first place. >> san francisco's city attorney is stepping into the legal fight over a ban on circumcision set to go before voters in november. the city attorney's office says the ban would be pate

based on your reporting, do you think they know more about what happened to lauren spur?s possible. possibly some of the friends that were with her in the last few hours before she went missing may have information and are afraid to come forward. maybe they are confused, hurt or troubled, especially her boyfriend. speaking with lauren's roommate, he's extremely upset. he is heart broken. he wants to find his girlfriend. i think, also, they want to protect themselves. they don't know what's happening here. it's confusing for them. they have lost their friend. here is a young lady who went missing with them in the middle of the night and they are the center of all this as well. they don't know what to do and where to turn. they are looking for that legal advice. >> bring us up to speed on the police investigation. has the investigation reached a plateau because of the lack of information coming forward? >> at this point, as the tips are coming in, the key ones, investigators will move out on. the daily press conferences we were seeing at the 11:00 our will not happen now. t

. >> what more can be done to spur the job growth? could these figures have fallen so far below expectations? >> a date earlier, many economists are revising upward their forecast. they were expecting around 100,000 jobs to a been created in the month of june. we just got 18,000 jobs. what makes this so boring is that if you want america comment -- what makes this so were a gang -- worrying, you need to hundred thousand jobs to be added each month to reduce the unemployment rate. >> a lot of the burden is going to be carried by the private sector. what will they take to generate growth? >> it is hard to tell. that is the curious thing. if you look at multinational corporations, they are expected to turn in their report cards at the start of the second quarter earnings season. it is expected to reveal that they are making some quite healthy profits. that does not seem to be translating into the creation of jobs. it is positive because there is concern that there is not enough consumer appetite out there. many americans are struggling t

he tore off the horn and ran for the exit, spurring everyone in his way with teargas. -- spraying everyone and his way with tear gas. >> the thieves left by the stairs where he was challenged. outside, his accomplice was waiting in the getaway car. >> an intern tried to stop him and to students got hit by teargas. >> luckily, the police managed to capture the suspects. the museum regained the horn and promptly stowed away in safekeeping. >> a horn like that is worth 25,000, 30,000 euros perkier kilo. this would be worth 100,000. >> the foreign poachers have several museums. among them was the natural history museum. its main attraction enjoys high security. >> the horn was located here on this upper shelf. it is obvious where these things at end up. it is in eastern asia, where there is a big demand. it is the source of these robberies. people pay a lot of money for chinese alternative medicine, and that is where the job orders come from. >> the belief that powdered rhino horn has sexually stimulate properties is particularly widespread in eastern aged, where there is a black market for th

hope that games or will continue the nasdaq jumped 20 oil prices rose once again they increase is spurredation a bankruptcy judge has approved liquidation for the borders stores. >> a british lawmaker said he has asked the authorities to investigate conflicting parent to of murdoch's former employees they had told murdoch's sun of james and several years ago about an e-mail on about how alleged hijacking. police officers were brought by journalist by tracking their cell phone >> we will take a break it is 512 a m * of road way and san jose has now reopened. t)t) this is a look at temperatures around the nation to conceal washington model one new york city 99 made a '50s along the close right now and this is a look of temperatures right now are around the bay area and we will be dealing with overcast conditions. and the fog well reseed and again once again return during the overnight hours pass getting up to 19 mi. per hour. a cahow look of temperatures and for later on this afternoon around the bay area an easy ride around the bay area no hot space in san jose a flavin the road open just

but critics have fingered them with playing a major role in spurring the great recession.hey say fannie and freddie sold shoddy mortgages to wall street. when those mortgages defaulted, so did the stock market, spurringthe cris. sosays former licy. if the u.s. government had not chosen this policy th, the great financial@crisis of would never have occurred." more fanniend freddie, we're talking about two institutions, and the average americancan't walk in there and take a mortgage. who is -- who do they dl with? >> theyeal withother fincial in institutions,@o in turn put their mortgages with fannie and frede. that's the bulk of the mortgages. the point that peter is making is absoluty right, in the sense that the congress which people we able to buy @@@@ homes. prices wld never go down some g@ everybody thought instead of @@ having 20% down, it got down to lower percentages so there was very little equity and when the rket began to turn down, the home mortgageswent into default in the llions, not just @@in the thousands, and i$ maet, and thats still something that we are@@

. >> reporter: last christmas, a seemingly random encounter spurred grant into action. he was driving his new ferrari in the countryside when it broke down. who pulled up and started snapping photos? paul mcmullen. grant curses, but he needs a ride. >> i end up having this conversation with him, in which he starts boasting about the fake that he used to work for "the news of the world" and that he still keeps his camera in his glove box of the car. and he givens me everything. about how they used to hack my phone. how phone hacking contrary to opinion at that time, earlier this year, wasn't small isolated incident but but massive. >> reporter: mcmullen invites grant to visit the pub he now owns. and he sells the pictures for a quick $5,000. eager for some pay back, grant does visit mcmullen in the spring, wearing a hidden recording device. >> it could hurt someone's career. but isn't that the dance with the devil that you have to play? >> reporter: what did you learn? >> the extent of phone hacking, how prevalent it was. >> so, the police don't particularly want to inve

the police brutality in dealing with the demonstrators spurred the public into action. an unprecedented number of people joined the opposition within a short period of numerous protests rallies and demonstrations were held. in people that the government bowed to pressure to make some concessions several unpopular measures were cancelled but the move deepened the budget deficit. you get more democracy will set in only after several generations those who once had any idea of democracy have become soviet people in spirit and so have all of our politicians. the founder and owner of the park featuring the history of soviet union says he's lucky that he's lived in a free country for the past twenty years but he notes the growing nostalgia for the soviet period. the loomis says pessimistic about his country's future and he's skeptical about the government's political decisions. i don't think the european union will last for even fifty years but it will break up in the same way as the soviet union did the two are very similar in that they have both been a complete mass. of them