that is what switzerland researchers say is the key to a happy marriage. it gives couples a 20% greater chance of having a happy marriage. that brings us to our watercooler question of the day. for a happy marriage? email us your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> i have heard the same, when mother is happy, everybody is happy. coming up, the financial news in the bloomberg business report. >> and a pilot is in distress and a california highway becomes the help. >> details as recover the nation on a drug arrest. >> we are waking up to smooth jazz this morning. find out how this can help critically ill children. stay tuned. >> the thick of a new report of an accident in the city. >> a very good morning to you. another nice day with showers heading into the forecast today and tomorrow. we are waking up to the smooth sounds of jazz. we at the grand masonic lodge in hunt valley. they are performing at the 10th annual gala here on saturday. their mission is to enhance the children. they have been doing so in a huge wave. they have serviced 265 families. the

in switzerland and germany they don't have medicare. people stay with the private insurer cradle to crave in the bismarck model but that's just one of the models of healthcare i found around the world. but i emphasize it in the book because it's not socialized medicine. it's the private sector covering everybody. >> host: and, in fact, from "the healing of america", five common american myths about healthcare systems abroad. it's all socialized medicine out there. they ration care with waiting lists and limited choice. they're wasteful systems run by bloated bureaucracies. health insurance companies have to be cruel. those systems are too foreign to work in the usa. anything you'd like to add to that? >> guest: you know, i think -- those are all myths. that's what we've been told about healthcare overseas. and as i said, it's not true. there's a germ of truth in all that. have you heard these horror stories about long waiting times in canada? they're true. they have long waiting times for elective care in canada. and to some degree in b

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that is what switzerland researchers say is the key to a happy marriage. that brings us to our watercooler question of the day. what do you think is the formula for a happy marriage? email us your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. i am waiting for commentary. >> coming up, a new study shuts down hopes that a common treatment could prevent miscarriages. >> when you are near sighted coming you do not need to focus on things up close because things are way get blurred. >> many of your daily activities can be increasing your risk of becoming nearsighted. how to keep your eyes in check in our medical alert. >> a bus accident in downtown baltimore. baltimore. we will have the latest host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: did the waltons take way too long to say goodnight? mom: g'night john boy. g'night mary ellen. mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa. elizabeth: g'night ben. jim bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'nigh

on the night of the issue between libya and switzerland, hundreds of e.u.itizens, workers that cannot answer libya to work. my question is what is the european commission doing to seek a solution to this issue urgently? it is acceptable that one country such as switzerland takes eight in the latter role decision that affects all citizens and in particular the workers that would like to work in libya to earn their daily bread? >> we are very concerned with this case. the commission has expressed suspension by libya of visits to the areas. in addition the situations are current with the positive trend of relations between libya and the european union. intense efforts are ongoing to find a solution to the crisis. one of the two-- justice members have discussed it respectively and have supported the continuation of diplomatic efforts. i believe it is essential to keep the dialogue open and make effort of understanding its party's positions with a view to finding a solution as soon as possible. speak thank you for giving me the floor. now that we have had the ra

these come from switzerland. >> they're all from switzerland.ecided to follow in her father's footsteps. >> dad used to say why don't you learn to peel? because somebody should be able to take over. that's my big regret actually. i wish that i would have seen the peeler when he was alive and we could have worked together. i used to put it off. yeah, i'll do it, dad, when i'm ready. >> reporter: she's ready now. >> wash them down with a glass of red wine. you'll never die. you'll live forever. >> we saw your dad do it for years. >> you saw my dad do it for years. it's the same peeler. i feel very close to my dad when i'm doing it. it makes me sad he's not here. i mean, i often think when i'm working that, you know, my dad is standing on the outskirts of the crowd, you know, watching. >> now whether you're right handed.... >> left handed like a politician. >> like a politician, underhanded. when you peel a potato. look for delicious cadbury's, reese's and hershey's products in the easter candy aisle. 'cause no bunny knows easter better than hershe

. >> the divorce rate in switzerland is 25% compared to 45% in the united states. that brings us to our watercooler question of the day. what do you think is the formula for a happy marriage? email us your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> i am older than my husband, but i am smarter. just kidding. he would probably agree. >> we have an hour and 30 minutes to debate this topic. [laughter] >> is substitute teacher in california is charged for a public nuisance for acts he performed in his class. we will tell you what he did. >> imagine trying to get around in an idle airplanes. >> here is a live look at traffic. it looks okay right there. ri ( sighs ) ( music throughout ) hey bets, can i borrow a quarter? sure, still not dry? i'm trying to shrink them. i lost weight and now some clothes are too big. how did you do it? simple stuff. eating right and i switched to whole grain. whole grain... studies show that people who eat more whole grain tend to have a healthier body weight. multigrain cheerios has five whole grains... and 110 calories per lightly sweetened se

he was then allowed to send a fax to his bank in switzerland who arranged the deal. remarkably, the financial advisor managed to conceal the phrase of a " call the police." the lawyers say there has never been a case like it. >> it is unbelievable that such a case can happen. >> they were so desperate that they fetched the man and they would wait until you would give back the money. >> first they lost their money. that two of them have lost their freedom. the ring leader has received the harshest sentence, six years in prison for his role. >> in western australia, a major storm has left many people with no power at all torrential rain, hail, and landslides and millions of dollars of damage. our correspondent has the latest. >> the gathering storm on the west coast of australia, a country in the worst drought in years, it is about to experience its most violent deluge for decades. it hit during the evening rush hour, pelting heavy rain and hail stones the size of golf balls. it was buffeted by winds of up to 120 kph. the result was flash flooding , a deal of destructi

he eventually agreed to pay the money back and was allowed to send a fax to a bank in switzerland. remarkably he managed to conceal the fleet -- conceal the phrase "call the police" in the facts. hours later 50 german police commanders stormed the building. shorter prison sentences were given to those that were not the ringleader. >> the world's largest airplane makers have come to a long- awaited ruling on state aid. airbus had been receiving government support for developments. brussels was also investigating the aid received by boeing in the united states. it of cricket for you, a blazing half of a smash in the latest indian premier league. mumbai defeated calcutta after four games, playing his own part in the victory, an unbeaten 71. this was their third defeat in five games. back to you, george. >> you are watching "gmt" on "bbc world news." we just reported on the diplomatic spat between israel and britain on the cloning of diplomatic passports. now to a more significant disagreement between britain and just about everyone else, the building in jerusalem. prime -- prime minis

>> it's a similar picture in switzerland. yes, down half a percent gist really we're also watching the health care stocks in switzerland. which have really big exposure to the u.s. market. novartis and roche trading down in line with the market down 0.7%. of course, the vote, the positive vote of the house for the health care bill, that is important for the fees the health care companies will have to pay. they will be delayed from this year to 2011. also insurance coverage will be wider and that means more customers for these health care firms. but we see that roche and novartis are not really affected by these positive changes right now. apart from that, we also had positive news for rach, which are unrelated to the health care vote. the company said that it has filed for a label extension for its cancer drug mitsera. they're hoping to broaden the use of this particular drug for hodgkin's lymphoma in europe. now the other top story of the day, or of the weekend, really, credit suisse is reacting to the ongoing investigations

and switzerland is even more stark than it first might appear because that's a very decentralized system where a lot goes on at the canton level so they have a universal healthcare level but it's done differently but contrast that with obama-care when one-seventh of the economy in one fail swoop. right there. the lady. >> i'm a columnist and one of the questions that i absolutely -- or responses from readers that i hate is when they tell me why did i write this column as opposed to some other column but i'm going to commit the same sin and ask you the following question, which is as i understand it the premise of your book -- the question of your book is why are some countries poor and some countries is rich? and one of the answers that you give is predatory government. well, that's not exactly new. essentially that means governments that -- societies that don't have good rule of law and a comparable government, which is an institutional issue. so wouldn't it have been better to begin with the with all the rule of law and accountable government and with why some don't rather than startin

it is located 300 feet beneath the board over france and switzerland.s run by the european organizer for the nuclear research. the machine sends protons around 17-mile track at velocities approaching the speed of light, by smashing these particles into very tiny pieces, this is hoped to recreate the conditions of the universe fractions of a second after the big bang. here's a look at the collider from a report by steve kroft on "60 minutes" in 2008. >> the collider itself is a marvel of precision engineering. this animation shows how two beams of invisible hydrogen protons will be driven around the tunnel in opposite directions inside ultra high vacuum tubes propelled and guided by superconducting magnets chilled with liquid helium to a temperature of minus 271 degrees celsius. colder than deep space. as the two beams approach speeds of 186,000 miles per second, they will smash into each other at four different parts of the collider at the heart of the machine are four massive detectors where the actual collision of the subatomic particles takes place.

switzerland and belgium are the two country with the most chocolate. >> up next on my tour, jacques showede a piece of equipment called the enrobing line. >> so this is the machine that going to coat the chocolate. let's say that you want to coat pretzels, or orange, or whatever you want to coat, you put them into this conveyor belt, that will run, go through the chocolate. >> so, what's a fun fact that people don't know about chocolate? >> chocolate is good for you, chocolate contains a lot of anti-oxidant, and one of the is a mood elevator. chocolate makes me, makes you, makes everyone feel good. >> and boy did i feel good after this tour. did you think i came to a chocolate factory without sampling anything? think again! >> do people ever compare you to willy wonka? >> sometimes, sometimes. uh, i need to buy a big hat and beautiful cape and uh, find that magic elevator. then i will be the willy wonka. >> i feel like i found the golden ticket. at jacques torres' chocolate factory, for "teen kids news," i'm sam. >>> that's all for now, but we'll be back soon with more "teen kids news." >>

new cases are surfacing in holland, spain, switzerland and brazil, but nowhere is the pressure on the and the church greater than in ireland. pressure is growing on the leader of the irish church to step down. following revelations he knew of abuse in the 1970s. he kept it from police and had the victims sign an oath of secrecy. the priest involved, brendan smith, the irish church's most prolific file continued to abuse children for another two decades. the cardinal said he will only resign if the pope tells him. officials at the vatican are saying in the coming days, the pope will send a letter to the irish people. cnn, vatican city. >>> growing scandal and not a sound from the pope so far. we will talk to john alan and the vat an correspondent reporter. he is the author of the books the upcoming, the future church. john allen joins us. how integral is this pope to hushing this up. this case in germany. >> what church officials have said is that while then cardinal ratzinger, now pope benedict xvi was this priest and was sent into the archdiocese for therapy. he was not aware of a su

elsewhere, just up under 0.5% for the german market, a little more than that in france and switzerland. christine, what kind of day have you had today? >> here in asia, it's a mixed session, of course. but shares are inching back. we have commodity prices recovering today, japan coming back from a two-day public holiday to move slightly higher. we don't have japan on the board, but i'm told that it's actually moving lower. the kospi is up 0.5%. hang seng up 0.3%. the shanghai composite is down 0.7%. the bombay sensex is up 0.2% and the aussie market is up 0.9%. we're looking for the key housing data to come out today in the u.s. dollar/yen, 90.26. euro continues to be in focus as european powers continue to debate the fate of greece. sterling/dollar, 1.5029. euro/sterling, 0.8992. joining us noud is marino valencince. good to have you with us. first of all, here in asia, we're watching these trade deficit numbers that we are seeing coming out of china. the country is going to report its first trade deficit of $8 billion in march, first in six years. does that surprise you? >> well, i t

. >> in switzerland, the divorce rate is about 25%, compared to 45% in the united states. >> i could not hear the report, there were so many comments in this video. i read is to answer on the grounds it will get me into trouble later. >> here is a look at what is coming avenue at 6:00. >> was the driver of a tractor- trailer truck at fault? hear what police are saying, next. but the layoff of 600 city workers and deep service cuts. where will the money come from to avoid it? >> all eyes are on the house as the senate votes to outlaw using a cell phone while driving. details, new at 6. >> live, local, latebreaking. >> our big story tonight, new developments in the crash involving a light rail train and a tractor-trailer. >> police say charges could be pending against one of the drivers involved. gilroy road was closed in both directions between beaver dam and clubhouse row

on the night of the issue between libya and switzerland hundreds of e.u.itizens, workers that cannot answer libya to work. my question is what is the european commission doing to seek a solution to this issue urgently? it is acceptable that one country such as switzerland takes eight in the latter role decision that affects all citizens and in particular the workers that would like to work in libya to earn their daily bread? >> we are very concerned with this case. the commission has expressed suspension by libya of visits to the areas. in addition the situations are current with the positive trend of relations between libya and the european union. intense efforts are ongoing to find a solution to the crisis. one of the two-- justice members have discussed it respectively and have supported the continuation of diplomatic efforts. i believe it is essential to keep the dialogue open and make effort of understanding its party's positions with a view to finding a solution as soon as possible. speak thank you for giving me the floor. now that we have had the ra

enough about the magical people of switzerland. let's welcome our guest. she is wanted in five states for being adorable, and murder. she is so cute, jealous care bears leave dirty protests on her front porch. and he served 10 years for a crime he did commit. the crime? being awesome. he is so sharp he can give uh pedicure by staring at your feet. you should try that. and he is quick at retorts and you ever cked with warts -- and covered with warts. it is bill shultz. he is considered a preexisting condition. and he puts the boy in boyish. sitting next to me is will leaf. his new book on something called baseball is called "are we winning, fathers, sons and the great game in the new century." it is a long title. he knows manly sports like i know hairy men in shorts. for me paradise is beach volleyball and cave men island. and if you need to snooze, read his news. it is our new york times correspondent. good to see you, pinch. >> you know what is not wrong? the travel write up on hong kong. you can get there for a son. actually it costs did is 1 thorks 500

a man in switzerland escaped from a transsexual brothel -- [ laughter ] -- after a fire forced him toump out the window. he was released from the hospital with minor injuries. then went home to his wife and experienced major injuries. and finally, time warner officials in north carolina have apologized for mistakenly airing previews for the playboy channel on two children's networks. kids watching tv at the time were shocked to learn just how much exploring dora was in to. [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show. give it up for the roots, everybody. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: we have a great show for you guys. real quick, later tonight we're debuting a new segment on the show we call "battle of the instant bands." now, before the show, we grabbed eight people from the audience who never performed together, but are musicians, and we put them and made them as two separate bands, instant bands. they've only known each other for about the last half hour, and so, in about 12 minutes, they'll be debuting with the name of their band and their hot new single. [ laught

on the night of the issue between libya and switzerland, hundreds of e.u.itizens, workers that cannot answer libya to work. my question is what is the european commission doing to seek a solution to this issue urgently? it is acceptable that one country such as switzerland takes eight in the latter role decision that affects all citizens and in particular the workers that would like to work in libya to earn their daily bread? >> we are very concerned with this case. the commission has expressed suspension by libya of visits to the areas. in addition the situations are current with the positive trend of relations between libya and the european union. intense efforts are ongoing to find a solution to the crisis. one of the two-- justice members have discussed it respectively and have supported the continuation of diplomatic efforts. i believe it is essential to keep the dialogue open and make effort of understanding its party's positions with a view to finding a solution as soon as possible. speak thank you for giving me the floor. now that we have had the ra

several hundred allegations of abuse have been made, new cases are surfacing in holland, spain, switzerlandnd brazil, but nowhere is the pressure on the pope and the church greater than in ireland. pressure is growing on the leader of the irish church, cardinal sean brady to step down, following revelations he knew of abuse in the 1970s. he kept it from police, and had the victim sign an oath of secrecy. the priest involved father brandon smith, the irish church's most prolific pedophile continued to abuse children for another two decades. cardinal brady says he'll only resign if the pope tells him. officials here at the vatican have responded saying that in the coming days the pope will send a letter to the irish people. nick robertson, cnn, vatican city. >>> stay with us, we will be heading back to detroit. a plan is in the works to shut down schools in order to save the school system. we're back in a moment. [ female announcer ] for dazzling white teeth, give toothpaste the brp=h off. you úéed listerine® whitening® vibrant white™ rinse. the mouthwash that gets teeth four times whiter tha

new cases are surfacing in holland, spain, switzerland and brazil.owhere is the pressure on the pope and the church greater than in ireland. pressure is grow on the leader of the irish church, cardinal shawn brady, to step down. following revelations he knew of abuse in the 1970s. he kept it from the police and had the victims sign an oath of secrecy. the priest involved, father brendan smith, the irish church's most prolific pedophile continued to abuse children for another two decades. cardinal brady says he'll only resign if the pope tells him. officials here at the vatican have responded saying that in the coming days, the pope will send a letter to the irish people. nick robson, cnn, vatican city. >>> growing scandal and not a sound from the pope so far. what's going to happen next? we'll talk to john allen, cnn scene yor vatican correspondent and also the author of the books "the rise of benedict xvi and the upcoming of the future church." john, uh mean, how integral was this pope to hushing this snup this case in germany? >> well, then cardina

the closest country to us is switzerland. believe we can't get that money out of there. >> can't we get that money out of there? >> we do such a great job here in washington ringing out the cost. $1.6 trillion deficit this yea . only in washington wag can you say with a straight face you are going to spend $1 trillion and save taxpayers money. democrats are leaving out $200 billion in spend thath speaker of the house committed to spend, which makes this, using this cbos numbers, it makes it a bill that adds to the deficit in the sho short term and long term. you expand the federal government's role in health care without giving the american people more health care choices by purchasing across state lines, without passing any medical malpractice reform, ruffle one-third of health care are defensive medicine driven by junk lawsuits. the american people know this is going to cost more and add more to the deficit shall add more to the debt, cost higher taxes than the rosiest of scenarios. >> the cbo is the bible. >> it is one of

absolutely because the church scandal isn't just confined in ireland, it's going on in germany, switzerland didn't refer to the widening scandals in those countries at all, especially in germany which is his home country. after this letter came out there was a press conference and the spokesman talked about that and said, lirsen, the pope deals with these situations case by case, the situation in germany, the context in germany is different to the one in ireland and he will deal with that when the time comes. obviously, this irish sex abuse scandal has been going on for quite a long time and the investigation into that scandal is fairly involved, fairly in depth. in germany the rev lations onel started in january. >> diana, thank you so much. >>> building up america. how a global effort is providing jobs for americans in small town alabama. >>> all eyes are on capitol hill today. president obama making a personal appeal to house democrats to pass the landmark health care reform bill. the vote set for tomorrow on the table right now, a huge reform package that cleared the senate back in dece

the closest country to us is switzerland.an't believe that we can't get that money out of there. >> yeah, yeah, we do such a great job here in washington wringing out the costs. >> that's in the private sector. >> $1.6 trillion deficit this year. only in washington, d.c., could you say with a straight face that you're going to spend a trillion dollars and save taxpayers money. look, you point out the doc fix. this is a total fraud democrats are leaving out $200 billion in spending, that the speaker of the house committed again this week to spend, which makes this even using the cbo's numbers, it makes this a bill that adds to the deficit in the short term and in the long term. but even beyond that, candy, the american people know you expand the federal government's role in health care without giving the american people more health care choices by purchasing across state lines, without passing any medical malpractice reform at all. roughly a third of health care costs in this country i hear are actually defensive medicine driv

that you perhaps you don't feel can have the same potential with western europe, germany other switzerland? and also i don't know if you'll have time for it. is capitalism the best way to go? for example, the healthcare in the country. the capitalism system doesn't work. >> well, capitalism isn't the only system in every society that's ever existed has been an attempt at a search engine. it's just that capitalism has -- remember, we're searching possibilities here. that's what the cosmos is doing. feeling out possibility that is we're invisible. possibilities that seemed absolutely impossible. cosmos is constantly squeezing its way to impossibility of making it bloom in ways that are utterly beyond belief. of all the systems on the planet, taking impossibility and yanking into daily reality and make it take for granted has been the capitalist system. that doesn't mean it's the only system. and it doesn't mean it has to stay the way it is. it has to go far beyond where it is today. i mean, for example, the capitalist system is burning with bureaucracy. every one of our major institutions, a

treean cardinal called it, this tsunami of revelations of allegations from thenet-- netherlands to switzerland, to austria and now to germany, the pope's home home -- own homeland and where he was archbishop of munich for several year approximates in the late 1970s. so now it's really this europeanwide element that has come to the pope's own doorstep. >> woodruff: so you have the sheer number of allegations and then you have these two cases in particular where there's allegation the pope was directly involved. how much is known about his involvement? >> well, there is kind of a vacuum at the centre of these allegations in the sense that in the one case, this is father peter hul emon in 1980 when the pope was cardinal ratzinger. the pope was, they admit, had given the go-ahead to have him come to the archdiocese for treatment but then he said he was not responsible or knew nothing about that priest' immediate reassignment to a parish where he went on to abuse children from there on. so there is a lot of-- there are kind of a lot of missed connections here. as far as the case in the vatican in t

share the burden around the world 'cause there are creditors in different legal jurisdictions, switzerland, london and what have you. so what i'm concerned about in current legislation is that without adequate derivatives reform and i do not believe what's on the table is adequate, things will be opaque. things will be complex. and officials will be deterred. they will be induced into continued forbearance much like we saw with bank of america and citicorp in the spring of 2009 rather than to take forceful restructuring. we won't be able to detect the time at which we would want to do this. and we won't be able to handle things internationally. i think a portion of what must be mandated by whatever regulatory authority is that international agreements akin to the kind of agreements that you have from the world trade organization for free trade -- there's the old saying. if there's a will there's a way. big multinational corporations want free trade agreements. and that encroaches upon the sovereignty of the various nations in the name of free trade. we can encroach upon the sovereignty of

guest: i think it is iceland, not switzerland that does not want to pay their debts. but i think that the greeks situation and iceland situation, quite a bit different. greece has a much larger economy, you know, thriving tourism industry. it can probably get itself back to a healthier state. iceland is much more serious. a very small economy with a very large debt. i think of the british will eventually backed off. host: texas, independent line. caller: yes, good morning, thank you for taking my call. i am calling because this is all intertwined. the people that cause all of this, they are still giving money in bailout. i want to know when we are going to stand up as regular citizens? her right now it is greece, and now it is iceland. with nafta? hophead -- who is next? . . guest: that is where we are at, and it is an awful situation to be in. but that is where these countries put themselves. host: in the opinion section of "the wall street journal," "the only. -- only lever the greeks have to counter the austerity pressure is to threaten to drop the rope, or in othe

. -- with switzerland. there would issue of the debt to switzerland and then when it came now time for the bailout you would not research of that, so taxpayers have to pay more. all major countries need to agree. we need a crisis management system. i did this chapter 20. logically, i understand these eight or nine things. they could be done, hypothetically. but i do not see a human system, the political will, the president of the u.s. leading the charge. in the state of the union this year he said i hate bailouts, you hate them, they're like a root canal. they feel as bad as a root canal. there is a lot of work he is not stepping forward doing, congress is not doing, that needs to be done. do we need to break up these banks? we cannot credibly resolve them. that is the question that my chapter poses. host: irvine, california, a republican. caller: good morning. i have a statement. i stand behind a philosophy of separating states from the economy. i was trying to analyze, what if we had not been about these

what is the difference between the greece situation where there to pay back the money and the switzerland'situation where they say they will not payback? hi watch c-span a lot and i get a lot of information from ron paul who is on the other show. and he has a bill where bernanke says flat out he will not tell people where the money went. listening to npr writer i read that to the world bank for gave 180 nation's foreign debt as long as they give up natural resources. then you have david rockefeller and george soros calling for a world government to bankrupt america to bring america down to bring the rest of the robot. ron paul was the winner of the cpac straw poll greta wodele brawner i think it is iceland and not switzerland it does not want to pay back the debt. yes. i think the situation is quite a bit different because greece has a much larger and has a thriving tourism industry and over the long run could get a soften to a healthier states. they have a smaller economy and large debt i would imagine they will not pay off and i think the british will back off at some point* >> host: the

it's -- ron paul was winner of the cpac -- guest: i think it's iceland and not switzerland that doesn't want to pay back the debt. yeah, i think -- a lot of -- yeah. i think the greek situation and iceland situation are quite a different because greece has a much larger economy and it has a thriving tourism industry. probably over the long run can get itself back into a healthier state. iceland is a lot more serious. they have a very small economy and a very large debt. i would imagine they wouldn't pay it off and i think the british would probably back off at some point. host: next phone call, garland, texas. addie on the independent line. caller: good morning, peter. thanks for taking my call. i'm just an average person, and i'm calling because this is a big -- it's all intertwined and everybody is for -- the people who caused all of this, they're still getting money in bailouts. and i want to know what's going to happen, when are we going to stand up and really stop this. right now it was greece and then iceland. who's next? host: peter, who's next? what country? guest: i think we ar

switzerland, one of the great beacons of democracy, when all we got to vote 20 years ago. democracy is in flux and how you practice in all different ways. mississippi. are you ready for this? 13 amendment. end of slavery. mississippi didn't ratify the thirteenth amendment until 1995! it is primitive in many ways from a pure democracy point of view but the problem is you could do democracy in many ways but the west insists there's only one way and that is our way. that is going to get us nowhere if we keep thinking that is the only way. we have to get beyond that. somebody in the back? >> i was in china for a month last summer but you two have been in china for decades so you must have seen many of the amazing changes you have been talking about. i wonder if you could discuss some of those changes and what inspired you to write a book about them. >> let me tell my story. i first started to go to china in 1967. it was such a poor, primitive, backward place. it was absolutely amazing. i have been there 100 times. all through the years seeing it grow but nothing much happened

in the light of the issue between libya and switzerland, hundreds of e.u.citizens, workers, that cannot and are libya to work. my question is, what is european commission doing to seek a solution to this issue? and is it acceptable that one country such as switzerland takes a unilateral decision that affects all citizens, and in particular the workers that would like to work in libya to earn their daily bread? thank you. >> we are very concerned with this case. commissioner has already expressed the suspension by libya that it is a measure. in addition, it is not clear. with a positive end of relations between libya and european union. and tents to provide efforts are ongoing to find solution to the crisis. one of the two citizens has left libbey. this is a positive step. europeans have discussed issues on the toy second and with the 25th of february. and has supported the continuation of diplomatic efforts. i believe it is essential to keep dialogue open and make the effort of understand its parties positions with a view to finding a solution as soon as po

kim jong il's son unfortunately we don't know much about him except he was allegedly educated in switzerland but it's not really important who the guy is. the important thing is what kind of leader he has already been celebrated as. my hope was that this new leader was to be presented as a kind of new leader in the, the first kind of leader and that isn't happening. he's being presented as a yondah general and added to that north korea has enshrined the much refers principal in the constitution and its depleted the word communism from the constitution as well so this regime is looking at a military first paradigm for the long haul in other words so return to the graph it's not really important whether the next leaders kim jong il or whether it is his brother-in-law because whoever takes over is going to be faced with the same quandary which is how do we go from being a military first country to an economy first country without losing reason to exist in a separate state clacks this is why it is so unrealistic for us to expect them to treat military strength for a deal. but say the increase th

countries that perhaps you don't feel could have the same potential western europe, germany, other, switzerland, and also is capitalism always the best way to go, like for example healthcare, the capitol system doesn't seem to work very well, there's so many people that can't afford it. second part of you have a chance. >> capitalism isn't the only system in every society that success it has been an attempt at a search engine it's just the capitalism -- remember we are searching possiblities base. that is with the cosmos is doing filling out possibilities that were invisible. feeling of possibilities that seemed absolutely impossible. the cosmos is constantly squeezing its way into the possibility and begin to bloom in ways that were utterly beyond belief, and of all of the systems on the planet, the search, the best search engine of impossibility, taking the and possibly in the thinking it into the daily reality and making us do it for granted so we start dreaming of new in possiblities has been the capitalist system. that doesn't mean it's the only system and it doesn't mean that it has to st

her initial postings overseas included saudi arabia and the united nations offices in geneva, switzerland. from 1991-1993, ann served as the state department's director of indian countries and later was a-- appointed deputy secretary for inter-american affairs. in 1997, ann was nominated and confirmed as ambassador to el salvador where she served for three years. she became our ambassador to colombia in 2000 while escorting the late senator wellstone to visit that year to a rural town, an explosive device was found nearby by local security forces. that incident underscores the reality of the many dangers our foreign service officers face while serving overseas. ann returned to washington in 2003 where she served as deputy inspector general for the state department. the following year, she was appointed deputy representative to the united nations in new york. after u.n. ambassador john danforth resigned in january, 2005, ann became acting ambassador, representing the united states at the united nations. she continued to serve in that role for six months. from 2005-2007, ann led the state d

we are making a lot of progress, not just with switzerland but a range of countries to reduce the opportunitiesre committed to this. we are going to keep at it. the report really doubt last year is a very good, detailed analysis of the sources, principal drivers of the gap and the policies that we think would have the highest return in such a close the gap. >> look, before i turn it over and let me ask mike to the question. i want to make my one comment. you don't have to respond. so much of what we discussed around cuba is helping people inside cuba opposed the government. that is what it is. i often wonder how we would react to a foreign government funding groups here to oppose our government? i would be a little upset. but that is another issue. last year the department followed the lead of this subcommittee and allowed to travel to cuba by cuban americans visiting their families. the department is also implementing an appropriations division that partially relaxes the terms under which payments baby received. mr. secretary, please update us as to have implementation is proceeding with respe

it started at the world economic forum in switzerland, the ceo of coke and the head of the interamericanment bank and others thought it made sense, and seven weeks later it was a reality. we've seen plenty of corporations do the wrong thing. this just isn't the right thing, it's the right thing done at the speed of light, which is what haiti needs. but it's more than that, too. for me, it's a sign that the real rebuilding of haiti is under way. i asked the prime minister whether in five or ten years, we'll see a better haiti than the one that existed before the january earthquake. he told me he thinks, or hopes, that within three years we'll see a better haiti, but it depends on real companies, creating a real market for real goods that peopl

said to be excited about getting their hands on thousands of british taxpayers with accounts in switzerland you think should be done with this material? one do you think of the attitude of the swiss government -- what do you think of the attitude of the swiss government who object to stolen material used for tax control? >> thank you very much. >> you define yourself as a passionate european in your speech. the using it is desirable to increase the influence of britain and -- do you think it is desirable to increase the influence of britain and free- floating exchange rates between the national currencies? if not, what would you advise your colleagues to sort out the problems? >> i was wondering if you could talk about -- talking about all these global missions. how would you respond to what some call tallboy behavior with the incident in to buy a -- cowboy behavior with the incident in dubai and building settlements? >> let me deal first with questions -- previous questions. i would say at the g-20, we agree for the exchange of tax information, and it should be implemented, and we agreed w

our friends all over the world, in switzerland, in france, in england, they laugh at health care here host: jim on the republican line from portland, oregon. caller: we have a constitutional republic in america and process it is as important as the outcome. this process states. it is an odious situation in the house. i think it is -- the process stinks. schraeder, he is a democrat house member, if he votes for this bill key will be out. this district is a republican majority district and he will lose. host: congressman devin nunes, republican from california, will be joining us in 15 minutes. and congressman xavier becerra will join us later. independent line. good morning. caller: this scares me to death. i have never seen anything like this, the deals they are making, the rules they are breaking. it is scary. i know a lot of people that are very angry about all this. and then you turn around and look to people who haven't worked their whole lives and paid into the system like they were supposed to -- who have worked their whole lives and paid into the system, and then they say, we w

we're making a lot of progress, not just with switzerland but a range of countries around the world to reduce opportunities for asian and we're committed to working at this. we're going to keep at it. but the report that we laid out last year which we provided the committee again is a very good, detailed analysis of the sources, principal drivers of the gap and the policies that we think would have the highest return and starting to close that gap. >> well, before i turn it over to miss emerson, let me ask my cuba question. i want to make the one comment you don't have to respond to. so much of what we discuss around cuba is helping people inside cuba. oppose their government for all intents and purposes. i often wonder how we would react to a foreign government funding groups here to oppose our government. even a government i didn't like, i would be upset. that is another issue. last year the department followed the lead of this subcommittee and allowed travel to cuba by cuban-americans visiting their families. the department is also implementing a provision that relaxes the terms und

are spreading across the continent from pope benedict xvi's native germany, to ireland, austria, switzerlandme the claims may hit a little too close to home for the pope. the archdiocese of munich revealed it allowed an abusive priest to keep working there in the early 1980s at the time when benedict was the archbishop there. the vatican was quick to respond with the number two official at the time claiming full responsibility, which is fine, except that benedict was the archbishop. what did truman say, the buck stops where? the scandal keeps growing. in germany alone there are new claims nearly every day, hundreds of alleged victims have come forward claiming either sexual abuse or physical violence at the hands of priests. in ireland, the floodgates have opened. 15,000 complaints in a country that has just 4 million people. 3 government-ordered reports have shocked and disgusted that nation. as more and more victims come forward with their stories, some are wondering now if it's not just a matter of time before some european dioceses will be forced to declare bankruptcy much like some did

and how will the irs handle individuals who have offshore accounts like in switzerland and every year they file a fraudulent false tax report claimed? host: have you filed your tax returns yet? caller: they are right on my desk right now and i am halfway down. host: do you have a sense of whether of the home improvement or efficiency measures will pay off? caller: i think they will pay off pretty big because i paid like 15,000 sofar on my green power, and i should get a return back of about 10% to 15%. that is a good saving. host: thank you for your call. let us look back at the "salt lake tribune" article that we got off the web. the average tax refund is $3,036 so far this year, the head of the irs said. and tax changes in the stimulus are a major factor in driving the increase. the administration has set up an online text tool to help taxpayers ensure they take advantage of more than a dozen tax breaks available under the law. you can see the website there. the vice president of the broadest category includes more than 110 million americans qualify for the whitney -- making work