here is a picture taken in the south of netherlands. here, the layout is so much that you are really regarded as cyclists that they have made space for you. the cars know that cyclists have priority. this is a common roundabout situation in the netherlands, also in the village where i live. so this shows that you go for the cyclists. go for cyclists and realize when someone is saying we were cramped in space like in san francisco, we say, well, you have never been to any dutch town because your roads are so wide. and then they think, yeah, but all these lanes are needed for car traffic. i'll tell you, if you use this traffic model, you should realize that the capacity of your system is not determined by the amount of lanes and the stretches of roads but by the capacity of intersections and you realize that the capacity of these intersections are a lot lower than any capacity of lanes that are on the stretches of roads. so it's only a parking place for cars on to the next traffic light or intersection. so it's only convincing the people t

in the netherlands, people who come to work by bike are more regarded them by car. the people who use the car have to find excuses why they still use the car. they just come and say, i just want to go by car. and the fact is, more and more people -- for instance, in amsterdam, by having this past and so on, 9000 people per day choose not to have their car because there was no more accessibility by car but choose the alternatives. 15% of them stay with the alternatives. they had a car. when they experienced it, it was not so bad commuting by bike or public transport, then there were convinced also. -- then it they were convinced also. if you tell people who drive by cars, and i think american politicians are so afraid they might lose voters, but if you keep telling them the detriment of the effects of using their car every day -- what? but they will not mind losing voters. my friends and the businessmen and area, they don't mind. for the around children, -- for their own children, but is it faster, more convenient, and cheaper? those are the reasons why you will choos

>> what's interesting is the netherlands what i found in the end is very significant about the new netherland for american history is that it was a slightly different story that sits in between the famous new england story of the puritans and the southern story of virginia and maryland and the chesapeake colonies, and in all of those places with the important that i'm very minor exception you had a belief in a single church and enforcement of a single religion. maryland was a bit of an exception also because it had a catholic ruling class over a largely protestant group, but the majority within virginia, within new england be launched to one single church and people who would not or could not fit in with that system would have to flee and some would go to maryland. a few went to roel island, but a number of people from new england can to netherland where they found a much more congenial and much more prosperous place to be then ryland. >> professor would you teaching at columbia? >> i teach courses on colonial american history, the revolution, native american history also jury important for t

to the will to kill the lesson in natal and the idea of multiculturalism in the netherlands as well as throughout europe and throughout the world in fact has been a flop and if you begin to notice that people are forced to live in certain areas of the city take moroccans for instance they will cause us a lot of headache at some point we want to get back to the situation we had before when we were the leaders of our country border and. the dutch team lost their first match one nil. for here we are. taking because we are what we believe to. be here. live for us which is just. seem the leader of the shari'a for holland movement denounces football and all the other values of dutch society in the apartment he rents he is preparing for another protest in the center of amsterdam together with his friend. young muslims often. encounter in the capital but sometimes the outcome is unpleasant during one of his last summons cutscene was attacked by a possible by piece sharma. the police are suspicious of the as mists and frequently check their documents. because society like it is here where becau

leader of shari'a for holland even though he is actually of moroccan descent seem was born in the netherlands schooled here and is fluent in dutch and english. but at the same time he rejects western values and meticulously observes all the rules of the qur'an. for instance he would pray in any place even in the city center. every place is good for praise if it's there you can pray the south thing is that the muslims think that you can't pray. to do with the kind of modality that the most of us have nowadays they are ashamed to be muslim they don't know what. that this is the reason is because they live for twenty thirty forty years on the islamic government . for the muslims that are already in our societies i have a very clear message either you adopt to our values and our laws and our constitution and then you are equal as anybody else and we will even help you to integrate but if you don't if you cross the red line of violence or wanting to implement. a terrible thing then we have to either put you in jail or expel you out of our country. in the summer of two thousand and ten the freedom

the small city of them is code orange today much like the rest of the netherlands the national football team is playing the first match of the u.a.e. for european football championship. as usual neighbors gather together in the courtyard to watch the game everybody knows each other here as many all members of the same far right party. i'll probably get them in the first weekend we joined the national democratic party in germany in protest of the leftist policy we are fighting for a dutch society with out immigrants all criminal immigrant. must be sent back. on june the third two thousand and twelve the german city of hamburg saw massive clashes between right wing radicals and anti fascist activists. german and dutch nationalists planned to march through the streets to protest against the policy of multiculturalism in europe representatives of left wing organizations attacked a column of the right wing activists following the massive clashes dozens of people were injured and seven hundred arrested. constant boosters the leader of the dutch people's union is also watching the football mat

peter stuyvesant, the most famous governor of new netherland began his career fighting for the dutch and brazil. then heent t caribbe thennlen come up to another island. so his career kind of shows the connection between all of these places even though benevolent was not on the frontier. >> everybody at the higher level in the dutch west india company care very mh abo rig enh itasng mpanhe it w hav this military objective, the dutch were still fighting for independence from the spanish, the spanish, spain was an emre. it hadlaim for sovereignty, but it was also, ooue, usan p t dutch were protestant. all of the major founders of the dutch west india company were in the netherlands eablished work pretty strict. ceaiy of t. >> so where is their religious liberty part of this? wh are we -- what key are we missing here? >> well, i undertook the study stenias a gdu nto utf the story of american religious diversity. struck me as something very interesting and important about america that we have so many different religions and yet we have neverad one sgle ofialelionik y ai.l a fer and it se

and in my own country, the netherlands, sharia is being applied. i know it's hard to believe, but sadly it's very true, and, that ladies and gentlemen, is a disgrace. in our civilization, men and women are equal before the law. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, please make no mistake. islam is also coming to america. indeed, it has already arrived. your country, too, is facing a stealth jihad, an islamic attempt to introduce sharia law bit by bit by bit. islam demands already in america today separate campaign housing for muslims. islam demands that women have separate hours in gyms and swimming pools. schools in america today are banning christmas celebrations, are taking pork off their cafeteria menus to avoid offending muslim students and courts even in america, there are examples in florida, even in america have begun to apply sharia law. and be aware that this is only the beginning. if we do not stop the islamization, we will lose everything that we stand for, everything that we fought for. our constitutional state, our freedom, our civilizati

march 2008 i released a 15-minute documentary about the koran and the threat of islamization in the netherlands, and while at that time i was invited by senator jon kyl to show it in the u.s. senate, the screening of my movie was banned by the european parliament. the british government even barred me from entering the united kingdom on the day that i was invited to show it in the house of lords. later in that same year, later in 2008 leftish, liberal and islamic organizations in the netherlands brought me to court over this documentary. they accused me of group insult and incitement through hatred and discrimination. i was prosecuted in my own country for merely stating my opinion about islam. fortunately i was acquitted on all charges. [ applause ] but the legal ordeal lasted almost three years. imagine a member of parliament having to deal with a court case for three years. that's a lot of time and energy because the court -- as an elected politician in the plic debate i was entitled to greater freedom of speech than normal citizens in the netherlands which, of course, is totally wrong. ladi

and perhaps many of you think that the life of this politician in the netherlands resembles the life of the members of your own congress. unfortunately, that is not the case. for the past eight years i have been living under 24-hour police protection. wherever i go, plain-clothed policemen go with me. i live in a government safe house, heavily protected and bulletproof. i am driven every day again from my safe house to the dutch parliament building in armored police cars with flashing blue lights. i have no walked the streets on my own in the last eight years. when i occasionally go to a restaurant or to a movie theater, the police will have to check everything out. my wife and i have lived in prison cells, in army barracks just to be safe from assassins. and why? why do i need this protection? i'm not a president or a king. i'm a mere parliamentarian. i have, however, been marked for death for criticizing islam. i was placed on the police protection in early november 2004 when an islamic fanatic murdered the dutch filmmaker because he had criticized islam. the filmmaker was slaughte

also, in the netherlands, we're not so good with racing cyclists. ll the champions from last year are from italy, spain, or your country, never from the netherlands. but cycling is more than racing, it is a way of transport. especially for the first 7 kilometers, in combination with public transport. the last lines are important. for instance, in at the city of amsterdam, 85% of the trips are faster by bike then by car -- then by car. i do everything by bicycle. i am a slow cyclist, and i am still faster through the city. that is why most of the people in amsterdam go by bike. if your interested in funny and nice invidious, go to youtube. but you will see a lot of videos in which the bicycle and

. >> the towns in the netherlands have the highest rate of bicycle use. also, in denmark. ithey have all the facilities ad priorities for bicycles. it turns out that these towns have a lot higher bicycle use than elsewhere. it pays to have good bicycle facilities. >> yes, i have another question. this is more on the cost and maintenance. one thing that plagues american cities is the maintenance budget for maintaining public streets and public right of ways. we know very well that you have very high taxes and you have very high parking fees. could you talk about who and how you maintain your infrastructure and the streets? is that just a given, you decide to build something and somebody maintains it, or is there an agreement with another department to maintain it? >> the authorities in amsterdam, the infrastructure and transport department and municipalities, they financed it, they planned it, they build it, construct it, and they maintain it. i think that is the logical route. and is paid by the community's -- and is paid by the communit ies, and also from the state depart

that's where the government bonds of germany, the netherlands, and luxembourg. the move suggests possible rating cuts in the future. the debts of these three nations are currently rated triple-a, which is the highest rating. now, this is the first time germany's ratings outlook has been lowered to negative since greece's fiscal crisis brought about the european debt woes. germany is the driving force of the euro zone economy. >>> well, euro zone nations outstanding debts continued to grow in the first quarter of this year despite efforts to reduce them. the e.u. statistical office said on monday that total government debts of the 17 members stood at 88% of the region's gross domestic product from january to march. that is up from 87% in the previous quarter. greece's outstanding debt stood at over 130% of its gdp. it was a remarkable recovery from 165% marked in the previous quarter. however, the nation remains the highest indebted nation in the euro zone. now, this is followed by italy at 123% of its gdp, portugal at 111% and ireland at 108%. their debts rose fr

meanwhile, there's almost no had heroin addiction left in the netherlands. of a relationship between marijuana use and the other drugs. >> kevin, last word. >> i don't -- yeah, i don't necessarily disagree with the first part but the netherlands that country is totally reversing their policy because they have seen increases in marijuana use among their kids. when drugs are legal they're cheaper, more available and then promoted as we've seen for alcohol. i think alcohol would be the last model we would want to look at for marijuana. more people are arrested for alcohol offenses than all drugs combined because more people use alcohol and it's much more prevalent. i'm not saying we need to arrest and jail marijuana users for long amounts of time but having some kind of stigma on the use itself while also getting treatment and intervening on early use and by the way, getting medical professionals involved. the number one drug problem today is overdoses due to prescription drugs. we need to educate the medical profession, have them intervene early and truly treat

revive the neighborhood if in return we get a rental contract with a five- year perspective. >> in the netherlandspeople love to sit down for pancakes. everyone at the table agrees and the housing is a scandal -- empty housing is a scandal. the courts agree and tend to side with squatters in the case of eviction. >> the worst thing is a waste of space. the inefficient use of living space. >> the owners are just the pawns of the property sharks. they are not helping the housing shortage, but it is pointless discussing it with them. >> the new residents of the primary school in amsterdam west are pegging their hopes on the goodwill of the parish and a mild winter. at the edge of the school yard, susanna is already engaging in some long-term planning. a closer look reveals a marijuana plant. >> if yoare looking for some were cheap to live, you know where to go. that is it for "european journal" for another week. i hope you enjoyed the program, and do not forget to send your e-mails. we enjoy hearing from you. if you want to watch any of the pieces from this program again, you can just go to the dw-tv

within not even a week to turn it was agreed the bailout plan has sparked anger in finland and the netherlands with a court challenge it to germany. and america's hunt for julian assange appears to be continuing while the whistleblower is waiting for ecuador to make a decision on his asylum bit that's as r t is set to bring you the final episode of his interview show. up next as promised our interview with author and correspondent martin say for with the middle east and focus on the volatile transition underway and the reach him. i. i'm sitting down with martin c. a veteran correspondent he's covered foreign affairs for many years one of his latest books is called the politically incorrect guide to the middle east he also wrote extensively about u.s. wash over the nations thank you very much for joining in this to see my pleasure i want to start with you wrote an article about the monkey needs to law the law is supposed to punish russian officials allegedly involved in human rights violations by not granting them us and by freezing their assets here the state department has the full authority

moody's changed the outlook for the netherlands and luxembourg. joins us is stewart richardson, partner at rgm wealth management. welcome. >> good morning. >> how troubled are you by the moody's move on some of the northern or core european economies? >> i don't think there's two key things to take away from this. one, is clearly the cost of germany to bail out the rest of europe is weighing on some investors' minds and a full bailout of spain would pull pressure on germany's finances. there's a big cost to try to continue this bailout program. the last point about a review of france by the end of q-3, that's the other thing we're taking away. the french finances appear to be in much worse shape. >> why are the yields performing so well in the last three months? >> germany or france? >> both. france in particular. we saw quite a bit of a narrowing. >> there's a couple of things. first of all, the action from the ecb to move to zero rates a couple of weeks ago forces pension funds, insurance companies, et cetera, to chase yield. the next step was to

moody's rating agency has lowered the outlook for its most stable economies including germany the netherlands and luxemburg also have a negative forecast with rising fears over the debt crisis cited as the reason behind the move now it adds to already existing uncertainty around spain after its borrowing costs reach new your or heights artie's peter oliver reports now from berlin. it's worth noting that this doesn't affect germany's aaa rating as it stands at the moment this is the outlook. it is being downgraded to negative however that does suggest that in the future we could see germany follow the likes of france and italy who have lost their triple a ratings moody's believe that a greek exit from the euro zone would affect germany so much also the fact that spain as it looks at the moment may need a full bailout that it isn't just the banking set sector that needs help that would also have a knock on effect to germany so that is really that contagion it would be speaking about for so long does seem like it's going to see the end to europe's largest economy it was not looking good in germa

included in that the netherlands and luxembourg. and here is the reason why. moody's said the rising uncertainty about the outcome of the european debt crisis and increase in event risk led to an increased possibility that greece will lead the euro is one reason it is lowering its outlook for these countries. in addition, they think any kind of knock on effect of the weaker economies will result in the aaa rated sovereigns taking on a greater burden dealing with the european debt crisis. that happening in the afterhours. there is a move in the euro and we will see how that impacts trading tomorrow. >> we will show you the picture of the s&p 500 futures slightly lower. the sell-off originated in europe. it might not be bad but it can't be good. >> i don't think it should be a great surprise. >> it doesn't order that well for tomorrow's session. maybe it does. when we're looking at the s&p, the financials let us out. i don't bow at the alter of j.p. morgan. the stock closed up 1.6%. a name we have been mentioning for a while now on what was a lousy take most of

there will be a third in 2014 hosted by the netherlands. he first, of course, was in 2010 in washington. that summit was the continuation of part of president obama's vision. his vision articulate first in april, 2009, in prague of a world free of nuclear weapons. and his challenge to international leaders who were invited to the first summit in 2010 was, how do we get there? what can we do to make the world a safer place and to begin the process of bringing countries, not just the u.s. and russia, but other countries, to come into this whole discussion of power -- but other countries, too, into this whole discussion. it began with accepting this as part of our lives. let's embrace nuclear energy as a way to make energy for the future, as a way to support many countries are on the world in need of economic development, for stability, a way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions -- all of those things. but we have to be sure that has that nuclear expansion takes place we are, to the extent possible, putting as much of the genie back in the bott

it came from the clinical records of doctors across the netherlands. udies of owe beast teens in the u.s. have come up with similar findings. >>> health officials in new york are holding public hearings on the ban of sugary sodas it. would ban over 16-ounce sodas. obesity costs over $16 billion in healthcare costs. new york city's board of health will take a final vote on the plan coming up in september. abc2news.com, the place for all the health news you need. log on. check out the page. you'll find out all the healthlines from today as well as having categories to make sure you're harmed with all the information you need. >>> coming up, we've got the latest statistics for traffic deaths and there are scary implication. details on the new trend that should be a wakeup call to us all. >>> how well are you at planning for your financial future. a new study suggests you may not be doing enough. >>> some isolated thunderstorms. we'll be back with the details coming up. if you have copd like i do, you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels l

turned out after sending it all around the world, it ended up being this picture of a boy in the netherlandsen talked about this in your article, that online child porn has become so popular, and so huge, the trafficking, that authorities can't even keep up with it. >> exactly. and the head person in hsi in boston likes to say, he could put all his investigators on this full time and wouldn't be able to stop the probl. it's just exploded over the last couple years with the use of the internet and the anonymity it gives people, and it allows people who have this kind of illness to be able to find like-minded people, and actually kind of promote their illness. >> and you point out in your article that most of these pornographers are unmarried, white men. how are they getting access to these kids? i mean, talk to me now as a parent. you're a parntd, how are they getting time with these children? >> well, that's the thing. this is not -- when i first got into the story, i thought this was going to be a business story, people providing this information, but basically, they call it homemade produc

that kind of thing doesn't go over well in prosperous countries such as the netherlands and germany. bear in mind, it took nearly a decade to create the single currency and bank ing and financial integration in the eurozone is proving far more challenging. mostly because of issues involving sovereignty, however, this crisis is already slowing down the global economy, including the united states, china, and japan, and eurozone leaders are striking a deal at their summit last month, but government and investors are demanding decisive actions to implement these plans and europeans traditionally take their vacations in late july, but that might not be the case for politicians this summer. >> all right, thanks very much, reiko. the bank of england governor has denied his involvement in the interbank rate scandal. he testified at special committee. suls pe he its suspected of having barclay's making a report. >> do you think, are you aware of libor having been manipulated by 2008 by any bank submitters? >> no. >> you are not aware of it or it hasn't happened? >> we are not aware of it other

codes ban them new york recently indicted by the netherlands and what would happen in the first?ut suppose the big five. a career -- 448 ft. the giants beat the astros 521 baumgartner and said his 11th win of the year. >>> it was important we got back on track and play good ball. we did that. it was a long way offense baumgartner came out and pitched well. it bounced back in the game and that's what the club did today. donegal is in the a's kicking off the second half of minnesota josh william continues to haunt his former team tumors tonight giving him four in four games against oakland and francisco larry on as a career high with 15 strikeouts. poems but the a's on top of the grand salon main five rbis for crumbs the days between six to three pretended said his first career win. tennis really a speech annuls cheaper is tonight to advance to the semifinals at the bank of the west classic the nba summer league and mark jackson saw some good things a loss vegas. quoting his own team in the first-round pick paris in barns attacking him as two of his 23 second half with a more clear

university held a western conservative issue summit featuring speakers from this country and the netherlandsents telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. immigration and customs enforcement director john morton testified this morning about illegal immigration and deportations under the obama administration. the house border and maritime security subcommittee held this hearing in light of the supreme court ruling on arizona's immigration law. also in june, president obama announced a new immigration policy stopping the deportation of some illegal immigrants who came to the u.s. as children. this is just over an hour. >> the committee on homeland security and our subcommittee border and maritime security will come to order. and the subcommittee is meeting today to examine how the department of home landz security can better leverage state and local partnerships through programs like secure communities and our witness today is john morton, director of immigration and cus

from within not even a week after it was agreed a bailout plan has sparked anger and finland in the netherlands where the port challenge to germany. and america's home for julian assange appears to be continuing lower is waiting for ecuador to make a decision on his asylum bid that's as our team is set to bring you the final episode of his interview show. next is time to explore russia as we're traveling to the country's western most the region with our special report. the kaliningrad region is truly a unique part of russia the country's western most point it shares no borders with the rest of the mainland and is surrounded by the baltic sea poland and lithuania i mixed to the end of world war two the region used to be part of east prussia it was famed as a center of culture in comus the home of philosopher and money will count on the world's largest producer of royal amber. there have been many changes in the past few decades but the original german history and flavor is still very present the center of the capital kaliningrad is a mix of waterways parks and broad avenues that incorporates bot

. >> reporter: on board delta airlines planes from the netherlands to the u.s. on sunday the strange and disturbing discovery was made on four flights, one to minneapolis and seattle, two to atlanta. inch long needles were found in turkey sandwiches served to three passengers and an air marshall. delta itself discovered them in two other sandwiches. a needle stuck one passenger in the roof of the mouth. >> i bit into it, and it was like something jabd me in the top of my mouth. my first impression was, it was like a club sandwich and there was a toothpick, that type of thing. >> reporter: he was treated for the minor injuries and advised to take the anti-aids drug truvada as a precaution, in case the needles had been contaminated. no sign of that so far. the sandwiches had been loaded on to the delta planes along with other meals at the airport in amsterdam, prepared there by gategourmet, a global provider of food and other services to airlines. dutch police say it appears this was done deliberately. >> reporter: the tsa said when it heard about this on sunday,

featuring speakers from this country and the netherlands, watch the forum online at the cspan video library. now an update on plans for changes to the national mall, a house subcommittee heard from planning officials. this is an hour. >>> the committee hearing will come to order t chairman notes the presence of a forum. under the rules, opening statements are limited to the chairman and ranking members, however i ask unanimous consent to include any other opening statement to -- hearing no objection, it will be so ordered. national mall is america's front yard. actually it's the backyard. our guides have to say we have an east front and a west front. which is a nice way of saying the steps are the east, and the mall is at the back. everyone knew washington, d.c. could grow to the east. which mean this is congress has been wrong from our very inception. so the national mall is really our backyard, but it stretches from the capitol to the lincoln memorial and it also includes the section from the white house to the national memorial and millions of visitors will -- ground be protected and pre

>> yes the largest insect cake created by an insect expert chef in the netherlands to celebrate the releaset cookbook. they're trying to promote using insects as an alternative to other proteins like meat. >> i just can't fathom the idea of eating insects. insects bite you and -- they make noise and they -- mmmm. >> i'm supposed to cook with bugs? where am i going to get bugs, the bug store? >> just catch them. >> what does a1 steak sauce taste like on top of some grasshoppers? >> delicious, a1 is great on everything. >> wants to do some shots? >> of what? >> hot wax. >> we're up first. >> these guys had shows on mtv, the dude-sons. it's real hot wax? >> you can clearly see these guys have lit little votive candles. >> oh! >> spit it out! >> you can't drink it! >> they don't stop at one shot. >> oh! >> are you feeling dumber by the second right now? i could tell by the look on your face, you are. >> this is so annoying to me on so many levels. there's so many people who actually are having to deal with things like burns or pain, not self-inflicted. and these guys are putting themselves thro

university held a western conservative issues summit featuring speakers from this country and the netherlandswatch the forum online at the c-span video library. >>> still ahead here on c-span3 the ceremony for this year's polk investigative journalism awards and then the deputy director for the johnson space flight center in houston. >>> wednesday morning on c-span, peter moore on surveillance in cities across the u.s. data is being collected on closed circuit cameras, license plate readers and internet monitoring. mr. moore joins us at 9:15 eastern on wednesday morning to take your phone calls. >>> shreveport in march, oklahoma city, may. wichita in june and this last weekend in jefferson city. watch for the continuing travels of the local content vehicles every month on book tv and american history tv. next month look for louisville kentucky the weekend of august 4, and 5, on c-span 2 and 3. >>> long island university awarded the 2012 polk investigative journalism awards. among the winners, the reporter who broke the jerry sandusky sex abuse study and a post humus award. it's extraordinary