give gorbachev the breathing room to manage his lithuanian crisis, so the big prize of getting a united germany remained viable and in play. during the march 1990 crisis which has been forgotten, because we forget about things that don't blow up, bush decided he would manage revolution in the baltics differently from revolution in eastern europe. washington muted criticism after the soviets took control of some buildings in 1990 and things got worse when gorbachev placed a partial energy embargo on lithuania in late april 1990. george famously and unfairly wrote bushism is reaganism minus the passion for freedom. even former president nixon who should have known a thing about keeping one's eye on the foreign policy prize criticized bush for not dropping gorbachev for how he was managing the lithuanian crisis. here, too, president bush received contrary advice from both secretary of defense cheney and scowcroft. but he refused to give up on gorbachev. he understood if he just waited and gave some latitude, he might get the big prize. so what he does, against the advice of his closest advisers, h

in addition to the united states canada, france, italy russia germany, japan, and the united kingdom -- will follow it all week long on wjla.com. >> police have uncovered a bizarre twist in a murder for hire case. ralph justice a jail officer, is now a second suspect. he was part of a plan devised by michael rusinack. justice's role was to frame the stepson and have him salted in jail. the stepson was never harmed. >> a corridor has confirmed the cause of death for mary kennedy. she died of asphyxiation due to hanging. she was found dead in a westchester county new york raj yesterday. she had been struggling with the drug and alcohol in recent years. there was a heated abortion bill debate on capitol hill today. it would ban abortion in washington d.c. after 20 weeks of pregnancy. it is based on the claim that fetuses can feel pain at 20 weeks or older. it is a top priority of pro-life groups. >> the nearly bankrupt u.s. postal service will close dozens of processing centers including facilities in gaithersburg and waldorf. it will consolidate 140 processing centers within the next y

in many of these nations have nowhere of no business being anywhere near zero this includes united states germany much of europe. you have unemployment that should be at about eleven point so people sit in the u.s. you have interest rates of a negative at times and there's zero you have nations whose banks systems are collapsing slipping back into recession and these interest rates in is there a lot of them have credit downgrade the u.s. had its credit downgrade some of these nations you know trading at junk or below junk levels yeah yeah so they're paying single digits low mid single digits in interest rates yeah makes no sense it makes no sense but in this ratings. sixty seven yet it reggie and this nonsensical world market my question to you have i think you just get in here with these micro bubbles that you're calling my question is how big do you think the bubble can get with the environment so bad in europe assuming that the e.c.b. can keep going in and doing more things to prop up assets and and keep interest rates low as they've said they would it at one per cent how long do you think thi

united states. we are calling for a partnership, very practical. where australia trains more energetically with germanybritain, and france. you already trained significantly with the united states. let's say that there is another humanitarian disaster like there was in december of 2004. what happened in -- what happened? australia, the united states, and india deployed together. because we had exercised and train together on the air and sea. you have been a stalwart ally in afghanistan, but you had to kind of do it on the run, not having worked much with european allies. you can call these patterns of cooperation and military training, but it confers no obligation. it is the best of both worlds, from my perspective. >> you are also hearing the most frequent point here being background from australian officials, more than happy to use our centers and resources, but we are not involved in the planning stage. we have problems and issues in our parts of the world, but if those two things could be resolved, it would be a qualitative change in the relationship. >> i would agree with fred. you had no say in t

it is also the economic growth rate for the united states, france, germany, so it's considered an indicator of economic growth. so between 1960 and '95, there were 30 low income countries that achieved 2.2% economic growth rates. between 1995 and now, the number has doubled to 73. 73 countries having 2.2% growth rate. so, again, we've seen again we significant progress in the economic growth development. so the biggest question, though, is there foreign assistance, are we using it to the greatest affect and investing in countries we should be investing. i heard where there are not leadership that cares about their people or invest in their people, aid to those countries has not been successful in general. and we have seen investment in those countries that are committed to the people who do invest in their people who have strong and accountable leaders has been more successful. in my opinion, one of the best indicators is the leadership in which we invest. there has been a dramatic increase in foreign investment. we are very familiar with the concept of globalization. we have seen also a hu

between and natural leadership position of germany and the reality that germany cannot deploy with the uk or france, much less with the unitedapacity to do so. that's important metric but i think a more important one that helpful, in this report is that we need germany's ambition and germany's leadership, and paraphrasing the polish foreign minister, famous speech he gave last autumn, a polish foreign minister singh we need a stronger germany. we heard that throughout our conversation. we are convinced that a weaker germany quickly and military will weaken the alliance alliance, and a stronger germany will make a credible and energetic in the 21st century. of course, we didn't forget the united kingdom. we spent a lot of time in the united kingdom talking to friends and talking to some of the people who have been directing the government over the last few years. we are concerned and the report, and we say this, by the extensive military budget cuts in the united kingdom over the last several years, there's no question that pound for pound the uk is the most capable european ally in terms of its ability to project power, to d

united states, its allies and the soviet union then entered into a new round of negotiations, considering the future of germany. slowly at first, but with increasing clarity. they began to recognize that if western access to berlin was a vital interest to the united states, open access to east berlin, while crucial, was not important enough to justify the use of force and risk escalation to a wider conflict. thank you. [ applause ] >> we'll now go to the floor for questions. there are microphones on either side of the room. please go to one of those microphones to ask your question. please identify yourself. if you wish to ask a question to a particular panelist, identify that panelist. otherwise, you may address the panel as a whole.

united states. >> reporter: and germany, britain, france, spain, italy, the netherlands, canada, bulgaria and australia, all told syrian diplomats to get out. >> this is the most effective way we've got of sending a message of revulsion at what has happened in syria. >> reporter: but as the new video shows, assad isn't getting the message. and syrian forces still vastly outgun the opposition. and today, brian, the state department accused iran of aiding and abetting the shabiha, the pro-assad militia. activists say the shabiha is trained by iran and uses the same tactics that iran employed to crush its own rebellion. brian? >> richard engel starting us off tonight. richard, thanks. >>> and now to the crisis in northern italy, where a deadly 5.8 earthquake shook the region this morning. the epicenter was just northwest of bologna. the same area where an even stronger quake killed people just over a week ago. and once again, our own jim maceda is there. >> reporter: brian, i'm a few miles from the epicenter of the 5.8 tremor which hit this area earlier this morning, damaging or destroying a number of bui

competition, but german exporting of manufactured items is far more successful than the united states, because germanyrovided a lot of technical education to its young people. that go into precision manufacturing. >> we're beginning to see a little bit of that coming back here does president obama embrace the policies that would begin to bengd that curve back, so the middle class would get some of the upside? >> he is trying to. he certainly is trying to save investments in education, infrastructure, basic research and development. he is trying to come up with a more progressive tax system. he is trying -- he certainly saved gm and chrysler and is trying to have an industrial policy that makes some sense. but republicans have been fighting him every step of the way. they will not go along with anything that resembles industrial policy or kind of a fair trade regime. they won't go along with anything that resembles a progressive tax structure. they want to haul the united states back to where we were in the 1920s, before social security medicare, medicare unemployment insurance, they are regressives, t

we will not be a united france and germany looking at financial sectors.hat will give markets some pause and the u.s. has suffered from the slowdown in european growth and corporations. but were we to see a prolonged and inadequate response to deeper financial markets, that spills over fairly quick i thinks that's a real concern and i think it's worth watching. >> what about the idea of austerity versus growth spending? is that mentality going to be front and center? is it two different strategies. do you think what happens in france dictates that kind of conversation here? >> well, i think that what happens in france is important because it will influence the conversation here. i don't think it's the right conversation. the u.s. does have a problem that requires fundamental reforms. the large spending programs in medicaid, affordable care act need to be reformed so they are around for the next generation of low-income seniors and lead us to a financial crisis. that's a reform question. posing it as an austerity question gets it wrong. if you simply cut ac

. >> reporter: the group individual whichs leaders of the united states, united kingdom, france, germanyrussia, italy, japan, and canada. they meet yearly to discuss issues of common concern. dr. i.m. vesler tell me that they have trofocussed previously on security and the environment. >> why should we care about what happens those couple of days? >> the thing that is going to hover over the summit will be the weakness of the global recovery in the wake of the great recession. >> reporter: the policies the leaders debate trickle down to everyday things we all face, like gas prices, the cost of goods and how much your money is worth. >> the best we can hope out of all of this is the possibility are more trade and more jobs. >> that's the hope out of this. get more economic trade, and more commerce. >> reporter: as host of this year's summit, president obama moved it from his home town of chicago to maryland's camp david. >> it probably was a very good idea to move this meeting to a place where these people can actually get together and talk and not have to worry about going out immediatel

>> it would be russia and the united states and british against germany and italy. >> and? >> our unofficial survey results mirror the official one. more than 60% got at least 60%. how many supreme court justices are there? >> nine. >> i feel better than i did before i took it. i know a lot. >> we passed. >> oh, wow. telling, huh? thank you for our reporter joining us for that story here. 63% could not name one of the state senators. 62% could not identify the governor of their own state. >> oh. >> usa. >>> coming up later on "good morning america," she's one of the most visible women in hollywood. and she is not even a star. >> this 16-year-old makes a name for herself by posing with

the united states was part of the war effort from the beginning because we were selling large amounts of armaments to britain and france, not to germany and much of those sales on credit. because they were on credit, one impact of the war was to make the united states enormously wealthy because everybody ended up owing us money at the end of the war. militarily the u.s. entered the war in april of 1917, about a year and six months before the end. there was an enormous psychological boost for the our eyes when they u.s. entered. there wasn't much direct military effect immediately except on the oceans because of the u.s. had a surprisingly small standing army at that time. we did have quite a large navy which joined the british in hunting down german submarines. large numbers of american troops didn't begin arriving in france until may or june of 1918 and then they did have a considerable impact because the germans had launched a sort of desperate do or die offensive in march of 1918 which almost succeeded in getting all the way to paris and for a while looked as if it was going to assure the german victory on the western front but kai

between the natural leadership position of germany and the reality that germany cannot deploy with the u.k. or france much less with the united states because it doesn't have the military capacity to do so. that's an important metric, but i think a more important one that i hope will come out in this report is that we need germany's ambition and germany's leadership and paraphrasing the polish foreign ministercy core i ask in the famous speech he gave last autumn, a polish foreign minister saying, we need a stronger germany. we heard that throughout our conversations. woor convinced that a weaker germany politically and militarily will weaken the alliance and a stronger germany will make us credible and energetic in the 21st century. of course we didn't forget the united kingdom. we spent a lot of time in the united kingdom talking to friends and talking to some of the people who have been directing the government over the last few years. we are concerned in our report, we say this, by the extensive military budget cuts in the united kingdom over the last several years. there is no question that pound for pound the u.k. is th

he will be returning france to a time when they are differentiating themselves from the united states, from germanyon foreign affairs. >> "the new york times" in an editorial today says that pushing for the americans and perhaps the french to pressure angela merkel to ease up on some of the austerity measures. this is no time to mince words. merkel's one size fits all program has been a failure, pushing heavily indebted countries deep near recession making it even harder to pay off debts. it is putting the already weak recovery in the united states at risk and fueling instability and extremism in europe. certainly president obama has a lot riding on economic stability in europe. >> for sure. look, their economy is directly tied to ours. that's the issue on which president obama is going to rise or election in the election in the fall. they're acutely aware of that as is the romney campaign watching this from afar, not stepping close to it very often. it's become a regular part of romney's stump speech saying if we continue on the path obama set us down, we'll become like greece. >> paul ryan has sa

. >> and this is -- you cannot accept in a few blessed or -- united countries -- like -- like the u.s., germany, and -- and japan. that choose when you -- engage in austerity unless you have access to sufficient nonmarket funding. but it makes a difference that you now have him -- saying, we would look to do a little bit more. they got something out of it. they will come in. take the remaining money in the -- in the european financial stability mechanism. $2.5 billion. they do $40 billion. and .4, .3% of gdp. it's nice. not going to make difference of day and night. but for the rest, no, i think you will, if he gets the majority, at the -- at the -- in june, i think we will have the -- the -- the dick spechens one country experiment. he will call it balanced budget. that's because it would be making wildly optimistic revenue projections. the market will rightly interpret this as an increase, in the deficit and punish him with higher yields and rating agencies will downgrade. 260,000 frenchmen will, pack and move to london. keeping up property prices there. it is fine with me. but not so much wi

the world powers consist of the united states, russia, china, britain, france, and germany. their representatives are expected to push iran to agree that scientists should stop producing highly enriched uranium. experts say the material could be used for nuclear weapons. the negotiators will also likely demand the iranian government shut down some of its underground nuclear facilities. in exchange, representatives of iran will push for the u.s. and the eu to lift their economic sanctions targeting their country's oil exports. governments around the world are watching to see if the two sides can find common ground and forge an agreement. >>> executives at mazda and fiat are trying to steer their companies in a similar direction. they're linking up the japanese and italian automakers to give them a fresh, competitive edge. mazda spokespersons announced wednesday the company will form an alliance with fiat which is affiliated with u.s. automaker chrysler. their plan calls for mazda to supply its sports car sold as the roadster in japan to fiat. fiat would market the model under

on one side you have diplomats from the six major powers: the united states, u.k., france, germany, china and russia. they are focused on a few goals including stopping the production of enriched morning -- uranium and the concentration because if it is too high it can be used as fuel for nuclear weapons. and iran on the other side is pushing for economic sanctions to be removed which will only get worst in ex-two -- get worse if the next two months. there will be a july embargo of iranian oil that could cripple the economy of iran. there have been notes of optimism, so far, the united states response has been guarded. officials saying they want to pay more attention to actions than empty promises with in timetable. iran has been saying over and over again for the past decade, the nuclear program is only for civilian use and that includes even the enrichment facility which, of course, is barricaded underground inside of a mountain. concerns have been raised especially by israeli officials, that facility, in particular, could soon become impregnable. the real debate on the first day, even,

. >> reporter: the group includes leaders of the united states, united kingdom, france, russia, germanypan, russia, italy. they meet to discuss common concerns. they say previous summits have focused on global security, the environment, and financial policy. >> for most people, we are so far removed from the g8. why should we care about what happens those couple of days? >> the thing that is going to hover over the summit will be the weakness of the global recovery in the wake of the great recession. >> reporter: the policies the leaders debate trickle down to everyday issues we all face, like gas prices. the cost of goods and how much your money is worth. >> the best we can hope for out of this is the possibility of more trade and more jobs. >> yeah. that's the idea. get more economic stimulus. every now and then, these make a difference. >> reporter: as host of this year's summit, president obama moved it from his hometown of chicago to maryland's camp david. >> it probably was a very good idea to move this meeting to a place where these people can actually get together and talk. and

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officials from the united states and great britain, germany and france and others telling the syrian plomats necessity have hours to leave their countries. in another attempt at getting syria to stop killing its own people. of course the united nations estimated the syrian troops have killed more than 9,000 people since last march. and now conor is in jerusalem. what kind of impact can expelling the diplomats have, exactly? >>reporter: this move to expel the diplomats is more symbolic than anything else but in the past few days the international community is ratcheting up diplomatic pressure on syria and on president assad. however, so far it has not had an impact. on sunday, the u.n. security council did vote to condemn the shelling, deaths and attacks on the syrian town which left more than 100 people dead including women and children. with those types of diplomat maneuvers have done little to stop the violence going on now for more than a year. >>trace: and, conor, the specialen provide, kofi annan met with the syrian president. any progress on that front? >>reporter: well, it does

and the countries that are now throwing out their ambassadors from syria are united states, britain, canada australia germanygaria netherlands, and now the reaction is strong across the world. the russians were their top allies but even they are getting skittish now. the foreign minister says the government bares the main responsibility. the russians should say more. they are not admitting that the kids were shot at close range, executed. and france says despite all of these outrageous and the fact that france strongly condemns it quote, no state is ready to plan a ground operation. so i'm not sure that help is on the way, so of course everybody turns to the united states, and here is white house spokesperson jay carney. >> we're working very closely with our allies with our partners supporting the opposition helping it stand itself up, helping it unify, providing military and humanitarian assistance, and working together to further pressure -- further isolate and put pressure on the regime. >> of course the real question is what does that mean? does that mean that we're going to provide arms for the people

security council permanent members, the united states russia, china, britain and france plus germany began talks in baghdad on wednesday. iran's nuclear negotiator and eu foreign policy chief are also taking part. the six countries offered to ease sanctions and urged iran to suspend its uranium enrichment activities that can be used to develop nuclear weapons. but iran rejected the offer which it described as unfair. it countered with a five point proposal and says it has the right to peaceful use of nuclear power. separate talks lasted into the night but failed to produce any break through. the negotiators are hoping they can find common ground in their second day of talks. >>> voters in egypt have begun casting their ballots in the country's first presidential the election since hosni mubarak was forced to step down last year after 30 years in power. tomoko yamaguchi reports. >> reporter: two day vote pits islamists against supporters of the hosni mubarak regime. >> translator: i'm feeling a sense of freedom to be able to choose the best leader for my country. >> translator: i hope

i would say personally that turkey is more influential in the united states than germany or france.e have seen a remarkable amount of turkey under the leadership there over the last many years, and a willingness in turkey to lead and to be active in the toughest problems, and so our report calls for turkey to be treated like a leader at native. turkey joined the alliance in 1952. it has never been given leadership opportunities. there is an informal group of four countries, including the u.s., germany, france, and britain. turkey ought to join that group. we believe that george should be considered to be the next secretary-general of nato. we believe that the turkish generals should be given opportunities in our military in peacetime and in wartime. we believe that turkish leadership is essential. this would require an attitudinal change, all of us. it would require americans to be more, and i suspect this will not be an aspect given the close relationship between the united states and turkey, but it will require europeans to think of turkey as a european power. europe has not made

i would say personally that turkey is more influential in the united states than germany or france.e have seen a remarkable amount of turkey under the leadership there over the last many years, and a willingness in turkey to lead and to be active in the toughest problems, and so our report calls for turkey to be treated like a leader at native. turkey joined the alliance in 1952. it has never been given leadership opportunities. there is an informal group of four countries, including the u.s., germany, france, and britain. turkey ought to join that group. we believe that george should be considered to be the next secretary-general of nato. we believe that the turkish generals should be given opportunities in our military in peacetime and in wartime. we believe that turkish leadership is essential. this would require an attitudinal change, all of us. it would require americans to be more, and i suspect this will not be an aspect given the close relationship between the united states and turkey, but it will require europeans to think of turkey as a european power. europe has not made

heels of a series of meetings scheduled between iran and six world powers the united states france russia china britain and germany well the u.n. has already implemented four rounds of crippling sanctions against iran with another round set to go into effect this summer they're hoping to persuade iran to stop its uranium enrichment program entirely today's announcement seems to be another warning lights to iran that the u.s. and israel aren't messing around here to discuss this is lawrence wilkerson retired united states army colonel and a former chief of staff to colonel. colin powell excuse me colonel wilkerson thanks so much for being on the show and i guess i want to ask you i thought today's announcement sort of in two different ways i thought on one hand as being sort of a warning to iran on the heels of these talks and on the other hand of being sort of a nudge to israel by the way we're still your loyal friends how did you see this but hope that's all you saw a little bit of the diplomatic corps talking a little bit of assurance. the israelis more encouraged by two other proposed amendments to the india an

and the elite police unit reading one of dozens of properties across northern germany. bars, brothels, and apartments were searched by more than 1000 officers. the raids are part of an ongoing investigation into a band local hell's angels group. >> the goal of these raids is to collect evidence related to all kinds of crimes, including assault and potentially even weapons dealing. >> at least six hells angels members were arrested. the raids followed months of evidence-gathering of possible illegal arms dealing by the group. it is not the members of the group could have supplied weapons to right wing and left- wing extremists. in a related rate, the apartment of an official with the far right npd party was searched. police seized files belonging to a kurdish cultural center. as part of what authorities are calling their zero tolerance strategy towards organized crime. >> police in azerbaijan have broken up another protest just three days ahead of the final of the eurovision song contest. 35 people were detained at the protest in the capital and host city. a group of act

it looks like germany and the united states right now are the two safe bets on the planet. >> correctinterest rates and u.s. interest rates are all-time lows. we are considered the safe haven. >> what are the odds the greeks get out of the euro? >> the odds are 50%. a little over 50%. yesterday, they said we want to keep them in. there's pressure to keep them in. >>> up next, willie's news you can't use. we'll be right back. kiwi. soy milk. impulse buy. gift horse. king crab. rhubarb pie. lettuce shower. made by bees. toucan sam. that's not cheese. grass fed. curry. gingersnaps. soup can tower. 5% cash back. right now, get 5% cash back at grocery stores. it pays to discover. >>> it's time for news you can't use. i argue this is useful news. the channel 4 news team is getting back together. they announced on conan soefrl weeks ago, "anchorman 2" coming out. your first trailer, right here. >> in the age when the dinosaurs greeted the dawn and apes road the winged horse across the valley of eli, there was a lone stranger that offered wisdom. it was said he would one day return. that day

around the world will be facing similar action and announcing it today, including france, germany, italy, spain, the unitedand australia. >> reporter: un peace envoy met with the syrian president. he said for the un peace plan to work, violence must stop. but syrian officials denied they were behind the massacre and blamed terrorist groups for the killings. wjz eyewitness news. >> the group is set to meet in paris in early july to try to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict. >>> it is the highest honor a civilian can receive, the medal of freedom. and today it was awarded to 13 people. >> reporter: today's recipients are a diverse of political and cultural icons. president barack obama gave out the 13 medals just a short time ago. those honored include former secretary of state madeleine al bright. astronauts john glenn and basketball coach pat summit, the all time winningest leader amongst all basketball coaches. it's awarded to extraordinary persons. >> thank you. >> for a complete list of the recipients, log on to wjz.com. >>> officials in canada want to know why an engine apparently fell apart on

>> well, of course will is some wage pressure, this germany there are negotiations at the moment in the metal units. we see wage pressure right now, areas of the world, southern america, as well in parts of china and some cities. so this is not purely a germany or one region specific problem. while this is included in our guidance for this year and we have to try and do everything to pass this over to our customers, as long as we cannot compensate it with additional ratio measures. >> you are seen as being far more -- raw material prices also prove to be volatile, will that affect your cash generation and result in more operating numbers? >> we are more leveraged. this is stemming out of the acquisition in 2007. but if you k at the last three years, we have managed to reduce our debt substantially there more than 11 billion to now 6.about 8 billion. and with that the last crisis, were beside one of the cries city quarters, we were cash positive. so our cash generation capability is quite high and there should be any other crisis coming, no reason why this should be different in a future price. this

france germany italy japan canada and the united states can bring in which is basically they are the culprits and they are the ones most involved in the source of the problem and in trying to micro manage it when as you say those e.u. really are dominating the talks with the g eight leaders trying to keep cash strapped greece in the eurozone but interesting is that really their intention some say the leaders secretly hope greece would drop the euro and pull out of the euro zone well it's a two edged sword of the market these sort of speak because in a way if greece pulls out of the euro it would be a blessing in the way that a crisis affecting the euro would have gone away with it will disappear but at the same time as a precedent it will be terrible because the greece were to resolve its problems by reverting back to its sovereign currency which i think they should then other countries will be tempted to do the same if they are smaller countries like portugal and ireland well maybe that could be managed well what would happen if spain which is a very serious problems or italy which

elections in france in serbia in armenia we had local elections in germany in italy and in the united kingdom you see the center of the liberal democratic party's polling pretty well compared to recent years what i think we are seeing in europe and this is a concern for all democratic parties is we're seeing a reduction in the vote of the established parties and we're seeing new parties emerge whether it is sometimes parties on the extreme left as in greece on the extreme right as in france or the pirate parties in germany and elsewhere and we're seeing a kind of atomization of the political scene i think that is a reaction to economic distress and i think it's a reaction to the failure of established governments to deal with the problems that people perceive chinese's in london what do you think about that i mean look at it ok i know i know rachel you wanted to disagree let me let me go to our third guest and then we can have our. exchange here then if i go back to you first go to you in london what do you think about that and i want to talk about your own country greece i mean where