the third conservative social democratic coalition in the history of west germany and united germany can soon get to work. angela merkel remains chancellor and says the new government is well-equipped to shape germany's future. >> whatever challenges we face, we should never forget we are here to serve the people in our country. >> spd leader sigmar gabriel had a similar message -- to serve the people of germany and europe. >> this has turned out to be a grand coalition for ordinary people, people who see that in our coalition agreement, we do not just talk cop -- talk about grand ideals. >> a toast to four years of cooperation between political rivals on the center-right and centerleft. cdu ursula von der leyen becomes defense minister, the first woman in the post. thomas denies he or -- a move from the defense to the interior ministry. gabriel will be deputy chancellor and gets a new economics and energy super ministry. and a foreign minister after four years in the opposition. the highest office ever held by a woman from germany's 3 million strong ethnic turkish community. on tuesd

some of the top brewers in germany are demanding official recognition of their craft by the united nationsis fallingnsumption in germany and some say it is because of the strict rules in the industry. >> this is a land that flows with beer and takes it very seriously. that16, the law decreed brewers could only use a few. ingredients. in some countries they use rice and in germany that is forbidden. the german brewers association wants the united nations to recognize this law as a world treasure, to put them on the world heritage list. art, are proud of this producing brewing beer, with only four ingredients. that is how the different german beer is brewed, a good thing to carry out in the world. >> every german drinks about two liters of beer per week, about four pints. very high on the international table. but they are drinking less of it. germans are turning away from beer. sales,rying to win back some smaller brewers make nonstandard bruce, including english ales that have been -- that german law says cannot be called beer. they look across to foreign countries that don't have these con

>> united states. >> germany? s . >> germany. >> christmas is a federal holiday.u know who proclaimed it a federal holiday? >> lincoln. >> reagan. >> take a guess. 19th century. >> george washington. >> that was the 18th century. >> jefferson. >> grant. >> okay. so he grants us christmas. >> good one. are you a caroller? >> not in public. ♪ on the first day of christmas my true love gave to me -- ♪ a partridge ♪ ♪ in a pear tree ♪ silent night ♪ holy night >> i have no idea. ♪ all is bright >> zooming out, into another dimension now. >> are you finished? ♪ sleep in heavenly peace >> i give -- >> you're lucky there is no mistle toe here. >> yeah? >> you're a huge scrooge. >> thank you. >> do you ever watch "the o'reilly factor" on fox news? >> sometimes. >> until it hurts. >> i have not read "killing jesus." is that about the war? >> war's over, man. they dropped the big one. >> i'm watters. >> i'm pumped to be in your world, watters. psyched about it. >> all right. here he is. now, it seemed like everybody was cooperative. >> yes. cooperative. >> nobody fled. >> n

. >> reporter: some of those ranking ahead of the united states are china, canada, germany, poland and latvia, even developing countries like vietnam. >> asian countries like korea, like japan, like taiwan, and now like vietnam which are doing extraordinarily well because they make it very clear to their students in high school just exactly how important education is. >> reporter: we saw that firsthand on a recent visit to shanghai. why do you want to study so much? >> because i want to have a better future. and do some contribution to our society. >> reporter: but some argue the low rankings reflect what they call america's emphasis on testing, the diverse population, and others cite poverty as a factor. america has a child poverty rate nearly double that of countries like canada and germany who out-perform the united states. today's results are a sobering reminder that for america, an economic superpower. its young people aren't where they need to be for the future. and experts say these test results will likely intensify the debate around education reform in america that includes te

issue to fund major cities like new york a moment for the study of culture artists from the united states and germany came together the local crafters aspects skate park. here's what the cutoff. it was a circular orbits. there was a little puffy eyes of a mobile gotten very good girl can never go to bed and rubbed with itself but as the disabled who did not go away. don't let the dogs and some extent. i can browse go far new york told the same page about sligo. the five top fronts so was. the two constituent going into the old people of color. with the box but that's the way. i know this is just one of the populace in one of us but just not capable of going to end three decades of experience to walk about and they panicked. he says will put them over your head upon a potty break dancing the dj you know all the art in new york and present his ideas. scott's music is a bit of the great doesn't it we watched it the timberwolves i always do it so instead of photos not it's been a mostly homegrown if you're a bigger and better than the readers is always met with hitler and felt the same thing. he himself

received an increase so far we've seen record numbers coming in from import markets like the united states canada germany france australia new zealand cso pickers and today show the total number of trips to ireland increased by seven percent of the year to november when compared to the same period last year the pic isn't it. tourists and those on business they're also likely to be the number of emigrants returning home to visit character named jana visitor numbers are up three percent i've known people from ireland so was just a great place to stop by. i'm a heavy heart i think that the brain is all know about. none of the killing and dying out and i are talking about and read the bench. wednesday. this gives without it. actually yes. tommy t know anybody that went to look at every event sorry. now i just that i might add that to the cutting. you react forced into the gathering today recommends consideration should be given to most of the serious and focus on the legacies of this year instead. it's as if it is states more frequently. it should be done more than every five years. star is continuing to com

the third conservative social democratic coalition in the history of west germany and united gemini can soon get to work. on to lament gold remains chancellor and says the new government is well equipped to shape it in a nice teacher i'm not spending whatever challenges we face we should never forget that we are here to serve the people in our country the union. xp the leader's seat nine gabriella had a similar message. the government's purpose is to serve the people in germany and europe. it's been that the city. this has turned out to be a grand coalition for ordinary people. people you see that in our coalition agreement. we then just told pie in the sky of time round ideals. it's the five tonnes to four years of cooperation between political rivals on the sands of riots and sentiments on the cd you signed it was enough on the mind becomes defense minister. the first woman to hold the parties. both enjoy below will keep the finance portfolio. some estimates the andes from the defence to the interior ministry the spd side to gabrielle will be deputy chancellor a gets a new economics a

users whona mobile said that midi mobile purchase in the united states or germany. >> a china mobile phone user is more likely, 60% more likely to purchase? >>app yes. they are getting more active users to the echo system. >> that is really interesting stuff. there are more legs to the store than i thought. thank you for coaching me up on that. jack dorsey, twitter, no mickey mouse operation there. but disney definitely not a mickey mouse operation. takenl see why disney has jack dorsey on to their board. ♪ >> this is "bloomberg west" i'm cory johnson. to unloadt trying some of those patents. rockstar recently held conversations to sell a portion of that portfolio which includes 4000 patents ranging from internet technology to ships. why is rockstar getting out of these patents. why did they overpay for them in the first place or did they overpay at all? martin, the founder and -hairman of them cam -- of m cam. you're been predicting since a dim at you. why? >> if you recall, after some of our early conversations about this a number of people said that we grossly misrepresented how m

germany is number seven. the united states is number 15. russia is 95. china's 107.houldn't the world's oldest democracy be number one? >> i want these people brought here to explain what they did. a lack ofo question confidence, optimism in our system --is eroding. americans feel less confident about america's leadership and our system of government. it is not a time of great american optimism and confidence. in view of our 15th ranking, all of those countries ahead of us -- i am going to be a little and-- they are rather small generally homogeneous comp trees -- countries. we are a widely diverse country with open arms for immigrants who can become citizens legally. >> what about immigrants who are here illegally? >> we can get into that later. >> we cannot get into it later. this is the last show. [laughter] the comparisons are silly in a way. >> i do not except those rankings at all. workers in germany, things are not hunky-dory for them. i do not know the criteria they are using to make these judgments. lot.u do not hear norway a you do not hear germany where im

germany, nor the united states will be sending their president. the u.s. delegation will send to homosexual athletes. send alieve we should message. president barack obama said he was offended by vladimir putin's anti-gay legislation. dilip is standing by. this is the lowest level they have sent in 13 years. is it about making a statement. >> it is about sending a message. we heard from press secretary jay carney. he said this is not a message the united states would send in this manner. barackas a message that obama finds these anti- homosexual laws offensive. it's not necessarily a boycott from the united states delegation. it's certainly a snub, and i would maybe define it as a slap in the face to the russian organizers. it is about who is not part of that delegation. no first ladies, no vice president, not a single member of the net will be going to will be of the cabinet going to sochi. for the closing ceremony there will be a two-time olympic medalist from the ice hockey team. she is openly gay. that is a message the united dates is clearly sending t

for more on this christmas culture war please welcome germany's ambassador to the united nations, the honorable hines beinholz, thank you, mr. ambassador. thank you much. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: please, now, now mr. ambassador, thank you so much for joining us. tell me, who, to the german people who is father christmas? >> father christmas is a investigate a bond,. he's only-- never from its roots. slowly des kating, forever a burden like children. (laughter) (applause) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: just to be clear, just to be clear, german's love him, right. >> yes. as bleak winter descends like a shrewd over germany his gives the only distraction from the hovering darkness. its whole of oblivion forever licking at our doors with his eternal tongue until we become too weak to fight. and lie down to be taken by the cold embrace of the snow. (applause) >> stephen: okay, hands, it's christmas, let's keep it light, let's keep it light, all right. >> oh, would you care for a candied cane? >> stephen: thank you very much, that's nice. >> it represents the emotional crutch of

the countries with the cleanest records include new zealand, canada and germany. the unitedis tied for 19th cleanest with uruguay. >>> well, these brown snakes are becoming a huge problem in guam, particularly at andersen air force base. to combat the snake species, 2,000 mice stuffed with painkillers will be parachuted in. why? well, painkillers are deadly to the snakes, which won't be able to resist the para trooping rodents. >>> now for a first look at business, cnbc's hampton pearson. hampton, good morning. >> reporter: hi, mara. first of all, cyber monday sales topped $2 billion for the first time ever. adobe, which tracks 2,000 retail websites, says online sales rose 16% with a record 18% coming from smartphones and tablets. as of monday evening, amazon sales were up 44%. walmart.com sold out of xbox one and ps4 consoles by monday afternoon. shifting gears, car sales are expected to rebound after slightly lower numbers in september and october. suv sales could be strong thanks to lower gas prices. >>> and the mystery over those google barges may be solved. the san fran

security council then we have here five powers russia china the united states france and germany which. the five members which are actually the the ones that have the veto power with china that they want to have the veto power in order to really enforce some executive powers. but again from the for instance from the perspective or from other countries some other countries or you can say from the syrian perspective the international community is is not the u.n. security council the international david they believe that it is system. that they really inclusive it's actually exclusive they believe that the international community in other words in the more i think academic or professional awards it's more the general assembly or member of a magazine that. i would agree with you on that ok because every september there's a vote in the general assembly for recognition of a palestinian state and i'll have to check the numbers but it's one hundred eighty something against two or three or whatever pacific island is by bought off by washington in israel that particular year ok that's in my mind

about car and he was the he was russia's richest man and he had connections with the united stated connections with germany so all of these countries all of the people in these countries were involved and of course mr holder because he himself ran a full month to be effective. public relations machine he had lawyers all over the place spokesmen all over the place who became involved in spinning his story if you wish. despite the fact that it's not just the russian courts that have said that he's guilty of that people consistently overlook the european court of human rights has repeatedly said that he's guilty as well but that never seems to get reported its business rightly get expert on blogs alexander america thank you very much indeed for your time sir thank you. on they'll be plenty more news on me. to rob the day today with analysis both a on all see and on our website home so be sure to check it out. largest consumer of the seas and i see it with me in the country is the federal government to simply say this property of the united states government. is the united states somebody that it was going to

and he has said and admitted as much that israel she is all its intelligence with the united states the u.k. and germany he says and to quote him and these conditions it is unacceptable to behave this way of course that's a reference to the united states but in having said that there's no way that israel is in a position to severely criticize the united states because it doesn't essentially want to jeopardize its relationship with washington and that is why steinitz has also said that we are extremely careful and take into account that not only arab countries but also the superpowers are listening to us. and prime minister benjamin netanyahu has now commented on the latest n.s.a. revelations calling washington's actions unacceptable we'll bring you more updates on this story in the next hour. isaac levin and a former israeli ambassador to egypt and they one says only adam is should be monitored not a long time ally when you have an enemy any kind of any means a country is and. to understand to reach to and to to have information concerning what what is his agenda what his intentions what he is prepared

he has said and admitted as much that is well she is all its intelligence with the united states the u.k. and germany he says and to quote him and these conditions it is unacceptable to behave this way of course that's a reference to the united states but again having said that there's no way that israel is in a position. to severely criticized the united states because it doesn't essentially want to jeopardize its relationship with washington and that is why steinitz has also said that we are extremely careful and take into account that not only arab countries but also the superpower was on this thing to us ok thank you paula we'll leave it there that's. a live from tel aviv thank you still to come on the program fed up with the world's most indebted country marking the hundredth birthday of the federal reserve we look back at it century of scandals and find out who gains from the monster financial bubble it creates. technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got the future covered. the. economic downturn the find out. and the rest of life doing a little bit every week. now

and he has said and admitted as much that is walsh is all its intelligence with the united states the u.k. and germany he says and to quote him and these conditions it is unacceptable to behave this way of course that's a reference to the united states but having said that there's no way that israel is in a position to severely criticize the united states because it doesn't essentially want to jeopardize its relationship with washington and that is why steinitz has also said that we are extremely careful and take into account that not only arab countries but also the superpowers are listening to us. and soon on this issue when are joined live by isaac lebannon former israeli ambassador to egypt and the yuan entry neiva mr lebanon thank you welcome to our seed nice to see you so at about snowden having revealed good afternoon wonderful r.k. i don't snowden has showed the world that practically everyone buying on everyone else it does true why the backlash. well first of all i think that snowden has published only five percent of what he knows or what the process we still have to see what there are in t

and he has said and admitted as much that israel she is all its intelligence with the united states the u.k. and germany he says and to quote him and these conditions it is unacceptable to behave this way of course that's a reference to the united states but having said that there's no way that israel is in a position to severely criticize the united states because it doesn't essentially want to jeopardize its relationship with washington and that is why steinitz has also said that we are extremely careful and take into account that not only arab countries but also the superpowers are listening to us. meanwhile washington monthly one hundredth birthday of the federal reserve coming out will look back at a century of scandals and financial scandals and the world's most indebted country . plus. people should feel free to go out and come back safely where is that i can leave but there's no guarantee i'll come back alive and our correspondent has to iraq had still iraq to find out what it feels like to live in a country what dozens die from terrorist attacks almost on a daily basis that sounds much more all

and he has saved and admitted as much that is both his or its content is just what the united states the uk and germany. he says and to close him. these conditions it is unacceptable to behave this way of course that's a reference to the united states. having said that is no way that is wealth is in a position to severely criticized the united states because it doesn't seem to want to jeopardize its relationship with washington and that is my sinus sources state that we are extremely careful and take into account that not many arab countries that was the superpower was on listening to us. i've been on this issue and i joined the line by line to cut eleven on foley's read ambassador to egypt and the yuan in cheney back at least at eleven o thank you welcome to auntie nice to see it as that's not it has revealed that afternoon. one develop a sense that an action shot of the wild that practically everyone is lying on everyone else in the history of wine to buy lunch. the thing that's not on the cusp of italy five percent of latino still looking for says we still have to see what the darn unite the fight f

and he has said and admitted as much that is walsh is all its intelligence with the united states the u.k. and germany he says and to quote him and these conditions it is unacceptable to behave this way of course that's a reference to the united states but having said that there's no way that israel is in a position to severely criticize the united states because it doesn't essentially want to jeopardize its relationship with washington and that is why steinitz has also said that we are extremely careful and take into account that not only arab countries but also the superpowers are listening to us. celtic on this aoun are saying to national a friend dub with the world's most indebted country marking the one hundredth birthday of the federal reserve bank at a french troops condos and find out who gains from the most a financial bubble it created. wealthy british style some time to explain let's go. around the. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser report. on your. face it's like you know. pl

he has said and admitted as much that is well she is all its intelligence with the united states the u.k. and germany he says and to quote him and these conditions it is unacceptable to behave this way of course that's a reference to the united states but having said that there's no way that israel is in a position to severely criticize the united states because it doesn't essentially want to jeopardize its relationship with washington and that is why steinitz has also said that we are extremely careful and take into account that not only arab countries but also the superpowers are listening to us. so to comment on seeing to national a fed up with the wild the most indebted country marking the one hundredth birthday of the federal reserve will look back at it century up scandals and find out who gains from the most a financial bubble is created that's after the break. they all told him a language of what i will only react to situations i have read the reports for like the pollution and no i will leave it to the state department to comment on your latter point to save lives to carry out a car is on th

workers have much leverage when they go on strike in a place like germany they have significantly more leverage than they do in the united states and that has to do with germany's labor laws which are regarded as significantly stronger and more in favor of employees in the united states ok now according to reports in the german media amazon is accusing strikers of. quote this quote from german media not us trying to steal first to know who their area grinch like to the timing of his joke trying to give workers an overhand other than the labor laws so that all good it could go both ways i think i mean clearly amazon in germany has a very strong need to get all of those packages done on time and get them to people by the time that santa supposed to bring them at the same time so clearly they have a need for these workers but at the same time if people who are customers that amazon and who enjoy the services they provide feel like they're being screwed over by not because of management but because of the workers this could turn public sentiment against them so it really depends on how customers take it you know agrees with

about car and he was the he was russia's richest man and he had connections with the united states connection to germany and of course mr holder because he ran a full moon to be effective public relations machine he had lawyers all over the place spokesmen all over the place who became involved in spinning his story despite the fact that it's not just the russian courts that have said that he's guilty of that people consistently overlook the european court of human rights has repeatedly said that he's guilty as well but that never seems to get reported. one of course of course his former employees he was convicted to life in prison for murder. he was found guilty of ordering the murder of a mayor of a siberian town it was in a dispute with you cost over tax free to form a oil tycoon mentioned but you can when describing how he'll fight for the release of political prisoners in russia but political commentator alexander class of told us that these sentiments are inconsistent. with that of course you mentioned. enough in some others later simply because he has his own understanding of call the judicial pr

about car and he was the he was russia's richest man and he had connections with the united states connection to germany so all of these countries all of the people in these countries were involved and of course mr holder because he himself ran a full moon to be effective. public relations machine he had lawyers all over the place spokesmen all over the place who became involved in spinning his story if you wish. despite the fact that it's not just the russian courts that have said that he's guilty of pratt people consistently overlook the european court of human rights has repeatedly said that he's guilty as well but that never seems to get reported. and of course there'll be plenty more news and we have harder cost around the day with analysis both here on out international and our website dot com the show the check it out. to other news now is so signed bomb attack on a primary school in syria has reportedly killed several children as the latest atrocity after dozens of civilians were massacred earlier this week by radical islamist rebels government forces expose the killings after taking back parts

it cost so much more to have a hip replaced in the united states than it does in germany or anywhere else. we need to get to the bottom of some of these costs and figure out ways. i am not sure what the answer is. you could never really get control of the federal budget until you get your arms around health care. >> there is a lot of agreement on that. that is the area of nonpartisan agreement. the issue the congressman is raising is when you look at the last four or five years, the rate of increase has fallen dramatically and there is a debate as to why that is happening. is it the economy slowing down? is it effects from obamacare? the change in expectations among some of the stakeholders? i do not think anyone has a firm handle on it. the rate of increase has come down and has helped to contribute. >> i want to ask both of you and get my colleague into the conversation. is there something about the agreement today on the budget that gives us any hints as to how other pieces of legislation by be handled by this congress? a lot of concern about the defense budget. enormous concern a

germany. as for the united states and uruguay, they are tied for 19th cleanest. >>> and these brown tree snakes are becoming a huge problem in guam. at the air force base. to combat the species, 2,000 mice stuffed with pain killers will be parachuted in. pain killers are deadly to the snakes which won't be able to resist the paratrooping rodents. >>> stocks kick off with mixed results. the supreme court will not get involved with state sales taxes. amazon.com and overstock.com have been battling new york state for the past five years over state sales taxes. >>> kentucky police are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the disappearance of 65 cases of 20-year-old pappy van winkle bourbon and nine cases of rye. the missing booze is worth about $26,000. . the famous suit worn by gene kelly in one of the most famous dance scenes in hollywood history goes up for auction on friday. the rain soaked suit is expected to fetch more than $20,000. >>> hot male firefighter calendars have been around forever. in tampa they are giving the female paramedics an opportunity to raise money. for cha

you know turkey is an important ally to germany and to the united states. it is a key player in the region. i think european leaders are justifyably concerned that the head of such an important nation should be increasingly lame duck. >> i think we are going to have to leave it there. thank you very much for that update. now we go to where one student has died and more than 100 arrested on saturday as clashes continue between armed police and students. two buildings and the campus caught on fire in the violence. udents are protesting the -- human rights watch accused of suppressing egypt in the midst of opposition. lebanon's state news agency said a 19-year-old man wounded in a car bombing in beirut has died raising the death toll in the attack to seven. investigators are working out the site of the blast. a senior aide, the 62-year-old ho was a critic of syria and hezbollah was also killed in the explosion. pressure is increasing on the two sides in the conflict in south sudan to open peace talks and stop the nation from sliding into civil war. gave n peac

from there they were independent on scholarships to liberia, to east germany, ultimately to the united states. to lincoln university, which educate add lot of south african exiles. and that was their purpose. to get educated. my tag came here with the pup of becoming a political journalist. and he was not able to get -- maybe he would have been hired. but he was not hired by anyone and eventually ended up working for the united nations at the apartheid division in the antiapartheid radio. and he had three degrees. a bachelors and two masters. one in library studies and one in communications. it was -- he died right -- his death coincides with my going to south africa for his funeral, and it was then that i realized that i was walking in his well, thomas, i am interested what did you learn in in the making of the film, and the, cans what were the things that you learned in those conversations that will never leave you? >> the persistence of vision. that even when things look the most dire, that justice can win out. that i want to come back british prime minister is speaking now. a man w

. >> ok, from germany to the united states.getting a cheaper version of the little blue pill. the news follows a settlement between pfizer and the israeli-based teva pharmaceuticals. we're following the story from tel aviv. elliot, was it a complete victory for teva? what's going on? >> well, not necessarily. in fact, some people could even see this as a defeat because teva wants more than it got. but basically this states back to 2010, and it dates back to when part of pfizer's patent for viagra was deemed invalid because it closely resembled a between ease medicine, known here as horny goat weed, randy lamb herb or randy beef grass. now, because of that, teva has been fighting to get the rest of pfizer's patents invalidated. yesterday we got the decision in the u.s. courts. they threw out teva's request, but it's part of a broader agreement between the two companies. teva will start being able to sell generic versions of viagra in the united states from december 2017, so in four years' time. under some conditions it could eve

russia, china, the united states, germany and great britain are all united in this assurance we will not undo the sanctions and that we will stay focused on their enforcement. now, all the sanctions on iran, further, on its abysmal human rights record, on its place over terror and position in syria, those sanctions will all remain in effect. they have nothing to do with the nuclear. they're there for the reasons they're there, and we're not taking them off. this agreement does provide iran with a very limited, temporary and reversible relief. and it's reversible any time in the process that there is non-compliance. if iran fails to meet its commitments, we can and will revoke this relief. and we will be the first ones to come to you if this fails to ask you for additional sanctions. the total amount of relief is somewhere in the 6 to 7 billion that i described. that's less than 1% of iran's trillion-dollar economy. and it is a small fraction of the $100 billion plus of oil revenue alone that we have deprived iran of since 2012. i want you to keep in mind, this really pales in compari