our international correspondent hans nichols joins us from berlin. e been hearing from jean-claude juncker. how much money are we talking about and where exactly is it going? >> we don't know where it is going yet because the fund is not operational yet. one of the things they want to do is have this fund -- and it will only be about 21 billion of urine teed -- of guaranteed money. we don't know where it will go yet because they want the project to leverage it up. we have had angela merkel say she supports the plan in principle. there is cover from the jury decide -- german side. i'm more interested about what the french and italians have to say about it. some french for calling forth 60,000,000,000-80,000,000,000 in new money. the depending on how you slice it, it is hard to get past that 20 million, have private loans go out to the tune of 60 billion euros, and once these projects get started, have bonds off the back of the projects. the big guarantee is that the eu money would be the first hit is some of the projects go south. it is being used as w

hans nichols joins us from berlin. did juncker's announcement match expectations? s giving a little bit of breathing room to plus t hat 315 billion number. he starts with 5 million from the european investment bank, 16 million from the european union. only 8 billion is hard money. that gives you a 15 times multiplier to the 315 number. juncker wants this up and running by june. he said any additional contributions to the core 21 againstfund won't count a country if it is concerned about stability. if france or italy is complaining that the eu is not doing enough, juncker has given himself a vehicle to take that money from those countries, put it into the magic bank account, and multiply it by 15 and get higher numbers. he's talking about new schools hospitals in france, electric vehicle stations along the highway. they are getting down to that the eu is going to take the risk is aspects. they will absorb the first losses if there are any. then they hope to crowd in private money. angela merkel agrees with it in principle. wants just said she to see specific projects

nichols joins us from berlin to make sense of them.acro data is not so good, the corporate data pretty good. >> there may be a lag between corporate and macros. overall, pretty much all of these companies, siemens, deutsche telekom, commerzbank, adidas, beat analyst estimates. that means they can continue hiring. , unemployment unexpectedly dropped last month. it means these companies can be prepared for any sort of storm. deutsche telekom is the most interesting to me. they have the first time returning to profit in europe for the last two years. the added subscribers from their u.s. division at t-mobile usa. that is an interesting move. siemens did have to book a charge on win transmission. they came in at analyst estimates. commerzbank didn't have any big charges everywhere. they had pretty nice upside surprise on net profit and net income. my favorite, we talk about adidas a lot. adidas is thinking about the reebok unit. they surprised on the upside because a running shoe sales and soccer shoe sales, football, excuse me. that is of

. >> reporter: well, let's go to nick spicer, joining us from berlin. and it's a significant day for germans. tell us what we can expect today. >> well, you are probably going to hear daniel conducting the berlin state orkest ra fire up the ode to joy. they are rehearsing when 7,000 balloons will be released back into the sky. we are expecting up to a million people. they gathered in front of the brandenburg gate. they ran by. it's a place of a famous speech. they called on mikhail gorbachev, the secretary-general of the soviet union, to bring down the wall. a symbol of a divided city, country and planet by a superpower standoff. people are coming and there is the night symphony. it is something that germans feel proud of. given the dark periods of the past. this is something we feel we can share with ourselves and show to the world. it was an instance of change. >> there's a lot of balloons tethered to the ground. we saw angela merkel at the war memorial. she was accompanied by the former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev. it's interesting. she's been tal

international correspondent hans nichols joins us from berlin.know and what do you make of this? without a lot of these products did not have to do with viruses. >> this comes from a report, discovery or a charge, from palo alto networks, a research company on the west coast. they say they have discovered our software called wire lurker that can get onto ios operating system and osx. crucially important how many numbers, if this malware is on computers, they say it has infected 400 applications, apps, in the mean 350,000 users. here's how it works and why this could be a potentially serious deal for apple. it goes from your ubs cable. if you take your macintosh, your iphone, plug it into her whereosh to sync, that is some of this takes place. that is why he gets the name wirelurker. the company is not set whole lot about this. this broke late last night. a lot of this has to do with internet security in china mobile security in china and a crucial question that is left unanswered is whether or not this wirelurker will affect the ios a big operati

. >> thank you very much international correspondent joining us from berlin. >> you are looking at the shot from the city of london. equities are set to open in roughly 12 minutes time. a look at what is driving today's session. >> a new car from toyota could blueprint drivers will use for years to come. it is their first hydrogen vehicle, but the innovation is not without risks in an unproven market. >> could this be the car of the future? technology -- its fuel-cell technology is so cutting edge, the car giant believes in terms of innovation it could overtake the prius. the heart ofell is this vehicle. the cell is the key. including its reliability, we reducing sizet in and maximizing power. >> already there is a problem. our us will have to find -- new buyers will have to find fuel. considering there are limited stations worldwide, it could render the car a nonstarter for now. >> the most challenging thing about the rollout is infrastructure. problem.hicken and egg people want to buy the car only if there is infrastructure. there will be the infrastructure unless people are buying c

on nichols joins us from berlin. quite a show last night. lium balloons being released into the skies over berlin. what is your take on it? the helium balloon moment was perhaps the most significant. it was a somber and a morning .ote from mikael gorbachev it started around 6:57 in front of the brandenburg gate. that is the time 25 years ago that the announcement was read on the air that germans could travel from east berlin to west berlin. you had those helium balloons that were released. for angela merkel, she said it was a moment to mark the progress of human freedom. will never forget the movement for freedom and democracy and eastern european states pave the way for the happiest moment in our recent history. the fall of the wall showed us that james -- that dreams can become reality. we want to share this experience with our partners throughout the world. thank you. >> all weekend, even during the celebrations, tensions in ukraine are rising. disturbing reports about a fragile cease-fire. gorbachevy, mikael mourned about the triumphalism

. >>> we have the editor for africa international live from berlin and thank you so much for being with usnow, the military say they have all intentions to install a unity civilian government although they have not given a deadline as yet, how much weight are you giving this statement? >> okay, first i think this is right because they don't need to outlaw the constitution, if they want to be part of the process they could just decide it and have it in store, security, whatever you want, but what we have now is not supposed to be a coup. it's supposed to be a president stepping down after people are asking to respect constitution and showing it in many demonstrations so what people need is interim government with the constitution being respected because what the military are trying to install is sort of a transition and we know what it is. many people mingling interfering and. >> here is a question i need to ask you, according to the constitution, the president of the senate is supposed to take over once the president actually resigns. why do you think that hasn't happened as of yet? >> bec

joining us from berlin where it's past 9:00 a.m. is cnn's frederik pleitgen. this must be quite a weekend for the people that have lived through this historic moment from the young and the not so young. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. natalie, it's a very important weekend and nice. we're lucky to have this great weather this morning, of course, one of the main attractions for the fall of the wall festivities is our own cnn trovant. the little girl is the daughter of our camera woman claudia, sophie and she's waving back. but behind me is the other main attraction which is, of course, the berlin wall, this is the east side gallery which is the longest remaining stretch of the berlin wall that is still standing turninged too an art gallery when artists simply came over here and started painting on the wall and it has survived until today and now is today one of the main attractions and next to that wall, you have those lanterns that you were talking about before that border of lights which is going to be lit up every evening and then on november 9th at precisely

. >> crossing to nick spicer, joining us from berlin to tell us what is happening today. >> you are getting an example of the music. you are getting a sound trick. electronic music and classical music. the conductor is leading the orchestra in plays the "ode to joy" by beethoven. angela merkel will be here, with a man that helped to bring about peaceful change in poland, and one to two million people coming to celebrate the fall of berlin wall, which is one of the most proud moments in german history. i'm joined by an historian to shed light on this. what does that mean to germans this day history. >> this year, germany and europe remembers 100 years, first of all, of the beginning, 25 years of second world war, and 25 years of peaceful revolution. the peaceful revolution marked the extremes as the british saw it. and the 25th anniversary of the revolution is the end of extreme fortune, the division has ended, and people live together unified and so it gets a central focus in our memory culture, together with the dark side of german history. >> it's the event that the germans are proud of.

years ago, however, in this city, and along the berlin wall is something that i think germans almost uniformly feel proud of. >> nick spicer joining us live fromon the 25t 25th anniversary of the celebration of the fall of the berlin wall. thanks for that. >> in yemen, a new government has been sworn in, but the political crisis there is far from over. two major factions, the houthis and supporters of the old regime have rejected the newly formed government. despite that, the prime minister has told aljazeera that his government has the support of yemenis. >> yemen's prime minister looks confident. he's walking to address the nation with a message of hope. he faces a string of problems, including sect arian tension, violence, instability and the rise of al-qaeda. >> with the support of all the people of yemen, with the support of the arab nations, our friends, from all over the world, we will face the challenge. >> this is the swearing in ceremony for the newly formed government. ministers loyal to the former president showed up and backed the current president. the leader had warned against such moves. the general is the new defense minister.

us live from baghdad. imran, thank you for being with us. you are looking at live pictures of a ceremony at the brandenburg gate in berlin germany as the world remembers the fall of the berlin wall. it happened 25 years ago today and is a powerful symbol of the cold war. more than a million will descend on the capital. nick spicer has more. >> up to a million people are expected in berlin to celebrate the fall of the berlin wall, which used to run behind me here at the brandenburg gait, it 25 years ago this sunday. the former polish leader of the solidarity trade union is here, and mikhail gorbachev, the last secretary-general of the soviet union who warned at a symposium whilst coming to take part, that there was a risk that the world was on the verge of a new cold war because of tensions between russia and the west over ukraine. however, the overall feeling is one of celebration, with a performance of beethoven's "ode to joy", the anthem made possible by the fall of the wall. and silling by peter graperiel of -- gabriel of david bowie's hit "hero"s, a song that came to mind when a couple was seen kissing under the wall. >> coming up, we'll

it is yet another attempt to goad private investment back to europe with hans nichols joining us from berlin. how much money are we talking about here? when will projects be shovel ready? >> in terms of new money we're talking 16 billion in guarantees from the eu and another 5 billion and the european investment bank and in terms of the timeline they're talking about having the funds be ready made 2015 and what they really have the eus backstop the guarantee and back some of these riskier projects. they would be the first amount of money that would be wiped out and the idea is to get a multiplier of fact which is 15 with the initial seed capital will be in that will spur investment, growth and jobs. let's look how he is doing his algebra, not sure if out of a or trigonometry but clearly he has multiplier effects. initially we have 21 billion which is the overall backstop and when you break that down unit 16 billion in new eu guarantees and only 8 billion will be coming from the eu but no countries have actually been the hardesttribute, money is a 5 billion from european investment banks and

berlin that berlin can achieve in terms of structural reforms on the ground in europe is limited. >> things for joining us. .reat to get your perspective the senior vice president joining us live fromerlin. is the rebel it election. voters go to the polls and eastern ukraine. what does it tell us about who didn't relations with the west? next. -- about putin's relations with the west? next. >> time for the latest company news. offers toing company oi. the luxembourg-based holding company already owns in portugal and is pushing across europe. in the 23 billion dollar deal earlier this year. saudi arabia's national bank plans to raise $6 billion this the second largest ipo behind alibaba. it marks the biggest ever share sale in the middle east and is national investors. it was 50% overprescribed. shares in the largest lender will be lifted in the index, which is set to open for foreign investors next year. binary has updated its profit goals for the second time this year. the company says any slowdown in the european economy could push people in its directions, and effort to attract business customers could pay off. we spoke to the ceo. >> will prices are falling. we are hedged to ma

coming to us from berlin to get our "surveillance" started this morning. does mckenzie believe in the new mediocrity? >> we are going to be in a low growth world. we had a fantastic 50 years. we had demographics driving growth and productivity driving growth. >> what has changed? >> we are getting older. >> excuse me. this is a "surveillance" breaksclusive. [laughter] >> every week, tom makes up more children. i have four. >> where italy is -- have disasters. germany is going to have a shrieking labor force. america is good, u.k. is good. other parts of the world, it is going to be a problem. >> every time we talk about monetary policy in japan, we should be talking about immigration. >> japan has a shrinking labor force. there is no way they can pay off their debt. >> to what extent does population offset it? >> can we get a step up and productivity? productivity? that is the question. can we get it through technology? the real issue is that we have the technology. the politicians worrying about? they are worrying about immigration and all these other thi

thank you, hans nichols, joining us from berlin. >> we are less than one hour away from the opening ofkets. we are joined now by jpmorgan portfolio manager stephen smith. is four points in 14ts highest level years. it is amazing what you can discover on this terminal. >> he wasn't listening to me. >> i was, and one year. ear.was, in one >> the ecb's comprehensive assessment of the eurozone banking system -- if you look back to see what the behavior of banks has been, there has been huge emphasis of raising capital. on the other side of the balance sheet, it looks as if banks have been constraining their part of the system. they're keeping both sides of the balance sheet where it needed to be in order to hit that target. if you look at the ledger of credit or the last six months, you will start to see a change. it is glacial, but there is a change. banks realize they're going to pass the compounds assessment, so it appears to be changing. if you look at the ecb's own bank lending survey that came out a couple of weeks ago, you are seeing the demand for credit is rising across most secto

. >> hans nichols joining us from berlin. thank you. moving to wall street. ms. about bonuses at one of the world's biggest bond funds. pimco paid former chief investment officer pell a bonus in 2013.$290 million the year in which is totally fine find trailed peers. mary joins us now with more. an eyely this is watering number four bill gross. how does a bond manager -- >> it is clever. he started the company in 1971. a lot of ownership in the company. pimco is notorious for compensating their employees. that is one of the draws. they deliver. gotmed el-erian, former ceo $230 million. vacsyn.listen -- dan i that is a subordinate guy. other deputy cia has got 30 million -- other deputy cio's go t $30 million. >> why isn't a bond manager at black rock making that much? >> larry fink made $23 million in the last year. it is such a different structure. it is a lot of different pods moving around. pimco is a giant hedge fund. and there. this is in index fund that tracks the s&p. at pimco i've always thought of it, bill gross is a hedge fund manager in different clothi

caught up with the ceo and he joins us from berlin.o about extending its global commercial reach? i thought it was well underway. it has done exceptionally well compared to the rest of the bundesliga, that it remains substantially behind the likes of manchester united, real madrid, barcelona in selling shirts and merchandise in asia and the u.s.. what it is doing is using german companies, the likes of on's and itnd ollie is using their expertise to access these markets. how is bayern munich using german's, using the brand, the corporate acumen, to translate into commercial reality? us that in theng summer of 2012 when they went on to her in china, they first thing they did when they got on the ground in beijing was that they sat down with the manager, a chinese manager at the volkswagen unit of audi and he said this is how you do business in a country like china. this is how you reputation. they took that on board and they managed to get a chinese sponsor panels.kes solar about setting up a very successful to her. tour >>.sful >> you

berlin, it has increased between 50% and 70%. i believe the strength will continue at 5% per year. >> which could mean a luxury where the wall ran. >> hans nichols joins us live from anniversary on sunday. >> it is going to be a remarkable moment. lights,e a wall of little balloons that will be released into the air. i will be the memorial on sunday. getting back to the east-west split, there is a fair and not of anger among longtime residents about what the luxury property market is doing to average rents. that is not going away. around the corner from where i live, 15 minutes from brandenburg gate, there are routine vandalism's of high end properties, even when they are building them. there is real tension. >> hans, thank you so much. hans nichols from berlin with the latest on the property prices and the story coming from allianz. that is it for "the pulse," bloomberg "surveillance" is up next. live from new york with tom keene and his team. follow us on twitter. i am @flacqua. jobs day in the u.s., we will break that down. and then we have a great conversation with the ceo of wpp. it will be interesting to see what tom asks 10 in terms of growth worldwide. hav

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berlin. the joyous moment on this day in 1989 when the wall came crashing down. cnn's frederick joins us now live fromn. frederick, there have been ceremonies throughout the day and evening there. describe the scene for us. >> reporter: it was an amazing ceremony here, pamela. it's going to get a bit noisy. it was an mazing ceremony. the climax was some 7,000 balloons being let off into a crowd that was chanting in jubilation. the place that i'm at here right now actually has a lot of significance as well. i'm at the longest stretch of the berlin wall that still remains. it's called the east side gallery, and it is a stretch of the original wall that was then turned into art. i would say there were tens of thousands of people here to celebrate this moment. a lot of them, of course, are still very much here. it was really interesting also because 25 years since the end of communism and since the fall of the wall, germany has really grown together. you can get that sense of unity as you saw from the people that came here in the celebrations today, pamela. >> frederick, you're german. that are your memor

berlin. >> that was great. fred joins us now live from berlin.f all, you have to tell me about the car, that's pretty awesome. and also what a day that's coming up on sunday. >> absolutely, poppy. there's one thing that you can say and that is that i don't travel in style. we have the car right here. it's called the trabant which was the main car in communist east germany. it's called the trabant 601 and i managed to get my hand on the "s" model which means sport, which mean this is vehicle has 26 horsepower. i've been driving this around as part of this entire week, it doesn't have power steering, certainly doesn't have power brakes. in fact, this one barely has any brakes at all. it certainly catches people's eyes. it's been great to drive the car around but i won't be sad to not have to drive it around when the week is over and you're right. it will be big celebrations here in berlin. i don't know if you can see behind me, there's lights that you see there. that's a recreation of where the berlin wall used to be. it's about eight miles long. o

. >> joining us from our parliamentary studios in berlin is yakov hadas-handelsman, the israeli ambassadoro germany. welcome to the program, mr. ambassador. thank you for your time. benjamin netanyahu has demanded international condemnation of the synagogue killings. what he said, i want to see other denunciation of the murder of jews in prayer shawls. have you seen that? >> yes, we have seen condemnation of this horrible terror attack, in germany and elsewhere. those condemnations will be wholeheartedly -- it is not something you need to do, because it is expected. at the end of the day it is a combination. on the one hand, these terror attacks. on the other hand, thes tailwins palestinians have been achieving from the international community in the attempt to achieve their goals unilaterally. >> the prime minister says there is a war for jerusalem. what does he mean? >> all inhabitants of jerusalem, jews or muslims or christians, are entitled to have their daily life without being afraid and insecure that they might be attacked by terrorists, someone who takes his car and runs over ainno

hans nichols is our international correspondent and joins us now from berlin.be heading for the door? >> well, coke hinting that they want to see clarity to this scandal, this controversy over this report that hasn't been published. it looks into how these games were awarded to qatar. you think of fifa has having two constituencies. one, they have the players, the leagues. two, they have the sponsors. over the weekend, they took shots from both. we've talked about coca-cola. perhaps just as important, if not more important, the head of the german football league. this is a league, the umbrella group for the league. he had comments that were pretty strong and pretty critical and pretty scalding about fifa. here's what he said. he said "credibility of football's world governing body is in free-fall. the action was needed with support of many countries." here's what he's getting at. he's essentially saying that if you're going to have a boycott, it's only going to work if everyone in your -- 75% of the world cup players play in european football league. it's only

us can believe it's been 25 years. i'm brian williams reporting from the berlin wall. >> as i was saying, a number of us were there early on. but one american anchorman, one broadcast, this one, in fact, got their first. tonight, tom brokaw has a look back at that trip and that momentous time. >> reporter: it was a night when the world changed right before our eyes. good evening live from the berlin wall on the most historic night in this wall's history. this was me 25 years ago at the brandonburg gate, the berlin wall, the night that it came down. a complete surprise and yet one of the most historic and significant events of the 20th century. east berlin, a maximum security prison in the heart of europe. we had come here to report on the growing protests against communist rule. and the violent crackdown. it looked like it would spiral out of control. activist filmmaker risked his life to smuggle these pictures out of the city of lip sig a month earlier. it was a pivotal moment. >> translator: the people saw that we were protesting and that we were peaceful, that we were so many. >> reporter: as november 9th dawned, the

>> for more on the events surrounding the fall of the berlin wall 25 years ago, the role the american presidents played. the historian joined us from austin, texas. president ronald reagan called on gorbachev to tear down the berlin wall. how important was that rallying cry? >> it was an amazing moment. now everybody talks about it as ronald reagan's greatest speech. time, pundits and foreign-policy analysts thought it was inflammatory, it was just going to anger the soviet union. instead, reagan gets a lot of hard marks. as margaret thatcher famously said, you won the cold war without firing a single shot. there is a little hyperbole with that, but that speech being delivered in 1986, and in 1989 the wall coming down is often seen as cause and effect, reagan's great moment. bush was the. president when the wall actually came down. how did he respond to the end of the iron curtain? >> there is the unsung hero of it all. 41, as he is called now. he showed such grace and diplomacy, caution. remember, we did not know what was going to happen. it did not just come tumbling down. it was getting chipped away, bit by bit. it was a fear th

from berlin. >> great to have you with us. our headlines for you at this hour -- >> winter come early. a blizzard like it's much of the u.s. northeast. another is on the way. at least eight people have died. >> the u.s. city of ferguson braces for a decision on whether a white police officer should be charged or shooting dead a black teenager. >> and turning his back on the gold to ride the stallion. thanks for being with us. parts of the u.s. northeast already buried in deep snow are bracing for anoter blizzard. new york's governor is calling it a historic event. >> a monster winter storm earlier this week pounded the state of new york, leaving it buried under six feet -- that's about three meters -- of snow. if forecast hold true for this storm that's coming, new york will have gotten a years worth of the white stuff in just three days. >> at least eight deaths in western new york are being blamed on the winter weather so far. at least three of them from heart attacks suffered while the victims were shoveling snow. >> residence across the northeast are being told to stay indoors. >>

exciting and emotional thinking about all those people who tried to cross from east berlin to the west and didn't make it. fred, for ushere in east berlin. it's just gone 11:20 in the morning. thank you. appreciate it. >>> and lone wolf attacks, and they're happening more frequently. everywhere from israel to canada. what law enforcement authorities think is behind the trend. and one year ago today, supertyphoon haiyan slammed into the philippines. one survivor's heartbreaking story. that's coming up. great rates and safety working in harmony. open an optimizer +plus account from synchrony bank. visit myoptimizerplus.com to open an account. service. security. savings. synchrony bank engage with us. all around the world the dedicated people of united airlines ♪ are there to support you. ♪ that's got your back friendly. ♪ i'm spending too much time hiring and not enough time in my kitchen. [ female announcer ] need to hire fast? go to ziprecruiter.com and post your job to over 30 of the web's leading job boards with a single click; then simply select the best candidates from one easy to review list. you put up one post

berlin. >> very tenacious. >> absolutely. very derped. >> absolutely. and this programming note for you. remember to join us for special coverage on this anniversary. we'll have special reports fromall this weekend and begins at 1700 central european time on friday. >>> okay, well, the most powerful person in the world is? vladimir putin. >> that's according to the "forbes" magazine annual leader. it's his second year in a row at the top spot. he beat out 16 other heads of state. "forbes" says the list is the evaluation of hard power, leaders with the ability to shake the world. >> others on the list, barack obama at number two. pope francis took the third spot. the first woman on the list is angela merkel. >> there are now photos of north korea's kim jung un who shows him without a cane for the first time. >> there were reports he had surnlry to remove a cyst on his ankle. but doctors say this is not the end of his health troubles. brian todd has more. >> he gives the full appearance of a commander-in-chief, expe expecting troops, walking with battalion commanders. and in new paragraphs, kim jong un for the first time since his mysterious six-week disappearance is seen walking w

berlin wall and the death strip used to look like. most estimates say 138 people seed trying to get from east to west berlin. there were people who tried to build tunnels and tried to climb across. some even built their own aircraft to make it to freedom. after getting out of jail, she immediately tried to flee again, with a false passport by a bulgarian. she was captured again. but she made a defiant vow to her interrogators. she would send them her wedding picture when she got married in the west. that's what she did aftering with released in 1969 as part of a west german program that purchased the freedom of jailed east germans. today, she says, the communist repression must never be forgotten. it was worse than you can imagine, she says. this was not a country of law and justice, it was never like that. 25 years after the fall of the wall, her testimony is more important than ever. as a whole generation has now grown up, not knowing what german division was like. >> now, once the wall came down, east germans were ready to cross over to the west, but not permanent think. our jim clancy was there back in 1

from west fell. >> very big anniversary. dw will be accompanying celebrations here in berlin over the weekend. we do hope you will join us for our comprehensive coverage here from the german capital. in the run-up to november 9, we've been showcasing individual stories all week of what it was like to be here back when the wall fell in 1989. >> today, we hear from an editor of our sports show kickoff. we watched it all unfold. >> west berlin's theater. november 9, 1989. leading the performance, little did he know that the real drama was about to begin. then he heard on the radio the border to east berlin was opening. >> i recognize that something truly incredible was happening. so we drove down to the checkpoint to see for ourselves what was going on. >> today, it's not that easy to locate where the wall once stood. but 25 years ago, this was the site of one of the first openings on that historic night. >> a telephone booth stood here about 50 meters from the border itself. the first thing i did was call my mother who was born in east germany. i told her the border was open, and she just cried. >> it was an unforgettable

joining us is ross kaufman, he and katy co-directed and produced "eteam", following the human rights watch team on investigations in syria and libya. from berlin, fred abrahams at human rights watch. great to have you both with us. one review referred to the documentary as a roller-coaster of film making at its best. you face danger to do your job. why are you willing to take the risks. why is it so important? >> well, traditionally human rights work was going to a country, conducting an investigation, and returning to write a report. we felt there needed to be urgency, crisis, in armed conflict and war. we wanted to be on the scene at the moment in real time to protect civilians. we had information that was accurate, the scene was fast-moving and we wanted to feed that into policy makers, because that is the goal. how do we change something. how do we protect civilians in times of war. >> you have become the human rights first responders. in the film, an investigator in syria is interviewing a mother whose children died. the investigator tells the woman, we are not journalists, we are trying to report - not just to report things, but to make

. >> reporter: today marked the route of the berlin wall that used the divide in the democratic east from the west. germany's chancellor said the fall of the wall showed us that dreams can come true. [cheers and applause] and they did for thousands the night of november 9th, 1989 when crowds hearing the eastern government intended to loosen the border patrols poured on to the wall and gaveled. she was 15 at the time -- he was 15 at the time my was standing right there i remember sitting, there pulling someone up again and singing "give peace a chance". they run tours of berlin and of the wall. >> we are standinged in of no mand's land. >> reporter: in august 1961, east germany started building the 27 mile long wall. anyone who tried to escape risked everything to cross from east to west over the so-called death strip. today, this section is a park full of life. as for the wall itself, the actual barrier shrarpblgly gone. but the memories kept alive to remind -- barrier is gone but memories still remain. >>> the president is on his tour of asia following a sum nit china. he will head to mi

. >> balloons marked the ruin of the berlin wall that used to divide the communist east from the democratic weapons, during the anniversary celebrations germany's chancellor angela merkel said the fall of the wall showed us that dreams can come true. >> and they did come true for thousands the night of november ninth, 1989 when crowds hearing that the east german government intended to loosen the border controls poured on to the wall and gambled that the guards wouldn't shoot. >> sascha was 15 at the time. >> i was standing live there. i just remember sitting there pulling someone up again and a bit embarrassingly i was singing give peace a chance, which i would probably never do that today. >> sascha now runs cycles tour of berlin and the wall. >> there is a white line here. there is tale was 11 behind you and we are standing inside no-man's-land. >> in august 1961, soviet allied east germany started building the 27-mile long wall. anyone who tried to escape was, took everything to cross from east to westover the so-called death strip or, where border guards aimed to kill. >> today this se

>> live from berlin, this is the world news. >> good to have you with us. here is what is coming up. oil prices plunged to a new four-year low after opec leaves its output unchanged. we will bring you the latest from vienna. >> lawmakers back the new prime minister for the new parliament. >> and news from the united states have a potential breakthrough in the battle against ebola. >> oil will continue to flood the market. that is the decision at a summit today in vienna. >> it is great for consumers looking for cheap oil. $72 a barrel now. >> the decision was spearheaded by saudi arabia. it made clear it does not have any intention of curbing production despite pleas from others in the market. >> even as opec discussed production levels, the price of crude oil continued to fall on thursday. cartel members don't want to project in amick of panic and agreed to leave volumes study. >> four years we have a very decent price. that does not mean we should really rush and do something. we have to wait and see. >> the current oil has triggered a drop in revenue. tw

berlin wall and the death strip used to look like. most estimates say 138 people died trying to get from east to west berlin but that didn't deter others. there were people who tried to build tunnels, there were those who tried to climb across and those who built their own aircraft. after getting out of jail renata immediately tried to flee again with a false passport by a bulgari bulgarian. but she was captured again. she would send them her wedding picture when she got married in the west, and that's exactly what she did after being released in 1969 as part of a west german government program that purchased the freedom of jailed east germans. today, she says, the communist repression must never be forgotten. it was worse than you can imagine, she says. this was not a country of law and justice, it was never like that. 25 years after the fall of the wall her testimony is more important than ever as a whole generation has now grown up not knowing what german division was like. also, of course, never having experienced the repression that took place in eastern germany, of course a lot of people who spoke out against the government were

>> live from studio to this is your world news in berlin. >> great to have you with us. one year on, ukrainians commemorate the start of the revolution. >> justice for who? china dissidents go on trial behind closed doors. >> going it alone. barack obama use his executive order to overhaul u.s. immigration law setting up a major clash with the republican party. we go live to washington. >> they are known as the demonstrators who brought down the government and threatened to rekindle the cold war. >> see protesters in the ukraine, one year ago today when they began filling independence square angry at the president for turning down closer ties with the european union in favor of russia. >> today they have a new president, and even he was heckled today. the revolution remains unfinished for some people. >> it is again filled with people. a year ago crowe test begins which forced out a president who rejected europe in favor of closer ties with russia. the commemoration honor those who died, in the hope their deaths and the resulting conflict was worth it. u.s. vice presiden

us about berlin. what is the view from berlin about the bracket -- brexit?ey feel it and how big of a problem would it be. chris they would hate -- >> they what hate to see britain a leave. it's a good balance within europe and britain is a very important part of that. they are very concerned about of cameronhink playing domestic politics more than taking a bigger view of things. to give willing something to britain but as we have seen when i left, they are clear redline they will not cross. >> those red lines are here to stay? if you decide for them to leave and you see the situation here, how far would angela merkel go? the $2od example of billion that has to be paid. money here and there the germans would do what they have done before and throw money at it. that is ok. on the principles of europe, free movement, people, capital, goods and services, it is a no go. germans would not change. fits in their domestic situation because they like immigration. they needed them. there is more of them than britain has a europeans that britain. a share of population