berlin is where the east and west meets in a real, substantial sense. i think that's why berlin can go out of the slump it has right now, because it has that kind of unique situation of being at the cutting edge, right there at the meeting place between the two sides of east and west. narrator: since the fall of the wall in 1989 and the end of the cold war rivalry between e west and the soviet union, berlin is being transformed into one city as the capital of a unified germany. the collapse of the soviet iron curtain reshaped europe itself. berlin has once again assumed a physically central location in a new expanded european region. berliners are hopeful that their city will soon attain a more central functional location within europe as well. in the decades to come, their success will be measured in an eastward shift of europe's economic core and the emergence of berlin as a city whose relative location is at the center of a new europe. technically, poland became democratic in 1989 almost immediately after the collapse of soviet rule here. but the dif

in his blighted neighborhood he hates the south like east berlin hated west berlin. they haven of entrepreneurialism have always outperformed the statist neighbors south korea over north korea. hong kong and taiwan. this is a universal truth the south of fills the same role today with the prosperity exposed the impoverished lies and deceit. that is why liberals hate the south. [applause] because they believe the environment of hillbillies have defeated them. they can barely stand it. and it lies with though 17 virtue in the end even the liberal haccp have the place to live or work driving and nail in the dream because as he picked -- packs of this stuff soon you'll hear the words that will drive a dagger into his hopes. how the neighbor. [laughter] , everybody gets the trophy. [laughter] . . about high school graduations and the issue of valedictorians. the -- the torian initio? did they go on a crime sprain alcohol binge? and it turns out i used bunch of schools in america think that by having just one of the the the torian is mean spirited and not very inclusive so

the american liberal looks upon this and hates the south like an east berlin hated west berlin.round the world we with have seen it time and time again. this is universal truth of history. the south fulfills the same role today. it's existence the heritage and the prosperity expose the liberal project is the -- that's why liberals hate the south. [applause] liberals hate the south what they believe is an environment of ignorant ill billies has defiended are them in affluence and sophistication. they can barely stand it it. there is hope. it flights one southern virtue i yet to mention. the liberal has to find a police to live and work. and that's where southern hospital tailty drives the fig nail. as they pack up to leave california, detroit, or new york. he knows with dread he will hear the words that drive the dagger in to the precious hopes. howdy, neighbor. [laughter] [applause] there's no such thing as learning a valuable life lesson from losers. the two plus two who equal five or those who might fewer points than the other team must not be told they are wrong or lost. do s

he hates the south like an east berliner hated west berlin. throughout the were with seen this time and time again. havens of entrepreneurialism and individual liberty have always outperformed the statist neighbors. whether it was west germany leaping over east germany, hong kong and taiwan putting china to shame, or singapore outshining impoverish malaysia. this has been universal truth of history. the south fulfills that same role today. that's why liberals hate the south. [applause] liberals hate the south because what they believe is an assignment of ignorance has defeated them in affluence and sophistication. they can barely stand it, but there is so. and it lies in a once in virtue i've yet to mention because much as bill of rights the south, in in even a little has to find a place to live and work and that's where southern hospitality drives the final minute into the dream. because if the liver packs up and leaves, he knows with dread and soon he will hear the words that will drive a dagger into his most precious hopes, howdy, neighbor.

berlin. out toward the west, the one hot spot, lisbon, 35 expected friday. that's the for me now. and here is your extended forecast. ♪ ♪ >>> that is a all for now on this edition of newsline. i'm yuko aotani in tokyo. thank you very much for watching.

west made film set to insulting. the german court a set over whether funneling money to a neighbor is easy legal and whether berlin can join the new five hundred billion euro rescue fund this out of the euro zone struggles to break free of the cycle. that's another man's goes the polls it seems it doesn't really matter if your party is left or right as long as it out of the you are with people in the country tired of a stellar euro skeptic has already lost his getting. off next interview. a russian medium tycoon and c.e.o. one russia's biggest companies who always has ways of solving the world's current economic ills. their past to transform into the world's top company before the global crisis near decapitated his empire now euro zone the mounting in america and china all delivering for the rich will there be a second wave of this crisis. really. i do believe is a. maybe prolonged period of the money. that is based on. here some on the west in west so soon are always european. missed. interpretation of what is going china. it's not clear for. many what will be outcome and u.s. bottle full of president elections and t

i said that means that any citizens of your country can come and go to the berlin wall, including into germany -- west germany. he said yes, and that's what it means. and i ran downstairs to my american colleagues, and i said it's over. i think the wall is coming down. the time i got to that area, the guard who had been typical with us gave me a way to go through. i stopped him and said have you just heard what was announced? and he said no. and i said well, what you think? and she looked at me and said through the translator, i'm not prepared, i'm not paid to think. you can go now. i got back to the office, alerted everybody of what was going on. we did bulletins back here. now we are preparing for a midnight broadcast from the brandenburg gate, and one of my colleagues came in, operating and thinking it was chaos, she said there was a huge crowd at the brandenburg gate where you're going to be broadcasting. i had to get security to get clearance to go there -- and that's what it was about. at the time i got out there, there was this enormous crowd, mostly from the west. and i went with cheryl gold,

west boy scouts girl scouts honesty success the second amendment pools and patios the suburbs freeways baby seniors taking risks small businesses american toyotas immigrants teachers doctors patients algae bright lights of the berlin wall charity profit talk radio american military founding fathers the state constitution the e pluribus unum apple pie and america. god bless america, these united states. thank you very much everybody. i hope you get the book. [applause] mike has agreed to take a couple of questions before we get out of here. the first one, right here. >> we did not bring issues. >> where is chick-fil-a? >> it was getting too cold. we will make the diet that i could hear your answer because there were too many -- prius is clicking by. what was your answer about why they don't have any conservative moderators in the upcoming debate? >> it's a perfect metaphor for the machine we are up against. if you expect this is going to be an easy ride for governor romney, it's not in its unbelievable there are going to be liberals who are going to be moderating the debates. the bardot is a so much higher for governor romney then it is president obama and we know that going in and we have to accept that it's tough

strategic moment the likes of which we have not seen since the berlin wall -- is that because there is a shifting of power from the u.s., from the west -- you know all the things that being written -- or how would you describe the shifting strategic moment -- why is it a shifting moment? >> it shifting, first of all, because the soviet union, as this existential threat to everything we believe, is gone. that is why it is no longer the strategic center. but the world is changing even more fundamentally. we still mentally relive -- we live in a west failing world, the world of a nation state, those independent units that are truly sovereign and do not depend or do not take orders from everywhere -- the world of nation-state, those independent units that are truly sovereign and do not depend or take orders from anywhere else. the west can no longer do what it assumed it could do for its citizens. it needs to reach out for help. so you have got this system living in an uneasy coexistence with this globalize the world, and you say, "are we losing power?" though the very nature of power is different now than it used to be. you all in your

berlin wall. is that because there is a shifting of power from the u.s., from the west were headed during the postmodern world. all the things written about this period of time or how what she describes a shifting strategic moment? wisely shifted moment? >> at a shifting because of the soviet union as an existential threat to everything we believe this gone. that is why it is no longer the strategic senate. but the world is changing even more fundamentally. we still mentally live in a westphalian world, a world of the nationstate, those independent units that are truly sovereign and don't depend or don't take orders from anybody else. but now, globalization has come and is poking holes in the westphalian world and the nationstate can no longer do what it assumed that could do for us citizens. innings to reach out for help. and so you've got this westphalian systems, living an uneasy coexistence with this globalized world and you say, reducing power? very nature of power is different now than it used to be. you know, you on your textbooks say these are the elements of national power to the economy, this

rebecca west who have met thompson in london in 1921, whom jim spoke about in his introduction, and later when dorothy was a chief of the bureau in berlin, was as courageous and as an domino ball as american friend, possibly more so. kindred spirits intent on breaking through that concrete ceiling of male-dominated literature and journalism. they both were intent on confronting the pivotal issues of their times head-on. and they would remain friends all of their lives. rebecca west had as humble a beginning as dorothy thompson eric she was born so silly isabel fairfield on the outskirts of london in 1892 to a scotch highland mother with musical aspirations, and a truly gifted journalist father. when he left them, abandoned them to poverty, when she, too, was only eight, she was both devastated and liberated. as angry as she was, she, like thompson, was able to invent herself. noddy and rebellious, ms. fairfield first tried to be an actress, which was a terrible thing for a respectable woman to do. but early on she realized that her true passion and her true ability was the spoken word. and she became a feminist journalist as a tool for

rebecca west who had met constant in london in 1921 who jim's book but in his introduction, impleader eight chief bureau in berlin was a courageous and abdominal as her american friend possibly more so, the spirit and intent on that concrete feeling of male-dominated journalism they both were intent on confronting the pivotal issues of their time had gone and they would remain friends all of their lives. rebecca had a humble beginning as dorothy thompson. she was born isabel fairfield on the help skirts of london in 1892 today scott highland mother with musical the aspirations and a truly gifted journalist father when he left them abandoned to poverty, when she too was only eight she was devastated in the liberated. as angry as she was, she, like thompson was able to invent herself. naughty and rebellious, ms. fairfield first tried to be an actress which was a terrible thing for a respectable woman to do. but early on, she realized that her true passion and a devotee of the spoken word became a feminist journalist as a tool for initiating social change. by the age of 20, she had earned a reputation by the age of