the east germans took advantage to reach austria and then west germany. >> i am here in the central part of the european revolution of freedom, of democracy, of coming together and that continues to shape our part of the world and that inspires many other parts of the globe. >> after the picnic, it only took congress three more weeks to officially open the border with austria. -- it only took hungary three more weeks. today, the symbol watchtower and a few strands of barbed wire remain, reminders of the more difficult times. >> stay with us if you can. still to come, a giant dangerous blot of green, how algae is blotting some of the coastline. the taiwanese french minister joined other, ministers in -- the taiwanese defense minister joined others in offering to resign. many citizens are upset about the recovery effort after the mudslides. we have a report from taiwan. >> the grim task of recovering bodies began. soldiers get ready to dig out remains. are around 400 villagers are believed to have been very by a massive mudslide. under intense public pressure, the slow response to the typh

west germany, the vanquished, rose again, phoenix like, terminator like.h the advent of cheap vacation packages to sunny spain, the two sides met again. they met poolside, battle recommenced over the seemingly inon yous you -- inon you louse lounge chair. >> they were reserving territories in the lounge chairs. >> and now look closely. they aren't all germans claiming territory. trust me, there are brits there too. the brits are fighting back. inspired by decades of germans bashing movies like "where eagles dare", egged on by the comedians taking jibes at the humorless germans. >> have you noticed it has pictures on it? >> the brits are on the lounge chair counter offensive. >> this is an anthropological development. what happened is that we have learnt from the germans. >> these days, brits will reserve their morning lounge chairs before they stumble into bed. there's talk of brits smearing an tgeels with honey to attract insects. last summer a brit sued his travel agent because his hotel was full of germans. he won $1,000 compensation. >> we have become

but but the easgermans took advantage of the eventto reach austri then west germany. >> what happened here was an important part of the european revolution for eedom, mocracy, coming togetherand ntinues to shape ourpart of the wor and inspires so many othe parts of the globe. >> after the picnic, it only tookungary three more weeksto oficially opened the full border at auria. the athorities in east rmany, czechoslovakia, and elsewhere were furus but powerless to interfere. once their own peoe could ravel freely, the power collapse today, a single watchtower and eight few rands of barbed wir emain as reminders oougher times -- ana few strands of baed wire remain as reminder of ugher times. >>> its ruggedoastline makes it a favite summer destination, but holidaymakers are being wned to stay away fr certain beach in the french region of northern britain. tons of potentlly lethal gen aae has swapped ctain ars. one man whonhaled fumes fr the seaweed waseft seriously l. > a single tractor in the sea of green. this mechanic beast represts the only fight against toxic aweed it in places likth

west germany rose again.ith the advent of cheap vacation packages to sunny spain, the two sides met again. they met poolside. battle recommenced over the seemingly innocuous lounge chair. but now for the brits, the jaws of victory have vomited defeat. thomas cook, the behemoth travel agent, just issued this devastating blow to every british land chair lover. as part of a promotion to holiday makers in germany, prebookable sun chairs are being offered. prebookable only available to germans? thomas cook refused to give me an interview, refused to give me an explanation. could they tell i'm british? could they tell i love a lounge chair? could they tell i'm angry? i'm nick watt for "nightline" in london. >> some white thighs there. >> who knew there was such a battle over lounge chairs. when you go to the pool is there there a big fight? >> i have in europe in other places? >> can't they just give you two so you can long next to each other. >> maybe back to back. >> wait a minute. i've got moobs. >> i love that

the question of the settlements in the west bank, which germany opposes, and what to do about iran, which netanyahu describes as a threat to israel. >> this is the last leg of benjamin netanyahu's four-day tour. it follows talks in london, during which time hopes were raised that there could be agreements on settlements in the west bank. israel is said to be ready to restrict construction. it may not be the comprehensive freeze that the americans and the palestinians want. in advance of this week's discussions, germany joined the call for israel to halt settlement building. agreement on this issue would only be a first up toward the resumption of israeli- palestinian talks. at the time being, all sides are waiting to see if president obama will unveil a new middle east peace plan. another preoccupation is iran. germany is iran's biggest trading partner in europe. netanyahu has made it clear he wants tougher pressure imposed to stop theiran's nuclear enrichment program. >> i am joined from berlin by our correspondent. steve, this is a european tour. is he likely to hear things in berlin th

two countries have a history of 1986 libyan agents are linked to a bombing in west berlin, germany a spot frequented by u.s. service members. then in 1988 pan am flight 103 explodes over lockerbie, scotland killing all people on border and eleven people on the ground. fast forward, when they hand over two suspects for the bombing. then in 2003, president george w. bush and tony blair announced libya agreed to give up been weapon programs. -- weapons of mass destruction programs. >> i've got ask you, does libya play on the fate of america on the flight, pan am flight, this did they play games with us in bridging a better relationship by giving up weapons of mass destruction when we see pictures that we saw a hero's welcome when he returns home? >> well, it's a disgusting thing to watch. i think that it's important to understand the background to this. the united states took a very long time to have anything to do with muammar khadafy. i was involved as assistant secretary of state for the middle east in the clinton administration when we first opened that effort. that was designed to

reagan felt a commitment to dokohl as the leader of west germany -- allreagan felt a commitment to kohlest: this was something they did not want to do. they had about 1200 weapons aimed on western europe. basically, he finally got him to the point where they agree to take them on down. he was working with the germans. they basically saved the whole group. host: robert is calling on the independent line from cincinnati. caller: good morning. thank you for line me the opportunity to speak. as i have listened to the two people on, reflecting back on the life i have lived as a citizen and the enacted states during reagan's presidency -- and if i recall unemployment compensation became taxable, the air traffic controllers were fired, and we lost the ability to write off interest on your income taxes on automobile loans unless they were used in business. i am not turn to be sarcastic with my last comment, but made no effort, not a vegetable. guest: oh, that is right. a tomato is a free. --is a fruit. ronald reagan certainly did lower taxes. there were various changes in the tax cut. there was

germany. they were in tune with what happened in the west. my dad was an engineer. think that he secretly wanted to be a musician himself. tavis: don't we all? >> i believe that. i think we all have an artist waiting to come out. my dad was the first one -- this is far from being the common rules in rwanda. my dad encouraged me in the music career choice. he encouraged me to take my first studio sessions. he always had a fascination. he was really fascinated by western culture as a whole and music in this particular case. i grew up listening to a lot of african-american artists and watching a lot of eddie murphy and denzel washington and all of that. tavis: i think that is probably true for everybody. what black folks have given the world is so immeasurable that you cannot talk about it. you cannot talk about western culture without appreciating the negro's that made it possible. >> the black community came up with this award show. every year they asked me, what does this mean to you? what are we celebrating? we are celebrating black culture. we are not celebrating

weste cotries. >> reporr: efforts to build e country have made sme progress, t more slowlyhan many had hoped. afghanistan has received billionsf euros in aid, including $550 million fr germany. but half of afghan sils still l below the poverty line. >> translator: given tchoice between e west and its litary potential or the taliban, who give people job diributing weapons and pay them to carrout attacks on international troops, many people choose the taliban. they want scurity and a liveliod. >> reporter:he fact that women can stand for electi now gives theimpression that they enjoy more freedom,ut the ality is very different. females are again being excluded from theducation syem. hamid krzai see to have achiev littl but yet few doubt he wilbe re-ected. >> there a hundreds of inrnational observers in afghanistan tryi to ensure todas voting is free and fair. but even beforeit got under way, qstions had been raised about whether there would be widespread fraud it's an importanquestion gien how much t united states has riding on the outce of the vote. for that reason, we wanted to share this investigative report by james bays of al jazeera english. it was fed earlier this week

germany's deutsche welle. >> reporter: helicopters continue to crisscross the west effecte parts of southern taiwan. airlifting survivors tsafety. with hundreds of peoplstill unaccound for, acees an emergency shelters axiously scam the new arrivalless in the hope o spotting ssing friends anrelatives. this man was traed forive days before rescuers foun him d his niece inhe rubble of thei mily ho in chung sun village in conul county. >> i found apiece of wood exprsing on my chest and i couldn't eathe. >> reporr: at a press coerence on friday, prident my ying jow ha mentione the tuation was wors than orighought. >> translator: typon morakot has severelyit taiwan and has caused significantoss of lives anproperties. e death ll has already exceeded 120 people. the estimated lifeoss in sw linvillessuage 380 people the oerall death toll is out 500 people. >> reporter: his statement comes amst growing anger the otr floodingace of the rcue and reef efrts. critics say the government was too slow to recognize the sheer mag touched the isis, which has left hundds of villages cut off milides. many resents have no

germany's deutsche welle. >> reporter: helicopters continue to crisscross the west effective parts of southern taiwan. airlifting survivors to safety. with hundreds of people still unaccounted for, evacees and emergency shelters anxiously scam the new arrivalless in the hope of spotting missing friends and relatives. this man was trapped for five days before rescuers found him and his niece in the rubble of their family home in chung sun village in consoul county. >> i found a piece of wood expressing on my chest and i couldn't breathe. >> reporter: at a press conference on friday, president my ying jow has mentioned the situation was worse than orighought. >> translator: typhoon morakot has severely hit taiwan and has caused a significant loss of lives and properties. the death toll has already exceeded 120 people. the estimated life loss in show linvillessuage 380 people. the overall death toll is about 500 people. >> reporter: his statement comes amidst growing anger the other flooding pace of the rescue and relief efforts. critics say the government was too slow to recognize the sheer mag touched

those are the fr powers that liberated berlin in wld war ii west berlin was in the middle of communist east berlin or east germany, excuse me. that made for an awkward relaonship of course, stolid had cut off the roads to berlint 1.in 1948 and there was the famous berlin airlift. 1958, khrushchev made some menacing remarks about burma end and gave a six months ultimatum about having some kind of treaty about the future of berlin. the simonths have passed and nothing happened and the soviet union and the three western powers were negotiating in geneva at the time. eisenhower helped to break the stalemate and h helped to do so by issuing this invitation to khrushchev to come to the united states. it was written now and delivered to a soviet official by an american state department official named murphy who was instructeto tell his soviet couerpart at the invitation had strings attached and in the event that the talks in geneva resulted in a plan, in other words, of they came to fruition than khrushchev would be invited to the united states. unfortunately or fortunately as it turned out murphy either did not underst

much higher out west 90° near salt lake city -bgs sacramento , sacramento and al be kerbg aoefpl. >> reaching germany'sa cable car line. look at that. it took less than an hour to walk the cable. that makes me sick looking at it. no safety harness involved. a incline of 66%. >> he used the climb for a great cause. he raised about $20,000 for a school probably equity in ethiopia. >> only 20 grand. that's worth a couple million don't you think. >> next time around, maybe. 66°, i guess. >> geese. geez. >> we will be back with more in a moment. announcer: world news weather brought to you by: >> two fire fighters were killed near los angeles with their vehicle rolled off a mountain side. >> they were fighting a fire, we now have coverage from abc 7. >> this is eyewitness news in high definition with breaking news. >> breaks news, fire out of control in the los angeles national forest. the tphraeupldz show no signs of slowing down. >> the fire has scorched more than 35,00 35,000 acres. the containment is less than 5%. now the community of akto in is in the line of fire. we have a full team covering the blaz

dear general mes west poland, im a -- westmoreland, i am a u.s. g.i. in germany and i am worried about the wrong we are doing there to the vietnamese people and the g.i.'s myself. i was in the 9th division as a grunt. i know i had information about things as bad as melie and i don't want to tell any congressman for fear of hurting anyone in the army and fear of losing rank. his fear esplanades was intense pressures troops had to get body counts. he was referring to army kills. the army collected the numbers to measure military success. there was a growing perception in the success and the military ranks that the figures were greatly inflated by commanders who wanted to win promotions and justifying an unpopular response. in response, its then secretary of defense required actual bodies to be counted. an exaggeration wasn't the anonymous soldier's concern. worse than making up numbers, he said, troops were killing innocent civilians to meet the army's demand for bodies. his letter continued. number one killer in the 9t 9th division was a rule that said shoot if th

germany. it's a business that's been in existence for many years and the nter of it is on the west africa nation of ben. as u're about to he in our "worldfocus" spotligh report, the inctives bein oered in cash for cnkers programs are providing some stiff mpetition for ao burs in africa. deutsche wel takes uso the land where old cars are give new life most ofhe time. >> reporter: they roll out of the shis hold, hary any make it on eir own steam. but th're supposed to still have long lives ead in africa. docked one pie rther on is the sea ahd. it's a giant ship. once a month, the russian captain kes the high seas voyage to benin and back. he transrts cars, nothing else. >> w have0 decks with 4,560 vehicles. >> reporter: cs roll by from all directions towardshe ramp. in betweenthem, a tming army of workers roping them up, king some repairs and takin the cars outside there's a lot of us here, over 5,000. we work for our lebane bosses. >> reporter:his manrdered and purchased 1 of these cars. he takepeks s possession of th personally and check to see that their in one piece. >> tralator: they don't ju

germany. it's a business that's been in existence for many years and the center of it is on the west africa nation of benin. as you're about to hear in our "worldfocus" spotlight report, the incentives being offered in cash for clunkers programs are providing some stiff competition for auto buyers in africa. deutsche welle takes us to the land where old cars are given new life most of the time. >> reporter: they roll out of the ship's hold, hardly any make it on their own steam. but they're supposed to still have long lives ahead in africa. docked one pier farther on is the sea ahmed. it's a giant ship. once a month, the russian captain makes the high seas voyage to benin and back. he transports cars, nothing else. >> we have 30 decks with 4,560 vehicles. >> reporter: cars roll by from all directions towards the ramp. in between them, a teaming army of workers roping them up, making some repairs and taking the cars outside. >> there's a lot of us here, over 5,000. we work for our lebanese bosses. >> reporter: this man ordered and purchased 15 of these cars. he takes peks s possession of personally

west 90°, near 90 for salt lake city and sacrament oefpl. >> a balance act into the record books. >> breaking a world record on germany's highest peak on a cable line. look at that. that's nuts. it took the man less than an hour yesterday to walk the cable without any safety harness, that makes my sick watching that. there was a incline at 66%. >> the climb was used to rays about $20,000 for a school project in ethiojam. >> just 20 grand. i think that's worth a couple million don't you think. >> next tim around, maybe. >> ya. >> that's 66°, i guess. >> we will be back with more world news now. >> two fire fighters were killed near los angeles last night when their vehicle rolled off the mountain side. thaeufrpblts they're battle a fire now threatening broadcast towers. we have coverage from las abc7. >> this is eyewitness news in high definition with live breakingews. >> breaking news. the station fire grows burr out of control in the los angeles national fo forest. several kphaourts threatened and the tphraeupldz show no signs of slowing down. >> the station fire has scored more than 35,000 acres with containment less than 5% and the communit

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germany or mexico. is very different. i did never tell anybody not to go. you have to be different from how you are in the west. if you are too western holding hands in an eastern country they are going to know that you are probably dave men. that is something to be aware of even if other men are holding hands. if you are western they know you are different. does that answer the question kind of? any other questions? okay. great. if anybody has any questions that they don't want to ask in a public forum that they want to ask me something on the side after words, that is fine, i will be here, free to sign books and answer any questions that somebody doesn't want to ask. do you have a question? >> on 9/11, one of the men, i had never read or heard any of that -- >> there have been pieces in newsweek, pieces in the gay press. google his name and they and you will see the stuff that comes of. >> and make the association between terrorists and gaves. >> it would seem that way. it was

than west virginia and a population smaller can chicago is the world's leading producer of wind turbines. the industry employs more than 20,000 people and earns more than $4 billion each ear. germany and spain are the top installers of solar panels, accounting for three quarters of the global market worth $37 billion last year. in brazil, more than half of the gasoline supply has been replaced with ethanol made from sugar cane. cars sold last year were flex fuel. the world is on the custom of a clean energy revolution. whether the united states is a leader or lagger in that revolution depends on the decisions we make in the months and years ahead. the obama administration has started to lay a strong foundation. the american recovery and reinvestment act provides more than $80 billion in investment, creating jobs, and money to make our electric grid more efficient, and $3.4 billion to accelerate deployment of capture and storage technologies. the largest improvement ever was announced in the vehicle fleet. president obama announced $2.4 billion of investments in american battery and electric vehicle industry resulting in thousands of jobs while reducing our dependence on oil. these

west. it was overwhelmingly white, about 98%. with close to a quarter of those white residents foreign-born. as brown made his way down north prince street he encountered immigrants from germany, england, ireland and poland, the family supported by men who worked as policemen, machinists and clerks ouellette number 50 he met mary chase a 60-year-old widow from rhode island to ran a boarding house and took notifier black housekeeper. he had counted 72 why residents on the street thus far and peterson who descended from an african-american family residence in new york was the first black person he had encountered. but then he walked next door. he knocked at the large and comfortable home at 48 north prince street. to black servants lived here. phoebe martin with the 33-year-old widow and corrine elkridge was scarcely older than the children she had been hired to watch. it was afternoon and grace, age nine, ada age eight and sidney 86 or home from school perhaps playing with their 3-year-old brother, wallace. whoever answered the door probably invited the census taker into the parlor. neither the servants nor the children could have answered his long list of questions about the

west. it was overwhelmingly white, about 98% with close to a corner of the white residents foreign-born. as he made his way down with prince street he encountered immigrants from germany england, ireland and poland, the family supported by men who worked as a policeman, machinists and clerks. i've never lived he meant mary chase's the road would of remote island. a small boarding house and took note of her black housekeeper the widowed debra peterson. he had caddis some seven to white residents on the street thus far and peterson who descended from an african-american family long residence in new york was the first black person he encountered. but then he walked next door and he not for the large and comfortable home and 48 north ping street. two black servants live here. the be mine was a 33 year-old widow and farina eldridge 14 with scarce it with the children to have been hired to watch. it was afternoon and it grace age nine, aged 88, and sidney h. six more home from school perhaps playing with a three year-old brother wallace. whoever answer the door probably in private the census taker into the parlor than the the servants of the children could have answered his

than west virginia and a population smaller can chicago is the world's leading producer of wind turbines. the industry employs more than 20,000 people and earns more than $4 billion each ear. germanyand spain are the top installers of solar panels, accounting for three quarters of the global market worth $37 billion last year. in brazil, more than half of the gasoline supply has been replaced with ethanol made from sugar cane. cars sold last year were flex fuel. the world is on the custom of a clean energy revolution. whether the united states is a leader or lagger in that revolution depends on the decisions we make in the months and years ahead. the obama administration has started to lay a strong foundation. the american recovery and reinvestment act provides more than $80 billion in investment, creating jobs, and money to make our electric grid more efficient, and $3.4 billion to accelerate deployment of capture and storage technologies. the largest improvement ever was announced in the vehicle fleet. president obama announced $2.4 billion of investments in american battery and electric vehicle industry resulting in thousands of jobs while reducing our dependence on oil. these

not the same as traveling in germany or mexico or -- it's a very different -- i would never tell anybody not to go. you have to just be different from how you are in the west if you're two western men holding hands or two blond blue eyed men, but you're a western man but you're western so they know you're different. does that answer the question kind of? any other questions? okay. well, great. if anybody has any questions that they don't want to ask in a public forum or they want to ask me on the side afterwards, yeah, that's fine, i'll be here for a little while, free to sign books if anybody wants any books. and also any questions that somebody isn't it want to ask in a public forum. did you have a question? [inaudible] >> mohammed atta. [inaudible] >> i had never heard that or -- >> there's been pieces in "new york times" and the gay press. you'll see all the stuff that comes up. [inaudible] >> it was part of the conversation from the beginning. okay. all right. great. i want to say things. thanks for having me here in queens. [applause] >> for more information for his work, visit michaelluongo.com. >> miriam greenberg is the author of branding new york