>> most of them went back to west germany. austria, i have women from have vienna who were secretary in the gas gus stop pow there. one couple in particular from what became east germany and that figure -- prominently in the book and responsible for this it plantation she and her husband were running a farm an estate another case in ukraine, and they were jews that were trying to flee from the railway transport, the boxcars to -- so people would end up on their stay trying to find refuge. this couple -- on the balcony serving coffee and cake and overheard the men talking about what should be done with the jews. and the details of how they should be killed. the proper method, so one day some jewish boys, six boys -- she found them along the side of the road leading to the state. brought them back to the house, calmed them down. feed them some, you know, something to eat. they kind of gain their trust. then she escorted them tout the campsite and shot them in the back of the neck. that was -- that was a pretty detailed story beca

a unique step in what was west germany. some view him as the conscience of the country. his combative nature earned him the nickname, the little volt air of the federal republic. >> i cannot imagine a life without reading and writing. i would perish otherwise. >> a member of group 47, a literary association, he pushed for a new beginning following world war ii. in a 1980's, he protested against the nuclear arms race. history eventually caught up with him. he was accused of having been a member of the nazi party during the war. >> i cannot rule it out, but i simply do not know. >> in the end, dementia forced him off of the public stage. he said he did not fear death. mortality is also a source of strength. >> it is a state-of-the-art building for an ancient collection. the city of munich, the capital of the bay area, has a new attraction for visitors interested in all things egyptian. >> the architecture is inspired from ancient egypt. it leads visitors to the exhibit in an underground tunnel. the new building is three times bigger than the one it replaces and costs quite

a unique step in what was west germany. some view him as the conscience of the country. his combative nature earned him the nickname, the little volt air of the federal republic. >> i cannot imagine a life without reading and writing. i would perish otherwise. >> a member of group 47, a literary association, he pushed for a new beginning following world war ii. in a 1980's, he protested against the nuclear arms race. history eventually caught up with him. he was accused of having been a member of the nazi party during the war. >> i cannot rule it out, but i simply do not know. >> in the end, dementia forced him off of the public stage. he said he did not fear death. mortality is also a source of strength. >> it is a state-of-the-art building for an ancient collection. the city of munich, the capital of the bay area, has a new attraction for visitors interested in all things egyptian. >> the architecture is inspired from ancient egypt. it leads visitors to the exhibit in an underground tunnel. the new building is three times bigger than the one it replaces and costs quite

west germany became an economic powerhouse, east germany.: west germany does more government intervention into their own private industries than almost any other country on the planet, didn't do austerity when they were telling everybody else to do it. also, when their auto industries took a dip in 2008 they paid the auto companies to keep people on the job. they didn't go through the pros of unemployment insurance folks. caller: who is they? hal: the government paid b.m.w. and mercedes to keep people employed so they wouldn't -- yes, they did. caller: the taxpayers paid. hal: you're right, you're right if you want to split that hair. the taxpayer paid b.m.w. and mercedes to keep in business, during the time they paid private industry to support them and now those auto industries are solid again. i don't understand at what point you think that this -- and we got to take a break but. caller: ok. i appreciate you listening to me, by the way. it was a good discussion. hal: absolutely. i appreciate it, but i've heard this and i'm good friends wi

. >> the wall between east and west germany did come down and the president became the first u.s. president to speak from the eastern side of that wall. he called on russia to join the u.s. in reducing the supply of nuclear warheads and touched on the issue of war and peace and privacy. >> we must move beyond the mind set of war. in america that means redoubling our efforts to close the prison. it means control our use of new technology like drones. it means balancing the pursuit of security with the protection of province. i'm confident that that balance can be struck. it was very broad. things from the nuclear and guantanomo bay to climate change. what was he hoping to accomplish? the broad sense of this? >> this happened five years after he first game here as a candidate and promised to improve america around the world. this is an opportunity for him to define his agenda and values at a time when so many feel he has made strides. there are fierce critics who are furious that president obama has continued many of president bush's policy on the war russia and then having to talk

well, many of them were with family who might have been in west germany, and they applied for visa, and as you may know, there were quo toes -- quotas, and some were able to get in the states, some in canada, some ended up in the u.k., and inga's family, the one who was the baby, they ended up in australia. that came through first for them, so it was tough, though, in the beginning. hellen remembered much whrairt, so this was 20 years after the war, she was never talking about the story, and most didn't want to talk about the story because they knew the political climate, and they didn't is a lot of sympathy, and coworkers had said to her something to the effect of it was very tough during the war. we had to use margin, and so she was just about to sort of tell them her story, and with that, she just decided this was not something to speak of with people. yes, sir? >> how many ships or boxes were used in operation hanibal, and when did it begin and end? >> it started just in the last weeks of january, and it went on through almost of the end of the war. the land route by the time people

inhas put down his route west turn germany. >> there are many people who live around here. they will be working in germany and living here. lacks the concern -- >> the concern is a brain drain, depriving countries of their most qualified workers. thatrtugal the irony is unemployment is driving many twos the work in faraway place .s they once colonized >> young europeans in search of work. now to a battle to save the language before it is too late. california is home to the greatest diversity of native american tribes in the united states with 90 separate dialogue. many are dying out, but one language is having a access all revival. -- access all revival. that is the language almost lost. thousands are taught in the tribal language. at one point only a handful of elders survived, and it yearly died with them. ask when they are learning in cool they take it home, and the parents want to learn. ,here is an element of guilt parents feel my kids are learning. i should learn. >> it is an ancient culture. the reservation runs from the ocean to the mountain. salmon has always been

many of them were in cans and is you are with them who might've been in west germany. and they applied for visas, and says many of you may know, there were quotas. and so they were able, some are able to get to the states, some end up in canada, some end up in the uk. inga's family, the one who was the baby, they end up in australia. that came through first for them. so it was tough though in the beginning. ellen remembered much later, maybe 20 years after the war, she had never talked about her story. most of them just didn't want to talk about this story because they knew the political climate and they didn't have a lot of sympathy, and coworkers said, you had been and can develop on, it said something to the effect of it was a tough during the war, we had to use margarine. so ellen was just about the sort of tell them her story, and with that she decided this was not something to speak up with people. yes, sir. >> how many ships or buses were used in operation hannibal from beginning to in? >> so, it started in just that last weeks of january, and it went on through

. >> he was in west germany for a period of time i believe. but ultimately countries have substantial discretion as to whether to extradite even if there are treaties in effect because of the sovereignty associated with their own host government law enforcement. >> warner: so now the administration, the president, the secretary of state, are putting big pressure on the russians to expel him, make sure he can only come back to the united states. what leverage does the united states have in that case? >> the only real leverage we have in the russian government is political. there is no extradition treaty between the united states and russia. we are bring to go bear the full force of our diplomatic pressure with the russian government, law enforcement contacts, diplomatic contacts, intelligence contacts, to persuade the russians that it's in the interest of u.s.-russian relations for the russians to detain him and to deport him to the united states under a pending u.s. arrest warrant. >> the white house spokesman made a good point did about recip

take, for example, the border between east germany and west germany, most famously the berlin wall. this was perhaps the most secure border that our world has ever seen. roughly a hundred miles of concrete, electrified razor wire, and a 100-yard-wide kill zone guarded by some 30,000 soldiers. 30,000. but still, people made it safely across this highly-secured border every year. in fact, a recent report by the council of foreign relations concluded that east germany only stopped about 95% of those who tried to cross the border and enter west germany. so even a ruthless, ruthless regime, willing to kill its own citizens, couldn't stop desperate people in search of a better life. i don't think any reasonable person believes that we should try to replicate the east german border strategy. so what is the right comparison? well, i'd suggest that maybe the right comparison is what our borders looked like in 2007. are our borders more secure today than they were then? are they a lot more secure or just a little bit? i think they're a lot more secure. and how do i -- how do i know? i had the

. >> it's done by east germany a lot spying on west germany. >> there would be men who would go and knockoffice. >> right next to him. >> we know "red sparrow" is optioned if a movie. anyone you want to play the characters? >> we talked to our daughters about it and they have ideas. ryan gosling for one. ryan reynolds maybe. >> like that. >> i think the main character should be a russian or an eastern european actress. >> congratulations. your first book. nicely done. >> a career serving our country. thank you very much. coming up, you'll neat the photographer who captured the king. >> we want you to photograph elvis presley. i said after ten seconds of silence, elvis ♪ >> that is taylor swift with mick jagger. the special guest last night at the rolling stones concert in chicago. "as tears go by" became a hit in 1974. welcome back to "cbs this morning." mick jagger sent out a tweet that said getting ready to sing with taylor swift. what a great thrill for her to be able to do that. >> what an interesting combination. >> elvis presley had his first hit song 57 years ago this week. it was

historic speak at the bradenburg gate the place where the wall came down, separating east and west germany and uniting the country. president reagan gave the famous speech where he said, mr. gorbachev tear down the wall. president kennedy gave a historic speech before him. president obama took the stage to the delight of the crowd. it's very hot in berlin right now. the first thing he did is took off his jacket and rolled up his sleeves an invited the crowd to do the same thing. the crowd will be loved that, gave him a huge round of applause. talked about michele obama and his daughters, they didn't come to the speech because they're enjoying the beauty of your country. the crowd loved that. the bulk of his speech was made up, he was talking about the nuclear arsenal. and i'm talking about the nuclear arsenal all over the world and how he wants to cut deployed nuclear weapons by up to one third and also said the united states wants to host a 2016 summit on securing atomic material and he also called on russia to move beyond cold war postures. he touched on other topics as well, and i would

germany. challenging then soviet leader my kale gorbachev. the idea was to prevent citizens from escaping to the democratic west. ent reagan visited germany at a time of heightened east/west tension. and with that wall as his backdrop, he demanded an end to the long standing symbol of repression saying, all together now, mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. it did fall two years later. but first, the world heard some of history's most famous words. 26 years ago today. and now you know the news. for this wednesday, june 12th, 2013, i'm shepherd smith. thanks for checking in. here all back together for studio b. back here for the fox report tomorrow night. and owe riley normally follows. >>> if i know every single phone call you make, i'm able to determine every single person you talk to. i can get a pattern about your life that is very, very intrusive. >> that's back when president bush was in office. then senator joe biden scorching surveillance on telephone calls. but now it's a different story, isn't it? we will have a full report. >> this opportunity to say on behalf of the secretary that he has full confidence

a critical piece in world border between east and west germany and the struggles there. i think that the president is to gain some credibility for the united states, but quite is atly i think that there bit of a struggle there and we are a bit lacking. concerned about nuclear arms reduction. safer want to live in a world free from the threat of nuclear warfare. and wen it is unilateral are dealing with folks that don't necessarily agree with our an point and we offer them advantage in that regard, that concerns me as an american a izen and concerns me as person who spent time in the military who is still on the that wede of that line, would diminish our own capability. i understand we want to take a role but we don't want to imperial our citizens imperil our citizens and establish or maintain peace the globe and so. i'm concerned with those and continue have to be sent. host: as president obama kicks in the next 45ks minutes we will carry that on c-span 3. c-span.org for more information about the remarks. a call from mobile, alabama, republican caller. welcome to "washi

and the wall between east and west germany did come down.rliner speech. although the reception he'll receive is nothing like it was in 2008 when they spoke before a crowd of 200,000 people and only a couple thousand people are expected to be in attendance for the president's speech today. team coverage for you this morning. jessica yellin in germany and dana bash and let's begin with jessica yellin. what will the president say? set the scene for us. >> hi, good morning, carol. it's a glorious day here in berlin. the president is set to make some news in his speech. he's going to propose that the u.s. and russia both draw down our nuclear weapon stockpile by one-third. that's a very ambitious goal. and, also, reduce what is called tactical nuclear weapons and attend more summits. he'll talk about the u.s. and europe's joint commitment to democracy and he'll talk, again, about that history you referenced with ronald reagan and john f. kennedy both speaking at the brandonburg gate. he is speaking on the other side. he is the first president in

france, italy, germany, and japan were dictatorships in the haps of leaders hostile to the west and democracy, even france was audiotaped by germany, but four years later, five years later, all of these countries were occupied, and americans in particular, and all were brought into the western alliance as allies where they remine, and they will take over fighting germany, 24 war dead in russia, shocking figure. they, all they got for the trouble was a temporary and from which they have become -- from which they have been evicted. >> host: mr. black, was that a planned strategy on behalf of the western allies? >> guest: well, you can't say in 193 # # -- 1933 roosevelt planned it up, but he planned the stages making up the policy, and in the balance of the period in that section of the book up to the mid-50s, the strategic team that he assembled was still in charge, and he died in 1945, but president trueman and secretary of state and defense, generalize p hour is the first commander of nato, and his two term president, dean afterrenson and george and bolen and others were people that roosevelt

and that unit was designed to defend the border between what was west germany and the czeches and forces that were on the other side, that border no longer exists. the wausau pact no longer exists. there is not a unit to do the things that we are talking about. we have the capability to move our forces when needed over there. when i was in europe during the height of the cold war protecting the very border in the same units we are talking about today that we did -- the exercise on an annual basis where u.s. forces would come over to europe in about the middle of western germany to reinforce our positions and push those pact forces there. mr. scott: yes, you are absolutely right. but what did they do in europe when we asked them to stand with us in afghanistan? they stood with us. what did we do when they asked wein iraq, all i'm saying is have an obligation today and in the future. mr. coffman: i certainly -- i reclaim my time. nothing in the nato charter that says we have to maintain permanent bases in europe. i certainly support rotational forces. i support our involvement and our obli

1963, two years after the berlin wall was built. 1.5 million west berliners live and an isolated enclave in the middle of communist each germany -- east germany. it was against this backdrop john f. kennedy stepped up to the ey microphone to speak his famous words. >> all free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of berlin. and therefore, as a free man, i take pride in the words -- ich bin ein berliner. [cheers and applause] >> the promise of freedom resonated in berlin and beyond. on wednesday, they commemorated the 50th anniversary of his visit. >> america's presidents are very welcome here. they can feel welcome in this city and berlin offers a special platform for their words. >> several of kennedy successors have also used this platform to speak to the city and to the world about freedom. >> briefly before we go, protests and brazil are once again intensifying. the soccer team is currently playing uruguay in the semi of the federation cup. >> ahead of the match, they took to the streets. they are angry at the amount of money they have spent on hosting the tournament as well as on the upcoming world cup and the 2016 r

1963, two years after the berlin wall was built. 1.5 million west berliners live and an isolated enclave in the middle of communist each germany -- east germany. it was against this backdrop john f. kennedy stepped up to the ey microphone to speak his famous words. >> all free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of berlin. and therefore, as a free man, i take pride in the words -- ich bin ein berliner. [cheers and applause] >> the promise of freedom resonated in berlin and beyond. on wednesday, they commemorated the 50th anniversary of his visit. >> america's presidents are very welcome here. they can feel welcome in this city and berlin offers a special platform for their words. >> several of kennedy successors have also used this platform to speak to the city and to the world about freedom. >> briefly before we go, protests and brazil are once again intensifying. the soccer team is currently playing uruguay in the semi of the federation cup. >> ahead of the match, they took to the streets. they are angry at the amount of money they have spent on hosting the tournament as well as on the upcoming world cup and the 2016 r

finally in europe after causing serious floods across the west, the lingering storm system is moving towards the northeast. for part was germany and the low countries. nasty weather will affect the pe flans on friday. a ridge of highway pressure system is causing lots of sunshine. 31 in vienna and pud best on friday. here's the extended forecast. # >> a reminder of the late story. investors started what could be a big day on the market. they have seen colleagues on wall street struggle through the worst day of the year. the dow jones industrial average tumbled more than 350 points. the federal reserve has been pumping billions into the markets to get more money flowing through the economy. the central bankers suggested if the recovery continues, they could scale back investments. the chairman said policy makers continue to evaluate threats and believed that the risk for the labor market diminished. investors don't like what they are hearing. share prices in paris, frunkfort and london fell by about 3%. others are hoping for more stability to close out there week. that wraps up this edition of "newsline." do stay with us. we wi

. >> this the first full-scale census in germany since reunification and the worst -- the first in the west since 1987. why has it taken so long? >> when unification came, we have lots of data bases from the western and eastern part. it took a lot of time. we started now with a new census. >> i suppose that is because of unification itself took a lot of time. what are some of the most significant findings of this report in your opinion? >> one significant finding is we are now 1.5 million people less than we assumed to be. about 60% of the people that are not there anymore are people with foreign citizenship, and that is really interesting. if you see how the age structure is in germany, you see very clearly that in the age range 65 years and older, we only have a few people with an immigrant background, it seems to be that these people leave germany. that is certainly, just as a last question, something that is changing in germany, would you say? >> we know about that before, but we have only a small sample. now we have a big sample. it is 10%, so i think we can validate all this data now.

west. president obama will facing what was once communist east germany. he held a german chancellor merkel. >> i have enjoyed the arysdz of the german people but particularly impressed with the warmth of the weather. >> reporter: the president has visited berlin before during his campaign in 2008 and then senator obama addressed the crowd of 200,000 people. he wanted to give the speech at the gate but was denied. they said was honor reserved for sitting presidents. again it should be any moment now and we will bring it to you live and streaming his entire speech live on our website at abc7news.com. >>> happening today, reforms in atherton improve bart police procedures and passenger security will soon go under microscope thy are making a big announcement this morning. amy hollyfield is live at the bay bridge station in san leandro. >>> how are bart police doing? passengers have opinions but chief wants to bring in an auditor. the chief wants to know if he has succeeded in improving public safety. if he has increased police visibility and if he has improve

western world as brown and has independently documented for costly a great britain germany and more countries or most of the west better secular today the anticipated rise of a belief but in the united states was so pronounced with a revival that some people assumed it would only continue this way not its decline would be inevitable. of the single most sociologists of religion during those years actually wrote in a classic book protestant catholic you that the village atheist was a vanishing figure in american life even agnosticism seem to be equipped and is already mentioned to transpire in the two decades but to us half a century later, the observations of exotic the opposite of christianity's fate most secular or religious is playing defense offense christianity has been battered by a combination of forces the sexual revolution the sexual scandals at the catholic church and aggressive anti-coalition of new atheist, a political activist and allies and recently by the administration washington that appears more skeptical and openly contemptuous of traditional christianity than any since the first amendment was

west. britain, america, later france and germany from early in the 19th century to about 1940 or 1960 or so didn't realize what we had. we didn't realize the sources of innovations, and then as a result of that, we made some mistakes in the west, especially europe, i would a, and we lost the key. we lost that modern economy with its dynamism and the result has been a slow down of productivity growth and lots of unsuccessful doomed attempts by governments to try to restore employment, which is not really possible short of something very, very radical that we wouldn't want to do. so we're in a fix. politicians have made a lot of bad moves. even now there's not much understanding of what -- of the main things we have to do. there's only, with luck, a bit of symptomatic relief coming from this or that policy intervention. >> professor phelps, i was in the middle of a conversation about precisely this. the lack of innovation. the lack of, especially technological innovation over the past couple of decades. but isn't this very separate to what we still need to see coming from government that is s

australia, great britain, germany, canada, denmark, more countries, most of the west including some that are very secular today all saw an unanticipated rise in churchgoing and the profession of belief during those same years. remarkably this revival applied to the vanquished and the victorious, the impoverished and the affluent. in the united states so pronounced was this revival, some influential and the public square that some people assumed it would always continues this way, that religious faith, not its decline, would be inevitable. will herbert, perhaps the single most influential sociologist of religion during those years actually rose in the classic book called protestant/catholic/jew that the village at -- the village '80s was a vanishing figure in american life that even agnosticism was being eclipsed and as already mentioned this revival is something new on the scene transpiring somehow when the two decades following the war. to us of course, half a century plus later, herbert's observation sound remote and even exotic, the opposite of christianity's fate in the public square

germany is buying west virginia coal.ere is coal provides over 30% of the base energy load in this country. renewables cannot get us there. so further investigation and research into clean coal and a better way to burn it, absolutely we need to go this direction. but i would invite my friend, debbie, to come to west virginia and have her learn about the economic effects of this policy to communities all across the state of west virginia. this is not just a -- we're going to harm a few people. this is an entire region of our country. we have 94% of power generation in our state is through coal. >> tucker: as vehemently as you disagree on this subject, you are united in softball. tell us about your efforts to increase breast cancer awareness through softball. >> debbie is a breast cancer survivor and she started this five years ago and this is where we get together as republicans and democrats, members of congress, women members, and we try to beat the press, the common enemy, and so i'll let debbie talk about her dedicatio

west. no warm welcome president obama's visit to berlin is over. recent revelations about america's massive internet snooping one germany and other european targets. and a series of blasts that an admonition depo rocks a small town in central russia killing one person and injuring over fourteen.

germany. i lived down south. east coast. i just now moved to the west, but, man, i've been everything, a little bit of everything. >> do you think that's left a mark on you? >> i think it's left a good mark on me. i know what to expect when i bump into different types of people, especially different races and the different cultures. i kind of know how like to entertain them and what to expect from them and their crowd because everybody communicates on a different level. like music brings everyone together, but you have to real be able to identify with those certain people, too, for them to, you know, gravitate towards your stuff. >> so much of what happens to a lot of artists, hip-hop artists, roots are a big part of it and it's really important to represent where you're from. but a guy who didn't have roots for a very long time, you have a very different relationship with that. >> yeah. i just take it more as the most that i've learned from my life has been from pittsburgh, you know, and anybody who can identify me with anything, it would be pittsburgh

germany. among other things, he will speak at the brandenburg gate 50 years after john f. kennedy visited the landmark that divided east and west berlin during the cold war. earlier the president and all the other world leaders posed for the official photo, under ominous skies, a fitting backdrop for how the talks went at times. especially given the split with putin of russia over his continuing support of the assad government in syria. >>> after fighting this nation's longest war in afghanistan for the past 12 years, now the u.s. is talking to the taliban. it's one of two big headlines from there tonight. the other is the official transfer of the fighting duties to the afghan forces from our bureau in kabul. our report from nbc's duncan golestani. >> reporter: a suicide attack today in central kabul, a reminder of how volatile afghanistan remains after almost 12 years of war. on a day when afghan forces took charge of their own security across the country. >> for the people of afghanistan, this is equally and perhaps more a great day. >> reporter: afghanistan won't just be fighting the taliban, now they'll be talking to them,

beginning with the defeat of germany in the spring of 1945, the american british and french had maintained an occupation in west berlin controlled by the secret police, the stazi, and garrison by 350,000 soviet bloc troops. west berlin was the detonator cap for third world war. why? if the soviets had decided to grab it, the united states would have had a sliver of the conventional military power to resist within hours we would have had to decide to yield the city up along with the freedom of its residents or use tactical nuclear residents of the army of 350,000 strong. this was the prospect, the possibility that kennedy would have to make this choice that kept him worried day and night that he would be the american president who would be forced to start a third world war, a nuclear war, the world ending war, if you will. this is what the cuban missile crisis was all about, not the island in the caribbean where the russians have placed offensive nuclear weapons, but what the russians would do if we invaded cuba. the threat made by khrushchev, setting off the nuclear trip wire, starting the countdown to a third

and eisenhower said if you attack us in germany there will be nothing conventional about our response. and there was well understood that if there's an attack in west berlin for example it would bring in a clear response. and the kennedy johnson administration's undersecretary defense nightmare and secretary clifford adopted the policy of allowing the soviet union to become equal in the military capability within the united states on the theory that then they would negotiate on the basis of the mutually assured destruction and we could stabilize the work. all i did was enable the russians when they got close to surge ahead because they believe in the concept so when mr. nixon was elected he did a job of calling it nuclear sufficiency so he actually reduced the defense budget but produced these multiply targeted warheads so they could have as many as ten independently targeted more hands and in this way he purportedly reduced the defense budget and introduced the concept of an anti-missile defense system and spoke of nuclear sufficiency. they signed the greatest nuclear arms limitation and reduction agreement in the history of the world in 1972. it

beginning with the defeat of germany in the spring of 1945, the american, british, and french had maintained an occupation in westtrolled then by the secret police. the stazi. west berlin was in those early years of the 1960s, the detonator cap for a third world war. why? because if the soviets had decided to grab it, the u.s. had just a sliver to resist. within hours we would have had to decide whether to yield the city up along with the freedom of its residents or use tactical nuclear weapons. this was the prospect, the possibility that kennedy would have to make this choice that kept him worried day and night. that he would be the president forced to start a nuclear war, a world-ending war, if you will. this is what the cuban missile crisis was all about. not the island where the russians had placed offensive nuclear weapons but what the russians would do if we invaded cuba. in a letter to president kennedy that khrushchev would take berlin. thereby setting off the nuclear trip wire starting the countdown to a third world war. this is what berlin meant. it's why kennedy said when he heard they put up that wall

his comment was, we tell our military guys all the time to move your family, go to west texas, go to alabama, go to germany, go to japan, go to korea, spend 18 months in iraq, with your life on the line, leave your family. they do it all the time. so you come to this country under a lawful condition that you can come for so many months and you volunteer. you sign up. i come in, i get to stay so many years, and i'm supposed to go home. is this somehow unkind? is this immoral? they expect those people when their time is up that they ask for to go home. the reality -- some of the thinking that came up in the committee seemed to be totally oblivious to this fundamental concept. you have certain requirements. you're not allowed to pay a guide and come across the border illegally and 18 months later demand a pathway to citizenship in the united states. it's just not law. it's just -- i don't know what that is, but it's not law. it's not the way principled policies should be executed. but we're willing to consider and work through a process, and i've said for sometime, people have been here a long time and they'v

germany. chuck todd starts us off from there tonight. chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. remember, berlin, once home to the symbol of the cold war. dividing east from west. a city that lived in constant fear of nuclear detonation was the president's back drop for a dramatic new proposal to reduce the world's nuclear stockpile. in sweltering 92-degree heat, behind eight feet of bullet proof glass at the brandenburg gate, president obama paid homage to predecessors who confronted communist in this country. >> ich bin ein. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> for all of the authorities of government it is citizens who choose to decide whether to be defined by a wall or tear it down. >> reporter: this city who once cowered under the threat of a mushroom cloud, president obama outlined a drastic recallbration on how the world's nuclear powers address nuclear threat. called the u.s. and russia to reduce nuclear arsenals by one-third. scrap the cold war era strategy to retaliate after a first strike. and the president will only go as far as the russians is willing to go. the president tried to pave the way with vladmir putin but fell flat. today, the russ

happened in the west i mean is it a hybrid here where you continue to take some of these things but the other issues . i think. about the chinese moving. thing is misunderstood. in germany the chinese. growth in germany. but that's only because they were lower income. mathematically impossible for them to continue to grow. ten percent a year they are now in a trillion dollar economy not a trillion dollars as they were a decade ago a decade ago they added each year to the global economy hundred billion hundred twenty five billion dollars now they add mexico over a trillion dollars a year and next year china is going to last well i think maybe one point four trillion the u.s. will add six hundred billion dollars to the world economy two trillion from these two alone still pretty helpful growth for the rest of the world it's not quite so bad as some people fear. i think also if you have to look at if we're talking about the money coming from its trade i mean. the economies have to do well enough that there's a demand for the for the imports whether it's from europe or from asia world. what have you and if the european economy slowed down the per capita spending is going to

west. welcome back to "cbs this morning." president obama speaks to a packed audience at germany's historic brandenburg gates. trust the president or any other leaders. barbara tries sand goes to israel where she criticizes orthodox jus for the treatment of women. consumer report makes the best new mobile devices. >> we can forge a new international framework. >> the president calls for simultaneous production of nuclear stockpiles for the united states and russia. >> four american soldiers were killed. the taliban said they fired two rockets into bagram, a heavily fortified air base outside the capital. >>> a stunning turn of events in afghanistan hours after the taliban said it was ready to talk with the united states. >> the head of the national security agency told congress americans need to know the programs that sweep up telephone and internet data are critical to national security. >> the idea you have a database that's covered by a court order that you can click and search against millions of numbers, that's a real advantage when you are under life and death pressure. >> hillary clinton who has not de

germany, but it. >>s the role of the west and the free world. and we had challenges in the cold war that we shouldered together and i think the message is just because the threat is not immediately apparent with the wall and barbed wire, it doesn't mean that we don't have work to do together. chancellor merkel extended the invitation and here for the state visit that the president hosted for her. and he was honored to receive it in preparation for the trip, the government and the city of berlin could not have been more hospitable in arranging what will be a very powerful event there in the heart of berlin where you have not just the brandenberg gate, but you have the new american embassy that has been built in opposite of the german government buildings that symbolize the openness as well. he's looking forward to it. >> among the bigger topics of the nsa -- can you talk about that and what kind of impact will that have on the success? >> we understand the -- the significant german interest in privacy and civil liberties. i think the point that w

several villages are being evacuated along germany's elbe river after it breached a levee in the eastern part of the country. officials say farther downstream, a dike westf berlin was breached overnight. local residents and volunteers from nearby cities came to pump out water in houses and on streets, and carried out the sandbags used for defending water. >> we had a very warm weekend. temperatures were in the triple digits but not the case today. most of that activity is along the coast but in the last couple of hours we have observed over 400 lightning strikes. through sonoma county. and along the delta. you can see the 580 interchange. we can see some yellow one your screen. and if you need to use your horn shall wipers. this will canute towards oakland and san leandro. keeping your umbrellas handy. the satellite and radar showing this wider view. a lot of cloud coverage associated. it is keeping warmer temperatures to the ground. 50s and 60s. following the cloud coverage. as we go for the afternoon. for the east bay interior and the south bay. to not be surprised if you'll see that sunshine. we are forecasting a great, but grey day. 71 in san ramon.