ande is a lot of gas western europe. ing from places like slovakia. the other thing ukrainians have going for them is their industrial production is very depressed, particularly because of the fighting in the east of the country. that means in particular the chemic -- chemical plants are not working. clearly ukraine would like those , would like them to be part of the fold. crisis.iate this could go on for a couple months and ukraine would still have enough time in western europe would still have enough time to stockpile gas for the winter. if you take into account the fighting in the east of ukraine and the lack of resolution this is not helpful. >> tell us about the tuition on wasground. >> the idea there was going to be de-escalation. what we have seen is the single biggest loss of life with the downing of the military transport plane. 49 ukrainian soldiers killed in one track -- one strike. and we have tanks on the eastern side of the country. alleges those came from russia. nato came out with photographic evidence of what appears to be staging in

mean happily this whole ra is happening in the summer and so therefore the demand for gas in western europe is extremely low moreover in the soviet union times they built all of the gas storage or maybe all the gas storage facilities in ukraine and those are now a full and so there's plenty of gas both for ukraine and western europe so i think for the time being we won't see any disruptions in supplies with regard to ukraine itself the prime minister there earlier ordered his government prepare for a supply what sort of steps could ukraine type to minimize the damage. well as i said they have. in storage solution ukraine solution to the gas problem is going to take a long time it's the most wasteful user of energy in all of your. domestic gas resources i mean it produces already about twenty thousand cubic meters year and put out against about fifty thousand that needs all together and it could develop those in shale deposits to significant basins but this is the point that the last decade and a half has been totally wasted need the orange government or the blue government have done anythin

western europe has a more jaded attitude toward the european union. that is going to be a factor in whether e.u. leaders do admit ukraine as a member. that could take many years. this association agreement could be a step towards that. there are no guarantees those sacrifices would lead to full membership one day. >> we heard a bit about what ukraine is gaining out of this agreement. tell us more about the pros and cons. there are some cons. >> in terms of the savings exporters in ukraine are set to make, that is a figure of 500 million euros a year being projected by the e.u. at a savings made by no longer having to pay custom duties on goods into going -- going into your. you have to offset that with losses incurred from russia taking countermeasures. russia has warned of grave consequences. we already have a clue as to what those mean. on june 23, russia said it would protect its markets against ukrainian goods. in other words, it will raise customs barriers for ukrainian goods running into russia. this is why the former president signhe did not wa

. >> they say they will continue to send gas destined for western europe through ukraine but warned western europe could face shortages if ukraine diverts gas for their own use. >> how apprehensive should european states be about the conflict could lead to energy shortages? >> here are facts and figures about europe's energy supply and where it comes from. >> the spicet has been turned off. international markets saw a spike in gas prices, but in ukraine the effects won't be felt for a while. the spring has been warm and winters many months away. according to international energy agency figures europe imported 1120 billion meters of natural gas from russia in 2012. half of that was routed through ukraine. the other half reached europe through russia and underneath the baltic sea. germany takes delivery from all three but eastern and southern european nations are wholly dependant on the ukrainian pipelines. romania, bulgaria and greece. at this time official it is say the eu has enough gas reserves for the short-term but brussels is demanding new talks to find a compromise and to get the gas

>> western europe probably longer. i think both sides are going to arbitration.icial process in stockholm will be fast. who ever is the guilty party will have to eat the prices. >> do we know how much higher the bill is from russia? >> if you look at the russian calculation of the bill, this is enormo enormous, between $2-14 billion depending what calculation you look at. look at the ukrainian bill against russia, about $6 billion. it will be a very busy time for the arbitration lawyers in stockholm. >> thanks very much indeed. >>> in other news this hour, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu told the prime minister he expects help finding three teens kidnapped last week. he criticized the kidnapping who israel blames on hamas. one palestinian man was reportedly shot dead. >>> three of the community have been killed in clashes with buddhis buddhists. police enforced a curfew where several shops were burned in the attack. >>> the column by yan president has been re-elected against his rival. the campaign was the future of peace talks with the far rebel g

eisenhower broadcast this message to the people of western europe. >> people of western europe, the hour. all patriots, men and women, young and old, have a part to play in the achievement of final victory. this landing is but the opening face of the campaign in western europe. great battles lie ahead. i call upon all who love freedom to stand with us now. keep your faith staunch. our arms are resolute. together we shall achieve victory. >> i get chills when i hear that. joining me from the normandy -- from normandy, nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of msnbc andrea mitchell reports. how is it over there? >> well it is -- it's awe-inspiring to be here, talk to veterans, to of course be here surrounded by heroes who did not make it past the beach. we have more than 9,000 graves behind me in the american cemetery. tomorrow the world leaders will gather here. i'm touched more by the veterans return, many knowing it's the last time, the dwindling number of veterans, all in their 90s, who had such bravery and several of them did parachuting -- parachuted in again today as

and the eu which are losing the stocks that are interested in working as quickly, because at western europedon't like risk and you. they're thinking about what are the ukrainians don't sort out the act and said offering our gas, 16 of which comes through the ukraine. i expect the europeans to be running both with sticks and saying really, we would prefer you come up with a deal. >> perhaps a little bit of flexibility, but there could be some catalyst this weekend to agreement because a lot of international engagement by non-. there could even the a face-to-face between president clinton and president obama. >> it could bump into each other. it is a heavy night and board -- border of ukraine. 405 is rebels on one side and a couple dozen. that was to set the tone for the week. tomorrow, or rather wednesday, we have president obama flying in on tuesday night, meeting with ukrainian president-elect polishaw, as well as the leadership, as well as almost every eastern european leader you can think of. then he goes to brussels where they have a g seven, not g-8 meeting, where they will talk about

the second thing is that western europe is awash in gas. rn europeans, the have talked about how we can help the ukrainians prepare for the winter. they have stockpiled a decent amount of gas and ukraine. the question is how much of that gas are they going to use of the couple months while they are not getting from russia. we do not know. basically it is hot outside today do not needed for heating. industrial activity is down because they have lost their industrial heartland in the east of the country. those are negatives but good for -- yeah, you know. the eu is already saying we are going to figure out a way to help the ukrainians. the eu energy commissioner has flown to slovakia in the last hour. he is going to say you are pumping gas eastward right now, which is a very novel idea. basically spare russian gas that have after a warmer than expected river. >> reversing the flow. >> presumably the commissioners can ask him to send more to the ukrainians. the russians and ukrainians have a couple months to argue about this. if the eu is conce

they are strong in western europe. china, said to grow 6%.hing of relief. >> how are they doing it in the market to be number one in soccer? i can't believe you said the s word. >> amazing. the global football business group 21%. this is a company that only got serious about football 20 years ago. titus has been during the world cup since 1970. nike has come in since 1994 and threw money at the situation and one market share. they now have $2.3 billion in terms of sales. that is about half a billion adidas.n a titus -- they are pretty equal in terms of who will be on the pitch for them in the final grouping. -- five jerseys they are sponsoring. brazil, greece, france, the u.s. >> the dutch. >> there was a lot of turf war going on between nike and a titus -- adidas. it is going to be a particular problem when nike sponsors a team on top of them. they did not put enough england branding. >> they do sponsor mr. suarez. they are also winning on social media. 37 million facebook likes. .s double what adidas has >> five days of music. hundreds of t

if they get back into the you'd or western europe against western target i see that as a big threat today. >> president obama says the u.s. will aid in the fight. but he will not send ground troops in iraq. >> u.s. army appoint aid two star again tool look into how and why sergeant bowe bergdahl left his base that afghanistan - was captured by the tally van. he was released last month. return to the u.s. early friday to continue medical treatment and investigation is expected to start next week. it's not clear when bergdahl will submit questioning. >> we'll have the latest own crisis in iraq including developments overnight. you can watch that tomorrow morning starting at 4:30. >> a new type of coca-cola than a third of the calories in sugar. it's about to make its debut. it's made partly with sugar and partly with localery sweetner steve yax the new bevr ramming will launch in britain in september. it did well after trials in argentina. no word yet on if and when coke life will come to the united states. >> starbucks rolling out a program that would allow its workers to erp open line col

evidently it looks like western europe. right now they need some protection. they've got rusty old guns going against our new stuff, which the sunni have taken away because the shia have dropped their weapons. they have a few humvees and using it possibly against our advisers. those advisers are going in to advise things on the ground to help those who don't want to fight. i ask you this. when there is a warrant put out for the vice president's arrest because he's suing, is that a hint maybe things are going afoul. i ask you in february, when fallujah falls to the isis group, is that a hint something's going afoul. why are we waiting until today, let alone last friday -- >> that's the question, he was elected by the people to promise that the sunnis would be included in the government and he reneged on it. >> expand, while we're waiting before we do what? >> if you want to affect things behind the scene, use force. but having said that, there is no force to keep our leverage on the ground and keep iran out. after we brought peace on the region and they ran on

they put those numbers traveling to places like western europe in the thousands, and those travelingack to the united states in the dozens to over 100. so there is a direct correlation to the threat to the u.s. homeland that's really captivated the attention of law enforcement and intelligence officials here in the united states. >> you know all about the radicalization of westerners firsthand, you yourself traveled down that road. how concerned are you about what you're seeing here on the ground and the potential for foreign fighters to go back to europe and the united states? >> well, anderson, i agree with fran, i am very concerned. i think everyone here in europe in terms of security services are very concerned. we have everything up to 400 british born and raised citizens fighting abroad in syria and the surrounding area at this moment in time. we have official estimates about 700 from france, you know and those numbers reach into the thousands across europe. there is a serious issue with the numbers that have gone c compared to the proportion of muslims. the second issue is we'

>>> the invasion of western europe has begun. >> june 6th, 1944, we made the invasion of hitler's europe. >> 70th anniversary of d-day. >> we were right here 70 years ago. >> we come to remember why america and our allies gave so much for the survival of liberty. >> it is an important date to us and always will be. >> ordinary men, who accomplished extraordinary feats. >> this was democracy's beachhead. >> sacred ground. the resting place of 10 now, souls. >> gave and sacrificed more for our nations than we could ever repay. >> they sacrificed so we might be free. >> their sacrifices change the course of history. >> love your freedom. because that's what we fought for. we fought for the freedom. >> good to have you with us tonight folks. today marks the anniversary of a critical turning point in world history. d-day. 70 years ago over 150,000 allied troops torned the beaches of normandy, france. over 8,000 allied troops lost their lives on june 6th, 1944. but their sacrifice paid off. thanks to their core ray gous fighting, adolph hitler's third rite was finally defeated. earlier today t

. >> yes, the presence of president putin in western europe when the g7 summit is taking place, without him the g 8 have been trimmed back to g7. obviously many symbolic. he'll meet many leaders including british prime minister cameron. although he didn't rule meeting the ukrainian president poroshenko, when he was asked whether he supported him, he left a bit of wiggle room. he said we support the will of the ukrainian people and will work with the ukrainian authorities. in there there's the group of people in eastern ukraine who have expressed the desire to join russia, not necessarily the majority in those regions. certainly a significant minority in those regions. russia has done little to discourage them from aspirations and also nato complaining they've done little to stop weaponry, vehicles and personnel coming through the leaky border. that's the bit western leader. whether he can give guarantee to make that border more secure and secondly if he'll try to discourage those in eastern ukraine that say they'd like to join russia. >> and briefly, several european countries are compr

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. >> what has been lacking in western europe is our own minerals and sources for minerals - and particularlyow for instance uranium. - in europe there's hundreds of nuclear power plants which have to supply their uranium from outside europe and in this volatile world i think it would be safer to have our own source for nuclear power. >> this is talvivaara nickel mine. the ore in the ground is of such a low-grade that vast quantities of rock have to be dug up and crushed in order to remove a relatively small amount of nickel. the crushed rock is stacked into immense heaps, one point two kilometers long. the metal is extracted by a process which combines natural bacteria with enormous quantities of chemicals. last year talvivaara consumed 762,000 tons of chemicals- a third of which was sulphuric acid. other potentially profitable metals are also present in the rock like zinc and uranium. at the planning stage there was no talk of mining uranium, but to the alarm of many local people a uranium processing plant has already been built. >> it's the biggest uranium ore in finland - so it has been l

thousands of soldiers took part in one of the greatest ever military operations that eventually saw western europe liberated from the hands of the nazis. united by history but split by politics despite frostiness from some western leaders differences of put aside during d.-day commemorations in france at least by most heads of state. tens of thousands of people flee eastern ukraine escaping the shelling in air raids by the military we bring you the story of a baby boy trapped by an attack on a hospital where he was being treated. and confidence europe could turn its back on russian energy sources is threatened by overblown estimates of america's home supply capabilities. they're welcome it's nice to have you company you're watching r.t. international. trends and leaders of nations across the globe have gathered in france to commemorate the anniversary of one of the greatest military operations the world has seen seventy years ago american british and canadian troops cross the waters of the english channel to open a second front against the nazi war machine r.t. said i'm not say looks back at that

we are watching for another low crossing over the british isles and moving into western europe. you will be the next weather maker. look out for rain. by next week, central europe and balkan peninsula will have to look out for this weather system. let's wrap things up with a look at asia. the rainy season continues to dominate the weather picture for western japan into china. a record 237 millimeters fell over a 24-hour period. it looks like the rain will be a big part of the story for tokyo, western japan, south korea and central and eastern china will also deal with rain. in fact, also looking out for some monsoonal rains and a low pressure system into the philippines where about 113 millimeters of fell over a 24-hour period. flooding and land slides a concern down there. saturday, more rain. seoul, tokyo, high in the mid to upper 20s but a chance for rain. that extends into manila. have a good day wherever you are. here is your extended outlook. >>> children at an elementary school in northeastern japan are back in the swim in their own pool for the first time in over three ye

so from that position in that part of the world, we aspire to strike deeper targets in western europe the united states, and that's our target, to get after isis. >> you say what you were just describing earlier in the program, about a different kind of approach from the central government in baghdad. given that the leadership cadre there spent much of its exile in iran during the saddam hussein years, given that iran wants to further shiite aims inside of iraq, is overirannian aid going to get us closer to a unified iraqi state? >> i think that iranian aid could be extremely helpful at this time. i think that the fact that iraqi shiite leaders exiled in iraq has been wildly overplayed, there's a lot of uncomfortable tension between the politician, and i don't think we need to be too worried about that. i think what the iranians need to do is work with them to pursue a new strategy when it comes to iraqis in need. but at this point, we're basically in a counter insurgency, a puny military without stress attached to them do not work. these kinds of insurgencies spring out of or at leas

europe. >> the 95 euros off and thinks back to his days on the western front. he was 24 when he joined a polish armored division. he was sent to britain to help liberate northern france, but when the allies landed in normandy, his division had to stay behind to wait for equipment from the u.s. >> when the first troops arrived in france, we were really envious. we had spent a lot of time training for that operation, so we were keen to join the allies in normandy as soon as possible, and they were waiting for us, too. our division was supposed to be on the front line and move things forward quickly. >> the polish division reached france at the end of july. they had the crucial role of closing off an escape route for german soldiers. after three days and nights of intense fighting, they succeeded. thousands of german soldiers were surrounded by allied forces. >> when we were given the command to fire, i looked down the hill and saw endless numbers of german soldiers. please forgive me. i don't really want to talk about it. we just shot into the masses. there were

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which have the greatest spending in western europe. it's a lot more now. and it shot up again after 9/11. under current budget plans, as i understand it -- it's arcing downwards to even bow low 3% in the 20s, it ebbs and changes. so i think even the supporters of the hegemony strategy would say at some point it cannot be carried out realistically. now that doesn't mean you won't still nominally have the alliances with japan or china think may last indefinitely. the other thing that may mark a clear break from the present period is if there are enough challenges to u.s. hegemony and the u.s. backs down enough, it will create a new situation. new facts on the ground and that -- remember, a lot of foreign policy is psychological. it's intimidation. and this is why i'm concerned. that is, i think it's very likely the u.s. will back down again and again and again because of what the australian diplomat calls asymmetry of resolve, that is something that is very important for them. like crimea to russia. it's just not that important for the united states. it's no

for years, america's ties were always to western europe.bviously the iron curtain blocked access to eastern europe. now look at it .today, it's the eastern europeans begging for security leadership. leadership particularly for security reasons, right? look at poland. they needed that speech that president obama gave where he started name checking. poland, you're not alone, li lithuan lithuania, you're not alone. astonia you're not alone. and the western leaders are going out of their way to court putin. they're saying look we have to go along with the united states on this because we count on them for security, but don't worry, we still want to be friends with you. don't think we're the ones that are leading this charge. it's that guy. i can't help this entire trip feels that way. everything is backwards, right it? 's the eastern europeans wanting the close relationship with the united states and the western europeans wanting to get closer to russia. it actually is odd when you start thinking about it. >> well, odd is better than hot when i

] that morning, general eisenhower announces the normandy landings to the world. >> people of western europemade this morning on the coast of france by troops of the allied expeditionary force. >> in the evening, general de gaulle speaks by radio from ondon. [speaking french] >> the battle for normandy is a terrible one. it lasts 80 days. it becomes a tactical struggle for position. the elite german troops, dug in among the orchards of the norman dicouldn't tri-ryside fight fiercely, but the reinforcemented they were promised don't come, blocked by the offensive launched by red forces as stalin promised. right up to july 9, allied forces are bogged down outside the town that had had become a field of rubble. 2,000 people have died under the bombs there. allied bombing of norman ditowns causes 14,000 civilian casualties. - or normandy towns causes 14,000 civilian casualties. after the breakthrough on july 30 and the battle with the first pole -- where the first polish armored division excels gates the gates to -- to paris are open. backed by the fourth u.s. infantry division, the second armor

the beginning of the invasion that saved western europe from the nazis. d-day. >> this day we set upon a mighty endeavor. a struggle to preserve our public. our religion, and our civilization. and to set free a suffering humanity. >> fdr delivering his famous prayer. this was the largest invasion by sea ever. thousands were killed. today, hundreds of veterans and many world leaders returned to normandy. president obama called on everyone to keep remembering those who died and he honored a new generation answering the call of duty. >> these men waged wars so we might know peace. they sacrificed so we might be free. they fought in hopes of a day when we would no longer need to fight. we are grateful to them. >> after the ceremony. russian president vladimir putin and president obama talked for about 15 minutes. >>> a vintage bottle of wine was supposed to play a big part of the victory celebration for a group of infantry men. >> but then something happened. rod mcallostery explains. >> i have my name here. >> reporter: ray's signature is one of many from th

and from western europe to east, from south america to southeast asia -- 70 years of democratic movementspread. and nations that once knew only the blinders of fear began to taste the blessings of freedom. none of that would have happened without the men who were willing to lay down their lives for people they'd never met and ideals they couldn't live without. none of it would have happened without the troops president roosevelt called "the life-blood of america, the hope of the world." they left home barely more than boys and returned home heroes. but to their great credit, that is not how this generation carried itself. after the war, some put away their medals, were quiet about their service, moved on. some, carrying shrapnel and scars, found that moving on was much harder. many, like my grandfather, who served in patton's army, lived a quiet life, trading one uniform and set of responsibilities for another -- as a teacher, or a salesman, or a doctor, or an engineer, a dad, a grandpa. our country made sure millions of them earned a college education, opening up opportunity on an unpre

. >> the situation in the ukraine and the possible cences for the energy supply for western europe was one of the main issues in the stock markets this week. and it was a clear burden for the frankfurt market. the dax this week went down about 2%. this friday, it was just a little bit better, but it was very nervous trading throughout the week. one of the other major issues and other major burdens was the development in iraq is also on the minds of traders. the problem is both of these issues continuing to the next week, so people are reckoning further with nervous trading. and ecb president mario draghi will also be speaking next week. that is also something to watch out for. what will the ecb do again in order to support the economy in euro land? >> now let's pull up the market numbers for you. the dax is up slightly, and the euro stoxx down .17%. let's see what the euro is doing -- trading up. $1.36, and the dow jones down .25%. >> the german government has canceled a contract with u.s. telecommunications firm verizon. >> the german interior ministry says it has done so because it i

three hundred eighty five dollars per cubic meter which is one hundred dollars less than what western europe generally pays and it's roughly the same price that was agreed on by our former prime minister yulia timoshenko back in two thousand and nine was since then moscow has applied a few discounts and twenty ten the price dropped to three hundred fifteen dollars because of the agreement to station russia's black sea fleet base in crimea three years later then president yannick overture agreed to enter a customs union with russia and that saw the gas price go down to two hundred and sixty eight dollars these agreements no longer exist but ukraine insists it should get gas at a bargain price which no one else gets artesian it explains. somewhat surprising given that ukraine is now looking west and plans to sign an association agreement with the e.u. so the price of three hundred eighty five dollars is at a market level reasonable plus moscow is offering to fix that price for at least a year prime minister gets nukes been there before back in two thousand and nine. president put an agreed on

challenge, by as i see it, by president putin and those who support him or who admire him in western europe to the very fundamental idea of europe. creating something new, something better after centuries of strive and conflict. i think this is important but not because we are going to lose our ability to govern, but because there is a rather fundamental challenge here going on between putin and western europe. charlie is correct. he is a good observer of things going on in the public debate. the government has an 80% majority in the bundestag. chancellor merkel has to take note of these debates, she can rely on a very strong pro-eu, pro nato coalition in the bundestag. i am afraid they are, americans are have not joining us but are only listening in. it's the chancellor merkel cell phone thing, the snowden revelations, it's the total loss of trust in what used to be the american trusted senior partner. i don't want to dwell too much on this the relationship between germany and the united states is different, of course, than the relationship between the uk and france and the united states.

and we have seen the free aj staff hashtag grow and grow, particularly in places - you see in western europe, but nairobi - that is where peter greste was based, australia where he's from - you saw the sydney hashtag pop up. there's more chatter now. if i go to hashtag.org you see the kick up. this is a 1% sample in the last 24 hours. it started 300 tweets an hour and now close to 950,000 tweets an hour on this. we want more and more. you can contribute by tweeting free sj staff. we show you what others have been up to. here is a picture from brisbane, showing peter greste's parents using their ipads and waiting for the verdict. peter's brothers and cousins are in cairo, the parents are in australia. a picture from the courtroom. this lady is the fiancee of mohamed fadel fahmy. she is there in court today to see what will happen. what else did we spot? a lot of journalists. the last count is something like 150 journalists, embassy staff. these are taken by patrick kingsley, from the guardian newspaper. he's showing a large number of people six, seven rows back, and coverage. there'll be a lo

space to bring in people to train outside syria and iraq whether it be against target did in western europe or north america, in the middle east. everyone. >> i am with ambassador robert ford. when we come back, we will take a crosser look at an area of his resent expertise after years of service in syria, what does he think about what's happening with the civil war there? you are watching "talk to al jazeera." i am with robert ford who ended his time as u.s. ambassador to syria. while retiring from the foreign service, made public your own thoughts about the way things have gone over the last several years. once it was clear that bashar al assad meant to staytiously that when this is all over, he still means to be president of syria. was there any other way this could have gone against the determined opposition? >> it's a question that i ask myself all the time, to be honest. when i was in syria in 2011, and the peaceful protest movement started, they actually did not immediately demand that president assad resign or quit the political scene. they actually, it started over some police mist

and from western europe to east, from south america to southeast asia -- 70 years of democratic movementspread. and nations that once knew only the blinders of fear began to taste the blessings of freedom. none of that would have happened without the men who were willing to lay down their lives for people they'd never met and ideals they couldn't live without. none of it would have happened without the troops president roosevelt called "the life-blood of america, the hope of the world." they left home barely more than boys and returned home heroes. but to their great credit, that is not how this generation carried itself. after the war, some put away their medals, were quiet about their service, moved on. some, carrying shrapnel and scars, found that moving on was much harder. many, like my grandfather, who served in patton's army, lived a quiet life, trading one uniform and set of responsibilities for another -- as a teacher, or a salesman, or a doctor, or an engineer, a dad, a grandpa. our country made sure millions of them earned a college education, opening up opportunity on an unpre

we are the best brand in the wor, and numbers show they are taking market share in western europe, futures orders, everybody looks for on nike, a good indication of what's to come, up double digits in western europe, up double digits in north america. what's disappointing is emerging markets. nike is firing on all cylinders, a lot of upgrades and raising price targets to the $90 per share level. we'll talk more about nooike rit now. let's bring in paul with morning star. is that a correct assessment that nike is doing well, gaining share when it comes to europe and soccer and keeping its core running in basketball business very much going strong? >> yeah, that's what's really amaze is that they've been able to grow running, which is their oldest business, basketball, where they got 95% market share in the united states, growing businesses that people said they could never grow before. on top of that, the comment was interesting about the digs on soccer or global futbol. they said our leadership position in running, basketball, and football, a dig on adidas in the commentary. >> they didn't

and from western europe to east from south america to southeast asia, 70 years of democratic movement spread. and nations that once knew only the blinders of fear began to taste the blessings of freedom. none of that would have happened without the men who were willing to lay down their lives from people they've never met. and ideals they couldn't live without. none of it would have. haed without the troops president roosevelt called the lifeblood of america, the hope of the world. -- left home barely more than boys. and returned home heroes. but to their great credit that is not how this generation -- after the war, some put away their medals.

people in western europe enjoying the weather for a change. it's not like this across the entirety of europe. look at what is happening in the south. this wiggle of the cloud has been was for a good few days. it's the same system bringing us the flooding in rome a couple of days ago. that system is with us, and still causing a few problems. it's parts of bosnia where we see the worst of the weather. over 60mm of rain. it's a lot of rain, but on top of the wet weather that they've had over the past few days. all the rain is not helping things at all. you see the great big area of blue. this is where we are expecting the wet weather, and the dark blue colours over bucharest is where we are expecting the wettest of the weather and rain. it looks like the system is finally beginning to lose its grip. it's edging to the east. it will be unsettled for many of us as we head through friday. saturday, there should be more in the way of dry weather. >>> always good news. thank you. >>> bananas are under threat from a federation cupping us. -- fungus. it'

a long twilight struggle until finally a wall tumbled down and an iron curtain too, and from western europe to east, from south america to southeast asia, 70 years of democratic movements spread. and nations that once knew only the blinders of fear began to taste the blessing of freedom. >> nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell is in normandy, france. andrea? >> reporter: betty, president obama came here saying that omaha beach, normandy was democracy's beachhead and this group of veterans, the small group of survivors, now 70 years later, saved the world, not only savingvoking a time when men of courage took to the air, the parachutes dropped, the 13,000 paratroopers that went in before dawn and then the thousands who came to those rough seas. he talked about the courage that they exhibited and also brought together this generation of soldiers, those who were here today, heroes themselves, also following in the footsteps and said the important thing is for us to keep telling the story of those who served on d-day and made america safe for democracy. betty? >> andrea

considering a six of western europe's gas goes through ukraine. it would be bad for ukraine but also western europe because twice before.s >> if you are a follower of geopolitical events, this week is about as good as it gets. >> it's very exciting. you have president obama flying to warsaw. thes going to meet president-elect of ukraine. he is going to meet the leader of almost every eastern european country. g7 meeting inthe brussels. you also have nato defense ministers meeting in brussels. on thursday you have this curious moment where a law and is going to be meeting with e isident -- where holland meeting with resident putin and then obama. he is going to have two separate meetings. >> will they cross in the core door on the way out -- in the core door -- corridor. >> then they will run into each other on thursday. it's d-day. will they meet on the shores of normandy and try to hash out defenses? it should be interesting. >> the first earnings we are covering since the credit crisis. our next guest sees green shoots and europe's economy. the

success story of bucket socialism it had higher rates of growth than most of the countries of western europe it had been advanced well first states it was a multi-ethnic society. which lived in the holy land in many regards it was a model of development on. the floor i can see where we yugoslavia was located between greece italy and romania and it was populated by serbs croats bosnian muslims slovenes macedonians all of which are slavs and albanians from gains in others their country was the result of a long fight to unite the people to show the world what they can achieve if they work together regardless of what happened in the past throughout history this idea has been a thorn in the eye of many empires and world powers the idea was that the southern swabs would not remain weak divided people falling out among themselves or falling prey to some imperialist outsider when the austrians illegally took over bosnia and its largest population one thousand wait the yugoslav dream had never been more threatened so a group of yugoslav nationalists young bosnia which included serbs muslims and croat

challenge, by as i see it, by president putin and those who support him or who admire him in western europe to the very fundamental idea of europe. creating something new, something better after centuries of strive and conflict. i think this is important but not because we are going to lose our ability to govern, but because there is a rather fundamental challenge here going on between putin and western europe. charlie is correct. he is a good observer of things going on in the public debate. the government has an 80% majority in the bunde stock. chancellor merkel has to take note of these debates, she can rely on a very strong pro-eu, pro nato coalition in the bundestag. i am afraid they are, americans are have not joining us but are only listening in. it's the chancellor merkel cell phone thing, the snowden revelations, it's the total loss of trust in what used to be the american trust ared senior partner. i don't want to dwell too much on this the relationship between germany and the united states is different, of course, than the relationship between the uk and france and the united sta

: june 6, 1944, cbs' robert trout reporting the beginning of the invasion that would liberate western europe from the nazis. >> and when the war was won, we claimed no spoils of victory. we helped europe rebuild. we claimed no land, other than the earth where we buried those who gave their lives under our flag. >> dubois: mr. obama said america's claim to freedom is written in the blood on the beaches of normandy. mark phillips is there. >> reporter: dawn on omaha beacha d-day plus 70, and some of those who were there then have come back now. >> i'm so filled with joy right now. i can hardly control myself, you know. thanks, guy, for being here. >> reporter: for dan mccarthy and his pals, this d-day may not be as significant as their first one, but it is likely to be their last one. jack slagl is 91. >> the president of the legion of honor society in america said we want you there for the 75th. but i don't know. my mind is here. but i don't know about the rest of my body. >> reporter: tributes to the veterans took many forms, including imitation. today, on utah beach, it looked like it could

terror strikes into the region, into our countries like jordan, conceivably enis real and then western europend the united states. >> isn't this the dream of bin laden to establish what he called the caliphate, and they control territory from aleppo, west of syria all the way to the suburbs of baghdad. >> yeah, you're talking about a distance of about 400 miles. we're not talking about a small amount of territory. and a caliphate, with its capital in baghdad, was precisely the dream of people like bin laden and other leaders. you have to remember, among these isis figures, there are an estimated thousand people with european passports. probably some people with american passports. if this becomes a statement, it becomes an incubator, if you will, for another global terrorist organization. we worried about afghanistan precisely because it was a harboring al qaeda. this would be an actual terrorist state producing terror worldwide. >> we're talking about a force -- isis force of 3,000 to 5,000 fighters. okay, how, matt, could they overrun the iraqi army so quickly and thoroughly? we have report

stop supplying ukraine they will continue to supply what their contractual be obliged to send to western europe the question here is whether ukraine will simply send that gas and not take any for itself and the question remains open. now some of the transit gas from russia has already been switched to reserve five one after an alleged terrorist attack in ukraine earlier this week find out what happened on the line. boss human rights watch slams bahrain for cracking down on those who use cameras to expose police violence against anti-government protesters . spain's new king has been sworn in but the mood of the country is far from celebre torrie hundreds of anti-monarchists have rallied in madrid shortly after king felipe into this round of protests spirit is strong and you stared and played nation with millions of spaniards being pushed deeper into poverty the sentiment is also aggravated by the royal family's perceived lavish lifestyle as a result the crowding ceremony was kept low key. juan carlos stepping down signal today end of an era as a gift to say or be completed in one thousand nine h

supplying ukraine they will continue to supply what they're contractually obliged to send to western europe the question here is whether ukraine will simply send back us and not take any for itself and the question remains open well the gas has gone up in flames quite literally a powerful blast of a pipeline transporting gas to europe through ukraine has triggered a major blaze and that follows direct threats from the country's radicals to target the transit you can read more about this at r.t. dot com and also online human rights watch slams bahrain for cracking down on those who use cameras to expose police violence against anti-government protesters those stories and more at r.t. dot com. spain's new king has been sworn in but the mood in the country is far from celebrating hundreds of anti monica said rallied in madrid shortly after king philippe took to the throne to protest spirit is strong in the stereotype a nation with millions of spaniards being pushed deeper into poverty the sentiment is also aggravated by the rule families to see a lavish lifestyle and as a result this crowning