wulff was a close ally of chancellor merkel. some say he is the post as a weapon of power in politics, some say to the detriment of the post. germany hopes his successor can restore faith and integrity to the country's highest office. >> and the story goes on. that wraps up this edition of the "journal." captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

that's christian wulff. mr. wulff has become embroiled in a scandal over favors that he allegedly received before becoming head of state. we can show you the scene. that's the podium where we expect mr. wulff to come out any minute now to deliver his statement, which we do expect to be one of resignation. he's doing any wrongdoing, but he is under pressure, not least because the public prosecutor in germany has been calling for a lifting of his immunity to face certain charges and allegations against him. chancellor merkel herself has delayed her plans to go to move. she's due to meet mario monti there. she will also be making a statement after the president. with me here in the studio is our berlin correspondent, stephen evans. you know better than anyone, this has been, in some respects, a long time coming. it's been building a head of steam. >> yes, and as ever with these things, it's the coverup which does the damage. the allegation was that he took a holiday with a friend, it was paid for by the friend, he

but duesseldorf had the most up- to-date presentation of christian wulff.y showed the ex-president as a fallen at german eagle, it also shows his designated successor gauck about to hatch. all-in-all, a typical rose monday on the rhine, with political satire and plenty of fun. >> of course, it is nudges europe and germany. carnival is also in full swing in rio de janeiro. the biggest highlight there is the world famous parade. 13 elite samba schools are competing for the 2012 title. >> nearly 100,000 paying spectators get to attend a top quality show, while others that dance the night away in one of the many street parties. and always pleasant summer temperatures, around 28 degrees celsius. >> along with the samba, those temperatures are fantastic. we will be back to the top of the next hour. do stay with us here at dw. ♪ captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- ♪ yy

we did not even know if the parliament will vote to lift christian wulff's and unity.uarter of the members will have to vote in favor of lifting immunity before this goes further. then the public prosecutor can begin its investigation if there is to be an investigation, and only then can things go to the next level. >> as always, thank you very much. now to greece. the euro crisis and the bullies. greek politicians are angry, demanding respect from countries in northern europe. >> the president of greece today publicly pointed the finger at germany, the netherlands, and finland, asking -- who are they? to install the greek people? >> politicians went public with their disgust that greece may not be keeping its promises to cut spending in order to receive another bailout. >> our coverage begins in athens. >> the headlines in greek newspapers were scathing. some accused the german finance minister of torturing and greece. others say that germans want the government of monkeys in advance. twice this week, wolfgang schauble has called reset bottomless pit. now he is questi

she chose wulff. stepped down, again, so i think a lot of the 0 opposition parties want to get involved in a coalition driven and consensus driven president in the picking. we have prosecutors going after a german president. that's unique in the history of germany. >> yeah, and prosecutors are asking for immunity to be lifted that has forced that resignation for the time that he was in charge of that state. patricia, thank you very much indeed for that. stopped discussions on the eurozone. angela merkel is supposed to meet with the italian premier mario monti. she may still get on a plane this afternoon and go and talk to him. this comes as athens has reached a deal in its next 325 million euros to secure the next bailout money. jim rogers is ceo and chairman of rogers holdings. he is with us in singapore where he is with christine. jim, okay, i don't really know what to say about greece, frankly. just give me your own view here. >> ross, the reason you don't have anything to say about greece is becau

also in the program, out of office and under investigation, the german president christian wulff quitsnd lance -- lance angela merkel with a headache. it is midday in london, 7:00 a.m. in new york. britain and france are, it seems to mike eager to bury their differences in a new era of cooperation. the prince conference -- the press conference is continuing, and we can fit into it now. >> [speaking french] of course, and sure you understand what i mean by the revolution. if the opposition does not unite and organized, it will not help them. we will not accept that a dictator is allowed to massacre his own people, but the revolution cannot come from the outside. it must be born from within. that was the case internees' yeah, egypt, libya -- in tunisia, egypt, libya. of course, we are always willing to do more, but our message to those who wanted to bring about democracy in syria is to gather together and organize and we will help them, and we will. we never could have done what we did in the be at our friends from the national opposition council and those in ben ghazi had not taken the

wulff denies any wrongdoing.hancellor angela merkel cancels a business trip to deal with this crisis. wulff was her number one choice. >>> finally, tonight, no hesitation after the new jersey assembly passed a bill legalizing gay marriage. republican governor chris christie vetoed it today. he says it should be up to the voters to decide. >>> that debate will continue for a long time, i'm sure. >> thank you, janelle. >>> whitney houston close friends and family members gathered at a funeral home to mourn the late singer. houston's mother, her daughter, bobbi kristina and cousin dionne warwick attended the private viewing. houston's funeral is tomorrow at the new hope baptist church where she sang in the choir as a child. aretha franklin, stevie wonder, alicia keys and warwick are all scheduled to take part in the program tomorrow morning. houston's ex-husband, bobby brown will also attend the funeral despite being estranged from her family. the service will be live streamed on the web at 9:00 pacific time tomorro

looking at your commute on the san mateo bridge, highway 92, light traffic year as wulff, was unable see no problems. is a smooth trip as he tried to get out towards the stay. looking at the ride through marin, 101 as you head south, it is also an easy commute with no delays coming through marin county for one and once up and. for your trip on public transit this morning, there are no delays for bart, ace train or caltrain. >>justine: this story just got my attention, johnson and johnson is recalling about a half million bottles of an offense tylenol off. we are still working to get more information on exactly which medications we're talking about. as soon as more information comes and i will bring that to you can. we will take a break and be right back. if >>mark: authorities say a confrontation happened between immigration and customs officer and his supervisor escalated into gunfire. >> when the incident escalated, one agent fired several rounds at the other agent, killing him. another victim is hospitalized and in stable condition. at that time another agent working nearby interv

the german president christian wulff has announced his resignation a day after prosecutors ask parliament to strip him of his community amid a loan scandal. he said confidence in him had been damaged and he claimed he had always acted honestly. angela merkel said he has put his country before his personal interests. the britain's david cameron and the french president nicolas sarkozy have agreed to work more closely on military operations and civil nuclear power. their partnership had come under scrutiny after the u.k. refused to join a european fiscal tax. mr. cameron said they had strong relationships based on strong interests. armed robbers stole up to 60 ancient artifacts from the greek museums. the greek culture minister has submitted his resignation over the raid. from a highest to an amazing counterfeit, italian police say seized fake u.s. treasury bonds worth six trillion dollars which equals half the entire u.s. national debt. they were hidden in false compartments in three safety boxes in the swiss city of zurich. >> they are calling this the largest ever seizure of its kind. fa

christian wulff has become embroiled in a scandal. it is alleged if he benefited from an improper arrangement for a proper -- for a private loan. he later tried to bully a newspaper from running the story. he denied wrongdoing. children have been killed after a lowry hit a school bus on the west bank. some of the children were as young as five years old. the palestinian president has declared three days of mourning. israeli and palestinian leaders have met to discuss new ways in the mediterranean. netanyahu has said the developing peaceful relations between the countries should be in the interest of the region as of hall. -- as a whole. in honduras, a painful week continues for families who have relatives inside the jail but was destroyed by fire on tuesday night. more than 300 stifel -- 350 people were killed in the blaze, but because it's not clear. >> for more than 24 harrowing hours, -- but the cause is not clear. >> for more than 24 hours they have been waiting. the families of want to hear any news about their relatives. some of

the german president christian wulff has resigned after it the parliament asked the courts to strip him of his immunity. he claimed he had always acted honestly. rupert murdoch has confronted the growing crisis of his media empire by telling staff that he is launching a new newspaper. this comes after he was forced to close the news of the world newspaper. he told staff that a senate version of "the sun" would be appearing soon. -- people staff that sunday version would be appearing. >> mr. murdoch landed late last night in britain, the troublesome outpost of his global media empire. the expectation that he was here to reassure the tabloid troops. driven at speed to avoid our cameras, he must have known what was coming. in the last month, nine journalists past and present have been arrested in connection with alleged payments for stories. information has been passed to the police by a news corp. committee. perhaps to boost morale, before stepping into the newsroom here, rupert murdoch gave a staff two pieces of news. first, arrested staff had been suspended would be able to return to wo

german president christian wulff has resigned. he said that confidence in him had been damaged. he claimed that he had always acted honorably. rupert murdoch has confronted the growing crisis within his empire by telling staff that he is launching a new sunday newspaper. the announcement comes after he was forced to close the news of the world because of the phone hacking scandal. he told journalists that a sunday version would be appearing very soon and that the tabloid was one of his proudest achievements. >> a tabloid newspaper might have called it, the redtop rescue. mr. murdoch landed late last night in britain, the troublesome outpost of his global media empire. the expectation that he was here to reassure the troops. he must have known what was coming. there is no doubt, the hacks were hacked off with murdoch. information has been passed to the police by a news corp. committee. perhaps to boost morales before stepping into the newsroom, rupert murdoch gave staff two pieces of news. -- perhaps to boost morale before stepping into the newsroom. he said that they would be op

stepmother madison police found wandering the streets in her pajamas >>germany's president christian wulff has resigned following a series of scandals prosecutors ask parliament to lift his immunity from prosecution the one criminal investigation into allegations that he is demanding political favors the german presidency is mostly ceremonial post but his resignation as a blow to chancellor angela merkel to supported his bid for the presidency and she had to cancel a trip to italy to deal with the political fallout at home >>still ahead a recall involving children's tylenol the first just a much could be paying for a first-class stamp in the u.s. postal service can convince congress and its rich and hearty seafood dish we are making schrempp to fate later in the lunch break [ kate ] most women may not be properly absorbing the calcium they take because they don't take it with food. switch to citracal maximum plus d. it's the only calcium supplement that can be taken with or without food. that's why my doctor recommends citracal maximum. it's all about absorption. if you use a cpap device t

wulff to become the german president in the first place. the german politics are front and center today as they have been most of the week except today it's internal as opposed to how the politics may impact the eurozone. stocks are higher right now ahead of the u.s. open. back to you. >> ross, does that mean that this could potentially keep us from getting some sort of a deal with greece over the weekend? the market begs a lot of that into the cake yesterday. if this means that we don't have a deal by monday on greece, is that something that could happen because of the german internal politics? >> well, bear in mind that this week what we've seen is an escalation in the politics of the crisis with the greek president telling the german finance minister not to be so aggressive and keep his nose out of internal affairs and it's been mario monti, of course, who has been trying to smooth things down and say we're all europeans and we all need to work together so i think the meeting was going to be quite important. and she needs to come to some