berlin walllow the and the reunification of germany, -- with the fall of the berlin wall and the reunification of germany, it is a very personal idea. german ande damaged american relations. it is part of a broader problem for the white house. tonight, there was supposed to be a state dinner for the president. she canceled because of allegations that her private communications were being intercepted. and allegations of mexico. my sense is that washington has not taken most of these allegations to seriously. it is a slightly different case. was a frenzy in tone. allegations that the french, for years, have been spying on american businessmen and conducting a similar kind of surveillance operation of their own. seriousthis is far more and it stems from the readout of the conversation from berlin that the conversation was far sharper than what president had with franÇois hollande. staying at the white house now where president obama and the pakistani prime minister have had their first face-to- face meeting. the items on the agenda were the controversial use of drone strikes as well as combating

berlin walllow the and the reunification of germany, -- with the fall of the berlin wall and the reunification of germany, it is a very personal idea. german ande damaged american relations. it is part of a broader problem for the white house. tonight, there was supposed to be a state dinner for the president. she canceled because of allegations that her private communications were being intercepted. and allegations of mexico. my sense is that washington has not taken most of these allegations to seriously. it is a slightly different case. was a frenzy in tone. allegations that the french, for years, have been spying on american businessmen and conducting a similar kind of surveillance operation of their own. seriousthis is far more and it stems from the readout of the conversation from berlin that the conversation was far sharper than what president had with franÇois hollande. staying at the white house now where president obama and the pakistani prime minister have had their first face-to- face meeting. the items on the agenda were the controversial use of drone strikes as well as combating

not washington, berlin, or madrid, but london. unless the newspapers begin to behave more responsibly, his government is likely to act to stop papers from publishing what he calls damaging leaks by edward snowden. what do you think of that? >> david cameron calling on the government to stop -- >> he told parliament this monday that unless they begin to be --newspapers begin to behave more responsibly, he has called on legislation to stop them from publishing. >> it is the classic debate of the right of the public to know what is happening and to be sure that their rights are enforced. the interests of states to protect national security. the revelations seen this summer, the extent of this find is necessary strictly to protect the interests of national security. ordinary citizens are having their personal data online collected in this dragnet. >> do you agree with david cameron that newspapers like the guardian have gone too far? >> totally. this is not only illegal under u.s. law, but also immoral and totally undemocratic. the us

berlin is the first number beijing calls not brussels germany has the most pivotal role right now to kind of defining and shaping how europe will interact with china coming years at the moment that role is more lone trailblazer than economic shepard's close to fifty percent of e.u. exports to china come from germany trade between the two was worth almost one hundred forty five billion euros last year the to talk of a special relationship i mean it's the very difficult for any country to ignore china at this point it's in europe's interest to make sure that no one gets left behind but some of germany's easy partners have been left behind as they're being battered by berlin backed cuts austerity is never a solution to a crisis like this it just made the matters worse and in that context. the german export industry started targeting china as a growing market it's not all plain sailing between germany and china questions have been raised over which side berlin is on in the trade disputes over low cost chinese solar panels flooding the european markets and concerns germany is ignoring chi

watcher here in berlin. welcome. first off, you have seen washington shutdown before. what is different this time around? >> it is more tragic and i think more severe than in the past. tragic because it looks like they are both fighting each other in such a way that there is no maneuverability, no area of compromise. also more important because this is only one crisis in a row of crises, and the next was already coming up -- the next one is already coming up when they have to talk about the debt ceiling. i think this is the trailer for something bigger. it looks like the american system is at the brink of failure. >> this also comes at a time when barack obama has very recently changed his line on syria. what does this mean for his presidency? >> it could mean a lot because there are raising concerns about his leadership. it looks like he is watching from the sidelines, seeing the republican party disrupt himself but not interfering. he is not leading. he is leading from behind, and that is something which americans do not like over time. they always want their preside

has responded by saying it has not spied on the chancellor in berlin. do stay with us. thanks for watching.

do want today as germany decides what to do they get ready for a second winter in a berlin city park these people came here because they were fleeing violence but in running for their lives they found themselves stuck in limbo here in the e.u. peter all over r.t. . now thousands of opposition activists are marching through central moscow the rally has been called in support of those arrested at a similar gathering that turned violent last year our desire in english is there for us. so really what's been happening do tell as well that people have been gathering for the last hour or so and marching just across the just along the boulevard in the center of moscow we're talking about several thousand people as of now all the. it got that they got from the mayor's office of moscow says they could bring up to twenty thousand people out on the streets you're probably seeing live pictures off the bench right now from our from our news agency ruptly as a matter of fact of the people as you have said are supporting those who have been arrested last year during the may sixth protests twenty sev

relation are obliged to remain in the country they first arrived in pete all over matt some who made it to berlin but who now regret their choice. we have feet we are not any man we have feeling we all want to be jobless homeless and thousands of kilometers from home this is the reality for refugees who were forced to flee violence in libya and twenty eleven there is no option not even allowed to work in germany since i've been to germany i just sleep and eat that's what i do they arrived in europe through its early however the italian authorities told them they couldn't stay and sent them packing with five hundred euros and give me some money i should go bank and collect the money i have the right to go anywhere what i want to go sawyer just to leave it to live it to live because it's a disaster on the european law it's really shouldn't have done last it's the responsibility of the member state where refugees arrive to look after them by sending these refugees away it's left them in a difficult legal predicament my document is get an expired and the five hundred year is finished can't go back i

>> welcome to the journal -- the "journal," coming to you live from berlin. coming up, time is running out for democrats and republicans as washington heads towards its first shutdown in 17 years. >> she won the election, but can she form of government? -- a government? >> and the intriguing film that takes us back a century into history and explores the meaning of home. america is facing the threat of a government shutdown that would keep federal workers at home and affect millions of people dependent on federal services and payments. >> there does not seem to be all that much hope right now. we will have more on that from our correspondent in just a moment. >> u.s. government offices not considered as essential to national security might be going dark in just about nine hours. >> deadlock in the u.s. capital of washington. neither party shows any sign of giving ground ahead of a looming government shutdown. most americans say they are tired of the political quarreling. 800,000 government jobs are on the line. >> we are here. a lot of us live paycheck to pay

diana magnay has reaction to that from berlin. david mckenzie is in beijing. we'll get to him in a moment. first the perspective from germany sdpt wiand the wider eu. diana magnay, what have you been hearing where you are about this last-minute deal? >> reporter: hi, hala. well, the editorials, this is, of course, the top story across the german papers all say, fine, it's -- you know, no surprise that they did reach a deal at the very last minute. the markets had essentially factored that in. the main points that you read in the papers is that this damage is america's credibility as a global fiscal super power, that we and the rest of the world look over what is a political farce in washington. when you speak to people on the street here, they are baffled it could have come to this. that the american government could should down for a period of two weeks and more. there's also a concern about the fact that this is just in that cliche we've been using a lot, kicking the can further down the road, that we're going to be experiencing this same kind of budgetary t

rival activist groups have clashed in berlin leading to twenty arrests in the trouble started when a right wing group began protesting against a new refugee shelter but account a rally by left wing activists or riot police deployed to keep them apart the shelters generated much smoke on rest since it opened in august. in india at least five people have been killed in a string of blasts before the start of a political rally over seventy have been injured explosions ripped through bahar state a half of an appearance by opposition politician the rann drawn mahdi who is a candidate for prime minister in next year's general election bombs went off at a train station and later near the venue of the political gathering no group has claimed responsibility so far. sounds of opposition activists are marching through central moscow the rally has been called in support of those arrested at a similar gathering that turned violent last year back than a thousand strong protest on the eve of the presidential inauguration ceremony turned violent parties are in english to reports from the scene. peopl

by now joining me live from berlin for the latest on this good morning to you peter do we have any idea what their leaders may have been talking about. well we have statements from angola merkel staff as well as from the white house about what was discussed what the nature of the sperm call was now it originated through intelligence that was that came out that angela merkel's personal telephone had been listened to by the n.s.a. now this information was taken seriously enough by the german security services under by mrs merkel herself to prom to get on the phone to the oval office and speak directly to the president barack obama now the spokesperson for angela merkel said the chiefs wanting an immediate and comprehensive clarification about these allegations and if it turns out that they had been listening into her personal phone calls that would be completely on acceptable now that's been echoed in the front pages of the newspaper newspapers here on thursday in germany they're talking about it being the biggest affront to chancellor merkel and to the german people if they had been if t

. >> the one who invited him to speak at the berlin wall just four months ago where he promised american intelligence was not running amuck. >> our current programs are bound by the rule of law and they are focused on threats to our security, not the communications of ordinary persons. >> what the president said in our interview that the leaks by edward snowden have done is make the united states rethink how we spy on our allies and how the nsa is controlled. >> should we assume from that answer, sir, that you did or would know if actually that was happening? >> jim, as i said, i'm not here to talk about classified information. what i am confirming is the fact that we're undergoing a complete review of how intelligence -- there are very strict laws governing what we do internally. >> right. >> internationally, there are less constraints on how our intelligence teams operates. what i have said is that it's important for us to insure as technology develops and expands, that are reflective of our values. >> questions also emerge this past week about how much the president knew about the tro

. >> i was joined earlier by lizzie phelan, head of the newsroom in berlin. i first asked her, even though the white house wants the search ago way, is a going away in germany? >> it is very difficult to make it go away. it looks like it was the german government who preempted any further leaks, nsa leaks and came up with the news themselves. obviously, looks like it would have been very embarrassing for them to be on the back foot. and for them to come out and say that her phone was being tapped and then for the german government to react against it. so looks at the german government has granted this and says we know we are being spied and we don't like it. of course, when the scandal first broke earlier this year, it broke with the news that jihad and 20 liters, including germany, were being spied on. so this is just a follow on from the news a couple of months ago the germany is the most spied on country by the u.s. so it is very embarrassing. germany and the u.s. are supposed to be very close allies. on the other hand, the outrage is also difficult to bel

but the merkel jerks out there keep saying but remember what obama said in his 2008 berlin speech. >> true partnership and true progress requires constant work and sustained sacrifice. they require allies who willi will listen to each other, learn from each other and most of all trust. >> listen, learn, trust. two out of three isn't bad. >> nsa spying scandal just won't go away. now congress is preparing to step in with landmark legislation that could drastically change what the agency does and how they do it. how to scare pirates on the open seas? by blasting britney spears. world series didn't end with a ridiculous play but one team is one play away from a title. this is way too early. good morning everybody, brian shactman. nfl game in st. louis last night as well.

i said in berlin in july and also yesterday on the phone. we need trust among partners to be insured now. >> john emmerson is seen meeting with german officer in august. german officials couldn't recall a time the call was official for the united states. white house press secretary jay carney who previously affirmed the u.s. is not monitoring merkel now and wouldn't in the future, declined to answer whether the u.s. had in the past. >> revelations that appeared as of late obviously caused tensions with our relationships with some countries. we're working to discuss those with our counter parts as we conduct the review of our intelligence gathering activities. >> president barack obama had to call the president of france where revelation of widespread nsa activity have caused uproar. equally as damaging as the revelations is the growing concern that the united states buffetted by the disclosures of nsa leaker edward snow den and wikileaks before that may not only be leaking secrets but may not know how to keep the secrets. >> this is a challe

but the merkel jerks out there keep saying but remember what obama said in his 2008 berlin speech. >> true partnership and true progress requires constant work and sustained sacrifice. they require

berlin on wednesday said the nsa may have tapped angela merkel's phone. she called resident obama to demand immediate verification. >> she unequivocally disapproves of certain practices and regards them as completely unacceptable. >> washington did not deny the charges. it simply said it was not currently monitoring her phone. >> the united states is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the chancellor. >> the opposition social democrats accused angela merkel of not doing enough to protect germans from u.s. surveillance. this latest scandal is a boost for those seeking greater eu electronic independence. >> we have to protect our strategic autonomy. that means the satellite navigation program, the european cloud, european standards. technology we are in charge of instead of depending on american and chinese know how. >> privacy is on the agenda at the latest summit of european leaders. they want to assure internet providers obtain the consent from customers to use their personal data. >> asked how it was the case that everybody seem to

from berlin to chicago to london to mumbai. over 500 cities stock routes chanting -- saw crowds chanted. one company in southern california has taken their labeling fighting to the labels other products themselves. after california's proposition 37 failed, the magic all-in-one soap has changed is labels of soap and put on as much information as possible so the company argues that americans have a right to know what is in their food and the products that they use. they also said the industry is a boondoggle. for more on the fight against gmo, our reporter was at the protest. she brings us more. >> hey, hey. gmo has to go. >> people are marching against genetically modified foods. among the concerns is the safety of the food supply and the influence that giant corporations have on washington, d.c. >> my main concern is making money is more important of the health and well-being of the people. >> my biggest problem is the lack of research and the safety of gmo and the fact that the fda only wants santo back to research to approve

by booking telephones at a high level in berlin united states can get information that can be very helpful to the competitor words of these german corporations well exactly when ties between the e.u. and the us are vital how much damage they can surveillance of this type actually cause it can cause enormous damage i do believe that chancellor merkel was probably somewhat aware of the spying and surveillance of her cell phone but the problem is the german populace was unaware and there is a tidal wave of revulsion at this intervention in germany's affairs and therefore chancellor merkel has to respond and that complicates berlin washington relations. ok let's look at the bigger picture here obviously european countries are doing a fair share of spying and surveillance as well why is the u.s. getting all the flack do you think because the states is the heavyweight champion of surveillance united states not only engages in surveillance against alleged folks like al qaida for example like the cubans like the north koreans like the iranians but also. the french the germans etc and because of th

course it started off as just demonstrations all across europe with some huge demonstrations here in berlin but we're now starting to see real developments the european parliament. has suspended the swift accord with the united states now what the swift agreement was is it shared banking data between the united states and the e.u. it was supposed to tackle terrorism it was supposed to allow investigators to see if money was being used from accounts to help fund terrorism elsewhere now that's been suspended because it seemed that the united states were using that to get banking data on e.u. citizens now also the european parliament has said that well they've tried to put in place some tougher laws on data sharing with the with the united states and also told member states to put in place their own. their own precautions to try and plug holes in what seems to be a very leaky ship of data here in europe with all of that that leakage heading towards the united states now it's also starting to put a real dampener on potentially huge trade deals now it is being negotiated at the moment say potent

the souter seat came up when the berlin wall was coming down. the following year he nominated thomas. >> he didn't say i will nominate someone that was a moderate swing vote. the conservatives thought they were getting one of their own. >> souter's decision was clear. if you go to ginsburg, sotomayor, kagan, they're as promised. >> who would obama appoint. >> i think did you val patrick is a -- duval patrick. janet napolitano, former governor of arizona. >> the last would be probably last controversial of the three, janet napolitano because republicans have had it in for her -- >> after the speech at the convention. >> clear partisan. that would be pretty controversial. if obama goes the judge route. i think goodwin lou. >> he was filibustered. it is different to filibuster someone for thh supreme court. you really have to talk. the way the senate works, i mean, it is so completely dysfunctional is that a senator who objects to who is going on said i'm going to filibuster and they just simply give up. a supreme court is such a high-profile kind

i hope the solution will be in brussels and not in berlin. i hope we will have a beer european decision-maker in the future. >> let's get to the man who is in brussels, fabrizio bertot. the have a comment on twitter that says berlusconi is endangering its dying government because of his ego and the european people's party continues to support him. the center-right coalition to which your party belongs to in the european parliament. how are things when it comes to other people who are inside the epp? what do they think about this? >> we have discussed a lot about our national situation. as you know, europe has not competence in the fiscal measures. >> where you are sitting right now in brussels is not the place where italy's problems are going to be solved? >> no. we discuss a lot and talk about the economy. as you know, in the south of europe, we propose to be more elastic about the accountability of each country. but anyway, the problem is not about the rigidity of the measures. the problem is how each country decided to get the result of ba

berlin is the first number beijing calls not brussels germany has the most pivotal role right now to kind of defining and shaping how europe will interact with china coming years at the moment that role is more lone trailblazer than economic shepard's close to fifty percent of e.u. exports to china come from germany trade between the two was worth almost one hundred forty five billion euros last year leading to talk of a special relationship i mean it's very difficult for any country to ignore china at this point it's in europe's interest to make sure that no one gets left behind but some of germany's easy partners have been left behind as they're being battered by billion backed cuts austerity is never a solution to a crisis like this it just made the matters worse and in that context. the german export industry started targeting china as it was a growing market it's not all plain sailing between germany and china questions have been raised over which side berlin is on in a trade dispute over low cost chinese solar panels flooding the european markets and concerns germany is ignorin

properly thank you very much a huge issue and what we're seeing here in berlin as well as around the world is people coming out and saying no to genetically modified foods. having a mostest three trillion dollar war chest chinese firms have gone on a shopping offensive in europe just today it's been reported that by using is on the brink of a multibillion deal to snap up chavez in the u.k.'s nuclear industry even iconic london tuxes have been spared the interest of cash rich businessmen from beijing as also he's going to boycott reports this time last year it looked like the iconic london cap would be consigned to the history books after its maker the financially troubled london taxi company went into administration chinese manufacturer g.t. which already owns volvo stepped in and bought the company for eleven million pounds the factory is now back in business this part of the assembly process is called the marriage of the carriage where the shape of the tag. meets with the shafi of the taxi over here but it's been marriage between the chinese manufacturer and he and the london taxi

and poverty the country was really really fired in one nine hundred ninety following the fall of the berlin wall. brings up today with a moment i'll be back with a news team with more in just over half an hour from now in the meantime it is abby martin with breaking the set that's coming up in just a few moments after this break. you know i'm old enough to remember on reruns when gomer pyle used to cry citizen's arrest when he saw something wrong in mayberry and a new law in russia could allow our city average to do the same thing by helping to enforce law in the country this law will allow citizens to protect public order by becoming volunteer workers deputy policeman and even forming peoples militias which will in theory prevent crime or at least allow the police to be informed more quickly and accurately of course this like any project which sounds nice on paper is all about the implementation so we'll see how these deputies and militias will work overall i think this won't have much of an effect on crime but it could have a huge impact on non-criminal bad public behavior you know i am n

line the no spying pact with berlin and friends by the end of the year. >> we are experiencing hot awkward situations country by country and by leader. >> been a rhodes told the summit i don't thank you can say there has been across the border impact on foreign policy it is very unique circumstances. but brazil is that the more significant end of the spectrum. in the mideast obama is abandonment of the strikes against syria the secretary of state moving towards detente with iran in military aid to egypt had alienated persian gulf allies like the united arab air of its -- united arab emirates and saudi arabia. >> can we count on anything he has told us? to the historical relationship is that worth anything? >> they expect more snowden revelations to surface and they have no working blueprint how to handle it. >> it is not that if we have a communications plan in our clutches how allegations may or may not be leaked. >> west german intelligence officials headed to washington next week one of the concerns is that the european allies may seek to use the espionage controversy as leverage with t

have whistleblowers sickle -- is seeking asylum in russia and brazil and their partners hanging out in berlin. that is the state of the world where they cannot reside in this country because of the fear of being persecuted. it blew the lid off everything. it is something that was known for a long time since 9/11. we knew the patriot act but we did not how -- realize how far it went. we did not have the proof in our hands so that edward snowden had blown the lid off everything. everyone in the country knows that not only are we being spied on and it is being collected, they goes to spying on people in brazil was no constitutional protections whatsoever, sharing this data with israel and other allies of the u.s.. we are in a state of shock, still recovering from the fact that we had all of our beliefs consolidated and confirmed. >> it was a pivotal moment. i wanted to ask you about -- the administration's defense of this. they said for every foia request we have released an information, we have been as transparent as we can possibly be and their reaction has been pretty [indiscernible] what do

documents these people have gives them access to basic medical care nothing else mentions it in now in berlin and it's up to germany to find a solution to their problems we're trying to get them residents grammont so for now there is no long term solution they have no right to work no right to social housing and are forced to live on handouts there's a feeling in the camp that e.u. members who took part in the twenty eleven action against libya have a responsibility to help i see this is the problem of order to appear you do because this italian. actually you did your. are distributing. because yes i would do well today as germany decides what to do they get ready for a second winter in a bill in city park these people came here because they were fleeing violence but in running for their lives they found themselves stuck in limbo here in the e.u. peter all over r.t. . more news a brief for you this hour police and health officials say a series of ten car bombs across the rocky capital have killed at least thirty seven people nine of the blasts hit a predominantly shiite muslim district the de

into west berlin. today it needs repairs, as do half the bridges in germany. the bavarian sister party of angela merkel's conservatives has an idea where money for repairs could come from. >> a car toll for foreigners is essential, but additional money from the federal budget is also essential. the cdu/csu election platform was clear about this. >> but the idea of a toll on foreign drivers using germany's autobahns as bavaria's csu is demanding outrageous the other parties. the transport ministry has rejected a toll for light trucks as experts have suggested, saying it would hurt midsized businesses. now the state and federal transport ministers are in talks, but the decision will be made by the future governing coalition. >> it might be just a little bit colder in greece or california, but the german north sea has a very impressive coastline. >> and it has some equally impressive waves. no surprise then that the region has produced two world champion windsurfers, who like to return to catch the perfec

talk to hugh bronson he's from the alternative for germany party he should be joining us live from berlin quite soon here on r.t. now the impact the n.s.a. revelations have had on the business community is the focus of today's report and is a little of what's to come later today. and i say revelations kill i.b.m. hardware sales in china wednesday evening it was i.b.m.'s turn to confess that its hardware sales in china had simply collapsed every word was colored by edward snowden's revelation about the n.s.a. is hand in glove collaboration with american tech companies from start ups to massive ons like i.b.m. yeah well this is interesting because it shows the commercial impact of the spying scandal ultimately the idea that spying is making people more secure is going to backfire because competitively america is crashing and i won't have any money at all to buy even a slingshot much less a cruise missile because no foreign government will do business with them and china of course has trillions of dollars in reserves and like warren buffett brought bought and i.b.m. at the high one seventy's

was spying on the local taxi drivers to berlin. while most people who are at the top i mean if you're spying on your allies which the u.s. has been doing you're clearly by angela merkel part of the whole and the president the prime minister's all the other member states of the european union and we frankly i'm surprised at how slow the reaction is being and i believe that you've been pushed into it by public opinion more than anything else because there's nothing new in the last few days but increasingly public opinion is is outraged by what's been going on right and back in june right after the very first away with indignation president obama said that all those surveillance practices inherited from the bush era would be revised and reviewed but let's not take a listen to what president obama had to say than to get that with let's now take a listen to what i have been able to do is examine. and scrub our intelligence services are operating and i'm confident that at this point we have struck the appropriate balance. so mr flynn wha

uses a high-tech antenna at the berlin embassy to spy on general nip. it's unclear if spies were listening to entire conversations or just logging calls. there's a second station in frankfurt. >> the white house says the middle east will be less of a priority moving forward. in an interview with the "new york times" national security advisor susan rice says president obama wants to take a moderate approach to the reason saying, "we can't be consumed 24/7 by one reason." he thought it was a good time to step back and re-assess in a noble way, how we can conceive the region. >> she said: this now marks a drastic shift from george bush policies. the obama administration laid out in 2008 what the foreign policy would like look. mr obama said the u.s. would focus on negotiating a nuclear deal with iran, brokering peace between the israelize and the palestinians and resolving the conflict in syria. everything else would take a back seat. >> billions of dollars are on the line as the u.s. winds down military operations in afghanistan. "the washington post" say

embassy in berlin to spy on germans including chancellor angela merkel. according to the magazine, merkel's mobile number had been lifted by -- listed by the nsa special collection services 2002. all of these reports have been based on leaks by edward snowden. in a moment we will be joined by journalist glenn greenwald who first broke the snowden story. first, we turn to saturday's protest in washington. it was organized by the stop watching us coalition. jesselyn radack, a former justice department who now works for the government accountability project, read a message from edward snowden. >> we are here to remind our government officials that they are public service -- servants. this is about the unconstitutional, unethical, and immoral actions of the modern- day surveillance state, and how we all must work together to remind the government to stop them. know,bout our right to our right to associate freely, and to live in a free and open democratic society. [applause] witnessing an american moment in which ordinary people from high school to high office

berlin came from behind in the friday night kickoff. the home team opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. they failed to clear the corner and scholz made them pay. the visitors improved after halftime and a substitute smashed in a free kick to give them a well-deserved oink on the road -- a well-deserved point on the road. the battle of the giants in the buddhist leader is between the two teams at the top of the table. -- bundesliga. lurking behind our laborkusen up against byron on saturday. >> the coach has every reason to be confident. his team is in third place in the bundesliga. but saturday will prove whether his squad really has what it takes to mount a title challenge. they rare facing munich. >> one game out of 34. we are facing a very good team who are very versatile. kusen's players can take inspiration from one of their own performances last season. they were the last team to beat the champions a year ago. a 2-1kusen clinched victory in munich. task is toch's figure out how to repeat that result on home turf. >> how can we g

i said it in june when he was in berlin and in july and yesterday in a phone number. it's not about me, but the trust of all german people. and this trust must be le built. >> at the white house, jay carney did not deny that the spying had taken playing. >> what i won't do is every always that appears in print about intelligence capabilities >> this as the white house tries to level a fallout. >> it has caused tensions in our relations with some countries, and we're dealing with that set of issues through diplomatic channels. but we're also, as the president has said clearly and publicly, engaging in a review of our intelligence gathering and operations >> as carney spoke, another shoe dropped i in the scandal. more out from edward snowden. a comfort 2006 memo revealed that the nsa has asked senior officials to share phone numbers of foreign leaders so they can be bugged. for contact information for foreign or military leaders, for direct line, fax, and cellular numbers. and then it cites an example. in one case, an nsa official provided the usa with 300 phone numbers

that is what letta has to do. >> who is going to do it, letta or brussels and berlin? >> i hope that happens. otherwise draghi said the only thing we need is stability and reform and the only guy that can make it is letta. if he's able to survive. >> weigh in? >> stability and reform? there is one school of thought that says that is what governments and countries need. this is a big victory for stability. on the other hand, when you have strong national governments and you have also got russell's taking a big hand -- brussels taking a big hand, you give rise to populists. >> this friday, a day of national mourning in italy when all of the bodies are recovered. an island that is closer to north africa and sicily. the death toll could top 300. the vessel caught fire on thursday. most of the dead are from the horn of africa and ghana. >> we expected that after so many instances something would change. we hoped for something to change . it cannot continue like before. otherwise, there will be a other bodies again in the future. >> the peoope who this friday called the disa

they had been on the order river in january 1945, only 40 miles from berlin. he knew what was going to be a bloody undertaking to capture berlin as in fact it was and he came to the conclusion that it made more sense to angle his forces further south and to cut in half to prevent the germans from rant porcine the alps and have a what was done as a national redoubt, the guerrilla warfare campaign operating from the alps. my feeling as though it's except for the right decision, that they would not eat the russians there. it would have been pointless. he's wrong about the intelligence was erroneous. germans didn't have the capacity to mount the guerrilla warfare campaign, but in fact eisenhower did the right thing. >> host: was there ever a time truly, rick atkinson comment that the germans could have won this war? >> guest: i think you can argue that after they've invaded the soviet union in june 1941, that the handwriting is on the wall. there's a lot of blood thingies to be shed before you can say that convincingly and it's certainly true to germans initially

ambassador in berlin to address the new n.s.a. spying allegations. there are reports the u.s. tapped the phone of the germany chancellor merkel. she said if the allegation are true, it would be a grave breach of trust between two friends. alan fisher has more. >> the german government must have been pretty sure something went on, going public to allegation that the americans speed on merkel's phone. a spokesman described the idea as unacceptable. the chancellor herself called the white house, bringing this response. >> i can tell you that the president assured the cans lower that the united states is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the chancellor. >> listen to that denial again. >> i can tell you that the president assured the chancellor that the united states is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the chancellor. >> missing are the words have in the, did not. when aljazeera asked if this happened in the past, the national security council spokeswoman added: >> the german claim comes days after the french accused the american spy

he was in berlin. standing in effect to angela merkel. >> this is not a situation in which we are rifling through, you know, the ordinary e-mails of german citizens or american citizens or french citizens or anybody else. >> reporter: so now the germans join the french, the mexicans and the brazilians among others who have been upset by a edge haded u.s. spying. u.s. officials have started a review of how and what ised because of growing international ainge, he allen misher al jazerra washington. >> angela merkel is calling on the on american to qualifying the extent of their spying. they are scheduled to testify before a house committee. health and human services secretary kathleen don't draw fire for her handling of the website's rocky roll out. white house correspondent mike viqueira has a look ahead. >> reporter: the problems and the controversy continue around that healthcare.gov website the disfunk they blamed on volume but now admit there are problems in the way the sof software was engineered.

created diplomatic scandal i was joined earlier by lucy phailin head of the ripley newsroom in berlin and i first asked her even though the white house wants this story to go away is it going away in germany. well it's very difficult obviously it's a make it go away i mean it looks like it was the german government who preempted any of the leaks and s.a.e. leaks and came out with the news themselves because obviously looks like it would have been very embarrassing for them to be on the back and they like the spiegel the gods you know glenn greenwald that come out this says say that merkel's phone was being pads and then for the german government to react against it so it looks like the german government has granted this and said hey we know that we're being spied on and we're not happy about it although it's really difficult to believe that they haven't known about this for a very long time because of course. when the scandal first broke idea this year broke with the news that g twenty leaders which of course includes germany were being spied on and this is really just a follow on fro

from the berlin wall to the u.s. markets? >> china basically was the big mover, india's also moved. but the data show that since then, the rate of growth in the developing world is also running at twice the rate of growth of the developed world. the cultures in those societies are such that they can't spend it all and indeed china has sav. >> and we got the back wash. >> we got this huge flow of savings, which suppressed the real rate of interest not on in the united states but everywhere. >> i've heard this argument before. i just felt compelled to raise it. that debate will go on, however. it's a great book being "the map and the territory" from former fed alan greenspan. i've known you many years. you're doing as great now as ever. i hope i can do it when i get up there myself. my question is what do the illustrious panel of analysts think about what alan greenspan said? we'll knock it around when they return. and my interview with former florida governor jeb bush coming up. you make a great team. it's been that way since the day you met. but your erectile dysfunction - it could

and a footnote to this as well the construction of a new shelter for asylum seekers in east berlin is added to the unrest this week right wing activists launched a protest against the facility they closed the clashes broke out and they're confronted by a rival group got the pictures there as you can see around twenty people were arrested. more world news in brief tonight a series of explosions across iraq has killed at least fifty four wounded dozens more most of the bombs were placed inside parked cars and targeted predominantly shiite muslim districts the deadliest attacks from the city of mosul it killed twelve iraq is in the midst of the worst sectarian bloodshed in years almost a thousand people died in violence across the country last month. apartment in brooklyn turned here into a scene of carnage after five people were killed in a stabbing attack four children under mother became the victims in their own apartment the suspect to his family brother and his feet is believed to be a relative and the rest of the sea. at least eighteen people have been killed by a roadside bomb in

>> from berlin, this is the journal. our headlines this hour. left-wing parties are set to take power in the czech republic where voting has just ended in a snap election. brazil and germany draft u.n. resolution that aims to restrain spying. and soccer, nuremberg's draw against stutegard. we begin in the czech republic where voting has just ended in parliamentary elections. corruption scandals dogged the previous center right government and votes are expected to punish them and turn left. the pro european social emocrats are tipped to win the most by fall short of the majority. they're expected to achieve its best result from falling from power in the 1989 revolution. for more on that election, i'm joined live by our correspondent. why have the commurenists seen a resurgence in popularity now? >> partly as you mentioned, the right wing parties, series of right wing governments have been rulling for the past 7 years and they've been mired in one corruption scandal after another. they also have imposed par sh austerity measures. but on a technica

asylum in russia and journalists who are covering the leaks hiding out in brazil and their partners in berlin i mean that's the state of the world today where they can't even reside in this country because of the fear of being persecuted completely blew the lid off everything and it's something that we've known for a long time since nine eleven we kind of knew the overreach of the patriot act but really we didn't realize how far it went and even though we've been saying that for years and years we didn't have the proof in our hands so edward snowden really blew the lid off everything everyone in the entire country knows that not only are we being spied on not only is our meditative being collected but it reaches far beyond just the borders of this country and goes to spying on people in brazil with no constitutional protections whatsoever sharing this data with israel and other allies of the u.s. so i think we are in a state of shock still recovering from the fact that we've kind of had all of our beliefs consolidated and confirmed andy i think it was a really pivotal moment but many i wanted

russia and journalists who are covering the leaks hiding out in brazil and their partners hiding out in berlin i mean that's the state of the world today where they can't even reside in this country because of the fear of being persecuted it completely blew the lid off everything and it's something that we've known for a long time since nine eleven we kind of knew the overreach of the patriot act but really we didn't realize how far it went and even though we've been saying that for years and years we didn't have the proof in our hands so edward snowden really blew the lid off everything everyone in the entire country knows that not only are we being spied on not only is our meditative being collected but it reaches far beyond just the borders of this country and goes to spying on people in brazil with no constitutional protections whatsoever sharing this data with israel and other allies of the u.s. so i think we are in a state of shock still recovering from the fact that we've kind of had all of our beliefs consolidated and confirmed and he i think it was a really pivotal moment that many i

more from berlin in a moment. first alan fisher and washington d.c. >> the german government must have been sure something went on, going public with allegations that the americans spied on angela merkel's mobile phone. a spokesman for the german leader scribed the idea as unsalentable. the -- unacceptable. the chancellor spoke to the united states. >>. >> i can tell you the president assured the chancellor that the united states is not monitoring and will not monitor the commuptions of the chancellor? a. >> missing are the words "have not" and "did not" >> when al jazeera asked if this was something that happened in the past. the official line was repeated but added: >> the german claims come days after a french newspaper accused the american spy agencies, the nsa of hacking diplomats computers and recording data from 70 million calls in france over a 30 day period. after edward snowden revealed the size of the u.s. spying program, barack obama made a foreign trip when asked about the extents of operations abroad

about 100ted kilometers from berlin, not far from the polish border. villages 300 residents, 70 our children. it is an unusual ratio. what is their secret? after the end of communism, things here were not very different from other east german villages. many people lost their jobs, moved away, and the kindergarten closed. it seemed destined for decline. firsten 15 years ago, the exiles fleeing big city life in berlin discovered the village. and it's cheaper houses, large plots, and room for creativity, imagination, and dreams. like letting your kids grow up in the country. the urban transplants brought with them environmental consciousness and a willingness to get involved. a volunteer association and renovated the kindergarten. today is the harvest festival, and children from the kindergarten are decorating the village church. inside, i meet this family. the father, max, is a farmer. their three sons and their mother, who holds the baby. the family moved here from the western state. she tells me they have lived here eight years and they like it. i ask

asylum in russia and journalists who are covering the leaks hiding out in brazil and their partners in berlin i mean that's the state of the world today where they can't even reside in this country because of the fear of being persecuted it completely blew the lid off everything and it's something that we've known for a long time since nine eleven we kind of knew the overreach of the patriot act but really we didn't realize how far it went and even though we've been saying that for years and years we didn't have the proof in our hands so edward snowden really blew the lid off everything everyone in the entire country knows that not only are we being spied on not only is our meditative being collected but it reaches far beyond just the borders of this country and goes to spying on people in brazil with no constitutional protections whatsoever sharing this data with israel and other allies of the u.s. so i think we are in a state of shock still recovering from the fact that we've kind of had all of our beliefs consolidated and confirmed i think it was a really pivotal moment but many i wanted t