the lack of fruit and vegetables available in east berlin shops, for example. details like that are challenging to illustrate, but has spent a long time getting it right. is panoramic pictures are impressive. his work here is a stunning 30- meters high and 106 meters long. it is on a display and has been proved hugely popular. asisi calls himself an architect of illusions. his pictures are created on computer, but he paints them by hand just as if he were painting a picture. >> it is not that easy to recreate life from that era, to find accessories from that time that conjures it up again. from current -- from crumbling venting his thoughts to chewing gum that the machines at the time, you have to be very consistent. -- from crumbling buildings. >> to discover the detail hidden in his huge pictures, you need to come equipped with opera glasses at the very least. the pictures are displayed in rotunda's like this former gas storage tank. to house the wall, a special rotunda is being built at checkpoint charlie, berlin'mosts famous border crossing from the days of

he writes at the time -- he publishes his berlin diaries after he leaves berlin which comes out in 1940, which has a huge impact in the united states. the writing's wonderful and very vivid and really brought home what was happening in germany, of course much later long after the war, he produces "the rise and fall of the third reich," still one of the most authoritative studies. >> did you check to see how many of those have sold? >> simon and shuster, my publisher reissued that book on the 50th anniversary. i'm assuming we are talking millions of books. >> let's look at a documentary to see what he looked like. >> he caused so many deaths and was the architect of so much evil and he was, after all a man. >> hitler is dead. the thired reich which lasted 12 years, was human butch erie, surpassed anything this earth has seen is now but a painful memory. how did it happen that a cultured people steeped in christianity, preeminent in modern technology, who gave us luther, bach and beethoven, einstein, collapsed into barbarism in the 20th century. we must follow the germans in the rise of t

he writes at the time -- he publishes his berlin diaries after he leaves berlin which comes out in 1940, which has a huge impact in the united states. the writing's wonderful and very vivid and really brought home what was happening in germany, of course much later long after the war, he produces "the rise and fall of the third reich," still one of the most authoritative studies. >> did you check to see how many of those have sold? >> simon and shuster my publisher reissued that book on the 50th anniversary. i'm assuming we are talking millions of books. >> let's look at a documentary to see what he looked like. >> he caused so many deaths and was the architect of so much evil and he was, after all a man. >> hitler is dead. the thired reich which lasted 12 years, was human butch erie, surpassed anything this earth has seen is now but a painful memory. how did it happen that a cultured people steeped in christianity, preeminent in modern technology, who gave us luther, bach and beethoven einstein, collapsed into barbarism in the 20th century. to seek the answers,we must follow the german

government here in berlin has criticized the decision. they will ban the purchase of what switzerland says is stolen bank information. >> some corporate news in germany's secondal line, air berlin is stepping up its cost-cutting program. the company wants to reduce it's operating outlay this year by $230 euros. the airline has already cut numerous routes and sold off aircraft. they have not ruled out cutting jobs. air berlin currently employs 9,000 people. we go to the frankfurt stock exchange. what are investors there making of the plans of air berlin? >> the share has been up and down all day, if you pardon the pun. at the moment it's trading down in the minus zone. people are not quite convinced that air berlin will be able to make a profit some time unit. there is a high oil price, that's a difficulty. if it drops, it means that the economy is in a slump, and customers boo not be as willing to pay the higher prices that air berlin would like to see. >> some how it doesn't seem to make it, what is wrong? >> well, what's wrong is that t

a decade ago, 66,000 berliners lived off the tourism industry. estimates now put that figure at 275,000. >> we turn now to dance and the annual tango festival in buenos aires is coming to an end. >> the competition is fierce and the argentinian gathering covers the world championship. >> 2000 musicians and dancers have been testing their skills on the dance floor. >> tango is formal yet intimate, a balance between holding back and giving in. its international popularity increases every year. the dance is one of buenos aires'biggest attractions and exports and the city is proud of it. >> those of us to organize this festival are happy that the tanker has such a strong attraction. since you vesco gave the world hatter chips status, it has become more culturally ingrained. >> tango has its roots in the 19th -- 19th century and working-class culture. the steps were influenced by european immigrants. it has long since entered the mainstream and thousands of the busiest lock to buenos aires to admire the world's best dancers. >> you have plans to go th

berlin, so we are pleased. we have almost 60,000 people during the first week. >> that's also good for ilion who can train even more tennis fans. sometimes, they are a little too enthusiastic. >> they see as somersaults and one to do that. first need to work on the stomach mollisols. -- stomach muscles. >> sometimes they succeed. the 2012 olympics can be an inspiration whether the fans are in london or berlin. >> muslims in germany holding a fast for ramadan. >> first, other stories making news. >> 50,000 people gathered to mark the anniversary of the first atomic bomb attack in 1945. but survivors, relatives, and victims gathered including the grandson of u.s. president truman ordered the attack in the final days of world war ii. >> at least nine people dead after violent storms in northeastern china. this province near north korea was hardest hit. 100,000 people may be effected. >> the police have broken up and 8-month long protest group. they were at the bank but the numbers had dwindled to about 40 die-hard

he writes at the time -- he publishes his berlin diaries after he leaves berlin which comes out in 1940, which has a huge impact in the united states. the writing's wonderful and very vivid and really brought home what was happening in germany, of course much later long after the war, he produces "the rise and fall of the third reich," still one of the most author tatetive studies. >> did you check to see how many of those have sold? >> simon and shuster, my publisher reissued that book on the 50th anniversary. i'm assumeing we are talking millions of books. >> let's look at a documentary to see what he looked like. >> he caused so many deaths and was the architect of so much evil and he was, after all a man. >> hitler is dead. the thired reich which lasted 12 years, was human butch erie, surpassed anything this earth has seen is now but a painful memory. how did it happen that a cultured people steeped in christianity, preeminent in modern technology, who gave us luther, bach and beethoven, ines stein, collapsed into bar barism in the 20th century. we must follow the germans in the ris

to get an answer, we -- we're joined by a professor of international law in berlin. does britain have a legal right to either storm the embassy and sees mr. assange, or take him, should he step outside? >> britain has no right to do so. it would be a grave violation of international law and would be very stupid because it could entail very -- international consequences. the two sides remain stubborn. there will be a long waiting period, and i should recall the fate of the cardinal who remained for 15 years in the u.s. embassy in budapest. that is a very long time and not very pleasant for the embassy people. >> what about ecuador? does it have any recourse under international law? >> there is an additional protocol to the conventional diplomatic relations, which permits every party to bring additional adjudication. i do not know whether ecuador will do that, but it will mean that it will be protected proceeding. it will cost a lot of money, and that person will remain in the ecuadorean embassy for a lot of years. this is not very comfortable. >> it is not. but it rai

the models will debut in berlin at the consumer show on friday. more than 1,400 firms are showing products at the annual event. among them is samsung in a tgh battle with apple over patent rights. the south korean maker has a new smart phone larger than the standard model, a 5.5 inch screen. users can navigate the features using a specially designed touch pen. samsung will show a notebook computer with a detachable keyboard. the display can beep use -- be used alone as a tablet. sony has smartphones and tablets under a single brand. it has a waterproof tablet for use in a kitchen. sony's lineup include ape d desp computer, with a foldable stand. it can be used as a tablet allowing multiple users to play game. the competition remains fierce among the electronics makers, while as they battle in the courts over patent rights and striving to outdo each other with new products. >>> germany's green energy policy is going through growing pains. the country uses a tariff system that requires utilities to pay companies and clients a set price for power gen

press corps there was in berlin, at one time 50 u.s. press corps members in the 1950's, representing all types -- u.s. correspondents in the 1930's, presenting all types of news organizations that no longer exist. >> anyplace with that many american correspondents? >> i cannot imagine any place where we have 50 these days. there are various freelancers, but even if you add them all in in places like beijing and moscow, i do not think so. >> andrew nagorski. his book is called "hitlerland." american i witnesses to the nazi rise to power. we thank you so much for coming back. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> for a dvd copy of this program, call 1-877-662-7726. visit us us at q-and-a.org. these are also available as c- span podcasts. >> live today on the c-span networks, president obama begins a three-day bus tour of iowa bank. we bring you his rally on c- span attwell 20 5:00 p.m. eastern. then on c-span2, the alliance for health reform holds

as the leaders of europe's two biggest economies hold talks in berlin, the german chancellor urges greece to stick to its reform path. >> the eurozone may be in trouble, but germany's economy has recorded a big budget surplus. >> the mars rover curiosity goes off road to explore the red planet. german chancellor angela merkel has urged greece to stick to its program of reforms as she began talks with the french president, said to be dominated by athens debt. >> the prime minister -- the greek prime minister warned that his country's exit from the eurozone would start a devastating domino effect. >> greece has been falling behind in the program to satisfy international lenders and has asked for more time to meet its obligations. >> the french and german leaders made it clear that athens must live up to its commitments, but underlined their commitment that greece should say in the euro -- their conviction. >> it is important for me that everyone stands by the commitments they made. we have to wait for the troika report and see what it says, but we will -- i will -- encourage agrees to stay

>> hello and a warm welcome coming to you from dw here in berlin. >> here is what is coming up in the next half-hour -- beijing tells the german chancellor it could provide eurozone support but says it still has serious concerns. >> egypt's president and what he calls the regime and a series of non-aligned nations in tehran. >> samsung brings the battle for smartphone dominance to the electronics fair in berlin. >> we start in china where the german chancellor is trying to make the big sell. that means getting beijing on board to invest more not only in germany but in government bonds in the eurozone. >> the goal is to help prop up -- prop up the block. chinese officials have long had a wait-and-see approach, but now, the premier says the government will extend consultation to all parties involved to support indebted eu member states. >> the chinese premier said the german chancellor had eased his fears about the eurozone. he also said china was willing to keep investing in the future of the euro, though it would have to evaluate the risks involved, and he encouraged european countrie

she used the berlin heart for five months before she finally got a new heart three years ago. >> she loves outdoors a lot and she does mostly everything that any other kid can do. >> reporter: her mom is grateful the berlin heart gave her daughter a chance to live. in new york, randall pinkston, cbs news. >> wow. the food and drug administration approved the berlin heart for children late last year. >>> a food additive which could be linked to alzheimer's is in things we eat every day. the ingredient is called diaitil in all kinds of food from margin to beer to baked goods, even pet food. researchers at the university of minnesota have conducted tests which shows high exposure to the chemical could put people at greater risk of alzheimer's. >>> a vaccine to prevent ataturk may help people -- prevent disturb disturb may help people with type 2 diabetes. larger studies are now under way. doctors are hoping they can eventually figure out how to use the treatment to reverse type 1 diabetes. >>> a new study finds gum disease is four times more common in people who suffer from rheumatoid a

>> live from berlin, this is the "journal on dw. tens of thousands of refugees flee to turkey as the battle in aleppo rages on. >> china's most explosive trial in decades wraps up after one decade. >> children found living in the bunker of a muslim sect. the red cross has managed to get its first aid convoy in weeks into the syrian city out aleppo. the country's commercial center faces a humanitarian crisis after becoming a front line in the civil war. >> but most people are running the other way. crowds of refugees have been piling through border gates into turkey. >> they say they could not take it anymore after government troops burned their homes and deprive them of their livelihoods. >> in all, over 250,000 people have fled serious since fighting broke out over a year-and-a-half ago. -- fled syria since fighting broke out over year and a half ago. >> the rebels have confirmed their withdrawal from the strategically important neighborhood of salahuddin, but commanders say they are preparing a new offensive and that the battle is

>> live from berlin, this is the "journal" on dw-tv. i'm brent goff. >> and i'm steve chaid. here's a look at this hour's headlines. fighting continues to rage and the city of aleppo. >> no more branding. austria becomes the first country to ban -- australia becomes the first country to ban logos from direct packages. -- cigarette packages. >> years ago, and parts of germany were under water. >> the un says war crimes are being committed in syria by government troops and rebel fighters. in the u.s. human rights council report released on wednesday says the worst atrocity was committed by soldiers. more than 100 people were killed in the houla massacre in march. 30 people died in the air strikes carried out by government jets near the city of aleppo. that is where our coverage begins. >> the town of azaz, outside of aleppo, hour afters a government air strike that witnesses say killed 30 people. rebels said the dead included four lebanese shia muslim they have been holding hostage since may. they say seven others were injured in the air strike. earlier in damascus, explosive s

here in germany the don't try are still very much alive and kicking in fact in a store in central berlin the good old they market is still accepted as legal tender when it comes to purchases with an exchange rate of around two dollars each marks to the euro the store's manager says that there's still enough of the old currency around to warrant them taking it went on to name three the reason we accept which marks is there are still plenty of people with the old currency we get quite a few people wanting to spend them in our store from it's not just in shops that they're accepted if you find a few demarche coins down the back of the sofa germany's public telephones will happily take them off your hands germany officially dropped the old money for the euro over ten years ago in two thousand and eleven alone though over eight million marks were brought to the bundesbank to be changed into crisp new currency but where is that cash coming from. he had that is enough and one of my other lead relatives gave me the school ends as a gift so i decided to turn them into something it could spend on

. >> berlin has earmarked funding for the project. >> this is no ordinary steering wheel. developed by german researchers, it is connected to a computer system which can detect and avoid objects or people on the road. self-driving cars like this could eventually allow older drivers to stay behind the wheel longer and more safely. germany's research minister is backing the project with grants. >> on the second lap, i started to relax and realize the car does know what it is doing. the new technology is making possible a slew of innovative ideas in the field of unneeded -- unaided driving. >> we could have a car sharing service that could pick you and your neighbors up and take you all to work, or to the subway and bus stop. >> tests are underway in berlin and in the united states. though not yet ready for mass production, it has racked up some impressive results. >> we have been able to drive unaided, not anyone touching the wheel for 45 minutes in heavy traffic in berlin. >> experts say wheelchairs' and other vehicle could also eventually benefit -- wheelchairs and other v

♪ >> live from berlin, this is the "journal" in berlin. another blow to finding peace in syria. kofi annan resigns as the united nations special envoy. >> ecb present -- the speech by ecb president mario draghi disappoints markets. >> the song of follows vladimir putin everywhere he goes in london. >> "it was impossible to do my job" -- the words of kofi annan today as he resigned as special envoy to syria. >> the peace plan looks more irrelevant than ever as fighting in syria shows no sign of ending. >> kofi annan appeared frustrated man today enplaned name-calling and finger-pointing at the security council for his decision -- and blamed name- calling and finger-pointing. >> after six months of disappointment and frustration, kofi annan is giving up on his mission impossible in syria. >> i have therefore informed the secretary general of deep un and the set -- of the un and the secretary-general today that i will not continue my mission. >> he blames divisions in the united nations security council and lack of international unity. >> without serious purposeful united and inter

jon lapook on the berlin heart. and... >> i dreamed as a little kid of being an air show pilot. >> schieffer: now seth doane tells us he's leading air national guard recruiting to new heights. >> wow. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> schieffer: good evening, scott is off tonight, i'm bob schieffer. well, the election is now just 90 days away and new polls out today are giving us a better picture of how it's looking right now. with 270 electoral votes needed to win the white house, our cbs news election team estimates 212 are likely to go to president obama or they are leaning toward him. for mitt romney it is 191. so it will all come down to the 135 electoral votes that we estimate are up for grabs. those votes are in 11 states that could swing to either candidate electoral vote so thal concentrate tonight. last week we told you the president is leading in three of them-- florida, ohio, and pennsylvania-- today a new quinnipiac/cbs news/"new york times" poll of likely

he flew us to berlin and he had an orchestra. he brought in these pieces have some wonderful people from here. and chris mcbride, a fantastic pace player. he said, we don't have a good rhythm section in germany. they had a wonderful piano player there. and we made this cd. what i feel wonderful about is that i hear from jazz musicians all over the country, they tell me how much they enjoy it. tavis: i think it is great to take you up on this offer. >> we have the best new artist about it. i am going to make another one. >> a small jazz trio. >> how do that to view stay on? i know you are a tennis player, are you still hitting every day? >> have their ages put together, not quite. >> it is great, the camaraderie, and they won't give you a bad call. tavis: speaking of seeing your own stuff, how did it feel to have this project come out? we talked about last night, it has been your views -- and barbra streisand has been your views. the entire project of nothing but your staff. >> it had to be. >> looking at the cd in your head, eyes

well the road map that's been put forward here in berlin by syrian opposition activists contains many positive aspects including a transitional period which would see dialogue across ethnic and sectarian boundaries the armed forces being stood down and sent back to the job of patrolling and securing syria's borders also the repository ation of refugees and the rebuilding of homes that have been destroyed during the conflict and an arms clean up to get guns out of the hands of civilians but the helping questions raised over just who this group are it's made up of fifty syrians they've been helped by both organizations from the united states and here in germany and who are these people why would they picked also there are a few problems that there's no mention of the assad government in this roadmap only to say that it would be for the day after assad was toppled in fact it's not only really mentioned that in terms of him not being in power the roadmap says that that's an outcome that no longer in doubt what would happen to those involved with the current government now there's been sup

sylvia in berlin with much more of what's going on. i'm wonder how much of this discussion between monti and merkel will actually be mario monti suggesting to merkel they go easy on conditionality with any further assistance to spain. >> reporter: and good luck to them. one could cynically say the biggest test for italy comes when monti meets merkel. the last eu summit monti came out posturing as victor which was criticized by many. angela merkel meekly went home until this came out he hadn't won anything and she lost nothing. go easy on conditionality? really? maybe i'm too german about this. the finn and dutch have said angela merkel should stand fast rather than loosen her stance. there's the great danger of pouring the baby out with the bath water. spain wants to avoid a bailout for two reasons. national pride and for not being tl throttled by the other countries like a troika regime. the ecb could be a bit more flexible on recapitalizing banks directly will not be on track until some time next year, and that's only if, the other b

that's the latest out of berlin. still to come as markets try to get mixed messages markets will get the latest on the american market. we'll preview that when we come back. > >>> okay. it's early, still ahead of the bell this morning we're calling for a pretty flat open on u.s. markets. dow is up eight points. nasdaq on fair value and we're slightly below on the s&p 500. the managing director of spectrum asset management. if you watched cnbc in the last 24 hours you got the case against fed easing. where does that leave traders with the data? >> i think the market as a whole, traders have expected that the implementing of any type of fed movement will be further down the road. nothing right away and important the same reasons i think that's why most people believe the latter view that if the qe3 is kind of put back a little bit that that means things aren't as bad as people expected. >> okay. so they can do without their fix, can they? >> well, you know, that whole theory there, ross, kind of shows up in the equity

what is the view in berlin? >> the general view is things have to go there course as agreed, but there is also -- there are grave misgivings about giving more power to the ecb and to the supervisory structures -- until supervisory structures are in place at the very least. those misgivings have been strengthened by recent reports in the last few days that mario draghi himself is under investigation by the eu ombudsman by -- for a possible conflict of interest that he has retained his interest in a powerful banking lobby after taking control of the ecb. >> mario draghi himself seeing some heat their possibly. thanks for that. >> amid all the jockeying over rescue funds and banking licenses, today, another reminder of the human cost of this crisis. >> unemployment in the eurozone has hit another record high at 11.2%. in many countries, it is even worse. in spain, the figure is almost 25%. >> the disparities are huge. the unemployment in austria's just over 4%, and in germany, the labor market still looks robust. >

. >> reporter: they are living near berlin. the german government introduced the feeding tariff 12 years ago. back then it accounted for less than 1% of the couple's electricity bill. as of last year, it increased to 15%. >> translator: electricity is essential for our daily lives. it's just like water. so it's wrong to impose a heavy burden on users like us. >> reporter: germany is now moving to abolish nuclear power generation turning to renewable energy instead. renewable energy accounted for some 20% of electricity generated in the country last year, topping nuclear power's 18% for the first time. and that leading to the feed-in tariff system. it requires utilities to purchase at a fixed rate, creating energy created by clients like business corporations. the use of high-priced solar power quickly spread. and power companies passed the costs of buying clean energy on to electricity users. the greater the amount of energy the utilities bought, the heavier the burden on consumers became. drexel runs a fiber processing company

. >> but she was lucky enough to get an experimental device called the berlin heart. the device takes over the heart's job of pumping blood. a tube implanted inside the heart channels blood to the pump which sits outside the body. it then sends blood directly to arteries supplying the rest of the body. >> this is her today. she just celebrated her fourth birthday. the four months she spent on the berlin heart bought her the time to receive a transplant. dr. charles frazier of texas children's hospital is the lead researcher for the device and operated on this girl. >> it's amazing. she would not be with us prior to this device be available. she would have languished and the likelihood that she would have been transplanted is extremely low. >> she's one of 48 children who received the device between 2007 and 2010. 90% survived to get a heart transplant. in contrast, only 62% of children receiving conventional medical support lived long enough to get a new heart. the results led to fda approval in december and surprised the researchers. >> we all believed that the patie

the models will debut in berlin at the consumer show on friday. more than 1,400 firms are showing products at the annual event. among them is samsung in a tgh battle with apple over patent rights. the south korean maker has a new smart phone larger than the standard model, a 5.5 inch screen. users can navigate the features using a specially designed touch pen. samsung will show a notebook computer with a detachable keyboard. the display can beep use -- be used alone as a tablet. sony has smartphones and tablets under a single brand. it has a waterproof tablet for use in a kitchen. sony's lineup include ape d desp

right thanks very much indeed for bringing us the very latest here all of our reporting there from berlin. were you watching r t and coming up later in the program missing migrants. some people may have left the country some of them may still be here i think the key fact was that the agency had no idea how many are still in the country and how many are left the u.k. seeking ways of getting rid of illegal immigrants but it's faced with a tricky problem that it can't actually find out. and there's now found they are opening for the republican convention as a gathering meant to showcase mitt romney as the party's presidential candidate is disrupted by tropical storm isaac. it just president mohamed morsi is making his first trip to china accompanied by seven ministers and our samedi businessmen all seeing a flow of investments from beijing it comes after morsi stressed his country well pursue what he calls a balanced foreign policy. well right now you are watching live pictures from beijing where it gyptian president mohamed morsi meets chinese president hu jintao morsi came to power in june

be something that's all for discussion when francois hollande the french president arrives here in berlin for chats with chancellor angela merkel now the two have differing opinions over how the debt crisis in greece should be dealt with as well as across the eurozone in general. chancellor merkel very very big on wanting to see cuts she said that greece must stick to a very rigid plan in order to find eleven over eleven billion euros worth of cuts before the next round of bailout money which is to shortly francoise hollande in france saying this well they're a little bit more flexible when it comes to greece now this meeting that's going to take place here is really to try and make sure that they're both singing from the same song sheet when it comes to what to do with athens it comes of course shortly before the greek prime minister heads to paris for talks with all and hopefully there will be a consensus between germany and france over what to do before then as far as the greeks a concerned they're looking for this next round of bailout money which is worth over thirty billion euros wi

going to be something that's up for discussion when francoise the french president arrives here in berlin for chats with chancellor angela merkel now the two have differing opinions over how the debt crisis in greece should be dealt with as well as across the eurozone in general the chancellor merkel very very big on wanting to see cuts she said that greece must stick to a very rigid plan in order to find eleven over eleven billion euros worth of cuts before the next round of bailout money which is jus shortly francoise hollande in france saying this well they're a little bit more flexible when it comes to greece now this meeting that's going to take place here is really to try and make sure that they're both singing from the same song sheet when it comes to what to do with athens it comes of course shortly before the greek prime minister heads to paris for talks with all and hopefully there will be a consensus between germany and france over what to do before then as far as the greeks the concerned they're looking for this next round of bailout money which is worth over thirty billion eu

berlin. to policy right numbers want to buy the russian authorities have reportedly fled the country and they are said to be helping to strengthen their movement by recruiting feminists who brought the news has calmed just over a week since three women were jailed for two years after pulling an anti put in stand in the country's main cathedral their trial hall arise communities both in russia and abroad sparking protests around the world the twitter account affiliated with the group claims that twelve more members of the movement remain in russian journalist and blogger and so for every believes the media attention given to pussy riot as perspective to what's happening elsewhere. this is. has got a lot to do. you have. things which are much much worse than what happened on the. hockey stun. in the eleven year old. accused of blasphemy by her neighbor and yet and it's all and she could face then and we haven't seen even. all of the growth that we've seen. in western media in my west the britis

the four month she spent on the berlin heart bought her the time to receive a transplant. dr. charles fraser of texas children's hospital is the lead researcher for the device and operated on leanny. >> it's an amazing feeling. leanny would not be with us prior to this device being available. she would have languished and the likelihood that she would have been transplanted was extremely low. >> reporter: leanny was one of 48 children who received the device between 2007 and 2010. 90% survived to get a heart transplant. in contrast, a recent study found that only 62% of children receiving conventional medical support lived long enough to get a new heart. the results led to f.d.a. approval in december and even surprised the researchers. >> we all believed that the patients were going to do well. but we didn't... i ctainly didn't believe more than 90% of them were going to do well. >> schieffer: jon lapook is with us. jon, i guess we never stop and think about this, but it must be very difficult to get the hearts that these children need so this does make a difference. >> absolu

. >> but she was lucky enough to get an experimental device called the berlin heart. the device takes over the heart's job of pumping blood. a tube implanted inside the heart channels blood to the pump which sits outside the body. it then sends blood directly to arteries supplying the rest of the body. >> this is her today. the four months she spent on the berlin heart bought her the time to receive a transplant. dr. charles frazier of texas children's hospital is the lead researcher for the device and operated on this girl. >> it's amazing. she would not have prior to this device being available, she would have languished and the likelihood that she would have been transplanted is extremely low. >> she's one of 48 children who received the device between 2007 and 2010. 90 survived to get a transplant. in contrast, only 62% of children receiving conventional medical support lived long enough to get a new heart. the results led to fda approval in december and surprised the researchers. >> we all believed that the patients were going to do well. but we didn't -- i certa

here in germany the don't try are still very much alive and kicking in fact in the store in central berlin the good old they market is still accepted as legal tender when it comes to purchases with an exchange rate of around two dogs marks to the euro the store's manager says that there's still enough of the old currency around to warrant them taking it went on to name the reason we accept which marks is there are still plenty of people with the old currency we get quite a few people wanting to spend them in our store for it's not just in shops that they're accepted if you find a few d. mark coins down the back of the sofa germany's public telephones will happily take them off your hands germany officially dropped the old money for the euro over ten years ago in two thousand and eleven alone though over eight million dollars marks were brought to the bundesbank to be changed into crisp new currency but where is that cash coming from. he had that is not any one of my other lee relatives gave me the school and as a gift so i decided to turn them into something it could spend on television. w

two years but it's struggling to meet its bailout conditions meanwhile angle of merkel's allies in berlin say a greek exit one have a great impact on the euro zone peter oliver is there for r.t. the two have differing opinions over how the debt crisis in greece should be dealt with as well as across the eurozone in general chancellor merkel very very big on wanting to see cuts she said that greece must stick to a very rigid plan in order to find eleven over eleven billion euros worth of cuts before the next round of bailout money which is jus shortly francois hollande in france saying this well they're a little bit more flexible when it comes to greece though this meeting that's going to take place here is really to try and make sure that they're both singing. from the same song sheet when it comes to what to do with athens it comes of course shortly before the greek prime minister heads to paris for talks with all and hopefully there will be a consensus between germany and france over what to do before then as far as the greeks are concerned they're looking for this next round of bailout

berlin. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world at least one person has been killed in a drive by shooting in yemen when gunmen opened fire in a peaceful protest hundreds of people have gathered for the sit in demanding reforms related to the uprising that toppled the country's longtime leader ali abdullah saleh last year meanwhile five suspected al qaeda members have been arrested in the country's volatile south the raid came over a week after a deadly attack on the country's intelligence headquarters which left twenty one dead. believe me an interim interior minister has resigned amid fears a renewed sectarian clashes in the country this after soofi religious science were destroyed by armed officer and the government security forces libya remains volatile ever since the popular uprising resulted in the ouster and death of its longtime leader moammar gadhafi last year the country's currently ruled by an elected general national congress. as drop of the store of eyes

going to be something that's up for discussion when france warland the french president arrives here in berlin for chats with chancellor angela merkel now the two have differing opinions over how the debt crisis in greece should be dealt with as well as across the eurozone in general. chancellor merkel very very big on wanting to see cuts she said that greece must stick to a very rigid plan in order to find eleven over eleven billion euros worth of cuts before the next round of bailout money which is to shortly francoise hollande in france saying this well they're a little bit more flexible when it comes to greece now this meeting that's going to take place here is really to try and make sure that they're both singing from the same song sheet when it comes to what to do with athens it comes of course shortly before the greek prime minister heads to paris for talks with all and hopefully there will be a consensus between germany and france over what to do before then as far as the greeks a concerned they're looking for this next round of bailout money which is worth over thirty billion euros wi

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in the end was coming when people lived in berlin. he was heading towards the city at the end there in 1845? >> guest: in 1945 in the west you have basically in the north to canadians in the north. after several in all the way down the river you have the american army. and that was when eisenhower had the russians, the russian friends and ukrainian friends in a massive operation, and profane. the interesting thing about that, which we discovered in the archives was that the reason by stalin was so insistent and surrounded berlin first was he was terrified the americans with breakthrough. he would get the nuclear material in berlin at that time because he wanted them for operation boarded the know, the soviet attempt to create nuclear weapons because the unit the manhattan project and the atomic bombs that is going ahead here in the united states. c-span: go back to the moment that adolf hitler was getting near the end. who was in the bunker with him and that was his plan? >> guest: hitler by then had virtually no plan. when he realize

here in germany the don't try are still very much alive and kicking in fact in a store in central berlin the good old they market is still accepted as legal tender when it comes to purchases with an exchange rate of around two dogs marks to the euro the store's manager says that there's still enough of the old currency around to warrant them taking it was on the name of three the reason we accept which marks is there are still plenty of people with the old currency we get quite a few people wanting to spend them in our store for it's not just in shops that they're accepted if you find a few demarche coins down the back of the sofa germany's public telephones will happily take them off your hands germany officially dropped the old money for the euro over ten years ago in two thousand and eleven alone though over eight million marks were brought to the bundesbank to be changed into crisp new currency but where is that cash coming from. that he had that is not any one of my only relatives gave me the school and as a gift so i decided to turn them into something it could spend on television.

to be something that's all for discussion when france well and the french president arrives here in berlin for chats with chancellor angela merkel now the two have differing opinions over how the debt crisis in greece should be dealt with as well as across the eurozone in general the chancellor merkel very very big on wanting to see cuts she said that greece must stick to a very rigid plan in order to find eleven over eleven billion euros worth of cuts before the next round of bailout money which is to shortly france will land in france saying this well they're a little bit more flexible when it comes to greece now this meeting is going to take place here is really to try and make sure that they're both singing from the same song sheet when it comes to what to do with athens it comes of course shortly before the greek prime minister heads to paris for talks with all and hopefully there will be a consensus between germany and france over what to do before then as far as the greeks a concerned they're looking for this next round of bailout money which is worth over thirty billion euros witho

be something that's all for discussion when francois hollande the french president arrives here in berlin for chats with chancellor angela merkel now the two have differing opinions over how the debt crisis in greece should be dealt with as well as across the eurozone in general. chancellor merkel very very big on wanting to see cuts she said that greece must stick to a very rigid plan in order to find eleven over eleven billion euros worth of cuts before the next round of bailout money which is to shortly francoise hollande in france saying this well they're a little bit more flexible when it comes to greece now this meeting is going to take place here is really to try and make sure that they're both singing from the same song sheet when it comes to what to do with athens it comes of course shortly before the greek prime minister heads to paris for talks with all and hopefully there will be a consensus between germany and france over what to do before then as far as the greeks a concerned they're looking for this next round of bailout money which is worth over thirty billion euros withou