france appears to be the next nation looking to legalize gay marriage. despite objections from the church and even homosexual groups, the socialist government is pushing its agenda to redefine the family. dale hurd reports from paris. >> reporter: in the streets of paris, christians kneel and pray, asking god to deliver france from a same-sex marriage bill they believe amounts to a new french revolution, certain to become law. it would not only grant homosexuals the right to marriage, but the right of same-sex couples to adopt children. it has been legalized in 12 nations so far, most in the western world. and it has been partially legalized in an additional three nations, including the united states. france will be next. >> all we're asking for is to have the same rights as everybody. the right to get married or not. >> i've been with my boyfriend for the last 20 years. we have a very normal life. we have the same rights as straight people have. we pay our taxes. we are raising a little girl the best we can. >> reporter: the socialist government of fran

was a paradox it was a solution if and even a communist but this is maybe the communism we knew in france to two years ago he was a communist but he was a patchy out a communist that many of chavez's policies were open to criticism but there are many things that you can't criticize to kick out such as the fact that he shares result is with us it is very rare it was eaten africa from many countries that has resulted in a sequel don't get a share of so he took advantage of it to bring down quality every week he tried to create a state able to nationalize big companies should be done cool into the hands of multinationals it seems that he has been opposing the usa which i believe is something positive in order to gain autonomy and so that venezuela would get back in three to so i think in the end his results are average what it would be wrong to reject all the things that he has done. a let's talk about the french president francois a lot it's almost a here says he was elected on a scale of one to ten how would you rate him now that it has tripled in a day to a concert now ten because in orde

here around the bay area, mainly in the 60s. >> all right, thank you, frances. that is going to do it for us. thank you for joining us on abc 7 sunday morning news. i'm carolyn tyler along with frances dinglasan. the abc 7 will be on next at 5:00 p.m. why are we >>> there's the red hot carmelo anthony. if you look closely, you can see smoke coming off his body, that's how hot he is. can i get a heat check, jalen. >> heat check. >> i think i need one more. >> heat check! >> he heard you. he took his headphones off. >> unstoppable, powerful, dominant. >> anthony is on fire. >> 52 for durant! >> carmelo anthony with r50. >> durant has taken over, baby. >> carmelo leads the knicks for a showdown against kevin durant and the thunder. >> here comes durant! >> clippers/lakers isn't a rivalry, hasn't been a rivalry. maybe it will be. >> this season, there hasn't been one. >> oh, boy! >> blocked. >> oh my goodness. >> he stairs at kobe. he stairs at the crowd. >> as the clippers look to sweep the season series against the lakers. a team that is fighting to make the playo

frances dinglasan is in for meteorologist lisa argen this weekend. how's the accuweather forecast look something. >> it's looking pretty good. we have light rain and shower this is morning, but changes, big ones on the way. the sunrise in just five minutes, although most of us under gray skies so we won't see it. i'll have the seven-day forecast coming up. >> thanks. >>> also, you've heard the problems facing the cruise industry lately. so, what should you >>> welcome back. chevron has been given the go ahead to restart a damaged unit at the richmond refinery. the okay was given following an extensive recovery of repairs and safety systems. last august, a massive fire destroyed an essential crude distillation unit at the refinery. the company has been running at a reduced capacity since then. the end of june appears to be the restart date. >>> an unprecedented amount of cruise ship mishaps have happened over the last few months, so with the cruise season ready to kick off, how's the cruise industry doing? michael finney has been looking into that and

let's talk about france's intervention you call to france going into libya a whole week and you said that in syria the west is quote unquote blindly supporting the opposition and is doing the exact same thing they did at libya at this time in secret but when france intervened in mali you were not against it why do you deem this intervention digital meant as a sure good result of a woman so this is my stance is go here and if you want either you fight against islamic fundamentalism in which case it makes sense to fight in mali but it's not normal to support the same terrorists in libya and in syria when now in a situation where our leaders are completely in my opinion insane the fight on the side of terrorists in libya and syria and again is the same target and mali this is not here and me i am pro here and that is to say i think we should not have supported and given weapons in the system the decay. august and libya who like the way imposed challis on low off do they came to power you should not do that in ethiopia we should stop this question about relationship with to talk to provi

carolyn. >> thank you, frances. today the golden gate bridge will draw hundreds of more people than it usually does on a busy weekend. but these visitors will not be tourists posing for photos. abc7 news reporter kira klapper joins us live to explain. good morning, kira. >> good morning to you, carolyn. the women for peace group, code pink, will be marching on the golden gate bridge today to protest the u.s. government's use of drones in killing people. we do have video from a march yesterday that happened in downtown san francisco. this was organized by the answer coalition. hundreds of people rallied at market and powell streets at the same time that thousands of other people protested across the u.s. they accuse the u.s. of using drones to kill more than 4700 people worldwide. the use of drones has increased during the war in afghanistan and in fighting terror targets in pakistan. >>> the majority, when the pentagon is the cia don't even know who the targets are, they just look like terrorists. so we think it's h

intervention that you called of france going into libya a whole week and you said that in syria the west is quote unquote blindly supporting the opposition and is doing the exact same thing they did it libya this time in secret but when france intervened in mali you were not against it why do you deem this intervention legitimate because she couldn't order it mormon she will this is my stance is go here and if you will and either you fight against islamic fundamentalism in which case it makes sense to fight in mali but it's not normal to support the same terrorists in libya and in syria right now in a situation where our leaders are completely in my opinion insane the fight on the side of terrorists in libya and syria and against the same terrorists and mali this is not good here and i mean i am pro here and that is to say i think we should not have supported and given weapons and assisted the hardest and libya who right away impose sharia law after they came to power or that she should not do that and if syria should start this question about relationship with qatar who provides fu

frances dinglasan, it will be a beautiful day to get out there. very sunny. >> lots of sunshine today but it will be breezy so bring your sea legs if you are headed to the boat show. 61 in tahoe, los angeles 69 degrees. here in the bay area, check out the numbers. we are going to see some upper 70s for you in antioch and fairfield. 78, 62 downtown san francisco. 79 in san mateo, and some low 70s, as well, around the east bay, 73 in fremont, 74 san jose. more numbers, high numbers in the 80s, in fact, by the end of the week. but lookout for windy conditions tomorrow, as well where we can see winds up to 30 miles an hour. >> oh, wow. >> even with the wind, the sun may make it all better. a beautiful forecast. something to look forward to. thank you, frances, and thank you for joining us on the abc7 sat da morning news. abc7 news continues at 8:00 a.m. >>> good morning, america. breaking right now, a plane crash in paradise. a jet overshoots the runway in bali, one of the most famous vacation spots on earth. the big question, how did everybody on boa

frances, i am heading to that giants game. i want to know about the weather there and people want to know in their neighborhood. >> yeah. it's going to be pretty cloudy today. we do have a couple chances of rain. i'll tell you all the details about that. here's a live view from the roof camera. definitely want to take public mass transit to avoid the big traffic jams. i'll tell you when you can expect the chance of sprinkles. >> thank you, frances. >>> first, a fight over radios. the messy dispute that could prevent police and fire from calling for help in the east bay. >>> and targeting blight in a problem-plagued san francisco neighborhood. how the city is trying to turn >>> welcome back, everyone. it is 6:13 on this sunday morning. thanks for getting up and joining us for the abc 7 sunday morning news. this is a beautiful shot from our east bay cam showing you parts of emeryville where it is cloudy this morning. the temperature right now about 56 degrees. what will it be later on today and in your neck of the woods? frances

france has become the 14th country in the world to legalize gay marriage. a strong majority voting to pass in the national assembly. >> protests breaking out moments before the result of broke out. the passing allows gay couples to adopt as well. outside the parliament building, gay-rights campaigner celebrating the law. >> q joins us on the line. this has been extremely controversial -- hugh joins us on the line. >> one reason is because this touches on the historic divide in france between the right and left. this division goes back to the revolution between conservatives, the catholics, and this conflict with what we would call the more progressive, republican, anti-religious. this has always been in france. we have a very unpopular government now. they are hitting back at the government they see as being at the root of the issue. the whole of the game marriage debate is that there are divided families some of whom are very, very neangry. >> the lot could still face a challenge in the french constitutional council. tell us more about that. >> the opponen

france pledges to station a permanent force in mali now despite earlier claims that anti insurgency mission will be over in a matter of weeks. the twenty on anger striker illegibly tries to take his own life is in mates with breaking point but the protest now in its third month. russia's foreign minister once again warns america not to escalate the standoff between north and south korea as he meets with u.s. secretary of state john kerry. all over again evening should live from the new center tonight nine pm moscow time it's kevin owen here with you and first of all the pentagon is sounding the alarm over the french troops withdrawal from mali saying local forces are unfit to take over paris pulled the first contingent out of the volatile state on tuesday they plan to withdraw three quarters of their force by the end of the year but keep a thousand strong deployment to france intervened in mali in january to drive his limits rebels out of the country his tests are still reports a lot changed for paris since the start of the mission they say though that they still plan on that continuing tha

so your opinion on france leaving the european union of the eurozone in the shagun agreement your you haven't changed your mind on those matters oh it sure took it personally cool factor. each day that goes by i believe more in this idea i even asked the french president to organize a big rubber and i mean january twenty fourth change to ask this question to the french people do they want to stay in the europeans any of their do they want to stay with open would do they want to take the risk of having romania and bulgaria in the same hand with the arrival of millions of roma who are attracted by social system that's a very advantageous which is the french system yes or do they want to go on. with trade we want to pull bad economic structures as you would do we want to european rules to be stronger than national laws and i want absolute hungry we decided to change the constitution so that it prioritizes national rights over european rights it's going to crush leave to democracy because again this is the stuff and people are now the ones deciding not the brussels technocrats well there

didn't so france is back if not before because in the short run don't exist now where france will want had first announced this military operation in mali two thirds of the french people were in support of these actions now many observers of analysts have already said that if this becomes a long drawn out war public opinion could quickly change. well france has been carrying out a major operation in mali with ground troops tanks and their support searching for islamic bases near gav the city has seen suicide bombings in clashes between joint forces and militants since february your piece cannot examines the challenges of maintaining stability in marvie. mali has become yet another front in the global war on terror but this anti terror operation just may be too difficult to scale down so quickly first let's review what's already been done and more importantly how efficient is what this operation started with and support of ground troops from the skies has always been one of its foundation stones the first planes to battle the islamists came from here a french military base in chad helic

i'll have all the details coming up. >> thank you, frances. also coming up, san francisco gets readily to hold the city's second sunday streets of the year. we will tell you where you >> new this morning a special benefit concert called sing fourth america take place tonight at san francisco's palace of fine arts. it is to singers what a marathon is to runners. it's a chance to raise money doing what they love. last year's inaugural benefit concert raised more than $100,000, benefiting some 40 organizations. with the help of sponsors, 100% of the funds raised tonight will go to various arts groups suffering from budget cuts. the concert starts at 7:00, and if you would like more information, you can check our website, abc7news.com under "see it on tv." >>> the second sunday streets event of the season takes place today in san francisco's mission district. the free event starts at 11:00 this morning along valencia street to 24th. and from 24th street on valencia to hampshire. streets will be closed to traffic so families and merchants can play

and this product does sell for considerably less than the best of france. but american consumers are being deceived into thinking they're getting the finest quality at a bargain price. the owner of this brand is pierre jean pebyre. >> this is your company, right? >> yes. >> okay, so we found this in the united states. >> yes. >> okay, so this says, "black winter truffles." >> yes. >> but it's chinese. >> it's chinese, yes. this is a tin. it's a french product. the truffles-- if i put--if i make the tin in china, it's a chinese truffle. >> i'm stunned. he was saying that since the truffles are packaged here, he can legally write "product of france" on the label. it feels like i'm being tricked into thinking i'm buying french truffles, you know? >> yes, i understand. >> and there's another problem. spores from the chinese truffles are infecting the european soil and taking it over the way the kudzu weed has taken over parts of our own southeast. it began to happen in italy, so the italians made importing chinese truffles illegal, and there's a move in france

kira. >> thank you, frances. new this morning, president obama is not giving his usual weekly address today. he's instead designated a mom from new town, connecticut to give it for him. ms. wheeler and her husband lost their six-year-old son ben at the shooting at sandy hook elementary school. now they are urging the senate to pass gun control legislation. >> we have to convince the senate to come together and pass common sense gun responsibility reforms that will make our communities safer and prevent more tragedies like the one we never thought would happen to us. >> good morning america will have much more on this emotional address coming up at 7:00 right here on abc7. >>> the biggest gun show producer in the country is coming to the cow palace this weekend. they are holding the second of five shows scheduled for this year in daly city. we talked to the show's owner about the call for universal background checks. >> the gun show owner bob templeton said gun owners fear the government wants to take their guns.

good morning, frances. >> it is, carolyn. good morning, everyone. i just wanted to start out with this beautiful live view from san francisco looking toward downtown area and the bay. we've got sunrise just five minutes away. temperatures on the cool side right now, in the 40s. but you do need to lookout for the winds, as carolyn mentioned. this afternoon we will see a lot of sunshine. it will be breezy, as well. 10 to 20 miles per hour winds, gusting up to 30 miles per hour winds, possibly 40 in some locations. temperatures also only getting up into the low 70s into the interior areas. tonight we will drop into the 50s. there will be a chance of rain. i'll tell you the timing and what you want expect coming up in the full forecast. >> thank you, frances. today the golden gate bridge will draw hundreds of more people than it usually does on a busy weekend. they won't be tour efforts posing for pictures. abc7 news reporter kira klapper joins us live to explain. hi, kira. >> good morning. code pink is organizing a march on the golden gate bridge today

and the partnership which used to be at the heart of the decision making cool times to france where lund's ruling socialists in france have attacked the german chancellor for acting only in her country's interest they said in a draft document on european policy and although party officials later said the strong words would be removed the sting reflects growing resentment against german austerity no surprise as this investment advisor patrick young is on the line now to give us somewhere well informed comment patrick i mean present alliance party allies have since backtracked on this of us as i said what's left the sour aftertaste what is the state of relations these days well the tragedy is that the core by all of the european union for so long frankly german relations are plummeting to new lows because i mean essentially you've got mr hollande to it's less than a year already can't even less popular than actually charles de gaulle was when they had to move him to an airport in germany in one nine hundred sixty eight and up the german air force guard him against student revolutionaries tha

one, france. one has the impression from washington that the french don't necessarily have the political or the economic strength to continue to be a close partner of germany in the construction of europe. and secondly, the question of britain. they're not a member of the eurozone, but in talking about the evolution and the future of europe, the british obviously have a role to play. but are the europeans and are the germans prepared to make the concessions necessary to keep britain in the e.u.? >> look, europe. it's europe. -as a member of a german government i am condemned to cooperate closely with france. [laughter] >> you can't -- no. i have to tell. european history. the core of european integration. you can't get -- once i had a discussion with a good friend, actually in finland, he told me, should divide the euro zone? how to divide. it's quite interesting but answer one question. in which part is france? he thought and then he said, you are right, we can't. if you look at every member of e

intervention you called a france going into libya a full week and you said that in syria the west is quote unquote blindly supporting the opposition and is doing the exact. we didn't libya this time in secret but when france intervened in mali you were not against it why do you deem this intervention the gentleman because she couldn't hold out a moment she was this is my stance is coherent if you will and either you fight against islamic fundamentalism in which case it makes sense to fight in mali but it's not normal to support the same terrorists in libya and in syria right now in a situation where our leaders are completely in my opinion insane the fight on the side of terrorists in libya and syria and against the same terrorists and mali this is not good here and me i am pro here and that is to say i think we should not have supported and given weapons in the system the hardest in libya who right away impose sharia law after they came to power or that she should not do that and in syria we should start this question about relationship with qatar who provides funding to terrorism a

a surprising number of them outside france. some say her celebrity status and political marriage didn't hurt. in fact, the last album before this one was released while husband sarkozy was president, they had met at a dinner party shortly after his divorce. they married after a whirlwind three-month romance. not everybody thought her music with its occasionally racy lyrics lent dignity to the office. sure enough. there are songs on the new album that make some people uncomfortable as well. especially the one about someone called raymond but which is really about someone called nicholas. it is really about your husband. why didou name it that way. >> it was a song that was already existing. >> reporter: somebody took it already. >> somebody took it. really nice song. (singing the song). >> reporter: this song though i'm going to read it from the english lyrics. >> i don't know about the translation. >> reporter: it probably works better in french. >> although he wears a tie my man is a pirate. >> it's all about that. ♪ >> repo

hi, frances. >> hi, katie. good morning, everyone. a lot of sprinkles hitting the ground, even some drizzle, most confined to the north bay as we show you the loop over the last three hours. we have had a few hundredths of an inch reported in some locations. san francisco up in the hupts. here's the latest radar return, 5:29. i'm going to zoom in to american canyon, rain falling over the cordelia junction. 680. keep that in mind. we'll see sprinkles in the forecast and possible light showers throughout the morning. a live shot in emeryville shows low clouds and even some patchy fog in some locations. skrizability not a huge factor yet. temperatures will be in the upper 40s to mid-50s during the morning with a chance of showers. this afternoon, a chance of sun and cloud, upper 60s, and this evening more clouds return, dropping into the low 60s and mid-50s. katie? >> thank you, frances. >>> it has been months in the making. next wednesday, governor brown will make his first trade trip to china and wine country experts are going with him

france has become the 14th country in the world to legalize gay marriage. a strong majority voting to pass in the national assembly. >> protests breaking out moments before the result of broke out. the passing allows gay couples to adopt as well. outside the parliament building, gay-rights campaigner celebrating the law. >> q joins us on the line. this has been extremely controversial -- hugh joins us on the line. >> one reason is because this touches on the historic divide in france between the right and left. this division goes back to the revolution between conservatives, the catholics, and this conflict with what we would call the more progressive, republican, anti-religious. this has always been in france. we have a very unpopular government now. they are hitting back at the government they see as being at ssue. the whole of the game marriage debate is that there are divided families some of whom are very, very neangry. >> the lot could still face a challenge in the french constitutional council. tell us more about that. >> the opponents do have a last

you have to understand france, and france is difficult to make social reforms. it's really difficult. it's easy to give advice, do blah, blah, blah. you can make a lot of -- but it's france. france is a wonderful country, but by the way, it makes -- look ex-if you look at foreign policy, security policy, you can see europe is, germany is much more for -- but never can do because we have our history of france, therefore we have to work on the spaces. italy, without france it will never happen. so, we will do. so, of course, i would prefer to have a stronger position with france actually, but by the way, i am optimistic that they got it, they are doing a lot of making reforms, as they implement some legislation, mac -- make a lot of decisions, so not have -- they can pay to implement to cut expenses or reduce the deficit by cutting expenses and the relation to two-thirds cutting and one-third raising taxes, maybe you can send someone from the negotiation team to palace to help to find common solution to overcome the different positions. so uk, it would have been b

france and germany have proposed easing economic sanctions in return for iran stopping enrichment past twenty percent tehran says it has responded with its own set of counterproposals based on the points made during a previous round of talks here in moscow mr hadley also said that one enrichment of uranium is iran's indispensable right the country may consider suspending it in order to build trust the former head of the iran section at the british foreign and commonwealth office michael axworthy said it's been a much more positive meeting and there's much still today. what has happened seems to. close to some previous rounds and i don't think anyone quite yet should expect very dramatic developments with history this dispute is very long running. for a long time has been. stalemate this is a lack of trust on both sides and i think it takes precisely these sorts of developments. a gradual shift in positions tools each other to begin to escape from our stalemate and while the world looks to dissuade iran from a potential nuclear weapons program north korea professes to be on the verge of

and why france wanted tighten prostitution laws. giants in the oceans -- why whales are not leaving for the south. beating the economic crisis in -- meet a young man from ireland. prostitution is the oldest trade in the world, they say, and in some european countries, it is an entirely legal profession. in germany, for instance, prostitutes are open to health insurance and women's rights. in sweden, you have to pay a fine if you are caught paying for sexual services. france wants to introduce similar restrictions. the french are now debating if they need to redefine their attitudes towards the sex business. >> some say paris is the city of love. it is certainly a place where love is big business. sean worked for eight years as a call girl. she is a former saleswoman, and she discovered the profession by chance. >> i was working a boutique. one day a man came in. he became my lover. because i speak several languages, he paid for me to take expensive trips to london and geneva. at an event one evening, in that other girls working as e

ambassador to france. could his alleged involvement in moneyç landering, illegal high stakes poker game be an issue? we have more on this later in the program. >>> on the economic front today, we saw the first quarter gdp came in a little light at 2.5%. but the key point to me is lower government spending did not stop the private sector, which grew at a 4% annual rate. and that is a hot ticket. here now to cnbc contributor and a chief strategist. dan greenhouse, what do you take away from this? government spending is falling because of defense cuts. they are probably the demobilization of iraq in afghanistan. it's not affecting the private sector, at least so far. >> yeah, you haven't seen knockdown effects as of yet. we are a little nervous what the sequester will mean over the next couple months, generally, the last two quarters has been among the worst we have seen in 60-some years, it's not affect it yet, the gdp numbers would have been better if not for government spending in each of the last two qu

didn't so france is back if not before because i'm going to see short don't exist now where france well i had first announced this military operation in mali two thirds of the french people were in support of these actions now many observers of analysts have already said that if this becomes a long drawn out war public opinion could quickly change. france has been carrying out a major operation in mali with ground troops and tanks from the air support searching for islam as bases of the girl the city has seen suicide bombings and clashes between joint forces and militants and since february peace cannot examines the challenges of maintaining stability in mali. miley has become yet another front in the global war on terror but this anti terror operation just may be too difficult to scale down so quickly first let's review what's already been done and more importantly how efficient is what this operation started with and support of ground troops from the skies has always been one of its foundation stones the first planes to battle the islamists came from here a french military base in cha

didn't so france is back if not before well you couldn't see short don't exist now where france well on had first announced this military operation in mali two thirds of the french people were in support of these actions now many observers and analysts have already said that if this becomes a long drawn out war public opinion could quickly change. just as the first of foreign troops were leaving mali france was engaged in a major offensive to wipe out militant hideouts in a previously liberated area of the country are going to examine the challenges throughout to complain that stretched the military from the very beginning. miley has become yet another front in the global war on terror but this anti terror operation just may be too difficult to scale down so quickly first let's review what's already been done and more importantly how efficient is what this operation started with and support of ground troops from the skies has always been one of its foundation stones the first planes to battle the islamists came from here a french military base in chad helicopter support came from ano

regarding france's direct involvement it is only a matter of later on in comments barca but we have no intention of staying forever . now the french have gone into mali a warning against the threat of as long as the extremism advance to europe no clearly any plan of a complete withdrawal is off the table now this one thousand troops that they plan to keep on the ground falls under a call made by u.n. secretary general ban ki moon in deploying about eleven thousand two hundred troops and one thousand four hundred forty three least on the ground in mali after major combat now bunking was planned also when he was a parallel force one that will directly deal with all cargo linked militants and extremists according to reuters and this is likely to be french troops as well while also spoke with a group of former french intelligence officer who had been stationed in northern africa and the middle east for about twenty years and he says the from the very start he had been doubtful the operation in mali was going to be short french army exposed to the insurgents and distance from the city is ok

it was for france. like industrial things. no, only coutoure because it was aristocracy, the spirit of france. until the end of the 1980's. the designers of the 1980's. anyway, i was seeing that coutoure, made me dream. i realize that there were people that were not from coutoure but as good as coutoure. when i saw when i thought, i love it. it is nice in different. very creative. fabulous, ginzo. but i love coutoure. the way i was looking at magazines. i what -- i must say that my teacher was a journalist, explaining the clothing. now we call them stylists, which in reality was an editor, especially one which is a dead now. it was very inspiring. one from the magazine "elle." f fabulous, fabulous editor. she was mixing the close. she was doing something else than the panoply. matching, like in coutoure. she was taking an overall and putting with high heels and glamorous jewelry. i loved it. it shows me that you are not obliged. you do not have to wear the matching thing. coutoure, i saw similar things and making the dream, yo

frances is in for lisa this weekend and maybe there could be some sprinkles outside. what's accu-weather forecast doing right now? >> right now we're getting a little break but we're going to see some sprinkles during the morning hours for that half marathon, the start of it. then it's looking cloudy for part of the day and then another chance of showers. i will have all the details on the timing coming up shortly as we look at these cloudy skies over san francisco. >> thank you, frances. >>> first, though, a fight over radios. the messy dispute that could prevent police and fire from calling for help in the east bay. >>> and targeting blight in a problem-plagued san francisco neighborhood. how the city is. >>> new this morning, more radio problems for oakland police as they try to launch a new radio network of public safety channels. the city recently had to rebuild its public safety radio system due to interference problems. well, now the group that oversees the east bay's mutual aid system is refusing to give oakland agencies access because the city has not paid it

gimmicky was although he did not become justice until the thirties but frances perkins was not but oddly she was attacked by anti-semites basically anyone who supported jewish issues was jewish franklin roosevelt himself was accused of being jewish people talk about president rosenfeld and he had a wonderful response i am not jewish but i think people are wonderful and i would not mind if i was. >>host: was there a consensus of opinion of fdr among the american jews? >> at the time there was the absolute consensus of opinion they were the strongest supporters of the four campaigns successfully they were important donors to the democratic party and they revered franklin delano roosevelt they understood he did not do everything possible to persecute the jews of europe but day understood he was vastly better in his position at home and better for his position than any other world leaders including churchill to talk to lots but didn't do anything for the jews and was bad for immigration and policy even after the concentration camps were repealed jews were continued to revere roosevelt even w

and why france wanted tighten prostitution laws. giants in the oceans -- why whales are not leaving for the south. beating the economic crisis in -- meet a young man fro ireland. prostuti ithe oldes trade in the world, they say, and in some european countries, it is an entirely legal profession. in germany, for instance, prostitutes are open to health insurance and women's rights. in sweden, you have to pay a fine if you are caught paying for sexual services. france wants to introduce similar restrictions. the french are now debating if they need to redefine their attitudes towards the sex business. >> some say paris is the city of love. it is certainly a place where love is big business. sean worked for eight years as a call girl. she is a former saleswoman, and she discovered the profession by chance. >> i was working a boutique. one day a man came in. he became my lover. because i speak several languages, he paid for me to take expensive trips to london and geneva. at anvent one eveni, inhat other girls working as escorts. they t

didn't so france is back if not before because i'm going to show god don't exist now where france well i had first announced this military operation in mali two thirds of the french people were in support of these actions now many observers and analysts have already said that if this becomes a long drawn out war public opinion could quickly change. well just as the first foreign troops from leaving mali france was engaged a major offensive to wipe out militant hideouts in a previously liberated area of the country. can off examines the challenges throughout a campaign that stretched the military from the very beginning. miley has become yet another front in the global war on terror but this anti terror operation just may be too difficult to scale down so quickly first let's review what's already been done and more importantly how efficient is what this operation started with and support of ground troops from the skies has always been one of its foundation stones the first planes to battle the islamists came from here a french military base in chad helicopter support came from another b

but first frustration with austerity deepening among europeans with france's unemployment hitting new record of eleven point five percent in spain the number of people out of work jumped to an all time high of twenty seven point two percent in neighboring portugal almost one in five in the war work force is out of a job and in those two countries fresh protests have been launched against the government and international lenders are peter all over has more from lisbon. thousands of people march to the center of lisbon angry at what they see as unfair cuts that have being placed upon them by their governments a further round of cuts to public services like education and health care will be introduced very shortly with one billion euros worth of those cuts people very unhappy about that i was speaking to portugal's any piece he said that they speak to their colleagues in brussels from the the northern countries in europe particularly germany to try and bring them around to the plight of the coach against people this austerity is stupid not because portuguese cannot even scarse ones we ca

didn't so france is back. before twelve because in the. world don't exist now where france one had first announced this military operation in mali two thirds of the french people were in support of these actions now many observers of analysts have already said that if this becomes a long drawn out war public opinion could quickly change. well france has been carrying out a major operation in mali with ground troops tanks and air support searching for islamic spaces near gav the city has seen suicide bombings and clashes between joint forces and militants since february you can offer now examines the challenges of maintaining stability in mali. miley has become yet another front in the global war on terror but this anti terror operation just may be too difficult to scale down so quickly first let's review what's already been done and more importantly how efficient is what this operation started with and support of ground troops from the skies has always been one of its foundation stones the first planes to battle the islamists came from her

regarding france's direct involvement it is only a matter of weeks later on comments barca but we have no intention of staying forever. now the french have gone into mali a warning against the threat of as long as the extreme islam advanced in europe now clearly any plan of a complete withdrawal is off the table now this one thousand troops that they plan to keep on the ground falls under a call made by u.n. secretary general of ban ki moon and deploying about eleven thousand two hundred troops and one thousand four hundred forty police on the ground in mali after major combat now bunking with one also when he wins a parallel force one that will directly deal with all cargo linked militants and extremists according to reuters and this is likely to be french troops as well while also spoke a group of former french intelligence officer who have been stationed in northern africa and the middle east for about twenty years and he says that from the very start he had been doubtful the operation in mali was going to be short french army exposure to the insurgents and distance from the cities

france -- why most children grow up with a working mom. czech republic -- held villages are digging up the past. and turkey -- how to do business with facial hair. in a few days, a long-awaited trial will open in germany. the trial against the last surviving member of a neo-nazi cell known as the nsu. a year-and-a-half ago when their crimes came to light, it sent shock waves across the country. neo-nazis had been killing foreigners on german soil for almost 10 years while german authorities followed false leads. now authorities hope to avoid making more mistakes at the trial starting next week in munich, but there is already criticism. the court room is too small with room for just 50 observers and 50 journalists. the seats were allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. the problem -- no turkish media outlets got seats. they are angry, not least because eight of the nsu's 10 victims were of turkish origin. >> the correspondent for turkey's largest daily newspaper in germany made a special trip to munich to pick at his accreditation to

i mean france likes to think that it's still a first world economy but the difficult years they're not really aren't dramatically better than some of the feelings economies of the mediterranean such as say if believe or spain the french are left in a situation where they're desperate to do anything and basically move us back to the one thousand sixty's or seventy's level over the last ticket they want to at least the economy by spending lots of money that france doesn't however they're hoping germany's going to give them and mrs merkel says no. now iceland has seen a return to power to form a disgraced political parties that were in power when the country's banking sector collapsed in two thousand and eight return of the euro skeptic coalition led by the independence party is seen as a rejection of the outgoing government's drive to join the e.u. but with all the director of the blues group think tank believes other debt ridden nations would benefit from following iceland example. there was a bit of a wobble in terms of icelandic public opinion after the two thousand and eight financia

frances dinglasan says it probably won't get any more rain down in the south bay this morning. good news if you have outdoor plans and you wanted to stay dry. you are looking at 53 degrees right now. >> chevron has been given the go ahead to restart a damaged unit at richmond refinery. last august a massive fire destroyed an essential crude distillation unit at the refinery and the company has been running it at reduced capacity ever since. end of june appears to be the restart date. >> an unprecedented amount of cruise ship mishaps have been happening the last six months. how is the industry doing? michael finney has this report. >> reporter: it's hard to forget these pictures of the carnival triumph or the conditions that passengers were forced to endure. in this home video caught the horror and panic aboard the costa con disorder yeah. >> people were pushing and it was chaotic. >> editor in chief of cruise.com. >> there are concerns to travelers that are new to cruise will have about cruise vacations. >> mimi is the owner of moraga travel. she is baffled. >> what is the deal

in 2002 over the disputed of the run-up to the iraq war that president of france urged americans not to go to war. don't go there we know the terrain and we fought in the algeria this will and bad the and you will be seen as say western army of occupation and awake and arab nationalism and it will not be in your best interests. what did we do? we said the venture anti-american and recent their star is falling and ours is on the rise so we boycotted the of french goods and reid named the french fries freedom of fries and congress gave the speech we should take a parboil days from normandy every new home because it is not a fit resting place and if there were demonstrations and say why is this way van then we say it reminds me of the early '60s when the president of france charles de gaulle told the american kennedy administration don't go to war in vietnam we know the terrain there were french colony before this will end badly you'll be seen as a western arm evacuation you will sink step by step into a quagmire and predicted it would last 10 years as will be bad for the west so relaun

that bitterlysue divides opinion in france. this was the latest demonstration in paris in favor of same-sex marriage. legal reform that is expected to be passed by parliament on tuesday. on the same day, a parallel protest against gay marriage am a bringing together members of the catholic church as well as well as supporters of right-wing groups. the backlash against the draft france byken many in surprise. the purpose of the law is to promote equality and enhance civil liberties for gay people people. in recent months, the debate about gay marriage has coincided with an increase in homophobic attacks. the case of a young dutchman who was been up for walking hand in hand with his friends boyfriend has provoked nationwide shock, but he is not the only ones who have been attacked simply for being gay. this hostel in paris, young gay people can find temporary shelter. these two young men were thrown out by their families. now they say they are experiencing growing intimidation and harassment. people have become very homophobic si

here is frances dinglasan in for lisa argen. >> still quiet on the weather front. here is a look at live doppler 7-hd. clear conditions over most of bay area. temperatures have been cool in the 40s to low 50s. this afternoon, sunshine for everyone but with the sea breeze temperatures at the coast are be cool, upper 50s for you, 60s and 70s around the bay and mild temperatures inland. upper 70s. tonight will still can breezy and temperatures will drop into the 50s and 60s. complete seven-day forecast coming up shortly. >>> new this morning, president obama is not giving his usual weekly address today. instead he designated a mom from new town, connecticut to give it for him. they lost their six-year-old son in the december shooting spree at sandy hook elementary school. they are urging the senate to pass gun control legislation. >> we have to convince the senate to come together and pass common sense gun responsibility reforms that will make our communities safer and prevent more tragedies like the one we never thought would happen to us. >>> the republican address,

france and spend less than one percent on gold switzerland is the i mean we european country in the list is spends more than one percent on gold wire is vietnam and india spend to me i believe quite high portions their income on gold given what low incomes they have say. the number is between eight and nine percent for instance but is trying to clamp down on that right they are and they're not the only ones in. trying to i don't think i posted today in my research and what i'm hearing this doesn't seem to be having a huge impact on gold to my own personal gold investments and from people within these countries i think there's been a huge surge in the black market and i know they've tried to clamp down on imports from countries such as thailand but if people want to get a hold on hold gold that's where they want to put their savings and that's where they're failing so that's the safest that's where they're going to do it i'm going back to big point this is why because it's a great because it gives them access to putting their savings in something which can be controlled by the government

france has been shaken by a confession from its foreign minister, who paid cash in switzerland for decades. >> dozens killed in a suicide bombing on the courthouse in western afghanistan. >> a sharp escalation in the korean crisis after the north blocks access to the key industrial zone it shares with the south. france has been rocked by revelations that a former minister who was in charge of hunting down tax cheats is himself facing money laundering accusations. >> the ex-budget minister resigned from his post two weeks ago but has now admitted to having his own secret swiss bank account for decades. >> the case has put new pressure on french president francois hollande. citizens say they want to know what he knew -- if he knew what his taxes are was up to. >> the press is showing no mercy to the former budget minister. the scandal involves accusations of money laundering and tax evasion, and it is also threatening to damage the president. he came to office promising honesty and transparency in his government. now he is on the defensive. >> in future, we will do everything we can to preve