-brazil. we will have some time for discussion moderated by brazil institute director paulo sotero, as well. please help me welcome tom shannon. [applause] >> good morning. it is a great pleasure to be here. to jane harman, thank you so much to your welcome. to tony harrington, thank you for your kind words. my mother appreciates them. to paulos otero, thank you for the tremendous work you have done here at the institute. before we came out here, we were talking about the work that the woodrow wilson center and the brazil institute are doing on our larger western hemisphere issues. as many of you know, this is a busy town. we have a variety of divergent and immediate interests and keeping our elected leaders and thought leaders focused on our larger neighborhood. sometimes it is a challenge. you have institutes like the atlanta council expressing issue in trying to establish their own focus, that is tribute to the richness of this field and the importance of it. i am grateful for the tremendou

-brazil. we will have some time for discussion moderated by brazil institute director paulos otero, as well. please help me welcome tom shannon. [applause] >> good morning. it is a great pleasure to be here. two jane harman, thank you so much to your welcome. to tony harrington, thank you for your kind words. my mother appreciates them. otero, thank you for the tremendous work you have done here at the institute. before we came out here, we were talking about the work that the and thewilson center brazil institute are doing on our larger western hemisphere issues. as many of you know, this is a busy town. a variety of diversion and immediate interests and keeping our thoughtleaders and leaders focused on our larger neighborhood. sometimes it is a challenge. you have institutes like the issuea council expressing in trying to establish their own focus, then distribute to the richness of this field and the importance of it. i am grateful for the tremendous work that you have done here. thank you.

with brazil. i mean, be we are looking for in brazil a country that is going to follow our lead at all times and if the brazilians are looking from us a country that is prepared to meet its every need when it comes to market access or some other interest it is pursuing, then both sides are going to be disappointed, and the relationship is going to be troublesome. but if we're able to understand through building common understandings of the world where we can work together in meaningful fashion, then i think there's a lot we can do. and the potential for a productive, fruitful and positive relationship yous. and i think -- grows. and i think it needs to be taken advantage of. >> okay, nelson. >> [inaudible] >> thank you. nelson cunningham. in my 20 years of daily and weekly engagement with brazil -- which, by the way, i know in this room is a flash in the pan -- there's ono one i've found who -- i don't know if the rules permit this, but given that we have heard tom shannon's really tour de force s

-brazil policy. we were thrilled to sponsor the president there and host governors prfrom brazil and we will air the good, bad and ugly in the ship. shannon is part of the good. i hope he is relieved to hear that. after four years as the ambassador to brazil, he is back as senior advisor for secretary kerry. there are rumors about his future... to remind brazil is the b in bricks. the president was a target of u.s. surveillancsurveillance. she's issues and more will be addressed by ambassador shannon. tony harrington is here to introduce tom. but before that let me applaud brazil and the u.s. to move past the edward snowden information. i know about surveillance issues and i disagree with what edward snowden did. none the less, i welcome to public debate about how we should restart/reset what we do on surveillance. as the two largest economies we are dense. and as tom shannon says the challenge for the united states and brazil government is to catch up and align their policy. and tom is here to help

-brazil. and we will have some time for discussion moderated by institute in brazil institute director as well. please join me in welcoming ambassador tom shannon. [applause] >> well, good morning. it's a great pleasure to be here. to jane harman, thank you very much for your warm welcome and thank you to the woodrow wilson center. to tony harrington, thank you for your very kind words. my mother appreciates them. to paulo sotero, thank you for the tremendous work you've done here at the institute. you forget after we were talking about the great work that the woodrow wilson center and in particular the brazil institute are doing on our larger western hemisphere issues. as many of you know, this is a busy town, and a town with divergent interests and a variety of immediate interests. and keeping our elected leaders and our thought leaders focused on our larger neighborhood, our own hemisphere, sometimes a challenge. but i think the woodrow wilson center, the brazil institute have done spectacu

brazil cooperation. since then, tom has been a rising star in our foreign , serving white house senior director and assistant secretary of state for western .emisphere with probably unneeded interest on my part and seeing him go to brazil, frightened with informal indications from the brazilian government that they would be delighted to see tom come back to brazil. he was then nominated and served as a distinctly accomplished ambassador to brazil. , he returned briefly , but long enough to serve some gray hairs -- to receive some gray hairs. year, tom was nominated and confirmed by the senate to the withof career ambassador rare recognition of extraordinarily distinguished members of the u.s. foreign 53vice given to only diplomats over the last 50 years . as jane noted, secretary kerry has brought tom to the inner circle as senior advisor and history continues to unfold. as ambassador, tom was the architect of rapprochement aftern u.s. and brazil some malaise in the relationship less thann march 2011 thr

to brazil. i have a sense it is much less but i don't know the numbers and what you see as the future and that side? >> i will address the last one first. it is less. i don't have the exact figure, but >>> over time. to begin with, historically when americans have done overseas university since it has been focused on europe, largely the u.k. spain and italy with some friends thrown in. but that is starting to unchanged. we are seeing more americans going to mexico, more going to argentina and it is our hope that especially as we build out our component of education in the americas, 100,000 strong, is that we will be able to build a larger u.s. presence in brazilian universities. in order to do that successfully we need the help of brazilian universities because many brazilian universities are not equipped to take international students easily. they don't have dormitories or international student program so it tends to fall to the student to find a place to live, support networks and some student

i think that's true for brazil. in other words the decision it makes on infrastructure development and education and human resources. and regulatory reform will determine how fast it grows. it it makes the right decision quickly it grows faster. and stronger. if it makes them more slowly or haphazard fashion it grows more closely. the thing it doesn't stop growing. it doesn't stop being -- it's don't attract toif american investors and businesses. [inaudible] >> my name is -- [inaudible] i'm a former representative of [inaudible] to the organization of american states now an independence scholar. ambassador, they mentioned a couple of times that u.n. solution of a [inaudible] general assembly taken yesterday presented by brazil and germany and also sponsored by many other countries. on the right of privacy and receipted to human rights. how do you see the implementation of that resolution? it's something that has fought a lot for. we can have an direct impact in this action state of the relationship. [inaudible] as

between brazil between brazil and the u.s. . it would be very bad for relations between the u.s. and brazil i would expect that politicians in congress would consider measures to punish brazil for taking action to protect snowden but i also think that there would be a number of people here in the united states citizens who would be glad that he was able to find a country that would protect them people who have celebrated the act that he has taken to blow the whistle and reveal surveillance that the government had been keeping secret these programs that i think many people are glad that they know about now sure and again if he is granted down down the line asylum in russia how could he even conceivably get there it seems like that is a big roadblock a big problem. you know anything about you know how he would get from point a to point b. if you was granted permanent asylum and that was worked out behind the scenes and i think that we would probably learn that this had happened once he had boarded a plane and was on his way to bra

between brazil between brazil and the u.s. . it would be very bad for relations between the u.s. and brazil i would expect that politicians in congress would consider measures to punish brazil for taking action to protect noton but i also think that there would be a number of people here in the united states citizens who would be glad that he was able to find a country that would protect them people who have celebrated the acts that he has taken to blow the whistle and reveal surveillance that the government had been keeping secret these programs that i think many people are glad that they know about now or and again if he is granted down down the line asylum in russia how could he even conceivably get there it seems like that is a big roadblock a big problem. do you know anything about you know how he would get from point a to point b. if you was granted permanent asylum and that was worked out behind the scenes and i think that we would probably learn that this had happened once he had boarded a plane and was on his way to bra

national heroes of brazil. named by the brazilian congress. we have associated ourselves to a group of institutions that will host a memorial service this sunday at 4:00 at holy name catholic church on 11th street, the announcement on our website, and i hope that those that are interested can join us there. thankhat, i would like to ambassador shannon very much for being here with us, and i would like to thank you for having been with us throughout this that is closing now. we are very grateful to you. i wanted to recognize especially two people that have been wasing with me, michael who here yesterday, and annika cardenas, who is also working with us. thank you very much. happy new year. please, i would like to thegnize and with gratitude presence of ambassador thomas shannon your today. thank you very much. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> as this event wraps up, we will take you live to capitol hill, where democrati

between brazil between brazil and the u.s. . it would be very bad for relations between the u.s. and brazil i would expect that politicians in congress would consider measures to punish brazil for taking action to protect noton but i also think that there would be a number of people here in the united states citizens who would be glad that he was able to find a country that would protect them people who have celebrated the act that is taken to blow the whistle and reveal surveillance that the government had been keeping secret these programs that i think many people are glad they know about now or and again if he is granted down down the line asylum in russia how could he even conceivably get there it seems like that is a big roadblock a big problem. do you know anything about you know how he would get from point a to point b. if you was granted permanent asylum and that was worked out behind the scenes and i think that we would probably learn that this had happened once he had boarded a plane and was on his way to brazil there'

brazil was a nuclear question. you mentioned the kerfuffle with iran with the lula administration. have we gotten over that previous, that last irritation and is the treaty for the south american countries possibly a odel for the kind of weapons nonproliferation regime that we are looking at in the middle east and other areas? is this an area where we might see more cooperation? >> we are way over iran. e got over that one pretty quickly, actually. i think that brazil has been a very useful partner. brazil has never been happy with sanctioned regimes but it complies with them faithfully. but more importantly, i think especially under resident rousseff, the brazilian made clear that iran had a lot of explaining to do and if it wanted normal relationships would have to be respectful of un security council resolutions and the desire expressed repeatedly by the security council and elsewhere that iran address the concerns related to its nuclear program. brazil has been supportive publicly most recently of the agreement

our brazil institute is the premier place in washington for dialogue on u.s. brazil policy. we were first to honor dilma rousseff and sponsored the brazil economic conference. we regularly hosted brazilian government and legislative in our interest a platform to air the good, the bad and the ugly in our relationship.

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the young guns can do the business in brazil. dull moment in qualifying system and so it is on to the most talented impressive time in decades. however the backline has struggled for consistency and they'd been found wanting in three minutes. it's a real lacked inspiration in the final but in recent months with maybe a bit from my selections fluttering to the city. place into a full time when it should be considered among the favourites to win the world cup. since since the great billy took control of the year so it's been ten degrees to get in twenty twelve play havoc with my for the trip to brazil in two games just that the netherlands with the first european country will bet placed in brazil ending the year drum beats and in thirteen games but still. the problem that came so close to lifting the world cup in twenty ten. however coach and we found thomas oval hold that even the wake of disappointing euro twenty twelve tournament. but the highly fancied dutch lost all three of the aggregate games. went to the world cup with them

brazil is potentially -- what they say about brazil is it is a country of the future and always will be. hopefully that won't be the case and they will be able to step with theireddling state owned companies and allow them to just get on. they need to focus on education and infrastructure in the -- fine,away from world cup is a great thing, but the country has homework to do. unlike china, they don't seem to be addressing it. >> what needs to change apart from politicians? there are labor reforms that place, a lot of foreign companies are concerned about doing too much business in brazil. >> they are concerned. it is very difficult to do business in brazil. there is a lot of corruption still. company -- country with theation as embedded in system, it is difficult for them to get rid of that. with education reforms, infrastructure reforms, brazil begin to warm up the just-added chain and not be an exporter of iron ore and soybeans. that is where they need to go. whether they get there or not is really up in the air. the market has really performed the currency has performed poorly. th

australias friendly defeat to brazil and from suffered tough qualifying campaign but to the coach being dismissed his advice but post a couple in the oven looking to restore the fighting spirit that once defined the team does a lot of excitement about young attacking players to get the chance to step up into international football under the new coach i eye. that day at. the isn't that good. yes going on. deceased. the end of the ah ah. while. get into it. hee hee. sea. high. says says. says. we're. eye allstate morning i think i frightened charity. and when i became a comedian i never became a comedian because i was like i have proof of the world that arabs are terrorists. the world that disabled people can do it well what i realize that the comedian was not. i had no choice but to carry this subject because as an arab muslim woman. quite often in my comings as a mom means they have never been a month i've never spoken to them i've never met. i now know how they think they hear an hour and i was lucky to have the kind of facial hair and one c in the world can feel i was selected to repr

both the football world cup and an election, brazil will be in the spotlight. it could be people power that steals the show. >> snapshots of disconstent. millions of brazilians took to the streets in june, an opportunity for photographers to produce images of people, police and protests. some of those photographers have formed a group of photo protesters in sao paulo to pool images and display them publicly >> translation: why not keep the photos alive. it wasn't so much about covering the story, but the historical meaning of the protest and seeing what we can do to keep the memory of it alive. >> in 2014 in brazil there'll be a lot more opportunities for camera clicks, a presidential race with the incumbent expected to run. before that, june, the world cup is played in 12 host cities over the span of a month. it could be a platform to express nationwide discontent. >> brazil has multiple host cities to bring tourism to the country. in that way it spread dissatisfaction all over the nation. >> will street protests break out in brazil during the world cup, on th

and the red carpet treatment in brazil. the latest on a potentially lucrative resident from the french president -- lucrative visit from the french president and his entourage. and the crime filled "american among those nominated for a golden globe. you are watching "france 24." this is live from paris. also coming up, business. we will have a welcome relief for the eurozone as it dodges a bailout. we will take a look at what is making waves on the internet. ukraine's deputy prime minister has said his government will soon side of free-trade agreement -- sign of free-trade agreement with the eu. there was a tussle over the -- the tussle over the country's future continues. vladimir putin used his state of the nation address to talk about the benefits of kia -- kiev joining a moscow-backed union. president viktor yanukovych said that he will make ties to europe. last week, his decision to turn his back on europe drew thousands of protesters to the streets. they continue to call for his resignation. v's iconic independence sq

by considering this brazil could give him asylum. >> translation: no, brazil should not give asylum to edward snowden. he's not a person you can trust. if his own country cannot trust him, why would ours. >> brazil would be a major target of the n.s.a. spying program. documents leaked by snowden revealed that the n.s.a. spied on the president herself. after the revelations, president dilma rousseff cancelled a visit to washington, and condemned u.s. espionage at the assembly meeting. >> edward snowden has political support. legislators has asked for support in hearings. the only person to grant him asylum is the president. >> and the brazilian government sis it has not received initial request from edward snowden for asylum. the white house appears to send a message to russia, with the official u.s. delegation to the 2014 olympics in socchi. president obama will not travel to russia. the delegation includes no other high-ranking officials. he is sending two highly gay athletes, billy jean king, and hockey player caitlin cahol. the delegation represents the diversity that is the united

alright hosts brazil to start off against croatia. this can be huge pressure on them of course that this is a group they can enter. today i think they demonstrated the loss. by wayne confederation cup going against expect i mean that they can revel in the principal draw. the tunes tracks down like it hadn't i seen a team game and will attending the meetings that were meant to mean just sitting and standing to protest the house and went to waste money on on on the infrastructure to the tournament but anyway for is to be one a papaya by brazil winning the opening game and advice this effect is against brazil that to the crowds in the streets and what a waste of money. well at the numbers posted something in the not in that respect very important defending champions spain would you make of that too dana took advantage of the netherlands in evans the importers of replay of the last world cup world cup final. i met and began sending a push as a skinny australia. i'm too thin. in europe. i think that they will have their work cut out to the

the worstthis is moment to sell t i m brazil. the reason why i am saying that is because the sacrifice we are doing on the margins is because of gaining participation in the market traded has been shown detrimental to telefonica and some other players that we're gaining shares in the market. right now would not be the proper time to sell it in brazil anyway. on a standalone basis. >> i'm so sorry, we will have to leave it there. we will interview you after that. now coming up on "the pulse," pers households keep getting hit by soaring energy bills. is there more sticker shock to come or will the new year see a price change? we're looking at the outlook for 2014. we come back. -- we will continue when we come back. ♪ back. how much will the sector need to restructure to attract new investors. joined by chris rogers. energy and the economy is a heady combination. 2014 is going to be a very interesting year. river german start developing -- we have a german story developing. i think the issues for 2014 across the u.k., across germ

brazil is stalled. and that what looked like a reward for their growth and prowess as a rising power now just looks like a burden they look like they bought a car they can afford the course. he's calm before the world cup in june is another major sporting event that's happening. for the winter olympics and is taking place in the russian resort to such a hindustan such is not ready yet. while this close to eighty olympic games. historically there are always say. an avalanche of reports that say. the host city is not ready to do it every single item in there this week. this means nothing. other staff whose them so cheap. quite frankly i don't think so. not with the in charge. iran is going around with military precision in the name even manufactured snow. to put on the mountain shift at the snow. it doesn't come everything you hear out of saatchi over the buildings are going to collapse look there's a flaw in this waterway. this happens at every olympics. something else report on saturday at the peak you

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we strongly condemn that prejudice. >> gabe, quickly, what are brazil fans hoping to get out of this draw? >> a are hoping that this will set them up for the sixth world championship, there is a lot of pressure on brazil as you can imagine, but really there is even more so now because this is happening in their home country, and you can really feel the excitement but also the pressure. brazilians are going to be watching this draw very, very closely. >> alexander for us. we'll be back later. the six stadiums under construction will not meet the original completion deadline. rachel has been to one of the affected stadiums. >> reporter: every minute counts for these construction workers who are racing to finish this football stadium in time for the world cup. just hours ahead of the finals draw on friday, it looks almost certain that this stadium won't be ready to be handed over to fifa by the end of the year. the retractible state-of-the-art roof has been postponed until after the games, and nearly 200 additional workers hired, but when i asked the architect in charge of the stadium i

the letter stop short of asking brazil for asylum but in the summer snowden applied for asylum in brazil and in other countries. his request for asylum in brazil was turned down then but nsa documents released by snowed in in september showed the us had spied on brazil's president bill maher is set as well as brazilian companies and millions of brazilian citizens chile relationships between washington and brazilian prison government has not officially commented on the ladder. supporters of snowdon had begun an online petition encouraging brazil to grant asylum to snowdon but matter how many people sign the petition brazil would greatly damage its relationship with the us. if the were to grant asylum. it would snow. joe stalin cctv washington. johnny's research teams have discovered six new marine species and collected samples of more than eighty rare species in the third free resources survey for two thousand and thirteen according to china's ministry of edward cullen for the survey in south china seas nine shot area covered the largest ever including a juried the second most said what t

brazil has not said that they are willing to give him asylum. they said we haven't gotten any formal requests. where do you hope snowden will find a safe haven? >> well, look, we have said all along the safest haven for snowden should be his own country, the united states. i would like to see him come back here. i would like to see him treated as a whistleblower, not as a criminal, to assist the united states in reforming their surveillance practices, to testify before congress. it doesn't look like that's going to happen any time soon. because that's not in the cards right now, i'm sure if the people of brazil were to offer snowden asylum, he would surely consider it. i would say the same about other countries in europe and elsewhere, and maybe russia will offer him permanent asylum. in the meantime, the important thing is that he's able to participate in this public debate, a debate that has taken an important turn yesterday when a federal court in washington agreed with snowden that the programs that he revealed were actually unconstitutional

volkswagen's type to model is used from us everything in brazil. versatile and with a low price tag, the microbus is the workhorse of many small firms. he earns his living with the vw van. he uses his for his children's party hire service. and he has become a passionate fan of the vehicle and its merchandise. >> i've been working with it since i was 18. but it has been there my entire life. my father had one. i was more or less rays inside one, watching my father worked. it is more than just a means of transportation. >> an outdoor market in sÃo paulo. like the vendor next door, mario santos has been bringing his wares to the market for years in his convi. >> i bought in 1974 and it has been with me until now. it has given me the little that i have now. i don't agree with stopping production. i am totally against it. >> the first one in brazil was built in 1957. since then, 1.6 million have rolled off the factory line but production ends on december 20. at the start of the new year, airbags and antilock rates become mandatory in brazil and, for vw

part of brazil will be dismissive of the northern part of brazil and vice versa. one can find the same thing in the united states. i think what is remarkable about brazil is that like the united states it is able through its diversity that it can present an image of itself that everybody can understand, everybody knows they are brazilians. >> thank you. i would like to remind you of something which this was the last event of our program this year, and i'm grateful to ambassador shannon and the others for being here and have helped participate in this. this sunday marks the 25th anniversary of the assassination of chico mendez. chico mendez was not known in brazil when he was killed. today mendez is honored in brazil at the national institute for studies, policymaking in the amazon, one of the 26 national heroes of brazil named by the brazilian congress. we have associated ourselves to a group of institutions that will host a memorial service this sunday at 4:00 at holy name catholic church on 11th street, the announcement on our website, and i hope that those that

>> why money would be on brazil. -- my money would be on brazil. they are turning to the first knockout in the round of 16. they will face either spain or the netherlands in that match. i think they will get through but it will be a rocky road. >> european teams are complaining about the humidity. is that really a factor or are ?hey just whingeing >> it is a factor especially when you look at manaus. it is oppressive heat, huge humidity. and european teams typically do not play well in those conditions. unfortunately for england and the u.s., they have got matches there. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. the world cup drama that is to come next summer. tonight's show is nearly at a close but we want to remind you of our top story. all day the tributes have been pouring in for former south african leader nelson mandela. here's is a look at life pictures. the tribute outside his home in johannesburg. you can see their people morning until way into the night in south africa. his state funeral will take place on sunday, de

>> why money would be on brazil. -- my money would be on brazil. they are turning to the first knockout in the round of 16. they will face either spain or the netherlands in that match. i think they will get through but it will be a rocky road. >> european teams are complaining about the humidity. is that really a factor or are ?hey just whingeing >> it is a factor especially when you look at manaus. it is oppressive heat, huge humidity. and european teams typically do not play well in those conditions. unfortunately for england and the u.s., they have got matches there. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. the world cup drama that is to come next summer. tonight's show is nearly at a close but we want to remind you of our top story. all day the tributes have been pouring in for former south african leader nelson mandela. here's is a look at life pictures. the tribute outside his home in johannesburg. you can see their people morning until way into the night in south africa. his state funeral will take place on sunday, de

and brazil stops producing the w's iconic and legendary campervan. russia's most well known critic of the kremlin the calcutta calls he has arrived here in germany. after he was given a surprise or pardoned by president biden include a formal oil tycoon was escorted to a waiting at croft in a hush hush alteration was down behind the scenes with the general government. i'm broken into by former foreign minister constant expansion. articles he wants challenge the power and influence of vladimir putin and it is unclear whether he still harbors any political ambitions mccloskey was welcomed by former german foreign minister and steep twisty and who worked behind the scenes to secure his release russia's most famous political prisoner landed at the beach on the field airport in the afternoon hours before the former oil tycoon was released from prison camp to be russia's border with finland. he apparently immediately boarded a private flight to germany. but even a day after russian president vladimir putin unexpectedly announced quarter cost was pardoned a

suffered his first legitimate defeat at the hands of brazil and jujitsu expert brazil were due and his historic triangle submission for me is now this moment the best fight in my life the best moment of my life i have achieved moments in my life is good more is one of my my daughter barr who want to beat fellow. frank mears most glorious moment was arguably on the second of february two thousand and eight. lawrie taste of victory in the sea hey wait championship for years before and then recovered from a motorbike accident on the way to second you see dido david. the much more heralded up and comer brock lesnar after being under glory conscious near still forced the giant step in the first round eventual earning this submission of the year award i just clear my mind and. you know you have an objective to fight but i think sometimes when you're thinking thoughts you slow your brain down side to my brain as empty as possible so that i let it all the techniques and training that i have can flow properly and recently group of russian fans will preview to some of the best keeps from former

as brazil's congress is working on a new law to define terrorism. activists fear it could be used to discourage demonstrators ahead of the world cup. >> the landfill is ready, but there's no waste in it. international donors invested 30 million u.s. dollars in this modern, earth-friendly dump site, but politics have got innocent way. israel blocks the site because of this settlement nearby. it says its waste must also be treated in the landfill. to the palestinians, that's unacceptable. >> there are no alternatives. the alternatives are to continue to throw the waste and behind the palestinian municipality. >> senegal looks like a piece of paradise next to this. in reality, the water is threatening the city. it's moving several meters closer every year. 10 years ago, authorities feared the senegal river would flood san luis. they dug a four-meter wide opening in the ground, hoping the river would pour into the sea. but instead, seawater filled the giant hole, threatening to verflow the city entirely. canadian hunters can prepare their material. they

the corruption in brazil is practically part of the culture. rizzo is wanting to change because it was a lot of time. there's a little optimism in the south american nations and in a few minutes. immigrants from southern europe. make friends there are a lot of prejudice and spent some old when all three sedans ask me how i can dip into savannah. they have no idea until may stood and admit that being to ffa. i didn't know they don't live on the idea. the leases restaurant is seen in a failed by the way. but in the center of rio where there's more business. with only minor pm ferry. i'm happy to be. i think i'll stay forever and has offered a blessing to us. louise has made a new life for himself thanks to his courage and some delicacies from his home country. i do to find a whole am i can speak as the bullets not what side at each of you da ge in this noble three thousand and that's all for this week thanks for watching and see you again same time same channel in one week now. be it is still in constant contact center. all spend my money. first

speaking in a conference at 30, he said brazil could thrive next june. speaking at a conference in rio, he said brazil could thrive next june. >> regardless of when they played, we had some interesting results. and that particular moment when we succeeded in organizing our team woman played last year. the balance is good and we will continue to work on the project for 2014 as the world cup gets closer. no we are in excellent condition. -- we are in excellent condition. brazil will play the first match -- on world cup against june the 12th. selena gave this with -- gave this was the lead in the opening leg, but germany caught up. laura delmar has taken the germans home. mistakes and it was the ukrainians that moved ahead. -- a bign a big bush push to try to close the gap. 23 seconds behind the germans. quite a try for the visitors after only 19 seconds in france. max stalling and paul were could not stop the french. 30-25 and leapfrogs them over another side. out for at least two months after being forced to undergo surgery on a five muscle problem. the 3

should brazil grant edward snowden asylum. hackers target target. the security grief is revealed just before the last shopping weekend before christmas. ceiling collapsed heaps of plaster wood and dust reign down on a packed audience to about 700 people in a theater in london. dozens of overs were hurt. and same-sex marriage, the state today joined 16 states and the district of columbia in allowing same-sex marriage. president obama reducing the sentences of eight people convicted of crack cocaine offenses. it was part of the white house's overall approach to drug sentencing and whether the punishment fits the crime. fast a longer sentence than somebody possessing the same amount of powder cocaine. criminologies originally crewed crack as more destructive, civil liberties call the focus discriminatory, since those convicted before poor and minorities. congress with bipartisan support passed the fair sentencing act. but it only applied to new convictions. people who have been convicted under the old rule remain in prison. a concern addressed last sum

. >> coming up on the program - game on in brazil. why are new computers so expensive along with everyone else. we are on the ski slopes of iran's resort. stay with us. >> welcome back. the top store yis on al jazeera - the south sudan says thousands of youth are on their way to attack the city of bor. the capital is currently controlled by the army. >> palestine refugees are reported to be starving in syria. five people have died of hunger in a refugee camp in damascus. >> the army has been moved into iraq. tensions are high. >> in bangladesh the main opposition periody is struggling to gather numbers for an anti-government protest. >> the police are out in force. authorities blocked many roads. we have this report. >> rifles loaded. armed forces are on the streets. they are ready for action. the country has a history of coups. this time the military has been called on to keep the peace ahead of an election that could get nasty. >> their main task is to provide law and order, so that voters can go out to vote without any intimidation

game between england and italy on june fourteenth brazil is rushing to complete its building was as it struggles to have all twelve world cup venues completed on time . now moving on to your league bastable and says scott avenge their recent defeat to barcelona by winning seventy six points to sixty five here in moscow to make it victory number six for nine group games with one left to play richard reports. it's always one of the must see matches when serious come barcelona lot cornice even though pro-science to really put their places in the top sixteen. of the start of a season both are among the favorites to win the euro and this campaign is proving to be no exception the only minute taking time to get used to a new roster would be additions of car hines jeremy pargo and the tully free john but are slowly beginning to find their fiends d.n.a. chemistry was done to come while ago there was time to play good together unfortunately that means a lot of criticism i'd like tired but. the start to come together and gel as a team despite a full point loss against fenerbahce last time out on

what is your take on brazil overall or emerging markets? >> i think emerging markets in general are facing some head winds. really a reverse oovel what we have seen in the last many years or diamondback aid or so. in particular, the previous decade we were seeing falling global interest rates. we have a theme in commodity prices which which is in some way reversing over the medium term. thirdly, you had a significant boost to many emerging economists as a result of the labor markets which is becoming less parent as we move forward. when you add to the fact that some emerging markets have also built up external -- making their currencies vulnerable and leaving them also vulnerable to inflation and pressures and rising rates. the cocktail i think results in more concerns about merging economies and their markets relative to what we're seeing in the developed economies where a more sustained economic recovery and profit recovery, i think, is coming flument >> peter thank you so much for that for now. peter oppenheimer of goldman sachs. he stay

and in particular sal va dorl, brazil for the world cup. many of them might not realize they're headed into the murder capital of south america's biggest country. >> salvador is having terrible problems with drug gangs and violence. officials aren't just preparing the city for the moment, they're just trying to make it safe for visitors. here's cnn's shastas darington. >> fritters served up by smiling women in traditional dress. performers twisting through the air in mock fights. some of the many sights awaiting visitors to salvador, a world cup city along brazil's northeastern coast. unfortunately, so is this. a police blitz on buses coming to and from a nearby slum. male passengers are separated and searched for arms and drugs. then women's handbags are checked. at the end, a brief explanation. we're trying to prevent robberies of buses he says. thank you, and we apologize for the inconvenience. a popular tourist destination with pretty beaches, colonial architecture and a raucous carnival, it also has a somewhat darker side. in recent ye

he does have political support here in brazil. several legislatures have asked for his support and hearings about the nsa. but the only person that can grant him asylum is the president. it has been five years since the federal reserve started aggressively propping up the economy. investors have been wondering when this money will come to an end. tomorrow we may get a hint, as ali velshi explains. >> once again, they are going to be looking at the economy, there is some speculation, but not much that they are going to do inning about their -- to taper that $85 billion a month, that they put into the economy to keep interest rates low. at some point, they will, however, and we will see that reaction, earlier this year, in may, when ben bernanke indicated that soon they will stop putting that money into the economy, you saw mortgage rates shoot up. they have since come back down again, or largely back down, but at some point, the fed will pull back. this is five years of emergency aid into the economy but that that five years we hav

we could match brazil then. could match italy. we could match germany. >> on the streets of soweto outside of johannesburg, he was a celebrity. >> he's our hero. in fact, he's our legend. my hero >> we would all know the zam zero the hero if not for apartheid. because he was black, he was not allowed on the national team. because segregated teams were not allowed on the national team they were not allowed to travel. his freedom came too late. nelson mandela arrived too late. >> my life would have been different. it could have been far much better. eventually he retired. getting a job as a 40-year-old black man with no experience outside of soccer was impossible. >> he joined a real estate firm. he sold cars. none of them worked. >> that's when the story came to me. i was on the street where nelson mandela used to live. i saw a few people recognising him. i had no idea why. i didn't know how to react because zero had switched jobs again and become a driver. zero was my driver. so on a beautiful south african summer day i invited ze

the tax rate in brazil was 36% of gdp. and this is equivalent to the taxes paid in developing countries that have better services. today we have a big government bureaucracy and the people's taxes end up supporting this bureaucracy. the government ends up consuming a lot of the wealth. >> reporter: in downtown sao paulo this meter calculates how much brazillians are paying for goods and services every day. that's about $550 billion just in the next two minutes or so that you're watching the story that meter will go up by about $1.3 million. at this credit counseling center the line is out the door. representative of a slowing economy and people increasingly in debt to paying for the spending from the boom years. rising inflation and a slow down in consumer spending are changing the economic dynamics in this country. but back at the game show they're anxiously awaiting to buy the fanciest new games when they hit the stores but here they have to save a lot more money to pay for them. gabriel alesandro, al jazeera, sao paulo.

but it was selected as the water brazil is undergoing a lot of change and people are speaking out. marco tells us he thinks the right to do so for weeks. hardly a day goes by without a demonstration somewhere in the country people are protesting against political gridlock for education and ailing health care system. they're fed up with the political promises made so far. i mean open the government's responses haven't changed anything so far the corruption in brazil is practically part of the culture. rizzo is wanting to change because it was a lot of time. there's a little optimism in the south american nations and in a few minutes. immigrants from southern europe to make friends. one thing. there are a lot of prejudice and spent some old when all three sedans asked me how i can dip into savannah. they have no idea until may stood and admit that being to ffa. i didn't know they don't live on the idea. the leases restaurant is seen in a failed by the way. but in the center of rio where there's more business. with only minor pm ferry. i'm happy to be. i think i'll stay forever and i

. >> here on the program edward snowden bargains with brazil for possible asylum. the price? information about the united states spy programs. >>> and no matter who wins the mega millions jackpot, government will make a profit. where does that money go? that's next. night with the combatants in their training base. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. the united states is getting some of its personnel out of south sudan. the united states ordered all non-essential officials to leave the region. and hundreds of people have been killed in battles and hundreds more wounded. the fighting comes after the attempted coup earlier the week. >>> nato said six service members died in afghanistan. there is no word what caused the helicopter to crash but the taliban is claiming it shot down the helicopter. >>> major issue that came up during a meeting is the electr electronic surveillance programs. some of those who attended the r forbes magazine. it's greet to see you and thank you for taking the time. put us in the room. what would those tech execs been saying to the president? >> the

our guests donna brazil and kevin madden are still with us. guys, reaction. i mean, you have kids, kevin. this must be something you think about as a parent all the time. >> i think it's most important to look at a tragedy like this, not through the lens of partisanship, but of course through the lens, like donna said earlier, i have to look at it as a father, you have to look at it as an expectant mother. i think what's most important is children need to know they can come to their parents to talk to them when they face problems or pressuresivities that's something as a father i would focus on. i think oftentimes many children don't have that outlet or may not feel comfortable that they have that outlet, a guidance counselor or teacher or parent. that's something i think is important to address, you know, encouraging kids to express when they and not stigmatizing. that's something i took away that was a really important point that one of the guests made about stigmatizing mental health. >>> we shouldn't criminalize it. so many people who are seeking treatmen

who junes us now live in brazil. rachel, tell us, first, more about what snowden said and what the reaction has been. >> . >> what he did is published an open letter and one of the leading newspapers where he basically made an appeal for asylum. he at suggested that he would be welcome to help with the investigation. here in his own country in brazil. this has been mixed with reactions. the largest city, we did speak to people there, one of our colleagues who got everything from saying that he definitely agreed that brazil should grant him asylum. and oh people that said hey, if the u.s. doesn't trust him, why should we. so it's been a mixed bag, but it is definitely a new development in this on going case. with snowden and his persistence for seeking asylum. >> . >> they have been a very harsh credittic of this u.s. flying program back in september, during the u.n. general assembly, she basically blasted the u.s. he then cancel add state dinner in washington. she also instructed her government to relay the fiberopti