Pope francis left the vatican residence and immediately got into the crowds and met with the people, he was suppose to go straight to the white house for his visit with president obama, but first he met with the faithful first, he is first known as a man of the people and lived up to that this morning. At the white house it was the official state welcome today and greeted by the president , and the first lady and president obama thanked him for his diplomatic help with the United States and cuba. That means welcoming the stranger with empathy and the truly open heart. From the refugee of the war tonight lands to the immigrant who leaves home in search of a better life. And then we heard from pope francis himself and issue aid call to action on climate change, saying quote, its a problem that can no longer be left to a future generation and quoted Martin Luther king, saying we defaulted on a promissory note and now its time to honor it. We are living at a critical moment of history, we
Who was sort of the artist, and sort of the oppositions between this man, and this tyrant niro and how he tried to survive in that time period while being on the on the other hand a. Senior adviser to nero and it was a very tricky business. A great piece of roman history. A very easy and great reading. So thats my Summer Reading for now and i hope to be back next year with an equal number of recommendations. Book tv wants to know what you are reading this summer. Post it on our facebook page, facebook. Com booktv. And now in book tv rinna rrvecion Rena Steinzor. Everybody thank you for joining us. Im president of Public Citizen. Here here for a conversation about Rena Steinzor about why not jail. Rena is going to talk and i will have some comments ond renas books and remarks and we will open it up for a discussion. I think maybe for a step back from where rena is going to dive it, recognize our country has an epidemic of corporate crime, abuse and violence from which we all suffer. Its
Im francine lacqua. A crossroads for europe. Greece and ukraine face critical meetings that will determine their path for the next couple months. Lets get straight to our reporter on the ground. The greek Prime Minister, alexis tsipras, won a vote of congress a vote of confidence for his antiausterity program. Now, the tougher task of convincing creditors to a new agreement. Germany is showing no sign of backing down from its opposition to the new deal. For more, we are joined by hans nichols. You will be going to brussels later today. What can we expect from the meeting . We are going to get the formal presentation from Yanis Varoufakis on what he wants in terms of a bridge loan. What we expect is 8 billion in increase in the tbills, and an additional 1. 9 billion. Let me read you some headlines from the greek papers this morning. One, high taxes will bring recession. Another, new taxes for real estate and income. The eurogroup will either point to agreement or a rupture. At the same
I am francine lacqua. The main story of the day. What is oil and one is greenspan the new government a writedown on its debt. One is oil and one is greece. Borrowing for new bonds. Less figure out what is going on. A calming effect. Hans nichols in berlin. What is going on, hans . Here is what we know. He spoke to a group of about 100 financiers and laid out a plan to swap the debt by the ecb a European Financial Stability Fund for these new bonds. These new bonds would be linked to longterm group. There would not be an thing on the eye on the upside on the debt. Crucially and importantly, they are not going to call it a haircut. The politically difficult, politically awkward term especially here in germany. Here is somebody inside of the meeting and will give you her take on it. They are looking at restructuring of the eus bilateral loans and leave a imf and private sector debt alone. They are working a case without being specific on how the restructuring will take place. Head of rese
4. 2 billion pounds to show premiere League Football but bt hits the back of the net with its own deal. Nicely done. Heineken shares higher but they may lose fiz this year amid demand in markets. We are still battling with our programs. They will be addressed in the long hall. Battling against weak demographics in europe. Countries are recovering. Youre watching Worldwide Exchange. Bringing you Business News from around the globe. Lets have a quick look at where the greek bond yields are trading. The two year not the three year, has kbon above 20 . Thats at 20. 2 with the three year at 18. 2 . Banking stocks are sharply lower and the athens index is down the best part of 4 . This comes as the greek finance minister says the greek debt cannot be paid off in the near future. In an interview with german magazine stern he added if a debt can no longer be paid it leads to a hair cut. This ahead of talks with his counter parts and ecb president today. It comes after the greek Prime Minister