powerhouse germany. good lover a jury was able to build a new. fortunately dorna found anything. to teach me why you should care about humans. this is why you should care only dog. hello again and welcome to the show on our album in albany today my guest on the program. i thought. it was germany. russian president chose his destination for the first official visit outside but. what does this choice mean for the relations between russia and germany and between russia and europe in general europe which is now in the grip of an economic turmoil who asked this and other questions to a prominent expert and international relations in germany. but important travel plans have received a lot of media attention lately after him. and went to belarus and. germany. contra to visit. president germany has long been brushes. and one of the biggest markets. russia germany trade was worth the records. countries are also working together. which would deliver russia. to its first line was launched. hello mr brown welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us well first of all how was it seen here in

choice mean for the relations between russia and germany and between russia and europe in general europe which is now in the grip of an economic turmoil who ask this and other questions to a prominent expert and international relations in germany that. prudence travel plans have received a lot of media attention lately. in america and went to. germany. contra to visit. president germany has long been brushed. and one of the biggest markets last year russia germany is worth a record seventeen. countries are also working together on. line which would deliver russia. its first line was launched. welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us well first of all how was it seen here in germany that mr putin chose berlin as his first destination in europe first foreign nation outside the space. where for. schools of thought in germany concerning russia one is very into the ethic about russia this is the business community and the enthusiastically of course welcomed mr putin here in germany and they understand that through mr putin they can do business with russia and as long a

we're dark. of germany . and the u.k. you know at the head of the salacious larcenous tick paul i truckers that are undermining the integrity economy and sovereignty of these underlings but as long as the greek drama continues as long as that economy falters the euro will continue to trade lower than a would be if it were just to do its work a loan which is great for germany or new paymasters salute to germany greek people hahaha stacey herbert thanks so much for being on the kaiser report thank you max don't go away much more coming away stay right there. welcome back i'm max kaiser this is the kaiser reports i'm now to go down under in australia and speak with das author of extreme money masters of the universe and the cult of rest das welcome back to the kaiser report max good to be with you all right dot's what about germany its is it at risk is applying and crazy game is it a game of chicken is german on the german people mad what's going on in germany and all those euro fandango crisis the germans are a bit odd as we all know but i think the real issue is people have been fo

very closely. it is moving towards a bit of a stronger economic union, but germany in particular is against opening up the esm rules so that banks can get money from the rescue fund. >> do you think germany is being viewed as a big bullet then? >> yes, because germany wants to stick to the rules, and spain says it is in a very different situation from greece because it has a banking crisis, not a state crisis, like greece. it only needs money for its banks, it is something where the country -- the countries should support it a bit more. pressure is also growing on ecb because spain is just in need of cash, and the ecb did help out last year when it bought state bonds. investors in particular are in the ecb very closely as well. we are all waiting for the big eu's summit at the end of this month to see whether european bidders are actually seeing the warning signs and whether they are changing considerably. >> thank you very much for that. >> for a closer look at how traders reacted, our correspondent give us the summary of the day's action. >> despite the fact that many details are

germany attack their russian president chose his destination for the first official visit outside but those states what does this symbolic choice mean for the relations between russia and germany and between russia and europe in general europe which is now in the grip of an economic turmoil will ask you this and other related questions to a prominent expert and international relations in germany that. lead into putin's travel plans have received a lot of media attention lately after him nice to g admitting in america and went to belarus instead. germany asked his contrie to visit us president germany has long been brushed. and one of the biggest markets last year russia germany trade was worth a record seventeen. countries are also working to get their. dream pipeline which would deliver russian guessed directly to its first line it was launched in the bamberg. welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us well first of all how was it seen here in germany that mr putin chose berlin as his first destination in europe first foreign nation outside the space now we have. schoo

relations between germany and russia and we have arranged to hold an intergovernmental taishan between germany and russia in case and this year. as for our economic and trade cooperation it is on the rise we have established on either side that russia would like to. assist russia in modernizing its industries we also have severe interesting cooperation with regard to commodities trade. and that includes building the north stream pipeline we all also have discussed. the evolution of civil society in russia there have been certain developments in this area i have emphasized that we are interested in developing a democratic democracy including those in russia because that is the only way. to conceive a civil society in russia that would assist. the country in its development but. the year two thousand and fourteen will be the year of russia in germany in the year of germany in russia. russia will be presented in germany and showcase here through more than a thousand of activities there will be an exposition titled germans and russians at thousand years of history culture in fine arts it w

significance of tonight's talks. >> germany and france will try to organize to prepare the european summit to the end of this week in brussels, which many observers see as a crucial turning point for the european union. angela merkel herself has spoken about a very serious situation for the european union. these franco-german meetings before such a summit are something unusual. now everything seems to have changed because the socialist government and the conservative liberal government do not come to terms. they are not at ease. pawlenty -- francois pawlenty was pushing hard for a growth path and was successful -- francois pawlenty -- francois hollande will call for more austerity measures spiritual call for reform, and shedemands, fiscal union for the euro. the french government -- hollande sees it the other way around. he demands more solidarity, which is exactly the opposite of what the german government is asking for. >> a sign of just how hard the eurozone crisis is hitting spain, the government has announced further cuts to health care for citizens just after announcing more cuts for me

because in the 1970s, he's the director of the c.i.a. in the 30s, he's a young reporter in germany and a wire service reporter. and during the nuremburg rallies, hitler liked to show off the whole thing to rallyists and they allow a couple of cars to ride behind hitler as he entered the stadium. there's just this explosion of imagine strags. he says i had to almost pinch myself not to be carried away by the emotions, even though i knew what was going on. u they weren't cavorting, but they saw this from the inside. and sometimes, in a couple of cases, for instance, i've seen in hitler land where a young diplomat named jacob bean is allowed to go to a nazi party where hitler comes in and, at a certain point, he's really thrill thrilled that he has this new victory and has this slovenly ss officer with his belly out and bent over and then he does it as a real ss officer. he's a performer. there was this theater of hitler and everything he did and certainly in the staging of his rallies and trying to trap people emotionally and, to a large extent, did. >> how much information did ameri

banks and it would have been british banks yes of course the other money we're dark. germany. and the u.k. you know at the head of the salacious larcenous tick paul i truckers that are undermining the integrity economy and sovereignty of these underlings but as long as the greek drama continues as long as that economy falters the euro will continue to trade lower than it would be if it were just a door to mark a loan which is great for germany or new paymasters salute to germany greek people hahaha stacy herbert thanks so much for being on the kaiser report thank you max don't go away much more coming away stay right there. download the official. to i phone or i pod touch from the i.q. sample to. watch on t.v. life on the. video on demand atienza live broadcasts and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the t.v. dot com. it's . bring on the. welcome back i'm max kaiser this is the kaiser report's time now to go down under in australia and speak with das author of extreme money masters of the universe and the cult of rest das welcome back to the kaiser report max good to be

happened in the '20s in germany where my book starts. my book starts right after the end of world war i, through the rise of hitler, through the third reicht, until 1941, pearl harbor and the tour of last americans in germany before they are exchanged for the american dip o diplomats. yes, you have a movie like cabaret, but you do not have a sense of how much of an attraction germany was to americans. and it was an attraction for all sorts of reasons. it was a defeated, humiliated country, 2 million soldiers had died in world war i, the economy was in complete freefall, we know the stories of hyper inflation, the wheelbarrow stories, for instance, one of the stories that got me in reading up on this was the story of the classical woman with the wheelbarrow of money that is worthless and in front of a store and says i'll see if i can buy anything with this money in this store and darts in and darts out and finds the wheelbarrow is gone, and the money is on the pavement. this was for real. and there's -- there was also this political extremity of right and left, there were fights in

crisis. >> we begin with euro 2012, under way right now, germany versus the netherlands. it is the second match in the group staged for both teams, but there is already lots at stake. we have extensive coverage and will be going live to our correspondent in just a few minutes. >> first, the other group b game between portugal and denmark, and at his living up to its name, the group of death. portugal took a two-goal lead and looks to be cruising to victory. >> but denver -- denmark fought back. >> portugal's coach wanted more energy from his players, and that is what he got. in the 24th minute, the team was ahead 1-0. portugal kept up the pressure and in the 36th minute, they were up by two. this is what the coach wanted to see. but then portugals defense got sloppy, and it was 2-1 at the half. in the second half, a golden opportunity to seal the game, but he shoots wide. moments later, the second goal for denmark to even things with 10 minutes left. now, the pressure on for portugal, and in the eighth seven minutes, the winning goal. the final score -- 3-24 portugal. >> back to th

meeting. >> and germany versus greece in the euro 2012 quarterfinals. we get the fan reaction. >> a turkish warplanes has gone down over the mediterranean and there is uncertainty at this hour as to whether syria may have played a role. >> the turkish prime minister says it is unclear whether the plane crashed or was shot down. he cannot refer -- confirm reports. >> it could create an international crisis. the two countries have not been on the best of terms since the fighting in syria began. >> the only details we have so far is that the plane lost contact with the air base soon after take-off. it plummeted into the mediterranean. let's see if we can get more clarity from our correspondent in istanbul. water you hearing, dorian? -- what are you hearing, dorian? >> we do know the plane went down at midmorning in the maturing in c.. from then, reports are conflicting. -- which in the the plane went down at midmorning in the mediterranean sea. there are reports saying indeed the syrians did shoot the plane down. but the prime minister, who was returning back from brazil when all this

, in the '30s, a wire he's a young reporter in germany for a wire service reporter. during the nuremberg rallies, hitler liked to show the whole thing off to journalists. and they would allow a couple of the journalists to ride in the car behind hitler as he entered the stadium. and helms was chosen to be one of those journalists one time. and he described the scene where he's in the car and there's this explosion of adulation and orchestrated welcome. he said that i had to almost pinch myself not to be carried away by the emotion even though i knew what was going on. imagine if you were a minor official, and given this honor, you would be enraptured and your faith in the great leader would be total. so, again, they were not cavorting but they saw it from the inside. and they -- sometimes and in a couple of cases, for instance, i have also a scene in "hitlerland" where a young american diplomat named jacob beam was allowed to goo a nazi party where hitler comes in and at one point he's really thrilled. he's had some new victory. and he does this imitation march across the stage

, germany licked their wounds. ♪ >> the process was tough, but the outcome was dead. that was the verdict of italy's prime minister after more than 14 hours of talks at last night's euro summit. >> mario monti is being seen as the big winner of the night, along with his spanish counterpart mariano rajoy. they won big concessions from germany to help bring down borrowing costs. >> it will make it easier for them to tap into europe's rescue fund and enable the fund to shore up banks directly. >> that will be key to helping spain avoid being dragged down by teetering banks. >> after grueling negotiations, european leaders have a deal in place, and it is being hailed as a historical breakthrough. the agreement means italy and spain, groaning under unsustainable borrowing costs, will now have easier access to rescue fund money. >> the euro in the european project to the big winners of this summit. >> german chancellor angela merkel also emerged satisfied, insisting she had not softened her stance. she says there was no need for additional instruments and controls and conditions remain in place

and the last americans in germany before they are exchanged before the american diplomats and journalists in the united states. you don't have much of a sense of how much of an attraction germany was to americans. and it was an attraction for all sorts of reasons. of course it was a defeated, humiliated country. two million german soldiers had died in world war i. the economy was in complete free fall. we all know the stories of hyperinflation, the wheelbarrow stories, for instance. one of the stories that really, though, got me in reading up on this was the story of the classical woman with a whe wheelbarrow of money which is now almost worthless. she comes in front of his store, thinks i'm going to duck in here and see if there's anything to buy with this wheelbarrow full of money. she darts in, darts out, finds that the wheelbarrow is gone but the money is on the pavement. and it is -- yeah, it seems like, you know, a parody. but this was for real. and there was also this political extremism of right and left. all sorts of extremists. there were literally fights in the stre

a human to dean of germany which says you could actually if you move the european economy to a new model of the circular economy up to take consumers throw away and pile to me where you really have to circular you can actually save some six and a billion euros already today. you could have solar power produced in italy greece saying there's a record now a new solar power plant at six cents per kilowatt hour that's even less than in russia gas gas fired electricity costs so there are ways of getting out of this and i think just austerity won't do this we all these are political will to do that i mean so many stuff that we you know if we look around the world you know look at major countries everybody knows who's president of russia everyone knows who's president of the united states people know who runs the u.k. who runs europe well i think there's a finance minister very be mr think things are going to look at all right all right fine you know we did you know what i'm talking ok i mean we're is the very who leads here because what over the last two years we've seen eleven twelve go

on stricter budgets. >> and germany in their last friendly. they go with a less than sparkling performance. >> it has been a week since the massacre in houla, syria where 100 people, many of them children, were brutally murdered. >> now reports of another mass killing of civilians. rebels released a video showing bodies they claim were factory workers who were rounded up and executed by regime thugs. >> the u.n. human rights council is holding an emergency session in geneva, calling for an investigation of the houla massacre. damascus released its report yesterday, saying it had nothing to do with the killings. >> announcing preliminary findings of an official state probe into the houla massacre, the general categorically denying government involvement. instead, he said rebel gangs had been responsible. >> the dead were not enemies of the state. they neither demonstrated against the government nor were they armed. they supported the government and were against bandits and terrorists. these actions had one aim, to provoke foreign military intervention. >> the news conference in

candidate. >> and germany against denmark to reach the knockout stage of the european championships. the winner of sunday's's parliamentary elections in greece has begun talks -- sunday's parliamentary elections increase has begun talks to create a coalition. >> both parties back the e-lead bailout iran and together would be a majority in -- a majority in parliament. but they face opposition from the syriza party that finished second. >> it is hoped they will not have to reach a coalition any time soon, but everything depends on the collective will of the elected leaders. the greek president house the leader of nea dimokratia to form a new government. >> i will try to form a national salvation government immediately with a long-term plan. and with the participation of parties that believe in greater european orientation and participation in the own. >> the former finance minister has proposed the government consist of the four top parties. but the leader of syriza has indicated that he has no interest in such a coalition. so again be uncertainty of coalition talks. there is a feelin

. agreed to a new rescue agency for banks despite opposition from germany the future taxpayer funded bailouts for banks to bypass governments. and the world's top. issued a statement following his refusal to report to the police station over his extradition proceedings he remains tucked away in the ecuadorian embassy in london waiting for the latin american country to decide on his bid for political asylum. screen international news and comment live from our new center here in moscow with twenty four hours a day israel's dead news agency suggests saudi military forces are moving towards jordan on their way to syria's southeastern border that's as turkish combat troops backed by anti-aircraft batteries massed on the country's northern frontier and prague considering putting in place a buffer zone with syria also reportedly building up its forces in the area reports now from damascus. we're getting alarming reports on foreign troops being deployed at or headed towards the syrian borders from the north west and south some original media believed to have close ties with israeli intellige

pile on the pressure on europe over the lack of progress on solving the debt crisis. >> germany's highest court says parliament must have more say on bailout funds. ♪ >> we begin with the u.n. system will development conference taking place in rio de janeiro where negotiators appear to have reached a breakthrough. >> expectations were not very high ahead of the meeting in brazil, but now there has been some sign of progress. >> negotiators managed to agree to a joint statement to be submitted for approval to the world leaders meeting. the draft outlines steps to tackle global environmental problems and reduce poverty by promoting green growth. >> the summit kicks off on wednesday with over 100 world leaders coming together in brazil for talks on environmental protection and poverty. >> for more on those talks in rio de janeiro, we're joined on the line by florian. this draft declaration has come together surprisingly fast compared with past summits. what is the basis of the consensus? >> as you said, this actually came as quite a surprise. it is the aim of every president of the

country's banks need up to 62 billion euros in a lot money. >> germany's political parties reach a deal on the europe fiscal compact to be ratified by parliament next week. the norwegian man who killed 77 people last summer in the bombing and shooting rampage should spend the rest of his life in a mental institution, not in prison. >> on thursday, prosecutors in the trial of mass murder anders breivik called on the court to declare him insane and sentence him to psychiatric care. >> it did not go down well with the defendant. he smirked and raised his fist in a defiant right wing salute. >> we go live to oslo in a moment, but first, what happened in the courtroom. >> he observed court proceedings and passively. he showed no remorse as the public prosecutor explained that his deeds constituted a national trauma. she argued breivik was motivated by bias. and how did this happen? how could a man of greek so much havoc in such a short time? how could a citizen become a killing machine? >> in recent weeks, the proceedings have focused on whether breivik is mentally fit to stand trial. psychi

competitiveness the deficit has increased germany's largest labor to the to the west france has seen a thirty percent decline in the last eleven years of its competitiveness measured as hourly wage costs versus germany has gone from nineteen percent less expensive to eleven percent. and the way european nations and this goes back thirty to thirty five years this is not something that's happened since two thousand and eight you kindly reminded the audience of even a failure this is not just about a banking crisis the banking crisis triggered that mark to market but you've had a history for the last thirty to thirty five years of the majority of eurozone nations running budget deficits why were they running budget deficits because there was no political will no political debate to address the underlying competitiveness issue a lack or somebody would pay for it eventually just not well i mean if you know they can hand down the road that's what if you are competitive and you're running a very expensive show show model it's been financed through debts most of it hidden and still part of it it so t

break. >> also making an international mark -- germany's elite universities. do not go away. >> unimpeded access to education and knowledge, and the same opportunities for everyone. a central goal of the global community. but what is the reality on the ground? education for all. dw's multimedia special relates stories and highlights extraordinary projects the world over. find out more on the internet. >> the german government has announced its latest list of the country's elite universities. it is an important one. they did over 2.5.5 billion eur. >> dresden was a technical university is new to the group here the funds are intended to make german universities more competitive internationally. drawing up the list is not an easy task. schools are judged on student performance as well as how much research they publish. >> but of course, a lot of universities by for the chance to get on to this important list. >> one of the universities that has missed out on this round of funding is strive board, but they have been on the list before. >> here is some of the research they are in

new approach to the crisis. >> bold new steps expected from germany at the eu summit, but chancellor angela merkel is staying focused on a growth package already agreed upon. "we have worked out a good program, especially regarding future investments and creating job opportunities for young people he can -- young people." proposals from the european union president are far more treasury and a banking union with central supervision. the italian prime minister wants the summit to address borrowing costs. he has found an ally in the french president. >> i have come here to find very quick solutions to support the countries facing the biggest problems on the markets. they have already gone to great lengths to consolidate budgets. >> spain's prime minister says financing is his most pressing issue. he will be urging other leaders to act in what is sure to be a long and difficult debate. >> our correspondent is covering this summit for us. let's go live to brussels. it is germany versus italy in soccer tonight, but at the summit, it seems to be just about everybody against germany. >> that

in the united states afterwards in germany and everywhere in europe they did it to give to middle class credit cards. three four five credit cards the system existed to enlarge the artificial consumption and they did finally to also give to people. predatory loans loans to sell them houses they knew very good that these people never could. pay them back and the problem of the banking in the banking crisis of two thousand and eight was that. small banks disappeared to the bigger banks state and we have to program that's called the failed syndrome it is this too big to fail reasoning that's holding everybody hostage the economies of europe hostage and even holding politicians in their heads now at what point will this reasoning be not enough anymore you can't anymore say it's just simply too big to fail so in order to change things i think there will be a need to question from from from from from the basic we need popular movements are we we are going to in my opinion to or europe or to a very large number of social conflicts we are seeing it already beginning of the beginning of th

poland and go further. tomorrow, the group of death kicks off, germany's group. they are up against portugal. holland up against denmark. that will be interesting. on sunday, spain versus italy. spain, of course, on this quest to win a third tournament in a row. while italy, summit in battle, but you can never write them off. i am sure they will be doing well. these great early countries are what this tournament is all about. it is an exciting format, our last chance to enjoy this format with 16 teams. as the next time, there will be 24 teams. it will be diluted a bit in quality. >> that first match giving us a pretty good taste. thank you for that. we're going to have much more from him later on in the show. >> but moving on to the crisis in syria. u.n. observers have gained access to the site of wednesday's a legit massacre, and they have been telling her rent is discoveries there. >> the smell of burnt flesh was in the air in the village of mazraat al-quabair and body parts laid scattered around. >> a dangerous journey getting to the village for the monitors. they were shot at fo