during which thomas jefferson served in paris as the minister of the united states to france. author james thompson describes period as a transformative time for jefferson. is the author n of "thomas jefferson enlightenment". thomas jefferson traveled to france and lived there for five years. during this time, he made a a mber of excursions with philosoph and influential of french society. to us s speaker will talk about this transformative. in thomas jefferson's life. james thompson studied philosophy as an undergraduate and graduate student at the risd virginia. grad student, hugh lived on a farm of thomas jefferson's oldest daughter. four years there, he began what has been an ongoing investigation into the philosophy of thomas jefferson. mr. thompson developed an of erest in the history ideas -- teaching courses on philosophy, religion, and ethics. of several books, veil of g, "beyond the wrote that while virginian - "birth of aristocracy" -- and most thomas jefferson's enlightenment. me in welcoming james thompson. >> good afternoon. my name is james thompson. i am honored to be

minister of the united dates to friends and lived there for 5 -- states to france for five years. he made a series of excursions , an influential member of french society. he appointed johnson not only to the city and its people but when the enlightened ideas of french thought. today speaker will talk to us about this transform is period and thomas jefferson's life. james thompson studies philosophy as an undergraduate and graduate student at the university of virginia and as an grad student, he lived on a farm of thomas jefferson's eldest -- marthamarker jefferson. during his four years, he began what has been an ongoing investigation into the philosophy of thomas jefferson. mr. thompson developed an interest in the history of ideas, teaching courses on philosophy, religion, and western civilization at strayer university in alexandria. he is the author of several books including "the under the veil of reason." while a fellow at the jefferson center for international studies at monticello. the birth of aristocracy and thomas jefferson's enlightenment. please join me in welcoming james tho

]lled [speaking which we think roughly translates as "bank on france." caroline connan has the details. who is there, what are they talking about? as,ou can translate that let's bank on france. it is all about boosting the image of france when the french economy has barely grown and is expected to grow by 0.4% this year. some comments a few months ago from the ceo, saying that france was finished. the idea here is to fight against these kind of comments, against what they call french bashing. the economy minister had a conference yesterday. we got a very bad unemployment number for the third quarter that came out at 10.4%. i asked emmanuel make an what could be done about these jobless numbers in france. have a listen. >> i never react to numbers. i have no reaction. i just have a strong willingness to fight, fight, fight to recover and create new jobs. >> the economy minister was supposed to present his new , inrm, the new activity law the next few days in france. that new activity law should -- which is not the case in many places in france. included also deregulation of some

which thomas --ferson stir -- served in as the minister to france. author james thompson describes it as a transformative experience with his friendships with french revolutionaries and progressives turns him from a political loner to an activist. mr. thompson is the author. he spoke at the virginia historical society. this is about an hour. >> the summer of 1784, thomas jefferson traveled to paris as minister of the united states to france and lived there for 5 years. he made a series of excursions with pierre, an influential member of french society. he appointed jefferson not only to the city and its people but when the enlightened ideas of french thought. today's speaker will talk to us about this transformative period and thomas jefferson's life. james thompson studied philosophy as an undergraduate and graduate student at the university of virginia and as a grad student, he lived on a farm of thomas jefferson's eldest daughter, martha jefferson. during his four years, he began what has been an ongoing investigation into the philosophy of thomas jefferson. mr. thompson developed

e's o cascading effect which then nce france stepped in in support of russia, and then when germany invaded france by way of belg belgium, britain declared war in order to defend belgian belgia neutrality. we focused on the western front. for practical reasons. chos that's where the strength of the holdings of the university of wisconsin are. so a lot of material on germany's role, as well as what was happening in belgium and france. so we wanted to bring these sources to the fore.oor and really sort of focus on jus the western combat experience. okay. so these first cases here in tht collection focus on the outbreak of the war in different d countries. so here is what we're calling germany mobilizes for war. and within the case, you can see different images of -- here for example, crowds assembled in in berlin, to receive news that net germany was declaring war on russia. and right here, the kaiser is greeting a crowd from the royal palace. anladce the kaiser wilhelm is sitting on his horse. some of the more interesting pe aspects of what he have for this exhibit are the material c

war. down. germany declared war and then there's sort of a cascading affect which then france stepped in in support of russia and then when germany invaded france by way of belgium, britain declared war in order to defend belgian neutrality. we chose to focus on the western front. that's where the strengths are. a lot of territory on germany's role as well as what was happening in belgium and france. so we wanted to bring these sources to the floor and really sort of focus on just the western combat experience. >> these first cases here in the collection focus on the outbreak of the war in different country. here is what we're calling germany mobilizes for war. within the case you can see different images. crowds of assembled in berlin to receive news that germ any was declaring war of-ú russia and right here the kaiser is creating a crowd from the royal palace and the kaiser is sitting on his horse. some of the more interesting aspects of what we have here for material culture objects that andy had donated. have two different pins that we're -- that were passed around in germany dur

fired tear gas at him and dozens of other protesters. france's last remaining hostage finally comes home, serge lazarevic was freed by al qaeda after three years in captivity in north africa. and malala yousafzai get set to receive her nobel peace prize. the human rights campaigner survived a near fatal attack by the taliban. she's the youngest laureate ever. also coming up for you this hour, a judge in oscar pistorius case has cleared the way for prosecutors to once again seek a murder conviction on appeal. the double-amputee track star has been sentenced to five years in jail for the lesser charge of manslaughter after he admittedly killed his girlfriend. and allowing more shops to open on sunday, will it help the french economy echoed -- the french economy? more on that coming up. ♪ i'm jeannie god gillette in paris. --godula in paris. first, a palestinian minister has reportedly died after being hit by israeli soldiers in the west bank for some he was reportedly planting trees in ramallah at the time. for more information on what happened, let's bring in gallagher for an. what

russians drink the most vodka. >> for more news, stay with us. you're watching "france 24." hello and welcome to business interview. today we're meeting a french entrepreneur who in just over three years has grown from scratch to expected revenue this year of 3 million euros. they make ursulines jewelry that sells online. he is the cofounder and director. thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much for having me. >> tell us why you wanted to create this company. >> it all began with a personal story because my now husband actually proposed to me. like a lot of friends couples we realized that the experience was not as magnificent as we expected. of course the jewelry was superb, everything was beautiful, but it was very intimidating. it was not always the dreamlike experience we thought it would be. very expensive, of course. the choice was pretty limited to diamonds and white gold. we decided we wanted something different for this engagement ring. it's one of the most important pieces of jewelry you will have in your life, one of the most expensive things you buy when you are th

the war, then certainly a greater threat for the united states than the entent powers, france, britain and russia. as far as 1916, again once again woodrow wilson was running for office, in part on the pledge of keeping the united states out of the war. i think in the long run, it did become -- once the question came on the table in 1917, what we might call the rendering of the question that is to say the dramatic rendering of the question of war guilt did become a big part of the story and that's when you really got to see a huge ramp-up in kind of the propaganda against the germans and the kaiser and so on. but back in 1914, i think most americans were genuinely bewildered by what was happening in europe. when colonel house went to europe on a somewhat unofficial mission for president wilson in may of 1914, you know, he said quite famously, it's like militarism run stark mad. what's not always appreciated about this remark is that he actually singled out the entente powers. he said whenever england consents, then france and russia will close in on germany. and so that's how it looked

emergency meeting over the third lone wolf attack in france in three days. officials have said there is no connection between the three incidents, but they have people on ads especially as they follow repeated threats against france over its involvement in the fight against the islamic state group. >> this crash -- this van crashed into a christmas market. the vehicle was taken in for further investigation. as police tried to determine what pushed the driver to hit passersby. >> they knocked over several people. >> the driver stabbed himself about 10 times. additional information found in a notebook lead investigators to --. prosecutors dismissed any link to terrorism. the man has a history of mental illness. they say there is no link between the two cases. >> this act has no political aspect, no terrorist motives. authorities called for calm while heightening security measures. >> the french prime minister will speak in a few minutes. we will bring you his comments live. i'm going to bring in mark. let's talk about why this meeting was called. >> because of the three attacks in three d

' t's founders turned themselves in as a student leaders dig in with a hunger strike. france gets set to vote on whether or not to recognize a palestinian state. the nonbinding resolution is expected to easily pass in the lower house of parliament. despite the fact that many on the right are against it. a violent attack by islamist extremists in kenya leaves close to 40 quarry workers dead, attacked in their sleep. coming up for you this hour, it has been the sector that has defied europe's economic downturn. fears for thousands of jobs in the aircraft building industry and friends. we tell you why. when you rant on facebook it is not a good idea to take on the president's daughters. more on the resignation of a u.s. republican staffer at 15 past the hour. ♪ in paris. it has been three months since the occupy central movement kicked off in hong kong. 3 of the movement's founders surrendered to the police. the men gave a press conference, they urged students to retreat. saying the situation has become too dangerous. >> it is time to leave this dangerous place. the words of the le

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futures market. the real cash market. >> look at the pop happening in france, almost 1%. interesting to see how germany will open because check out german factory orders this morning. expectations, a 2.5% increase for the month of october. they revised september to the highest and leaving germany to a dire situation as we previously expected. what is everyone expecting? what the ecb is really doing and yesterday was such disappointment, draghi not bringing ahead the stimulus that had been wanted. saying putting it off until these january two reassess the situation as to whether we need full-blown quantitative easing. many feel he is just trying to get his ducks in a row and convince the rest that this is the course of action necessary. 1.5%.up more than clearly a lot of appetites out there. we are seeing the euro pretty much trading while flat. oil continuing to trade lower at the moment. a full day of the klein on oil. of course that continues to put pressure on prices. let's have a look at the market for you. maybe a little bit of arise in yields for the 10 year. appetite to buy in

hour on "france 24." thank you for joining us. thousands of mourners turned out for the state funeral for a palestinian cabinet member killed yesterday in a protest. ziad abu ein died yesterday. our correspondent is in ramallah. there were fears that could be writing at the funeral today. do that turn out to be the case? >> we are seeing instances of contained violence. pretty small crowds of protesters at some of the usual flashpoints around ramallah. some stonethrowing going on and the israeli forces trying to push back against the protesters. nothing too large for the moment. the death of a palestinian leader, a former minister has the potential to trigger some things bigger. it has not materialized. >> have any new details emerge on how this official died? >> yes. the preliminary results of the autopsy conducted on ziad abu ein's bodtyy have been made public. this was conducted by israeli palestinian, and jordanian doctors. the man died of a heart attack. they differ on important points, and that is what has caused the heart attack. the man had a completely clogged coronary artery

, and tourism is through the stomach. france has a stellar reputation as a culinary superpower. its cuisine is known across the world. french officials have voiced concerns is image is going sour. could it be french food is losing its flair and is the french economy becoming less savory as a result? >> the world's best restaurant 2014 is once again noma. >> it is the oscars of the food industry are the only difference, the winner is not the best director but the most accomplished chef. the ceremony is organized annually by the british magazine. for the second consecutive year, the chef from copenhagen takes the number one slot. the french came home with 11, a blow to a country that prides itself on the art of gastronomy. it has set off alarm bells throughout the country. the foreign ministry is concerned about the impact on tourism. >> you ask, what does this have to do with diplomacy? i think we can concoct the notion of castro-diplomacy, a new specialty which can only be positive for france. >> in the great game of diplomacy can take many forms. a more appetizing weapon can be fou

they reinstated overweight position on skye. with a price target of 10 pounds and 25 pence. air france, klm three strikes. down 6%. what you saw was the cost of the strikes causing the third profit morning in a row. stock down 6.5%. basf coming out with their news that the world's biggest is wheremaker, 70.70 we trade, they has signed on a deal with gas prom. to swap some of their gas trading assets. the deal is falling apart. those are three names in stock trading. euro. the dollar is coming off its initial highs. euro-dollar trading just under 1.23. i caught up with one analyst. he said get ready for the bank of japan to see dollar-yen somewhere around 1.24, the area of concern would be at 1.30. pressedressed him, and them again in terms of structural reform, he was very, very reticent to give me an answer. 1.1920. happy holidays, happy christmas, happy whatever. i'll see you in the new year. >> enjoy your break. that is the market open. the ftse 100 climbing by 50 points. dax upu 1%. the big news in the last 24 hours, 12 hours, has been not just vladimir putin reassuring his nation

were practiced during this advanced infantry training long before these men went to france. various methods of rotating platoons and companies were practiced. troops returned home in january of 1917. most believed, despite many weaknesses shown during their service on the border, that there was overwhelming evidence for the national guard of this period was a very different force than the militia which had on numerous occasions in the past combat history of the country proved to be unreliable. from april 6, 1917, when they ended the war, the alabama soldiers guarded railroad bridges until washington decided what to do with them. did not take long. the demeaning work of guarding railroad bridges ended in august when the car department ordered the name of the 4th alabama infantry to be changed to the 167th united states infantry, permission of infantry regiment, and promoted screws to full colonel. orders authorized the regiment to immediately grow from 1400 to 3,720. and rifle company strength was increased from 150 to 250. even the band expanded from 22 men to 49. the 1st alabama in

german bureaucracy -- scoring a goal for asylum seekers. first, to france, where there are fears that anti-semitism is on the rise. france has the largest jewish population in europe, but the number of anti-semitic incidents doubled this year. the worry is as the conflict between israel and the palestinians worsens, tensions are rising between jews and muslims in europe, which appears to be leading to a new source of anti-semitism where criticism of israel's foreign policy in gaza is turning into aggression towards jewish people themselves. as a result, record numbers of french jews are deciding to leave france for israel. >> immigration is a lot of work. organizationally, physically, and emotionally. this family is packing up to move. >> the whole name has to fit on the box. >> so, our 42nd box is finished. >> they are a jewish family. they have lived in this paris suburb for more than 10 years. the children were born here. the family runs a thriving business selling motor scooters, but they say it's time to leave. >> if you wear a yarmulke in the paris metro, you will not be a tax,

ottoman empire. why? well because france sent troops to morocco. don't ask me why that gave italy the right to send troops to tripoli but that's the way they saw things. so italy sent troops into tripoli and there was a ferocious war there which in fact saw the first use of air power in modern warfare, the dropping of bombs from dirigibles. in some ways the last of the colonial wars, first of the post-colonial wars. bogs down around the suburbs of interestingly enough benghazi saw the most ferocious fighting when must after fa, later attaturk saw his first action, later pasha. the turks discovered they had no way of getting to tripoli. literally mustafa, kamal and envir went there in disguise as civilians. they couldn't get there because italy had a more powerful fleet and the ottomans could not get troops across the eastern mediterranean. in the course of that war, before it was even over, a couple of important things happen. someone that the ottomans close the straits right here the dardanelles, thus cutting russia off from any access to warm water markets, including the mediterrane

the germans were preparing for war for about a dozen years and using a pretext to invade france. you would assume that the germans would require more blame than the french. >> well thank you for the question, marvin. you're absolutely right the germans had been preparing for war for not simply 12 years but even longer than that. the problem with many accounts of the outbreak of the first world war, however, is they focused only on one power or possibly two. if you look on the other side of the lens you'll see france and russia signed a military alliance in 1894 specifically targeting germany, the terms of which stipulated that france and russia were supposed to invade german territory by mobilization day plus 15. now, the way things actually played out in 1914, were pretty darn close to that. france, in fact, did invade german territory on mobilization day plus 15. which is, in fact, earlier than the germans reached french territory. it is true that the germans marched through belgium on the way and that is in many ways the greatest argument or indictment of the german war plan that

possibly much like air france in the south atlantic. >> you talk about that air france flight. that was flight 447. that also was an airbus. airbus 330 which is bigger than this smaller airbus. and in that case that crash held several things. the plane broke apart in thunderstorms. the pilots were relying on the computerized system and that's one criticism these days that they don't always fly by their instincts and they have to rely on computerized systems and that plane broke apart. you had american airlines the flight in 2001, in new york city. flight 587. that was a smaller airbus. there was a vortex from a boeing 747 that took off before it and apparently the co-pilot yanked the yoke too much to one side and the tail late lititerally fell off. do you think there's a problem number one -- we're looking now at the scene of the american airlines flight that crashed in queens just after takeoff. two questions, john. number one, are we dealing with crews that even though they have thousands and thousands of hours of flying time, they rely too much on the computerized systems. number two

. >>> good morning. nice to be with you. i'm frances rivera. night is falling in the search area for a missing flight which officials now believe to be at the bottom of the sea. an hour ago, indonesia's vice president said they cannot confirm reports that australian crews found debris in the search area. indonesia deployed about a dozen planes and ships to conduct land and sea searches. in addition malaysia australia and singapore deployed ships and aircraft to the search area. meanwhile, the ntsb has also said it is ready to help the indonesian government if need be. and just a few hours ago, the ceo of air asia which owns half of airasia indonesia tweeted this message to the families of those on board. keeping positive and staying strong my heart bleeds for all the relatives of my crew and our passengers. nothing is more important to us. as families of the 162 passengers and crew await word of their loved ones many are comparing this disappearance with that of malaysia airlines flight mh-370 which is still missing nine months later. but as the new york times points out, their stori

topic in france. president francois hollande has announced mp's will vote on a bill that will allow doctors to aid the deaths of the terminally ill. it will be allowed the terminally ill to be given sedatives until death and provide for doctors to remove life support. here's the details. >> the two french mps who drew up the law are keen to emphasize the proposals are limited. they will allow doctors to give deep sedation until death to patients in chronic pain. the patients will need to spell out their wishes in a directive that will tie the hands of their doctors. >> these directives will guide the decisions of doctors when it comes to interventions in treatment. they will be binding directives. the things they can contain be fixed by legal decree. >> in belgium and the netherlands, the lagos further. doctors can administer a lethal injection if the patient is in unbearable pain, conscious, and able to express a desire to die. in february, belgian extended this right to terminally ill children. switzerland allows assisted suicide as long as the person takes the lethal drug themsel

activity in any metropolis. >> thank you for that. back here in france, police have dismantled a network reportedly sending jihadist fighters to syria. anti-terror police units launched raids across the country early this morning. most of the targets were around to lose -- around toulouse, but there was also a strike in paris. hundreds have joined the terrorists, some openly calling for attacks. more from the interior ministry. >> they carried out a number of rays across france in the early hours of monday morning, as far south as tuoulouse, as far north as normandy, and around the paris capital. there were between 10 and 15 objectives. it was an investigation they had been looking at his december of 2013. we believe -- looking at since december of 2013. we believe they are very young people born in the late-19 80's or early-19 90's -- late -1980's or early-1990's. candidates for jihad from france have gone up some 80% this year. there are thought to be 400 french nationals fighting on the front lines in iraq and syria. 120 have already returned from there, and 200 more want to g

normal security backup. >> back in france, the presidential election is over two years away, but opposition parties are already gathering steam. the head of the far right party the national front, has just real -- as just one reelection for her job. she got 100% of party backing and will reach a second-round runoff in the 2017 presidential election. and nicholas sarkozy continued his climb back to power by winning the top spot in his conservative party, the unp. sexy want to the job, and he won the job, and now it's time to get to work. -- >> he wanted the job, and he won the job, and now it's time to get to work. he wants to rebrand the party by changing its name. but it's not just the outside that will see renovation. the very foundation needs to be overhauled, too. as of june, the unp -- ump was in need of being overhauled. there have been divisions within. sarkozy wants to get rid of the lines that have been drawn and unifying -- unify the party. meanwhile, the man that served as his foreign minister said it is up to the party president to make it all work. flex he has to bri

? well because france sent troops to morocco. don't ask me why that gave italy the right to send troops to tripoli but that's the way they saw things. so italy sent troops into tripoli and there was a ferocious war there which in fact saw the first use of air power in modern warfare, the dropping of bombs from dirigibles. in some ways the last of the colonial wars, first of the post-colonial wars. resistance bogs down around the suburbs of interestingly enough benghazi saw the most ferocious fighting where later attaturk saw his first action, liesh later pasha. the turks discovered they had no way of getting to tripoli. literally mustafa, kamal and envir went there in disguise as civilians. they couldn't get there because italy had a more powerful fleet and the ottomans could not get troops across the eastern mediterranean. in the course of that war, before it was even over, a couple of important things happen. someone that the ottomans close the straits right here the dardenles, thus cutting russia off from any access to warm water markets, including the mediterranean, and all oceans b

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. >> france business leaders get together to push a positive message of the economy ful. quotes welcome to "countdown" everybody. >> 6:00 here in london. speak to newsmakers from bmw would car world, cars as easy as a one-way bike trip. >> is a big day for fiat. the king ofting spain. the european central bank governor refrained from quantitative easing in the eurozone but pledged to reassess the situation early in the new year. with inflation at a five-year , will action come too late? here is what he had to say. >> maybe they will start doing qe, but it will be too little, too late. , i think this would be over two years. they also have the right fiscal policy because qe works in the u.s. and u.k. because we have monetary stimulus and you have backloaded fiscal consolidation. , they call the slowdown, started doing fiscal tax increase. you need to have fiscal stimulus in the eurozone. this will not be enough, you have to have demand. this will come too little too late. today is at dartmouth professor of economics. thank you very much for joining us. too little too late says no

declared war and then there's sort of a cascading affect which then france stepped in in support of russia and then when germany invaded france by way of belgium, britain declared war in order to defend belgian neutrality. we chose to focus on the western front. that's where the strengths are. a lot of territory on germany's role as well as what was happening in belgium and france. so we wanted to bring these sources to the floor and really sort of focus on just the western combat experience. >> these first cases here in the collection focus on the outbreak of the war in different country. here is what we're calling germany mobilizes for war. within the case you can see different images. crowds of assembled in berlin to receive news that germ any was declaring war of-ú russia and right here the kaiser is creating a crowd from the royal palace and the kaiser is sitting on his horse. some of the more interesting aspects of what we have here for material culture objects that andy had donated. have two different pins that we're -- that were passed around in germany during the war. thes

>>> this is the story of one man, one chef, and a city. also it's about france and a lot of other chefs. and a culinary tradition that grew up to change the world of gastronomy. it's about a family tree, about the trunk from which many branches grew. it's about food, lots of food. great food. some of the greatest food on earth. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la la ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la la la ♪ >>> what is it exactly about this place? over the past century the system here, the tradition, whatever it is that took hold here, churned out a tremendous number of the world's most important chefs. chappell, bocuse, toisgros, bocuse, and most importantly, influenced nearly all the rest of them. >> why lyon? why is this such a gastronomic capital? why bocuse here? why troisgros? why all of these great chefs? >> because lyon is really positioned between the north and the south.

speaking to us here at "france 24" about his experience inside the organization. he is the only reporter to get this open insight into their network. they spoke at length to him. she began by asking him by how such a small number of jihadists managed to seize such a long area in a short space of time. >> i know they have something. they are ready to die. but this is not the first group which is ready to die. they are very strong and i think they are trained by former officers of zambrano hussein -- sadam hussein. they think that they do something great, something historic religious. at the end of their path they think there will be only three religions, islam but a very rigid and hard islam that is lived now maybe by 0.001% and jews and christians. and all the other religions have to be killed, have to disappear. they talk about hundreds of millions, even billions. all the non-believers have to die. that is what they say. and they think that is a big fight a fight now between good and bad, and they are good and this is the reason why they are very very successful. and if they die, they t

. bloomberg was there to gauge france's 2 -- tech industry in a slow-growing economy. caroline brings us an extensive look. >> good morning. it has been going on for over 10 years. more than 3000 attendees here. 200 startups and some great stories, including the founder of uber who got the idea of creating the service here when he was stuck in paris and could not find a taxi. many think that france has become a pretty attractive place. france has introduced tax rates of $7 billion for rnd. these companies are also looking for the best talent. that is one of the reasons phil libin, evernote ceo, is coming to le web. camet him just after b off the plane. he told me he was setting up a new office in france. i asked him what his view was on for the france's tech scene. have a listen. >> i think the view is mixed. there is definitely a lot of sentiment that france is a difficult place to do business with. but, i think the smart companies are all contrarian. when the commission wisdom is some places difficult to be, that is probably the best time to go there. the most important thing

franc and the changes to it. >> reporter: it's an item in the spending bill, so important to the nation's big banks, jpmorgan chief jamie diamond telephoned lawmakers urging them to vote for it. buried on page 616 of the bill is a bombshell, a provision repealing a key dot franc financial reform preventing banks leaving taxpayers on the look when certain trades turn sour. drafted with reports coming from citigroup lobbyists, the item had opponents in the senate crying foul. >> wall street as a result of citigroup and other wall street companies can continue to engage in reckless derivative speculation. derivatives betting on the health of the housing market was a driving force behind the 2008 mortgage meltdown. it was designed to make sure banks do not but taxpayers at risk. >> if they have action to the bailout money, they are more the likely to engame in more risky trading in higher volumes. >> while the white house does not support rolling back protection, it is willing to live with it to get a spending bill passed. >> on balance, the president is pleased with what was include

headlines from around the world. european markets extending the global rally in france. a number of corporate stories steal the headlines. xerox's icy business while air france is sharply lower after another profit warning. >>> club med shares remain suspended after china raises its bid. >>> shares in roche fall around 5% after the swiss pharma giant reveals two studies aimed at alzheimer's and breast cancer have yielded disappointing results. >>> and president obama signing a new russian sanctions bill, but stops with corporate sanctions. basf calls off a deal with gazprom. >> announcer: you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >>> and it's 9:00 a.m. here in london. let's take a look at the europe 600 heat map. extending the rally that we have seen over the past couple of days. yesterday, the best one-day gain for european stocks in three years. a lot of that has to do with what's happening in global markets. in fact, yesterday the dow surging over 400 points, the best one-day gain for the dow since november 2011. we'll get to that in

france and see the troops and award medals and things like that. that was it. william was -- wilhelm, much more complicated, because he half believed he was the clink's heir. he hadn't understood they were bypassing him all the time. what they did was used the imperial train rather cleverly. nice train. they put him in there and told him to go east or west or -- they kept him away. he likewise didn't. bear in mind that before the war, their experience was to sort of -- or his was to go on maneuvers. but you didn't actually have to do anything. you had to be the kaiser taking the salute and so on. it was pageantry. there was no real experience. had he no idea about strategy. i think he was quite a problem actually for hindenberg and so on, so forth. and the czar did go to the front and that was -- and took command. that i hope someone may be talking about this properly because that's another huge subject because it was a terrible mistake for the simple reason that when things went worse and worse for russia -- which it most certainly did -- they now blamed him. and he was, likewise, n

focus. gauge, manufacturing hsbc below 50. contraction at a seven-month low. france coming down. germany and 30 minutes time. let's get the market open with caroline hyde. >> we had the worst six-day drop .n european stocks since 2011 we are down about 8% in the last six days. any kind of rebound? we're already trading up in france. the hope is amid all this bad data, will we start to see stimulus come through? from the likes of china and europe, that has got to be the hope. many have to cancel those christmas lunches. we have got so much on our plate. russia hiking. the interest rate the most since 1998. you have got oil continuing to have got chinese manufacturing contracting. that was a surprise. we have got eurozone debt the later today. we have pmi's from france. hope is on the equity market. let's look at what happened to the ruble. to theeeing a rebound russian ruble. the dollar is down. on a two-day basis. yesterday we saw the u.s. dollar up 10% against the ruble. central bankhe stepped in. the emergency meeting at midnight, raising interest rates i 6.5%. ls economic growth. if y

without the vessel they were supposed to sail away on. france is suspending delivery of the warship until further notice . >> farewell, france. on thursday, 400 russian marines left the city without the french-made warship they were supposed to take home. the helicopter carrier will stay docked here in the french port. it's the latest development in the diplomatic employment between paris -- embroiled in between paris and moscow -- embroilment between paris and moscow. >> conditions have not been met for the ship to be delivered. what are the conditions? a cease-fire and a political solution. today, these conditions have not been fulfilled. >> vladimir putin did not mention the ship during his annual press conference on thursday, but he had already spoken a profitable sanctions -- spoken of possible sections against france if it was not delivered. the contract includes two carriers for a total of 2.1 billion euros. before leaving, the failures went grocery shopping in the city. -- the salyers -- the sailors went grocery shopping in the city. the crisis drags on. >> u.s. president ba

there. >> definitely, tom. that is a completely unrelated event, and "france 24" learned about it. there has sfweed been own explosion outside the cultural center. a hole of about 50 sent meets was caused by a device placed against that wall. the investigation is just beginning. islamist peace officers are out there. this is worrying for french authorities because this is the second attack of that type in two months. the first one had originally be claimed by the islamic state's organization, but the statement was denied moments after by another organization presenting itself as the islamic state group saying it was not response in. the original statement has been deemed as not credible by french sources. this friday evening a little before 10 p.m. local time that explosion occurred. damage is structural damage. no casualties are being reported so far. that facility has largely been deserted since those first round of explosions some two months ago. an investigation into those events is still very much ongoing. that is probably why that facility has been closed thins then. tas ver

, december 18th. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning. good to be with you. i'm frances rivera. >>> north korea is seen by the u.s. government as the instigator of the massive hack attack on sony as senior u.s. officials tell nbc news saying there will be a response. late last night, the white house released an official statement saying, in part, the u.s. government is working tirelessly to bring the perpetrators of this attack to justice. and we are considering a range of options in weighing a potential response. sony decided to pull the christmas day release of "the interview" because of the threat of 9/11 type attacks from the hackers. the nation's five largest movie theater chains had already decided to hold back or drop it themselves. and reaction has been swift. actor rob lowe tweeted, wow, everyone caved. the hackers won. an utter and complete victory for them. wow. former house speaker newt gingrich, no one should kid themselves with the sony collapse america has lost its first cyberwar. this is a very, very dangerous precedent. and mitt romney had this idea, son

. >> thank you for that reporting from baghdad. france has been hit by a second attack in two days, reportedly by someone yelling "god is g reat" in arabic or to leavenworth when a driver rent his car into pedestrians in the eastern city of --\11 ere hurt when a driver rammed his car into pedestrians in the eastern city of dijon. here's more from the french interior minister. >> we advise calm and caution. fear is the goal of terrorists. a hasty response would be a victory for them. to fight against fear is to fight against terrorism. composure, awareness and determination must remain our guiding principles. >> more on the latest attack in dijon sunday. >> french investigators questioning people on what happened on sunday night when a man ran into passersby in dijon. among the main witnesses come the 11 people injured. several are treated in this hospital. police and prosecutors have made no official comment. sources have revealed initial elements. the driver rested after the attack, is an unstable man treated and -- in a psychiatric hospital and known to police for petty offenses.

. fronts along once to finis -- wants to end negativity in france. >> i am aware of what we face. this evening, i am thinking of families who worry about their children's future. when faced with unemployment and exclusion. but i want to see an end to all the negativity and despond and see. france is a great country. it is the fifth economic power in the world, and france fulfills its responsibilities every timepiece is threatened. thanks to our soldiers in africa and iraq. they make their country proud. >> the latter main french soldiers in afghanistan can now come home -- last remain french soldiers in afghanistan can now come home. they have officially handed over responsibly to a turkish contingent, putting an end to the french war effort in afghanistan, which saw 89 soldiers killed in combat. kate moody was at the ceremony in kabul. >> a monument was unveiled in the shape of the ipo tower commemorating the 89 french soldiers who lost their lives there since 2001. soldiers also marked the end of france's military presence in afghanistan, handing over the military airport to a turkis

chicago, but nowhere is jazz more loved than in france especially in the french capital. where the jazz sound meets the paris je ne saisquoi. "america tonight's" sheila macvicar. >> don't be fooled by china moses's fluent french. she's very much an american jazz singer. it's just that china has lived in paris since she was eight years old. ♪ ♪ cry me a river ♪ ♪ cry me a river ♪ ♪ cause i cried a river over you ♪ >> there's something magical about rivers. >> yeah. and the seine is a very magical one. living in like lemarais, every sunday they close down the banks and you see the notre dame. this is here, you look at the time architecture, this is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. it's crazy. it's crazy. i live in a post card. and what -- would i ever want to give that post card up? no . ♪ ♪ je nais pleurais ♪ ♪ >> all this time you've lived in france -- >> i'm still american. >> do the french think of you as american? >> no. i have to remind them. no i'm 100% american. that's why i'm a little crazy. i smile and i talk loud. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it's a differ