the berlin wall separated family members from one another overnight. the mayor of berlin and other officials attended an official ceremony remembering those who died while trying to escape communist east germany, which instructed border guards to shoot to kill. here is what one berliner had to say about those years of hostility and division. >> since late 1989, the berlin wall has been little more than a tourist attraction and historical artifact. but 49 years ago, they woke up in east berlin to hear of the wall's construction. he later fled to the west. >> it was like being in prison. we could not leave. this is where our world came to an end. >> on august 13, 1961, the east german communist government shut down the border in a bid to keep citizens from fleeing. 1.6 million people had already left, seeking a better life. an animated graphic depicts the death strip. there is the 4 meter high ball that split a city and an entire country. >> it is important not to idealize life in east germany. they say it was not so bad and you had a decent life. >> tod

this footage came shortly before the berlin wall came down. she was a member of the party, but today, she heads up its successor, the left party korean at an exhibition in downtown berlin, she looks back at her party's history. -- the left party. at an exhibition in downtown berlin, she looks back at her party's history. >> it was a huge party. after the wall came down, an awful lot left. >> she stepped up to the plate, like another became a party leader. in a unified germany, the sed initially tried to hold onto its power and its assets, but to no avail. they have nothing in common with the old sed. >> the big difference with the left party is that we have parties in what was formerly koppel part of germany. we are no longer just an east german party. -- formerly part of germany. >> civil rights activists met senior officials for a round- table talks on the country's future. the people whose commitment had helped to topple the berlin wall, wanted a democracy. they call their grids no forum, democratic awakening, or democracy now. -- they call

i am in berlin. >> and i have the business news. >> the headlines. floods continue to sweep seven pakistan. the filipino police and met the botched an operation to free 15 foreign tourists taken hostage by gunmen. in the third baby dies in a hospital in germany after receiving a contaminated in fusion. >> pakistan has held an emergency meeting with officials on averting a major outbreak of disease in flood affected areas but the threat from waterborne disease is growing with millions of people living in temporary relief shelters. the u.n. has described the situation in pakistan is critical. this comes as their fresh warnings of a flood surge in southern plains. >> babies and young children are most at risk of contracting diseases. but there is some hope for the mothers who have made it to one of the hospitals in this province. >> the last -- we have treated 500 to 600 children over the past three days, most of them had diarrhea or skin infections. clean water and basic medicine is all they need to be helped. >> and these people have accessed the madi

welcome to the journal here in berlin. our headlines at this hour. millions in aid for victims of pakistan's flooding, but desperation grows. iraq sees the deadliest bombing in weeks as u.s. forces pretend -- prepare to end combat operations. and shining in the world cup. the world bank will release $700 million euros to help the pakistani flood disaster, and the president is calling for a donor conference to collect money needed to rebuild the country. in the meantime, aid agencies warn millions are at risk for disease as they await assistance. >> the country's military has been flying countless rescue missions. many areas are cut off from the outside world. upon landing, hundreds scramble to get onboard the aircraft, but there is never enough space. most of these desperate people will end up staying behind. aid has arrived, but many complain that it has not been fairly distributed. >> they are distributed among influential people. the poor get nothing. >> and it is weakest in disaster-hit areas that are left with nothing. aid organizations view the

. >> will pick it up here in berlin, where guido westerwelle led his first cabinet meeting. he is standing in for the chancellor, who is on vacation in italy. germany signed agreements with nations in latin america and the caribbean. there is a new strategy to bolster relationships with 33 countries, with an emphasis on economic ties. brazil's booming economy is attracting billions in foreign investment. it will also host the next world cup in the 2016 summer olympics. germany's new strategy seems to capitalize on line americas new mexico growth. -- latin america's banana groves. >> it is a success story. we have to become part of this. >> mexico's ambassador to germany is enthusiastic about berlin suggestion that latin america be given a greater role at the united nations. germany and mexico are trading partners with ties in the automotive industry, chemical production, and electronics. there is always room for expansion. >> i hope those ties will extend to cooperation on global energy in the near future. i could see direct investment between germany and mexico. >> germany

but elsewhere 21 in berlin as well as vienna. a couple showers for those of you in berlin. looking pretty pleasant. paris as well as london, too, mild weather for you on tuesday. that's a look at your weather for now. here is your three-day outlook. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

i am brian thomas in berlin. >> and i am steve chaid. >> two and half million people affected by pakistan's worst flooding in generations. u.s. president obama confirms american troops will and combat missions in iraq within 30 days. and russia declares a state of emergency as wildfires shroud the capital, moscow, in smoke. ♪ >> fears are growing about the outbreak of waterboe diseases among the hdredof thousands of people affected by monsoon rains and flooding in pakistan. unprecedented rainfall has triggered floods and landslides, sweeping away thousands of homes and devastating farmland in one of pakistan's most impoverished regions, already hard hit by years of violence. the first cases of cholera have been reported as survivors get ready for more seasonal rains in the hours to come. >> if their homes and belongings and not been swept away, they're buried under mud. everything disappeared within a matter of minutes, and all that is left is this mess. >> the flood came here and took away our homes. the government released water from dams and homes were washed away. around 20,000 homes,

of activities these kind of people as of now the top style of storefronts in berlin have been defaced in numerous nighttime attacks and there are a few customers the threat of the company's expansion seems to be laid to rest for the moment despite what many here want it's business as usual at this store in central berlin but what the controversy over the court case and the company itself proves is that there is nothing the german establishment fears quite as much as its own history. artsy belin. now to some other international news this hour the u.n. he's appealing for more than four hundred million dollars in emergency aid for the flood victims of pakistan and desperation is growing as millions of people face shortages of food and water. the severe rain homes farmland and infrastructure have been destroyed and hope is struggling to get through sixteen hundred people died so that is the country's worst ever disaster. the u.s. says it plans to end combat operations in iraq by the end of the month also wants to remove all american troops by the end of next year more than sixty thousand

of activities these kind of people as of now the top style of store fronts in berlin have been defaced in numerous nighttime attacks and there are few customers the threat of the company's expansion seems to be laid to rest for the moment despite what many here want it's business as usual at this store in central berlin but what the controversy over the court case and the company itself proves is that there is nothing the german establishment fears quite as much as its own history. artsy belin. for more on the main stories we're covering on that here's what i also find that the maintenance of. the perfect hoist it just like the million dollars foundation does say that if and when the stage with no sign of a great kid and no evidence to the. rush is on precedence of topical he may have brought a small this but it's also a bear and should be in the fall of the west of the year olds be the grown figs lemons. washington says it's on the targets to end its military operations in iraq by the end of the month the reassurances come out of the country's top army officer wounded iraqi troops won

of activity these kind of people as of now the total start of storefronts in berlin have been defaced in numerous nighttime attacks and there are a few customers with a lot of the company's expansion seems to be laid to rest for the moment despite what many here want it's business as usual at this store in central berlin but what the controversy over the court case and the company itself proves is that there is nothing the german establishment fears quite as much as its own history. but don't forget to check out our web site for a lot more stories and videos some of what's on the line if you right now at r.t. dot com british universities activists are criticizing plans to install in-flight surveillance of passengers saying the world's most watched country doesn't need any more c.c.t.v. . and russia's heatwave is literally bearing fruit in the city of far to the west of the people are growing figs lemons and even the niners for more head to r.t. dot com. the u.s. says it plans to end combat operations in iraq by the end of the month to withdraw all. can choose by the end of next year m

of activity these kind of people as of now the total start of storefronts in berlin have been defaced in numerous nighttime attacks and there are a few customers the threat of the company's expansion seems to be laid to rest for the moment despite what many here want it's business as usual at this store in central berlin but what the controversy over the court case and the company itself proves is that there is nothing the german establishment fears quite as much as its own history. check out our website for stories and video of course is just some of what's online here at the men essence dot com. human rights activists are criticizing new plans to install implies surveillance. saying at the world's most watched country any more c.c.t.v. . and brushes he waves literally bearing fruit in this is your car so the rest of the people are grown figs and lemons and bananas from all you had to r.t. dot com. now the u.s. says it plans to end combat operations in iraq by the end of the month and with. all american jews by the end of next year but a top iraqi army officer says the date a private

of activity these kind of people as of now the top style of storefronts in berlin have been defaced in numerous nighttime attacks and there are few customers the threat of the company's expansion seems to have been laid to rest for the moment despite what many here want it's business as usual at this store in central berlin but what the controversy over the court case and the company itself proves is that there is nothing the german establishment fears quite as much as its own history. artsy belin. the u.s. says it plans to end combat operations in iraq by the end of the month and to withdraw american troops by the end of next year more than sixty thousand soldiers are currently stationed in the country by zero says but some officials say a power vacuum and instability there is creating the conditions may come back to us back to the this is trying to. move in turn to insurgency. but it is growing because of america's extended presence in the region. the coalition forces of failed to realize what's making al qaeda grow al qaeda is growing because of of continued presence u.s. and nato f

of activities these kind of people as of now the top style of store fronts in berlin have been defaced in numerous nighttime attacks and there are few customers the threat of the company's expansion seems to be laid to rest for the moment despite what many here want it's business as usual at this store in central berlin but what the controversy over the court case and the company itself proves is that there is nothing the german establishment fears quite as much as its own history. artsy belin. well they get to check out our website for the stories and videos has some thoughts on the line few right now it dot com british rights activists are criticizing. to install flight surveillance of passengers saying well as most watched the c.c.t.v. . and russia's heatwave these troops bearing fruit the city of fine west of the rules people are growing figs leavens and numbness had to come. to. the u.s. says it plans to end combat operations in iraq by the end of the month and to withdraw all american troops by the end of next year more than sixty thousand soldiers are currently stationed in the

mark the anniversary the capital and the country was split in half after world war two but before the berlin wall paved the way from jamie thirty first of august one thousand nine hundred treaty sealed east germany's breakup and integration of the west for twenty years all that many germans in the east feel like second class citizens with unemployment twice as high as in the west where wages almost a third hire local said east germans haven't reached the standards of living they were promised twenty years ago. well to eastern india now where crop failure due to a severe two year drought is pushing one british to take extreme measures and have been soft threatening to commit mass suicide and it's a better option than to continue suffering because of the lack of food of his own currency reports they've lost the government aid but so far little has been done. here in the village of you know remote part of eastern india so intricate mali spends time with his family including his little grandson this may look like one happy picture but the reality is quite the opposite with no food to eat so reig

and so it was done in berlin in german on a double bill with beckett's krapp's last tape. and i think that fact, which got picked up by the new york times, you know-- "young american playwright has to go to germany to have his first work done, and not even in english"-- i think that instantly made the play producible in new york city, because six months later, it was done off-broadway in english on the same double bill and ran for four years. so i quit my job delivering telegrams for western union-- [laughter] and settled in to be a playwright. now, do you speak or write german? no. no. it's a very strange language. do you speak it? no. no. you know, the verbs are at the ends of the sentences, so you can go along, you know, for a page and a half, not knowing what anybody is talking about, and then, all of a sudden, bang, at the end, there's a verb. but you had this-- this added advantage of sitting there the first time you watched it and not being able to say-- or disadvantage-- not being able to say, "you're butchering my dialogue." you didn't have a clue, did you? well,

the anniversary of the capital when the country was split in half after world war two the fall of the berlin wall paved the way for united germany. first of all the start of ninety treaties sealed east germany's breakup and integration into the west but twenty years on that many germans in the east feel like second class citizens only employment twice as high as in the west wages are almost a third higher call said east germans haven't reached the standards of living they were promised twenty years ago. russia's a ban on gambling excepting for designated zones is only seen underground betting flourish the only zone that's operational is in the country's south and it's failing to rake in money now the regions of forty's want to relocate it in there to the black sea resorts to attract more punters or lower the stakes for investors ortiz there is below ski looks at what could be on the cards. this is a gamblers paradise the oracle of first all kinds of games from the army of one armed bandits to poker and roulette. however most of the time the place is deserted . this is the only legal casino i

of activity these kind of people as of now the total start of storefronts in berlin have been defaced in numerous time attacks that are few customers the threat of the company's expansion seems to have been laid to rest for the moment despite what many have want it's business as usual at this store in central berlin but what the controversy over the court case and the company itself proves is that there is nothing the german establishment fears quite as much as its own history you. see in germany isn't the only country with a far right political base this week tokyo is hosting a conference for representatives from european nationalist groups organized by a right wing japanese party this comes as fears grow over the rise in popularity of far right groups following gains in european elections last year the leader of the conservative party in the european parliament timothy kirk says the election or the electoral system is to blame. but the voting system which is applied in european elections is not the same as the ones in all national elections and we have their full seeing people comin

of activity these kind of people as of now the total start of storefronts in berlin have been defaced in numerous nighttime attacks and there are few customers the threat of the company's expansion seems to be laid to rest for the moment despite what many here want it's business as usual at this store in central berlin but what the controversy over the court case and the company itself proves is that there is nothing the german establishment fears quite as much as its own history. artsy belin. if you get to check out our web site of course for a whole lot or all the stories that we've come today of his to some of was on line his ass he talked about the movement for you which is human rights activists are criticizing the e.u. plans to install in-flight surveillance of passengers saying of the world's most watched country doesn't need more c.c.t.v. . and russia's heat wave is truly bearing fruit in this is the father of the west of the urals people are growing figs leavens and but not owners but more do head to r.t. dot com. the u.s. says it plans to end combat operations in iraq by the

berlin games down the tail high of 70 degrees. kabi the start. for the shore and then increasing amounts of sunshine by late morning. highs in the east bay ballet wrapped around 80 degrees tomorrow. about as warm as we had today 84 antioch 76 livermore, and load of the '70s in the south bay. cupertino 74 degrees. with mostly sunny skies. then starting tuesday we really will start to see the temperatures on top. going into the 80s in land. '70s bay land. also shore flow develops and keeps the fog got all sunshine highs approaching 100 degrees in land thursday eighties around the bay. then the fog return to sea breeze returns. and saturday and sunday is back into the 80s in land. >> thank you brian will the giants stopped the sweep today. the giants beat the diamondbacks nine to seven. the giants are now one-half games behind philadelphia. for the wild-card the a's took their second series when on texas today. they grab their lead over the rangers. the final score here eight to two. and the a's play the yankees in new york tomorrow. couple the new

secondly, last night my son called me to say, gone to berlin. go outside and see how it's turning around. this is not right, especially with the historic ferry building. i tell you when you're right most of the times in waterfront. they've done a beautiful job. all these renovations got done. this is so badly flawed. it's not what the people want. so please go back and review this and see that it's not right. especially with the waterfront plants with the bay. it's not right to block the buildings that we live in. so please, go back and go to the drawing board and see that it's a wrong decision. thank you. >> lee radder in. >> radner. >> good afternoon, commissioners. lee radner from golden gateway, executive director. i have some material i'd like to read. they sent out an alert this morning. we'll try to read it in the three minutes allotted. he has joined our neighborhood coalition partners and otherings as a party to a lawsuit that has been filled -- filed, excuse me with the san francisco superior court on wednesday, august 18, 2010. the le

. >> i did an amazing project with robert wilson in germany at the berlin ensemble which is this amazing theater where the opera appeared -- opera premiere. we were commissioned to do a theater piece based on the shakespeare sonnets and i put 10 of them to music. on this album there are three of them. i knew of the sonnets before and there are certain lines, i am what i am, which you cannot really escape, but having dove into them and and spend some time in that territory, it totally changed my life. there is a bottomless pit of brilliance. there is no way of ever getting it all around your head, -- tavis: his what is the process of putting music to a sign that? >> the best thing to do is not to think too much. i have found whatever comes -- you are not the genius. he is. for once i am not the genius. [laughter] i tend to do what would come instinctively and what stays out of the web. and also what is most -- what happens the quickest? i think this is about taking a backseat. tavis: when you spend that much time with shakespeare's sonnets given what the project was you come away with wha

he is seen in the far left of this photo that flew a bombing issue over berlin in 1944. all the soldiers lost tir lives in that mission. in 2005 they begin to excavating the ash site in germany. they identified his remains using dna testing. >>> a company issues a recall of ground beef after several people got sick. >> and a man served two years in prison for a fatal crash >> and an event that ended world war ii. and anniversary of th bombing of ♪ hey, at&u-verse tv? yeah, 's our new tv service. every day thousands of custome across the nation are switching to at&t u-verse. [ female announcer ] visit a store today. hurry and take advtage of our summer sale on u-verse tv. just $29 a month fosix months. plus for limited time, t a 30-day money-back guarantee, and a dvr is included. yeah, and u-verse tv lets you rord up to four shows om any room on a single dvr and play them ck on -- any -- tv. and multiview, whiclets you follow four channels at once. oa! whoa! [ female aouncer ] visit a store today. hurry and take advantage oe on u-verse tv. just $29 a month for six nths.

she was the iconic vamp of berlin in the '20s. outrageous in every way. silent film star, nude dancer. endless affairs with men and women. cognac and cocaine addict. often dressed in furs and jewels and little else. she is on canvas the star of the show. just as she was in life. >> the red dress was actually black, but dix painted it red just to make her look like the sort of epitome of sin. >> reporter: the scarlet woman. >> yes, of course, also. she was 26 at the time. dix painted her to look as though she was 66. within three years she died. >> reporter: by then dix was considered the premiere german portrait painter. he was part of the new objectivity movement, essentially it was brutalism. his models were musicians and poets, lawyers, doctors, mother and child. his portraits could be tender but mostly they were unflatter like this one. why would anyone want their portrait to be painted by others like this? i mean this is.... >> you don't like it. >> reporter: well, i like it as a painting but i don't know know if i would like him painting my portrait

. >> berlin ag aims to make banks more accountable in a major overhaul of financial regulations. >> authorities in chilly move heavy equipment in its place to rescue more than 30 trapped miners -- authorities in chile. more than 60 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a wave of deadly attacks in 10 cities across iraq. most of the more bomb attacks targeting police stations. the single largest incident took place in the city placequd, southeast of the capital of baghdad. the violence is a major crisis for iraqi security. >> terrorists attacked the all too familiar in iraq. 13 last within just a few hours is extreme, even for this war- torn country -- 13 blast. a suicide bomber killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more at a police station in baghdad. the deadliest attack occurred in qud, southeast of baghdad. here, too, a suicide bomber blew off the side of a vehicle outside a police station. authorities say 20 police officers died and around 90 were wounded. insurgents also targeted government security forces in basrah, kirkuk and other cities in what appears to have been a co

now, they are concerned about 80 river running through berlin. jacqueline? >> to take a look or extended forecast, the fog and drizzle. we will see a warm-up, and could get even warmer. when will have a full forecast coming up in justic imminent.just a few minu >> now for the latest in the oil spill, bp has continued to drill the relief well to seal the main wall for good. and the oil has stopped spewing out of the damaged well and today, admiral nathaniel said that the force and cement has hardened and not so the relief wells can be paroled. meanwhile, if a hurricane hats? and whips it up, clean-up workers might not be nibbled to clean up right away. new orders require that the obama detested first. and it is easier for the government to reimburse by bp and the oil and 70 peebles' backyards. whir into the wetlands. fast >> new details, with a boo14 yed boy has confessed to starting the 40 a. fire. if the homes, 400 a., and fire crews were able to quickly contained in it. the 14 year-old borg dropped a barbequed light into a brush after smoking marijuana. he

. >> my name is berlin, but. -- [unintelligible] the quality of journalism, we feel that all of the people working in poverty, those people are always excluded. especially where corporate mainstream media is concerned. we do this in so many ways and so many forms. the real quality of journalism is the people. even though we are grass roots, always hanging by a thread, we never failed to be heard. i believe that the mayor of oakland said this, for one the government is pretty much run by large media corporations. when you are out there speaking the truth that they do not want to hear, just to make your media -- especially if you are pointing out your expos -- that you are exposed. we also believe that in media there should come education. the word minority is a derogatory term. believe it or not. thank you.

they celebrate ramadan in berlin where they have lived for over 30 years. >> ramadan is a holy month, we all make mistakes during ts month, we all have to do something so that god can forgive us for our sins. >> not everyone finds it easy, especially when their work is demanding. >> luckily, my boss is pretty tolerant and he understands me. he gives me time off. i am off for a month. >> many people adapted to different pace during ramadan. clucks they all come before their evening meals, all at once within two hours. >> ramadan can be good for business. >> if you are entertaining people at home, you purchase more food. our town of pretends to be higher. >> they are preparing for the evening meal. this wi be cooked at quaer toine. >> archaeologists in england say they have discovered the oldest house in britain. researchers say that the remains of the structure at the stone age sight in northern england date back almost 10,000 years. britain was still connected to continental europe but that time. it was constructed using timber posts and it provides the earliest evidence of carpentry

dna technology bringing closure for family of a world war ii airman killed in a bombing mission over berlin. >> i'm sandhya patel. there are signs this unseasonally cool weather may be coming to an end. i'll talk about it in the accu-weather forecast. >> and one of san francisco's popular sandwich shops is forced to close, a victim of its own success. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> the remains of a world war ii airman from oakland declared missing in action have been identified. the army sargeant seen in the far left of the photo was part of a b 24 crew flew a bombing mission in 1944. you can see his face highlighted tlchl all but one of the airmen lost lives in that mission. in 2005, investigators began excavating the crash site near hanover, germany identifying the remains using dna testing. >> so proud of the army to go to this extent. they've really went up. and i didn't believe that they'd go... into this much detail. and time spent. to recover these fellas. i mean, it's wonderful. >> investigators recovered his dog tag there. it is. on tuesday, his rema

let's go now to the managing director of the institute for meteorology at the free university here in berlin. with all due respect, for a meteorologist's caution, when come to instructhe leading unique whether evens, these are the kinds of phenomenon that are predicted by climate scientists, when they talk about the effect of global warming, are they not? >> well, this is exactly the case. these incidents, and they are quite normal in a certain respect, but with climate change, we are expecting that the number and maybe the intensity of some of the events will increase, and this is a main risk of climate change. >> piss so what do we need to be prepared for in the future? >> well it depends on the region you are looking at. for example, models say that we are considering for an estimated climate change, it clearly say there is an increased risk of heat wave in the mediterranean region, and there is a risk of more flooding in central europe, and this is only, of course, a small part. there are other regions of the world that are by far more effectived, and that there is an extreme is not the

general patton's third army from normandy to berlin as a signal corps officer, a cherokee code talker. she is also descended from one of the first cherokee presbyterian circuit ministers and from a man who led on the trail of tears. mary jean is on the community relations council and she is working very hard to get a cherokee nation counselor office officially recognized by the u.s. state department here in the san francisco bay area to promote not only trade and travel, but also to promote the cherokee artists, writers, craftsmen, and products in our bay area. in the area days of the california arts council, mary jean received two of its artist in schools and communities grants. she was an oral historian for the american indian arts workshop in the 1970's and she and another historian advised and costumed the native american themed play "the loon's rays." what a wonderful background. we were so happy for you, mary jean, and now i would like to introduce you to a former kqed community advisory panel member and also an american indian local hero recipient himself and he would like to s

international atomic agency still does not agree on whatever is in washington and london or paris or berlin as far as iran is concerned because russia has its own agenda with iran which is somewhat sometimes different and sometimes not related to nuclear energy at all russia and iran. difficult history of relationship at the same time they have quite a while agenda. economic agenda including. the development of the riches of the caspian sea we have some common strategic interests since for as international terrorism is concerned in iran is very. the us is. an ally in certain aspects of food policy is fighting terrorism so we have some interests in common we of course in russia north supportive of your rainy and nuclear military program at the same time there are also though it's whether iran is really up to a bomb. or just a capability which of course is a big difference. say germany or japan countries with nuclear weapons capabilities they just do not have any bombs and that is their choice so as far as i read the situation iran is not in a suicidal mood and i don't think they really want

>> hello, everyone, and welcome to "the journal" in berlin. >> and i have the business news. >> the headlines at this hour, flood victims and the slow pace of a distribution in pakistan. china overtakes japan as the world's second-biggest economy, and can ship cards help educate children of low-income families? captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- in pakistan, flood victims have blocked a highway to protest the slow pace of government help. in the meantime, aid agencies are warning that relief is arriving too slowly for the millions of people still without clean water, food, and shelter. at least 20 million people have been affected in the two weeks of flooding. >> amid the desperation in pakistan, the anger is growing. about 100 flood survivors blocked a road on monday. this man shouted that they would not leave until the chief minister kaine. others simply cried, "we want food!" >> we have lost their children and our livestock. we can hardly save ourselves. what are we to do? where are we to go? >> further north in print job province, the army is trying to help.