is with us tonight from warsaw. good evening. >>> nato security was a big issue in warsaw, and so was the arab spring. president obama met with 17 leaders from central and eastern europe to discuss ways to bring about democracy in the region. earlier today, he wrapped up the g-8 summit and posed for the traditional class photo with other leaders. libya dominated the discussions. the u.s. and allis reiterating removing gadhafi from power is now part of the mission. he also met with dmitry medvedev who had been critical of the strikes but he's now willing to serve as a mediator. saying he'll use his contacts with the government to try to negotiate an end to the conflict there. the president heads back tomorrow. >> kristen welker traveling with the president. again tonight in warsaw, poland. thanks. >>> back in d.c., a four-year extension of the revised patriot act was signed into law minutes before midnight last night. you would be correct to act, with the president overseas, how exactly did he sign the bill in washin

at that meeting in moscow they also arranged for documents and other evidence to be handed over to warsaw you know as

. >> reporter: and at a press conference in warsaw the president made the case to americans why even in these tough economic times the u.s. has to play a leading role. >> we've got to leave room for us to continue our tradition of providing leadership when it comes to freedom, democracy, human rights. ♪ >> reporter: earler in the week, during his speech to the british parliament, the president addressed the growing concern in some corners about the slow progress in libya. >> we will not relent until the people of libya are protected and the shadow of tyranny is lifted. >> reporter: substantively as aides describe it this trip was about the basic european diplomacy american presidents have to do every year, from reaffirming the close ties with britain and other western allies to reassuring new ones in the east like here in poland. the trip had its lighter moments and some hiccups. from little things like a non-working pen in poland to the president signing a book in england as if he were stuck in a campaign time machine. then again, that adulation the president experienced in irelan

over the front of warsaw is deserted now you. the germans are driving people know little of the bank of the river once again the city has been systematically destroyed street after street and it house after house and the buildings are being blown up and burned all. the c.d.'s being raised to the ground. the nazis made infantry's of old buildings that had survived air raids and blew them up in accordance with its clear cut chad duell they made a special point of destroying historical buildings and architectural land knox as a matter of priority not psy-ops experts prepared a special register just for this purpose. there's a little if he leans higher all castle was in ruins that's just you nineteen forty five zero three and then some small structural elements were left open and that. also is liberation was different from other cities in january nine hundred forty five the red army drove the occupiers out and entered warsaw but unlike elsewhere the local population didn't line the streets to welcome soviet soldiers the polish capita

. >> rose: and what happened in warsaw? >> we... the chinese, because of the cultural revolution, had recalled all their diplomats from around the wor. so the only place where there was a diplomat where there was also an american diplomat was in warsaw becau in warsaw we held formal tks periodic intervals so i instructed the american ambassador there at the next social eve where the chinese were present to walk up to the chinese and tell them that we wanted to talk. the diplomat, an outstanding man thought this was a kissinger invention and he didn't get it through channels so he ignored it. so i made him come back and walked him into the oval office. >> rose: (laughs) >> and the president repeated the instruction. >> rose: (laughs) "tour tell the chinese..." >> and they did it and there was a report now that the chinese had written about it. >> rose: the interesting thing about this book you have access to chinese thinking you did not have. >> a lot of chinese. >> rose: we'll talk mor about that. >> including some during the korean

the monument to the warsaw ghetto uprising in 1943. here he met holocaust survivors and jewish community leaders promising to return again with his daughters when the national jewish history museum is completed. tpwhut visit is important diplomatically, too. poland is a key nato ally for thes but mr. obama's decision to halt the bush administration's plans for maisel defense system here turned relations frosty in recent years. still, the white house has stressed the two presidents would be discussing the u.s.' role in poland's national security during bilateral meetings on saturday. as guest of honor at a meeting of central and eastern european leaders, the u.s. president sought to reassure his hosts. >> we have taken great inspiration of the blossoming of freedom and economic growth in this region and were tchaffed will continue and we want to be a part of that process of strengthening your democracy and strengthening your economies and be a full partner because we think that will be beneficial to the united states as well. >> a small

in warsaw, president obama has been care tolve make gestures which would have been welcomed in poland, elsewhere in eastern europe and perhaps with a nod to his bid for re-election by a domestic u.s. audience, too. the day began with a wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier, as mr. obama paid homage to those pohls who lost their lives in the second world war. poland is a country whose national identity has long been shaped by its destruction of nazi germany in the subsequent decades of communist rule. after chatting to world war ii veterans, mr. obama crossed the industry to another significant landmark, the monument to the warsaw ghetto uprising in 1993. here he met holocaust survivors and jewish community leaders promising to return again with his daughters when the national jewish history museum is completed. but this vicinity is important diplomatically, too. poland is a key nato ally for the u.s. but mr. obama's decision to halt the bush administration's plan for a missile defense system here has turned relations frosty in recent years. still, the white house h

america's high stake of military ambitions in poland as president obama rallies office european trip in warsaw. belgrade agrees to extradite former general got cold blooded to the hague on board crimes charges despite his health problems serbia is accused of arresting him only so it can join the e.u. . georgia protesters appealed to the e.u. to probe excess harassment following the government's independent state crackdown that's left hundreds wounded and detained. and up next why the russian capital was known as the white city of the sixteenth century is among the revelations in this week's moscow out. hello and welcome to the program on the streets go out i'll be exploring the city's boulevard ring actually just a whole seaside it was a recently laid out for a place the thought of the side walls of the old gods all white city heights with history culture museums and statements it's the perfect routes to explore the russian capital and we started here just opposite the peaceful christ the said the cathedral of the republican style that tried to mount here shows you the incomplete secular desig

have a stake in the new solid shield program in europe barack obama spells out his idea while visiting warsaw poland is still set to howard's part of the system that used to be an article of discord between moscow and washington. and serbia is a divided russia go bloody she's arrest standard extradition on war crimes charges with many saying it's a sacrifice to speed up joining the e.u. the former general was a rule to fit to be handed over to the hague despite health problems. the u.s. a state department calls on the georgian authorities to investigate beyond a crackdown on protests that led to several deaths since crowds take to tbilisi the streets again to rally against the government's excessive use of force. and egypt opens up border crossing with gaza partially ending the four year blockade of the palestinian territory human rights groups say it's a breakthrough in the humanitarian crisis for one and a half a million palestinians who are facing constant food shortages and a lack of medical treatment. those are the headlines on r.t. for this saturday but up next why the russian capital w

america's high stakes military ambitions in poland as president obama round sought his european trip in warsaw. belgrade agrees to extradite former general rock of loutish to the hague on war crimes charges despite his health problems serbia is accused of arresting him only so he could join the e.u. . georgian protesters appealed to the e.u. to probe excess harassment following the government's independence day crackdown that's left hundreds wounded and detained. eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r t thanks for joining us and our top story missile defense plans that america's military presence in poland are in focus as the u.s. president wraps up his european tour with a visit to the country well it's something moscow is watching closely especially after obama's promise to try to agree on a system that suits both of their security interests you've got biskit of is in warsaw for r.t. . this is barak obama's first official visit to pull into and u.s. to lead off these european tour a lot of issues are on the table but probably the most important one is the plans for pulling still

he's idea while visiting warsaw poland is still set to halle's part of the system that used to be a major area of discord between moscow and washington. to serve is divided over. the rest of noumea traditional war crimes charges with many saying it's a sacrifice to speed up joining the e.u. and if the former general was ruled fit to be handed over to the hague despite health problems. in georgia thousands take to the capital streets again to run against a government mourning clampdown on protests two days ago and several people dead in the opposition says dozens remain in jails little's all that simply dissipate. the sort of putting the egypt opens a border crossing with gaza cost me and him a four year blockade of the palestinian territories human rights groups say it's a breakthrough in the humanitarian crisis for one of the whole million pounds to and in the face of constant food shortages and lack of medical treatment. on the part another summer when less than fifty minutes from now in the meantime why the russian capital was known as the white city in the sixteenth century that's one

should have a stake in the missile shield in europe barack obama spells out his idea while visiting warsaw poland is still set to house call of the system that used to be a major area of discord between moscow and washington. serbia is divided over a document outages arrest a moving extradition on war crimes charges that many say it's a second feis to speed up joining the e.u. that is the former general was ruled fit to be handed over to the hague despite health problems. in georgia thousands take to the capital streets again for a rally against the government's bombing clampdown on protests two days ago and that several people dead and the opposition says dozens are made in jails and hospitals all have simply disappeared. and also reporting that egypt opens a border crossing with gaza partially ending the four year blockade of the palestinian territory the rights groups say it's a breakthrough in the humanitarian crisis for one of the health million palestinians they face constant food shortages and lack of medical treatment. when up next we are not see why the russian capital was known a

of its rockets some planes in the country close to russia's borders you want to just kind of is in warsaw for. it has become quite a conflicting picture here in warsaw because on one hand you have barack obama talking about this new stable and friendly level of relations between a russia and the united states and both him and president come out all ski have said that it's very possible that russia will be part of a future joint anti missile defense system in europe but then on the other hand barack obama has just confirmed washington's plans to equip an air base here in poland on its land which would service. military transport planes and f. sixteen fighter jets and also more importantly for a pom's to house short range interceptor missiles by twenty eighteen now all of this comes after another meeting between barack obama and the russia's president need to be viewed if at the g eight summit in france the two leaders also discussed a future possible joint anti missile defense system and seemed to agree that it should work in the interests of all sides in fact the a.m.d. issue itself is of

you're going to spin off is in warsaw and joins us live right now and you go to sochi statements quite contradictory to each other what is the bottom line of obama's visit opponents you know. well it has become quite a conflicting picture here in warsaw because on one hand we have barack obama talking about this new stable and friendly level of relations between a russia and the united states and both him and president komorowski have said that it's very possible that russia will be part of a future joint anti missile defense system in europe but then on the other hand barack obama has just confirmed washington's plans to equip an air base here and poland on its land which will service hercules military transport planes and f. sixteen fighter jets and also more importantly for poems to house short range interceptor missiles by twenty eighteen now all this comes after another meeting between barack obama and the russia's president dmitry medvedev at the g eight summit in france the two leaders also discussed a future possible joint anti missile defense system and seems to agree that it

president obama says russia should take part in building and see missile radars in europe reassuring warsaw moscow washington friendship won't. belgrade it agrees to extradite former general ruffo blood is to the hague on war crimes charges just by his ongoing health problems meantime serbia's accused of arresting him only so it can join the e.u. . georgian of protesters appealed to the e.u. to probe excessive harassment following the government's independence a crackdown the left hundreds wounded and to take. a very warm welcome senior this is r.t. live from moscow i'm sure that russia should take part in developing anti missile shield in europe that's according to u.s. president barack obama who is in warsaw wrapping up his four nation european tour up but he was quick to assure that his efforts to boost ties between moscow and washington post another threat to wit the u.s. polish talks are something moscow is watching a closely especially after obama's promise to try and agree on a system that suits both of their security interests let's get an update on the outcome from our corresponden

president obama is in warsaw, poland, this morning as last stop of his six-day european trip. we saw celebrations in ireland, pomp and circumstance with queen in london and g-8 discussions in france but this stop is just a little more low key than all that. cnn's senior white house correspondent ed henry traveling with the president now joins us live from warsaw. ed, give us an idea about the big issues the president is talking to the polish leaders about today. >> reporter: it's interesting because the polish leader wants to hear from the president on the issue of visas for example. they want to get more students and workers from here in poland over to the united states and want to talk about missile defense which has been a very controversial subject. russia not wanting there to be a u.s. backed missile defense shield here in eastern europe. that could protect some of our allies against iranian weapons for example. poland wants to make sure the u.s. is going to try to protect them in that situation. but the president wants something from poles as well and that is lessons lea

try and agree on a system that suits both the security interests not easy to go to prison office in warsaw for us even our joins us live or you go to hello to you we were just showing our live pictures of iraq obama in warsaw making some statements there are a lot of positive signals for russia what's what else has been said that you know wolf. well barack obama has already met with the polish president he's actually now meeting with the post prime minister and the live pictures are from the prime minister's office the american president has been outlining that the united states and russia have managed to reach a new stable friendly level of relations and he's been a reassuring his polish counterpart and the other polish politicians are that such close ties between moscow and washington are in no way a threat to central and eastern europe now all this comes off the back of barack obama's meeting with the russian president at the g eight summit in france where they also discuss the future possible joint anti missile defense system in europe and seem to agree that such a system should work i

today the president concluded his european trip with a visit to warsaw, poland. >>> three people sustained minor injuries when a delta airline jett blew a tire and suffered a landing gear fire. none of the injured required hospitalization. >>> it's memorial day weekend the the unofficial start of summer. many americans are hitting the highway. this holiday gas prices are up for man a dollar a gallon from a year ago. we hav have the story of the new rules of the road. >> reporter: it's pretty simple math. when gas prices go up consumers have less money to spend elsewhere. for many this holiday weekend that means skimping on vacations. last month the average family spent $369 on gas. a huge hike from the 201-dollar average from april 2009. this year more is spent on the tank than cars, clothes and recreation. a reversal from last year. >> some will take shorter trips. travel is down about a hundred dollars from last year. >> reporter: political instability have contributed to the high cost of gasoline and lead to eight straight weeks of falling did i manned for gas in the u.s. >>> economists

he arrived in warsaw and attended a ceremony for holocaust victims. his trip took him to island, england and france. he had several meetings and a news conference tomorrow. >>> the president could get a bill from the mayor of london. he wants president obama to pay the city's congestion charges for his limo use earlier this week. the charged with be $16 for each car in the president's motorcade. >>> man could face two years in jail after three dui arrests in three days. once in custody police realized he was arrested two other times in the past days. he is a recovering alcoholic who relapsed because of a death in the family. >>> changes you could face this weekend. first up, bay bring, eastbound lanes will be closed overnight. it pushes people to veer to the right. it will allow crews to work on completing the lanes. bart, one of the tracks will be shut down to replace damage from a fire in december. >> they need to make that transfer fast because in some cases they be 3-5 minutes to catch their train to or from san francisco. if they miss that train

leaving france for poland, president obama will participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the warsaw ghetto ceremony. over 80,000 died of starvation and disease in only two years. thousands of others were deported or killed. >>> defense secretary robert gates will provide the key note address at the u.s. naval academy's graduation today. approximately 1,000 midshipmen are expected to receive their commissions during the ceremony. >>> today, former secretary of state henry kissinger turns 88. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. a preview of what to expect on the roads and in the skies as millions of americans held out for the memorial day weekend. >>> and the "today" show summer concert series kicks off with singing superstar rihanna live on the plaza. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm ly

here's our white house correspondent ed henry from warsaw. >> reporter: on this final stop in poland the u.s. president has really hit two big themes, the first trying to reassure the polish people that america will thereabout to defend it. there's a lot of mistrust here in poland about the intentions of russia, the former soviet bloc nation, concerned about blocking that missile defense shield for this region. maybe that russia has bad intention. the president trying to reassure poland saying basically there's no such thing as a new member of nato they are all treated alike and the united states and allies will froush land's defense no matter what. the other big theme. in front at the g-8 summit where he says he sees sim later, parallels between the arab spring playing out right now in the middle east and north africa, and what happened here in central and eastern europe after the crumbling of the berlin wall, the fall of the soviet union, the struggle, the transition to democracy. there may be some lessons learned from the past that could be pivotal now in the middle east and north

president obama speaking in warsaw. he is getting ready to return to the united states from poland, meeting with the prime minister, donald tusk, talking about a number of issues there with the president and prime minister, including issues of visas, whether the station fighter jets permanently in poland. >> can overcome extraordinary challenges and build a democracy that represents the great strength and character of this nation. while now serving as an example for europe and the world. during our conversations, we reaffirmed the strength of our alliance. our alliance is rooted in shared history, shared values, deep ties among our people. our lines are cemented through nato and the iron clad commitment that article 5 of nato represents. of course, our alliance is also rooted in shared interests and during our lunch reviewed a wide range of issues. i wanted to congratulate poland on behalf of the united states for reaching the incredible milestone of assuming the presidency of the european union. this is poland's first

the christmas tree was still standing in warsaw's old city when the news arrived from rome. pope john paul ii would be beatified on may 1. everyone rushed on to the streets to thank pope benedict. the first polish pope will finally receive one of the vatican's highest honors. still for many poles, this is just the first step. they want him not only to be beatified, but canonized, too. poland has been preparing for the big day ever since. many poles will be traveling to rome. those who can't are praying for him or commemorating him in their own way. a mobile museum has been established to help honor the pontiff. thisruck carring jn paul ii's memorabilia has been touring poland since early april. the poles enjoy looking at what once belonged to him. what he once touched touches them. >> he's being beatified. on may 1, the world will remember the great pope who was polish. there aren't many great poles. i thought a long time about who you could compare him to. the only other pole i could think of is chopin. >> here where everything began, this is the birthplace of john paul ii.

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recently going where my father was in the warsaw. and because of him and his colleagues were here today russia being one of them and also just a sort of says they actually contribute quite a good deal to winning the circle. in the first place england in the second the united states. and the third place i'd say because in his own. my god. i have nothing to. do and why is the english in first place just because churchill was the leader who succeeded best in countering the germans i think. militarily it's the united states its objectives i think just after it's the soviet union after all it lost sixty two sixty two million civilians i think all countries which were massacred contributed to the victory over nazi something and i just. i don't know the ras without a doubt. well i think i think the reason for the people praising the us is definitely saving private ryan i mean the movie because it was fantastic and things like that i like true stories which people remember but i can understand that but what just take why don't people know a

heavy snow in some areas. 2 degrees in berlin to start off the day. 1 in warsaw. 4 degrees in vienna, and not warming up much at all during the day. 15 degrees in berlin. out towards the west, very pleasant. summer like, in fact. 22 degrees in paris. and that will continue into the weekend. here's the extended forecast now. >>> here are the stories making news at this hour. a team of workers will enter the number one reactor building at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant on thursday for the first time since the march 11 earthquake and tsunami. it is the first step in a plan to safely cool down the reactor. the workers will set up a purifier to filter the radioactive air in the building. this is being done ahead of the plan to restore the cooling system. the company faces many challenges before the work to set up the system can begin. they include whether the purifier will be able to filter the air to a level that will allow workers to remain inside for extended periods. even if workers manage to enter, radiation levels may remain high near where a water circulating system is to

paid a visit to the warsaw memories where he laid a wreath on honor of polish. later he was welcomed by his polish counterpart. on saturday obama is zewe to have talks -- due to have talks with political leaders. i asked what the people of poland are expecting from this visit. >> there's one really concrete thing they are expecting. polish people traveling to the u.s. still need ax visa, still need to apply for that, pay for that. they want that to be little siler. they wanto be one of the countries where people only can go there and stay for 90 days without a visa. that's one thing. the other thing is they're looking for investors. poland, in the energy sector, wants to change they heavily depend on coal. and they want some investors in their nuclear energy field, and maybe in gas exploration. this is where the u.s. could come in. on the other hand, politically they want to be not the most important country on the u.s. agenda, but th want t ay an important country on the u.s. agenda. that's politically spoken. >> right. thank you very much for that. of course,

from other cities in january nine hundred forty five the red army drove the occupiers out and ends in warsaw but unlike elsewhere the local population didn't line the streets to welcome soviet soldiers the polish capital was a deserted city only a day after the german retreat the first refugees began returning to what was left of their capital. poland suffered much more than any other european country it was also occupied longer than others here the second world war started when the nazis attacked on september the first nine hundred thirty nine but many historians onto the war began much. to shift i've not protheroe a fair measure is nobody wants to discuss the munich agreement for instance when chicken slovakia's was dismembered way might well be considered an earlier starting to be for the war god another old song. could be the un's floods when a national socialist germany of swallowed up austria up to. almost the thirteenth one thousand nine hundred thirty eight hitler triumphantly entered vienna but the un truce was not a civilized action it was a powerful military absorption. the war ca

like i said on tuesday, too, it's going to be staying warm getting up to 25 in kiev, 25 in warsaw. 28 in vienna. very warm conditions across the board. all right. now here is your three-day outlook. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com