to be very clear about one thing. there are a lot of people in this world who are very dangerous. some of them live in fairly nice places, like in europe. i think i believe our bigger threat, the islamic extremist throat is going to come to us through europe. citizens of yaurp yan countries are currently radicalized can enter from belgium and the uk. they are enter in on a passport through the visa waiver program. people coming from there are good people living in some really rough places like syria. and i ll tell you, i talked to the syrian christians among others, you know, there are a lot of good people living in a tough place. and i think we re taking our eye off the ball if we just say that the people who get screened more vigorously, certainly question enhance that vetting. i would agree. but at the same time, you know, people coming with visas are more thoroughly screened that
be the 19th time it s done so this year. ben wedeman is in rome with the latest. reporter: just in case you were weary of the mundane concerns of mice and men, take a look at these images from mt. etna in sicily, yaurp s most active volcano. even more active after a third crater has opened, spewing fire and brimstone into the sky. all this sound and fury has a silver lining. volcanic ash has made the slopes of etna ideal for grape cultivation, producing some of the best wines in italy. cheers, kate. cheers to you, ben. thank you so much. bob dylan under investigation in france. could he face jail time for controversial comments he made in rolling stone magazine? jim bitterman has that story from paris. reporter: bob dylan responsible for inflaming racial hatred? hard to imagine but that s what
between the u.s. and yaurp. sarkozy is u.s./france relations are certainly affected. erin, you re new to this little show we call now. first, we were talking before the show began about who likes this news and who doesn t. you were saying democratic strategists do not like the results in france. not the results necessarily but the fact that there will be now so much upheaval in the eurozone with the european economy. it means there could be bad reverberations in the u.s. economy and democrats on capitol hill are worried that it really puts our recovery, our economic recovery in trouble. and their butt s on the line. exactly. you said it, i didn t. we ve talked about the austerity question a lot. and it s certainly bound to come up in the u.s. presidential race as we debate how to tackle the problems weise have economically. howard, do you think the broad rejection of austerity plans in europe bodes well for the democrats? given the ryan budget and sort of what is in there