A small window of opportunity. now that the united states is now appearing to be fully committed, certainly, secretary of state john kerry has put his money where his mouth is. he s done many, many shuttle trips to the middle east, and he s really put this front and center of his agenda. it appears also that crucially he has the support of the white house because, without president obama s active backing and engagement, it won t really matter much. but apparently the white house is also prepared to back this to the hilt, and that s going to be incredibly important. i spoke to zippy livny, she is the israeli chief negotiator, she s coming or in washington already, and the meeting will be tonight, along with saud arakat, who is the palestinian chief negotiator. she says, listen, we have to get to final talks. it s in our best interests. the israelis know they must have a peace settlement somehow because otherwise the idea of a jewish state is compromised. the idea of a two-state solution
then robert zoelik will step down as head of the world bank. his exit interview here on gps. next, we go to israel which has anointed a king. what in the world does it mean? and, finally, the curious case of the guy who has come to be known as american french fry brother. a cultural lost in translation all the way from china. you won t want to miss it. first, here s my take. everyone is looking at europe these days as economic and political protests mount across the continent. the downward spiral in europe has produced a great debate over the virtues of austerity. the idea that government with large budget deficits must reduce these deficits mainly by cutting spending. if they don t get their budgets in order, they won t be able to borrow money and will face a fiscal nightmare of ever rising interest rates. the problem is that as governments have cut spending in very depressed economies, it has caused growth to slow even further. do you see government workers who have
we ll begin today s show in europe. voters in france and greece made their anti-austerity feelings known last weekend and stock markets plunged. we ll have a panel on the big picture and what it means for politics in the west. then robert zellik will step down as head of the world bank. his exit interview here on gps. next we go to israel which has anoinlted a king. what in the world does it mean? and, finally, the curious case of the guy who has come to be known as american french fry brother. a cultural lost in translation all the way from china. you won t want to miss it. first, here s my take. everyone is looking at europe these days as economic and political protests mount across the continent. the downward spiral in europe has produced a great debate over the virtues of austerity. the idea that government with large budget deficits must reduce these deficits mainly by cutting spending. if they don t get their spending in order, they won t be able to borrow money and wil