raged here a long time ago now they played. and even perform religious rites. we know is that there is nothing accidental in god's deeds these manmade cade's which are a significant part of russian history attempt to go underground. adesa a city in the south of ukraine from a solid republic. at the weekend local dave has set out on an underground expedition. the most comfortable way to get around the depths of the underground maze because by car. these manmade caves are the world's longest more than two hundred thousand kilometers long look at it will show me the way as a slave to the right or to the left normally i go from that side but if you make your choice this is a short cut but over there the scenery is more beautiful ok or go to the right of. locals called these pits catacombs stone for construction used to be mine kid the first excavation began some two hundred years ago. the pits stretching over some one and a half thousand kilometers have already been mapped each year researches chart new needs covered caves the schools of kilometers in length. and l

the legal for a one year old child potato yet she cried on seeing those scenes just a few days ago no troops killed because i was cousin in another night raid in kandahar and that follows just recently nato admitting it killed nine children in a similar raid and just before that another sixty five civilians afghan officials alleged were killed an investigation is under way there the spokesman for the afghan president clarified that because i meant that civilian deaths should stop but this is being seen as a highly critical and embarrassing moment for nato the u.n. says that almost two hundred civilians were killed by loot so you know afghanistan last year alone yes what is the empire going to be on. relations with nato now do you think that could be fourteen pullout date made me brought forward. absolutely that's what's being discussed here in brussels at the moment nato faces an increasing barrel of criticism not only from its own allies but in afghanistan as well the mood of the population are already highly uncertain merica is turning toxic it wants civilian deaths to stop the popu

building is the only ovis resemblance which we can see between the two incidents twenty five years ago chernobyl and at the fukushima plant now days that's where the similarities and the situations are basically different simply because of what's caused the what caused them you know the the fallout in chernobyl was caused by a massive human error what is happening now in japan is of course the result of a natural disaster the earthquake happened which happened on friday and the other big difference and this is a very significant difference between the two events is how the government has been responding to the to the events obviously twenty five years ago the government of the soviet government kept most of the information secret from the general population in russia as well as from the rest of the world and went on the massive secret complaint to just safeguard this information and this was this is something which we cannot see today because the japanese government even though we have conflicting reports coming from the island of what's happening there and we have no certainty of what

we hopefully think that such contamination as it happened twenty five years ago and your novel would be avoided this time but of course we'll have to wait and see what happens next with all this developing story. a professor of economics at the university of nottingham he told me he believes the financial cost of. i simply could stand there and he's already in a pretty terrible situation on the financial crisis nuclear beings trouble cobber from the crisis is of the last two or three years and this time the. screen just going to have heated and even hotter is frightening to be called to a system friday so in take a dissipates high same day impact will be significant but i hope it's a nice didn't need to be cold. the dust in question because ok we know is. he's going to cause the lies in crises oh boy oh in other words he knows and all. the disgusting he's going to assemble ladies cause a meeting you don't know what we call mommy but i don't put you see where you're he's not going to cause it and i'm going to find his own crises. well reminder of the main story dominating the news thi

that's the way donated money couple days ago. his family and friend are in gentleman pachbility he wanted to help. >> i text a number that the american red cross had and then they had a code that said donate or something. >>reporter: third year law student made his donation and then went a little further and researched how the money is getting to japan. >> it turns thut there's actually a 30 to 90 day delay in getting donation actually directly to japan. cell phone bill needs to get paid first. >>reporter: that's not what happened when they raised money in haiti. then the company agreed to front the money right away. >> we have ongoing relationship with the mobile company. wireless companies and they l on a regular day-to-day case they do wait until the individual pay their phone bills for the money to come to the red cross. >> spokes william for the red cross says an exception was made for haiti because there were so many donations. >> that is ridiculous because volume of donation is so important here. it's the urgency. money ne

>> probably four or five months ago. >> b.a.r.t. attribute it is increase in part to more people finding jobs and taking trains to work. >> i took b.a.r.t. the first day i took this job. and i just -- it's easy. it's really convenient. >> reporter: 30% of b.a.r.t.'s revenues come from sales tax. since last july, b.a.r.t. says it's been 10% higher than expected. meaning people are spending. >> everything is trending up towards but slowly. it's not like it's shooting up towards so don't everybody go out and catch a chickens before they hatch. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. says another factor is the rising cost of gasoline. >> i try to drive as little as possible. given that prices have been increasing. >> it's easy to just jump on b.a.r.t. and go. >> reporter: reporting live at oakland's lake merit b.a.r.t. station, amber lee. >>> more details now on how many passengers b.a.r.t. carries. b.a.r.t. reports carrying 364 passengers on an average weekday. that's almost 10% higher than the start of last year win it was 318,000. the all time high th

and russia remembers the thirty eight people killed in the moscow metro blast a year ago when suicide bombers blew themselves up during the morning rush hour. this is our secret united from the russian capital where it's now eight pm and six pm in libya where off the record of violence libyan rebels are now being pushed further back from the outskirts of colonel gadhafi hometown there are reports of a heavy bombardment. being used by pro-government forces despite claims of a cease fire. has more now from the capital tripoli. they have been is strikes overnight and into the early hours of this morning tuesday here in the capital city of tripoli beat the targets were both military and civilian now we are just hearing reports that in terms of the fighting on the ground the frontline has been pushed backwards to the city of. away from the city of sirte that is gadhafi hometown we are hearing just received reports though from doctors inside said they say that there have been fifteen hundreds of patients libyan soldiers who have been targeted in these coalition air strikes the doctors sayin

were thirty years ago before things fell apart and got a record. or you can always find more on our top stories along with blogs analysis and video online of our team here's what's click away right now. we cue leaks and julian assange might soon be making it to the big screen as steven spielberg buys the rights to the story of the online whistleblower. and a russian budget airline is proving she can certainly be a cheerful by putting gibbs on thirty thousand feet enjoyed a performance at our web site r t that you can watch all of the best videos what are you to pay. its bills. the official. pulled from the. mine the old girls. are in a sense now in the palm of your. eye on the comb. good to have you with us here on r t sixteen minutes after three here in moscow as take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe hundreds of angry mourners have gathered for the funeral service of a pakistani government minister killed two days ago shahbaz bhatti had long been threatened for vocal opposition to his country's harsh laws that imp

schwarzenegger, to his credit, advanced a number of years ago and succeeded with a year or so ago. we have the largest municipally owned solar project in the united states of america just right here over at our moscone facility. we have 450 projects throughout san francisco. we have incentivized wisely over the counter permits so people can navigate the bureaucracy, a $98 fee, flat fee. we are developing projects in this city with minimum requirements for lead building standards. in fact we have a proposal that i will be presenting in front of our san francisco board of supervisors that says you want to build a commercial structure in excess of 50,000 square feet, you've got to provide minimum lead standards of construction. the reason we are doing that is we create an incentive a year ago to do that and everybody in order to get ahead of the queue in terms of the planning process is jumping in saying that's a no brainer of us because time matters more than anything else. so we are going to require it as a base line for doing business in the city and county of san francisco. that f

i mean, we placed our first 489 teachers 20 years ago. and they went in with the same level of commitment and idealism as the corps members we're placing today and i think they would say -- it would be fair to say they hit the wall. you know, they went and started teaching and they saw these kids bring all their social challenges into their classrooms. and, you know, it became a downward spiral, right. like it's down right impossible. what happened a few of our people rose above it all. like

pam. >>> just a few minutes ago the u.s. labor department said the national unemployment rate dropped. it stands at 8.9%. economist forecast an increase to 9.1% as people who stopped looking for jobs return to certainly for work. analysts also say the economy created jobs in february. right now looks like a pretty good alternate on that news. >>> anyone who bought a first generation ipad can get money back from apple. apple will refund $100 to anyone who bought the old version on february 16th until last wednesday when the company announced it was cutting the price. they must apply for the refund by the middle of this month and have your original receipt. >>> time now 5:52. 50,000 mazda vehicles are being recalled because of spiders. 2009 and 2010 mazda models were affected in this recall. spiders can crawl up into the ventilation system making spider webs in there making it vulnerable to cracks and leaks. mazda dealers will inspect the cars and install the equipment to keep the spiders out. >>> why one race has started for

well welcome to warmly just as their ancestors welcomes the boskin two hundred fifty years ago their homes may have changed a lot but their attitude to russians remains the same. bullshit over clearly we will welcome them back or in these eastern the places that it once was bases as a ghost can expect. the russians many of the local people says what if they had russian ancestors. when the russians came to alaska with the lives of indigenous people changed. many of them began to work for the russian american company jobs involved hunting for sea otters fishing and taking part in the building of new settlements russian priests and monks visited alaska and baptized of the locals in people with the dogs fish russian men married local girls. yes no russian men had local women and their children were called creole he was some creoles or well educated they held top posts in the russian capital to ship as well as in the colonial administration you know asco i would guess he's going to. surrender how concerned lives a life entirely different from his ancestors to him putting out to sea is mor

the solicitation was published a year-and-a-half ago. our application was submitted one year ago. it was not until as recently as december that we received our award modifications. supervisor kim: i will not ask any more questions about it grant, but i would like to get the updated numbers. i will definitely come to visit. supervisor chu: are there members of the public who wish to comment on item number four? >> it good morning, the supervisors. i have lived in san francisco for 59 years. i would like to speak on behalf of this resolution. i think any money the department of public health gets is a step in the right direction. under the leadership of the new director, i feel the money will be well spent and hopefully will improve the efficiency of the department of public health. i think it is obvious that every money the public health department gets is sorely needed by the residents of san francisco. i think it is the responsibility of this committee to make sure the two main hospitals, laguna honda and san francisco general, have -- does not waste money as it has in the past a

having russian names and many orthodox churches are standing here but more than one hundred forty years ago it became the u.s. territory though some americans still don't know about. the silastic the idea about that stuff like nothing i don't know anything about the alaska cold. it was cold a box of ice a polar bear garden and one russia but in the language of the indigenous peoples the word alaska means the great land. concern is steering his boat out of the narrow bay of kodiak island his ancestors have lived here since time immemorial. over the thousands of years they to solve this seascape each time they put out to sea to hunt. but they use their canoes with a couple of paddles instead of comfortable motor boats with powerful engines in the past yes it was very very difficult to hunt as an individual you need to group in order to. in order to actually capture for example you look at the sea lines over here in order for you to hunt one of those you need several people. on a summer day and seventeen forty one scores of natives of the land set out on a hunting expedition internet they spot

and a few hours ago this car overturned not far from sfo. the chp used a special traffic break maneuver to slow down drivers as they approach another accident. >>> and more rain is heading our way tonight, bill martin is off, mark tamayo is here with the latest on what's next, mark. >> still lingering rain showers right now. and that plan will linger into saturday as well. but the next storm there is another storm that moves in for the second half of the weekend. right now the maps on live storm tracker 2 here. you can pick up the coverage. still lingering rain showers especially for the southern third of the region closer to morgan hill and gilroy. the maps to the north and still darker shades of green right around parts of marin county moving to vallejo. there's still more development just to the west of ocean beach as you can see some active activity right now moving in. for tonight we do have this more clouds out there, occasional showers tomorrow the possibility of some thunderstorms. our next organized storm moves in on sunday. that wi

>> translator: first of all we fixed this problem a while ago. is it even possible for a person to use chemical weapons against his own enemy in this modern age yet alone his own people? >> reporter: i asked him whether he ordered the lockerbie bombing which killed more than 200 americans more than decades ago. as his former justice minister is not claiming. gadhafi would not give a direct answer. >> translator: this is a door to a conversation. we are finished. i am not prepared to walk between graves. >> reporter: but desite lockerbie gadhafi was brought in from the cold several years ago after giving up his weapons of mass destruction. the united states and other countries lifted sanctions and started doing business with gadhafi again. do you feel betrayed by the united states? how do you account for how they are towards you now today? >> translator: of course, it's a betrayal. a big betrayals and there's no manners, it's silliness, beyond silliness that the world can base their decisions on media reports. is it possible that the world's decis

four times as many as 40 years ago. in fact, the cdc said today that for millions of americans, cancer is now a manageable disease. >> reporter: they send us their videos. poignant messages celebrating their struggle against cancer. today, the nearly 12 million adult americans who are cancer survivors, compared to just 3 million in 1970. >> life doesn't have to end with cancer. if you get a diagnosis of cancer, there's a lot you can do to ensure that you lead a long, healthy, productive life as much as possible. >> reporter: and that is exactly what the figures show. nearly 2 out of 3 survivors were diagnosed with cancer more than five years ago. people like anne tonashel, who was treated five years ago for ovarian cancer. >> i'm extraordinarily fortunate, and i had great treatment. >> reporter: medical advancement and especially early detection are credited with today's good news. but the cdc also found startling differences between men and women. more than half of all the cancer survivors were female. one theory? brea

i'm very proud of the fact that 30 years ago, well, 1982, well, 29 years ago, when democrats gathered in philadelphia for midterm conference, pay-as-you-go was placed on the agenda, passed as a resolution, became part of the democratic platform. fiscal responsibility is a part of who we are. our blue dog coalition -- is that you, mr. lewis? our blue dog coalition has had this as their mantra, pay-as-you-go, -- pay as you go, do not add to the deficit. if we all share that view we should all be able to come together, because the numbers will add up or they will not add up. and the bill for sure will be sent to our children and our grandchildrenment some of you have children, some of you have children and grandchildren. would you ever dream of sending them a bill for a personal expense? if you were to leave them anything? would you leave them a bill? we cannot leave the children of america with any bills for any fiscal deficit either. it wouldn't be the right thing to do. but in order for us to do the right thing, it is time for a serious reality check. and that's the opportunity mr. di

i mean there's several on security a few days ago about a week ago his son came since then was it higher then sure a couple of metres all right let's go that. some time ago there was a good chance of people encountering caucasian goats on the mountain paths today scientists tend to observe them through their binoculars these graceful animals prefer the higher altitudes. cartesian goats have no difficulty clearing steep slopes they almost never slip off as they know how to spread their center of gravity evenly and choose the right foot hold and they have no fear of heights. but. the east caucasian variety of goats inhabits this reserve it's possible to tell them apart by the shape of their horns with them flew over the girls have horns in the form of a partial spiral with a bit like this like it that a. spiral up towards the right horn points to the left and the left horn points to the right. cohesion goats or wild animals. but high in the mountains they often allow rock climbers to come surprisingly close . to more than would the physical eat my damn matter of ten meters if he goes who g

where thirty years ago before things fell apart and require pretty. taking a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe china will boost its military defense budget by thirteen percent to almost ninety two billion dollars next year the rise in spending has raised concerns among rival powers over the country's increasing rate the world's second largest economy has been developing stealth fighters and advanced missile systems that could soon launch its first aircraft carrier beijing insists its model its army modernization program is entirely peaceful and solely for defensive purposes. retired f.b.i. agent who went missing in iran nearly four years ago was alive and being held in southwest asia but according to the u.s. state department robert levinson disappeared during a business trip in march two thousand and seven while staying on the island of kish the u.s. secretary of state has made a new appeal to tehran for help in the matter iran however has repeatedly denied any knowledge of what happened to. nasa as an attempt to launch

the morning session, trading session just ended 50 minutes ago. the nikkei average closed the morning session at 8903. it is down over 2%. top ix is trading lower at 802. down 1.8%. shares are down in most sectors with major electronics manufacturers, as well as automakers trading lower once again. keep in mind, many japanese companies have assumed a dollar yen rate of around 80 level. so it could cut in to an export of profits. given that exports are a key driver of the economic recovery in japan, the yen's current levels could hurt not only the exporters but also japan's economic recovery. overall as investors become more nervous they are more risk averse and we could see volatile moves in markets around the world. . on that note, back to you in the studio. ross? >> that was emily wang at the tokyo stock exchange. >>> the g-7 nations will hold an emergency meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors to discuss the economic impact of japan's ongoing disaster and possible ways to offer aid. french finance minister said that the meeting

that at a map as an explosion reactors can actually happen on a scale of chernobyl twenty five years ago because these are what are called light water reactors so a huge explosion on that scale apparently isn't possible that's what experts are saying but it's still a major concern this morning actually fears were raised they were a step in react to it in another of the plants at fukushima with a cooling system best bet failing and then what happens there is that the reactor again heats up and the concern and is that it could explode and actually now another concern is the pressure building up inside the reactor even if it doesn't rupture the pressure is a real concern and they actually have to relieve that pressure by letting out stephen and the potentially radioactive gas is inside as well and that's a very difficult balancing act so what they're doing now is pumping in seawater around these reactors to try and help that the radiation in the area is a still a massive concern and they've already evacuated one hundred step and teeth thousands of people in a twenty pound that first reactor

ironically it wasn't been gazi that more margaret duffy began his quest for power forty two years ago a young revolutionary he overthrew the king in a bloodless coup with calls for liberation and an end to tyranny those who oppose him now even younger and demanding the same things but that's where many fear historic parallels my dand. r.t. been guys' the. rising pressure for a no fly zone to be imposed over libya will draw western countries into a conflict that they don't want to be involved in well that's the view of our military contributor cordelia's getting. militarily speaking. there were very gates case against a no fly zone doesn't hold water don't get me wrong i'm not trying to go the united states into the no fly zone operation over leave here but i have to point out that for the u.s. air force navy riders to impose a no fly zone over the country or state area all along they leave and coastline would be just a piece of cake and every military professional especially u.s. air force veterans know it better than anybody else and the most important to reason beach ideas robert ga

to a couple of days ago as well go a lot inside a couple of days ago thankfully no casualties of either of those events that there are reports of more of a responsibility for both the attacks can you expand on that would we know. haven't exactly just a few days ago on march the ninth a blast took off near the academy of russia's security service the f.s.b. in moscow no casualties have been reported and just days later at this friday we heard about these two explosions in a residential area in moscow again no casualties reported a group of militants posted a video claiming responsibility for the attack on march the ninth and saying that they acted upon the order of door kumar investigators suspect that he was involved in the leader's two explosions in moscow as well many security services executed experts believe that terrorist groups operating in russia get funding from abroad some of the members are known to have been trained of rock and if you take the deadly bombing at the airport those times of attack could busiest international airport in russia that there's clearly clearly knew th

was shot in memphis 43 years ago next monday. tonight, we're seeing long-lost photos of his assassin. they show james earl ray as he was booked more than two months after king's murder. he is also seen in a jail uniform being patted down by a deputy standing against the wall of cell. it was 30 years ago today that president ronald reagan was shot by a would-be assassin in washington, d.c. reagan, of course, survived and went on to serve two full terms in office. three others were wounded that day, including reagan's press secretary, james brady. today, he visited the white house and met president obama. senior white house correspondent bill plante reports brady is still fighting for his signature cause. >> reporter: in the press room where he once briefed reporters, jim brady was asked if this president was pushing hard enough for gun control. >> you can never push too hard. >> reporter: the bullet in his brain changed jim brady's life forever. brady was so seriously wounded that news wires reported his death. this recording was

it was started many, many years ago. dr. carter g. woodson had participated in the founding of black history month. he was involved in the group known as the oh, -- association for the study of african-american life and history. the local chapter of that group is what is now known as the african-american cultural and historical society. so it's an honor. we've been doing this for many, many years and it's great to see so many faces out here today. right now what i'd like to do is thank our partners and acknowledge them for their participateation. the san francisco public library much the california cultural arts program and we couldn't do it without the good folks in the mayor's office of neighborhood services. what i'd like to do now is strue -- shall truce -- intro duce tanish hollins from the mayor's office of neighborhood services. >> good amp, family. happy black history month. could we hear it one more time? [applause] >> we are so honored to be here. we look forward to this every year. it's a hall mark event for the city and co

she came on the board of the foundation, some 11 years ago. by 2003, she had been elevated to the president of the board. and in that capacity, she guided the general from being a place that most of us looked at as a place for the disadvantaged and poor people only, into an extraordinary care facility, as described by the mayor, available to everybody, as a place where innovation in medical treatment occurs, as a place where research, on a regular basis, is done, and while the 82% that prop a received, i guarantee much of that 82% came from the extraordinary work of this woman, and the voters responded to what she did. so ladies and gentlemen, please recognize the 2011 winner of the spirit of the untenable award. nd no other than my friend, -- it can be no other than my friend, judy guggenheim. [applause] [applause] >> do the, you have been extraordinary. mitchell katz would tell me quite often, the financial uncertainty of the general was single handedly righted by your clear passion and devotion and dedication, and your money. we thank you.

the market i think it was never a darling of the bears both just two months ago the world was pretty profitable doing business with him now tripoli is under aerial bombardment they were going to be there is hiding in one of his bunkers and nobody really knows what's going to happen next to discuss that we are now joined by one of the brushless leading political analyst the director of the instance that is insurgent of the russian economy of sciences. thank you very much for your time sir now so much has happened in such a short period of time and people are still struggling child to start what is really happening in libya what's your take on the situation as you said the situation is colder than predictable from my point of view it was a continuation of a very dramatic. changes that happened in the north of africa and all around the world actually but it's very important. to take into account the two neighboring states neighboring states to libya egypt and tunisia they were just i mean. these dramatic changes but what happened in my view first was a continuation of the events in tuni

he said three months ago as this farmland was being graded in preparation for planting, the tusk and tooth of a columbian mammoth were uncovered. an ice age beast 14 feet tall weighing 10 tons, the columbian mammoth roamed california tens of thousands of years ago. it is a relative of the much better known wooly mammoth. the lack of study may make this discovery so special. >> it is going to change things. it could rewrite textbooks. >> reporter: so under a cloud of secrecy for the past month, teams of volunteer from santa clara university, foothill college and other bay area schools have been carefully uncovering what it turns out is not just one mammoth but two. an adult and infant. and they found not just tusk and bone but hair as well. >> it is kind a dark brown/red. >> reporter: if they are able to extract dna from any of it, it will be the first time that has ever happened. >> we are always very excited by the find of hair because it gives you a very good chance of actually finding dna that comes from the animal that has lived tens of thousands of years ago. >> reporter: but ma

well means the chernobyl incident twenty five years ago remains. history's biggest manmade nuclear disaster and indeed that russia is the country despite that fact that it was soviet union still russia is the country which was dealing with this problem and has a vast experience in trying to resolve this issue all the methods in fighting the explosion at a nuclear plant. to this date were worked out in russia in soviet russia in moscow and in ukraine so should the japanese side ask for the russian help i'm not sure whether any real chernobyl liquidators would be dispatched to the area because it's twenty five years since his own since then since the since the fall out in chernobyl but still the experience which russia possesses in that matter would be of course invaluable indeed despite that the two incidents in chernobyl and the one which is unraveling now in japan are different in their nature still of the methods in which you can probably extinguish the fire in the reactor and i deal with this issue trying to control it to get the control back ov

moving twenty four have been injured a group of international journalists was taken there a few hours ago and although we were prevented from actually reaching this is the center for. the outskirts it's quite clear in terms of the destruction and devastation there was broken glass from windows of buildings british holes in the walls of those buildings there were a number of burnt out civilian vehicles as well as burnt out tanks as a staple of distressing reports in tripoli is the ultimate goal of the rebels how the below calls feeling about our prospects. but certainly people here are encouraged by the latest reports that the rebels are actually being pushed backwards yesterday monday the city was in a state of fear the early reports actually suggested that the city of sirte had already been taken the city is essentially in a state of lockdown in addition to the impending fear that residents might make that the rebel fighters now make good on their promise to actually march on tripoli they are here growing shortages of fuel of water of food we've seen queues of people not only in the fron

earlier just a few hours ago japan's nuclear safety commission. there's a possibility that the nuclear plant could experience a meltdown so they're checking on whether the a meltdown have taken place will take place or what the what the consequences what the actual state of it is right now at the fukushima daiichi plant so earlier just to remind you japan's nuclear safety commission had said that there is a possibility of the melt out of the nuclear power plant this again is a result of the cooling system of the rationing down after the earthquake the cooling system is a necessity here just to give you an idea of how these things work the reactors cool remain very hot although they have been shut down after the earthquake for safety reasons the reactors remain hot and need cooling and it is the cooling system not working that is creating this a danger of danger of explosions danger of radiation levels still going higher right now it's reported to be at a thousand times normal levels this is very worrying especially for the people living within the

it measured at nine on the richter scale structure two days ago followed by a tsunami and washed away entire villages police fear more than ten thousand people may have died what japan's prime minister says is the worst crisis to hit the country since world war two food fuel and water are running out inside affected towns. or russia's atomic agency says it needs further information about the situation. nuclear plant and us despite close contact with the japanese crisis center meanwhile emergency services are higher in russia's far east region close to northern japan are cizik of it in the grand jury is in the area. michel's insecure you say that radiation levels remain normal in russia spore is ever since the nuclear power plant in fukushima was hit by an explosion begun wanted to levels closely we can't even check the radiation levels for ourselves this is the so-called geiger counter and this is used in professional saves me called war trays by the emergences ministry and also by other specialized services it measures radiation levels around and it is showing is jumping between two

many years ago, i was a legal aid attorney in new york. for the past 20 years, i have been an employment advocate. we practice employment law, mostly on behalf of low-wage workers, and we kind of got into this whole issue when it became clear that there are some legal handles available to protect the rights of people with criminal records who are seeking jobs, so i can talk more about our project in that area. anyway, i come out of it from the point of view as an employment advocate, so the problem which we have seen a lot -- we have this project called the second chance labor project -- where we are representing workers trying to navigate these criminal background checks that does permeate every occupation that you can think of. especially since september 11. you have seen way more requirements, both by private employers and requirements imposed by state and federal law. in california, for example, there are about 200 occupational licensing laws that regulate just about every occupation you can think of. private security guard, home healt

>> probably four or five months ago. >> b.a.r.t. attribute it is increase in part to more people finding jobs and taking trains to work. >> i took b.a.r.t. the first day i took this job. and i just -- it's easy. it's really convenient. >> reporter: 30% of b.a.r.t.'s revenues come from sales tax. since last july, b.a.r.t. says it's been 10% higher than expected. meaning people are spending. >> everything is trending up towards but slowly. it's not like it's shooting up towards so don't everybody go out and catch a chickens before they hatch. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. says another factor is the rising cost of gasoline. >> i try to drive as little as possible. given that prices have been increasing. >> it's easy to just jump on b.a.r.t. and go. >> reporter: reporting live at oakland's lake merit b.a.r.t. station, amber lee. >>> more details now on how many passengers b.a.r.t. carries. b.a.r.t. reports carrying 364 passengers on an average weekday. that's almost 10% higher than the start of last year win it was 318,000. the all time high th

>> yes. >> so you came across the border seven days ago? >> yes. >> reporter: as he visited the border camp where many of the migrants are now housed, international development secretary andrew mitchell revealed satellite images are now being analyzed for holding camps on the libyan side of the border. >> i'm very concerned because it didn't slow down, so it's an artificial and abrupt stop. we have no idea why that is. we're trying to find out, but at any moment, the number could increase very substantially. >> reporter: the libyan regime know that images of thousands waiting for shelter in tunisia are damaging to their claims that life inside the country is calm. many of those who did get through tell of beatings and attacks carried out by those loyal to the qaddafi regime. >> everything that libya... >> reporter: they took absolutely everything you had? your money, your phone, your laptop, and everything you brought? >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: because the number of people coming through this border dropped off, it meant the tunisian auth

last time a tsunami hit here was half a century ago. in the aftermath of this tsunami they built these 30-foot-high sea walls. tsunami drills are a regular feature of life. everyone knows what to do when the sirens sound. we're leaving? where do we go? >> go to the hill. >> reporter: on march 11, the siren sounds. the tsunami is minutes away. >> there's a hill outside of town that we're going try to get to. >> reporter: confusion rules. some search for high ground. some aren't sure what to do. >> well, it's a precautionary measure but you never know. this side of town has a lot of history with tsunamis and a lot of death so they're taking it pretty seriously, obviously. >> reporter: the warning saves the lives of some. >> here it comes! >> reporter: the tsunami easily breaches the coastal defenses. miyako's high walls are useless. the tsunami is 30 feet high. so why did the 30-foot-high walls fail? data from thousands of sensors along the coastline suggest a stunning answer. >> the fact that the shoreline has actually subsided means tha

more than 16,000 people have been confirmed dead or missing since the quake struck a week ago. now the latest from japan. >> reporter: it's an all out battle to save the fukushima daiichi plant. they went in with high pressure water cannons to spray water to avert a potential meltdown. cruises went in with helicopters dropping 30 tons of sea water. that did little to cool it down at the site site and they said they would not resume aerial operations for now. 300 men are working around the clock to save the plant all opting to remain nameless. a wife sharing her husband e-mail. please live well, i won't be home for a while. >> friday morning a bus now on the way from sendai to tokyo for those worried about the uncertainty ahead. all of the focus is the nuclear reactor has overshadowed the humanitarian crisis that continues to unfold. the death toll now stands at more than 6,000, more than 10,000 are still missing. some evacuation centers are still waiting for supplies, a week after the earthquake hit. >> in addition to those 300 men who have been working around the clock to save

that's a quick drop from 6.2 two years ago. but whatever the case is, that decline in population is a healthy reminder that even the most forward-thinking cities have incredible work to do. thank you, everybody, and happy black history month. >> thank you, supervisors cohen and mirkarimi. just want to announce also that thanks to the efforts of lamont bishop and others, we do have for the kinseys proclamations or certificates of recognition for shirley and bernard kinsey from senator leno's office, is ash asem blipman ma and we have those and had present them to them later in the program. we'd like to now turn to the -- to our presentation by the -- i'm blanking -- the omnira institute, who will perform for us at this point. the mirror institute. ♪ [drumming] ♪ ♪ [applause] [drumming] thank you. omnira institute. they're going to be porping around at a number of locations in black history month. check them out on line too. they do a phenomenal piece of taking frick music and showing parallels in aof -- some of the african

this was an hour ago at the church. the church members have been sitting at the church since early yesterday morning. a day after receiving an eviction notice. church leaders defaulted on their loan but they say they are the victim of predatory lending. torrey pine bank say that they were not the victims of predatory lending. >> ken pritchett is live after witnessing a political tussle today. >> reporter: after getting the entire bill passed, that would be putting tax extensions on a june ballot. i will tell you, the senate did vote on the main budget bill and it passed. however there are several components on the budget that have not yet been voted on or have not yet been passed. governor brown expressed frustration with republicans who were voting down parts of his budget. >> there is a world view that says don't cut and don't tax. and i want to understand that better how that works when you have a $25 billion deficit. >> governor brown was referring to assembly republicans who voted earlier today against several bill

you would not have said what you just said 20 years ago. am i right? >> twenty years ago i'm was saying why are we being recruited as aggressively to commit to years as a were to work on wall street? that was really -- but i think once i got into this, i don't know when i started -- i felt this way for some that i have not. >> it is my one mild -- it's not a criticism. is not criticism about your book but there are these two strands that are in some sense company b and in some sense contradictory that run through the book, and i suspect legitimately run for your thinking. one is this notion that we have to find new sources of talent and bring them into the system. and the other is that well, that's not really what it's about. what is about is building a system that allows people to flourish. they overlap in the diagram, like this. but there are kind of, you know, there's the same kind of you also run into, not entirely fair observations when one reads your book that you are saying that virtually all students can thrive given the appropriate culture and

the position of the gadhafi government is you need to remember that it is less than twenty four hours ago that gadhafi son is safe islam say that all of this would be over within forty eight hours and he said he was alluding to move violence and more protests and more military action on the ground we're hearing from france that they are remaining forces we're hearing from london that gadhafi needs to be judged by his actions and not by his words and we're hearing from the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton that the international community is still going to go ahead with increased implementing this no fly zone she too saying that only even can gadhafi be judged in terms of what his real motives are the rebels here really do support the call for a no fly zone but even they are particularly cautious and they are against that no fly zone being enlarged to mean something more the question being asked is if you know fly zone does not work if indeed a no fly zone is not able to stop. regime some punted on continuing with the these military activities what will be the next state been exposed

police say the stolen car had been carjacked a week ago. the driver took off on foot after the crash. >>> and i'm tracking this weather system that's headed our way. it's a strong one. it's a cold one, it's a wet one. i'll have details on your tomorrow forecast. >>> a pastor, his mother and wife arrested with a show down with officers today. the reason why, more common than you might think. >>> prospective jurors in the barry bonds trial filled out this lengthy questionnaire today. up next, the questions that will decide who's picked and who's not. >>> an update now on a story we first brought you monday involving the foreclosure and eviction of an east bay church. patti lee is live in richmond where the church pastor and four others were arrested late this afternoon for refusing to vacate that property. patti. >> reporter: tonight there's a new padlock on the church fence. there's also new locks on the church door all changed today under the protection of sheriff's deputies and police officers. this protester went limp as sheriffs carried

if a couple of weeks ago investors. the macroeconomic. economic growth first practice nabi are worse than the japanese problem so i think a push of the market but on the other would move cat is the car going to try to service the carbon in some of the sectors which are like you. said fred from for the recovery of the japanese economy. well with the japanese car giants like toyota honda nissan closing their factories market watchers fear an all for all downturn in the auto industry but on the board ship or a sting young things the major impact on global auto industry won't last for long i don't expect a major negative impact on the overall industry. still globally speaking there are a number of. other utilized capacities elsewhere and even within japan so yes that there is a momentary disruption for a few days however i don't think that this wonderful have a big impact. japanese electronic companies which closed factories have to throw up its connected production chains of high tech products worldwide however of legitimate jason partners c

there have been changes on the egyptian will be in voter itself if we hear of that just several weeks ago it was patrolled basically only by egyptian border guards or people who are letting people in and out of the country now it's being patrolled by both sides there are representatives of the so-called national police in the libya wholesale checking documents of the people that are going through the border so maybe the opposition is gaining some more. some more control over the situation and perhaps just simply discipline them but judging by these figures and the tens of thousands of refugees each day and in total according to the u.n. over three hundred thousand people have already fled libya the situation hasn't improved much and all of the whole military operation by the alliance which was to improve the lives of ordinary people and make it safer for ordinary people to live there at the moment in libya that still has not been changed unfortunately. now you kind of course follow our correspondents firsthand experiences in libya on twitter and facebook. has been talking to the libyan pe

dr drew miscavige operated on natasha twenty one years ago but a donor organ was her only hope for a live one of the best known cardiac surgeons in russia he performed hundreds of lifesaving transplants but still thinks of the thousands he couldn't do because of the shortage of donor organs nowadays he's pioneering any technique that gives some patients on the analyst waiting list a more definite hope. a heart transplant is not a panacea firstly the supply of donor organs is so short that you can only hope a smattering of patients secondly it brings with it a number of complications starting with ethical dilemmas to biological functions that's why finding an alternative treatment that will allow to preserve a host organ is so crucial to the treatment that back court remodelling consists of seventh urge or is that together reversed the damage to a broken heart russian doctor started performing it two years ago and its long term attractiveness is still being tested yet for someone like this patient not stare it already proved a real life changer here buddy where was first diagnosed doc

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