stay with us here on r.t. coming up russian road rage. down this road alone the saw three am to get spaces now that's all. i know why or the world's largest the well producing country of suddenly valuable selves running on empty. but first ten militants have been killed in a special operation by security forces in russia's north caucasus authorities say among the terrorist was the head of an extremist group and others responsible for a deadly attacks on the region or his media coach and other has the latest. in other successful un ttyrec operation has been carried out by russian special forces on friday morning after a thing happened at the border between the region and you know about cairo republic when a group of militants were cornered in a residential area and after the civilians at the scene were evacuated to safety and militants refused to surrender and opened fire at the end of the shooting turn militants including at least two women were killed now russian special forces i say among those militants were some high profile terrorist

we're glad you're all able to be here with us. we're also joined by leslie rogers, regional administrator of the federal transit administration. we also have jose luis moss covitts of the transportation authority, jim lazarus of our san francisco chamber of commerce is here, along with red rifkin of the san francisco city of public works and melanie from the department of environment. we had a strong partnership. there was no way we could do this work without a strong partnership here within the city planning and the port of san francisco that had a strong partnership with us at s.f. park and agreed to participate in the pilot program. we have a great team of individuals at the m.t.a. who worked on this project for the past couple of years and i need to make sure we especially thank them and jape primus and steve lee. -- jay primus and steve lee. [applause] and i think you saw earlier on we had some of our team that works out in the field, our parking meter shops, those individuals also deserve recognition. they've done a great jo

we're back with a recap of our top stories in a few moments stay with us here on r.t. . wealthy british style signposts. on the tireless. market trying to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cars are for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report. twenty years ago the largest country. to certain places of. the first some one hundred more determined to go into the speech on the journey. where did it take. more news today violence is once again flared up the film these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada after. the four asians are rooted a. coupe. they faced this is not a provocation but a war and. a full of shit and we should step in what is sure this is a pretty picture it speaks of they have no idea about the hardships to face. plate one it is this is it is up to these things for any army the life of a usaf is the most precious thing in the world. is of self-sacrifice and heroism with those who understand it fully but you have to.

all of us here are going to have that responsibility. i'm eyeing what the governor every day is talking to everybody in the state and if we don't have those tax extensions we've got huge cuts, we'll not be able to manage today. we'll do our best, but there's kind of a crisis brewing about what the state's about to do and need to forewarn everybody. we're going to have the best minds to deal with it but it's a storm coming that i'm afraid is going to hurt a lot of us. but be very focused on what the state's about to do. that's what we can say today. >> [speaking foreign language] >> district four. home care. name is po. we knows there's 1,800 home care providers. across -- over 20,000. -- across san francisco, over 20,000. including our employer there's about 40,000. in those last few years we think we are with facing salary cuts, benefits cut. if february our working hours have been cut -- in february our working hours have been cut by 3.6%. that means every month if we work 100 hours, our salary will be cut by 40 -- $40. looking for cut

here on r.g.p. for more information. russia and poland mark a fatal accident that tore the two nations apart but at the same time saw them unite dimitri medvedev and bronislaw komorowski have paid their respects to the victims of a fatal plane crash that killed poland's president and many of the country's political elite on the anniversary of the massacre and. peace in libya depends on the rebels as the african union suggests a resolution to the conflict colonel qadhafi has agreed to the union's proposal and says he's prepared to negotiate with the opposition the rebels say there will be no truce until the libyan leader steps down the. trouble brewing in france as a law banning the burka goes into effect with many accusing the government of discrimination and racism against muslims at least two women wearing veils have been arrested for taking part in an authorised protest against the bad french opinion polls suggest some people think officials will deliberately trying to stir up tensions in. the ne

i do not know if all of us were here but they are now returning. they will be performing for us and the beautiful traditions of the chinese new year, the alliance stance. please welcome students from the chinese american international school. -- the lion's dance. -- the lion's dance. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> [inaudible] [applause] this is really a unique performance. before we end tonight's program, i want to, on behalf of the city, thank at&t again for your generous sponsorship, making the celebration happening. we would liked everyone to join us for the reception. we want to thank owner of moonstar. we want to thank you for your contribution. [speaking foreign language] >> thank you. >> about four years ago, [inaudible] look at how beautiful this was. there is our relationship to the planet. these regions are the wealthiest, the most powerful. that really has impacted the planet. it is almost impossible now to go anywhere and had it really be completely dark. there are very few locations that you can find. that means our relationship t

i do not know if all of us were here but they are now returning. they will be performing for us and the beautiful traditions of the chinese new year, the alliance stance. please welcome students from the chinese american international school. -- the lion's dance. -- the lion's dance. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> [inaudible] [applause] this is really a unique performance. before we end tonight's program, i want to, on behalf of the city, thank at&t again for your generous sponsorship, making the celebration happening. we would liked everyone to join us for the reception. we want to thank owner of moonstar. we want to thank you for your contribution. [speaking foreign language] >> thank you. i'm the president of friends of mclaren park. it is one of the oldest neighborhood community park groups in san francisco. i give a lot of tours through the park. during those tours, a lot of the folks in the group will think of the park as very scary. it has a lot of hills, there's a lot of dense groves. once you get towards the center of the park you rea

>> i just really appreciate the fact that you have us here and you give us all your support. and you do a lot in the community yourself, not just for farm workers but for other people. you're very committed to your job. and we just feel that you deserve this award this year very much. >> thank you. this will be a tribute to cesar, not to me. i really appreciate it. >>. [ speaking spanish ] >> thank you. may god empower you to go on. >> now it's on tv, shown all over. >> here it is, the award. thank you all to the chavez family vision and the board and the family. thank you so much. may godspeed, give you power to keep going. >> thank you for all the support you do all the time. [ speaking spanish >>> up next -- a song for sa written by jorge santana and others in honor of a great man. >>> thank you again for this award. it's undeserved. you know, a lot of us do what we do because we love it and we care about others. but what the heck, it's nice to be recognized. thank you very much. >> that's the criteria for receiving it. >> when it comes from the heart, not only from the mo

one of the us here in the us but even. that's my son and he cleans condition sometimes makes him imagine he's not it's old news nursing home but in the old settlement of new real chick where everyone has a boat for christmas is celebrated in early january rather than in december and where people in nearly every home speak russian. don't struggle users of books so goes away i want to know the rest of the book i'm going to. a group of. leman is one of the few people here who still remember the russian era of the land its former legacy is gradually being forgotten much in the same way as old people's memories fade away i'd like to teach my children about their heritage referred it it's caught on especially with our oldest child our son and i think the best way we can do it was to talk about it serves some of the stories maybe even some of the language i want them to understand are very rich cultural heritage if it makes you happy and. brazenly is one of the most popular teachers at seoul don't know high school. already used t

i suggest we wait until seven of us are here. i move that we continue this item to next week's's meeting. >> i second of this. >> i don't think we should have a discussion to have discussions, we should have a discussion with seven of us here. with respect, the best of intentions, we are motivated by good intentions. we ought to all the at the table. >> i suggest we discuss it next week. we can't have a motion because it is not open for action. >> we will talk about a charter next week. >> i was afraid that would put an item on for discussion. >> i don't think we should be having this debate or discussion now without all of us here. let me just respond to that. to my chagrin, items and the because one commissioner wanted. to sit around and say that we ought not do this at all and i think is completely disingenuous for many people here. if you want to have a discussion about discipline, it has got to be good for the goose, but for the gander. the idea that we won't even have a discussion about the supply and i respect proposition

first, we want to thank everyone who got us here. we all have someone help us, whether it was our mom, dad, pitching coach, the coaches that we have now. they had a huge and in this. we want to thank them, our wives, our family, love the ones. we had a little talk. i said if we do not do as good as we did at least last year we will be a failure. we changed that and we did a good job of it. you all have waited so long for this and we brought it home for you all. thank you. you are the best. [applause] >> 3 staples in this franchise for a very long time. i get the privilege of introducing three hitters. you will hear from all three of these gentlemen, aubrey huff, buster posey commac and, and fr sanchez. [applause] >> san francisco giants. world series champions. let's enjoy this today, tomorrow, a week, maybe a month, and then let's get back to work and make another run at it. [applause] >> this is unbelievable, guys. first of all, i want to thank god for putting us in this situation and blessed us the way he has. i want to thank my f

the government's house the corporation is using here to guess it's on a table that's where you might come from that's a phony question sort of argument if you want to seeing where does a person get the money to pay their taxes they where do you get the money to pay their taxes you get your money from from from you know from however you're going to write from your income source what are my point is your question is a phony baloney question i don't think the actual question is is who is using the commons and who's paying for it and you've got corporations that are dumping poisons into our air that are causing millions of dollars in damage and deaths in diseases the corporation to use when i do use in there using police and fire and you've got corporations that are using the commons they're using our educated workforce and they're not paying taxes for it they should pay if they want to claim that their entities if they want to contribute hundreds of millions of dollars to political campaigns then they shouldn't sit around go oh but we we don't have to pay any taxes we shouldn't deny thi

it is sort of reaction to what brought us here and what brought us here originally. the report laid out some strong certains ending in the recommendation that the program no longer exist. when the president laid out the parameters for him it is the same for me. there were five areas they talked about. i am hoping the speakers address those areas as they come to the podium. i know that is what i will be looking for. individual commissioners may have questions. that is their right. they want that information. i know for me what brought us here is this document. what i am looking for or how you addressed the issues and i hope i hear that as we move forward. thank you. >> commissioner. >> right. i want to the say, and i commission your concerns, however my understanding was that you would address the concerns that they raised. you met with some of us and you suggested ways that we can work with us. and i thought it was more of a working meeting so we can come together and change the rules so that they would reflect some of the changes that would reflect the concerns that

here on r.t. in the studio thanks very much to me it's there from russia's ria novosti news agency. russian pilots accused by the us of international drug trafficking is facing trial in a new york constantine that was arrested last year in liberia and brought to the states illegally according to his noise that is and isn't and started checking the reports some see a tendency in america snatching people and trying them on its own soil. a legit tons of cocaine a pilot snatched up and walk to a foreign prison and one fax number this is the case of constantine your shango a russian pilot in his forty's scooped up by u.s. officials in liberia last year brought to a manhattan jail and along with more other suspects charged with international drug trafficking. is now if you were a long time he did not even know where he was when he was brought to the u.s. he was put in solitary confinement and he didn't even know he was in the united states constantine's wife victoria just to write to new york she says h

tom carter from the san francisco fort is also here with us. please forgive me if i forgot to mention others. i know there's quite a number of you in the room. our panelists here, the officer who is in charge of the graffiti for city. he will be here to answer any questions during the question and answer times. i'm sure a lot of you do have quite a few questions for the police department. my boss, director of public works, who you will hear from soon. and larry stringer from the bureau of sfrirmente tall -- environmental services, the branch that is spanl for abatement and coordinating many of the activities in our city. please welcome them to the conference. [applause] i'm not sure i should introduce myself. i always do this -- but i wouldn't wait for my director this time. i am the chair of the advisory board and i also serve as the deputy director for directions at the department of works. [applause] nine years ago when i began my career with the department of public works, graffiti was very manageable. residents received free paint, free cl

at the moment of this is my kindergarten i do i used to go here. we used to be many children in p.p. a lot of the greatest authorities from all over the soviet union came here to operate the nuclear power station all the mostly young people that are still and they thought that they were waiting for a bright future. so this town experienced a baby boom. on the spot no one used the gas masks would look out there because the catastrophe happened on a saturday. they'd been kept here and were left untouched. after a couple of ministers what was in that letter you found. there is a photograph inside. here have a look. look through the proper trickle it seems it was written by a child a small girl. just to try their story i was so glad having received your letter so i decided to reply at once my mom got me any adult she's so beautiful that i'm sometimes afraid to play with her when i go to school in the morning i put her by the window and make a bet for her in the evening i love her dearly the weather has already been very warm here we'll be having a holi

stay with us here on our team will be following this story throughout the day. for me to other world news the number of people killed by powerful tornadoes sweeping through the southeast united states is rising rapidly nearly three hundred have now lost their lives most of the victims were in alabama where the storms were described as the worst ever two major cities have been decimated by the deadliest tornado outbreak in nearly forty years many people are without homes or electricity dozens of roads have been rendered impassable. and investigation to a deadly bomb attack that killed at least fifteen has been launched. it happened thursday at a cafe in the capital's main square which is popular with tourists most of the casualties were foreigners no group has yet admitted responsibility for the bombing ross major attack in morocco was impossible two thousand and three forty five people were killed in. a ceasefire between thai and cambodian troops has been broken as fresh border clashes were broken out the latest exchange of fire hopping near a temple in disputed

ok the americans will support us here they'll give us the best look a good idea but that's what i just want to play this is. what is has to samsung a lot of people hide behind it it's all i'm sorry doesn't feel good americans know the money but it was the french who saved one guy's he's the second because you know they're not against we're not asking them not because they'll come back at that increasing i think right ok but at the end of the day if you know the u.s. is you are in the middle at the end of the day it's footing the bill and if things don't change you know yes it is obviously it is you know it's not as i had going in washington go ahead he's not going at it like that is that basically to do well and good look at the size he was still providing most of the strikes and they're also providing intelligence tanking aircraft aircraft you know logistics and that sort of thing that no other air force has when you have a you have a coalition air strike so you have a guy who has a high and it has such a turn for whatever thing is on the podium i give that briefing it's us driven and

which we call on it here is us president obama still an honorable recipient of the nobel peace prize to be fair game here to two wars receiving offers. will. remain your beliefs and science technology from the realm. we're going to the future cover. keep. a low and welcome to cross talk and peter lavelle is us president barack obama still in the honorable recipient of the nobel peace prize to be fair he inherited two wars but assuming office but he is also a new war on his watch and that is libya should obama's peace prize be revoked and should politicians be barred from future consideration. can. you discuss the issues around barack obama's nobel peace prize i'm joined by bill snyder in washington he is a distinguished senior fellow and resident scholar at third way in london we have to take ali he is a writer and filmmaker and in knoxville we have john williams he is the editor and publisher of new millennium writings and another member of our cross talk team ill and hunger all right gentlemen this is crossed i mean you can jump in anytime you want bill schneider as i pointed out i

bringing you news around the clock from around the world i'm matt trezise good to have you with us here on our team it started out as any other normal monday in the belorussian capital minsk but ended in carnage and horror a terrorist bomb ripped through the metro at the peak of the evening rush hour killing twelve and injuring more than two hundred police say they have now put together a fits of the two suspects suspects believed to be involved in the attack parties are catarina grouch over reports from its. it is a day to remember solemnly here in minsk the morning after the tragedy you can see piles of flowers candles and icons later on to the entrance to the act of risqué metro station here by the explosion during evening rush hours on monday obviously emotions and feelings are running high as people want to be together on this day and maybe before going to work make a stop over here to observe a minute of silence five years what kind of feelings did you have when you woke up today terrible feelings i couldn't expect anything like that happening in this country it's such a crime it

it's seven am in moscow i'm mad très are good to have you with us here on r t our top story nato says it's investigating reports of at least thirteen libyan rebels killed in a coalition air strike some sources suggest the strike came after a pro get off the fighter joined a group that opened fire on allied planes meanwhile the country's government has rejected rebel calls for a cease fire are these parlous leader has the latest from tripoli. spokesperson here in tripoli said it would be mad to expect libyan soldiers to withdraw from cities where there was still fighting and this is almost ironic because it wasn't so long ago that tripoli itself made to cease fire offers and at that time the rebels said that these authors were insincere and could not be trusted the lot of mistrust between both sides neither willing to be the first to lay down arms but on the full measure trying to slightly different picture is emerging we are hearing from the country former prime minister mr. baby that lines of communication have been opened and they're hoping to intensify them they say that they are t

in the studio thank you very much for being with us here on r.t. well as we've just been hearing this sounds like a massive amount of radioactive material being released into the sea and despite what the japanese authorities are saying how dangerous all of these levels do you think. yeah that's actually very dangerous situation situation i would say because besides sort of radio active iodine and radioactive cesium week. early into the air nowadays we have the radioactive material which is much more dangerous we're talking about deploying you dangerous also because it's in the sea and could be spread by currents and to a much wider area first of all plutonium is more dangerous because it's highly janie and also because of the half life time he's twenty four thousand years and that means from the viewpoint of one life if you understand there is for i mean for the rest of our being going to be supplanted i will say and i'm sorry to just go back to that point would not be turning out to be in the water or the air there any difference in actually there

here hold this book any of them used to do and there's a village not far from here. well for three cause they are on the other side of the river a few elderly couples live there till they form they might have a radio phone upgrade if not then at least we can stay overnight. ok. as we walked through the field i saw a herd of wild horses where they come from beirut they were brought here straight after the catastrophe in the ninety's and it was an experiment to see how they would survive the radiation and their lives grow into a huge population the same happened to all the other animals because there's no people here because when they. all safe walking out of. the. what is this village who lives here there's a couple of elderly people that live here. they were evacuated out of the class one day why are they here they were so well they came back they resettled here in their own free will oh hello in my free will and you know i was not hello hello they're looking for how do you live here on your own there's no transportation or facilities passport thank you the other pro

with us here at r.t. he's a being a persecuted for calling the man behind deadly bombings in russia a terrorist and criticizing internet round piece. a nato airstrike has reportedly killed thirteen rebels in libya as comes as the u.k. is accused of destroying a major khadafi control the oil fields starting fresh doubts over the coalition's true motives in the country. and for the e.u. to drag it out of a financial black hole it's threatening to arouse waves of anger among european taxpayers who once again will have to foot another bailout bill. also russia provides poland with a newly declassified and the nine hundred forty massacre of polish officers nicad in a fresh effort to dispel tension over the incident. for the sports with natasha. thank you ari this is our team these lives courts update and here is what's coming up in the program champions league football it's manchester united in the driving seat for a slimy final spot after beating chelsea won in the past leg. pitching on the way to morrow we f

stay with us here on our t.v. lots more headed your way this hour including japan on high alert the country's raise the severity rating of its nuclear crisis to the highest level putting the emergency is on par with a sure noble disaster. but first military experts are accusing coalition forces in libya using depleted uranium in their airstrike i mean nation the deadly substance can cause cancer and physical mutations and those who come in close contact with it claims are surfacing as the ongoing nato led campaign is being staffed with no clear end in sight or he's got a cheeky out investigates just a warning some viewers may find the images in this report disturbing. these leave young men cheer on top of the tank hit by coalition forces unaware of the silent killer they could be breathing in as they celebrate though the western coalition denies using depleted uranium in bombings in the country others say there is a good chance weapons with the highly poisonous radioactive element have been used that kind of damag

joins us next with the latest business news stay with us here on r.t. . and. i want to welcome to the business update thanks for joining me b.p. is preparing to biologists russian partners in tank a b p that's according to a report in the financial times the british company is trying to save its deal with russian oil a major role sniffed to explore the arctic shelf archies correspondent laura and that has won the story. we're saying the deadline for this deal being resolved loom ever closer it's still thursday the fourteenth of april that leaves just around about three days to get this all sorted out we're seeing various rumors coming to the floor most notably one in the financial times where sources say that b.p. and potentially rosneft as partners could be preparing to buy out the russian shareholders stake in t.n. k b p now they may be going in and doing that together and it's the stake which could be worth up to thirty billion dollars now the various parties are desperate to have this situation resolved and in fact it's likely that we'll see more state int

i'm korean american joins us next with all the latest from the world of business stay with us here on our. for welcome to business r.t. thanks for joining me this hour to be prime minister sachin has decided to step down as chairman of the country's state run well major ross have he's the first of all the presidential or other top officials should leave the boards of state companies are all reports on the roster of headquarters in the us. he go to such an announce to shareholders that he will step down as the head of the company no this is due to a presidential ruling here in russia it says that no government official can also hold a position on the board of a major company and is the surgeon is also the deputy prime minister here which means he has to step down from that position as the head of rosneft now although they have no and this was going to happen it was expected presidential ruling only came in around two weeks ago so it hasn't given much time to to settle in for roughness this could cause some of the certainty surrounding the sixteen billion dollars share swap deal between

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sit with us here on r t coming up the battle of the burka find out how the latest developments in france have the government facing accusations of stirring up racial tension. we turn first to libya where the african union delegation is trying to convince the rebels to embrace a cease fire and start negotiating with colonel gadhafi state representatives are now in the opposition held city of benghazi after holding talks with the libyan leader in tripoli gadhafi has agreed to the proposal of a truce but he says he's prepared to negotiate a peaceful solution with the rebels the insurgents maintain they want to accept any deal that would see the colonel and his family hold on to power meanwhile nato has stepped up its assault against gadhafi sunday destroying more than a dozen tanks in the largest airstrike in weeks libya has been a ravaged by civil war since february with hundreds of reported casualties or he's ever piskun all of has more from the rebel headquarters benghazi. hasn't spoken with his wife for me two months she is in misrata a town in the west surrounded by gadhafi forces and

i do not know if all of us were here but they are now returning. they will be performing for us and the beautiful traditions of the chinese new year, the alliance stance. please welcome students from the chinese american international school. -- the lion's dance. -- the lion's dance. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> [inaudible] [applause] this is really a unique performance. before we end tonight's program, i want to, on behalf of the city, thank at&t again for your generous sponsorship, making the celebration happening. we would liked everyone to join us for the reception. we want to thank owner of moonstar. we want to thank you for your contribution. [speaking foreign language] >> thank you. >> welcome to "culture wire." on this episode, we explore what it means to the aged, in today's society -- what it means to be chicana in today's society. chica chic features an array of artwork by five leading chicana artists that addresses a range of issues such as integration, sustainability, and integration. using a distinct visual approach, each of th

. >>> now to what brings us here to louisiana. it is hard to believe it's been a year since those first sketchy reports of some sort of big blowout on an offshore rig off the coast of louisiana. the bp disaster as it later became known went on for months, so did the relentlessly depressing underwater pictures. in all 4.9 million barrels of oil discharged over the long 87 days. to this day 66 miles of coastline remain moderately or severely oiled. so how is this area doing now? that is a big question. our chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson is back with us again with some answers. here we are again, anne. >> hi, brian. things are tough down here in part because of the losses you can't quantify like the erosion of trust in officials who spent months underestimating the size of the spill and promises that have yet to be delivered. along louisiana's coastal bayous, nature's breeding grounds. there are signs of spring and sounds of lurking danger. air canons scare birds from sandbars and marshes where the mississipp

here in poland now the party of the of the late polish president and his brother get also is using some strong. and so russian rhetoric even sometimes going as far as accusing moscow and the current government of a conspiracy in hiding what they call hiding facts of the investigation it is very unclear according to many experts where this political game will go but clearly these emotions of the polish people are being used in political ways some sometimes here in poland and alice the investigation was a tough issue for both nations what do we know about the details of how the tragedy actually happens. with the interstate aviation commission a c released the details of its report on the twelfth of january and they conclude it is pilot error was mostly to blame for the crash of course compounded by very poor weather and visibility and psychological pressure to one of the points that's stressed and i see reports is that the ground full south to north of the rhine river rua pilots it was almost a mission to land and he was stated that he does intend to. within seconds all ninety six on boar

. >> that is not before us here commissioner -- that is not before us here, commissioner. commissioner murphy: that is additional comments. >> i just want to say even though i am happy to serve as vice president this year, i am still the new kid on the block. i have been very appreciative, actually, of the staff and my fellow commissioners, who kind of update me on what has been going on. and i have been involved in some other city parties, and what i have noticed is sometimes we do not hear from a lot of the people that come in and get taken care of. i understand, just like when the inspectors have to go out, and then they tell a contractor he did not do it right or we have to hear from the property owner. yes, they did it without a permit but did not know they needed one. some of the stuff we heard this morning. i feel like part of our position here is to act as that bridge to the community, but to also work with the staff and help them when we did things like that. i have been tipped i think every single meeting on this commission now, and the people i see in our public

our new york stay with us here on r.t. still ahead why israel's desperation for workers is leaving laborers and in for themselves as they are lured in with job prospects only to end up living in fear of being deported plus. when the rich are being rich that's why they're here you blame yourself for that yeah right we asked people in new york for their thoughts on why the wealthy are getting even more cash while everybody else is struggling to get by . for us though army life can be tough but for russian conscripts there is an added danger systematic bullying and abuse from within their own ranks or he could greaves takes a look at how the violent humiliation becomes tragically too much for some to bear just a warning this report contains graphic footage. it's a disturbing site one that's on the rise in the russian army it's called hazing ability or it's all too familiar with its consequences you can hear that in the reports about soldiers than frank physically and mentally are coming in every day. she runs the committee of

here on r.t. tell us what does this actually tell us about the situation in full and does it actually mean that terrorists and extremists can enjoy freedom of speech their priests can't. well i think this is actually a fascinating case which apart from on russia today it's got very little coverage because it does actually invite questions over the limitations of freedom of speech when should those who encourage acts of terrorism allowed freedom of speech but of course the pastor involved also made criticisms of chechnyans in finland and he's been it's been suggested that he's accused of inciting racial hatred which is another law which has been brought in in most european countries i mean the last decade which again limits and freedom of speech that i think this case is very very important in terms of discussing both of those issues and how they actually relate to the freedom of people to be able to speak out not only was he criticizing the website but also he was saying that the french authoritie

they're being here means a lot to us -- their being here means a lot to us. now more than ever, we need to be friends with government, and knowing their door is open to us is appreciated. [applause] supervisor mirkarimi: good evening. i'm ross mirkarimi. i represent the fifth district, and i'm delighted to be standing up here with my colleague who will speak in a moment. i want to thank mike farrah for his leadership and mayor newsom for helping facilitate this gathering. i'm iranian american, persians, and throughout my -- [applause] throughout my life, my family had always had very close relationships with the arab and arab-american community. i spent a fair amount of time working in the middle east in jordan and iraq and traveling through loud the milk -- throughout the middle eastern areas, so i feel very much at home, and it is important that feeling is well represented in city hall. i look at the flags that are well illustrated year. it amplifies the need that much more that san franciscans, californians should understand and become more acquainted with

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ok the americans will support us here they'll give us the us will take what i need my jets apologize for if this is so generously please have some sense among a lot of people hide behind intentional i'm sorry doesn't look good americans know the money but the french who saved one guy's he's the second because you know that americans we're not asking that much because they come on that increase to get it right. ok but at the end of the day if you know where the us is you have a little at the end of the day it's putting the bill and things until you do it oh yes it is obviously a good thing i know this i've enjoyed watching go ahead is that i haven't got it is that paying for the coup was a good look at business as he was still providing those to the strikes and they're also providing intelligence tanking aircraft aircraft or you know logistics and that sort of thing that no other air force has when you have or you have a coalition air strike and you have that you want as well and it has it's a turn for whatever thing is on the podium i give the briefing it's us driven and it's us and