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to us but that's all you would need one . how not one our team to the un troops in afghanistan is not the task at hand in twenty fourteen us military is gearing up to bring back billions of dollars in net. rt half weeks i love how bad things. in the new deal the history of excessive force by the albuquerque police department will take a look at that along with a new scandal brewing over according to bite the demons from lapd swat part is that he felt on that coming up and i was winemaker is pushing a bill that would
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drag the decisions on gmo food labeling. we'll look at them fail and what it means for gmo foods later and shout i am. the state the washington d c when you're in you're watching now results of the afghanistan presidential election from this past saturday are likely still several weeks away. a total of eight candidates in the running although there are some from runners emerging. the obama administration has said very little about the candidates in the afghanistan race however the ui has made it clear that it wants the winner to be somebody who will look great with security deal that would allow for small us peacekeeping force remain in the country past the fourteen cars and refused to sign a security pact last year and then saying he would preserve the task for his successor the top three runners for president right
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now are sure gonna need a former world bank executive and opposition leader abdullah abdullah both of them and indicated that they would sign the pact the bilateral security agreement would take the place of the two thousand when detail initiated nations that officially ended in december of this year marking the complete withdrawal of u s and international forces from the country. but as the us intensify its strategy to remove the troops. it seemed like there will be another issue at hand because it also has billions of dollars worth of equipment in the country and that means the us military is being forced to find ways to get back to the mountains your back home. in an exclusive rt theory that will air over the next few weeks. our very own making lopez takes a deeper look at the logistical issues at play and try to find out just what will be done with all the equipment and here's part one of the series. this is the court rightly in historical terms the berlin airlift in
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the first thing has been done this complex by the military surge forward. it has been described as the biggest military challenge of recent history. a logistical nightmare. at the end of the year to thirty thousand troops remaining in afghanistan and almost all of the equipment used by the us to execute its thirteen year long war will finally leave the country from that. thirty three billion dollars worth of equipment and all. a massive coordinated effort involving logistics finance is diplomacy security and geography. in other words the fed ex model if you are going nowhere. that was doing was holding him for what could happen to wear get some work along with troops the military must now figure out a way to bring back all of the armor weapons and vehicles and everything else troops needed to survive a five to seven billion dollars
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venture. and like iraq afghanistan is laughable it's remote and it is surrounded on all sides by states and are actively hostile to afghanistan. it was for a few exceptions hostile to the united states that its forces forcing the pentagon to consider a number of troops from neighboring countries. first i am i and the best fastest easiest cheapest way to get out is to drive south from afghanistan through pakistan the major port for auction on the indian ocean. pakistan has proven to be essential in shipping equipment in and out of the region. relations between dc and islam bought our franchise and here we are straight that resulted in the deaths of twenty four pakistani soldiers in november two thousand and eleven cause the country to close the southern route entirely for seven months in retaliation. one wrong move could get close to two southern roads indefinitely let's be frank pakistan is not terribly friendly towards united states at this stage
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another exit strategy might be her or observers say this in terms of attacks but also the most expensive in other countries the us currently deals with allows for lethal weapons to pester their border. this is the nickname of the phone and now according to the former head of the u s transportation command and general duncan make now that their lives cost ten times more profound than transport via land and this route also has its share of bricks. we order system for seven to go down if auburn which the court ms forsyth park it was probably from some low shifting on on takeoff which caused am rapt to come off the other platform or whatever caused it to become unstable in all one of the most tried and true methods of extracting equipment. the northern distribution network. over three thousand miles of winding creepy railroads one seems to have up to seventy five percent of military supplies into afghanistan. we couldn't use some of those rail lines by moving up
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through central asia into these areas and back across and ultimately into europe we can right now because of the dispute. we have to serve with the russia and that mr putin over his seizure of the crimea. i now present and future international relations factor and the military drive now. this is the military. this is really a diplomatic issue that sets the framework for the with roll hoops of the country's north northwest and the sol. and they all need to come and play to make this happen. the agreement coming back to his cues and often outdated. the question inevitably becomes is it worth it if it's costing us more to move announced that a really good the movie did it again less than a lot of it may not be useful again should we really move at all and i think this question is now being seriously examined at the pentagon military might to stations where sixty percent of the equipment to return. the other forty percent will be sold or
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scrapped by it is not entirely clear were leading in december the us does want some troops to stick around in afghanistan to help and training and counterinsurgency efforts which would mean some equipment would stay tuned but afghan president karzai said he would leave that decision to his successor. as we wait for results from the election over the weekend the us will work under the assumption that everything needs to be out by year's end if we keep some level of troops. what do they need to sustain be successful to get consider what a wacky and that has to be the very last thing you take out should we decide to go with this or option. the next few months are critical in the legacy of us we as in afghanistan will waste and scrap yards one of the landscape. or will the military be able to complete its mission and at times and cost effective manner. all eyes are now on the pentagon as they confront the growing logistical and financial to the edges on the road retro grade in arlington virginia. as artsy
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after a sixteen month investigation taking a look at the albuquerque police department's use of the earth and at the end as if announced today that the ap he has engaged in a pattern of conduct that violates the citizens' rights the kids it was investigating allegations that the agency uses excessive force and its policing. just last month the police apparently this video of a duty officers fatally shooting a new mexico man. it's a thirty year old james blake in a confrontation with police over illegally. in the albuquerque foothills the officers tell him to get on the ground as he turns and the shoot. while police called that he'll shooting justify the doj investigation found the eighteen team as a pattern of existing and unconstitutional practices when presented with the opportunity to use excessive force. in an investigation doj found reasonable cause to believe as the ap he has been indeed
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violated the fourth amendment to break down the investigation i spoke earlier to our teas are among the wind out. and it's really more about that report and its findings. that's right in there as you mention the doj today issued a scathing report about the albuquerque police department which had a long pattern of excessive force unconstitutional policing and systemic problems now what are the major findings is that officers with the albuquerque police department routinely use deadly force in an unconstitutional manner now the department of justice took a look at daily officer involved shootings between the years in two thousand and in two thousand twelve and found that almost all of the twenty daily shootings by albuquerque police department were unconstitutional they also took a look at. not we would use of force which was also found to be a mostly unconstitutional in our non lethal force. it includes
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tasers and the use of the times they use an example the men who have doubts and sell gasoline. police officers approached him being tasered him and them and ended up going up in flames the police officers had to extinguish the fire and that many people in danger and the other thing that they looked at was the fact that many of these cases of excessive force were against people who suffered mental illness now and again brought up the case of james boyd who was shot and killed all caught on camera that really brought up memories of the fact that a lot of these instances where police to use force. there really ain't having people who suffer from mental illness. that's really disturbing to think about i'm pretty significant findings particularly in light of the recent fatal police shooting of the homeless man in albuquerque what the likely be the implications of this on the police department and do you expect that anyone will be held accountable
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linda's doj report they bring out the case of james boyd has as an example the fact that a lot still needs to be done in the albuquerque police department to change the color to that. now there are no committee that punitive measures from the doj or a new oversight those amounts which one will likely anderson to me that i did this there in albuquerque but the descent of the set of guidelines that they're hoping that the albuquerque police department tension still on their own bill. they include on the training and how to deal with the mentally ill also more changes to the internal investigation they found the attention of ideas just sit on chairs word for it even though the evidence didn't show up didn't really match up with what the authors were saying and they also want to revive the albuquerque police wanted to revise its use of force policies and how it uses its tactical unit said just watch the on over to another story
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at regarding police contacts that were just learning that lapd officers had been tampering with voice recording equipment in dozens of patrol cars and effort to avoid being monitored while on duty. i want these officers were doing and how wide scale this practice really lies throughout the police department the treadmill will the los angeles times discovered that did the lapd had tampered with at least fifty of these antennas which moderates or was it results in their sane while they're out in the field now most of the antennas that were missing whirring cars in los angeles south valley division of this division incomes is the neighborhoods of los and jefferson downs and these are primarily let the non black neighborhoods which have a very large and long history of mistrust the police and accusations of racial pride profiling against officers. i mean commission is in place
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to be monitored this kind of behavior. but they weren't told about this. why weren't they notified. that's right according to daily times the lapd discovered that there had been some tampering going on last summer but according to the lake the police commission didn't find out about it until months later now the president of the lake the police commission states overall says that she's quite troubled. at the fact that he was in notified and you really want the lapd to answer questions about how they handled this now they say the lapd says that they're monitoring the situation more closely but they didn't investigate any of their officers daily pieces that. the fact that didn't notify the police commission until months later was unintentional according to chief charlie beck in according to chief that he says that there was no sort of deliberate intention to cover anything up all right our teens are among the land of things that reporting. you bet. i can only get in
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the battle over gm now with the republican congressman from kansas. just introduce legislation that would end our efforts and multiple states require the labeling of genetically modified foods the bill which is called the faith and accurate labeling act was proposed by representative mike kl and in the overriding building over twenty states would make gmo food labeling mandatory the bill specifically prohibit any mandatory labeling of them is developed using bio engineering consumer groups have long argued for labeling citing many scientific studies showing links to human and animal health problems and negative fx for the environment. however companies like average and monsanto argue the crops are safe. discuss this more i was doing earlier by elizabeth descendants director of policy at the center for food safety at first after to talk about what this new bill dies will the angry demanding
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that the great ironies of the laboring adobe and a unified standard in attacking the people would expect it to receive the gift is nothing that any of the activist was actually kind of eyes of an existing voluntary standard they see something that has all the things that has not seen it and no companies have spent the day will come into play but she always does and that it dosen't premiums all the states from any state of being able to enable tmi so selfish so it completed the cradle of the cross rates maintenance this going on at that. it's just really not a bill that anybody would have been so interesting because when i read many of its called the city of akron who legally academic the bed. now the sound light and tangy and alt del and zoe don't you think that they did that purposely perhaps to make people think that it's a great fit and fresh seafood wanted a piece of the book on huffington which he was unsure how this is highlighting some of that all
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of what tactics in recent in the movement. well then i sent an auntie in and speaking to what people think that they won in a western toilet. and yet taken a completely opposite directions as extremely kind the kind of agony and the unit of britain's pushing and. i am gaining a start in assam which i found standing in washington dc. if you're looking at quantum democracy as a necessary total integration of democracy in the title and they unleash a look. and the advocates for this bit of an draft. hale who obviously knows this the center for me answer because you have all of the state law being proposed in the saying it's impossible for the food industry to release or acclimate add to all of these individual oxidants and four and have one uniform on and mean what what what would you say that somebody that might cure the argument will say i don't get me in the week we have
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had a spell at the senate the boxes and bins to defy the house and introduced a bill of skin which is the right to know act went into the titanic and it does exactly what it is that people once the yes we know that they need to be a fifty state. she of course mean that's how it handled different than what individual states are proposing full name given to stay committed to making tremendous momentum in on determining and i like legislate is what it is sad that people want sia. ross recently was informing our neighboring initiatives the coming into play. on the extent that even in a meeting this month when around the country. this led to different states of mind and you have to cut legislation. in the midst of the three ballot initiatives that she is absolutely enormous commitment and of course adam faith and retaining fence is up in the northeast of the country with the title and the possum an education fair seems that the industry's running scared
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as to what the keepers of the doubt have helped it get this building to see standard of living have been trying to be a commitment to a different direction but we are spending the bad everybody has the right to know we have the right to know willie e king. we have to know what retailers know he can become unemployed the second one was the interesting about this bill he did say there is a huge movement that's really cool s and ninety three percent of people in two separate polls vary the polls say that they supported completing a support enabling other food they want to know with an account for some reason we have not seen as translate into legislation we haven't seen the support in congress and just when you speak to what was with a real challenge there i said people with people power. and then there's a mass of large companies with financial power and that's where the tension is. will he know that you mention an article that you are today the sixth the six companies the six big companies. of course
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month and has included and that he does talk about certain what these companies have est and you know how old they are really influencing this debate. well it may seem it is very effective and twenty but i'm married to christian manufacturers' association. it is quite big behind the cafe on the big six chemical corporations and minnie in a belief that accompanies the night to gain anything from teasing tmi cement products. but the one that is a lot of people are shy away from them because people appearing in this debate that if you don't want to label them there what are you hiding from us. my opinion to enable them and people will start to understand the significant maybe some that go way back chemical companies jackson helping to feed and they're the people who are making money from it. making the money from the packets help people put out panty liners are high heeled aimed at the trout color isn't that all these amazing benefits if that's not true. a lot of scientific information shows
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that actually i'm being very tough climactic conditions what i can coax them out performs the tmi so i'm on the board of the bread and it's a cheap result we have the fed to get funding systems child will eat organic and conventional for the last minute frenzy and listening to them. and so we can leave the state while before someone does that. so if the people holding the packers who are trying to think that something is that the benefit is the fact that the cheap and it's befitting the math it when actually act it's really tend to get the swelling and on dry well as a bit of finance director posse of this african think the thing so much for joining us and weighing in on us thinking while the years after the biggest oil spill in u s history several species of wildlife are in the gulf of mexico still struggling to recover. that's all according to a new report out this week by the national wildlife federation art easel de france. take a look at how the goldfields impact is far
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from over. the effect of two hundred million pounds while spewing into the warm waters of the gulf of mexico back in two thousand ten you can just look at how small businesses and residents were affected petroleum is all grace and twenty seven billion in claims payments for sparkly and restoration. the effects on those that want to borrow for years that would shrink to fit into my life federation finding is that looking at nine hundred dad were stranded in the oil spill area was found alive underweight and anemic challenge and liver and lung disease. while the gulf of mexico are showing high levels of dna damaging adult and elsewhere before. when i went on the louisiana coast increasing concentrations of toxic will compound in your life. five hundred at sea turtles encounter every day in the past three years in the area affected by this scientists say the chemical was. bell has been shown to cause irregular heartbeat in
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bluetooth and an elephant ear every production for oysters has remained low for her large intestine or in bulk at least for the fall of two thousand well. when healthy teeth. i felt are a ton of water. yes the west and the whale is not gone from the bottom of golf and washing up on beaches in march. don't have to dodge the bottom of the gulf to give away league defeat of calm enough that the change of plans to stand creatures like oysters he had to confess to the top level predators like the open and wales. there's a mistake. bp has discounted the need to mention bbc report saying. so one of my federation reported the peak of political advocacy not find cherry picks reports to support organizations tend to fall or not. the bp stated aim is clear the goal is to return environment to the baseline conditions the condition it would be in it that the far right the accident had not occurred. when was the green
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utopia. so to want to be on jeffrey charge five hundred dollars for pollution that is where the explosion. legal proceedings continue in the mountains will be back to cleaning up the long term damage. it's sad to be quite a bit larger than the one billion already been poured over for the assessment of the situation. i can't be ignored. anyone can read back to the floor and on what at the very top of the food chain. and as contributors to the safe confines of telling us that this is far from over the questionnaires. bp is willing to pay. r t washington. well looks like the us media got into the light take a look at this if the department's new history have been on a futuristic on real time and fired projectiles over a distance of one hundred miles at seven times the speed of sound rail guns using electromagnetic force that
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bad week celebrates projectiles between a pair of conductive rails by earrings and velocity greater than what can be achieved by traditional guns and artillery. when it fired it goes from zero to five thousand miles per hour and a stand of one one hundredth of a second. the rail then goes for about twenty five thousand dollars and it means they are much cheaper than ordinary missiles which can run from five hundred thousand to over million. amy says the cost may come back and think why if i'd be dead now the engine fired multiple rounds and eliminate any missiles at a more affordable cost. for years the navy has been testing the souls of the pleasant land. now i plan to fire up the wedding feast i cannot fall expected to take place in twenty sixteen the end of the oh don't forget to tune in for parking larry kane tonight's episode features a panel on topics ranging from the pole
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redeemed by jake to the twenty sixteen presidential election. here's a snippet of discussion on the affordable care act. in fairness in this discussion just opens a little grill everyone wants to tackle the issue would have them in gouache of this is in the uk the problem and not come close to being self thirty one million people are still uninsured. you can't find a doctor who likes the spread of the two hundred small business person who likes the spread of certain devastate the economy without solving the problem that's not what concerns me what happens when it's not just the healthcare problem to jobs from any view on the left of me at the rock obama obamacare is greater than the two part time workers to get this one away for a drumroll don't have health insurance could be a part time job and the benefits in my horrible was pleased that. the because you're rich you should get you to get a prescription that he can get by. i think that's absurd. ten nine pm tonight here on rti act. i did that for now from the stories we covered
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know have you with us on this edition of nice line it's friday people who haven't been captured by ashley and tokyo. leaders of the ukraine's into governments have issued a warning to separate this into the eastern cities. activists have occupied state buildings in advance and will cause them a leader say if they don't need they'll be removed by force the a. the ti
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