bring forth policies they hadn't been able to do for a long time right now this interim reconstruction commission has basically taken over recovery this haiti interim recovery commission has taken over it's it's it's forget about these elections we're talking about president clinton has so much titles in haiti right now do you can even tell what what he's about because he has . for five different titles he's part of this commission where supposedly the united states it's in the united states and the blame he has has to go to the international community because they're the ones that got rid of haiti's. democratically elected government we can the government and then put on haiti this sort of export led economy this economy where they say you know haiti has a population of eighty percent seventy percent peasants in the united states says you know what we're going to do is move the peasants into assembly plants and give you this sort of export led economy. interest interest. when the interest of the consumers abroad is more important than the domestic national production in food sovereignty of haiti

been pulled aside if you look at this speech two weeks ago of the haitian members of the reconstruction commission they are very frustrated because contract. given to people without their knowledge and the haitians are completely put aside of the reconstruction process and we need a haitian. and we part of the process as you know when you talk about international aid you cannot replace the client and to international community you are trying to replace the nation we are very grateful for the money they they are given to us but we don't have control over it easily i mean i don't know how anything would happen so quickly in the program so we already got to the blame game ok everybody seems to be blaming everybody else well how do we break out of this well for me and i'm going to go in first please go ahead sorry how do we break out of it we have and since today is your broadcasting this because it's the first year anniversary. i want to first say that we lost so much we haitians lost so much three hundred thousand people dead in thirty three seconds and so there has to be a time where this is about

time right now this interim reconstruction commission has basically taken over i want to focus here. i am not. here he needs someone trees have room as an ideological problem because he is problem not ideological the point is is a failure you should tell now you sure you know the world that you have here all you need is now that. you need to tell them to. vote. or do you want to peter viles cross talk about that next hour here on asking apologies i want time now for the business of. yes that's right and russia and belarus may be facing a new world dispute will have one that just a second well basically we can have that more and more and that now russia red heads again with russian oil producers halted deliveries well prices go see actions drag on the companies want to raise the price of oil after men said it would be hiking transit tires for world in the breeze to europe is not only have about the details. gershon oil producers are insisting on a price rise by forty five dollars per tonne of timmins and also a twelve percent tariff rise on russian oil transits to europe russia annual

time right now this interim reconstruction commission has basically taken over i want to focus here on what i am going. through he needed someone trees more room but as an ideological problem the country's problems are not ideological going to solve is a failure you should tell now you show your country the world that you have here all you need is now that. you need to tell that and. much more from people of on this latest cross talk guess that in two hours time coming up a trip into the past back to starlin zero but first it's the business news with dmitri after a quick break. welcome to the program watching business started with me to be three minute ago russian oil producers are holding deliveries to bella reese while price negotiations are dragging on the companies want to raise the price of oil up to minsk said it would be hiking transit terrace for oil to the greeks to europe as are things that are horrible. gershon oil producers are insisting on a price rise by forty five dollars per tonne of timmins and also a twelve percent tariff rise on russian oil transits to europe russ

interim haiti reconstruction commission to bring force policies they haven't been able to do for a longtime right now this interim reconstruction commission has basically taken all over i want to focus here on what. i am not. very well what really is why are you here and he needed someone trees have room as an ideological problem because he is problem are not ideological going to swallow is a failure you should tell now usually of the actual world where you have sure you mean how there should always be a why you need to tell them to call in here we. want. a rescue operation to free their final ship stranded in ice of russia's far east coast might take another few days we're hearing tonight to ice breakers are making a second attempt to tow the canning factory ship to safety experts say deteriorating weather conditions by the rescue efforts now the three hundred people who remain trapped on board are said to have adequate supplies of food and water still the rescue operation so far freed two other vessels three russian ships became trapped in the sea of cortes almost two weeks ago. tuber

time right now this interim reconstruction commission has basically taken over i want to focus here on what. i am. very. honored to he needed someone trees have room as an ideological problem because he is problem not ideological going to solve is a failure you should tell now you should know the country a world where you have your you know that. you need to tell their. course or heated debate coming your way there in ten minutes time tonight here on r.t. right now though it's the ones and i was from the tree evening dinner so the u.s. economy seems to be showing more signs of recovery what you got for us that's absolutely right there's plenty of the distance coming from the fed on consumer spending on inflation unemployment so that's all a bit later in the program not supporting the markets but first of all russian oil producers a halting delivery sabella reese well pricing negotiations drag on the companies want to raise the price of oil off to minsk said it would be hiking transit tariffs for world in the breeze to europe but that it has more. gershon oil producers are insisting

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interim haiti reconstruction commission to bring forth policies they hadn't been able to do for a long time right now this interim reconstruction commission has basically taken all over i want to focus here on what. he needs more injuries have room as an ideological problem to countries problems are not ideological the point is is a failure you should tell now you show your actual world where you have your own you know that. you need to tell them to. have a term of those times and i join our team as we talk to a british m.e.p. who believes the euro will collapse and. financial matters before that of this wednesday night it's business with dmitri. i. thank very much russian oil producers are hoping delivery stability as well price negotiations are dragging on the companies want to raise the price of oil after minsk said it would be hiking transit spoiled in the breeze to europe and others not only where the details. gershon oil producers are insisting on a price rise by forty five dollars per tonne of to men's and also a twelve percent tariff rise on russian oil transits to europe russi

bring forth policies they hadn't been able to do for a long time right now this interim reconstruction commission has basically taken over i want to focus here on what. he needs on trees he had room as an ideological problem because he is problem not ideological before interest is a failure you should tell now you should know the actual world where you have your you know that. you need to tell them to call in here we. are here to debate coming up in around ten minutes time right now that has got a business out there to me to get to see you and it seems any conflict may be a rising between russian batteries that's absolutely right russian oil producers are holding deliveries already it's a bell reese well pricing negotiations are dragging on the companies want to raise the price of oil after minsk said it would be hiking transit terra's for oil deliveries to europe more now from artie's not only. gershon oil producers are insisting on a price rise by forty five dollars per tonne of timmins and also a twelve percent tariff rise on russian oil transits to europe russia annually delivers about twenty

that's why you've created this sort of interim haitian recovery commission, ah, reconstruction commission. you've, you've created, again, going back to what i call this hybrid, ah, entity which is sort of part haitian, part international community, part n.g.o.'s, part u.s. government. ah, i think that it's, yes, the, the standard sort of talking point in washington for the administration is, yes, we're going to build haitian democracy. the bottom line is, are they capable to do it? do they have the institutional capacity? the institutional was, was heavily hit by the earthquake, ministries were destroyed and everything like that. democracy has to have institutions, it has to have security, otherwise, it's just a word that we use, ah, that makes us feel better. >> let's talk about the earthquake for just a couple of minutes here. the natural disaster revealed construction problems, regulation problems in haiti, ah, that obviously have been going on for a long time. the question is, has the united states really contributed to those poor conditions, making haiti incapable of withstanding the

bring forth policies they hadn't been able to do for a long time right now this interim reconstruction commission has basically taken over i want to focus here on what. i am. kerry. to he meets on trees have room as an ideological problem because his problem are not ideological going to solve is a failure you should tell now you show your actual world where you have your you need is now that. you need to tell them to the. full version of cross-talk much more of a pick of the next for you here and back to the present though there's a growing line of critics warning countries who are embracing the euro that they're boarding a sinking ship one of them is pretty sure to be david campbell bottom of the talks to r.t. now. thanks very much for talking. now do you compare the european union to the former yugoslavia where do you think the similarity. i think what it's about is actually trying to force a very different countries together very different economies together under one state to state effectively the united states of europe with quite an element the so he. i am a member of the european parliamen

he's also a member of the interim haiti reconstruction commission which is the body that is co-chaired by prime minister of haiti and former president bill clinton that will also be hearing about in the course of the discussion. as you know from the press attention on this anniversary, a lot of people are asking what's going on, why aren't we seeing more progress on reconstruction. i think the job here is to really with these experts explore some of the complexities of the situation, both of the happenings on the ground and overall international response to it. one question that we'll want to focus on is more than the immediate response and logistics but also the rights and dignity of the haitian people involved in this disaster. and in that spirit, there is a new document that we have been here at brookings very involved with in particular, a project on internal displacement, which is the guidelines, the operational guidelines, on human rights and natural disasters. we have copies for you out front. this document was adopted by the interagency standing committee which is a body affili

reconstruction. >>> the white house commission looking into the huge bp oil spill in the gulf of mexico issued it's final report today. the panel unanimously endorsed 15 proposals including increasing the liability cap for the oil spill. last week, the commission said management failures at three companies led to the deadly explosion and spill. >>> a central valley family is pleading for the return of their son's olympic medal. thieves stole the gold medal. he was a goal tender on the u.s. polo team. his parents say someone broke into their home while they were on vacation. the thieves also got away with the mother's jewelry. >> it has so much meaning to us and him personally. to anyone else it doesn't at all. >>> the search is on tonight to find a permenant home for a sea lion that was minded when he was shot in the head. silent night was found on a marin county beach last month. vets say he is regaining it's strength and gaining weight. but he cannot be released back into the ocean because of his injury. vets say they hope the 6-year- old male sea lion will be able to leave the center to a zoo or

reconstruction. >>> the white house commission looking into the huge bp oil spill in the gulf of mexico issued it's final report today. the panel unanimously endorsed 15 proposals including increasing the liability cap for the oil spill. last week, the commission said management failures at three companies led to the deadly explosion and spill. >>> a central valley family is pleading for the return of their son's olympic medal. thieves stole the gold medal. he was a goal tender on the u.s. polo team. his parents say someone broke into their home while they were on vacation. the thieves also got away with the mother's jewelry. >> it has so much meaning to us and him personally. to anyone else it doesn't at all. >>> the search is on tonight to find a permenant home for a sea lion that was minded when he was shot in the head. silent night was found on a marin county beach last month. vets say he is regaining it's strength and gaining weight. but he cannot be released back into the ocean because of his injury. vets say they hope the 6-year- old male sea lion will be able to leave the center to a zoo or

he's also a member of the interim haiti reconstruction commission which is the body that is co-chairedby prime minister of haiti and former president bill clinton that will also be hearing about in the course of the discussion. as you know from the press attention on this anniversary, a lot of people are asking what's going on, why aren't we seeing more progress on reconstruction. i think the job here is to really with these experts explore some of the complexities of the situation, both of the happenings on the ground and overall international response to it. one question that we'll want to focus on is more than the immediate response and logistics but also the rights and dignity of the haitian people involved in this disaster. and in that spirit, there is a new document that we have been here at brookings very involved with in particular, a project on internal displacement, which is the guidelines, the operational guidelines, on human rights and natural disasters. we have copies for you out front. this document was adopted by the interagency standing committee which is a body affilia

he's also a member of the interim haiti reconstruction commission which is the body that is co-chaired by prime minister of haiti and former president bill clinton that will also be hearing about in the course of the discussion. as you know from the press attention on this niversary, a lot of people are asking what's going on, why aren't we seeing more progress on reconstruction. i think the job here is to really with these experts explore some of the complexities of the situation, both of the happenings on the ground and overall international response to it. one question that we'll want to focus on is more than the immediate response and logistics but also the rights and dignity of the haitian people inlved in this disaster. and in that spirit, there is a new document that we have been here at brookings very involved wi in particular, a project on internal displacement, which is the guidelines, the operational guidelines, on human rights and natural disasters. we have copies for you out front. this document was adopted by the interagency standing committee which is a body affiliated w

reconstruction, $5 million. forestry, $4 million. the citizen oversight of audit commission, $200,000. totaling $185 million. the general distribution was 18% to the port. for our project allocation, pier 43, the bay trail linked oversee $7.8 million, the street wharf, $2.9 million. the blue streak projects, $21.6 million. the secret street project, $578,000. $658,000 for bond commission other costs. about 65% of the allocation. the bond sale timing, geobond ordinance as passed in october of 2007 placed the 2008 geobonds on the ballot. it required that this commission review all, with a completion of two issued in 2008 for $3.7 million, pending environmental review and construction costs. another in march of 2010 for $10.7 million. portions of the construction budget mostly for pier 43 and baseline park. we have planned for two more sales to be timed with project readiness. the first for the spring of this year to fund construction of pier 43 and portions of the ban and street project and blue- green way project. the likely sale in the spring will be exclusively for construction of the blue-green way project

reconstruction sector. unscrupulous subcontractors sell contracts to each other. they take a commission for the sale and this leads to the reduction of the original budget. an employee for a construction company has accepted to describe the scheme under conditions of anonymity. when foreigners hand out a construction project to an afghan company they become partners and they want their share. they request a commission for each job now they can represent up to thirty percent of the budget if you don't pay you don't get the contract. that's why the quality of materials is so bad here. all the people who work in this field used poor quality products really to keep you know they say they're going to use turkish french or german products but they don't you. know the materials come from pakistan everyone knows that that's why you see so many building schools bridges and roads falling apart so that. moment has noticed the poor quality of buildings and more than one occasion part of. his job is to control the quality of construction for the government has seen lots of substandard buildings but

reconstruction recovery act funds. phase two of the project, roughly $500 million, was approved by the transportation commission by the public-private partnership, to which we referred to as p3. that phase of the project will have a cost of $488 million, reflecting savings on the life cycle of the project at $145 million over procuring new the use of traditional design in the building process. just $173 million on completion of construction, the end of 2014. payments that stretch over 30 years, called disability payments. constituting a 30 year warranty on the project. the consortium that will be doing this will have a responsibility for making this an opportunity as well. we are collating this with caltrans. this project is truly a trailblazer in the state. probably a very interesting model for how the state might be able to incorporate in a very positive and measured way the help of the private sector in terms of -- expertise in financing. taking advantage of the estate and being able to deliver on the infrastructure needs of the state in the future. there has been significant progress on the transit center as well.

submitted documents to the commission internal military documents showing that goods were to be restricted if they could contribute to economic development or reconstruction so as far as i know preventing industrial margarine from entering gaza so that the biscuit factory will close and workers won't have jobs that's not military necessity that's collective punishment and the commission that we think made a mistake in finding that to be lawful ok let's focus in on this took a report israel claims its soldiers came under attack from activists on the ship that day the report says they were not entirely prepared for the situation but i must ask you didn't they have a right to defend themselves or also hearing that report that the people on the ship at the time you use knives to protect themselves didn't the soldiers themselves have a right to protect themselves from what they were coming up against when they bought about ship. it's hard for me to comment on what happened on the ship because as the committee itself noted they didn't have access to a non israeli testimonies so they were basing them said they were basing their evidence on what they were told by

on c-span2 tomorrow, a meeting on federal commission on wartime contract in iraq and afghanistan and problems on u.s. funded reconstruction. panelists include retired major general arnold fields who was appointed stuck in -- special inspector general in june, 2008. that is live at 9:30 a.m. eastern, tomorrow on suspend2. later, the house judiciary committee holds a hearing on executives in need of scrutiny. a bill authorized in congress to vote on executive-branch regulations with an economic impact of that least $100 million or that could cause increases in costs or prices for consumers. that is live tomorrow on c-span2 starting at 4:00 p.m. eastern. >> congress returns to session this week to work on a number of items. the house doubles in at 2:00 p.m. eastern on monday for legislative business. the plan to begin a debate on a measure that would cut all discretionary non security federal spending till boss until fiscal year 2008. a final bill is expected on tuesday. see that live on c-span. the senate returns to session at 10:00 a.m. eastern. there will be time for general speeches before turning to a proposal to change

and i wish to thank you, sir, for your service, and i wish to thank this commission for what you've done to make reconstruction during wartime a better place, so to speak. sir, sustainability is one of the critical issues involving reconstruction in afghanistan. i've made my first trip to afghanistan in this capacity the third week of september of 2008. and the very thing that i was first hit with, about right here, coming from the afghans at all leadership levels from administer traitors in kabul to the provincial governors to the people that i might otherwise are met in my visits to over 15 of the provincial reconstruction teams representing about 17 provinces out there. have not done a good job. of including the afghans in the reconstruction of their country. they have brought this to my anticipation every time- attention every time i have had the privilege to visit afghanistan. it's a reoccurring story, and it's the same l kind of feedback -- same kind of feedback i get at all levels ggesting there must be some script which i'm confident is not the case, but iet this everywhere i go. so it is a serious pro

we make with the commission, said the seismic portion of the code is statewide, and they will be addressing the seismic portion of great at the port on any property that is reconstructed or altered or newly built on the port property. commissioner murphy: thank you. any further questions? >> i'm not done. each one of us, i think, has our own ideas about what form these seismic safety efforts should take. you step back, and you realize we're all pulling 90% in the same directions. certainly had some mild disagreement with jason and perhaps with each of you in terms of what direction this should all go. it is exciting how much we have gotten done, and we will all make sure that this does not sit on the shelf, that we get action implemented that we do not get stuck in more committees and reports and what have you down the line. the capss initiative has moved on to amy brown. there are -- i will make a mild disagreement with you, director, in terms of i think there are these three or four things that we have asked webic to do -- asked the bic to do that rightly remain with the building inspection commission. these are as i see it, some black and white building issues that