air force. after completing basic military and technical training, raymond served as an enlisted aerospace ground equipment tech ninition, rising to the rank of senior airman before earning his commission through the reserve officer training corps at the university of new mexico in 1998. he was most recently assigned as the communications advisor for the afghan air force, with the 838th air expeditionary advisory group. it was in that capacity that was serving in afghanistan. it was in that capacity that he had befended -- befriended the afghan airmen who eventually turned his weapon on nine americans. major astell's awards include the bronze star medal, the air force commendation medal, with one oak leaf cluster, the joint service achievement medal and the air force achievement medal with one oak leaf cluster. is survived by his wife and his daughters. and his son and his mother. as we sat there listening to the final roll call of that unit, with nine of its members missing, we read through the

armed forces in afghanistan. the second thing that is that it is going much better than is normally portrayed in what i see in the media. it's a tiresome war, as you see in and the media these days, that many more people are saying, it is not worth fighting any more. but i'll sit here and say that i believe that it is. i believe we are going in and the right direction. -- in the right direction. with a focus that we have been given to this, we will be able to accomplish the strategic goals of the nation here in afghanistan. >> the threat to security in afghanistan depends on where you are. my experience is mostly in the east. i understand in the south there is open combat. after all, the headquarters -- kandahar province is the headquarters of the taliban. the provinces just south of kabul that used to have strong relationships with kabul, providing food, a lot of traffic moving between them -- places like logar are what i call bombing galleries where coalition troops are trying very hard to lock those provinces

than three other towns and this comes just a day after the country's forces. in the latest violence against antiabortion demonstrates is according to. a firm for. the brutal suppression of nationwide protests against several that meanwhile the us has threatens to impose. on friday be you also. go as one of the travel by reason worth it yeah i felt that more correspondence eric was going to say that when a towering convention was just a protest the. troops. there's great excitement in washington at the prospect of overthrowing the syrian government that's been on the front burner in washington ever since the bush administration the wiki leaks papers have shown that the us has been funding ever since the bush administration been funding our militant groups in syria along with saudi arabia and israel. overthrowing the regime. this will intensify and we're seeing new broadcasts coming from washington purporting to be syrian liberation front regular broadcasts emails and now this new machine this liberation machine you might want to call it is be turned against syr

forces are to undergo the most radical reform since 1955. german troops are being sent on foreign missions and stretched with limits of their capacity. the government hopes the proposed changes will make the military more effective and attract more recruits. overcome challenges, that is the message in this promotional video. it presents the armed forces as woolly cap and a great employer. -- as well equipped and a great employer. like in the barracks trot along to the rhythm of a bureaucratic body. daily routine consists of the admonition of tasks and deployment training. very few ever see active service. >> the organization and structure of the bundeswehr are inadequate for recurrent and future obligations. this refers to its fighting capabilities, its financing, and its leadership structures. >> german defense minister pulls no punches in his appraisal. germany's armed forces are fully equipped and inadequate for the security challenges of the 21st century. the bundeswehr possible attacks of defending germany's borders -- the bundeswehr's

afghans accompany our forces on every one of these. they do the callout-- in other words, "come out, we've surrounded the house." they do it, obviously, in the native tongue that's appropriate to that area. >> they do the entry operations. they do the searches, if it's required, and so on. we make mistakes. what we try to do is to learn from the mistakes, to adjust in the wake of them, and to truly turn lessons learned intellectually into actual changes in practices. >> narrator: the story of one jsoc operation that took place last september shows how kill/capture missions risk alienating ordinary afghans. this wasn't a night raid, but a daylight air strike in the northern province of takhar. the military announced that they had killed a prominent taliban commander and his fighters. but it soon emerged that something may have gone wrong. the aftermath of the strike was filmed by a local police officer. >> narrator: locals said the dead were all innocent civilians, election workers on the campaign trail. defense secretary robert gates h

forces in iraq and the progress of the iraqi military and security forces. this is from this morning's "washington journal." "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from baghdad, major-general jaffe -- jeffrey buchanan with the strategic aspects director. thank you for joining us. first, can you give us the scope of what troops in iraq are doing current day? guest: thank you for having me on the program, pedro. we have about 46,000 troops -- soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, coastguard, as well as other government civilians that are serving in iraq. under operation new dawn, we performed three tasks on the military side for stability operations, which is our focus. our first task is to advise, train, as is, and equipped the iraqi security forces. our second task is to conduct counterterrorism operations. and the third task is to support and protect the civilian workers that come from the embassy as they work in the civil capacity throughout the country. host:, to start with, as far as the security forces your training, are they ready to go on thei

presidential forces battled their opponents. tonight, the foreign office said it is pulling out all inessential staff. it has warned britons in yemen to get out while they can. washington, once a staunch ally of yemen's president, is not telling him it is time to go. >> weakened -- is now telling him it is time to go. >> we continue to support the departure of president saleh, who has agreed he would step down from power but consistently reneged on those agreements. >> the president does not want to leave. he is warning of civil war and an al qaeda takeover if he goes now. but opponents say it could be civil war if he stays. parts of the capital look like a war zone today as opposition tribesman rushed to defend their leaders from presidential forces looking to arrest them. >> any mediation will not work with the president. he is a liar. >> this is why the west is worried -- al qaeda in yemen. the cia says it has more members of of qaeda than in pakistan, and is looking to exploit the chaos. >> there are a huge number of people

a civil service work force is not a sheriff's deputy work force either. compared to the proposal for the full civil service work force by the department of public health , this option for contracted security work force is not more or less secure than the alternative. in addition, we are certainly willing to work with the board and the mayor's office to make certain that we achieve the level of security needed. the entire purpose of security is to have security. it is to keep the hospital safe and secure. why would we do anything other than that? we may find, as we go through this, that we might want a heightened presence in the emergency department. we might find ourselves looking at modifications to this plan and evaluating security needs in each department. there are of savings in this proposal to do variations on what we're bringing forward. over $300 million in budget reduction savings. supervisor chu: deputies would return to help with overtime? >> denn does exactly. deputies, ipos sergeants, security guards formed nine years ago would come back to u

that's the work force hires. that does include nonwork force installers, nonwork forceed a -- force admin personnel. 400 to 500 needs tore clarified. i think no one would dispute when we look at a 40% cut to this program which would cut a lot of these benefits, clean energy and jobs. there's a lot of things we want to do as a city. i personally want to see us restores funding and find a way. and the city to pay the real rate for electricity. supervisor chu: thank you. supervisor kim: do you have an understanding of what potential layoffs might be or reductions to this program or loss of jobs? >> supervisor kim, i think this is something that a lot of us wanted to put today, what this 40% cut would mean to layoffs in addition to stopping companies relocating here to be at the center of the solar policymaking. we don't have that number, supervisor. as this goes around the jobs piece, what a 40% cut does to jobs, it would be really pertinent. supervisor kim: thank you. i think it's also important to note as people a

gaddafi's forces had destroyed the whole city.n the massacre. >> in the beginning, he and his friends bought weapons on the black market. we're on our way to a rebel camp for some 500 fighters are being trained. they're all volunteers to the teachers, engineers, lawyers, armed with weapons captured from gaddafi's forces. all of them know they did not stand a chance without foreign assistance and the support of nato-led aircraft. >> it the west wants to help us win, give us weapons. when we have defeated the dauphin, we will return the weapons and agree fully sated by it -- we will -- one we had defeated gaddafi, we will retain the -- return the weapons. >> will gaddafi give up? can the rebels when? there are no obvious answers. three weeks ago, mohammed's brother-in-law was killed. now muhamed help secure the two children his brother-in-law left behind. >> my cousin and my brother-in- law died on the same day. i was very sad, but at the same time, it made me stronger, because i want revenge for what has happened. >> that evening,

convening the task force would not be subject to referendum. then the task force could be up and running and conducting its business without delay. >> our city attorney has proposed that we divide the file. in motion by supervisor mirkarimi. sentiment by avalos. s --econded by avalos. with regards to the separate file, that would amend the city's conflict of interest code. that should be the case as well. why do we not now move to roll call? one special commendation that i will offer. if we could move to roll call. >> you are first on a roll call for introductions. supervisor wiener: thank you. i am calling for a hearing related to the epw order issuing the excavation permits on public rights of way. i think we have all gone through the last number of months with ceqa and the at&t boxes. even though we have a better street plan, even though we have an order dealing with this, we put utility boxes and other items on our sidewalk. we do not really have a really great coordination among our city departments. protector late, ordinations that doveta

an air force in syria but i but. you know it's the same chain of events that brought to war with libya and now on full doing its whole first syrian leader bashar al assad was invited for talks in paris as was colonel gadhafi but at the same time france reportedly was funding opposition groups in both states now nicolas sarkozy's government is slipping damascus with sanctions the precursor to the version of libya humanitarian aid says one also will again be their excuse to go in the logic of their own going to the media is not the same thing going to be in. syria was once on the fringe occupation but certainly safe roles behaves as if it's still in control brands they've had their spies there for decades now and the religious movements have had their people there for decades so they're going to do whatever they can influence the regime in a way that they see fit intervention would leave france fighting in four walls that hasn't happened since it was a colonial power for its defense ministry hasn't been this busy in ov

week's top stories you are special forces are fascinated by some of bin laden in pakistan bringing cheering crowds and to american streets that's leaving questions over the contradictory accounts afterwards and why the world's number one terrorist was killed rather than the red that. major members alucard siphoning support for the libyan rebels with khadafi has frozen assets but russia was their lives as involvement is getting dangerously close to a ground invasion. here in tunks and troops are resisted by defined her tasks as our security forces surging into north cities enforcing an intensifying government suppression of the nationwide demonstrations here while washington and the deploying more sanctions against the regime for the brutal crime down with human brides groups claiming around eight hundred have been killed. as moscow prepares to roll out of the big guns for their annual grant victory day parade so why some people and former soviet states are siding with hitler. welcome to the program this is aussies would leave you with me here national problem with thanks for joining us and

, navy, and the air force. so, they have had the lead for security. they have been doing an incredible job. the level of violence is a fairly steady at has been down -- it is down to less than 10% of what it was, say, in 2007. this does not mean they did not have room for growth, that they did not need additional help, and we are determined to give them the help we can as long as we are here. host: specifically what kind of help do they need? guest: i will give you a couple of examples. and some of these related to both internal security but some also relate to the external defense requirements. that is where they probably need of the most development. first of all, the iraqi security forces have had the fastest growing security forces of military in the world over the last years. additionally, they have had the highest of what we call the op- tempo, the number of troops actually deploy. they have built a very good counter insurgency force -- in my opinion, the best in the entire region. but they do have some g

in other cases, a show of force. tonight, coming through cross town traffic, i saw many, many nypd vehicles driving, almost jennerically through the city streets with their lights flashing. and we have confirmed that new yorkers will see some instances of heightened security, traveling in the city and into and out of the city. that's to be expected. there will be some domestic effects of this news just as a precaution as well. chuck todd has been spending this evening in the briefing room behind the wall, behind chuck is the press secretary's office up the hall. chuck, some journalists got a three-word e-mail tonight reading simply, get to work. others were briefed with a little bit more detail. >> yes. and there were a tllot of initials -- let's say big deal initials were used in those e-mails. what you were seeing in new york city, there's a small crowd gathered outside the white house right now, chanting and cheering. they've sung the national an th anthem. they're singing "we are the champions." a lit bit of a fl

officials is there for talks with rebel forces. we have david cameron and barack obama writing in "the london times," saying they want to keep up the pressure on libya. seems there is an escalation against libya at the moment. >> we are also hearing that these nato airstrikes are coinciding with the helicopter strike, the strike helicopters that are being deployed by coalition forces, in particular with america's backing as well. >> that is interesting. these strike helicopters give nato forces of far greater degree of accuracy if they have had simply using air strikes. it allows them to target much more closely colonel gaddafi's forces and possibly some of the compounds and leadership residences' the t. a very significant escalation and a sign that perhaps a nato wants to ramp up the pressure on colonel gaddafi and his forces. >> i know you will stay with us if we did for the developments. a series of massive explosions have shaken up libyan capital of tripoli. three people and dozens more injured. ash from a volcanic eruption has

the air force was trembled. it is indeed important to note that this debate about the reaction of pakistan, and i don't want anybody in the global community to, you know, have this impression, any wrong impression about our defense capabilities. the armed forces, the air force, the military leadership, and the political leadership, we are well equiped and mindful of the defense requirements of our country. and there should be no misunderstanding anywhere on this account. now, so on the sovereignty issue, i think besides this particular episode, there are legal questions, legal questions that arise in terms of the principles of the u.n. charter, most specifically in terms of the several security council resolutions, and recently the two presidential statement of the security council. and i would like to sort of reassert that it's probably worth looking at this again, because we deal not only with the issue of osama bin laden, but also -- it is one of the relevant paragraphs. presidential statement, that the secur

that requires deadly force. but that does not necessarily require 100,000 of our men and women serving in afghanistan. in what i believe has expanded into mission creep that is just allowing people to participate in nation building. i feel for the people of afghanistan, they have lived for more than 30 years at war. it is a difficult, difficult situation. but we have the very best fighting force in the world. if we're going to use those men and women and that fighting force in the right way, then we're going to have to deal with it differently. we should be proud of the fact that bringing our troops home is not putting our tail between our legs, it is victory, it is success. and we will continue to fight the fight. but it's global in nature, it's time to bring our troops home, give the president and the secretary the flexibility to take out the threat as it arrives in afghanistan and that's why i think this amendment is so important. i'll reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gen

or navy special forces. but i think this is the first time that we have had early confirmation of seal team 6. and of course when that happens is the public wants to know who is seal team 6. and of course richard cinco in books and pretty soon with the technology available today you are able to find, you know, senator ryan zinke in white fish, montana, as a former member. >> suarez: colonel, do the j sock units from the various branches of the services work together at all or under j sock do they remain very much navy, army, marine distinct units? >> oh, the strength of the joint special operations command is the cohesion that these units have in working with each other. elements of it tend to be pure, only in the sense of where they are recruited from and formed. the, there is an army special mission unit. there is this navy seal special mission unit. there is aviation units from the army and air force. but in the-- over the past ten years the duration in intensity and demands of the wars in iraq and afghan

-- task force. the bad news is that the recently released m.o.u. which was secret for four years doesn't reflect our collective desires. further, based on our separate meet wgs the f.b.i., we know now that the f.b.i. will not agree to amend the m.o.u. which is why the chief issued the bureau order. however, a significant problem is that the f.b.i. special agent in charge has told us all in separate meetings that the f.b.i. will continue to block key parts of local policy central to accountability and oversight. this is what this is about. but more than that there's a solution and it doesn't necessitate a divorce from the joint terrorism task force. there are now two ways for local law phone ersment to participate in the jttf. this is -- this has been a chance even since the last time we spoke before the commission. one of the ways is the ways we're currently engaged. an m.o.u. in which sfpd resources are put into the hands of f.b.i. with relatively no local control. the other way is via a resolution

special forces. the death of osama bin laden, as many have stated, it's a monumental achievement in our nation's effort to defeat al qaeda 57 the people deserve recognition for their steadfast efforts and sacrifices. three presidents, our military, and homeland intelligence community's. we must not rest on our laurels. though al qaeda may be symbolized by osama bin laden, the terrorist network is much bigger than just them. we must remember -- remain vigilant as affiliated groups and radicalized individuals pursue attacks against us. with his death we are left asking, what is next for al qaeda? how real is the threat of retaliation? and how will our relationship with pakistan be impacted? pakistan has been a key ally and our counter-terrorism efforts against al qaeda and other extremist groups. scores of pakistan soldiers have lost their lives fighting against the taliban. al al qaeda and the pakistan government have helped as disrupt and dismantle terror networks since 9/11. what did they know and w

special forces are sunken eight osama bin laden in pakistan bringing cheering crowds of nervous street but leaving questions over the contradictory accounts article is under why the world's number one terrorist was killed rather arrested. fighting has intensified in leaving any of the city of misrata as the last and rebel stronghold in the west of the country this comes as nato considers funding the rebels with cash from conduct these frozen assets within russia warning their lives against taking further steps and breach of the u.n. security council motion to protect civilian. courts it's here in time to send troops or resistant by defiant protested and security forces surging to more cities forcing intense find government suppression of nationwide demonstrations and while washington and the e.u. deployed more sanctions against the regime for the brutal crackdown with human rights groups claiming around eight hundred have been killed. and as most of the pirates who go large they've big guns but there are no ground big day parade routes and why some people in paul was soviet states are

forces will not withdraw from iraq by january 2012. on thursday tens of thousands of his supporters called for the americans to withdraw. >> the cleric's supporters were out in force. this is the shiite militia who fought a bitter sectarian war in the aftermath of the american invasion. today they sported a new uniform. they wore the colors of the iraqi flag, red, white and black. it was an attempt to turn a sectarian past into broader, nationalist appeal. the message said iraqi shi'ia or sunni against the americans. there were no weapons. but speaking to the bbc he made it clear that this was still a fighting force to be reckoned with. >> i know that the iraqi government is under a lot of pressure from the american occupiers to allow them to stay on in iraq. if the americans do not withdraw we will reactivate the army. at the moment if the americans stay, that will change. we are still the resistance and we can still hit their bases, troops and equipment as long as they are in iraq. >> until january he spent most of the past few years

special forces. this was u.s. forces alone. not with pakistani forces. the information was being kept very closely held. within the u.s. government. when i worked in the bush administration, that was typically the case when you were talking about sensitive sources, and high-value targets like bin laden. and so, this was kept secret. and was executed in a way that appears to be to perfection. and what we have is al qaeda's number one leader dead tonight. >> this was an operation carried out by u.s. forces alone. we heard you say that. we heard the president say that. but how much help do you think those forces had from pakistan? >> well, i don't think operationally they had any help from the pakistanis. i think the u.s. wanted to keep the operation secret. they wanted to execute it as quickly and efficiently as possible. it was fairly deep in to pakistani territory, and so the likelihood that the pakistanis would have given authorization for this kind of a military operation this far into pakistani territory was probably fairly low. and so, the president

the use of force on the country or using force and weapons. are you why do you assess the positions of regional players of international organizations and of superpowers towards the current crisis. first of all i would like to thank russia for its constructive stance at the u.n. security council as far as reason players and western countries are concerned they're putting out feelers and doing various options of possible further developments they are trying to determine who is coming next actually they behave in such a way as if everything were decided upon and the power had been transferred to the opposition the opposition has not yet gained power there is a wide range of political forces and the majority is on the side of the general people's congress our opponents reject the idea of holding presidential parliamentary elections because they are aware they would be able to gain a majority we could both of them to hold alternative presidential and parliamentary elections our opponents however are against holding any elections as a matter of fac

forces. those headlines will expand as the day goes on as more information about just how the raid was carried out. we thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. on this very historic momentous morning. i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. if you went to bed early last night, you may not have heard osama bin laden, the founder of al-qaeda was killed in a fire fight with u.s. forces in pakistan. the confrontation happened in a home just about 100 yards from a military academy. >> the state department is advising americans abroad to avoid crowds and travel, especially in areas prone to anti-u.s. violence. we'll have much more on this story throughout the morning. >> we'll check on weather and traffic first. angie will have traffic momentarily. anny is in for howard with your weather first. >> grab a light jacket, cool start out there. um

as well as afghan forces. let me just summarize really briefly in conclusion that there are several ways for the u.s. to achieve the limited objectives i noted earlier. one is if al qaeda is destroyed in the afghan-pakistan region and no longer poses a threat to the u.s. homeland. a second is that the taliban bridges ties with al qaeda and a third is if afghan national security forces and its allies is sufficiently degrade the insurgency. at the moment, in my view, all three means should be pursued simultaneously until one of them or some combination of them adequately achieves core u.s. objectives. thank you. >> very helpful. dr. bill. >> also like to thank the committee for speaking to you on the support issue. i've long thought that this is a close call on the analytical merits. if you will make that call in favor of waging the war, if in order to realize the potential of securing of the answers we have at stake, we need to resolve some important ambiguities in the goals that we seek and the end states we a

the air force recently made a decision to combine two programs that fall under the air force program executive office. e.i.s. currently located at gunner annex, alabama, and e.l.s. located at wright paterson air force base would be consolidated. basically the job is to design, acquire, and install, and maintain operations support systems for the air force and department of defense and the job of the e.l.s. is to empower the war fighter to leverage information as an effective weapon. it makes good common sense for the management of these functions to be consolidated. additionally, air force material command has approved this decision and congress should allow this decision to move forward. my understanding is that no jobs from wright patterson would be transferred, only the management of air force logistics systems would be removed from wright where it has been for two years. this would return to gunner where it had been located for more than 20 years. however the entire amendment would require a cost benefit analysis of the consolidation that would then need to be approved by the hou

they may lose that intelligent work force if they leave. it is not economically sound for them to be here. we have higher taxes. we have other disincentives. i am trying to work on those to make sure we're even. the discussion around. tax exemption is kind of punishing people for having large employee groups. why are we doing that as opposed to having a tax base that could generate the same amount of revenue without being so punishing against the numbers of employees you have? we're trying to grow jobs. there are things these companies are talking to us about that we have not had a good dialogue around for many years. i would not accept the premise it is corporate welfare or give away as much as reigniting the things we always wanted companies to do with and for the city. in addition to employment, they spend a lot of time donating to great causes and being part of a good public-private relationship. >> many companies talk about and threaten to leave. the public policy institute did a study saying that there are few companies that moved out

they don't understand why security forces are attacking them.hey'll continue to come out into the streets not just of taiz but of other cities in yemen. they say they want the president to resign. they are committed to this movement despite any violence they might face from government forces. monit snarks. >> you mentioned other cities. also talking about not only dealing with opposition foreces but al qaeda launching attacks against them. >> >> this is another worrying development in a country so full of strife right now. we got reports that early morning saturday islamic militant basically seized the city of zinjibar. the province is known as a hot bed for militancy and al qaeda in the arab peninsula. residents there said that early saturday masked gunmen started coming into the city, started attacking ferociously. that security forces started abandoning their posts, running from the city. yesterday we were told by government officials that security forces started coming back into the city. they were clashes between security forces and these i

forces. at the order of president obama. >> the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda and a terrorist who is responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children. justice has been done. >> impromptu celebrations erupted outside the white house. >> it's important to bring a wicked, murderous person to justice. >> and at ground zero in new york, in towns large and small across the country, what can best be described as patriot ig victory rallies, but for families who lost loved ones on 9/11, it's a day of closure, wrapped in complex emotions. for nearly a decade, bin laden had taunted the united states, u.s. intelligence received a break last august. >> it was far from certain, and it took many months to run to thread to ground. >> on sunday, the president gave the go-ahead. >> a small team of americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. after a firefight, they killed osama bin laden

use the force the pauling's flying machine because of the. wiki leaks founder julian the sun she tells r.t. about the dark side of social networks. welcome this is r.t. it's telling them sunday morning here in moscow it's kevin zero in with you this hour with a roundup of the week's top stories from us and the story the dominated the news the world's most notorious terrorist was killed after almost ten years in hiding a summer bin ladin was shot during a covert u.s. navy seal operation they found nine eleven was mastermind living in a million dollar mansion about fifty kilometers from pakistan's capital but as artie's in this scenario reports bin laden's death some likely to make the world a safer place. a man wanted dead or alive for a decade is gone the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden for some it was a moment of victory you can hear some of cheering for others a moment of embarrassment president obama is in fact there was a u.s. eyes i'm sorry but there's one thing analysts say should not be overlooked o

security forces again resorted to deadly force. as shots are fired, the crowd scrambled for cover. witnesses report many people killed. it is not possible to confirm those reports. rallies have been reported in the coastal cities. many are trying to flee the country. troops have been deployed along the lebanese border in a show of force. refugees still manage to get through. those that fled said security forces are terrorizing them. aid organizations are providing emergency medical treatment for those that needed. the un estimates 4000 assyrians have fled over the last few weeks. >> they have sunk a libyan vessels in the overnight air raids. the alliance says the ships have been taking part in mining operations over the past few weeks. these are current images. these are the first pictures targeting the family compound two weeks ago. tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating against massive unemployment and the government measures. they are reviewing an earlier decision that would advance the protest the day ahead of local elections on sunday. demonstrators in madrid and

it is not always the labor force. at some point, the planning department needs to look at some of those projects that we have untitled. they are moving forward slowly. we have been titled eastern neighborhoods. there have been several individual projects that we have untitled on 10th and market. the list goes on. i have not seen any of those projects break ground. there will be plenty of jobs in place for the work force. they will be moved ahead. i hope to see these projects move ahead. sooner rather than later. from what i can remember, if we moved ahead on and lot of the projects, we have entitled to a lot of labor is being employed now. that is the case. in my sandbox to day, i got a letter from supervisor daily that i want us to read into the record. people can say what they will about him. he was a real force in making sure that there was an equitable -- that equity was included in the issues in the development. the proposed treasure island. the board adopted a term sheet for treasure island. that call for 30%. t

the public to hear from the task force.so i certainly look forward to hearing from you on what issues you're identifying, what processes you'll be taking and fundamentally i fully expect that there are going to be lessons that we'll learn and likely because of those lessons we'll be making changes to the way that we do business and the way the industry does business in this country. one of the issues i'll certainly be keeping a close eye on is the importance of the time frame in which we make changes. it's important that whatever changes come out of this process we do these in an expedited way. i think it will not be acceptable if ten years from now we're still working through the recommendations of this task force or even the long term task force that comes out of this process. so i certainly will be keeping an eye towards how we can implement whatever recommendations the task force does provide to us in a very expedited way to put these issues to rest as quickly as possible. i think that will be important for stability fo

reports say security forces used batons to disperse the protesters. earlier reports suggest that the army has been shelling residential areas in the city of homs. human rights groups say that 18 people have been killed. journalists have been banned from entering libya. >> the latest flare-up in homs, several days into a harsh crackdown. scores of people have been arrested. the authorities say they have killed or wounded what they call armed terrorists. one resident described the latest situation. >> every morning at about 5:00, we have a severe and heavy guns with the tanks. this was continuous for about three hours and now there is no way for the people to go out to the hospital. >> defiance has continued despite the crackdown and arrests. this demonstration was staged on tuesday. one of the few foreigners was picked up by security. >> i was taken to a windowless basement detention center in a nondescript apartment block. behind a steel door i saw scores of young men huddled in that room. as i sat there, more young men were brought in. clearly they w

force civilian. that being said, libya is maybe a one off but maybe a precedent, and i'm concerned if this precedent would be applied to syria. i came through bosnia, and my personal belief was that, we can fly over all you want but until you put boots on the ground things don't change much. that was my personal belief and i'm a little concerned about possibly applying the pariah killing his own people through syria, which i perceive to be a significantly greater threat than libya was at the time that we begin this. >> the president has made it very clear that he decries, and we all do, the violence in syria. it needs to stop. i talked about this trip that i took up through the right at the height of the bahrain challenge. is one of the things that struck me, and i think we just have to be very careful about this come is you can't broadbrush this. every single country is unique. every single country is obviously in the region as well. and i don't think we can disconnect a country from its region. i t

the soviet forces expected to overrun the seal heights in a matter of hours. germans clung to their defenses for nearly three days and nights . after a head on thrust failed to take the heights soviet troops confines of the german defenses only then did the defending army led by general boo say fall back now nothing stood in the way of the red army's advance towards berlin. the cost of the assault was a very high. the soviet forces lost tens of thousands of men in a tiny center near the outer. game oodles have never seen so many dead bodies as i sold the sailor heights well thousands and thousands of men died in a very small plot of land the most terrifying thing of all was that spiegel dying venue of the war would be over in a couple of weeks and then they read most of the. after the fall of the seal heights the germans never again offered any organized resistance. some elements of the german army were still trying to fight as advancing soviet army simply striking them along. the rugby towards those with the unstated fandor limits because there was nobody who

as nato stages new attacks against covert office forces in libya the leaders of the coalition of finding the country's cost increasingly hard to bear plus. iraqi people that wanted us out and we stayed there for their own good that's nothing. and democratic in a job america's actions in the middle east are distorted by its continued presence in iraq despite promises over through. the area watching our t.v. broadcasting live from moscow welcome to the program. is marking victory day sixty six years since nazi germany was defeated in world war two but events of commemoration and celebration will be taking place across the country including a traditional ground military parade on red square you can watch it all unfold here on our team real special coverage throughout the day. of the war claimed the lives of around twenty seven million russians leaving a lasting scar across the entire country. reports now from the colluder region. and killed thousands. include go one hundred and fifty kilometers southwest of most k the city an important strategic point in the german forces attempts to conque

force was used. there have been earlier reports not confirmed yet that they were already in pakistan waiting for the opportune moment. when they had credible information, they would go for their man, osama bin laden, after 10 years. >> tell us more about the area where the attack took place. we have heard osama bin laden -- obama mention the location. where is that. >> it is about 68 kilometers from islamabad. it is about two hours away. it is the winter capital of the province. it is the official home to the country's military academy is the main stock on the highway to the north to the northern province. it is not far away from the islamabad. it is situated in that province. >> think you for giving us the latest. osama bin laden has been killed in pakistan. they believe three adults in addition to some of ahmad were also killed in the attack, including one of his sons. let's speak to a political analyst joining us on the line from islamabad. what is your reaction to the news of the death of in lond

commandos set up a perimeter, two teams of assault forces, delta force and navy s.e.a.l.s, stormed the compound. as one commando entered a third-floor bedroom, he came face to face with osama bin laden, who was unarmed. but bin laden's wife charged straight at the american, who shot her in the leg. he then fired two rounds at bin laden, one in the face, one in the chest, and the al qaeda leader fell dead. the white house today struggled to explain why bin laden was shot when he was unarmed. >> there were many other people who were armed in the region -- i mean in the compound. there was a firefight. >> reporter: 40 minutes after they landed u.s. forces took off with the body of bin laden, destroying the disabled helicopter on the way out. the commandos also gathered a potential mother lode of intelligence. five computers, ten hard drives, and more than 100 disks and thumb drives. a special cia task force has already started searching the material for al qaeda secrets bin laden may have left behind. and while the white house is still struggling over whether to release photos of a deceas