undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator. well yeah there are now british politician and civil rights activist during the last decade she occupied various top officials in the british government was most recently a big u.k. high commissioner to australia earlier the leader of the house of lords and secretary of state for international development in the campaign rally was the first black woman to occupy such a high position as amherst work in march in africa and the middle east tackling complex she was appointed the u.n. undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs nearly two years ago. some awesome welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us so well my first question is about your recent visit to syria as far as i understand you visited syria in march two thousand and twelve on behalf of the u.n. and you tried to persuade the syrian government i'm quoting the worries to allow access to all parts of syria to help people affected by the civil conflict well has any progress has any progress been made since then

in relief over the end of thirty year emergency rule short lived as authorities again allow the army to detain civilians ahead of a presidential election run off but it's the country's women who fear the worst. and a sinister walk in the woods with an infuriating general how an opposition journalist claims led to a showdown with russia's top investigator over an article accusing him of mafia links. this is all to good to have you with us romans go to sport now. thank you kevin hello and welcome this is for an artsy and i'm wrong call for it and the following are just some of the stories that i'll be covering for you this hour. plus disaster marry a girl miss bags of bray says germany beat the netherlands to one support they are orange on the brink of elimination it when it's well. plus heavy blow russia faced self but l.c.s. her fans are caught on camera attacking seward's at the euros. and sands of glory chinese and brazilian beach volleyball stars shine in moscow at one of the final qualification events for the loans and summer games. football first to germany have over powered bit

that the chip should relief over the end of a thirty year emergency rules being short lived as authorities again allow the army to detain civilians ahead of the presidential election run off but in the country it's the countries that women who fear the worst is the story we're bringing here in full again in the next half hour of news. but with egypt at a crossroads for its future r.t. now talks into a renowned middle east academic about how the arab spring saga he thinks will pan out. tariq ramadan you're a professor at contemporary. oxford university and also you are a professor at the faculty of the stomach studies in qatar and it's great to have you with us today sir so i know the situation in north africa and the middle east it's very complex and there are a lot of players involved in it. there's one trend that seems to be undisputed and it's rising and its rise of islamist movement throughout the region could anyone have really predicted that kind of an outcome and even the pro-democracy protesters or the rebels do they know that this would happen i think that we if we want to talk ab

a trade-off between investing in permanent solutions and investing in an emergency system that we know provides temporary relief, but provides somewhat necessary relief and support. there is always a trade-off in terms of unlimited public funds, and it has long been the position of the human services commission and the department that funds that are available should go towards more permanent solutions rather than a significant investment in solutions that are really temporary and not providing the long-term support. the rapid rehousing program -- this has proved very successful at keeping families housed or immediately getting families and single adults out of the emergency system and back into rapid rehousing because evidence research has shown that the longer someone is in the shelter system, the more difficult it is, frankly, to get them out. our local data show that for every bed in a single adult emergency system, it is about the same cost of general funds as a supportive housing units. so we compare that. it is a compelling argument to continue to support more permanent solutions. the department would be

responsibility for coordinating, overseeing and managing all aspects of the president's emergency plan for aids reliefch accounts for the overwhelming majority of global health assistance funding from the u.s. and that, in turn, constitutes more than a quarter of u.s. assistance resources globally, to put it into context. he also oversees u.s. government engagement with the multilateral global fund to fight aids, tuberculosis and malaria. his visit to brookings today is particularly well timed in the lead-up to the large international aids conference that will take place here in washington, d.c. in a month's time. and after the ambassador's remarks, i'm sure we'll have time for what will be some very, a very interesting set of questions from all of you. so let's get to it and, please, join me in welcoming ambassador eric goodsly. [applause] eric goosby. >> well, thank you very much, noam, appreciate the kind introduction. it's really an honor to be with you today. i think that the brookings institute has really gone way out of its way to make me feel welcome but also to kind of scramble this to make i

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egyptian relief over the end of thirty year emergency rule is short lived as authorities again allow the army to detain civilians ahead of the presidential election runoff but it's the country's women as we report who fear the worst. had a sinister walk in the woods and it infuriated general how an opposition journalist claims led to a showdown with russia's top investigator over an article accusing him of math feeling. hello this is r.t. my name's kevin though it's two pm now moscow time our top story france could ask the united nations to allow a no fly zone over syria the country's foreign minister also says he hopes the u.n. will authorize the use of force in order to bring about peace within syria blasters injured ten people near a hospital in damascus just days after the rebellion was given the blessing of al qaeda second in command a video of libby who the u.s. says was killed in a pakistan drone strike shows. i'm calling on islam this worldwide to go to syria to join the fight against president decide as it is rare for national reports no it's further evidence that extremists

gyptian relief at the end of an emergency room is short lived authorities again allow the army to detain civilians ahead of the presidential election runoff as the country's women fear the worst. come after sports update with a remark. thank you carrie hello and welcome to this is sports an artsy and i'm remonde calls for it and the following are just some of the stories that we'll be covering for you this hour. a foot in the door germany when the continental powerhouse battle against the netherlands while denmark came up short of another euro towards its faults and sation against portugal. plus russia are punished her fans are caught on camera attacking stewards at the euros. and the limbic calends out chinese and brazilian beach volleyball stars shine in moscow at one of the final qualification events for the loans and summer games. football first and germany have overpowered bitter rivals the netherlands two one two all but secure a berth in the quarterfinals of the european championships and york human lives men now need just one point in the last group match thanks to race by mariel

they will speak about the emergency plan for aid relief.t was started under president george of the bush. joining us live for his remarks at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> the house represent is is is an on tuesday. on their schedule, 2013 spending bills for the transportation and housing department and a vote on the content of congress resolution. meanwhile, lawmakers will take up a flood insurance measure from drug makers and manufacturers of medical devices. both chambers face a july 1 deadline to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling in to reauthorize the surface transportation bill. what live coverage on c-span. >> the veteran affairs carbon estimate that 18 veterans and their own lives every day. military leaders discuss the rising suicide rate of veterans at an event of hosted by the veterans apartment. big talk about the treatment of veterans. this is a little more than an hour. >> please welcome. >> i figured unami by now. this is my time this morning to give you a few minutes on an update. i thought about everything that i had

and the county social services and red cross, and emergency management have done a good job of getting relief and refugee centers over there to handle the folks. >> yes, it was a tornado. people were outside. and they said the winds were just swirling around. >> yeah. to go out without no shoes. >> look at my feet. >> it's starting to get hot now. you got a car load of kids. what's the plan now? >> hotel. >> apparently the kind came from the southwest. completely took this part of the building off. landed in the parking lot about 300 feet away. on this building, we're standing on, we had about 3800 square feet. on the building behind us, more of the roof blew off. but it was less struct urlt damage. >> must have been in excess of 80 mile approximate hour winds. -- 80-mile-per-hour winds. i think the tenants will have to stay here for at least a week. >> we have to stay here. and relax. >> reporter: let me tell you tonight. we've had deaths in the region, obviously. but this is huge roofing material that came down from seven stories up last night, driven by 80-mile-per-hour winds in a crowded

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and egyptian relief of the end of thirty year emergency rule is short lived as authorities again allow the army to detain civilians at the presidential election runoff country's women who fear the worst. around the world around the clock here watching r.t. france could ask the united nations to our no fly zone over syria the country's foreign minister also says he hopes the u.n. will authorize the use of force in order to bring about peace within syria the rebels have received the blessing of a second in command a video of. the u.s. says was killed in the pakistan drone strike shows him calling on this list worldwide to go to syria and join the uprising against president assad for national reports it's further evidence that extremists might be taking advantage of the country's civil war. this video is a clear indicator that in the conflict in syria you kind of global terrorist organization is taken inside and supporting those who are fighting against president bashar al assad and they are tending their presence in the country it's not the first message of its kind to earlier in februar

egyptian relief over the end of thirty year emergency rule is short lived as authorities again allow the army to detain civilians ahead of the presidential election run off country's women who fear the worst. and the sinister walk in the woods with infuriated general opposition journalists claims to a showdown russia's top investigator of an article accusing him of my feelings. broke are saying live from moscow twenty four hours a day this is r.t. i'm carrie johnson france could ask the united nations to allow a no fly zone over syria the country's foreign minister also says he hopes the u.n. will authorize the use of force in order to bring about peace and within syria a blast has injured two people near a hospital in damascus just days after the rebellion was given the blessing of a second in command a video of maybe the u.s. as was killed in a pakistan drone strike shows him according on is the mists worldwide to go to syria and join the fight against president assad has been for national reports it's further evidence that extremists might be taking advantage of the country's civi

and egyptian relief of the end of a thirty year emergency rule a short lived as authorities again allow the army to detain civilians and the presidential election runoff in the country's women who fear the worst. when next artie's spotlight program focuses in on the vision for europe as seen by its chief economic powerhouse germany. good lover a jury was able to build a new. fortunately dorna found anything. to teach me why you should care about humans. this is why you should care only dog. hello again and welcome to the show on our album in albany today my guest on the program. i thought. it was germany. russian president chose his destination for the first official visit outside but. what does this choice mean for the relations between russia and germany and between russia and europe in general europe which is now in the grip of an economic turmoil who asked this and other questions to a prominent expert and international relations in germany. but important travel plans have received a lot of media attention lately after him. and went to belarus and. germany. contra to visit. presiden

emergency. >> reporter: seeing the flashing lights of a police car is a relief when you need an officer's help. but bay area police departments are shrinking fast. in san francisco 22 officers are retiring this month. >> obviously we'd like to not lose many officers all at once. >> reporter: police chief greg sirah says he expects at least 300 officeers to retire over the next six years. the department is holding police academies to fill the positions, but staffing is expected to get worse before it gets better. under a voter mandate, san francisco should have 1,971 officers. right now 1,750 are on the force and more are leaving. >> before we catch the bounce from these academy classes we're going to be down about another 100 to about 1,645. >> reporter: sfpd is hiring. but so is san jose pd and oakland pd. >> we always compete for the best police officers. >> reporter: with so many vacancies competition is serious. oakland has 645 officers. compared to 837 in 2008. san jose is down to 1,064 from 1,099. that number is expected to continue to fall. san jose's police chief says officers are resi

global aids coordinator says the president's emergency plan for aids relief is helping move the world towards an aids-free generation started under under the presidency of george w. bush in 2003. pet condition far is a government initiative aimed at saving the lives of people with h.i.v.-aids. us investments true the years he says have allowed for basic health care in areas where it wasn't available before. >> thank you everyone for joining us. i am a fellow with our development assistance and government initiative here. brookings is very pleased and honored to welcome blast tore eric goolsby for our cushion. key lessons from a decade of action. in the interest of time, i will forego the truly detailed dr. goolsby's impressive resume, but despite the emphasis on the lessons from the past decade, ambassador goolsby's experience in the fight against aids makes him a pioneer in the matters since his involvement dates back to more than 30 years when he had not yet completed his residency, but was already backing a special -- becoming a specialist in the yet unidentified disease that would

where lopez said the text saying " call me it's an emergency comes the same data neighbor took place about him having of crews on her arm how much relief from argument with him the campaign manager have also become aware of the police report and sends a message saying can you call me if urgent regarding her i need to talk to you to protect to call me. later in the book described the case against him as " a political witch hunt and the messages are part of the mayor's case that it tried to dissuade witnesses and the ethics commission hearing continues next week. seven cisco will be a lot more colorful as the first of the bay area's big pride celebrations gets under way in the gay community is ready to party. where police are already in case it goes little too far. now on the efforts to make it a safe and fun even for everyone. >>> expected at 2 million people to participate in these activities wrote tree is blocked off behind me with a line of porta potty always a sign of the crowd is expected and that's what will see this weekend for pride 2012. >>> get ready for a private weekend in san francisco. >>> it's just fun. >>> thousands come

authority and the responsibility for coordinating and overseeing and managing all aspects of emergency plan for aids relief, which accounts for the overwhelming majority of global health systems funding from the u.s.. and that in turn constitutes more than a quarter of u.s. assistance, resources globally just to put it into context. he also receives u.s. government engagement with the multilateral global fund to fight aids, tuberculosis and malaria. his visit to brookings today is particularly well-timed in the lead-up to the large international aids conference that will take place here in washington d.c. in a months time. after the ambassador's remarks, i am sure we will have time for what will be some very interesting sets of questions from all of you so let's get to it and please join me in welcoming ambassador eric goosby. [applause] >> thank you very much, noam. appreciate the kind introduction. it's really an honor to be with you today. i think that the brookings institute has really gone way out of its way to make me feel welcome but also to kind it's ramble this to make it a meaningful and rich con

. >> the presidents president's fy13 budget request or 13% from the president's emergency plan for aids relief or pepfar. is a hesitation to accept the invitation over a concern that the president may not the well received in the efforts to address the global aids epidemic? >> again, you're connecting things. i just don't have an update for you on the president scheduled. but thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> john graham lech joins us from "congressional quarterly." the house is set to take a bow thursday to hold attorney general holder and contempt of congress. what's this about? >> well this stems from the so-called "fast and furious" gun tracking operation which the justice department knowingly allowed hundreds of weapons and firearms to go into mexico in an attempt to trace them back to mexican drug cartels. this was a very controversial operation and it's been a flashpoint on capitol hill for a long time, and now the house is weighing in on whether to hold the attorney general and contempt over what they see as his stonewalling of information rela

monitor weather and wildlife provide disaster relief and respond to emergencies as they did in the fukushimaw clear crisis in japan last year. important uses will be imperilled if they become target. guest: so this is a very real topic of discussion and in fact, it has already happened, i believe it was in texas. there was a group of hunters that shot down the drone of an animal rights group. it has already happened. this is almost certainly illegal. i absolutely don't recommend it. there is a concept sometime people will reference called self-help in property law where you can take action into your own hands abate a nuance. however that is generally illegal if it's likely to involve peace. a gunshot into the air will involve breach of the peace. however, the fact that we're talking about this and the fact this comes up frequently shows the extent to which americans care about their privacy when it comes to drone. people actually considering and actually shooting down a drone in the air in order to protect their privacy that should indicate to the industry and to lawmakers there's a very rea

maryland, blasting their air conditioner in search of relief may put a tremendous amount of strain on electric grid. officials have activated the emergency conservation program. much like last july when many customers were without air conditioning for hours in an effort for it bge to alleviate the strain on the system. >> it is good right now, but if they lose power, then everyone will have to deal with it. >> we looked at our experience and say what can we do better. >> that opened the door to their nw operations facility to the media thursday to give a better understanding of how the utility operates during extremely hot weather events. they took the opportunity to discuss how they learned from last year's fiasco. summer without power for extended amount of time. >> before the season this year, each customer that participated in our program received a letter. >> at this time they have not activated the emergency conservation program, but in the event it does, those customers will be notified by e-mail. in the meantime, to help prevent any power the power outages and keep your bills down this month, it is suggested you set your air-cond

emergency rooms. >> they checked on the elderly yesterday and those with breathing problems. every swimming pool, eccentric and government building in the district will be open for those looking for relief. one doctor fears some people will try to do their regular routines in these dangerous conditions. >> it often catches people off guard. people think they are indefensible jogging in 100 degrees or exercising. they think they are tough and they can withstand the heat. >> the doctor says if you plan to exercise today, try to do it in the early morning. stay with abc 7 news for complete coverage of th44 hee heat. we invite you to share your heat-related photographs. take a picture with a smartphone and the incentive to iwitness @wjla.com. >> fairfax county police investigating a fatal crash that happened after 11:30 last night in springfield, virginia. an suv structure fire hydrants. it overturned. a male driver was killed. his name is not been released. d.c. police trying to figure out what led to a fatal shooting overnight in the 1700 block of 17th street southeast. a man was shot in the chest and died at the hospital. police have not made an arrest. a woman charged in connection with

to face and the international arena to that relief of most people and the world because we have suffered from one polar system and we're happy with the emergence of the bipolar system with the emergence of the brics and i think the words changing but look what just happened in libya for instance i mean the u.s. and their partners they have a perfect hundred percent track record when it comes to removing they had so foreign states that they want removed and i'm keeping in mind the result they have shown for bashar assad to go what makes you think that this could be different scenario and come to see how much russia has lived from by libyan to not know for example russia have to change. the political scene and the word by making an excellent stand in support of people who decide their future and is it democracy to decide in foreign countries to move ruler i mean this is the way the more close it should look or is it the people who should decide if it is not the only talking about syria is it the will curse it to say to the british people you should move camera or is it. british people who should decide why that doesn't apply to other countries i

emergency. that frees up $20 million for the state's disaster relief fund. but the cost of fighting had fire has already hit $3 million. the shifting forces of the fire changed the fates of homeowners, some for the worst as new evacuation orders were issued. but some for the better. >> yea. >> i'm really excited to be going home. >> they were allowed back into their homes, now out of danger. firefighters are pouring in. 600 camped out at this staging area, 800 by the weekend. now, they need a helping hand from mother nature. and across this area, a helping hand of another kind. donations to the salvation army. jennifer oliver went shopping so she could help evacuees. >> you don't have the basic necessities, it really put a damper on your mentality. you don't want to be camping for days and days without these things. >> she brought her daughters for a lesson in helping others. 3-year-old adrienne and 5-year-old madilynn who learned a grown-up thing or two about fires. >> what do you think about this? >> not good. >> why? >> because it will burn down people an