to bring the super bowl here would be a regional effort with regional benefits. we are excited about it and happy to participate and looking forward to our hotels, restaurants, facilities for people who are visiting san francisco and santa clara and other cities around the area. super bowl 50, i don't care, we'll take either one. we have a great team put together to make that happen. it will take a lot of collaboration and we in san jose as well as san francisco and santa clara are committed to making it happen. [ applause ] so i'm daniel to committee chair, thank you mayor lee, he approached me and said we have to shine a light on san francisco and the entire bay area. the next call were to mayor matthews, mayor read, we also have officials from oakland. this is going to take a unified approach. we are up against a very tough competitors and south florida. miami has hosted. they know how to do it, but we are excited to show off our region, the innovation and also the compassion that we have here in this community. my job, my day job is running tipping points fro

we're in the heart of a rich gold bearing region. the mines are artisanal the techniques and sesto the gold reserves have hardly been tapped. the big companies rarely venture out here but they already hold all the mining permits. and all this land is already tenured by the company's company you know whenever a small farmer goes to request a mining permit he's told that the land has already been allocated someone has requested it before and. in this way the small scale miners are considered illegal by the colombian government they live under fark rule most of the time the guerrilla fighters are invisible but they come here regularly to collect their war tax. in order to work you have to pay the guerillas. everyone pays the entire region of the moco and southern money. this is the infernal trap the small scale miners are caught him subjected to paying extortion money as a result they're accused of supporting the guerrillas. it's an injustice. if we didn't pay the fox they close down the mine they don't get us work and they kick us out

this will benefit all our operators as well as the region's businesses and residents. first we want to build on an understanding of all of our existing system interdependancies and the consequences of existing conditions to help expedite sppbs and restoration planning among agencies. with this we will also identify the key assets and respiration of priority schemes to prioritize and restoring and rebuilding our city and ultimately the region after such an earthquake. we will then work to develop a set of life line expectation under current systems and standards developed over the next decade. you can imagine as you see from the slide behind me this visualization of a complex network of interdependancies that exist among a wide variety of life lines we count on every day. for example, a crucial role is communications will play in helping the life lines cooperate opt mately while disaster is captured in the dark blue grid on the left. additionally the mission critical need to have access for fuel to operate the multiple system that deliver crucial resources to our reside

the regional growth projections are here with the city at the bottom and the region at the top. you will see the actual rate of growth while it jumps up in this time frame really is not significantly more than it has been in the past. you will see in the bottom the city's growth is projected here like it has in the past. the issue of course is where the growth happens in the region and that's what we're trying to grapple with this and the overall priority development strategy. this slides give you a. -- and this coincided with the national movement and companies to the suburbs. and very large quantities, where the biggest demand is. and i think that is more than, just the technical things, there is a growing interest in that kind of space, for a broader range of companies that we have to address. finally, i just want to say, at again, we think that this office product type would happen, and obviously we are great in the traditional jobs in downtown and 30,000 in the creative industry and the 37,000 in the campus environment and the same number. each of these types can be shifted

that is possible on the regional trains. there are some rooms in the trains, which is space for the bicycles, even during rush hour. you could say that the voters in copenhagen are very positive about this. last election, it was partly run up by some of the politicians, and one of those was our mayor. the politicians now, they say there is something for everyone.

everyone pays the entire region of southern. this is the infernal trap the small scale miners were caught he had subjected to paying extortion money as a result they're accused of supporting the guerrillas. it's an injustice. if we didn't pay the fox they close down the mine. they don't let us work and they kick us out of the region. for decades there were just these galleries dug out in the mountain but not far from here our guide wants to show us some new forms of land exploitation much more destructive. in the heart of the jumbo excavators dig up the river bed and eat away at the forest little by little. the machines dig up thousands of tons of earth which they unload into giant sifters where the gold is extracted using large quantities of mercury. after their passage nothing grows here again and the streams are destroyed. in order to be able to work the owners of these machines have received the go ahead from the farts who take their cut here too. but. all the work sites have to pay the guerrilla groups that control the regi

the whole southern african region is warming up and drying out. according to the best scientific data, this trend will become much worse if nothing is done. >> over the last many years, there was a lot of changes which actually could pick up from environmental point of view, so a lot of erosion in the area as well as a drop in the ground water table. we used to plant vegetable seeds, but it's totally dried out now. we can do nothing with this land, and also from a farming point of view, we have less water available for irrigation. >> here, environmental destruction is compounding the effects of global climate change. like a green skin covering bones and muscle, spekboom thicket used to shelter this desert land from the harsh sun and violent storms. its protective boughs and roots held 60% of the rain that fell and released it slowly like a sponge throughout the year. that skin, like you can see here on the left of the fence line, has been stripped bare by overgrazing. now water rushes off the bare soil in torrents, causing floods. once the rain st

from in both to celebrate these and look ahead in terms of developments in the asia hafe pacific region. the chair of the house foreign affairs committee, ed royce, is an old friend and a real leader on foreign affairs. he has been actively involved in very preliminaried and substantial way with u.s. policy towards asia since he first came to congress 11 terms ago. representing california's 34rd district, we are honored to have the chairman here and his wife with us, marie, thanks for being with us today. as we look ahead and mr. chairman, we look forward very much to your insight as to what we might expect. we all understand that today, the world is a very dangerous place. i understand you have just come from chairing hearings on the current situation in syria, which is certainly a flashpoint in the world today. but as we look back and stay focused here in this confines today any way, it's our great pleasure to ask you, if you would, to come up and share your insights with us on the united states, asian the future. thank you. and welcome back. \[applause] >> thank you very much. good m

this issue will be exploited by the radicals in the region and the region has more than its share oficals, whether on the arab side or the israeli side. and this issue will always be exploited by these radicals -- not only against the regions, but against the united states' interests. we no what are the facts. the question is, is the will to lead on the part of the united states to push both sides to reach an agreement is there or not. and inso far, i really don't see it. >> well, i think over the next three days we'll see if there's more of that. but certainly bilateral talks, private ones behind closed doors, that may be, indeed happening. my thanks to both of you. >>> also, msnbc will have live coverage this afternoon. we are keeping our eyes on breaking news out of colorado. authorities are searching for a suspect in the shooting death of the state's department of corrections director. he was shot dead in his own home as he opened the front door. this by an unknown gunman last night. a live report and we're going to speak with a representative from the el paso county sheriff's of

secondly, that we would maintain freedom of access throughout that region. in particular, we would maintain the sea lanes in that area, whatever the challenge might be. even as we reduce our defense budget, therefore we must maintain and would maintain a powerful navy, and that that navy would be charged with maintaining the freedom of those sea lanes. we had, of course, to be concerned as to whether there would be a challenge for that. we observed that the rise and shine has more energy needs for more energy than they can produce themselves, and to maintain the economic growth which they believe is essential. we observed that the south china sea is a potential source of energy supplies for china and that there is a contention among the nations in that region as to where the ownership and rights of access are to the south china sea. and this is conceivable that china might seek to reestablish its claim there by military coercion and that could lead them into a confrontation with the united states' desire to maintain free access. the best way of avoiding that

clearly, it would be something best published with a regional leader, regional organization after the russians -- we probably have fewer options enter -- in terms of the un effort. at the same time, our regional organizations may be able to take this on. we are doing some planning with the military we are getting a free more. >> what do you think your reaction would be to collapse? >> it would be the big strategic setback in 25 years. they will are militias inside the country to create a has blood type of fat. they would redouble their efforts on these of the -- vasa vi and elsewhere. part of our reaction would be to plan for that contingency explicitly? >> we are. >> we appreciate your service. but luck in your retirement. i notice the map be passed around about the area of response abillity ranges from the north down to yemen in the south and over to egypt. about half the arab world, half the population lives in egypt. is that correct? >> it is well over a third. >> we just had an amendment offered to a storm relief bill on the floor of the senate. it would have prevented our sale f

what is a biggest threat to instability of -- in this region? >> first of all, i'm going to go engage in a whole bunch of hypotheticals because what i said from the moment i came into office was the best resolution of this situation is through diplomacy. i continue to believe that. we have organized the international community around a sanctions regime that is having an impact on iran. not because we forced other countries to do it because they recognize that if you trigger a nuclear arms race in this region, as volatile as it is, if you have the prospect of nuclear weapons of getting in of terrorists and extremists, that is not just israel threatened, it is a whole range of people that could be threatened. we're talking about syria might be able to use chemical weapons. what would be the conversation if syria po possessed nuclear weapons? this is not just a problem for israel or just a problem for the united states, it is a regional and worldwide problem. by the way, we have been consistent in sing that not proliferation is a problem around the

, regional, and ethnic fault lines. head of campaigns for water aid, an international charity that works to get people access to clean water says that scarcity of supply is not so much a problem, but more the management of water resources. of the global freshwater is used at the moment. there is plenty of water. the issues are down to political priority and leadership, putting enough money into water and sanitation bump -- budgets, and bringing together the people who can provide more money for those budgets, and spending it where it is needed. we are not saying there is not water. there is water, but it must be properly managed. we must take advantage of knowing about potential hotspots and crises. as a global community and governments around the world, we can do more. we have seen many innovative solutions, many innovative ways in which water can be transferred from place to place. a major crisis is countries where there is not water, but there could be. that is a good news story for world water day. if governments ca

thank you let me again focus on the regional perspective because this is not just one nation a state of trying to articulate these on the thought you have to realize there are also america is involved and so want is the national interest of america in that sad situation i think it would be to think the submitter craddick and in this case you would have the cia getting involved arming the rebels and the united states media is a clogging this this is no secret a second presidential leadership and this is the biggest test for obama is he going to act statesman like or is he going to shiver and procrastinate as usual and what kind of the situations where obama do what kind of arrangement with the leaders of the kremlin in moscow how he's going to deal with the opposition in syria. so these are very important questions so far i think obama is happy to the to see the cia aid getting into the conflict because he could not have all of them he objects to arming the rebels but the bureaucratic interests the pentagon the cia prevailed over him so the question now is how obama how is he going to

problem with the regimes in any of the countries their problem is always with the people in the in that region the animosity toward the toward israel is so deep rooted that it doesn't matter what regime you and if you have a situation where there is no dictatorship like the one which exists at the moment then it's going to be free for all to vent their anger to take whatever measures they had and this is the point that israel is what it about certainly as far as been so far it's been very quiet they don't know how it's going to be when it's when the regime collapses and i think this is the point that they are about but at the same time they are. happy that the syrians are destroying themselves are committing suicide destroying that army and killing their people they hope that this will also end up by getting hizbullah and iran influence i got there i want to go to those topics a little bit later now bill in washington you jump in but israel subjectives here let me first define the syrian conflict because without a proper definition of things would be confusing they see their conflict is the en

neighborhood and it's only getting more dangerous serious grinding civil war now involves a wide array of regional and global powers all with their own agenda including israel what are tell of us goals in this conflict what are the risks of failure and will anarchy be the only winner in the syrian civil war. to cross talk the war in syria i'm joined by dan arbella in washington he is again scholar at the sob in center for middle east policy at the brookings institution and of former israeli diplomat also in washington we have now he is a political analyst and in london we cross to. he is the president of the arab lawyers association in the u.k. right gentlemen crossed cycles in effect it means you can jump in anytime you want daniel if i can go to you first in washington what is their sales agenda in this war right now because we hear maybe a buffer zone could be created into syria. is not intervening in the conflict taking place in syria but it's watching the situation unfolding very very closely israel has many concerns regarding what's happening in syria today first and foremost the chemical we

finding the regional advantages and that could be the fate awaiting another high profile project this government described as the city of dream structure a brand new port was to be built on georgia's black sea coast with its overall cost estimated at nine billion dollars now you want to turn into a major regional center but a call just say the whole idea was doomed to fail from the start. that area wasn't suitable for constructing buildings they call here the area is basically a swamp this region is protected by an international convention and has always been protected we said all along this would be an enormously expensive project because it's difficult to build a skyscraper on unstable soil the first hotel spilled there immediately had problems they basements were flooded. the logical plan was eventually scrapped by the new government and the same goes for many other investment plans which economists say have seen huge sums simply squander it. really is not. so. is a quality of the new or development project. the great. huge mistakes people right through. their methods. power change

the regional growth projections are here with the city at the bottom and the region at the top. you will see the actual rate of growth while it jumps up in this time frame really is not significantly more than it has been in the past. you will see in the bottom the city's growth is projected here like it has in the past. the issue of course is where the growth happens in the region and that's what we're trying to grapple with this and the overall priority development strategy. this slides give you a. -- and this coincided with the national movement and companies to the suburbs.

that is true throughout the region. maybe it is not that case, maybe libya, but everybody else is like a damn about the u.s. thinks and is doing their own thing. >> not to that extent. >> but to a large extent, we have very limited influence, part of that is as a result of the chaotic mismanagement of the iraq question. so aren't we looking now at an iraq where we have become attached to the man again who used brutal, brutal means as a savvy politician to consolidate power and is a dictator -- are we not looking now at a time when we are going to have to really wait for the post- ahmadinejad, post-maliki. and for a moment with the u.s. and iran generally engaged, said the u.s. can force events inside iraq? >> since we have been waiting 34 years since the islamic revolution in iran for such a moment, i am not sure that is a feasible strategy. if our influence is at a low in the region, i would suggest that that is because we have not chosen to use it. we are a great power. we are seen throughout the world, including the