i have a question an update on eastern neighborhoods that probably occurred after the eastern neighborhoods passed to the board of supervisors. if i'm reading it correctly because the builders or the shoppers have agreed to keep it as a rental property for thirty years they get 3 percent less affordable either macro is by ownership or commitment i don't understand why that's in there i want to make sure i'm reading it credible you get less vooshl rental rates >> in the zoning district in the zoning district for this property the normal affordable housing rate a 16 percent applicable in the project were, you know, utilized for sale units but in this case since the project sponsor agreed to enter into a rental incentive housing to the 16 percent affordable is reduced to 13 percent and they get a one tdr per square feet in the neighborhood impact fee as well saw i wasn't familiar with that policy i'm not sure i agree with the policy although that's the policy in place and agreed b upon about i the city and sponsor i want to make sure i was interpreting this. i think it's a good project i think

rescinding their right granted by the federation council to use military force in eastern ukraine is a tragic mistake i think pulling back the military forces from the border at first gave this regime a green light to begin this heavy artillery barrage and airstrikes in earnest a month ago and now without even the hope of some kind of deterrent it will only accelerate i don't see any type of russian control i don't see any type of russian support and quite frankly i think it's shameful ok jonathan it's one of these interesting cases depending on what side of the barricade you are either putin is doing too much or he's not doing enough well i think used during virtually the right thing i mean he's he's calling for a political solution he's withdrawing the resolution and the supreme servitude to that gives him you know power to go in there with separation all council troops and so on. well the federation council i'm sorry i'm out of date right sorry keep going to get out of there is out of date keep going. keep going oh ok all right federation council. but you know that so that is good

this is inside of eastern ukraine from mark friend shetty who was recently live on ukrainian t.v. to simon shuster reporting for time has shown that these people are for the most part the vast majority of them are ordinary you eastern ukrainian people they have very little military training they have no military support they have no monetary support they have no russian advisors i wish to god that i see that they did have any of this it would give me some hope unfortunately i do not see it i think the move by the russian presidential administration. rescinding their right granted by the federation council to use military force in eastern ukraine is a tragic mistake i think pulling back the military forces from the border at first gave this regime a green light to begin this heavy artillery barrage and airstrikes in earnest a month ago and now without even the hope of some kind of the turn it will only accelerate i don't see any type of russian control i don't see any type of russian support and quite frankly i think it's shameful ok jonathan it's one of these interesting cases dep

here we see lew hans, this is in eastern ukraine. separatists issuing an ultimatum to troops in a government guard base in luhansk. ignored so far. >>> syria's state tv says polling places will stay open another five hours, to give people a chance to choose their next president, the same that they've had for the last 13 years. >>> spain's king juan carlos has appeared in public for first time with his son. tens of thousands of people took to the streets on monday marching and chanting against the monarchy. reporting from el escoriale. >> in his first appearance since the abdication, king juan carlos looked frail. his son always by his side. the king might have lost his popularity in recent years but to many people here he will always be remembered as the man who made democracy possible and united spain. >> we are a different people but all that has the king, the king of spain. >> reporter: the gra gran grar spain, tens of thousands of people came to the streets on monday calling for a referendum. >> translator: i think it would be be

is that provocative in eastern ukraine.so not pushing nato you should go ahead and move forward with the assertion and even the european union. now the problem that they have ideally triggered a rush of activity from crimea going to eastern ukraine is that the russians do not want to see ukraine do that association agreement. because ukraine moving in that direction is -- mac that doesn't provokimac thatdoesn't provoke y be additionally provocative -- i only have 30 seconds and i want to ask a fast question. the concern i had earlier was the presence of the international parties of ukraine and what power they might have but have a strong anti-semitic tendency. i view that as a positive that they are candidates of the two international parties that got less than 2.2%. am i right to read that as a positive trend? i abhor those views but if we try to bury them i would add one more thing to go to the list, and it is possible amnesty for those on eastern ukraine as a part of a bigger deal and i would caution against the early el

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you know, it's important to talk about the historic when we look at the eastern neighborhoods plan about how we look at pdr generally across the city. at that time and when we move forward there was a pretty strong discussion will where pdr was to be protected and not protected and encouraged even 7 years ago when this commission reviewed the plan we talked about the fact that central soma was not necessarily be an area we would fully protect pdr but encourage it that's part of the planning process. i think we'll we all agree on the goals of encouraging pdr and encouraging the growth of that particular sector of the economy but we also have to be clear about the issue of where we have high capacity high transportation and where certain types of jobs are more appropriated to go that's the issue in central soma. i think there's no question the fundamental character of south of market includes pdr types of uses we agree that maintaining some of that character in that district is appropriate. but to fully protect the pdr in that neighborhood is a different question that's the issue at hand a

is that provocative in eastern ukraine? >> it looks provocative, and particularlylly -- among the younger ukrainians. you should go forward with the association with the european union. the problem they have is what i believe triggered the russian activity from crimea seizure on to what you see in eastern ukraine is that the russians do not want to see ukraine do that association agreement because ukraine moving in that direction is irretrievable -- >> [indiscernible] wanty have 30 seconds, i to ask one last question. one concern i had early was the ultrance of the nationalist parties. i viewed it as a real positive that they are candidates of the two name parties that got 2.2% of the road. am i right to read that as a positive trend? >> i think is it a positive trend. they got clobbered. i think we have to allow free expression in the country. i abhor those views, but if we try to censor and bury those views we are doing egyp-- for those insty eastern ukraine as part of the bigger deal, and i would caution against early el

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news on r t a camera man working for russia's channel one has reportedly been killed in done yet eastern ukraine. a cease fire between pro and anti-government forces in ukraine is supposed to be in force until monday night but reports and video suggest the truce has been violated many times throughout the week. extremist fighters in iraq who declare a breakaway islamic state on lands they have captured as the army tries to keep the militants out of the capital. and poland's a foreign minister says his country's alliance with the u.s. has proved to worthless and even harmful an elite conversation. and broadcasting live from our studios in moscow recapping our week's top stories this is r t with the weekly we start though with breaking news a camera man for one of russia's main t.v. channels has been killed and done yet ukraine artie's marie for notional was able to confirm this with of the channel's crew there and joins me live now with the details maria thank you very much for being with us now what what do we know about the camera man and how he died. well we know that tenet told it cle

eastern time in eastern afghanistan near the pakistan border.he taliban said this took place in eastern afghanistan. they also said that at least 18 armed taliban soldiers were present during this handover. indeed, the video also shows a number of taliban armed afghan militants in the frame as well. so, you know, it corroborates that side of the story. in terms of his health and welfare, he looks pretty gaunt. i think we have to go with what the medical officials say here in southern germany say about that, he has certain medical needs. he's in a stable condition but after five years of being in captivity, he has certain medical needs which require hospitalization. part of his treatment, in fact, is to do with the dietary and nutritional needs, somewhat malnourished it seems during his nearly five years in captivity with afghan militants and so that's the real focus. the medical effort at the moment along with his psychological state. a great deal of focus being put on sergeant bergdahl's reintegration into society. >> matthew, it's interesting.

area plan basically don't get the full environmental review anymore what's the ban wagon for the eastern neighborhoods is the upper he said condos so all the goodies that come out of the area plan don't go through full environmental review anymore but if the area plan is at the same time being rethought, i.e., regutted the assumptions that you are making in the adaptation of this area plan eir are in question. i think sarah jones needs to be here at the same time whoever is the head of the planning in the planning department and have an honest discussion about is the eastern neighborhoods plan if adapted many years ago and the downtown plan that was adapted many years ago and the eastern neighborhoods is the most recent of them and recon hill are they being called into action because if their chaos in a sate of unsettlement there's a real question about whether the eir in the eastern neighborhoods is still valid i'm current not in a place to threaten you with litigation but i have a history of it. i have done that. i have been in all the hearings on the downtown plan i litigated did you

defend the rights and lives of ethnic russians and russian speakers russian orientated people in eastern ukraine by the use of military force if necessary if the government sought to use military force and kill them in order to extend its rule over the eastern ukraine by any stretch of the imagination they have certainly used the done this with nightly artillery strikes air strikes paramilitary forces and so on. every time putin has made a concession such as earlier when he withdrew military forces from the border back which were presenting a threat of intervention to protect these people. the ukrainian regime has reacted to this as a weakness and a green light to continue and escalate their actions when putin withdraw military forces this before this gave the ukrainian regime the opportunity to escalate and this is when the artillery strikes the air strikes began in earnest with heavy military gear the use of tanks and so on i'm afraid that president putin the administration has reached the conclusion that they would prefer to protect the rights of the ethnic and russian speaking people

german companies have metallurgical assets and eastern ukraine and and coal assets extremely prized coal assets there so they're already looting the problem jewels of ukraine and the. you know the i don't know what you want to call it the. sitting and. doing their bidding now you. got a chocolate king as president you had his opponent was the gas queen t.-mo shankland yulia timoshenko who looted billions from from her country fellow countrymen and is associated with figures of organized crime so you've got a bunch of gangsters essentially and. nazi thugs are running the run in ukraine and that is hardly a stable thing for peace in europe germany wants to go to war to defend a bunch of. nazis and because they get hot headed and start creating incidents with russia i don't think so but they're going to realize that that's the agenda that some people in washington have because they want. not the american people not the united states this. power cobol in the has so much power in washington they want to not only a new cold war they want to do off war that's that's a pretty dangerous thing to

the quote head of the ukrainian mafia the us put in charge of an extremely sensitive eastern region he owns ukraine banks metals resources food transport military and oil industry the multi-billionaire has a fifty four gold statues notes ukraine business inside and lives in switzerland looting of state property bribes and murdering rivals for parts and parcel of becoming an oligarch in the global epicenter of badness their appointment actually run the country has now blown everything into the open you don't appear in the streets here for. leadership determined not to push it through to a woman with good. you know north of europe were just regular newly appointed oligarch was recorded putting an alleged hit on a presidential candidate and his family in eastern ukraine in another league school an official reveals also behind the at this the massacre the deadliest attack so far in ukraine's civil war where he paid notes these from the infamous right six party. to strangle dozens of civilians to death including elderly women in a fairly predictable development handing state power to an onl

is it a sign that perhaps a goodwill contract with eastern ukraine is in the making? >> it clearly comes as an attempt by rebel leaders to appease authorities in kiev. the cease-fire is due to end later this day, but i doubt if it will bring peace to eastern ukraine because we have other rebel leaders reported as saying they refuse any negotiations at all. based a they want to write -- fight -- they say they want to fight as long as it takes. rebel leaders in the region do not act in concert. this will make it very difficult for any peace brokers to bring peace to eastern ukraine anytime soon. >> it is a complicated situation. going back to our top story, what has been the reaction in kiev to this eu association agreement? >> many people dropped in here on independence square. they commemorated the protest movement in winter, and to celebrate what they call their victory. they say president petro poroshenko, having signed this association agreement, is actually their victory, and they are very glad that he finally signed this agreement. many, of course, feel pity. it

forces in eastern afghanistan. he is seen dressed in traditional afghan clothing sitting in a pickup truck. he was held for nearly five years after being seized by taliban militants in june, 2009 as emily buchanan reports. >> reporter: the handover choreographed and filmed by the taliban. somewhere in the remote borderland with pakistan, sergeant bowe bergdahl arrived blinking after five years of captivity. he's guarded by heavily armed members of the haqqani network, a pakistan-based group closely allied to the taliban. then a black hawk helicopter lands. two of the fighters lead the soldier towards his countrymen. this is thought to be the first time the americans have met with the haqqani network. it the commentator said they wanted to have a little exchange, but the americans were taking no chances. there was no conversation, just a handshake. it's impossible to know what sergeant bergdahl may be feeling. his release is not straightforward. members of his platoon say he was a deserter, and the exchange with fiv

the people living in eastern ukraine but we've discussed it at length a million times. i don't have enough time to go into detail right now but it is clear where this conflict in ukraine comes from there was a coup in the country which deposed the government some people. agreed to that some did night people in western ukraine actually took to arms and people in eastern ukraine said if they can do that why came three so they started getting hold of weapons in order to protect their national interests and now they're told to disarm and they say no we want those guys to disarm first you see this is a vicious circle. the only way you can actually break it is by launching a discussion substantive discussion to the point and the purpose of the discussion is how do you protect the innocent how you how you build the interests of everybody living in ukraine. first as for south stream is concerned there is a proverb you know austria if you say you need to see to say. those who agree to step one. and that is. the fact that you have needs in energy supplies and that depends upon to

and abductions in eastern ukraine in a few months since he was put in power leading intelligence also william and bills investigated post-coup ukraine the funds was up and is quote so was almost to defy belief doctoring gold joins us really great to speak to you why do you write u.s. policy so foot gangsters and murderers in ukraine in power i've already seen reports that the government has signed over the line the gas pipeline distribution network they signed that off the show but the. german companies have metallurgical assets and eastern ukraine and and coal assets extremely prized coal assets there so they're already looting the crown jewels of ukraine and the. you know the i don't know what you want to call it the. regime that's sitting and. doing their bidding now you. got a chocolate king as president you had his opponent was the gas queen. who looted billions from from her country fellow countrymen and is associated with figures of organized crime so you've got a bunch of gangsters essentially and. nazi thugs are running the run in ukraine and that is hardly a stable thing for

was it that they sensed that they could get all of eastern europe free and win eastern europe? as an objective. >> i think that for reagan and scholz, they had a framework for the topics to negotiate with the soviets. it is something that they called the four-part framework. bilateral relations, arms controls, human rights, and covering a number of -- one might have called them proxy conflicts. in the highest level interactions between scholz, it is about how we broker specific arms-control deals and enhance stability. that was on his mind after the shoot down in the fall of 1983. he was concerned about the prospect of not having dialogue, even if it meant yelling at each other for a few minutes. they had to sit down. the soviets walked out of negotiations in geneva that fall. i think that reagan stressed mostly the same things. although, he was a more romanticized view. "think about the two of us coming back and looking at what we have accomplished." i think that was very important, in terms of building trust. speaking in moscow, in 1988, saying that he does not view the sovie

eastern on 2. pan >> lawrence strickland heads the national telecommunications and information administration. he talks about domain names shifting from u.s. government control to one supervised by an international multi-stakeholder group. >> the clinton administration determined that they wanted to move the operation that names a system out of the federal government and privatize it. what we announced in march recently the completion of what started in 1990 eight, which was to complete that privatization. >> monday night at 8:00 eastern on the communicators on c-span2. >> next, look at the history of iraq and the sunnis, shiites and kurds. from washington journal, this is about 40 minutes. we continue on this sunday , aning with shibley telhami professor, and the author of the world through arab eyes. we appreciate you being with us. back,t to take a step because we have been hearing so much about the sunnis and the shias. we thought it would the interesting to give our audience a lesson into this

lugansk in eastern ukraine. mark sloboda is a senior lecturer in international relations at moscow state university he says that even though the ukrainian president has put forward a detailed a peace plan there are violent groups within kiev which the government cannot control the government such as it is in kiev has very limited control it depends to a large extent still on these nationalist paramilitary groups for its survival its hold on power in kiev and it has been afraid to challenge them we saw a trade union meeting in kiev attacked by an armed right sector mob with complete impunity and we have seen this repeatedly that they act they attack individuals groups buildings churches throughout the country and the government does nothing to rein them in and this holds true on the battlefield as well. now not everybody is on board with the cease fire currently in place in ukraine and members of the government's national guard protested against the truce in kiev and demanded more weapons to fight activists in th

we are t two netsky eastern ukraine. is to new crane has seen some of the worst violence this week says kiev launched its quieted down in april where about to show you some images from the city of donetsk the heart of poor autonomy resistance and one of the main targets of the military operation there and you may find the photos disturbing. these pictures are from a local mall which received the bodies of under government militia killed in the fighting for self defense forces claimed they were killed on their way to hospital when trucks carrying them came under fire they say thirty five people died in that time which involved grenade launchers. talking the chaos in eastern ukraine is certainly a tough task for ukraine's new elected president confectionery tycoon petro poroshenko and he has been spending sending rather quite mixed messages on how it should be done so a polish on ko welcomes the idea of dialogue with the east at one point saying is the only way to peace but later made a contradictory statement claiming the

meanwhile ukraine's army is continuing its military assaults on the rest of eastern regions. we meet the family separated by violence with children forced to leave their parents and three for safety it's just that. europeans are facing a potentially tough winter ahead the e.u.'s energy commissioner has warned there could be affected after russia cut off gas supplies to ukraine the concern is that kiev may start siphoning off fuel from transit pipelines running to europe artie's peter all of our reports from broad ukraine is the main point of transit at the moment the getting gas into europe and many european nations rely on russian gas as either their main or in some cases that only source of energy supplies to siphon delf can have an effect as it has in the past when ukraine's being cut off and they start to take that gas they did it in two thousand and six last time was in two thousand and nine seventeen countries here in europe reported shortages ates with completely without any gas amongst those the most worst affected countries like bulgaria and slovakia we saw real prob

is following situation in eastern ukraine. the anti-government activists people's republic elegance peoples republic have agreed to a cease fire which will last until that's when t. seventh. june the sides are hoping to continue a dialogue continue consult the government sides they have asked for a complete stop of all movements all for ukrainian government forces around ukraine they're also said they're working on a free in the always see reps here in eastern ukraine they are hoping this four day breather will give them a chance to do that and of course this is all good news for the locals in logan. areas who have been heavily bombarded by the ukrainian army over the last few weeks this will give them a chance to send to the wounded bury their dead and of course get food and water supplies into a badly devastated region meanwhile we've heard that at least forty children have designed as a result have been killed as a result all for this conflict some were killed by shelling some were killed as a result of direct gunfire it's

anti-government forces in eastern ukraine say civilians have been caught in renewed army shelling as agreed to cease fire fails to take hold meanwhile local officials raise the alarm over a severe water shortage. thousands of women have been illegally sterilized and for prisons in california a new report reveals saying even more cases could have gone unnoticed. is to be animosity or watching r t international i'm marina joshie poland's foreign minister has been left red faced after a league conversation allegedly heard him use vulgar language to describe his country's relations with the u.s. and it's not the first time leaked tapes of officials have revealed the dark side of brussels love washington. has more. anding love affair america and its atlanta partners consistently proclaim their rock solid loyalty and mutual admiration as friends and allies we stand united together. warsaw has reciprocated the affinity always leaving the door open for a u.s. footprint within its borders. very glad to be able to say the american friendship and alliance is a strong behind the camera friendly

that's how we could help thwart russian aggression in eastern europe. so technically, the united states can export natural gas, but the approval process is slow as ma lasas. it's the -- malassas. it's the government. the government wraps the companies in red tape. many times we can lose these natural gas contracts to our competitors. i support this legislation and i thank the gentleman for bringing it to the floor, and that's just the way it is. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california continues to reserve. the gentleman from colorado. mr. gardner: i thank the chairman and at this point i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mr. lance: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in strong support of h.r. 6, the domestic prosperity and global freedom act, championed by my friend and colleague on the energy and commerce committee, congressman gardner of colorado, a true leader in this area. and this act will help expedite approval of u.s. liqu

ukraine would be able to go into russia disarmament in eastern ukraine all those things by well. may well mean more bloodshed and an intensification of bloodshed rather than abuse initiative but we'll see we have not seen as i say the final product yet when it comes out of there not moscow will form its attitude but it is very premature to. not to talk about russian support as a matter of fact. we have a little bit surprised that some of all foreign colleagues are rushing to support something which has not been presented yet it is a serious subject which requires serious attempts of rather them sort of propaganda support of everything which might be coming out of. the. now some other things which you have to respond to which. gave say today in this room first a startling and from came the ukrainian forces had orders not to use heavy weapons how come i've ation jet fighters were used in the in the attack missile attack on lugansk and those that have building a couple of weeks ago jet fighter fired missiles of the building that deliver have been shelling the cities in eastern ukrai

the first middle eastern country chosen to hold the event. but now allegations of bribery by a disgraced qatari official have sparked calls for a revote. a british newspaper published a report over the weekend about mohammed bin hamam a former member of the board. the sunday times says classified documents show he paid african soccer executives $5 million to support his country's bid. he was found guilty two years ago of attempting to buy votes from other officials in the fifa presidential election. he's been banned from soccer for life. british deputy prime minister nick clegg said if the report is true fifa should hold another vote to decide which country should host the tournament. england has been in the running. members of fifa's ethics committee are investigating the vote buying allegations. they expect to release their findings within a few weeks. >>> parts of east asia entering the rainy season. our meteorologist jonathan oh is here with the forecast. jonathan, maybe we'll see some relief from the heat. >> hello, shery. i certainly ho

in lugansk eastern ukraine. you see the dramatic images from the ukrainian conflict for yourself by heading to our web site of the. jihadist militants fighting in syria and iraq have declared the creation of an islamist state spanning parts of both countries the now notorious al-qaeda breakaway group known as the islamic state of iraq and syria or isis is behind that declaration as you can see on our map here the territory covers the north of syria and the eastern half of iraq which is home to rich or fields so the question arises where exactly does isis get the funding that it needs in order to seize power in the region well it's thought that the group as powerful sponsors in the gulf states which fund its activities isis is also involved in smuggling extortion and bank robberies in the course of its rapid advance on baghdad the group took control of stockpiles of u.s. made weaponry and even washington has played its role in the rise of isis as artie's marina porton our expense. he was terrorist organization kn

. >> the stream, saturday 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> vladimir putin's cat and mouse game with barack obama. most sides send signals that could put the two presidents face-to-face, i'm going to look at what's really going on with america, russia and ukraine. and the average joes own sky scrapers, at least small pieces of them. in the arctic circle, what makes one of the coldest places on earth red hot right now. ail ali velshi and this is "real money." this is real money, and you're the most important part of the show. so tell me what's on your mind. hit me up on facebook.com at ali velshi. russia and ukraine, taking intriguing turns, and i want to look at where things stand and where they may be going. today's key moves, a plan unveiled by president obama in poland to spend $1 billion to boost participation in military exercises in central and eastern europe. it involves more plans on the bat thebaltic sea. however, $1 billion is not a lot of money, and congress has to approve the plan, but the symbolism a

obama is meeting on the europe leaders of central and eastern european countries.enda is crisis in ukraine and annexation of crimea. that sparked this announcement by the united states of a billion dollars to be spent on bolstering troop equipment for europe. jo jonathan is with me. are people going to say this is enough? >> they probably -- you know, they are the ones that want to see reinsurance. particularly the baltic states. i was there at one of the military exercises where british troops were sent over. tom countries want a permanent nato military presence in their country. >> that comes at a huge cost doesn't it? >> it comes at a huge cost. also when america has talked about a pivot ease. that's the contrast. >> the white house said the billion will not come at the expense of the asian pacific -- >> something is going to have to give. defense budgets are cut. >> let's listen to president obama speaking now. >> to you and polish people, i want to thank you for welcoming me back to poland today. it is an honor to be here to celebrate 25 years of freedom. mr.

go in europe security watchdog call for the troops in eastern ukraine to be extended his renewed battles between the army and local militias rattle the temporary cease fire. and there's always a junk threaten to cut us off from vital communications satellites we speak to the man on a mission to say. hello there thanks for watching a with r.t. international. now libyans go to the polls on wednesday to elect a new parliament this is the country is going through the worst violence since the revolution there three years ago since the toppling of muammar gaddafi in libya has been on a leadership round about swapping one head of state for another in fact whoever is chosen the head of the new parliament is going to be the country six leader in the last two and a half years in the side from the politicians this popular support for this man who have tar a rogue general who launched a war on militias last month his artie's poor asli. it was a time when david cameron and his allies paraded the libyan revolution as a win for western democracy gave me great salute your courage and well we are proud o

this certainly a step forward without a doubt it's yet another consumer is central and eastern europe that is interested in buying us through this new supply source there are of course many other issues that have to be resolved austria starting up is just one of the things that has to happen there are many other issues for example that all carriers need to decide to go away to building a pipeline on the planet and sell these to get exemption from what's called the e.u. third package which basically means that gazprom if they build a pipeline have to allow other companies to use up to half the capacity he should there be then maybe you know all the companies that would ever want to use that city so it would have to last for exemption to only use of five coming in and through the european union. the first branch of the pipeline could be operational soon as twenty fifteen current enough energy to fuel thirty eight million european households a year by twenty twenty supplies are said to be increased by thirty percent and a decade after that it could reach a whopping one hundred forty bill

killed in action to the russian journalists who were filming refugees fleeing eastern ukraine have been killed by army shelling we learn the details of the tragedy and here from the only member of the t.v. crew to survive. iraqi forces are struggling to push back sunni rebels who after taking control of several key cities briefly held areas close to the capital. plus the king's farewell speech the spanish monic one cos officially leaves the throne after the senate approves his abdication we recall some of the pearls for him and his noble colleagues. welcome on him is neil harvey and you're watching r.t. in so much. new details are emerging on the killing of two russian journalists in eastern ukraine the crew from the rest see a t.v. channel were caught up in army shelling near the city of lugansk the camera man who's the only survivor of the attack managed to film the bombing and he believes it was a targeted attack. well the crew was filming the evacuation of refugees when a shell hit their group and these are images of civilians leaving the same seconds before the explosion sound engi

words and picking up on the eastern seaboard. service sector activity grew -- most districts. there was good news on the manufacturing front. manufacturing activity expanded in all 12 districts since the previous report with a pick up in the pace of what was reported in several districts. you had activity expanding robustly in the boston am a new york, atlanta and kansas city districts. chicago, st. louis and philadelphia -- lending activity increased with two thirds of districts reporting rising loan demands. make signals in housing. -- mixed signals in housing. inventory set as a constraining factor. prices continue to increase. --e positive signs -- labor market conditions and strengthening activity study to stronger across most of the country. all in all, a beige book pretty consistent with the fed's own outlook. , thanks.cook for more on the base book, we turn to the chief financial economist at bank of tokyo. welcome back to bottom line. good to see you again. all 12 ofook reported the fed's districts reporting economic activity expanding during the current reporting per

going ahead, providing the action security that these eastern european countries so long for in these days of crises. >> following barack obama' poland. we will move over to syria where voting is underway and the country is highly controversial. holy stations worked this morning but only in government controlled areas. >> this is taking place during the bloody civil war in syria. the u.n. estimates more than a third is internally displaced. serious president and many of his critics have called a sham. >> supporters demonstrate outside of damascus. most people are pro-assad. they cheer for the president as he cast his ballot. these voters are not too worried about the secrecy of the ballot. some are using their own blood to show their support for bashar al-assad. >> it is the smallest duty to vote by blood. i think the elections are the best way to express our opinion. we are with president bashar al-assad until the end of our lives. >> despite to rival candidates, critics have described the boat as a charade. the country remains in the thick of a civil war. people are trapped by fight