that is the way we try to run a civil city. the country is desperately in need of that. the book the secretary is going to write over my name is to choose to belong. how city decision-making can save america. the mayor was always committed to the idea to eachple had to speak other. even people who might not be comfortable in his position at fort sumter as the sort of secession-ball process started on the 150th anniversary. then there became the increasingly strident back-and-forth in newspapers and charleston. groupsed in some historians are not always happy to talk about and said i want you to say what ever you are going to say and print to each other and if you want say to each other i don't want you to say it and print. it does not have to take this kind of tone. think that was coming from, south carolina coming from there is he does, you know, he always conveyed that kind of credibility. he did not agree with everything everybody said but he did create spaces where people, including people with very antagonistic views could speak and i think other organizations did th

that is the way we run our government and that is the way we try to run a civil city and the country is in desperately of need of that. i have looked -- the secretary has gone right over my name. this is how small city decision-making can save america. i would also add michael allen on the ground in south carolina, like the mayor, was always committed to the idea that people had to speak to each other, people who might not be position.e in his then there was increasingly strident back and forth in newspapers. that includes a group that historians are not always happy to talk about -- the sons of confederate veterans and like that. and he said, whatever you will say in print, i what you do say to each other. you don't have to agree, but it does not have to take is kind of tone, and i thought that was really coming from -- you know, from south carolina, you know, i thought he always conveyed that kind of credibility. but he did create spaces where withe, including people different views could speak and i believe the mayor and other different organizations did the same. mayor keyserling:

larry contracts inner will take the off the at the center city civil hall. he. et williams pleaded guilty to a corruption charge and is now serving a five year sentence. to the best of our ability, so he help me god. atlantic city has a new mayor, frank gill young adult mails was surrounded by family at his swearing in ceremony this afternoon. the democrat is the former native of the resort town. returning to the philadelphia eagles despite yesterday's performance, doug pederson says he has no concerns as they begin preps for the post season. but some people on the other hand are worried that yesterday 's loss revealed some cracks in the armor. the team is playoff bound and has moment field advantage. is that enough to win? we're in philly. this is what happens. we keep our heart in the game and then we see what happens. hopefully the defense signs because that's all we got. and we'll go from there. the eagles first playoff game is saturday january 13 at 4:35:00 p.m. who they will play will be determined this coming weekend. the eagles enter the playoffs as the t

in march, 2016, the inaugural brought one city official and one civil society representative from ten scn members to the united states for three weeks. such exchanges help expose exchange visitors to good practices in the u.s. and help spread awareness among cities. it's built in alumni network. in fact, at least five members of the original scn ivlp have been to both annual meetings. they keep in touch on facebook and have collaborated with each other on their work. in may 2016, turkey hosted the global meeting. about 200 people from 40 countries attended this event that highlighted the diversity of the network. we had the chattanooga mayor speaking there. we had a major from mnigeria tak about his experience being abdu abducted. a year later denmark hosted the second annual global meeting. this time about 500 people from 50 countries attended. right over here we have the mayor. i'm going talk about him a bit in the slide. it's partnership between the state department and the department of homeland security office of civil rights and civil liberties. this two way exchange program has

brought one city official and one civil society representative from 10 s.c.n. members to the united states for a three weeks. such exchanges help expose exchange visitors to good practices in the u.s., and they also help spread awareness about s.c.n. among u.s. cities. because s.c.n. has multiple events around the world each year, there are numerous opportunities for members of the multicountry exchanges to interact. it's essentially built in lumni network. in fact, at least five members of the original s.c.n. have been to both annual meetings. they keep in touch on facebook and collaborated with each other on their work. in may, 2016, turkey hosted the inaugural s.c.n. noble -- noble meeting. about 200 people from 40 countries attended this event. which highlighted the diversity. we had chattanooga mayor speaking there. talk about a july, 2015 attack in chattanooga that killed five ilitary members at a recruiting station in chattanooga. we had a mayor from nigeria talk about his experience being bducted by boko haram. we had a former white supremacist talk abo

and civil liberties is the city pair program. this two-way exchange program has connected about 20 cities around the world with u.s. counterparts. our embassy's identified the international cities first. then we work with d.h.s. to identify -- excuse me, we work with d.h.s. to identify the appropriate u.s. partner city. we try to identify cities with complementary skill sets and those that express an interest in maintaining connections beyond the exchange. these cities aren't necessarily part of the strong cities network, although some of them are. we certainly those who are not, we encourage them to join. one point i want to mention is when people think of cities to partner with international cities, the first one may be like los angeles or minneapolis. the problem is when you have repeated delegations going to he same city, that's taxing on their schedules and -- we want connections that -- people who have the time, capacity to engage their international counterparts. today we exchange business cards, we want connections where

larry contracts inner will take the off the at the center city civil hall. he. et williams pleaded guilty to a corruption charge and is now serving a five year sentence. to the best of our ability, so he help me god. atlantic city has a new mayor, frank gill young adult mails was surrounded by family at his swearing in ceremony this afternoon. the democrat is the former native of the resort town. returning to the philadelphia eagles despite yesterday's performance, doug pederson says he has no concerns as they begin preps for the post season. but some people on the other hand are worried that yesterday 's loss revealed some cracks in the armor. the team is playoff bound and has moment field advantage. is that enough to win? we're in philly. this is what happens. we keep our heart in the game and then we see what happens. hopefully the defense signs because that's all we got. and we'll go from there. the eagles first playoff game is saturday january 13 at 4:35:00 p.m. who they will play will be determined this coming weekend. the eagles enter the playoffs as the t

. >> next, we'll take you to kansas city, missouri, for a look at the city's role in the civil rights movement. we'll start with mayor sly james. >> physically, kansas city is 318 square miles. it is 480,000 people spread across those 318 square miles for a density of about 1,460 per mile, which is pretty sparse when you get right down to it. we're roughly, 29, 30% african american. about 11% latino, 5% various mixes of immigrants and various cultures there. the rest caucasian. kansas city has variety of neighborhoods. it has an extremely sophisticated purpose and culture. things that people might not expect. we have tremendous sports teams. we have great art. it's a place of variety and a place of music and barbecue. one thing i can tell you as a mayor is that all cities have similar problems. we have issues that we have to deal with crime. just like everybody else, too many guns on the street, too much gun violence, too many homicides. we have to deal with that. by educating kids. because one thing we know is that seldom do you have ph.ds shooting each other on street corners. you h

>> russ pritchard is the official representative of the national civil war museum in the city of harrisburg. >> did you get a letter from the mayor because you asked for credentials? >> no. >> it just arrived. >> that's exactly right. >> next thing you know, russ pritchard just arrives uninvited in wilmington and, boy, is he persistent. >> russ wanted to be my new best friend. he followed me around like a puppy -- helped me carry drywall to a construction site, he had sat on the beach with my children while my wife and went surfing. he kept asking, you know, "can i see the artifacts? when can i see them?" >> ed finally agrees to show pritchard what's inside that old family suitcase. the next few hours are a revelation for ed. that old cap is called a kepi, and it was worn by general pickett at gettysburg. there's his blood-stained uniform sleeve, personal letters, photos, his military sash, and this -- pickett's own hand-drawn map of the gettysburg battlefield. >> he was very knowledgeable. he knew what everything was. >> tell me about the reaction on russ pritchard's face. >> he was deligh

he is a civil rights attorney who will be sworn in as cities next top prosecutor. krasner campaigned on promises of reducing incarceration and eliminating use of the death penalty but changing the culture of that office will not happen overnight and he need cooperation of almost everyone, prosecutors, attorneys, and law enforcement officials. krasner taking over the office from kelly hodge who was appointed interim district attorney after seth williams resigned from that post. williams pleaded guilty to corruption charges back in july. he was accused of taking bribes and even scaming his own mother's nursing home, out of thousands of dollars. so, more than 20 elect officials will be sworn in this morning, the program begins slightly after 10:00 a.m., krasner's part of the program is expected to happen around 11:23 a.m., this event is opened to the media, thomas and karen so our cameras will be there in side. >> that we will, new year, new beginning. lauren johnson, thank you. >>> also taking the oath of office 26 new judges with the cities first female controller ,

hull—born writer richard bean and told the story of hull's role in the start of the english civil war, shutting the city'sthe king. who will make the first advance? i'm really looking forward to the people of hull seeing this play. there's so much great stuff in it. some of the jokes, they're so deeply entrenched in the culture here, they're going to love it. upon your conscience! the show had the theatre's biggest cast, its biggest set and spectacular special effects, and it won a new audience, a third of them had never been to this theatre before. february brought another world premiere. 6,000 pipes, written by britain's most popular living composer, sir karljenkins. # there's a starman waiting in the sky... weeks later, the orchestra made way for one of david bowie's old bandmates, the spider from mars, woody woodmansey. the last surviving member of the band from hull performed the rise and fall of ziggy stardust album live and in full for the first time ever. it's somewhere that bowie wanted to play himself. he knew we were from here. so to come back now, to hull the city of culture is amazing. made i

they must know the health risks of being in that area you know the people of close that city it is a special civilization maybe we can tell sol because the clause that city they were built in the empty place. in the forest and the people who built it they specially brought for create this city create this production and they keep secret keep ideology and grow all the new generation to continue their job to defend our motherland and people in had a very high standard of quality of life didn't they they had good education good health care good food yeah you're on soviet try we were like your state inside the state we always were on the leadership of the moscow. group the. quality of life and it was a big contradiction with the people who believe in iran and on the quantum unaided area because they are they were really poor become the major in the closet seats it's like air like a bottle of glass reason roof and where is the picture around so people who are inside they see that picture which is their own and the government just open the open the this bottle and give you their food and then closed so we are

actuallythat you would -- chicago was the only city in the civil war that did not participate in the fugitive slave act. it was the first welcoming city in the united states. and chicago will not turn its back on people who believe for their children that america is still a place of promise. and the idea that the president would arrest any of us for believing in our ideals is wrong. fundamentally wrong. [applause] >> mayor emanuel: how to find solutions to problems. put people on edge. [applause] mayor garcetti: thank you so much for your powerful words. thank you mitch for all that you have done. i am so excited to be here. whenever i see it as mayors, i get very excited. mayors are engaged in practical work. reflect the day, we values of this country and have the trust of americans. trust because people know local leaders cannot fix everything overnight. they will not make magic in a single day but we are interested as residents in those very same immunities. -- communities. if this was a conference in washington 30 years ago, people were leaving cities and cities were even burning.

as you look back at what he tried to accomplish, lot of the focus is on the civil rights movement and inner city. how did he do? >> well, i think johnson simultaneously launched the great society and was, of course critically involved in the launching of the vietnam war. 2 very costly initiatives. i think historians have focused on how it became untenable for americans to support both. ultimately johnson, partly because of the protests decided , that certain people were not grateful, certain people were were noty, that people impoverished out of discrimination. that it was their own doing. therefore, by the term law and 1968 order became popular in the american political scene just as , the vietnam war accelerated. >> our phone lines are open. 202 is the area code. 748-8900 for those in the eastern or central time zones. c-span3, if you study this generation of americans, what questions do you have? , whatould like to ask were they thinking? my most recent work is on the and antiracistst ideas. what were they thinking? how were they trying to understand their nation, their world of racial inequi

city civil service employees who are also the same civil service as the community college district. so we have defined this very e precisely so it protects the controller who acts as the agent of a special number of districts. finance corporations, does this cover the san francisco finance corporation? that part of the city? what about the county office of education? i have a suspicion, and i think it is reasonable, that the city unshifts a substantial part of the erav, and the reason why they can do that is you should this definition. misuse of city funds should mean any misuse of city funds which the city believes is theirs for purposes outside those directed by city. so if the state directs that the erav go to the school district, that's not protected under this ordinance. it's a very, very specific text. i don't know where it comes from. it protects the controller and the city attorney. thank you. >> out of the mouth of babes, it seems. i was going to speak on the same point. we've had the city county dodge. this is when there's an issue with a city-county agency, in the old day

thank you turning now to syria where people are starting to trickle back to cities destroyed in the country's seven year long civil war brian one of those cities christophe is homs it's a former stronghold of anti-government forces it was retaken from rebels after two years of heavy fighting by the syrian military here's a look now at a man who's returned to that city and is calling on others like him to do the same . returning to homes. who lived in this house until twenty eleven that's when he fled the war with his family. now he's putting all his savings into rebuilding his house. he hopes to move back in a few months time so far he's the only one in his neighborhood. we wish everyone would come back it's our country this is where we were born and raised we're going to be in the. homes is a city of contrast the guns have gone silent but a few areas are still covered in ash and rubble. elsewhere a sense of normality has returned water and electricity are available schools and businesses are open. since the last rebels left homes almost a year ago but assad forces have been in control of the city. but the billion

[laughter] in a city of chicago, which is the only city in the civil war that did not participate in the fugitive slave act. the city of chicago will not turn its back on people who believe in their children. i believe that the president of the united states and the justice department would arrest anyone of us. as a former chief of staff, those meetings with the president are about doing exactly what my colleagues just said, how to find solutions to problems. not to put people on notice that they can be arrested for believing in america. it is my great honor to introduce mayor eric garcetti from los angeles. [applause] mayor garcetti: thank you so much for your powerful words. thank you to our leadership, mitch landrieu, who has been such a great leader for this group. thank you mitch for all that you have done. [applause] i am so excited to be here. whenever i see it as mayors, i -- see this many mayors, i get very excited. mayors are engaged in practical work. every single day, we reflect the values of this country and have the trust of americans. we know local leaders cannot fix ev

city pair program which has been around since 2011. partnership between the state department and homeland security office of civil rights and liberties. this two way exchange program connected about 20 countries around the world. international cities first, then we work with dhs to identify, excuse me, and we work with dhs to identify the appropriate u.s. partner city. we try to identify cities with complimentary skill sets and those express interest in maintaining connections beyond the exchange. these cities aren't necessarily part of the strong cities network. although some of them are, and we certainly those who are not we encourage them to join. one point i want to mention is when people think of cities to partner with international cities, the first one may be like los angeles or minneapolis, the problem is when you have delegations going to the same city, that's taxing on their schedules. we want connections that people who have the time, the capacity to engage their international counterparts. so let's say today we exchange business cards. we want connections where when we introduce them to their u.s. counterparts, they have th

until that time you had no civil basically a city type of establishment. and so during that time you had a lot of native americans still running throughout california. and it was the attempt of the spaniards to try and settle and christianize the original settlers the native americans that were established here. at this time also you had the intrusion from the french, british, and russian interest coming into the pacific coast. so the spaniards are looking at a way of settling and kind of controlling the region that we know of california at the time. the difficulty was sea travel going up the coast was against the trade winds. from mexico. so the thought was if they could establish an oval hand trail method that that would help solidify the hoeltd on california. and in 1775, early soldier for the spanish government, created his own trail from basically southern arizona up into california. and up as far as monterey california. and so he went back to the spaniard government and got permission to lead the exhibition following the same trail. 1776, he led a gr

soon girls he met in the ages gone struggling to survive after being left alone in the ravaged city of deraa civil. meet sally she's five maybe six perhaps seven she doesn't know and this market the streets. surviving isis's c.g. of the resort was no mean feat so many perished as a result of starvation sickness violence. sally is a survivor she has a sister and brother were abandoned by their parents years ago they divorced and left the children to fend for themselves. oh i'm. still on the land she spends her days begging stealing playing and surviving no easy lot for them in this life for my neighbors who knew their family have taken pity on the kids and have looks out for them but it's not easy. i wanted to take her in but she kept escaping i sent people to look for her but she never stays in one place long show escapes. me back there. sally's sister all she has left since her brother died of starvation we found the older girl at the end of this gloomy bullet riddled carville is a room with broken windows in it leaves a young girl with only flies bloodstain mattresses for company. about a month

last month the same jury awarded brown more than $3 million in a civil suit. the cityis on the hook for that one, but this new award will come from the councilwoman's pocket. >>> storm watch now, slick roads could be a factor in this fatal crash in palo alto on page mill road. police say the driver lost control and struck a tree. the man was pronounced dead on the scene. trimming trees that could come lines. >>> pg&e crews on the streets in san jose, crews were trimming trees that could come in contact with power lines. as of now, the storm is not a huge impact on power outages. pg&e reports only about 300 customers without power. >>> in the meantime rain in the sierra is turning to snow in the higher elevations as much needed wet weather moves in, this shot from our sierra at tahoe camera showing new snow coating trees at 8,000 feet. >>> like to see that level come down a bit, right, paul? >> it would be wonderful if this was a 4,000 or 5,000 level snow foot event. it's coming from the tropics. it's still pouring in san francisco. the rain began about 18 hours ago and

i served on the civil grand jury and city commission. i was a member of the 2012 civil grand jury that wrote the report that was very critical of d.v.i. a friend suggested that i watch the segment of the december 14 planning commission meeting that focused on the bogus architectural plans prepared by mr. santos for 214 state street. my neighbours and i have the same bogus plan experience in 2016. when mr. santos submitted plans that failed to show the existence of a three-storey bay at 25 17th avenue. my first response was to ask the same questions commissioner rich arts asked -- who is rodrigo santos and why is this allowed to happen? mr. santos is a structural engineer and former president of the san francisco building inspection commission. the organization charged with oversight over d.b.i. i sent a sunshine request to the d.b.i. and planning departments, both d.b.i. and planning said do not assess fines or penalties for filing false plans. this makes no sense. the response to my inquiry about prior violations was very interesting. d.

and the idea that you would actually in a city of chicago which was only city back in civil war did not participate in the fugitive slave participate fugitive slave act -- >> good afternoon and welcome to the 86th winter conference of mayors. i'm the mayor, president of the conference of mayors, thank you. before we start, we can start on a moment of levity, the mayor of vancouver is here, mcker ny ogle. it the itbird day of vancouver, welcome them and give them a round of applause. we're going t

busy holiday season it was hearing from the beaches of port elizabeth to johannesburg but civil hours south of the city it collided with a truck and trailer at a level crossing officials say the driver had tried to beach the train across the track he walked away with minor injuries you can see if we got the clog the driver was taking turns and we thought he was going to go through. the. gardens cause a lot of lives. half of the carriages were out and burst into flames the train was carrying about seven hundred people tourists families and workers who are just said goodbye to loved ones hitting back to their jobs after the christmas holiday stand travelers waited by the road for buses to complete their journey conscious that for many families they will be happy homecoming tunney a page out zero johannesburg. nigeria's military says it has rescued one of the schoolgirls abducted by boko haram in two thousand and fourteen somi program was found with another girl and a child in the northern town of poker they've both been brought to hospital and u.s. government is being criticized after more than two hundr

same jury awarded elaine brown $3.75 million in compensatory damages in december in a civil lawsuit against the city of oakland. brown's lawyer said brooks punched brown in this chest with both fists that set her flying over a stack of folding chairs. she hit her head and had to have shoulder surgery. >>> president trump met with senators at the white house to talk about immigration policy. >> reporter: a bipartisan group meeting today to talk immigration reform with the president despite deep divides of the issue. >> the president has made it very clear he wants to have us secure the border, interior enforcement. >> reporter: among topics of discussion, what to do with dreamers. the 800,000 daca recipients brought to the u.s. as children egli. the president said any concession on the program would require something in return including a wall along the southern border. >> donald trump needs something he can plausibly call awol. and the democrats have portrayed the wall as a symbol of heat, something that is a complete waste of resources. >> reporter: this comes as the administration announced nearly

laughter] >> the idea that you would actually come and a city of chicago, which is the only city that in the civil war that did not participate in the slave act. it was the first welcoming city in the united states. in the city of chicago will not turn its back on people who believe for their children, america is still a place of promise. in the idea that the president of the united states would reprimand any of us by carrying out the laws of our city is wrong. fundamentally wrong. [laughter] [applause] >> and is a former chief of staff, those meetings with the doing whatre about my colleague just said. how to find solutions to problems. not to put 23 people on notice that they could be arrested for believing in america. it is my great honor to introduce a very good friend from los angeles. [applause] much for youro powerful words. and thank you to our leadership. especially, who has been a great leader. thank you, mitch for all that you have done. i am so excited. anytime i see this many mayors, i get very excited because mayors are engaged in partisan warfare. we are those who want to get into t

civil aviation in the u.s. since statistics were first compiled in 1946. last year the aviation city network reported a total of 10 crashes of civil planes. president trump hailed the results and credited his own administration's very strict stance on aviation for the positive data. now, the u.s. has confirmed that it is withholding more than $250 million in aid to pakistan and has accused islamabad of playing a double game in shielding terrorists. this comes a day after a tweet by president trump led to protests in pakistan, with demonstrators shouting anti-american slogans and burning american flags. in his first tweet of 2018, mr. trump said the united states has "foolishly handed pakistan more than $33 billion in aid the last three years and have been rewarded with nothing but lies and deceit." earlier, my colleague katty kay spoke to daniel markey, author of "no exit from pakistan." she began by asking him about the differences between president trump's approach and that of his predecessors. daniel: yeah, this looks like a much more coercive approach than anything we have seen b

holiday season and it was hitting from the beaches of port elizabeth to johannesburg that civil hours south of the city it collided with a truck and trying. at a level crossing officials say the driver had tried to bache the train across the track he walked away with minor injuries you can see if we got the clock the driver was taking turns and we thought that he was going to go through. with you know the train was going to hit in the dark has caused a lot of lives. half of the carriages were old and burst into flames the train was carrying about seven hundred people tourists families and workers who are just said goodbye to loved ones hitting back to their jobs after the christmas holiday stunned travelers waited by the road for buses to complete their journey conscious that for many families there will be no happy homecoming tunney a page out zero johannesburg and for the latest now in our series looking ahead to what we think will be some of the biggest stories of the year we had a can to bring in england the european union says it wants albrecht's that negotiations to be completed by a tub or that

we explore america. >> next, we'll take you to kansas city, missouri, for a look at the city's role in the civilights movement. we'll start with mayor sly james. >> physically, kansas city is 318 square miles. it is 480,000 peopl

here many separatists fighting government troops in the south in city of aden in the forces had previously been on the same side in the civil war between the saudi backed government and hoofy rebels in the north of yemen who are aligned with iran government forces are determined to head off any attempt at rebellion in the south. and you are there's no difference between the truth isn't anyone else who rebels against the legitimate government no matter who they are left right silence east if they're not with the government then they're an enemy of the entire country but of course. the complex conflict has devastated yemen already one of the region's poorest countries long running u.n. backed efforts have so far failed to bring peace now the u.n. is urging parties involved in the latest violence to end the fighting and pursue dialogue. or earlier we spoke to political scientists many are from the university of zurich and we asked her what the latest developments mean for civilians caught in the crossfire of yemen's complex one. means another. case another. source of money kerry and is that says that the situation is complicat

concerns, sparked a movement that created resurrection city >> doctor king encouraged people from all over the country to come to washington to take part in civilence, that was resurrection city. clearly it didn't end poverty but did shine a spotlight, providing a moment where the despair of america's poor could be seen. >> i will give my full-time to the campaign and mess of that time will be spent in washington. >> reporter: for six weeks tents city occupied 16 acres of the national mall, mark steiner spent weeks living in resurrection city. >> money, dirty, it was intense, but it was comradery, brotherhood and sister hood inside was just amazing. >> reporter: poor peoples campaign got who during a tumultuous year in america, 1968, doctor king and robert kennedy were both assassinated doctor king's death sparked race riots nationwide and it was height of the civil rights movement and massive anti vietnam war protests were taking place. >> the fear that people had, for the country and for each other and all, it was just very much like the fear that people are stirring upright now. >> reporter: the nationwide movement that doctor king had dream

larry krasner will take the oath of office as the city's next district attorney. the former civilights attorney was elected in the wake of seth williams' corruption conviction. he will be replacing kelly hodges who has been serving as interim d.a. philadelphia will also swear in its first female city controller. rebecca rhynhart replaces long time incumbent alan butkovitz. the inauguration ceremonies take place at the kimmel center. >> time right now 5:36. president trump returns to work in washington today. the president began the second year of his presidency with confrontational tweets targeting iran and pakistan. president trump slammed leaders in islamabad for lies and deceit saying the country had played the u.s. for fools by not doing enough to control militants. pakistani officials responded on twitter saying the country would make clear the difference between facts and fiction. >>> the first week of 2018 is offering the biggest lottery jackpots in months. no one has won the powerball or mega millions so the jackpots keep on climbing. $343 million are up for grabs in tonig

and the idea that you would actually in a city of chicago which was only city back in civil war did not participate in the fugitive slave participate fugitive slave act -- >> good afternoon and welcome to the 86th winter conference of mayors. i'm the mayor, president of the conference of mayors, thank you. before we start, we can start on a moment of levity, the mayor of vancouver is here, mcker ny ogle. it the itbird day of vancouver, welcome them and give them a round of applause. we're going to celebrate also, so include us too t. happy birthday, madam mayor. it is my great honor to introduce the conference leadership, vice president of steve benjamin of colombia south carolina. brian, of row chester hills, and executive director tom coke ran, thank you so much. we have with us in the audience, the past presidents, president mccormack, thank you for your leadership. elizabeth and several former mayors who have served in the audience today and many newly elected mayors who are with us for the first time. new mayors, we are thrilled to have you. thank you. wee look forward to it, thank

civil servants in gaza city are protesting to demand their wages should be paid they say they haven't received their salaries since rival palestinian factions signed the reconciliation deal in october welcomed webb has more. meaning than a i mean. the problems with the reconciliation that was meant to happen by now between palestine's two main political parties france and hamas hamas has governed here in gaza after the last ten years the reconciliation was meant to see a handover of all of the government offices here from hamas to the palestinian or thorazine so hamas stopped paying the salaries of these people about three months ago the palestinian authority says it won't be able to resume paying any salaries till the end of january i say this is our eyes crossed off my movies i wish to carry children we need i say as i was. government employment school safe forms networks of political patronage in fact that also has thousands of employees who used to work here in gaza. what happens to the two sets of workers and their salaries the key question posed by the reconciliation while peopl