tied by bashar assad to russian until the control over there is usefully joshua landis the agreement on the deescalation zones had many people thinking that the war in syria could finally be winding down where the cease fire is ever meant to hold in your view where the cease fires were really negotiated by the for the united states because everybody wanted to fight isis united states was very eager to fight isis isis is now largely destroyed and all the great powers are trying to grab as much land as they can the united states has grabbed twenty eight percent of syria in the north with most of its oil and good resources turkey is grabbing a screen and wants to consolidate it lip. and syria of course is trying to take the last pockets of rebel resistance and that's why the who does being pounded it moving down towards the jordan border and of course making a big push to keep the turks from taking much of it live so they're trying to take back to the province this is the end game as people jostle for control turkey in america right leverage assad wants as much of his country as it will

yes i see your point i just want to hear from joshua landis on this because that we want to talk a bit more about this incident in italy. and joshua where are the rebels getting their support from right now where is it coming from and how concerned should the russians and the syrian government be that they have access it seems to such sophisticated weaponry well. we don't know exactly where the weapons come from the foreign minister of saudi arabia said a year ago that it was going to supply the syrian rebels with a ground to air missiles to shoot down russian planes it's quite possible that it actually did it and it wasn't just. threatening it could be turkey it could be many places where these get smuggled in clearly the rebels desperately need these sorts of ground to air missiles in order to neutralize soviet planes the soviets and seventy soviets excuse me the russians have said that they're just simply going to fly their planes higher in the air where they won't be vulnerable to these missiles so this is a deterrent but it won't make a big difference i don't think this is the end

government forces is just to protect the civilians of the syrian territory joshua landis do you buy that that this will more than a dialogue and if that dialogue actually has in-built guarantees it may actually succeed. yes i agree with that i'd like to correct one thing you said which is that the syrian is not blonde at the at isis of course the syrian regime has has fought isis for a long time and took half the territory the kurds took what happened that territory without the and much united states and the syrian army took the other half of the help of iran so there is going to long war going on between the syrian government and isis but to your question up a team this there is still some disagreement between the syrian government and the kurds the kurds have been there in fact they are made in a military but they say a political and administered agreement has not been struck that they will discuss those questions later syria of course is insisting that it be stored to fully minister to authority in not being and so there are clearly tensions between the kurds and the syrian government

bringing kurds together in northern syria and joining us from a so and it's me on skype is joshua landis director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma welcome to you all joshua coming to you first who is going to end up fighting whom he i don't think this is it designed to avoid fighting and it should be a win win for everybody because turkey gets to stop its invasion over twenty turkish soldiers have been killed so far syria gets to reassert its sovereignty and the kurds don't get killed there in about a thousand waikiki that's the militia of the kurds killed so far by turkish forces so it would stop in theory that turkish invasion syrian wouldn't just arm the kurdish troops there and have them stand down so turkey wouldn't be any by getting rid of the waikiki syria territory and the kurds. get to fight another day let me get in istanbul is that an interpretation that is perceived in the highest office in the land with the president mr. well pretty much i think because in the in the beginning we remember that turkish armed forces declared that turkey has.

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to speak now to joshua landis is director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma nice to have a chance to speak to joshua a complicated situation where the violence is emerging in northern syria could use to explain to the relationship as you see it now between the syrian government and the kurds and what damascus might be hoping to achieve by entering afrin. well damascus as your report said is very interested in maintaining the sovereignty of syria ever since the turks threatened to sue over a month ago syria and. and the kurds have been in negotiations the kurds of course want autonomy they did not want to give up their arms us or one of them give up all their arms turkey seemed to be willing to go along with us the russians were on the phone to ankara trying to smooth the way for a syrian takeover but turkey was adamant that the kurds had to leave the white peachy at that even after they put down their arms completely surrender and for some reason the turks are not satisfied that that's going to happen they've been ordered and seen if syria goes in to

different sides trying to solidify their spheres of influence stephanie decker al-jazeera joshua landis is director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma who joins us on skype from that so in italy good to see you joshua always actually going to see the kurds and the syrians fighting on the same side yes i think it will be the kurds in the syrian government had a lot in common their force i don't see they don't want the same thing syria is hoping to reimpose its sovereignty over. the kurds want to force economy but they're in no position to make demands today as the turkish army closes in on them was killed over thousand of them well let's help them make their demands will this help them get their way and considering the opposing opinions that you've just laid out for us in opposing viewpoints of what's going on will this be a short term effect. well and i've seen putting it's really been thrown under the bus unfortunately the united states which is the end of the kurds its partners the y p g in the east of syria has refused to defend them in the west of sy

i like you all to say hello to a guest here today, landis jackson. -- next time you are in cairo, get as much shopping done as i did. eachll show you that he there's nine division in the department of corrections many have been headlines. and 30% of your end up back from prison for three years. the combat gang violence, as well as drugs, guns and human trafficking. feeling like state police? well if i graduated three new we will fight in the opioid epidemic with a 24/7 helpline that has steered to tons of victims to recover. scholars must manage to for youve [fed my life it was medication to black overdoses. -- we are determined have 19 innovative new labor agreements in place to pay our hard-working state on anment employees based $40 work week rather than 37 and a half hours and pay on merits and productivity, not just seniority. we have launched the technology initiatives. our health care fraud elimination tax force has helped to root out medicaid fraud to the tune of 400 and $50 million -- 400 $50 million in taxpayer savings so far. we're also careful stewards of taxpayer dollars.

debra landis. as john mentioned, it is a fairly steady budget, and even with having come to you before the budget system opened, the change in the total budget from what we presented last time is $16,000, so we're pretty right on. we don't even have very many changes to discuss from two weeks ago when we were here. so with that, i wanted to briefly review the timeline, go over our revenue and expenditure projections, and then go over, again, the detail around historic preservation, showi showing -- knowing that's an area of interest for the commission. so if you recall, we were here on january 17th. we went to the planning commission on the 25th. we are here again today for our final presentation, asking for your recommendation to the planning commission that they approve this budget to move forward to the mayor's office. we will be presenting to them tomorrow. the mayor's office as part of the city charter is required to get all department budgets by february 21st, and then, they have it for a cou

landis, thank you. i looked at the budget and the work plan. i think that the buckets are in the general place they should be. you have taken direction from the commission. i'm not someone who believes in micro managing you from up here in terms of what f.t.e. belongs where because i -- i don't think it's appropriate. i've been in your shoes as a manager in the city and i just -- i think you know best how to allocate your resources with staffing. that's your biggest, you know, cost. that said, there are priorities that we have seen and you've -- sitting here, you've seen us struggle with. and tenant protections are a big one. with all due respect, i don't think it should be one position. my expectation is that every single planner will be trained on the rent board ordinance and will look out for those things. and i think it's related to what we're talking about in terms of, you know, our desire that planners are invested in, that there's capacity-building. that there is professional development. we have a healthy line item for that in the budge

landis. we'll open it up first to public comment and then probably have questions for you. georgia, anastasia, and jerry. for others that would like to speak, please line up on the screen sigh of the room. >> i was very happy last week. i watched the hearing when i was glad you mentioned the demo issue. ms. hestera, i want to thank her and the commission for doing it and the director for bringing it up today in that second memo. it was very good. i was confused as to who was going to deal with these issues and i know that a lot of f.t.e.s were spent last year on doing the r.e. t. and i don't know what will happen this year, but we'll wait and see. but my main concern today is something that was in the first memo that i just noticed recently, starting on page 28 from the office of commission affairs and what's happening with the records. my overall point is who determines what gets scanned. is everything going to get scanned? for example, when you go look at the file, sometimes there are three cadex's. one is a docket copy. one is a copy without a date. one is a copy with a

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middle east analyst to joshua landis believes american support for the kurds has escalated the conflict and the us has been supplying a lot of weaponry to the kurds east of the euphrates when the united states first entered syria and turkey and the united states came up to an agreement that everything west be afraid to use was turkey everything east of the euphrates the united states many beige is a sore point but that's still to be decided on but that's the way it's been and the united states has been giving a lot of weapons to the white now it's obviously telling a white peachy do not attack turkey with these weapons because the moment you do that you will justify everything that aired a war that says is going to happen that you're connected with pay pay pay and so the united states is sitting on a kurtz and in essence is telling the white peachy you have to sacrifice your brothers and i mean to preserve us out east of the euphrates. both samples of a medal winning russian curler have tested positive for the prohibited drug mel don't e m according to russian olympic officials however

diligently expressing its concern worry but not regret see across one of the middle easterners joshua landis told us he thinks the kurds are falling victims of america's power play in the region to. the u.s. has been supplying a lot of weaponry to the kurds east of the euphrates when the united states first entered syria if it turkey in the united states came up to an agreement that everything west you priest was turbans everything east of the euphrates the united states many beige is a sore point but that's still to be decided on but that's the way it's been and the united states it's been giving a lot of weapons to the white egypt now it's obviously telling a white sheet do not attack turkey with those weapons because the moment you do that you will justify everything that aired a war that says is going to happen that you're connected with it and so the united states is sitting on the kurds in essence is telling them why peachy you have to sacrifice your brothers and me to preserve us out east for its multiple trouble spots still in syria a spike in violence in the eastern ghouta area too

the jersey shore, no such warmth. 53 atlantic city. 52 sea isle city. 50 cape may point. 70 in mays landy and 70 in woodbine. just inland, it's all about that wind direction. and that wind direction is going to change tomorrow. we do have the leading edge of some showers moving in. some of themmor the heavier side right now going into berks county toward chester county. just past reading and headed right toward coatesville. they'll move through quickly. no thunder with them yet. tremendous amount of moisture to the west and much colder air on the other side of that. take a look at what we expect as we go through the evening. that line of showers moves through. and as we go into the morning hours, look at the -- look at the rain and the colder weather. maybe even some sleet or freezing rain up toward the poconos. even some sleet possible in allentown tomorrow. 81 degrees today. 41. that's in the afternoon tomorrow in philly. and then we're dropping to 36 by dinnertime. and then here comes some more rain and maybe some more sleet or freezing rain. this is a little bit on the cold side for f

to stop selling arms to turkey middle east analyst joshua landis told us he believes american support for the kurds led to this latest escalation of the conflict. the us has been supplying a lot of weaponry to the kurds east of the euphrates when the united states first entered syria it it turkey and the united states came up to an agreement that everything west euphrates was turkomans everything east of the euphrates the united states men beige is a sore point but that's still to be decided on but that's the way it's been and the united states that's been giving a lot of weapons to the white egypt now it's obviously telling a white sheet do not attack turkey with those weapons because the moment you do that you will justify everything that aired a war that says is going to happen that you're connected with it and so the united states is sitting on the kurds in essence is telling the y.p. to you have to sacrifice your brothers and i mean to preserve us out east of these friends. next we continue our look at recent discoveries from japan's official archives which shed light on the grim

currently seeing pictures of their arrival in the area on tuesday night middle east analyst joshua landis sais the kurds have fallen victim to america's power play in the region. the us has been supplying a lot of weaponry to the kurds east of the euphrates when the united states first entered into syria it turkey and the united states came up to an agreement that everything west you're free to use was turkey everything east of the euphrates the united states men beige is a sore point but that's still to be decided on but that's the way it's been and the united states that's been giving a lot of weapons to the why teach it now it's obviously telling a white chief do not attack turkey with those weapons because the moment you do that you will justify everything that aired a war that says is going to happen that you're connected with the k.k.k. and so the united states is sitting on the kurds and in essence is telling the y.p. to you have to sacrifice your brothers and me to preserve us out east of the euphrates. meanwhile the situation in another syrian hotspot is now developing violence i

diligently expressing its concern worry but not regret well picking up on that middle east analyst joshua landis told us he thinks the kurds are falling victim to america's power playing in the region. the u.s. has been supplying a lot of weaponry to the kurds east of the euphrates when the united states first entered syria and turkey and the united states came up to an agreement that everything west euphrates was turkomans everything east of the euphrates the united states men beige is a sore point but that's still to be decided on but that's the way it's been and the united states that's been giving a lot of weapons to white egypt now it's obviously telling a lie cheat do not attack turkey would lose weapons because the moment you do that you will justify everything in the air to war that says is going to happen that you're connected with it and so the united states is sitting on the kurds and in essence is telling them why peaches you have to sacrifice your brothers and i mean to preserve us out east of the euphrates. meanwhile in london a flash mobs been held to show solidarity with the kurd

and i discussed this with joshua landis director of the center and middle east studies at the university of oklahoma welcome to the program sir now washington are cited self-defense as a reason for the strike but why and how would an anti eisel force see another until i saw force as a threat well this is this is coming at the end of a long war the united states has taken about twenty eight percent syrian territory and over fifty percent of its oil. the tillerson is not just arab the united states not just there to fight isis although that has been the primary goal but two weeks ago. secretary of state tell us and others rolled out a number for other reasons for being in the syria inch included rolling back their line and forcing assad out of power and to do that they argued that they would hold on to these northern resources that would force russia to push out assad if they wanted them back so this is leverage in order to roll back iran and get rid of assad aside yes i get it he wants that oil for himself there was a race only a few months ago who would get those fields and he's probing

made calls for britain to stop selling arms to turkey but according to middle east analysts joshua landis it's not just london that's to blame for exacerbating the conflict he says america's support for the kurds has caused the situation in the region to deteriorate. the u.s. has been supplying a lot of weaponry to the kurds east of the euphrates when the united states first entered syria. it turkey and the united states came up to an agreement that everything west you priest was turkmens everything east of the euphrates the united states men beige is a sore point but that's still to be decided on but that's the way it's been and the united states has been giving a lot of weapons to white egypt now it's obviously telling a white chief do not attack turkey with those weapons because the moment you do that you will justify everything that your door that says is going to happen that you're connected with it and so the united states is sitting on the kurds in essence is telling them why peaches you have to sacrifice your brothers and i mean to preserve us out east for its. next we continue ou

still a lot of queries to be answered here just as you're so eloquently saying joshua landis director of the center of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma thank you so much this hour pleasure. ok let's leave that story for now and move to other global news this hour to clashes have broken are to in milan police there have stepped in to break up a student protest against the center right league and the word party and it's on to immigration plus. they don't rest started on friday and. on a spread to other italian cities league annoyed the main focus of the anger held its own rally in milan on saturday the country's general election takes place next week again we spoke to marco but sonny professor of politics at the university of maryland doesn't expect tensions to count any time soon. we can't explain a lot of things done in one week but. economic rights but there's another story the story is that. in this country there is a legitimization all of the right any kind of brand of the team from the economic rises from the time i don't think that italy can go on like this there

middle east analyst joshua landis concurs of the two he says the kurds have fallen victim to america's power play in that part of the world. the u.s. has been supplying a lot of weaponry to the kurds east of the euphrates when the united states first entered syria. it church in the united states came up to an agreement that everything west your priest was turkomans everything east of the euphrates the united states men beige is a sore point but that's still to be decided on but that's the way it's been in the united states that's been giving a lot of weapons to the white egypt now it's obviously telling a white chief do not attack turkey with those weapons because the moment you do that you will justify everything that aired a war that says is going to happen that you're connected with it and so the united states is sitting on the kurds it in essence is telling them why peachey you have to sacrifice your brothers and me to preserve us out east for its main time another flashpoint area there's been a spike in violence there in the east to go to an area close to the syrian capital damasc

as feared government forces try to enter eastern huta from three sides attempting to seize as much landis possible before the cease fire is implemented reinforcements from the syrian army's fourth intends brigades have been circling east into different days special forces and troops from the tiger battalion are also on the frontlines. bulldozers and tanks are deployed to breach rebel defenses iran and syria maintain that the security council resolution allows the targeting of what they call terrorists thank this by creating larger numbers than having. them. killing and capturing some soldiers thank you. we welcome the security council's decision regarding a ceasefire because of the burden on our families and he said this suffering must be lifted of the decision to stop the bloodshed caused by the regime and as usual we didn't find any commitment by the syrian regime in its russian allies. northwestern go to southern with almost every front and has been stalled by the regime on sunday in order to achieve some advance but they haven't succeeded. many people have been stranded in underground

different sides trying to solidify their spheres of influence stephanie decker al jazeera joshua landis is director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma he says despite their differences the kurds desperately need assistance from the syrian government. the kurds and the syrian government have had a lot in common they're forced competitors they don't want the same thing syria is hoping to reimpose its sovereignty over uppity the kurds one of course autonomy but they're in no position to make demands today as the turkish army closes in on them and has killed over thousand or so putting it's really been thrown under the bus unfortunately the united states which has defended the kurds its partners that y p g in the east of syria has refused to defend them in the west that syria has divided northern syria between turkey the united states along the euphrates just heard there don't want announced he's going to take everything the west of the euphrates including upbeat that's why the syrian government and the kurds a lot of comedy they do not want the kurds to tak

as feared government forces try to enter eastern huta from three sides attempting to seize as much landis possible before the cease fire is implemented reinforcements from the syrian army's fourth and tenth brigades have been circling eastern huda for days special forces and troops from the elite tiger battalion are also on the frontlines. bulldozers and tanks are deployed to breach rebel defenses iran and syria maintain that the security council resolution allows the targeting of what they call terrorists thanks despite facing large approval numbers and heavy rebels in. their front lines or for killing and capturing some soldiers. we welcome the security council's decision regarding a ceasefire because of the burden on our families and he said this suffering must be lifted of the decision to stop the bloodshed caused by the regime in eastern guta as usual we didn't find any commitment by the syrian regime and its russian allies eastern ghouta northwest and go to southern wist and almost every front and go to has been stalled by the regime on sunday in order to achieve some advance but th

as feared government forces try to enter eastern huta from three sides attempting to seize as much landis possible before the cease fire is implemented reinforcements from the syrian army's fourth and tenth brigades have been circling east and who different days special forces and troops from the elite tiger battalion are also on the frontlines. bulldozers and tanks are deployed to breach rebel defenses iran and syria maintain that the security council resolution allows the targeting of what they call terrorists. or to this by keeping larger troop numbers and heavy rebels in. their front lines so far killing and capturing some soldiers. do not have enough we welcome the security council's decision regarding a ceasefire because of the burden on our families and he said this suffering must be lifted to the decision to stop the bloodshed caused by the regime in eastern guta as usual we didn't find any commitment by the syrian regime and its russian allies. northwestern go to southern with almost every front and go to has been stalled by the regime on sunday in order to achieve some advance b

long distance relationship a recent study says and one fifth of them said they're not happy loving landis dense in comparison only five percent of couples who share their daily lives together said they're not happy indian cuisine remind smile on rush of his daily life with his family. but sometimes. this is exactly my wife's who disappeared so it's ok sometimes. she cooked but still he hopes to find a job soon so his family can charm him in a couple of months. it's still the winter olympics now the man they call the flying tomato is done it again in the mountains of the winter olympics so border sean why its final run in snowboarding competition was just enough to propel him past two much younger rivals to win gold white also won in two thousand and six and two thousand and ten but he missed the podium completely and salty now the american a sturdy one years old and once again at the top. well in football the champions league knockout stages underway to tell us more about last night's results on joined by jonathan crane from the sports jonathan what's it look like it's looking very exciti