poroshenko, to sign the document of the oath of allegiance. >> petro poroshenko signing the oath of allegiance i promise to protect the sovereignty of ukraine. that of course a very important oath. >> reporter: that's right, and that's what we've been talking about this morning, the conflict going on in the east of the country. finding its way through an increasingly protracted issue, as my colleague kim was saying. extremely difficult for ukraine what the president is going ohave to deal with is the economy, how to get ukraine out of its economic stagnation. it's bordering on the best of your knowledge of bankruptcy. it has billions of dollars of debt and somehow he's got to pull it back from the brink. that will require significant loans and assistance from the international community in order to fulfill, in order to seef toe that help ukraine is going ohave to go through painful reforms and go through other painful steps, like wage freezes and price rises even energy price rises in order to start the economy around. and of course, that's going to frustrate large numbers of the electorate. t

the cities have been asked to policemening allegiance. they have not reacted to the other statement. fighting for the town continues. >> this announcement will put pressure on iran and syria. it's designed to get people to rally around the group's cause, but will have a political impact in iraq. on july the 1st, the parliament will discuss the formation of a new government. this announcement will be a test for nouri al-maliki, to see if he has the support to remain in the job. as the crisis goes on the parties are not confident the prime minister has the support. >> translation: i believe that the chances for the counter prime minister to -- current prime minister to run for a third term is low in comparison to other candidates. according to the grand itemry ali al-sistani it's better to choose the one that gets the consensus and acceptance of partners across the political and sectarian divide. >> sunni politicians have called for the president to go. >> firstly, his policies ended his political life expectation si. his failure is not bei

sunnis in iraq have not responded to the call to policemening allegiance -- pledge allegiance to thermed group. sunni making up 79% in the north and west. around 15% of the country is kurdish. shia'as make up 59% of the population. as you can see from the map, there's large areas that are mixed. >> members of the government welcomed the israeli prime minister's call for an independent kurdish state. binyamin netanyahu is the first figure to call for independence, his position clashing about the agreement to keep things united. >> we should support efforts to strengthen jordan. regarding the kurd, they are a fighting people proving their political commitment and moderation and deserve political independence. >>> a lock at other stories making -- look at other stories making headlines. in india dozens are buried under the rubble of a building that collapsed. dozens have been killed. some have been pulled out aside. five officials from a construction company have been arrested for ignoring safety procedures. >> north korea will put two detained americans on trial for crimes against the

this entirelybout local pledge of allegiance between these two groups. >> it is very local, specifico abu kamal. ongoingcause of the fighting in the region. took thisjihadists vow of allegiance on the 22nd, but kept it secret for a while for many reasons of communication, man -- if i may say so. was taken bywn isis without a fight. they actually control the town and are accepted as they are in so many towns today on both sides of the border. it is specifically important since isis controls the border on the iraqi side. they control a large part of the border between the two countries. on day one when they took most , they were taking away army barracks, anything that made it to the border. we should know that this border is 100 years old. it is very important to them to raiseat they started to the border imposed by both countries. >> and of course, there are dances in iraq were made possible for them by their advantage in syria first. the link at the border has erased andeasingly something we are only the likely to see more of. going, of course, and i'm to give you practical examples

sunni rebels have been asked to pledge allegiance.ut so far fighting continues. >>> this announcement will put pressure on iraq and syria. it is designed to get people to rally around the group's cause and it will have an political impact here in iraq. on july 1st the parliament come together to discuss the formation of a new government. this announcement plus other pressures will b be a test for nouri al-maliki to see if he has the support to remain on. but many are not confident that the prime minister has the support. >> i believe that the chances for the current prime minister to run for a third term are very low in comparison to other candidates. we believe that according to the grand ayatollah it is better to choose the one who can get the consensus and the acceptance of all the political partners and blocs across the political and sectarian divide. >> reporter: they now openly say that the exclusionary style is to blame. >> policies have ended his political life expectancy. his great failure is not managing state institutions a

it reaffirms allegiance to al qaeda central. reaffirmed their allegiance.been terrible argument s. they were have a group that those that have assigned themselves in blood. i guess but is what he thought best expressed roots orientation. an argument that came out. than they havely been reporting about this and what also became clear over time is that something had happened to settle there's because they wased off with others and in a new group that was put on someplace else. in other words, he was willing to be under somebody else. he was willing to swear his allegiance to al qaeda a month ago. also came forward and say i have my allegiance. syria, thees to major argument going on there is between isis and the other group. they have definitely declared their allegiance. i have been watching very carefully to see what other isis. are signing up with are about 20 or 30 21 of the groups that are signing up. out.eda is winning >> we will circle back. i want to come back to a point made about pragmatism. they are looking at the leaders on the ground that have to

pledge of allegiance united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. colleagues we have our april 22nd and 29 minutes to approve we'll take that without objection. those minutes are approved. madam clerk any communications >> we have one the honorable mayor ed lee has submitted the appropriation ordinances for fiscal years 2015- 20162014-2015 and 2015- 2016 we have the stated intention to reorganize duties and functions within the executive branch specifically the following various position 4 positions from the mta to the department of human resources for the equal opportunity and 6 position if the mta to the airport for taxi investigative work and 3 positions to the general services agency and transferring the committee on technology one position on the environment to the general services to the purchasing and operations and one position inform the h.r. transferring the cat traffic images program such the organization a shall be effective thirty days unless disproved by the board of supervisors. >> c

could you join us in the pledge of allegiance. "i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." >> colleagues we have our may 6, 2014 board meeting minutes, motioned by supervisor farrell and seconded by campos. without objection, the meetings are approved speaker: any communications? >> none today, mr. president. >> and with that, let's move to our 2 p.m. special order. >> pursuant to charter owe honorable mayor lee is scheduled for the board of supervisors policy discussions. there were no questions submitted from supervisors, however the mayor is welcome to address the board for up to five minutes. mr. mayor, we want to welcome you back. do you have opening comments. >> thank you president chiu, and members of the board and the public. thank you for being here. even though there are no questions this month. i want to take the tunlt to make sure you knew that by law i must physically appear here, so i'm fulfilling

amen the president pro tempore: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar number 409, s. 2432, the warren college affordability legislation. the president pro tempore: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to the consideration of s. 2432, a bill to amend the higher education act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain federal student loans and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, following my remarks and those of the republican leader, if any, the senate will be in a period of morning business until 5:30 this evening. at 5:30 there will be three cloture votes on nominations of united states district judges. lauck of virginia, sorokin of massachusetts, and boulware of nevada. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that chrisie johnson an intern to senator heinrich's office

let them say the pledge of allegiance. just chill out. >> i'm with you. >> there you go.ganization, do they open up their wallets and give back every single dollar that says -- >> yeah, they kicked it out. >> and how do they spend money in this country without seeing the little words on the bottom of the dollar? >> you're a lawyer, where's the constitutional -- >> last i checked, this principal wasn't calling for the establishment of a national religion, he wasn't condemning atheists -- >> right. he didn't do thinking wrong, and unfortunately, these people are just very desperate for attention, they are constantly making complaints, they're verily tickous, i mean -- litigious, i mean, it's on and on to the point where they have no credibility. live and let live. let people have their faith. >> he made a point of it. he should have just done it. he did it to pick a fight, and that's why -- and he got the fight he wanted. >> i'll agree with you, geraldo, i really will. >> hey! sandra -- [laughter] >> you know, he started out the speech, geraldo, by saying so while it would

the group launched an attack on the base of a group that pledges allegiance to the operation led by the former general ca kahlifa haftar. he said he wants to rid the country of extremists and terrorists and particularly labeling this group on the early hours of monday morning they retaliated giving him the mention that certainly they're very strong, the people we spoke to in bengahzi said this is the worst fighting, worse than when qaddafi forces try to enter the city back in 2018. they said it's concerning to see how strong this armed group is, and those who are supporting it. also people are not happy that we haven't heard any word from governments that are in place here. they say it feels like no one is in charge. no one can rein in these extre extremely well-armed militias, and extremely concerned about how this is going to play out because both sides, haftar, and two others groups say they're going to fight this until the end. >> a deal that reconciles hamas and fatah factions. the two have governed straigh separately since 2007. the two governments are tasked with elections in the

stories for you that our -- slamic militants change their name to the islamic state, demanding allegiance from muslims worldwide. trying to push the insurgents from the northern city. psychiatrist who examined oscar pistorius for a month in south africa have given their of valuation. they say the track started was not suffering from a mental condition that would have distinguished is the ability from right and wrong when he shot his girlfriend last year. a cease-fire deadline looms in ukraine. france and germany calling on vladimir putin to convince separatists to down arms after weeks of fighting against ukrainian troops. also coming up for you this hour, singing to remember the vienna philharmonic orchestra and choir ceva gevo -- very a though joined together to mark the anniversary of the first world war start. agrees togis thing pay $8.9 billion fine to the u.s. paribas accused of drinking sanctions on iran, cuba and sudan. iraq's army has sent an army to take risk. this is day three of the pushback against the sunni militant takeover of several regions in iraq. recapturedthey have th

they reaffirmed their allegiance. i guess of al qaeda -- that is what he thought expressed is groups orientation. an argument that came out in those documents. even more clearly than it had in the press reporting about this. what also became clear is that something happened to settle up andecause he joined was not made the head of the new group. he was willing to be under somebody else, a guy who was not killed.til he was he was able to swear his allegiance to al qaeda. april 30, he came forward and said i have my allegiance. syria, ices iso the breakaway group. -- isis is the breakaway group. i've been watching very carefully to see what other groups are signing up with versus those signing up and the 30 to 1.re about 20 or >> i think we will circle back to the divide shortly. but i want to come back to the pragmatism. with the death of a mountain, it has lost its central leadership. -- of osama bin laden, it has lost its central leadership. their self-funded self-starters and kind of like the generation today on twi

they are hoping for an oath of allegiance for the donetsk people's republic. the fighters dismissed a week-long truce, and are accusing the army of violating a ceasefire. >> a funding dispute is threatening the future of u.n. peacekeeping operations. if diplomat fail to strike a deal there won't be a budget for the 16 missions around the world. james bays reports. >>> the u.n. has peacekeepers in 16 missions around the world. their authorised strength is reaching a high over 100,000 troops in u.n. blue helmets. now there's a major funding crisis. diplomats can't agree on the budget. if there's not a deal when the budget runs out. peacekeepers have no money and will not be able to operate. most of the troops come from the developing world. this is a row that is pitching the world's richest countries against some of the poorest on earth. this is the ambassador of bangladesh, a country with more than 8,000 personnel serving with the u.n. >> bangladesh is obligated to help the u.n. when the u.n. ask us, we respond positively. when our troops cannot get minimum wha

. >>> now pro russian fighters in ukraine have sworn allegiance to donetsk people's republic. we have reports from the eastern city of donetsk. >> the separatist fighters of eastern ukraine have been given a week to surrender and accept amnesty. instead on saturday these militia volunteers swore an oath to fight to the end. until my last breath they chanted, until my last drop of blood. >> they numbered 100. most of them established fighters but some of them new volunteers. this 19-year-old, a former ukrainian army trainee now prepared to fight against his former comrades. >> i don't know what to tell you. maybe it's my up bringing but i can't sit and watch it with my eyes closed. i will hel do everything to help my land and my people. >> reporter: the separatists rejected the president's cease-fire even before it began. but their options are narrowing. an elected member of the kiev parliament. now his separatist rhetoric means he's a wanted man stripped of immunity. >> i'm prepared for the international community to stop the war. what is happening now with the planes, canons,

. >> ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> colleagues, we have our may 13, 2014 board meeting minutes. could i have a motion to approve those minutes? motion by supervisor campos, seconded by supervisor mar. without objection, those meeting minutes are approved. [gavel] >> madam clerk are there any communications are >> there are no communications today, mr. president. >> if you could read our consent agenda. >> items 1 through 4 comprise the consent calendar. these items are considered routine. if a member objects an item will be removed and considered separately. >> colleagues, would anyone like to sever any of these item? if not, roll call vote on the consent agenda. >> supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim absent. supervisor mar? mar aye. superviso

they say leader abu bakr al baghdadi is calling on allegiance. isil is an offchut of al qaeda. its members have used brute force in its push to control syria and iraq. the sunni extremists are opposed to the shia-led muslim government of nuri al maliki. maliki is under pressure in and outside of iraq to step down. members of parliament are scheduled to meet on tuesday to start discussions on forming a new government. britain's foreign secretary argues they need to choose a leader who will unite iraqis of all backgrounds. >> clearly they need a new, more inclusive government where people have a sense of genuine partnership in government. they are facing a lethal threat, a mortal threat. >> reporter: that threat has forced a number of iraqis to flee to the safety of refugee camps. living in tents, facing food shortage, it's not how they imagined spending the holy month of ramadan, which just began. elsewhere, the country's christians are growing increasingly anxious about the future. >> we think that our survival here is at stake and is very threatened. >> reporter: the iraqi arm

. >> item 6, pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of network. america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> please be advised the ringing of any use of cell phones, pagers and similar devices are prohibited at this meeting. please re advised the chair may order removal from the meeting room any person with the ringing of any cell phone or any similar sound producing device. please be advised that any member of the public has three minutes to make public comment on each agenda item. >> public comment? >> okay. >> next item. >> item 9a, executive director's report. >> thank you commissioner adams for chairing our meeting today. welcome to the public and to the port staff, we thank you for being here today. i have quite a few numbers of items to report on today, starting with the very first, bads is holding a interesting summer camp for three weeks, three one week sessions in the period of june 16, which is next week, through august 8. this summer camp is called a coable

i have my allegiance to al qaeda central. and finally when it comes the major argument that is going on is between ice and the breakaway group. the guys who have definitely declared their allegiance. what other groups are signing up ... verses those letters signing up. and the results are about 20 of 30 to one verses those of her son in an. >> i think we will circled back. i actually want to come back to the point made about pragmatism. setting aside the ideologies and actually looking at the leaders on the ground. part of your argument, and correctly of vermont. over the past few years what happened, the arabs offering. the centralization. a lot more autonomy, and now they essentially harsh self funded, self starters, and kind of like the generation. looking to center around. so how does that play into a al qaeda? what actually is the state of al qaeda today? is the corporation incoordination, or are we looking about more of the individualized actor? >> al qaeda is getting killed today for the same reasons that we get worrie

it takes 15, maybe 20 seconds to recite the pledge of allegiance.usiness. we don't need that on the agenda. we give the opportunity to say it. it's not going to disrupt our business. >> what do you say to people watching, shaving or showering and saying, well, what's the big deal? just say it or don't say it. why does it matter so much to you? >> it matters a lot to me and not only to myself, but many americans and especially at the university of wyoming, especially how i was raised, to love my country and serve my country as i have. it's extremely important to me and i feel like it's a small gesture to them to let me recite the pledge of allegiance before the meeting and to give the opportunity for other senators who want to join to say the pledge. >> you're a guy of action. at 18, you joined iraq and afghanistan. you serve. you're now in the national guard and going to college. they should be very proud that you chose their school. army staff sergeant cory schroeder, thanks so much. >> thank you for having me. >> hopefully things change and i have

militants in iraq demand allegiance from muslims all around the world as they declare a new islamic staten iraq and syria. wendy gillette reports iraqi government troops now are trying to take back a city controlled by militants. >>> reporter: iraqi troops fired on suspected insurgents positions near takrit as the military tries to take back the former hometown of saddam hussein. security officials say the u.s. is helping to coordinate the ground and air offensive that began saturday. sunni militants led by isis captured the city this month. president obama says the militants are not just a threat in the middle east. >> we have seen europeans who are sympathetic to their cause traveling into syria and now may traveling into iraq. then they come back, they've got european task force, they don't need a visa to get into the united states. >> reporter: the former director of the cia went a step further. >> this is quite a dangerous thing that we're seeing unfold here! it's probably not 9/11 but it's certainly in the same area code. >> reporter: the group released a recording that says it's ch

we'll get to your allegiance, first.t to talk about some of this brouhaha that has been brewing if you will about this one player in uruguay who accused of biting an italian player in the middle of the game. it's sending shock waves here. how about there in brazil? >> oh, it's absolutely sending shock waves here as well. it's something that seemed quite bizarre while the game was happening. all of a sudden, the italian player, this guy just bit me. this is luis suarez who was a player for the uruguay team. the player afterwards was showing that wound that he had. now what's going on is that fifa has launched an investigation into all of this. there appears to be some sort of video evidence and we'll wait and see. apparently this player has a history of doing this. he's been banned before for biting other players. it is a bizarre incident making headlines in brazil and in europe as well. >> do you imagine having a long record of biting other players? this guy who is one of the type five players in the world may not play a

in germany, they swore personal allegiance to adolf hitler by name. having done that, they were trapped. i think that is why credible, even honorable german soldiers excepted orders from -- accepted orders from this maniac. there were even cases where german officers in the field said, i have no choice but to tell you, mine fuehrer, that we are going to lose this war unless we do this. and hitler's answer would be, you are dismissed of command and you are dishonored and they would go shoot themselves in the head. what option do they have after that? the question was, why did they make bad decisions? how didtion truly is, he get in the position to force those bad decisions on competent people? >> we have about a minute and a half. go ahead with your question or comment, please. >> i was born on june the sixth, 1945, the first anniversary of d-day. -- i knowen wondered that his wife shared the same birthday and lived in berlin. would it have made a difference in the german response if rommel had been where he was supposed to be? >> well, he was where he

hours of voting, we have seen long lines all day, people very publicly and openly declaring their allegianceident bashar al-assad and what the opposition says is all these images of flag waving and people showing off their fingers that they voted are all stage managed and that so many people herer fearful and feel that they have to vote, declare their allegiance publicly to assad otherwise their fate will be the same as the 160,000 people who have been killed in the last three years of this war. and you know, when you walk in to a voting polling booth in the u.s. you might see a jar of pencils here in damascus one polling station there is a jar of pins so people can pin prick their fingers and vote in blood. and the opposition calls these the blood elections. they say that you cannot hold this vote while there is so much violence and they say that the punishment for those not voting is being bombed by government war planes, we have seen this extraordinary video just outside the damascus just this morning while the voting was going on inside damascus all the war planes were bombing a rebel-he

ukrainian authorities coal miners and workers in eastern ukraine are taking up arms and swearing allegiance to the self-proclaimed republic they say they don't trust president poroshenko peace plan. was at the ceremony which saw the new members sworn into the ranks. only a matter of weeks ago these men were digging for their country today they're taking up arms against it these miners are the latest recruits for the uniformed fishel army of the self-proclaimed people's republic of donetsk. just yesterday we were all wearing mine is uniforms and mining calls today we join the ranks of the militia to protect our motherland and i loved ones and to stop the killings of children women and the elderly the defense force has been quickly drawn together in a bid to counter the government's crackdown on the eastern provinces even before the troubles began these men had made repeated complaints to kiev about were conditioned low wages and the money from the wealthy industrial region going straight to the central authorities. but now those very authorities are firing shells at them the miners say they

whom they reaffirmed their allegiance. the south, have been arguments. it a terrible argument with the heads of al-qaeda islamic maghreb and ahead of a group that called itself -- those who assigned themselves in blood. i don't know why we would to call yourself that, but i guess that was what he thought best expressed his orientation. terrible argument became a been those mali documents, even more clear than it had in press reporting about this. what also became clear over time is that something had happened to settle this because he went off and joined up with -- was not made the head of the new group that was put off someplace else in the sahel, nor she was willing to be under someone else, a guy who wasn't named until just like a month ago when he was killed, and was willing to again swear his allegiance to al-qaeda just a month ago. ended april, april 30 he also came forward and said no, i have my allegiance to al-qaeda central and to zawahiri. when it comes to syria, the major argument that is going on there as this is between isis, the breakaway g

led invasion of pledged its allegiance then to al qaida which mr at least later denounced the group for being too brutal now isis is filled iraq's sectarian bloodshed and proclaimed an independent islamic state spawning iraq syria lebanon palestine and jordan it's thrived during the ongoing war a neighboring syria gaining access to money and weapons of and fall into the hands of the rebels their former pentagon pentagon analyst michael maloof told us the fate of the whole region is at stake if terrorists gain a foothold in iraq they can sweep through iraq they're going to go into jordan and you're going to have spinoffs. that would be created isis in iraq right now is just foreign fighters and what have you a lot of what are some old saddam hussein's groups certainly people who work for him who are all sudanese and and who joined on to isis there a lot of a. lot of elements a lot of islamic groups that are joining isis inside iraq of course. the prime minister who is shia is resisting any efforts to change his government to try to. make the bring in this bring in more sunni's into the i

soldiers gave an oath of allegiance to the people's republic of donetsk for a month offer of r.t. that's ukraine. months of military action has forced tens of thousands to flee to neighboring russia hundreds of the border seeking shelter and refugee camps and you can hear some of their stories on our team dot com. we will now meet the world's most expensive weapon the four hundred billion dollar f. thirty five now the aircraft to surprise sign just one even higher thanks to additional funding plagued by delays massive cost overruns and bloated bureaucracy the jets left even its top backers some warts on the well md and to cover the price the plane is now being seated to foreign buyers as artie's marina portnoy explains . the f. thirty five stealth fighter jet is the crime to look ram of military planes. and the pentagon's most expensive conventional weapons program it's a game changer the f. thirty five fighter jet is manufactured by lockheed martin combining state of the art technology with highly advanced avionics and maneuverability the pentagon plans to buy nearly twenty five