mayor javier gonzalez is chair of the alliance for sustainable future. the alliance is a partnership between the conference of mayors and the center for climate energy solutions that was first established to advance the clean power rule developed under the last administration. mayor. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you for your leadership. good morning, everybody. on behalf of myself and our vice chair, salt lake city mayor jackie biskupski, i want to brief you on what our group, the alliance for a sustainable future has been doing and encourage you to participate with our efforts. the alliance for sustainable future is a joint effort between the u.s. conference of mayors and the center for climate energy solutions. i'm pleased that we're joined by the president of c2es former deputy administrator bob pershepski and amy bailey. i'm sorry, bob, i'll get it. i'll move on. let me just say bob. all right. the alliance brings together mayors and businesses to develop ways we can work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote sustain abilit

in one thousand nine hundred ninety one the transatlantic alliance has encroached on moscow's spear of influence poland romania and the baltic states which were occupied by soviet forces sought nato as protection. nato carried out a series of large scale maneuvers in response to putin's nationalist rhetoric a rhetoric that worried his neighbors. the united states pushed ahead with plans for a new state of the art missile defense system throughout eastern europe putin saw that as an unacceptable challenge to his quest for power. in june twenty twelve he confronted the western alliance at the g twenty in mexico and economic summit that brings together heads of state once a year. behind the scenes these summits

we came here to japan to renew the strength of our alliance and restate our strong commitment to stand with people of japan and for our common security. and now, we board air force 2, we head to south korea with a similar mission on the front i'll -- front end. i'll be meeting today with president moon and we'll talk about bilateral issues. both economic prosperity as well as security in the region. i look forward to substantive discussions with president moon today. karen and i are also very excited to be headed to the olympics to cheer on all the american athletes that will be competing there. we know they'll be bringing home a lot of gold and we very much look forward to the opening ceremonies tomorrow night. lastly, as i did here today, we'll continue to seize every opportunity to ensure that north korea does not use the powerful imagery and backdrop of the olympics to paper over an appalling record of human rights and a pattern of developing weapons and conducting in the kind of missile launches that are threatening our nation and threatening neighbors across the region. we delive

that's what the alliance means today. it is a means for maximizing our maneuverability and independence not constraining it. networks of personal trust strengthened and expanded over generations and all underpinned by the deepest possible alignment of shared political values and this is the genius that really unites our two nations. we define our national identities, australia and the united states, we define our national identities, not by race or religion or ethnicity bute rather by commitment to shared political values of freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law, mutual respect. patriotism is not tribalism or nationalistic chauvinism, it's not about demonstrations and power and prestige and subjugation.no as george orwell so brilliantly observed in 1945 true patriotism is a shared commitment to a way of life that is guaranteed by the institutions of democracy and the rule of law, institutions which are accessible to all. but as governors bullock andle sandoval and i were discussing earlier, rarer around the world

party but also make sure that the alliances stay strong. yes it will be very difficult because in a sense they've got to deal with the m.d.c. itself and then they have to deal with the m.d.c. within the broader alliance that had been structured a few months ago so it will be very difficult it's really it's really hard right now to kind of predict. who that leader might be it will be very very difficult to step in. but the party has said that it's going to go into a congress in which these are issues of leadership hopefully will be decided so that some of those are strategies can then and then come into play but they have very very little time to do that zimbabwe has just been through a major major transition after the stepping aside of robert mugabe so they have lots of issues to deal with. you know going forward indeed will see what does happen certainly in the six months leading up to that election poll that only thanks so much for joining us from washington d.c. the killers of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu have been offering

a new alliance is born in syria and the web of war gets all the more complicated reports say that president assad's forces are teaming up with kurdish militia to push turkey out of the border enclave an offer in that hat that it invaded last month the former head of the kurdish party governing the region joins me in an exclusive interview i'm sara kelly in berlin this is the day. that we have been back on this operation to eliminate the terrorist organizations want p.g. and p. k.k. that carry out attacks against turkey. with a regime and a friend or not what is important if it comes as why it's doing so. if the regime comes in to defend the y.p. g. then nothing and nobody can stop outscored the turkish soldiers is it just to custody issues from south of the. syria's war just got more chaotic as alliances shift the country save media says that pro regime forces are going to help kurdish militia expel turkish troops from the border region of afrin that turkey invaded last month the move pushes turkey a nato ally and syria one step closer to direct conflict possibly even war and so far neither

since 1918, our relationship has grown beyond just military alliance. has allowed our states and citizens to collaborate across a range of our -- tos and increase despite time zones. i had the opportunity to visit australia in 2016. i saw firsthand the significant cultural and economic ties between our two countries. i speak for all of us, mr. prime minister, when i say governors are ready to elevate the support and partnership and hear from you on how we can better our bilateral cooperation in the next 100 years of make ship. mateship. i fellow governors, ladies and gentlemen, please join in giving prime minister turnbull a warm welcome. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much, brian. much vice chair governor steve bullock. governors of the united states r straley and premieres and chief ministers -- our australian premieres and chief ministers, friends, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor to be here at the heart of the american federation. i want to thank you for your hospitality as we thank presid

violence yes the intensity has dropped to a certain extent but it seems that the pro-government alliance are trying to target the areas in eastern close to the front lines even that reported chlorine attack was in she told an area which is also coming under heavy artillery fire in the early hours of this morning what the pro-government alliance is trying to do is target these areas on the edges of to make it easier for their ground forces to push into advance because advancing forces really are have the advantage because the rebels are entrenched they're dug in and you know they are in a better position to try to repel the advance of the government has not been able to take any inch of territory since the ground operation began on sunday so no letup in violence but definitely a drop in the intensity of what we saw over the last week really a relentless bombing campaign more than five hundred civilians killed. this morning monday morning reports of more casualties coming from this strike carried out by the russians. yes this is what we understand from activists on the ground ten people lo

they represent minnesota voters alliance in the political t-shirt case. he's a frequent commentator in print, radio and on tv. he served as secure trump of the u.s. commission on civil rights and if he does it work here at heritage or he was my boss for five years. so welcome back. he also spent time in the office of legal counsel the u.s. department of justice and as a chief subcommittee counsel yes house of representatives. todd is a graduate of university of west virginia and the university of chicago law school. he clicked for fifth circuit judge edith jones. last but not least loaded from jordan lorence who served as senior counsel with alliance defending freedom. he's one of the attorneys representing the pro-life pregnancy centers from california. jordan's work encompasses a broad range of litigation with a primary focus on defending the first amendment freedoms a public university students and professors. jordan argued before the supreme court in board of regents versus south were challenging university forcing unwilling students to contribute to

our commitment to the peace process and we do that but you really have to find a new international alliance palestinians seek a new global partner to help mediate peace with israel plus. my colleagues are providing christus intervention at this time. psychologists and students joined together in protest against us gun laws also. and wayne hay with a rare look at the second day being constructed on the lower mekong river as laos pushes ahead with its goal of becoming the battery of southeast asia. syrian government forces and russian air strikes have killed at least one hundred ten people since sunday in an intense bombardment of eastern go to. the rebel held on terror has come under increasing fire in recent days local observers believe the attacks are the beginning of a major offensive the united nations is calling for an immediate end to the targeting of civilians in the area near the capital damascus it says the humanitarian situation is spiraling out of control according to the union of medical can relieve the bombing has destroyed five medical facilities in the four hundred thousand pe

i will make a broader point here that when we have alliances and partnerships in the world people who are experts in the field often take them for granted because the basic formulas are so well-known to the people in the field but what is remarkable when you get to be a certain age is you look back and see that the things that are absolutely rudimentary in the view of some older people are brand-new for the younger people and if we don't regularly and often reaffirm some of these basic points about why we have these relationships and why we have alliances vendor alliances can become unreliable and it is incumbent on people who value these relationships, these long-standing relationships to remind over and over again the publics in both of the country that there really are solid grounds for the important relationships that have developed over decades. in the case of taiwan it's important, i think, for americans to understand that taiwan is an open society and a democracy and a country of 23 million people in it is not a dot on the map but a country that, i don't know exactly where you

alliance coordination would be a critical you know gregory what is look could be next here because i mean i certainly don't know only thing i know about korean culture is its food and its great ok but what is there a kind of a cultural you know a cultural dynamic that can take on a life of its own here i mean taking one step in another step what would be the next one because as we said in the first part of the program the south koreans don't have a whole lot of leeway but there are other things they might be able to do what could they be go ahead. two thirty eastern to speculation but as far as what the korean press. in response to. kim your jaw. imitation for anyone to come to pyongyang and meet to kim jong. il to this convenience and improve relations he said well let's create the necessary conditions and there has to be dialogue between north korea and the united states in order for south korea and north korean relations to improve. predicates that improve and u.s. relations with the u.s. . imports we did not return a letter in response to kim jong un's personal letter but what th

series of is a values based alliance it's a values based alliance that is what basically the wisdom of the past ten years or so if we look further back into history of course we had examples like port hugo and the silos we had three s. and turkey for that matter during the coup times one thousand nine hundred sixty seventy eighty so that as. nato has always been an alliance of members with. some doubtable credentials and matter but here what what we face is the problem of turkey and the us on two sides of the battle battle trends and syria and that is a problem so if we will come i think the visit of foreign minister to lesson in ankara has led to some easing off the tensions between the u.s. and there's an agreement that they don't want to confront each other on the battlefield but i don't know if a ha long that lasts and all depends on how far. and where add one will turn his troops to so if he goes in the direction of men beach town in northern syria. just controlled with u.s. soldiers i think will definitely see a confrontation because. the so-called adults in the room and washingt

number one is the strong strategic alliance, a defense alliance goes back to 1951.stion that comes to people's mind today is given our alliance obligations, what is president trump precisely planning on north korea? because where america goes will have profound implications for australian policy as well. the second is trade, australians were disappointed by the president's decision to withdraw from the transpacific partnership. australia has joined the japanese and their leadership to tbt 11, that is everyone else except the united states accepting the original agreement, and i think obeisance -- i think that will be the subject of discussion at the white house. is tpp something the united states can revise partnership and? there is talk to united states can come and come but is that too late, has the train left the station? i think the train has never left the station. he jumped the 11th, whether it is japan, australia, or vietnam, we welcome the united states to join now or in the future. but our best understanding from washington is that it is not a prospect. it

this is either we news live from berlin sirius for tracks of war just got more chaotic as alliances shift kurdish militia in syria say they are teaming up with president assad's forces to push turkey out of the border enclave it invaded last month meanwhile critics fear german tanks like these used to attack kurdish rebels in syria were part of a deal to secure the freedom of imprisoned journalists some believe it might have been turkey's price tag for the reporter's freedom and inside a russian fake news factory whistleblower tells you that news that the people indicted for alleged meddling in the u.s. presidential election just the tip of the iceberg. all right thanks for your company everyone syrian media is reporting that pro assad forces will enter syria as a free region to help kurdish militias expel turkish troops could arrive in the rebel held area within hours turkey's foreign minister was spotted to news wires saying that if the syrian regime moved to protect the kurds the turkish offensive would continue turkey's cross border incursion into syria began last month. you know ever

this is deja vu news live from bergland serious protected board just got more chaotic as alliances shift kurdish militia in syria are teaming up with president assad's forces to push turkey out of the border enclaves it invaded last month also coming up after the florida school massacre students staging a diane outside of the white house to demand more gun control at the same time the man accused of murdering seventeen people last week appeared in court. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us human rights monitors say that the syrian government has stepped up its bombardment of a rebel held area close to the syrian capital damascus killing scores of people the syrian observatory for human rights says that the government air raids on eastern ghouta have led seventy one people killed seventy one people over the past twenty four hours and injured three hundred and twenty five of the suburb has been under siege by regime forces for more than four years the united nations has warned of a humanitarian crisis in the area which is home to four hundred thousand people. and el

abandoning all the peace process and we do that but you really have to find a new international alliance palestinians seek a new global partner to help mediate peace with israel plus this is no street party people are out in force in a brazilian city to protest against a military move. a u.s. retailers criticized for sitting close marketed towards muslim women. syrian government forces and russian air strikes have killed at least one hundred ten people since sunday in an intense bombardment of eastern go to the rebel held enclave has come on increasing fire in recent days local observers believe the attacks are the beginning of a major offensive the united nations is calling for an immediate end to the targeting of civilians in the area near the capital damascus it says the humanitarian situation is spiraling out of control according to the union of medical care and relief the bombing has destroyed five medical facilities nearly four hundred thousand people remain trapped in eastern goods which has been under siege since twenty thirteen let's go which is in a hurry she joins us live from

marshall, truman, actions and clearly focus on the alliance -- atchison, clearly focus on the alliance system after the marshall plan. i would argue that kennedy actually moves out of this with berlin. but very much focused on moscow. it was thought that bush made a mistake by focusing too much on coal. you see this in jack matlock's writing. should the u.s. have put a priority to gorbachev or to poland and germany? i think what you will encounter a difficulty for the people that were there. there's clearly a desire by bush to demonstrate he will have his own team. partly, it is a shock to some of the reagan people. there are all of the studies that are commissioned. those studies were busy work. from day one, they were trying to figure out how to deal with the world we inherited in 1989. frankly, just as in the budget area, there was cleanup of s&ls and budget deficits. there were things to clean up in the world of 1989. our allies were not wildly excited about the romantic view that we will do away with nuclear weapons. we can debate how likely that is going to be, but this was a ver

as i said, the victorian alliance just voted last night to oppose the demolition. i know last night, there was an earthquake in my neighborhood, n noe street. i don't know the appropriate word for it, but i would like this commission to take the time to make this determination and continue the decision or whatever the appropriate word is in order to find out whether or not this is an earthquake shack or not, and the victorian alliance will be writing a letter in opposition to the demolition. >> thank you, miss smith. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> first, i would like to thank the planning commission and the planning department for their hard work. i am a member of the san francisco victorian alliance, and i wanted to just quickly share with you guys some site pictures and history of this site. so this right here is the current aerial of the site map. you can see where the site is, and then, you can see where the water reservoir is, and i'm going to put up a picture from 1932. this is a picture from 1932 of carolina street. you can -- here's a picture of

the san francisco parks alliance raises millions to sustain parks and open spaces. today i'm here to -- in the parks alliance, we believe the creation of the. [ inaudible ] -- waterfront and ply an important role in planning equity around city spaces. mission rock development plan with eight acres of new parks is a vital step in realizing this vision for san francisco residents. for too long, the city southern eastern waterfront has been disconnected from the public that especially hurts some of the city's historically under served neighborhoods. the san francisco giants are invested in this, and they have been responsive in addressing the city's needs for more active recreation opportunities. we are thrilled to see the san francisco giant's commitments to parks, especially prioritizing putting a new park as the first phase of their plan. the parks alliance is also particularly pleased with the considerations that have been made to address sea level rise. the creation of open waterfront and investment towards the usable methods of transportation such as bike connect

depending on the international alliance yes we have. the forces really have some kind of over agreements with them and the issue is not going to finish is that there was a many statements by the american. men responsible people that are saying they're not going to withdraw from members from the areas so it means it's not easy not easy for that a few that are physically or is it to go through the border or to any of their like they're just dreaming but i think they want to thank you so much for joining us this evening to talk a little bit about the shifting situation there in syria we very much appreciate it form a co-leader of the syrian kurdish party the p.y.t. salah muslim thank you very much and. all the u.s. special council's decision on friday to indict thirteen russian suspected of meddling in america's presidential election has thrown international attention back on to kremlin backed internet propaganda d.w. has been speaking to a former internet troll who worked at the internet research agency in st petersburg but u.s. investiga

syria's war just got more chaotic as alliances shift the country save media says that pro regime forces are going to help kurdish militia expel turkish troops from the border region of afrin that turkey invaded last month the move pushes turkey a nato ally and syria one step closer to direct conflict possibly even war and so far neither side is backing down turkey's foreign minister responding to the news by saying that if the syrian regime moved to protect the kurds the turkish offensive would continue we will hear directly from the former leader of the syrian kurds in just a moment but first this report on the fighting in the territory that his party currently governs. an entire town in mourning this is become a familiar sight enough rain in recent weeks with residents regularly attending mass funerals for kurdish fighters killed in clashes with turkish troops. it's against this backdrop that syrian state t.v. reported on a move to change the dynamic of the fighting the news anchor of this bulletin announcing that militias allied to the syrian government would soon arrive in a free to

the reserve is a values based alliance it's a values based alliance that is what basically the wisdom off the past ten years of so if we look further back into history of course we had examples like port hugo and. we had reason and turkey for that matter during the coup times one thousand nine hundred sixty seventy eighty so that as. nato has always been an alliance of members with. some doubtable credentials and matter but here what would we face is the problem of turkey and the us on two sides of the battle battle trends and syria and that is a problem so if we will come i think the visit of foreign minister to lesson in ankara has led to some easing of the tensions between the u.s. and there's an agreement that they don't want to confront each other on the battlefield but i don't know for ha long that lasts and all depends on how far and where out of one will turn his troops to so if he goes in the direction of men beach town in northern syria. just controlled with us soldiers i think will definitely see a confrontation because. the so-called adults in the room and washington. the

and hungary's prime minister has called for a global alliance against migration. as a right wing party has begun campaigning ahead of an april election that it's expected to wed as the obama has been pumping has been pushing this anti immigration stance ahead of his bid for a third consecutive. aid workers in france say thousands of migrants are sleeping rough in appalling conditions despite an election promise by president mccraw to curb the problem by the end of twenty seventeen now it looks as though the government may have hit upon a solution lisa lewis reports from paris on new immigration or it'll streamline the asylum process and make it easier for thor says to deport migrants. when abraham arrived in paris last year he thought he'd finally be able to start a new life the twenty year old senegalese had fled his country after his parents were killed by independence fighters in the southern region of cousin and yet he has still not found a safe haven here. the police often come here to take us us there was a time when they showed up almost every day sometimes

shifting alliances in syria kurdish fighters backed by the u.s. say the syrian army used to help them face turkish troops the border area and an increasingly dangerous jigsaw into little boy groups who want different outcomes there's russia in the us and what's next to get on syria this is inside story. hello again i'm peter davi welcome to the program after seven years of war the complex mosaic that is the battlefield in syria can still surprise the u.s. russia iran turkey a myriad of rebel groups and of course the syrian regime are all involved and they all want to second guess where the conflict is heading next it's northern syria where their attention is now focused because it is there that we may be seeing a new front the kurds aligning themselves with the regime ready to take on turkish forces game changer last month turkey launched an offensive to seize the syrian city of a friend from the kurdish fighters of the y p g a group it considers terrorists and a threat to its border but the y. p.g. helped the u.s. in the fight against eisel furth

it is a values-based alliance.l: the wisdom of the 10 years or so, if we look further back into history, we had examples like portugal and in 1960,ar or turkey 1970, and 1980. nato has always been an alliance of members with some questionable credentials. what we face here is the problem of turkey and the u.s. on twtwo sides of the battle trench in syria and that is a problem. if we will come, i think the visit of foreign minister nkara has in a led to some easing of the tensions with the u.s. and there is an agreement that thehey do t want to confront each other on the battlefield but i do not know how long that will last. it all depends on how far and where president erdogan will turn his troops. if he turns in the direction of northern syria which is kurdish controlled with u.s. soldiers, i think we will see a confrontation. the roomlled adults in in washington and the ministers of president donald trump are not willing to concede this kind of control because it is the last stronghold of the u.s. in syria. that

in short, nato is a nuclear alliance. in many ways it exemplifies the role of nuclear weapons in the world over the past 60 or 70 years. they had been at the core of nato's mission and in the most recent strategic document they stated as long as there's nuclear weapons in the world nato will remain the nuclear alliance. i would say is lancers nuclear weapons in the world there will be a nato. thank you very much. >> we now move to austin carson. >> thank you to dean and steve and my fellow panelists. i'm struck by my colleagues i feel like we should be handing nuclear weapons out as a force for peace them to give a different perspective. i want to focus on the threat of nuclear weapons and the promise they provide. fundamentally it said technology that's incredible innovation. on the other hand it raises critical questions from day one about what we do about this technology and how do we respond to the fact that the genie is out of the bottle. were developing a technology that threatens the species my comments will focus

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no alliances, however strict, between the parts can be an adequate substitute. they must inevitably experience the infractions and interruptions which all alliances in all times have experienced. sensible of this momentous truth, you have improved upon your first essay by the adoption of a constitution of government, better calculated than your former, for an intimate union and for the efficacious management of your common concerns. this government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support. respect for its authority, compliance with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty. the basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. but the constitution which a

sirius for truckers and war just got more chaotic those alliances shift kurdish militia in syria are teaming up with president assad's forces to push turkey out of the border enclave that it invaded last month. also coming up after the florida school massacre students stage a dyin outside the white house to demand more gun control at the same time the man accused of murdering seventeen students last week appeared in court and german chancellor angela merkel tells her party that she would like this woman to be elected secretary-general will it be her take it to the chancellorship. plus lothian bankers under investigation the governor of the baltic nations central bank faces allegations of bribery while the u.s. is accusing latvia lender of money laundering. and they call him the flying mustache norway's new social media sensation steals the show at the winter olympics and source to glory in south korea. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us human rights monitors say that the syrian government has stepped up its bombardment of a rebel held area close to the syria

he often says countries with alliances thrive. his mission there is to ensure that we continue to strengthen that alliance. your second question? reporter: did he write a letter to nato articulating his desire for a semipermanent presence? in iraq? dana: there was a letter. i don't know the exact details of that. but the secretary often communicates with our nato -- with our nato partners about their contributions. reporter: harassment. you said something interesting about banning offensive jokes. who would determine the jokes and will you have a murder board? seriously. this is a freedom of speech issue too. offensiveness is in the eye of the ear. is there going to be a list of what cons cutes -- constitutes offensive words? dana: i like that you got eorge karlen in there. sfp now i'm running george karlen things in my head. thank you. the goal of the harassment policy is to address all issues of harassment. so, the implementation policies will be developed by the services. they will come up with the framework. o.s.d., the unders

what was the nature of their alliance.where they each trapped in a persona, a veneer that was somewhat true. behind the projected ideas in which they were preserved, who were they in day-to-day life. there is was certainly an unlikely partnership but one thing was obvious on its face. both had names that were forever linked with the buffalo. when man was credited with wiping out the species, so that was hardly the case and the other was sustained by its very life. there were two sides of the same coin, foes and friends as the photo caption on the publicity poster says so this image too entered my consciousness, two american superstars, icons not just of their era and country but for all time and around the world. what story was this picture telling and how is it connecting to the dancing horse outside sitting bull's cabinet. can't answer all of them. and recount the stories of each men from cradle to grave literally. and tracked parallel histories. both corrupt on the frontier and both came from rough circumstances, both r

he says countries should be able to choose their own alliance. there is another example that phil has detailed called the nine points where we had been putting out ideas to help the soviets. we weren't sure that they had internalized them. so we reframed them in a different way. you see this in the handling of the baltics where bush was cautious about russian recognition. i remember baker trying to differentiate and distinguish the baltics to have them sort of have their ability for independence. you see this in bush's caution about the breakup of the soviet union. this was a very controversial issue. that fit the model of dealing with this prudently. reasonable people will differ about this. you have to assess realistically what the u.s. can and cannot do. i am surprised after recognizing with trillions of dollars we haven't been able to remake afghanistan and iraq. how confident are we we will be able to remake russia. for today's contrast, as opposed to prudence and respect, he seeks confrontation and creates uncertainly. -- uncertainty. he wi