professor alston?> the of the very poor, and i visited a lot of areas where people have no electricity and are living in rubble, essentially. they won't be going anywhere. they will be staying in their homes. those who are reasonably well-off will be fleeing because they can't make it in puerto rico. they don't have electricity or the economic support. so there's no point in staying. that housing market will then be terribly uninteresting for investors and others. juan: could you talk about the positive side of your report, those areas you sell communities organizing themselves and trying to deal with their problems directly? >> particularly in puerto rico, i visited some of the cooperatives were people were trying to reclaim the land in san juan, trying to dredge the old canal that has grown over. i met with a lot of people living around power plants who are severely impacted by the and solow of coal ash on. they're really organized and focused. that was terrific. in many other parts of the country as

where poor neighborhoods can be found within streets of the capitol building in past reports alston's pulled no punches but this may be his most sensitive mission yet investigating poverty in the world's richest nation will mean nothing if the current administration chooses to ignore his findings officially more than forty million americans live in poverty some put that figure much higher alston's already called what he's seen in the u.s. shocking and says in many places basic needs are not being met it's then up to the government to try to explain why it's not being met because they could afford to do it so that would mean that they're taking a political decision just to exclude certain people and not put resources into giving them a decent standard of living the un's final report will be published in the spring of two thousand and eighteen early indications are that alston's findings could make for uncomfortable reading for the world's biggest economy and gallacher al-jazeera. zimbabwe's ruling party has finalized wrote mugabe's removal as president at a special congress in harare n

where poor neighborhoods can be found within streets of the capitol building in past reports alston's pulled no punches but this may be his most sensitive mission yet investigating poverty in the world's richest nation will mean nothing if the current administration chooses to ignore his findings officially more than forty million americans live in poverty some put that figure much higher alston's already called what he's seen in the u.s. shocking and says in many places basic needs are not being met it's then up to the government to try to explain why it's not being met because they could afford to do it so that would mean that they're taking a political decision just to exclude certain people and not put resources into giving them a decent standard of living the un's final report will be published in the spring of two thousand and eighteen billion dick ations are the alston's findings could make for uncomfortable reading the world's wealthiest nation and a gallica al-jazeera. still ahead in sports. this is on this year a very different case this is not a positive test the tour de fr

philip alston, the un special rapporteur on extreme poverty, says the trump administration's policies the situation even worse. president trump has argued that cutting tax will result in the us economy performing more robustly. peter bowes in los angeles. this report really is a damning indictment of the disparity between rich and poor in america. there are something like a0 million people in this country, who artificially deemed to be in the poverty level, and many of those suffering from higher poverty, about one in eight people across the country. your progress report spent two weeks travelling around the nation, places like george, came here to california, to los angeles, and visited skid row which is nestled beneath the tall buildings that you can see behind me in downtown los angeles. five square miles, where people live in absolute dire poverty, squalid conditions. he talked to people there, he took about their health, how many of them feel trapped in a situation where they have no health insurance, there industry, they have health problems asa industry, they have health proble

back this country and all that it stands for is at critical mass philip alston the un special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights is found that there is cause for international concern after conducting a cross country investigation into the state of poverty inequality and human rights within the united states of america and if that's not bad enough a county commissioner in chicago is now appealing to the united nations to possibly send in peacekeeping teams to help stem the rampant violence choking the poorest parts of the city but hey you know i'm sure our elected officials in there neal mccarthy ben could end their talking head cheerleaders will find some way to blame russia for it all and they will definitely more than likely positively make sure that i'm considered a traitor for telling you to keep on watching the hawks. if that's. the bottom. like you that i got. three. weeks out. of the one of the hawks i go with and happen a lot less. so carrier doesn't surprise me but the money of which for many things the prize you ever anywhere at any time any more and now ok. i'm no

karen maria alston ceoo spectrum circle.ry nor linger at georgia washington university and gregory angelo president of the log cabin republicans >> >> karen as a ceo of an organization that connects women through professional and personal experiences and also someone who has spoken out as part of the me too movement, what does this win for the democrats in alabama say about this movement >> this is a wonderful time in our history and this is a tipping point. women of alabama spoke up last night. and collectively said us too, we're not standing for this, this was a great opportunity for women to show political power and i hope both parties are paying attention. because this is a precipe for something else to future, there's opportunity to win in states that people have not put money in and thought they couldn't win it. i'm excited about what happened last night >> let's be realistic. had this been any other republican, the republicans would have won this race, that's how most political observers look. moving forward was there

philip alston, the un special rapporteur on extreme poverty, says the trump administration's policiesld make the situation even worse. eu leaders have given the green light for brexit talks to move to the second phase, which will focus on future relations between the eu and britain, but the president of the european commission has warned that the next negotiations will be even tougher than phase one. prince harry and meghan markle have chosen 19 may as the date for their wedding. the couple will be married at windsor, to the west of london. now on bbc news: as the standoff between the trump administration and north korea's kimjong—un continues, rupert wingfield—hayes assesses the significance of the military preparations and the rhetoric on both sides. could the region, and the wider world, find itself plunged into war almost by accident? in south korea, the us air force is practising for war with the north. president trump is now threatening to erase north korea from the map. we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. kimjong—un is responding with ever bigger and more

we discussed the opioid crisis of law professor richard alston us who has written about the failure to prosecute drug companies he warns that big pharma quote downplayed the addiction of risks. the structure of the health care programs in these various countries does have an effect i think that doctors tend to prescribe opioids when there's private health insurance perhaps more so than in europe where there are government programs. the drug companies developed lobbied the medical profession and demand among doctors to prescribe these drugs for chronic pain which they were really designed to be used for so i think that perhaps has as much to do with it as. direct to consumer advertising. the drug companies didn't do their part either they downplayed the risks associated the addiction risks associated with opioid use. and therefore both physicians and patients were somewhat misled about the risks clearly an educational program would have helped that and certainly it's needed now to try to prevent the problem from getting any worse. the united nations children's agency has called twenty s

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alston drives and misses, he gets the rebound scores. temple takes the lead for good.the dragons withchance to tie the game but lee's 3-pointer, keep your eye on it coming up a little short. temple holding on to beat drexel 63-60. >>> all kind of action tonight. >> it was a close one. >> flyers keeping it alive. >> stay with us. still ahead, a blast from the past sells for thousands of dollars. a closer look at this massive mammoth and who bought pf >> ♪ >> welcome back everyone. a 15,000-year-old skeleton of a woolly mammoth was auctioned off for more than $643,000 in france this weekend. the amazing blast from the past here is a rare skeleton because it's complete. it features two gleaming 10-foot long tusks that weigh a combined 353 pounds. the mammoth will be displayed inside the headquarters of a strasburg based construction company. we'll be right back everyone. stay with us. >> ♪ >> well, our region's jewish community celebrating the fifth night of hanukkah. the this is the largest car menorah parade. a hundred menorah topped cars made their way along the ben fr

philip alston said the us government's tax reform bill — together with the health and welfare reformsd produce a dramatic increase in inequality. for palestinians have been killed and 150 wounded in clashes with the israeli army. alice denney and sources say most of the casualties most of the deaths occurred near the gaza border. zimbabwe's president emmerson mnangagwa has consolidated his power after members of his ruling zanu—pf party endorsed him as their leader and candidate for next year's election. the new leader, who took office after robert mugabe was forced to quit when the military took power last month, declared the party is now on a "new trajectory". and military police in the netherlands have shot and wounded a man who threatened officers with a knife at the airport in amsterdam. the main entrance was evacuated but later reopened. authorities say the situation is now under control and no other injuries have been reported. eu leaders have confirmed that brexit negotiations can move on to the next stage — but they've warned the talks will be even harder. the british prime m

thriving because of course imitation joining us to talk about this via skype from new york philip alston he's the un special rapporteur on poverty and human rights who just finished his fact finding tour of the united states in los angeles steve richardson also known as gen dog and he's an activist and community organizer with the los angeles community action network and right here in our studio kathryn coleman flowers she's essential justice advocate who founded the alabama center for rural enterprise community development corporation and that's an organization working to address the lack of sewage disposal infrastructure in alabama's rural black belt it's good to have you here everybody catherine when you heard the u.n. was going to be heading around the u.s. looking at extreme poverty you did what. i do with a partner of ours the human rights law clinic columbia university we wrote the letter and we sent it to dr austin's assistant you have to invite him to come to alabama you can be many people even inside the u.s. you can do the say extreme poverty what does that even mean or you kn

not just saying that for effect this country and all that it stands for is at critical mass philip alston the un special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights is found that there is cause for international concern after conducting a cross country investigation into the state of poverty inequality and human rights within the united states of america and if that's not bad enough a county commissioner in chicago is now appealing to the united nations to possibly send in peacekeeping teams to help stem the rampant violence choking the poorest parts of the city but hey you know i'm sure our elected officials in there neal mccarthy ben could and they're talking head cheerleaders will find some way to blame russia for it all and they will definitely more than likely positively make sure that i'm considered a traitor for telling you to keep on watching the hawks. this is. the part of. you that i got. three. weeks.

alston drives and misses, he gets the rebound scores. temple takes the lead for good.nal chance to tie the game but lee's 3-pointer, keep your eye on it coming up a little short. temple holding on to> beat drexel 6 >>> all kind of action tonight. >> it was a close one. >> flyers keeping it alive. >> stay with us. still ahead, a blast from the past sells for thousands of dollars. a closer look at this massive mammoth and who bought hey, man. oh! nice man cave! nacho? [ train whistle blows ] what?! -stop it! -mm-hmm. we've been saving a lot of money ever since we switched to progressive. this bar is legit. and now we get an even bigger discount from bundling home and auto. i can get used to this. it might take a minute. -swing and a miss! -slam dunk! touchdown! together: sports! >> ♪ >> welcome back everyone. a 15,000-year-old skeleton of a woolly mammoth was auctioned off for more than $643,000 in france this weekend. the amazing blast from the past here is a rare skeleton because it's complete. it features two gleaming 10- a combined 353 pounds. the mammoth will be di

philip alston said the us government's tax reform bill, together with the health and welfare reformsd to pay for it, could produce a dramatic increase in inequality. relatives of the four children who died in a house fire in salford have said they don't know how they will be able to tell the children's mother, who is in a medically induced coma and likely to remain that way for several weeks. 15—year—old demi pearson, three—year—old lia, lacie, aged seven, and brandon, who was eight, died following the fire on monday, which police are calling a targeted attack. the child ren‘s grandfather says the family had been harassed before, and the police had been called on sunday night, but left. the house was set alight a few hours later. three people have been charged with murder. judith moritz reports. brandon and lacie was running up and down the street. theyjust — they were so happy that it was snowing. brother and sister playing in the snow last week. brandon and lacie pearson were inseparable. lia was the baby of the family. everyone doted on her. she melted your heart. you couldn't hav

did jeff immel blow it by buying alston? jackie: he took a huge bet, no doubt.time to close that deal, a year and a half. during that time orders were not coming in. once the deal finally closed, they didn't have the orders there. they're catching up and also coming at a bad time where renewables are in favor, powering from gas that's less favorable, so it's pomp and circumstance and not works out in their favor right now. tom: we've seen other movement the like this before. is it harder to lay off people in stuttgart than schenectady? jackie: look, there is something like 1,400 jobs are getting cut in germany and about the same amount in switzerland. we don't know exactly where the repartition is coming from. what we do know is they're unlikely to touch france and again, as we pointed out,ize a problem for them. tom: within this, again, is the overall general electric picture, you piece it together with our global business desk in the united states. are we going to see more of this? is it a one-off to power or will they go division by division through a flanner

philip alston, the u.n. special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, warned the republican tax bill will transfer vast amounts of wealth to the richest earners while making life harder for the 41 million americans living in poverty. >> i think the american dream is moving fairly rapidly toward the american illusion because social momobility in n this country isw extremelely low by anany western standards. if you are born in poverty, guess for your going to end up? in poverty. amy: in honduras, the supreme electoral tribunal has declared president juan orlando hernandez as the official winner of the november 26 presidential election, despite widedespread alallegations ofof vote-riggingy opposition parties and international observers. the gogovernment controlled tribunal concluded hernanaez bebeat opposition candidate salvador nasralla by jusust over 1.5 percentage points after early counts put nasralla in the lead by five points. the organization of american states has called for a new election, sa

trumps tax reform plan stakes out america's bid to become the most unequal society in the world philip alston recently traveled to the southern united states to explore the poverty in the region and he talked about how this tax plan basically expanded the inequalities between rich and poor in america let's move on now to other world news and thousands killed countless more wounded millions pushed to the edge of famine this is a reality in yemen a thousand days after a saudi led military coalition intervened to support the government in its war against the rebels. reports on what the u.n. describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. was walking out of her father's cement factory north of the capital sana'a when the building was hit by an airstrike the blast waves twisted her back she's now struggling to walk doctors say her spine was damaged during the attack while her life has been shattered by the conflict in her country dreams of graduating and becoming dr and i used to go to school on thirteen my life was beautiful because i could walk and right now i can't walk to school i can only