loves to cover and leak petroleum to help b.p. had its third oil spill in the alaskan tundra just last month and now it's flying drones over the area to monitor the pipeline see congress and the f.a.a. didn't even planned issue commercial drone licenses to private entities until september of two thousand and fifteen in order to ensure safety rules of the industry but i guess that just wasn't soon enough for b.p. and now congress will be forced to rush regulations to prevent midair collisions with regular aircrafts which is a real concern considering how it's happened on several occasions i'm sorry holes happened on several occasions already thankfully but of course b.p. doesn't have to worry about all that silly bureaucratic stuff because the u.s. government's far more concerned with just letting it have its drones surely it can have anything new to attack but b.p. will be flying in the scan eagle drones both of which are built by boeing which happens to be america's second largest defense contractor or the fact that the company s

loves to cover and leak petroleum held b.p. at its third oil spill me alaskan tundra just last month and now it's flying drones over the area to monitor the pipeline see congress and the f.a.a. didn't even plan to issue commercial drone licenses to private entities until september of two thousand and fifteen in order to ensure safety rules of the industry but i guess that just wasn't soon enough for b.p. and now congress will be forced to rush regulations to prevent midair collisions with regular air. which is a real concern considering how it's happened on several occasions i'm sorry holmes happened on several occasions already thankfully but of course b.p. doesn't have to worry about all that silly bureaucratic stuff because the us government's far more concerned with just letting it have its drones surely it can have anything to do but b.p. will be flying in the scan eagle drones both of which are built by boeing which happens to be america's second largest defense contractor or the fact that the company spent over eight mil

loves to cover and leak petroleum to help b.p. had its third oil spill in the alaskan hundred just last month and now it's flying drones over the area to monitor the pipeline see congress in the act they didn't even planned issue commercial drone licenses to private entities until september of two thousand and fifteen in order to ensure safety rules of the industry but i guess that just wasn't soon enough for b.p. and now congress will be forced to rush regulations to prevent midair collisions with regular aircrafts which is a real concern considering how it's happened on several occasions i'm sorry holes happened on several occasions already thankfully but of course b.p. doesn't have to worry about all that so they bureaucratic stuff because the u.s. government's far more concerned with just letting it have its drones surely it can have anything new to attack but b.p. will be flying in the scan eagle drones both of which are built by boeing which happens to be america's second largest defense contractor or the fact that the compa

loves to cover and leak petroleum to help b.p. out its third oil spill in the alaskan tundra just last month and now it's flying drones over the area to monitor the pipeline see congress and the f.a.a. didn't even planned issue commercial drone licenses to private entities until september of two thousand and fifteen in order to ensure safety rules of the industry but i guess that just wasn't soon enough for b.p. and now congress will be forced to rush regulations to prevent midair collisions with regular aircrafts which is a real concern considering how it's happened on several occasions i'm so.

as a rigorous safety focused certification process for unmanned aerial systems b.p. and aerial vironment have launched a safer better more cost effective solution for managing critical infrastructure and resources the coupé is already being used by the military this company is the pentagon's top supplier of small groups who are with the war in afghanistan from me to a close the company has seen a major decline in sales so now it is pivoting its focus to the commercial world also new this month the f.a.a. has established a florida testing site for the use of poor drones and american air space this one is located in nevada test flights are expected to begin later this summer at a privately owned airfield just north of las vegas this is just the latest step in the f.a.a. . and to address the issue of unmanned vehicles taking to american sky congress has set a deadline for the f.a.a. to develop regulations for commercial drug use by twenty teams so far the agency has written two unsuccessful drafts and is in the process of writing a third for the department of transporta

as a rigorous safety focused certification process for unmanned aerial systems b.p. and aerial vironment have launched a safer better more cost effective solution for managing critical infrastructure and resources the kuwait is already being used by the military this company is the pentagon's top supplier of small drunks who are with the war in afghanistan coming to a close. major in sales. this month the f.a.a. . this summer and. now are sergeant downing's concerned in your opinion about the. not that i see and i work a lot of other veterans also i'm a former veteran myself and if the officer of the veterans that i work with in the cases i've been in know lot of name don't even on weapons and they can know weapons by the way because they're diagnosed when they leave. for wars with post-traumatic syndrome so a lot of them say automatically are so kind of clamping down on veterans whatever the program operation vision a go we actually had a case that the particle and security actually targets veterans coming back with a case of random rob a twenty six year old marine

takes for the civil war to take an invasion -- i guess what i'm asking is what would it take to cause b.pand exon mobile and chevron to essentially say okay, we are giving up on iraq again, because it is too unstable? great question. this is the crux of the problem. this problem began of course it's the united states led invasion, which didn't go well, but in 2006 we have the islamic state of iraq. it has created largely because the sunnies feel disenfranchised with with the led shiite government. so they are reacting against this disenfranchisement, the crux of the matter is that the malachi government needs to be pressured and this is a good crisis for the united states and international commutes to pressure that government to be more inclusive. if that government can become more inclusive, and if they can create frame works for governance that makes sense to the international community, businesses like exon mobile, and b.p., will see the future of iraq as more positive. if this crisis lost in terms of the opportunity to restructure iraq's government, then that will create a much cloudi

loves to cover and leak petroleum to help b.p. at its third oil spill in the alaskan hundred just last month and now it's flying drones over the area to monitor the pipe.

. >> what's the difference between this program and the 9/11 fund or the b.p.und, in your opinion? >> the main difference and real challenge is some of the accidents involved in these automobiles are so old, over a decade ago, the car is gone, you don't have the automobile around, it will be much more difficult to conclude whether or not it was the admission switch that failed in these accidents. but we will work with the claimant in that regard. >> ken feinberg joining us on cnbc as he discuss it is g.m. victim compensation plan and right behind you, some of the families of those victims who are going to be, i think, answering some questions for us. thank you very much. i will send it back to you. >> phil, thank you very much for that. phil lebeau covering the compensation plan in washington. roger, i turn it back to you to finish the discussion on tech evaluation. i don't need to fill new on pro. a lot of viewers wonder why a company that makes camera on a stick deserves that. >> i don't know that it does or doesn't. i learned long ago the market is entitled

. >> brown: this is a case, and i think b.p. was also, where you were hired by the company to help settle. gm, of course, has been under extreme criticism for keeping this to itself. what is your relationship with gm? what is your experience so far in terms of their cooperation? >> first of all, they've been extraordinarily cooperative. mary barra has lived up to her promise in terms of cooperating completely with me and the team that we've assembled in trying to design this program. i have no complaints whatsoever. i think the plaintiff's lawyers around the country, bob hilliard and lance cooper and elizabeth cabrese and others have been extremely cooperative. the center for auto safety, joan claybrook's group, very, very cooperative. so everybody's cooperated. i don't think, a, that anybody is perfectly satisfied with my plan. the perfect is the enemy of the good to me. and secondly, the fact i am being paid by gm is challenge. >> yeah. >> people look at that and understandably are sceptical. >> brown: right. >> the only way y

loves to cover and leak petroleum held b.p. had a third of oil spill in the alaskan hundred just last month and now it's flying drones over the area to monitor the pipeline to congress and the f.a.a. didn't even plan to issue commercial drone licenses to private entities until september of two thousand and fifteen in order to ensure safety rules of the industry but i guess that just wasn't soon enough for b p.

effort by b.p. to make it seem like the gulf has come immediately recovered from the catastrophe the report after report has shown that the area's continuing to suffer over four years later. the human lives have been forever altered by b.p.'s criminal negligence the gulf wildlife may not recover for decades to come perhaps most stunning is the soon to be released report by the marine college of progress series the study estimates that between six hundred eight hundred thousand birds have been killed as a result of the spill and according to wildlife experts that's probably a conservative estimate. director for the pascagoula river in mississippi so that was more likely but the dead birds number in the millions this is truly an unprecedented killing of wildlife and just for comparison consider that according to the ocean conservancy the number of birds killed by the one thousand nine hundred nine exxon valdez spill in alaska is prince william sound was three hundred thousand and the exxon disaster sp

a notice of the shooting was b.p. oil spilled to the website, so once again, unconfirmed reports of seven people being shot. the shooting takes place, the entire campus is on lock down. s that a christian university in queen ann hill. we will continue to get more information and update that story as we get it. amazon has locked in a bitter contract dispute with a book publisher, the major sticking point is the price of it's e books. accusing to even accept a preorders for any of the publishers upcoming books. some big name authors are weighing in, how do i pronounce the name of this? >> you pronounced it correctly. knew a.k. recalling took a jab at amazon, and she wrote, there are a lot of ways to order the silk worm in the u.s., as amazon kindly suggested, now comedian is also going up against amazon, his book publisher, he spoke with author sherman alexi, about amazon on the report, take a listen. they control 40 to 50% of the book market, and they want more, and the only way to do that is to force them lower and lo

but from a b.p. the private paros officer releasing their jobs report.roup waiting for the a big story we're following in san francisco in today's three of the many set out. and already some drivers are called in sick to work. we're hearing that it's not going to be as rough as that has banned. kron4's will tran up is live with more. minimal response to a man 30 minutes ago and he had to get up early. condition not be as vent. muni bus said expect some delays. says offs are developing story of san mateo, where an officer shot and killed a person. kron4's mike boldin is on the phone with the it details. >>: this is in the moderate housing complex just outside of half moon bay and i just spoke with the woman's family they identify her as a teen year-old vienna route but toronto parent you know what? why don't you go get some frozen yogurt. i got this. you're so sweet. you got this, right? i do got this. from the shelf, and to your home. starting at $99. safeway gets that staying on budget can be a real bear. that's why they've got lots of ways to save. rea

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differences over ukraine and the differences are quite acute at this moment but then you see old giants like b.p. and exxon mobil and they're actually instead of white houses line have signed agreements with russia's ross now it's now you know we're thinking over here don't you find a little silly that they're actually making tills with a company whose c.e.o. can't even visit them or even pay for their lines because you know he's banned from everywhere and i know it's an absurd situation what do you make of it. well i don't share your premise i think. that. part of the conduct of business we have to look at it from the broader. framework there is what companies are doing that and what states are also involved in and we have we're also going to see a process of adjustment in this regard but to qualify the sword well that's. your opinion is not mine now that surge is not the fact that companies are making deals despite of policies the upstart is the man who is in charge of the biggest company in russia cannot even visit the company. signing that deals with that's what i meant just wanted to for si

lobbied for permission for commercial drone flights to be allowed in the green light was given to the b.p. energy corporation and drone developer aero vironment but the decision has already come in for some criticism more perspective we talked to aviation expert richard woodward. future drones growing phenomenally faster to be one of the begin to the world because is any number of applications such as tracking and checking and chip in all fields is a control issue otherwise we'll have a me everywhere is it when i have a private moment anywhere in the world there's a privacy issue because the fact that these little things can fly over the side of your house in the deal. window is the second thing is that the there's no real design stage for the drones at the moment every civilly that we fly it's very strict design standards the drones. design standards country in the world as would you know that is that can the technologies develop in the regulations that. you know they use thousands of policemen raided a south korean church in search of a fugitive billionaire you broom given thought to be

little late to b.p. >> little bit. little bit. >> but still got the start. meanwhile, jose abreu.e's been one of the great stories this young baseball season. the young rookie, 17th home run. and the white sox lead 2-0 early. bottom four. that was dan haren who threw that pitch to abreu. now, dan haren tries to get a base hit and help himself. but doesn't happen. gordon beckham. white sox win, 4-1. >>> little smaller dimensions here. 'bama/florida. women's college world series. florida needing a win here to win a championship. and they tie it up in the first. on a stephanie tofft homer. big blow came from kristi merritt. three-run homer in the second. gators up 5-1. they won game one. it's a best of three. 'bama needing a big comeback in the seventh. jadyn spencer. well, she's going to leave the tying run on-deck. and the gators celebrate their first women's college world series title. 33 national titles in all for the university of florida. >>> stanley cup finals begins tonight. l.a./new york. nba finals begins thursday, spurs and heat. >> good morning, america. >> thanks, guys.

of exxon mobil rex tillerson bob dudley the head of britain's b.p. was also present there as well as was the boss of norwegian oil giant star saw many of this said they wanted to keep politics away from business. it hasn't really affected we're doing relationship is developing. according to the contract so we don't believe this kind of problems we want peace the president of the franco-prussian chamber of commerce and industry finds it positive that business is taking matters into its own hands on both sides of the atlantic now it should step in because actually. the political. leaders are talking about economic sanctions so we need to raise our voice and tell them that they should not do it again they should use diplomacy to do so the ukrainian crazies actually what do you have in you and you have a political crises. or political crisis should be absolutely soul of by diplomacy using ticking into. companies whether they are us. french companies this is something which is an acceptable form of course there is more trading with. the u.s. i think fifty

of exxon mobil rex tillerson bob dudley they had of britain's b.p. was also present as well as the boss of norwegian oil giant stanwell and manny they're sad they wanted to keep politics away from business. this is really a. relationship it's developing. according to the culture we don't believe this kind of stuff we want peace now some of the u.s. business community fear even temporary sanctions could end up in the long lasting damage to their russian exports economic expert from the university of massachusetts richard wolfe says american companies have good reasons to be worried . the united states has direct an interest in direct investments in russia it has made plans to get access to russian energy which it has made plans to get financial benefits by banking deals between russian banking and financial officials and americans and if in russia there's a reaction against pressure from the united states then there are ways in which all kinds of companies in the united states will suffer losses we don't know how bad they'll be we don't know how long

b.p. able to fly its drone over alaska's slope. the company says its flights will be used for maintenance purposes. >>> ford and heinz are teaming up to research ways of using the catchupmaker's waste. the stems and seeds aren't used in ketchup. they're processed into pallets that can be used in manufacturing. ford says they might be able to use them to make car parts, including cup holders and race lets. >>> when we come back, swept away in fast-moving water. a young girl's rescue coming just in time. >>> and an important health story for women. the fda makes a major change about the amount of fish a pregnant woman should eat. i guess i never really gave much thought to the acidity in any foods. never thought about the coffee i was drinking having acids. it never dawned on me that it could hurt your teeth. my dentist has told me your enamel is wearing away, and that sounded really scary to me, and i was like well can you fix it, can you paint it back on, and he explained that it was not something that grows back, it's kind of a on

technologies developed in the regulations that it employs now richard for example are the big oil company b.p. they actually receive the first license to use commercial drones are to oversee oilfield operations are potentially improving safety standards there and people are keeping people safe from danger do you think that's a positive side of it perhaps. i think that is a policy savant says a perfect job for a drone as a city to be boring to sit there in a helicopter sunning doing it but he can do it at much lower cost with a drone to get higher resolution imagery back to the control side there's one issue with drones is that technology is limited by simply the moment a lot of saw it because of control issues so you can only do it we could see the drone in the distance on a sound to be a lot of people saying at all suggesting as you might be here that privacy privacy is one of the big issues here with civilians voicing that opposition to it but are you expecting there were a big public response to this is that maybe going to grow from here. i think we'll see the future of drones growing phen

getting council has brought you a report showing the b.p. oil spill has harm marine life our criminal justice system is racist vegan cheese tastes like sadness the two party system is rigged silver lining's playbook was ok but overrated and while we're all pretty sure the chemicals we're putting in our hair are causing brain tumors we'd rather have brain tumors then look like this. no counsel pointing out things you already knew since i think any sort of. luxury apartments in london have put spikes on the ground outside in order to keep homeless people from sleeping there i'm not kidding look it may seem like this is yet another sign that the outrageously rich people are winning but we all know how evolution works mark my words over a few thousand years homeless people will develop a spike resistant armor skin and an immune system that can digest a rusty socket wrench all right they'll be invincible meanwhile the insanely rich living in their pure realm palaces of hand sanitizers and air purifiers will be allergic to the sun too weak to walk

s were also present mr bob paid a visit and he's of course the head of britain's b.p. and the head of norway's oil giant and one of the biggest energy firms in the e.u. stat oil was also caught on camera so guys screw sanctions business as usual but this is really a very good. relationship it's developing. according to the conference we don't believe this kind of problem we want these all the u.s. and its allies look like jealous wives calling on their business husbands to stay at home as they cheat on them with russia instead james rickards an american economist and author of the new york times best seller the death of money joins us live from the states to give us some analysis on this jim the big politics in business are they supposed to act as a team. superficially yes but behind the scenes no and i don't really find a lot of respect for u.s. sanctions around the world the white house really elevates substance. elevates form over substance they're going through the motions of putting on the signaling sanctions but behind the scenes certainly european political lead

protecting trade tellus as they should and coming up abby martin is breaking the sound over while oil giant b.p. has secured the first average civil license to fly drones over the us. in london in one of the caring hearts of one of the capitals of loving liberal e.u. they've implemented a plan to finally get almost people off the streets at night so that they provide these desperate people with a job so they can at least earn a few pounds and have some human dignity of course not they put down spikes everywhere on the ground so that the whole boats have nowhere to sleep yes that is right they're laying down spikes to keep up the homeless just like dragon's teeth keep out tanks now if this happened somewhere in say bangladesh on a bad day i might say well that is their business but all the liberals in the e.u. just constantly cry from the ivory tower to the whole world about how. we all need to be tolerant and be taxed to death to help people but as a guy who grew up in a bad neighborhood i can tell you that liberals never want to live near the people they claim to want to help you know henry fo

executing millions of wild animals and b.p. getting its hands on the first commercial drone so hard to keep up but if you've been watching mainstream news you probably didn't hear about any of these stories because they've been far more concerned with this cancer the second most powerful republican in the house lost his primary race to tea party candidate and political newcomer dave brat if cantor was re-elected it would be a signal that they if they could move forward to comprehensive immigration reform and eric cantor's kind of a kinder gentler republican he's not one of those icky you know tea party types so they would have been sort of had broken how can or should democrats seize leverage from cantor's losses or an opening here for them or is this really what they didn't think was happening at a tea party resurgence i think of that democrats are going to seize this by not doing anything so bought on analysis there see cantor's loss is exactly the type of political theater washington to analyze with the name and repetitive c

drone use since on monday craft are cheaper and easier to maneuver and the green light was given to the b.p. energy corporation and drone developer aero vironment their craft sort of quick with three d. cameras and will be used for mapping purposes but the decision has already come in for some criticism but more perspective we spoke to aviation expert richard woodward. future drones growing phenomenally faster to be one of the big industries around the world because is any number of applications such as tracking and checking law and chipping or fields is a control issue otherwise for every me everywhere is a city whenever a private moment anywhere in or there's a big privacy issue because the fact that those little things can fly over the side of your house and into your you look at the windows the second thing is the there's no real design stage for the drones at the moment every single a cry after that we fly is very strict design standards the drones don't have design standards your delivery kit country in the world as well you know that is that technology is developing faster than the r

did indeed sideline several oligarchs i don't think that is entirely possible in ukraine community of b.p. shook's mccullum wishes are actually too deeply ingrained within ukrainian politics for polishing could be able to keep them out altogether it's just a question of how he deals with them now you just mentioned the name of color more skill and this is a very well some would say notorious figure in their currency as a banking mogul he is now one of the governors they also finance this far right militia groups in ukraine and incidentally he was one of the people that victoria nuland here is assistant secretary of state and that's without her recent visit to your crane could you take that as a sign that the united states would be more last ok with the oligarchs still calling the shots in ukraine inside each undemocratic fashion as long as they act in line with the u.s. national interest it's possible if it's to get a question i actually don't really know. the united states i think its influence over ukraine is possibly over a. of course i know. even the head of the cia has been welcomed

of exxon mobil rex tillerson also bob dudley there the head of britain's b.p. was also present as was the boss of norwegian oil giant starts oil money though said they wanted to keep politics away from business but it was really different to work through the relationship is developing. according to the conference. the president of the franco-prussian chamber of commerce and industry finds it positive though the business is at least taking matters into its own hands on both sides of the atlantic now. it should have been because actually. the political system is such that no. leader talking about economy could think so we need to raise over and tell them that they should not do it again they should use diplomacy to do so the ukrainian places actually what do you have in you and you have a political crises. or political crises should be absolutely soul of by. taking into. companies whether they are us. french companies this is something which isn't acceptable for us of course there is more trading with europe than with the us i think you're fifty percent of the tr

he oversaw the 9/11 60s compensation fund and paid by b.p. to settle claims following the deep water horizon oil spill. g.m.'s faulty ignition switches have been linked to deaths and accidents and led to the recall of millions of vehicles. coming up at 8:10, we'll hear from victims' family members. >> our daughters, sons, sisters, brothers, mothers, fathers, wives and husbands are gone because they were a cost of doing business g.m. style. >> the payout could cost the automakers billions of dollars. >> ♪ ♪ >> do not adjust the colors on your television set, fans in costa rica celebrating their team's dramatic win over greece in the world cup, fans appearing happy at their team is heading home, proud of how their boys played. over the weekend, four teams go into the quarter finals and over the next two days, more teams try to move on. today, two european powerhouses taking on up and coming frequent ken squads. >> team u.s.a. has now arrived in the coastal city of salvador, brazil, gearing up for today's win or go home match against undefeated

in a new report, federal regulators say the safety device that failed to stop the b.p. oil spill has multiple problems. they say it all wasn't tested properly, and stimposes a risk for other rigs today. the chemical safety board blames ban management for what went wrong. they say that led to the dutching of 172 million gallons of oil into the gulf of mexico. in santa barbara, a high school principal get as sara name. defendant all part of this year's santa barbara high school senior class prank. and i have to tell you, that person must be happy that the class prank is that and not something else. >> like turning over guests which happened in new jersey not too long ago. all right, time to go, you going to poll me around all day. vladimir putin calling former secretary of state hillary clinton weak. he was asked about comparing russian you greece and ukraine to hitler's actions. the police department said clinton not been too grateful in her statements he went on to say that people push boundaries because they are weak, but that may be weakness is not the worst quality f

we have are you noors b.p. is eyed up by the u.s. oil giant. wall green in the u.s. you know it well. you go there shopping. -- the u.k. pharmacy brand could offer it a better corporate tax rate. congress could come back and say, look. we're going change this rule. it is starting to bug us about it. they are running out of targets. if you look at the pharma space, six of the top 10 in the u.k. have already been tax inversion deals. all of those, some of the three of the six have already been by u.s. companies coming and want make the most of the u.k. tax domicile. the shrinking pool of targets going. since 2013, they all reincorporated in the u.k.. on average save themselves 8% in terms of corporate tax rates. that is why it is such a thing to eye up. >> an even lower rate of took profit that comes from i.p.. >> you don't have to -- the cash that you have knocking around. you can use that productively. you get a double whammy on this as well. my my question is what will happen when actually u.s. authorities do reverse it. at some point they are going to. >> caroline

we have b.p. and exxon beginning to pull some of their people out of the country.g said that, there has been absolutely no change to the physical supply of oil, the oil over picture out of iraq the last week. it is just as it was. >> earlier last week, we heard malachy, voices from the iraqi government saying -- now what we're hearing from the u.s. is that the option is off the table. president obama met with congressional leaders last night. any signs that he is now shifting his stance and will take a more active role? >> never say never. even if they were going to launch air strikes, i'm not sure they would be very clear or public about that in advance. definitely it does not look like that is on the cards at the moment. in fact, the message seems to be a political one for the prime minister of iraq, al-malaki. while at the same time, it seems like we're getting a message from the u.s. that they are not sure that he is capable of that. think about that. al-malaki has been in power for eight years. i was in baghdad in may 2006 when he became prime minister for the

b.p. will use it to keep an eye on pipe lines in alaska. the 3-d cameras will map roads and infrastructure and monitor wildlife and ice floes in the water. it had only been used for police work and academic research. >> the u.s. debut of the launch of an invitation only on line marketplace showcasing items from businesses. until now, alibaba had no he commerce presence in the u.s. >> let's get a look at temperatures across the nation today. >> meteorologist nicole mitchell has the answers for us. good morning. >> good morning. i mentioned i just got back from military duty. we had the stickies through the region with high humidity, high heat, part of the set up for the severe weather, also making things uncomfortable. this morning, temperatures in the 60 and 70's, 80's and 90's through this region and high humidity, so you're going to be sweating once again. >> nicole, thank you very much. >> americans killed by the air support they had called in for help. >> the investigation into the country's deadliest friendly fire incident in afghanist

. >> a federal report on the 2010 b.p. oil spill says the deep water horizon's blowout preventer had multiple failures. the report blames faulty wiring, a dead battery and a bent pipe in the rig's blowout preventer. those problems led to the nation's worst offshore oil disaster. an explosion killed 11 workers and dumped 172 million-gallons of oil into the gulf of mexico. >> at the height of columbia's drug wars, medellin was violent. the city has transformed itself. it has become a model for other cities to follow. >> it's an innovative way to bring neighborhoods together and shows one way medellin is moving forward. it was the city's murder capitol. now the city is booming and it seems a distant memory. an urban renewal project helped medellin win the title most innovative city in 2013. colombian architects lead the charge. this architect created recognizable new landmarks. he said this is only the beginning. >> architecture together with other policies is working to reconstruct the city. we are recongerring public spaces