this battalion patrolled the area surrounding its power base of mary opel -- this battalion patrols the area surrounding its power base of mariupol. >> if you listen to russian propaganda, then the main criticism is about our unit. that's because we are not hiding. the majority of our troops are nationalists and patriotic. reporter: if the ukrainian government wants to keep this city, it may not have a choice about who else rejected -- who helps protect it. mariupol has already changed hands several times. it remains vulnerable to rebel attack. >> our enemies want to retake the city because it is a big industrial center, the biggest seaport on the coast. it is important to both the ukrainian and russian side. if there will be a fight for it, it will be a heavy fight, and we are definitely not going to retreat. reporter: certainly soldiers here fear a rebel offensive will come soon regardless of the cease-fire. there may come a time when the power of this battalion with extremist tendencies becomes a political headache for the poroshenko government, but, for now, ukraine -- ukrainian for

>> approximately 1 battalion is there, also one battalion is there - this is the headquarters of the tactical area. >> and we're right on the edge of bentiu town? >> yeah. >> has this area been attacked recently? >> many times! >> when was the last time? >> the last time yesterday. >> yesterday?! >> yesterday, date 4, date 3 date 2, all these dates they are attacking us. >> we wanted to meet the opposition forces, but to do that we had to leave juba, and travel back over the border to south sudan via ethiopia. >> so it's just straight from here to the border? so we've come all the way to ethiopia from south sudan. we took a flight from juba to addis, the capital, and now we're back in the border with south sudan, a town called gambela. a long journey to get back here because there's no direct way of coming from juba to the border. because the areas are controlled by the opposition and the government and it's quite unsafe to travel through there. and now we're trying to head to the actual border and get into south sudan, to a town called pagak. before the war, bol gatkouth was a membe

the battalion chief here says it's possible the equipment from that grow operation triggered the fire. >> a lot of lights and electricity, probably on a timer so probably comes on different times at night. maybe came in and some wires shorted out or something. it probably was going a couple of hours and it blew through the roof and that's when we got called. >>reporter: you heard the battalion chiefs say the fire was likely burning for a number of hours before the crews finally got here. that's why the flames broke through the roof. the good news is this as they is they cinderblock building so that didn't allow the fire to spread to any neighboring businesses. an arson investigator was called out here. that person is now collecting evidence at the scene of the fire trying to pinpoint the exact cause. just standard protocol to have an arson investigator called out here. it doesn't indicate there's anything suspicious about this fire. they do not believe it was intentional. >>> thank you in the meantime, police are adding extra patrols to a popular trail in livermore after a woman out f

there was no way we're going to send two battalions into afghanistan. and i just think it was a very long time before we realized what we were up against. >> i believe that it has been exaggerated that because of iraq afghanistan suffered. i believe that because of iraq at least during my period as ambassador i was to a degree successful in increasing resources for afghanistan saying -- and that given what we're doing in iraq, which was huge, that afghanistan needed more attention perhaps, not as much as iraq given the challenge at that time in afghanistan wasn't as great as the challenge in iraq. the level of violence was not as high. there was concerns about resurgence. there was concern about misbehavior on the part of what was called warlords at that time, that we needed a greater level of effort. i got a positive response more on the civilian side by increasing the reconstruction budget by over a billion dollars dollars. but on the military front ryan's analysis is quite right and there was not only an unwillingness to send more forces along, the c

into the ukrainian national guard particularly one called the asov battalion. we will watch for any involvement of that battalion in this training program. >> u.s. troops are staying put in iraq as a fierce battle rages around a key city. thousands of iraqis are leaving the city today with isil fighters capturing three villages overnight. american forces are conducting training nearby and u.s. officials say there are no plans to withdraw them. iraq's prime minister has been in washington this week meeting with u.s. leaders. he says u.s. airstrikes are helping but his country needs additional reinforcements. we have this report from the pentagon. >> this video shot on a mobile phone shows and air strike on isil positions near ramadi. the u.s. and its coalition defeat the isil advance. isil captured three villages on the eastern outskirts wednesday. fighters are regrouping after losing tikrit earlier this month. at the pentagon, joint chiefs chairman down played the setback as just part of the ebb and flow of a war that is far from over. >> i would much rather th

the battalion chief left not long ago. he left after the fire marshall got on the scene. he told me that atf agents alcohol, tobacco and firearms agents are expected to come out here later this morning or sometime today. that's totally protocol. that's standard when this kind of establishment catches on fire. this fire broke out about an hour and a half ago. primarily contained inside. no one was inside the bar. it was closed at the time. that's good. there were no injuries to anyone in the area or to firefighters. there is an adjacent home and those people were asked to evacuate for a short time. they have since been let back in. at this time there's been no damage to their home but to this bar, very extensive damage i'm told by the battalion chief. right now you have the bar owner and a friend they're standing in front of the door the entrance to the 63rd street lounge. i approached them a short time ago. he is really shaken up about what happened here and is not yet willing to talk. we'll stay on scene and have information from you coming up in the next hour. that's th

the battalion chief told me over the last hour pretty extensive fire broke out inside the bar. he said the bar was closed up. it was not operating. no one was inside. everyone had gone home for the night several hours earlier. they got a call that there was fire inside. the first engine that got here was able to put out the flames but there was, as i said pretty extensive fire. they had quite a few engines come and give assistance and backup. right now you have no injuries to firefighters or any of the people who live in the adjacent homes. what they're really doing right now is just making sure there are no hot spots. that's why a number of firefighters are still staying on the scene. it's also why there's such a large fire engine presence out here and they've closed off cobbs creek park way between walton and between webster. so if you're driving in the area of cobbs creek you cannot access cobbs creek parkway. we're going to stay out here touch base with the fire marshall and see if he has anything to add to the investigation. live in cobbs creek. katy zachry. >>> police hav

so two battalions. we send our messages to london and washington. four hours later i had my response which was crocker, go sit under a tree until this insanity passes from you. there is no way we are going to send two battalions into afghanistan. i just think it was a very long time before we realized what we were up against. >> i believe as has been exaggerated that because of iraq, afghanistan suffered. i believe that because of erratic, at least during my period as ambassador, i was to a degree successful in increasing races is -- resources and saying given what we are doing in iraq that afghanistan needed perhaps not as much as iraq given the challenge at that time in afghanistan wasn't as great of a challenge in iraq. the level of violence was not as high. there was concern about resurgent and concerned about misbehavior on the party what was called for a board at that time, that we needed a greater level of effort. i got the positive response more of the civilian side by increasing the construction by over a billion dollars. but on the militar

so two battalions. we sent our messages to london and washington. and like four hours later i had my response. which was crocker, go sit under a tree until this insanity passes from you. there was no way we're going to send two battalions into afghanistan. and i just think it was a very long time before we realized what we were up against. >> i believe that it has been exaggerated that because of iraq afghanistan suffered. i believe that because of iraq at least during my period as ambassador i was to a degree successful in increasing resources for afghanistan, saying -- and that given what we're doing in iraq, which was huge, that afghanistan needed more attention perhaps, not as much as iraq given the challenge at that time in afghanistan wasn't as great as the challenge in iraq. the level of violence was not as high. there was concerns about resurgence. there was concern about misbehavior on the part of what was called warlords at that time, that we needed a greater level of effort. i got a positive response more on the civilian side by increasin

he created his own shia led battalions. he turned to iran and iranian backed militias, assuming a more and more prominent role in providing security around the country. so the sectarian divide in iraq is fundamentally at the root of the country's problems today. we talk about a government of national union in iraq. maliki left. abbadi replaced him as prime minister but fundamentally nothing has changed. prime minister. the u.s. has also fallen into a little bit of a trap which has further polarized sunnis in iraq starting with arab spring and 2012. >> iraqi forces massed to retake the city from isis is dominated by sulemani, the general in charge of the quds force the iranian revolutionary guard. he's not commanding from afar he is on site. shiite militias are on the front line. capabilities of the professional iraqi military still leave an enormous amount to be desired. so the perception that the u.s. has, essentially shifted its alliances through its negotiations with iran by finding common cause, you know, with hezbollah

lila was one of the highest ranking women a battalion commander in the maoist army.ost women have ran out of the $5,000 given to them for demobilization. >> translator: women's participation in the war as fighters has proved the strength of women yet those yoms are in a difficult positionwomen are ina difficult position today. >> reporter: the u.n. security council has adopted a position on women peace and prosperity, analysts say it looks good on paper but has major problems. >> the whole focus is to get them out of the containments. so basically the counseling part the economic security part was entirely undone. >> through an ngo they can build a ftc life for themselves. >>> pope francis urge, boldly live their faith. the message during the easter vigil concentrated on modern day martyrs, worshipers remembered those targeted by al shabaab easter the day jesus rose from the dead following his crucifixion. if you like the style and tone of what you have heard in this bulletin, look at our revampletd revamped website at aljazeera.com. wildfire. >> we're going to explo

battalion of thomas jefferson, johnny carson, of george washington, abraham lincoln. st the work of the holy mission. >> any other public comment. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. there is a motion. with no objection. motion passes. >>> give me a second to figure this one out. no. 2, please. city clerk: item no. 2 is reviewing and approving annual report for the top of broadway community benefit district for fiscal year 2013-2014. >> good afternoon, supervisors, chair yee, supervisor christensen. you will sea in your packet the there are some repetitive slides. for the sake of time i'm going to gloss over those, the 2 pieces of legislation that govern our program. the review product. oewd process is over seeing that their managed well. the resolution in front of you for the top of broadway community benefit for fiscal year 13-14. this parcel map shows the very small geographic area that top of broadway covers. there are 39 parcels within the district. their assess many budget is also one of our smaller ones at $106,000. it

. >> reporter: so this fire likely was burning for several hours according to the battalion chief before they got reports of smoke in the area. by the time they got here, the fire was going really good. this is a cinder block build according to firefighters, that helps contain the flames in one business. this was a legal marijuana dispensary with a good size operation growing inside of it. arson investigators came out to investigate and gather evidence on this. we should not read anything into that. they're trying to pinpoint the cause that does not mean this fire was necessary suspicious. >> all right sounds good, we'll in with you later, alex. >>> mayor ed lee is expected to announce his proposal with body cameras. the cameras are expected to cost more than $3 million. the city would buy about 1600 cameras sfo will provide additional funds buy cameras for 200 officers there. the city needs to do everything it can to build trusts between police officers and the community >>> polamalu are leading to an investigation. deputies responded to a man acted irrationally and threatened a neighbo

aside, that i think part of hawaii getting statehood was based on the japanese saving that lost battalion. i was told at one time by the speaker of the house that they supported statehood for hawaii because of what the japanese boys did to save their lost battalion. so these are stories also of what they did in the pacific the m.i.s., and what they did in japan i think is a lesson that this country needs to learn as to how we can approach working with other countries as the wars come to an end and how they can use our soldiers as well to help shape the budding nations. when these are in writing, i think that it can help people of our country to realize all of this, and this tremendous part of our history of the united states that should be known by everyone -- not only in the united states but in the rest of the world. terry: as a follow-up to these things we have been covering, how did you feel that the actions of nisei veterans of world war ii have benefited other asian ethnic minorities? senator akaka: i should tell you that they benefited hawaii, many of them, where they came out of s

a battalion chief says it appear it is equipment may have started the fire. in fresno firefighters continue to battle a huge fire burning for power poles used by pg ande. the fire department says it is bumping less than 3000-gallon of water a minute and the fire may not be out until some time tomorrow. no injuries have been reported but heavy smoke is effecting air quality and could cause breathing problems. damage from the fire is estimated at $1.3 million may cause other investigation. >>> a string of attacks against women on an east bay trail, the stepped up security measures now in place. >>> a warm up on the way, but will it last through the weekend? that's up next with your complete bay area forecast. >>> and sparking speculation about a new battery everyone can use, not just electric car owners. >>> breaking news in south san francisco. they say the car plunged into the car near oyster point boulevard. two race cars were racing around 11:00 a.m.. there was a collision. one of the cars went into the water. the car that went into the bay, a gold nissan w

. >> the numeral battalion with the market octavia is clear. >> okay commissioner richards. >> i guess based on commissioner moore's comments i'll move to approve the project with the two conditions the 3 conditions as read into the record. >> i believe that commissioner moore made the motion. >> i'll second we specific a number of car shares i think there are 4 for 4 hundred unit i'd like to go to 10 one and a half percent to 10 percent. >> that's based on the location of the property close to the transit in the market octavia plan. >> and increasing - >> or. >> number 6 i think. >> let's do all of them. >> we're getting one hundred and 5 extra spaces can we take one hundred and give you 5. >> for each one it will lose 3 spaces like each floor is 12. >> yeah. sure. sure staffers. >> what was your last offer (laughter). >> why not double it go to 12, 12 out of one hundred and 5. >> how about 8. >> okay i should have brought you up i would have driven a harder bargain. >> it this amenable to our motion. >> it is. >> commissioner antonini. >> i was going to make a motion it sound like it

others retired battalion chief, retired football coach, teachers, professors. again, more than 100 people. they're saying, i'm quoting, that the archbishop has fostered an atmosphere of division and intolerance. they're specifically upset with the morality clause that teachers and staff at the four catholic high schools here in the city must abide by. the letter goes on to say that goes against those people's personal beliefs and that it is not right that they have to abide by that morality clause under the threat of being fired. they also argue that it violates a state law. so again, they're calling on the pope to remove the archbishop. the diocese has responded by saying that this is just a small group of catholics. they do not represent the wider view of the entire catholic community here in the city. the people behind this letter will be holding a news conference later this morning to discuss this further. reporting live here in san francisco, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> interesting. thank you, bob. we'll have the latest developments from the story o

we shouldn't be battalions of american infantry. >> the united states should help kenya bomb al-shababgets in somali if necessary. >> maybe bomb maybe other actions. it depends on what the kenyan military wants to do. we ought to be helpful to them and help stop them. brett stevens at "the wall street journal" talks about the situation internationally, like the broken window syndrome. if you let police department if you let broken windows occurring in a neighbourhood, it will deteriorate. brett says the same thing is the case internationally. if we don't stop some of the crazed undertakings like al-shabab, i.s.i.s. and the rest the broken window syndrome takes over the continent. you don't want to send in the army. there's a reasonable approach that would help local democratically inclined powers to get the job done without announcing as soon as you do something that you are about to leave, which is the president's propensity. >> you sound like you moderated the position since the start of the iraq war, after you suggested that iraq had something to do with it and you need to be forcef

there he was assigned to an artillery battalion.here were only about 1200 japanese soldiers on the island against 20,000 u.s. troops. many of his comrades died. >> translator: bullets rained down on us. it was like a scene from hell. soldiers all around me were pleading to be killed, begging for water. >> reporter: the japanese military launched its final attack about one month after the u.s. landing. but kurata had been severely wounded and could not take part. >> translator: they set out on a mission to die honorably. everyone who could move was ordered to take part. i was left behind because i couldn't move. i wish they had dragged me along, but i couldn't go. >> reporter: for four months after the battle he wandered around the island often on the verge of starvation before he was taken prisoner. he was one of about only 50 japanese soldiers who survived. when he retired, he moved back to palau. he wanted to be near his fellow soldiers to console their spirits. in the years after the war, more than 20 monuments were erected by be

i was one of five at the end of six months that lasted, out of 1100 men in my battalion. ♪ reporter:00 men die gallipoli, from indian villages to the furthest borders of the ottoman empire, from the islands of the south pacific to lancaster middletown's. >> they were shot in helpless batches while they waited. we could not even use their rifles in retaliation since ascendancy had clocked to our action. reporter: time has made wrecking asian of mutual sacrifice possible. british royals join the president of turkey and ireland. australians and new zealanders whose identities were powerfully shaped by what happened here. from the hms bulwark, a signal for a minute's silence. time to reflect on those who serve. like ronnie fade, a 15-year-old naval cadet. >> above all, don't worry. i'm mostly happy and would not be anywhere else for the world. take care of yourself, dear. reporter: the day after he wrote that ronnie was killed. >> it is just to think that he is reassuring about his family. he would be worried about himself but he is thinking of others. reporter: andrew horne was an army

we were an infantry battalion task force that was occupying his hometown. it became readily apparent very quickly that saddam was probably being harbored there. we got incredible information, intelligence and we began to work that. we worked that with a number of other teams. two special operation forces teams over a six-month period. we developed from the ground up a lot of our own intelligence. my commander, colonel jim hickey, was a marvelous warrior. general ray ordierno was our commander in the fourth infantry division. those were my two immediate commanders. they gave me great latitude. i'm very grateful for their bravery and trust. we worked together as a team. my unit was not the only one involved, but was one of about half a dozen. it was very humbling to participate in that time. we nearly captured saddam in the summer of 2003. we did not get him, but we got personal effects, papers, $10 million in cash, $2 million in jewelry. it turns out, he was captured six months after that raid across the river. you could see the two places from one another.

and i want to see battalions where thousands of saudi arabians are marching at the front of the battalions. because frankly the saudi arabians have been a big part of this problem for a long time. the kuwaitis need to be at the front lines, the turks need to be at the front lines, but you have to have arab boots on the ground. >> let's talk about the rollout of your campaign. because you've already taken a hit for your behavior in a couple of interviews. now, i'm going to get to this is twofold for me. some are saying it's a woman issue. some are saying it's just a behavior issue for a presidential candidate. i want to show the audience what we're talking about and get you to respond. standby. >> you once said iran was not a threat. now you say it is. you once proposed ending foreign aid to israel. you now support it, at least for the time being. and you once offered to drastically cut -- wait wait, wait once drastically wanted to cut defense spending and now you want to increase it 16%. i just wonder if you've mellowed out. >> why don't you let me explain instead of -- >> sure. >> -- talk

. >> of course we're upgrading our capabilities and our operations we are increasing our battalions monitoring borderline all along, of course and the rest of the area. >> a houthi activist says the saudi-lead coalition has failed in its mission. >> the main goal was to restore hadi's legitimacy but at the end, they only -- as they mentioned they only secured the security of the -- the gulf nations, which they have changed their goals. and hadi is still in saudi arabia and the yemeni army are advancing everywhere. >> mohamed vall has more now from the saudi yemeni border. >> reporter: for those who thought the announcement yesterday night by the coalition, is the end of the war, they might be disappointed today. that saudi arabia and its allies have launched a series of strikes. one was a few hours after the announcement of the end of the war, and that was in aden when tanks in possession of the houthis were seen moving to areas from which they were expelled a few days ago, in the coastal line of aden where the presidential palace is located the house of president hadi and also some government

they point to evidence of military organization a strict hierarchy and trained attack battalions. if that is the case why did the justice system wait so long to prosecute it with unemployment at 25%, the former conservative government began a policy of incarcerating them. >> they enjoyed immunity from processing keiths. they had invested in the targeting of might have grants golden dawn denies such an arrangement and says the conservatives acted out of political fear. >> we were constantly going up in the opinion polls and a direct threat to the new democracy, losing the ground from under its feet. >> golden dawn says it will respect a verdict based upon the facts. it has certainly proven politically resilient despite the case against it, it remains the country's third largest party. athens. >> residents in a northeast kenyantown are trying to come to terms with an attack by armed group al shabaab. the group killed 148 people when they raided the garitza university. mohammed adow reports on how the attack has divided the town. >> on the wrong side of the law. this is how police de

syrian rebels from several battalions of the free syrian army united to push government troops out of the crossing. fighting broke out three days ago and by thursday morning the rebels had taken over the entire syrian side of the crossing. >> with god's help, we have lib rated the border crossing in the kingdom. they have cleansed this crossing from the if it of bashar al assad's regime. >> they believe removing troops from the crossing could lead to their removal from other parts of the area. >> after seizing the crossing, rebels will seize nearby villages, which lice on the highway to damascus. this would cut off the army from military supplies. it means areas under army's control will be under complete siege. >> on wednesday jordan announced the temporary closure of the crossing from its side due to the crossle. this is the only functioning crossing between jordan and syria and considered a crucial gate way for syrian and lebanese traders. keeping it closed could mean huge economic losses for both countries. jordan trains and cooperates with what its describes as moderate rebels, i

. >> leela was a battalion commander. she said most of the women have run out of the $5,000 given to them as a demobilization package. she has established an n.g.o. to help her former colleagues. >> women's participation as fighters has proved the strength of women, yet those women are in a difficult situation today. most are not in touch with the party. they are politically and economically weak. they need help. that is why we started an n.g.o. >> the u.n. security council adopted a resolution on women, peace and security and was a major player in the path to peace. analysts say a transition looks good on paper but has major problems. >> the economic security part was entirely ignored. >> these once powerful women snubbed by the state and their own party hope that they can build a life for themselves. >> people in one of india's largest states say a ban on the slaughter of bulls threatens their livelihood. it was used for meat and leather. we report from mumbai. >> these are the last animal hides to be produced at the ta

third deployment with the engineer battalion were answered as inadequate route clearance which officially is a position that's off limits to females but again they need medics. they could leave the wire without them so i coupled with a. shortly after i came back i started hearing, that was the whole thing about the combat exclusion. i was like combat exclusion? i've been doing this for a while now. i started hearing stories from friends of mine have done it. they talked about like the sisterhood and about these wonderful things these girls were doing and these opportunities we would have. i jumped on it as soon as they could. it was an awesome opportunity i would do it again in a heartbeat spent that i would do it again in a heartbeat i probably heard 750 times in the past two years. that's the thing that struck me was not just what you all have done but how much everyone missed that mission. there were people who were willing to take their careers, they just keep doing this mission alongside special operations. i met them all the time and i'm sure there's tons i didn't have the opportuni

jesse is with company a, fifth alabama battalion. jesse enlisted april 15th, 1861. he's knocked off of his horse. after he falls, the charge kind of spends itself right in front of the home of george peers. at least by one account there's north carolinans that repulse his charge. confederate troops that have gone into camp in the river valley behind the peer's house hear this fighting. he says that they received provisions that came from somewhere. so with the surgeons counted earlier, there were supplies being taken and brought back to lee's army. so the 31st georgia gets some of those rashes. they're cooking these rations and say before we reached the scene of engagement, it was over with. when we got into the little town, we saw a number of artillery pieces standing sigh loently without anyone near. going back to the rations, confederates were hungry on this campaign. they couldn't get the rations. and that was grant's doing. grant understood if you wanted to feed an army you had to take away their rations, their supplies. he also understands that he's got to not

he operated as the primary combat advisor to the battalion responsible for shropshire to capture operations against senior taliban commanders. he earned his silver star and purple heart for his rural leading a rifle platoon into the battle of falluja and a a bronze star in afghanistan in 2008. a masters degree in international affairs where he studied literature and history and graduated sukkoth -- summa cum laude in 2,003. he has completed many of the military most challenging special operations training courses and completed training as the number one 2nd lieutenant ranked at the 200 officers, the recipient of an award for infantry excellence. this evening we are pleased to have him here to discuss. if discuss. if you would come forward please. [applause] [applause] >> thank you so much to hopkins for hosting that supporting this event. i am i am going to read from the opening of the novel. many would call me a dishonest man, but i've always kept faith with myself. there is an honesty and that, i think. a village that no longer exist in a a family that is not large or prosperous. i have o

battalion chief robert harris was there. what's that like? >> very rewarding because, you know, you're there and we were there to make a difference, and to, you know, help people and save lives. >> reporter: it may be hard to imagine survivors, but harris says he sees it over and over. >> if you were to simply just roll out of bed and the whole floor or of roof came down on top of you it would create a void space right there by your bed, and that area would be a survivable space. >> reporter: and it may take several days just to get to them, he says, because of the sheer magitute of disaster. >> you're getting pulled in a lot of different directions when you have, you know potentially thousands of people that need our assistance right now. >> reporter: when deployed this team is prepared to be tyler sufficient sufficiency for up to a month. jim, they even bring their own doctors with them in case a member of the team is injured during the rescue operation. >> axelrod: carter evans in los angeles, carter, thank you. now to baltimore where prot

and i think it was five or six companies or battalions. frank, do you know the details on that? >> four. >> four. so if we were to train all of their military, over 100,000 people, that would take a much longer period of time, sir. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> secretary shaheen. i'm having trouble with all of these secretaries. you can all serve extremely well in those positions. i apologize for the demotion. there we go. >> thank you. senator corker, i appreciate that, and thank you to all of our witnesses for being here today. i want to begin by just sharing the frustration that we've heard from other members of this committee about the slowness with which we are providing assistance to ukraine. on the weapons side, not just about the decision which seems to be taking a very long time on providing assistance. but the other forms of assistance that would be helpful to the ukrainian military that's in the field. and i had an opportunity to meet last week with some representatives from ukraine, a member of parliament and some others. and one of the things they talked about was