incidents in several towns completely in the north in the west and some parts of the east as well bria. these are some of the important towns are being told in some places people are still hiding out in the bushes so they're not able to come toward another area at polling stations polling materials have been burned we're hearing that in one particular town people woke up to cancel so they're not able to vote in many of those towns our polling stations have not opened as well but we have spoken to the u.n. officials saying that despite all this problems most of the country 80 percent of the country is safe enough for people to for people to go and vote it's going to be interesting how this day plays out and more importantly it's going to be interesting to see how the border town out is going to be. well those things also progressing in knees era nation looking to deliver its 1st peaceful handover of power the president. was elected after a coup in 2011 he's stepping down after 2 terms his preferred successor mohamed bouazizi leads a 30 strong field of candidates this year is struggling

incidents in several towns particularly in the north in the west and some parts of the east as well bria a bomb that saw. these are some of the important towns are being told in some places people are still hiding out in the bushes so they're not able to come to vote in other areas polling stations polling materials have been banned we're hearing that in one particular town people woke up to cancel so they're not able to vote in many of those towns polling stations have not opened as well but we have spoken to the u.n. officials saying that despite all this problems most of the country 80 percent of the country is safe enough for people to vote for people to go and vote so it's going to be interesting how this day plays out and more importantly it's going to be interesting to see how the voter turnout is going to be. more than a 1000 refugees and migrants are stranded hours in the open in freezing conditions and bills the herzegovina far this week destroyed much of their camp near the croatian border because he loved his hoodie on reports. that these migrants have nowhere to go they're s

contained but then people are still afraid like i say the run away and we're not just talking about bria we're also hearing of seem. similar things in other towns in the provinces of people in some towns people hiding out afraid to come out to vote in other places a polling stations have not opened yet a lot of intimidation by armed groups are being told in some places walled by the u.n. says that these problems are localized to very few areas most of the country safe for people to go out to vote they say that most of the polling stations more than 3000 polling stations have been open and people are free to go and vote. is from the french institute of international relations his work focuses on central and southern africa he thinks president with various reelection won't resolve the security problems. the fact that bosy and the armed groups are refusing those elections. of course. and the problem but i think what will be a key development in the coming weeks will be. position of the democratic opposition movement but anyway the security situation in the country has been bad for the past

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reinforcements but people are too afraid they're hiding out in the bushes and we're not just talking about bria we have heard reports from several other towns in some provinces that people voters are being intimidated by armed groups in some places stations open very late or have not opened at all in other places and people are hiding out in bushes very afraid to come to vote we've had from the president's main challenger opposition presidential candidate and he said the lawyer who also voted earlier today said that he is concerned that perhaps all of the voters there are 1800000 registered voters here so he says many of them he's afraid may not be able to go out to vote because of the security situation came ok catherine do we know what that might have done to voter turnout what have you been seeing there today. well in the countries in the countryside we've been speaking to people who say there's going to be a lot of voter apathy particularly in areas where this there is active fighting in areas where this group grouping the patriots coalition for change is people saying that there we might f

contained but then people are still afraid like i say the run away and we're not just talking about bria we're also hearing of similar. similar things in other towns in the provinces of people in some towns people hiding out afraid to come out vote in other places polling stations have not opened yet a lot of intimidation by armed groups are being told in some places as well but the u.n. says that these problems are localized to very few areas most of the country say for people to go out to vote and they say that most of the polling stations more than 3000 polling stations have been open and people are free to go and vote and when you talk about the polling stations being open catherine we can see a good sized line of people behind you waiting to cast their ballot waiting for people whose cost the ballots family and friends to come to the polling station so clearly those people really want to exercise their democratic rights. yes they do and i mean a couple of hours are even more people that huge lot quite long the numbers are just going to do thing as we approach to paul's closing and w

that's the story of bria stevenson's life, a harvard law school superstar who spent the first 18 monthsr graduation that he could represent people with no money and only the tiniest sliver of hope. 30 years later, he's still at it. along with his colleagues at the equal justice initiative, he's still taking the kinds of cases he documented. so unforgettably and his 2014, best-selling memoir just mercy. >> i went to law school because i was concerned about inequality and injustice and it didn't seer like those werrities in my first year of law school and it was really only in my second year of law school, that things turned around. i drove down to jackson, georgia, which is where death row is and they brought this man ine.nd he had chains everywh and they unchained this man.t and i nervous that when he walked over to me, i just said, i'm so sorry. i'm just a law student.ny i don't knowing about the death penalty. i don't know anything about criminal procedure, but h sent me doe to tell you that you're not at risk of execution anytime in the next year. and i never will forget that, man, j

contained but then people are still afraid like i say the run away and we're not just talking about bria we're also hearing of seem. similar things in other towns in the provinces of peoples in some towns people hiding out afraid to come out to vote in other places a polling stations have not opened yet a lot of intimidation by armed groups are being told in some places walled by the u.n. says that these problems are localized to very few areas most of the country safe for people to go out to vote they say that most of the polling stations more than 3000 polling stations have been open and people are free to go and vote. terry is from the french institute of international relations his work focuses focuses on central and southern africa he thinks president where there is reelection won't resolve the security problems. the fact that bosy and the armed groups are refusing those elections. of course. and the problem but i think what will be a key development in the coming weeks will be. position of the democratic opposition movement but anyway the security situation in the country has been

i apologize if brian is watching, bria -- >> commissioner hamasaki: i have spoken to some of them. i know they have some ideas. as long as you folks are in communication, i'm glad to hear that. >> yes, sir. >> vice president taylor: commis sioner cohen might be having connectivity issue. we were unable to hear you. i can hear you but i can't see you. >> commissioner cohen: i turned off my camera to get a better connection. >> vice president taylor: you want to start over? we didn't hear anything. >> commissioner cohen: that's okay. i turned my camera off. commander, good evening. the second portion of my question is, i was wondering if the department or this coalition that you're working related to the topic, you guys are used successful strategies of other cities. are there other cities that have policies that are in place to bring down pedestrian fatalities? >> yes, commissioner. i have to tell you, that i'm sorry, i didn't hear the first part of your question. i can answer the second. >> commissioner cohen: commissio ner hamasaki answered my first question. the answer is yes, yo

i apologize if brian is watching, bria -- >> commissioner hamasaki: i have spoken to some of them. i know they have some ideas. as long as you folks are in communication, i'm glad to hear that. >> yes, sir. >> vice president taylor: commis sioner cohen might be having connectivity issue. we were unable to hear you. i can hear you but i can't see you. >> commissioner cohen: i turned off my camera to get a better connection. >> vice president taylor: you want to start over? we didn't hear anything. >> commissioner cohen: that's okay. i turned my camera off. commander, good evening. the second portion of my question is, i was wondering if the department or this coalition that you're working related to the topic, you guys are used successful strategies of other cities. are there other cities that have policies that are in place to bring down pedestrian fatalities? >> yes, commissioner. i have to tell you, that i'm sorry, i didn't hear the first part of your question. i can answer the second. >> commissioner cohen: commissio ner hamasaki answered my first question. the answer is yes, yo

i apologize if brian is watching, bria -- >> commissioner hamasaki: i have spoken to some of them. i know they have some ideas. as long as you folks are in communication, i'm glad to hear that. >> yes, sir. >> vice president taylor: commis sioner cohen might be having connectivity issue. we were unable to hear you. i can hear you but i can't see you. >> commissioner cohen: i turned off my camera to get a better connection. >> vice president taylor: you want to start over? we didn't hear anything. >> commissioner cohen: that's okay. i turned my camera off. commander, good evening. the second portion of my question is, i was wondering if the department or this coalition that you're working related to the topic, you guys are used successful strategies of other cities. are there other cities that have policies that are in place to bring down pedestrian fatalities? >> yes, commissioner. i have to tell you, that i'm sorry, i didn't hear the first part of your question. i can answer the second. >> commissioner cohen: commissio ner hamasaki answered my first question. the answer is yes, yo