as we look at a lot of issues in central america, and basically -- central american desk. the idea that most of the poor people do migration within a region, maybe in central america, but then i read in your prologue the kidnappings in a certain period of time were poor central americans and the mexicans as the effect of the drug wars going on. this is a key issue, because we've got a disease in central america right now for coffee plants called coffee rest. it's going to impact about 3 million workers in central america that work in that sector. they're talking that maybe 40-50% loss of the sector and loss of their employment. if they can move north, i think they may. i'm not sure this is on anybody's radar screen, but if you're right that they won't move north to build basically change their area of location, that will also have an impact. i want to get your perspective on what could happen. this is happened in the past and that the get different types of outmigration from central america before, but this one is pending and it's coming up. >> well, i mean, it's not incon

that's what's happened normally in central america, happened even in mexico. migration inside mexico, not talked about all that much, i know the experience of my home country, peru, very well. it's a country that in the last 50 # years has seen close sal amounts of migration interimly. so much so that everything's been impactedded, the economy, the institutions. the story incidentally is no different than the united states'. domestic immigration is four times larger than national immigration for the united states. it's just a pattern that seems to be repeating itself everywhere, so i don't know exactly what will happen with the peep, but if we go by historical precedence, it's very likely that that will not have a huge impact in terms of international migration. it, of course, will have an impact domestically in terms of the economy. that will take us into the whole issue of the central american economy, institutions, the drug war, and all of that, but it's a different issue. >> yeah? >> the pugh hispanic center did research and looked at from 2000-2010 the in

they live in central america and this little singing guy is looking up to the clouds and singing an opratic tril is a defense mechanism and used to establish territory and stave off fights with other singing mice. >> i love his stage presence, the rolling smoke and the perfect lights. >> i can see why. >> it actually hurts my ears. >> i don't like it. >> people are blown away by this, because these mice are only found in central america, mostly co most mostly costa rica and man panama. people are mesmerized by this guy. >> he seems like an opera singer. >> and he bells at the end of his performance. >> thank you very much. >>> an example of perfect comedic timing. oh! >> what the heck was that? >> this is the after party for the fantastic 2013 who are roar fantasy sci-fi film festival. this was a planned event. if you see over here, a car turned upside down. this explosion was also part of the event, sort of a stunt show of sorts. some guy in the crowd just had the spectacular timing to yell out to these people walking by, hey, put out that cigarette. >> that wasn't part of the show. >

. >> today on "travelscope," i head to central america to explore the colonial glory, discover the naturaldeur, and celebrate the cultural richness of nicaragua. >> joseph rosendo's "travelscope" is made possible by... san antonio, texas, where you'll find art, culture, romance authentic tex-mex, 50-plus golf courses and hundreds of attractions. san antonio, deep in the heart. and no-jet-lag jet lag prevention. >> the largest country in central america, nicaragua's strategic location bridging the caribbean and the pacific and its natural beauty of towering volcanoes, untouched rain forests and tropical jungles has captured the interest of conquerors, profiteers and adventurers since its colonization by the spanish in 1524. my adventure begins on the shores of lake nicaragua in the city of granada, an historic colonial town where people enjoy a relaxed way of life. my first stop is the 1892 mercado municipal in el centro historico, the historic center, where the people shop and it's easy to get lost in its maze of stalls. i don't know which way to turn. you think nicaraguans like rice? and

as we look at a lot of issues in central america, and basically -- central american desk. the idea that most of the poor people do migration within a region, maybe in central america, but then i read in your prologue the kidnappings in a certain period of time were poor central americans and the mexicans as the effect of the drug wars going on. this is a key issue, because we've got a disease in central america right now for coffee plants called coffee rest. it's going to impact about 3 million workers in central america that work in that sector. they're talking that maybe 40-50% loss of the sector and loss of their employment. if

i have been in politics for so many ways, doing work around central america, supporting people in central america against u.s. imperialism, their right to live, self determination. i did a lot of work on that on campus when i was in college. a bit of work on apartheid when i was in college as well. >> i never got involved in supporting a candidate. i never thought a candidate was someone that i would support. then when tom ammiano ran against willie brown, i got inspired. i thought, someone with integrity and honesty, if they can run for mayor, maybe i can be somebody who represents what is true about our people. that is what inspired me to run and be a candidate. one thing this year that i really tackling, and i expect to for a long time, looking at me and how it operates in my district. san francisco, we talk about it being a transit first city, but it does not mean a lot if transit is not very well thought out in places away from downtown. my district is where we need to create better options. all the way down to randall street, there is no accessible boarding areas for the church. the

i was doing work around central america, supporting people in central america, protecting against u.s. imperialism, and their right to live. i was doing a lot of work on campus in college. head of work against apartheid. i was involved in a lot of the efforts to push back on efforts to remove affirmative action, prop 209, all kinds of work around ballot measures that were tough, big ideas, like single payer, but i never got involved in supporting a candidate. i never thought that a candidate would be someone that i would support, but when tom and ammiano ran for mayor against willie brown, somehow, i got inspired. i thought, it someone that has integrity and honesty, that comes from the community, could run for mayor, maybe it is we something that can represent the community. i wanted to look at it from a candid perspective. >> when you did run for the border supervisors, what did you learn from that experience, from the campaign? >> from the campaign? so much. you knock on a lot of doors, talk to a lot of people. some of the things were interesting, how connected a lot of people were

he violated that law and secretly got involved in central america and the iran/contra affair. are there other examples of ways presidents have legally or illegally defied congress' explicit views? >> yes, and not only in wars that we would necessarily disapprove of. you go back to 1941, franklin roosevelt was desperate to get the united states in a position where we might have to fight against hitler and the imperial japanese. this was an isolationist country, very isolationist congress. he got into pretty dicey situations in the north atlantic where there were american vessels that were in pretty grave danger of getting hit by a german sub which would have been terrible, but roosevelt would have known that would have provided a pretext to get the kind of involvement in world war ii he felt was necessary. >> how does the war in iraq, in your view as a historian, how does the iraq war and the decisions about the iraq war loom over these decisions being debated by congress right now? you can sort of see two sides trying to draw different allusions. the people who are saying no k

this area of the world, central america, is an unstable and volatile area. it is very difficult to pursue a clear-cut american objective and national security interest byhe kind of off-the-cuff casual involvement in the purposes of a disde gurilla group in one of these countes. general scowcroft, is covert action really an available policy option for the government, given the degree of openness that prevails in an open society? if it is succussful, if it does not become an issue of public debate, it h the advantage that the united states' overt actions are concealed. that sometimes facilitates our interest and a resotion of the issue, if the united states is not perceived as the primary actor. concealed from whom? concealed from e rld at large, in other words,ble. the impression that th is a locally generated insurrection, rathther than the great power of the united states applying pressure on a small power. psychologically, you have an advantage in using covert action. mr. president, if you've heard your advisers' opinions, you see anything built into our c

on the crime and violence generated in central america and that poses this question during his first speech during the summit of the americas. the report was somehow, as stated,ysulsa has analyzes more than once in our .rea since the presentation during the last four months, it has been analyzed in guatemala and they have worked on a roadmap. i would request that each of you make a presentation for not longer than seven minutes so that at the end we have some for a topicnd a that is as relevant as this and to think whether this paradigm can change and i believe it can. fromg and shifting away the ban on drugs, we can start mr.nsulsa, the secretary-general. much.nk you very those of you who want to listen to me again on the topic, i appreciate the time. do first thing i wanted to that this request was asked by the president. dialogue,eparate just on the contrary there was consensus, first that we have a very serious problem in a theinent that uses half of harrowing used in the world, half of the cocaine used in the world, a large amount of marijuana and a host of other drugs. the probl

carlos has taken it upon himself to organize with countries from all over the hemisphere, whether central america, south america, north america, as well as europe, to work together. and you have your monthly meetings where you discuss issues of concern. that is the kind of leadership that he has demonstrated. we know that we're not going to see you for a little while, but we also hope that you come back to san francisco because by virtue of all you have done, all you have contributed, i think that you are an honorary san franciscan and i can tell you that you will be in our hearts forever and we are grateful and very appreciative and just want to say that it's been an honor for me to work with you. before you say anything, i wanted to also -- i know that supervisor avalos wanted to say a few words. >> supervisor avalos. >> thank you. i want to say [in spanish]. thank you very much for all your work here in san francisco. i had the pleasure of developing a good relationship with you. that is really important for my district and also just for us together, and really came to really value your work,

. ♪ >> a rally in san salvador, capital of central america's smallest and most densely populated statetreets the chants are about the onward march of social justice, in a country that's seen bitter civil war and the transformation of former left wing guerillas into a li

. >> the cutter was on patrol off central america.made six busts and seized $94 million worth of contraband. >>> what's being called the largest white diamond at auction could shatter records. it was a 118 stone in new york today, as much as $35 million in hong kong next month. a rare blue diamond is also going up for auction, said to be worth $20 million. >> thank you for making ktvu your first choice for news. i'm gasia mikaelian. tonight a new action for syria as tensions arise. we're always here for you at ktvu.com. tmz is next right here on tv 36. ] in my family, we're big cereal lovers. so we just look for this g. 'cause general mills makes over 40 yummy flavors that are 130 calories or less per serving. and they're packed with vitamins and minerals. from lucky charms to cheerios. over 40 cereals. 130 calories or less. [ laughs ] ♪ [ female announcer ] hey ladies. you love it. you've got to have it. cinnamon toast crunch, 'cause that cinnamon and sugar is so irresistible. everybody craves those crazy squares.® >> today on "tmz"

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it found that pacific islands and parts of africa and central america face the biggest risks. >> countries can work on many things to minimize their vulnerability and the associated risk. >> they include the political situation, health care provisions, and drinking water supply. small changes, the report's authors say, can often have a big impact. >> let's shift to some good news. the print book is not dead. >> the popularity of you readers -- of e-readers has grown in recent years, leading many to fear that the old, bind the paper could be on the endangered list. >> but it is far from gone. case in point, brazil. >> half of the population is made up of book readers. some of them will be among the 600,000 visitors at the book i annual -- the book biennial in rio de janeiro. >> it is one of the most famous bookstores in downtown rio. at lunchtime, it fills up with book rooms -- bookworms hung the -- hungry for new prose. the store specializes in books on architecture and he arts as well as the classics of world literature -- and the arts, as well as the classics of world literature. >> we a

he buried himself in the sand and faked a heart attack in central america in order to escape questioning in the death his neighbor in belize. he remains a "person of interest" in that case. >> a panel of federal judges is extending the deadline for reducing the california prison population. california had until the end of the year to come up with a solution for overcrowding. that is january 27, when they have to find a long-term solution. this is a partial victory for governor brown fighting for early release of inmates. >> tonight a celebration if a woman who changed many lives, the 77-year-old has been helping the homeless if san francisco if 40 years. she founded the san francisco network ministries along with her late husband, scott, and is most proud of the residential treatment program created for women leaving prostitution. her organization has also built low-income housing for families and established a computer laboratory. >> what i do understand is, leaving the tenderloin, leaving the people that i love and the work that i have been so blessed to be able to do for 40 years. thi

as a union that represents a number of different nationalities, many members, latinos from central america and mexico as well as african-american it's a really big deal that our communities have to be committed to something additionally. we have had to deal with our members questioning whether they can ask or seek from help from the authorities. we had a member a few years ago where ice showed up dressed as police. that member to this day has a hard time asking for help and there is a lot of trust here that we are trying to establish with the authorities. we are in a new police right now. we're at the precipus of putting immigration reform. however, broken even that policy is going to be. for those of you that have been in all of the marps that have been fighting we know it's not going to be a perfect piece of legislation and unfortunately will push more people into the dark. we are in support of this legislation and we stand not as a labor union. we are standing as a community member, as a person as and supports this and we hope you encourage other supervisors that have not signed on to t

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he mentioned, still has a teenage girlfriend in central america.he's keynote speaker tomorrow night at the c2sv convention. >>> to the crisis in syria. what could be a landmark decision. the u.n. security council voted unanimously on a resolution that requires that country to give up its arsenal of chemical weapons. that agreement comes after weeks of tense negotiations and call for a u.s. military strike against syrian targets after the deaths of more than 1,000 people from poison gas. experts plan to go to syria next week to search for and destroy those chemical weaponses stockpiles. if the united states and russia warn if syria fails to adhere to the terms of the resolution, it would face consequence. russia said those would depend on the passage of another council resolution. >>> it's a phone call that could mark the beginning of the end of tensions between the u.s. and iran. president obama called iranian president hassan rowhani today. during that 15-minute conversation they agreed to work toward resolving the dispute over iran's nuclear prog

what's crazy is that we also know they originated in central america.y don't move far, they rode the landmasses north from mexico and ended up here - isolated on the different pieces, which moved independently of each other. it isn't only salamanders that have moved this way, everything on the plates is doing this, but most move away from their homeland, the little sedentary salamanders don't and thus provide us evidence of how important the movement of the land has been. diverse geology and movement has also aided in the richness we see today in california. this little salamander has taught us that you don't necessarily have to move to migrate, sometimes the land moves you. we head back to where we began, torrey pines state reserve to visit its namesake - the rarest pine in the world. it's found only here and on one of the channel islands. it's a relict - making its last stand in california. but why here? how did it find just the right spot? what is it about this place that makes it the right spot? like most relicts, this one enjoyed a much wider range

was fueling all of these dirty wars in central america nicaragua honduras el salvador and elsewhere i mean the under the obama administration we have kind of full spectrum covert war you have the drone strikes continuation of the use of mercenaries use of special operations forces cruise missile strikes proxy warlords in somalia so it's all very very dirty right now and while people paled a lot of attention to drones right now this is really full spectrum meanwhile glenn greenwald is the guardian journalist who worked with edward snowden on the n.s.a. surveillance leaks and who promised that much more will come out well apparently he's making good on that promise as i mentioned we don't know yet what do these leaks entailed but as soon as we know you'll know. everything is bigger in texas including the vehicles used by it's a sheriff's department according to the dallas observer the dallas county sheriff's department just picked up the newest addition to its tactical fleet a mine a resistant ambush protected vehicle in route for short the vehicle that you are looking at if that sounds

i call her the mother teresa of central america. her story is unbelievable what she's doing to rescue girls, young girls out of this sex slavery, sex trafficking that is taking place domestically in costa rica. so myself and congresswoman janice hahn, democrat from california, we spent a sunday afternoon -- supposed to be about an hour talking to these folks at this shelter. we spent the whole afternoon talking to these girls about their plight, what had happened salvando what corazones with amaria trying to get them back to a life because many of them had no life. let me explain it further. prostitution in costa rica is legal for adults. minor prostitution is illegal. prostitution generally is a legal situation. and they attract a lot of foreigners to that country for a lot of reasons, but this -- i mean, this is one reason. sex tourism. people from other countries and people in costa rica take advantage of the legal prostitution system. that's a debate for americans o have all the time. once that phenomena starts, it's easy for a

displaced towards the south and elsewhere we've also seen a lot of are -- it's not elsewhere across central america we have mrs. seen flooding and land shied. deepest pictures are actually out of honduras. it is to be headed in the next few days, but that area of wet weather that sits in the north that's really going ocause us quite a few problems. up in the area in the pacific northwest, where pretty sharp showers that we had with the next few days. an area of wet weather, northern part of mexico is also with this over parts of the u.s. and canada as well. you can see this huge trail of clouds, all the way up towards the northeast. and that is giving us something very heavy downing pours, particularly in the southern stretch. so some of us in text wee seen more than 30 years of is distance. we have seen over 100 millimeters of rain there in louisiana. this whole area we have seen some pretty lively weather, closely getting east wards. next two days. >> thank you very much, coming up next: raul will be here with all in sports, including new york yankees star alex rodriguez is making headlines. plea

they did not mobilize the british army and navy was overstretched with the caribbean central america and the british isles. with the revolutionary war in fact, his defense of britain became a major priority with threats there out the summer of 1778 with the french and spanish invasion the most serious threat since the spanish embargo. a.m. was always to have the navy that could defeat france and spain in a single fall but clinton had crowed a big new york under the british governor of new york the son of a natural -- admiral a hint if there was an ardent -- and deviancy the rbc be cut off and that is exactly what happened at yorktown. virtually the only time in the 18th-century the british navy was defeated in order of 1778 the british had to give up the occupation of philadelphia then they would try to win the war with your troops and ships in america. the chance of british success were once undermined by the political system. the rb today would call it a fragmented system. the chancellor is not expected to unite the policies toward the idea still in evolution and so this is still p

from the war in vietnam to the death squads in central america, of everythinghes from genital mutilationyoung to what is going on in syria. voice has had a pro impact on how we view ourselves, and today, he remains the conscience of the senate. tom does not allow anyone comfort in the democratic caucus, and i mean this sincerely, comfort of denial. because oft permit his voice the willing suspension of disbelief that so many of us would rather engage in because, darn, these problems are hard, to recognize them, to acknowledge them on and it places a burden on us. the good news is we have tom for another time. another effort your years. [applause] and the good news, and i have gotten to know ruth and caroline well. i campaigned with them. he won in spite of me in 2006, 2008, 2010, and i think in every one of your campaigns, i got to see him. i got to see him up close and personal, and i got to see the same thing that impressed his constituency. in 2006, it was not a certain thing, but i watched people react, like you watched people react. you have been engaged in politics. you can feel it

the united states calls the country central america's strongest potential biofuel producer. for thousands, this land rush has brought only more unemployment, hunger and poverty. >> we want to be able to grow corn so we can feed our children, and we can sell little is left over at the market and buy them clothes and shoes. >> the government has helped the land grab. >> companies once produced sugar where they want to mine oil. they collude and they use the law. the police and the military, to evict communities. >> her husband has held on to a collection of tear gas grenades that the security forces use to clear the men, women and children from the community. >> we would like people to come here and live with us a few days to see how we live. >> guatemala committed to give land to evicted families star starting in september. candelaria hopes this is the start of another life and not another promise waiting to be broken. al jazeera in guatemala. >> thank you. by the end of thursday we'll know semi standing line ups for this year's u.s. open. djokovic is the only player oh to ha

focus is on sort of the undocument combd grants who have been coming from the caribbean, from central americam south america. but if you read articles from 100 years arkse you can pretty much cut and paste ault all the arguments, pro and con, but just change the fact that they were talking about the irish or some other european group or some asian group. it's been throughout history of america every time we have these waves, these intense waves of people coming from a particular region, a particular country, i think you see the sort of -- there's this natural mentality of, orks that's it. we've had enough, let's stop it. so it sort of becomes possibly an attack on that particular group. and right now it just happens to be that a vast majority of our undocumented immigrants are from central and south america, particularly mexico. so i think that's why you're seeing that focus now. we don't get a lot of undocumented irish immigrants these days. that wave has not ended but we don't see it as much where most are coming from now are from central and south america from certain countries in asia. i

centrally planned economy to create go. cities of new nouveau ghost cities their new bogo cities in america old money go cities based on central planning remember detroit went bust because america's central planners decided not to let america compete they decided to let wall street rule the roost and to let monetary authorities decide what the price of money should be and that created this enormous wealth chasm we haven't seen such a chasm since the gilded age well i also think you know we're going to get into whether or not those go cities are just centrally planned or actually millions and millions and tens of millions of chinese who have jobs we're bringing them in income they have high savings rate where did they put all their savings but the other thing i look at it seems like it happened so sudden that the entire nation of the united states sent all of their wealth producing jobs to china so rapidly it was like a windfall it was like a lottery winner that china became suddenly everybody had these amazing wealth producing jobs so they didn't know what to spend the money on and they also didn't have an advanced banking sys