they are looking to build a wide coalition. france still in the game. we also know that turkey has said in the past in no uncertain terms that it would take action against syria even without you in approval, so strong words there. apart from that, the international coalition looking very thin indeed. and has not said that it will act without you in action. that could be a stumbling block but they have been giving signs that they will support them, but it has not come out publicly. france really needs some allies. in terms of the united nations the security council blocked by russia also to a lesser extent by china this time around. one other option -- western powers could try and keep pushing and table another resolution at the united nations even if it is doomed to failure to try to show that there is international support to try to put pressure on him that way as well. >> the no vote in the united kingdom came as somewhat of a surprise, but the result means that the u.k. will not join the u.s. if there is an eventual offensive. david cameron says his

i'm jessica estrada with the coalition. thank you for having me. [inaudible] suzannea, everybody at owd and set the ground work and supervisor mar and kim set the background what i was going to say today. i want to go over briefly how we get the assessment results. i had the pleasure to directly work with the food justice leader and it is residents and the youth in surveying and actually going out to the 70 corner stores in the tenderloin to check for the different availability of whole wheat bread, low fat milk, different products and it was interesting for me and crazy with our results only 28% of the stores had fresh fruits and vegetables. only one store that was 2/3s were two stars and had is the baseline and we're looking forward to this project and moving forward and going into the stores with the leaders and the youth and it's crazy and walking in you see like 50 different types of cheetos and chips and wall of soda, but one type of whole wheat bread or low fat milk so it's a big need in the community. i work directly with the youth and the

most germans would prefer a grand coalition. steinberg has said such a coalition would have to go ahead without him -- time brewing -- steinbrueck. >> it was one of the most shocking events in south african history, the massacre of 34 miners. >> south africans have been commemorating the anniversary. >> the president backed out of the ceremonies, having lost support of many mineworkers. opponents say the case exposes his failure to tackle south africa's problems. >> gathering at the rocky outcrop to remember the men who were gunned down more than a year ago. the miners said they would continue their struggle. >> we need to make sure that there is no blood that is going to be shut again. >> the massacre was south africa's deadliest labor incident since the end of apartheid. the government inquiry set up to investigate the killings has yet to publish its findings. miners and their families here experience grinding poverty. in stark contrast to the mineral wealth they bring to the surface for the third-largest global platinum produ

most germans would prefer a grand coalition. steinberg has said such a coalition would have to go ahead without him -- time brewing -- steinbrueck. >> it was one of the most shocking events in south african history, the massacre of 34 miners. >> south africans have been commemorating the anniversary. >> the president backed out of the ceremonies, having lost support of many mineworkers. opponents say the case exposes his failure to tackle south africa's problems. >> gathering at the rocky outcrop to remember the men who were gunned down more than a year ago. the miners said they would continue their struggle. >> we need to make sure that there is no blood that is going to be shut again. >> the massacre was south africa's deadliest labor incident since the end of apartheid. the government inquiry set up to investigate the killings has yet to publish its findings. miners and their families here experience grinding poverty. in stark contrast to the mineral wealth they bring to the surface for the third-largest global platinum produ

there was a grassroot coalition of groups under accident entity coalition jobs that were effective so the building of affordable housing with some of the cap and trade money a significant percentage key was a win. also identifying displacement as a real issue some folks in san francisco were saying that many the equality advocates and the affordable housing folks did a great job in emphasizing how displacement is real and also ooelgd e oakland and san jose so there was great language from my office and this grace roots coalition. they're not satisfied because of the significant displacement that we know w will happen but some mitigations and strong analysis was advocated and i and others supported the equity jobs coalition though it's not perfect but without the grace roots coalition we wouldn't have had the impact >> without really repeating i think one of the things i'm proud of is to see the level of engagement by the san francisco delegation on the metropolitan transportation commission and a being a baggy believe this has made this plan a lot better and all of us brought somethin

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>> reporter: well, as expected, the coalition here stays together. berlusconi, to be fair to him, said all along his party needs to be cautious. some might say he's got maximum mileage, protesting his innocence, saying he's being pers kated. he's had five mps of his party threaten to step away from the coalition in the past few days. yet here he is saying the coalition needs to stay together for the good of the country. we need to wait and see in terms of the cause who gains from this. whether actually berlusconi manages to gain further support. i think the key point here, we've been making this point for the last week, the polls show neither party here would benefit from fresh elections. i think both parties know that. i think from berlusconi's point of view, too, we have to work out what the sentence means. what we believe at the moment we're not going to decide whether he does community service or whether it's restricted at home until september 15th. it could take a further two months for that to be in place. up until that time, berlusconi is not

that is what this coalition represents. i'm glad to see everybody in washington come together and put our arms around this difficult issue. i am encouraged by the president. his words thaty they will not let one election go by without having proper vigilance. >> thank you. thank you and thanks to all who have joined in this meeting today. a couple of questions -- 50 years ago, there were marches. there was a lot of activity on the ground. what is the battle like today in texas and critical states in the south? >> in texas there is a lawsuit pending right now. we have an opportunity to display just how important it is to have section two and section three. what we fight, we demonstrate the importance of the need for a votingto give us rights act for all americans. >> we have representatives from georgia and florida who are here. both of those states have engaged in activity and have been working to preserve the right. i will let them speak. >> i am the president of the national black caucus, 50 legislators in 42 states. we'v

coalition so far. >> no. it is interesting because so many of the opponents of the iraq war sniffed about george w. bush's coalition of the -- started out when -- looking at had in terms of "fox news sunday," 30 countries. that's a u.n. compared to what going on. britain is now officially out. the only country in nato that says they may take military action is france. which is interesting because they opposed our military actions in iran. turkey has talked about at least support. the arab league talked about support but not military action. i can think of only one country, france, that spoke about putting weapons where its rhetoric is. coalition of willing of george w. bush looks strong now in comparison to this. >> germany speaking out against this. you have -- >> all of the european nato countries opposed to it. i doubt seriously that the u.n. work is going to change any of that. turkey is a nato ally and wants us to do something significant. it should be pointed out, however, has not been backing the secul

. >> coalition lawmakers say the discussion over the euro hockey is over, that the affair is likely to stick with de maiziere in the lead up to elections. >> we are joined by someone who has been closely following the story for us. thanks so much for being with us. is the defense minister officially now off the hook? >> he certainly is for now. he is all but certain to remain defense minister, at least until election day, he did have to admit today that he at the very least added to the confusion surrounding which information he received when. he first appeared before the defense committee of the parliament last june, and that is when he said that he first heard about problem's in march of that year and then had not received any information until may of 2013, which is also when this project was terminated. during the process of this committee over the past two weeks, we actually saw a written evidence and papers that he signed off on where he was warned that this carried severe financial and technological risks. as i say, he regretted this, so his reputation as the picture- perfect min

moving forward what can this sort of coalition accomplish in other areas. for example you're trying to repeal the a u m f is that something that you can kind of use the same coalition to push forward. well you know there was an interesting coalition that gathered in support of a mushroom moment and it was very difficult to divine where people were going to come down on that and so you saw the votes go up on the board i think that hypo total that was very important in moving towards a restructuring of the n.s.a. program something that i've been urging for some time in my view there's no reason why the telecommunications companies can't retain their own data and then we would only go to the companies when it was necessary when we had a recent article facts supporting a number that was associated with terrorism rather than the government taking hold of all that metadata so i think that vote will help propel that structural change in the program but yes there's a coalition that is looking at a lot of the national security issues a lot of the so-called war on te

so i think at the moment this coalition of the willing is getting together.we may very well see some kind of action within the next couple of days or weeks. but it will come down to president obama. he is the one who will have to direct this. he is the one that will have to take the final decision. he has support out in the world. if some kind of attack is what he chooses to do to retallaiate for what the world thinks of a chemical weapons attack on its own people from the government of syria. >> as we continue to wait for secretary of state john kerry -- i will put ow hold on. here is secretary of state john kerry. >> for the last several days, president obama and his entire national security team have been reviewing the situation in syria and today i want to provide an update on our efforts as we consider our response to the use of chemical weapons. what we saw in syria last week should shock the conscience of the world. it defies any code of morality. let me be clear. the indiscriminate slaughtering of innocents and killing of women and children is a moral

we sent you a letter from the coalition to each of you. i recommend that you work with us and find a solution to homelessness in san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> [calling speaker names] >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. hello my name is is kelly and a volunteer with the coalition on homelessness. our stance on the over night parking ban issues has remained consistent and will fight the restrictions and of the originally passed legislation and while it is called a pilot project we continue to hold concern that this is not a pilot project but rather a fast track city wide ban on over night park against homeless families and individuals. we are concerned that all future decisions will only center the voices of the city powerful business owners and city officials and leaving out the voice of those impacted by the policy and policy changes. we have some immediate steps and sliewtionz that mta could implement to support the needs of homeless people currently living in their vehicle. number one, create a mechani

they need a robust coalition.they need a legal justification, they need clear evidence, which is why they are taking all the time to build up the facts. they have to lay that out for the american people. and they need congressional support. with that, i think they will go in with a limited scope and objective. they have been on the phone with allies around the world. but we had a caveat, those are not new consultations. the friends of syria group, uk, many have been involved in working together over the last couple of years. now it is taking a new catalyst and escalating the conversation. >> obviously, wilfried bolewski, under law, what the polls say is irrelevant. e lel analyst are not looking at what public opinion thinks. >> the national communities is of great importance. not only in terms of legality, you talk of the creation of international law. i emphasize the coalition of the willing. regionalization. the organization of the islamic conference. and in this context, europe might play a secondary role. >> n

the president is trying to put together a coalition.an president has been mostly silent about syria, but on thursday, question officials say they would send dog of their own warships to the eastern mediterranean. peter sharp explains why russia is so determined to defend its middle east ally. >> it was the hike of the scold war that the deal was struck, in 1980 signed a treaty of cooperation and french ship, with the then syrian president. it was a master stroke of sowf jet strategy that immediately turns the soviet union into a major player. the soviets have been selling weapons to syria since the 1973 war, 40 years ago. ten what does russia get from the deal today? it has access to a name maintenance and supply base at the syrian port. russian's only military base outside the former soviet union. lucrative arm sales, 10% of all weapons exported by russia go to syria, net worth $1.5 billion a year. and lastly unparalleled access to syria's military and security. surprised in the u.n. security council that russia has consistently voted

the quigley house is an original idea from the arts coalition. according to local historian patrick quigley was the superintendent of construction in golden gate park from the early 1870s to 1912. patrick and his large family, they had at least seven children, lived in a house situated in kesar triangle. patrick lived in the house until he passed away in 1912. then the house stood empty and was considered haunted until it burned down in 1914. the idea behind this art project is to use 400 pieces of recycle ed brick to outline where the quigley house once stood and the 400 is to honor the past and present golden gate park staff. this is another original idea from the kesar arts coalition which also has a historical reference. this triangle is an example of one of the types of agricultural art projects that is being proposed in the plan and the idea is to plant barley since this is a natural plant and was once grown there to feed the horses. this is an example actually of an art project that the arts commission considered more landscaping rather th

i'm a member of the coalition of homelessness and power. >> but today, i'm representing the homeless coalition. >> our demands are for the supervisors and mayor. >> we ask that fund reserve funds be dedicated to poor folks and folks who are homeless. >> they're very long lists for folks waiting for shelters. theirs long lists. >> so we ask that funds be dedicated to folks not only are we suffering but our children and a thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon supervisors. we manage the system for low income residents. we have a collaborative services. everyday our office takes on cases like this gentleman who after his landlord harassed the family to leave and threatened to call ice on them for not being legal. they have mold and lead exposure and mice in- they case bedbug bites and led exposure. they're afraid of ventilation. eviction. they have been serving latinos since 1986 i'm here to urge your support for expanding funding for the collaborative programs they connection the folks to the code enforcement process. while they've done their best to meet th

those a be the focus of a future coalition. will the administration go to the united nations where it ultimately would be blocked by russia or china? that is interesting. >> just very briefly. what is the greater risk here? ?s it in action >> we have seen two years of relative inaction. it has piled up. more than 100,000 dead. much more extremist elements in the rebel groups. i think we have seen what doing nothing ducks. it is time to do something in response to this egregious use -- weapons ofns mass destruction. >> thank you for joining me. >> he was once a rising star in china's communist party leadership. close.is trial drew to a he deniedtement abuse of power and accused others close to him of being guilty of greed. the verdict will be delivered at a later date. >> for five days the communist party has been busy destroying one of its own. bo xilai, a popular politician and once one of the 25 most powerful men in the country, has been portrayed in court as greedy, corrupt, and violent. experimentcedented in openness, the p

some western nations support the formation of a national coalition. it's resident resigned a few months later in april. >> while sake dealer groups have failed to form a coalition, many religious groups have made great advances. parts of syria are ruled by gulf states. the almost rough front has gained an possible -- in popularity thanks to its efforts to provide food and water in war-torn areas. they and other jihadist are firmly established. >> are many islamist groupings where it is clear they are not going to be our allies and they will not be controllable should they ever get the upper hand. a major problem with these rebel forces is that they are very militant. >> the days are long gone when the free syrian army was the only group fighting the regime and all of the equipped units are no match for the syrian military. their commander has long called on western powers to do more to help their struggle. with a militant or peaceful exile, the various groups and syria all want to remove the regime from power, but there is no, and plan for the afterma

the issue her name is diana cohen is a visual artist and the co-founder of the plastic pollution coalition and she joins me now. to thank you so much for coming on. thank you for having me abby so i saw your ted talk i was really inspired by it and i'm really thankful for you to come on and shed some light on this i think that many people do not realize how plastic doesn't ever go away and you talk about the process by which plastic breaks down. shirt so i'm not a scientist i'm a visual artist so just to clarify but from what i've come to learn about plastic in particular from working with it as material in my artwork plastic breaks down into smaller bits photo degrades but that's about all it is and we now are guesstimating the amount of time that a plastic bottle or a plastic bag or a plastic cup will be with us on the earth it's something that's designed with an intention of intended obsolescence to be use single use disposable one time but in fact it will last potentially for hundreds and hundreds of years terrifying reality their use of coal in the great pacific garbage patch an islan

and so, the coalition government, the conservative prime minister leading a coalition government with junior partners that are liberal democrats, has had to water down that motion. we will now have two votes. one today that will agree a principle, if necessary, of going ahead with a military attack on syria after those alleged amoco attacks perpetrated by -- chemical attacks perpetrated by the asad regime. real problems domestically for mr. cameron. he's not even sure of winning the motion that will be voted on tonight. there'll be eight hours of debate. it starts at 2:30 p.m. london time. it will be kicked off by the prime minister himself. what m.p.'s are uneasy, whether it is in his party, the opposition party, the liberal democrats -- what they are concerned about is being taught down in some protracted war -- being bogged down in some crook track and war. -- some protrac ted war. it is the same as the iraq war, the way it was voted on, and what iraq has become today. that is all haunting not just the political class but also the british population. we know that from all the opini

for us in the united states, the coalition we're building is a broadly based coalition. i would argue if you look at the coalition of president bush, it's more broad. here you have president obama, a person who cares a great deal about international law, about international diplomacy, about really creating a broadly based international coalition. all i am suggesting, there is more need, more time for diplomacy, international diplomacy. i would argue we must use this particular moment, this terrible moment where thousands of syrians have died, in order to really have a renewed effort of diplomacy. russia and the united states must sit down, use this particular moment, heighten tensions in order to bring about a settlement and put an end to the bloodshed that's taking place in syria. regardless of how legitimate a strike is, it seems to be legal based on the evidence that we have seen from the administration. my question is, if you put the principle aside, america's military strikes would not bring about an end to the struggle. in fact, it would exacerbate and make the con

just how likely is a grand coalition?u ask voters here in the opinion polls, the grand coalition is what they want to have. neither steinbruck, the candidate for chancellory of the social democrats nor angela merkel of the christian democrats, of course, does want to have a grand coalition, so it will be up to the voter to make their votes that we might get such an outcome. for now the polls are showing the ruling coal cision leading, but there is still a lot of room for change because there is still a lot of nonvoters who might be activated. and a lot of voters haven't made their mind up. so that is why angela america cell quite caution right now. take a listen to what she said over the weekend. >> translator: i'm not afraid of anything. i am campaigning. i am indeed sure of the fact that the elections will be a very, very close call. it would be extraordinarily careless to think i'll be re-elected chancellor in any case and don't need to do anything about it anymore. >> both parties are quite similar when it comes to th

i also wanted to say too it's a coalition of not only the food access groups and grass root organizations but small businesses and their associations. jobs with justice played a key role and i am grateful we have people here from jobs with justice and also the grass-roots coalition in the bay view and the tenderloin and the support is significant and also spur, our city planning association, plus many other community based groups and alliances. also this piece of legislation will increase healthy food in many areas of our cities. i think some call them food deserts, food swamps is a term i learned today but we are addressing the inequality in many neighborhoods and access to food. many of the small businesses, the so call mom and pop stores need support to transition to healthier stores and this will help them three year period to sustain themselves as well so this will provide incentives that will be explained later to make businesses healthy businesses in our neighborhoods. the legislation also is supported i think importantly by the arab america's grocer's association and discussions w

next speaker. >> hi i am lisy marie altory and also with the coalition. conduct outreach weekly and most recently in january and february we did a focus group of folks in shelters and captain the issues and solutions regarding the current shelter conditions so i wanted to share feedback that we got that is relevant to our conversation today and a lot of it is similar to what we heard from the senior action crew and the work that they do in the sro's but the feedback that we got that affects the lgbt aging community -- i have four points i want to share. the first is regarding staff treatment of seniors and lgbt people and this continues to be a place of abuse, lack of support, lack of competency from the staff. no training of the staff and get a sense of the issues that affect the homeless and accessing the shelters. the second is accessibility and supporting housing needs so some of the basic ada issues aren't met and places for walkers and wheel shares and elevators and getting bunk assignments appropriate to their abilities are. this includes access to

there is a rainbow coalition, so to speak, that dr. king imagined that is now helping to run the country through the obama phenomenon, the cory booker phenomenon. i think it's a big day. >> donna, what does that mean to you, a coalition of conscience? >> well, the coalition of conscience really came together about 30 years ago during the 20th anniversary celebration. and mrs. ki and mr. king envisioned a much larger coalition that envisioned the body of dr. king to bring together those who marched for jobs and freedom but also those who cared about peace and justice issues, not just here but abroad. so it was an intergenerational movement, and as witnessed this crowd today, it feels the same way it did about 30 years ago when i participated. i wasn't old enough to march back in 1963. i was not yet four years old when dr. king echoed those words, free at last, free at last. but there were many members of my family and community who attended, and i'm proud to be here today. >> and it's really, i think, 50 years later, it's this time wher

i want to thank the law clinics from law schools and a better balance and the work and families coalition also here in san francisco i want to thank the advisory council and the united food and commercial workers and the gender appreciative issues. as well as supervisors yee and supervisor breed who has offered to support this issue. i want to take a moment and thank my aid keating republican who worked around the clock. and with that colleagues i'd like to ask if we could send this motion back to committee and in case anything unexpected happens but as i said today, i want to introduce this what date of january 1st >> colleagues the president has made a motion to send this back to the rules committee. i have a second from supervisor avalos >> i want to thank supervisor avalos i'll be adding this afternoon. >> item 51 is a motion appointing naomi to the entertainment empathies. >> colleagues supervisor wiener. i just want to say how great it is we're able to reappoint her to the entertainment commission. we appointed her last year she brings a strong public height to the empathies commiss

so the point is the coalition in the march on washington was a coalition of labor and civil rights activistsho knew that pulling power together would be the only way to move a country. and the speech was if i remember my history correctly was for jobs and justice. and your father knew the special intersection between economic justice and civil rights. and so it was very important that coming together 50 years later, the issue about jobs where we now have the worst income inequality in the united states of america since the great depression. where instead of the -- even though rhetorically people talk about education all the time -- but we can't just speak of something, we must act on it. and they can't ensure a great public education for all kids. instead of that you see the scapegoating and the margin alizing. like you saw in the civil rights movement. just like people did to your father. and so it felt like if we don't bring the coalition together of clergy, of civil rights activists, gay, straight, black, white, brown, women, men and workers altogether, we would not actually do what we ne