i have several years of tenure on the council.ing my time on the council, we it agitated for the landmark tree ordinance. since then, we have more than 13 trees in the city that had been landmarked. i personally assisted with some of those nominations for those landmarks. we also work on constructing an urban forest land, which was authorized for the supervisors and now has been turned over to the planning department to be added to the city's general plan. the council supported sidewalk pocket parks and the better street programs. we have participated in san francisco arbor day is which is less than two weeks from now. i believe i bring some action and institutional knowledge to the urban forest council. we have aspirations for expanding and maintaining the urban forest. thank you. >> thank you so much for being here. sandy sherwin. >> i have a resume here. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is sandy sherwin. i live on the edge of the excellus your district. both of these organizations have supported by candidacy without a publi

and security is concerned it's the security council or as soon as the security council has taken up the matter it's no longer a matter of the journalist simply and one important difference between the two bodies is that the security council can pick the decisions measures which are compulsory for the member so if there are sanctions like in the case of libya which are decided by the security council all the member states have to respect and to apply to the general assembly on the other hand cannot take such incisions beyond the elections have mentioned or the chart on the other hand the general assembly is the only body where you have all the member states present one hundred ninety two it's nearly universality and the general assembly rules on the principle of one state who won the vote nobody talked for anybody. only only one exemption from this rule the soviet union had three votes you remember maybe if you. are the last there are. three well. you can't think the european union will have twenty something like this are the regional organizations even inside you when all the the wh

the work of the council will be an important step forward for the work on the reentry council. thank you for your work. president chiu: any additional discussion? if we could take it will call on item 35. >> [roll-call] there are 11 ayes. president chiu: this item is passed on the first reading. the go to item 37. >> ordinance amending the san francisco administrative code by adding section 2.11 to establish a process for the mayor to appear the board of supervisors for question and answer session. >> i would like to have this item the delayed to a later part of the meeting. president chiu: if we could continue this to a letter part of the meeting. without objection. item 38. >> item 38 is a motion appointing leslie katz to the port commission, term ending may 1st, 2014. president chiu: without objection, this motion is approved. item 39. >> motion appointing generally, dave snyder and others to the golden gate bridge highway transportation district with terms ending january 31st, 2013. president chiu: this motion is approved. item 40. >> motion appointing supervisor david comp

to carry council?ction against colonel gaddafi with a resolution to -- the un council backs action against colonel gaddafi with a resolution. celebrations in been gaungazi ae news of the resolution reaches the rebels. desperate for aid, more than 300,000 people are still homeless and food is in short supply. >> the united nations security council has approved a resolution for the creation of a no-fly zone to protect the people of libya. the resolution calls for all necessary measures, but rules out the use of foreign ground troops. 10 countries voted in favor and none were against. there were five abstentions, including russia and china. >> when it came, there was no opposition to the plan that britain, france, and 11 on had presented. sit -- significantly, both russia and china were among the five countries to abstain. afterwards, britain made clear why its government felt it had to act. >> the world should not stand by and accept the dump the hospitality against his own people. this resolution. tonig

security council. that is a cessation of hostilities, the protection of lives, the protection of people. it is to make sure that arms denied it to libya, that assets are freed -- those are the ins and that is what we must now pursue. of course, many leaders the world over, we have all said that gadhafi's to go in order for libya to have a peaceful, successful, and a democratic future. that's still remains the case. we should be very clear in this international audience we are building. those are our aims. >> abuses of human rights and repression of libyans -- of civilians are not unique to libya. should we develop before policy that would be able to counter prevention elsewhere? pahokee thought this whole thing through. we may well be involved in a civil war in libya for some time to come. >> i do sometimes want to me to this argument with the expression that, even if you can do the right thing ever, it does not mean that you should not do the right thing somewhere. what is happening in libya is differ

security council resolution. therefore, libya has decided and immediate cease-fire, and the stoppage of all military operations. we take great interest in protecting all civilians, and offering them all necessary humanitarian aid, and respecting all human rights. and, obliging to the international and the humanitarian laws, and is also obliged to protect all of the informants in libya and their assets. [speaking foreign language] >> in doing so, it is in accordance with the resolutions of the security council, and the articles of the charter of the un. [speaking foreign language] >> we emphasize in the resolution 1973, for the year 2011, we emphasize and agreed to the article regarding the protection of civilians, and the territorial of unity of libya. [speaking foreign language] therefore, building on this, the libyan state encourages the opening of all dialogue channels with everyone interested in the territorial unity of libya. [speaking foreign language] and, my country is very serious about continuing the de

that is what this reentry council serves to do. if you think about it, there are no commissions that exist on behalf of most of the criminal justice departments. there is only the juvenile probation justice commission and the police commission. that is it. there is nobody representing the adult probation, nobody representing the district attorney's office, maybe the police commission does our share of the department. maybe the police commission can. but as a specialized question, as an issue of reentry, there has never been anything that has been spotlighted in any one particular commission, unless a was a sub theme of that commission. when we think about the staggering numbers of parolees who live in san francisco with a recidivism rate of over 75% in san francisco, likely to repeat their offenses once returning to san francisco within every three years, that means of every four people arrested and convicted, three out of four are likely to repeat their offense. for those in county jail, it is over 60%. this reentry council is a g

security council resolution. this point but the international criminal court was covered by an earlier resolution. in terms of consultation with the arab league and countries, there will be a meeting tomorrow, which president sarkozy has called. there are representatives from across the arab world. he mentioned above rain. this is permanently under review and meeting regularly to make sure we're doing everything we can to help people as necessary. in terms of the arab league, what we seek is the active participation from some. i believe we will get that from the calls that i have made. i have gotten some reassurances. to be clear, to begin with, this is a joint operation. carried out by britain, america, and france, with arab and other participation and coordinated in that way. in terms of british nationals, obviously, all of those who want to leave have left. there are still some. we have a relationship with the turkish embassy, who are working with us and for us in tripoli, and we also have an active consular f

you've heard of the un security council, the national security council, but have you heard of the councilcatches the attention, doesn't it? it's the title of a book by well-known best- selling author bruce feiler, but the concept itself is fascinating. it's a humanistic initiative that i think only he can fully explain, and he does it very well. here he is. bruce feiler, welcome back. you'll recall that when we did your book abraham, we started with a quote. let's do it again this time with the council of dads. i'm going to go to chapter 18 and string together three different quotes. here we go. first quote: "bonaventure cemetery, just east of savannah, has two side-by- side stone gates at its entrance. the gate on the left has two chiselled stone pillars capped with female figures cradling crosses. it is known as 'the christian gate'. the gate on the right has similar stone pillars topped with stars of david. it's called 'the jewish gate'". now i'm going to skip a bit to the next page: "i gave the attendant my surname. she disappeared into a musty back room, then returned momentarily wit

council taxpayers? >> well, i'm delighted to say a huge number of councils have done it. i think it was right to announce a freezing council tax. it will bring real help to households in the family saving the average family up to 72 pounds a year at a time when they face difficulties with the cost of living and it does compare as he said with a double of the council tax in the last government. and in terms of whether they learned any lessons of that. labour's shadow local government minister attacked this freeze as nothing more than a gimmick and yet this is bringing relief to hard-pressed families up and down our country and it's absolutely the right policy. >> thank you, mr. speaker. is the prime minister aware of a commitment in the program for government of the coalition government which is taking office in dublin today to move to a system for organ donation? and as well as whatever consideration his government may give to that proposal will he undertake to work with all other administrations in the

it is for this reason that the secretary, the security council, on behalf of the human rights council, suspended libya. it was determined that the systematic and widespread attacks committed against the population constitute crimes against humanity. i believe adopted unanimously, it is recalled that the libyan authorities have the responsibility to protect the libyan people. it is also demanded that there be an immediate end -- an immediate end be brought to the violence. it is hoped the violators will be brought to become icc. and colonel gaddafi and his associates be sanctioned and an arms embargo be enforced. violence against the civilian population has been redoubled. the international community has reacted in unanimity. the european union has done so -- the european union council, the g-8 in paris, the international community speaking with force, and i am thinking about the arab league and their march 12 resolution has called upon the security council for the creation of a no-fly zone. theuld like to hail commitment of the african union. as i speak to you now, colonel are continu

borough council -- are freezing council tax this year. will the prime minister tell me and the house how many other councils have chosen similarly to help hard-pressed council tax payers? >> i am delighted to say that a huge number councils have done that. i think it was right to announce a freeze in council tax, which will bring real help to households across the country, saving the average family up to 72 pounds a year at a time when they face difficulty with the cost of living. >> is the prime minister aware of a commitment in the program for government of the coalition government who are taking office in dublin today to move to an opt out system for organ donation? as well as whatever consideration his government might give to the proposal, will the prime minister undertake to work with all other administrations in these islands through the british irish counsel to increase the number of organ donors and to improve networks for sourcing and sharing donor organs and transplant services for people who need that life-saving and life chan

>> the opposition has been invited to the council. on at least one occasion they have attended. >> it was in the early summer. >> is that in an invitation structure or is it just does what the prime minister thinks it appropriate? >> he made it clear on that occasion that he would continue to invite the actual leader of the opposition. there was a particular issue where he thought -- >> i am sure what there will be more opportunities for invitations. >> on the creation of the national security adviser, what effect does that have on the articulation of a national security strategy? >> i am happy to begin. there is a crucial component to the whole of the council. in the sense that he and his team draw together material from a wide range of sources and try to ensure that they are in good order and that the council is considering the things they need to consider. that is closely linked to the deputy prime minister so that it becomes possible and not simply to have a committee by one department or another but -- that is what he is in charg

security council resolution. it was not that long ago that robert gates was saying that there was lots of loose talk about a no-fly zone. what has changed for the u.s., do you think? >> what changed was the arab league to vote over the weekend. it was clear that there was going to be arab involvement in this move towards airstrikes which has been led by britain and france. america and president obama decided that the conditions were right to adopt a much more muscular approach at the security council this week. this probably would not have happened without america's vigorous support. crucially, of course, we have these five abstentions. 10 votes in favor and five against led by china and russia. interestingly of course, in that group is germany. germany, the biggest country in the european union, has very serious feelings about whether the air strikes are possible or whether they will lead to a potential escalation or a regional conflict. >> any of the ambassador's apart from the germans talk about military actio

security council resolution 1973. in terms of concrete assets, i can confirm that yesterday, the qataris and deploy the first of their contribution, mirage aircraft and other support aircraft, and we will get logistic contributions from countries such as kuwait and jordan. because i had to act so quickly on saturday, it was not possible to bring forth as much air support as perhaps would have been welcomed by, i think everybody in this house. there's clear support from the secretary-general of those arab nations. i also had a meeting with the saudi foreign minister yesterday. i believe the support in the arab world for saving lives in libya is very strong. >> let me emphasize something that the prime minister said on monday, which is the importance of the contribution of arab countries to military operations. he also said there would be regular and more formal process with the arab league and others. it is very important that that process take place. let me ask him one other thing about our action. can the prime minis

security council. it was extremely tense yesterday with the first bombing raids over-- probes, i should say-- but with some bombing over benghazi by qaddafi's forces. the war definitely felt like it was going to finally come to the city which has been the crucible of the revolution in the past month, and since is t began a month ago. and then it was very tense, as i said yesterday. this morning people were very elated, very euphoric. there was a kind of expectation all day. there are car thorns behind me because now that euphoria has turned to alarm, which i'll explain. there was an expectation all day that the french or the british-- nobody knew exactly who-- would begin airstrikes to stop qaddafi's forces in their seemingly inecorable advance around the city. and instead, as the afternoon drew to a close, we were hearing that the western city of mass ratta, another rebel stronghold, was being pounded by his forces, and that there was actually fighting in and around the neighboring city about 80 miles

i remain uniquely qualified to sit on the urban forestry council.pplied for seat 2 and qualified to sit for any of the available seats today. i worked in the private sector for a while. i started as a volunteer. then was brought on board part- time and then full time. as many nonprofit employees do, i went on to work for the bureau of urban forestry. i have been in my position since we applied for the council appointment. i am just recently back from the municipal forestry institute. it was a week-long the leadership intensive held at the arbor day lodge and met with colleagues from across the u.s. that work for nonprofit municipalities and state agencies. it was extremely invigorating and also relieve validating to touch on a couple of initiatives that i supported. since i have been elected chair by my peers in the last year, i have been extremely cognizant of our use of time, especially the department of the environment's precious staff time that they dedicate to our meetings. one of the initiatives we were looking at was to look at our schedule a

security council resolution. it will make our world a safer place. >> next, an update on the situation in japan. we will hear from prime minister kan and then report from the japanese ambassador to the united states. later, the discussion on the future of consumer communications. but this weekend, a best-selling author argues that flawed economic decisions made by western governments have resulted in the economic scale being tipped in favor of the emerging world. questions of whether it obama wrote his memoirs, "dreams from my father." look for the complete schedule at booktv.org. but this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, the organization of american historians meeting from houston, beginning saturday morning at 8 eastern, with authors offer an insight into why the south seceded from the union. panelists talked about the rise and fall of one of the world leaders in italy, in line. then remembering the tragedy of the triangle shirtwaist fire, the death of 146 people, mostly young women, and the subsequen

i am proud we backed the security council. that was the right decision, but obviously, meant a disagreement with our strongest ally, the u.s., but it was the right decision to make. ar sales, the guidelines needs to be adhered to. finally, questions about lessons to be learned. there are lessons to be learned. worked with respect to egypt, scheduled and chartered flights, did not work as well in libya. lessons need to be learned about military assets. it is not as easy as some people say. the more you rely on charters earlier, the more the schedules of the airlines' collapse. it asked a question about learning lessons of the water running of government. there are always listens to learn. if apologies are in order, he should think about the daunting dealing with libya under the last government. mr. speaker, i agree, and knew of the complete chaos in libya, there is an opportunity with our european partners to expedite the downfall of the present regime and create a post-qaddafi structure in the vacuum. we agree, given the appal

last fall, this council also took the important decision to create a council for freedom of assembly and association and we have likewise seen a strengthening in the council's approach to freedom of expression. but too often still, we are not seeing a serious enough response to use this institution to advance human rights. sometimes the council does not act and its integrity is undermined because it deefers to regional relations, diplomatic niceities and cynical politics. membership on this council should be earned for respect of human rights. that is the standard laid out for the general assembly. this council predecessor, the human rights commission, lost its credibility in part because libya was allowed to serve as its president. it should not take bloodshed for us to agree that such regimes have no place here. and i must add, the structural bias against israel, including a standing agenda item for israel whereas all other countries are treated under a common item is wrong and it undermines the important work we are trying to do together. as member states, we can take this council

that was not the a mandate and we must call on all members of the security council to go back to the secretary general to ensure that need to withdraw from libya the military objectives off need these objectives are not aligned to the political objectives of the transitional national council and. open the room for western involvement in africa by. is loose talk and act two massacres of people ok if i go to aid. a but i to ask you we look at this resolution that was passed by the united nations security council and it's open ended so where we can where the united nations security what i'm saying is the people that are implementing it right now the united states and and primarily nato countries they can say there's no there's no deadline for us to achieve what we want to achieve so i mean the at this point the united states and nato are not satisfied with the outcome because it as we speak right now in things are changing very quickly in the country there's a stalemate right now i wouldn't call it quite a stalemate but i. certainly i haven't heard quite the triumphal language that you

and i to ask you look at this resolution that was passed by the united nations security council and it's open ended so where we are the united nations security what i'm saying is the people that are implementing it right now the united states and and primarily nato countries they can say there's no there's no deadline for us to achieve what we want to achieve so i mean he at this point the the united states and nato are not satisfied with the outcome because it as we speak right now and things are changing very quickly in the country there's a stalemate right now i wouldn't call quite a stalemate but i. certainly i haven't heard quite the triumphal language that you quoted at the beginning my understanding is is that commanders are speaking positively saying things are moving in the right direction they've certainly degraded khadafi these defenses tremendously but that that that fulfilling the mission is really some some days or even weeks away in general i'm sort of a fan of ok but can i ask you what is the success what is success in your mind in this campaign what is success. success w

security council resolution one hundred seventy three. short of that clearly but it does have the mandate in the open ended mandate to protect civilians and so that's what much of this comes down to and that's where you can the top of this debate about the end state and all the controversy flowing from that but frankly i think if we look at previous no fly zones and remarkably ineffective. the only fly zone of course near chief compared to be a little no fly zone over iraq did have better achievements but look at the length of time that these operations went on for and again the air force wasn't really causing the damage to the rebels it was it was symbolic you know i think it was important to the rebels that this was gone and they got this sort of level of support the arab league back that up i thought the u.n. resolution went beyond that and you can open up the ground component is is going that troubling aspect and i really think that you know again you can bomb the infrastructure you can cause there just a few problems that libya does

security council meets behind closed doors here in new york to discuss what many are calling a bombing campaign against libya led by the u.s. and france. had another news tonight emergency teams are evacuated from japan's fukushima nuclear site amid fears radiation could spread a smoke you see rising from one paralyzed reactor. this is artsy for moscow very good evening if you just joined us money is kevin owen it's nine pm here on our top story russia's president as told he only has himself to blame for the current situation in libya to be treated better said the u.n. backed military intervention is a direct consequence of the behavior of libya's leaders and the crimes carried out against their own people but he was critical of the bombing in libya saying the no fly zone should be used only to protect civilians and bring about peace let's get the latest smarties peter all of it should we. meet the russian leader offered little reassurance for gadhafi did anybody hasn't but the campaign entirely even though. yes that's right president made get if said that although russia's initial res

security council meets behind closed doors here in new york to discuss what many are calling. campaign against libya details. how did other news imagines it's a major evacuation from japan's fukushima nuclear site mid-field radiation could spread as smoke you see rising from a paralyzed reactor and. this is all to see for moscow good evening from me kevin i know it's now ten pm here on the top story this hour russia's president told colonel gadhafi he only has himself to blame for the current situation in libya to be timid vet have said the u.s. military intervention is a direct consequence of the behavior of libya's leaders and the crimes carried out against their own people but he was critical of the bombing in libya saying the no fly zone should be used only to protect civilians and bring about peace peter all of that has more on russia's reaction. president made yet have said that although russia's initial response to the situation in libya had been to call for a peaceful solution there colonel could duffy's actions in persistently attacking his own people had forced the h

security council and council members didn't meet behind closed doors they met about an hour ago to discuss the request of the libyan officials and artie's marina part i is just blocks away from that where the u.n. meeting took place and joins us for more. hi marina any more developments since we last spoke with do we have a clear understanding of what exactly prompted this meeting. well this is what prompted this meeting is that the libyan foreign minister sent a letter to the security council officially requesting an emergency meeting with security council members to discuss what he called the military aggression that the libyan foreign and foreign minister says is being carried out by the u.s. and france against his country according to the letter the libyan foreign minister says that the coalition forces ever since they began their air strikes against libya have been targeting their many civilian locations locations where civilians according to the libyan foreign minister have been injured and were killed libyan officials say that the security council when it did the no fly resolution o

and what's going on behind closed doors the united nations security council has called an emergency meeting to discuss the developments in libya we're going to have a live report on what prompted this this get together in just seconds. now the international minute military intervention in libya continues to unfold western powers you appear to have tightened their grip on libyan airspace following the latest wave of airstrikes now the ongoing bombardment in the libyan capital of tripoli comes as more forces arrive to take part in operation odyssey dawn but the united states france and the u.k. remain the principal participants among these allies are to polish leader is in tripoli and she joins us now from there with the latest paula good evening to you now what are you seeing what have what have you seen as the solution situation unfolded essentially before your eyes. what about half an hour ago it was a massive explosion here in the capital city of tripoli it sounded like it was coming from the south of the city i cannot see any smoke from where i'm standing at the moment but we are hearing

security council. we're not strangers to libya we were present here in libya for a long time we have been present there for a long time and we've helped build various the stories in the country as the soviet union and later as the russian federation we provided going to article support to leave so we cannot be indifferent to what is happening there but you are still considering our positive experience in our bitter experience we think that any kind of military intervention in libya will be very dangerous we should pursue sanctions through the u.n. security council which is stuck with those who try to use their armed forces against their own people these people should realize their responsibility before international law. this point with sanctions will be more than enough and we hope that this will affect both. again those words ready to take arms instead of negotiating about the future of their country goes in what is and what a name joining us on the line from brussels tonight thanks ever so much for

russia and china at the security council wouldn't support it. united states made it clear that it only wants to go for a no-fly zone if it can get a u.n. resolution. and the u.s. is saying it does not want to do it alone. most people believe it could do it but there is not the political will despite support in the u.s. for it to go for that. >> president obama spoke about a number of options on the table as did the british prime minister. what other options are they considering, given the fact that today we heard voices from the arab community calling for this no-fly zone? >> there are not that many other options that will really turn the screw on colnel gadhafi. we have heard so much opposition from key people like the u.s. defense secretary talking about loose talk over the idea of a no fly zone, not very keen to do it and plenty others within the military concerned about the possibility that if the u.s. gets involved than it would broaden out into a much bigger operation and the u.s. will be involved militaryy in the meevelt. there is a lot o

security council was vital. i absolutely pay tribute to our ambassador and his team who did a superb job at partially -- marshalling people to support. people read this, it's a strong resolution, extremely comprehensive and i hope marks a new start in what the u.n. will be able to achieve. he asked about the african union. we very much hope they will use the good offices in the way that he suggests, there are missions still going to libya. i was particularly pleased that the three african members voted for the resolution. i hope that's a sign of things to come. >> one of the doubting thomases of the last few weeks, can i congratulate the prime minister on his success and this issue and offering my full support and join him to gave support to the team at the u.n., a remarkable diplomatic success and hopefully will mark a turning point of the development of these issues in the u.n. he will agree that difficult questions remain. however, right now it's an incumbent to get behind the armed forces who will implement

security council resolution. that is why there has been such widespread support among the libyan people and the wider arab world for the action we are taking. it has saved lives and it is saving lives. these give us hope. we must be unequivocal that we will not take that hope away. we must continue to reject the libyan people from danger. second come humanitarian aid. just as it is essential that we work together to stop, it is vital that we give aid to save lives. it has to happen now. even in misrata, humanitarian agencies have managed to get some aid in. in benghazi, they are working hard. the hospital is functioning urgently need more supplies and nursing. we need to redouble our efforts. the whole international community needs to work together and the u.n. has a critical role in ensuring that aid gets through. when the fighting is over, we need to repair the hospital then have been ruined by shells, rebuild the homes demolished by his tanks, and restore the mosques that have been smashed by his very. it is n

. >> this morning the oakland city council turns to voters to help bail the city out of its financialedicals. it puts the proposed parcel tax increase on the ballot. >> and mount diablo school board meets to consider cutting 180 jobs including teachers and librarians. >> it's 4:31 on this tuesday, no, let's make it a wednesday -- >> it's tuesday. you'd like to make it wednesday. >> by tomorrow, wednesday, we'll have sunshine and really warm temperatures. but this morning not the case. still feeling wintry. >> does your forecast jibe with her forecast. >> i wish it was wednesday, also. you know, it is tuesday and it is calmer this morning. good morning to you. than it was yesterday. so the winds aren't a big deal. sfo the west at 10 mph. live doppler 7 hd, seems fairly quiet across our nine-county areas so let's go to the south bay where we're getting reports of light rain san jose and down into the ducts of the santa clara valley morgan hill and gilroy and some of the higher elevations around the santa cruz mountains. the bulk of the wet weather is well to the north. drizzle for the m

security council and in november when we had the chairmanmanship on the council. since we both know some of the leaders on both sides in pseudo, we've both been at the crucial times during the refuse rend glum january in making regular calls to the people on both sides to ask them to act with restraint and whenever an violent effort occurred not to respond to it. britain is part of that effort. that actually is not -- that's an area of conflict prevention that doesn't require what we haven't deployed, hard power in the sense we've just been talking about. our effort is diplomatic and humanitarian. and that the incentives we provide to people in that situation to prevent conflict are economic and diplomatic assuring them on both sides that there is a future relationship with western nations provided they can behave in a peaceful manner towards each other. >> so are you saying that with the reduction of the capacity, for example, of the u.k. to send task forces across the world -- we heard from the royal navy that capacity is reduced and you're going to rely more on

security council rezzluge, and i would make this clear. britain or france or america, we have no selfish interests in libya. no strategic interest in libya. this is not about libyan iowa. we want to stop this dictator murdering his people at the invitation of the arab league according to the united nations. that is our interest. this is not iraq. this is not what has happened in the past. this is about a much more multi-lateral fair future where the arab states are asking us to do with them what we're currently engaged in. >> do you have a clear vision of a libya that you want to see? >> that is for the libyan people to have that vision to, have that view. but i think it's hugely encouraging that today here in london, the interim transitional national council are actually publishing their plan for a democratic libya. >> is there any guarantee that libya will not disintegrate into a situation similar to that of somalia or afghanistan or eventually iraq even? >> i very much hope that won't happen. i don't believe it should happen. what i see

security council resolution. steve of the whole of canada and i'm following the canadian responses has stated that the check to this operation is to unseat khadafi so that the whole humanitarian underpinnings of this war no becoming entirely clear aspect is that in fact this military coalition is already imply elated. the resolution which they themselves have forced on the so-called international community article nineteen zero zero zero the resolution of the united nations security council resolution says to which it involved go on on weapons on to. to libya but in fact what are they doing there bringing in weapons and supplying the opposition forces with. true feel this war is oil. rich united states canada i'll bear with the intent of the interests of the culprits of the oil corporations and the extension of the inflows into two into africa this is not. a humanitarian operation it is a war of conquest and it will have devastating consequences on not only on all the people of libya but most generally. ok. comba

the new council. the problem is it's not clear what the goals or because they're the opposition is tribally oriented that that element of kind of piece of governments has remained pretty much intact despite his creation of what he calls people's committees i think they do want opposition does want a general a real opening to the west it didn't like it is asian it's been demanded and it's an easy in egypt the problem is it can be infiltrated by any kind of forces that might play one of the more hardline and author of terry and approach to politics but i go back to the inconsistency between our members have the coalescence specifically speaking about nato i understand you wrote an article and with some spoke about this in detail can you tell us more about that but i think a nato has some say in the cold war the irony is that the two major allies in nato germany and turkey have been the most consistent critics of the post and they were best allies during the cold war and become the most reluctant to enga

security council after having declared productive persona non-grata. very warm welcome to business r.t. live from moscow now japan is struggling to regain control of the overheated reactors at the tsunami damaged fukushima nuclear plant after a series of blasts and fires forty engineers involved in managing the crisis have reportedly sustained injuries including a radiation exposure but military helicopters are dropping seawater onto the stricken reactors trying to avert a nuclear meltdown three out of six reactors are reported to be in a critical condition u.s. officials have a criticize the japanese government saying that and suggesting they are under playing the seriousness of the some. duration are these are the better it has been to the quake hit regions to meet first hand the people who are fleeing the area terrified the threat of. the sheer force of the tsunami was hard to comprehend until i saw this vehicles on houses it impossible angles it was as if the ground surface had been ripped off. this woman told us they'd never experienced such a pow