within a customs union, we have identified standards and regulations. through technical rhetorician standards, we will push it toward modernizing their production and we will use the best world practices, including our partners in europe in formulating those standards. from customs union, we will make that step towards a unified economic space. starting january 1, 2012, we will have a unified market with unified legislation and a free flow of goods, services, and people. in our near future, we will have a coordinated economic policy. it would be genuine integration breakthrough. it will radically change economic and geopolitical consideration of eurasia. i will emphasize the customs union and unified economic space is open to other countries, our partners. and i believe that this initiative and i worked suggestion -- our european union neighbors -- to create a harmonize economic space between lisbon and pacific would be supported. i know reaction is a generally positive. we are talking about dialog and economic partnership and possibly have zones of fre

to your member through join the customs union due to terror of differences what if russia does join the w t o and i know that the government is working on it there intensely at the moment and hopes are high then we won't have any problems at all. and his supporters are accused of sparking off for a bloody ethnic conflict in kyrgyzstan south and two cars and ten that you can't reach make you presently but have any other suspects on the case being tried and punished well bookies snafu who has been arrested and to trial actually we have about one hundred trials currently underway here in the quiet of the on those charges yes because we know that he was miriam after during the riots his name is sunshine by key if. you have called nationalism one of our times major threats tell me do you think that bloody ethnic clashes are still possible in our times. no or were you referring to political lash well as i'm sure no i don't think clashes can occur in the nationalism is a menace for any multinational country it is better to take preventive measures and keep it in mind when look at your stand as

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from the customs union, we will create an economic space starting january 1, 2012. we will have a unified market with the union and the legislation and the free flow of goods, services, and people. in the future, we will have coordinated economic policy in the key sectors of the economy. it will be genuine integration. it will change economic and geopolitical configuration of eurasia. i will emphasize that the customs union and the heat -- and the unified economic space is a partnership. i believe this a initiative and our suggestion to the european union neighbors to create harmonize economic space between unions and the pacific will be supported. reaction is generally positive. we are talking about dialogue and an economic partnership and possibly having the zones of free trade there. and more advanced zones of economic integration. we have a continent wide market that is worth three trillion heroes. we would like -- 3 trillion euros. the starting point would be canceling entry visas to europe. we talk about it a lot. i would like to point your special attention to

[applause] >> in 2012, within the customs union. we have the unified system of technical standards and regulation. it will be an important development in russian technology. technical regulation standards that will push business towards modernizing their production. and we'll use vast world practices including our partners in europe in formulating those standards. and from customs union we'll make a step toward unified economic space starting january 1st, 2012, we'll have unified market with unified legislation. and the free flow of goods, services and people. and in the near future we'll have a coordinated economic policy in key sectors of the economy. it will be genuine integration breakthrough. it will currently change and radically change economic and geopolitical configuration of eurasia. i will emphasize the customs union and unified economic space is open to other countries, our partners from the independent states. and i believe that this initiative and our suggestion that our european union neighbors to create harmonized ec

i will emphasize, the custom union and the economic space is open to other countries. i believe that this initiative and our suggestion to our european union could create a harmonized economic space and will eventually be supported. i know that the reaction is generally positive. we're talking about dialogue and economic partnership and possibly have sons of free trade. and more and advanced forms of economic intervention. we have something, and strive for because we have a market worth $3 trillion euro -- 3 trillion lire. we ask our partners to remove some bottlenecks that they have to create infrastructure. the third point would be canceling entry visas to europe. and we talk about it a lot. our dear colleagues, i like to point to a situation under defense industry and aviation industry, considering the fact that there were a lot of request from deputies in this regard. in a time of crisis we reneged on our commitment and support of this industry. between 2009 and into a dozen 11, we invested many rubles and we were able to promote projects that have to do with civil

countries have 18 agreements in place including one with korea since 2006 and one with south african customs unionnd russia. so, as much as we might like mfn it really isn't there any more. once the european agreements come into effect, u.s. exporters will face preferential tariffs against them and it is going to make it a lot harder to achieve the goal of doubling our exports. the u.s. has used a standard model for negotiating our trade agreements. basically it is one that u.s. negotiators often called the gold standard. the model was developed originally to try to encourage progress on the doha development round and encourage negotiations for the free trade agreement of the americas. i think the model baby was fine up until about 2005, when negotiations for the free trade area of america's failed and doha basically stalled out. so i think we need a new approach. first off, i think there are some problems that are in this model of free trade agreements that really don't belong there from our own interests as well as the interest of our partners and secondly i think we should have a more flexible

it's one of the reasons he says customers are moving away from big banks. >> local banks and credit unions still offer some of the best deals and best customer service for consumers. >> in fact, it's estimated 13 million people will move their chequing accounts from big wall street banks to community banks and credit unions this year alone. a big reason, those big fees. >> i think banks are trying to find more and more ways to generate revenue. >> now he estimates about 50% of banks still offer free chequing. and an additional 29% offer it with direct deposit. he has put out its own comparison chart of bank fees and we put a link to that on our website. meanwhile they are also asking for better enforcement of bank fee disclosure laws. it is hard to comparison shop if you don't know. >> sure. >> what the fees are. >> no. it should be like that. like credit cards used to keep their fees all hidden. now they have to you can just go down the row and that one works for me here. >> although the more regulations you put on banks the more fees they charge. $a double edged sword. >> well, it's busi

the city wants the union employees to take a pay cut. >> pg&e customers worried about the safety of the smart meters can put theirr name on the list that would delay installation of the new meters until they work out a deal with the state regulators. utility officials are creating a delay list to avoid ongoing friction. it poses a health risk. last month pg&e proposed to the commission to offer a choice to opt out of the smart meter for a monthly fee. it is meant to address the concerns until the commission makes a decision. >> pg&e said shareholders will pay for the retirement package . company ceo. they had indicated that utility customers might have to peck up the cost of peter darbee's composition. they have amended the package so pg&e will not bear the cost. >> tonight santa clara supervisors are expected to approve a ban on plastic shopping bags . the ordinance is similar to the one passed in may. they could sell plastic bags for a minimum of 15 cents but not give them out for free. >> supporters of proposition 8 is asking for the appeals court to nullify the ruling that could leg

police say they are confident that those customers will be caught thanks to the images on the surveillance tape. >>> unioncity police are looking for a 14-year-old boy not seen since he left home for school. michael santos is 5'2" tall and weighs about 120 pounds. >>> and stow is the san francisco giants fan beaten outside dodger stadium two weeks ago. yesterday doctors stopped the flow of medicine that was keeping the 42-year-old in a coma. a hospital spokeswoman said stow is now pleatly off that medication but it's -- completely off that medication but it's quote hard to know if he will wake up. doctors say the next few days will be critical. >>> the police department has released new sketches of the resemi resemblance of the men. >>> one key witness could have changed the outcome of the barry bonds trial but barry bonds personal trainer greg anderson has always refused to testify. but now that the trial is over does the government have anderson in its radar? >> reporter: he had just become a convicted felon for obstructing justice. barry bonds gave a thumbs up then a v for victory. while bonds doubts t

police say they are confident that those customers will be caught thanks to the images on the surveillance tape. >>> unioncity police are looking for a 14-year-old boy not seen since he left home for school. michael santos is 5'2" tall and weighs about 120 pounds. >>> and stow is the san francisco giants fan beaten outside dodger stadium two weeks ago. yesterday doctors stopped the flow of medicine that was keeping the 42-year-old in a coma. a hospital spokeswoman said stow is now pleatly off that medication but it's -- completely off that medication but it's quote hard to know if he will wake up. doctors say the next few days will be critical. >>> the police department has released new sketches of the resemi resemblance of the men. >>> one key witness could have changed the outcome of the barry bonds trial but barry bonds personal trainer greg anderson has always refused to testify. but now that the trial is over does the government have anderson in its radar? >> reporter: he had just become a convicted felon for obstructing justice. barry bonds gave a thumbs up then a v for victory. while bonds doubts t

the city wants union employees to take a 10 percent pay cut. >>> and pg&e customers worried about theers can put their name on a list to delay installation of the new meters. our media reports that utility officials created the tempary delay list to avoid that. the tempary list can dress smart meter concerns until there is a proposal that let customers opt out for a fee. >> for more information customers are expected to contact pg&e. >> santa supervisors are expected to approve a ban on plastic shopping bags. the ordinance is simpler to the one passed in san jose. retailers would be able to sell plastic bags for a minimum of 15 cents but not hand them out for free . the intent is to help motivate the customers to help protect the environment . nice weather and coming back, just in time for your return . >> yeah, i really, really appreciate that. mike conjured it up. thank you. >> glad to have you back. we'll talk about what is going on outside. we'll look at satellite and radar. there is an absence of satellite cloud and radar returns over the bay area. we have high clouds coming in f

customers. afflu study by cambridge university says tennessee is the happiest state in the union. that is based on the positive words showing up in twitter feeds belonging to people who live in tennessee. positive words likely to show up include "thank thanks" "love" and "birthday ," and another common word in it is is "music," the tweet-lappiest nation in the world is said to be german where i. >>> when ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 continues, wildfires in texas have destroyed dozens of homes. >>> and a chance of sprinkles for parteds of the bay area tomorrow. ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo is tracking the potential rain. . more manpower was brought in today to fight raging wildfires in texas. more than a dozen fires are burning across west texas and officials say putting them out could get more difficult because of dry, windy conditions of the biggest wildfire has grown to 7 san joaquin acres and punishing across three counties. another has spread to more than 60,000 acres and has already destroyed about 20 homes southeast of al poose. people in a small iowa town spent most of the

the agency does not impose unnecessary regulatory burdens on credit unions and takes an active role in approving disclosures for customers in order for such an agency to work, consumer protection legislation must be consolidated and streamlined. it should not add to the burden of credit unions that had been regulated for decades and performed very well. the subcommittee has given consideration to several of our concerns concerning dodd-frank. we appreciate the opportunity to testify today regarding the construction of the consumer protection bureau. we have had a number of conversations with the staff of treasury. we are encouraged by the staff's outreach and by the establishment of the office of community banks and credit unions. still, credit unions remain concerned that regulatory change could work to the detriment of our members. we have been asked to present our views on hr-1121. this would replace the director with a five person commission. we would encourage the size of the commission be expanded to include appropriate industry and regulators representation, including a c specifically to a person with experience r

custom belongings of cosmonauts who saw a car documents and videos. the highlights of the two is in this next to the breakup of the soviet union the realization that space exploration doesn't have to be competitive this helps americans and russians develop the expertise to build and maintain the international space station the largest international science cooperation in space inside this where you can see a life sized model of the international space station it simulates the exact working conditions cost more to experience and space sometimes up to six months out of key features include the word area pitching's sleeping happens to this equipment some personal hygiene products and. doesn't finish much cooler inside the space station i really hard she was training russian cosmonauts going through the lives that have been lost and interrogation russia has still gives to space exploration in the early days of space flight the united states and russia were rivals and now with projects like the international space station they've become partners with your chip pan china india and other countries joining in the new cooperation in space exploration has truly b

the agency does not impose unnecessary regulatory burdens on credit unions and take an active role in improving disclosures for customers. in order for such an agency to work, consumer protection legislation must be consolidated and streamline. it should not add to the burdens of credit unions that have been regulated for decades and performed very well. the subcommittee has given consideration to several of our concerns regarding dodd-frank, specifically debit interchange regulations. we appreciate the opportunity to testify today regarding the structure of the consumer of financial protection bureau. we've had a number of conversations with the staff at treasury which is working to establish the bureau. we are encouraged by the staffs outraged, and especially by the establishment of the office of community banks and credit unions. still credit unions remained concerned that regulatory change could work to the detriment of our members. we have been asked to present our views on h.r. 1121, this legislation would replace the director with a five-person commission. if congress decides to pursue this legislation we would e

know the customized legislation is anybody pushing back no one's really pushed back so far i think right now we're starting to see. an uprising of sorts specially in michigan wisconsin new union centric states against not only to state policy network or the affiliate in that state but also alec the koch brothers you know people are really just starting to grapple with what they're up against if they're on the left and they're seeing these think they're seeing the coax they're seeing the bradleys they're seeing alec and they're just getting a clear picture of it i think you know us in the media as well or try to open things up as well and make it clear what they're fighting against do you think the average american gets it not yet i think they're on the. way but i think there's more work to be done reporting in an organizing tool to fully understand what the conservative movement has built all these all these years and it's really it's it's it's it's an amazing it's an amazing creature they've created and thanks so much for granted what you did to have you with us and he's reporting proof of the new the union busting that we're seeing around the country is not just a coinciden

some customers we spoke to bought their big ticket items yesterday before the increase kicked in. others have a different plan. >> i live in union city. i was going to save i probably would drive there. >> thank you so much. i'm so happy. >> reporter: now here is a list of the cities where the sales tax hike goes into effect today. santa rosa jumped a quarter percent. nevada .5. union city climbed past 10%. back here in concord it's up to 9.75. and just so you know it doesn't matter which city you buy your car in it's where you live and register your car that matters when it comes to sales tax. we are live in concord i'm tara moriarty. >>> time now 6:33. a san francisco man recovering now after firefighters rescued him from a burning house. we first showed you this fire live on the 10:00 news. it started just before 10:15 last night. firefighters say neighbors saw the flames. they called 911. firefighters say only one man lived in the house and was asleep when the fire started. he was rescued by firefighters. they rushed into the hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation. >> we are fortunate it didn't happen later at night when

customers with natural gas from other lines during the test. >>> time is now 6:37. board members with the receive coy ya unionigh school district are due to vote on some very painful budget cuts next month. avians principal and counselor at each of the district's high schools could have their positions eliminated. the novato school board was forced to make a very tough decision last night. the district announced that eleven teachers will lose their jobs. it's part of a plan to cut $2.6 million from the school budget. >>> a vote is scheduled today on ways to reduce costs for the north bay's proposed smart train. the rail line was originally supposed to run from clover dale to lark spur but because of a budget shortfall it will only run between santa rosa and san raphael. other cost cutting measures to be approved today include shortening a proposed bike and pedestrian pathway along the rail and putting off construction of stations in petaluma and novato. >>> sal, you and i are both on twitter. i'm curious maybe people can let us know if they would ride that train and how they feel. if it doesn't go all the way

customers as passengers, we are the priority and our safety should be a priority. >> reporter: now the congressman is asking for a look at the air traffic department and air traffic controller unions. scott mcfarlan, ktvu news. >>> late this afternoon, the agency wanted to do a formal review first, she says that review was just completed in recent weeks. >>> faulty air bag sensors have toyota issuing a recall tonight affecting 300,000 of its vehicles. about 214,000 rav4s are being recalled. a problem with the sensors could cause air bags to go off unnecessarily. we have more information on this recall on our right now section of our web page ktvu.com. >>> and the nissan leaf is taking first place today at the auto show. >>> julie haener is in the newsroom with some of the stories we're working on. >> coming up, protesters are facing off right now what the two sides are at a odds about. and the vote that's expected tonight. >>> the bay area woman who says something is killing her farm animals. she's lost three sheep in just four weeks. what's being done to catch the predator. >>> it's one of san francisco's historic hotels. so why are firefighters tearing it apart? it's a story you

customers is having the issues. >>> a new study says tennessee is the happiest state in the union. based on happy words showing up in twitter feeds belonging to people who live in the state. common words are thanks, love, and happy birthday. >>> 7:56, the people in virginia beach in one neighborhood are still buzzing about their run in with a black bear. that bear was on the loose for two days before he's captured. he is seen running from one backyard to another. one man and his wife could not believe it. >> he's in between our house and the house for sale next to us. and he's running to the backyard, trying to figure out what to do. whether he's going to jump the fence, or stay there. hearing all the noises from helicopters and cars, and so forth. people kind of going crazy out there. >> that bear ran up a tree as crowds of people watched him. animal control officers tried to get him down. they eventually had to shoot him with a tranquilizer gun, and carefully lowered him to the ground. >>> we're keeping an eye on a fatal hit-and-run, that shut down lanes of a bay area freeway. >>

but the police union president says the department will be left short staffed if the program expires in june -- in june. >>> pg&e customers about smartmeters have the option to join a delay list. putting your name on this list will postpone installation of smart meters. the delay will last until a deal with the public utilities commission has been worked out. this would allow an option for customers -- for customers to turn off the meters. pg&e expects 150,000 customers to join the delay list. >>> pg&e customers will not have to pay for the outgoing ceo's retirement package. peter darby will get a $35 million retirement pack an. reportedly -- package. reportedly taxpayers were gonna have to pay that but governor brown didn't like that idea and now the shareholders will be paying it. >>> babies as young as nine months old can now get a vaccine to prevent meningitis, the fda approved the the drug menactra for vaccines for babies. meningitis affects the blood and the lining around the brain and spinal cord. it can lead to death, brain damage or loss of hearing. >>> 8:34. it could soon get more expensive to be a distracted dr

customers. consumer advocates, civil rights organizations, religious groups and labor unions have exactly the same view. the committee has heard from 150 organizations urging congress to keep the internet open and defeat this bill. even the companies that might benefit the most from this legislation do not support the resolution. in fact, at&t and the cable industry support the f.c.c.'s orders because it provides greater certainty for investment. this bill is partisan. it is anti-innovation and it threatens to transform the open internet into a series of control by the phone and cable companies. this is a bill that is not going anywhere. we shouldn't be wasting our time on this legislation when there's a threat that our whole government is going to be closed down because of our partisan extreme views of the republican majority. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. mr. waxman: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that ms. eshoo from california be able to control the rest of the time on the democratic side. the speaker pro tempore

customers are suffering. >> ok, i cannot say that there is not an unknown. it is unknown. cfpb has said that credit cards and mortgages are two areas were my credit union has had to dedicate significant resources in the past two years. my concern is that it is working. we have made one revision to the mortgages and credit cards of the last two years, to have it redone does not, in my opinion, it is a waste of time. >> we have not on this for quite a bit of time grade last year, but we were working on this bill, we went to this entire process. i think it is one that we will continue to move forward on because that is the issue. i would like to get a word -- i, too, have some concern about this commission. as he no, i represent atlanta and georgia -- as you know, i represent advanta and georgia and we have had serious problems in terms of predatory lending. in fact, these were very abusive practices. predatory lending, going all would back to -- i share that. my concern is that the very nature of the the reason we got so deep into this problem and with what happens with the housing bubble, we did not act to move to correct these situations quickly enough

customers are suffering. >> yes, miss smith? >> it is not unknown. is a known. but cfpb has said credit cards and mortgages are two areas where the credit union has had to dedicateignificant resources the past two years. my concern is it is working. we made one revision to the mortgages and credit cards in the last two years. to have it redone does not in my opinion -- >> when we are working on this bill we went through this entire process. but i would like to get a word in. to have some concern about this commission because as you know i represent atlanta and georgia and we have had a series of problems in terms of predatory lending. i could understand that. these were very abusive practices, fleet finance. the very nature of the reason we got so deep into this problem in the downturn of the economy and what happened in the housing bubble falling is we could not act to correct these situations quickly enough. my fear is that a commission would lead the tears that, would had to be slowingdeter that, wod to be slowing down of the process. we need to work on this. >> i like to recognize mr. pierce for questioning. >> in the previous questions the question was do y

customers for long. in the long run, that will devastate rural america. and what does this mean for small businesses that rely on those community banks and credit unions? without a doubt, the small businesses and communities across montana rely on community banks and credit unions to keep their doors open, to grow their businesses and to create jobs. these main street institutions are the backbone of this nation's small businesses. in fact, according to a recent national federation of independent businesses report, most small businesses do their banking with smaller institutions. community banks provide the bulk of small business lending in rural communities, and small business owners receive better treatment from community banks. that's because in rural america, a community bank is part of that community. a handshake still matters. and the folks on both sides of the table can look each other in the eye and be accountable to one another. you're not going to find that on wall street. community banks do the lion's share of lending with the youngest and smallest of small businesses. those best positioned to create new jobs as we emerge from this recession

customers these rules will inevitably create. >> thank you very much. i would like to introduce our second witness, ms. lynette williams, on behalf of the national association of credit unions. welcome. >> good morning. the morning, members of the subcommittee. my name is lynette smith, and in testifying on behalf of nascu. washington gas has over $80 million in assets. nacu is the only national organization exclusively representing the interests of our federal credit unions, and we appreciate the opportunity to participate in this hearing today concerning proposals to improve the structure of the consumer financial protection bureau. credit unions were not the cause of this financial crisis, and yet, we are still substantially affected by a number of provisions contained in the dodd-frank act. for example, all credit unions are subject to rulemaking authority of the new cfpb. the requirements in dodd-frank will create compliance burdens for small credit unions like mine. it is with that in mind that nacu has launched a poll -- opposition to the cfpb's dominion over credit unions. we believe its sole focus should be the entities that contributed to the financial crisis. ind