drc. and traumatic brain services of california tbist. are augments the tbi fund through 1 million annually. fund assessment. to maintain the program over the next four years. this would mean that the tbi services. remain funded at current level through the existing set date of 20 mine teen. and would provide funding for the department of rehabilitation. to staff the tbi program. advocates. are opposing the ihss worker. to work more than 40 hours per week. at a federal level budget. advocateses are seeking a 200 million federal budget increase. and the funding for independent living services. other federal legislation. impacting the disability community nationwide is continuing it's pressure on the u.s. senate. to ratify the united states convention on the rights of people with disabilities. that is it for the report. i would like to thanks president wilty. the president san francisco blind chapter. for this today. thank you you. >> thank you co-chair senhaux a aagenda item number five -- i would like to greet and welcome rowena fontanos.

it has soldiers in mali and drc and other conflict zones, but where did it have 211 troops. we have armored vehicles and paratroopers and commandos. they're based around the 1,800-kilometer border with yemen and patrolling that border with the saudis. >>> the syrian military's head of logistics survived a rebel attempt on his life in the capital of damascus. a suicide bomber targeting a military facility. the al qaeda-linked front says it was behind the attack. we have the report. >> reporter: residents of the district of damascus say they heard two explosions in an area controlled by the syrian military. major general mohammed eade was injured. he's the head of logistics. >> they were using awe suicide bomb other a bike. it were followed by other clashes, which could indicate noer group of rebels that tried to take the general. >> reporter: the attack has been claimed by the nozra front that changed tactics and joins other groups in the fight against president assad and his forces. last week the army of islam paraded on the outskirts of the capital waiting to secure damascu

mandate soldiers of sinagal are in mali, drc and conflict zones throughout africa but no where does it2100 troops and that is a big surprise, the announcement that 2100 troops and paratroopers and armed division will be deployed with saudis along the saudi/yemen border and thus the big announcement here and the official reason given was sinagal had an obligation to protect the muslim holy sites that are in saudi arabia and no announcement to when this will take place and expecting the president to make some sort of statement to give us a precise date on when these troops will be deployed to saudi arabia. >>> now new zealand back talks on negotiations to end the conflict in syria will begin on tuesday in geneva and staffan de mistura will meet with representatives and the al-qaeda al-nusra front and i.s.i.l. have not been asked to take part and they are billed as low key consultations rather than high-level negotiations that will result in any solid agreement. a policy of indiscriminate fire that led to the death of innocent civilians is how one ngo describes the conduct of soldiers in

they are from predominately drc, democratic republic of congo and burundi. conflict zones.ey fled the conflict in their own country and were exposed to violence in the country they came for refuge. >> translator: south africa and promise of a refugee and we feel at home and it's a refugee and feel at home but at the end of the day yesterday they shut us water and shut us toilets and there is no food and stop the red cross to give us food so we do not have here. right now they came with the food and didn't give them access to coming so right now here we don't have food for the kids. and some kids are sick here. >> reporter: as we heard there there are real concerns developing here as to the amount of water and food that these people have access to. and increasing fears about potential medical treatment needed for some of the people falling sick here and we spoke to an aide agency when we arrived and don't want to be named and do not want to go on camera but say authorities stopped them from bringing their vehicles on to this site and vehicles that contain medical treatment,

soldiers of senegal are in mali drc a number of other conflict zones throughout africa. but nowhere does it have 2100 troops and that's the big surprise. the announcement that 2100 troops commandos members of the paratroops were going to be deployed along the saudi-yemen border the official reason given, senegal had an obligation to protect the muslim sites here. giving a precise date on when these troops will be deployed to saudi arabia. >> the situation in yemen will top the agenda when secretary of state john kerry visits saudi arabia next week. he will meet on wednesday and thursday the united states is pushing for a pause in the fighting in yemen to allow food and other humanitarian supplies to be brought in. joining me from california is heshem hussein his parents are stuck in yemen even though his father is a u.s. citizen. heshem thank you for joining us. tell us about your parents why are they in yemen? >> basically my father has been living in yemen for the past few years or so. as a u.s. citizen he is retired just enjoying the end of his life until the war star

beltway at drc, though that camera did not pop up for me. 66 headed into town and 95 northbound here slowest spot is dale city. aaron? >>> melissa, thank you. the breaking news here in philadelphia this morning, a massive train derailment. passenger train derailment of an amtrak train late last night. you can see the cars still lying touch tracks here and -- off the tracks here and some flipped over, there were people inside those cars who were crushed by luggage and other people as they rolled around inside. and now the investigation part of this incident begins in earnest this morning with the arrival of ntsb crews. news4's transportation reporter adam tuss here in philadelphia with me this morning with that part of our coverage. adam? >> reporter: that's right, aaron. what we are being told is that some ntsb members are already on the scene here and more are certain to show up. we know that they launched from washington last night. so they'll be here today taking control of the scene. but i want to walk everybody around the neighborhood outside the crash scene. come with me here.

and more than 9,000 have fled into the drc. bringing a deadly disease with them. >> the lines are long, people are hungry, and they're frustrated. but at least they're out of burund where they fear the president's bid for a third term might tip their country back into civil ar. >> in country, i can die. >> they fled two weeks ago. he says he was purchased by the violent government youth wing. >> i don't be in your party. >> rather risking his chances in taz nia than being forced to join the so-called group waging a campaign of intimidation inside burundi. these people are the lucky ones relatively speaking. this is where the majority of the people fleeing their country have ended up. in the last few weeks, there have been as many as 50,000 people there. it's now down to about 30 in a community which is normally just 11,000 people. and this is what those conditions bring. vomiting, watery diarrhea, the government hasn't declared a cholera outbreak yet, but this is what it looks like. >> here, we can treat them. i think we would

we have seen in every other ebola outbreak in the drc and uganda -- a rapid community response and rapid medical and scientific response. because of the infrastructure from the pepfar countries. in nigeria, they trained individuals therefore polio. trained by pepfar, but underneath that you have a global health core funded and build by pepfar around the world. thousands of individuals and countries art of the u.s. embassy deployed to these countries and were immediately responding. now you have highly trained public health individuals. and dreams are to exciting things. it illustrates when you see private sector engagement around a core program. having children's investment fund foundation come forward with a few million dollars needed possible to achieve the goal of doubling the number of children reached by pepfar. only 24% of children in need under the age of 15 are receiving treatment. so this was a key initiative. the dream initiative was to empower young women to remain hiv free. the statistics are overwhelming. 5%, 10%, 15% 30% prevalence in areas of south africa. this is a progra

we've seen in every other ebola outbreak that occurred in the drc, uganda, a rapid community response and a rapid medical and scientific response because of the infrastructure that has been built in the pepfar countries. indeed within nigeria the field epidemiologic trained individuals there for polio trained by pepfar but also utilized in yo became the absolute core but underneath all of that you have a global health core that has been funded and built by pepfar around the world. thousands of individuals and countries who are part of the u.s. embassy, who are also deployed to these countries and were immediate rapid responders. on the continent you have highly trained health individuals and host country nationals and direct hire staff. act and dreams are have very exciting pieces. it illustrates when you effectively seek private sector engagement around a core program that private sector will stand forward. children's investment fund foundation coming forth with $50 million made it possible actually to achieve the goal of doubling the number of children reached by pepfar. only 24% of