my name is john thomas.ington. i was like a burden to society. i saw a lot of my friends get killed and a lot of them are locked up. i felt like i did not have any choice. i stole cars. i went to jail twice. i was not focused on going to school every day. i saw a lot of friends dropping out and not graduating, and i was walking the same road they were walking when i was young. i started playing basketball every day and it became part of life. every day i woke up, i wanted to play. i did not want to get killed out on the streets. i knew i had to work hard to get what i wanted. i wanted to start my own business when i got out of college. i did extra work to get the grades to play basketball because i wanted to play ball. when i got on the team, i was still messing up, making bad decisions. the coach stayed on my back, making me go to study hall and making sure i did my homework. he said the only way to make my dreams was to finish high school and go on with my education. >> how did you find john thomas? >> a r

john thomas, jeff, kevin mckay, manny flores. >> good morning. in the executive director of the professional property management division and i'm here to speak on behalf and in favor of the parkmerced project. a lot has been said about the displacement of tenants, the demolition of homes in the process. in the long run, i think there will be new homes built that will be better for the tenants. parkmerced has agreed to comply with the current housing ordinances. the renovation and expansion will increase affordable housing in san francisco. it benefits all the citizens in this city. the other thing to also keep in mind is that the city needs to grow jobs and this is an opportunity to do that. to do it in a situation where it is local to the community and also citywide. the tax revenues and the fees are significant. the additional individuals and families moving into parkmerced will mean increased revenue generated to the payroll and other taxes and fees. in addition, the project will produce permanent jobs both on site and in the surrounding commu

scientists all over the world are debating the warming is it happening or is it not i'm john thomas in antarctica and coming up on our t.v. we explore what people down here are saying about the subject. you stay with us for that here on r.t. let's check out some other world news in brief for you and greece's senior politicians have failed to agree on a second of the reforms which are necessary to stop it from sliding into fault for the party leaders say that the measures will ruin the country's economy and destroy greek society these conditions with a massive bailout from the e.u. and i.m.f. and with other eurozone countries meantime eager to make greece take more of the strain. in the in pakistan a bomb blast at a marketplace has killed at least eight people and injured twelve others apparently explosion was reportedly caused by a remote control device officials say terrorists were targeting the elders of a local clan who support the government and it's a struggle with taliban militants. and the number killed by a tornado that swept through the u.s. midwest town of joplin has now reac

when the research of exploration is done the guys here have to have something to do and i'm john thomas in antarctica and coming up on our team we explore the daily life around billing cells in the station. before that america knows it's got a big debt hole to fill and when looking out of the box world's biggest fans project looks right by the fan secretary robert gates was due to leave a paragon next month warns that cards would limit u.s. military role in the world are tea parties kalen ford explains. from another trip as robert gates winds down his time as secretary of defense. he isn't as eager to wind down america's six hundred ninety billion dollars a year in military spending even as the u.s. faces a one point five trillion dollars deficit the defense budget is not because of the deficit and debt problem that we have as a country. once the secretary who denounce no bid contracts and redundant military spending in the war on terror the attacks of september eleventh two thousand and one opened a gusher of defense spending that nearly doubled the base budget over the last decade gus

a day's work for the determined divers of antarctica and his latest report from the south pole john thomas meets explores keeping their cool in the name of science. but the. frigid and tortured waters certainly is not for that timid but these crews making a regular experience all in the name of science. the main purpose of our trip to antarctica is to establish a foundation for monitoring different species living on the bottom of the ocean and we are studying the distribution of animals that live there and we are studying their nature each day during the short summer season as crew makes multiple trips out to sea where they get a firsthand look at what's below the surface. of this case one of the same biological communities stretches from a depth of five it's almost fifty meters there are certain variations but mostly the picture is the same it's impossible to say anything now it's too early to draw any conclusions we've got too little information just one sectional view working out of the coastal waters of antarctica will not only help scientists identify the types of animals living here

that there is still much more work to be done and one of the world's coldest ecosystems arctica john thomas or a team. more trouble just had a few minutes of thought so we continue our series looking at the development of former soviet republics this time of focusing on moldova is coming up here on our team as any monday morning eight thirty thanks. to. twenty years ago the largest country. to subsequences of the. one hundred k.m.'s. h. began a journey. where did it take the. wealthy british scientists out. the time to write. market finiteness come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mikes concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our cheap. download the official antti of location on the phone on called touch from the q sampson. cianci life on the go. see video on demand thoughts. smiling fuel costs and all streets now in the palm of your. question on the call. if. any is easy to. get. to. see. you live not only next to the border. but also on the corner of peace and war. they're responsible not only for them

the laboratories in fact most of it's done out here in the field or in this case the ocean i'm john thomas in antarctica coming up we will get the lives of the scientists here. now though georgia's independence day was supposed to celebrate liberty but there was little freedom of speech for those wanting to hold their government to account for corruption they were pelted indeed with rubber bullets and tear gas as they try to make their voices heard calling for president sarkozy for his resignation the opposition claims some of the supporters might even have been beaten to death if he sort of first reports on a brutal crackdown on protesters in tbilisi. with thousands of vanity police closing in on all sides and angry protesters letting out wall cries and main street in tbilisi became a battleground water cannons rubber bullets and tear gas to fight indiscriminately into the crowds many people were injured including a number of journalists artes in spanish correspondent was among those caught in the chaos the policemen appears ok he was very aggressive we get people and they start to keep a

. >> my name is john thomas and i was lucky enough to be sent here in 1955 by the united states air force. once i got here, i did not want to leave and i'm very happy i'm still here. i'm also a resident of parkmerced. i have been there for 38 years. i would say without a doubt that the stellar management has really followed through on every project they made to us. the biggest improvement was the new elevators in all the high rises. that caused a lot of problems at the beginning. these are the things that happened. i think the best thing you can do is go with a stellar management and hope that everything comes out great. 20 years is a long time. thank you very much. supervisor mar: thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. i represent carpenters' local 22. i would like to say that yes, parking is bad. you bet. traffic along 19th avenue is terrible. is there a need for housing? yes, there is. we can stand around and not do anything. if this were to happen -- a lot of people say this is a bad project 3 we could have another 100 meetings. where would that get us? if we did this on april 19, 1

let's watch the video of john thomas voice is it over. >> john thomas, i grew up in washington.i didn't have any kind since. and i was like a threat to society. i wanted to get what i see in other kids had, i did whatever it took to get. i seen a lot of my friends got killed and a lot of friends locked up and i seen i didn't want to go that way but i felt like i he didn't have no choice. i stole cars, stealing from stores, going to jail twice. i wasn't focused on school, and i wasn't going to school every day. i was seeing a lot of friends dropping out and not current rating. and i was walking the same road they was walking. when i was young, used to always play basketball outside. then i started coming out playing every day, and it became part of life. every day i woke up and wanted to play. i didn't want to be in jail. i didn't want to get killed all on these streets. i wanted to be successful in life which means i had to work hard to get want. my dream was to make it to the nba or to start my own business, got out of college. when i came to ballou, i went to my teachers. and

the laboratories in fact most of it's done out here in the field or this case in the ocean i'm john thomas in antarctica coming up we look at the lives of the scientists here. it was well over two million people in jail the u.s. has the highest prison population in the world but some are saying the inside of a cell because dodgy judges are getting payback from the private sector artie is going to check out reports of those dishing out justice for a fee. two pennsylvania judges have made a killing out of juvenile prisons mark ciavarella and michael conahan were convicted of receiving kickbacks for more than two million dollars from the developers of several private detention centers but the real crime according to the parents is that these judges then sent more than five thousand children to those various facilities for crimes as small as finding on a school bus or posting a parody of their teacher on the web high in. the end that. was a god the size of sandy fonzo seventeen year old son edward was a bloody student and sportsman when he was arrested at an under-age party judge ciavarella lo

scientists all over the world are the building the global warming is it happening or is it not i'm john thomas in antarctica and coming up on r.t.e. we explore what people down here are saying about the subject. our opposition members in georgia are appealing to the e.u. to investigate the government's savage crackdown on protesters during the country's independence day well they were demonstrating against what they say is mass top level corruption and accuse president saakashvili of suppressing political freedom the opposition says that hundreds of people are still being held in jails many others including senior political figures are reported missing are those who continue to speak out against the government say they're being a violently harassed by special forces opposition leader and you know butcher that's a spoke about what she sees as the dire state of democracy in today's georgia. georgia has become very similar to north korea where people are beaten taken to hospital brought back to jail beaten again into consumer agency rooms where people are forbidden from visiting their loved ones

that there is still much more work to be done in one of the world's coldest ecosystems kartika john thomas forty. all of sean's outlasting exposition reports are online for you so what anytime with r.t. dot com here's what else you've got there for me this song is a rough and single read on the table again by lifting the pound on world weight next boards a few weeks. back in the sand. when west came easter sunday marks the anniversary of american a president ronald reagan is now no longer exists the u.s.s.r. made about how transatlantic bridges were built as r.c. docks. the for. our cities interview with the libyan rebel leader is coming up after a recap of our top stories in just a few records. in the. ultimately next to the. ship. but also on the order of peace war. they're responsible not only for themselves. but also for their loved ones. they are ready to take any risk.

there is still much more work to be done in one of the world's coldest ecosystems in antarctica john thomas or team. now it's time for the business update with katrina. thanks rory hello and welcome to business with r.t. the exploration of russia's oil and gas rich arctic shelf is back on track as all major b.p. falls by the wayside state run rosneft isn't talks with shell about becoming a new partner of the rail or the coffin of the b.p. deal came with the russian energy minister saying the strategic alliance between rosneft and b.p. is unlikely to be revived after the split rosneft has been looking for a new partner with arctic drilling experience but unlike b.p. shell says a share swap deal with rosneft is not an option shell already holds a stake in the goes to projects in russia's far east so a second look at the markets crude prices are giving out there earlier gains and are currently in the red the european equity is showing mixed dynamics the footsie is up almost half a percent as our rejects it is down the rate the market's been pulled down by the we can create products on the othe

there is still much more work to be done and one of the world's coldest ecosystems in antarctica john thomas our team. and there were false antarctic expedition reports online few to watch anytime you like and r.t. dot com but here's what else we've got there for you this sunday russia will assume the putting bread on the table again by lifting the ban on world grain exports in a few weeks yes that's what i also. read west came east sunday marks the anniversary of american president ronald reagan's now not because it's meaningless and stop it about ransom which is what else and i started off. well the back of the headlines in just a few moments stay with us here a nutty. world . tomorrow's top jumpers come to moscow a quick dash for its digitized radar upgraded an automated guided by gyroscopes propelled by powerful you ancients russian movers ready to move. we've got the future covered. live nation free liquid intake should free liz george agreed.

scientists all over the world are debating global warming is it happening or is it not i'm john thomas in antarctica and coming up on our t.v. we explore what people down here are saying about the subject. but before we go to that georgia's independence day was supposed to celebrate liberty but there was little freedom of speech to those hoping to hold their government to account for corruption they were instead pelted with rubber bullets and tear gas as they tried to make their voices heard calling for president saakashvili his resignation opposition claims some of their supporters may even have been beaten to death or he sarraf earth reports on a brutal crackdown on protesters in tbilisi. with thousands of founded police closing in on all sides and angry protest is letting out. the main streets in tbilisi became a battleground. to cannons rubber bullets and tear gas to fight indiscriminately into the crowds many people were injured including a number of journalists teasing spanish correspondent was among days cool in the chaos the policemen that be is ok they was very aggressive we g

where it is six zero one on a sunday morning i'm john thomas glad to have you with us a nato missile strike kills libyan leader moammar gadhafi youngest son and three grandchildren according to a government spokesman the tac was a direct attempt to assassinate their leader this comes after nato and the country's rebels have dismissed an offer from tripoli for a cease fire and the staging of peace negotiations a coalition insists that there will be. talks until colonel gadhafi stops the bloodshed because the earlier one dribbles into the besieged city of misrata to lay down their arms or face a full scale offensive the unrest which started in mid february has already claimed at least two thousand lives according to the u.n. health watched. in syria six people have been killed as the pro-government forces stormed a mosque in the southern city of herat meanwhile the country continues to bury its dead following a day of rage on friday when tens of thousands took to the streets demanding change according to the opposition more than five hundred sixty people have been killed in fighting wi

scientists all over the world are debating the global warming is it happening or is it not i'm john thomasin antarctica and coming up on r.g.p. we explore what people down here are saying about the subject. now some world news in brief for you greece's senior politicians have failed to agree on a new set of deed costs and reforms which are necessary to stop it sliding into default but the party leaders say that the best person will ruin the country's economy and destroy any to society or their conditions for the vast of bail out of the e.u. and i.m.f. there's other eurozone countries eager to make greece take more of the strings. exiled former leader of one jurist is due to return to the small central american country on saturday in the hope it might end the nation's political deadlock bungles elia was overthrown by the army nearly two years ago but remains popular. the military has struggled for international recognition of following and its thoughts ally is returned will help legitimize it. the number killed by a tornado that's. swept through a town in the u.s. midwest town of joplin has

there is still much more work to be done in one of the world's coldest ecosystems in antarctica john thomas fourteen. well all of sean's antarctic expedition reports all online you can watch anytime you like it awesome dot com here's what else we've got a few this sunday on line i write so the scene be putting bread on the table again my left in the balance while grave exports in a few weeks we assess all that renamed scarabs. west paint easter sunday marks the anniversary of american president ronald reagan for the world visit to the u.s.s.r. read about how transatlantic bridges were built as awesome dot com. it's. got more on all of all stories of course anytime you like analyse dot com recaps on the way now of our top stories to go away.

the opportunity to see which is why it's one of the world's most exotic tourist destinations i'm john thomas in antarctica and coming up on our to explore why some people are willing to pay big bucks to make it down here. in the siberian cat who is a mother of knows no bounds find out why her new kitten probably just loves while picking up this baby that's on hard to you shortly. now the operator of japan's crisis hit a focus nuclear plant has made a record loss of fifteen billion dollars it's a party is the biggest ever corporate loss which forced the firm's director to quit well how did you clear campaigner philip white says changes at the top will not make a difference if you look a chain years two thousand and. all three the top executives are resigned. his resignation will make no significant difference a symbolic thing in fact if anything he's escaping responsibility rather than taking responsibility i think it's essential that the company does not suffer. if it is allowed to survive in its current form the. nuclear industry will continue to sort of problems that is essentially take aw

there's still much more work to be done in one of the world's coldest ecosystems in antarctica john thomas forty. well that show one's on tartan expedition reports online for you to watch twenty four hours a day and r.t. dot com has my husband got there for you this sunday russia will soon be getting fred on the table again with the new round of world green exports and weeks recess what next also. for the west came easter sunday marks the anniversary of an american presence on the reagans and not and said yes it's not about how transatlantic bridges were built i thought some dots cut. by the sports news with andrew farmer later this hour the controversy continues at one football's governing body as a candidate for the top job pulls out of the running but the stuff of headlines next interesting. from. more than a mile. in one of the most extreme environments on the plumbers this is charge of up and people have to be aware that they're far away from civilization sean paul is discovers full of make sense articles so special and attractive from many of the wildlife. and the flood zone. expedit

that there is still much more work to be done and one of the world's coldest ecosystems arctica john thomas fourteen. times got more stories from the south pole of course we'll bring you his reports over the next few days here on our. more than a mile from. one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is antarctica and people have to be aware that they are far away from civilization and sean thomas discovers quote makes antarctica so special that attractive for many the wildlife in antarctica is the closest you live and runs an. expedition to the bottom of the earth. well it brings us up to date up next we've got all the latest in the world of business with katrina hobbs. thanks marina hello and welcome to aussies business bulletin russia's dominating gas company gazprom debates deals and prices with belarus and ukraine smaller independent companies are going seemingly unnoticed by russian national gas markets plenty of options for customers and not all of them government's own wary because i have to travel to the countries gas capital of know the euro and boy to find out more ab

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the opportunity to see which is why it's one of the world's most exotic tourist destinations i'm john thomas in antarctica and coming up on our jeanne explore why some people are willing to pay big bucks to make it down here. siberian capsules motherhood knows no bounds find out why her new cover just loves of walking are all that's on our t.v. shortly. now the operator of japan's a crisis here focusing right nuclear plant has made a record the loss of fifteen billion dollars was the country's the biggest ever corporate loss which forced the firm's director to quit let's discuss it with philip white former spokesperson for the citizens nuclear information center which is a science based group that campaigns for a nuclear free world thank you for joining us mr white now the head of tepco took responsibility for the disaster at the plant and while he resigned well this is a catastrophe that happened it's more than just one man's doing that was it yes of course the whole nature of. situation. is a company which of which he's just. he has he's rolled. his wrists resignation is the story. having

proving that there is still much more work to be done in one of the world's coldest ecosystems darker john thomas fourteen. shortly at the latest in the russian avionics. and technology present a new lightweight helicopter with a big. name and. in india old.

there is still much more work to be done in one of the world's coldest ecosystems in antarctica john thomas or team. i'll be back with this week's headlines in just a few minutes thank. you. twenty years ago largest country in the business interests of. what had been. each began a journey. where did it take them. came from. the. the be the. same. for the. we've got it from. the biggest issues get a human voice.

when the research in exploration is done the guys here have to have something to do i'm john thomas in antarctica and coming up on our team we explore the daily life around billings thousand station. before we get to that georges independence day was supposed to celebrate liberty but there was little freedom of speech for those hoping to hold their government to account for corruption they were instead pelted with rubber bullets and tear gas as they tried to make their voices heard calling for president saakashvili his resignation the opposition claims some of their supporters may even have been beaten to death r.t. sarah for reports on a brutal crackdown on protesters in tbilisi. with thousands of vanity police closing in on all sides and angry protesters letting out war cries to main street and civil e.-c. became a battleground. cannons rubber bullets and tear gas were five indiscriminately into the crowd many people were injured including a number of journalists our teasing spanish correspondent was among those caught in the chaos the policeman appears ok he was very aggressive with

the opportunity to see which is why it's one of the world's most exotic tourist destinations i'm john thomas in antarctica and coming up on r g three explore why some people are willing to pay big bucks to make it down here. and meet the siberian calves whose brotherhood knows this kind of boy you just love being a baby so he should. the operator of japan's crisis nuclear plants made a record loss of fifteen billion dollars the country's biggest ever corporate loss which forced the firms direct to the quit and he. told his changes at the top make enough difference. if you look at ten years two thousand and two big scandal go and all three year at the top executives resign but it made no difference his resignation will make no significant difference a symbolic thing in fact if anything he's escaping sponsibility rather than taking responsibility i think it's essential that the company does not supply its current . if it is allowed to survive in its current form in japan's nuclear industry will continue to repeat the sort of problems it's as you say to take away their monopoly . on saturday r.

when the research and exploration is done the guys here have to have something to do i'm john thomas in antarctica and coming up on our t.v. we explore the daily life around one thousand station. great series of reports from shawn though more of that to come but next george's independence day was supposed to create and celebrate liberty but there was little freedom of speech for those wanting to hold the government to account for corruption they were pelted indeed with rubber bullets and tear gas as they tried to make their voices heard calling for president police resignation the opposition claims some of their supporters might have been beaten to death. reports of a brutal crackdown on protesters in tbilisi. with thousands of only police closing in on all sides and angry protesters letting out war cries in main street in tbilisi became a battleground. in tear gas fights indiscriminately into the crowds many people were injured including a number of journalists teasing spanish correspondent was among days caught in the chaos the policemen appeared ok he was very aggressive we did pe

another burning issue is currently being tackled by antarctic scientists and our report from artie's john thomas. each week blood of lou dobbs hikes to the valentine's and don't glacier on kings georgia island to measure twenty nine different markers. by doing so you can record exactly how the glacier changes each year and it seems that glaciers in antarctica are getting smaller. and finance or glaziers are changing in size points to change in climate sort of right now we know that since the middle of the end of the nineteenth century of the majority of the last years are receding it means there is a general warming that over. antarctica provides a unique opportunity where scientists can get a firsthand look at how this warming trend affects the local ecosystem some greater amount of fresh water is coming from the land to the sea which forms a freshwater layer on the surface of the sea water fresh water is lighter so there is some problems was mixing i was a world record which could possibly influences a structural. plankton zooplankton and krill are the main source of food for the majority of l

scientists all over the world are debating global warming is it happening or is it not i'm john thomas in antarctica and coming up on r.g.p. we explore what people down here are saying about the subject. but first georgia's independence they were supposed to celebrate liberty but there was little freedom of speech to those hoping to hold their government accountable for corruption they were pelted by rubber bullets and tear gas as they tried to make their voices heard calling for president saakashvili his resignation the opposition claims some of their supporters may have even been to death or he's sorry for reports of a brutal crackdown on protesters in tbilisi. with thousands of vanity police closing in on all sides and angry protesters letting out war cries and main street and civil e.c. became a battleground. water cannons rubber bullets and tear gas or fight indiscriminately into the crowd many people were injured including a number of journalists are teasing spanish correspondent was among those caught in the chaos the policemen their peers ok he was very aggressive with good peo