. >>> as homicides continue to rise in oakland, mayor libby schaaf is urging the city council to increase funding to the police department. the consulate previously prioritized funding for social services. libby schaaf says the police department is understaffed and needs the money to quickly hire more officers. >> there is nothing progressive about unbridled gun violence. this is what oakland acres want. a comprehensive and effective approach to safety and that includes adequate police staffing. >>> and echo news, and cash registers have been running across the state. california reported an all-time high of $216 billion in taxable sales for just the second quarter of this year. that is nearly a 40% increase from the same stretch of last year and 17% more than sales in 2018, before the pandemic started. the additional tax revenue was inspected to provide another major budget surplus for the state in the coming fiscal year. >>> last in the bay area tech scene, twitter ceo jack dorsey has stepped down. he will be replaced by agarwal. jack dorsey is staying ceo of square, which is changing it

but this request by mayor libby schaaf. she is. it seems like james and very committed to fighting crime because you might recall last week she asked the city council and they approved to hire more police officers to hit the streets of the city of oakland. all right. thanks a lot. we'll. >> 7. '09, is the time we want also stay in the east bay now where the oakland police commission has hired the city's first inspector general michelle phillips. you see your photo there. this a move to increase the police department's accountability and phillips is going to be reporting directly to the oakland police commission. she'll be reviewing and investigating how oakland is handling police misconduct cases. she previously served as the deputy inspector general for the city of baltimore. >> time now 7.10 and san francisco is going to make more arrests to tackle illegal drug use in public spaces. mayor london breed just announced new initiatives on public safety. one of the biggest changes is the city's level of tolerance for illegal drug use.

the stabilized libby or in the 1st place, not about humanitarian intervention at all, is no secret that libya was formed because of its a free can liberation project. and because of what he did inside libya, in terms of liberating to live in economy liberating the from for in control in the future, we seek to bring back libya that is for libyans. this of course, does not mean that we seek her style relations with the west or the east. we seek to work with our problem is we need to contact rather than is we no contact here, as i understand and we spoke to the boss. now the black petroleum be blue, i denied that he denied it was about a is in lithia, they have their guys and i'm hoping for either candidates to win over. but i assure everyone that they're in the newly when islam reaches the position of the president, for this new libya will be a peaceful land. and a member of the international community which would include economical gratian, political corporation. but all based on a sovereign country, not on a satellite country belonging to the western powers. obviously, nato nations deny

i mean, they were concerned about what was going on in shan libby involvement in the, in the region in chad, addis an area of cooperation with the americans. they weren't really not concerned about soviet expansion in the region, but they were concerned about libby and canadian in chad, especially in west africa. and so we also have to acknowledge, you know, the neighboring countries like called the foreign molly, were very concerned about the threat of the revolution. this, of the contagion of the revolution lead lake, and they come out of your book as us proxies. i have to say and you, you know, it's, i might say you're suspiciously nice to the cia in the sense that they see he's capricious with good afternoon libya. gorbachev doesn't like him very much and ok, washington politicians don't, likes ankara, but he doesn't pose a threat to cia activities in africa. this is an extension of your sworn policy. and we know that during the reagan administration, i mean, they just effort to roll back the so called threat of communism. and so they saw san car, you know, hanging out. fidel castr

which is why now i say thank you, eugene robinson and libby casey, thank you both. joining me now is dr. rochelle walensky, director of the centers for disease control and prevention. it's a busy time. thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me, ari, good to be here. >> omicron is in six states. is it the cdc's view it might go across the nation or might it still be contained and not go everywhere? >> good question. yes, we have a new variant that is with us now in six states. the first thing i want to do actually is back up and say while we are watching omicron carefully right now, that we have 86,000 cases a day right now in the united states and 99.99% of those are the delta variant. so we already have a problem here right now with delta. and we have all of the tools that we know about to attack delta, and that includes vaccines, that includes boosters, masking in indoor settings. but we're watching omicron very carefully. as you noted, we've seen it in about six states. we have the tools to monitor for this. we may very well see more omicron in more state

where libbie had the i infirmary where libbie had the transplant. _ infirmary where libbie had the transplant nursing assistant. officers were called to brunswick park in camberwell yesterday. the body hasn't been formally identified. petra srncova was last seen leaving work at evelina children's hospital, on the 28th of november. police say initial inquiries into the death suggest the circumstances are not suspicious. new rules have come into place from today banning all privately owned e—scooters from transport for london services. customers carrying the devices will not be allowed to use any of the services due to safety concerns after recent fires on transport services. after 21 months out of service, the gatwick express is back in operation from today. the rail service between central london and gatwick airport was suspended in march last year, as the covid pandemic hit and passenger numbers tumbled. it's hoped its return will help the airport's recovery. if you're heading out on public transport this morning, this is how tfl services are looking right now. on the tube there are minor de

one proposal by oakland mayor libby schaff. the other proposed by oakland city council president pro tem. jake, bolt hiring plan seek to add were cops but have different ways of getting their council president pro tem sheng tells proposal aimed at attracting lateral officer transfers from across the country by offering a generous $50,000 signing bonus the hiring plan proposed by libby shaft and backed by council members. laura taylor treat read with at 60 more officers by adjusting the city budget to accommodate 2 additional police academies and unfreezing 20 police positions in the current city budget. both proposals to hire more police come in the wake of little oakland's most violent years in recent memory marked by 129 homicides at the time of this council meeting while simultaneously the oakland police department's staffing level has dropped to 676 officers. 2 officers below the voter approved measure z which uses parcel tax dollars to fund public safety. there was a heated debate centered on the subject of hiring lateral

with godaddy aldana libby, an opposition politician told us that the 2400000 voters have been insulted at manager bad. so what's happened with the elections as an insult? the 2 and a half 1000000 libyans who ready to elect a candidate. libby, if we say that the people rule that power and the final word belongs to the people, well then we should not neglect the millions of people who are registered to vote at all. but up nearly 100 candidates were lined up to run in this election and they came from an array of religious communities, tribes and social groups, having about 5000 have been nominated to be elected to the house of representatives living. unfortunately, the postponement of elections show that libyans do not have free will, are the libyans. he wants to have the final say today, tomorrow, and in the future, i should take the street had his laughter. all the authorities have been manipulating you and insulting on that. yeah, it's been one thing after another for more than 10 years in this never ending performance. he adds insulting, when bullying at this level in 30 years since t

and then you'd have to all your case people are frightened to say what they fail in case there's a libby in hopes for new future dash. there's elections there are strapped of the war loads, mobilize them delicious, and it's 30 years since the u. s. itself formerly came to an end. we look at how things have changed since i hear from people whose lives were directly impacted by the collapse with a great time with his mid day in the russian capital. you watching the weekly on our nato expansion, reco gas prices and a wide range of other issues and concerns with topics addressed by president boots in on thursday during his merits and end of year q and a with the media. will them $500.00 journalists gathered in moscow for this event? and they included representatives of foreign outlets. ah, no, she needs to will. directions will not depend on negotiations. they will depend on unconditional compliance with russia, security today and in the future. we've made it clear native further movement to the east is con. acceptable. was not clear about it. are we the ones who deploy missiles next, the un

it's a big news from libby and not to mentioned here. in the british media, obviously, britain that took part in the aerial bombardment of your country. um your reaction to the overturning of a decision that there was to disqualify safe. i'll gadhafi. well, this actually confirms what i have been saying with this very program for years that the will over they live be and people will be victoria. so then what is happening now is that the libyan tribes lippy and cities and towns are coming together slowly. but in a very, a steadfast way to liberate their country from foreign intervention, especially that all western europe and safer asli is increasingly seen by most libyans, as they way out of this, a crisis definite slam represents the good history of nivia. and he is a young man and he's project for the country, is that all truth and reconciliation and peace or on libyan so we are very excited and heavy and this is not a step forward towards authority or the throne of libya. it's a step forward towards liberating the country. we have see

is also required to enter public places. portugal has one of the world's highest vaccination race. libby as elections commission was proposing elections take place on january 24th. the vote had been scheduled to take place on december 24th. the ballot has been marred by dispute over rules and regulations. let's bring an malik train. he's a lie for us from tripoli. so it's just 2 days before the original schedule dates, monica, what's the latest with what's happening with the elections? well, dirt definitely not happening, but i as we saw, as you mentioned the elections commission is proposing is suggesting that the 1st round of presidential elections be postponed to january 24th. but they were very clear and saying that it's the parliament that has to to put, put this date into, or into a set this date into motion or so the issues that, that have have left these elections, not able to a carryon still remain. right? so i'll libya has 2 legislative side. the previous political agreement are stated that they had to agree the parliament in eastern libya. and the high council state in western

oakland mayor libby schaaf even commented on this. now she is saying that there's been 131 homicides in the city of oakland and many of them have been committed by people who come through oakland. the other could live in oakland. but they use their cars in and out of the freeways, the corridors and that's why she wrote that letter to governor gavin newsom asking him for help. she did not specify how much money she's looking for how many cameras this is just to get the ball rolling to governor gavin newsom to say, look, this is an ongoing problem. they have faced more homicides this year than in the past 10 years. they need help officers cannot be all places at all times. there is a little push back, james and darya for this reason. many privacy advocates. they're saying yes, the cameras are good for red-light cameras for other uses and there are already being used in many places across the bay area but to put them at certain places to go after crime itself like murders and dui and whatnot that could lead to another problem about priva

one year-old jasper, wu oakland mayor libby schaaf. she actually commented on this jasper, wu and her mother, his mother went through oakland, southbound 8.80, and was shot by a stray bullet. he died and that cotton national attention. she points to that case in many other cases on why the city of oakland needs these cameras which obviously never blinks. they get the description of the car. the license plate in real time and pass it along to the police officers at the very least to get out there to collect evidence and best case scenario to make an arrest. she wrote the letter to governor gavin newsome asking for help cameras. they're all over the bay area used in variety of capacities, including red light cameras. there are privacy advocates who are say, wait a minute, these cameras could hurt more than they can help because they could lead to cars being pulled over for the wrong reasons, especially in communities of color. so for governor gavin newsome has not responded. so the mayor's request. back to you. all right. thanks a lot. w

oakland mayor libby shaft from the city council president pro tem. they are presenting their plans to not only add police academy classes but reverse the budget cuts to the department. and that is our top story tonight, the final vote was 6 to one with one abstention to add 60 more police officers to the force. >> those officers would come through to new police academies. kron four's dan thorn was following the meeting this evening. he joins us live from the newsroom right now with more on what happened and hope and oakland mayor libby shaft is applauding this vote saying that it will increase public safety. >> in the embattled city of oakland. the city has been dealing with a dramatic jump in gun violence and council members in favor of adding more officers hope that this will help curb the problem. >> the oakland police department is one step closer to filling 60 open positions. the city council approving a plan to build up the force amid an explosion in homicides and other violent crime motion passes of the vote of 6 ayes. one abstention by anyone

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kristen: and that was oakland mayor libby schaff talking to us. we'll take a short break but will may come back, we keep the focus on fighting crime and creating safer streets with san francisco sheriff paul me moto kristen: we've been reporting a lot in recent weeks about high-profile retail crimes happening in the bay area. now, san francisco is ramping up effort to crack down on that problem by allowing sheriff's deputies to work private security at stores. joining us now to talk about this is sheriff paul miyamo thank you for joining us here today. sheriff miyamoto: thank you for having me. kristen: is this the worst you've ever seen it in terms of crime or does just feel that way ? sheriff miyamoto: there is a perceived rise in crime, especially targeting retail and commercial outlets. and i think it's our responsibility to make sure we are responsible to that no matter where that is. i've been here all my life and i've had prior experience working in retail and working in loss prevention, so i'm very aware of the impacts that these types of

in an e-mail last night, mayor libby schaaf implored her citizens, saying these are historic investments for violence prevention. this morning there will be a virtual protest, reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." eufpt thank you, bob. >>> the reward is growing to more than $38,000 to track down the gunman that shot and killed the security guard protecting a tv news crew in oakland. he was a decorated officer that died on november 27th. the public memorial service is scheduled for this thursday at the san josÉ civic center. >>> developing now, president biden getting ready to hold a high stakes conversation with russian president, vladimir putin. this comes as the white house weighs possible sanctions against russia should putin take further military action in ukraine. alice barr is live in washington. this is a difficult day in washington? >> yeah, this is a complicated relationship. president biden has diplomatic needs to think about with russia, and also trying to draw a line in the sand to make it clear there will be very real consequences if russia does invade ukraine. >>

we'll be joined by oakland mayor libby schaaf. >>> a silicon valley vc is back from space. our exclusive interview about his out of world experience. >> good evening, i'm raj mathai. mayor schaaf, steph curry, and the silicon valley venture capitalist in space all just in a few minutes. >>> but we start with a lot of confusion here and some last-minute changes. the new statewide mask mandate which goes into effect at midnight tonight. but in the past hour there's been a notable change by the state itself. many bay area counties will get to keep the old rules in place. yesterday the state announced masks would be required at all indoor public places whether you're vaccinated or not. but late today the state changed its order. it's confusing, so we'll try to walk you through this. here's what it means for the bay area. san francisco, marin, sonoma, contra costa and alameda counties allow you to go maskless inside certain businesses if you're vaccinated. we've been doing that for a while. those businesses include offices, gyms, and fitness centers and religious gatherings. the

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so who exactly is behind this decision to postpone libby as elections? well, officially, the announcement to postpone the elections comes from the country's parliament, the house of representatives jointly with the election commission. but of course, they wouldn't have made this announcement had some of the leading candidates and some of the leading fractions in libya not supported. and they say a freezing of the vote, and i think those groups are the constituencies that support to a field marshal a huffed, or the strong man based in eastern libya who was or is still a candidate in these elections. triply based fractions from the outset didn't want presidential elections because they considered them divisive and, and others as well. and the reason why this, this sudden freeze of the election process to place is because there seems to have been a sudden surprise among some of these candidates on who was going to run. and it was particularly controversial in their view. the fact that the son of late dictate their mom or get duffy safe and islam was going t

in an email last night, mayor libby schaaf wrote this will not impact other services, including the historicents. those are her words. just made the department of violence prevention. these requests for police officers are already funded positions. we're talking about 60 vacancies. the anti-police terror project is calling on people to reject, quote, libby schaaf's fear-mongering propaganda. the organization indicated they'll speak out during the public comment going on against the proposed increase in police officers. their argument, quote, there is no police staffing crisis. again, the 60 vacancies are already paid for. that's just a point made by the city council this morning that they are not asking for money for that. again, they had the money for that. they're talking about trying to get the bonuses to entice other officers to come to oakland. bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> we'll continue to follow that as that vote happens. bob mentioned that deadly shootding of a security guard protecting a tv news crew in downtown oakland. we have a follow-up now. this is the look at the suspecte

libby recorded part of her encounter of a man on her phone, including this grainy picture. and a voice telling the girls to move down a hill. >> guys, down the hill. >> reporter: their bodies were found nearby the next day. all these years later, despite multiple sketches of suspects, police have yet to make arrest rests related to the murders. police have set up an e-mail and hot line for anyone associated with the account. that was used to obtain 100 illicit photos and videos of girls. >>> a mountain climber who found a real-life treasure in europe will get to keep some of the loot. the climber found nearly $170,000 in jewels, including emeralds and sapphires on montblanc in france. a search for the owners failed. the authorities say the climber can keep half of what was found. the other half is headed to a museum. >>> if you noticed more traffic on the road these days, you're not alone. traffic is still below prepandemic levels. but congestion is rebounding quickly. not in materially morning or late afternoon, but in the middle of the day. the two worst cities for traffi

one proposal by oakland mayor libby schaff. other proposed by oakland city council president pro tem. jake, bolt hiring plan seek to add more cops but have different ways of getting their council president pro tem sheng tells proposal aimed at attracting lateral officer transfers from across the country by offering a generous $50,000 signing bonus the hiring plan proposed by libby shaft and backed by council members. laura taylor, a treat read. but at 60 more officers by adjusting the city budget to accommodate 2 additional police academies and unfreezing 20 police positions in the current city budget. both proposals to hire more police come in the wake of one of oakland's most violent years in recent memory marked by 129 homicides at the time of this council meeting while simultaneously the oakland police department staffing level has dropped to 676 officers. 2 officers below the voter approved measure z which uses parcel tax dollars to fund public safety, public comments came in on both sides of the issue. >> i do not support

almost like they hate the country or something. >> ben: you know, libby, the thing that i was thinkingreading this take was you do realize that whatever culture you are enjoying right now, if you are one of these progressive cynics, it will be judged 10 years from now or even sooner by someone even more cynical or even more progressive than you. you haven't addressed yet how many things are wrong with the marvel cinematic universe. you haven't even started to get into the levels of cringe here. so, i guess my question to you on that is do you think there is any reversing this trend? is there a point where people tune out critics and cynics and say look we are going to enjoy good art as it is. we are going to be entertained by it. good musical in the case of hamilton and not going to listen to you anymore? >> yeah. i think that's all of us all the time. the hate that's thrown at j.k. rowling is literally because she stands up for women. the hate that's thrown at harry potter now is because people don't like when someone goes around standing up for women. i don't think that we have to li

mayor libby shaft calls the release of the report, quote, a major milestone on our path to build a newerfront ballpark district that will create up to 18 acres of beautiful public parks. more affordable housing and good jobs for oaklanders, end quote. the report dives into whether the mammoth proposal meets all state and federal rules and regulations. there were 400 comments made and discussed in the report. some issues that surface 10 will need to be worked out include managing parking pollution. waste removal and increased traffic originally was not included. who would pay for the affordable housing that is mandated and part of the project oakland a's president dave carroll applauded the report saying that it is bin 3 years in the making as for what is oakland planning commission will conduct a public hearing on the final environmental impact in january and the oakland city council is expected to make a decision in february of 2022 also this day, the port of oakland identified 21 recommended seaport compatibility measures to ensure the continued safe and efficient navigation of ships

i don't think they care about it in libby, i think what they care about is having a compliant country that will allow the us and other western countries to pillage its resources. i don't think they really care whether there are elections there or not in the i certainly don't think they want elections that would result in a leader being elected that would protect libby is national sovereignty and resources. ah, well, i think may seem rather hard to believe but apparently of a half a brit. so too scared to say what they really think about a new pole that fell or they're worried about being cancelled to be by friends, colleagues, or even their own family to use shot he was dr. digs into what's got them. so concerned counterculture as silencing academics, a gagging public figures and wiping celebrities off the face of the planet. wait, can i really say that? who knows what? i'm not the only one biting my tongue as, according to you got poll, majority of brain living in fear of being canceled. a majority of britons 57 percent, say they have at least sometimes found themselves stopping them

have to all of your case people are frightened ways say what they fail in case there's a come also libby and hopes for future a dash that elections era scrapped after loads, mobilize the nation and it's 30 years. cynthia saw formally came to an end. we look at how things have changed since and different people whose lives were directly impacted by the plan with good morning, thanks for joining us for the weekly here on our team. rushes foreign ministry says upcoming talks with the u. s and nato, we'll have to focus on ending the alliance is expansion. it is exactly that an expansion of nato, and the non emergence of weapon systems to threaten our security on the russian border that are the main issues in the upcoming negotiations with the united states . and nato, those have not yet grasped the essence of the russian position should understand this very clearly. early this, most nato accused moscow of planning to invade ukraine claim the kremlin has denied fantasy alliance continues his eastern expansion getting other closer to russia's board. us. nato has proven the last year starter. o

and libby, i think what they care about is having a compliant country that will allow the us and other western countries to pillage its resources. i don't think they really care whether there are elections there or not in the i certainly don't think they want elections that would result in a leader being elected that would protect libby is national sovereignty and resources. ah. more than half of people in the u. k. a to step to say what they really think could you poll found a word about being canceled by friends, colleagues, even the own family, non t shot, edwards da. she brings us the details council culture is silencing academics. gagging public figures and wiping celebrities off the face. of the planet. wait, can i really say that? who knows what? i'm not the only one biting my tongue as according to you got poll. majority of praise are living in fear of being canceled. a majority of britons 57 percent. say they have at least sometimes found themselves stopping themselves from expressing their political or social views for fear of judgment or negative responses from others. the i

then you have to all your case and people are frightened to say what they say on case that a come libby in hopes for a new future dash does elections of scraps after wards, mobilize them malicious 30 years. ussr formerly came to an end. we look at how things have changed since and hear from people whose lives were directly impacted by the class with a very good morning. thanks for joining us on the weekly here on our team. in nato expansion, reco gas prices, and a wide range of other issues and concerns they were the topics addressed by president puts in on thursday during his marathon and of via q and a session with the media. more than $500.00 journalists gathered in moscow for the event, and they include the representatives of foreign outlets. ah, no shaggy streubal directions, you not depend on negotiations. they will depend on unconditional compliance with russia's security today. and in the future, we medi clear native further movement to the east is unacceptable, was not clear about it. are we the ones who deploy missiles next? the united states knows as the united states who bro

oakland mayor libby schaff and the city council president pro tem also want to reverse the budget cuts to the department for us. dan thorn has that story for us. >> the oakland police department is one step closer to filling 60 open positions. the city council approving a plan to build up the force amid an explosion in homicides and other violent crime motion passes with a vote of 6 ayes. one abstention by anyone know under the new plan to additional police academies will be used to fill opd is vacancies along with an unfreezing of 20 police positions in the current city budget and outside recruiter can also help draw experienced officers to oakland through a nationwide search. i believe that we've got to solve the problem within our community on police scene and how we build and retain and nurture that culture that cultivates. >> investing deeply in our public comment period allowed people to weigh in before tuesday night's vote. >> homicides and shootings of the worst i've seen in more than 70 years. it's not safe here. i would like to drive down the street during the day without wor

and the -- yeah, didn't -- didn't sheridan give it to custer to give it to libby? >> right. >> isn't that weird. >> but custer was not in the room despite -- >> right. custer was not in the room. right. i and -- we're back in the parlor. wasn't there a story shared, mcclain didn't want to sell his furniture and sheridan throw like twenty dollars on the ground and either keep the money or don't. i'm taking the furniture. that is bust one of the many stories i heard. shout outs. thanks for the program. i enjoyed the book. what's up next in terms of book projects? that we'll get to that. but he says go wahoos and that is from hampton -- >> oh. >> -- lots of great stuff. that's what we have here now and i'm check in again before we sign off. but i want to get back on the road because these confederates were having a good time. an interesting time out there on the road. and this is something really interesting in your perspective of the book. you start from appomattox but then you look out. suddenly the story of appomattox and the post days starts to involve other place

from the am hora, and a far regions dismissing claims are leaving voluntarily on groups, mobilize in libby as capital as friday's presidential election looks increasingly and doubt. arms will fast my blank canvas is called take the money and run, drawing people to a museum in denmark. ah, it was president joe biden. it is about to announce a raft of measures to limit the spread of only kron, the coven, 19 variant. now, accounting for almost 3 quarters of all new cases across the country. $500000000.00 free at home rapid test will be made available for americans from next month. and a 1000 medical military personnel also gonna be deployed to help hospitals are overwhelmed. a rapid rise of infections is once again disrupting life in the united states with events in sports games canceled. the state of emergency declared in washington, d. c. and white house correspondent, kimberly how kit joins us live. now, what did these impending measures suggest about the expected strain on mc wrong could personally us health system? well, we're already experiencing it. what we know is that $48.00 out of t

so coming up, a surprise moved by the head of libby. as electoral commission raises doubts about where the friday's vote will go ahead. rebels and ethiopia say there withdrawing from some territory and call them the world to pressure the government. and turkeys travel mirror re bound slightly off, the latest government moves to strengthen the currency. ah, let's begin with the latest on the pandemic. his cases of cov, it 9 teens on a cron variant surge rapidly across the world. the u. s. says it will provide the world health organization, the united nations children's fund, and 5 other global age groups, an additional $580000000.00 and funding. later on tuesday, president joe biden is expected to announce plans to provide 500000000 free, rapid home test kits for americans. it's part of an effort to increase support for hospitals, which have been overwhelmed. ami crohn case is now a count for nearly 3 quarters of all us cov it infections. let's bring in white house correspondent, kimberly how could so this is quite a change from the trum

last month after signing a deal with the authorities. protest has called the agreement a betrayal. libby as presidential election is likely to be postponed after a dispute about rules and regulations. there's been no official announcement, fridays vote will be delayed for the head of the election commission has dissolved electoral committees holding station workers have been told to stop their work. the election was called as part of a un led peace process. opposition, the supporters in georgia are demanding the release of jail, the former president because soccer civilian, the doctor said he was tortured in custody. thousands rallied in front of the parliament building in the capital tbilisi threatening a mass hunger strike. soccer field was arrested october after returning from exile in ukraine. he was convicted of abuse of power. a charge he says, is politically motivated. for those of the headlines, the news continues here on al jazeera up to witness skies above head statement. thanks for watching a a with with a hello. i don't listen to all this look, wash dog. yeah. well, a has all

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ah, but libby is want to be able to vote for the leadership. they also want a constitution or that identifies the rule, the governing system in libya and what kind of powers of president has are. so we're going to have to wait and see how the political situation developed in the coming weeks or months. at least a 160 people have drowned on the mediterranean in the past week in 2 separate shipwrecks, migrants trying to make their way from lydia to the european union. they were travelling in wooden boats. the libyan coast guard intercepted a 3rd vessel and rescued. 200 people. now people in the flood hit regions of malaysia are being moved to safety. 17 have died. 4 of them found in the salon, go the countries wealthiest or most populous region. governments been criticized over its slow response for him though he reports al from quanto lumper rep. phillip yeah, yeah. i asked him more than a day, tramped in her home by flood waters. this woman is finally been rescued. 2 days of torrential rain last week had caused waters to rise swiftly, inundatin

ah, but libby is want to be able to vote for the leadership. they also want a constitution or that identifies the rule, the governing system in libya and what kind of powers of president has are. so we're going to have to wait and see how the political situation develops. in the coming weeks and months. these to 160 people have drowned on the mediterranean. in the past week, in 2 separate shipwrecks, they were migrants trying to make their way from libya to the european union, an were traveling and wooden boats. the libyan coast guard intercepted a 3rd vessel and rescued. 200 people. tens of thousands of people in argentina, remarks 20 years since in economic crisis sparked large scale protests and riots known as the great crisis of 2001 years of austerity culminated with a government decision to limit cash withdrawals. that sparked outrage on the streets and of police cracked down the left. 39 people dead. 2 decades later, a critic service situation is no different. the government is in the midst of negotiations with the international monetary

so the, there's 2 legislative houses in libby at the moment. there's the parliament in eastern libya and there is the high council state here in tripoli. or there were supposed to come to an agreement on a constitutional framework or to hold these elections. so what kind of governing system does libya have a what, what kind of powers as a president have? so does the thought the, the issues that, that the have led to these are elections, not happening still remains right? so up libyans want to see elections that there's pulls that say that over 80 percent of libyans want to vote, but they don't want to vote on the present in presidential election until they have a constitutional referendum or so yes, a suggestion by the high national elections commission, but really nothing. nothing of essence, nothing going into the problems are that we may see if this the moves ahead or at malik manufactured it out, says mary trip malik trina, there are in that tripoli. floods of hit the north west syrian province of ed lived . the area is controlled by rebels

mayor libby shes police hiring plan. it is 5.8 million dollars. we are. >> able to put forward that budget proposal through a combination of savings, particularly salary savings equipment savings. so this act will not result in any reduction of any other services that the city provide retiring plan. authorizes 7 police academies. the current budget authorizes 5 academies. that budget was put forth by oakland city council member shane pow who recently announced a hiring plan of their own to recruit more officers by offering a $50,000 hiring bonus for lateral transfers from other agencies. my concern, however, is that we are attracting officers who com to policing in oakland for the right reasons. >> we find ourselves in a crisis. however, opd chief armstrong shares the bears concerns. he released a statement that reads in part, quote, while offering financial incentives is a great way to recruit. i prefer to hire people who are not coming to oakland solely for monetary benefits. the executive director of the justice teams network and co-founder of

a still ahead on as a back in the race. libby in court reinstates safe. get daffy as a presidential candidate. signs of progress as iran submits to drop proposals to european powers at talks to revive the 2015 nuclear. you. ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with sponsored by cut on airways. hello, good to see you. here's her headlines for asia. we're starting in the bay had been gone, where we've got this disturbance, it's going to slam into entrepreneur dash o dish and westbank all that's on friday, we're press play, see where it goes over the course of a weekend. still plugging all of these areas, amber alerts are out for the potential c, $1200.00 millimeters of rain and flooding. very likely as watts or monsoon rains. active just south of indo china through malaysia. and speaking of indo china, i'll take you there right now because central and southern portions of vietnam have seen some land size, but we are drying off across indo china on friday. next stop, we're going to go to china and high pressure carving out sunny conditions here is not much

yeah, libby went all the way.the way to washington. >> to meet with vice president there you can see talking about the build back better plan and perhaps maybe as or something in there that can help oakland get that. howard terminal ballpark. you know, finalized, maybe there's some incentives there that they can benefit from to try to sweeten the deal and get the a's to commit to stay. well, everybody here in the bay area would like him to say >> we should say it has to help to have a friend of the white house does will see. and going to see tonight. we're going to see is steph breaks the record for threes. yeah. it's it could happen tonight. it will be a tall order because he's going to have to make 15 to tie ray allen's record of threes in a career and then 16 to take over the lead which that was ever done that before. but if can, it's steph, right himself says anything is possible. and coach kerr agrees. >> and every arena we go to there. so there's just a sense of anticipation. every time he touches the ball.

libby schaff saying what are you going to do about it. she says, well, she wants people 2 put pressure on the city council to add all of those police officers and so much more. the not only explain in just a few moments after we hear from the president of the oakland china chinatown chamber of commerce. karl chan. he's been a big supporter of adding police officers. >> when they'll be more police academies more police officers unit in a trip. i'm always saying we just welcoming use. i still i think we still need to at much faster and things could get worse. >> chan knows all too well about that one so far this year. he's been pushed down because of what's going on with the attacks on asian-americans in oakland. actually got some cell phone video of his attacker. plus, he's been a big supporter of adding police officers because of all those attacks on asian americans, not just the mention the residents in oakland as far as excuse me, mayor libby schaaf is concerned she would like to at 7 police academies and bring that number not to 678 po