the lessons about logistics, and no theater faces logistic challenges like the pacific. what are your big concerns about logistics? what role do our partners play in logistics, and what happened to things like lower numbers that come to pass and that just come ok things even further? >> the lesson of logistics is not lost on anybody in my opinion. the ability to supply the force to engage is when you have to have logistics trained to support that. the biggest concern is command and control, because you know those networks can be disrupted. our ability to operate the command-and-control logistics and have the ability to move forward. part of it is the interoperability with our friends and allies and how we forge positioning. one of the results of the agreement with the philippines is to put humanitarian assistance -- which is a natural disaster that has the same problems. if you remember during the earthquake in japan, power was shut off to the korean peninsula. that can happen by ill intent or by natural disaster. command and control of the logistics chain and how you do

the biggest challenge militarily is logistics. this isn't the most talked about part of a war strategy. just the logistics of keeping the forces maintained with equipment, material, making sure that they have the bullets in the right place, the things that are commonsense to us but battles are won and lost on logistics. that may be what we need to do to help them once we drawdown our troops. there's a major problem with corruption and i don't see that being fixed any time soon. that may be the biggest challenge that the government faces and that is, could they deal with a corruption problem because nothing yet has moved forward on that front. >> as you know, no deal was made with iraq when we left. so everybody came out. no residual force there to assist or train. do you see the lack of any kind of agreement that would be disastrous for the progress that afghanistan has made? >> well, i think that if there's no new agreement and if we go to what is called the zero option overnight, then it's very possible that the government just

troops were in iraq, the mission transitioned into a mission to leave, that the logistical enterprisef getting out of a country you have been in so long in such great numbers is itself a huge military operation. is that essentially the only job american troops can get done, especially the last year they're there? >> reporter: well, i think a lot of that is going to be much worse in afghanistan than it was in iraq. iraq is flat and we have a very friendly neighbor to the south of iraq in kuwait. all you had to do to get out of iraq is get on the highway and drive. afghanistan is landlocked central asia with pakistan as the main land border, which is not always cooperative. sometimes convoys are attacked. otherwise, you have to fly material out. right now, about 32,000 troops. he is talking about getting them down to 10,000 by end of the year. that's not that many, not much time to get 20,000 troops out of a landlocked central asian country. certainly a lot of effort between now and then is going to be involved in just ex-filling, never figured out why they use that term, ex-fill. getti

other witnesses included executives from stamps.com, impact systems and logistics inc.his is an hour and 40 minutes. >> good morning. the committee will come to order. as is traditional within the oversight committee, would like to start by reading our mission statement. we exist to secure to fundamental principles. first, americans have a right to know if the money washington takes is well spent and second, americans deserve an effective government that works for them. art duty is to protect these rights. our solemn response ability is to uphold the government accountable to taxpayers because taxpayers have a right to know what they get from the government. we worked tirelessly in partnership with citizen watchdogs to deliver facts to the american people and a genuine reform to the federal property. as the mission of the oversight reform committee. at this point i would like to recognize myself for an opening statement, which is in a different book. the stats suggest one is not always fair. today we will examine reason that is by a number of private sector companies in

-- >> what is dla. >> the defense logistics agency ump they've provide all the things slipped around clothing, medical supplies, repair parts. >> put member like him in charge -- >> get this guy right there. >> there you go. he could right now orchestrate bringing on the amount of personnel needed in a temporary active duty status to fulfill the requirement of getting rid of the backlog, and then we'll know. everybody talking about we have to do for our soldiers in the future. if we had 1800 of them we don't even know what their complaint is, by now they hey have six complains so you can't even estimate how much we're going to owe for the next 50 years. let's get a bottom line. one last thing. everybody at home can understand this. if one of those terrorists in gitmo today needs to see a doctor, i guarantee you he sees them in one hour. >> that's a good point. >> really? how much money are we spending in get mow? >> we're talking about giving the va more money. both side does this. it's the assumption that throwing more money at a problem solves it. >> they actually said this week, t

joining me now is the director of the mit's center for transportation and logistics.ts with government and leading transportation enterprises on the logistics worldwide. joiningu so much for us. this seems to be a really hard problem. just how hard is it to have a successful same-day delivery network? >> it's not easy, of course. you need to control a lot of moving things away from the factory floor, away from the experiencend the begins on the driver. ups took well over 100 years to develop the system that may have. it takes a while to develop a nationwide system that can and, most time importantly, at low-cost. a system like this exist already. farm and a a server critical part suddenly doesn't work, this company will have a service level agreement with ups and several other companies who will deliver the missing part in two hours. pizza, youder a don't wait two days. you get the stuff within half an hour. you pay for it. you pay quite a lot for the delivery. this is where the rubber hits the road, so to speak. it is the cost of the delivery, not the technical abili

destruction have ravaged communications and logistics systems.this environment the job at an infrastructure like the postal service is to support citizens and businesses as they try to compete and position themselves while it also takes care to assure that efficient market forces prevail and are not undermined. to continue in this role understanding the changing world in rapid adaptation are increasingly critical endeavors. the postal service faces a tricky challenge of modernizing traditional products as it provides support services for emerging technologies. successful will depend on its innovations. as a result continual strengthening of the postal service processes for renovation will be needed. that's bats include seeking to understand the frustrations and supporting emerging needs of people and commerce developing a comprehensive innovation strategy clarifying the entry point for innovators and providing staff to join innovators in navigating the huge postal structure and remain with him until the proposal is resolved strengthening skills i

director of transportation and logistics. speaking of amazon, check this out. yellow locker that had shown up in downtown san francisco. we will take you there next. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. amazon's effort to get your purchases faster to you does not stop with same-day delivery. they also have the amazon locker program where you can get your stuff delivered to a locker but a giant version of an amazon locker has appeared now in downtown san francisco. cory johnson is there checking it out. >> i'm right here in downtown san francisco at the edge of the ferry building is this giant yellow box, the amazon giant locker. yes, it's a publicity stunt. they are experimenting with ways to get closer to the customer. if they're going to pay sales tax, they might as well be closer. they have lockers in a handful of major cities, including half a dozen in san francisco, partnerships with 7-eleven. if they cannot get things delivered to their front door, they can be waiting at a locker. there are a social media campaign and codes. it's part o

mit's center for transportation and logistics in boston, thank you.of amazon, check this out. a massive yellow locker that has shown up in downtown san francisco. we will take you there next. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. amazon's efforts to get your purchases to you even faster does not talk with same-day delivery. they even have a locker program where you can get your stuff delivered to a locker instead of your home, but a giant version of a locker has appeared in downtown san francisco. cory johnson is there checking it out. >> right here in downtown san francisco at the edge of the giantbuilding, this yellow box, and the amazon giant locker. it is a publicity stunt but it is also a real experiment. they are experimenting with ways to get products closer to the consumer. they have embraced sales tax laws. the fundamental change in the business, this locker is part of it. they have lockers set up in a handful of major cities, partnerships with 7-11, the idea that customers that cannot get things delivered to their door can

that's the kind of optimized scale, logistical play.nd i look at that as sort of building community on a local level in the same way. >> scott i just want to disagree with you there. our plan is that we want to be in every city in the world, so you can find a meal -- an authentic meal in all of these places, so i don't think it's about just being local or global. you are connecting with these people on a local level, but me getting a tip from a host or maybe even going out with them. whenever i travel i only stay on air b&b, and i only travel on lift. and i have met some amazing people. you are having brands come and centralize these hospitality or service industries through a decentralized network. >> i have to hit the pause button guys. the implications of sharing beyond making money. and when access trumps ownership like upgrading your rental car airport. >> i could have a mercedes or >> al jazeera america presents borderland's dramatic conclusion >> no one's prepared for this journey. >> our teams experience the heart breaking despe

one province and in so it has been the logistics come up with these days. the reviews and or diesel is happening now a hike since i was happy i'm going. one means. eye the consumption market has contracted in recent weeks due to the tragic still hope buried. i got news for spotty punch a dove deeper into this serious matter. approximately two hundred million events and festivals were canceled and mann school trips in the first half this year has been banned. the whole nation feels insecure about safety matters and is pleading with the victims' families from the tragic sinking of the snorkel there. this effect is being seen in department stores as well especially when compared to the previous year's sales this discovery was informative as it explained in detail how the soho passenger ferry tragedy is affecting the lungs of the korean people. couture us president barack obama completed is a shift worker were cunningly summed up his career. present obama visited four asian countries japan south korea malaysia and the philippines during his weeklong to war. thi

in terms of general requirements -- a few subcontractors mentioned that certain items like site logistics there was more of a burden to the subcontractors than they normally saw and that added to some of the complex tee and lastly most of the subcontractors mentioned because of the increasing activity in the community it was reaching capacity and there were concerns about possible availability in packages to come. >> i just have a question on that. >> yes. >> you have the perception of design responsibility perception of -- were they mistaken in their perception? >> i can only go by what they told me we did not do an extensive review of all the bid documents but i do believe there's language there that would suggest that they are responsible or partially responsible for the design. >> so they weren't entirely mistaken about that. >> that is my understanding. going onto mitigation measures a lot of these were recommendations by the subcontracting pool some recommendations we came up with based on the previous comments obviously capture current market pricing looking like it's already been

main business of the group is transportation and logistics.ore assets in all major parts of russia. in vladivostok, we are building to large projects. there is going to be a large new bothwhich is going to be chinese transit and russian exports. we are building what will be russia's largest coal terminal. >> i understand you are looking at ipo-ing part of your business. tell me about that. it is not a goal in itself. fromith the equity markets the beginning of the year very rocky -- >> the russian market in particular. >> there is no urgent need of capital. overall -- [indiscernible] >> i know you guys were just in china. you do business with china. president putin was there doing this big gas supply deal. for your company, for russia in general, where does china fit in? is a number one trading partner for russia. is clear that the chinese have growth perspective. >> particularly if you do logistics. in logistics, we have a lot of focus in china. we already work with a lot of chinese clients. the particular business which -- we are building a

todd everett is chief operating officers of new logistics incorporated. the witnesses will be sworn in before they testify. please rise and raise your right hand. you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth -? all witnesses answer in the affirmative. be seated.nd you may a housekeeping matter -- it is my understanding that the house will have votes around 10:40. that'll be a long series of votes. so i want to get everything covered by 10:40 so you do not have to sit around for over an hour while we go vote. an i might be able to make earlier flight back to texas. it would be a win-win if you abided by the timer here that gives you five minutes for your testimony. we will then ask questions. your entire written testimony is a part of the record and is available for this committee and others to review. so we will start with mr. cochrane, you are recognized for five minutes. >> good morning, chairman farenthold. thank you for calling this hearing. i name is james cochrane, se

upward trend in april according to the national bureau of statistics in the china federation of logistics and purchasing the purchasing managers' index for china's non manufacturing sector rebounding to fifty four point eight percent in april that's a gain of zero point three percentage points from a month earlier the index of new orders holding and business outlook remained high. ipo by a reading above fifty percent indicates industry expansion. well the reading below fifty percent reflecting contraction. i know as the saying that the rebound of the service sector and market demands for the main impetus a zeal to say it is actually this is the productive side effects especially the logistics industry are active. the pmi tapes released on thursday shows large purchases by companies. so from the aspects of china's economy production and business to the market is active. a us jury also ordering samsung electronics to pay a one hundred and nineteen point six million us dollars topple over alleged copying of smartphone features this and although it's far less than appellant sought to pin mark

we are a direct retailer to consumer and manufacture and logistics.ur success is due to the postal service to work with us to develop innovative solutions. we offer a parcel delivery service and provide cost-effective shipping services by working with the postal service for first mile pick up and last mile delivery. we evolved into a return logistics company and handle returns for retailers. we concluded that customers wanted to be able to return p k packages easier and developed a return solution making use of bar codes embedded in our labels. those bar codes provide us and the customer with detail information that allows them to quickly handle the transportation. as we evolved, we discussed the possibility of creating a new convenient process for handling returns of large shippings of m items. the postal service developed one of their most innovative products, prs, postal return service. people are allowed to retrieve items from agencies and that allows us to provide advance data and customize returns to retailers. the postal service was receptive t

using the micro warehousing to help small businesses and innovators with logistic shipping solutionshe digital access to the postal service networks for the public and the commerce by linking them together the website and post offices and digitally enabled carriers and conduct individual and office of the data that is now generated throughout the network for the revenue ideas and business intelligence. the integration of the data streams into supporting matters the internet, smart devices, search engines and cloud storage to lay the foundation for the changing world. an aspect of what will come next on the foundation will likely be an ecosphere that continues to be ungovernable and chaotic and the changes in the learning curves and substantial destruction. in this area it will depend on part of the competency of the postal infrastructure. it will deploy the nature to the new technologies that include additive manufacturing also known as three d. printing. the internet links ubiquitous censoring. augmented realities and smart devices, data analytics, advanced robotics. they were slow

the workers had sued walmart and schneider logistics, an outside company that owned and ran the warehouseshneider will pay the entire settlement. the lawsuit alleged that workers were often paid less than minimum wage, with no required breaks for overtime compensation. in january, federal judge ruled walmart would have to face trial as a potential joint employer, the first time a retailer would have had to stand trial for the actions of its warehouse contractors. walmart declined to join us on the program. schneider just extend not respond to computed -- repeated requests for comment. or more we're joined by attorney theresa traber who represented the warehouse workers. still with us, catherine ruetschlin, co-author of the report, "a higher wage is possible: how walmart can invest in its workforce without costing customers a dime." thissa traber, explain precedent-setting lawsuit against walmart and one of its contractors. >> good morning. this is an industry where retail giants like walmart and huge logistic companies like schneider use middlemen to hire workers in their warehouses to eva

coming out in china -- >> -- logistics creating the barrier.u the barrier alibaba may not have. >> even though it's one of the worst performers on the s&p. is a company modelled like that coming to market as a bad time, jon? >> well, that's a good question. it could be, but i think you have to look at china as a very different environment than the u.s. of course, there are risks investing in a china-based ipo because you're not really getting equity in the company. you're sort of trusting that china will value foreign investors, and we don't know what's going to happen over the next decade. but if you assume, which you have to if you're going to play in this at all, all of that will turn out okay. you have to look at this in a completely different way. >> we're getting a first trade, kayla. do you see this up 15%? >> i do. 21.93 and climbing. it did open right at that 21.75 level. we had to wait a little while for that. but, of course, it is a good sign for investor demand. i know you guys were talking about the market conditions for a company

bobby harris is the founder, president and ceo of blue grace logistics, a third party logistics provider. was awarded an inc 50020th fastest growing privately held company. congratulations. that's a big honor. not an honor, you guy desire the work. congratulations. >> thank you. >> let's talk about social media. we talk a lot about it on business to consumer. but i'm a business and i want to talk to another business. what rule does social he'dia have? >> it allows people supporting your brand to engage the other businesses that you're working with. so you are able to talk to them on a day-to-day basis. allows them to know everybody in your company, allows them to not know just your brand but the people behind the brand. >> give me an example. let's make this concrete. give me an example of a company that might do this. >> there's say a large shipping company and they push out a lot of products every day with your company. maybe they have 200 employees, and maybe five of those people are the economic buyers. but at the same time they are usually -- those five are usually engaging two to t

that's why we put $3.8 billion in sectors such as health care and movie theaters and logistics. we have been investing on a lot of -- in a lot of sectors outside. and thinking about china market is a good way of doing it. living400 million people , much more within two hours of prime time from moscow. so it is a move to consider asian opportunities. >> thank you for joining us. we want to thank you for watching wherever you turned in -- you tuned in from around the world. have a great monday. >> the following program is a commercial presentation of total gym fitness. a revolution ♪

. >> the logistics of opening a new store are complicated and expensive. >> this new system i talked to you about comes with two cameras. >> i'm not worried about the $57 foa month for it. what i'm concerned about is the initial $450. >> despite a volunteer army of friends family and boyfriend richard, the cost of getting the new shop up and running will be about $10,000 increasing jody's credit card debt to $17,000. adding to the pressure a loss of revenue every day the new store is closed. >> there's a fine line right now for me of needing to open like immediately. i just don't want to open and have the store not look right and people go, oh they don't have anything in there and then not come back. >> you got it darling. >> the stakes couldn't be higher. if jody's gambit fails, she'll likely to have to sell her home. >> right on target. >> but the woman who lives in extreme is banking on an upturn in the next phase of her life. >> i'm looking at the point where i'm in the new store and there's a paycheck and a manager and a day off. and i'm able to pat myself on the back and say, y

support include assistance through sending expert teams, small expert teams, you are looking at logistical communication experts, technical equipment, the expertise to use the equipment. the expert team sent by the u.s., france, china and also canada and australia are interested in supporting this effort. the point of this is that thisrs particular event. these abductions, not necessarily about the wider boko haram cries, which has been involving over a long period of time. >> do you think it will open the doors for more international involvement as a whole? >> it might do, however, i think all of nigeria's international partners are aware that this crisis has been growing over a long period. this is not simply a narrow security threat, it is political and economic in terms of how this organization has developed. any attempt to address the crisis is not going to be simple or short. i think nigeria's international partners will be very cautious in how they approach this. furthermore, the federal government of nigeria has not actively south assistance in the past to respond to the crisis. ni

first there are the logistics printing all the ballots.t's not clear who control all the lists and if they're up-to-date. >> ukrainian securities said it proves russia directly supports the vote. allegedly between a pro-russian leader in positive co-and a separatist in donetsk who say they're not ready for the vote. >> we will not recognize a referendum of this kind. obviously if it goes ahead and we trea create the facts on the ground. it is not a good idea. >> reporter: the straightists don't control the entire territory, just government buildings. and it's unclear how widespread the vote will be. >> that throws everything into a state of uncertainty in ukraine. we've seen violence, problems and this vote in the west will no, in the west itwill not be r. >> putin wanted the threat of the vote but not the vote himself. >> it's unclear the west believe moscow's hands are very deep in what is going on in the ukraine. moscow denies that. trying to give plausible deniable but wanting the vote to go ahead is unclear. of course they have the pr

this since 2012 where there was a presidential directive saying, let's arm these rebels and had logisticsoblems and even private citizens who used to work at black water, joseph smith, trying to support these rebels. they're supporting about half of them. they're theoretically moderate. we re-energized this whole thing after al qaeda theoretically left syria. the problem is the rebels are losing. it's kind of a little bit too late. >> now what? >> you will see a huge flow of weapons into these regions. you will see the training ramp up in jordan, saudis training on the bored are the, jordanian, contract contractors coming in training these people up. you will see some pathetic guns but syrians have jet fighters and helicopters and money and hezbollah and we're giving these people aks and pickup trucks. >> i don't know if maybe we don't have access to history books or something. it seems like we keep making the same mistakes over and over again and you make them and say, we'll never do that again as the soviets did, we'll never do that again. here we go again. >> there's only one theory th

when you look at logistics, we're a thousand people, 180 vehicles, over 53 hotels over the course ofso there's a lot of moving parts and a lot of logistics that have to run seemlessly because we have a start time that we have to hit on a daily basis. >> reporter: and all the athletes preparing for this as well. we mentioned moments ago you ride yourself so you had to take out because you had to work harder. >> yeah, i mean, these kids don't have the speeds of the elders like me and you know, when they saw my speed, they said, you know what? you'll have to sit on the sidelines and watch us today. >> well, being a required, you knew exactly what they needed for this course, then? >> yes, i think today, the wind will be the factor in today's stage but when you look at how strong the field of sprinters are, i think the fans today are going to see some really fast speeds if they approach the finish line and may the best man win. >> we're excited. the race kicks off at 10:50 with the gorgeous state capital. it's about the amgen tour of california. >> weather closer to our neck of the woods

one incident so it has been the logistics come up with these days. the reuse and reduce the risk that makes our hearts and guidance i'm going. one means is you eye. the consumption market his contract in recent weeks due to the tragic still hope buried. i found these cores on a punchy a dove deeper into this serious matter approximately two hundred million events and festivals were canceled and now school trips in the first half this year has been banned the whole nation feels insecure about safety matters and is pleading with the victims' families from the tragic sinking of the snorkel there. this effect is being seen in department stores as well especially when compared to the previous year's sales this discovery was informative as it explained in detail how the local passenger ferry tragedy is affecting the lungs of the korean people. us president barack obama completed is a shift worker were cunningly summed up his career. president obama visited four asian countries japan south korea malaysia and the philippines during his weeklong to war. this

in previous elections sometimes it just makes logistics' completely impossible of their refuse to go sometimes. and then in make sure he invites other observers so that he can, as i said before, spend them against each other. >> as the u.s. invited international observers? >> the u.s. is also a member of the osce. it is technically obliged. they don't have to be invited. there is some declaration at some point a says that they can, and observe the elections, and the election that they want to a member state. and so they have observed elections in the united states a couple of times, especially, you know, since we have the floridian debacle and all those singing chants and all that stuff. there's been more interested coming, but they don't get much publicity over here. and countries like the united states, so much domestic screwed in the situation, but it is actually interesting. they're is a project about harvard call electoral integrity they have just come out of their first report in which they did not monitor elections, but they sort of grated elections of last it in months. the u

that's technology, not to mention logistics, and online sales. argue the number one person for any retail should be first and foremost a tech guy. >> amazon and google facing off now over same-day delivery as much as in los angeles. which company, folks, will come out on top? >> i don't know. i've got to say both are such iconic brands. can you imagine if you saw google couriers wearing vests in cars, that could be a powerful brand motivator. >> it's just scary to me when it goes from online to boots on the ground, which gets to be very expensive. what's going to be the workforce for this? you're talking about an army of new people delivering this stuff. >> jake novak, one of our executive producers says this is the holy grail for internet delivery, same day. the first mover will be huge. >> i'm perfectly fine with the next day. >> i am, too. >> i want it now. before i order it i said it. >> oh, google knows what you're thinking. the top movers on the nasdaq, when we return. peace of mind is important when you're running a successful business. so

middle of an infrastructure campaign to remake the country into one of the biggest shipping and logistic hubs in the world. the president of panama likes to compare it with singapore. but with a third of the population living in poverty the analogy seems farfetched. the courts just an hour's drive from the capitol. the residents feel as though they've been forgotten. >> we don't get any benefit. we go without eat organize we're picking up scraps on the floor. the government receives money. we should be living in better conditions. >> americans founded the ports when the canal cas was built a hundred years ago. now it's known for poverty and crumbling buildings. >> we need a lot of work, look at the house. it fell down. >> the kilometer from our door lies the second largest free trade zone. ththey say while panama wants foreign investment it lacks basics. >> i'm not opposing infrastructure. to rebuild the social network. >> there are small signs of improvement. the elderly and poor receive pension. new public schools are being built. as for the residents, the economic miracle has yet to m

it is logistically more difficult than what happened in crimea. already the separatists have control of a great deal of government buildings in many towns. it is difficult to know what they could do without further military clashes. >> thank you for bringing us up-to-date. we apologize for the audio dropouts in the feed. western powers are dismissing's sunday vote --sunday's vote as illegal. the leaders of france and germany say the key to stabilizing the country is the presidential elections planned for may 25. they say russia must do more to assure they go smoothly or face more sanctions. >> these were crucial talks for chancellor merkel and president hollande. they travel to the northern constituency for a meeting dominated by ukraine. europe struggled to formulate a year of -- unified response. now they have agreed on a plan. the presidential elections must go ahead this month. >> we have agreed to cooperate closely and stay in regular contact. the next two weeks leading up to the left and -- election on may 25 will be a delicate time. we want

. >> i'll give them semantics or logistics hasn't defined who the big cheese is.her side of the coin, i always go to the money. it's the journalistic rule. follow the money. is there something more sinister here, david? that the truth is, the motivation to really get to the bottom of this is in no one's best interest who might end up having to foot way more of the bill for it? >> it could be. the fact is, if this information is proven to be false and we've spent all this time looking in this wrong area because of some error, of course they're not going to want to release that information. the international civil aviation organization has the authority to press them for this information. to say, i don't care who's going to get hurt by this, it needs to be released. i'm hoping the group the people steps forward and say, this is what has to happen. who's the iic, we want to talk to this person, and then they can release this information. but until then, it's just hit and miss. >> all right, david soucie, again, i didn't think we were going to have this conversation.

this is a massive logistical operation. the serbian prime minister said the damage will cost the country billions of dollars. volunteers have joined the operation here. this man is a personal trainer from belgrade. he is here to help rescue those who are left behind. >> how many people do you think are left? >> we don't know. >> it's not clear how many people died here. every official that we ask tells us that they have to wait for the waters to recede to see the real damage that was done. as you can see some of the water is actually pulling back, but there are still many houses completely submerged by the flooding. and there are many people who are waiting to be rescued. this man wouldn't give up his name. he said he's seen dead bodies. he's angry at the authorities for not arriving earlier. >> they came too late. we have no warning about what happened. the town is destroyed. it's so sad for us. we have no food and nowhere to live. >> reporter: in bosnia another menace is hiding under the flood rubles. landmines from the w

it will be interesting to see how they manage the logistics of this.e have heard reports that the separatists are not able to access polling stations, but we expect people here in donetsk would vote, and they would vote with the people's republic. but that is the picture here in the entire region. >> is there going to be any kind of independent monitoring of the election whatsoever? >> highly unlikely. i think this very much has its own momentum. election,ging the also managing all the polling stations. we are not quite sure who will turn out, how they will -- they do said they are printing millions of ballots. we have seen posters up, billboards by the side of the road, information being distributed to people. it will be interesting to see who turns out and where and if they can get to the outlying areas where they do not necessarily have a lot of support. >> it does sound like the separatists broadly have the upper hand in the situation. walk us through the scenarios. what could that mean if we find out monday there was a big monday -- a big vote in

how tricky for the administration to navigate the political and the logistical aspects of this?, chris, it is very, very difficult, and you will see it in every bit of the announcement yesterday and in what the president will say today. it is a compromise. he would on one hand, i think, he would like to have ended the war in afghanistan already. they have decided on the slow descent with what his critics are calling arbitrary time periods. that is the criticism that you heard this morning about an egg-timer, and some specific numbers. by such and such a date, we will be down to this date and that date down to another number. the number that matters the most to the president is that by the end of his presidency, he will be able to say that he ended both the wars in iraq and afghanistan, and brought all of but a normal amount of troops to guard and protect an embassy from afghanistan, america's longest war. >> ands a we wait for the president's arrival at the west point graduation, and the foreign policy speech that is also a commencement address, we will take a quick break and co

actually obliged to invite the ose, although he is in previous elections sometimes he just makes the logistics so completely impossible they refuse to go sometimes, and then he makes sure he invites other observers, too so he can spin them against each other. >> host: judith kelley does the u.s. invite observers. >> guest: u.s. is a member of the ose so it is obliged -- the ose doesn't have to be invited that-miles-an-hour declaration that says they can come and observe elections in -- any election they want to in member states, so the ose has observed elections in the united states, a couple of times, especially since we had the florida debacle and all of those hanging chads and all that stuff. there's been more interest come inning to the u.s. but they don't get much publicity over here, and countries like the united states, we have so much domestic scrutiny of the situation, but it's actually interesting. there is a project at harvard called electoral integrity project run by tipper norris and just come out with their first report in which they -- they didn't monitor elections but sort of g

. >> caller: spo logistics announced their first quarter earnings last week. revenue grew by 259%. this year, xpo is a billion dollar company. ceo bradley jacobs states that xpo is on target to reach revenue of $7.5 billion for the year 2017. >> okay. >> jim, i'd like you to invite bradley to appear on "mad money." >> well, i'd like that, too, but i'm not a logistics champion here. i'm not a champion. that group has been very challenged. i'm happy to have that man on the show. i think that would be very good tv. but i'm certainly not going to recommend the stock. here you go. despite the recalls, i think gm is doing quite well. and i think the stock is a buy. up next, check the tags on your clothes. you know the brands of the iconics group. but can the stock make you money? "mad money" is back after the break. >>> the cold weather that's been a drag on the consumer's finally left us. it might be a time to get a read on retail for the rest of the year. which brings me to iconix. under the radar house of 35 brands from everything from house, apparel, footwear, e

and a big net structure in the back where the jet plume would be we're excited and in terms of the logistics the elements for the project includes the demolition of the existing areas the concrete paving we've worked closely with the restroom renovation project and saw an opportunity with a large support from xhoour and katie tang we had an opportunity to not only drop a plane but to expand it and make it a beautiful playground for the nabtd. in addition to the plane we'll have another seating structure area and new planting to preserve the landmark tree north of the bay there and west of 19th avenue. the bid asize mentioned a capital committee came in about 5 percent under our estimates that leaves money for confederacy and we have additional costs we can cover for the fabrication of the plane. so staff recommendation would be to award the construction contract to j.b. d construction and son and alternative one if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them >> that i any public comment on that item? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioners. >> would like to add to ha

there are logistical issues. breaking them up into smaller groups and ferrying them across into neighboring countries is probably what is happening. and what the parents told us is, about three weeks ago, just a couple of days after the girls were kidnapped, they saw convoys filled with young girls and what they say were militants on a road leading from nigeria into neighboring cameroon. and so, right now, a lot of fears that they may be long gone and it would be very, very difficult to track them. >> vlad, what is the hope that u.s. officials can contribute to this particular search for these girls? we know that there are american personnel on the ground. what are they hoping that they can do and achieve? >> reporter: well, you know, anything that they offer is going to be more than what the people in chibok said they've been getting. what they hope to do with the united states law enforcement officials, intelligence officials, some military personnel, although combat troops are not expected to take part, is off

>> the white house says it is offering investigators counter terrorism and logistics support but the fear is it may already be too late. some girls may have already been sold as sex slaves in neighboring countries. in the newsroom, mark kelly, kpix 5. >>> happening today, a candidate in an east bay election is due in court. cathleen knox is running for auditor controller in alameda county next month. she filed to run by using the san leandro address of a business she owns. but the county's d.a. says knox actually lives in danville which of course is in contra costa county. she is facing six felony counts. >>> starting today about 480 million shares of twitter could be up for grabs. the san francisco--based company's lockup period is expiring and that means for the first time employees can exercise shares awarded in the company's ipo. but some of twitter's most influential insiders say they plan to keep their shares. >>> san francisco is the new testing ground for an app to help you find a parking space. hope it works. but the city's attorney's office is trying to decide if it's legal

often-told complaint-- that military experience, transferable-- particularly in law enforecement and logistics for transportation-- it is often experience that not accredited. "the fact that military training doesn't count is a problem. it doesn't help get a certificate or class credit in a systemic way." but the number of people discharged each year from military service may rise into the millions soon as the military cuts troop levels to meet financial limits placed as a result of sequestration. despite protests over employee pay, mcdonald's shareholders overwhelmingly approved the pay package for the restaurant chain's ceo.. don thompson took home $9.5 million last year. nearly 94% of of stockholders supported the compensation. one group holding 2.7 million shares representing a pension fund of public school teachers-- disappointed protesters by supporting the current wage scale for mcdonald's employees.. "if you work at mcdonald's or as a teacher or a nurse, everyone deserves to be able to raise their family and not have to struggle in poverty." the mcdonald ceo said at the shareholder mee

it's unclear how logistics will go. >> i was concerned your tie would blend away because it's green.it doesn't work like that. >> a lot of local tv places you have the green screen behind you. you can never wear green. i don't have to worry about that. >> i'm e-mailing barbara walters a telephone number to call in to our show. >> really? >> yes, via television and through my blackberry. >> to call in? >> please call in. mind control. dear god, please make barbara walters call the show. >> i'm sure she has nothing else going on today. >> no, nothing else. >> flooding potential really high if you're leaving your house in washington, d.c., going to be on the beltway, it is pouring, moving over the capital soon. anywhere from d.c. to baltimore, thunderstorms with torrential downpours the next hour or two. wider view shows from eastern carolina to central p.a. up in through new england. flood watches are up. so much moisture in the air. it's very humid out there. you can get a lot of rain anyway short period of time. we'll have to watch a potential for that, three inches around d.c. half