whether you are from palestine, yemen, morocco, all of these middle eastern countries -- we welcome youis you came from and what it is that you are so proud of, having left, and want to continue improving, and where your children want to visit for generations to come. with that, i would like to recognize for the outstanding lifetime achievement award somebody who i have admired that is among you today, whose years in leadership of this ensemble is only one aspect of what she has done. the day-to-day work she has done, right down the street in our tenderloin health clinic, year after year, providing service to so many people. at night, teaching kids and youth, and training and practice in all this wonderful music so she can represent her community so well. on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, if i may recognize the wonderful and well deserving -- lifetime achievement award. for the arab heritage month. please come on up. thank you. [applause] [applause] >> thank you, mr. mayor. we will bring her back on the stage in a little bit. if i could please have our sponsors on stage

we are in the and and they are middle eastern. -- we are indian and they are middle eastern. there are very many soup and salad places. there is a plaque -- there is a practical reason for this. lack of much needed diversity. it is difficult to find a small enough space to rent with a full cooking hood where you can sell a niche product like ours. we have looked at many spaces so we know this to be true. if the california and 61 beale are ideal blocks for a food truck. the restaurants in the radius are a whole block away, on the other side of a huge building. the same is true for 61 beale st. it is a great plot for a truck. a massive sidewalk, limited food options, and zero culturally diverse food available. this whole process is ultimately about san francisco. by upholding these permits, and you will enable us to bring affordable indian food to consumers in the financial district, create jobs, and increase tax revenue for the city. the permit is consistent with what the legislation is designed for, fair competition on a structurally suitable block with no like food conflicts

and we have explored this issue in more depth with a professor of middle eastern politics that of professor jeremy salt he believes the death toll figures in the conflict may have been exaggerated and that they're not all the fault of the regime you can watch that full interview next hour here on our t.v. but for now a quick preview of. the human rights council report four thousand but there was no explanation of that where they go now a few days later. who's the u.n. human rights commissioner he threw up the security council and said five thousand. well and if we get echoes around the world and i think it lodges in the popular imagination it's five thousand people being killed by the syrian government security forces by an order whatever whereas in fact i don't think it's any doubt at all that a large number of military of civilians have been killed by armed gangs about it but by this so what we actually need to do is to aggregate these figures. now or nearly twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow the chorus of critics is growing in israel against the so-called boycott law it punishes

arms sales to middle eastern states you'll see some modest personnel increases but overall the overall picture you'll see a drawdown of forces in the middle east in europe and a and not as we have beefing up in asia as they've been saying i don't think that's quite true you're going to they're going to hold the line and holding the line on a relative basis while you're shrinking the other is sending the signal that the united states is not going to draw back in fact what intelligence capacity and the synergies that come from different kinds of systems and that is done basically as a placeholder in fact i was in the white house talking to a senior official who said you know even china recognizes fundamentally that it has benefited from that from american presence by keeping stability in the region and to some degree even though they'll be skirmishes between china and the us china benefits from stability wants largely to maintain stability but it also has new swagger about what about iran what about for example at the moment right there are thousands of u.s. troops on their way to israel

through this pipeline would enable us to reduce over dependence on oil imported from unfairly middle eastern nations. the transcanada application states that the pipeline will serve the national interest of the nine states by providing a secure and reliable source of canadian crude oil to meet the growing demands of refineries and markets in the united states. however, citing plans by gulf coast refineries with whom transcanada had entered into long-term sales contracts to re-export diesel and other fuels based on the keystone crude to latin america, europe, and beyond. nearly all of these refineries where the keystone crew will be sent are located in port arthur, texas, which is designated as a foreign trade zone. this means that these refineries -- they would not even have to pay u.s. taxes on these exports. earlier this month, the canadian prime minister said that when you look at the iranians threatened to block the straits of hormuz, i think that just illustrate how critical it is that supply for the united states to be not american. but in december when i asked the president of transca

we should make middle eastern oil and its politics of turmoil irrelevant. the administration needs to pick a horse and ride it. build a keystone x.l. pipeline from canada toport arthur, texas, and that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the house will be in order. will members please take their conversations off the floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from mississippi rise? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, today i'm proud to recognize an educational keystone in mississippi's fourth congressional district. jones county jr. college celebrating 100 years of educational leadership in excellence since 1911. located in ellisville, jones is the largest single campus two-year college in our state. and it's among the top ranking community and junior colleges in the nation for enrollment. j. -- jcjc boasts competitive programs including nine am democratic divisions and award-winning athletic teams. it does -- how does jones county li

first off, concerning the recent developments in the middle eastern region, i just want to reiterateort for all people and their right to a democratic process. >> all y'all dictators out there, keep messing around and see what happens, just see what happens. watch. >> as you can see, this isn't the real president obama. the guy playing president obama is jordan peel, the guy playing luther is kegan michael keys, actors from the new sketch comedy show, key and peel on comedy central debuts at 9:30 central. it's pretty darn funny the president thinks he needs a translator to get across his anger. >> i am not a muslim. >> that's my intention as your president are coming from the right place. >> coming from hawaii, which is where i am from, which is united states of america, okay? this is ridiculous. i have a birth certificate. >> i feel like president obama is going to love this video. i like to picture obama sitting at home on his twitter or on his facebook, michelle saying this to him, hey, did you see this? >> i had a conversation with michelle -- i did not say that i did not say tha

. >> at tech visionary, the legendary movie star, an middle eastern dictator in in the blood, jim. those are just a few of the well-known people who died in 2011. here is to look at some of the people who shaped the world and left last year. ♪[music] "mission impossible" was a mission accomplished this weekend. "mission impossib only took the nu >>> the latest mission impossible was the mission accomplished this weekend. in the compost host protocol not only to the number one spot in the second week, and also managed to revive the sluggish box office. sherlock holmes gave us shadows and how an image of monks, shipwrecked or the girl with the dragon tattoos out of the top five. despite reports that pope benedict held this week the 84 -year-old seemed in good shape as the lead up to our past. the church dedicates new years day to world. the pope urged people to practice forgiveness throughout the new year. after the massey addressed the crowd in st. peter's square. >> i invite all of you to join me pray earnestly for peace, because the nation is giving us an era of conflict and pushi

united nations says more than 5,000 people have been killed in the middle eastern nation. right now activists say syrian troops are crushing pockets of resistance just outside the capital of damascus. >>> some fresh allegations against san francisco's embattled sheriff. >> that's right. ross mirkarimi is now accused of keeping his wife isolated in their home for 18 hours to prevent her from talking to police. lisa washington joins us with more. good morning. >> reporter: this is pretty shocking. there is video evidence that the prosecution wants to use from that alleged new year's eve incident. of course, the assistant district attorney in this case wants to use this video but she will have to do so under the exceptions of the hearsay rule. sheriff mirkarimi is charged with three misdemeanor accounts including domestic violence, child endangerment and dissuading a witness. that's after prosecutors say he assaulted his wife in front of their 2-year-old son and kept her isolated inside their house so she wouldn't call police. mirkarimi's wife eliana lopez has not been cooper

says more than 5,000 people have been killed in the middle eastern nation. right now, activists say syrian troops are crushing pockets of resistance outside the capital city of damascus. >>> and new this morning, italian emergency officials have just announced that they are calling off the search for missing people following that deadly cruise shipwreck. italy's civil protection agency says the danger is too great for the rescue workers. the costa concordia cruise ship ran aground on january 13, when the captain deviated from his planned route. 17 bodies have been recovered, 16 are still listed as missing. >>> there will be plenty of police in downtown walnut creek over the weekend. their job is to prevent more violence like they had this last weekend. you see some video here. police broke up three separate fights in the downtown area sunday morning. they came just days after city leaders promised the crackdown on late-night bar violence. city leaders met yesterday and heard the police chief's new plan. >> effective this weekend, we will have additional staf

host: ami pedahzur is a professor at the university of texas where he teaches government and middle eastern studies, and he's also the author of this book, "the israeli secret services and the struggle against terrorism." he joins us here at the university of texas in austin. >>> is there a nonfiction author or book you'd like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv@cspan.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >>> booktv is on location at the university of chicago where we are talking with several professors of the university who are also authors, and now we're pleased to be joined by david strauss who is the author of "the living constitution." he also teaches law at the university of chicago law school. david strauss, how do you define a living constitution? >> guest: well, it's a good question, and the living constitution is an idea that is controversial, but it really shouldn't be controversial. it's the idea that the constitution as it was drafted in 1787 and has been amended a few times since then, that that constitution has to evolve over time in order to keep up with

. >> the man is described as income his mid-30s, perhaps hispanic or middle eastern and he has a goatee oar moustache. he's wearing a ball cap, blue jeans and white jacket. parents are invited to attend a meeting about all this in about 30 minutes at the school. >>> two metro employees are charged with stealing thousands of dollars from the transit system one nickel, one dime and quarter at a time. horace mcdade was assigned to collect money out of the fare machines. metro officer john haile was allegedly arranging his schedule so he'd be the police officer keeping an eye on mcdade. visitors say the two men conspired for years to siphon off perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars. the police officer alone deposited $10,050,000 in unexplained cash in his -- $150,000 in unexplained cash in his bank account in just the last three years. >> i am thoroughly disgusted and displayed by the events that are alleged to have taken place by these two employees. >> metro has launched a top to bottom audit and relieved the revenue center supervisor of duties. metro says it's doing everything it can

the finance minister is pledging to cut back on the amount of crude his country buys from the middle eastern nation. azumi met with timothy geithner in tokyo. geithner firmly asked for japan's cooperation on economic sanctions against iran. the u.s. is trying to block iran's oil trade by barring transactions between its central bank and foreign financial institutions. >> translator: japan depends on iran for 10% of its crude oil imports. but we will strive to cut imports as soon as possible. >> azumi said japan's trade with iran is not limited to oil imports. he called for a mother tomorrow on sanctions against other economic deals. treasury secretary timothy geithner says the iran sanctions must be put in place as soon as possible. but to make them effective he needs to get another country on side. geithner spoke with nhk world about the challenges he faces. >> how are you? >> hi, mr. speaker. >> u.s. treasury secretary timothy geithner is welcoming japan's cooperation on iran sanctions. >> what were your thoughts on that? >> let me say that my sense is japan is going to be with us and is g

monday so it's national currency dropped by ten percent to a record low i spoke to an expert on middle easternaffairs he thinks diplomacy is the only way out of the current stalemate as sanctions will down.

party believes that any year led sanctions against a middle eastern country will only lead to a minor fluctuations in the oil price. the e.u. sanctions on the oh no i don't think that's significant around exports right about two point two million barrels a day of oil. goes to europe it's only represents run about one quarter of two. so we expect. the impact of the e.u. sanctions are quite limited but the u.s. sanctions that might take effect. this year. already met sports two point two million barrels a day that i think will have greater price impacts. let's take a look at what's happening with the oil prices right now in light sweet is trading at ninety nine dollars a barrel all the prime plane is at around one hundred and eleven dollars a barrel on crude prices are heading higher after the oil embargo against iran of course now let's check out what's happening in europe shares there are in the black this hour the u.k. spanish might start index higher boosted by gains for banks and the world stocks but investors are still awaiting news from key that talks in greece. here in russia th

led sanctions against a middle eastern country will only lead to minor fluctuations in the oil price. we usually actions on the oh no i don't think that significant ram exports run about two point two million barrels a day of oil. goes to europe it's only represents run about one quarter of most goes to asia so we expect that the impact of the e.u. sanctions are quite limited but the us sanctions that might take effect to three end of this year. removing all sports two point two million barrels a day and that i think will have greater price impacts. let's take a look at what's happening with the oil prices right now on light sweet is currently trading at ninety eight dollars per barrel while the brant blend is that of one hundred ten dollars of the three on cents per barrel crude prices of course heading higher after that all apart against iran now let's take a look at the u.s. markets which i have slipped into negative territory agree that traders dominate in trading over in europe markets closed in the black the case benchmarks up in the higher producer by gains for banks and oil st

interest one would also think a pipeline from canada that would help us be less dependent on middle eastern oil will also serve the national interest. the president's own state department determined the pipeline would have no significant impact on the environment. the president said himself his rejection of the keystone pipeline is not based on its merits. he said that. which makes us believe the decision to reject the pipeline was fully a political decision to help him be reelected. at this time i would like to yield the remainder of my time to mr terry. >> thank you for holding this hearing on this bill. a couple of points with the couple minutes i have. this is what the state department has by way of environmental studies on the keystone group. as you can see it is voluminous and difficult to understand why it would be discarded. we will get into some of the points later during questioning. i want to go off my regular script and express my displeasure that the state department decided or objected to our nebraska witness that could put in context the nebraska as the motion and what nebras

syria the violence between the army and anti-government protesters continues when they start middle eastern politics expert dr journey salt says there's a tunnel vision when it comes to deciding just who is doing the killing and what's ahead. in the report. the human rights council report four thousand but there was no information of that where they go. a few days later nothing pillai who's the u.n. human rights commissioner she threw up a few security council and said five thousand. and the figure echoes around the world and i think it lodges in the popular imagination it's five thousand people being killed by the syrian government security forces by the military whatever whereas in fact i don't think it's any doubt at all that a large number of military of civilians have been killed by armed gangs about of it but by figures so what we actually need to do is to aggregate these figures. curbing gang violence is now one of the top priorities for britain's leaders but for some the efforts will be in vain unless the government tackles an underlying culture of fear as smith reports from london.

first of july energy saga just save us from the empire believes any lead sanctions against a middle eastern country will only lead to minor fluctuations in the oil price. the e.u. sanctions on the oh no i don't think that's significant around exports right about two point two million barrels a day of oil. all of that goes to europe it's only represents run about one quarter over most going to asia so we expect that the impact of the e.u. sanctions are quite limited but the u.s. sanctions that might take effect in the end of this year. removing all of a sports two point two million barrels a day i'm going to i think we'll have greater price impacts. for let's take a look at what's happened with the oil prices light sweet in straining at close to one hundred dollars per barrel all the prime blood is at around one hundred eleven dollars with prices are heading much higher after the oil embargo against iran. the u.s. markets just opened and they're seen mild gains in the early trading the dow is now off point super science while the nasdaq is almost point for precise and the black time to check

think we should do what the use of soldiers of fortune is hardly new in this troubled region middle eastern rulers hard then for centuries a save garci against their own populations and it now looks like the history of mercenaries in the middle east has got to it's new and no less bloody chapter x. in the wake of artsy tripoli. and i still have forgive us our here on are. we thinking about just a few of the momentous stories of made the headlines in two thousand and eleven around the world. in egypt pro-democracy protesters held a candlelight vigil in cairo's tahrir square on new year's eve in memory of those killed during the uprising that ousted hosni mubarak meanwhile the u.s. says egypt's current rulers have agreed to stop song pro-democracy rights groups it was earlier this week soldiers on the police stormed offices of non government actions including some funded by washington documents and computers were seized as part of investigations into the foreign funding of his actions the groups accuse the ruling military of using the same tactics offer pressuring the former mubarak regime fo

think we should do what the use of soldiers of fortune is hardly new in this troubled region middle eastern rulers hard then for centuries a save garcia against their own populations and it now looks like the history of mercenaries in the middle east has got to it's new and no less bloody chapter x. in the wake of artsy tripoli. u.s. president barack obama has signed a bill imposing new sanctions against iran the measures target the country's central bank and will particularly hit oil revenues relations between washington and tehran reached a dangerous point this week islamic country threaten to block a vital oil supply route in the persian gulf where it's currently holding navy drills to iran promise to not let one drop of oil go through the strait of hormuz if the west goes on with sanctions the u.s. and the e.u. are stepping up pressure over iran's nuclear program rana since said it's ready for a fresh stocks political analyst chris bambery believes the west is putting world peace at stake with its stubbornness over sanctions. that americans could probably force using their military whic

i think we should do it the use of soldiers of fortune is hardly new in this troubled region middle eastern rulers hard them for centuries a save garcia against their own populations and it now looks like the history of mercenaries in the middle east has got to it's new and no less bloody chapter x. in the wake of artsy tripoli. you know what you're not the live from moscow it's good to have your company today still ahead for you this hour year in brief we take a look back at a few of the stories that made the headlines in two thousand and eleven all around the world. now to egypt where pro-democracy protesters held a candlelight vigil in cairo's tahrir square all new use eve in memory of those killed during the uprising that ousted hosni mubarak meanwhile the u.s. says egypt's current rules have agreed to hold raids on pro-democracy rights groups this week soldiers and police stormed offices of nongovernmental organizations including some funded by washington documents on computers were seized as part of investigations into the foreign funding of organizations and the groups accuse the rul

the use of soldiers of fortune is hardly new in this troubled region middle eastern rulers hard and for centuries a save garcia against their own populations and it now looks like the history of mercenaries in the middle east has got to this new and no less bloody chapter in the art sea tripoli. still to come in the program life after death we'll look at the future of north korea after its longtime leader kim jong il was finally laid to rest and. asked me who is the president of. the stands today and i'm going to say you know i don't know you know. we find out that it's not only u.s. presidential candidates struggling with their knowledge of the world. meantime u.s. president barack obama has signed a bill imposing new sanctions against iran the measures targets the country's central bank and well particularly hit oil revenues relations between washington and tehran reached a dangerous point this week islamic country threaten to block a vital oil supply route in the persian gulf where it's currently holding navy drills to iran promised to not let one drop of oil go through the strait of

united nations says more than 5,000 people have been killed in the middle eastern nation and right nowists say syrian troops are crushing pockets of resistance just outside the capital city of damascus. >>> new this morning, allegations that san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi kept his wife confined to their home on new year's eve. the "chronicle" reports that eliana lopez finally left their home when mirkarimi took a shower. 18 hours after he allegedly caused a bruise on her arm. prosecutors want to use video taken by the neighbor in their domestic violence case against sheriff mirkarimi. >>> today thousands of workers at kaiser permanente plan to stage a one-day strike in northern california. mental health and optical employees are involved in a dispute over wages and health coverage. their union has been trying to get a new contract since 2010. two other unions representing nurses and engineers have agreed to walk out. this would be a sympathy strike. so today, about 22,000 workers will be on strike. >>> oakland's mayor is talking about a new idea to prevent violence and vandalism

led sanctions against a middle eastern country will only minor fluctuations in the oil price. the e.u. sanctions on the oh no i don't think that significant exports run about two point two million barrels a day of oil. goes to europe it's only represents run about one quarter of most goes to asia so we expect that the impact of the e.u. sanctions. that the u.s. sanctions that might take effect in the end of this year. removing all of the rain you know sports two point two million barrels a day and of that i think will have greater price impacts. us take a look at what's happening with the oil prices right now can see that light sweet is currently trading at close to one hundred dollars per barrel while the prime lens is out one hundred eleven dollars and fifteen cents per barrel and of course crude prices are higher after the oil embargo against iran. but when the u.s. markets have slipped into negative territory where the greek that jenner's dominated the trade in the dow is losing point three percent of all the nasdaq is down by point three percent over in europe markets clo

persian gulf that you have seen missiles being test fired director of the beirut based center for middle eastern studies dr he believes that washington's actions are just adding fuel to an already highly flammable situation. united states is trying and doing its best and every day. they are adding new sanctions against iran and i think iran is gong gong away with its nuclear program and it will not stop but it is exploitation of the oil of iran it will be threatening in my opinion even though maybe iran will not close the strait of but it may disturb our navigation and in this case with the presence of pensive military butter ships from both sides we risk to have a small conflict and this more confidence can increase and to be bigger and bigger and may lead to a war and the region. you with from moscow it's good if you to join us today still to come for you in the program new year's. festivities on new year's eve in most parts of the world dozens all but new yorkers were forced to celebrate in custody find out why shortly. also. the restaurant. was something new back then but there were no resta

star middle eastern politics expert dr james salt says there's tunnel vision when it comes to deciding just who is doing killing here's what's ahead. in the report. the human rights council report for powerful but there was no explanation of that and where they go now a few days later nothing pillai who is the u.n. human rights commission he thought up a few security council and said five thousand. if we get around the world i think. it's five thousand people being killed by the syrian government security forces or whatever. in fact. a large number. of civilians have been killed. about it so what we actually need to do is to. curbing gang of violence is not one of the top priorities for britain's leaders. in vain unless the government tackles an underlying culture of fear. reports from london. and often also. the dark underbelly of life in britain in a city gang culture dramatized here for a television series for gavin it was real life he got into a gang to escape a feeling of powerlessness an abusive home life where money was a constant struggle. to. be angry over the top. name for th

think we should do what the use of soldiers of fortune is hardly new in this troubled region middle eastern rulers hired them for centuries or save cars against their own populations and it now looks like the history of mercenaries in the middle east has got to its new and no less bloody chapter in the wake of our sea tripoli. so i had few this. brief we take a look back at just a few of the book mentors stories that made the headlines in twenty eleven around the world. but now to egypt the pro-democracy protesters held a candlelight vigil in cairo's tahrir square on new year's eve in memory of those killed during the uprising that ousted hosni mubarak meantime the u.s. says egypt's current rulers have agreed to hold raids on pro-democracy rights groups earlier this week you may recall soldiers and police stormed offices of more governmental organizations including some funded by washington documents and computers seized as part of investigations into the foreign funding of organizations groups accuse the ruling military of using the same tactics of oppression is the burek regime but also b