prevent disaster for false promises all the national transport office and private entrepreneurs who took over the national office. work according to the principle of private entrepreneurs which is completely normal. you'll soon see so they never send a lorry on the ground which in periods of famine in niger. leads to death as a dozen the rife because of this privatization you got this is. the international monetary fund applied the first program of structural adjustment in congo in one thousand nine hundred eighty six since then the i.m.f. has been there. and no progress is being made in congo i always say that it is like a sick person who goes to the doctor the chemists there are all there the laboratory assistance they do the tests they prescribe medicine and the sick person stay sick forever what should actually happen is that the doctor should resign and thats it. what is the role of the i.m.f. if it doesn't prevent crises what is the role of the world bank this bank which is supposed a development. if it be the i.m.f. kills the world bank by blindly of course not intentionally. but

prevent disaster forced privatization of all the national transport office and private entrepreneurs who took over the national office. work according to the principle of private entrepreneurs which is completely normal. you'll soon see so they never send a lorry on the ground which in periods of famine in niger. leads to death as a dozen the rife because of this privatization but this is. the international monetary fund applied the first program of structural adjustment in congo in one thousand nine hundred eighty six since then the i.m.f. has been there. and no progress is being made in congo i always say that it is like a sick person who goes to the doctor the chemists they're all there the laboratory assistance they do the tests they prescribe medicine and the sick person stay sick forever what should actually happen is that the doctor should resign and thats it. what is the role of the i.m.f. if it doesn't prevent crises what is the role of the world bank this bank which is supposed to be a development. if it be the i.m.f. kills the world bank by blindly of course not intentional

prevent disaster forced privatization of all the national transport office and private entrepreneurs who took over the national office. work according to the principle of private entrepreneurs which is completely normal. you'll soon see so they never send a lorry on the ground which in periods of famine in niger. leads to death as a dozen the rife because of this privatization but this is. the international monetary fund applied the first program of structural adjustment in congo in one thousand nine hundred eighty six since then the i.m.f. has been there. and no progress is being made in congo i always say that it is like a sick person who goes to the doctor the chemists there are all there the laboratory assistants they do the tests they prescribe medicine and the sick person stay sick forever what should actually happen is that the doctor should resign and thats it. what is the role of the i.m.f. if it doesn't prevent crises what is the role of the world bank this bank which is supposed a development. if it be the i.m.f. kills the world bank by blindly of course not intentionally b

the transportation security administration issued this statement saying " csa officers are dedicated to keeping the nation's transportation security system safe and secure for traveling public. " under a long stating aircraft to repulse the, and out of an abundance of caution, realistic rep because of fire arms are prohibited in any carry-on bag. >> what a pain and that was. >> more work is needed for workplace equality for young women the report by the pew research center shows that young american women now earn 93 percent of what men do in comparable positions. but also found that women still face discrimination and express as much pessimism as their mothers and grandmothers. women under 32 now have higher rates of college completion that men. but the analysts of sense is a labor data shows that by the time they ♪ [ male announcer ] this december, experience the gift of exacting precision and some of the best offers of the year [ ding! ] at the lexus december to remember sales event. this is the pursuit of perfection. like the enticing aroma and distinctive taste of nespresso. elegant capsules meet master

of those talks and is saying the kurdistan government has been part of the transportation of flights. >> united nations offices in geneva, as well as with the syrian foreign officials. it has been an iraqi, us and syrian agreement. for only facilitated that flig flight, to the airport. >> back on the apron and the old russian cargo plane dating back to the 70s and its mainly koranian crew are ready to go. they won't let us get onto this flight and that gives you an indication of how politically charged these flierts. all the relevant players will discuss whether to try and keep what they're calling a humanitarian corridor open for more of these flights into syria. but these flight is have evenly been allowed to take place is a success for the u.n. agency. political will that needs to come from damascus, baghdad and the kurdistan regional government. imran khan, at pakistan regional airport. >>> musharraf faces treason charges and is scheduled to go on trial in january. from our reporter has been talking to him. >> after four years in self imposed compile, pervez musharraf returned to pakistan by in his own wor

the national transportation safety board will be conducting the investigation. >> the ntsb regional office have been on scene and already gatheringest. >> the report on thi on the pree cause of this derai derailment s still on the way. >> to wrap this up 230u four pee were killed and 63 people injured our coverage will continue throughout the day and on our website al jazeera. >> in thailand the leader of the anti-government protest has refused to back down. thirty thousand protesters attacked government buildings today. they took control of the state broadcaster and forced the prime minister to take refuge in a police compound. four people have been killed in the protest which, until yesterday, had remained peaceful. >> for the first time in seven days, police in bangkok are fighting back. heavy use of teargas as they faced off with protesters at the metropolitan police bureau. several thousand protesters crowded nearby streets. back and fourth surges as they chipped away at the cement barricade. =as they were soaked with =chemical-laden water. = =at the same time, a similar =scene unfold

the transportation security administration issued this statement saying. "t-s-a officers are dedicated to keeping the nation's transportation security systems safe and secure for the traveling public. under long-standing aircraft security policy, and out of an abundance of caution, realistic replicas of firearms are prohibited in carry-on bags." an overnight stand-off between security forces and anti-government protesters in ukraine's capital continues this morning. several thousand riot police used their shields to push back protesters. but the ranks of protesters swelled through the night, shoving back at the police lines to keep them away from key sites at the camp. several demonstrators and police were injured in the scuffles. but police appeared to be under orders to refrain from using excessive force, unlike the violent beatings of protesters in recent weeks. the protests began in late november when president viktor yanukovych backed away from a pact that would deepen the former soviet republic's economic ties with the 28-nation european union. mexican workers have succeeded in safely removing a shipmen

. >> pam: a snowstorm in washington d.c. " the pro- government offices and forced the national transportation safety board to postpone today's hearing into the 80 monoplane that crashed in san francisco in july. this was to be a two day hearing so now the board will have all of the testimony done tomorrow. the ntsb is investigating the cause of the crash of a.g. on/off like to kron4. that killed three passengers and injured 180 others. the investigation will look closely at whether the pilots rely too heavily on computer systems on board when it slammed into a sea wall as it attempted to matt is at all. >> pam: coming up. winter weather has blankets several state how the snow is wrecking havoc on commuters and travelers plus a surge in a that a family fund and the french called the battle mountain and spirit >> pam: search for nevada avo: the volkswagen "sign then drive" sales event is back. which means it's never been easier to get a new 2014 jetta. it gets an impressive 34 highway mpg and comes with no charge scheduled maintenance. and right now you can drive one home for practically just y

bombings by ordering more police officers to guard transport hubs in the capital us government officials have strongly condemned the bombing scene although credit as attacks. national security council spokesperson caitlin hayden says they have offered their full support to the russian government and security preparations for the sochi games in the statement the us said it would welcome the opportunity for closer cooperation for safety of the athletes spectators and other participants. members of the international and the committee are concerned by what they are seeing. but president thomas bach says he's sure russian authorities will do all they can to ensure the games in sochi are safe. mike issued a statement on the bombings. he called them a despicable attack on innocent people. and he said the entirely big move and joins him in condemning what he called it a cowardly act cox said he and britain to coat in the city was certain everything would be done to ensure the security of athletes in all other participants. i i i the fashion designer working in japan is making waves with the peril that combines cutting edge style with traditional dyeing techniques is sarah

officers have guard transport hubs in the capital. >>> u.s. government officials have strongly condemned the bombings in volgograd as terrorist attacks. national security council spokesperson katelyn hayden says they have offered their full support to the russian government and security preparations for the sochi games. in the statement, the u.s. said it would welcome further cooperation for the safety of the athletes, spectators, and other participants. >>> members of the olympic committee are concerned by what they are seeing, but president thomas bach says he's sure russian authorities will do all they can to ensure the games in sochi are safe. he called the attacks an innocent attack on people and the entire olympic movement joins him in condemning what he called a cowardly act. he said he was certain everything will be done to secure the security of athletes and all other participants. ♪ >> this song is about a girl that died as a result of the atomic bombing of hiroshima. the day the paper cranes fly is not as popular outside of japan, but recently, people in australia started singing it, and credit goes to a man who spent much of world

offices to close. including many in the nation's capital. >>> now after hours of delays, the national transportation safety board rescheduled its hearing on the asiana airlines flight. you can with blame the stormy weather. >>> ken wayne live now at our washington bureau. you found out that two days of testimony will now be compressed into one. >> reporter: gasia, the original plan was to have the hearing start this morning. and then wrap up tomorrow night. but that fast moving storm not only suspended the ntsb hearing it shut down the federal government -- shutdown. >>> it was expected to create traffic chaos in the nation's capital. the threat of 6-inches of snow in just a few hours prompted the federal government to close most of its offices. schools were closed and flights were cancelled or delayed. they suspended the asiana case. the ntsb announced it would consolidate the two day hearing into one starting tomorrow, late in the day. >> the national transportation safety board is a premier organization. >> reporter: congresswoman jackie spiers district includes sfo. she says they should follow earlier

now, as the national transportation safety board investigates what caused that fatal crash, we have learned disturbing new details from the first officer for that, let's go to washington to rene marsh, and rene, tell me what we've learned from the first officer. >> well, brooke, a 52 seconds before the crash, we know that the first officer warned the crew that the plane was descending too fast. pilots who have blown 777s say 52 seconds is more than enough time to react and correct the problem, but for whatever reason, the problem was not also, wnow kwhathe pot flng the plane was uncomfortable with landing it visually, without the help of .nrunt teluiim healle vl approaches, quote, difficult and stressful, and we also know that he wasn't very confident about how the 777's automated systems worked. and he felt that, according to what he told to investigators, he should have studied it a little bit more. as we have been reporting, brooke, we know that investigators are concerned about pilots overreliance on these automated cockpit systems and today at the hearing, we just saw, still going on, they questioned an expert about how the system

national transportation safety board has removed the rail union from the investigation for violating confidentiality rules. we get the latest now from lou young. >> reporter: federal crash investigators met with the locomotive engineer late tuesday at metro offices in north white plains. 46 year-old william rockefeller who was injured in the crash itself accepts blame for the fatal derailment saying he went into a kind of trance at the controls. >> i just know that there was a lapse and that was a nod or however they want -- however it will be explain dad and it was a mistake -- explained today and it was a mistake any of us could make. >> reporter: the 15-year employee of the railroad, billy to his friends, is reportedly taking the loss of life very hard. >> it crushed him. billy is -- billy is very affected by this. >> reporter: at their final on site briefing for this incident, the ntsb said the train's brakes appeared to be working fine and that although rockefeller had recently come off a night shift, he was two days into a five-day work week and had ample time to sleep. >> i don't know the specific time he finished the shift but the day was a typical nine-hour day and these days were routine days. >> wee have had sufficient time to get a f

officer was able to drag the unconscious pilot out of the burning wreckage to safety. that pilot was rushed to the hospital with just some head and leg injuries. right now the national transportation safety board is investigating. >>> a controversial ruling by canada's highest court has that country's conservative and residents leaders outraged tonight. the -- religious leaders outraged tonight. the supreme court of canada struck down all of the country's anti-prostitution law. that's a victory for sex workers seeking safer working condition, but the high court decision gave parliament a one year reprieve to come up with new anti-prostitution laws. >>> more than 18 months since the prostitution scandal in south america and a new report finds there is no widespread misconduct within the secret service. that 145 report from the homeland security department's inspector general is based on a survey of the agency's staff, managers and supervisors. back in april of last year you remember this story, 13 secret service agents and others were accused of boozing it up with women in a colombia hotel in advance of president obama's arrival. >>> coming up next trouble at target, the nation's s

officer. ♪ >>> welcome back to the "the lead." we'll bring you a live news conference from the national transportation safety board.us the latest on their investigation into the harrowing metro north train derailment that killed four people in the bronx on sunday. cnn learned the train's engineer, william rockefeller, told investigators at the scene he was, quote, in a daze just before the accident. that news coming from two senior new york law enforcement sources. however, rockefeller also said the brakes failed him. as cnn has also reported. the ntsb has revealed the train was speeding at 82 miles per hour when it reached a sharp curve with a 30 mile per hour limit. the locomotive and all seven cars jumped the tracks, a mass of twisting metal. nic robertson is standing by at the site of the ntsb news conference in new york, and i want to bring in john galia, former member of the national transportation safety board. nick, any indication about what we're going to hear from the ntsb. >> well, if they have been talking with the train engineer, rockefeller, today, then there may be a few more details to come forward

officers were on that train as well. three were taken to the hospital but they are all expected to be okay. the national transportation safety board has sent ago team to the scene. they are expected to give us an update in about half hour. we will bring that to you live. we are covering every aspect of this story at the derailment site and at the hospital. let's get out to the scene right now. alexander field has the latest from the bronx. alexandra. >> reporter: hello, miguel. this morning we saw hundreds of emergency responders circling this train that had come off the tracks. we are now waiting for the ntsb to take a look and give us their take on what could have happened. we're already seeing some investigators stopping to take pictures of the cars that went careening off the rails this morning. what should have been a routine sunday morning ride from new york city to poughkeepsie, but the north train came loose from the tracks after a sharp curve. >> i happened toby the window. on top of the hill but i still heard a screeching noise. within seconds the ambulance and the fire trucks started coming passed by mri wi

offices in washington, d.c. to close today and that means the national transportation safety board has announced the hearing into the asiana plane crash in san francisco has been postponed. in fact, this is the second time this hearing has been canceled. the first time was in october due to the government shutdown. the ntsb will look into the factors of the plane crash back in july. three people died as a result of the crash. we'll have more on today's government closure coming up in ten minutes in a live report from washington, d.c. >>> as steve told you earlier, the bay area has another freeze warning today. the freeze warning will end at 9:00 this morning but in a lot of areas of the north bay, temperatures were in the 20s. yesterday in some spots temperatures even dipped into the teens. there will be an autopsy later today on a man whose body was found sunday morning on foothill boulevard in hayward. the unidentified victim's body was found in a courtyard near a safeway store. police don't know if foul play or the cold weather were factors in his death. >>> and tomorrow night in san jose, there will be a pra

officers say they have almost no luck in finding the culprits in these cases. >>> federal transportation officials are backing a tough new penalty for drunk drivers even first time offenders. the national traffic safety administration is urging all states to require the use of ignition interlock devices. a driver must exhale into the device before cars motors can be started. 20 states currently use them. four california counties including alameda county take part in a pilot program requiring i.d.s. >>> in temperatures cooled just a bit today. they've been coming down in the last couple of days. we saw 70s just recently and now we're back into the upper and mid-60s. by tomorrow it's low 60s. one spot is morgan hill today. high temperatures upper 50s low 60s. we had a few reports of sprinkles down by monterey. the overnight lows today just like yesterday. 42 in concord. relatively warm compared to what we were seeing last week when we saw temperatures you know below freezing in many places. low pressure center is going to swing by. as it does it's going to pick up those wind. a wind advisory will go into effect. wind gusts could go to 50 miles per hour. a wind advisory in effect. that co

officers say they have almost no luck in finding the culprits in these cases. >>> federal transportation officials are backing a tough new penalty for drunk drivers even first time offenders. the nationalighway traffic safety administration is urging all states to require the use of ignition interlock devices. a driver must exhale into the device before cars motors can be started. 20 states currently use them. four california counties including alameda county take part in a pilot program requiring i.d.s. >>> in temperatures cooled just a bit today. they've been coming down in the last couple of days. we saw 70s just recently and now we're back into the upper and mid-60s. by tomorrow it's low 60s. one spot is morgan hill today. high temperatures upper 50s low 60s. we had a few reports of sprinkles down by monterey. the overnight lows today just like yesterday. 42 in concord. relatively warm compared to what we were seeing last week when we saw temperatures you know below freezing in many places. low pressure center is going to swing by. as it does it's going to pick up those wind. a wind advisory will go into effect. wind gusts could go to 50 miles per hour. a wind advisory in effect. t

transportation security administration, airport security people, 21 component parts of that entity, the domestic nuclear detection office, the federal law enforcement training center, the directive for national protection and programs, which includes the office of emergency communications, the national cybersecurity and communications integration center, the stakeholder engagement in cyber infrastructure resilience division, the federal network resilience division and the network security deployment division. when i was a united states attorney, i worked with many of these federal agencies for years, but i never -- never heard of those, but they are out there and they are important. the directorate for science and technology, which has 37 component parts. the office of infrastructure protection, which has five difgz. the office of operations, -- divisions. the office of operations, coordination and planning. the office of intelligence and analysis. and that doesn't include ten other offices. well, so on december 12 of 2013, the governmental accountability office, our independent agency that investigates departments and provides information to congress, published a report last -- in december