today on r t twenty years after panamanian leader manwell noriega was sentenced to prison in the us for drug trafficking the narcotics war in latin america still rages on in the u.s. his grip on the region is tightening but we want to know what's in it for them some answers ahead. and if you are an american taxpayer congratulations you are now the proud owner of nine point two billion dollars worth of new defense contracts or rather the pentagon is with the help of your pocketbook we'll tell you what they bought with all that cash. plus it's a hard knock life for american students they're becoming prisoners to their education and more ways than one from cops in the classroom to metal detectors at every door it's school safety on hyperdrive so when did we shift from protecting american youth to imprisoning them. it's tuesday july tenth four pm here in washington d.c. and liz well when you're watching our t.v. well today marks the twentieth anniversary that x. panama dictator manuel noriega was sentenced for drug trafficking and miami on the payroll of the cia and graduate of the school o

and twenty years after the panamanian leader manwell noriega was sentenced to prison in the u.s. for drug trafficking the narcotics war in latin america still rages on in the u.s. his grip on the region is tightening but we want to know what's in it for them some answers ahead. plus it's a hard knock life for american students they're becoming prisoners to their education in more ways than one from cops in the classrooms and metal detectors at every door it's school safety on hyperdrive so when we shift from protecting america's youth to imprisoning them. it's tuesday july tenth five pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching. well despite what you hear he's still in the running republican presidential candidate ron paul and his supporters aren't giving up on his delegate strategy and it looks like that effort is paying off in the state of nebraska one week from today there will be holding its convention now paul nabs the state it will be the fifth state who's delegation paul controls and according to republican national committee rules securing five states means

and a graduate of the school of america as noriega has become notorious for representing one of the most serious foreign policy failures for the united states and as the u.s. as war on drugs drags on into its fourth decade it looks like little has actually been achieved and the crack down violence rages on in latin america the demand for drugs still remains and while brutal drug cartels stay in power u.s. prisons are filling up with nonviolent drug offenders so what will it take for the u.s. to change its failed foreign policy and latin america and rethink the war on drugs to discuss this nico would gum a field organizer for the school of americas watch joined us earlier take a lock. mental note diego was trained at the us army school of the americas which is a military training institution for latin american officials and soldiers it was actually set up in one hundred forty six in panama later was moved in one thousand nine hundred eighty two to four benning ga manuel noriega was trained at the school americas in one nine hundred fifty s. and sixty's and he was even considered one

on at noriega, we have worked on traffic islands among other things, so we can ask mta to look at it again and see if there are other alternatives. in terms of a traffic light, we know that our resources are limited and the concentration is on sunset boulevard and some of the very large streets that need that help. so i want to thank you for the question, and we will follow-up. [applause] >> go giants. hello. i am a city hall fellow. i must admit that i am not a resident of four or seven, but i would like to be. i am here today on my birthday to emphasize the importance of increasing housing affordability in the city, particularly for low and middle-income families. as a young person who works in the city and commutes from outside the city, i would -- i so much love the city and am in the process of trying to move here. i think that discussions of housing affordability must be intimately integrated with discussions of transportation, particularly for the western side of the city. i appreciate the city's focus over the last few weeks, particularly at the board of supervisors, about th

it creates for the first time neighborhood or named neighborhood commercial districts on noriega streets and it does a couple of other things that allows for additional ground floor height. this has been done in other places that help to make the ground floor retail more attractive. there is also a requirement -- we have required that all uses the active -- that are active. if it is something that is not, we would allow for a process for conditional use, planning process to go forward. we have thought a lot about the efforts around sf [inaudible] and small business is trying to create additional business opportunities and figure out the best way to move forward in business models. looking at the empty storefronts we have, how is it that we can encourage more of these businesses to locate in our neighborhood commercial areas? when we thought about doing that was to amend the definition of trade shop. trade shops exists already in all named areas or mc districts. what we did remove and what we tried to do was create more flexibility about how trade shops could operate. right now there is a

a anel noriega arrestada en su residencia en el monte california y ha sido entregada a las autoridadesn 10 minutos superando por 16 em pare dados a su mÁximo riva rival. la ganadora se llevÓ el mismo premio. se kwo mÍo 55, yo creo que nuestro querido johnny tiene que seguir practicando porque ayer demostrÓ que no tiene estomago para esta competencia, sÓlo comiÓ 6 y como vas con las ideas esta maÑana. >>> no, no tiene estÓmago ni muchas cosas. yo pido un ante Ácido a mi productor y las 2 de la tarde se dio cuenta a las 3 horas de que acabÓ el programa. quÉ bonito. >>> maclovio. >>> quieres otro sopla moco, tomo toma. >>> calmado que traigo guarura. >>> y esto quÉ es. >>> usted trae guarura?. >>> presente me a su guarura. >>> juan luis. hola juan luis, y se parece a sÓcrates, le vas a tener que bajar. >>> sÍ, de 2 en 2 no se vale. >>> como te quedÓ el ojo. >>> yo te tengo una sorpresa. hagan las pases. >>> a mino me gus tal chisme pero no trae estas cartitas picantes de las que se les ocurre abrir. >>> estaba leyendo una de luis miguel, figura te que dice eugenio, felo kwi daedz por tu b

>> pelley: ...dictators, like panama's manuel noriega... >> wallace: how much do you make?uestion. simple question. >> pelley: ...even movie legends, like bette davis... >> wallace: it may just have been that you were difficult, bette. >> bette davis: no, no, no, no. >> wallace: not difficult, impossible. >> pelley: he was, in fact, the heart and soul of this broadcast, showing us all time and again how it's done. >> wallace: you don't trust the media-- you've said so. you don't trust whites-- you've said so. you don't trust jews-- you've said so. well, here i am. >> pelley: his encounter with nation of islam leader louis farrakhan was classic mike. >> louis farrakhan: so what?! >> pelley: straight talk, no nonsense, and fireworks when the subject turned to corruption in nigeria. >> farrakhan: no, i will not allow america or you, mr. wallace, to condemn them as the most corrupt nation on earth. how dare you put yourself in that position as a moral judge?! i think you should keep quiet. i didn't mean to be so fired up. >> wallace: no, no. that was good. that was good. >> pel