month easyjet, the second busiest airline in europe is starting paris from gatwick to paris.he second airport in london. they're going to be charging fares of well under $100 return. as rail travelers will know, that's about the best you'll get between london and paris. easyjet thinks there's quite a market there already. what eurostar hasn't done is achieve the numbers that when the channel tunnel was first talked about, over 20 million passengers a year were anticipated. they didn't build in the rise of the low cost airlines and we've never had the kichbld of services beyond brussels and paris that travelers want. we are hopefully going to get trains to am der dam soon. >> the boss of eurostar saying he's not worried about competition. doich ban is a mighty operator and they'll give stiff competition. >> in fact, if you look at the amount of capacity they're putting in, it's not going to be particularly huge, it will be centered on routes through brussels going deep into journey, it's great for travelers, particularly business travelers between germany and britain. eurostar

paris erupted.by radicals, the city elected an alternative government-- the paris commune-- that drove the politicians of the third republic to versailles. already ravaged by prussian artillery fire, paris paid a terrible price for its short lived resistance to the new republic's authority. edouard manet depicted the essence of the short, violent suppression of the commune as french troops fired on french civilians-- killing thousands before they squashed the rebelli. the national soul-searching for the reasons behind the violence and chaos continued for decades. the middle class blamed the lower classes for abandoning patriotic virtues for decadence-- turning to alcoholism and prostitution and away from respect for authority. they saw decadence differently from the heights of montmartre. the third republic's succession of ineffectual and corrupt governments smacked of decadence and failed to address the social problems created by avaricious capitalism and industrialization. pollution and urban pove

paris itself was transformed by baron haussmann, the prefect of paris, whose great boulevards were crashinggh the old neighborhoods. an elegant, impersonal, modern city was created. new classes emerged and asserted their right to enjoy themselves. taking their cue from manet, younger artists began to paint aspects of modern city life. but the city they observed was often an uncertain, anonymous place. it offered alienation as well as adventure. the cafe concerts were places of popular entertainment where people from different classes could mingle, their identities masked. edgar degas, in particular, explored places like these with an extraordinary variety of techniques, increasingly using pastel as a means of combining color with drawing. [woman singing in french] in the way he arranged his compositions, degas looked to the example of the japanese color print, whose customary viewpoints and cutoff compositions suggested ways of presenting his vision of the modern world. pierre auguste renoir painted a far more involved and festive vision of the era. the forms of the figures dissolved into a

john kerry and sergei lavrov are due to meet in paris.y are meant to talk about syria, but no doubt ukraine will fig fighture. ukrainian soldiers, meanwhile, have been, in some says forced to choose sides. jennifer glasse reports from sevastopol. >> if there's somewhere where the russians have full control, it's here at sevastopol. ships of the black sea fleet halt all traffic, draining all life from this otherwise thriving port. if the russian's intentions is to take over ukrainian military instillations, it is not over yet. ukrainian servicemen refuse to yield to the russian show of force. >> the russians take position in front of this army base. we spoke to some of the ukrainian servicemen through the gate. they said they had not received an ultimatum. they said they had no intention to vender the base because they had pledged loyalty to ukraine, and said that they hoped it would be solved peacefully. the soldiers are digging in for the long haul. relying on the support of relatives to keep them going while politicians reach a compromi

the way, but on first, history was made in paris last night. the city now has its first ever female mayor. taking over the job after 13 years as deputy mayor, she was ushered in in part thanks to programs already in place in paris, like the bike sharing and electrical shock -- a car sharing services. the socialists did not do well despite the win. the left suffered major losses throughout france. >> supporters of the french mainstream have waited for this for 37 years. after almost four decades in power, the socialists lost to the right wing. just one of the towns taken by the right on sunday. >> they are the leading party in france. we will now see the difference between a country run by the right and a country run by the left. >> although the socialists retain the capital, the results are devastating. votefelt that the protest -- that it was a protest vote against an unpopular president. been a evening has moment of truth. i will say it straight. at the local and national level this has been a defeat. french voted for the ally. the national f

if it is wednesday, msp paris. the secretary of state will meet with lavrov in paris. good morning. >> good morning. >> how sudden was this? was this an orchestrated event or spur of the moment? >> john kerry was planning all along to come to paris today for meeting of foreign ministers relating to support for lebanon which relates to the syrian crisis. they were brought together rather suddenly, various meetings on the sideline of interested in parties -- interested parties in ukraine. we saw secretary kerry, secretary haig of u.k. and also the cranium counterpart. >> you are perfectly advise on this. give me account. it is a g-8? g7? g3? are we this morning? >> it depends on who you're talking to. the u.s. is still mad about russia is doing. there have been calls from corners in washington about trying to expel russia from the g8. but i'm not sure whether it will go that far. what john kerry did this morning was he referred to this budapest memorandum signed back in 1994 by the u.s., russia, u.k., and ukraine when ukraine gave up their stockpiles of nuclear weapons,

the us and get stationed here in paris. it is your latest headlines your old posts link at our top story. it says reading socialists are braced for a stinging setback as two fifths of the electorate vote in the second round of local elections here a record low turnout is expected to exacerbate losses by francois most part each of our ice beneath its believes it's already made important gains indeed a cabinet reshuffle is already being mooted in response. prime minister john whatever has been reacting to the results so far tonight take a listen. the swim and bbq this evening the cement and truthfully who i'm going to get you straight. so for this event. little man not a national level. and if it was and the government or emotionally. the new wrinkle that will allow inclusion in the first and second rounds in the hood. his defection from the edge of the competence and it's been a difficult thing also. oma ish to me. meanwhile it's like a capturing the merit of parents could be one of the only good news stories for the sociali

john kerry is in paris trying to diffuse the crisis in ukraine.arlier today, his counterpart climbing there are no russian forces on the ground. >> the people do not listen to our orders, but the russian military forces in the black sea fleet are placed at the right spots a and some special alert measures have been adopted to control the black sea feet, because as our president said we are not going to allow any blood to be spilled. >> phil ittner joins us live now from paris. >> del, sergey lavrov may say there are no troops, but as far as the west is concerned those are russian troops. it appears as though the tactic is going to be economic. here is what the european commission president had to say today. >> today the european commission has identified a package to support ukraine. this is our contribution to tomorrow meetings of the sitting government. the package combined could bring an overall support of at least 11 billion euros over the next couple of years, from european budget and european union international financial institutions. it is

he left paris and went home to the family estate in provence. there, for the rest of his life, he painted and repainted the landscapes where he had spent his boyhood. cezanne was not a tourist. he was therefore quite different from all the other artists we've discussed so far. cezanne alone remained faithful to the impressionist program of open-air painting, an art based on direct observation of the physical world. for 30 years, he set himself to find an answer to this question-- could he make a new art based entirely on what he called his petit sensation? petit sensation was one of cezanne's key concepts. sensation in french has two meanings. it refers both to physical perceptions and also to human feelings. cezanne was never a distanced observer. the countryside was the living proof of the people who had used it, shaped it, marked it. but it seems that he felt that it was only by a careful study of the precise physical forms of nature, the actual colors he saw, that he could reach through to the full implications of its human meaning. he was l

i know from our city paris that fransz it committed to remaining attractive and innovative. president al lesson and i had an excellent conversation and we talked about how to encourage growth and encourage notation in all the areas of the economy while making sure our economic success reaches all our citizens. we talked about how to adjust common challenges like housing and education and jobs and affordability. so we want to encourage partnerships within businesses and san francisco and france. but perhaps the greatest ties go beyond the government and businesses those are the bonds of family. since the earliest days of san francisco when we were known as yerba buena french men, women, and children left their homes and their ancestors and came here for tuesday night. our city is proud we've been a long term home for many french and frenchmen's. the gold brought in a lot of migration here in the horrifies of france. the french built the fair mount hotel and organized our first fire companies. they built the first railroad in san francisco a steam line to admission delores. fr

whoever wins this election in paris will make history. becoming its first female mayor. on the left want front-runner, socialist ann hildago and on the right ann marie. both campaigning hard to make their mark, but doing it differently. morsai is a rising start on the right and a former ecology minister. >> because i want to change paris for the better because i love paris. >> reporter: while hidalgo takes a more low-key approach. she's the current deputy mayor. >> reporter: i hope parisians choose progress over conservatism and regress. >> reporter: whoever gains the keys to paris needs to keep in mind the interests of more than 2 million people. this is the first real electoral test seven francois hollande who struggled in the polls. this is an election dominated by discussions about housing, the economy and security. and that two women are leading the race. politics here like in my places is still dominated by men, and at times during this campaign the two main mayoral candidates have been scrutinized in a way they wouldn't have been if they were men. compared not onl

we're live from paris. polls haven't closed in paris themselves.hey have closed in other parts of france. do we have any idea of exit polls or turnout? any clue? >> not really blab. because the polls close in parities, when we go there and there's poles in 20 minutes time or so. they won't give us a picture of what happened in paris and what's happened here in nationally. what we do know is there's been a great number of people who have decided not to go to the polls yesterday. the latest figures we have show that there have been 35% ascension. two-thirds of people decided not to vote. that is of no great surprise really, given the disi will lukesment from people with politics here. if those figures are correct, that would mean fewer people voted this time than they did six years ago when the last local elakzs were held in france. >> not graelt news for the president. a lot of people are unhappy with the economic and he's e78 relbrieled in the scandal from a few weeks ago. how many are these for president hollande do you think? >> it's a litmus tes

top leaders meeting in paris and u.s. secretary of state john kerry will be sitting down with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov, as european union ministers say they are ready to give ukraine and 11 billion-euro aid package. and lavrov-- kerry are meeting on the sidelines of a support meeting for lebanon, and in helping them meet the growing number of refugees in syria -- from syria. the annual congress in china gets underway. they are vowing to transform the world's second-largest economy with steady growth and a 12% increase in defense spending. sports news coming up for you now on "france 24 jericho --coming up for you now on "france 24," and it kicks off with france's comeback kid. afternce's dramatic comic the first leg of the playoffs with ukraine has given the entire nation a real live. preparations have taken on a real edge. >> we have a competitive team an able to do very good things but not such good things. there will be teams with a collective past with results the last 4 or 5 years that are far better th

emma hayward updating us from paris. >>> that trial as we say in paris which apparently is sufferinge pollution now. what is going on in france? >> it has to do with the industrial situation there of course -- [ laughter ] >> yeah, i don't think we can quite blame it on that. but it has to do with high pressure essentially. the air is actually dirtier than the air that we have in beijing at the moment. here is the area of high-pressure, and that's what is trapping that pollution in place. starting to brighten up now, and i think as we go through the weekend, things will cheer up further. we are going to see winds coming in, and as things get more mobile that will help mix things up and clear the air. we have some rainmaking its way across germany. brighter skies will come in behind though, and temperatures not doing too bad. london and paris getting up to around 18 degrees celsius. that western side of europe as we go through the next couple of days. the unsettled mirky weather is making its way into central and eastern europe. we have seen some rather nasty weather around the wester

at the end of july 1830, paris was up in arms. it was the end of the bourbons, the ruling family of france for many centuries. everyone hoped in liberty-- in freedom. it was a great moment of french history. delacroix was not a political radical. he was a famous artist at this moment. he understood it was the occasion to paint a great picture, and he painted a very great picture. it's, of course, a political picture. it is also a history picture. by history, i mean it's an allegory-- an allegory of freedom-- and the lady in the middle of the picture represents freedom and liberty. she has in her hand the french flag, and she is dominating the picture, where you see a lot of people-- dead soldiers, workers, an intellectual wearing a hat. [sounds of rioting] all these figures are taken in everyday life. [gun@hots] the figure of liberty herself is wearing a slipped dress, barefooted like a greek goddess. this woman of the people is no longer simply cast in antique language, as were the sabine women. she is an ardent, vital, bare-brea

we've willed problems across portions of paris. compare what is a typical day around paris when you have clear conditions compared to the hazy conditions we had this weekend across that region we had for the first time since 1997 in paris restrictions put in place based on the license plate numbers on your car. if you had an even number on your license plate and you drove on monday you would be ticketed and guess what? by 10:00 a.m., 3,000 people were ticketed across this portion of paris so a lot of mess going on there. but we know the air condition is finally improving around areas of paris with the restrictions in place. but restrictions finally coming to an end as we head towards tuesday, but john levy with video out of los angeles where we have a 4.4 earthquake. >> we've having an earthquake! >> drop, cover, and hold, that's what they teach you in california. a lot of studio lights right above you, john. so if anything like that were to happen, those are hot lights, you don't want them to be shaking back and forth. >> i apprec

secretary of state john kerry left kiev for a meeting in paris. during his visit he had tough words for russia, saying they were basically looking excuse to invade ukraine further. >> absolutely. he was very highly critical of russia's actions in crimea over the last few days. while he was in kiev he paid tribute to the scores of protesters who died in february, laying flowers at a shrine as the supporters of the current government would have it. he, of course, represents a government which talked about sanctions already on russia, where as their european allies had been cautious so far in what steps they might take if the military situation escalates. in the last few hours, the french foreign minister suggested if there's not a deescalation that eu leaders could vote on sanctions and carry themselves and sounded optimistic and conciliatory towards russia on solving the standoff. >> it is diplomacy and respect for sovereignty, not unilateral force that could best solve disputes like this in the 21st century. president obama and i want to make it c

plus, a diplomatic showdown in paris.ecretary of state john kerry gets ready to meet his russian counterpart. >>> it's election day. turkey holds it's first volt since anti- government protests last year. >>> the number of victims in that devastating washington mudslide has now grown to 18. the number of missing has dropped substantially from 90 down to 30. al jazeera tanya moseley joins us outside of derington, washington. tonya, why has the number dropped so significantly? >> well, you can imagine this time last week, after the mud slide, it was extremely chaotic in this area. authorities were asking for folks to call in the names of people they believed were missing. fr from that mudslide. a week later, they have been able to con sol date and cross-reference. there were duplicate names and people who weren't missing in the mudslide. searchers are heading out again in the search for victims. a week after the mudslide, heavy rain soaks the crushed trees, mud and debris. >> that's all that's left of the lives live

the head of the international monetary fund is in court in paris today. as dean lagarde is being questioned in a crop -- christine lagarde is being questioned in a corruption case that reaches although it to the former french president nicolas sarkozy. thank you for joining us on "france 24." 3 start in sevastopol, where russian flags are reportedly flying at the entrance to the ukraine navy headquarters in the following earlier reports that said pro-russian forces had stared -- at storm the navy hq. the situation has escalated from a political conflict to a military one. on tuesday, the first ukrainian soldier was killed in the region, and as our all of her fairy reports, the prime minister says russia is to blame. on tuesday, ukrainian soldier became the first casualty of the crimean conflict. the man was reportedly shot dead during a standoff between ukrainian troops and unknown forces at the base that locals say they saw masked men storm the facility. >> some men rushed in and broke the windows and made everyone lie on the floor. >> there were gunshot

it celebrates fifty years of toys between paris and beijing. but like you but i'm so drawn to some cherry wood using the platform to criticize rather than celebrate for humans the chinese on this today seem to have more social preoccupations. the top of the oven is an undercurrent of changes going on in the country. the ninety chinese ought to speak this way though west of the four day events but not all of them will be home on wheels placed on stones conceptual art is the way he has chosen to dress as the cosmonauts and collided with a shirt for a special noise performance not that interesting things and then going on display that includes checking out abit only in china it has been named as that gets on at the scene is that organizes of the op pack up and say they still supportive of high end clientele and says no when i think very supportive of the ox is part of the reason why he decided to make them even from the field to pensacola to conference with the nt. yet that's exactly like this i think of when it comes from your guy was had this im

that's what they're hoping will happen in paris on sunday. that lavrov and kerry will sit around a table, agree on a way forward, bring in the ukrainians, and some of the troops might move out of the area. at this stage what they know is that discussions work much better than having many troops in many places. >> thank you very much, indeed, alan fisher, live for pups. >>> one more note on the ukraine story, crimea's tatars want to form an aton mouse region. --an autonomous region. now let's go back to martine in doha. >> thank you very much. lots more to come. including is ireland about to repeat the mistakes that led to a financial crash a few years ago. and down and out in los angeles. we find vulnerable people are being treated like criminals. >> i'm mentally ill, and i don't receive the treatment i need. that's really the point. >> and in sports barcelona just about to move back to the top of the spanish league. we'll have all the details. >> now the search of the missing malaysia airline flight 370 in the southern indian ocean. this sea

abc's martha raddatz reports from paris. >> reporter: flash points in a red hot crisis. after putin's forces took over part of ukraine, thousands of demonstrators showed the world their support for russia storming past riot police to take over a government building. to the south in crimea, a similar scene, a mob of armed men threatening richard serry with a crowd bearing russian flags chanting behind them before ordering the official to leave crimea. america trying to find a way to end this dangerous standoff. one hope here at these talks in paris, get the russians and ukrainians to eventually meet face to face, that did not happen. >> i don't think any of us had an anticipation that we were suddenly going to resolve that here this afternoon. >> reporter: the bigger goal, convince putin that his advance into crimea was bad enough, but advancing further, ignoring a nation's borders would bring the wrath of the world. but after a day of diplomacy, all russia really agreed to was to talk further. >> i'd rather be where we are today than where we were yesterday. >> reporter:

but beyond france's borders, there is the race to win the keys to paris. but see who is in the running and how they have campaigned. >> the city is not enough for the both of them. battle is almost certain to throw up the french capital's first female mayor. >> a local election on march 23. i am a candidate. >> socialist front-runner has already served 13 years as did the mayor. she sought to distance herself becausencois hollande of national discontent of tax levels and his approval ratings. be risingill not taxes over my first time because i think the national tax level is already high enough. both for households and for businesses. has plans to build council housing. the billionaires row has arab russian oligarchs, and african heads of state. the socialist campaign poster is heavily retouched and has come in for ridicule. risiblexpert says it than advertisement for anti-wrinkle cream -- said one pr expert. of nicholasotÉge sarkozy former environment minister, the candidate pledge to cut local taxes. have an outgoing administration that has given up. the

there's a lot to talk about in paris sunday night. >> that was aljazeera reporting from paris. >> since crimea became part have russia, ukraine has one major sea port left, the black sea city of owe did he say is a. we visited the city to find out just how losing crimea has affected the people there. >> ukraine is a country still coming to terms with what has happened and what may be still to come. divided loyalties are playing themselves out on the streets. in the black sea port of oh did he say is a, ukraine's only sea port after russia's annexation of crimea, the crowd unjails a giant ukrainian flag. this is a powerful display of unity intended for russia who would prefer autonomy from kiev, the message is this count i is stronger together than apart. this is exactly the sort of threat that russia has prompted to defend against. >> their called right sector, a group that many credit for sustaining the protests that brought down the yanukovych government. they're small in number but now one of the new government's biggest problems. glory to ukraine they cried and death to our enemies.

i was not that good. >> 2005/2006, paris, parts of the suburbs, the outskirts of paris, parts of that are literally on fire. did you know a lot of these people. you are watching it on television, the riots of that - of that period. what were your thoughts? >> you know, in - so the year before that -- >> yes, so we are talking about 2000 -- >> 2004. for the first time i had the biggest photograph in the projects. getting close to each other. it's a dangerous project in the suburb. maybe a friend. and i take it. >> what were the images. the images of life, the using of life. not portraits, groups and jumping behind bars and buildings. one guy holding his camera like a weapon. >> i want to get to that. i pasted those. they couldn't find me. i left the country is the that time. i started to travel. that's the first time there's a heavy case against me. the city say -- >> this could be serious. the people say, "you are not going to kill it. it's our project, we are proud of it. the photo were enlarged on the buildings. a year later when i thought all this would cool down, the two kids that

here's to the edge off of the menu at present the paris based asia center welcome back to chile welcome back is gone to a former beijing correspondent for the observer newspaper paris based reporter catherine field in anti business consultant. i'm going to see and founder of intelligence business horizons. you advise companies to us. this is were setting up a nation. two rounds of iceland and the chinese trade ban on trade in china threatening to be a false identity or you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter are passionate and two for debates. during his three days in front so she thinking right away. fashion has been sporting a suit and tie as you've seen so far. when he started his european tour in the company of the dutch royal couple. china's president turns heads is traditional. no color costumes state newspaper china daily and residency for displaying national pride in his mentor student of chinese culture to feel one coming did you get a song on the one she's had to bet that the net the festival is quick and easy to select academia to the shops in hong kong to china

kerry was supposed to address the press and head back to paris hours ago. but russia's lauvrov left withot speaking to his ukrainian counterpar. the white house saying no deal has been reality showed. but president pawn and chancellor merkel discussed a possible international effort to improve the standoff. >>> in brussels, nato putting all military and civilian meetings with russia on hold and is reviewing all of its dealings with moscow, the russian envoy accusing nato of double standards here in holding cold war stereotypes. russia has until late tonight to reverse course in ukraine's crimea region or face e.u. sanctions and even possible expulsion from the g-8. the white house is looking to deescalate the situation. pro-russian protesters in crimea surrounded the car carrying the u.n. peace envoy. he did make it through the mob and headed straight to a local airport. the goal of the deescalation talk is a multipoint proposal. send russian troops back to their barracks in crimea and limit numbers to a ukraine-mandated ceiling of 11,000. send in internati

mar samarseilles. >> i want to change paris for better because i love paris. >> while h hidalgo: >> overrvatism and redress. >> keep in mind the interest of its more than 2 million people. this is the first real electoral test since francois hollande struggled in the polls. the economy and security and that two women are leading the race. politics here like in many places it's at this time dominated by men. and at times, during this campaign, the two main mayoral candidates have been scrutinized in a way they wouldn't have been if they were men. >> and compared not only on their politics. >> translator: the interest in the fact that the candidates are women could be seen in the media. for example while they talked about the color of their hair, how they dressed, in fact they have to play on a double level, which is one on sai seduction ad the image of the mayor. >> both hidalgo and morrissey, could lead to greater equality in politics here. emma hayward, al jazeera, paris. >> that is it for us here on "america tonight." please remember, if you want to comment, log onto our website, aljaz

making this a possible paris for the future. not everyone is so perturbed by the pollution, making light of the situation. of join parodies the type conversations parisians are now having when they go out. we are existing in surviving. jawahar is speaking out even with the current leader. he says there are two other systems -- there are two other sisters being held against their will in the royal palace. the palace is rundown, neglected. he'saudi rinse estimates threatened. death, yourter my brothers will torture \ you more than me. made -- men silence -- using that as varied as an example, leaders in the west do little for the human rights of women and children in the country. somedo have the support of posting under the suite of -- an online petition among other things. he is scheduled to meet with him during his trip to saudi arabia at the end of march. when he set up an instagram account to document his cancer treatment schedule, he now has followers. it hails the energy and brave the -- and bravery of the 80-year-old grandm

, hoping to engineer the first talks between paris and ukraine's new transitional leader. why didn't you pete today? >> i don't know. >> reporter: while diplomats work, the u.s. is beefing up military presence in poland and the baltic, sending six additional fighter jets and a fueling plane to support nato. and this afternoon, hillary clinton tried to clarify remarks she had made comparing putin's moves to the nazis before world war ii. >> what i said yesterday is that the claims by president putin and other russians that they had to go into crimea and maybe further into eastern ukraine because they had to protect the russian minorities, and that is reminiscent of claims that were made back in the 1930s. >> reporter: tonight, john mccain is accusing the pentagon of intelligence failures for not seeing russia's moves into crimea. the pentagon said it saw troop movements, but it was not clear what russia intended. brian? >> andrea mitchell covering a lot of ground for us in the space of one day from our d.c. newsroom tonight. thanks. >>> and tonight, there is special concern

a new survey says it is singapore, but right here in paris as a close second. will have the headlines from today's papers. most of the prez today is dominated by the situation in ukraine, and that was where we will begin this hour. vladimir putin is giving a lengthy conference on the as leading conference -- conflict in ukraine. he slammed what he called a unconstitutional takeover of our, basically a coup in ukraine. he said that the illegal change cannot be encouraged, but understands the wanting of change. he says that viktor yanukovych is still the legitimate president. gave updent yanukovych our company excepted everything the opposition demanded. accepted the idea of holding early parliamentary elections committee excepted a return to the 2004 prostitution. he responded positively to the withst we made it, along our european partners, not to resort to the instant force. the order tosue open fire on the protesters. and moreover, he gave the order for police forces to retreat from the capital. and they complied with that. for more analysis on what vladimir

i mean, after all, the real action right now in ukraine is in paris. so if you're a ukrainian on the ground, you're sort of worried, what's happening to your country. what are people talking about. thousands of miles away. so it gets very, very tense. >> you know, and as you're speaking, mr. ambassador, i just want to update some of the information that's coming into us via richard roth, correspondent at the united nations, in contact with some of his contacts there, as well. and the deputy secretary general for the u.n., jan eliason, told him that apparently -- mr. serry was told to get into a car, and was told he was going to be taken to the airport. apparently, he refused. he sat in the car, but then was blocked by those men from leaving. somehow he was able to then get to a coffee shop and call jan eliason, with the u.n. so we're a little unclear at this point as to whether he was blocked or impeded from leaving that cafe. and look, a fog of this i understand. i've been on the ground in enough combat situations, and this isn't even a combat situati

secretary of state on neutral ground in paris. president obama did speak a few days ago to president couldn't for 90 minutes. clearly, not much came of that conversation. we separately heard from both presidents talking to the media yesterday. president obama saying president putin was not fooling anyone. westdent putin blaming the for the crisis in the ukraine. these two foreign ministers are going to try to move things forward. meanwhile, military observers on the ground in crimea. is stilltion there quite clearly very tense. the united states, a lot at stake here, threatening sanctions against russia. russia indicated he had no intentions of escalating the conflict. in other words, it would not appear that he will send troops into the east of ukraine. at the same time, he will clearly hold his round in the crimea peninsula. >> you also have a big interview coming up later this hour. we are going to be talking to the former president of the republic of georgia. ago, his country fought a war against russia. they were in a very si

basically, we went to meet with tom and jerry and paris on the other side we saw they were concerned about the view and the project proposal is one we've tried to limit the height. i think the height limit is 35 or something feet and the height we've proposed is 16 feet we've tried to be really, really respectful that allows us to have kids and in-laws in the house but the minimal job of raising the height for the neighbors. that's the proposal we've met with the paris several times >> i just liquor to mention that to the landscaping plan has not been completed what we the architects are thinking about it i can - if? a green roof they're going to make this a green roof and this is the deck in question they have the low penthouse and the proposal is that this is already slipped and they will put the panel here and matching the angle. >> thank you your time is up. >> thank you. >> okay. that's the close of the public hearing. commissioner sugaya >> yeah. i'm confused can somebody clarify the roof-deck issue is it at the very top above the family room? is that the one we're talking abou

we are waiting on john kerry who is in paris. john kerry has been meeting with russian foreign minster throughout the day. they had multiple meetings that involve other allies. they try to reach resolution on ukraine and certainly at russia's involvement in the crisis. they are trying to create some resolution and ratchet down the pressure so it doesn't escalate to something more dire than it is at this point. i want to bring in from paris, we assume he may make news. we will bring that to you as soon as it happens. let's bring in the editor in chief joining us from new york. guys, thanks for joining us. as soon as john kerry comes out, we know the remarks have been brief. i am going to cut out and have you hold your thought and revisit on the back side of his remarks. first to you. the gop is pushing back on raising the minimum wage. how realistic is the push for passing this. is this an election year overture? >> not in this congress unless they can get a democratic palace, he cannot get an increase. he knows that. this is a mi

there's a saying here in paris. ukrainian russian british and us foreign ministers of all right now at the french foreign ministry no word yet on the talks that it takes to take place there. this is taking place on the sidelines of a long planned conference devoted to this pillow. the ban on series but for now. it is turkey's prime minister quits his job on the line that had been a long time to step down the ruling ak party fails to win in the upcoming local elections this minute fresh ground swell of corruption allegations. venezuela protests in their fourth week is wednesday the government supporters out in force to mark the first anniversary chavez is death. eye. all up welcome back to welcome if you just joining us this is the false and get today looking at the shifting sands. in syria and lebanon on a witness to talk about it and assume a non former spokesperson for the syrian national council based in paris art of on and near us money its many and analysts the tyrants of lebanese general. he shunned job there

someone is in paris or they own a wonderful, beautiful apartment in paris, but does not want to put itmarket. maybe they do not want someone to know that they are the person selling this, and they would come to you or you are already connected to them because of your experience? >> their art two ways we can sell a property. they can list with a broker locally. we can recommend the very best rocher -- rocher. thing they can do is listed on the exchange. we have something in pinkwater select that is called the exchange. members can buy and sell in complete discretion. that is a very big value, i find. bethose things that can sold, obviously real estate, but they can also be -- gemstones, we have had people looking for something they could put their plane on, shipping opportunities, beautiful accessories areas -- accessories. >> so really it is not limited to large scale -- well, they probably are large scale relatively speaking, but not limited to large-scale real estate? >> what i wanted to do was create a world where people could come, and they would not think every time i come to this

paris, to come back -- you are a very qualified person. we would like to see you on the commission one day. thank you very much. madam clerk, item number a5*. >> item number 5 is a hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending january 31, 2017, and two members, terms ending january 31, 2018, to the veterans affairs commission. ~ there are three vacant seat and six applicants. >> okay. so, the first applicant on the list, matthew scott gabe. ~ is not attending. is there a steve here? are you speaking for him? okay, come on up. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm steve [speaker not understood]. i serve on the [speaker not understood] commission. served as secretary for the past several years, and now am serving for this term as president. i had the privilege of speaking for mr. matthew gabe for sometime in hawaii where he's serving right now during this

joining us from paris. >> now, onto ukraine. john kerry pushed sergei lavrov to withdraw forces from ukraine's porter. -- porter. -- border. the two men met yesterday. they have basically decided to come back another day to discuss it again. >> that is the main take away. they decided that they could not agree on anything and that they would try to meet after speaking to their respective leaders. you have two cold war adversaries meeting in paris on neutral turf to discuss the fate of a third country. that is notable in itself. the meeting happened at the russians initiative. obama.alled president the russians want three things. they want the russian language to be an official language in ukraine. they want devolution. they want the eastern part of the country to have more power. it will ukraine to agree to never be part of nato. the united states wants to things. it wants russia to pull back its 40,000 troops from the ukrainian border. it wants russia to negotiate with the ukrainians, something that the russians have refused to

terry moran in paris. terry. >> reporter: good evening, david. these are high-stakes talks here in paris, a hastily arranged u.s.-russia meeting, all triggered by a surprise phone call from vladimir putin to president obama on friday, as diplomacy races to keep up with the crisis. that was fast. in crimea late last night, all the clocks were moved two hours forward to be on moscow time, just days after russia took control of the region from ukraine. and there's this. russian tanks and troops, up to 50,000, the u.s. says, now poised on ukraine's border, a very real threat to invade the rest of the country. tonight in paris, it was a perfunctory handshake between secretary of state kerry and the russian foreign minister. afterwards -- >> both of us recognize the importance of finding of a diplomatic solution and simultaneously meeting the needs of the ukrainian people and that we agreed on tonight. >> reporter: the big question now -- what does putin want? on "this week" the russian ambassador in washington refused to rule out another military move