and blue line crews are working on track between pentagon city and arlington cemetery.the yellow line track work between pentagon city and l'fante plaza. >>> since virginia's new stricter law about texting and driving, 720 tibs have been given out across the state. 168 of those were in fairfax county. virginia beach and prince william county were right behind. >> forget driving you could seen have a new way to get around town that doesn't involve roads, bridges or trains. instead take a gondola through the air from georgetown. chris lawrence explains why the idea is a step closer to reality. >> reporter: imagine bypassing the buses and cars on a four minute ride from georgetown to rick santorum lynn. planners envision a fwon dolla ferrying thousands of people across the potomac. >> i can picture it going back and forth. >> i know when i visited up in rhode island, providence they have a gondola up there. it's a big deal there. i think having that here in d.c. would be awesome. >> reporter: joe says for a relatively reasonable $80 million the gondola could carry 4,000 pa

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and it was just slightly over seven years ago that walking across the deserted food court of pentagon city mall the night after general pee -- petraeus -- then he was on the phone to someone motioned me to walk over maybe open a little more ground for discussion. reading "surge" with military eye. as someone who was there the level of complex activity was going on in the headquarter at the different level. at the force level, at the core level. leeliaison to the u.s. embassy and the iraqi government and unh unh and so on. it's amazingly complex landscape that general petraeus have managed and sink niced which is difficult thing to do. and so it is -- among other things, it reminds us of the complexity of an endeavor like that. reading it with military eyes, it also reads like cook book to me. because every few pages as i turn every few pages i'm reminded of the strategic counter insurgency has to be prepared to deal with the particular problem. it has to fulfill the kind of role and execute this kind of responsibility. and dc dpufns of different strategic functions not yet captured in mili

and it was just slightly over seven years ago that walking across the deserted food court of the pentagon city mall tonight after general petraeus' confirmation hearings before he went to baghdad, that been colonel mansoor who was on the phone to someone motioned me to walk over to him as i was heading to the matter and said, cg want you to come out to iraq. and so begin about four soldiers of working for or with general petraeus. there are some themes that you talked about today, some themes that you covered in "surge" that i would like to tease out a little more fully and maybe open a little more ground for discussion. reading "surge" with military eyes, first, as someone who was there, a smaller college -- hog, it was a reminder of just how much activity, the level of a complex activity was going on in the headquarters in iraq at the different levels, at the force level, at the core level, liaison to the u.s. embassy, liaison to the iraqi government and the united nations and so when. it's an amazingly complex landscape that general petraeus and general odierno and ambassador crocker have t

city. to jennifer griffin at the pentagon. >> right now we can confirm there is evidence of military movemente crimean peninsula. u.s. officials are seeing some activities that involves both planes, possibly landing in -- on the peninsula, near -- not far from the navy base the russians have on the crimean peninsula near sevastopol. we also understand from official wes have spoken to there's some maritime activity, there's activity into and out of the crimean peninsula and the navy base the russians have occupied for some time. we do -- the pentagon officially is not commenting on this activity. they are, as we said earlier today, watching very carefully at the developments. you heard secretary of state john kerry issue a very strong statement today saying it would be a grave mistake if russia were to send in troops, but things are moving quickly and all eyes are on what appears to be some military movements on the ground in the crimean peninsula in that part of the ukraine. >> thank you very much. we're minutes away from hearing what the president wants to do about this, if anything. >> i'm

pentagon's ethics standard. naming an ethic officer who will answer mainly to him. >>> waves of violent protests spread through three major citiesnjuring 90 people government buildings including presidential offices were ransacked and set on fire. anti-government protesters are angriry over high unemployment and widespread corruption. the unrest started after mass layoffs after state run businesses were privatized. today at the hague the prosecutor there announced a preliminary investigation into war crimes in central african republic. they'll investigate reports of hundreds of killings, acts of rape and sexual slavery among other crimes. this comes amid chaos and genocide in the country. more than 600 people have been killed in more than a million displaced by sectarian fighting between christians and muslims that began last march. >>> and in arab north korea is threatening to cancel reunions of families separated since the end of the korean war. we have more on this story. >> reporter: the u.s. has more boots on the ground on the korean peninsula and more tracks as well. 400 pieces of military equipment including tanks and arm

city. i'm a tony harris with a look at today's stories. president obama told the pentagon to prepare to bring all u.s. troops home from afghanistan by the end of the year if the two countries can't agree to a security deal. afghan president hamid karzai is unlikely to sign that deal but opens the door for ca karzai's successor to sign the deal. >>> there are reports tonight that arizona governor will veto to an allow business own tours refusowners torefuse business td lesbians. >>> ukraine's currency has tumbled to an all-time low over uncertainty over its political and financial future. this comes after a delayed government until after thursday. >>> those are the headlines. i'm tony harris. "real money with ali velshi" is up next. here on al jazeera america. [♪ music ] >> the ukraine grabs the headlines but it's the violent up rising in venezuela that could really have an impact on americans. i'll tell you why. we're taking the pulse of the housing market recovery with the home builder in houston. and then to the streets of philadelphia where the middle class is fading fa

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city, and this is "the five." >>> does the commander in chief care more about entitlements than our military? the pentagon yesterday it wants to shrink our army down to its smallest size since world war ii as part of an effort to cut costs. the decision did not go over very well with former vp dick cheney. >> obviously, i have been a strong supporter of barack obama, but this really is over the top. there's enormous long term damage to the military. he

city, and this is "the five." >>> does the commander in chief care more about entitlements than our military? the pentagonay it wants to shrink our army down to its smallest size since world war ii as part of an effort to cut costs. the decision did not go over very well with former vp dick cheney. >> obviously, i have been a strong supporter of barack obama, but this really is over the top. there's enormous long term damage to the military. he

city, and this is "the five." >>> does the commander in chief care more about entitlements than our military? the pentagon announced yesterday it wants to shrink our army down to its smallest size since world war ii as part of an effort to cut costs. the decision did not go over very well with former vp dick cheney. >> obviously, i have been a strong supporter of barack obama, but this really is over the top. there's enormous long term damage to the military. he would much rather spend money on food tamps than a strong military or support for the troops. >> dana, it does appear that president obama is getting what we talked about yesterday, a long term goal was to shrink down our defense and expand the welfare state. here's my question. what do you think the american people care about most? the military or the welfare state? >> i think there's competing priorities, and that american people elect leaders to represent them and this isn't necessarily what america would want. of course, it's not easy to make cuts in any regard, and in fact, they did some military cuts to pension growth in the future, just in

city full video if you want to click away. to see. first street. and i think that you're. going to. be in the. it's a busy monday for news here on r.t. international the pentagon is pumping in cash into boosting its military presence in africa the u.s. says by pouring in troops weapons and mercenaries it intends to turn a land of conflict into a land of hope now where u.s. military bases are now spread all across the whole horn of africa there are drone and bases in south sudan uganda kenya ethiopia the seychelles and even djibouti which has become home to four thousand u.s. military personnel and contractors now thousands of u.s. soldiers are reportedly preparing for missions as part of the pentagon's new strategy to train and advise regional forces so now looks at what could really be motivating america's new found focus on africa. hundreds of millions of american dollars are flowing into africa as the pentagon upset spending on the continent there's plenty of war materials here nigeria a case in point the west african nation is america's fourth largest supplier of crude oil accounting for eleven percent of all u.s. oil imports we have made it has a lot of i

pentagon says at least 59 u.s. service members were killed. >> it was a very important time in the iraqi war. it was a very dangerous city sanchez is one of the veterans whose war stories are told in the new show "against the odds," which debuts monday night on the american heroes channel, formerly known as the military channel. >> as i'm coming from the east, i get hit. it was a complex attack. as soon as it came out, we started taking small arms fire. my gunner and my driver both had concussions. i got out of the vehicle. i'm on the ground, trying to get the casualties out of the vehicle and trying to take command and control of what was now the middle of a firefighter. and then the sergeant suz killed. >> sergeant lands of bub bock, texas, was 28 when he paid the ultimate price, leaving behind a wife and grieving family. six men in sanchez's company would fall in the battle two from his own platoon. for sanchez, the ability of the iraqi government to fight extremists in ramadi today is what he and his army brothers fought for. >> we fought to give iraqi government, the iraqi people the freedom to be who they want to b

city. >> we've got the latest on both the warnings and the games. nick paton walsh is with us from sochi. and barbara starr from the pentagon. nick, let's first go to you. you've got athletes all over the world arriving including american athletes arriving this hour. and that tooth paste threat on the minds of many. what have you been hearing? >> couldn't have been timed worse in many ways. the warning we heard yesterday from u.s. officials quite specific. and i think they're still assessing the level of credibility, but enough to keep barack obama informed about it. concern really about flights coming from europe to russia and particularly those which will end here in sochi. i should point out that the airport itself is quite distant from the venue behind me here. the fear perhaps is any explosives could be used on airlines if they were smuggled on using tooth paste. but russian mayor may have had an inkling because when i flew down from moscow to sochi, they didn't want any liquids being brought on in carry-on baggage at all. they do seem to be concerned about that particular element. nonetheless, michael, we have seen u.s

city by the massive influx of foreign money, military and nonmilitary. but that money is going to slow down significantly soon. what happens then? he asks. brinkley worked for the pentagon to start up and build companies in iraq and afghanistan. fascinating experiences he recounts in the book and he came to the conclusion that the single most important task in both countries was to create a self-sustaining economy which the united states paid very little attention to. he's pessimistic about afghanistan's prospects and said the national hood there is worsening. imagine living in nation, he write, in which your national government was totally dependent on charitable donations from other countries. would you respect that government? would you not assume they were puppets of the international donors who were propping up the government? hamid karzai might be pondering just these questions as he plans his next crazy outburst. for more go to cnn.com/fareed and read my "time" column this week. let's get started. >>> joining me now live from sochi, russia, is michael mcfaul, the u.s. ambassador to russia, who on tuesday announced he would be leaving his post to return to stanfor

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pentagon and of course american officials very little time for any kind of diplomatic countermoves here in washington. the russian units from the black sea fleet are already in sbas poll, a key port citye russians say they're simply defending their naval facilities there. but those who are pushing for greater democracy in ukraine more than evident if you've been watching your tv screen over the past few days, you know, rival protesters have turned from chanting slogans at one another to all-out fistfights and attacks. defense secretary chuck hagel has this warning for russia's military. >> i'm closely watching russia's military exercises along the ukrainian border, which they announced as you know yesterday. i expect russia to be transparent about these activities. and i urge them not to take any steps that could be misinterpreted or lead to miscalculation during a very delicate time. a time of great tension. >> chuck hagel, the defense secretary. our barbara starr's monitoring the fast moving developments at the pentagon. barbara, look, there's a lot of intelligence we get in many different ways that tell us many different things about what the russians are actually up to. and it fee

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pentagon. >> new concerns pay target flights from overseas heading to the u.s. the department of security is warning airlines terrorists may attemptsives in shoe, cosmetics. the advisory mentioned two dozen citiesuding johannesbu johannesburg, paris, london. >> it's al qaeda and al qaeda at large in the peninsula. >> this demonstration shows the potential devastation a shoe bomb could cause. sources say intelligence indicates terror groups have been working on a new shoe bomb design. it's not the the first time they've tried to blow up a plane. after 9/11, passengers on an american flight from paris to miami, someone threatened to detonate an explosive hidden in his sneakers. after that, everyone is asks to take off shoes going through security. this warning comes two weeks after airlines were warned terrorists could hide explosives in toothpaste tubes related to the sochi olympics. they say this threat is related. >> officials continue to worry about al qaeda affiliates. they believe these operatives have never given up reefing the u.s. >>> a lot of us cross our fingers and hope for the 3% race. that's hardly the case if your the ceo of bank america. he saw a 17% pay jump last year to $14 mill

pentagon i have to slay a dragon and then barbara bush is mine. secret service tracked smith using his cell phone to manhattan. not clear why he went to new york cityrmer president and his family were at that time. a utah school district suspending two school workers after student's lunches were snatched away and thrown in the trash can child nutrition expert were suspended on paid leave. there wasn't enough money inside heir prepaid accounts. investigating why so many parents were ununaware of their low a account balance. story straight out of the movie castaway. >> wilson this story going viral. man washes up in the islands southwest of hawaii. the spanish-speaking jose evan claims to have survived on rainwater, birds and turtles. details of the story are sketchy. locals say he was in rough shape when they found him emaciated and wearing nothing but tattered underpants. the tsa and damage control boasts this morning after a former screener comes inside with shocking secrets how they were treated. dishing in a tell all politico article. he said agents made fun of full images made by full body scanners. workers are always fooling around behind clos