some may be reaching the ground. the darker green, it probably is reaching the ground. don't have reports from any of the observation stations that we have any of this precipitation yet arriving. however, we might have a sprinkle this morning. right now temperatures are at or above freezing most of the area. any precipitation that is falling is certainly melting on roadways if there is snow in the mountains. and elsewhere, just maybe a little bit of wetness on some of the pavement as the morning goes on. cloudy and cold, though. we'll be in the 30s. above freezing throughout most of the morning. interest the 40s this afternoon. a little bigger chance of some precipitation reaching us by late afternoon in the form of sprinkles of light rain. a look at the evening planner, could get more tonight. we'll look at that in ten minutes. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >>> very good if you're about to get on the beltway. making your way to braddock road, 63 miles per hour. travel lanes also open in prince george's county on the inner loop -- actually on the inner loop as y

to ensure were reached in your community. we also worked with the mayor's staff on his recommendations as well. on starting the outreach through the list of priority organizations, we were happy to join the supervisor for a forum in chinatown that he and his staff co-sponsored. we were also happy to present on the proposed legislation. we presented at the small business commission hearing, the value mission association and south of market association. in total, we reached out to 35 key merchant organizations across the city and all districts, using e-mail and phone. we heard back from 23 of these organizations after multiple attempts. the second tactic that we employed was merchant walks. in addition to the one on one outreach in key leadership organizations in the district, we activated our environment now outreach teams. our team is right back there. hello. it is the department of the environment's green job training program. we currently have 19 staff in our two year program learning soft and hard skills for the outreach i

a cloudy day, highs reaching the mid to upper four40s.his evening a chance of sprinkles of light rain, near 40 at midnight. a look at the week and weekend in ten minutes. how's traffic? >>> looking much better traveling georgia avenue near mt. carmel cemetery road. the accident still happening, but now it's really on your shoulder lane as you travel southbound. southbound is able to get by to the left of the accident. northbound is traveling in their shoulder lane to get by the accident. it's good that it's out of the roadway and are you able to pass. 66 slow eastbound at sudly road. delays continue again around waples mill road. stop and go for you. back to you. >> danella, thanks a lot. >>> 6:12. 41 degrees. on this valentine's day, some people are saying skip the chocolate. why protesters are urging a hershey's boycott. >>> and next, what investigators noticed ab land o'lakes spreadable butter with canola oil is made with sweet cream, canola oil and salt. just three natural ingredients. what's in your spread ? just a second. just, just

but much of this rain is not quite reaching the ground. there are a few fat snowflakes mixing in with some of the sprinkles of rain out in western maryland right now. and we do have temperatures out that way, near freezing. closer to washington, most locations above freezing. and later today, as we progress after sunrise at 7:01, peel stay cloudy -- we'll stay cloudy, in the mid 30s. mid to upper 40s this afternoon with maybe a greater chance of some of those sprinkles during the afternoon. as well as this evening, look at the evening planner in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> good morning, if you're traveling along routes -- route 50, to the beltway on, both directions not seeing any accidents at this time. westbound travel speeds, look at you -- 70 miles per hour as you zoom past i-97. also travel speeds traveling route 50 inside the beltway, you're at 70 miles per hour as you make your way to kennel worth avenue. and also continuing on new york avenue, no issues there. in fact, this is a live look, newark avenue and bladensburg

the case could have far reaching effects. more than half of council's began meetings with prayers. some christians fear that religion elsewhere in public life could be under threat. the senior ministers said that the new laws should prevent that happening. >> this is on an imported part of life. we have the church of england, the queen is the head of it. i should be able to do this and the house of commons. if i have that right, why should someone in the parish council have that right? >> some counselors say they will continue to say prayers but for now, this will leave them off the official agenda. >> this is "bbc news," still ahead -- nearly a year after the protests in bahrain, opposition groups are looking to make their voices heard. police took a man into custody and they drove him away from the scene after armed officers stormed the rest taught at half past 11. the man had been on his own. the minister will press ahead for his plans to reform the health service in england. an official conservative website has called for a new strategy. the tottenham manager says that he is fl

plenty of clouds out there but not much reaching the ground.o have one report of light snow in the camp david area this morning. temperatures will be climb big 1:00 in the upper 40s. just a stray shower or two with highs this afternoon into the low 50s. >>> we're taking a look on the north side of town of i-97 at maryland route 100 in glen bernie. no issues to report in this area or if you're taking 95 out of baltimore, bw parkway, same story as well. coming up in my next report, we'll go into virginia at 5:01. >> thank you, monica. >>> 4:57 now. valentine's are coming back to walkersville elementary today. students can now exchange valentine's with some restrictions. kids must have one for every student in the class and they cannot include food or candy. walkersville elementary had banned valentine's last year. the school's principal said the romance between students had no place in an elementary school. >>> the westminster dog show is under way in new york city. more than 2,000 dogs will spend the next two days trying to win the top prize of

only way to reach a settlement. between the government. and all polling stations across russia to get their own. installation of. presidential elections the move comes after a. following december elections alleging widespread vote rigging. next hour a special report on the reset in u.s. russia relations and how it's being affected by america's controversial missile defense shield in europe. the most vital national security interests of the united states would be most effectively realized not through hostility to rush through cooperation with it. i think russia and the united states can reach a settlement on the establishment of a global missile defense system but with. this plan reset is in jeopardy even the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington has been unable to help. at a time of warmer bilateral relations. broncs decided to deploy a missile defense system aimed at protecting europe but they were setting up too close to russia's borders and must go didn't view it as a friendly gesture. we want to defend the w

as of now, we reach the people. a lot of -- [inaudible] "house of cards" around were raided and also some have been arrested and again those who were trying to reach the tehran -- it's similar to if we have a march implemented but not declared officially. so the people are not able to reach their destination. >> in shia villages outside it's said the violence is growing with the protesters being met with stun grenades and rubber bullets. has it very much changed? because the government did promise it would implement some reforms. >> yes. the government always promises but the facts on the ground, there is no major changes. in fact, there are two problems here in bahrain, those problems are still pending. the first is equality and representation and fair judicial actions. all these issues are still pending and sometimes there are wars. in addition to the treatment of those who are injured, those who are injured cannot reach the hospital. and the police are using a new tactic to seal the exits and to torture the denta

. ♪ they reached out to make about five or six years ago because of the book published.hey appreciated that my work was clearly driven from my research and investigation. after i contributed my artwork, the museum was really beside themselves. they really took to it. the museum reached out to me to see if i would be interested in my own space inside the museum. i tell them that would be a dream come true. it is the classical, beautiful indian mythology through the lens of modern design and illustration and storytelling. they're all of these great sketch as i did for the maharajah exhibition. i get a lot of feedback on my artwork and books. they complement. they say how original the work is. i am the first person to say that this is so derived from all of this great artwork and storytelling of the past. the research i put into all of my books and work is a product of how we do things that a-- at pixar. sometimes you will see him depicted monkey-like or as superman. i wanted to honor his monkey coloring. i decided to paint him white with a darker face. it is nice to breath

tourists from all over russia visit there even though it's hard to reach the desert is surrounded by rivers and marshes every july it hosts a festival the real. enthusiastic stay away from the proper roads for the trip to the festival location is an adventure in itself some travel across tighe on rivers and trucked off road vehicles others had through the marshes on foot one group of thrill seekers full by force has chosen an especially difficult route. dimitri balaban of the shy program from kazakhstan is the focus of attention his car is completely unfit for off road exploits yet he has travelled four thousand kilometers to join the band of adventurous. at u.b.s. i was of course i'd never dared to go to such a place on my own. but going with a group is a different thing. besides the experience guys took a look at the route beforehand and said we should be able to make a point of probably. dimitri ran into problems assumes the cars left the highway and the next five hours were very hard however his fellow travellers tell him it's the only way a rally across tigar is a real test but

probably there is really coming desperate at this point because they think if iran reach the level of capability of building the nuclear weapon that would be devastating for them. at this point and i think before six months we might we might heading into a major confrontation in the burgeoning gulf weather still to come on our to next hour an interview with the former head of israel's intelligence service he says tentative and western leaders are attempting to demonize iran were to strike panic and suspicion surrounding the static state as a test. the leadership believes that in order to arouse international public opinion in order to mount pressure upon the reunions it's necessary to impress upon the world at large public opinion international public opinion this is a serious international threat and i believe that in this context probably the leadership here believes that using the word of the stench will rings a bell which also brings you back to the days gone by in the twentieth century. of nazi germany the world war two and of course the holocaust and the. apparitions these. pict

i think russia and the united states can reach a settlement of the establishment of a global missile defense system but with. this plan research is in jeopardy even the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington has been unable to help. at a time of warmer bilateral relations needs whose top brass decided to deploy a missile defense system aimed at protecting europe but they were setting up too close to russia's borders and moscow didn't view it as a friendly gesture. we wanted to fill in the whole of europe not just some european countries with one or european allies and friends to join on missile defense strategy. lucina in the event of the situation with a european missile defense system becoming unfavorable to russia we reserve the right to take no further steps in the nuclear disarmament area. the kremlin has repeatedly demanded that nato guarantees that the european missile defense shield would pose no threat to russia's strategic interests sofa the west has refused to cooperate with must go on the issue. intercontinental ballistic missiles are transporte

security council showdown this weekend and the violence in syria seemed to reach fever pitch with activists reporting a massacre in homs that was all over the headlines and watched with horror by people worldwide initially the death toll that night was put over two hundred there could be as many as two hundred just in the last hour or two that was later significantly downgraded strict access policies they have made it difficult for many foreign networks to get their correspondents into the country to collect evidence at the end of last year i level discrete says in at the foreign minister's spokesman we've never been in the media by the way. because. we've been filtering you how can you justify for instance you on the people relying on you to. broadcasting one side even though or even on you tube you have also atrocity committed by the elements it's true that to a large extent mainstream coverage is the phrase of the cancer has been pretty fast this graphic video appears to show every gene supporter being hanged obviously clear picture of exactly what's happening in syria right now it was h

where i think most of our our reach is really trying to take organizations that are ready to are reached in these communities that are not english-speaking. >> i understand that, but i was asking so the public would know where the money is going. she is doing a good job of explaining coverage as give her time purit, just give her some . >> when we put the r.f.p. out what was required is you could provide the service, that you were able to link up with the community in that competent way, which means in the same language, understanding the various aspects of the group of people you were working in, that they would meet the units of service that they had to provide. that they're predominantly lived in the community and understood what was in the area. the languages that we have was spanish, cantonese, vietnamese -- what was the other? korean. so we put out a specific -- there is some russian. so we put that out and said can you provide the services and meet the criteria? the people that came back, the areas that came back were dolores and chinatown families. that totaled 1.7 million. the r

reports from brussels say eurozone finance ministered have reached an agreement. the deal came after talks that went late into the night lasting almost 12 hours are said to be worth 130 billion euros. in return, greece will undertake to reduce its debts to no more than 121% of its g.d.p. this is scene live we have been watching for the last few hours or so. we are expecting the eurozone finance ministers to gather and give us further details on the announcement of the plan that was agreed within the last hour or so. we will of course bring you the latest as soon as that happens. as daniel griffith catches us up and keeps us up to date. >> finance ministers and other officials arriving in brussels on monday to decide if greece would get a second massive bailout to stop it from going bankrupt. i'm opt pisk. we need clear political approval from the eurozone. >> the talks went into the early hours of tuesday morning, it seems like a deal has been reached. the rescue package would give greece a loan of 130 billion euros. a further 100 billion euros of greek debt would

we think conference ought to the function and ought to reach an agreement. and you heard from two of the conferrees who are anxious to get an agreement. we don't think the we ought to just say to the american people, we're not doing anything the rest of the year, by the way. we're just taking the year off and all we're going to do is campaign. it is a bipartisan agreement that we need to extend the payroll tax holiday through the end of the year. now let's get about it. all this name calling and obstruction, you know, a lot of talking about obstruction. the majority is the obstructing the senate, not the minority they're the ones who are keeping us from advancing the ball. and they've been remarkably candid about it. >> and so the blame game continues on both sides of the aisle. democrats saying they don't want to see taxes or democrats saying they want to raise taxes in order to pay for some of this and republicans saying no to any new taxes just part of the overall debate on this payroll tax policy that expires at the end of this month without an agreement

where i think most of our our reach is really trying to take organizations that are ready to are reached in these communities that are not english-speaking. >> i understand that, but i was asking so the public would know where the money is going. she is doing a good job of explaining coverage as give her time purit,

despite all this, we did reach a very important milestone. we reached the 1 mile mark in excavation. the water intrusion situation has also improved. we reached record lengths line than the past month of a daily basis in the weekly basis. although this is a very difficult project, we are making progress. on the peninsula, where of mention in the well issue as a discovery of human remains and the material delayed us somewhat. the delay can be absorbed into the existing schedule and we are predicting to complete this project on time. despite all these challenges that we are encountering, we are making good progress has indicated that by reaching substantial completion on three large and important projects. the very important cipher as well as the lower crystal springs dam project. it requires a very critical have shut down. we are currently 55% done at the valley water treatment plant. now that we have the entire trail in gear attached inside the tunnel, we are now officially the game under the day. we have excavated over 4,700 feet of the tunn

cos the reach the last date of basketball generally. bartels last gasp winner stuns german giants by munich in football's champions league. and all is forgiven man city boss nine cine is ready to bring back tears as his side cruise passport to reach the last sixteen of the euro is pretty. nigh impossible surely has its first quarter finalist is the most go thrashed at n.p.r. costs ninety six points to sixty four to secure their berth in the next stage with a game to spare to scare a new away and would see them finish top of group b. and they never looked like squandering their chance taking in nearly ten nothing the before finding themselves twenty eight points out by half time in p.r. cost did respond to reduce uneven period but to scar rounded off an easy win with on great bones of each leading the scorers with fifty points if you think it will take a look at all the future some may be revealed in the game you can both be used for over three years in just you or me wrong place it's a good practice you don't use years reduced to a pris

the rest not even reaching the ground. reston 32 along with great falls. 34 in columbia and toward bwi. down south mid-30s in alexandria, springfield and andrews at 36. out to the west haymarket and leesburg 32. and 34 in manassas. outside on our michael & son weather camera, good visibility around the capitol this morning. ten miles or so at reagan national with cloudy skies. calm winds. the dew points have come up from around 10 yesterday to 24 now. so a little bit more moisture in the air but not enough to reach the ground. still watching this storm system which came on shore in california yesterday and to the southwest. this is what's going to start to pull out and actually give us our rain chances for thursday. it's -- what's coming for today is this storm system stretched down. then heavier rains well to the south from atlanta down into florida. you may get some bumpiness there but most of this as i said earlier not reaching the ground except for the snow up north. want to show you our future cast before we get to th

reached new and important consensus and achieved fruitful results. this afternoon after this function, i will go to visit iowa, which will be my second visit in 27 years. i am going to tell my old friends there that the golden keys presented to us by the representative at city hall 27 years ago symbolized the opening of local exchanges and cooperation between our two countries. and today there are already 38 sister province state relationships and 176 pairs of sister cities between our two countries. 47 out of the 50 american states have seen their exports to china grow several or even dozens of times over the past ten years. this shows that once opened the door to local exchanges and cooperation between china and the united states cannot be closed by any force. on the contrary it will only open wider and wider. ladies and gentlemen, as the chinese saying goes, when you drink water don't forget those who doubt the well. we'll always cherish the memories of the elder generations of chinese and american leaders who with extraordinary strategy vision an

attacked a number of army bases and police patrols and conflicting reports of casualties writing has reached peak in the past few days with hundreds of court upheld a report from sarah firth contains some disturbing images. each and social networking sites for the fun and months in one of the activists he means is offering the world glimpses of divine a tool free syrian activists lives of poor. so we got the brick through and we've just seen pictures which the b.b.c. called verify to say many differing numbers and reports getting to the person of what's really going on is a major challenge even from inside the country. had a fever they think it. was a. head of the u.n. security council showdown this weekend and the violence in syria seemed to reach fever pitch with activists reporting a massacre in homs that was all of the headlines and watched with horror by people worldwide initially the death toll that night was put over two hundred you see there could be as many as two hundred just in the last hour or two that was later significantly downgraded strict access policies they have made it di

i would coh to reach an agreeable solution with them. really feel like i have been bullied into something, i have been accessible and i feel like i have tried to be a good neighbor with this situation. i do have the same window, and there is no privacy as it exists. commissioner fung: what are you willing to do? >> at this point, i am less inclined, i guess, the security bars -- that is fine. i am not willing to let them dictate the design of anything on the bac

are now still out of reach. you can see that for 80% ami, there is a $390,000 affordability gap. even at 90% there is a $112,000 affordability gap. this is for a two-bedroom in terms of the median sales price and the ami is based on a three- person family. now, for 80% ami, a low income family could afford only -- percent. only 7% of the homes in 2011 would be affordable to people at 80% ami, you have a greater percentage of likelihood of finding something affordable depending on the neighborhood. in the bayview, 46% are favorable -- affordable. in bayshore, 27% were for will. if you go up to 120% ami, you can see that chart. more homes become available. at 120%, 87% of the homes in the bayview more affordable for people at 120%. at 150%, people at 150% can afford 39% of the homes for sale which is a slightly higher percentage. it can afford almost 40% of all the homes and it means in five different approach especially those down in the southern part in those neighborhoods you can afford 80% to 90% of homes for

that comes after a meeting on sunday ended without any deal reached. the u.s. is seeking support for tough reforms as a condition for the bailed out to avoid default greece needs to secure the package by march. former dictator. has been transferred from prison hospital after reportedly suffered a stroke to say he's stable noriega was sentenced for the murder of political opponents to spend nearly two decades in u.s. prisons for money laundering and drug trafficking that part of the six years that has toppled a u.s. base in the country. in the egypt three people including owners will stand trial counsel illegal funding of governmental organizations human rights watch a school of government the chargers are. washington has threatened to leave its aid to the country. i mean violence as protesters demand currently true rulers live a power to a civilian government. but democracy has become a profitable export for one international group it started off as a student movement in serbia but with the backing of the us became a worldwide brand revolutions resulting in the

>> certainly i reached out to her privately and reached out to her crew privately, no advice is needed because they certainly knew what to do as well, but you know, sometimes we all fall down, but it is how we get up. whitney was in the process of making that transition. you know. when our lives play out in public, and hers did, then you know, we're just under the scrutiny of the magnifying glass of the public. so you know, sometimes you're not allowed to make those mistakes. but we have to be able to be given room to go through our valleys. >> you make reference to the crew she surrounded herself with. a lot of people have been talking about that tonight. what does this mean, are these agents? who are you all talking about when you reference the crew. >> we in the business when we talk about our crew, we're talking about our internal agents, managers, publicists, those that book us for certain events. those are people you staff personally, your personal assistant, executive assistant. those people are near and dear. you're not going to find anyone to say anything bad about whitney on

this can increase our throughout reach. we hope that this will benefit our classes and used leadership program which is something that we have had in place and teams can get access to job training and community youth organizations. a major component of the leadership program was to work with students that come from underserved backgrounds and give them opportunities to gain experience. in conclusion, we support what the event authority has been doing and we are excited about what they have been drafting out and they will continue their strong efforts with the workforce development plan. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> i need second director of the san francisco conservation corps. we've established in 1983 with civic leaders and the help of its mayor to provide low income and a very low income will -- very low income adults the community to earn their high school diploma, and prepare for the world of work for post secondary education. 80% of our young people do not have their diploma and most of them have little or no

napa could reach 70 degrees.ures struggling to make it out of the '50s. pretty much the same story for portions of the east bay in places like san jose. more on this in your 7 day around the bay coming up in my next report. >>darya: the time now is a 9 03 a.m.. we want to go to our latest developing story from the east bay. a vote crashed in to the breakwater. the crews are searching the water for a possible woman that could be out there. this happened in alameda. will tran and has been following this story. there are still looking for maybe second person. >>will: yes. they refused to call off the search even though they have searched for several hours. they still have helicopters in the year. if you would think by now he would have spotted a trace of this woman either degree from the bolt that she supposedly less for6 + on or a6, her body in the water or along the shoreline but nothing. they refused to call off the search. the bullet has been here since 0150 a.m.. i learned this morning that it was stolen from j

excessive and mr our law said that russia was urging the west to accommodate moscow's concerns to reach a compromise on this draft resolution china during the meeting that supported russia's amendments and said for the council to approach a vote knowing there was a divide it did not help maintain the unity or authority of the security council russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said that moscow does not support using the security council as a tool to intervene on a sovereign country experiencing an internal conflict he believes that could create chaos in international affairs so as we see there was to veto this resolution it did not go through and it's because russia believes that as the draft resolution was presented it had a lot of imbalances in it when it comes to the current circumstance in syria russian envoy to the united nations vitaly churkin did go into detail about those imbalances of the draft resolution. adequately with the real situation in syria and . it's the co-sponsors of the resolution and would if that was taken into account of the syrian opposition they must dista

finally the first tomato saplings reached them. in place of soil, they use rock beds, a material that holds the water well. the young plants are fed with nutrient rich hydroponic liquid. this technique means they don't have to use their salt logged soil. by carefully adjusting the temperature, the growing season can be extended and they can produce three times as many tomatoes compared to growing them outdoors. he's planning on learning a lot about growing tomatoes and is hoping to turn the town into a new tomato producing area. >> translator: there will many farmers here who won't be able to use their land for the next two or three years. before we lose this valuable workforce, we want to give them a chance to work as farmers again. >> he expects to ship his first tomatoes in april. officials say it will take at least two more years for the salt to be leached out of the farmland. even then the farmers will need new equipment to replace what they lost in the tsunami. having those expenses covered by a major company will be a huge h

comes after a meeting on sunday ended without any deal reached country's prime minister because they miss seeking support for tough reforms as a condition for the bailout to avoid default greece has to secure the package by march. three story factory building has collapsed in eastern pakistan one person five people had been called out with a hundred others believed to be trapped under the rubble rescue officials say the structure caved in part of a gas explosion the building used to manufacture pharmaceuticals as that caitiff area of. the u.k. queen elizabeth the second is celebrating her diamond jubilee of sixty years on the throne she's in the second the british monarch to have reached a milestone being crowned that native twenty five gun salute is being held in hyde park to mark and celebrations taking place in board a banquet in june rather u.k. may be celebrating coming up later this hour on cross talk to people of well debates the problem places issue of scottish independence. well look at the figures and i'm sure i'm sure the viewers will be able to judge the figures from them

i am not going to repeat the and of reach, but are finding your networks to get to those hard to reachcommunities. in san jose we have a somali community, so you can throw money and ethnic media like crazy, it is not going to reach them. it is important to know where these hard-hit communities are. having these networks in place and refining them so that they can be a service to everyone. i was proud traumatized by the 1996, 1998 changes, but also by 2000. it was amazing how quickly unscrupulous people got the word out that they had the way to take advantage of provisions. for $500, they would sell you the form that had not even been by immigration services. i think we need to prepare the community on how someone will screen new and that support those people giving proper screening advice. providing a safe space like you are doing here for people to tell their stories, being that truck to a source of information, and making sure that we are ready for those people who will try to take advantage of our community as they seek to legalize their situation. >> any other suggestions? >> the o

my hope is that we can know in the stands that he said after it right now it's not the reach you know reach seeking people he's led tripoli's of the real russian middle class you know people who are economical even in small towns who have a really hard time. with their market economy it's so i hope he is an economic policy will move a little more to the deficit you know we've had on the former finance minister who did we had a definite kill to the right now if we believe what we can writes he wants to give the state supporters soon more to he's real electorate which means you know the mass of the russian people can always read more on our website r.t. dot com here's what's a click away right now. stripping down to shake things up find out the naked truth behind a message this ukrainian activist groups top with on their visit to russia. nothing says i love you like a cockroach find out more about the creepy crawly valentine's gift that some love birds are sharing with their sweethearts on r.g.p. dot com. after more than two decades the effects of one of the world's worst ever industria

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the settlements reached between the u.s. government and five of america's biggest banks came in response to foreclosure abuses. it marks the biggest agreement of its kind involving a single industry since the tobacco settlement in 1998. >> central and state officials came together in america's boldest attempt yet to hold banks accountable for the mess they made processing foreclosure documents with the housing bubble burst. >> we have reached a landmark settlement with the nation's largest banks that will speed relief to the hardest hit homeowners and some of the most abusive practices of the mortgage industry and begin to turn the page on an era of recklessness that has left so much damage in its wake. >> even now, there are plenty of reminders of broken dreams. for those facing foreclosure, some relief may be on the way. under the settlement, banks are required to reduce the debt of our worst who owe more than their home is worth. others should be able to refinance their mortgage at a lower rate. those who lost their homes

election fever grips russia with political activity reaching a peak at the presidential poll major pro-government opposition rallies will take place today over one hundred thousand demonstrators expected to gather in moscow. and the concern of the effectiveness of sanctions targeting iran's nuclear program grows surrounds the biggest participation resist western pressure to join the economic war israel meanwhile has repeatedly defied the wait for sanctions to work fused to root out the possibility of a military strike. next we talked to the head of the foreign affairs committee in russia they were house of parliament to discuss the ongoing conflict in syria. could you tell us about the purpose of your decision to syrian. the main objective of my visit to syria is to see the situation firsthand just as you know the russian state duma issued a statement on the situation in syria ten days ago speaking strongly against outside interference in syria's affairs and against the un and its security council siding with one of the parties in this civil conflict. we also believe that the syrian government sh