i have the privilege of being the president and ceo of the american red cross. i also have the privilege of welcoming you here at the american red cross to our beautiful hall of service. honored to have a number of really special guests with us today. first is first lady melania trump. [applause] second lady karen pence. [applause] elizabeth dole there. we have several spouses of our distinguished cabinet members here with us today. we are honored to have the many spouses from our nations selfless military families. on behalf of everyone, thank you all for supporting the brave men and women in the military. event, i begin today's can't -- i wanted to quickly share an overview of the and the red cross impact of the work we are going to be doing here that will have on military members. say one in five people in our country has been touched by the american red cross in some way. so thatsual to me that he knows everything we do. most people know we respond to disaster. what most people don't know is we respond to 64,000 disasters every year. these range from home fi

that is the red cross teams.t has multiple teams out, treating people on the site and also doing triage. as far as we know, there is no damaged hospitals, but the hospitals apostrophe capacity, they are under heavy pressure at the moment to treat all the wounded people coming in. so it is a big challenge and it isa in. so it is a big challenge and it is a race against time. we have a lot of different assets going into the region. we are distributing water, we had search and rescue team still going on, we have thursday teams, but we are also starting to distribute relief supplies, like bla nkets distribute relief supplies, like blankets and helping people out in different shelters where they are. so there are people in makeshift shelters, people in municipal buildings. with our partners throughout the international red cross movement, we are able to channel their support through the national society, the indonesian red cross here. so far, a lot of support from a lot of our partners, including the british red cross

kathy miller from the international red cross in indonesia thank you so much for making time to speak to us and remind our of the top story we're following for you rescue teams are searching for survivors after a tsunami struck the coast of indonesia on saturday night killing at least two hundred twenty two people more than eight hundred are reported injured dozens of people remain unaccounted for at the tsunami was a frankly triggered by the eruption of an island will cain which sent a wall of water crashing i'm sure. you're watching live from brain more coming of the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information. by logging onto our web site. but also on social media you can follow us we are at. thank you for your company. where i come from we have to fly for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t.v. shadow and if you use paper as one official information as attorneys i have worked on the streets of many cat interest problems are all of the same.

have toward the indonesian red cross deployed teams of volunteers immediately after the tsunami last night they were on the ground again this morning and had the photos that they're sharing with us show why scene of devastation something you would expect to see after a tsunami but harrowing nonetheless there there's debris everywhere there are cars that are washed there are motorcycles that are crushed how do those which are collapsed or partially collapsed there's just degree all over the place trees have fallen down and this is what we're trying to work and i can see you sounds like there's a lot of work which needs to go in for relief efforts how many aid workers have you been able to get in. yeah we're just starting there's a response we're not even twenty four hours into it yet it looks like we're going to be there for quite a while right now it is the government of indonesia which is leading the response and then of course agencies such as the indonesian red cross to court that response at the moment they have deployed approach thirty volunteers and staff we are also sending in

teams we have here are local red cross teams we have here a re really local red cross teams we have the job. we are working hand in hand with the government, and we are just not living up here. now, we know that hundreds are dead and injured —— giving up here. do you have any idea how widespread the area is which has been affected, or is there just no way of knowing completely what has gone on there? so we are still doing assessments this evening, and by tomorrow we will have more of an idea atjust how widespread it is. 0ur feeling is it idea atjust how widespread it is. 0urfeeling is it will idea atjust how widespread it is. 0ur feeling is it will not expand idea atjust how widespread it is. 0urfeeling is it will not expand or get much bigger in terms of the scope of the damage, but we are still out there looking as far as we can on both sides of the strait there, to see if we can find where there, to see if we can find where the needs and help the people who need it. andjust the needs and help the people who need it. and just talk us through the facilities that are there, if any,

the local red cross teams we have here are really up to the job. we'rejust not giving up here. we know that hundreds are dead and injured. have you any idea how widespread the area is that's been affected or is there no way of knowing completely what's gone on? still doing assessments this evening and by tomorrow, we'll have more of an idea of how widespread it is. our feeling is that it will not expand or get much bigger in terms of the scope of the damage, but we are still out there looking as far as we can on both sides of the strait to see if we can see where people are and help the people who need it. is it possible to treat people on the ground or are you having to evacuate people? we are doing both. at the moment we have five mobile medical teams and they have orthopaedic specialists on the team, and that's the red cross team. and the government has multiple teams treating people on the site and also doing triage. as far as we know, there are no damaged hospitals but the hospitals‘ capacities, they are under heavy pressure to treat the wound

joins me now from jakarta he's the head of emergency operations for the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies welcome steve could you describe for us what you and your teams have been seeing in the area hit by the tsunami what conditions then why well conditions there still remain difficult there's over one hundred fifty people still missing we still have multiple search and rescue teams and first state teams working round the clock looking for the people that are missing the there is rubble and debris still in the area but at the same time things are getting better so every hour to conditions get better there's a large governmental response that's clearly no roads and the debris so the access is improving so things are getting better but it's still a full out emergency response operation and we're still going really hard at this passes the people have lost their loved ones and their homes what's being done to help survivors. so right right now what we're doing is we're distributing hot meals so we've distributed over five thousand meals we are doing first aid we tr

bush george h w bush and as president of the american red cross. she was the first woman since clara barton to be the president of the american red cross. years, the red cross has responded to more major disasters than ever in our history. we have depleted our reserve. perhaps we help you once or a friend or neighbor. if disaster strikes, we will be there. >> during that time, she faced challenges related to -- ensuring that our blood supply was adequate and safe at the height of the age crisis that -- aids crisis. she ran for president and then senate and was a senator from 2002 to 2008. she hasat time, developed the elizabeth dall foundation, an organization nonprofit that supports families of wounded veterans. foundation the revealed an alarming range of challenges and negative outcomes endured by those caring for wounded, ill, and injured warriors. >> we are in the archival storage area, standing next to a portion of her papers that came to us in 2017. we have several hundred boxes of material going back to her early life and mostly culminating

let's speak to kathy mueller from the red cross who's in the indonesian city of palu where a tsunami struck three months ago. what is your assessment of things as we what is your assessment of things as we speak? it is very challenging, as your reporter was mentioning in the previous peace. the volunteer teams with the indonesian red cross were back out first thing christmas morning and they have two main priorities. 0ne morning and they have two main priorities. one is to make sure that the people who have survived have the people who have survived have the basic household items they need, and then to conduct search and rescue missions, so that if there is anyone who is trapped in the rubble that they are rescued and brought to safety as quickly as possible. it is a miserable situation on the ground right now. it is the rainy season and it is raining and people are sleeping in mosques and shops. some are sleeping outside because they are sleeping outside because they are afraid to go back into any kind of structure that could collapse. the red cross is bringing in things like blanke

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bush and then served as president of the american red cross.he was the first woman since clara barton to be the president of the american red cross. >> in two years, the red cross has responded to more major disasters than ever in our history. we have depleted our reserves. we must raise millions of dollars to help disaster victims this year. perhaps we helped you once or a friend or a neighbor. if disaster strikes, we will be there. audrey: during that time, she really faced challenges related to ensuring that our blood supply was adequate and safe at the height of the hiv and aids crisis. she ran for president in the year 2000 and then ran for senate in 2002 and was a u.s. senator from north carolina from 2002 to 2008. since that time, she has developed her own foundation the , elizabeth dole foundation, an organization, a nonprofit, that supports families of wounded veterans. elizabeth dole: in 2014, the foundation's study revealed an alarming range of challenges and negative outcomes endured by those caring for our wounded, ill, and injured

as you see that red cross.nt topic, thank you forjoining us to talk about it this afternoon. the headlines on bbc news: cabinet brexiteer liam fox says mps have already decided on the uk's brexit options as he backs theresa may's condemnation of calls for a second referendum. a five—year—old boy becomes the third victim of a house fire in nottinghamshire. a mother and her eight—year—old daughter died yesterday. environmental groups criticise the deal struck at a un climate conference in poland saying it doesn't go far enough in tackling the problem. bad weather and an increasing trend to buy online are being blamed for shoppers staying away from the high street on what is usually the busiest weekend before christmas. retail experts say footfall across the uk yesterday was down almost 10% compared with the same time last year. here's our business correspondent, joe miller. bruising year has left many of britain's retailers fighting for survival, and whether never, banking ona survival, and whether never, banking

working at the local red cross campaigns, which served troops passing through town on troop trains.e red cross volunteers would serve refreshments, cigarettes, stationery, that kind of thing to troops that were heading overseas. we have a little bit of materials from all three of them actually which is pretty neat. so, we have serious red cross certificate sent in in two pieces from george record and harry record, george record stayed, he went over with the army air service and he worked in the headquarters in london. harry record, the youngest brother joined the tank corpse and ended in the only american heavy tank unit that served with the british their entire service over there they were attached to the bridget british. the only piece we have for him is this white in red tab, and it was considered a mark of honor. the british were known to where distinctive insignia that they could pick up themselves for friendly troops on the battlefield and for the tank service, red and white was for the british. and the 301st were given this honor to where this very same identification insigni

from the indonesian red cross thank you for taking the time to talk to us. ok by us. now it's the movie of the stories making news around the world. of course in myanmar is to you to hear the appeal of two boys here is reporter is sentenced to seven years on charges of breaking the country's official secrets act they were jailed while covering the crisis and have already spends more than a year behind bars in the case has sparked a global i have cry from human rights advocates. the body of a seven year old kwassa moland girl who died in u.s. border patrol coast today has arrived home. to texas earlier this month reportedly from dehydration and shock after a three thousand kilometer journey u.s. authorities were heavily criticized for the way that they handled her case. turkey is reported to be nothing troops near a town in northern syria has by a kurdish led force that's backed by the u.s. president donald trump says turkey's president urged one assured him that turkey will eradicate all remaining so-called islamic states in syria after american ground forces are with

at the red cross teams.y pressure at the moment to treat all the wounded people coming in. it‘s a big challenge and race against time, we have a lot of different assets going into the region. we disturbing water, we have search and rescue still going on, we have first aid teams. we are also starting to the attribute —— to release relief supplies to help people out in different shelters where they are. people in makeshift shelters, people in mosques, in municipal buildings. with our partners, we are able to channel the support through to national society, the indonesian red cross here. so far, we have a lot of support from a lot of our partners, including the british red cross, and we are still responding to choosing nominees and earthquakes that —— two tsunamis and earthquakes that ivan earlier this year. the operation is going full speed and we‘re just keeping at it. i was going to ask you about that, about whether of the teams have experienced. presumably a lot of people out there working of the area well

all right now local authorities and organizations like the indonesian red cross. to provide aid and relief to those who have been evacuated or those affected by the tsunami told us this morning the engine asian red cross that the most immediate need was to provide food and clean water to those in the evacuation centers which are that the boss or those have been sharing the homes with relatives but as of this morning also they had to contend with a notice from the local government to momentarily suspend these relief operations because of the torrential rain that has been hitting this part of the area since last night and since this morning there was a lot of sunder and there's been a lot of floods so the red cross has had to suspend these operations especially in the areas of the coastlines where there is a higher risk of rising rising waters and there are fears of another tsunami want is the feeling where you are. the threat of another tsunami over us you know i told her is over us quite literally as we continue to hear the rumbling and a crocodile from the other

president of the international committee of the red cross joining us live here on r.t. international thank you so much for your insight today and from all of us here we wish you good luck and your continued efforts for stabilization and aid to some of the most troubled parts of the world peter thank you. thank you very much. a property developer in the u.k. is facing criticism for his latest brochure of an upcoming project concerns were raised after the images of the planned housing development in london fail to show our neighbors the side. reports. we are in hornsey north london mostly residential area about forty five minutes away from central london why not consider moving to a nice newly built high rise here. take note though if you look this one up on line it would miss a building right next to it this mosque which is obviously right here in reality the property developer has been accused of a slum a full b m after personally airbrushing the mosque out of its marketing photos the dome and the minarets are gone instead replaced with a row of trees in the building is

wood tro and edith wilson were both supporters of the american red cross. this is one way the united states was involved in world war even before we declared war and became involved militarily. the red cross did great work in world war i, and was supported by many americans, including prominently the president and first lady. this sculpture was based on a popular poster of the time. it's called the greatest mother in the world and depicts a red cross nurse kneeling and cradling in her arms what you might initially think is a baby, but actually it's a small soldier who has, obviously, been grievously wounded. it's an amazingly empathetic work. i can imagine why the american public was so taken with this image, the idea of the nurses tending to those soldiers who were wounded in this horrible conflict that was sweeping first europe and then much of the rest of the world. it must have spoken to americans to be involved to do right, to do well. so the wilsons, this was presented to president wilson we think by the artist some time during world war i. here in wo

we can now speak to kathy mueller, from the international federation of red cross and red crescent societiesin palu in indonesia this morning. good morning. what is the latest on the rescue and relief operation? it's a big operation. there is a wide area of land that has been impacted by this tsunami, basically the entire west coast of java has been impacted. there are a lot of areas that have still not been reached. we have just areas that have still not been reached. we havejust heard areas that have still not been reached. we have just heard from our teams on the ground with the indonesian red cross that they have been alerted to a community of about 800 people who are stuck, and they have not received any kind of aid since the tsunami struck, so the teams are on their way now. they are bringing basic needs, things like bla nkets bringing basic needs, things like blankets and tarpaulins and clean water to be able to drink, along with some volunteers who are trained in first with some volunteers who are trained infirstaid with some volunteers who are trained in first aid to be able to trea

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the red cross says the world is failing hundreds of thousands of child refugees who are traveling alone and says they're easy prey for abusers exploiters and people traffickers three hundred thousand children migrated without a family member last year that's five times more than in twenty twelve the red cross believes that figure is even higher today it says when children travel alone often across continents there are quotes very high risk of being assaulted abused raped or trafficked into sexual abuse for incest graca is the president of the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies he joins us now from rome is rocco welcome to al-jazeera take us through the main findings of your new report you know it would be. the concern is very high that last year the number was three hundred thousand but we think that the zero was even uyghur and this sort of ways that we launched the prove that vast majority of the children that made the journey and accompanied the way are victims of violence . rape and their unthinkable is suffering and so we we think that we have to do so

the indonesian red cross has mobilized 22 ambulances from across the country to the region to provideirst aid on the spot and refer them to specialists and hospitals as quickly as possible. those are the types of injuries we are dealing with now. that will be the focus in the immediate aftermath of this type of disaster. something indonesian red cross is working on and that we are working on, we have a lot of experience dating back to o aftr the 2004 4 indian ocean tsunana, that i is providg cleaean water, water tabletsts, and distributen clean water. we have 14 water trucks mobilized to the most affected regions toto provide clean wate. disaster, thee of wells will be contaminated. water sources will be contaminated. this is another way to ensure there are not more sick people as a disaster, result of this tf disaster. >> thanks so much for sharing all of that information with us. moving to the united states now. president donald trumump has decided to fast track the departure of his secretary of defense. jim mattis intended to stay on through february to take part in a planned nato

woodrow and edith wilson were great supporters of the red cross and this is one way the united states was involved in world war i even before we had war and became involved militarily. the red cross did great work in world war i and was supported by many americans including the president and first lady. this sculpture was based on a popular poster of the time called the greatest mother in the world and depicts the red cross nurse and in her arms what you might think is a baby but it's actually a small soldier whose been grievously wounded. it's an amazingly empathetic work and i can imagine why the american public was so taken with this image , idea of the nurses tending to the soldiers who were wounded in this conflagration sweeping europe and the rest of the world. not to speak to the impulsive americans to be involved and you write and do well so, the wilson's presented this to wilson by the artist during world war i. >> hearing woodrow wilson's library were not expecting a 100-year-old home, we have a whole range of artifacts that tell the story. this cabinet is full of gifts and

steve mcandrew is the head of emergency operations for the international federation of the red cross d crescent societies in sulawesi and lombok. he's been giving me the latest information. we are in full on emergency response mode. we are providing first aid, we have ambulances transporting wounded people to hospitals and we are also starting our water distributions. we are starting to give out from emergency relief supplies. it is a full on emergency response operation at this time. multiple challenges for your teams, multiple locations, andi for your teams, multiple locations, and i hear some for your teams, multiple locations, and i hearsome of for your teams, multiple locations, and i hear some of a very to get to? yes, definitely some problems with access, and our teams are doing the best they can. we are lucky that we have repositioned volunteers, and they are in many of the communities in this area and we have in preparing for this kind of event over this last year, exactly in this area is that we are doing the best we can. we seem to have enough volu nteers we can. we seem to

so we have sarah's red cross certificate and two pieces from george and harry. george stayed -- he went over with the army air service and he worked in the headquarters in london. harry, the youngest brother joined the tank corps and ended up in the only american heavy tank unit, that served with the british their entire service over there they were attached to the british. one neat piece we have is this little white and red tab, it was a considered a mark of honor. the british were known to wear distinctive insignia that they could pick out themselves for friendly troops on the battle field and for the tank service, red and white was for the british. and the 301st were given this honor to wear this very same identification insignia. even though they were not british, so it was a neat piece for harry to come home with. the one image we have in the record collection is this one here. we did not know who sarah was in this image. thankfully, the family in new york knew and they pointed her out to me, and informed me she's the one on the left. and they also provided

steve mcandrew is the head of emergency operations for the international federation of the red cross red crescent societies in sulawesi and lombok. what is the latest word on how the rescue effort is going? well, right now we are in full emergency response mode. we are still right in the week of the search and rescue phase. —— the thick. we are providing first aid, we have ambulances transporting wounded people to hospitals and we are beginning water distribution and starting to give out emergency relief supplies. so it is a full on emergency response operation at this time. multiple challenges for your teens, multiple locations and some of them i understand are very difficult to get to? —— teams. of them i understand are very difficult to get to? -- teams. yes, there are definitely problems with access, and our teams are doing the best they can. we are lucky that we have prepositioned volunteers, many of them in this area, and we have been preparing for this type of event over the last year, exactly in this area. so we are doing the best we can. we seem to have enough volu nteers we

rosemarie north is from the the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies and is in banten province in indonesia. i asked her to explain what they are doing to prevent disease spreading. we know after the tsunami generally infrastructure is damaged and people are displaced. that means they are living away from their homes and in this case we know about 16,000 people have moved away from the coastline and i live in uphill with families or neighbours or in mosques. that means they do not have access to their normal water supplies. and you might have overcrowding. the red cross is concentrating quite heavily on providing fresh drinking water as well as other relief materials. medical supplies are important and there are a number of people with serious injuries. that is right. we are seeing a bit of a mixture of things, injuries like broken bones and scrapes and sometimes head injuries where people have been slammed against a wall by the waves. we are also seeing people with long—standing conditions who have not been helped by this disaster, diabetes and so on. the

rosemarie north is from the the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies and has just arrived in banten province. thank you forjoining us. good of you tojoin us on a busy thank you forjoining us. good of you to join us on a busy day. i know the pressure is now on avoiding disease and that's principally is done by freshwater? that's right. we know after a tsunami, infrastructure is damaged and people are displaced. that means they are living away from their homes, in this case we note 16,000 people have moved away from the coastline and are living or pale with families or neighbours or in masks. that means they don't have access to normal water supplies. they might have overcrowding. the red cross is concentrating heavily on providing fresh drinking water as well as the relief materials. medical supplies are important, given the number of people who have serious injuries some of them. that's right. what we're seeing is a mixture of things. we are seeing injuries like broken bones and scrapes, sometimes head injuries where people have been slammed against a wall

he's head of the office for indonesia at the international federation of red cross and red crescent societieshow are relief efforts going on the ground? the sun came up a couple of hours ago, so ground? the sun came up a couple of hours ago, so rescue teams ground? the sun came up a couple of hours ago, so rescue teams will be back out. the indonesian red cross has sent helicopters out to do aerial assessments. as you can imagine, it is notjust the mainland that was attacked. there are a number of islands in the area we need to get access to. i would like to ta ke need to get access to. i would like to take the opportunity to send our heart health feelings to all of the people who were affected. this has been a terrible year for indonesians, this is the 3rd major natural disaster after earthquakes in lombok and palu. what is happening to those who have been evacuated from their homes? well, the media focus right now, it is still about search and rescue, we are trying to provide services to people in the communities defined as many people hopefully alive as possible. people who have evacuated,

steve mcandrew is the head of emergency operations for the international federation of the red cross d crescent societies in sulawesi and lombok. he's been giving me the latest. we are starting to give out emergency relief supplies. it is a full on emergency response operation. multiple challenges for your teams, multiple locations and some of them i hear are very difficult to get to. yes, there are definitely some problems with access. our teams are doing the best they can. we are lucky that we are pre— positioned volunteers in this area. we have been preparing for this type of event over the last year, exactly this type of event over the last yea r, exactly in this type of event over the last year, exactly in this area. so we are doing the best we can. we seem to have enough volunteers in the different areas. it is nowjust a matter of us making sure we can give them the support they need and just keep up the persistence to address the issues. and you have sufficient stocks, do you, of basics, like equipment for shelter and water and food? we have sufficient pre- positioned stocks, b

earlier i spoke with kathy mueller of the canadian red cross. that had been recovering from an earthquake that hit in september. >> it's a wide swath of land. perhaps one kilometers long that has been impacted by this tsunami. the main access roads to this very popular beach resort area as was mentioned by for local tourists, the main access road is also damaged, so that is hampering efforts to actually get to the area that is impacted. and then it's not just going to be the highly populated areas that also need attention, but any of the remote areas where people may be impacted and we have to make sure that we get to those communities as well. >> i'm sure communications are impacted. we do know people are missing, 168 confirmed dead right now. any idea how many people may be missing from this. >> that's always so hard to say. especially we're still in the very early hours of the response. what the indonesian red cross has done in the past, for example, with the earthquake in tsunami which i'm here responding to, they set up this restoring famil

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from the indonesian red cross thank you for taking the time to talk to us. now to some of the other stories making news around the world turkey is reported to be massing troops near a town in northern syria housed by a kurdish led force that's backed by the u.s. president donald trump said turkey's president urged on assured him that turkey will eradicate all remaining fighters of so-called islamic states in syria after american ground forces are withdrawn. french president of the koran has criticized president sudden move to pull u.s. forces as of syria on a visit to charge in central africa macross said he very deeply repressive the move and said allies should be dependable across the praise u.s. defense secretary says who resigned in protest the trial decision. the body of a seven year old girl who died in the u.s. the troll border patrol custody has just arrived home. died in texas earlier this month reportedly from dehydration and shock her treat her journey u.s. authorities were heavily criticized for the way they handled her case. in sudan they've bee

we talked to the indonesian red cross just a few minutes ago i just told us that they are assisting with two things search and rescue operation and also bringing much needed supplies to the people in the evacuation centers and evacuation centers that needed concerns our first she would be water so the red cross the student directing that and also they have been assisting local authorities with search and rescue operations however it's told us that this morning because of the rain and so forth use and the bill for governor has pulled into momentarily keep away from the villages in the schools whole area because of the stress of physician army and also rising water because of this much of that these are the areas that are most critical in terms of search and rescue and so they've had to hold that off for now and at the same time there has been floods over this part of the city and they have said that they've had to recall of their volunteers who have been deployed to other parts there's a bit of scrambling that needs to be done not with the least of all the media putting workers and those

on the yemeni crisis to just start in sweden later on thursday we speak to the president of the red cross international committee about the diet humanitarian situation in that country what this certainly true is that human need to reinspire their road and cannot fix the situation in which yemenis to be. indeed of that. a dire situation which can only be fixed if a political solution is found. a worldwide news headlines live from moscow this is r.t. international we do start with this news just in four people have reportedly been killed and several injured in a car bombing this in the southeastern iranian port city of. the explosion happened near the local police headquarters which may have been the intended target of what is thought to have been a suicide attack or some reports say that gunshots were heard near the site of the incident here and when we get the updates you get them to. now washington's a threat to pull out of a key nuclear treaty with moscow has deepened the rift between the two sides with the u.s. accusing russia of noncompliance the american administration is going even

and also to come with peace talks on the yemen crisis underway the president the red cross international. humanitarian situation in the country. which can only be fixed if a political. hello there she is gone five pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now washington's threat to pull out of a key nuclear treaty with moscow has deepened the rift between the two sides with the u.s. accusing russia of noncompliance but the american administration is also going further questioning the relevance of other international agreements and organizations as noted gas the f. expects. it is time for change time for the old ways to die time for a new undisputed leader a new american world order our mission is to reassert our sovereignty reform the liberal international order the central question that we face is that is the question of whether the system as currently configured as it exists today and as the world exists today doesn't work does it work for all the people of the world the old ways are out of date united nations is useless incompetent the i.m.f. is obsolete european union poin

and like a lot of women of that time, she took first aid classes through the red cross. she volunteered rolling what she called were eternally long bandages for the red cross. so she did what women were supposed to do at that time. but it was not enough. she said later that nearly every home in montclair had a blue star flag in its window. and she said, i think this is just an amazing quote here, and i'm getting ahead of myself, like the famous poster here, she said, i wish that i too had been a man, to have a small part in this great conflict. and so she applied to the ymca a couple of times, they actually rejected her the first time because they said she was too young, she was 25. she applied again after doing some red cross volunteer work and they finally took her and she was accepted into the program. this is her in the front center on the ship going to france. and so she's on her way. when she gets to france, she is tasked with establishing a canteen for the 7th machine gun battalion of the aes third division. she gave a speech the first day. this is her outside the

to start later today we speak to the president of the red cross international committee about the dire humanitarian situation in the country. what this certainly . by their own cannot fix the situation in which today is indeed a very dire situation which can only be fixed if a political solution is found. hello good afternoon welcome it's two pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. international. now washington's threat to pull out of a key nuclear treaty with moscow has deepened the rift between the two sides with the u.s. accusing russia of noncompliance but the american administration is also going further to questioning the relevance of other international agreements and organizations with more his more it gets the. it is time for change time for the old ways to die for a new undisputed leader a new american world order our mission is to reassert our sovereignty reform the liberal international order the central question that we face is that is the question of whether the system as currently configured as it exists today and as the world is this today doesn't work does it work for a

the fire started building before 2:30 in 60 families in display >> the red cross is helping them and taking them to john berry elementary school. it get into temporary homes. this is a five alarm fire in west pennsylvania. you can see the cause of the fire is under investigation. we will bring you more details as we get them in. >>> authorities near ultimate -- baltimore is looking for a person using a child for a grand. a little girl is running dry porch and leaving with a package. investigator says she is getting direction from someone outside the camera's view. but obviously, it is obvious someone is directing them, a parent or an older person is directing that child to commit the theft. >> i don't know why they don't even know what is inside. >> hopefully this does more peo >> investigators estimate the girl is between normal six and 8 years old. >>> a good samaritan in wisconsin stopped a holiday grinch in his tracks. >> i did nothing. >> this is cell phone video after a shopper saw the suspect still video games and run for the door. he took action after the suspect pushed the o

much more common were women, college graduates from home who joined the red cross and the u.s.o. same thing in the vietnam war. they stopped serving coffee because it was much too hot and they started serving kool-aid. adjustments were made, but again, the same kind of idea, send women from home to entertain soldiers, provide a brief reminder from home, something different than the war to relieve the boredom and stress. we still do this, though the kinds of entertainment we send have changed dramatically. elmo did not go to vietnam, north korea, nor the civic theater but given the changing demographics today, many more military families, "sesame street" began a uso tour several years ago. but we still send dallas cowboys cheerleaders, among other groups of cheerleaders, dancers, etc. to war zones all over the middle east. being a texan now, i'm hesitant to mention this because i'm afraid the state of texas will come find me, mentioning the dallas cowboy cheerleaders with anything other than the utmost respect, but nonetheless, we are still sending dubious kinds of entertainment,

we have a very wet forecast as the red cross director just talked about a moment ago.his is the rainy season. we have nearly 100% chance of rain today right through the early parts of this week and you can see our future radar just showing more showers and storms the search and recovery effort. george, natalie. >> derek, thank you very much. obviously this is a developing stories. more than 100 350epeople have b killed. >>> other stories we're following for you this day, the u.s. government shutdown about a quarter of the federal government is not open for business sunday morning. both sides appear to be digging in for what could be a long wait. >>> also ahead here, the sudden departure of this man, president trump's point man on isis, coming up, how will the region react to a second high profile resignation. we'll have a live report. dayquil new severe with vicks vapocool. whoa! and vaporize it with an intense rush of vicks vapors. ahhhhhhh! new dayquil severe with vicks vapocool. the daytime coughing, stuffy head, vaporize your cold, medicine. here at snowfest... for

kesler the indonesian red cross deployed teams of volunteers immediately after the tsunami last nighty were on the ground again this morning and had the photos that they're sharing with us show why scene of devastation something you would expect to see after a tsunami but harrowing nonetheless there there's debris everywhere there are cars that are washed there are motorcycles that are crushed houses which are collapsed or partially collapsed there's just degree all over the place trees have fallen down and this is what we're trying to work and i can see you sounds like there's a lot of work which needs to go in for relief efforts how many aid with his have you been able to get a. yeah we're just starting there's a response we're not even twenty four hours into it yet it looks like we're going to be there for quite a while right now it is the government of indonesia which is leading the response and then of course agencies such as the indonesian red cross support that response at the moment they have deployed approach thirty volunteers and staff we are also sending in fourteen water t