, regions, ethnicities and sects. the road ahead is full of major challenges. therefore, the international community must do its utmost in helping the people achieve their democratic aspirations. this will make a hugely policy impact at global levels in political, economic, and security terms. it will also require turkey and the u.s. to cooperate as closely as ever to tackle all these challenges and many more that i have not had the chance to even broach where we also stand shoulder to shoulder hike afghanistan, balkans, and others. today, as a turkish turkish ci are proud to be a truly secular liberal democracy among 57 nations with predominantly muslim populations. however, we no longer want to be an exception. the people of the middle east rightfully deserve a dignified life and the lasting dividends of democracy and peace. to the extent that we work together to meet these challenges, we will not only strengthen our bilateral partnership, but also help maintain an advanced peace and security on a global level. as a

it wasn't just in the region.n the insider side of the look, another the áf back up around the bell air road. and 51 minutes on the outer look over to baltimore national pike. so we will continue to keep you up to date, especially the crash on 95. back over to you. >> first warning weather coverage continues. vic is in the newsroom with incredible weather pictures from around the area. >> before we get to those pictures, we want to point out. we're setting right under a major storm cell right now. rain is pouring down like crazy. these are pictures outside of our studio. trees are blowing back and forth. at times looks like the water and rain is coming down at an angle. it's pretty nasty. right here on television hill, you can only imagine what it was like for the people around the areas who have been talking about us and calling us and giving us more information. we're getting tons of pictures from carrol county tonight. showing extremely dark clouds as powerful storms move through. strong winds also knocking ove

these are articulated and the regional transportation plan, or rtp. the rtp has typically carried t wo regional priorities, based on past experience on what an estimate they can reasonably expect to receive during the life of this. and for many years the region's two priorities have been the central subway, in the first part of the san jose project. both of those projects are at the tail end of the new starts progress, which is a full funding grant agreement. it is a guarantee from the federal government's for a certain specified amount of federal funds and significant federal funds for construction of the transit expansion project. they receive sfga and april, and the central subway is on the cusp. it is expected to occur later this summer. in this we have a little bit of background about this program, but the key point is that it is up by far the largest discretionary funding stream that exist for funding base ig ii of the project. this is the most significant opportunity that has been out there and something we've been targeting for many years. get

this isn't about china actually this is about the region. this is about the security at large across the vast expanse of the earth's surface. we are a pacific power and have been for over 150 years. we have obligations, security commitments there that we'll continue to meet. we have allies and partners who are much threatened there, not by china but by other threats as well. so we have to make sure we're able to meet those security commitments in a new and dynamic way. you talked about the permanent assignment. there will be some there in the region, but a large part of the rebalancing to the asia pacific is really about rotational deployment so it's trooping coming and going, more activity, more intellectual capital and more exercises being spent in the asia pacific. it's not simply just about a permanent footprint of any kind. >> has this been budgeted? obviously it is a period of fiscal austerity. there's been almost $5 billion in defense cuts. has this shifted in rotations which is an expensive way of doing rotations. has that been facto

>> the region. the countries in the region. what are their concerns? >> well, the countries that i visit -- i haven't visited all of them. the country i visited they had two questions. one question is, are you trying to come back here to establish bases, and, you know, a permanent presence? and the second one is, are you coming back here with the intent of containing china? so to the first of those two questions, i don't carry around a backpack with american flags and run around the world planting them. in fact, quite to the contrary. what we want to do is, consistent with our new strategy, we want to be out there partnered with nations and having the presence that would allow us to build up common capabilities for common interests in the region. because we think that will be stabilizing. we think, in fact, the opposite. our absence will be the destabilizing unit. to china, i assured anyone that dhoez ask the question, our strategy and rebalancing to the pacific is not intended to contain china. it is -- it seems to me to be somewhat evident that the s

now the great lakes region has warnings posted. similar areas where the storm activity are still not out of the question. some storms that hit the minnesota region yesterday has downed 70,000 power lines. out towards the cascades and northern rockies, you may even see some snow trying to accumulate in higher elevations but toward the other side of the jet stream here in the four corners of southern california still excessive heat warnings are posted. phoenix, take a look at that. 44 degrees. 35 in chicago. well above average. over to the european continent, we have a jet stream sinking towards central european continents. so here, wet, chilly and unstable conditions. but towards italy and balkin regions, take a look that. vienna up to 34 and on other side, london at 22. here is the extended forecast. >>> we'll be back with more updates under 30 minutes. . i'm gene otani in tokyo.

, that cell moving toward bolt more region.e next hour i expect more stuff to be moving particularly south of the city and a lot also by the frederick area where they have had flooding reported in the region. this is not a good situation. we have lots of storms to deal with. we'll be talking about this all night long. >> thank you very much, bob. we'll be back in a moment with eyewitness news at 5:00. stay with us for first warning weather continuing coverage. weather continuing coverage. we will be [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all medicare supplement insurance plans, they could save you up to thousands in out-of-pocket costs. call today to request a free decision guide. with these types of plans, you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients... plus, the

commissioner mar: before these major regional meetings, since in the number of us sit on the regional bodies, as we look at the sustainable community strategy, other projects, i hoped we could stay in touch and coordinate with other allies like san jose and oakland on issues like the regional housing needs assessment to make sure that the so-called wealthier areas are doing their fair share for affordable housing development as well. on the commissioner chiu: -- geary brt, i am happy to see that there are community meetings coming up soon. also, of ththank you for the ine people that these community meetings. commissioner campos: we have a question from vice chair wiener. commissioner wiener: i wanted to follow up on the question about the $660 million. it was an odd situation, awkward because the mtc representatives from the north bay has been extraordinarily supportive of san francisco projects because they really do think regionally and understand the importance of some of these projects, so it is always awkward and not to be agreed with them. i think we also all understood that th

by citizens in the region, countrymen in the region. by the united states, europe and others. turkey's dual middle eastern and european character. the absent to some liabilities that come with that. this conference is an unusually important opportunity to examine aspects of turkish middle east character. i want to add my congratulations for organizing this event. thank you very much. >> and now it gives me enormous pleasure to welcome senator john mccain to the third annual conference in turkey. this conference falls at a time of great tension in the region, in general with syria, but specifically, and as you know, senator mccain has been one of the leading voices in calling for a more assertive u.s. action to help the syrian opposition. and i'm sure you all have also noted that in april, senator mccain, and senator joe lieberman went on a surprise trip to the turkey-syrian border. they met with leaders of the free syrian army and visited free syrian refugees. this is an enormously important mission for u.s. senators to do. he met with turkish leaders as well, commenting on th

would express itself in terms of agreeing with the basic outline of american foreign policy in the region rather than what's happening internally ok great do you think the egyptian people are going to disappoint washington. i don't think it's so much about the egyptian people disappointing washington but what the elected leadership will do in order to deal with the military now we see in egypt two states one where you have the political institutions which are being elected right now and the power of the presidency and the power of the parliament still haven't been defined yet we're going to still go through a constitutional process but on the other hand what a lot of people are talking about is the results of what will happen to the tonto we supreme council of armed forces now and the egyptian military they don't just exist as the body that the fens egypt but they also exist with the full economic structure the independence that they have in their ability to be able to dictate economic policy and as long as the elected official whoever ends up winning with their show thinker marci appease

player in the region we have a keen you know to see iran play the it to be integrated with in the region while the oppositional syrian national council is divided at this point the west is denying. a military invasion to the solution at this point does it seem like the entire assad coalition is out of breath and out of ideas first of all we don't like you to see any western military to venture into the region we strongly believe that the. problems is up to the ceiling to go to sort of the the across is a problems this is true enough as are the other affairs we don't like to see any military intervention in the region and we don't like to repeat that over iraq and the region but i hope that this unity you know will listen to the demands of the cries of its million people you syrian people deserve. dignity like any other people in the region what would be in your opinion the best case scenario what should happen for that crisis to the result without intervention. with the. one you know the president you know passed through over you know had over part of his authority to his deputy like wha

region has always been one of russia's most important industrial areas because of the quality of its oil and all but us on this territory has been a factory there for more than two and a half centuries has helped make it famous the world over. and works is credited with redefining cost on its one numerous international awards and its sculptures appear in collections across the planet but the manufacturing process has barely changed since its eighteen hundreds heyday. and say hey we've got some of the ingredients that have made the cost on here so famous and it's all local products basically you've got over here the slightly light to substances clay and the black is just local sounds but it contains properties that when mixed with the all and whole like a very strong form of cost and that's why the artwork here is of such high quality that now lady here is making one of the molds that the is going to be poured into so she's covering the i call it with is of clay and sand the actual only call has been removed you have this perfect imprint left in the molds and then things really start

the board of tradede is t the regional organanization.abc-centric business orgrganization. dc is still running pretty well. if you can getet past the fact that so many elected leadeders seem t to be under investigation the moneys still coming in, the tax revenue e still l coming in, service is being run well. >> still a city wi a big perception problemem. let's talk aut michael brown. he is going to be chairing the economic committee. you wrote a big article. "w"what can michael b brown do for business?" marion barry said he was opposed to michael brown stepping into the e positition. what can he do for business? >> he can continue to move the major projects through t the pipeline. they? the projects like soututhwest waterfnt or the macmillan redevelopment. he moves those throuough the pipeline. >> do you think h he was aood selectionn for theob? >> i think he was one ofhe only ones. ththe busisiness commumunity is skeptical of m because of his role in the d.c. hiring laws that they are concerned with. but they seem to believe thae unders

a lot of work went into that effort, not only by san francisco, but also by the rest of the region. i am also proud to note, one of the good things that happened was, there was a commitment that discretionary funding be focused on high priority projects that san francisco has, including caltrain electrification, van ness station, brt, among others. i want to thank my office and the office of supervisor wiener in what they have done for helping to make that happen. i know that it was important for san francisco to play an active role. i also want to thank the san francisco commissioners of abag that also made sure that our considerations were taken. i also want to thank the mayor's office who also played an important role in making sure that our concerns were taken into account. we also saw the introduction last week of an ordinance to put into place the transportation system of it -- sustainability program. we are going to make sure that we continue to monitor that the first. -- that effort. with respect to the transportation authority, we are continuing to hear directly on the vari

to conclude, in comparison to regional groups, he comes across as an outmoded jihadi. in contrast to their attacks, he was more interested in carefully planned methods. the eagerness to declare islamic states in the region was moderated by bin laden's patients to secure public support and while they aim to win the short-term battles, and his eyes were on the larger prize. he wanted to defeat the united states and i do what -- its support for the corrupt muslim regimes and liberate his fellow muslims. bin laden knew how to articulate the grievances he believed moslems suffered at the hands of their regimes in western countries but his private letters show that saving his fellow muslims from the attacks of his brothers were on his mind. thank you. [applause] >> can you hear me? i am going to ask a couple of questions. i had some written down and i kept writing more down as you were talking. let me ask you about this notion that bin laden was not in control. some of the conversations in washington after the letters were released emphasize something different, that he was,

now there's a resurgence of russian influence in the region it's only natural that america would want to do something in return hillary clinton promises to boost america's military support for georgia during a visit we bring you expert analysis on what might be washington's ultimate goal plus painting by numbers who tell you what portion of all should. work turn out to be fake and why most collectors called out of their money choose to keep quiet. mission. critical free. free. free. free. free. free. free media. as. it is to get the maximum political. journalism we. want to. something. well with. technology innovation. developments around russia. bracing for a million strong demonstration in tahrir square with revolutionary forces calling for the execution of ousted president hosni mubarak is almost there are expected to use the rally to score points for their presidential candidate who's up against mubarak's last prime minister in the run off. reports next the protest moved shows no sign of abating and could see each of slide into. revolution renewed but these protesters never expect

which region is one of those places that offers something for everyone sitting just east of the urals the country's border between europe and asia this is an ethnically diverse area of more than three million people there's a bustling capital city to enjoy and for the nature lovers some of russia's most stunning countryside is right on your doorstep. as well as being very beautiful this is also a very significant part of the screed because over there it marks the start of the european ural mountains and also we're on top of one of russia's most significant all here logical treasures. just a few meters away is the entrance to the igniter of sky a cave and it's supposed to contain some of the best preserved ancient artwork in the country. definitely the place. that has. my going to libya is an archaeologist who's been studying the caves for more than twenty years the drawings here are from the paleolithic period and are believed to illustrate the local tribesmen and rites of passage. hopefully you can see this little red clay mark up there on the walls it's supposed to date but in the w

no, the members own region will benefit, including 235 million pounds from the regional growth fund. of course, it is important that money is spent effectively, and i -- will do that utmost to ensure that it is happening, but it also is important to remember that is region benefits from so many other things the government is doing, including infrastructure projects that support growth and the west midlands, and enterprise own in birmingham, and enterprise own for the black country, and these measures are much more likely to get regional growth going in the excessive tax and spending of the party opposite. >> thank you, mr. speaker. my constituency has now lost 300 cattle, a scourge by the fact the last government did precisely nothing about the issue. whilst i recognize the extent of the work of this government has done, well my friend assured that when it comes to disease control regulation, there will be proportionately and nothing that is -- [inaudible] >> yes. my honorable friend raises an aboard an issue. its one of the most serious challenges facing the british cattle farming i

expansion in the asia pacific region artie's a lecturer jet skis in beijing for us. it is the first state visit to put in as russia's president to china something that each president of any country can do only once during his presidential term definitely many experts have already been saying that the fact that. china as one of his first destinations to becoming russia's president for the third time means that russia and china will continue to be very strong strategic partners the main focus among all the media and everyone here was at the for invective the relations between beijing and moscow and certainly the two leaders have reconfirmed that they have unified stances on most of the issues they touched upon the growing concerns in the asian pacific region namely certainly the growing a military presence of the united states here and that's where. both said that they have a unified stance as well as mentioning the events in north africa and in the middle east basically we do understand as well that russia and china have a unified position on the syrian conflict and t

is a myth you have different you have a regional interest in the case of turkey they have their own regional ambitions in the case of saudi arabia got tired kuwait they're functioning basically as clients and proxies of western powers and the western powers and especially the united states which sometimes uses nato and sometimes acts unilaterally have a grander design for the middle east and that's. what's going on if you if we can't separate the internal and domestic and legitimate struggles of people against democratic governments and exempt from the global picture where western powers the most powerful militaries in the world are intervening to break up or overthrow governments or partition countries then we just don't see the big picture ok if i go back to istanbul i mean what is the endgame here because you know we've heard on this program already if we go to afghanistan iraq we have libya i mean all are just in tatters right now ok can we expect the same thing for syria all in the name of democracy or these other lofty ideas. i wish i could say to the game. very depressing situation bu

as well as being very beautiful this is also a very significant part of the region because over there it marks the start of the european ural mountains and also we're on top of one of russia's most significant treasures. just a few meters away is the entrance to the igniter of sky cave and it's supposed to contain some of the best preserved ancient artwork in the country. definitely the place. my going to libya is an archaeologist who's been studying the cave for more than twenty years the drawings here are from the paleolithic period and i believe to illustrate the local tribesmen and rites of passage. you can see this little red claim all of that on the walls it's supposed to take but. this cave was used. as a sacred place where they would come. and make themselves all. right this is definitely a cave for the brain and not a cave for the church. but it was was the tight squeeze because the drawings on the other sawing it's a truly spectacular. see here this is a huge hole and it's supposed to belong to the figure of a unocal to spread out over was forming to the roof and that's actu

baltimore region. we just looked at it and let's look inside of it to see if there is a lot of rotation. let's go down to the lower area and we are looking inside of it. there is some rotation there, not as much as you saw earlier but there is some rotation right through there. you see the different colors, there's some neutral colors but we have darker greens and lighter greens in opposition. we don't see a lot of reds, sometimes not even seeing the indications can still mean you can still see some funnel clouds or tornadoes developing in that particular cell, from laural to maryland city, moving up towards the beltway up towards 95 and 32 right now. around the rest of the area, still plenty of activity as you can see just a lot of storms going on around the region across the area and particularly north and east of baltimore area and moving to lancaster city and south of dc, another strong line developing and concerned about that. and portions of west virginia and allegany and approaching western wash

that is something that we can do at a regional level. we are running out of time and i want to encourage you all to pick up the study that we put out. tom started us off by putting out that despite what is going on, there is a lot to be opt miystic about what is going on. please join me innk

in the past, it has bn important to get the seal of apprrom themt tosa is is regional party. it help our degaon in washington. traditnally, this was a focus on the majorailexnsn. when the game anger s here, we have this new pot of money called small starts. we havprojects like van ness brt andea mving forward. it is a major disappointment for geary. t vanes h been named as cart -- party for small starfuwhat did not make t cut for u were geary brt, santa clara projects, under velopment expecting to see mobere thenexrtp od. we are technically precluded from seeking a small start fund but we would potentially be doing so without the benefit of them'benefi-- silver approval. i still tnk we need to ink about how wwill approach this. we have e ck of a federal bill appearedhen the bill passes, we need to see the revenue level, eligibility requirements. mtcafincl in tir lguage, even though it gave prairies to thenext project to the north bay and east bay, the carefully inserted warning that they have to go thugha performance analysis and comply with all the requiments. itay bthat som

to represent the metro region to the world, was extremely gratifying to watch. to walk around denver during that time and to see police officers from all over the metro region proud to represent the metro region to the world, was extremely gratifying to watch. finally, the multiplier of what occurred, as a result today we are reaping the benefits. denver is one of the top convention destinations of the world. people are coming. we are sold out for years. we have minimal time on the calendar because of the number of conventions coming to denver. you can trace that directly back to the convention being in denver and exposure regatta because of it. >> i happened to be chief of staff for the then mayor when the dnc came to town and that is a role you do not want to be in. the most powerful thing that came out it was, we changed our own minds about what was possible. we as a region and a community started to see ourselves being able to achieve things we never thought we could have achieved before. that might be the more powerful transformation that occurred from that

. >> business news from the capital region. this is "washington business report" with abc7 national correspondent rebecca cooper. >> thanks for joining us forr a look at business and finance in the washingtton region. this week we're going tto start the show with something so popular with our viewers we usually save it for dessert. ththe roud tabble. it was a busy week for anyone following business and the economy in the washington regionon. we called in the a-team for the full show. some of the topics the business imact of kwamme brwn's resignation. fighting words from the president on the ecooy. funding for the silver line but at a price for big labor and lolosing eexxon but keeping the redskins and montgomery count for bbeig the best tis business. jning us today peter moici, economics professor at the iversity of maryland smith school of bbusiness. jidinegar from the washngton board oof trade and jenniifer nycz-conner from the "waington business ouurnal". welcome all. whata week itt a been. jijim diinegar i'll sart with y. n

foreign minister about the outcome of the arab spring in his country and the entire region. that's weeks of this and them tunisian foreign minister it's great to have you with us today so another tunisia is now facing a political crisis over the extradition of a former top libyan official back to libya president has condemned the move and the parliament is ready to consider an no confidence vote to the government is your government not prepared to face the consequences alone of this one sided action it seems like they too could without the president of the there is no crisis of course crisis it's use your differences between you know. the political position towards the extradition of what you already agreed as a government to extradite to would you be ready to demand to know that i need to come back to return but i need to try to be subject to try. it's a very normal you do over two weeks. or do you after a certain conditions the many conditions are provided just to pound that to try to. read you confident that this is would happen if you need to be talking about the fair tr

as far as the rest of the region goes. if you're traveling on the topside of the interloop we're still looking at a 20 minute delay there over to 95. on the west side of the inner loop still heavy in that direction over to 95 and security boulevard. we also have massive delays in the outer loop from providence road to national pike. as far as the harrisburg expressway goes just bumper to bumper still in that northbound direction from tamonium road well past the belfast. and problems continue on the beltway, very heavy from 29 to marysville road. let's go back now and take another live look. traffic is beginning to move there. white marsh, northbound i95. use caution, if you're taking off at 40 or bell air road as your alternate. we will continue to bring you up to date. you can always check our website. >> thank you, kristy. we're going to go to the phone with harper county fire department. >> hello, how are you. >> we understand you have some reports of tornadoes that may have touched down in your county. what happened an

this war torn country what remains to be seen is whether the syrian civil war call for the entire region. to cross-talk serious serious situation i'm joined by brian becker in washington is the national coordinator of the answer coalition in norman we have joshua landis he's director of the center of middle east studies and associate professor of middle eastern studies at the university of oklahoma and in istanbul we cross the do how much he general manager of the news agency all right crosstalk rules in effect gentlemen that means you can jump in anytime you want brian back in washington it's called the civil war now now this war will end with winners and losers who will be well let's start peter by making clear that the united states government the western powers england france the former colonizers of the middle east have actually promoted civil war they promoted civil war because their go in the case of syria as it was in libya as it was in iraq is to overthrow the existing independent government now is syria unlike libya and unlike iraq has a different set of political and social co

regions, ethnicities and sectors.the road ahead is full of major challenges, therefore the international community must do its utmost helping the people achieve their aspirations. this will make a hugely positive impact of the global level and security terms. will also require turkey and the u.s. to cooperate as closely as ever before to tackle all these challenges and many more that i haven't even had the chance to approach where we also stand shoulder to shoulder like afghanistan. today as a turkish citizen, we are proud to be secular. however, we no longer want to be an exception. the people of the middle deserve a dignified life and the lasting dividends of democracy and peace. to the extent we work together to meet these challenges, we will not only strengthen our bilateral partnership but also maintain an advanced peace and security illegal will level along with the united states turkey will continue to uphold the a democracy principles. thank you. [applause] >> we have time for ten minutes of questions are ther

we know government is the regional -- at the regional, state, and local level can help or hinder startup companies. what would you like to see from the governments here in the valley, sacramento, or in d.c., that would strengthen the innovation economy? >> i could go on about immigration and corporate tax policy reform, but i am a researcher, so i will not. >> and we have seven minutes. >> mayor lee said it perfectly. the fundamental thing that companies are looking for is to be engaged in the process. we use a term in computing called agile. we look for more ability and the possibility to work with us, iterate in the process, rather than what we often see as we call the waterfall, take-it-or- leave-it. flexibility and agility is what is most important. >> mayor lee? >> i have always thought of our city as being the gateway to the rest of the world. i have often talked, with companies, i want to be with you when you turn the corner. we want to be the city that treats international markets for your products. i do not know if you know this but we have 70 counsel general offices in san fran

was update for you is that the bodies north and does that region have destroyed unesco holy sites in the city of mumbai two that comes amid conflict between competing rebel groups in the west african nation is the most fighters with ties to al qaeda say they are in control of the northern half of the country after driving out ethnic touareg separatists on thursday twenty one killed and. mohammed morsi has been sworn in as the new president of egypt after taking the official oath of office egypt's first elected leader since the fall of hosni mubarak on friday he rallied huge crowds in cairo's to rear square promise to stand up against the ruling military council huge protests have been demanding a complete power handover by the military since the toppling of the mubarak regime . now the u.s. is facing a growing problem with almost a third of its population classed as overweight it's got the highest rate of obesity in the world despite more awareness than ever about the harmful effects of unhealthy eating laurie how often it is in new york asking what needs to be done to help people sl

it will be either ab 1171 bridge toll funds or a combination including regional measure 1/ab. it has various pieces of the scope, including continuation of design on the transit center in the bus ramp. the structural consultant, which is contacted on your agenda today. continuation of the pre- construction services. it will allow us, in combination with the fra funds to certified the contract was awarded later in the year. the total allocation would be $73.7 million. this is also calendar for this month, it contingent on your approval today. director reiskin: two quick questions. you have a table that shows the needs of the projects and then the amount of bridge tolls going for those. the balance of that, is that fully funded? the balance of those needs? >> yes. for instance, on the pale, the balances would be a combination -- some of this would be ac-the transit funded. some would be funded by the transportation authority of san francisco county. the below grade structure balance would be funded by fra, as well as on the web course side, the balance would be largely fra. for