and as the strategies came, a movement called the regional equity movement, the regional equity movement sometimes is just called regionalism for short. it goes under different names and you might have also heard of the idea of smart growth that is another sort of san nm for this set of policies. agenda 21 is a popular description but this isn't coming from the united nations. this is a homegrown movement the people need to know about and don't. so the organizing mentors were out to get the suburbs and came up with a bunch of strategies to start the movement. when i was researching the book i wrote, "spreading the wealth: how obama is robbing the suburbs to pay for the cities," the first thing i discovered is that obama himself has been a charter member and supporter of this regional equity movement. but it didn't start there. to my amazement, i discovered that president obama to this day from the white house and from his administration has gained quite a lot of economic and political support to the regional equity movement. in fact some of the top people in the regional equity movement

benefited from some of the tension that unfortunately the people of iraq in the region suffered from a lot but it did take the us a little bit away from from lead america but not enough i mean you still had the two thousand and two short lived coup in venezuela against a democratically elected government there which the us was involved in. and you had in two thousand and nine the us government. the obama administration this time supported and did a lot to support. the coup the military coup against the democratically elected government there the they were involved in trying to support the coup government in to legitimize it they of course also if you count the caribbean here they also in broad daylight overthrew the government in this was the bush administration in. two thousand and four in haiti and so they are going after targets of opportunity and have been really hostile to most all of the left governments there i think they have a strategy and a vision the vision is rolled back and they want to go back to the days which was not there long ago i mean fifteen years ago even they h

to each county in the region, each of the nine regions that touches the bay, and the numbers are pretty staggering. the projection is in rough numbers that the region will grow by a million and a half people over the next 25 years and while we in san francisco are accepting about 15% of that growth or being asked to accept that growth, those numbers are still pretty high. in rough numbers we are being asked to accept 200,000 new residents and jobs over the next 25 years and 100,000 housing units and several million square meet of commercial development so it's interesting to me and the slide will show this a bit -- >> sorry. >> it's okay. >> it's coming. >> okay. what is interesting to me even though the numbers are high and they are high, we are only as the central focus of this region we're only asked to accept 15% of the growth, and what you will also see in the presentation is that the intent of the region plan is focus that growth in what are called "priority development areas" and areas along the transit corridors in the region and the areas of the region shown on this map in oran

the whole southern african region is warming up and drying out. according to the best scientific data, this trend will become much worse if nothing is done. >> over the last many years, there was a lot of changes which actually could pick up from environmental point of view, so a lot of erosion in the area as well as a drop in the ground water table. we used to plant vegetable seeds, but it's totally dried out now. we can do nothing with this land, and also from a farming point of view, we have less water available for irrigation. >> here, environmental destruction is compounding the effects of global climate change. like a green skin covering bones and muscle, spekboom thicket used to shelter this desert land from the harsh sun and violent storms. its protective boughs and roots held 60% of the rain that fell and released it slowly like a sponge throughout the year. that skin, like you can see here on the left of the fence line, has been stripped bare by overgrazing. now water rushes off the bare soil in torrents, causing floods. once the rain st

and as the regions where we are focusing our emphasis to american companies because regions are under the radar screen so to speak of the geo political federal issues and that's where the business is and that's where the growth is i think it could be argued that this negative stereotypes that are still persistent within some parts of the arab political and lead a damaging. the interest of american companies in russia to a comparable extent to or the red tape and corruption that american investors are so fearful of i wonder if there is a need to work not only with the russian government and the russian officials as you've been doing for the last twelve years but also with the american political establishment with this same goal of improving russia's business climate or rather the perception of that business climate it's a good question and a fact that's what we did for two years before russia was accepted into w.t. oh well once a month over the delegation of american business heads in russia to washington to meet with congress and we didn't lobby about jackson granik we didn't lobby ab

we're in the heart of a rich gold bearing region. the mines are artisanal the techniques and sesto the gold reserves have hardly been tapped. the big companies rarely venture out here but they already hold all the mining permits. the theater with them all this land is already tenured by the company's compass you know whenever a small farmer goes to request a mining permit he's told that the land has already been allocated that someone has requested it before and. in this way the small scale miners are considered illegal by the colombian government they live under fark rule most of the time the guerrilla fighters are invisible but they come here regularly to collect their war tax. in order to work you have to pay the guerillas. everyone pays the entire region of the moco and southern. this is the infernal trap the small scale miners were caught had subjected to paying extortion money as a result they're accused of supporting the guerrillas. it's an injustice. if we didn't pay the fox they close down the mine they don't get us work and

this will benefit all our operators as well as the region's businesses and residents. first we want to build on an understanding of all of our existing system interdependancies and the consequences of existing conditions to help expedite sppbs and restoration planning among agencies. with this we will also identify the key assets and respiration of priority schemes to prioritize and restoring and rebuilding our city and ultimately the region after such an earthquake. we will then work to develop a set of life line expectation under current systems and standards developed over the next decade. you can imagine as you see from the slide behind me this visualization of a complex network of interdependancies that exist among a wide variety of life lines we count on every day. for example, a crucial role is communications will play in helping the life lines cooperate opt mately while disaster is captured in the dark blue grid on the left. additionally the mission critical need to have access for fuel to operate the multiple system that deliver crucial resources to our reside

well, the situation remains tense across the region. today un inspectors have gone out for a third day in various parts of damascus to try and ascertain exactly what happened on august 21st. they're trying to interview people collecting samples. they say they need more time. the end of the mandate is saturday. they are expected to wrap up within the next 48 hours and then ultimately submit their findings to the united nations. some are saying that no military action should take place until that report is submitted, until there's a clear vote from the united nations security counsel. across the region, though, reaction is not waiting. most people here are anticipating that strike. some of syria's closest allies including iran and here in lebanon and hezbollah issued strong warnings. a senior official said any strike on syria would be america's second vietnam and would be the end of the israeli state because of the strikes that would take place. other countries like jordan say they will not allow their territory or air space to be used fo

altie the move region. and mother nature as also head turkey forest fires in the west of the country have to strike three hundred and seventy five is a problem in just one day a place broke out in twenty three places across the region and were found by high winds several homes were evacuated but no casualties have been reported firefighting helicopters and hundreds of ground forces have now managed to bring the flames until control. pakistan's former president pervez musharraf has been in dictate on three charges over the killing of opposition leader and former prime minister benazir bhutto she was assassinated at an election rally in two thousand and seven when sheriff who returned from a self-imposed exile earlier this year to run for office found himself under house arrest fighting a number of charges including the killing is denied the accusations the case has been adjourned until late august. if lenders in the u.k. of been given the key to getting their hands on formerly untouchable assets now hundreds

the amel region. will mess they'll keep you posted other get on after the break up to martin looks at the reality of american israeli relations breaking the set coming away just a couple of minutes then as our next program on r.t. international. what defines a country's success. faceless figures of economic growth. for a factual standard of living. your life. i dislike you. pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i will research are. you live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous bad luck i got so many i mean family and sad towns as i'm speaking really messed up. in the old story so closely. it's. worse for the little. white house chief of a. radio guy and for a minute from a clip that i want to quote we're about to give you never seen anything like this until. the following folks i'm having martin in the breaking the set so president obama arrived in israel today what is now the most well documented trip the president has ever made al

altie the on the region. mother nature has also hit turkey forest fires in the west of the country have destroyed three hundred and seventy hector's of woodland in just one day the blaze broke out in twenty three places across the region and were found by high winds several homes were evacuated but no casualties have been reported firefighting helicopters and hundreds of ground forces have now managed to bring the flames under control. u.s. prosecutors are demanding army private bradley manning spend the majority of his remaining life in custody asking the judge to give him sixty years in prison is attorney argued for a shorter sentence saying manning deserves to have a life the whistleblower responsible for the biggest leak of classified data in u.s. history was found guilty of twenty charges in july. alarming news from fukushima where radiation levels in seawater have been found to be higher than ever radioactive water used to cool reactors is reportedly leaking from underground tanks at the stricken nuclea

altie the move region. all over in the philippines thousands face the same plight the monsoon and a tropical storm have brought massive flooding across the country claiming at least seven lives more than one hundred thirty thousand others have had to leave their homes drenching rain continues to batter the capital where flights have been canceled and schools offices and amnesties close more than half of manila is under water the national weather agency has issued its highest alert saying flood levels will rise. and at other world news pakistan's former president peres musharraf has been charged in connection with the two thousand and seven assassination of the opposition leader and former prime minister benazir bhutto who deny the accusation when he appeared in court and that tight security the sheriff returned from self-imposed exile earlier this year to run for office but added up under house arrest on a number of charges including bhutto's killing his trial has been adjourned because of taliban threats a

the amel region. come about the bright much the stacy are here the take on the finances of fleecing humble homeowners the cause report on air them right after this quick break. interview. well if you will watch. this space i feel. i should have you with us here on r t today i'm raleigh sushi. well it was a kaiser report imax guys are gonna stern it mom and pop you've gone and done it again almost blowing the greater fool i guess that's why the wealth of mom and pop investor is going the way of the mom and pop convenience store fricken extinct right stacey exactly max well there's a myth going around that this is an unloved bull market by mom and pop that they have not participated in this rally in the dow and the s. and p. well well mamma papa vespers blow it again data shows that the ordinary retail public mom and pop are back on wall street and have no according to the investment company institute the great american public has poured ninety two billion dollars into the stock market via stock mutual

of course if we look at the history of this particular region the region where the attack is said to take place is very active with the front and they've also been implicated in using makeshift chlorine bombs in aleppo back in march so there is a track record there the evidence unfortunately does not stack up with these present claims of the syrian government perpetrating these attacks who benefits from a chemical attack in syria well the opposition benefits it's quite obvious the syrian government does not benefit the opposition benefits because this would be the key to unlock the. airstrikes bombing campaign over syria. libya is a little the opposition would like a libyan style coalition with nato in order to force the regime out of power in damascus so they clearly benefit from any reports of a chemical attack in syria. international tensions are running high as the pentagon moves naval forces closer to syria despite obama being cautious over an intervention so what do those preparations for attack usually mean will tell us what you think on our web site that's our online poll at

of course if we look at the history of this particular region to go to a region where the attack is said to take place is very active with the front and they've also been implicated in using makeshift chlorine bombs in aleppo back in march so there is a track record there the evidence unfortunately does not stack up with these present claims of the syrian government perpetrating these attacks who benefits from a chemical attack in syria well the opposition benefits it's quite obvious the syrian government does not benefit the opposition benefits because this would be the key to unlock the. airstrikes and bombing campaign over syria all of libya is a little the opposition would like a libyan style coalition with nato in order to force the regime out of power in damascus so they clearly benefit from any reports of a chemical attack in syria. and we've been following the latest escalate. dot com you can find the latest updates and analysis as well. live from moscow it's all this week the british newspaper which spilled the beans on the n.s.a. and was in turn forced to destroy materials prov

that were just a little on the contrary the way the region is now destabilized is unprecedented. and lavrov went on to say is what we're witnessing now is a massive fear mongering campaign something that we have seen before using it as an example ten years ago in iraq something that did not end well drawing the united states into a drawn out quagmire there he also said it's an illusion that to think that regime change in syria would lead to more stable region and ending the civil war saying the bombing infrastructure would just simply lead to more bloodshed also said that this is an aimless strategy by the u.s. to take a listen. it was in the pit many key players started to take sides and act based on the principle of winner takes all betting on those who they saw reese potential winners but then the winners turned into losers again this is an example of so-called ad hoc policies as opposed to logical and integrity policies you cannot for example declare war on one regime because you personally don't like the dictator in power and be friends with a dictator in another country cou

the move region. mother nature has also hit turkey forest fires in the west of turkey have destroyed three hundred seventy have to reserve woodland in just one day the blaze broke out in twenty three places across the region and were fanned by high winds several homes were evacuated but no casualties have been reported firefighting helicopters and hundreds of ground forces have now managed to bring the flames under control. tokyo electric power company has admitted that container at the crippled fukushima nuclear plant have leaked three hundred tons of contaminated water radiation levels in sea around the power plant have been found to be at their highest ever radioactive water which is used to cool the reactors is reportedly leaking from underground tanks at the stricken facility storing the water has been a growing problem since may and radiation of the area is now thousands of times above safe levels. army prosecutors are demanding that private bradley manning spend the majority of his remaining li

of course we look at the history of this particular region the region where the attack said to take place is very active with the front and they've also been implicated in using makeshift chlorine bombs in aleppo back in march so there is a track record there the evidence unfortunately does not stack up with these present claims of the syrian government perpetrating these attacks who benefits from a chemical attack in syria well the opposition benefits it's quite obvious the syrian government does not benefit the opposition benefits because this will be the key to unlock the. airstrikes and bombing campaign over syria. libya this is a little the opposition would like a libyan style coalition with nato in order to force the regime out of power in damascus so they clearly benefit from any reports of a chemical attack in syria. when international tensions are running high as the pentagon moves naval forces clue. to syria despite a bomb being cautious over an intervention so what are these preparations for attack usually mean well tell us what you think on our web site r.t. dot com that's wha

the ammo region. well. egypt's authorities have detained the hat of the country's muslim brotherhood mohamed body and this comes as a new report by human rights watch accuses the country's military of unlawful mass killings in its crackdown on for a more supporters the watchdogs investigation claims police are deliberately using lethal force on protesters who don't pose any threat violence afflicting the entire country has caused a rise in militancy on the sinai peninsula near the border with israel the latest attack there seeing twenty five police officers ambushed and executed and israel is beginning to feel the effects of the chaos across the border as former israeli diplomat you are massing your explains tel aviv is going to stand by the military government in egypt because it prefers that to an islamist democracy. military regime in arab countries as betty that is that it is bad it's non-democratic it's dictatorial but it's much much much better then a regime which is a terrorist inclined the muslim br

are willing go to try to establish their own internal me in that region and the kurdish region northern syria. more than one hundred thousand people in russia's far east are on the brink of having their homes to lose by flooding in the worst disaster of its kind there in over a century local authorities are preparing further mass evacuations from three affected regions with almost twenty thousand people already forced to flee water levels are the highest on record for the region and are expected to climb even further next week now the region's infrastructure has also been largely maimed as the floods have swamped vast farmlands only preliminary estimates show that the waters have dealt around sixty million dollars worth of damage archies paul scott is that the scene for us and reports on the main threats hanging over the reach him . the floods stretch from east to west a distance of two thousand kilometers and from north to south a distance of five hundred kilometers now there is a real concern that the situation could get worse with great anticipation over the next twenty four forty ei

keep in mind one of syria's closest allies in the region, hezbollah, is here in the region. hezbollah has felt the effects first hand, not only from a h humanitarian point of view, but it has seen some of the violence that's spilled over from syria here, which is sectarian. you have members that support the regime fighting against people who are opposed to the regime, some of the rebels. just two weeks ago there were some very bloody attacks here attributed to that violence. because of those fault lines that run deep here, people are concerned that if there was a strike and perhaps retaliation from hezbollah or syria's closer ally, iran, that this reg could be engulfed in violence that it can't handle given the humanitarian crisis. >> all right. ayman, stay safe in beirut. now joining us, a professor. the consent of the u.k. was thought to be easy. a funny thing happened on the way to the coronation. the british parliament said no. what does that do to america's calculus vis-a-vis syria right now? >> i mean, let me be blunt. if the united states decides to strike against syr

region alone three dozen towns of over three thousand inhabitants already on the water. as you can see here the regional capital a city of over half a million lives on where it meets the sciri river well there rescuers volunteers and soldiers are fighting to what if i riverbank over thirty kilometers long haul scott brings us the latest on the efforts there. this is marina a resident of course royal also risky island and they say is marina's house water waist high the entire ground floor resembling a cesspit rather than a home now it's only when you enter the properties that you see the extent of the damage that these floodwaters have caused now despite knowing as best attempts to try and keep many of her treasured possessions out of the water it was simply in vain the entire house is completely submerged and it's clear looking around that is going to take a lot of time money and effort before this place returns to normal. marina is one of hundreds in this region to have been evacuated in recent days by russia's emergency services she can't take everything with her and d

brief stop its military support to the philippines in yet another move to boost its presence in the region adding more fuel to international friction over oil and gas rich territories. and bitcoins here today the digital currency is ringing alarm bells for big government who are calling for the regulation of all virtual money. it's twelve noon here in moscow ten am in cairo you're watching r t with me and he said no way and we begin with egypt where the muslim brotherhood has been striking back against security forces after a crackdown on their protest camps in the capital and they're not done yet the organization wants all of those who support ousted president morsi to join a march of anger this friday the country's been engulfed in violence health officials say the number of those killed on wednesday as assault is at least six hundred thirty eight this led president obama to cancel military exercises between the u.s. and egypt and criticize the interim government for the clampdown egyptian authorities said obama's remarks could encourage further violence because the country is under atta

asking them to pay close attention and to rescue them from the fighting that is happening in this region and essentially asking the likes of the un to help to save kurds who are being among the syrians who are killed on the basis of their regional and secretary and identity among them they are saying a lot of women children and the elderly and the in this statement the kurds are saying that these practices are fully alike with ethnic cleansing and genocide and of course when they are talking about those who are committing these horrendous crimes they are accusing the cell a few groups in the groups such as the a loser front operating in this region now we do know. of course that russia for a for a very long time was that was telling the world essentially to pay closer attention to what's happening in this region and. has just reiterated that statement in response to the reports which which are still unconfirmed that around four hundred fifty people were killed in cold blood by the fighters of the front organization this point in response to our t's official requests to the united nations

let's now get more details from our correspondent in the region paula it's clear she is joining us now live paula nice to see you so there's been significant progress in the push for an investigation tell us more please. well there certainly does seem to be significant progress damascus has agreed to allow u.n. investigators access to the area of the alleged chemical attack that was supposed to have taken place earlier this week the point however meets needs to be made that damascus while saying that is will do its maximum to provide a humanitarian college or save card or for these investigators the area where this attack took place is in rebel held territory so ultimately it is really the rebels who will be able to torpedo the access that these investigators have we are hearing from the u.n. investigators that they will begin their investigation starting monday now this comes as the united states says it has very little doubt that damascus was behind this chemical strike the u.s. intelligence basing these claims on the number of reported deaths we're hearing that upwards of one hundre

as floodwaters in russia's far east to show no signs of receding one of the region's main cities a pin's its homes are men made dam. and a clash of cultures in the u.k. as tensions russia's dhaba between vocal muslim groups and those who question the plays of islam in britain. it's one pm here in the russian capital you're live with us on our t.v. for more international news here with me to bomb would say an american that military offensive against syria could start as soon as thursday and the missiles already pointed at around fifty sites according to u.s. media reports citing senior officials the north from president obama is all that's needed for the bombing campaign to start archies. gathering toward an intervention in syria after the u.s. is trying to figure out how to respond to the alleged chemical attacks in the area of good which is east of damascus last week now we're hearing reports that military commanders have sealed an agreement on the scope of attacks with allies and with syrian opposition on the ground that could look like three days of cruise missile strikes aimed at sen