province or a region. you have to receive the right from that point and calling for the region is constitutional. what was the province? the idea is to spread the institution, that i keep saying almost always. >> governor? >> i think this same problem is up now in the -- it's not only with the sunni but they want to be a region, and even they think that they must get more ability from their oil more than other shia -- >> is it their own oil? >> what in the other sides that our provinces even mosul or anbar with -- we have other benefits which make us united not just that -- i believe that if we invest in our benefits now they -- now they know that there's a lot of benefits to be inside iraq and to have negotiation with iraq, even if they have oil or it's not enough for them to protect themselves to have security to have a good relation with the surrounding country, so it's much benefits that we need each other even in mosul or anbar. >> okay. i'd like to take questions from the add convince. our time is sh

however, both of these decisions irritated our regional partners, so my question is, how do our regional partners interest play into missile defense decisions. >> sure. well good helpavens, our regional partners are vital to defense systems. we closely consult with them on any type of offering that we make or cooperative effort we do together. we couldn't do this without them, and if they were not there, we wouldn't be doing it in the first place. absolutely, we consult with them. i would not go so far to say our regional partners were irritated about the shift. i think because they had to do so much work politically to get an agreement to do this in the first place, any nation has to do that, it was inconvenient for them for us to shift the way we were going to do it, but it was clear we were not shifting our commitment in western europe but realized there was a much better way to do it, and we are actually seeing that better way today, and i vouch that we consult closely with members in the three regions, europe, middle east, and asia on every aspect of the defense. that's been a fruit

ideally, of course, it would be better for regional states to take care of regional problems and regional militaries to be involved with a caveat that we do have a regional war going on. and the regional actors we're talking about are being seen as on one side of that. we need to think about what the iranian reaction would be to saudi divisions deploying into iraq on behalf of the iraqis. i don't think we would enjoy that very much. it might be worse than the iranian reaction to the point of u.s. forces in there. it's a my indicated dynamic. in the world of reality, the jordanians don't have the forces to do this. the saudis don't have a regional militaries are not capable of providing the dined of assistance that we can provide. they don't have it in their forestructure -- >> how about the turks? >> the turk ss might be able to provide some element but no one provides the capability the u.s. provides including the turks and they would be dependent on us. i'm not sure the return of the empire in force to iraq would be better than the optics of having unlimited number of americans troops o

as the united way looks across the region, d.c. and virginia, education drives you us to the forefront. we've seen huge issues regarding health care. now because of workforce issues, we've seen an increase in needs around food. people who are food insecure families food insecure. food pantries and the like have increased needs because there are so many more families that traditionally have not thought of course, food pantries. now we're dependent on that to make the family get through the month, if you will. >> family that slipped out of the middle class. >> absolutely. >> and struggling in areas where they weren't struggling before. >> now the decisions that have to be made the choices families have to make between do i pay the mortgage or get the prescription filled. do i do the mortgage or do the grocery shopping. now what you'll find is many food pantries around the area are serving families traditionally they would not have seen but before having this opportunity, they can close the gap. >> you're still feeling residual effect

all flights to and from the region's airport withn't have suspended.nwhile, saudi arabia's king has announced the establishment of the coordination of aid in yemen. he spoke at the gulf cooperation council's meeting in the presence of french president hollande. >> translator: we were able to take courageous initiatives. you are fighting against terrorism in the struggle against daesh, and you were able to develop the idea of a coalition of gulf forces and france supports your cooperation, because you are ensure the stability of yemen and you know you can count on france. >> and as that extraordinary meeting in riyadh, qatar's deputy foreign minister is speaking. let's listen in. >> -- to reach a comprehensive solution that guarantees the peaceful approach of the nuclear program in iran. according to the international criteria, and the importance of not exclude any country in the region from the criteria. the gcc has expressed the need to have a natural relation with iran according to the good neighborhood, and they have also revealed the crisis in syri

berg: the el paso/juarez region is really one cohesive region. have people who have families on both sides of the river-- a dried-up creek bed we call it a river. but the fact is, there are families that are split up by a political division. man: we were born in this area-- basically across the border, that is, juarez-- and we came here because our relatives are here. narrator: even though this is texas, conditions for david villalobos are similar to those in anapra, mexico. this neighborhood is called a colonia, and like concha martinez people here have no running water and no secure title to the land they paid for. villalobos: and so we were pursuing the american dream: to get our own piece of land build our house. narrator: many hispanics have had the same dream some before this place was even the united states. spanish surnames predominate in el paso-- 75% of the population. the cultural landscape on both sides of the boundary is so similar that geographers refer to a new informal region here as a "borderland"-- an area with characteristics o

agencies and willing to explain to the public what the regional planning process is, and what are the planned area and how does it effect our communities and how do the folks get involved? orientation for the process, which we go through in earlier, and is it is understood, and so it is a lot of high level concepts around funding, and around how do we meet our greenhouse gas, reduction goals as a state and as a region, but how it really effects the locals here is the link to the county wide transportation plan as well as the other planning activities that are happening such as the neighborhood plans that i just highlighted and how do they ultimately make the way into the federal and state and other funding that the regional transportation plan prioritizes. >> our hope is to educate the mtc commissioners and the way that the mtc and the way that they are structuring is there is no presentations and it is more like a presentation, and the feedback. >> thank you, thank you very much. >> commissioner mar. >> yeah, i was just going to add that the last time that there was a planned area, a

and the stability of the region.ng today is being held within critical circumstances that deserves more efforts in order to keep the gains achieved by our regions and to confront any bad behavior from other parties in order not to stabilize the region and not to increase the sectarian rift in our region. and the coalition have responded quickly to defend the legitimacy in yemen because the houthis have refused a lot of initiatives to avoid a lot of problems in yemen and not to drag yemen into carriers. as the storm has achieved the goals that has been launched for, we need now to work forward and to be able to implement the gulf initiative and to implement the outcomes of the yemeni dialog and to implement the u.s. security council resolution 2216 in order for yemen to enjoy stability and security. we welcome our -- we welcome the meetings of the yemeni parties in order to bring back stability and the umbrella of the gcc. we are quite keen to extend all the efforts in order for the humanitarian aid to reach those who

partners in the region.ack obama said in a newspaper interview published in -- published on thursday, that he is understands that iran is involved outside it's borders. that it is involved with hezbollah, and also in supporting bashar al asaad in syria. but he said think of how much broodier it would be if they had a nuclear weapon. so he is portraying this deal for the middle east but also particularly for the g.c.c. it is quite a difficult sell, how will we know if this has proven to be successful for obama. >> well, i think it is already slightly diminished that two heads of the state are here. he is talking to the saudi defense minister, the saudi foreign minister, so they are not insignificant but we will get a clearer indication of how things have gone, not from the statement that will be put out because we will see all the usual things, great cooperation, the trust and respect we have heard that before, what is important is how barack obama appears in the media briefing afterwards. is he there just to

the regional dynamic has shifted quite a lot. the region u.s. in a very visible presence on the ground does have significant downsides for their own legitimacy with their own population. the region is taking action in what it sees as its own self-interest in terms of a multi region. honed in what my he can per tease and focus is, is working with those reliable partners from jordan to the united arab emirates to saudi arabia and the kurds and some of the iraqis to take what has been a significantly large amount of resources and activity and channel towards more constructive purposes. i don't see that happening in yemen or yet in syria. and i don't see that happening in many other theaters. the basic answer to your question and the leaders you spoke with are reflecting a very popular view at the popular level in their countries as well. they understand that for whatever happens in the iraq war , the u.s. is better sort of seen as a backbone of support as opposed to out in the front. dr. kagan: we need to distinguish between the ideal and reality.

not region or province. so according to population to your population is the same whether being a province on the region so you have to receive your rights from the point, is constitutional. and what was -- the idea is to respect the constitution that keep things -- [inaudible] for more than one partner. >> i think the same problem is in the shia provinces, not only with the sunni. they think that they must get more benefit from their oil more than other provinces. >> is it their own oil? >> on the other side, our provinces even mosul or anbar we have another benefit which makes us united. not just -- [inaudible] so i think i believe that if we invest in our benefits, now they didn't, they know there's a lot of benefit to be inside iraq. and to have good relations with iraq, even if they have oil or revenue it's not enough for them to protect themselves, to have the security, to have a good relation with the surrounding countries. much of it benefits that we need each other. >> okay. that like to take some q

stadium and the community was concerned and everybody wanted to understand both the local and the regional needs associated with the water front development, and that work has reaching some milestone and it will be presented at a public meeting on again, may 13th, and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the port of san francisco and i really want to thank the supervisor staffs and inviting us in that work and look forward to continuing that work, through the san francisco transportation plan as well as the core, the regional transit core capacity study which will in particular look at the bay bridge corridor and how we can boost the transit capacity in a short meeting and long term through the express bus all wait up to the bart tube and the transbay tube going across the bay. and so it is very exciting work and we want to thank the teams for that. and the neighborhood transportation improvement program continues to take shape. and next month, or this coming month you will see coming before you the prop k funding request for district two which will be looking at adding management to the lumbard street an

for the people in the region. there's another incident. i wonder if that came up at all, that seems to be precisely, what they are concerned about. yeah on the specific incident, all i can say is that no u.s. vessels or persons were involved. so beyond that you are right this is exactly the type of challenge that many of the g.c.c. partners are focused on. this incident didn't come up. but maritime threats and challenges in areas like this are one of the types of concerns that lead us to the determination that an area of focus for the g.c.c. in capacity build canning be maritime. in terms of the naval capabilities with the region, in addition to our capabilities our partners are also able to deal with maritime threats. >> do you have any update on the reports on chemicals. just to follow up, do you believe whatever comes out of this meeting will stop iran from being able to continue with the threat of action. you think the agreement will lead to a change -- >> look the united states is committed to addressing concerning a behavior in the m

but i believe the region is looking at a prolonged period of turmoil and a lot of these conflicts, regionalnd also within states or failing states as we're seeing in syria are turning to a sectarian conflict and i think that's the most dangerous threat that we see in the region today is that if we -- it's like playing with fire. any shia sunni divide is being exacerbated by real differences. and that's the biggest challenge. this is a geostrategic part of the world, and whether we have independence or near independence in oil and otherwise, the u.s. will remain very very interested, and will always remain in that region so i think all of us need to play a role in maintaining the stability in the region. >> and there is another issue on the table according to some export pert -- experts. and i want to talk about israel's nukes. there was this statement: two departments maintaining israel has around 80 nuclear weapons. >> this topic always comes up in multi-lateral discussions, and comes up in the middle east every time we have discussions about proliferation of weapons, so i know it's a conc

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. -- strategic partner in the region. yet the obama administration seems unwilling or unable to grasp the strategy -- strategic significance. as isil terrorists ransacked ramadi the pentagon's news page ran a story with the headline, quote, strategy to defeat isil is working. secretary of state john kerry said, ramadi was a mere, quote target of opportunity. two days ago when a review should have been well under way to correct an incoherent strategy that is woefully underresourced, the white house press secretary said are we going to light our hair on fire every time there is a setback? i would point out for my colleagues that maybe his hair isn't on fire, but there are bodies on fire in the streets of ramadi as we speak. the disas trer of ramadi should lead to a complete overhaul of u.s. strategy. the president has stated, quote our goal is degrading an ultimately destroying isil. but neither strategy nor resources support this goal. our efforts in iraq may actually be aggravating the conditions that gave rise to isil in

and we have addressed all the issues in the region. there was some other issues which we have agreed with the american administration. i would like to talk a bit more about the agreement with the president, and this agreement is very welcome by g.c.c. it will be the principle for any work in the region. also the countries, not even the ones in arabic we have spoken about the crisis in iraq and syria, and the danger. and also the terrorism. and we'd like to thank the president. we agreed to visit us in the gulf, and it will be more extensive meeting between the two sides and developing the relationship with the united states, and all the issues and subjects will be much clearer, and i would like to thank you very much, and before i say so i'd like to say on behalf of the other partners and behalf of the united states and recording the incidents that happened the train incident and wish the speedy recovery to those who have been affected. >> my statements and the emir's was prepared to have that translated rather than all of us stand her

the region needs not arms.ew to iran, i believe the united states shut bear in mind that this western arms has made the saudis more aggressive and hostile. that was obvious in bahrain and now it is obvious in em request yemen. >> the saudis showed there that they were not too convinced by the nuclear deal in place not too convinced that this will bring peace to the region. how is that going to be tackled then? >> i don't think they are the party that should be convinced. they are a country in a region filled with chaos and this equilibrium. iran is reaching an agreement with the western parties to reduce the tension between iran and the west. this surely will be beautiful to the security of the region. they -- i don't know what is their part in this process. they should be welcoming this agreement actually. >> obama also said that the country shouldn't be worried about the lifting of sanctions as you know, the g.c.c. is very concerned that iran gets more money because of this result, that iran will go -- will u

you have actors in the region including us, beyond us regional actors who have overed the support and sometimes it's been blocked by baghdad itself. there's sensitivities because it leads to the question are you trying to break down iraq? the more that the united states or other actors within the region invest in sub national actors or nonstate actors for the benefit of trying to defeat terrorist organizations like isis there are advantages to that because they're more cable as we've seen with the kurdish peshmerga. and the frag member tations of states could accelerate if we're working in the short-term to defeated threats and to deal with a capitaranian issue. and again, i'm not arguing against it, it's just a phonetial downside risk that there's the notion that we could further inadvertently fragment these entities. >> thank you very much. i pressure it very much where i'm coming from is that we simply have no strategy in that region, no one that has been communicated clearly to any of us. so i think establishing at least a safe zone, i do believe that the peshmerga in kurdistan is

we welcome an iran that plays a responsible role in the region, one that takes concrete practical steps to build trust and resolve differences with nations and abides by international rules and norms. as i said before with tensions in the region resolving conflict will need a broader dialogue, one including iran and g.c.c. neighbours. a key purpose is to ensure our g cc partners can deal with iran politically, diplomatically from a position of confidence and strength. finally, while the summit was focused on security cooperation, events in the middle east since the beginning of the arab bring is a reminder that true and lasting security includes governance that serves all citizens and respects human rights. in the middle east, as we do around the world the united states will speak out on behalf of inclusive governance representative institutions strong civil societies in human rights and we'll work to expand the educational and economic opportunities allowing young people to fulfil their potential. i want to thank all of our g.c.c. partners for making the summit a success. i believe the

which relate to terrorist organizations that are spreading in the region. you have obviously al-shabab, you have boko haram, you have daesh in libya, you have al-nusra, and al-qaeda and isil and others all -- i mean those are the concerns. the destabilization of the region by a number of different entities, and obviously we all know that iran has supported hezbollah and has supported houthi and other efforts. but this is not one country specific. this is a brood understanding. the countries that want to have stability and peace and play by the rules and give up to international law and not have u.n. sanctions against them, and begin to lift the standards, that's what we're seeking, and our belief is that the challenges we're facing in terms of these predator entities that come into challenged governing spaces or no governing spaces as we learned in afghanistan, the absence of ungoverned spaces filled often by the worst -- the worst actors and we saw the results in 2001 and we have seen them at other times. so we are banding together to expand our capacity t

this defines modern regional airlines. as this committee knows well, federal regulations enacted in the past six years have brought about additional improvements, among these is the first officer qualification rule requiring airline first officers to hold an atp. to be clear, this rule has provided a framework to introduce enhanced training and knowledge for pilots. this carried many safety benefits. however we continue to express concern over the narrow provision requiring airline first officers to amass 1500 hours in flight before flying in part 121. historically, regional airlines hired qualified pilots upon completion of an academic aviation program or shortly thereafter. now there is a gap in the path of pilot development with pilots forced to suspend their training at a critical juncture to spend time building hours. most pilots build this time in unstructured environments. this is generally not time spent flying under instrument flight rules. this is not time spent in inclement weather conditions, it's not time spen

this is the beginning of the regional war. it can get a lot worse, but this is a war that is becoming a sectarian war across the region. it is a war between saudi arabia and iran, fought largely by proxies but now, dismayingly also directly. there are some people who think it's a good thing that the saudis and others are acting independently. i would suggest that they take a look at the historical efficacy of saudi military forces and ask themselveses if they think that's a reed we want to rest our weight on and i think we can focus too heavily on what the iraqi security forces are doing or not doing, as we have in the past. they're not doing enough, prime minister abadi is in a box. we have helped put him there with our policies. so it's not sufficient just to look at and criticize what the iraqis are doing. we really do need to look in a mirror and look at what we are doing or not doing. as i follow the daily reports, i see a coherent enemy strategy across the region. i see deliberate enemy operations which you can actually

i want to talk about the region. american and the caribbean 35 nations by the general count, nearly 1 billion people. i do my kind of back of the envelope math, 35 nations means 600 bilateral relationships between the nations in the region. some of the bilateral relationships are strong and friendly, some are weak, warm, keeld, change over time. any other bilateral relationship in the americas that does not include normal diplomatic relationships other than the united states and cuba? i'm not aware of one. but you guys are the experts. >> no sir. >> this is the only one of the 600 bilateral relationships in the americas that does not involve a normal diplomatic relationship. let me ask you this, i'm not aware of any war between nations in the americas, our two continent between nations, am i right about that? >> you are correct. >> the only civil war, there are security challenges, obviously of many kinds because we're 35 nations and a billion people but the only civil war right now in the region is the war between t

regions and what allies do on missile defense in those regions. our posture in asia pacific includes patriot batteries in japan and south korea. we also have a thaad battery in guam. where does that fall? is that homeland or regional missile defense? it's both. because guam is indeed u.s. territory those are u.s. citizens. we have a thaad battery there that we deployed during the 2013 cycle of north korean provocations and it remains there. the strong bilateral alliances that we have in this region with japan, south korea and australia also play a role in the effective missile defense capabilities there. japan very far along on its own missile defense capability. they also their own aegis bmd ships and the standard missile 3 interceptors, pac 3 batteries, early warning radars, sophisticated command and control systems, they're upgrading two of our atogo class aegis destroyers to bmd certification schedule for 2018 or 2019, i believe, and they also host two of our missile

overall, many in the region have doubt about u.s. guarantees for their security. >> they want to see reliability and credibility and willingness on the part of the united states to demonstrate that they have mutual and corresponding national interests. >> reporter: the decision to skip the summit could have broader implications. >> realistically his presence would have added prestige to the event and propelled it into an historical event that may impact the development of event in the region in the future >>> saudi arabia says it's assembling a force on the border with yemen. the saudi-led coalition targeted houthi rebels weapons debbos hours before the -- depots hours before the start of a truce. a ceasefire will begin tuesday night. all sides agreed to suspend fighting to get relief to the people. >> a ceasefire will take place tomorrow and as iran asked for an immediate ceasefire, followed by urgently needed humanitarian assistance. also houthi rebels say they shot down a fighter jet during a bombing run >>> a decision by the obam

i want to talk about the region. the americas and the caribbean are 35 nations i guess by the general account nearly a billion people. if i do my back-of-the-envelope math, 35 nations means about 600 bilateral relationships between the nations in the region. some of the bilateral relationships are strong and friendly some are weak, they're warm, they're cold and they change over time. is there any other bilateral relationship in the americas that does not include normal diplomatic relationships other than the united states and cuba? i'm not aware of one, but you guys are the experts? >> no, sir. >> so this is the only one of the 600 bilateral relationships in the americas that does not involve a normal diplomatic relationship. let me ask you this -- i'm not aware of any war between nations in the americas our two continents right now, between nations. am i right about that? >> you are correct. >> and the only civil war -- there are security challenges obviously, of many kinds because we're 35 nations and a billion pe

so my question is how do our regional partners -- >> it's vital to regional missile defense systems. we very very closely consult with them on any type of offering that we make or cooperative effort that we do together. we couldn't do this without them and if they weren't there, we wouldn't be doing it in the first place. so absolutely we consult with them. i wouldn't go so far as to say that our regional partners were irritated about the shift. because they had to get agreement to do this in the first place, any nation has to do that it was inconvenient for them to shift the way we were going to do it but it was very clear to them that we weren't shifting our ballistic defense of western europe. there was a much better way to do it. and we are actually bringing that better way to fruition today. and i would vouch that we consult very closely with members in the three regions europe, the middle east and asia on every aspect of ballistic missile defense and that's been a very fruitful process. japan and south korea have been very good partners in this regard. our partners have been in

earlier in the day frank filed a report for us from the ukraine eastern region. >> that's a region where poverty is entrenched and economic decline began well before the current conflict. >> it is often the weakest who are worst affected. orphans for instance who are in crumbling institutions chronically short of cash. >> one orphanage however manages to survive with funding from the church and other independent sources. it's a rare refuge in a region plagued by conflict. >> simple meals in a children's home in eastern ukraine. the church-run institution has to eekize the home's director depends on help from friends. they include pastor ralph hoska from a german lutheran church in kiev. hoska has provided a gas boiler for the children's home, fighting in eastern ukraine has led to regular power outages and the previous device wasn't sufficient. >> it is constant stress. last year we had no idea where to take the children. whether the war would continue or our city would be attacked. >> this is the last major town on the ukrainian held side before the front line. the children's home is pr

planning, where it will be representative of the city, toward regional planning around the area and i was surprised to learn this week that mountain view has committed to google to build a sea wall outside of the shores of mountain view to protect the new development to be paid for by a parcel tax, levied on the citizens and kind of surprised me and i did not realize that we were that far along around the bay that is shows that we can in the waste any time, as far as talking with other comments around the bay and we need to have a good, strong regional representation there and probably through the aupysings of acds and we are going to end up with a hop scotch of situations all the way around the bay, but we need to be involve and i don't know who they were talking to but it sounds like it was a local decision that they made without the consideration of others, and regarding item three, on the code, and sequa is just fine with the jury, and we are happy with that as long as it is used and i have no idea that they are not, and the regulation is there, and if it is used fine. and the n

is you would move to be there a single sunni region or to multiple regions? >> almost all sooner you start talking about regions going geographic. >> so four different regions. >> so anbar and mosul. but unfortunately they didn't. >> let me ask you i'm her question and then i will open it up to the audience. i want to ask you what i think is a hard question but maybe you'll disagree. one of the obvious differences between the krg and the sunni provinces is oil. the krg has oil and it is difficult, it is very difficult, but it's conceivable and we've seen it happen for bag bad to have a negotiation with the krg over which way the revenue flows, which way the oil flows. as all of you know, there is not a lot at this moment of oil in the sunni-dominated provinces of iraq. how do you go to the shia- dominated provinces of iraq and say to them, we want you to continue to give this our share of the total budgets, but we are going to be more independent we are going to be less reliant? i understand your arguments, but i'm now asking a practical political question. y

you have actors in the region including us, beyond us regional actors who have overed the support and sometimes it's been blocked by baghdad itself. there's sensitivities because it leads to the question are you trying to break down iraq? the more that the united states or other actors within the region invest in sub national actors or nonstate actors for the benefit of trying to defeat terrorist organizations like isis there are advantages to that because they're more cable as we've seen with the kurdish peshmerga. and the frag member tations of states could accelerate if we're working in the short-term to defeated threats and to deal with a capitaranian issue. and again, i'm not arguing against it, it's just a phonetial downside risk that there's the notion that we could further inadvertently fragment these entities. >> thank you very much. i pressure it very much where i'm coming from is that we simply have no strategy in that region, no one that has been communicated clearly to any of us. so i think establishing at least a safe zone, i do believe that the peshmerga in kurdistan is

region. >> looking at the footprint. it will be false to say.s is a horrific group that has taken and wrested control with a barbaric attack. everyone has been caught off guard. we are struggling to understand the appeal of an organization looking to bring society and civilisation back to the middle ages. the first and fore most victims are the muslims and live in the reasons, declared apostates and the subject of mass executions. >> the propaganda forum made this boast. the "ultimate 8" has billions in the bank, so they call on -- islamic state has billions, so they call on others to make purchases through others in the region. fantasy, nightmare scenario. >> it's implausible. you have to take it seriously. it's brilliant propaganda. it refers to the final battle between christians and muslims before the final judgment, and they play all these things well. >> it is the appeal of the ao pocko lips, and those that feel they'll -- apocalypse, and those that feel 2450e8 rise to heaven. they need to understand it they'll be the first ones targeted b

. >> this meeting comes during one of the most crucial moments for the region. the war in yemen enters it's sixth eat without clear results. instead of being pushed out of aden and sanaa the houthis are attacking the border forcing schools to shut down and canceling flights. the humanitarian efforts. >> we hope that the united nations will participate effectively with what this center will hold, including coordinating all humanitarian and relief works for the yemeny people. >> french president franÇois hollande is the first western leader to attend the summit. he's here to reassure leaders that france is a reliable friend. >> you were able to take initiative. you have committed yourself to the syrian opposition. you're going to lead to the fight against terrorism and isil and today france supports your operation because you know you can count on france. >> apart from yemen the gcc leaders discuss the crisis in issue in iraq and palestine. but of major response is iran's nuclear program and iran's perceived interference in the region. >> they will guarantee the p

could it have a regional impact? >> there's no indications that it will have a regional impact. a lot of what we are seeing at the moment is oil that stayed on the shoreline, or went into the ocean and came back to the shore line. and oil also that submerged beneath the service is on the floor of the sea, and in that same region. the oil that went out to sea probably will not have as significant impact as the way it changed chemical properties. it looks like it will be a local more so than a regional effect. >> the coastal town on friday declared a state of emergency, and using strong words saying the spill could cause peril to people's safety and property. do you agree? >> certainly if you come into contact with the oil or the fumes from the oil, that will certainly cause harm to you. and in terms of property you can certainly, if you go down to the coastline, which normally people don't have property down there, but if you have boats and other things there can be impact but as of right now it doesn't appear that the oil is making it as far as skeleda. i'm optimistic that they

it comes during one of the most crucial moments the ever the region. the war in yemen enters it's 6th week without clear results. instead of being pushed out of adan the houthis are attacking the saudi border, forcing schools to shut down and canceling flights. >> the humanitarian crisis verges on utter disaster, with the number of civilian deaths continuing to rise. a concern that slipped to the announcement of the kick, too establish a center to coordinate efforts. >> we hope the united nations will participate collectively in which this center will hold including coordinated all humanitarian works. with the anticipation of the countries that are supporting the initiative. >> french president is the first western leader to attend the summit, he is here to reassure the leaders that france is a reliable friend. >> question are able to take courageous initiatives. you competed in the fight against terrorism in the struggle. and you are able to develop the idea of a coalition. and today france supports the operation. this is a question of ensuring the st

create federal region. when i mention that they declare a region on a -- region not send. participation not send. where should they go. the national guard is very important. by the way we agreed on the national guard with american side. but the draft has been changed and not passed the parliament yet. rebuilding iraq army, non non sectarian force. it's a tragedy we should not see it. we have to rebuild restructure on a background. after u.s. withdrawal while iraq is fragile. both flit call and security situation and i already explained that. and targeted and intimidated outside the political process by using a politicized judicial system. and agreed above program agreed on by abadi. abadi was the head of financial committee in the parliament. and i think he is trying to but trying is a story and the very bad situation need a lot of resources, the central government, the iraqis to stand united to fight the illegal actors. so militia under rule of law and the path to democratization undermined by militia and by isis, both of them. so now the addition i think we need to depar

that has been a source of discomfort here in the region.cularly in saudi arabia and the gulf countries, and they want to make sure when they meet with barack obama later this month to have cards to play with to have weight there to have unity to play there in that meeting. >> france's president, the first western tleerd attend a gulf cooperation council meeting today. he praised the gulf states for trying to solve multiple crises in the region. one, of course yemen. the fighting it appears has spilled over now. saudi arabia closing schools and stopping flights in a region close to the yemeni border. >> reporter: exactly there was a major attack today by the houthis on a city in southern saudi arabia near the border, and according to reports by the saudi authorities, a school has been targeted. also a hospital and several other civilian areas. up until now we have seen attacks on soldiers near the border but not on the city itself and those civilian targets is dangerous for the saudis because they have been betting on the possibility and the

this will be quite active over the next 24 hours for that region. now we will show you this activity that is currently to the the south and east of our region. right along southeastern sections of the united states, and we will go in tighter and look at tropical storm ana, wind sustained at 60 miles per hour and this storm system has been nearly stationary, for the past several days now. it is moving to the north and west at 3 miles an hour, and over the next 48 hours, we will start to make progress to the north and east but as it moves into slightly cooler waters it will start to diminishing its forward speed and this will stay south of our region for the rest of our weekend. the only impact indirectly as a result of tropical storm ana is once again we have dense fog advisory posted right across coastal sections of new jersey, and it goes up at midnight lasting right through 9:00 a a.m. on sunday. visibility likely, reduced from lakehurst down to wildwood on west ward into the rehoboth beach down to a quarter mile. as we go throughout the afternoon

this is from my chapter come together-some of these regional disparities among the 27 or so arctic regions and you can see there's a huge difference between the islands, iceland, so these places and then going down to -- again to make this an international person i put of the world more developed and less developed regions and this is according to the u.n. definition. this huge difference where you have a life expectancy of 58 years, large difference between men and women. life expectancy for men is 53 years. one of the factors that drive a lot of the overall disparities is the differences between men and women. on the website are some of the russian regions where men can wear women outlive men by over a decade. extremely large differences possibly some the largest in the world. the point is when you have roughly half of your population with a life expectancy you of low overall life expectancy. infant mortality show some of the same trends. the highest rates of infant mortality are in some of these are dumbly indigenous regions or countries. greenland, going down to places like iceland and

officials say around 1600 people have died in this region. unofficial estimates put the figure at beyond 5,000. two more deaths are recorded here after a search that's lasted three days. the bodies of a woman and her baby lying together are recovered. >> deeper into the region, the needs get even greater. some aid is getting through but it's a drip feed. aid workers arriving here say the region has been neglected. >> the need is quite huge. initially, there was a lack of proper communication in the sense if you seep the data for the first three days, the number of dead people were 100-120. the number which dead from this area rose up to 650. >> this is the town with no power, no sanitation, and very few tents. >> it is a town that's devastated and the humanitarian needs are colossal.

we have this report from singapore. >> the region's foremost security summit is under way. as soon as it started, the top of the agenda it has already been put on the table. maritime disputes with the united states basically not mincing words and slamming china's activities in disputed waters. a delegate that heard the u.s. secretary's speech responded to him and basically said that he was making groundless accusations and chinese activity was legitimate justified and reasonable. disputes will be the most important issue here. no resolutions are expected to come out of a 2-day dialogue. what this does is give all parties involved a comfortable space to have constructive talks on the issues that they can then take back to their government and policy makers in the hopes of finding peaceful resolution to whatever security matters might concern the states in the asia pacific region. >> i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility for the bombing that killed three at a shia moving. the explosion happened. a man wearing women's clothes was set to have been stopped at the mosque gate. lawrence