professor shane has received $2600000.00 in grants from the struggling research council. who. is no longer a professor at duke you he stopped being an employee in 2017. i understand that he is back in china. he was an outstanding contributor to development of related research. and that capability is now being deployed for australia's. benefit. what he goes on to do. subsequent to having left you queue is something that we can't grittily control or make judgement about because we're not privy to the details of its activities in china. in january last year chinese media reported the announcement by high unidata of the . stablish meant to have a joint tart official intelligence lib oratory with the university of technology sydney. there's very little information about the deal available it's only available in chinese language media but we can see an image of a director at high in data with an academic eye e.t.s. any images of the agreement. the u.t.s. academic was associate damon director of the university center for artificial intelligence professor luke comes here last month pro

professor shane has received $2600000.00 in grants from the struggling research council. who. is no longer a professor at duke you he stopped being an employee in 2017. i understand that he is back in china. he was an outstanding contributor to development of related research. and that capability is now being deployed for australia's. benefit. what he goes on to do. subsequent to having left you to is something that we can't readily control or make judgement about because we are not privy to the details of its activities in china. in january last year chinese media reported the announcement by haiyan darter of the. stablish meant to have a joint tart official intelligence of the burra tree with the university of technology sydney. there's very little information about the deal available it's only available in chinese language media but we can see an image of director at high in data with an academic e.t.s. that means images of the agreement. of. the u.t.s. academic was associate damon director of the university center for artificial intelligence professor louis comes here last

the family research council, good to have you with us. this is a tense, awkward moment, these political rivals, this has been their toughest week in each other's faces but it is the national prayer breakfast, maybe we could put this on hold for an hour. >> it is such an intense time and last night the president being acquitted and the following morning he is sitting next to nancy pelosi who was driving this agenda. people understood it, they weren't comfortable with it but understood it. it is not prayer that brings us together, it is relationship with jesus christ. we surrender our lives to christ and then we can have unity and we are far from that unity but i will say this about the president, he made this point in his speech, that faith makes us free and prayer makes us stronger and i have to say despite the divided nature we see in washington dc america is a stronger nation, america is freer because this administration has been advancing religious freedom more than any administration in my lifetime. >> made it a priority on college ca

propaganda in about 2013 from the national science foundation in the u.s., and then the european research council followed suit, and they wanted to know the ways in which russia and other countries were using social media to try to influence public opinion in democracies. so he said, hey, do you want to come to oxford with me? i'm like, yeah, twist my arm. of course i want to come to oxford with you. one day i was at a conference, actually lsd, and i was standing around, tonight know anyone, kind of scared about it -- still am -- and this guy eye poaches me. and when you study propaganda, a lot of times conspiracy theorists want to talk to you. when random people know who i am and i've given a talk, i'm always like we going to start talking about aliens or antivaccine stuff, am i going to have to carry on with you. the fact of the matter is i don't really know how to talk with you about that stuff. andrew said, hey, i actually make and build automated to files on social media for the labour party in england. i was like, what? yeah, you know, i control several hundred or thousand accounts on twitt

focus on the family research council, good to be with us, tony. this is a tense, awkward moment.has been probably their toughest week in each other's faces. they critically say it's the national prayer being expressed, maybe we can put this on hold for an hour. >> it's such an intense time in last night the president being acquitted and the following morning he is sitting next to a nancy pelosi who was driving this agenda. people understood it. ultimately it's not prayer that brings us together, its relationship with jesus christ and that christian faith as we surrender our lives to christ, we can have unity and we are far from that unity in america. i will say this about the president. he made this point in his speech, he said that faith makes us free and prayer makes us stronger. i would say today that despite the divided nature that we see here in washington, d.c., america is a stronger nation. america i think is for your because his administration has been advancing religious freedom more than any administration in my lifetime. >> made a priority, medical workplaces, all kind

natural environment research council and the u.s.ional science foundation, a newshour funder as well. why is thwaites so important? >> so, it's the monerablet? place on earth. anisthe curious thing is, ho it that it's so vulnerable and, at the stime, it has warm water in front of it today? is it just two things that may be coincidental? but they're both real and they're happening. >> reporter: for years, scientists have warily watched thwaites from afar, ussa about the size of florida, it is vanishing at an alarming rate, retreating about a half mile, and thinning as much as 15 feet every year. it sits on land below sea level. ther accelerating retreat.s it could melt away in a few decades. some call it the "doomsday" glacier. if thwaites were to melt or drop into the seaomorrow, how much sea level rise would we expect? >> so, it's less than a meter. it's probablon order of, say, 65 centimeters. then the neighboring ice would become unstable. and so, all together, it would be more than three meters of ice, something of the scale of t

natural environment research council and the u.s.foundation, a newsur funder, as well. why is thwaites so important? y is it worth the effort >> so, it's the most vulnerable place on earth. and the curious thing is, how is it that it's so vulnerable, and at the same time, it has warm ngter in front of it today? is it just two tthat may be coincidental? but they're both real, and they're happening. miles: for years, scientists have warily watched ites from afar, using nasa satellites.ab t the size of florida, it is vanishing at an alarming rate, retreating about a half mile,ng and thins much as 15 feet, every year. d it sits on llow sea level. there is nothing to stop its accelerating retre. it could melt away in a few decades. some call it the "doomsday" glacier.re if thwaites weo melt or drop into the sea tomorrow, how much sea level rise would we expect? >> so, it's less thater. it's probably of order of, say, 65 centimeters. than the neighboring ice would become unstable. and so, altother, it would be more than three meters of ice

jewish art collectors got it and council sold mine. today researchers are searching for the missing works of art the peaceful process for the descendants looted art the fish. in 45 minutes on d w that. is the world becoming less western not does it mean for the world that the west leaves the stage to others key questions at this year's munich security conference and join us for our coverage of the security conference 2020 today on d.w. . verona in northern italy. the city of love couples from all over the world flock here to pledge their eternal love because verona is inextricably entwined with the tragic tale of the star crossed lovers romeo and juliet a lot more than 400 years after their story was written their legacy lives on every year thousands of letters are posted to shakespeare's heroine juliet and they're all.

admiral blair, serves as a member of the energy security leadership council and the board of the freedom house, national bureau of asian research, and the atlantic council. previously served as director of national intelligence from january oh nine to may of 2010. and prior to retiring from the navy, in 2002 after 34 years, he was commander of u.s. pacific command. admiral blair will provide testimony on the drivers of china's development. >> when the senate gavels and monday at 3:00 p.m. point asia llc, a consultancy that provides expertise on the indo pacific region with a focus on chinese foreign policy and security issues. she also holds a position of abject senior policy analyst at rand, formally she served as director of the navy asia-pacific advisory group at the pentagon. and was a senior project director for chinese military and security, she has written extensively on chinese foreign policy security and military affairs. she will address how bri furthers their expeditionary capabilities as well. thank you for your testimony, we will begin. good morning commissioners, thanks for inviting me here. i think it would proba

here with a preview is family research council president and pastor tony perkins who will be in attendanceflight. saw a ton of people watch us and great. they were all going to the prayer breakfast. what can we expect the president to say this morning at 8:00. >> as you said, at the state of the union faith was really at the center of the speech. it's been the center of his administration. this morning the focus is going to be on international religious freedom. this administration doing a lot. in fact, i was with mike pompeo yesterday reaffirming that the top foreign policy of this administration is religious freedom. and so the president is going to highlight some of those countries where there is persecution taking place. and this is actually one of the largest prayer -- national prayer breakfast in history. people coming in from across the country. there has been a lot -- around the world coming in for side meetings. it's going to be a great into what has turned out to be a great week for the president. ainsley: 3500 people from more than 100 countries will be in attendance. he has fou

just last week, the public health researcher at the council on foreign relations had insisted that the only way to contain the coronavirus is doing exactly what that hotel is doing. it's the age-old silver bullet, quarantine. he joins us now and we appreciate you being here, sir. with new cases in afghanistan, bahrain, the canary islands, off the coast of morocco, we are wondering if quarantine is the silver bullet, isn't that silver bullet already out of the gun? >> well, actually, the public health experts are still debating whether strict quarantine measures will indeed be effective in terms of stopping the threat of the virus. the past records suggested it's not conclusive. in fact, if you look at the outbreak, the strict quarantine containment measures were in place actually before the so-called virus reproduction number dropped already below 1. that means the virus already started to lose its momentum before -- liz: let me interrupt you, sir. in china, it has. but in italy, we now have six deaths and we understand that actually, it's ten now, it moved to ten deaths between this m

it comes as new research seen by this programme shows that council funding for homeless services in england been cut by more than a quarter in a decade. we spent the night with the homeless outreach team with the charity st mungo‘s in the financial heart of london. you get given four choiced on the street. you can either shoplift. .. ..rob people, street robbery... ..prostitution or begging. it's not about the rain or the cold nights. or any of that stuff. for me, the worst part about being out here is not being seen. so, this is moorgate, st mungo's, one of the main roads through the city of london and we've come across some bedding and cardboard and what does this tell us about the person who is sleeping here? it's right near the rain and the road and everything. it's quite shocking and it's pretty appalling. you can see the rain is coming in and we know the woman who sleeps here and she feels quite safe because she feels people can see her. this is the capital city and the fifth richest economy in the world. i think everybody who walks past this should feel shocked and be shocked. my tea

for collectors of makata and council sold mine. today researchers are searching for the missing works of art the process for the descendants looted art. starts feb 10th on t w. this is news live from her land almost 4000 people on board a cruise liner are being tested for the coronavirus the u.s. operated diamond princess is anchored off the japanese port of yokohama several people on board are ill and one man who left the ship in hong kong has tested positive for the virus will get the latest from yoko.

to researchers construct start playing ball the hard way. but it was these concrete spheres the council. to. follow most for construction martin genius and economical and their surprisingly durable. tomorrow today. and 30 minutes on the bluefin. we're all set. to go beyond the obvious. that we're on live. as we take on the. more on top of. the stories that matter to you the true of. every. moment. to the couple g.w. made from mind. to cutting through the noise. where i come from people are known for being tough but fair to your company law people tell it like it it was the they call it the concrete jungle the melting pot the city that never sleeps it's this energy that makes it feel like old but amid the hustle it's important to listen and pay attention because it's not just the loudest voices who want to be heard we all have a story to tell you but i see it as my job as a journalist to go beyond the obvious now i'm basing your a mum my work takes me around the world but my it seems for me in the state to tell the important stories behind the headlines what is the heart of the story why

. >> digital forensic research lab of the atlantic council, following up on that question, i am wondering about institutional equities. if you look at the testimony of mike lumpkin, he talks often that even though he had connections at the defense department, he was interagency coordinator and came last in line for having a seat at the table for these discussions. is it appropriate that something as important as the gec he is -- that it is situated under the under secretary for public diplomacy, or should there be some cabinet level equipment for this posting? >> one final question down here, then we will let our panelists answer. >> hi. [indiscernible] i was curious about the comments about irrational behaviors and patterns which can be used to counterweight other ideologies. a lot of research indicates irrational or sacred values or identity values pull more weight for individuals. what are those? >> do you want to go first? >> you can go first. [laughter] >> thanks, man. with pleasure. that is an essential point, the gec is actually a small part of this, its purpose is to coordinate. w

economist biarne as decker has carried out extensive research of the amazon business model according to as dekker if 3rd party vendors council their goods storage costs will eat up the profits and not take an idea and if an article hasn't been sold in a year then storage costs rose to 170 years picky. by then it's clear accompli profitable and then does a pressured tools destroying the goods and so on getting to it. amazon doesn't deny that new goods are being destroyed the company says it's a general problem in the industry but why can't the goods be donated the german retail federation says they would still have to pay sales tax and they want to change. fred saying in germany the chemical firm b.s.f. is building a new factory in the capital berlin to make electric car batteries the site in the state of bronze and berg will be based just 100 kilometers from tesla's 1st plan european gigafactory both sides are set to open in 2022 b.s.f. expects to make enough batteries a year to equip 400000 cars. and that's it for me and the business team here in berlin you can of course find out more about these and other business stories

bbc research has found illegal rubbish dumping has more than doubled since 2012. it's thought to have cost councilsmar reports. just north of birmingham, an example of large—scale fly—tipping. lorry loads of waste dumped on parkland by a housing estate. disgusted. we have to pay a management fee to live on this estate. and yet they've sent us another bill this morning, but they still haven't even cleared it. so why should we pay money to live here if nobody can look after the estate? experts say that this is the new narcotics trade for criminals, because the penalties are small, but the profits can quickly run into millions of pounds. but, believe it or not, large—scale fly—tipping like this can also happen pretty much out of sight. a short trip up the m6 — fly—tipping on a scale you've never seen before. wow. that is a lot of rubbish. each black bale weighs about a ton and there are thousands of tonnes of rubbish here that's been illegally dumped by a criminal gang that the owners thought was a legitimate business. the landowners obviously rented this warehouse out to the people that dumped this w

. >> no decision was made today, the city council plans to address the residents concerns next month after the city staff research and study the issue further. in the meantime the police department plans to resent a report about a legal sideshow activity threat the city at a council meeting in two weeks. i've in santa clara, i'm in azenith smith. >>> in alameda an elderly woman was seriously wounded after being hit by a car while crossing the street. police say the woman was and across work there walnut when the car hit her. the driver stopped and cooperated with police. the woman was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. >>> the man on trial for the murder of nia wilson took the stand to testify in his own defense. he described the victims as aliens and a threat to his grandmother, prompting the 2018 attack at an oakland bart station. henry lee was in the courtroom and said at times the testimony got heated. >> john lee cowell testified in his own defense in his murder trial. as a just to be set next to him he told the jury that he is bipolar, schizophrenic and hears voices. and for the first time he gave

bbc research has found illegal rubbish dumping has more than doubled since 2012. it's thought to have cost councilsle fly—tipping. lorry loads of waste dumped on parkland by a housing estate. disgusted. we have to pay a management fee to live on this estate. and yet they've sent us another bill this morning, but they still haven't even cleared it. so why should we pay money to live here if nobody can look after the estate? experts say that this is the new narcotics trade for criminals, because the penalties are small, but the profits can quickly run into millions of pounds. but, believe it or not, large—scale fly—tipping like this can also happen pretty much out of sight. a short trip up the m6 — fly—tipping on a scale you've never seen before. wow. that is a lot of rubbish. each black bale weighs about a ton and there are thousands of tonnes of rubbish here that's been illegally dumped by a criminal gang that the owners thought was a legitimate business. the landowners obviously rented this warehouse out to the people that dumped this waste here under false pretences, so the people that came in, t

admiral blair served as a member of the energy security leadership council and the board's of freedom of the national bureau of asia researchnational committee u.s.-china relations and the atlantic council. previously served as director of national intelligence from january 2009 to may 2010. an prior to to retiring from the navy, in 2002 after 34 years he was commander of u.s. pacific command. admiral blair will provide testament on the drivers of china's development of expeditionary capabilities. after admiral blair we will hear from kristen gunness, chief executive officer of vantage point asia, a consultancy that provides expertise on the indo-pacific region with a focus on china's foreign policy and security issues. she also holds a position of ajit seemed international policy analyst at rand. formally ms. gunness service director of the navy asia-pacific advisory group at the pentagon. and was a senior project director for chinese military security affairs at cna if she has written extensively on china's foreign policy, security and military affairs. she will address how -- thank you very much for your testimony and ad

research in science congresses and exhibitions have done more for peace than any treaty or diplomatic convention he continues i hope that athletics will do even more. it's interesting to note that existing council 3 times because of your name the well it was one and 2 but after world war 2 in 1948 it was held again in england there was much debate at the time was there need for a when people are trying to recover from the destruction of world war 2 but actually not in 48 they lympics them proved to be very popular and seen as a good relief from the strains of the wars. 130 years later we have taken place in july in tokyo and this is as a direct result of this money script ok these are the reports of melanie hall many thanks. now if you're looking for inspiration you must see this next story a group of girls from a remote village in kurdistan have come together to form the country's 1st female ice hockey team and they're not afraid to challenge stereotypes. this tiny brick house is where the girls change into their hockey equipment before they set foot on the ice. ice cold and is a rare sight in the central asian country of kurdistan. but these girls are all about defying stereotypes they're the

council treatment. hello and welcome to sophie co visionaries i'm sophie shevardnadze and the new biomedical research and high end technologies are completely transforming the way we see understand and treat diseases including the plague of our times cancer well today i said don was one of the world's most renowned oncologists man who has many famous people among his patients dr david. it's so great to have you with us on our program so as you know it's called so if you could visionaries and you are true visionary. in your field so i got a lot of questions that i'm not a professional right so i'm going to ask a lot of things that actually lie on the surface because that's what most people are interested in i'm ready. so i don't have this distinct for a world where a surgeon is ation the latest one and it says that actually cases and the tests are rising and i'm thinking we have so many new technologies so much research has been done are we still losing the battle no question about it we're losing the battle for 2 big reasons one is we're continuing to smoke so tobacco is still the leading cause of cancer

council of british. at eight thirty we'll dig in to the issues surrounding the heathrow third runway being ruled unlawful, with a pro—expansion campaign group and a clmate change researchnstitute. and at ten a0 and 11.30 we'll look at tomorrow's front pages with former labour director of communications lance price and former conservative stafferjo—anne nadler. that's all coming up on bbc news. it's now time for sportsday. good evening and welcome to the bbc sports centre. you're watching sportsday with me, ben croucher. coming up... inter miami will finally play their first game this weekend. we sit down with their very excited co—owner. it's been such a long journey but i knew it would be worth it in the end, and this is the reward now, this weekend. a place in the europa league last 16 is up for grabs. wolves have a 4—0 led to protect at espanyol. we have our first semi finallist at the women's t20 world cup. india are through after being taken right down to the wire by new zealand. and that's not all. and we'll be in berlin on day two of the track cycling world championships. but what chances of a british gold medal? let's kick off stateside because the major league

money is allocated to local councils in england could leave deprived communities, some of which voted conservative at the election, with less money. labour based its case on researchon on the possible impact of the funding review. but the government said it hadn't made any decisions about funding and accused labour of "scaremongering". the five most deprived local authorities in england are liverpool, knowsley, blackpool, kingston upon hull and middlesbrough. they have lost, since 2010, over the last decade, blackpool 21% of their funding, knowsley 25% of their funding, liverpool 23% of their funding, kingston upon hull, 22% of their funding, middlesbrough 21% of their funding. a 5% maximum increase in council tax in each of those local authorities raises nothing like the loss of grant funding that they have had. not all deprivation is found in urban areas. and places like cornwall, that have had a raw deal of central government funding because of the formula put in place by the party opposite have for decades now receive lower levels of funding despite being one of the poorest parts of england and it is this government with the their fair funding review which is

research suggests. the official estimate for 2018, based on a survey taken on a single night, shows over 4,600 people sleeping rough. but according to councils5,000 people slept on the streets at least once in the past 12 months. the government is providing £500 million this year to tackle homelessness. it says the official snapshot is a "good estimate" of rough sleeping. but there are concerns that when 2019's official figures come out tomorrow, they may not reflect the full picture. michael buchanan reports from newcastle. you get drenched, you're freezing cold through the night, you don't want to... you don't really want to be living, you just want to be, like, in darkness all the time. it's horrible. eddie is 26, a military veteran. he says he spent four years in the army, before being shot in pakistan, while over there repairing equipment. he's been rough sleeping for three and a half years. i was fixing a tank, got shot from behind, it went through my shoulder, ifelt burning. next minute, i'm waking up in a hospital over here in the uk, and then i got fixed up, took to my mum, and then my mum passes away after a year. i had nowhere to

for rick independent research and a writer soraya thanks for joining us could take on the program today these sanctions they only target of course 5 members of iran's guardian council what is the aim of these sanctions they do appear to be largely symbolic here. bull there is an aim to it but there are actually 18000000 people in iran who have been sanctioned and the 5 members that mr popular america's sanctioned again are part of that 80000000 people so it really is an effective in the sense that history's army time to sanction a single person but i think there's also a dark message in the us and i think that is to agitate the iranians inside iran and polarize said. they the united states wants to give the impression that is on the side of the people who are hot who are pro west and they are docked reformists was a lot of the reformists in iran are as much pro independence as rest of them but there are some elements in iran and i can't even venture to give you a number do receive funds from the united states' national endowment for democracy cia and they're waiting for any excuse to start an agitation so in spite of the high voter turnout in iran to spite the unit

emerging transportation technology council at the united states department of transportation in march of last year. so we've been hard at work bringing in a lot of the research and initiatives that we have under way but also looking at how do we address new types of technologies that we haven't already been established to handle. the technologies that close modes or ask new types of questions. did start focusing on some of the types of petitions that we've been receiving, you see the hyperloop and nontraditional tunnelling but also making sure we're incorporating our automated vehicle work in that. the policy initiatives, the outreach initiatives, the regulatory initiatives and the research initiatives, making sure we use this to inform the other types of work that we're doing in the department and needless to say, our friends at the faa that work on drones are bringing in a lot of lessons learned and we're trying to figure out how to better utilize the other modes to inform the work that the faa is doing. but there's a lot of learning that's been going back and forth between the faa, between nhtsa, between the federal motor carrier safety administration. al

general of the central council of muslims and gemini in berlin we have hunted senior director of the counter extremism project and in oslo evian light egg from the center for researchon extremism at the university of oslo thanks for joining us and welcome to the program mr cd i do want to start with you because you've been involved with the muslim community in germany and one out by my understanding is a working class community but it's been ethnically diverse for decades long before immigration became such a divisive issue in german politics so a lot of its residents even the ones from turkish backgrounds were born in germany and so did this come as a surprise yes yes. there's a texan not to big surprise for us because unfortunately their hate speech against muslims against people who looks like me or has get the raising it has going bigger and bigger and we'll always. be saying that what happened in christ's church for example can or saw him here in germany and the government and the autoroute he did not take this think were very serious and now we find out that. the far right extremists in germany and began to change their strategy from from from just speaking j

council run schools over half are in the red. that seems really shocking but what is in the spirit of balance, the department for education is trying to look at this research unrepresentative sample of school. come with me, i will take you to schools in one area. the difference between going to a private school and a child going to a state school and a child going to a state school and most teachers are brilliant at what they are doing... and the growing with the profession is that a growing numberof growing with the profession is that a growing number of teachers are leaving the profession. problem with retention. the front page of the daily mail, who wants to kick us off? this is a very big attack, a savage attack by david dimbleby, the veteran broadcaster... a man of the establishment. you could say that, i could not. certainly very respected asa could not. certainly very respected as a broadcaster and journalist and he is accusing the prime minister borisjohnson of lying in he is accusing the prime minister boris johnson of lying in a pernicious attempt to curb the bbc licence fee. he says that actually the prime minister is trying to undermine the coo

research last year were very disturbing and i know that's really worrying for the muslim community. thank you very much indeed. from the muslim councilo reiterate that we are hearing from june kelly are home affairs correspondent that police are not treating this stabbing as terror related. bringing more and that as it comes to us. the german chancellor angela merkel has condemned what she calls the "poison" of racism, after a suspected right—wing extremist shot dead nine people in germany, many of them turkish migrants. the 43 year old, named by german media as tobias r, attacked people in two shisha smoking bars in the city of hanau. the suspect was later found dead in his home, alongside the body of his mother. the authorities say he had expressed extreme xenophobic views in a manifesto and video and it comes amid growing conerns about far right violence in germany. paul adams reports. horror in the centre of hanau late last night. "there has just been a whole lot of shooting," this onlooker says. "some guy went in with a weapon and started picking people off." i heard a loud shooting. bang, bang, bang! i heard this, everybody, th

before that, he was a senior research fellow at george mason university and her the commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics, chief economist for the white house council of economic advisers and for the department of commerce, senior international economist at assistant professor at the university of arkansas and international economist at the department of treasury. she worked on a variety of topics including labor market analysis and conditions and measurement macroeconomic analysis forecasting and policy and computational equilibrium modeling. from purdue university but they turn it over and ou now to you r introductory remarks. >> thank you and it is a pleasure. it is a pleasure to be here. this session is about fiscal policy and i would like to make three points and keep it very short. the first point is when we are thinking about what role should the fiscal policy play so we have seen 2019, 2020. we saw the monetary policies cutting interest rates and that certainly helped to support the global economy. the estimate contributed about half a percentage point of growth in 2019 and will contribute in 2020. the fiscal policy on the other hand was mo

research fellow at the forum for regional thinking, a progressive israeli-palestinian think tank based in jerusalem. elizabeth has worked as a consultant for the international crisis group, the atlantic council, and the european institute for peace, among many other places. she has a decade of experience working with human rights organizations in middle east and defending the rights of refugees, migrants, laborers, palestinians and ethnic and religious minorities. alex marquardt, who will be here shortly, is an award-winning national correspondent based on cnn washington bureau focusing now on national security issues. alex spent most of the past decade as a foreign correspondent for abc news based in moscow, jerusalem, beirut and london. he spent considerable time on the front lines of wars and uprisings in the middle east. he reported on the refugee and migrant crisis here to cover the of terror attacks in europe but -- refugee and migrant crisis. he covered the terror attack in europe by isis. he was among the first correspondents when the revolution exploded and made many trips in syria to report on the war from both the regime and rebel sites. he was on the ground in gaza during the war

council, responding to president trump's so-called middle east peace plan. you're the first palestinian-american congresswoman. i want to thank you, bernadette chicago, professor of college of law and institute of technology and research professor at the american bar foundation. member of the coalition for property tax justice. we will be back with congressmember rashida tlaib in already seconds. and then we will talk about this, v-day, this day against violence against women and girls. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: performed by taina asili and she is coming up on democracy now! just a moment. we want to stay with congressmember rashida tlaib one more minute. juan: we continue our conversation with rashida tlaib the first palestinian american elected to congress. i want to ask about president trump's so-called middle east peace plan. earlier this week palestinian , president mahmoud abbas forcefully rejected the plan during a speech to the u.n. security council tuesday. >> this plan will not bring peace or stability to the region. and therefore, we will not accept this plan. we will confront his application on the ground. this is a summary of the project that was presented to us. this is the state that they will

research. so again, thank you for your time and attention. i look forward to your questions. >> create, and as you pass the clicker over to diana, i would note it is very interesting, work that council can do because these urban air mobility features need to take off and land somewhere, are they transit centers, are they parking decks? which other modes do we need to bring into this discussion and it's something we're actively thinking about because it's fun to think about. diana? >> thank you very much. i know it's in the mid afternoon when everyone is having that post-lunch dip, but this is a really important topic. and thank you so much for coming and listening. today, i want to take the opportunity to talk to you about the safety that can come through connected vehicle technology. and intelligent transportation systems. i want to make sure that you can keep innovating. as james said, every year, america suffers more than 36,000 fatalities and 2.7 million deaths on the roads. well, two decades ago, in 1999, the federal communications commission, an independent agency, wisely set aside 75 megahertz of spectrum in the 5.9 gigahertz band. this is a safety band. spectrum air waves re

funding it needs to actually do proper research and develop a programme that allows us to investigate these sites. the entire cost of the clearing up lies with local councilsr services that we run, and every authority knows that one crime is a problem, and it's about getting government to understand how big a problem it is for local government to deal with. we need society to understand that the laws are not on our side, so we need to make sure we have the right legislation. when it's on private land, it takes a lot longer for local government to deal with this, because we have to give landowners time to deal with it themselves, but everybody says, oh, the council isn't doing itsjob. in everybody says, oh, the council isn't doing its job. in the last six yea rs, isn't doing its job. in the last six years, only two people have been given the full fine of £50,000, and actually only 5% of any fines given have been over £1000, so we need the courts to take it seriously, and we spend a lot of money investigating. we need communities to understand that they need to help us tell government we need the right powers to deliver on what they see as a massive blight o

that mayors and city councils and governors and county officials have been doing to make progress on this issue. i know it is something you guys have questions on. took on in your research. what would you want to ask about how the federal government can work with state and local governments to make progress? jeanne: one of the most interesting things come ou that one of the experts were talking about is how local governments need so much extra help. and the money flows through the state and is parceled out, raising the question of whether more direct loans to cities and counties might be possible. because people go on this great, federally owned highway, and then they take a really terrific ramp, and then they end up in the pothole. and those are the roads most americans are driving to the grocery store, to school. i mean, that is their primary experience with the u.s. infrastructure system, and i thought that was a really insightful thought. jerry: and i would also add, we have a mayor coming up to talk about this, or former mayor. but one of the other things that becomes clear when you talk to people about this is one of the issues mayors have to deal with is, to the