and maureen roland. >> good afternoon, ms. martin. >>> good afternoon, i'm jane from people organized employment ride. as you know, we organize low-income people of transit dependent bus riders. and i appreciate what ed said, this policy debate about the google shuttle really puts the mta in the middle of conversation about bus he. it's about the impact of the tech industry, displacement, tenants rights, affordable housing, all the issues our members struggle with every day. this city has a very important role to make sure that lower income people of color can live here and deal with the [speaker not understood] crisis. and the mta has a role as well. i think, you know, we really depend on your support in terms of providing a reliable public transportation that our communities need. we need more affordable bus service and for the mta they address service problems, service disparities, like overcrowding in the mission and our lack of service in the bayview. we know for you this is an important step forward in dealing with the a

they maids it -- made it more accessible. >> so it works roland? you have a big following online. it works? >> some consumers are saying, i want more information, where do i go? if i can go to a place i can find the information i can have my questions answered. what they're also doing is saying look, we're not going to leave it up to mainstream and cable networks and websites to provide the information. because people are in that mode. literally my sister tweeted me earlier, they watched it with the family, they had to keep rewinding it because their kids had questions. >> they want to own the message. they want to say dig deeper, check that. >> control the message. >> it isn't just the administration, republicans have responded as well. >> they have. what was fascinating was competing live streams. joarjohn boehner many shared his live stream also. every time president obama mentioned something or didn't mention something that was high on the gop leadership agenda they would put out an infoe info graphic. there was information about the keystone pipeline or benghazi that presiden

ma he reroland. ~ marie roland. [speaker not understood]. [speaker not understood]. >> good afternoon. >>> good afternoon, my name is ben ebber line. guerrero and 4th street. busy traffic there. i'm also a rider, local rider and i also do a lot of work for nonprofit called eco city builders. so, i deal a lot with sort of holistic urban systems. you know, i'm a little bit puzzled to focus on transportation. i know that's what you do, but i think it needs to be a much bigger conversation about the things people mention about displacement and so forth. i just want to from a personal experience, i think one reason why this got to heated is because i feel like i'm not against shuttles. there's been inner city shuttles for a long time and also genentech studies going through stations to provide to genentech, so forth. the last few years it feels like the street got flooded. so, i think it had a huge impact on our city. i said to myself, how did this happen without any public discussion first? usually when there is a pilot project, we close down mi

>> well, i would be interested, if it's all right with the commission, to invite kevin roland come up and just briefly summarize rec and park's approach to ipm and give a couple of examples of the good work that you're doing. >> welcome. >> my name is kevin roland. hello, commissioners. i would like to also thank you for the great work that the department of environment does. it's the inspiration for me to come to work for the city. i owned my own business for many years and wound up selling it to a national company. and after looking at the ipm ordinance and the good work that san francisco is doing and the model that it really is, not just around the country but in other places in the world for sustainable pest management, that was what inspired me to apply for the job. and i thought i'd really like to be part of this. i started working for the city with the bureau of urban forestry and then a fellow named ross montana talked me into it joining recreation and parks which is a challenging job, even for a person like myself with 25 years experience in pest management. some of the prog

roland. >> we have no idea where he would be. sonned of all, 1959. raw wilkins called king a radical. dr king would be saying have we e-chiefed equality. 100,000 african-americans. that's where he would be. >> the income gap, at least, is significantly smaller. >> it's smaller. actual, not necessarily. average white house 100,000, average black household 5,000. >> but on the income level you are talking whites 55,000, blacks in the low to mid 30s. it's a significant improvement over what it was in the '60s, a dramatic difference. unquestionably. don't mean to argue that with you roland. last words. where do you think dr king would be today? >> the radical ideas of one generation are the commonsense ideas of the next the the idea of interracial marriage was considered taboo by most americans as 40 years ago. we accept it today. on the issue of same sex marriage dr king would see the comparison and be a supporter of same-sex marriage, even though he was homophobic. he evolved like many people. at the end of his life he believed in an interracial moveme

peter, roland, appreciate you talking to us to share your thoughts. ereaders may be big readers, but they are not kicking books to the recycle happy just yet. data dive is up next. >> today's data dive cracks open a book. conventional wisdom was that ereaders would make traditional books a thing of the past. well, that may take a while. today 4% of people exclusively read books on a digital device, according to a pew poll. more than one in four adults say they read an e-book in the past year, it's less than half of those that read is traditional book. the vast majority are not ready to give up on the print page. boarder's slow adoption was a reason they closed their doors. the nook is not doing well. it's possibly for a 5.5% decline in retail sales. sales of hard-cover books jumped a reported 7.6% between january and october of last year. what is clear is book buyers of all types is going to amazon. amazon has a 55% share of the traditional market. and as much as 90% of the e-book it said. there's conflicting information as to whether it's affected ha

. >> what will we hear tomorrow and what will that lofty speech tell us about the year ahead, roland martin is with us. roland, you heard about promises made, promised not kept, not for the same reasons but what do you think the president will say tomorrow? >> all the issue about income and equality, jobs trying to grow the country, i see this speech more of an opportunity for the president to issue a challenge as opposed to laying out here is my agenda. there's this great scene in the movie drum line where the orlando jones character said we are one band, one sound. the president has to make that perfectly clear. to republicans and democrats. enough with the games of you want to depose because it's me. you oppose construction projects in rebuilding america. don't oppose it because it's me. that's part of the problem. put principle over party and i hope he challenges congress on these issues as opposed to laying out a litany of issues because that's what is required. >> john anderson we asked him to rejoin us here. just to keep it real mr. anderson, you guys were the first to feel th

anderson's plight roland is a plight for americans inside and outside of the beltway, where is income equality going to happen? >> and that's why i say, we issue the challenge. if you look back to robert kennedy u.s. senator from new york from 1968 when he went to the mississippi delta and he saw for the first time. with his own eyes, the poor, the housing conditions, he saw where they lived, that changed him. that changed his whole message. what the president should say tomorrow is, house leaders, senate leaders, forget having a conversation at a hotel here in d.c. forget our wonderful combines, we're going to go to five of the poorest counties in america. i would also hope that the president makes a public imormt oendorsement of the clyburn amendment. 10% goes to 20% living below the poverty line for at least four years. of those 474 counties two-thirds are republican districts. if the president lays that out he says we talk about the poor not a democratic thing a black thing latino thing, it was i -- it was all of us. so i would hope to see less politician tomorrow and more communi

but what roland said is what i think is the basic answer.ally is a red herring to say that charter schools are taking money away from conventional public schools. it is moving money around, and it is moving money from schools where people are for whatever reason less inclined to go to. these are public schools that everybody attends. and the money that goes to them is still money that is going to be public schools. if they do somehow -- if they are more in lasses where children are successfully learning, i do not know how you can argue with that. --stions question mark questions? >> what we did in the state of missouri, we had this fight with education as well. it was a huge fight with labor, the educators, the principendents, the als, everybody involved. we had this fear. charter schools were not performing. charter schools were still not performing at the level public schools were performing at. we had a couple charter schools -- they were still for-profit. even though they are public, the money is still for profit. we had a couple charter

it is moderated by roland martin. are we doing?right, how i wanted to thank all of you for being here. we are expecting to have some engaging conversation. state officials are here, we might as well get dressed, put a tie on. doug looked at this and said -- this must be a working session, so he said no tie. i was going to take mine off in a minute to make everyone feel more comfortable, since he is so underdressed. doug forgot that this is a conference of black people and we dress up. >> i should have known better. >> for breakfast, for lunch, for dinner, for the after party. the after after party. and then just going to bed. see so many of you taping this. we know that folks are watching on c-span as well. first we will introduce our panel. it was a smart move for them to leave. texas, the reason people left years ago was it was texas. you know that is right. they came to the alamo and i said come back. we are always kidding and having fun. keep telling him to wake up, that he is delusional. i was joking with our panel, first off.

so i think that's also a very key component of the, roland, is broadening what we're doing with public schools and with schools in general so that people feel more attracted to be a part of the process. and the infighting that we have, the fighting we have what we can't let the wohlstetter and try to look at different systems often gets in the way of people gathering around models enjoyment in being a part of it. i think this is an important discussion. no one has seen to be abl able o get us past this point. we continue down this conversation over and over again and we have not been able to make leaps and bounds pass this conversation. in new york, one of the issues has been getting labor and elected officials to sit down at the table and work together. we have had a very, very difficult time doing that. but it is very much so about leadership. so we hope that the new mayor in the city will be able to come with his leadership, provide opportunities for usc and other labor unions and community organizations to set down a look at these models and how we strengthen them. that has been a

jockey roland was at that press conference in paris, didn't exactly get a grilling, because i guess he wasn't that forth coming, remind us about what he said? >> well, he spoke for half an hour before the question answers actually began. and he spent the whole half hour essentially talking about how he plans to relaunch the economy, and talking a little bit about france's interventions overseas. but he has hoped to avoided questions on his personal life, than he was certainly disappointed because the very first question went right to the heart of the matter. a french reporter asked him specifically what was going to happen when he goes to washington, and when he will be received by the american presidential couple. and he ask very boy pointly whether she was the first laid deaf of france. this is how the president answered. >> everyone in a "live show" can go through difficult times. i have one principle, and that is that private business is dealt privately, respectful of one another's private life, so this is neither the time nor the moment to do so. >> jackie we are always being told

jackie roland reports from paris. >> reporter: franÇois hollande had hoped to use this press conferenceto keep france on the world stage. >> if france wants to continue its presence in the world, if it wants to keep control of its destiny it must imperatively find some economic strength. >> above all the president didn't want this news conference to be about his personal life, but that was the subject of the very first question towed answer. >> everyone in their private lives go through difficult times. but i believe private business is dealt with privately. so it is neitherly the time nor the moment to do so. opinion polls suggest his leamed affair has not had much impact on his popularity, but that popularity is already very low. this was the president on the defensive. defensive on the economy and defensive on his person life. this could hardly be the fresh start that he had hoped for. he has promised tocracy jobs, reduce spending and hoped to tell the french people soon whether they have a first lady. >> the governor of new jersey has apologized for a scandal that has dented his hop

. >> that is now lieutenent roland holmgren with his family receiving his new bang. he was one of six promoted to lieutenent. police chief economicked the officers on -- commended the officers. >> we are setting the next group of leadership. everyone has been selected due to integrity, work it'sic dedication. >> the chief said the department is working toward excellence, crime fighting and  community collaboration. >>> continuing coverage on the drought emergency declared by the governor today. expert says the deck loration is an important -- deck loration is an important first step. new at 6:00. john fowler is live to tell us the future may be more yim than people realize. >> that's true, from backyard pools to landscaping to even washing your car, marin county is at ground zero for water worries and many people here and around the bay may be in some trouble. >> we've learned in the state of conserving marin county residents are using 34% more batter than a year ago. people seem to have forgotten what the last drought was like. we didn't flush, we were using gray w

. >> good afternoon, commissioners aim kathleen roland's. i have not only lived in san francisco for many years but i started as a renter and now a homeowner i work here. i want to let you know i'm concerned about the feed wishes document. i support the continuance. i'm concerned about the lack of transportation, consideration. i have taken muni many years i know what it feels like to have 8 buses to pass you bye. i know that there is situations for the middle-class and we do need to flrts our housing for those people. we need to keep the rh one and two neighborhoods for all our citizens. i'm very concerned about the increased density and the towers that are proposed 24 will decrease life with shadows and fog blowing through that. i like the city the way it is and i want to ask you to continue this so we can review the documents pr i want to state for the record i'm a member of the boardwalk improvement program >> next speaker. >> >> good afternoon commissioner. my name is danny live in san francisco. i am a director of the mri lemon improve

i saw this ice sculptor who was really putting together these amazing sculptures. >> the sculptor rolandseum for the fair. >> some of the recognizable pieces we did were a torso of michelangelo, we did a mona lisa, we did the thinker. >> minutes before going live, david comes up with a mischievous plan. >> i thought to myself, you know what, man, i am tired of doing all this serious news. i said, what if you just bring out this giant block of ice and i'll build up this story and talk about how this is your prized possession, you have had the idea for months and then, the piece de resistance, i'm going to knock this thing over and it's going to shatter. >> he's like, come on, it will be great, don't corny. and i was like, okay, we'll do this. >> this is probably the coolest place literally and figuratively here at the fair, the ice museum, 15 degrees, the most unbelievable ice sculptures you have ever seen. what are you working on here? they were telling me this is one of your prized possessions. >> yeah, this is a barachus cherub. i just pulled that out of the air. >> he coins this term.

. >> in 1939, the germans invaded roland, and after the war, the communist took over.he glory days were over. although the hotel survived the war without any significant structural damage, its grantor was out of tune with communist ideals. 25 years on, the hotel is looking ahead without forgetting the past. >> many great stories about this hotel, one of them was about michael jackson when he stayed here. he was so enchanted with the place that he decided that he wanted to buy it. it turned out he did not at the end, but it's a nice story. >> another relates to a former german chancellor, who deemed the bed's too small and unstable so insistent on a new one. rumor has it the cockroaches were permanent guest during the communist era and that some guest preferred to sleep in the hallways, but that was then. these days, the hotel has regained its reputation as a first-class eatery, serving exquisite food just as it did 100 years ago. after so many years, he steps back into the kitchen of his childhood. he is a little skeptical about the stainless steel cutlery, which he sa

. >> now, john roland, former governor of connecticut, semi-similar situation, he ended up, greenwich had tough ethics laws, but virginia, no state laws that he violated, correct? >> well, that's right. these are all federal charges. >> all federal charges. johnny williams, why hasn't he indi indicted? >> he has immunity. >> he's giving them the paper trail. >> he's clearly important, not the only one, but clearly an important witness for the prosecution. so he's not been indicted and he has immunity from prosecution. but what the mcdonnells' lawyer say is, if you take the government's theory in this case to its extreme, then when president obama went to dreamworks and said, nice things about dreamworks and jeffrey katzenberg and the other people, he was lending the prestige of the presidency to a big campaign donor. they say, look at people who get ambassadorships after giving lots of campaign contributions. >> what is worse, though, profiting personally, which, in this case, or using the government -- using the -- i guess that's the key here. because mcdonnell is saying, hey, i did

roland is not here. we'll table that too. and then public comment being that we've had a lot today. we'll get down to correspondence because we have 4 minutes. thank you. >> thank you. cochair. >> what i will be reading today is correspondence copies of which you have received in your packets today. it is a letter of endorsement for the housing resolution that was unanimously approved last november. and it is from the executive director of the senior and disability actions jessica layman. it goes like this. january 15, 2014. dear members of the mayor's disability council. the action is pleased to endorse the housing resolution to improve the lives of seniors and people with disabilities we believe the housing resolution recommends changes that would increase affordable and accessible housing opportunities for people with disabilities. in particular we are focused on maintenance of features like elevators, the need for disability and rehabilitative housing and the pressing needs for deeper affordability. we look forward to working with you. the board of supervisors and other communit

. >> reporter: jackie roland is in brussels but we go to mr.ips and to bongi for an update on the situation there and the new interim president will be named on monday and will it be enough to calm the sectarian tensions we are seeing? >> it won't be enough by itself, no, but i suppose it's a start and everyone here will hope who merges from the protest and they will be discussed and voted over right now we understand and we hope it's somebody of great courage and integrity. they will have to be if they are to make a difference. but we have to be realistic about this. the state has broken down in the central african republic and not just that schools, hospitals don't visit but there is no police force, no judiciary so whatever emerges won't have the means at their disposal to reimpose law an order and to that and alleviating the humanitarian emergency has to come from the outside and the international community. >> reporter: is the violence limited to the capitol? we hear and see a lot of what is happening in bongi but is it just bongi or is th

>> good morning and thank you for the opportunity and my name is roland and i am from san jose, and i would like to turn your attention to a couple of slides, in the presentation. and you should look at slide number 30. and look at the central subway, and the contract is for 234 million dollars. that is how much that should cost. it is a good contract and it is a good project. and we will now move on to the next slide which is the downtown expansion. and you have got phase one as 1.6 and it is actually 1.9, and total costs 4.2 billion dollars. and the question is, why would a tunnel of an equivalent distance cost 2 and a half million dollars and approximately ten times as much as a central subway? i suggest that you look into that and there is something seriously wrong there and now, the last thing that i would like to touch on is slide number 32. and if you look at it, we are going to spend a billion and a half on cal train at the end of the day, we are going to get an extra train a day. and this is an issue. and we have got to look at capacity, and we have got to look at what is hap

committee spokesman as saying that authorities were investigating the incidents french president francois roland is facing a political minefield today when he would have to pick his way around allegations about his private life while presenting his co dependency. major airports in a fat which has seemingly tiffany french first lady found a tree and then the two hospital. the second edition today is the traditional start to see a presidential news conference. he could use his grilling by the press to clarify the allegations of the da's only back to shooting down a whole steak to his outrage of the innovation of his papacy the sums that is it smelt the tickle tackle which can sense them. it's the one reason alone is being distracted from his job the press conference is supposed to be an opportunity for the president to reveal new policies and point the way forward for a more prosperous promise. instead the program to be broadcast live on your unused is likely to be the most anticipated appearances he's twenty months old presidency the man of the vote on his battle to mobilize support is if he's co

have one of the star ibm coordinators with me tonight from the recreation parks department, kevin roland. and i can't sing his praises loudly enough, but he has been doing really wonderful things with rec and park. and he'll be available for questions when we get to that or if you have any now. so, the goal really is to minimize environmental health risk from pests and pesticides. it's not just about reducing pesticides because there are problems we have to address out there in the city unfortunately, and these are tools sometimes that we need. the program itself really revolves around a stakeholder process, it involves all the city departments that use pesticides. we meet monthly. this is really the heart and soul of the program. and i think it's fair to say that there are hundreds of people, hundreds of city employees involved with landscape maintenance and building maintenance who are not just on board, but really passionate about this program. it's really a great sort of institutional culture, i think, for the ipm program. what goes into the -- well, let's see. let me start off with

budget cuts and economic worries take spain for instance where public support is at a record low or roland which is just successfully exit it is but you know program despite that the aftertaste of the ease of sturdy dictate is still driving the numbers down the euro skeptic u.k. used to top the critics list with only around a third actually back in brussels now it's even lower than that dropping down to less than thirty percent while the rating declined however is not change the belt tightening policies of struggling countries and governments are putting some of their most valuable assets up for sale just to stay afloat has to cilia now reports . it's been dubbed the great european fire sale in a bid for cash these are just some of what's been up for grabs but even funds raised from headline grabbing deals might not be enough like six greek island sold for eight point five million euros an italian island sold for two point nine million exclusive rights to use the coliseums image on their products for fifteen years twenty five million euros government debt in the euro zone is greater now th

. >> jackie roland is in brussels. >> this is a political agreement on a possible eu military intervention in the central african republic. and the important word is possible. it shows there's a political will there among eu member states but that would need to be translated into into a practical agreement, practical arrangements which would mead individual countries pledging forces. a decision on the command structure and all these various logistical structures and plus there would need to been a u.n. security council resolution authorizing a eu intervention, because the current resolution refers to the french and african. also some very practical steps involved, as we've seen in previous conferences it's easy to pledge money. it's easy to pledge troops. but actually getting things in place on the ground is a different matter. if it does go ahead, we are looking at a force of approximately 500 and the primary responsibility would be to secure the airport, to secure delivery of aid there, trying to tackle the violence in the other part of the country. >> in the meantime, politicians meetin

roland you update us. he did some of the province's been claimed that only really succeeding in inflaming tensions they are in and played in the violence. as our chief peter oliver the juvenile court judge set a trial date in the case said sixteen year old jake daring manning a teenager who has been charged with misdemeanors after us stop and frisk earlier incident this month. but this straight a student says that he is the breakdown. manning says that a philadelphia police officers sexually assaulted him and turn it down but she says lets him with a ruptured . she hated me down again and showed her reach she grabbed my . and then she granted to squeeze the day and pull it down that's when i heard something pop icon fill the pot. at a press conference today police released surveillance video of the confrontation. a surveillance camera circles and ten second intervals so on the part of the incident as documented. we edited down so you can see here the struggle between manning and officer manning claims he w

. >> an atf agent named roland was assigned the dangerous job of actually serving the warrants. he never even made it to the front door. >> a barrage of gunfire went right through the front door. he got his thumb shot off. >> camera man. hey, cameraman. >> ambulance, got it. >> how could these guys just start shooting at us? >> the morning of february 28th, 1993, i will never forget. >> crisis negotiator byron sage is the first fbi agent on the scene, arriving some 75 minutes after the shooting started. >> had i got there a little after 11:00, gun battle was still raging, which was significant. the average gun battle and law enforcement lasts about two seconds. this was a gun battle that had raged now for well over an hour. >> certainly there was some that shot back. we're not denying that. that weren't trusting of us. we were not too trusting of them because they were continuing to shoot. >> bullets were coming out of every window in the compound. >> fbi agent bob ricks would become the face of the government regarding the standoff. when he arrives, the atf agents >> bullets we

jackie roland in pai paris. >> the former prime minister ariel sharon died on saturday at the age of 85 an i've years in a coma. tom ackerman reports from jerusalem. >> reporter: the crowds came to view sharon's casket were not impressive for "n" size, 25,000, but the figures including foreign ministers and prime minister tony prayer. he said that negotiations with sharon was often difficult but grounded in one objective. >> he did not pursue peace as a dreamer, but did he dream of peace and to end the war. >> reporter: u.s. vice president joe biden said sharon had always been vigilant in protecting the jewish people but was open to compromise for israel's neighbors. >> we'll never know what the element arc of sharon's life had been had he physically be able to pursue his stated goal, but we do know this as prime minister he surprised men. >> reporter: prime minister benjamin netanyahu and ally who turned adversary took a moment to restate its agenda. >> we'll act in every way possible to prevent iran of acquiring nuclear weapons. >> reporter: recollection of sharon's human side by c

. >> jackie roland has the latest from paris. >> trying to look for positive subjects to emphasize given the whole doubt, nine days ahead of the geneva talks about what exactly will take place across that conference table. they have been stressing the possibility of a limited cease fire for example around the city of aleppo. they've also been talking about possible prisoner exchanges and also a possible agreement by the regime forces to allow the creation of humanitarian corridors. but at the same time, none of this can detract from the fact that we're still not sure who will be sitting at that table, neither on the opposition side nor representing the regime of bashar al-assad. the oirption is certainly under pressure -- opposition is certainly under pressure not to cave in not to agree to any talking formula that would allow bashar al-assad to cling on longer to power. however on the government side they're saying they'll come to the talks but not fooling under so much pressure to look for a political solution since mill tailor, things have been improving for them, they have been makin

jackie roland, aljazeera, paris. >> how any lawmaker handles a scandal can determine their political futures, and they can move on, but are the voters ready? we bring her in, she's the ceo of a management firm. welcome. >> thank you so much. it's a pleasure to be here. >> what do you think? how did governor christie handle his crisis so far? >> i think so far, he has done quite well. and i think today especially he did quite well. his trick is to countermand what people are thinking of him and saying of him that he's a bully. and he said himself, he's not a bully and he needs it show that now, and today he did a very good job of doing it. >> . >> and what about the president of france? let's talk about him. how did he do? >> this is his second time with mistresses. this is a mistress of a former mistress, and there's no privacy anymore. for nim of us, and especially for political figures such as he. and i guess he had to say what he said, but it's not totally believable. >> let's go into what you say about this. you've been involved in crisis management before. and what goes into a p

al jazeera's jackie roland explains why >> reporter: it was a last-ditch attempt to persuade the syrian opposition to talk to the assad regime. the americans with their european and arab partners argues that there can be no military victory. after three years of fighting in syria, they say the only way ahead is a negotiated solution. >> we have renewed our full support for the syrian national council at a time when the syrian people are facing majority difficulties. following an extensive discussion we have unanimously adopted this text presenting our position on the crisis on the direction in which the community must follow and which request of the geneva 2 conference take place following the expected timetable. >> the syrian political opposition is as fragmented as the armed opposition on the ground. one thing the different groups agree on is that assad leave the political scene. the most important is that assad has no future in syria. the siryn opposition is under strong and conflicting pressures. it's international partners are adamant it should take part in peace talks later this m

well, covering this from all the angles with fred up in boston, ted rolands in chicago and ted at washington's regan international airport and regan steel in the weather center. fred, boston has already declared a state of emergency, the city has. it's been snowing hard there all day, pretty soon it will be snowi snowi snowi snowing wickid hard as they say in boston. >> if you look at the snow flakes, many are coming horizontally because the wind has been picking up in the last couple hours. we're expected to come into the phase where the snowfall is worse and the wind becomes the strongest and also where the temperatures plummet. i want to show you here. i would say we have about, six, seven inches of snow already on the ground and as you see, the wind is coming down -- is really blowing hard, and there is more snow coming. if you look at the street here, this was cleared by a snowplow, i would say less than five minutes ago and it's already completely white again. those are difficulties the road crews are having coming to terms with this and the mayor of boston who is due to leave office in

the case raises important questions about the limits of free speech in france and jackie roland al jazeeratro has a surprise public appearance and state television showed him at the opening of an art center in havana, the 87-year-old was seen in public 9 months ago and rarely leaves his private villa and he handed power to his brother raul six years ago. still ahead on the news hour, the brazil breathtaking view but for the wrong reasons, polluted water is causing a stench ahead of the olympics and in sports there is a goal stopper rather than goal scorer for madrid and that is coming up, your way in just a few minutes. do stay with us. ♪ >> every sunday night al jazeera america prese ♪ welcome back. fears of recreation marijuana exceeded $5 million in the state of colorado in just one week. the shops opened legally for the first time on new year's day and many stores say they are sold out of a drug which is available to anyone age 21 or older. now to brazil which is faces unwelcome attention because of water pollution in rio, the bay is too dirty for sports and we report. >> rio is one of

and on the very day he was shot, roland evans and robert novak had a syndicated column published that was headlined the reagan honeymoon is truly over. but a month after ray taliban was shot by a deranged young man outside a washington, d.c. hotel, they conceded the democratic-controlled house would have no choice but to pass reagan's tax cut agenda. the shooting had made reagan too popular and too great a hero with the public to refuse his request. reagan had displayed what kennedy himself quoting hemingway had defined as courage. grace under pressure. most americans did not be realize and is still do not realize how close reagan came to dying. he lost more than half of his blood, and the bullet that entered his chest came within an inch of his 70-year-old heart. he was at george washington university hospital waiting for the surgery that would save his life, reagan joked to his wife, honey, i forgot to duck. asked how he felt, he quoted w.c. fields, on the whole, i'd rather be in philadelphia. even when he lost his voice when a tracheotomy tube was inserted into his throat, he scrib

the flames broke out late yesterday afternoon in the roland park area of north baltimore. the homeowners were inside at the time, but they got out safely thanks to smoke alarms. firefighters had to run hoses an extral awa because the closest hydrant was frozen. one side of the house collapsed in the intense flames, damage is estimated at $1 million. >>> more than 100 d.c. police officers have been arrested in the last five years. police chief kathy lanier now says technologi, it may be part of a solution to help curb crime within the department. she spoke at a d.c. council hearing this afternoon about the recent high-profile arrests of some officers and that included one officer charged with child pornography. another charged with trying to kill his wife. lanier told the council she wants to roll out a plan to have officers wear body cameras to establish a record of police conduct. >> they seem to be the single best indicator for ensuring that you have high levels of accountability. so body cameras are being embraced by the community, by -- even by privacy folks. >> the co