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a libyan plane shot up an american base in sicily. since paul is here he's made the assignments-- jennifer at the white house, george at the pentagon martin at state. we need an anchor, since rorish is on his boat. we're doing the report from here with tom. what? you're not going to use him at all? it's not my choice. it's 1:35, and it's tom. you can reach me at the office. paul, forgive me. i'm really sorry. pardon me for interrupting, but... paul, i need to talk to you outside. great. tom's not near ready for this job not by the longest shot. aaron spent six weeks in tripoli. he's interviewed qaddafi. he reported on the '81 story. he's essential to do our best job. it's my responsibility to say so. that's your opinion. i don't agree. it's not opinion. you're just absolutely right and i'm absolutely wrong. it must be nice to always believe you're right to always think you're the smartest person in the room. no, it's awful. you'd better get going. hey! would you come on? nervous? excited. tell george and jennifer to try and cover ever

emma jane kirby, bbc news sicily. >>> hundreds of thousands of people in argentina have been marchinghrough buenos aires to demand answers over the death of a state prosecutor. just a month ago, alberto nisman's body was found with a gunshot wound to the head just hours before he was due in congress to present evidence against president kirchner. >> reporter: they turned up in the thousands, mainly middle class argentines led by colleagues and friends of alberto misnan. the prosecutor a whose death a monthing a exposed deep divisions in this society. when the heavens opened with the heaviest rain buenos aires has seen for months their spirits weren't dampened. their march issue across the capital went ahead as planned. despite the torrential rain there are still tens of thousands of people out on the streets of buenos aires tonight, shouting in spanish, "let it rain let it rain, we are not going away." the destination, the presidential palace and their target a government accused of politicizing a new judiciary and of interfering with the investigation into the 1994 bombing of a jewis

these survivors were brought to a port in sicily where there were medical checks for the beginning of the process that they hope will be new and better lives in europe. but with so many now being drawn by that dream, it's likely the cost of crossing this vast expanse of sea will result in more tragedy. laura westbrook, bbc news. >>> well the problems besetting libya have continued today. we've seen that bombing campaign and that is going to continue to affect the country's problems to do with militancy and migration. since november the job of search and rescue in the mediterranean has been carried out by the eu's border agency but eight agencies are saying that they're chronically underfunded for the task. >> reporter: yet another callout for frontex, officially the eu's border surveillance agency frontex has now become a search and rescue operation. this coast guard vessel is on loan to frontex from iceland and it's already taken part in a number of search and rescue missions. in fact, it's rescued some 2,000 people since november. the captain's just told us that there is another boa

of course the tiny island off of sicily is just under, as we said 200 miles away.ly the larger island is only 500 miles away. it's very very close within striking distance. many years agnieszka daf-- ago ago gadhafi hit the island. they're addressing parliament tomorrow. they're hoping that the united nations will pay attention and say that it's a threat to the country. a threat to italy is a threat to all of europe. >> thanks so much for joining me this morning. i appreciate it. >>> the gunman who opened fire at a copenhagen cafe and synagogue may have pretented to be as drunk to get as close as he could to his second and final target. the head of the jewish society says surveillance images show suspect staggering towards the synagogue on sunday. later that day in a gun battle police fired up to 30 shots at him dropping him to the ground. now the gunman did not get inside the synagogue or the cafe and that may have saved many lives. cnn's senior international correspondent nic robertson has more for you. >> reporter: what we're learning here in denmark is that the

others to sicily. an estimated 300 migrants were drowned in stormy seas earlier this week trying to reach italy from north africa. >>> red roses symbolizing love are the traditional way to celebrate valentine's day. that means big business around the world. but bangladesh blockades strikes, and fear of attacks are hurting sales. >> it's been a difficult couple of months for most businesses in bangladesh. but for flower growers it could end up being a bad year. february is when they make almost all their money. they bearly break even the rest of the year. but as the opposition here tries to get the prime minister to step down through national strikes and violent blockades transportation has stopped. this means that although they continue to gather the roses on their farm, there are no trucks to take them to the city in time for valentine's day. >> it's just a couple of weeks that really matter. these two weeks are worth $7,000 to $9,000 for us. that's basically all our profit. >> for theinterest is not

just a few hundred kilometers south of sicily, the country's former colony of libya has collapsed intoflict in recent months. >> in the resulting lawlessness thousands of people have been escaping or transiting through libya for europe, making the journey across a narrow stretch of the mediterranean to the italian island of lampedusa. for them, it is a getaway to europe because of how close it is to africa. >> just a few thousand people live on lampedusa. in recent days, services have been stretched to the limit by the number of migrants arriving. >> lampedusa's migrant reception center overrun by thousands of desperate people. staff is struggling to cope. the center was designed to fit half as many. this fence is meant keep migrants within the center's ground. -- grounds. it is broken, and several people have escaped. but lampedusa is barren and craggy. the arrivals will find it difficult to avoid recapture. most survived a difficult and dangerous journey to the island across a stormy mediterranean sea. >> the guy who was driving he said "sorry, guys." why, why? he said, the boat stop

. >>> "saturday night live's" sicily strong is gearing up to host the white house correspondents awardsapital file magazine asked her what she is looking forward to and he said i'm excited to have my private meeting with the obamas. so, i have that story. hong kong's leader tells people to act like sheep. hong kong's chief executive said, in the coming year i hope that all people in hong kong will take inspiration from the sheep's character and pull together to work for hong kong's future. >>> this moment, john froin, mayor bitten on the ear during groundhog day. the mayor lost his seat in a primary election this week. that's your morning dish of "scrambled politic." i'm joined by bob franken. good morning, bob. >> good morning. >> we have to start with rudy giuliani at a private dinner last night. he told the crowd that president obama does not love america. what is this about? >> well this is -- mayor giuliani didn't he used to be somebody? >> you're saying he's trying to stay relevant? >> perhaps that is. i mean his comments have gotten more and more extreme in the last several month

another 250 are due to arrive in s sicily. 200 died in stormy weather earlier last week. scandal surrounding argentina's president has deepened. she is now being formally accused of trying to cover up allegations of iranian involvement in a bomb attack on a jewish community center. the allegations were first made by a prosecutor found dead last month. from buenas airies. >> reporter: property cuters are go away. >> a pistol shot to their head. forensic teams have searched for evidence to help the inquiry how he died. a month later, argentines are still debating whether it was suicide or murder. some are hailing this latest move as a major advance. others are saying it's politically motivated and amounts to nothing. the only certainty is that it has added to the uncertainty and argentines are no closer to discovering who detonated the bomb in 1994 or how oberto oberto nisman died. president kirschner has flown to her weekend home in the south. she will return next week for a march organized by alberto necessaryman's former colleague. it's only likely to further polar eyes

but the worry is that this tiny island between north africa and sicily will once again become the gate way into europe for hundreds of thousands of migrants. al jazeera. >> syrian government forces are reported to have taken control of several villages in their latest offensive near the city of aleppo activists say more than 100 people have been killed. it brings the army a step closer to bescreeninging rebel held areas. >> the leader of lebanon has revealed for the first time that his forces are involved in a fight against isil in iraq. in a speech broadcast to his follow supporters he called on the group's military wing. it also responded to calls from the opposition, for his policy withdraw from syria i say to you who call on us us to retreat i call on you to go together to syria. >> we night have talks about iraq before, we have a modest presence in the early phase and the sensitive phase in iraq but i say let's go to iraq and let's go now new zealand is considering setting troops to iraq, and the government says any soldiers it sents will perform a noncombat role. this was the pub

line that carries crude from western libya to sicily. there have been attacks on oil installations forcing ports to shut down. still with italy thousands of right wing activists are rallying in rome. supporters are demanding the government to do more to keep out immigrants. there are rival protests under way as well. we have more now from rome. >> the anti-immigration rally here in central rome, the same city that have been discriminated against in the past 20 years of its existence when in the fast they have called roam rome accused the government of receiving money from the rich industrialized south. they have tries to nationalize the appeal. they want to appeal and capitalize anti-immigration and sentiment to grow its support base. hence, that's why they're hosting this rally here in roam. there are 30,000 people in the scare square alone. but this can be seen as a massive success. especially if they can see how popular it is in rome. many romans have not forgotten or forgiven the discriminating stance that the northern league has had

theyitaly has an underwater oil pipe that carries crude from libya to sicily. we go to our man in rome. >> the italian navy has announced that it will start military exercises between libya and italy in which a number of vessels will test antiwar ships technology. it is pressing that that is just a regular test. the last time they have done something like that was in 2013 but of course the timing of this exercise is particularly sensitive if you consider the political instability as it's seen as a threat to national security. the direct threats that isis has put forward against italy and the vatican, for instance, threatening to this guy's their fighters, and their fighters among the many migrants that arrive in italy every year. also there is concern that the political instability in libya affects economic interests between libya and italy. some observers think that the presence of those ships during the military exercises between libya and italy could be a shore for us, flexing their muscles and also try to defend the gulfstream the pipelines that transports

italy is an underwater pipeline, oil pipeline that carries crude from western libya to sicily. in recent months there have been attacks by gunmen on oil installations in libya forcing ports to shut down. still with italy thousand was right wing activists are rallying in rome. supporters of italy's far right northern party are demanding the government do more to keep out immigrants. the party was trying to capitalize on anti-immigrant sentiments ahead of elections. there are also rival protests under way. >>> the jailed leader of turkey's kurdish separatist group has called on his followers to lay down their weapons and end their 30-year long armed struggle. he leads the pkk the kurdistan worker's party. he afternooned for a diplomatic end to the conflict. >> the jailed leader of the pkk says that this is an historic call to replace an armed struggle with democratic politics. he said that both sides are closer than ever to peace. so perhaps since the declaration by ocalan's cease-fire, this is the most significant situation. the cease-fire effectively brought an end to the armed

ship and italian vessel rescued 700 migrants after hearing a distress and they have been taken to sicilyer country and several drown trying to reach italy from north africa. ten years ago three young americans registered a website domain name with the idea of sharing videos online and youtube now has more than one billion users and one of the most profitable and influential websites and our technology editor takes a look at how it all began. >> here we are. >> reporter: this is the first video ever uploaded to youtube, the company's cofounder joey at the san diego zoo in 2005. the idea that anyone anywhere could share their videos online caught on fast. just over a year later 65,000 videos were being uploaded each day and youtube was getting more than 100 million dailies used. no surprising when this happened. >> today we have exciting news for you and we have been acquired by google. >> reporter: 17 months after going live youtube was bought by google. for $1.65 billion. >> google has this very large scale infrastructure for content delivery and it's something that it was scaled up afte

some have been taken to the italian island and some to sicily.300 died in stormy seize earlier this week trying to reach italy from north after africa. >>> aa ferry capital guilty of the worst maritime did as ter in almost 49 years. the ferry collided with a bod carrying employees on a work outing. the captain will be sentenced on monday. the other boat's captain was acquitted of manslaughter but found guilty of endangering the safety of others. >>> the a scandal surrounding argentina's president is deepening. she is being formally investigated over accusations of a cover to hide the arranged involvement of a 1919 found bombing a jewish end center. the prosecutor looking for the allegations was found dead last month. daniel reports. >> reporter: prosecutors are determined that the case against the president and her foreign minister will not go away. the allegations is that they covered up iranian involvement in the 1994 attack on the jewish community center that killed 85 people. the alleged reward was cheap oil and trade deals. the government ha

italy has an under water pipeline that carries crude off to sicily.l has warmed it will conquer rome rome. >>> thousands of right-wing activists have been rallying in rome against immigration and the government. supporters of italy's northern league party are demanding the government does more to keep immigrants out. claudio lavanga reports. >> reporter: this is the northern league. the anti-europe and anti-immigration party held a rally where they are least popular: rome. the party has long blamed the capitol and the centralized government of stealing from the industrial >> monday, a climate emergency. >> so a species could not be here in ten years. >> nasa steps in to help protect the future of the planet. >> the tropics regulate our climate. >> "techknow" heads to costa rica to see how one rainforest is fighting back. >> wow! some of these are amazing. >> "techknow's" team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is my selfie, what can you tell me about my future? >> can affect and surprise us. >> don't try this at home. >> "techk

the italian coast guard brought them to a port in sicily. most of the migrants are africans.italian officials say they were. >> the government is now trying to reverse that trend in fact one rural county is now offering parents a $900 bonus to have a third child. but so far as harry fawcett reports there hasn't been many takers. >> the county looks like much of rural korea. this quiet place is on the forefront of an issue stalking this nation: aging. this community of elderly farmers has made close bonds because they need to. so many of their children have moved away, lifelong friendships have become ever more important. >> translator: all my daughters in laws are working so if i go to their place it becomes partisan for all of us. it's better for us to live separately. when i die i guess my sons will go and take me with them. >> men eat in a separate room they share comradeship but also a sense that their village is in terminal decline. >> our kids have nice houses in the city. why would they want to come here and live in a chevy house in the rural area. being in the rural i

a 9 the hour ferry ride from sicily. number two where i spent my birthday. day in turks and caicos. it is gorgeous. offers comfortable temperatures year-round. bluest water out there. number one is in brazil. this gorgeous beach sits on the eastern park of palago. it is just as appealing in february as it is in july. a little more expensive this time of year. >> they all look appealing though. >> 20 minutes after the top of the hour tragedy hitting super star nicky minaj's tour. why police are asking for your help. >> casino night in a super bowl party. the energy department spending millions to go and have fun on your dime. how much of this are we going to be able to take? it will leave you furious. >> a rude awakening. the trend occurring between food stamps and beer. >> welcome back. a devastating explosion at an exxon oil refinery shaking things up in southern california. the blast shattering a newly installed processing facility and injuring four workers. ash was seen falling on parts of the area landing like snowfall. crews had to later burn excess fue

others to sicily.estimated 300 my grant drowned earlier this week trying to reach italy from north africa. >> still to come on the program, how delhi's new chief ministers plans to wipe out corruption within five years. valentine's day connections, find out why this palestinian couple planning to marry are restricted to skype dates. england planning to manage their start. details coming up >> al jazeera america presents borderland's dramatic conclusion >> no one's prepared for this journey. >> our teams experience the heart breaking desperation >> we're all following stories of people that have died in the desert. >> and the importance... >> experiencing it, has changed me completely... >> of the lives that were lost in the desert >> this is the most dangerous part of your trip... >> an emotional finale you can't miss... >> we got be here to tell the story. >> the final journey borderland only on al jazeera america >>> had a half an hour from now. >>> let's have more on the top story. the shooting even

stratford - eastern ukraine >>> the italian coast guard rescued more than 200 migrants 50 miles off the sicily coach and brought to a port in italy. four smugglers threatened the search teams. most are africans many treated for inscruries around 300 migrants died trying to get to europe through the mediterranean. almost 3500 died trying to cross the sea. thousands in athens maftened in an aind austerity rally in support of a newly elected government the the protesters criticized economic austerity. solidarity took place in other cities. eurozone finance minister look at proposals for short-term financing until a more permanent solution is found to get the country out of debt. while the euro's continuing problems are causing concern, it is creating significant worry in parts of the u.s. alan fisher has that story from atlanta. >> this is german class, immersing students in georgia in the language possibly laying the foundation for a future career this is a country where spanish is a fastest growing language. >> germany is the largest economy, basically controlling the e.u. >> europe has a growi

italy has an underwater oil pipeline that carries crude to sicily. in recent months there have been attacks by gunmen forcing ports to shut down. and still with italy thousands of right-wing activists are rallying in rome. they're demanding the government do more to keep out immigrants. there have been rival protests happening as well. let's go live to rome. it looks quiet now but earlier when we were talking with you claudio, huge numbers had turned out. >> well, it was not the biggest rally we've seen in rome. there were 20,000 in the square, but if you consider that the history of this party it's incredible that many turned out here. why? because the northern league was born 20 years ago and ever since it has been calling this city, the capitol of rome, thieving rome because it has been claiming that rome and the centralized government has been stealing from the industrialized north of italy to fund the poorer south. it has been accused of being racist. now there was a change of tactics, a year and a half ago when the new leader was elected he dec

people have been plucked from two rubber boats off the island of lampedusa. 280 migrants arrived in sicily from a separate rescue they were part of a group of around 700 people. at least 300 people are thought to have died. police say one man on board the vessels had injuries consistent with gunshot wound. 218,000 migrants crossed the mediterranean sea last year. >> croatia's first woman president has been sworn in following a surprise election victory. >> the nationalist beat the liberal incumbent in a run off vote in jan. there has been widespread discontent over the economic situation. as well as weathering a 6-year recession. croatia's unemployment rate currently stands at 20%. >>> thousands of people rallied in athens to show support for the new greek government. this was the scope outside parliament a little earlier. people are bagging the rejection of e.u. demand for conditioned economic reform. the leftist leadership left to cancel key terms of the 270 bail out programme. well the euro's continuing problems are causing concern in the major financial centers across europe and causin

but the worry is that this tiny island between north africa and sicily will once again become the gate way into europe for hundreds of thousands. al jazeera a federal judge has temporarily blocked president obama's plan to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. the judge in texas ruled that the correct administrative procedures had not been followed. gabriel has more now from san antonio texas where the ruling was made. >> nowhere is this federal judge decision going to be felt more than here in the state of texas there's an estimated 1.2 million migrants that live in this state and about half of which are about five to 600,000 were eligible to apply for deportation relief but now are going to be stuck now obviously anti-immigration activists here and elsewhere in the country are applauding this urge have's decision, but others are not. we saw a press conference that was held today here in the city of san antonio, where immigration activists and local lawmakers came out and they were basically giving the message that they are going to fight this judge's decision,

italy has an underwater pipeline that carries crude from libya to sicily. in recent months there have been attacks on oil installations on libya, forcing ports to shut down. and still with italy thousands of right-wing activists are rallying against immigration in rome. it's demanding the government to do more to keep out immigrants. they're trying to capitalize on anticipate immigration sentiments before elections. there are also rival protests under way. let's find out what is happening at those protests. we go live to rome. what is happening? >> well, this is the last place you would expect a rally. in the past 20 years it has been falling rome accusing the central government of stealing from the country to finance itself. and yes here they are. this square is one of rome's main square, and it could be at least 50,000 people. it's not quite as full but let's say there are 30,000 people. most of them have come from the north because the northern league has, of course, a great appeal in the north of italy because the party has been calling for secession, t

italy could launch airstrikes from their air base in sicily. they could do it easily.s just a matter of finding the political will. right now it's just the british this french, the dutch and belgians who have conducted raids inside of iraq, but of these 2,000 airstrikes from the u.s.-led coalition 80% of those are u.s. nato needs to do more. >> what about guys in uniforms firing guns in anger? any european country prepared to do that? >> not yet. i think they need to, though. right now the u.s. has about 3,000 troops in iraq. if you count the u.s. embassy. the people who are providing security there. but theécñ europeans have just sent really small amounts of trainersle the germans sent 40 people to help the kurdish peshmerga, and they sent things like weapons and ammunition to the kurdish peshmerga. but look at the european footprint it's been minimal. stuart, the u.s. is about a third of the natoms-, population. yet we provide two-thirds of the military funding. it's time that nato really step up and especially the european allies have to do more. >> that do you make

out the ambassador and all the stuff and arrived this morning looking very tired at a port here in sicilyame by boat and not bi-plane and they advised all italians present in libya to leave the country immediately. >> reporter: now, claudia in the last 24 hours italian authorities rescued system like 2000 migrants from the mediterranean sea, were they fleeing i.s.i.l. threats? >> well that is another great worry, the worry is if i.s.i.s. continues to advance in libya and they gain control of coastal towns then they will also be in control in human traffic and business there that sends hundreds of thousands of migrants to italy as a gate way into europe. now i.s.i.s. has threatened in the past that they ruled this guise the fighters and as migrants in europe they will unleash hell and they said until now the situation has been under control but with prospects of i.s.i.l. reaching the coastal towns and infiltrating fighters among migrants and a real prospect especially with increased number of migrants coming to this country, 2000 migrants saved on sunday just yesterday in one single day is

that's tomorrow at 8:30 east jean from rome to sicily, migrants rescued are safe today from sea. some 1300 were rescued in the past two days while several hundred others perished. good weather inspired a new wave of attempts to smuggle migrants across the mediterranean from libya. it has brought renewed criticism of italy's decision to shut down a rescue mission last year. >> 10 years ago today, you tube was born, three men registered the domain name with an idea of sharing videos on line. it is one of the most profitable and influential sites on the internet. we look at how it all began. >> here we are. >> this is the first video uploaded to you tube. the companies company founder at the san diego zoo in 2005. the idea that anyone anywhere could share their videos on line caught on fast. a year later. 65,000 were being uploaded each day and you tube getting more than 100 million daily views. not surprising when this happened. >> today we have exciting news for you. we've been acquired by google. >> seven months later, you tube was bought by google for $1.65 billion. >> google ha

to conquer rome and with the terrorist madmen potentially only 300 miles away from the shores of sicily italy saying it fears an isis invasion. good afternoon. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin with our world lead. we are waiting on president obama. he is set in just minutes to lay out his vision on combatting extremism everywhere violent extremism. but as the president zeros in on hearts and minds, the war against isis the actual war, the one being fought with guns and bombs, that rages on. overnight, u.s. and coalition fighter jets bombed 16 targets, 14 in iraq just as kurdish forces were fighting off an onslaught from the terrorists outside the city of erbil. today, a u.s. defense official told cnn syrians could soon be the ones calling in the strikes. the pentagon will equip moderate syrian rebels with gear that would allow vetted fighters to call in the coordinates for american air power. today, two more grisly claims of isis depravity. a local iraqi police chief saying isis burned dozens more innocent people to death while iraq's ambassador to the united nations is

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or historical error when he talks about mobile voice being the model for and that congress expli sicilyt mobile broad band under a different framework.broadband under a different framework. from defining as a rid owe service. can you explain to me how you guys sort of are changing the definitions or reversing the opinion and what underpins that? >> i can respond to that. we respectfully disagree with their analysis. we think that congress and the statute gives the congress explicit authority to define certain terms that have to do with how we define mobile broadband internet access service and based on what's happened in the market over the last ten years especially since 2007, we think that the definitions merit an update and a revision to reflect what's going. on in the marketplace and how consumers are using the technology and how the technology has developed. using the authority that congress gave us in the statute it's in the terms as the commission shall define. we reached that conclusion. >> thank you. >> judging in the standards we discussed earlier, what gets a practice before

sicily. >> thank you. i thank you and the ranking member for calling on today's hearing. i particularly want to thank the witness whose are here today and thank you in advance for sharing your insight and your experiences. i know that some of you are bravely joining us today to share very personal stories of very difficult and painful experiences. and we are really indebted to you. as i discussed yesterday during our full committee hearing, i like many continue to have deep concerns about how the cuban government treats its citizens. but it's clear that the united states policy on cuba over the past several decades has not worked either. and i am hopeful that president obama's everts to engage in real substantive negotiations to a more cultural exchange economic trade and ties with cuba will ultimately benefit the united states and more importantly the cuban people. i hope the cuban government will come to the table to work with the united states for a more free tolerant and open society for the cuban people. it's very important for us to pay close attention to make sure

they could launch aircraft from sicily. >> great to see you this morning. thank you for breaking this down for us. >>> coming up. he allegely killed a mother of four in a fit of road rage. his own lawyer questioning whether or not it was the real motive. >>> the the daytona 500 race is today. one of nascar's best kurt busch, won't be there. his ex-girlfriend telling her aid of the story about the abuse that got him suspended. >> popped up out of bed and grabbed me by the throat and smashed my head into the wall tree times. >>> . >>> 23 minutes after the hour. the aptly named black cat bandits are on the loose. the fbi is offering up $30,000 to catch them. the pair linked to seven bank robs i are across maryland and virginia. the fbi said they're becoming more violent holding employees at gunpoint during the heist. >>> a lawyer for the teen suspect in the deadly las vegas road rage shooting reportedly questioning if road rage was even involved the night tamme meyers was killed. 19-year-old eric's attorney asking why meyers didn't go to the police immediately

in sicily, italy, holland and normandy. for his bravery and helping to liberate france from nazi brutality, the french government on tuesday awarded him their honor of legion medal. mr. pittenger: his dedication extends beyond the battlefield. following his discharge after world war ii, he volunteered for another year's active duty to help escort the bodies of fallen soldiers as they were returned home. please join me in thanking harold for his bravery and sacrifice in fighting for freedom, an exemplary example of the great estrogen ration. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? without objection. mr. veasey: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the life of a true trail blazer, ms. walter barber, the first black woman to serve on the fort worth city council. just like many of the constituents i serve, ms. barber was a product of the segregated high school in fort worth. she graduated from the schoo