nigeria, togo, ghana, madagascar, senegal, canada, germany, slovakia, moldova -- do you want to pick three? if you don't want to put in canada, you don't have to? you might want to give us an idea of where this problem is and it will focus our attention more precisely on what we should start with? we should probably start with the worst in him we can know when we have to have is a project to teach the country how much they should care. would you like to try that, ambassador? what you are saying is important. we need to identify where the problems are. like alooking at a case democratic republic allegations horrific but we think the secretary general did the right thing by sending them

the czech republic is the presiding country of the group formed by poland, slovakia, hungary, and the czech republic itself. inhave been very proactive pushing for help and assistance to countries impacted by the migration crisis itself, but only in europe. on macedonia and greece, but in the middle east, our aid is provided to libya, turkey, and lebanon. i work with syria is not negligible. the czech republic is the only eu member state with a still functioning embassy in damascus and contacts there that we maintain and that have prices value for our allies and help organize he military and eight in the war stricken regions. the czech republic with a historic experience as a central geographic position in europe clearly shows that it intends to play a constructive role in the process of integration and security. i suppose that you will agree times, it isin difficult, as we have experienced, to maintain our relationship with allies. we share common goals and values, and therefore, i believe one of our major priorities is for the transatlantic cooperation within the nato. the architect

the czech republic is the presiding country of the visharad group formed by poland, slovakia, hungary, and czech republic itself has been very proactive in pushing for help and assistance to countries impacted by the migration crisis the most. not only in europe, where we focus on macedonia and greece, but also in the middle east where our aid is provided to turkey, jordan, and lebanon. even our assistance to syria directly is not negligible. czech republic is the only e.u. member state with a still -functioning embassy in damascus, and the contacts that we maintain have priceless value for our allies, and help organize humanitarian aid right on the spot in the war stricken regions. i'm proud that the czech republic with its historic experience and central geographic position in europe clearly shows that it intends to play a constructive role in the process of european integration and security. i suppose that you will agree with me that in times which are difficult as we experience that we should maintain our relations with allies who we share common goals and values with, and therefo

obviously there are certain countries such as for instance, slovakia or hungary are opposed to approach of germany. that w putting more emfasis on the security and defense aspect. czech republic are trying to help but at same time we try to adhere to high security and screening principles in order to be, not to give cheap ammunition to populists and nationalists who actually further thwart and hamper a successful solution to the problems that we're facing. therefore i believe democratic politicians have to respond to the legitimate fear of the european citizens because democratic politicians are not able to answer it, then they will create a space for populists and other extremists. >> of course it's a, the problem you describe of balancing the imperatives of human rights and political situation is one that has bedeviled europe over the past 100 years. we were speaking before, i'm writing about this cycle now. if if we had more time i would engage you what president havel would counsel, since you particularly started with president havel and i want to ask you a different question and th

. >> reporter: for public interest lawyer, shutting down a toxic waefts dump at her home in slovakiaily affair. she also involved her own daughters 1rks 2 and 15 years old. >> they were participating in a protest. they were living my life. >> for edward lauri, it wasn't just the future of his family but their way of life at stake. he pioneered a system in tanzania to give owner ship titles to lands instead of individuals. he says it promotes their lifestyle to live off the lands but the sudden recognition still took him by surprise. >> too much happy. they suddenly had the equipment. >> reporter: now, there were two more winners. one from cambodia and one from peru. both of their struggles involved protecting rural lands from corporate developers. >>> happening today, you'll want to check out the electric bike expo if you're thinking about cycling. the free event offers visitors a chance to test ride more than 200 ebike models that help with pedaling assistance. >>> we've got much more ahead on the "abc7 news." donald trump's new campaign aide says he's just been playing a role. one

you want to pick three and, if you don't want to put in canada you don't have to or slovakia, perhaps of the shorter list that's left. might want to give us an idea where the problem is.er it will focus our attention much more precisely like laser like? what we should start with. we probably should start with the worst and we know what we have to as a project to teach that country how they should care about the issue. so would you like to try that, ambassador. >> i would say in the case, what you're say something very important and we're to identify the problems are and we're starting to do that. case like democratic republic of congo. against that contending rent absolutely horrific. we think the secretary-general did right thing sending them home. in mayes keeping anywhere else -- peacekeeping anywhere else or should they be. at same time of a new focus on issues we've seen the democratic republic of congo has detained 20 of their peacekeepers and started trials against them. so what we need to see before we can make a judgment where do those trials go?o? several of the countries th

the winner of the 175,000 older prize included activist from cambodia, tanzania and slovakia.waste dumps, and the youngest winner, destiny, is from maryland. while in high school she led the plans for the incinerator in the already polluted neighborhood. >> in baltimore, the number of deaths related to air pollution is higher than the homicide rate.>> there was a somber reminder of how dangerous the environmentalists can be over many parts of the world. last month, one of the winners from last year was killed in honduras. berta who fought to save the river from the proposed dam was shot and killed by a gunman that burst into her home. >>> no sleeping in the san jose sharks playoff, dropping to the kings in overtime. and pumping up the crowd, and opening up the dressing room door extending the sharks out. in the sharks got right to work, scoring 30 seconds after the opening, but that was all the scoring that the sharks could do. the kings tied it up in the first period, and the sharks said five chances but could not convert, and the game remained 1-1, and the kings scored in th

the six winners of the $175,000 golden prize included activists from cambodia, slovakia. the youngest winner is from the state of maryland. while still in high school, des any wofford opposed an incinerator in her area. there was a somber reminder of how dangerous environmentalism can be in many parts of the world. last month, one of last year's winners was killed in honduras. she was shot to death by gunmen who burst into her home. >>> take us to the broadway smash hit hamilton may be harder to get after it one the pulitzer prize for drama. trust me. it's great. it tells the story of the founding founder alexander hamilton and bay area fans will soon be able to see the show because it is coming to san francisco march of next year. here you go. a short click of hamilton. a lot of people talking about it on the east coast. it is coming here next year in march. so, down to southern california. organizers of the cochella music festival are putting on a huge event. rolling stone, paul mccarthy. neil young. roger waters from pink floyd all set to take the field this fall. it i

[applause] >> for a public interest lawyer, shutting down a toxic waste dump in her home in slovakiaas a family affair. beyond rallying support in the community, she also involved her own daughters, 12 and 15 years old. >> they were participating in the protests, they were living my life. >> for edwin, it wasn't just the future of his family, but their way of life at stake. edwin pioneered a system in tanzania to give ownership of lands to entire communities rather than just individuals. he said this approach protects the communal lifestyle and ability to live off the land for several generations. but the sudden recognition took him by surprise. there were two more winners, one from cambodia and one from peru. both of their struggles involve protecting rural lands from corporate developers. in san francisco, dan ashley, abc7 news. >> also happening today, it's the about a bike a event the. this offers you a chance to test raid more than 200 different e-bike models which help with power assist while pedaling. two e-bikes, worth $12,000 in value, will be given away. we have more ahead.

continents, and the winners of the wondered $75,000 prize include activist from cambodia, tanzania and slovakiaryland, and destiny while still in high school led the plans for the incinerator in the already polluted neighborhood. >> in baltimore, the number of deaths related to air pollution is higher than the homicide rate.>> that was a troubling reminder of how dangerous the environmentalists can be in many parts of the world, last month, one of the last years winner was killed, berta that worked as a a river from a proposed dam was shot and killed by a gunman that burst into her home. >>> the bay area high schools ranked as some the best in the country, u.s. news & world report published the top 100 high schools in the u. s., and the bay area schools are lowell high school in san francisco, university preparatory academy charter in san jose, mission san jose in fremont, and the kipp san jose collegiate charter. they base it on graduation rates, and how well the schools are preparing the students for college. >>> let's check back in for alex savidge on the traffic. and sal is working on a sto

. >> for public interest lawyer, shutting down a toxic waist dump in her home in slovakia was a familyffair. she also involved her own daughters, 12 and 15 years old. >> they were participating in the protests, they were living my life. >> for edwin, it wasn't just the future of his family but their way of life at stake. edwin pioneered a system in tanzania to give ownership of lands to entire communities rather than just individuals. he said this approach protects the commune alive style and ability to live off the land for several generations. but the sudden recognition took him by surprise. there were two more winners, one from cam bone yeah and one from peru. both of their struggles involve protectth hurl lands from corporate developers. in san francisco, dan ashley, abc7 news. >> also happening today, it's the 22nd annual oakland earth day. thousands of volunteers will clean and green more than 80 locations in the city, including parks, creeks, streets and sidewalks. this video shows some of the volunteers from last year. in 2015 enough trash and weeds were removed in oakland on e

against clear cutting in cambodia, land seizures in tanzania, metal mining in peru, a talks dump in slovakiawho stood up to preserve nature in there corner of the globe. >> our fight with evil is not against evil people but against the evil actions. >> unfortunately, we are seeing growing threats to environmentalists around the world. >> reporter: on this, the 27th year of the prizes, the crowd was reminded of the perils of pushing back. >> please join me now as we further remember an activist with a contagious smile who cut her teeth on revolution for the love of the people and the land of honduras. >> reporter: the winner last year for saving a honduran river was shot to death in bed by gunman who burst into her home. >> her out spouses -- outspoken stance in defense of her people, she was suggested to constant death threats. on march 3, the threats became a reality. >> reporter: but these activists put risk aside like this new winner who has to be very careful in cambodia after exposing illegal logging. the youngest winner? from maryland. >> in baltimore, the number of deaths related to a

or slovakia, perhaps of the shorter list that's list, you might want to give us an idea of where this problem is and then focus our attention much more precisely like laser like on what we should start with. we should start with the worst and then we can all know what we have to have as a project in order to teach that country how much they should care about the issues. so would you like to try that, ambassador? >> i would just say in the case -- and what you're saying is very important. we need to identify where the problems are. we're starting to be able to do that. we are looking at a case like democratic republic of congo. obviously, the allegations against that particularly contingent -- they're horrific. we think the secretary-general did the right thing by sending them home. they are not in peacekeeping anywhere else, nor should they be. but at the same time, as part of this new focus on these issues, we have seen now that the democratic republic of congo has detained 20 of their peacekeepers and has started trials against them. so what we need to see before we can make a judgm

from high school, went to high school in kabul, and my father was a diplomat, and we were in sec slovakia. he was -- czechoslovakia. he was an ambassador at that time. we heard that the russians took over which was a shock. and it came in in such a shock that at first we didn't know, you know, like, okay, they invaded the country. i was so young, i didn't know the meaning of it. because afghanistan, like, i was raised in the golden ages, you know? we didn't think of war. i had never seen a gun before or a tank or anything else. so to me, it was like, okay, somebody invaded, and they will leave, and we will go back. so we slowly immigrated to the united states. even my father had the attitude that after three years we will go back, and the american ambassador in germany gave my father -- he was going to give him citizenship, green card, everything. he said, no, no, no, no, i'm not going to do that. i'm going back in three years. so to make a long story short, we ended up staying for 25 years. [laughter] then september 11 happened. and when september 11 happened, of course, my father was on

so from estonia in the north through the baltic countries, down through slovakia into hungary, romania bulgaria, and all the way into turkey that's our nato frontier and it's being challenged economically and geostrategically by mr. putin. so countries like poland day-to-day have a military challenge, they have a geostrategic challenge, infiltration, the contest of ideas, active propaganda war going on in their domestic politics we don't actually see here but they're doing it there as what their alignments are, whether they have western values or not. i could go on that. nato is an integral part of that. that struggle is about keeping us in america safe providing for us allies, people who share our values and will work with us around the world. that is what nato is. as far as president eisenhower, one of my heroes, i think he was a tremendous president. he was a great military leader in world war ii. he was working at the diplomatic level. he knew how to bring people together. he knew how to have strategic vision. he wasn't hyde bound idealogically, he worked across the aisle and he wa

morocco, cameroon, tanzania, burundi, nigeria, togo, ghana, madagascar, senegal, canada, germany, slovakia, moldova -- do you want to pick three? if you don't want to put in canada, you don't have to? you might want to give us an idea of where this problem is and it will focus our attention more precisely on what we should start with? we should probably start with the worst in him we can know when we have to have is a project to teach the country how much they should care. would you like to try that, ambassador? what you are saying is important. we need to identify where the problems are. like alooking at a case democratic republic allegations horrific but we think the secretary general did the right thing by sending them home. they are not in peacekeeping anywhere else. at the same time, as part of this focus on the issues, we have seen that the democratic republic of congo has detained 20 peacekeepers to start trials against them. to the need to see is trials go? several countries you mentioned have started judicial processes or finished them against peacekeepers who were accused. i woul

so, countries like the czech republic, countries like poland, like slovakia, romania, bulgaria, they had concerns about the russian threat to their security. so they voluntarily applied and the nato alliance took them in. this was no threat to russia. it did not provoke them at all. it was russia's threat against them that allowed them to choose to go in to nato. >> russia, as you know, boycotted the nuclear summit that's taking place in washington this week. was that a direct response to nato's buildup in russian proximity? and what does that say about what to expect in the future in this relationship? >> what to expect in the future is hard to tell because mr. putin cannot be predicted. he has self-isolated. he is isolating himself. when he invaded ukraine two years ago, the west, the entire unified west, that is west -- europe, the united states, japan, australia, canada, we all put sanctions on this illegal international violation of law. we sanctioned russia. what did mr. putin do? he put counter sanctions on himself. he self-isolated. he self-sanctioned. he is doing the same th

morocco, cameroon, tanzania, burundi, nigeria, togo, ghana, madagascar, senegal, canada, germany, slovakia, moldova -- do you want to pick three? if you don't want to put in canada, you don't have to? you might want to give us an idea of where this problem is and it will focus our attention more precisely on what we should start with? we should probably start with the worst in him we can know when we have to have is a project to teach the country how much they should care. would you like to try that, ambassador? >> what you are saying is important. we need to identify where the problems are. we are looking at a case like a democratic republic allegations against them are horrific but we think the secretary general did the right thing by sending them home. they are not in peacekeeping anywhere else. at the same time, as part of this focus on the issues, we have seen that the democratic republic of congo has detained 20 peacekeepers to start trials against them. what we need to see is to the trials go? several countries you mentioned have started judicial processes or finished them against p

from estonia to the baltic intories down to slovakia hungary, romania, bulgaria, and all the way into turkey, that is the nato frontier. it is being challenged economically and geo- strategically by mr. putin. challenges,s those the contest of ideas, and active propaganda war in their domestic politics that we do not see here . what theiro alignments are, what their western values are. nato is an integral part of that. that struggle is about keeping us in america safe by providing for us allies and people who share our values and will work with us around the world. as far as president eisenhower -- one of my heroes -- she was a charm and. a great military leader in world was a tremendous president. leader in world war ii. he worked across the aisle. and he was worried about getting the balance right in our economy. the generals did not always like him. really forbearers were opposed to some of general eisenhower's policies when he was president. the army chief of staff actually protested and wrote a book, criticizing the eisenhower administration's defense policies. but what he did no