for the syrian opposition, it's not just the loss of a strategic city, but a blow for fighters all over syria. some rebels are already vowing they will come back to ohms. but with the way the battles are going in the country, it doesn't seem they'll be able to do so in the near future. >> south korea's defence ministry says it has evidence that three drones recently discovered near the north-south border originated from north korea. seoul says the drones are programmed to take pictures of military installations. technical problems and fuel shortages completed the mission. >> thailand's former prime minister denied abusing her position, saying her government never acted corruptly. yik supporters -- yingluck shinawatra supporters rent the decision by the constitutional court. they say they'll rally. the commerce minister will replace her as caretaker minister. and they'll move ahead to elections in july. the instability caused by the verdict has been said to benefit the opposition. >> the opposition is not seeking political stability. the instability of this court case is the latest incar

>>> a day after yingluck shinawatra forced out of office - another ruling >>> one of syria's strategic cities in government hands. rebels leave homs after a brutal 2-year siege, plaus... >> i'm in soo paulo, and a few kilometres away from the wuppertal stadium. there's -- one stadium. there's thousands of families camped out here, saying they have nowhere else to go. >>> the nijian group boko haram is being accused of killing as many as 300 people in a remote border town in the north-east, in the same area where 270 school girls were kidnapped last month. al jazeera as the first international media organization to visit chibok where the girls were abducted. >> reporter: a traumatised mother, still not having come to terms with the kidnap of her daughter. she things it's a bad dream. her daughter is one of the 270 girls taken by boko haram fighters. more than three weeks on, they are missing. >> i prefer if they ask my suggestion. they should go into my house, burn my house. break everything in my house. that would be better for me. even they take my life at that moment. i think i'm satisfied

pedestrian safety and improves the neighborhood and the geobond adds transportation into the strategic city. this investment will provide important benefits without costing our residents more like other bonds that have funded the libraries and fire stations this transportation bonds will not increase property takes. the city has responsiblyly made that part of issuing the new bones as those are paid off and it insures regular spending as representatives of our want respective neighborhoods we serve and hear what our constituents want. many of us have heard they want a deniable transportation network to get around the city. to date we've received feedback why the from community groups and we're going to be continuing this outreach with open houses in every single districts throughout the year. take the opportunity to a acknowledge the haishgd staff that got the details of the bopped total went up the sfmta and the public works. i grew up riding muni it's so disappointing when i hear today how residents are experiencing the same infraction frustration when muni was my main mold mode of transp

. >> the city is strategically located. the corridor lipping the coast passes through homs. >> the regime and opposition know they can't control the country. the regime is concern freighting on retake -- concentrating on retaking strategic cities. >> ohms will no longer be divided by front lines. the rebels may lose the heart of revolution, but the war is not over. >>> let's bring in a syrian academic. a political analyst at the doha institute. months of stalemate. symbolic and a strategic town and the cradle of the revolution according to some opposition groups. this is an important withdrawal, significant. >> absolutely. but i think both sides needed this very much. they needed the truce very much. the regime has been using all sorts of tactics to regain what we call useful syria. and land from damascus in the south to the coastal area in the north-west of the country, through homs. as the report mentioned, it is located and controls the main - the highway between damascus and the course. the regime is trying before the e

it is not just the loss of a strategic city but a moral blow for fighters all over syria.ome rebels are already valued and will come back to homs. but with the way the battles are going in the country it doesn't seem that they will be able to do so in the near future. >> a moment on the news hour. tie land's prime minister is forced to step down after being convicted of violating the constitution. >>> making gains in the fight against al-qaeda we have a report from inside yemen. >>> and players brazil hope will win its country's sixth world cup. >> ukraine is dismissing a call by vladimir putin to abandon a rereferendum. >> reporter: well, david, vladimir putin made the comments during a meeting with the organization in europe about the ongoing crisis in ukraine. it also said that they have withdrawn troops from the border, but nato has not seen any sign of this and asked for him to are draw them. >> reporter: what about the pro-russian separatists if we're going to call them that, in eastern ukraine. what reaction to these comments? >> reporter: this announcement by presi

was held by armed groups and it thif rebs leaves the government will have full control of the strategic city in the middle of the country. >> government there is shown in green and purple areas are contested including aleppo as well as a large swath in the east. slivers of red mark rebel stronghol strongholds. other areas are held by the islamic state of iraq and the kurds. rebels in the city were expected to start leaving on saturday. but their withdrawal is being delayed by a few hours. rebels are asking a u.n. delegation to supervise them. they also want injured people to be assisted by the red crescent. al jazeera's reporter sent this from neighboring turkey. >> the old quarters of homs and its surrounding neighborhoods are the last rebel strongholds in the city. some 1,000 fighters are inside. but for months, they have been under siege. now, they may be given safe packa passage out as part of a deal with the government. the rebels will retreat to the northern countryside of the city but those areas are also under siege. the deal would allow the state to regain control of a city known as

as part of our strategic plan, city has been growing quite a bit. we launched what we call the dpw university. it is a one-stop learning training and career development for specifically for public works employees and with the new changes in our streets and right-of-ways and many of the changes in the industry, we are having to reeducate much much our workforce as well as many of the staff that work down in the operations also. so, we've created a campus where we actually provide lessons and teaching and they are specific to public workers. finally, as part of our growth, we are in need of additional office space. so, as we deliver more capital projects, we are definitely doing some projects looking forward. we will be adding space -- we will be moving into the third floor of 30 van ness to officially meet the growth and primarily our engineering and architecture divisions will be going in there. proposed uses for -- let me see what that slide is here. proposed uses, actually, that will conclude. this chapter shows the various years and exactly -- wh

a strategic city, which you have been pointing out -- it feels more significant to europeans. >> it is only a couple hundred miles. it is about 150 miles. you are effectively part of europe. dynamic of the story, it migrates away from the diplomacy. >> we will speak with a director about the developments. >> credit suisse may be looking it -- it could include a guilty plea and a fire more than $1 billion. credit suisse created a separate legal entity for the business. that could result in the justice department targeting just that union -- unit. you have to believe that washington is involved. >> you mentioned that the word distinction. another distinction is potentially credit suisse -- we do not know yet, but if credit suisse admits to criminal wrongdoing, that is a big deal. thanks will avoid saying it is criminal so they do not open themselves up to lawsuits. -- of unintended consequences, that was front and center. the rangers cannot score a goal. >> they were completely shut out. another activist investor are making peace. we're talking about dan lowe. otheby and dan loeb. >> the

important about us carving out the vision is that it's enabled us to have some very, very strategic conversations with the city and county of san francisco and their technology and as you know, it's been a vision in the city to have a ubiquitous wireless coverage in the city for many years so if the district and city are working hands in and and it creates these opportunities for our poorest families, leveraging the city's resources to provide connectivety in those homes, then it allows us to work with cbos within the community so we can perhaps get devices into the homes. we've leveraged what we want to do. so there's lots of those kind of exploratory conversations happening. quite frankly, our goal is to bring to the board with the budget for 2014, 2015, an initial set of recommendations that started down this path and then with subsequent conversations about what are we learning and how are we leveraging some of the -- quite frankly, some of the conversations we're already having with our business partners in san francisco and some of our philanthropic partners who are extremely motivated to partner with us

this [speaker not understood] is really not a strategic plan that addresses all city policy and that there be annual updates that strategic plan, and that was a key piece to this because one of the things we are hearing is that when the board appropriates funds in the june -- in the budget, they don't actually have sort of a list of priorities in how the funding priorities should be allocated. so, that is sort of an overview of what we found in that report. if you have any questions. >> colleagues? okay, thank you, ms. campbell. i want to thank you and your colleagues for your work on this audit. so, colleagues, very briefly, a summary of the legislation i want to take a moment to also thank supervisor cohen for her work in this area and for her co-sponsorship of this legislation. the primary heart of the legislation is to create a coordination body as recommended by the budget analyst office and remove unworkable provisions in chapter 30 and create a committee on workforce align many. -- alignment. [speaker not understood] that would be oewd, hsa, dcyf, puc and dpw to come together t

. >> it's not just a symbolic city, it's strategically located. the corridor linking along the coast passes through homs. >> both the regime and the opposition know they can't control the country. the regime is concentrating on retaking strategic territory. it's part of a plan to partition the country. >> once the rebels withdraw. homs will no longer be divided. the rep else may lose what they call the heart of the revolution. >> still ahead - campaign count down in south africa. the ruling a.n.c. prepares to hold a final rally ahead of polls next week. >> and the rise of e-rickshaws in india. are they really an environment-friendly option? stay tuned. the performance review. that corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. and yet, there's someone around the office who hasn't had a performance review in a while. someone whose poor performance is slowing down the entire organization. i'm looking at you phone company dsl. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business b

it does seem to remain firmly in control of key strategic cities and locations within those cities.>> if it keeps going this way, as we all know, there's going to have to be more action. it can't be just about sanctions anymore. we'll keep track of it. be safe on the ground. >>> here at home, the federal aviation administration says it it discovered what led to delays and cancellations of flights across the country last week. the culprit, a cold war era spy plane that was flying through los angeles air space. what? we are live in our washington bureau with details. i don't get it. i said it and i don't get it. >> a spy plane, a cold war era spy plane was in the skies over california and, as you said, it's to blame for the faa computer glitch that paralyzed air traffic in southern california last week. you remember flights were grounded, delayed and diverted at lax alone, the third busiest airport in the united states. more than 100 flights delayed. officials were trying to fix this glitch for about an hour. now the faa computer system is important. it projects the flight path, it an

. >> it is not nuch a symbolic city, it is strategically located. it is along the coast and passing through. >> both the regime and the opposition know they can't control the whole country. it is part of the plan to partition the country. >> once the rebels withdraw, the city will longer be divided. the rebels may lose what they call the heart of the revolution but the war is still not over. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry is offering to help the nigerian government to get the school girls back that were captured. kerry made the announcement during the visit to ethiopia. >> the kidnapping of childrens is an uncon shl crime. we are going to support the government to return the women to their homes and hold the prerp tatars to justice. >> seven people were killed in the capital and a group claimed responsibility for the attack and targeting a former local government official that was killed in the explosion. >> final campaign rallies in south an africa ahead of the elections next week. they are facing to toughest challenge yet. tonya paige expla

city. >> it's strategically located. the corridor linking damascus along the coast passes through homs. >> the regime and the opposition know they cannot control the whole country. the regime is concentrating on retaking strategic territory. it is part of a plan. >> once the rebels withdrew from neighbourhood, they would no longer be divided by front lines. the rebels may lose the heart of the revolution. the war is not over. >>> a commission on child abuse is being held. protocols are being drafted when a priest is accused. victims' groups pressed the churn to hold priests accountable. a key member is marie collins, a victim of abuse by a priest in ireland. >> i know there's many survivors around the world who are hoping and have great expectations of this mission and what i can say so far is you can't make concrete promises. as a survivor myself, i am hopeful that we are going to achieve what is hoped for. >> once again pope francis established the commission in december. >>> sky high property prices in new york city a

city. it is a symbolic and strategic victory for president assad. syrian leader is trying to gain control of all the in damascus. he is close to that now. going into elections next month, president assad looks stronger than ever. makinges, rebels are gains. it is not a simple picture, but president assad is winning more than he is losing. perhaps the real significance of homs lies in what it says about the rebels' morale. for some, three years of sacrifice with nothing to show for it is enough. >> both sides are tired, but local cease-fires like that in homs are still far from the negotiated settlement that would end this war. the $300,000 reward is being offered by the nigerian government to anyone who can help find and rescue the more than 200 schoolgirls who were abducted by boko haram last month. officials are calling or both american -- calling for both american and european security advice. >> a desperate seen as mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters are arrived at the school where more than 200 girls were at .pted -- abducted this footage,

a home in pittsburgh, and the companies realize that it's because of the strategic advantage we have, which is talent. >> the city has never taken federal bailout money, and the city does operate as others do in the area, under a safe recovery act. which means that they have to be very very careful balancing their budget. but companies like intel, disney, microsoft, they're cougacueing up to get in the do, and the deer hunter, with robert deniro was filmed here, and so was your favorite movie, flash dance. >> i remember the deer hunter and flash dance very well. >> what a feeling! >> john, thank you. it has been almost ten years since hurricane katrina struck new orleans, the lower 9th has yet to recover, and andy gallagher went back to the 9th ward where many say they still feel forgotten. >> the truck stop skate park, corporate sponsors, and wealthy musicians, and things looked promising. the money ran out and the state park built inside of a local community center closed it's doors. it was supposed to demonstrate the revitalization of the ward and instead it emphasized it's failure. >> when there's nothing of

. >> would you say it is more about the lifestyle, the fact that london is a strategic location in terms of the city of london, the way it straddles time zone more than anything that the government is doing to attract it's wealth. >> i don't think the government is attracting its wealth. yes, they enjoy their lifestyle. some of them have already made their money and choose to live in london. >> and so london boasts more billionaires than any other city. what about other prosperous cities in the world. >> well trailing behind is moscow with 48 billionaires, and then new york with 43. america has got obviously more billionaires, but the u.k. per population has more billionaires in the g-8, in the world. >> did that surprise you? >> yes, it's all based on sterling measures. so people who think there are a lot of billionaires in america and other places, yes, that's correct. but when you equate it on the same currency measures it surprised me that we went up to 100 billionaires for the first time. we had 88 in the u.k. last year. it's been a rapid increase. >> would you say that moscow has seen a decrea

they're strategically located in over 100 areas throughout the city. >> the city learned a hard lesson in 1906. just relying on the existing water supply system wasn't necessarily enough to protect the city from a huge fire. >> reporter: san francisco knows about huge fires. the last time water was used from a cistern tank was in 1989 during the loma prieta earthquake fire. the tanks were not used during the march mission bay fire. but the city is thankful the money was there to pay for the 30 tanks that are now under construction. taxpayers passed a bond measure four years ago that generated $1.4 million to pay for 30 cistern tanks. a new measure is on the ballot for this june. proposition a. to generate $55 million to build more. >> we're good planners in the fire department and we know that our history has showed us there are water mains that can break. so we want to be able to have other options to deploy in the event of system failures. >> reporter: once all the cisterns being built under this phase are complete, there will be 180 of them throughout the city of san francisco. comi

analystses say that city has a huge strategic importance to ukraine, lea gabrielle is live. odessa, an enormous pickup for the other side and an enormous loss for ukraine's government. >> that's right. many russians actually consider odessa a russian city. in fact it played a key role in russian imperial history, considered a gateway to the former russian empire. today odessa was mostly quiet as mourners mourn the loss of loved ones during last week's clasheses but the recent violence highlights the strategic significance. odessa has two ports, including an oil terminal, and is a key transportation hub, and if odessa war to plate off from the rest of ukraine, ukraine would be land-locked, cut off from the black sea. >> it's separatists in the east say they're holding a vote to split from ukraine. >> that's right. people there calling it the people's republic. so they plan to hold a referendum by may 11th. look at this video we're showing you here. you can see over the weekend, protesters stormed government buildings. ukraine has planned a presidential election for may 25th an

the center for strategic and russianional cities on intervention in ukraine. we look at the key races for the senate, house my and governorships are in the country. -- around country. >> a couple of live events to tell you about tomorrow. general leaders led by martin dempsey will be a capitol hill for a hearing on military compensation. let coverage is at 9:30 a.m. eastern. p.m., the senate foreign relations committee will hear from representatives of the state treasury and defense apartment about intervention in ukraine. -- department about intervention in ukraine. >> you can now take c-span with you wherever you go with our free c-span radio app for your smart phone or tablet. listen to all three tv channels or c-span radio anytime. there is a schedule of each of our network so you can tune in when you want. showsroadcasts of recent from our signature programs like "q&a."ards and download online for your >> now, a look at what actions are available to the u.s. to respond to russian intervention in ukraine. the center for strategic and international studies

not only were they putting on their strategic missiles which were designed to cities in the united stateshad put about 100 tactical nukes on the island which were intended to be used in battle. and if that had actually been used you could see escalation and the whole thing becoming a nightmare. so they had no idea. the military had no idea those tactical nukes exist. not only did kennedy want to de-escalate the situation, ignoring the fact that one of our airplanes was shot down over cuba and the pilot was killed, but khrushchev also started to de-escalate immediately. my book, what i do is i try, i wanted to return contingency to history. contingency is the fact that at that moment in history, all options are available to decision-makers and the future is not known. and as so often as historians we will use 20/20 hindsight and condemn people for their decisions without remembering that contingency exists. what it is i wrote a book that is the to a history book from an alternate timeline. the first half is actual history leading up to the crisis, and then i have one event different, and t

for work on the part of par son's engineering team to work with the city on the rail yard and i 280 boulevard study and strategizing with us as to funding sources and at this time that appears in the revenue to be identified section. >> just backing up a little bit -- as you all remember, we are a very lien staff so this is largely a consultant and construction budget nearly 98 percent of the budget is for professional and specialized services of that nearly 90 percent is for construction and construction management activities and salaries and administration again revenues are divided into committed which is grants already in place largely encumbered and roll over to next year and planned is revenues that are in process or will be allocated in the coming year including we have a $43 million prop k allocation request that's in in process that's at their cac later this month and we also understand that ac transit their board is considering increasing their capital contribution next year so we appreciate that so i'll transition over to the operations budget which is proposed to be 4.7 million that's largely funded by

strategic territory. >> once the rebels withdraw, homms city will no longer be divided. rebels may loses what they call the heart of the revolution. the war is still not over. al jazeera istanbul. >> a week of student protests at rutgers ends with condoleezza rice declining an invitation to speak at the graduation ceremony. she announced on facebook saying it had become a distraction at a special time. students are declaring victory. they waged campaign against rice on twitter and on campus arguing they played a role in the iraq war as part of the bush administration. rutgers officials say they stand behind the invitation but respect her decision. >> the blind and visually impaired have relied on braille to read and write. now, its use is declining. tonya moseley reports on why. >> joyce shumacher is not reading in front of her computer scene. she is listening. words are being read back to her using an automated text to talk device. she is legally behind. she has been losing her vision since the age of 12. she never learned braille and thanks to tech nothing, shumacher b

break it down policy and programming role is looking at the strategic opportunities and do the engineering with the other partners in the city to design a capital strategy for the capital program and do this with the agency and the planning division will do long range and short and medium range planning and in addition do policy studies out of both and the recent bike share and a collaborative effort between the two divisions. >> great. thank you. >> good question. so diving right in one of the first things we did as a management team and agency start with the guidance you gave us last december when you adopted goals for the agency and the key work program say constant of course. this year we're also mindful and trying to ensure good board support for all of your roles, not only in our role but on regional agencies and the regional metropolitan transportation district and other like districts and for example we have the cal train and golden gate highway and transit district for example. promoting efficiency and customer service was mentioned last year you would like to see and we ourselves recognize as an opportunity to incr

is this the beginning of a pitched battle for various strategic objects inside this otherwise previously peaceful citythe unrests swell but didn't really impact daily life here, or is there a potential political way out? yesterday morning everyone talked about negotiation between moscow, kiev and this new president, petro poroshenko. that vanished with the violence at the airport. signs of many casualties on the separatist side. what's that done to their will? john? >> we'll have to wait and see as the smoke clears, literally, this morning from that airport. nick paton walsh live in donetsk. thanks so much. >>> all right, it's tuesday morning, long weekend for chris cuomo. let's look at what's coming up on "new day." he's back with this story. >> don't hate, christine. >> i love. i love. >> i had a great weekend and we were some fish-killing fools this weekend. >> i knew it! >> i'll tell you when i see you. look at my facebook and twitter page. >> oh, we saw it all. >> easy, j.b. what you're interested in most people are not. so, we have a lot of news to greet us as we return from memorial day. the lo

prominent philanthropic efforts that katharine did that were bigger of city or stage or national scope. r.j. reynolds was very strategic so while he was a great philanthropist it was very local. usually to whites and blacks in the period of jim crow to give equal money to give white and black entities. the gate to orphanages, churches, benevo lence societies but all very small and local. i argue he did this they supported his company in a lot of cases his employees and the people he wanted to be connected to in the community. he gave equally to whites and blacks quite strategically. we could say he was ahead of his time but opposed to jim crow segregation but that is not the case. he accepted what was parked and parcel with that world but to give equitably he would say i care deeply about your social issues and i will support your community and i have a connection to you as your employer is someone who has your welfare beyond my factory. and to deal with the reality of day horrific jim crow racism. . . so the democratic party was the party of all whites essentially and the early 20th century. so that probably really sh

> from here, the park, thousands of anti-government demonstrators fanned out across the city, head to go strategicareas. they are asking the television networks to not broadcast government news. the fire brand leader is heading to government house, he said, where the prime minister usually sits, but for the last few months, it hasn't been occupied because of security concerns. that's where he's heading and asks demonstrators to join him there. this is they say the final four remove the government of the caretaker, the former prime minister, but this they have said several times already. she of course has already been ousted from power. wednesday, the constitutional court said that she acted in a non-constitutional manner when she transferred an official from one position to another. the next day, on thursday, the national anti corruption commission said that she had abused her power in the way she handled the rice pledging scheme. that may take her to the senate for impeachment, which would ban her from politics for the next five years. this is all part of a big push that has been going on in the

city scopes, state scope and national scope. r.j. reynolds was different. he was very strategic so while he was a great philanthropist, his philanthropy was very local land usually his philanthropy was white and black in this period of jim crow segregation, very unusual for southern industrialist to give equal money to white and black entities. r.j. reynolds gave his money to orphanages, gave his money to churches, gave his money to the neverland society, all very small local ones. he did this i argue in the book because these people were the people who supported his company. a lot of cases these were his employees, these were the people he wanted to be connected to in the community. i think he gave equal leave to whites and blacks quite strategically. we might want to say to ourselves r.j. reynolds was way ahead of his time, he was opposed to jim crow segregation, that is not the case. tx that did the racism that was part and parcel of the world but i think what he did understand is by giving equitably to african-americans and whites he was saying to the african-americans that

strategic plan of equity and core access. it builds on the project that we looked at the service needs across the city and particularly in low-income neighborhoods. and it takes it a step forward in experiencing the way that people experience transportation. i am a service provider, i experience the 22 fillmore from end to end, that's my job. but someone that lives in the western edition experiences a handful of routes, the 22 and the 2 and the 5 and the 31. and the routes take them to different places including the grocery store and school and jobs. the key thing that the equity strategy does got us to communicating a set of needs and related strategies at the neighborhood level. as they are experienced by low-income customers using the system. this work couldn't have happened without supervisor avalos and we are grateful to him and jeremy on his staff. and as well as power and (inaudible) development corporation and urban habitat, they have been meeting with us weekly on this, to ensure that we get the details right. it has i think improved the over-all product. and i am grateful to my staff, jeff quinn and helen kwame was doing

city. the corridor linkingly damascus to the government strongholds along the coast passes throughs hommes. >> the regime and the opposition know they cannot control the whole country. so the regime is concentrating on retaking strategic territory. it's part of their plan to partition the country. >> once the rebels withdraw from neighborhoods in the historic center, hommes city will no longer be divided by front lines. the rebels will lose what they call the heart of the revolution. the war is not over. al jazeera. istanbul. a rally is being held in belfast in northern ireland in support of shen certain fein jerry adams being questioned in the murder in one of the most know tore russ her body was marked in an unmarked grave. adams denies any involvement in her murder. >> uruguay set out how marijuana will be produced. people will be able to buy up to 10 grams of marijuana a week. the price will be set at less than a dollar a gram. the president said the rules will work better than in the united states where a number of states have made the drug legal. >> what we have been doing in terms of combatting drugs doesn't work. you cannot try to change by doing the same thing over again. >> dozens of people remain trapped in

city. on monday clashes. not quite clear whether that person gratian a part of the air force one as the strategic location just less than two kilometers one from the. local self-defense forces claim. to be very. local houses confirm that many people with gunshot wounds have been. brought to different hospitals here in the city of donetsk also here that in the town. that has been. accounted cerebration the process the country three civilians were killed when the file was opened at the residential area and now the scene. and again the protesters had said so this is the situation. in ukraine east. very very tense. thanks for that we'll be keeping abreast of all this of course the latest developments in ukraine in a couple of minutes international threats of sanctions against russia are a full see it to bolster trade ties with china that's. right after this break. why do candidates you smear tactics to get in office because it works if all that mattered about a candidate were their positions they would just hand out a piece of paper with the guy's positions on them but that's not how it works people make choices b