please welcome dara, of coheart and the federation's lbgtq alliance and sam goldman, of the lbgtq alliance. welcome. how is it for you so far? >> it's wonderful for myself and the other participants. a diverse group of people. >> how many people are in this particular cohort? >> there are 12 participants in the cohort. >> how often do you meet? >> a monthly basis. >> wonderful. and you mentioned there were some eye opening kinds of presentations and conversations. can you give an example of what one of those might be for you? >> yeah, a couple of them, one has been looking at how do we tell a personal story and how do we use that in talking to the community and also having some rabbis that are self- included looking at text from both the lbgt perspective, especially some of the more controversial texts and some that are important to be able to versed in. >> i think it's highly important to talk about text, we talk about rabbinic text. >> what do they did? >> offer to the lbgtq jewish community and make sure there is programming available, one of the main objectives is to oversee and mainta

that is the area where nato needs to be within its own alliance. e idea of pre-positioning are putting more of a rotational basis, ready forces is in some ways to respond to that mobilization. it is a defensive. it is not an aggressive. it is to be ready. the focus of [indiscernible] to both land, be air, and sea. it is to look and engage at how nato can be ready. -- you will also see much greater focus on the response rapid forces. it is all about quickness, and having equipment pre-positioned their to be able to use. we have not believe this has been an issue for a decade plus. playing catch-up a little bit. it's not a provocative step. -- estonia is literally almost a stone's throw away from finland. this week alone, there have been two russian air incursions into finnish airspace. finishesterday, the prime minister starting to openly talk about nato membership. never contemplated. we have to look at this from a regional perspective. there are vulnerabilities here. this helps nato members, but as well non-nato members in understanding there is a

all eyes are on the alliance and whether it can achieve the unified results necessary to counter vladimir putin. and more on hamas and gaza is seen -- civilian deaths are causing alarm worldwid what does this mean for defense spending here and abroad and what impact will sanctions against russia's sector have against the global industrial base? joining us are taught harrison of the center of strategic and assessment, mackenzie of the american enterprise institute, andavid for the center for strategic and international study. welcome back to the panel. david, europe and america have agreed to sanctions that are targeting russia's sectoral sanctions. how likely are the change -- are they to change? >> it takes a long time and has to penetrate. that is theature of sanctions. initial reactions, it strengthens thhand of the target. they can do a lot of things that are blamed on the sanctions. the today you have seen recently that russia has cracked down on internet access. than use the sanctions as an >>use f for strengthening and is a fragile economy. vladimir continues this -- this -- putin

majors or mulling countermoves to challenge what the head of the alliance called russia's reluctance to quote consider a partner and quote in an interview to the european press and restless and outlined nato's latest plans for eastern europe now that includes ensuring part permanent international arm deployment on russian doorsteps nato already has a so-called response force but rasmussen believes that now needs to be spearheaded he also spoke of closer ties with ukraine the alliance is to decide the amount of aid it will send over to kiev which is currently involved in a bloody crackdown on opposition forces on its own territory and get more analysis on the other interview from james the hobbit who is the editor of the covered report an independent japan based news out there james good to see you again so how much of a game changer is all those for europe. well sadly the fact that nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen and the nato powers generally have been exposed as liars over their repeated promises in recent years that there would not be the establishment of a permanent mi

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welcome back they toes moving counter moves to challenge what the head of the alliance called russia's reluctance to consider as a partner in an interview to the european press under an allied nato his latest plans for eastern europe and that includes ensuring permanent international armed deployments on russia's doorstep and he's already has a so-called response force but believes it now needs to be spearheaded he also spoke of closer ties with ukraine the alliance is yet to decide on the amount of aid it will send over to kiev which is currently involved in a bloody crackdown on opposition forces on its own territory james core but the editor of the corporate report an independent japan based news outlet thinks that nato is routinely pushing towards domination in the area i think we have to read this as a commitment towards the establishment of a minute military bases specifically because that has been on the table now for a number of years and has been actively denied so i think the fact that they are not coming out and saying this and they are not specifying where these bases will

crisis in ukraine its secretary general has hinted at double dollars russia still a part now of the alliance and revealed some of what his organization is planning to do about it more details coming up. the thread posed by would be jihad is traveling to and from the middle east is making you clear saltines raise the alarm police they are now encouraging the public to inform on anyone they think could potentially be on the path to radicalism the metropolitan police counterterrorism chief has appealed for help to identify aspiring terrorists that could mean anyone travelling abroad or coming back to britain the public is also being asked to keep an eye on individuals showing signs of being converted to radical islam the number of terror related arrests is already soaring with sixty nine people held the first half of this year. security services say up to one thousand british residents have already joined the jihad to fight in iraq and in syria and up to two hundred fifty hardliners are believed to have returned to the u.k. posing a serious headache for security as well as police homegrown mili

these are images presented by nato which the alliance and king of claim prove a russian self-propelled a tillery units are moving through east ukraine all the images allegedly show activity in russia near the ukrainian border something nato says as part of moscow's destabilizing strategy moscow has rebuffed the allegations as saying the pictures only tank the alliance international reputation. the e.u. doesn't want a confrontation but is prepared to toughen sanctions on moscow that's according to the president of the european commission jose manuel barroso as he addressed the media alongside the ukrainian leader the head of russia's lower house of parliament says any measures will also punish ordinary europeans again. spoke exclusively to r.t. . while sanctions politics. diplomats are expressing doubts about the effectiveness of the strategy they see very clearly that it's the citizens who have to pay for the decisions made under this policy in reality by implementing these restrictions european nations have sent the bill to their own people and their own businesses they're making peop

nature of some of the day as protesters walk to the holy cities ahead of a summit held by the military alliance. and british member of parliament in our t.v. show host george galloway and sob in the hospital after a vicious daytime attack in the capital. city of mean to you live from moscow this is r.t. international. self-proclaimed authorities in donetsk deny claims from kiev that ukrainian soldiers who have been cycled by anti government militias in eastern ukraine for a week leaving through a humanitarian corridor or ukraine's oneself or internal affairs claim that the first fighters had made it out and rejoined other troops policy is in the region. earlier the russian president vladimir putin urged the antigovernment fighters to allow the soldiers who are trapped in the battleground to make their way out he pointed out that they were not there because of their own initiatives that were merely following orders the government fighters agreed on one condition that these ukrainian soldiers lay down their heavy weapons now on fire day russian president putin did say that the military chiefs in

what is the alliance wide view of asia? perhaps even starting with the summit?x nato members participated in the exercises. that is a really important step. i think the other way nato messages this is a partnership. that will come out next week in the summit. it will not only be partners like japan, australia and the asia-pacific theater, but it is working with nato partners in the middle east. in 2011 certainly true with the libya operati. how do bng g gauge these partners so nato was thfirst multiplier in this relationship? >> i know you have written extensively on this. in has been seen in europe as a pivot away from europe. i think the administration has been trying to correct that come in to argue that europe and the united states havve to coordinae much more carefully in dealing with asia and with the chinese challenge we're seeing there. frank was right. there is a commonaty between what we're seeing from china and russia. it is a challenge to liberal democratic values that the united states and its allies have held dear. that is a global challenge. europ

planned on the nato summit that protesters flock to the host cities ahead of the summit held by the military alliance. a british member of parliament and show host george galloway ends up in hospital after a vicious attack in the camp. bucca thanks for joining us this hour my name is the you're watching. self-proclaimed authorities in done yet deny claims from kiev that ukrainian soldiers have been encircled by anti government militias in eastern ukraine for a week now leaving through a humanitarian corridor or earlier ukraine's minister for internal affairs claimed that the first fighters had made it out and joined the troops. in the region and joins us now paula conflicting reports that we're getting there what more can you tell us. well what we know from ukraine's interior minister is that the first group of trapped ukrainian soldiers was allowed to leave the in so calm and he made this statement on his facebook page but later what we were hearing from self defense forces on the ground is a denial that any groups had left they say that their conditions to allow these traps soldiers to leave the ba

i want to acknowledge not only job for justice but other organizations that are part of this the alliance for community the south of market community network and youngest workers yoourntd and example s c w and service employees inspirational union and unit here and the san francisco labor council and many others. president chiu will give remarks but this 4 part workers bill of rights is a package of initiative policy this will make sure that the employers offer more hours before hiring more part time workers or temp workers it discourages bad policies that requires the workers be paid 4 hours if the employer requires them to be on call for a shift or 3 if a shift is cancelled within twenty-four hours and the equal treatment for part time workers this will prohibit the discrimination bans their part time status or i think ability to maintain open available with their rate of pay and paid time off and promotion opportunity so it's about equal treat and fair treatment for part time workers and the worker retention and job security. this policy will protect the workers from louis jobs when th

but i think that the alliance will remain for the foreseeable future because it's not an alliance of value but of convenience. and they need to retain this as an ally and there is no alternative to us for no matter how unhappy we are simply have decided to quiet criticism because it's an unhappy marriage and so we. >> host: why are they unhappy with president obama? >> guest: because they win into syria with the goal of giving iran a black-tie. and they thought the u.s. would help them. and there are chemical weapons used in syria and they cost my redline and i'm going to do something, but then not provide any military help. so they are stuck with their foot on this. and so it is not a happy situation and they blame the u.s. to a great extent. >> host: how close is the saudi arabian royal family with the bush family and the united states? >> guest: i am not an expert on that end he was constantly in the bush senior family in their house and he implied that they loved him and i've never actually asked george bush senior about this. but there is clearly a close relationship there and b

>> not a question, but just a thank you, and to the parks alliance, especially matthew o'grady [speaker not understood]. it's really great to see that moving forward. i can't wait to ride that. and lastly, the golden gate park community gardens, the edible vertical garden is going to be amazing. i was there for the ground braking. ~ groundbreaking. and i wanted to thank all the advocates for urban farms and environmental kids and education and learning with our parks and community gardens, but also urban gardens as well. i think a 10-foot high wall potential food is pretty amazing. that should be a great visual example of what we can do in urban setting to grow more food. so, i wanted to thank yellow pages and ecomedia for that great project, but especially the rec and park staff. thank you. >> thanks, supervisor mar. so, mr. rose, can we go to your report on item number 3, please? >> yes, mr. chairman. on item 3 on page 13 of our report, we report that the budget of 499,670 and that includes 249,835 from the national parks federal grant and [speaker not understood] from the community o

of the summit by the military alliance. british member of parliament. in hospital after a vicious attack in the capital. watching . self-proclaimed or thought isn't done yet say that they've allowed ukraine's army to take their wounded and dead out of the encircled area in eastern ukraine and i hear all the latest pictures for you from the outskirts of the town of il advice but you can see troops apparently carrying out that evacuation several army brigades with ukraine's national guard have been trapped in the area for a week and have suffered serious losses in the counter offensive by local militias meanwhile conflicting reports have been emerging about their fate all this live reports. but we know from ukraine's interior minister is that the first group of trapped ukrainian soldiers was allowed to leave the in so calm and he made this statement on his facebook page but later what we were hearing from self defense forces on the ground is a denial that any groups had left they say that their conditions to allow these trips soldiers to leave the battlefi

and these are images presented by nato which the alliance in kiev claim prove russian self-propelled artillery units are moving through east ukraine other images allegedly show activity in russia near the ukrainian border something nato says is part of moscow's de stabilizing strategy moscow has rebuffed the allegations saying the pictures only taint the alliance's international reputation. moscow and brussels have agreed that ukraine will have to pay the gas bills it still owes to russia and soon the safe transit of russian gas supplies through ukraine is vital for the e.u. and that dependence on russian gas will remain at least for another decade according to the fitch rating agency has predicted that other suppliers won't be ready to meet the demands europe's not ready to rework the current infrastructure or shift to using other sources of energy like shale gas ukraine also gets its gas from russia but oza moscow more than five billion dollars the state coffers are running empty and one of the country's largest power plants has now had its gas cut off after using too much of the re

our final speaker before we cut the ribbon is matt o'grady, the parks alliance. it is our nonprofit partner. they are with us every step of the way advocating for better open space, for more funding for open space, for better play grounds, for more parks, and we can't do it without them. so, i want to welcome matt. i also want to call out kelly knight who is a vice president of the parks alliance board who has joined us today. i don't know if there are any other park board members here. thank you for being here. matt come on up and say a few words. >> thank you, phil. (applause) >> bear with me a second. if you're sitting, stand up. everybody do a quick 360. turn around very quickly and just look at the view from this park. just walk around and look at this view. we live in the most beautiful city in the world. today this city becomes just a little bit more beautiful. thanks to the incredible hard work that has made this new renovation a reality. the parks alliance is the independent partner to the entire city for everything having to do with parks, recreation, an

welcome back nato is mulling counter moves to challenge what the head of the alliance called russia's reluctance to considers a partner in an interview to the european press on this photograph misson outline nato's latest plans for eastern europe that includes ensuring permanent international deployments on russia's doorstep nato already has a so-called response force but rasmussen believes it now needs to be spearheaded he also spoke of close atari's with you cry the alliance is yet to decide on the amount of aid it will send over to kiev which is currently involved in a bloody crackdown on opposition forces on its own territory. well since tensions in ukraine sought in february nato as military activity anything europe has been steadily on the rise study included a series of mass drills in countries bordering russia and air patrols over the baltics so well its aircraft were sent to the region around ukraine and nato as warships was seen in the black sea james corbett the editor of the corporate report thinks that rasmussen's words prove his alliances routinely pushing towards domina

the nato summit. three cities ahead problem military alliances conference. and british member of parliament an r t a shareholder george galloway and up in hospital officials say time on the capital. a warm welcome to you live from moscow this is art international with me to say. ukrainian the soldiers who have been encircled by anti-government militias in eastern ukraine for a week on are leaving through a humanitarian corridor policia is in the region. the first group of trapped ukrainian soldiers has made their way out of the in so comment and joined other units earlier the russian president vladimir putin urged the antigovernment fighters to allow the soldiers who are trapped in the battleground to make their way out he pointed out that they were not there because of their own initiatives that were merely following orders the anti-government fighters agreed on one condition that these ukrainian soldiers lay down their heavy weapons now on fire day russian president putin did say that the military chiefs in kids had turned down this offer and had instead or

the country but to the peace and stability of europe these are images presented by nato which the alliance claims prove the russians self-propelled artillery units are moving through east ukraine other images allegedly show activity in russian near the ukrainian border something nato say this is part of moscow's so-called the stabilizing strategy moscow has rebuffed the allegations saying the pictures only damage the alliance's international reputation . the e.u. say's it wants to avoid confrontation but is prepared to toughen sanctions against moscow german chancellor angela merkel sees new steps will be drawn up if the situation in ukraine worsens but the head of russia's lower house of parliament say that any such measures will also harm ordinary europeans. spoke exclusively to r.t. international media as the sanctions policy spirals out of control more and more m.p.'s and politicians in general start to question its effectiveness they see with increasing clarity that it's the people who have to pay the price for this policy basically while imposing sanctions on russia you governments m

they fix that problem about a half hour ago and you can see the alliance. mike >>: fortunately they have restored power to before we get to make and to the commute. >>: media likes are activated at the bay bridge. it's jammed up over the westbound lanes of the toll plazas. at 92 and the san mateo bridge we are into debt free. in your commute to the golden gate bridge still looks good. and finally you look at marin county as look at the richmond and san rafael told paul. it looks slow or at the fast track planes than it does at the cash lying to this early morning. >> james: the view is being obscured here. but traffic seems to be flowing find. low 60s predominant across the area. 60 in san jose and caucus. 66 in livermore and that will be one of our hot spots this afternoon. >> james: 60 by san francisco 70 by the bay '80s and land and far inland with resting low 90s which will become a fernandes and 100 and select areas in the east bay. grab hold of sunscreen you will need it today. quite a bit of cooling is expected by the 8:00 p.m. hour. >> james: there i

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these are images presented by nato which the alliance claims prove that russian self-propelled artillery units are moving through east ukraine other images allegedly show activity in russia near the crimean border something nato says is part of moscow's so-called take stabilising strategy moscow has rebuffed the allegations saying the pictures only damage the alliance's international reputation . the e.u. says it wants to avoid confrontation but has nevertheless threatened to tighten sanctions against russia and a third a one week ultimatum the block's leaders agree that new measures will be drawn up against moscow if the situation which in ukraine worsen is but the head of ukraine of russia's lower high sa parliament warns that any further sanctions will harm ordinary grippy and sirkin a russian spoke exclusively to r.t. . but. as the sanctions policy spirals out of control more and more m.p.'s and politicians in general start to question its effectiveness they see with increasing clarity that it's the people who have to pay the price for this policy basically while imposing sanctions o

the country but to the peace and stability of the group these are images presented by nato which the alliance claims prove that russian self-propelled her tillery units are moving through each to crane other images allegedly show activity in russia near the ukrainian border something nato sees as part of moscow's so-called destabilizing strub moscow has rebuffed the allegations saying the pictures only damage the alliances international reputation. the e.u. says it wants to avoid confrontation but nevertheless threatened to tighten sanctions against russia and the period of one week ultimatum the blocks leaders have agreed that new measures will be drawn up against moscow if the situation in ukraine worsens but the head of russia's were hostile parliament mourns that any further sanctions will harm ordinary europeans surrogate spoke exclusively to r.t. . by me to go walk up what is the sanctions policy spirals out of control more and more m.p.'s and politicians in general start to question its effectiveness they see with increasing clarity that it's the people who have to pay the price for th