we're thankful for this committee for putting on her at the forefront. over the last three years, wal- mart has seen jobs and the economy come to the forefront of our customers' minds and of all americans. in that time, we have seen a sharp uptick on the people relying on government assistance and a pronounced paycheck cycle for our stores are busy as paychecks are released for government benefits. these are customers and we see them struggling and we want to help. that is why in may of 2010, we announced a $2 billion commitment to hunger relief across the nation. it is made of three major elements. the first is $250 million worth of cash grants that are being made across all 50 states. second is $1.7 billion of the food being donated to food banks across the country. third, a commitment to engage our customers, our assessment, and our corporate colleagues in the fight against hunger. we pledged $2 billion but the real power of this is the alignment with business query we're able to bring much more than philanthropic dollars to the table because of our co

rowntree has been at the forefront of the fight against polio for a generation. raising money and awareness. >> my dream is to have a polio- free world. we have done it with smallpox. we're very close now. >> i am a nurse clinician, is doing this is an extension of that. i love people and i want to see healthy children worldwide. >> this hospital still has a backlog of patients paralyzed by the virus. he caught polio as a baby and will need repeated surgery before he can walk. >> it is painful to see the suffering. >> that will be the greatest thing. >> polio used to spread cheer by contaminated water and raw sewage. but the virus is disappeared because enough people are protected. india has shown global eradication is possible, but the board is not over yet. pakistan and afghanistan and nigeria saw an increase in cases last year. this virus respect no borders. that is why it is vital campaigns like this continued until every child in every country is protected. poorly abroad immunization programs and families to refuse the vaccine are what is preventing the coun

people criticize the police department, we are at the forefront of criticism. realize that the police department has been at the forefront of everything from diversifying -- probably the most diversified police department in the country. acceptance. when people call 911, nobody asks the national origin, race, sexual preference. you respond. you don't ask, you guys respond. being the son of a police officer, the officer that has my dad's star numbers, he came to my family to ask permission for that star number. he became part of the family and nobody cares. for you to do that is brave, courageous, and it will help other kids. i can't thank you enough. commissioner chan: i work on bully issues in my day job. this video went viral. it was on my facebook stream. pretty much everyone i knew was facebooking it from far left to far right. it was impressive how much respect people have for this video. they said they love the video, and part of the reason why is that the officers were willing to share personal stories, be vulnerable, be honest, talk about their family.

when that refrigerator ships out the door, it's us that work out here. [ michael ] we're on the forefrontf revitalizing manufacturing. we're proving that it can be done here, and it can be done well. [ ilona ] i come to ge after the plant i was working at closed after 33 years. ge's giving me the chance to start back over. [ cindy ] there's construction workers everywhere. so what does that mean? it means work. it means work for more people. [ brian ] there's a bright future here, and there's a chance to get on the ground floor of something big, something that will bring us back. not only this company, but this country. ♪

fans known as ultras have often been in the forefront of confrontations with police over the past year. on social media, they asked "was someone out for revenge?" a fire also broke out at a cairo football stadium. the violence is spreading. >> where are the police? >> if you go anywhere else in the world, any city, london, there would not be 71 dead. >> outside, the reports suggested ambulances had trouble getting access to the stadium. many victims were killed in a stampede to leave the arena. military hast's ordered for two helicopters. everyone fears a new round of violence on the streets in an already tense time. >> well, for all the very latest on this extraordinary -- and those extraordinary pictures. john gave us a picture from cairo. >> fans have been gathering at the stadium here in central paris to mourn their dead. the muslim brotherhood, the islamists, the largest force in parliament, were very quick to blame remnants of the mubarak regime for provoking the violence in what they said was an attempt to threaten the country at a crucial time. the ultras have always been very

whether you are the part of the community at the forefront making laws, whether you are the part of the community in the corporate forefront, and thank you to target and everyone in the corporate community. we certainly need you. and whether you are in a public service community. we certainly need you. those of us in the broadcast community -- i think david and i have truly said so many years that we need to have a voice, and we would encourage anyone to have that voice. and it has been an honor for me to be part of the voice to move the issue that we think is so important forward in terms of television. and those of us inside the broadcasting world have that extra responsibility, i believe, to move that voice forward, to speak up about the issues that we think are important to our communities. i think that david and i have certainly tried to do that in so many levels, but this award means so much. i will tell you that i was born and raised in hawaii. my father was a taxi cab driver. he never got a high-school degree. my mother worked in a bakery. to think that you are honoring me today

then think about california is on the forefront of nation. san francisco is on the forefront of state >> and beverly prior is way up there. we are up there at the top. it sounds like the challenge came to making this physical reality achiefable. what is the marginal cost? every always asks me. what is the marginal costs. may be i shouldn't ask. i have to say, there's a huge difference. between building a building from scratch, where you can design at will features from the ground up and the marginal cost then when you take an existing building. you were talking about major changes. i presume that has a major impact. >> we don't own the building. so the landlord gave us an allowance. we had to make a bigger commitment. there's actually, sala might want to share about that. we had to convince the landlord in many cases. not everything that's green is about our tenant space. there's the restrooms, which the landlord had control over. making decisions about the mechanical. it was part of our strategy, whenever we started to raise the green flag,

the european market despite the current debt crisis if humans use the forefront in series the greek default has already happened the car interest took treating of greek debt is a trial to find a way out of this default we're no more interested in what's happening in the south of europe for sure gold spain italy but we're not present in these countries the countries where we're present they have clear macroeconomic picture and. while that's a topic for this hour but stay with us for headline news coming up right after this . any match one scene. is bound. to burn for ever more eternal fire is going thinkable could possible. do we all want to see this on forever. download the official placation joe i phone oh i pod touch from the i choose our. one jaunty life on the go. video on demand teens mine comes and says feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. fifty. fifty. fifty five. welcome back you're watching our t.v. and here's a look at some of the main stories we're covering for you today violence in the syria escalates as a high ranking religious leader is assassinated in damas

count which could now be cleared on monday but the range of a leg or a population is still at the forefront of greek society. and it has stopped exporting oil to france and britain all made growing pressure and sanctions over iran's nuclear program but the country's oil ministry says it will still sell its crude to new customers. first some insight into what may be behind the pressure heaped on iran we spoke to brian becker a member of the answer anti-war coalition that interview is up next. thank you for joining us on r.t. thank you but does the united states want from tightening the sanctions i mean there is even beyond tightening the sanctions now indeed it is the united states government has created an artificial crisis that's first and foremost it's a manufactured crisis iran is complying with the i.a.e.a. iran does not have a nuclear weapon iran is not threaten its neighbors iran has not started a war with any of its neighbors israel on the other hand has hundreds of nuclear weapons and unlike iran refuses to sign a nuclear nonproliferation treaty does not allow. inspectors into its c

that organizations like the california adolescent health cooperative are doing is bringing it to the forefront and bringing it kind of up front so that folks can start having conversations with their teens about this. in schools in the community and bring it out that one in three teens are affected. >> that is a stunning statistic. when i heard that earlier. when you say that what are we talking about? are we talking about verbal abuse, emotional abuse. >> the gamut. a lot of people think it is physical abuse. they think of dating violence as hitting, kicking or slapping. we are seeing emotional abuse, extreme jealousy, isolation and tech abuse coming to the forefront, constant checking and needing to know where your partner is at all times. those are some red flags that we need to watch out for. >> i have two daughters and hasn't occurred to me to talk to them about that. what ages are we talking about? when should we start talking to our daughters about the potential for this? >> it's not just daughters. it is also sons, too. we need to talk to all youth about this. when we talk about dating

it will put us at the forefront of the electric car industry in the forefront of the clean energy industry. now having because of you. because of you, people across the country are going to still be able to serve the country they love regardless of who they love. "don't ask, don't tell" us history. that happened because of you. [applause] changes keeping another promise that i made back in 2008. for the first time in nine years, there are no americans fighting in iraq. we have refocused our efforts on those who have carried out 9/11. al qaeda is being dismantled and osama bin laden will never again walk the face of the earth because of you. [cheers and applause] so a lot has happened in three years. and none of this has been easy. none of this was automatic. oftentimes we faced enormous opposition and obviously we are still recovering from the worst recession that we have had in our lifetimes. so we've got so much more work to do. but as i said, the good news is we're moving in the right direction. over the last two years, the her screed about 3.7 million new jobs. 3.7 million new jobs. ou

we have recovery in the forefront. -- we have breed confidence. we have recovery in the forefront. relationships you do not have. these are invaluable things. you know the city will welcome better ideas and push for the whole area of mitigation to get to the problems ahead of time. thank you for being here. [applause] ñr>> thank you, mayor lee. çi appreciate you spending time with us andç hosting usç in ts beautiful than you. -- this beautiful venue. now it is my pleasure to introduce the been a deputy administrator. i want to say a little bit about rich and craig. since being appointed by president obama, both have stubbornly and consistently preached a simple butler revolutionary -- a simple but revolutionary concept of the whole community. the government can't and should not shoulder theç entire challenge ofçç responseç, recovery, and prepared this. prior to theirç administration, nobody would really say that out loud. we became an agency trying to be everything to everybody at the worst possible time for all of us. it is their leadership and tenacity to hone in one this

be cleared on monday but the rage of a beleaguered population is still at the forefront of a free society. iran looks to boost its nuclear program in the face of the u.s. and e.u. condemnation reports suggest new centrifuges are going to be installed at a fortified underground at richmond facility while israel calls on for more sanctions of husing tough problem of attacking israel demands. time now for sport with dimitri. another sport an art to good to have a company again and in this sport. boxing brawl breaks david haye and chisora square up that fight press conference. call retains his w.b.c. away title. put through their paces to city first training session since becoming manager of russia's big spending. and dutch defeat nicolas divident to loses to roger federer in three sets in the semifinals of the world tennis tournament in rotterdam. so let's start with boxing where heavy weight world champion vitali klitschko points victory over british challenge gerrard zorra has been overshadowed by a brawl at the post fight press conference call what celebrating retaining his w.b.c. title w

and does the debt crisis still come to the forefront. we're still spending significantly more money than our revenue in this country. but a lot of it depends on europe. we have a slow growth economy. i do not expect significant growth from the stock market. we've pretty much gotten what we'll most likely get for the entire year, in the first two months of the year. but europe has a significant impact later on this year, to what the u.s. stock market does. >> the feeling is that we've had this rally lately, because we've gotten past the point where the worst case scenario doesn't appear it's going to happen. we're not going to have a double-dip recession, job growth is starting to perk up a little bit here. you seem to be discounting that. >> you've got to ups, we may have down to unemployment of 8.3%, but underemployment is still over 15%. europe is still over 10%. >> right. >> and so, you know -- >> but none of that seems to matter to bill's point, because the fed is here and providing accommodation of stimulus for the market. >> well, t

look forward to continue the partnership with the department of technology to bring innovation to the forefront in san francisco. thank you. >> i will try to say something that has not already been said. thank you all for coming. similar to david, i will say, i come from the private sector. when i came to the city, the question i got most was how do we made -- make government more exciting, let the private sector? we all work for tech companies or business firms, so how can we bring all that excitement into government? to have a board and mayor that recognizes technology in the community as an unborn aspect really revolutionizes government. really looking forward to the next four years, working with mayor lee, the tax community, ron. we are really at the cost of some fantastic things. in the last year, we have lots mobile -- launched mobile apps where people can watch online, at interact with their devices. we have started to partner with other cities and taking what we are doing here and spreading across the country. this will only heighten our success. if we can use san francisco as a hub of

not getting a lot of attention but what's at the forefront is the president's decision or the announcement of the mandate of contraceptive coverage for religious organizations in their health care plans. that has rallied and unified, catholics and others more than i have ever seen. >> why do you and others make the case that this is war on religion? isn't that a creation of an issue that isn't really there? >> i think what we have seen is a steady stream of policy decisions out of this administration that have been hostile toward faith. the president uses the term that he is for the freedom of worship. that's nice. that's what happens between the four calls of your church or your home. we have the freedom of religion, which is significantly different and all encompassing and that's the ability to live your faith whether you're in the marketplace or in the church or whether you're in politics. those decisions, such as this one, that says religious organizations narrow exemption for churches but nonprofits, schools, colleges, will be forced to go against the very teachings of their faith. >>

we took steps and fuel efficiency, and mandating electric cars, and california is in the forefront and president obama adopted the california regulations and we have fog beyond that. you have to support mass transit, unlike the congressional republican bill, and we have to get real here. the instability in the middle east is driving up that price. if republicans get their way and stimulate their war in iran, gas prices will go to $2 -- not go to, but go up $2. long term, fuel efficient cars, and electric cars, and california will have a million of them in the next eight hours, and mass transit and land use policies that minimize reliance on fossil fuel. >> is it less governorable now in california than it used to be? >> no. it's different, but i think it actually will be more governorable, and one thing we have in california that you don't have in the united states government, we can appeal to the people through the initiative process, so when we have a breakdown of the two parties we go directly to the people as the tie breaker. >> i want to underscore, governor brewer, you are endors

whether you are the part of the community at the forefront making laws, whether you are the part of the in the corporate forefront, and thank you to target and everyone in

delegations of voting fraud in the recent parliamentary election brought the issue of political risk to the forefront after a significant drop the stock market soon regained all its losses and to further protests did not trigger such a nervous reaction on the stock exchange it became clear that the protests had a peaceful character and the arab spring scenario was ruled out nonetheless banks are split on the level of political risk citigroup estimates the political risk premium at two hundred basis points assuming there are many issues which could spark for the protest a different perspective is expressed by renaissance capital those who underestimate putin's ability to transform himself into a modest reform in order to maintain his clout and popularity are in for a surprise but the truth is somewhere in between because you know it's no secret that domestic. domestic banks tend to. underestimate the political risk and it's the opposite with the four with foreign banks but i think my opinion is that political risks are differently very high currently and will be on the investor's agenda some claim pol

[applause] [applause] lauren dangerfield, 16, has led the forefront of campaigns for people winning in time of rights. -- employment rights. she also institutionalized ethnic studies. she is working to build more awareness on working to bridge the gap between ecology, race, and community. [applause] [applause] lucky fisher travis, 17, is a youth supervisor with new ideas. he strives for greatness and also pushes and support this project leaders to envision britain is in themselves. -- greatness in themselves. [applause] [applause] michellechu, 17, is a committed youth board member and on the youth empowerment advisory board. she is a college-bound ambassador in march from mentor school, where she is a wonderful model tutor. michelle is a responsible and motivated later working to bring you up voice to her community. [applause] nataliegranados, 18, has been a leader in the grenada movement where she had been in the budget crisis and have bravely spoken at the bourse supervisors. she has advocated for sense of participation and funding to be restored to our city's quality youth programs.

when that refrigerator ships out the door, it's us that work out here. [ michael ] we're on the forefronttalizing manufacturing. we're proving that it can be done here, and it can be done well. [ ilona ] i come to ge after the plant i was working at closed after 33 years. ge's giving me the chance to start back over. [ cindy ] there's construction workers everywhere. so what does that mean? it means work. it means work for more people. [ brian ] there's a bright future here, and there's a chance to get on the ground floor of something big, something that will bring us back. not only this company, but this country. ♪ >>> terps wearing pink for breast cancer awareness. terps down 1. drives and lays it in to give maryland a lead. miami's next possession, hurricanes lose it. comes to bullock, who gave miami the lead for good. falls to miami, 76-74. >>> high school hoops now, nigel munson was the starting point guard in the area, if not the country. the team went 64-3 his final two years. why is the 25-year-old senior suiting up in the not so primetime division home of udc? >> reporter: munson

and churches may be in the forefront of the case. >> the word marriage is -- >> reporter: parishioners like phyllis are not against -- >> in this world they will probably go the other way. >> reporter: at first unitarian church in baltimore. the service is about to start. most of the members here support the bill like long time partners kathleen flaijije celebrated but they know the battle is not over. >> i have a dream of my 70-year- old mom walking us down the aisle. >> reporter: they'll need nearly 56,000 valid signatures to put the measure on the ballot. gigi barnett. >> so if this measure reach it is ballot, voters will get a chance to decide in november. >>> governor martin o'malley make as national television appearance. he was a guest this morning on face the nation. the governor spoke to bob shaffer and talked about a number of topics and shared his thoughts on the republican presidential campaign. >> i think the number one issue is whether or not our economy is getting better. >> reporter: governor also answered questions about gas prices after this. and newt gingrich's claim