when it comes to the upper yard, which is the south side of geneva and san jose area, that zone, under the better neighborhoods plan for mixed use development, commercial development, and the mta conclude that that is the area we need to store our vehicles. basically, it puts on hold any major changes we can make in that area in the balboa park area. you mentioned the big squeeze. the big squeeze only gets to be stronger and we try to cram more maintenance facilities into the area. that squeezes out the thousands and thousands of people that use the site every day. i am going to be challenging the mta on its contention on this. i want to see alternatives that can go in place to use the upper yard as a storage facility. i thought that that was important to bring up. >> ok, thanks. i mentioned we had the system- wide study. that will look at not just our facilities, but how we can support transit-wide -- oriented systems citywide. it needs to be considered in the city-wide context. commissioner avalos: what was the conclusion of the mta, looking at the reservoir site as a storage facilit

right where you have three lines ending and you have your major intersection at san jose and at the geneva. supervisor avalos: that looks like a role that they can play, help where we can do our storage. i don't think that we can do more at the site. we do have a responsibility of looking at our citywide needs but certainly the storage facility that serves the entire city is a citywide need. we will do everything we can tikrit a better experience for the thousands of people that deal with this congestion. looking at the reservoir site, these could be explored. the other options, $150 million is the kind of investment that we need to make to serve the entire city. i don't think that we have had the understanding of the transit first needs, how they can be explored across the city. >> thank you. i think that there will be opportunities to explore that in our real estate study, in our upcoming circulation study. that is something to look at further. still with the transit oriented development, the city did find this consistent with station area plan and there is a good opportunity for retail

but if you saw the geneva conventions being abandoned, didn't you have an obligation to make the questionneva conventions a much higher priority and even to raise, even if it was in a classified session of a congressional hearing f you didn't feel you could do it publicly, wasn't that partly your obligation at that time? i mean, i understand you're saying it now. that's useful. but, frankly, it might have been more useful when you were in a position to do something about it. >> no, wait a minute. this kind of criticism is typically what comes from people that are not really informed as to what happened. i think if you -- if you look back at the history of what occurred in iraq, i declare the applicability of the conventions two weeks after assuming command. >> that's right. >> there was never a question that the forces under my command were under -- were operating under the geneva conventions. we aggressively pursued any violation or any indication or allegation of abuse or torture that had occurred under my conventional forces in every single unit under my command. the quiche is with the

policy in afghanistan but also us is here and so the geneva conventions and the uniform code of military justice or guard lists whether u.s. personnel witnessed a massacre u.s. personnel participate in any way the issue that remains is are we committed to being a nation that is living under the rule of law and if we are then we need to investigate this we're part of this what the outcome may be or how politically convenient the laws. nothing else as many people died as estimated this could be one of the greatest massacre through a car during the war in afghanistan why has there been such a little media coverage about this. well i would say that the dosh the way we massacre with the estimated body count that we have been working with potentially a thousand to twelve hundred people rangsit not only is one of the largest mass approach that may have occurred in afghanistan also one of the largest massacre potentially in the twenty first century or among the largest and the issue of media coverage for me is that there's been actually a sizable of media coverage particularly by roy gutman of n

so do the charity methods comply with international norms for example do they comply with the geneva convention. no they do not know either or interrogation methods a number of them in the army field manual that certainly do or compliant with any of it but none of these enhanced interrogation techniques from the bush cheney years there was a speaking of such as waterboarding nor are the ones that already are in and examine the current army field manual. which again is isolation pervasion sensory deprivation putting god black out goggles and blindfold your muslim people who are pro hours remember more which recent literature looting and. former secretary of defense rumsfeld. showed the were you know can cause problems and missions and serious problems and. in the appendix of what kind of an interrogation method this country is doing great now when they say we've got to have medical experts standing by these methods are dangerous and i want to add a. third interrupt you there but basically the arguments proponents of torture. and their arguments are all in the name of safety does the u.

the w c i was director general pascal lamy who's joining us from his office in geneva. says the w g o was established seventeen years ago moscow's b. to join was repeatedly thwarted for a variety of reasons the us for example had concerns about russia's financial markets the european union was worried about environmental protection but even when all the trade hurdles were cleared political obstacles remain soon after the conflict in south ossetia w.g. all member country georgia said it found a flaw in russian customs control and accession was postponed again but a couple of weeks ago moscow and believes he finally sold hi to y. and a deal was done after almost twenty years of knocking on. w. to his door it's finally going to. boardroom if you're like me and thank you very much for joining us from thank you thank you it's a pleasure to have you on the show well first of all miss you let me your first reaction to the russia finally joining the w t o was i quote it's a victory for russia every tree for w t o members and a victory for the whole w t o n quote but if everybody

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the security council. they are resisting, again, in geneva. apart from them, there's a great deal of unity that has given the gravity of the allegations in that report that action really does need to be taken. >> to be clear about the mechanisms that might lead to a referral to the international criminal court, what has to happen next? >> the context of the u.n. investigation authorized by the human rights council are being discussed here. we expect that will then be referred to the u.n. general assembly and the u.n. security council. it would be for the security council to bring in the international criminal court. that would be the most likely scenario. again, we have those permanent members permanentveto power -- permanent members with veto power, so that might be a stumbling block. there are very credible allegations of crimes against humanity in the report. as you said in the introduction, over 300 children apparently killed since the start of the violence. >> they are very graphic descriptions. thank you very much for joining us from gene

>> probably because no one envisioned it when they came up with the geneva convention. >> nobody imaginedhis kind of war or this kind of enemy. >> that there would be nation states that had rules they would follow. a structure to a national government that would then e able to determine whether or not there should be rules of war. so it is very, very different so it's difficult to find a path where they can have the democracy that they have come to aspire to have. remember tte pride of women that was a source of great pride. >> there is a limit to what we can do to force our version of democracy on to this very difficult situation. now haaing killed osama bin laden, having killed anwar al-awlaki, is there a point that you believe we should get out? >> afghanistan is different than the war on terror. first of all, my prayer is the places that we had to do battle all recognize that they should have governments that be partners in the war on terror. they should be allies with the united states in the battle against terrorists. so i want afghanistan, number one, to secure its own border, to s

violating american statutory law are also against torture which are on the books and against violating the geneva conventions but what we're talking about is an amendment to the defense authorization bill which permits united states government to use the military in violation of the posse comitatus act which has been in place since eight teams seventy six. and they use the military to arrest american citizens and haul them in indefinite detention with no recourse to courts of law now this constitutes the repeal of the united states constitution and when you find that we have sixty members of the elected congress who have supported us and what we see as the united states is a on its way to being a police state only two republicans in the senate voted against this amendment. only two so what do we know we we now have a republican party it is a cause stopover party it is in favor of. united states military aggressed american citizens and putting them in concentration camps and that's what's happening right now the forest for the varanus and so what does this have to say about the climate in congress

channels that under the international convention for diplomacy under the united nations or under the geneva convention this should be well planned and thoroughly planned by the west or any international power that deems itself as a superpower that would like to intervene inside syria and surely this is it has been could not a lot of this tension be diffused by the very fact of letting observers in they would help to expose the atrocities committed by extremist groups which the syrian government is claiming if that evidence is secure then surely that would then. make the situation very different would it not. it is i mean this point this is a very good question sir yes at the point of all observers as being witnessed by both parties whether they are the regime or the opposition is so far the opposition is headed by ben had a deal for you and i mean the head of the of the opposition outside syria unfortunately is that inside the event they are they are pressuring through the arab league to put of servers as soon as possible on the ground in order for them to monitor any atrocity by the regime

if we could close off the ramp next to the station from geneva avenue, that could become real estate that you could use. maybe we could put more loading there. that could mitigate some of the conflict that we have going on. people who are trying to get on the freeway right now because they're coming right across the station and their conflicting with those that are dropping off passengers. that is one of the real focus is that we would like to do as a future step. >> thank you. part of the issue of congestion or of usage by transit riders is a lot of people in the southern part of my district will come to the park from mission street south of geneva. there are plans about going to daly city which is actually closer. what are the plans right now in place and what have been implemented to connect people in the southern part of san francisco? >> there is a pilot to work in this and we have been working with bart on a daily city access study which is looking at the longer term potentials. also, that same study is looking at extending the and line too part. that would potentially be long-

well i mean the ministerial conference we're having with all our members next week in geneva we look at the whole of the portfolio of activities our organization yes we have trade negotiations the purpose of which is to update modernize the rulebook . but we also have a lot of activities in administration of these wars in monitoring and seven ounce we have of course the dispute settlement system which as you know is a very specific one because the decisions of all the asian systems are binding on all members and we also have the whole day we are a trade technical assistance for poorer developing countries so the minister conference we look at the horn of our activities provided as it should guidance for the next two years you're right on the negotiations of new trade rules which is these big negotiation we call the door trade realm because we started it in go up. ten years ago for the moment for the moment we haven't been able to conclude this negotiation not that own lot has not already been negotiated bought for reasons which mainly have to do with the inevitability of negotiators t

once the w t o accession protocol is signed it in one thousand geneva the russian parliament then has eight months to ratify it and it's more than just paper work as the leading industrial lobbyists and it's on to show he explains . but i read your story abuse of before ratification of both the government and business will have the task of adapting current state support for vulnerable industries these include the agriculture and automotive sectors of the economy state support schemes will be changed into new mechanisms allowed by the w t o o's move. let's not have a look at the markets despite still trading in the black oil is heading for the biggest weekly decline since september investors speculate the fuel demand will fall to make shrinking industrial production in europe and china what's weird is that under ninety four dollars a barrel while the brunt land is trading at one hundred four dollars per barrel. asian markets as you high off to our beach u.s. economic data jobless claims in the country unexpectedly dropped to a three year low plus of course exports exceeded estimates an

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the only protection they are entitled to is what the geneva conventions give them. at is the legislation i voted for. that is the legislation that passed and that is legislation the president has signed. this is an example of bipartisanship, when you can get republican house and democratic senate and democrat president to agree to something. host: more about the mood inside the hawkeye state. i am not sure if you can see, but we will read some of the information. this just came out this week. it was done around christmas time. they have mitt romney fairly clearly on top now. 25%. he is up 5%. ron paul has gone up 5% as well. 22% for him. rick santorum up by 11 points in the third place. that is from a month ago. and newt gingrich is 20 points down from the last poll. guest: don't forget, a month ago or maybe for the last two months 70% of people in iowa were undecided. it was still 30% as of yesterday. it is still very fluid situation. it does seem like mitt romney is solidifying to some extent. it also seems like a person that has been last for a whole year, senator

christmas is a festival of lights, and from the shores of lake geneva to the banks of the rhine, we celebrated the season in the multicolored glow and reflected radiance of holiday lights and decorations. christmas is the season of joy, and in the languages of switzerland, we've wished each other a joyeux noel, a bon natale, and a frohliche weihnachten. christmas is a time of hope, and although our life and times may be filled with trials and tribulations, we remain of good cheer because we know that christmas brings the promise that the winter darkness will fade into a glorious spring of rebirth and growth. the spirit of christmas is not in the baubles and bangles, trifles and trinkets. it is in the warm-hearted blessings that we gift each other at this time of year. until next time, this is joseph rosendo, reminding you of the words of mark twain: "travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." happy traveling, merry christmas, happy holidays, and a peaceful new year. >> "travelscope" is made possible by...volvo's overseas delivery program, where buyers can pick up a new volv

international committee of the red cross is shooting down reports that it is investigating whether the genevapplies to crimes committed in video games. the "associated press" writes "gamers worried their actions on the virtual battlefield could land them at the hague war crimes tribunal can relax." the red cross says the war crimes can only be committed in real life. in the last week, there have been numerous articles with headlines like this. "600 million video gamers could be war criminals, red cross says." as expected, not true. there are very real concerns about a group of workers in washington caught in the middle of a political tug of war. correspondent molly henneberg has their story. >> staff at the u.s. commission on international religious freedom have been told to start winding down operations. >> you literally have to close the offices. at the end of the day on the 16th if we are not funded. >> if congress does not approve $4 million in annual funding for the independent bipartisan commission. and we authorize the mission. advise the u.s. government on related policy positions. le

the geneva convention of 1954, i know something about this, the extension in 54 called, unifying elections in vietnam. those elections never took place because the united states reported the separate country in south vietnam even though it really wasn't a separate country. never was. this was an outcome of the cold war. otherwise open to a lot of questions. i haven't done detailed research. he believed putting ground troops in asia -- american experience in validates the judgment on that. anybody else? how are we doing on time? really good questions. terrific. >> along the same line eisenhower was involved in the bay of pigs and that crisis arose soon after his presidency ended under the kennedy administration. his decision to be involved with the freedom fighters, sounds consistent with all you said about eisenhower's reluctance to engage in brushfire wars. >> that is a matter of controversy. i know some historians are working on it. the historians who tend to deified john f. kennedy -- i will confuse you -- i really like kennedy in many ways but the historians who are biased toward him h

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second, doesn't this violate some sort of torture ban under the geneva convention somehow? >> it certainly is the way that politics are played these day. what you're seeing is that money doesn't necessarily buy support. right now, you have rick perry, for example, spending the most money in iowa on ads. over $2.8 million, "the des moines register" reported today, yet he's had dismal results. so whether or not -- you feel bad for the iowans that are stuck watching these ads over and over again, they haven't necessarily produced the traction that the candidates would like. >> michael, is it over at this point? is mitt romney kind of -- is it time to just wrap it up and say, he can declare victory? or are we looking at something where ron paul, even despite the racist controversy from some of his supporters that we're going to be covering a little more later in the show, if he wins in iowa, and romney ends up a strong number two, maybe good for mitt, but what a -- what does this mean for the republicans? >> well, i think it's bad news for iowa and the iowa caucuses said earlier

have you with me as we're reporting this hour a new era is about to begin for the russian economy on friday night in geneva the world trade organization will formally in by russia to join the club a successful conclusion to eighteen years of negotiations analysts warn that joining the trade body could harm certain sectors of the russian economy particularly the un the un competitive light industry and machine manufacturing sectors but in the long term the reduction of trade barriers should spur russian companies to become more competitive hardy's marina costs or has more. it's been a long and bumpy ride to say the least russia force applied for membership back in nineteen ninety three but russia negotiator switched gears after seeing china's economic performance and two thousand and one talks and volved some sixty countries making it the biggest seam of its kind in the entire w t o history while the exception is good news for export oriented companies it can make life difficult for an official industries which will struggle to compete against foreign companies and these occlude agriculture engineering and

the world. speaking in geneva, the secretary of state, hillary clinton, said many gay people were being denied their basic human rights. >> in many ways, they are an invisible minority. they are arrested, beaten, terrorized, even executed. many are treated with contempt and violence by their fellow citizens. while authorities empowered to protect them look the other way. >> authorities suggest people near britain have become less tolerant of the poor. more than a quarter of those surveyed thought poverty was down to lazyness or a lack of willpower. in the mid 1990's, only 15% held that view. the national center for social research says the report indicates there's a growing belief in the responsibility of the individual. this is very much for real. the good news is no one was seriously hurt in the making of that movie. that happens for watching "bbc world news." i'm david eades. these are the headlines. more than 40% of cancers could be prevented if people chose healthier lifestyles. that's according to word by british scientists. the countdown to the e.u.'s most critical summit in decades when the

international research groups are looking for the particle using a collider at the organization for nuclear research near geneva. the 27 kilometer circular tunnel allows physicists to observe particles generated after colliding protons to each other at nearly the speed of light. they announced results tuesday, saying they had made a great achievement. >> the first important result is we have been able to restrict the region which is important achievement by the end of 2012, sooner, if we are lucky we should be able to say the final word. >> in standard modern physics theory, higgs is hypothesized as the agent that gave mass to matter. physicists around the world have been looking for the last missing particle in the standard theory. the announcement raised expectation for discovery that would unravel a mystery of modern physics. >>> japanese firm olympus could be de-listed from tokyo stock exchange during the day. ai uchida has more. >> indeed, a tense day for the company and the investors. scandal hit japanese optical equipment maker olympus. they will release the first half earnings report after a one month d

the god particle. >> in an underground laboratory in geneva, the largest experiment is coming in on one of the greatest mysteries of the universe. scientists are closer to understanding the basic building blocks of matter. causing collisions to reveal what is inside. and this afternoon, a long- awaited announcement. >> we're here to hear the latest. >> they compare findings from different experiments that both point to the existence of a fundamentally important particle hidden until now. >> we need many more collisions to get a definite answer. we saw some tantalizing things today. >> scientists have adult ever deeper into atoms have the strange world inside them. first is the nucleus with a electrons orbiting around it. that has been known for more than a century. then there are protons and neutrons. inside them are quite another minute particle. what gives the tiny things substance or mass? the theory is that they travel through a forest and it slowed down by a. you cant see it, but see how it gives particles substance. the creation of matter. >> every particle at your body is interacting with this f

thanks for joining me as we've been reporting a new era is about to begin for the russian economy on friday nights in geneva the world trade organization will formally invited russia to join the club a successful conclusion to eighteen years of negotiations analysts warn that joining the trade body would could harm certain sectors of the russian economy particularly the uncompetitive light industry and machine manufacturing sectors but in the long term he would actual trade barriers should spur russian companies to become more competitive more immediately the big winner is likely to be the russian consumer as artist which the medical reports. buying even a simple product such as a jacket or a good pair of jeans can be a challenge in russia since you're pretty much down to three options either you buy a nationally made product but the quality is usually inferior you can come to one of these shopping centers look for a famous brand but since the vendor bears the cost of import tariffs and customs regulations price tag is pretty high or you can have a plane go to europe and come back wearing everything you nee

the god particle. >> in an underground laboratory in geneva, the largest experiment is coming in on one of the greatest mysteries of the universe. scientists are closer to understanding the basic building blocks of matter. causing collisions to reveal what is inside. and this afternoon, a long- awaited announcement. >> we're here to hear the latest. >> they compare findings from different experiments that both point to the existence of a fundamentally important particle hidden until now. >> we need many more collisions to get a definite answer. we saw some tantalizing things today. >> scientists have adult ever deeper into atoms have the strange world inside them. first is the nucleus with a electrons orbiting around it. that has been known for more than a century. then there are protons and neutrons. inside them are quite another minute particle. what gives the tiny things substance or mass? the theory is that they travel through a forest and it slowed down by a. you cant see it, but see how it gives particles substance. the creation of matter. >> every particle at your body is interacting with this f

trade commissioner called the goodies in geneva to welcome russia into the world trade organization he warns it comes at a time when the euro crisis threaten the world with recession mr de gucht leaders are insulting each other the euro's fall into new lows how worried are you about this stage of the euro debt crisis i see that. people some people continue to fing that. sooner or later we will have serious problems with the euro. and that's obviously influencing the debate but this is simply not true i mean the euro is going to continue there to stay and europe will do everything that's a see to preserve the european union it's not a matter of choice you know it's not a matter of having different turn that this is one very clear cut political decision the you know is there to say full stop nicolas sarkozy's just call david cameron an obstinate kid while e.u. leaders getting personal it's not up to me to make comments on what president sarkozy is saying but generally i think one should avoid to become personal in that kind of discussions these are difficult discussions for everybody we'