daily life is fraught with risk here in the ring. to locals the national park is both a vital resource and a looming threat. to. environmental conservation is a constant challenge in the democratic republic of congo. the park rangers face a moral dilemma should they protect people. or nature. to my sister if you don't go on the slopes of the wrong as volcanoes including in rwanda and uganda there are only eight hundred eighty mountain gorillas left and they need protection you just a politician says you are threatened with extinction just eight hundred eighty mountain gorillas on our huge continent and only three countries congo uganda and rwanda cinemark on our feet down for being studied little or no gun. a little under. place around the more grassy population growth is threatening the grill is natural habitat. in skill level to some people here in need fertile farmland and the park is the only place where they can find it get it back. and back that's why they destroy the gorillas habitat they need fertile farmland. in fifty of. the silverba

the streets are black with search. this huge cold is run by cecile. gallacher my local. question mark carlo because there's no electricity here in goma you have only one option charcoal in goma and in the rest of congo. and a bunch of poor label everywhere sheets and coke with mccullough. meanwhile you're frying meat or cooking beings a cone you need. coal is the only fuel source in our everyday lives ritual poor we all depend on my car. my site also has more than a million inhabitants who get three hundred fifty to two hundred truckloads of mccalla every day. there are between a hundred forty and two hundred bags on each truck in varying a park supposedly. garner from the national park is very rare in the past f.t.l. our militia soldiers supplied us with charcoal from virunga park. but if we get caught selling them accounted today we go to jail for years. but the fact is the illegal charcoal trade is impossible to control and it's destroying the park. if it goes unchecked there will be no forests left in the eastern congo in less than ten years. that's why part or rector

the locals didn't benefit much from it. about. the train continues to roll through the highlands and the passengers seem to be enjoying the trip. shows a bit about. i mean just look out the window the top national i see things that i've never seen anywhere else it's fantastic want to go in terms of people are very friendly for only a few. i speak english and i haven't found anyone who can speak german. but you can write down what you want or use hand gestures and you'll get along fine. ecuador is famed for its raises and exports two billion of them every year the local climate and thai innovation often in a perfect growing conditions. this is the new virtual cirrhosis farm fifty two species of roses a grown here on a total of thirty five hectares red roses are in demand all year around. five hundred workers most of them women sort and package the flowers because. even for people who work here every day roses are something special there is no market was the appeal there the most beautiful gift you can give. somebody a bouquet of ros

i'm going to be working to restore the local government in ohio. at is my commencement if he thinks it is the responsible commitment that he's not willing to be a partner with local governments i and the state and what does this mean he thinks it is just a baseless government for the state to take the money and nobody will care. it drives people back to that ballot and hurts local economies further. it hurts the ability to fight the opioid crisis. you take those out of the community and don't bring them back how are we going to do something extra. and how are you going to protect the safety force? the police and firefighters that are having to be cut since the museum look but don't touch. the need to rethink what we are doing in ohio. we need to be a partner in the local government and we need to be able and willing to make these commitments and i am willing to make them come of it is called leadership italicize will do to grow through that isn't. >> you never led any office that you've held. you have a mess in washington, 25% of m minority and 25%

the two women speak the same local language and she. after all they're from the same ethnic group but in a referendum in one thousand nine hundred eighty four my art opted to remain french and unlike the other island. who are now. the midwife says she has heard the same story a thousand times over. session. three quarters of these women have the same story they came here in fishing boats in the hope of a better life and a much better health care system compared with their home countries yeah well. that's why we don't bother asking anymore because all the women say the same thing hopeless but i should. say it's been like that since before i was born forty fifty years maybe i don't know it's a big problem to tackle. the first who would have to send them home and improve their lives there i don't think they would leave their homes for a life that's just slightly better if they had reasonable lives there you know we need to get to the bottom of the problem and enable people on the camaro silence to live better lives where. that might reduce

our biggest concern is at the local level. connecticut is a little unusual. we don't have county systems. everything is done at the towel level. fromve 169 pounds, ranging 2000 to 200,000. mostly small towns. each has a router in their town that is the drop point for the closed loop system that is our voter registry. what happens is when you register to vote you register account level. the only people able to put names on or take names off the list are the local election officials, the registrars and in some cases the town clerks. we are worried about the routers in those towns. we want to make sure they are as secure as the state system is because we have servers at the state level. we want to make sure the local theyials have training, understand you to change your password frequently. we're putting in other protections at the local level such as dual authentication, making sure everyone is logging and properly. another type of attack we have seen in some places in the country,, not in connecticut connecticut are fishing emails. a message that looks valid an

the local fishing community is both witness and victim of an ecological catastrophe. europe's largest salt water lagoon marman or was once an underwater paradise it is separated from the mediterranean by a narrow sand bar about twenty two kilometers long. one and for keep eight nets and here which they bring in every morning. for the past two years one says each day has seen feel a fish then the day before. why can't i want i was so much dead with such a full of it. thank you don't know much now that it wasn't like this before. dead long at sea i know no fish. not the sun will get the biggest problem here mama on all my little friends. and my little. super phytoplankton and micro algae clouds the water robbing the vegetation on the seabed of the light it needs to survive. through the war some like refuse. to reclaim the nets. so just see what else can we do the concern is growing that nominal maybe just a step away from proliferating colonies of harmful toxin producing algae father laguna spencer best but fishing nets are still empty. but we go out every morning but we

compete with the local banks they partner with them so the local bank is like a friend. it's a customer so one of many ways in which the bank oh and to make it is very profitable i mentioned that there was an article in the wall street journal and two thousand and fourteen that said they were more profitable than j.p. j.p. morgan chase and goldman sachs. so here you have an exemplary example of a bank doing what banks should be doing in north dakota and during the crisis it did not suffer it did not require bailout it remain it's up and running it is profitable so i guess your benchmarking amount as an example for the projects here in los angeles right where we get pushback on that because people if there is one hundred years ago and we had this matter north dakota etc but it's an excellent model and. you can like germany where that has the strong spark as and. half their banks are publicly are and are in the public sector and they hold that one thousand forty five of their economy has absolutely crashed and now there's strongest economy in europe so how did that happen

. >> host: given today's technology can the 911 center be in the locale where they are coming from? could it be in california? . >> first, we feel the question whether or not you increase or decrease the 911 centers should be up to the states and localities but i will say this much. no matter the technology when the rubber hits the road the person on the phone it is a human issue we need people on the phone so there is something to be said that knowing the local area and the local responders and knowing the red barn at the confluence of two highways or it use to be there. that helps the response to be more effective. but overall there are a lot of factors involved that's why we think the states and localities are the best judges in that case and what technology can do to modernize 911 is technology with cloud -based solutions are coming when they are pretty secure and helpful and technology can be shared. >> host: what about washington d.c. pilot program to put a nurse at the 911 call center? . >> i will leave that for the fantastic director there to let you know, how that's going. b

that's why we think the states and localities of the best judges. what technology can do and where i think that both of the savings, so to speak, when we learn to modernize 911 is in technology. technologyve in sound-based solutions, and they are pretty secure and helpful. you can consolidate certain functions. you can host functions. and technology can be shared. that is where a lot of cost savings and efficiencies come from. >> what do you think of washington, d.c.'s pilot program to put a nurse at the 911 call center? >> i will leave that for the fantastic director there to let you know how that is going. we are looking at it with interest. we did a report. we have a project series and the broadband at the peace point." more call centers are calling themselves emergency committee case and centers and that is much better. when we look at the future of broadband and how that will completely change 911 emergency response and one thing we multimediais, when and data can enter the centers, you will have two effects. first, you will have a lot more inf

today the locals are even using the river to swim again. it's become a source of joy for the kids in particular you know if. you can as about the. industry's destructive impacts i do who cares about global l g b t rights. who cares about homeless people living on the streets of l.a. i do to support sustainable farming in the amazon and. argue who cares about equality for women in africa i do not see why the follow d.w.b. over society if. one third of women worldwide will be a victim of violence at least once in their lives. acid attacks and rape life is particularly dangerous for women in india religious and traditional factors play a role in attacks on women in afghanistan and somalia too and in syria many women have been brutally targeted during the war a us study reveals how essential it can be to fight back screaming can't help but self-defense is better no matter what kind studies suggest self-defense reduces the chance of being raped by eighty percent what's key is being strong and feeling prepared. we went to kenya's capital my right

in summary, we support small business, and we support bringing different initiatives to grow the local community and work with restaurants, but, quite frankly, this kind of job loss is not the way to do it. thank you. >> president hillis: thank you very much. next speaker, please. hi. >> good afternoon. my name is alejandra, and i've been a cafeteria worker at facebook for almost three years now. i'm a member of unite here local 19, and we're against this proposed law. before i worked in the cafeteria at facebook, i worked in a restaurant doing food prep for about three years. when i worked in the restaurant, i didn't have a regular schedule, i didn't have secure hours or any benefits or guaranteed raises. the working conditions aren't always the best either. i was working in a restaurant when i was pregnant with my daughter, and i tripped over a cable in the kitchen and i fell. i didn't want to get sent home, because then i wouldn't get paid, so i didn't do anything about it, just hoped for the best. i was on medi-cal when she was born. now after my coworkers and i organized the union

make sure you are listening to all the local warnings pushing obviously, with fema, our focus is search and rescue. getting access to areas hardest hit and search and rescue. we are working with the national guard, the states of florida, first responders, and our departments at the also our partners at the coast guard to do everything we can to help those in need and get through all the damage. we do that methodically and tried to make sure we leave no stones unturned. we were able to get search and rescue crews in late last night. obviously nightfall limits what we can do there. it is a big day for us. when it comes to helping people and trying to prevent further loss of life as a result of what the gulf coast has been through. pertaining access. once we do all the safety and life-sustaining work and try to stabilize the life-sustaining average what we try to work on next simultaneously is getting critical lifelines of communications, transportation, health and medical, and power up and running as soon as we can. the power will not be on for a wild. for obvious reasons. you have to get

period the local christian democrats say the church's position is not their business. and it wasn't to visit them it will meet again in my opinion it's the church's business this is the for us it's important to have a strong economy here and to creating keep jobs to encourage people to live here. and live the folk home here who fought the town of going to loose is proud of this company. and as long as it obeys the law we don't have the problem with it it was a listen basically made so. much. based in order to use as a majority stake in the plant in somerset west what it produces that he's covered by south africa. in theory south africa has very tough on what can be exported imported and it is first keep track of all the items that go in and out of the country but the problem with that is that there is no record at all of things like factories cities that all exported so we've seen. two to which countries exported their. factories exporting entire factories is an important aspect of body as business strategy. impressive product food for you includes the comprehensive ar

i'm joined by lord porterfrom the local government association. much has been said about the squeeze on councils and how tough it has been for them. what are you hoping today from the chancellor? quite rightly, when we hit recession, we hit that period of austerity, and i would argue it was ten years ago where it really started, with the exit of the labour government. we were at the front of posterity and if the prime minister has decided we're at the end of it, we should be at the front of the queue for the money available. clearly a pound spent with the local council is one well invested, so we are hoping for money for roads, and we've seen half a million for potholes. if we've got a big infrastructure plan, we have to look after our existing infrastructure before we spend on new infrastructure, just as you would do on your own property, so that's a good story. and if the money for social care is true, that's a really good news story. everybody knows that money has been under the cosh for the last few yea rs. under the cosh for the last few years

. >> hurricane michael came , make sure are listening to all the local warns that are pushing forward. with fema right now, our focus is search and rescue, getting access to the areas of an artist it and search and rescue. we are working with only the national guard and the states of florida and the local responders but also responders at the coast guard do everything we can to help those who are in need and get role the damage and we do that methodically and try to make sure that we leave no stones unturned and we were able to get some certain rescue crews in late last night and obviously, nightfall limits what we can do their said today's the day for us when it comes to truly helping people and trying to prevent further loss of life as a result of what the gulf coast has been through. access, once we do all the live safety and life sustainment work and try to stabilize the live safety effort, what we try to work on next is simultaneously getting the critical lifelines of medications, transportation, health and medical in power back up and running as quickly as we can. the power is l

they are responsive to the local needs. there are about 70% of the health centers that have behavioral support along with typical physical-- types of typical physical services that they've already done but we have tried to push that down to the local level to the degree that we can. i would say that the cdc is providing grants to localities to empower their data collection systems and very importantly, to link the electronic health records with prescription drug monitoring programs to create a uniform workflow. i want to build on the comments that we believe that this is a public health emergency. opioid use is only one aspect. methamphetamines are on the rise . the underlying psychosocial issues, suicidal thoughts, suicidal ideations. suicidal attempts on the rise. this is a more generalized problem within the society in which we believe addiction is an important symptom of that but one that we are tackling head on right now because of the deaths and the overwhelming disruption for society. >> has any additional money been

there's something to be said with knowing can the local area. and knowing the local responders. knowing that the red barn exists at the confluence of two highways or it used to be there. that just helps the response lead to a more effective results. but overall, there are a lot of factors involved, and that's why we think the state and localities are the best judges. in a that case what tomming can do, and where i think the bulk of the savings, so to speak, when we move to modernizing 911 is in the technology. you can consolidated the technology. cloud-based solutions are coming. and they are pretty secure and helpful. you can consolidated certain functions. you can host functions and technology can be shared. and that's where a lot of cost-savings and efficiencies come from. tboas what do you think about washington, d.c.'s pilot program to put a nurse at the call center. >> mr. cohen: i'll let >> mr. cohen: we're looking at it with interest. we did a report -- we have a project series and the title was broadband application for the peace app. we don't just answer calls, and mor

that and these two women are part of the local vigilante group oh. here they're talking to women from one of course. he tells them to get their children off the street away from a life of crime most of vigilantes and the migrants belong to the same ethnic group but the migrants are from a neighboring island the marble steps and i generally think that this woman sticks up for herself she says her children aren't criminals merely a one or a frightened that things continue to escalate one day they might kill us there are more of them than us. our own thought here all the longer it is minimal psych in may or two you're always considering what you can put into your pocket to defend yourself before you leave the house. most people i know carry pepper spray in their pockets even though it's bad people don't want to be at other people's mercy so this is a facade hassan's the folly for the lack of security on the island means people have to defend themselves it will show you that lives are easy to do we have government i tell you what. you know under police pr

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those things have to happen at the local level as well. prescribers is a law enforcement issue, intentionally bad prescribers, those are law enforcement issues, as is the smuggling of all these drugs or the mailing of these drugs from other countries. >> i am sure you all have questions. i would love to open it up to you. >> people are not shy. >> i know. that is fantastic. we have microphones for you. hold tight and we will get your questions in. i think this woman up here had a question. good morning, distinguished panelists as well as good morning to this amazing and diverse audience i've had the pleasure of sharing one hour with. i am founder of speak life. i don't profess to be a policy writer, but i am an activist, advocate, and lobbyist for medicinal cannabis therapy. and i am the mom of an 11-year-old child who also medicates with medicinal cannabis. i stand before you today with a suggestion. 98 seconds of a suggestion. the money we invest into these these politicians as far as going into their candidacy and the support given to th

korea play two concerts in the city with fans a seat in the venue days in advance a lot of all the locals found it hard to understand all the excitement so we talked to some of the fans to find out what makes these boys so awesome. just. south korea's buying time boys have fans all over the globe. including. several days before the boy bands gigs hundreds of fans gathered in front of the mercedes benz arena to make sure they get a spot down at the front of the bank john boys are all pretty as you know from the south korean capital seoul and all playing two shows in germany as part of fans up yourself told. tickets sold out in a matter of minutes. it's good to see i think it's the incredible emotion in the songs and the thoughts they've put into them you get done to me in such matters the music cheers you up when you're down it immediately puts you back in a good mood yet in speeches like this to get that bad out of them. so it's good to have a new album love yourself so it's all about loving ourselves and i want everyone to focus and i think. founded in two thousand and thirteen the fun t

the best thing that can be done and what i observe all agencies do from the ones at the local level up through fcc and fema and of agencies that could evolve as you just apply what you learned from the incident and constantly work to improve and anticipate so you could do an even better job the next time around. >> host: what did resort in puerto rico? what are some of the lessons? >> guest: most of what i can tell he is really from the perspective of 911 because that's really what i know. we have an awareness of generally what's going on after these storms but when it came to 911 i have learned that the 911 center in puerto rico actually state that the whole time, which is pretty extraordinary. and there is not enough focus or attention to the people that work inside the centers. they are a very special type of person. they spend on average 12 hour shifts every day. in puerto rico and elsewhere they are working with her own homes and their own families are affected and yet they stay at the job and they help to protect and save lives every time. so it happened that in puerto rico the 9

also opened its face of support in the face or local event that. ruben i saw you nodding along to some of what cal the was saying so i want to get your reaction to what he was saying but also i want to bring up the point about you know it's not just about getting the cooperation there's also a lot of you know bureaucracy when it comes to this figuring out who exactly is in charge who is giving orders who was implementing things can you talk specifically about those difficulties those challenges. absolutely if i may start them her well i was not in because fully agree with the challenges that mezzanine from creating a modern space. but also to do the work that needs to be done and i think these is private ice not only by the governments but also by humidity and stakeholders in organizations on disasters you docs and at community level. i definitely agree the first responder in an emergency situation is your neighbor is your relative does a first nurse you're going to get so invest in a community level in equipment and preparing and train

where have you been some of the locals are profiting from the migrants desperation . the buffalo for the locals and migrants from the canary islands are engaged in a vocal debate the mayor of combat me has just arrived and says the migrants homes will have to be torn down no by and they look up by by the web that's against the law to stay here the state has to give you papers and apartments. people shouldn't have to live like you do know how it was but it's not my responsibility as it's the responsibility of the french state that now when then that the west know how long are you giving us it's not so easy to just up and leave we have children and anyway where should we go it was at the front of my brother now and that was not cool was the feeling has only started changing now because of the protests on my yacht in march according to. michael but it was many times even on even the french and some of the french politicians have only just realised that we're part of french territory look at sas it's shameful and it's an admission of guilt that my art has always been igno

we don't invest in elections at the local, state or federal level. we have a handful of vendors that work hard but on very slim margins. there are technology problems the can be solved if there is a functioning market. and there isn't. there is some really good new technology, the new scanners from each of the vendors are really good but most of the country hasn't been able to employ them, last real employment -- employment was in 2002, were all rubbing our nickels together to see if we can patch all technologies. the heart of it is right there. >> i think one of the -- with the scanners themselves you're looking at a couple of things. you are looking at, in terms of ensuring the scanners are counting appropriately, the first thing we've been talking about and a lot of officials do is to do logic and accuracy testing in advance of the election for 100% of your voting equipment. that is going to identify potential issues in advance of the election with programming of the machines, or with how the machines are taking certain ballots. really having a rig

the. room. from local. and i guess maybe. i do apologize for interrupting our regularly scheduled program here on r.t. international we go straight to our breaking news for you this national service officials confirming an explosion of an unknown device in the technical college of a chromite of the crimean city of coach we understand ten people have been killed and dozens injured and the explosion reportedly happened around mid day it was first reported as a gas explosion that's according to local emergency services eighteen people we understand right now are being treated in hospital expectations that more people real will require hospitalization emotions you services are working on a on a on a place and the security services have started the investigation this is breaking news here on the international we off field in the information as it's coming to us here at the moscow studios when we get the details you will get them immediately. in the meantime here on the program a french left wing opposition leader. has denounced hi