houses into that village against the wishes of the local mp, the local authority, and the local people. will my right honorable friend look again at the workings of the planning inspector to ensure that from now on the planning inspector puts the wishes of local people at the heart of the localism act as he intended to? >> i will look very carefully at the specific incident that the honorable member brings to the house. the point i would make is this. that under the localism act, local authorities are able to produce a local plan and give had agreed which will give local people greater control over what is built and where and in the meantime things are judged against the national planning policy framework which does have protections for green belt. it does insist on going ahead with brownfield development and it does take into account pre-existing local plants. if that means -- if that needs to be clarified, clarify it we will. >> first, the government held northern counselors to stop the caps in the hopes of a handout. then the high court ruled government cuts in european funding for

the local authorities have given permission for just over 100 new houses there. the planning inspector will impose 500 -- will impose 504 houses in the village against the wishes of the local mp and the local authority and the local people. will my friend look again at the workings of the planning inspectors to ensure that from now on the planning inspector puts the wishes of local people at the as he intended? >> i will look very carefully at the specifics that the right honorable member rings to the house. the point i would make is this, that under the localism act, local authorities are able to produce a local plan and get which will give greater control over what is built and where. in the meantime, things are judged against the national planning policy framework, which does have protections for green belt. it doesn't system going ahead with bryan feels developments. it does take into account pre-existing local plans. if that needs to be clarified, then clarify we will. northern counselors should stop doffing their cats -- their caps in hopes of a handout. fun

well the elections are being planned or the presidential election is being planned by the new authorities in the local cia are saying more more of them the official of the local authorities here are also saying they did not recognize any sort of decisions coming out of the new authority since they'd been peaking power you hear week and today don't see any legitimacy in the soap orders sense of right now aborted. here is focusing on the upcoming referendum. which should decide whether or not the right is to add even more independence from the unfairness of the presidential election his plan for the end of may this referendum is now being planned for the end of march so perhaps this during the referendum that will find out how much independence from kiev the radiance of living here in this water that she really wants. we're also think that said i will point out to about some economic changes in the financial institutions and structures here because of lots of attention them on local court the discussions that are focused on our house always will be paid pensions and so on until all different from the pr

houses into that village against the wishes of the local mp, the local authority, and the local people. will my right honorable friend look again at the workings of the planning inspector to ensure that from now on the planning inspector puts the wishes of local people at the heart of the localism act as he intended to? >> i will look very carefully at the specific incident that the honorable member brings to the house. the point i would make is this. that under the localism act, local authorities are able to produce a local plan and give had agreed which will give local people greater control over what is built and where and in the meantime things are judged against the national planning policy framework which does have protections for green belt. it does insist on going ahead with brownfield development and it does take into account pre-existing local plants. if that means -- if that needs to be clarified, clarify it we will. >> first, the government held northern counselors to stop the caps in the hopes of a handout. then the high court ruled government cuts in european funding for

he was supported by the new authorities the inky a fact of the uprising he now says that the only cole porter's will take will come from also local authorities here in the crimea. but i can use the results case clearly just the people of the economist republic of kenya and the key to the city of seven still full. i swear to strictly comply with the orders of the supreme commander of crimea on the commander's minute units approved by him as well as with requirements and regulations. i swear to only perform my duty to take the life and piquant the residence of kenya and associates of a skillful meanwhile it seems support to within the nosy alston your stories in kiev says declining even in western parts of the crunchy there are reports that several special force of brigade so every few still fulfilling orders to march on the twenty eighth year on the peninsula um also feel local military bases and arsenals are now under the complete control of local authorities those servicemen who refuse to pledge allegiance to the autonomous republic of crimea of either left to the peninsula or resigns altogether now. currently all of the strateg

orders to march on the crimea here on the peninsula most of the local military bases in arsenals are now under the complete control of local authorities those servicemen who refused to pledge their allegiance to the autonomous republic of crimea of either a left or a resigned all together now currently all of the strategic facilities like airports government buildings even the streets of cities are patrolled by self-defense squads. basically local authorities are currently building their own independent defense ministry and navy while kiev has been drafting reserve servicemen to. their military forces but so far only around one point five percent of these reserves showed us. government sentiment is swelling in the country thousands are running against ukraine's interim authorities and they. are. taking control of local administration buildings and. the biggest social in they start a country. well we have reports that several hundred men nonviolently seized the local administration building in the city of donetsk the huge industrial sound in the east of the country and all these activists have the local administration under control and

orders to march on the twenty eighth year on the peninsula um also feel local military bases and arsenals are now under the complete control of local authorities those servicemen who refuse to pledge allegiance to the autonomous republic of crimea of either left to the peninsula war resigns altogether now nearly all of the strategic facilities like airports and government buildings even the streets of cities are patrolled by self defense squads. i am so basically local authorities are currently building their own independent defence ministry and the needy while ikea has been drafting have reserve servicemen. i choose to abort forster of the people there knew it she forces but so far only around one point five percent off these reserves don't know. an anti government sentiment is swimming in the east of the country thousands of rotting against ukraine's interim authorities in the cities of them gets the best of the protest is taking control of local administration buildings in both cities. these are the cutest risky is in ca called the biggest city in the east of the country. well we have reports that several hundred men in on the violently sei

orders to march on the crimea here on the peninsula most of the local military bases in arsenals are now under the complete control of local authorities those servicemen who refused to pledge their allegiance to the autonomous republic of crimea of either a left or a resigned all together now currently all of the strategic facilities like airports government buildings even the streets of cities are patrolled by self-defense squads. basically local authorities are currently building their own independent defense ministry and navy while kiev has been drafting reserve servicemen to. their military forces but so far only around one point five percent of these reserves showed up. alive. thank you very much indeed. now russia's foreign minister has responded strongly to criticism of moscow's policies on ukraine he was speaking about the crisis at the un human rights council in geneva and she's going to. the russian foreign minister has come down hard on critics of russia's actions particularly reminding the western leaders about the fact that they had supported the opposition in ukraine during the days of protest at the end of last year and

the street. we are registered citizens. our children go to school here. we have rights. >> local authorities have come to accept the impossibility of completely removing the settlement. here in rivas, they want to build hopper roads -- proper roads and turn it into a regular district, but even that will require the resettlement of most of the slum's inhabitants. >> the city needs more mixing. the people need to live normally with other inhabitants and not be pushed to the edges. as far as the partner us is concerned, we think that 20% at most of the current population can stay. >> ironically, there is plenty of empty accommodation in madrid. when spain's real estate bubble burst, it left hundreds of buildings vacant, but the hastily erected properties belong to banks that are reluctant to let them out to welfare recipients. >> some of the people will leave if they are guaranteed social housing. or if they can afford to rent an apartment themselves. there are people like that here, too. then, the houses in the huts will be demolished, and a town will be built. anyone will be able to stay if t

we will remain in contact with chris and the local authorities as we gather the facts. >> fans don't want to see this. especially as the kids look up to these players. >> this is not the first time he has been in a negative spotlight. he was chastised for making anti-gay comments before the 2013 super bowl appearance. >> i wanted to face the situation and let everyone know how i feel in my heart. like i said i am not that type of guy. >> the cyclist suffered minor injuries and did not have to go to the hospital. in san jose, alan wang, abc7 news. >>> an unprecedented move in the state senate. lawmakers voted to suspend yee who faces charges related to a federal corruption sting. abc7 news confirmed another disgraced bay area politician rated on senator yee. state senator yee left his sunset district home this afternoon with his son. it is the first time we have seen yee since he was released from federal custody late wednesday. yee faces charges of weapons trafficking and soliciting money in exchange for political favors. one man not surprised by yee's arrest is stu hanlin. he was br

we will remain in contact with chris and the local authorities as we gather the facts. >> fans don't want to see this. especially as the kids look up to these players. >> this is not the first time he has been in a negative spotlight. he was chastised for making anti-gay comments before the 2013 super bowl appearance. >> i wanted to face the situation and let everyone know how i feel in my heart. like i said i am not that type of guy. >> the cyclist suffered minor injuries and did not have to go to the hospital. in san jose, alan wang, abc7 news. >>> an unprecedented move in the state senate. lawmakers voted to suspend yee who faces charges related to a federal corruption sting. abc7 news confirmed another disgraced bay area politician rated on senator yee. state senator yee left his sunset district home this afternoon with his son. it is the first time we have seen yee since he was released from federal custody late wednesday. yee faces charges of weapons trafficking and soliciting money in exchange for political favors. one man not surprised by yee's arrest is stu hanlin. he was br

the military forces while others. sided with crimea is authorities at the same time we're hearing from local authorities that the situation is under control and of course they try to avoid any panic among the population and their dress people trying to assure them that everything is under control but actually we don't see much of panic here on the streets often for opel it's a lovely sunday here today and we hope that it will stay this way maria the whole country remains divided for the time being and how is the southeast region taking it all then. absolutely the split that started with what many see as unarmed coup in kiev continues and the prince these days the country is divided into those who support the country's newest soldiers and those who don't trick of nies them as a legitimate power and protest and resist and this is particularly the case for the eastern and southern ukraine it's a vast part of the country that includes a least ten regions it's home to more than a half of the country's population and two we witnessed thousand strong demonstrations all across the region people take to the streets both officials

the risk is as we get closer to a referendum that the local authorities and the people who support theme kind of thugs and the -- it's not really clear who they are -- that they will take a preventative action to either -- to stop tatars from expressing discontent with the way things are going. so i think there's a real risk of conflict. there's a real risk of retribution and real risk of violence. >> we saw ukrainian television reporter debating today ukrainian television report about these crosses and markings on the houses. we cannot confirm it independently with anyone else so we did not play that report. those reports exist. it's hard to know what to make of it. what do you make of that? >> well, we also can't confirm that. we don't have -- we're not on the ground in crimea right now. i can't confirm that's actually happened. it is -- if it's true, i think that it resonates very acutely for people in -- for tatars because they remember how their grandparents' homes were tagged similarly. >> it's important, i think, for folks, the history here. we've been talking about crimea histor

is rising in another city of donetsk thousands again are on the streets shouting pro russia slogans and we are hearing that local authorities there claim that they would not obey kiev and they voted today to have a referendum over the region's taters while the majority of the population in east and south of ukraine say that decisions and laws taken by the country's new authorities are illegal and his my report about one of such decisions that was never recognized here. this is the golden eagles swan song the bear cook's ukraine's elite police force after weeks of deadly clashes in the capital kiev on the orders of the ministry of internal affairs to protect government buildings from rioters the barricades are no more. ukraine's new authorities were quick to dispense a thousand strong and to write unit. former officers were made to publicly kneel in western ukraine and beg for forgiveness while locals shouted shame pelting them with objects the country's acting interior minister posted on his internet page that the barrackers a finished for a new master for politico more for it's hard for us there are many among us who sacri

foam and then a tree and some were simple afghan farmer had an adventure ends and the wheels to hearing from local authorities the moment he is from russia joining the self defense force is here that she helped locals protect their territory. and today when he told teen crime his prime minister at my house in the squash in law all these people because in this confusing the kingdom of the self defense lawyers is that there where rain and wind fashionable in human form and that had been at the queens with that and the lead lap times and he told us that he controls these forces personally and yes they have union forum and they provide all those who want to see joining forces with the few new form and he also told us that they now have two thousand will add contents of the sea in uniform and they are ready to provide it with our tainted given to anyone who will be willing to join the forces at play in the future. well thank you for that reporting maria for notion on the ground in crimea things heal. today president obama authorized the treasury department to impose sanctions against a number of russian individual

where he said power was hijacked by extremists as a result of a cool now another thing which the local authorities did today was they changed the debate of the referendum aimed at deciding whether or not the crimea should have more independence from kiev the dateless a change from made to march so it should be held in the very nearest a future just to explain the east and the southeast of ukraine where we are now a region is heavily populated by ethnic russians around ninety percent of people leaving living in these regions they consider russian as their native language this is according to official statistics and the general understanding here is that many of the new laws passed by the new off towards the end of our and against russians. well appeal for russia's help and it staunch opposition to the current authorities in kiev is rooted in the region's complicated history crimea was long part of russia and in the u.s.s.r. it belonged to the russian soviet republic until nine hundred fifty four now that's when the soviet leadership decided to hand it over to ukraine back then of course nobody thou

they have to convince the local authorities and the and there is a real need to change the price is only after that the agency for regulation that the police will consider the application of an enterprise a corresponding bailey's being prepared many agency for regulation of natural monopolies. this was announced in the government howling in russia nice but the chairman of the agency lacked the spine of pulsar reported end of the results of two thousand thirteen jury last year the noun and investment sector reached two hundred and thirty million ten pm because of this it was possible to increase the energy efficiency of many utility service providers as a result consumers have saved over eleven point five billion taking in addition the moratorium on the changes the ring to it tears is effective and tony first who was the man in the nation excessive regulations ban on the redemption of losses still continues today monopolies are required to develop a five year program which clearly defines the entire plan for the modernization of equipments and replacement of networks without the stocking

than three percent favor stained with the ukraine has costco government is not recognized by the local authorities and the remaining one percent bounce were invalid the referendum saw an unprecedented turnout of more than eighty three percent and international observers reported she reported no significant violations during the voting. i just bought three years in crimea for us what it says a tesco and pasted from the experience of past a poll as you walk down the streets people away from the russian flag. many people actually have the flag draped over the bodies or so cars honking eight points and writing down with the flag onto the windows. the same ut is being experienced in some tropical and at the cities and regions across crime yet with the overwhelming majority of the text to be joined by cech. i was speaking to him and he summed up in the twenty six. we feel like we going home and at the woman telling me that people here have always been much of the miso and they'd be racing for this day to come. and it has also experienced by the international said this has given the positive critique of

the military forces while all others. deets sided with crimea is authorities at the same time we're hearing from local authorities that to the situation is under control and of course they try to avoid any panic among the population and their dress people trying to assure them that everything is under control but actually we don't see much of a panic here on the streets often for roberts a lovely sunday here today and we hope that it will stay this way the split that started here in ukraine with what many see as unarmed coup in kiev continues and even tippens the country is divided into those who took the side of the country's new authorities and those who don't recognize them as a legitimate power and resist against them and protest against them and this is especially case with the eastern and southern ukraine it's a vast part of the country it includes ten regions it's home to more than half of the country's population and weakness sow's and strong demonstrations all over this region people take to the streets of both the ordinary residents and officials men women entire families to show key of that they don't want them

we will remain in contact with chris and the local authorities as we gather the facts. >> fans don't kids look up to these players. >> this is not the first time he has been in a negative spotlight. he was chastised for making anti-gay comments before the 2013 super bowl appearance. >> i wanted to face the situation and let everyone know how i feel in my heart. like i said i am not that type of guy. >> the cyclist suffered minor injuries and did not have to go to the hospital. in san jose, alan wang, abc7 news. >>> an unprecedented move in the state senate. lawmakers voted to suspend yee who faces charges related to a federal corruption sting. abc7 news confirmed another disgraced bay area politician rated on senator yee. state senator yee left his sunset district home this afternoon with his son. first t it is the first t e have seen yee since he was released from federal custody late wednesday. yee faces charges of weapons trafficking and soliciting money in exchange for political favors. one man not surprised by yee's arrest is stu hanlin. he was brought in by leland. >> he is tal

we will remain in contact with chris and the local authorities and we continue to gather the facts regarding this situation. as this is an ongoing legal matter, we will reserve further comment at this time. >>> mixed feelings about the b.a.r.t. extension to the south bay. as nbc's reporter shows us, there's a worry what the trains might bring. >> reporter: 211 is a penal code for robbery. that's how they're coining it. the 211. are you concerned? the sheba's liquor store is down the street. police are worried they'll jump aboard the b.a.r.t. and then disappear ban onto b.a.r.t. gene sheba has already been robbed once. >> we got tied up. it's like a nightmare. it's a nightmare. we're still very scared. >> there is some precedence for fear. people tell us that people were lootedafter they opened the southwest station three years ago but other mer chants and others are welcoming the train's arrival. >> i don't think that's bigger concern because there's so much more potential coming out of the b.a.r.t. station coming down to san jose. there's so much more business potential that could come to s

if there is a lot of white space on that page that is because that is the only thing that the local, authorities are allowed to do, under the cpuc's decision. >> i have been part of a monthly phone call with my colleagues and counter parts all over the country and even over the world, to talk about what is developing in different cities, and the cities that have more experience with it, are often contacted by cities where these services are new. and so, we have been talking a lot about, you know, what the issues are and how we should respond, and so, i know that tncs are actually prohibited in new york city, and austin, and new orleans and portland and miami and detroit and philadelphia. and the other jurisdictions where they have appear are scratching their heads and trying to figure out where and how to regulate the service and particularly to insurance and that is happening in boston, chicago, and washington, d.c., and georgia, denver, and dallas and houston and pittsburgh and happening all over the country and i am hopeful that there will be coordination among the state and local governments

it is the role of the local authority as for the crying it's an aryan. i'm actually decent in this region that sometimes is so late and sweets to preserve its integrity. and this is not just my opinion it is the opinion of the majority of the people of color bias and we as the authorities will do everything possible and impossible to quickly solve this problem because dickinson aria holds the promise in our region both deny it and left in the viewing it offended me to speak to you to read site is now the governor often acts and says he'll thanks ukrainian president dixie on the type that there was ousted from office last month of the mass protests against his rule. the city has seen some of the christ was consistent progress and demonstrations since the country's new private eu government took power. new zealanders hospital for the funds on whether to drop the national flag usage know it in the extreme inside the album or more convention reflecting the country's ethnic mix. one minister joan kate sad lamp replacing the b type one more step in the evoluti

here in the crimea after being asked for assistance from local authorities to work. while being worried about threats coming from the new authorities in the new right wing radicals this news. i must state here on the ground was greeted with applause by the local since basically wouldn't hear the entire week and we've been witnessing abortion rallies taking place all across the city of wuhan the capital of the crimea but of course it did spark a lot of criticism. throw me into the international community especially from the west were getting threats from the united states about economic isolation about socializing the isolation travel sanctions and so on so that is of course took quite a worrying factor. but in general. compared to the events in kyiv. last week over week ago the situation here is to be called. in fact the seats are patrolled by the so called self defense lots more still to be a military bases and artillery are now on to the complete control of local authorities and that will happen without a single shot fired so that is definitely a good side because n

that district is just thirty megawatts in the future the excess energy can be exploited as the local authorities assured six plans and attacks the president knows about us or bank to develop clean energy as well as increase the export potential of technological products such as accent. cows extends dong gun people are cooking notice crazy and using their unique recipe in the name the spring of two knocks a rich dish consisting of seven ingredients has called for the go go's add noodles to the best edition along with cereals grains and beans and peas. people called the chinese people making into kazakh steppes from the east one hundred and fifty years ago i still don't know names east in the language of the settlers they kept saying that wharton graduate and on the acronym appeared. that was in his words is one of the news during the winter month of december. it was very cold and lost many people in the mountains of change time firstly we settled in the town of marion later in spring which develops and she can. the leader of immigrants was called kazakh lenses and threw it in silver bowl or the m

on the crimea here on the peninsula and military bases in arsenals are now under the complete control of local authorities taken over without a single shot fired servicemen who refused to swear allegiance to the crimea have submitted their letters of resignation or left the peninsula altogether so now all the local facilities are under the complete control of self defense teams who are greeted by the local population and are patrolling all the facilities including the streets of the city in fact crime enough tories are now putting together an independent defense ministry and independent navy fleet while a key it has been calling up reserve servicemen to bolster the forces of its military but so far we're getting reports that only around one point five percent of those people showed up. in the meantime cities across the east and south of ukraine have been rising up against the self-proclaimed kiev authorities in a way of the start of a. over the weekend people in ten regions which are home to over half of the country's population have been rallying in their thousands of the city of lugansk is the latest to

he's a nexus energy can be exploited as the local authorities assured says plans meet the test of president obama's their bank to develop clean energy as well as increased export potential of technological products such as accent. cows extends dong gun people are cooking notice crazy and using their unique recipient and in the spring at the knox a rich dish consisting of seven ingredients is called off the doldrums add noodles to the best edition along with cereals grains and beans and peas. people called the chinese people making into kazakh steppes from the east one hundred and fifty years ago i still don't know names east of the language of the sceptics he kept saying that wharton graduate and an acronym that period the missing this was warned that governments during the winter month of december. it was very cold and lost many people in the mountains of things done firstly we settled in the town of marion later in spring look to the same period. the leader of immigrants was called kazakh lenses and threw it in silver bowl or the mall of abundance there for the donor people hold in high e

these theories on tv lexi coming out of the season with the wildfires continue to burn in the local authorities have stated that over a hundred and forty hotspots have been confirmed on here numerous people are in custody for starting wildfires. main reason is there spreading no homes but also causing this very severe case of small sea breeze and plenty of local authorities are saying that this could be the worst. these disaster that area since nineteen ninety eight and that one i didn't dollars in damages to the economy of indonesia such as indonesia last year we are ellie were talkin bout malaysia and singapore that smoke drifted over in that direction costs and damage the economy out there as well so this is something that still an ongoing situation very little relief in sight is dry season. across much of this area let's look farther towards the south into new zealand this is the remnants of my clone lucy as the remnants but it's still pretty strong storm system breeds in windy conditions across the north island anatolia which was the western parts of the south island christ are to be deali

the local population from a meet up for their possible threats coming from the airport he said the power was hijacked by extremists as a result over the cooled know another thing which local authorities that was the change to ddt of the referendum aimed at deciding whether or not the crime you should have more independence from its beak was a change from eight to more so it should be held in the juniors future the general understanding fears that the meaning of the union was passed by the new authorities there in key of our games against the russians. while crimea authorities were all schemes to help the head of ukraine's nash is eager to write in kiev who reach out to notorious chechen terrorists he said dr martin touching him and his medicines to step out of bed again smoke shack don't mind the need of the church in a businessman and has made his goal to composite ensure react. i kind of faith than diesel tony considered russia's of some of the nonsense is also classified as the muscle that i was fine and mary pat maher was behind dozens of dead at times as many as the most intimate and as for the bombings free sample and tonics on the ventura morning tv rights act is as god has le

of the practicalities involved well look what can one week and definitely say is that said the local authorities yep i'm trying to trade as soon as possible. according to the advantage of the crag me as elements to date you crying and it's no longer apply in the region and ukrainian state and prop and seek knowledge belongs to crimea the parliament has decided to adopt the russian ruble has come and see it within ten months and they have decided to move to moscow time at the end of march up close they are much more problems so tiny and is facing right now. old legion needs to natural gas electricity and fresh one to all that flows in from the ukrainian man and filled this out of trouble and said the government he should be dealing with right now like bad we didn't get any comment on events today. now with the ukrainian troops stationed in crimea. while i would say that dad is the crucial question right now and they are recalled to sleep about ten thousand ukrainian soldiers stationed here. so far they state we be in the barracks no single judge has been a fight and so far. but the president of t

clearly they are trying to make contact with anybody along the route, local authorities along the routey possible information. >> yes. that would be standard procedure as well as trying to canvas any of the other airlines that may have been flying in the area. the frequency that they have is an emergency frequency that you would normally transmit on if they had a really severe problem. and most airlines, many airlines, not mandatory but many of them do monitor that emergency frequency just as some means of being willing to cooperate and see if there is a problem. they might canvas other airlines that might have been in the area and see if they got any kind of report at all, even if you had limited radar radio range, the possibility of being able to be heard by another airplane is probably pretty high. i am very concerned about this one, because airplanes don't just disappear. and apparently this one for all intents and purposes has. >> and again, i just want to emphasize we do not know what has occurred with this aircraft. malaysian airlines saying they have lost contact with the plane,

the hiring of local resident and for the small businesses. we entered into the small business plan that includes the local hire and small business inclusion. what's important to remember those are private contractors between the authority and the provider they're not city contracts for the precisely wage local hires disadvantaged businesses and not the same reporting mechanisms so those are entirely private contractors. for local hiring there were two major hooifrz vehicles one was management contract of one hundred and 50 thousand or more like concessions janitoral services. >> if i could pause for a second. so the local hiring doesn't apply to these local contracts but there was an agreement that was made regarding those private contracts >> that's correct. >> so that agreement, you know, should be an equal way to our loss. >> i'm not an attorney but i'd say it was a conceptual agreement between the city and contractors. >> we're all honorable people here. >> so those are the goals in terms of actually what happened. so for the 2012 event those are the october world series rates it was the authority that works with the economic and workforce development to identify the contracts that are available to set up a mechani

it took donald trump for years to get a flagpole approved for his hotel because the local authorities thought the american flag would be a blight on the view. it took him three years to get some ficus tree plans approved to put in front of that golf course zero the golf balls with not go through to hit people because the government did not like that plant they thought their brothers'' we don't acknowledge in california in particular is the great success of the clean error act wall olivetti over the last 40 years automobile pollution in the los angeles basin has been reduced 99%. people don't talk about that we used to have stage one, a stage to, stage three smog alert they have not had one since 1989. the reality is most air pollution is caused by cars. not necessarily caused by manufacturing plants. most of it is caused by automobiles and trucks. the reality is federal standards coupled with standards of california have cleaned up the air. there is a bakery in california. now was just find $2 billion last year for pollution. of bakery? they were eating the small of baking bread. that

the elections are being planned or the presidential election is being planned by the new authorities in kiev but the locals here are saying more and more of them and the official. local authorities here are also saying that they do not recognize any sort of new decisions coming out of the new authorities do say think they came to power legally and so they don't see any legitimacy in these orders and right now everyone here is focusing on the upcoming referendum which should decide whether or not the crimea should have even more independence from kiev and its. the presidential election is planned for the end of may this referendum is now being planned for the end of march so perhaps it's during the referendum that will find out how much independence from kiev the crimea and so living here in this part of the country really want but i also think that we'll find out about some economic changes in the financial institutions and structures here because a lot of attention them on the locals a lot of discussions right now are focused on how salaries will be paid pensions and so on and the furred from the presiden

strength in crimea ukrainian troops from just about every rank and branch are siding with the local authorities on mass. going off now joins us live with more details here on r.t. international or you go to good to see you what is the mood among the local servicemen and civilians where you are now. well we've got. the military border guards emergency services and other troops based in the crimea now saying that they won't be eighty or illegal orders or as they call them so coming from the self-appointed government in kiev it's not only those who were stationed here before the uprising there but. those who've been appointed to some of those who've been appointed my mission government as well like the commander in chief of now former commander in chief of ukraine's navy fleet now he says that he's only going to get all of the waters off granny and i thought that was a very good. i. swear allegiance to the people of the autonomous republic of crimea and the heroes city of sevastopol i swear to strictly comply with the orders of the supreme commander of crimea and the commanders of military units a

crimea no longer under kiev's command the local authorities claim oh it's ukrainian troops stationed on the peninsula and either points or joined local defense birds. resistance to rules from. the south east of ukraine with protests and doesn't sit as against the far right national lead taking up power up to the curb. also this week saw the news diplomatic swordplay between venezuela and the united states as deadly clashes in caracas and beyond seen washington accused of fueling the trouble . under controversial christian group patrols the streets of london and claiming it will stick around aggressively islamification that's local community leaders feel. really just. the latest news on the week's top stories you're watching the week here on our seem to national with me here in ash and welcome to the problem ukraine's southern republic of crimea is becoming even more disconnected from the new national authorities in kiev the latest reports such as the ukrainian troops stationed on the but in either quitting on my ass or putting themselves under the sole command of crimea as leaders tha

the three other local authorities of posting next week. if any goals against is that the proposal is to pieces and the plebiscite will not be held. rain is standing by the side and dublin city bring us the very basis said john harper. mason got underway. yes that was opened by the law of marriage counselor shame when chinese health council is not that amazing. they only have to decide is whether this plebiscite should be helped whether children should be given the opportunity t post i made twenty third of what they want a directly elected mayor. they would get a third of a paper on top of those for the european and local elections council could also tell the meeting them not a consultation is already being done was a special forum which show proposals come up to the parents may merit to have a nose also full of children is which showed that seventy eight percent are in favor of having an elected mayor with strong executive ours is still looking like the council is here in the city council are going to vote in favor of having the plebiscite.

the city of sevastopol crimean authorities are now in the process of creating their own defense male ministry and naval fleet more and more ukrainian troops based on the crimean peninsula are now joining local authorities effectively putting them in full control of the territory artie's more if and has more. for a more high ranking officials earlier on sunday they had of a crime nears border control security service as well as emergency and interior ministry has pledged their allegiance to the crimean authorities earlier on sunday as well we heard that the commander of ukraine's naval forces did the same swearing to strictly comply with the orders to the supreme commander of the autonomy this region mr berezovsky was appointed to this post by the country's new earth or a chase after previous command to had resigned now we're hearing that following these pledged they authorities in kiev dismissed mr very softly from his post of that command of ukraine's naval forces meanwhile the military the ukrainian military stationed here in the crimea are pledging on mass their allegiance to the crimean authorities in crimea and people earlier crimea as prime minister claimed control under police milita

than three percent favor staying with ukraine whose post-coup government is not recognized by the local authorities and the remaining one percent of ballots were invalid the referendum saw an unprecedented turnout of more than eighty three percent and international observers reported no significant violations during the voting r.t. spotlessly are is in crimea for us. well it's a very cheerful and faced of mood here in this a vast a pole as you walk down the streets people are waving the russian flag many people actually have the flag draped over their bodies they've also cars honking their horns and driving down with the flag out of their windows the same mood is being experienced in some for our poll and other cities and regions across crimea where the overwhelming majority have voted to rejoin russia i was speaking to a man who summed up the mood when he said we feel like we're going home another woman telling me that people here have always been russian in the soul and they've been waiting for this day to come the mood is also experienced by the international observers who are giving a positive

republic of crimea and thinks it's highly irresponsible of the new authorities in kiev to aggravate the situation if you like that in the meantime the local authorities in the crimea have set a new date for a referendum aimed to. provide more autonomy from kiev off already the autonomous republic that's been set for march and also the local prime minister has put all the security forces including police army navy and border guards temporarily under his control in the meantime so-called self-defense squads have been patrolling the key facilities in the crimea like two airports the building of the local parliament and a t.v. station and russia has also announced it's ready to grant citizenship to members of the or the former members of the berkeley swat teams which have been dissolved and they've been fighting writers during the violence in kiev for more in their cities a report by my colleague monday of emotionally. we're going to get to that report a bit later take it appears going off there with the latest on this breaking news we'll get to the report in just a few minutes thanks for coming on so quickly yes or just a quick reminder of t

industrial center over the eastern part of ukraine donetsk local authorities claimed they will not a ig and they voted over a referendum over the region status to be held in the nearest future we're hearing from the governor of russia's belgarath region bordering ukraine that groups of armed people have been scouting over the night throughout the town and no one can say for sure where they came from and what for but there was reportedly an attempt to block the highway connecting more sco with the major city. he's here in the crimea here is not just losing the support of ordinary people here in the eastern and south and ukraine but police security and military forces don't a big key of either early on saturday crime is prime minister claims control under all these services here in the region calling on all those who disagree to leave their posts immediately the ramos report said one of the flagship so view cranes black sea fleet raised a russian flag after the crew learnt about the coup in kiev the vassal was supposedly. coming back from the exercises in the mediterranean and we're now