the health needs of people who live in venice, california may seem a far cry from the health needs of somali refugees. but there is a common denominator: people in need, without adequate resources to maintain their health. it's a few minutes before 9:00, and already, activity at the venice family clinic is in high gear. elizabeth benson forer: our mission is to provide comprehensive primary healthcare that's affordable, accessible and compassionate for people who have no other access to care. we truly are unique in that we're not seeking business with money attached. we're seeking people with no health insurance and low incomes. ana zeledón friendly: the majority of our patients are hispanic, and many of them monolingual, so all of our staff members are bilingual in english and spanish. and they're able to provide the services, also in a culturally sensitive manner. and we do have also a large immigrant population from russia. susan fleischman: most of them are older people in their 50s and 60s, but they seem older than that. they've come to this country mostly as economic refugees. m

from these humble beginnings emerged the venice family clinic, the largest free clinic in the united states. this is the story of two organizations and the people they serve... in the name of health, and humanity. suraj achar had only recently opened his family practice when he left for six months to help somali refugees who were entering kenya ne the border with somalia and ethiopia. suraj achar: when we landed our plane on the dirt field, you couldn't see anything green for tens of miles all around and, unfortunately, when i landed, i recognized the suffering the people were encountering there. the children were severely malnourished. i could see it from their faces and their bellies, and the animals were dying actually in front of me. some of the animals were laying on the ground suffering because they had nothing to eat, and no water. teams of volunteers from 45 nations serve with "doctors without borders," wherever and whenever the need arises. i was the only doctor in the team because we're a nutrition-based team. we had up to four nurses. we had logisticians who came from dive

a little bit behind but applying the lessons learned from the venice -- project, this coming year we will begin to examine [indiscernible]. the city of parkway, i said a lot about this, an alphabet soup of funding, a partnership credit, credit in particular to jose luis, working with an unbelievable number of government agencies and the public. and moving to phase ii. central subway, it had the funding agreement, well under construction. i will not be surprised if there is a cable show called extreme engineering. the transit center is in the two-phase project. construction is underway on the first phase; construction of the terminal itself, a 1.6 billion dollar first phase. many construction projects are out for bit; the first one will be first-quarter of 2013. phase 2, there is a significant funding shortfall, about 2 billion for that second phase. but we had a major victory with -- naming this as a regional priority.last december we presented the authority's draft study, fast draft, bringing high-speed electrification a lot faster. i don't want to give full credit to the study but i

just opened the venice film festival. f march." >> next president of the united states of america, governor mike lauren! >> dignity matters. >> you are off the campaign. you thought it was important to fix things? >> that script has those type of layers and the message behind it is relevant. the politics behind it, you know, were kind of -- were timely. so, you know, i try to find things like that. if it's, you know -- if it gets inside of my body and my head, then i go for it. for a while, i became a little bit disillusioned with the film industry, and as it turned out, it was at a time that my eye began to drift towards some other ideas and opportunities that have really taken most of my focus on a professional level. got some interesting -- west africa, a company i've been developing very quietly for about seven years now that we're now starting to market. a natural resource company there where we're looking at mineral opportunities and agricultural opportunities. we're trying to view them in a 21st century way, try to

the 1980's. we hooked up, but said we didn't. it was 2:00am and i was getting home. i lived in venice, california. the rent was affordable. but this was to in the morning. the house had a wraparound porch. i was walking up to my house, and there was a shadowy figure on the porch. i did what any concert -- god- fearing a young woman did. i reached for my can of mace, and i was prepared. i looked at the chateau -- shadow, and i heard the voice and knew it was bobby. with all the sensitivity of a new social worker i said, what the -- are you doing here? he told a story that his foster uncle, worked at martin luther king hospital. he convinced his uncle to break into my personnel file. he got my personnel file and my address, there is no transportation in los angeles -- there is nothing. he took three buses and hitchhiked, making it to my old frame house in venice. i said, why are you here? he said i was in a car and we did drive by and i don't know what to do. you said you would always be there for me. there's the answer and the question. how are we always going to be there for bobby. how are we going to help young people at

water will twenty thirteen bring to the international political arena that's the question for people of venice guests in the latest cross talk shows on the main issues the growing tension in the asia pacific but the u.s. continues its military buildup against china we can watch the full episode here in r.t. in about two hours time but here's a quick look i don't know of enemy i think. well america always needs a new enemy america always has an enemy ok so is this the new one. well you well yet we we need something to leverage our in the tea against that it was russia for a while and then it was japan remember the early eighties arisings on it and now and now it's well then it was iran and iraq and iran and saddam really helped because saddam was he looked evil he was perfectly good police sketch artist rendering of a child molester yeah he was a perfect villain and china is kind of faces and really no war if it's all down to we know there he. did go ahead john jumping on it. so this is really amazing to me because the primary problem that the united states sees with china is that its economy i

they call it the venice of the east because of all these little canals., you cruise through the village. i tell you, the best way to see it is from the water. the fishing village of zhujaojiao is literally living chinese history. this is one of the most interesting day trips you can experience. make sure to have extra film or memory cards. this peaceful little village in picture-perfect. the most photogenic part of the excursion of zhujaojiao is on a sampan, cruising the canals the area is so famous for. no motors here. these cruise the old-fashioned way. these canals are amazing. they're all manmade, and they go from here, 1,100 miles, all the way to beijing. i mean, you can take the sampan to beijing. but you know what? i think i'll fly. an 1,100-mile trip on a sampan. hmm. now, how long do you think that would take? zhujaojiao is over 400 years old. and its proximity to shanghai has kept it an important local trading village here in eastern china. before the roads took over, these picturesque canals were humming with all the goods being shipped in and

rothenburg's heyday -- that was about 1200 to 1400 -- it was the intersection of two great trading routes -- prague to paris and hamburg to venicereat trade is tourism. rothenburg is a huge hit with shoppers. true, this is a great place to buy cuckoo clocks, steins, and dirndls, but see the town first. most of the buildings were built by 1400. like many medieval towns, the finest and biggest houses were built along herrengasse, named for the herren, or the wealthy class. the commoners built higgledy-piggledy farther from the center, near the walls. hanging shop signs advertise what they sold -- knives, armor, bread, whatever. rothenburg's wall, with its beefy fortifications and intimidating gates, is about a mile around and provides great views and a good orientation. rodertor is the only tower you can actually climb. it's worth the hike for the commanding city view and the fascinating display on the bombing of rothenburg in the last weeks of world war ii, when much of the city was destroyed. but rothenburg's most devastating days were 400 years ago, during the thirty years' war. in the 1600s, the catholic and protestant armies

there is chavez with oliver stone at the venice film festival. anny glover campaigning with him in the last election. sean penn flew down in support in december. and has given speeches to chavez supporters, trying to get them to buck up and, you know, stand together as they wait to see what happens with hugo chavez. so that's the story. we're waiting to see what unfolds at this point. i think expect a period of volatility and chaos for sure. >> you said no proof of life for 30 days? >> close to, it yeah. the opposition's been demanding, you know, show -- holding up the newspaper. >> i know. like they did with castro a couple of months ago. >> the blogosphere's been rife with -- >> he's already dead. no, hughes in cuba. cuba has -- he's in cuba. cuba has every incentive to keep him alive. they get hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil from him nearly for free. he claims that they pay, but they pay either -- the dominican republic pays with beans, f example. hugo pays with doctors and with free operations. things like that. so -- >> so -- >> we'll

but if he's the president and more than fifty six percent of the people who voted for his continuing to fulfill his obligations everyone in venice well and the rest of the world will know that the government is continuing to develop social and economic reforms and he's waiting for the president to recover and fulfill constitutional obligations. overall there's a lot of expectation regarding the return of president chavez and the people of venezuela are very anxious awaiting his arrival and i can watch the full version of all his exclusive interview with the vice president of venezuela coming up at six thirty pm. the parliamentary race in israel is about the political wrangling is only just beginning the election deadlock that unexpectedly gave prime minister netanyahu is right wing block and his center left rivals sixty eight seats each means tough coalition talks and a possible compromise on policies on his policy and looks at what israelis themselves expect from the next government. the voting here might be in secret but what's no secret is the result there was never really any doubt that prime minister netanyahu would win ano

these include the large capital of vestments that you see here, venice and gary brt, etc., as well as many of the area planning studies, market octavia studies, these are basically acknowledged that the land-use transportation plans need to be done more in a coordinated fashion. in addition the transportation sustainability program has come to focus with a cbc streamlining work. the second initiative from 2004 but we make a progress on is the idea of streets as public space. we don't have enough public open space. we have been using the available space more innovatively through things like sunday street, pavement to park, streetscape improvements such as avalencia and leland, and pilots, things like a better market street pilot. that we eventually got legislated. the idea of using public space. by time of day. the third one, was tdm, travel demand management. the idea to use policy tools to shape and encourage people to think about alternatives and partner with new types of organizations, car sharing, bike sharing, finding the balance of working with private employers investing in reg

equal partners this is a huge change in attitude from just five years ago when the same summit king juan carlos called venice where those who were chavez to shut up regardless the numbers speak for themselves according to a recent world bank study more than fifty million people in latin america entered the middle class over the last fifteen years this is the first time in history that middle class growth has outpaced population growth but of course the implications closer to home when you consider the wealth inequality in latin america has been narrowing in recent years that's been steadily growing in the u.s. and perhaps the biggest question we're left asking after such a massive hit to the u.s. economy is regarding the reliability of western economic models that are characterized here by a growing gap between the rich and the poor so while many still regard latin america as a continent of wealth disparities dictatorships and perpetual rebellion the truth is that the tables are turning on old empires so they help me break down the trends that are shaping latin america into a global economic superpower i'm j

this is true as much of the recent past as it is of colonial america or 12th century venice. writing about the recent past is not easy, as i learned at this time around. there are people that you must talk to. [laughter] while i was blessed from beginning to end fascinating people to talk to about joe kennedy, including large numbers of kennedys, i much prefer working from written documents than listening to people talk and trying to figure out what is real or imagined and what they know, what they think they know because someone told them what they don't know what all. the other difficulty about writing about the recent past is that it's not always easy to establish the past. the past that is so close to us. and yet, this is. to take apart, or commonsense view of the recent past and to interrogate what we think we know. to demystify a comedy mythologize, to move beyond the clichÉ about winners and losers and saints and sinners and the wisdom and encourage of our forefathers, especially those of the greatest generation. our job as historians. grounded in evidence. the life of

the chief sent these keys. you have a unmarked police car until you get a vehicle. well, i paid them back. three weeks later i was driving down venice and left on to broadway and the radio went on and strong arm robbery in pacific heights and woman assaulted and bag stolen and identified the car and two individuals and proceeding north on lawenna. gee, i am going in that direction. i have a naval aif eightor's eye and incredible eye sight and wouldn't you know it there is the vehicle coming straight towards me and the traffic was slow and could reach out and touch and i made a u turn and i got on the roo. the director of radio services had a call sign at the time and close to the police chiefs. i got on and called in and there was a pregnant pause. and they said "who are you sir?" and i said "i'm the director of emergency services" a "are you a police officer?" "no, i'm not" and do you have a gun? no, i don't. "you should be careful and don't approach that car" and "need help and he's making a left" and by the time we got to geary black and whites were all over the place and apprehended the person and i got a call from alex faigen w

venice, as you probably well know is one of the most romantic cities. e venice, and are prepared to pay a lot of money for views of venice. i would've thought this was worth between £6,000 and £8,000 today. really? really? and there it is, been just at the bottom of the stairs. and i'm thrilled. it's lovely. so am i. thank you, thank you. pleasure. it's like the three little maids from school here. you've brought in three dolls, and something else. we'll talk about that in a minute. tell me about the dolls. where did these come from? what are your earliest recollections of those? the earliest recollections of the dollies-- they belonged to my mother who's 91. but they actually belonged to her mother. and, as she got older, she just put them in some brown paper and just wrapped them up, and then she said, "oh, do have these. i don't want them anymore." so, here they are. here they are. the one that i'm holding here is basically a wax doll. the head is made out of papier-mache. and then it's dipped into wax, which gives it a sort of lifelike pallor-- or it

the parliamentary election. three female critters in venice activists have been found dead of from gunshot wounds in paris one of the victims was the co-founder of the latest on the workers' party known as the take a lie in an armed struggle for separation from turkey forty thousand people have so far been killed in the twenty five year battle for independence ankara has recently begun talking with the party's jailed leader to try and persuade the organization to disarm. in baghdad at least of five people have been killed and fifteen wounded in a car bomb blast at a busy bus stop the attack happened during the morning rush hour one explosion occurred in the mainly shia district of the iraqi capital the bloodshed comes amid growing discontent among iraq's sunni population over alleged discrimination by the shia led government. russia's republic of yet u.t.r. has declared a war on the walls scores of the predators are reported to be closing in on several residential areas in the region posing a serious threat to life stock and earlier are taught to explain to my colleague marina joshie why the region is currently

the like. you know, this is venice with crocodiles, isn't it? we made the reverse commute. carr wanted us to see the difference in vinho village. you know, i have to think that there was a temptation for a big-deal i.t. guy from america to come in and say, "okay, we're gonna put the school here; we're gonna put the clinic there; we're gonna put a road here, and this is where the wells are gonna go," right? that's what you wanted to do, wasn't it? >> if you come here with an american ceo mentality-- "we're gonna make a plan; we're gonna do it; let's go"-- and give out orders, that is the wrong way to do development in a rural like this, because this is their village, and they need to make those choices. >> when carr first visited in 2004, school met underneath that magnificent baobab tree. >> that was the school, and they had a blackboard under it. [singing] >> after the villagers told him they wanted a new school, carr spent $100,000 helping them to build it. [applause] and just across the road, there was a line waiting at the new clinic they asked for, built for $200,000.

is also near to completion with still more than a year to go until the opening ceremony at russia's maiden winter olympics see venice r.t. moscow. and finally let's return then to that useful same as the international student boscobel league was only established in russia five months ago but its best talents have already been in the spotlight at their first ever all-star game in moscow last weekend robert father nan reports. your game you'll future. this is essentially what most of the youngsters have on their minds the international student basketball league was only launched in until last year and saturday is best player swirl already shown of their skills in the first and are all star game it's a beautiful most of all best of all game was a little low as a starter to the football out of the student. sun i think this is a good decision of this. game is a better world and i think it's a little improve the finer sizzles of the motor out and let all the players will be for the inaugural season of the i is b.-l. sees the pick of student basketball from course russia ukraine as a stand still in and with the one in unit

the first one that i slulove is venice. the location could not be better.t on the grand canal, but you're away from the crowds. this is 15th century property that has been updated, but not spoiled, which means you'll get beautiful classic very chic italian style, you'll get some incredible baroque and renaissance paintings. lap of luxury experience, exactly what you want when you're in venice. >> yes, i remember that room well. no, i think cnn put us up in a tent last time. what were the amenities most attractive to your readers? what is it that they liked about these places the most? >> as you said, they rate them on a lot of different things. and so different hotels certainly if you have a great location, a great waterfront location is an ideal thing for our reareds. for example the hotel in cape town that is new to the list, victorian alfred, has a location that cannot be beat. not only are you on the waterfront, but you have views of table mountains. if you're going to book a room, i had suggest the odd numbers rooms, the rooms with the views. reersd te

the main thing that makes roaming the other winners, venice, boston, barcelona, amsterdam, prague, paris and new york walkable is a legal fabric of everyday collection of streets, blocks and buildings that tied the monuments together. despite its technical failures, rumsfeld work is superb. when those aspects missing from the discussion in most places. this is because the discussion has been about adequate and attractive pedestrian facilities rather than walkable cities. no shortage and even a fledgling field of study focuses on impediments to pedestrian access and safety, mostly in the toronto suburbs. doctors are hopeful but inadequate. same for urban beautification programs such as the famous size of the 80s, breaks, banners, bollards and burns now grace many abandoned downtown. lots of money and muscle had gone into improving sidewalks, crossing signals, streetlights and trash cans. how important are these things in convincing people to walk? if watching this about safe pedestrian zones, why did 150 main street pedestrian ice in the 60s and 70s failed immediately? clearly there's mor

the berlin festival is renowned as one of the world's three major movie celebrations, along with those in kahn, france and venice, italy. >>> japanese prime minister shinzo abe has made quite a few headlines in the short time he's been in office. ai joins us now from the business desk. ai, good morning. what have you been hearing? >> good morning, catherine. he's pushed for more government between the central bank and bank of japan. senior members of japan's government and ruling parties have approved a budget outline for the fiscal year beginning in april. the draft calls for government spending in excess of $1 trillion, an all-time high. prime minister shinzo abe took part in sunday's meeting to discuss the draft. yamaguchi was also there. he heads the new party, the government's junior coalition partner. >> translator: we must quickly complete and implement the draft budget for fiscal 2013 and the supplementry budget for the current physicifiscal year to d policies that benefit the people. >> the government would spend more than $770 billion to implement its policies, including grants to local governments. it

the future for their part, the opposition argues that he is incapacitated and that according to the venice drolen constitution of the national assembly had is designated the acting head of the country and that new elections within 30 days required. without the inauguration they argued the man they just unelected has expired and thus has no official role. at this point there is little consensus on the path for based on those two diametrically opposed views. the potential for political instability has increased, amplified by the deteriorating economic environment. so what happens next? are there some scenarios that are more likely than others? what the implications for venezuela and the international community? what is the legacy for the region? said to help us explore these and other questions, we assembled a top-flight panel, each having deep experience in and knowledge of venezuela. our first panelist is president and editor of the latin american "herald" tribune, a journalist to read through, having worked for a number of leading publications around the world of keen observers. also an e