apparently, it was a common nation of groups, trade union organizations, youth groups and ordinary people who took this building yesterday because they were angry about what was happening in kiev, angry with their government, and there are reports of similar regional offices in western ukraine either being picketed by protesters or, in some cases, being seized by them. >> he calls himself the commandant, the man in charge. he is also the head of the local trade union, and he says normally there should be lots of local officials in these offices, but they are not letting anybody in because they have taken the building. >> here we can see portraits of former local leaders. as for the governor who resigned toterday, no one here seems know where he is. there are some reports that he has rescinded his resignation, claiming he was forced to do it. but the people inside the building say that now the people are in charge. >> rescuers in canada have called off their search for the night in a retirement home after a fire. eight people have been confirmed dead. several are still missing. recovery ef

trade union boys which will include the wind conditions to focus on their work. it touches the state. normally the hundreds of thousands of free ringtones in all union savings account off with a walker. now comes we will call me. jack and profits she's been looking at the moment is to hop on bahia she has to be home yet the stuart hwy two hundred and one oso. what do you go couple that she had to read to get home and some money to support parents and my one co exclusive. it is sometimes used as simple as that. a lunar new year is approaching just around the corner now and at the line here in hungary is busy shopping before all the shops are closing down and estimate that fewer customers and this fit the traditional shops with well known brands. very quiet and desolate here the soft imagine the scene in humble tree which is well known for selling sweets and cookies. no trucks no pupils i haven't bought any yet. he ate it up below. i read the article and the market and teaching. it is on the lunar new year old man q was chasing poets who is here the prize important

the trade unions media groups and right up to ninety students had had to make lunches before joining together for a massive rally organized by the needle position on team captain this is chanted slogans against the national media she didn't and imprisonment and an ice box easily. many hindu saint five years and getting office on top nothing too and outspoken she doesn't use it but ended up was steered into cars and nine. this uncle was built in one package of many politicians or in cases of corruption. you get the baby as it is a human the beauty of the desperate bid to monday's continue to be quite biased bodies the jaunty on him and find a picture with them and set the kids dressed in matching the dots but she has been accused of getting our own pain. he has crafted work done in the pope is in season and has ousted the country close to maintain justice and he's hoping this would eat. the un human rights chief navi p who visited the island nation last year has stated that she was shifting to a aaa team in some kind of changes to the sheet up and prosecution by the king takes the imb

the acc so no real movement on two key areas of consenting to the trade unions. the one that signed the choir spoke about their introduction of school based assessment and secondly the issue of the loss of crucial middle management posts in school and as a result of recent cutbacks. we wouldn't need it to have heard something very concrete only sources have confirmed that the decision to dallas has already been taken if we didn't hear what we want to be here and here today. so now it's a question of to put him in the mythology that to be used to work in analogy to use with a faceted its ui with it the same members of this i think we probably would be a storm management bodies however have welcomed today's proposal but then what are the key things with three sec reform program is that there's a shift from their contents written content to developing skills your skin's the creativity learning her to learn teamwork it sector among young people. takes a whole changing cloture and spoons we think that the proposed a goal a good distance course helping schools to imple

. >> we see the government losing control between government and the trade unions. as a result, these will be disastrous for south africa. they'll add anxiety about exports of gold and platinum, but anxiety about the political situation as well. we could easily see a sharp depreciation of the ranked associated at this time. >> still to come on the program - south sudan's president tells al jazeera that u.n. staff are supporting rebels plotting to overthrow him. spain prepares to exit the international banks, but are things really looking up for its people. >> good to have you with us. these are the top stories on al jazeera. ukraine's opposition says the president viktor yanukovych must announce elections within 24 hours or face mass protests. at least two anti-government demonstrators died on wednesday after riot police moved in to break down barricades. the death toll is higher. >> the u.n. has warned of crimes against humanity, and genocide of the central african republic if the international community doesn't intervene. hundreds of muslims are shulterring in a c

this area here outside the european parliament in brussels is named after the independent trade union that traded poland's liberation from communist rule, but the enlargement of the eu was not a success for every member. take cyprus -- many had hoped that by joining the eu, the mediterranean island would finally overcome its internal division, but he's there still has to be safeguarded by human soldiers. >> it's quiet along the buffer zone. the united nations patrols do not have much to do along the demarcation line that separates the northern and southern parts of the island. to the north, heavily armed turkish forces watch over the no man's land. the buffer zone ranges in width from a couple of kilometers to a few meters. for 40 years, there's been no major violence here, but tensions between north and south still run deep. >> he looked at his potential for the conflict to clear up again. the idea of a buffer zone is a good idea. >> there are some signs of normalization on the two sides. cypriots from north and south have started farming the land in the buffer zone again. the u.n. s

this area here outside the european parliament in brussels is named after the independent trade union that traded poland's liberation from communist rule, but the enlargement of the eu was not a success for every member. take cyprus -- many had hoped that by joining the eu, the mediterranean island would finally overcome its internal division, but he's there still has to be safeguarded by human soldiers. >> it's quiet along the buffer zone. the united nations patrols do not have much to do along the demarcation line that separates the northern and southern parts of the island. to the north, heavily armed turkish forces watch over the no man's land. the buffer zone ranges in width from a couple of kilometers to a few meters. for 40 years, there's been no major violence here, but tensions between north and south still run deep. >> he looked at his potential for the conflict to clear up again. the idea of a buffer zone is a good idea. >> there are some signs of normalization on the two sides. cypriots from north and south have started farming the land in the buffer zone again. the u.n. s

. >> trade unions stopped attempts to bring in cheaper workers.ing company is introducing computer controlled driverless trains. >> how often does your home computer crash. the technology is there, it's not flawless. can it deal with rapidly changing conditions and inputs of information. >> for now drivers are still in the cab. given how visible iron ore trains are across the landscape their driver's salaries attracted attention earning what seems incredible salaries. mines are best accessed by air. thousands of tradesmen and women commute from perth by plane, working 12 hour shifts on 24 hour a day operations and live four to 10 days on site. the newest qualified earn well over 100,000. >> money. all about the money, mate. that's it. >> that money has consequences. in those towns that are near mines, prices for everything from property to personal services are high. rumours people sell themselves for $800 an hour are probably exaggerated, but $300 an hour is common. >> if people have more money, it helps sex workers, we are a service industry. pe

industry makes leakage i know my abc's gum in fact these employees find many hookers the deal for trade union which has some seventy thousand member is sick with it to the instability could be drawn into innings the advantages are that our duties and eighty million the canteen. it can be effected me. i mean they made it through the house. in case no one cares to not gain that have been guests at the un and even deadly me know what i should get that dot the impending memories even he'll get to teach teens have now started shifting the focus to countries such as the non booty on my mind and in guildford in the white stripes. young has protested outside the us and the scene captain combo against the visit of seeking to tap them on to that counter the office appeal the imminent else this guy who was inside a nation to something is missing from the summit efficient led to believe as an incentive society activists had an awesome shoes focusing on the country's justice accountability and the confirmation process as a business that comes ahead of the undead peel off and goes to my nightstand. not wan

taxes and unemployment the pendulum swings matter greatly from home so will the reaction of the trade unions who endorsed him today was spent at sea they were looking at photos of germany and the movies to talk but she's a member of the spd and as with all of whom voted off to go. that's the shot him and he is a former invited ministry advisor hume said to be teaches finance france's prestigious a company technique. the secret to becoming much. you tend to experience a member of the ocean picks each city you also joining us this is the state is at joe's shot the promotion was the man to blame for the new fund a political blogger euro maestro welcome back center and to the frenchman was used in london just to make of the french nobleman concrete sparks the cost and its myriad dollars join the conversation on facebook and on twitter. our past and the two for today. yellow is one of germany's most polarizing figures he mentioned a moment ago no wonder that when we found out that two months after the fact only the kids are hearts had met the french president was going to berlin and a corresponde

the year they spend the college will become an industrial issue is not reversed according to one trade union. the technical engineering and electrical union has warned the craft workers are preparing to support a campaign against the fees if necessary the country's seven to house house expenses of one mom to come up with fees of up to one thousand four hundred euro. they want to continue with it raining. i agree that the timeframe but mostly with the imposition of these in the first place. scott card is for the class goes on sale now and become part of all today the technical engineering and electrical union along with the union of students in iran has begun a campaign to have the government's decision to charge apprentice these reversed. the a twisty education. education aims at providing services like high priests at best as he contends the main medical science is available to apprentices and the workplace there and on campus for for a short time. we also see the bean trees as i can see that it has access to grants to state assistance funds are anything like a box mix cake stands eighteen

we were taken to the roof of a trade union building that serves as headquarters of the protest movement and below which lies their sprawling, frozen camp. we really get a sense of what a vast encampment this has become and they continue to expand the fortified boundaries. thousands more gathered near the barricades. among them, we met 16-year-old nestia, brimming with youthful hope. >> this is our future so we have to fight for this. and if we won't do this, who will? >> reporter: on the charred front line, they looked battle weary today, warming themselves from a respite from combat, weapons ready, eyeing the ranks of the riot police beyond. little sign of resolve iing thi increasingly dangerous conflict. ian williams, nbc news, kiev. >>> just before coming on the air here tonight, we lerch elea from the u.s. military that u.s. military forces have launched a military strike in somalia. senior al qaeda leader and al shabbab leader we're told. they're still trying to assess whether it was successful. >>> a stomach turning experience for hundreds of people aboard a cruise ship. today, th

poland to talk about the growing threat of anti semitism and with the eu is doing to combat the trade unions. he explained that anti semitism has taken on new forms the twenty first century especially when it comes to antagonism toward israel. soon usage of their own positions. unfortunately her there exists a form of antisemitism way i call it lasts. anti semitism recently in anti semitism was ninety a peculiar to those on the right especially the far right but today in europe there are a lot of left wing politicians who of course would never admit that they are anti semite but they are anti israeli. any blame israel for everything that it should be explained to them that israel is a democracy. a real democracy. and i always stress when i have meetings in t eur. iavelenty on the subject why don't we say that each israeli soldier who fights against terrorism protect your. he protects me and so i think that there is the duty of moral duty of the europeans to support the state of israel a bid to get to vegas with us was that tasty i like many jewish leaders believes that israel has been unfair

grave injuries among them are two who were captured by the rioters one was taken to the house of trade unions beaten and tortured the same was done to the other in independence square both have since been freed hospitalized and are in deep shock we do know that the president out of coverage has been calling for a negotiation with the opposition. some talk has already been held though we understand it was held behind closed doors and no information has come out but definitely at this moment that no political solution to this crisis as we can see. the most violent fighting in kiev unfolded on sunday night leaving about one hundred police wounded most had head injuries from the riots clubs or symptoms of poisoning by an unknown gas still the glass in the you were quick to turn on ukraine's government say they supply itself by cracking down and demonstrate is said historian and crane affairs analyst in a voice a monitor says the western bias against president again a call that is so great there's nothing the media can do at this point to shift it . ask yourself would do any western government con

the president get it out and sign is the keystone pipeline and put 20,000 people to work in our trade unionsuilding that pipeline. you don't want jobs? come on, 20,000 jobs. >> first of all, those numbers are quite inflated 37 it's actually 4,000. >> so you think 4,000 jobs isn't enough? >> i can give you 4,000 jobs without risking america's waterways. >> we need good paying jobs. that's the issue in obamacare. >> i've got a question. >> let me finish. if obamacare is the issue and the president is the issue, i hope my cloeg will have his candidates do what the chairman confident party ought to do and that is they all ought to run on obamacare. the old system was broken. we never had the opportunity to offer a single amendment. >> go back to the beginning or go with obamacare. >> you had the opportunity for five years to offer an alternative. but the you have not. >> no, we have. >> the senate republicans offer add alternative and national journal's headline was you pay more. >> exactly. >> do you superior that? >> what i don't superior is the lie of the year that said if you like your insur

ninety nine and twenty six rover away electrician in beijing help from china's first independent trade union in more than fourteen. he is that was in a mechanic right cos can come from. he was placed at the top of a chinese government's most wanted to be a stint in prison for twenty two months without trial. after contacting had to take licensing prison term was released in april nineteen ninety one. the days he's based in hong kong he continues to be an epic and the wickets rots and his book entitled life fights the chinese lucas has just been published in. and sometimes joins me in the studio today. thank you so much for being with us thank you. going back to nineteen eighteen on and i knew at that sweet angel self in to the authorities didn't eat after that phoning the striking union and realizing they keep being placed at number one on the last one to kleenex. yet as you want is for some reason. you have to respond to my house and i decided to walk into the police station his features. i promise during the move from someone i was running for re election due to the committee member of my

another trade union. it's quite fun and she weighed in front of the county seat. we love to see the piece that i'm not really into this nice but in the league is off to the test again. the move and included them in front of us did at the commodore was done at the office and meeting some of the technical side of the egg in a game of the mind of the dumb idiot thinking that a bunch of soccer betting cake but this isn't going to stop them without getting down is that they too had it done. if it's not that memorable month so it has taken he added. he sure is one of the twenty two countries and the like but for the listed entity the country had imported ninety one cases last year come and i'm talking so primal and seventy minutes to put up a second vote as often today's chronicle bikes that these two fawns. he appears to have failed to achieve this in mind i missed noted that not this position. i've coached costumes complete with sites i think he she dies is making no quantities of his controversial approach to politics. and on and on the island. still the london stati

rochelle once the ukraine in the you're asian trade union. it's that easy the eu is exactly the same thing. it was still better press scheduled a press conference scheduled off to this event but what was said that from delegates before the officials on the sidelines saying off the record that may be going to be unlikely given the intensity of these talks we still don't know what we do know that he's given the fixed positions of both sides. probably not going to change it much and too and how thousand donald. jack martin in brussels. thank you the law classes continue home ground in syria in geneva switzerland there's a war of words under way. and the eu and arab league special envoy to serial october ap me say is there's not going to be in the miracle man. the two best of reports from the syrian peace talks in geneva. i knew which each pasted on the social media website that caters to share the awesome at the same barrel balms landing on some level of the syrian capital damascus as well as the evidence in clashes in building a bike and people

nelson says metals trade union died and his mexican what if my feet safety see these things were done just about if the two engaged in producing second technological varieties coming to chase her body and cause the tournament and ecologically sustainable people in the visa process so go see two weeks has been the sixty mins their sentences it is really proud of. it is significant the icing on the bbc produced by its use of this crop the next gen city can buy it explains. his team was the first room as me. in the eurozone gloves on. if we let the cheese was the naked eye and lucy the deceased twice in the jazz it up i'm ninety to one hundred cranes in any occasion you get for two to fifty cents is rated ninety to one hundred centers of c two weeks the production increases twice please provide it is rather puzzling. classy meeting the citizens want and biotechnology methods they used it to steve. scientists cooperate with the cost of scientific centers in russia the usa china israel korea and japan. i wear. the board and this is one of its non traditional bullion banks and his han allve

trade unions say what's needed is a renewed commitment to create jobs and hold falling living standards to counter what many believe is an ongoing raced to the bottom trawling the global financial crisis like this isn't to say to the welsh people tell us that the white is about the stagnated gone backwards in the last two years. any date and when we know that more than sixty percent of current size. being that the wilton couple. sharon borrow this is the argument that higher wage is always in the competition. this is a key factor. with that light it's on which people can leave without lights which people can sigh. dean al hunt for recovery that the sale of telstra stake in the koran bodies and eight all see it he's dead pretty pessimistic job creation was another big issue could lead to flash points according to the floor saturday alongside extreme weather. a point that would not be lost on delegates attending this meeting amid some of the most snow fall and warmest winter weather experienced it for quite some time. jackpot and cctv a double. then toward what we expected the shoes doubl

the stories making headlines this hour south korea has offered to hold working level talks on trade unions for families separated since the korean war goes unanswered speculation is that tongue and baby molly. the proposal a further escalation of tension between korea and japan sold in venice to do is play in korea controlled island of vocal its new guidelines for japanese textbooks for middle and high school. the us federal reserve at curing set to further scale back the stimulus package currencies bonds and shares were hammered in emerging markets. the story below next up on sunday seoul and its uk announced on wednesday so much for joining us. we begin with another strain on regional ties soul strongly denounce tokyo's decision to subject another generation of schoolchildren didn't carry less to claims to crystal cove island officials also were to be reciprocal commenters and revise teaching guidelines are not withdrawn immediately i can use this as a jew has more on the souring relations between korea and japan. how much further can korea japan relations say. the japanese care for that

what you deserve the post kyneton say no what you get depends on the institutions where you have trade unions where they have labor laws where the corporations can move overseas that sort of thing emphasize things like power bargaining strength and the whole array of that sometimes it's very direct if you're in a union you bargain directly but if you are an individual worker can you find a job elsewhere how many vacancies are there that sort of affects what you can get so that's a very big difference the other point is in the financial system where you know when keynes was writing we were sort of still on the gold standard and so the financial system was very very restrained in the amount of money that could be produced it was tied to the quantity of gold we severed that link progressively first in the thirty's then and then finally in the seventy's and we now have a what's called a fit money system which means that the production of money in the economy is much much more elastic and that's a big part about how we can why we have these bubbles and so on because we can really pump up asset pur

german workers even say demonstrations outside of amazon'seattle headquarters in december, american trade unionen joined them in solidarity. >> what amazon is doing is taking the american race to the roadshow to the consonants, to germany, and they are trying it out on german brothers and sisters. we are here to say we support german brothers and sisters. they came all the way to germany to come to these corporate headquarters and say, they will not put up with it. >> amazon should treat workers fair and with respect in every country. >> right. >> i am here to support our american brothers and sisters in their fight, and to get moral support and show the marketers they are not alone in their fight. >> the vast majority of workers in that little town will not participate in tonight's vote, nor will they be covered by the union if the vote goes through. there are more than 1000 pickers and packers the guys who move boxes. to give you an idea of what it is like, cory johnson caught up with one of them right before the holiday season. >> the job is simple. you go around the customer orders that pop

. >> trade unions have stopped attempts to bring in cheaper foreign workers but one mining company istroducing computer-controlled driverless trains instead. >> computer crash, the technology is there, but it's not flawless and can it deal with rapidly changing conditions and changing information. >> for now drivers are still in the cab. given how visible iron ore trains are, it's not just them earning what seems incredible salaries. mines themselves are best accessed by air. thousands of trades men and women commute by perth, on train. and live between four and ten days at a time on site. even most qualified earned around $100,000 a year. >> money, that's it. >> that money has consequences. in those towns that are near mines, prices from anything from property to personal services are high. rumors are that people sell themselves for $800 an hour is probably exaggerated but $300 an hour is common. >> people will use it if they've got deposable income. >> where miners spend it, it's company's managers and owners, andrew forrest has played around $6 billion. he has committed to give the

sanctions in iraq but also during the antiwar movement to support civil society organizations trade unions women's groups and others who are trying to promote national reconciliation unity and peaceful solutions to different types of problems inside of their country and not rely on the u.s. government which is blatantly shown that it really only wants to use its power to bolster its own position in the region geo strategically which is ultimately going to mean militarizing one section of society to suppress another section of society so that they have this militarized genda armed to rely on in iraq and other countries to enforce their writ you mentioned syria how much of this escalation of violence do you think is due to syria's civil war and how do you think it was actually affect syria's for what i think it's very significant i think what we've seen is that the civil war in syria has really emboldened these forces it's given them a cause to rally around and as we've seen with the unity of forces in syria and iraq from these type of political movements they've been able to coalesce use th

opposition members of the parliament were trying to block the vote, bringing the country closer to trade union with russia. the parliament approved punishments more unauthorized protests. ukraine had weeks of protest against the agreement. >> coming up a wildfire threatening downdon los angeles. we'll have a live report. >> and why the n.b.a. could turn its biggest stars into globe trotters. >> >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler, and here are the top stories. the national security agency collects close to 200 million text messages, according to the london newspaper "the guardian", the revelation coming a day before president obama proposing new reforms for the spy agency. >> it's the third fatal chopper the military investigating a hard landing in georgia, killing one, injuring two. the victims be longing to an elite unit trained to fly behind enemy lines after dark. >> a wildfire may have started from a burning scrap of paper. >> now 2,000 acres have gone, and hundreds of firefighters are on the front lines trying to contain it. jennifer london is on the scene in cal

a trade unions have stopped the attempts to bring in the cheaper and foreign workers and one company is installing computer controlled trains. >> the technology is there but not flawless and can it deal with the rapid changes in the conditions. >> for now, drivers are still in the cab. given how visible the trains are across the landscape, it is the salaries attracting the most attention and not just them with the incredible salaries. min mines, thousands of tradesmen and women commute by train and working 12 hour shifts and live four to ten days at the site and even the newest qualified earning over a hundred thousand dollars a year. a money, it is all about the money. that's it. >> that money has consequences. in those towns that are near mines prices to everything from property to personal services are high. rumors that people are selling themselves up to $800 is high, but $300 an hour is more accurate. >> we have a service industry. >> the wages are good, but it is the company's managers and owners that are making the billions. he's just committed to give the overwhelming majorit

agreement,free trade the european union and the uso to have a deal by the end of this year. it is one of many concerns on the table. cupn a big prize in world downhill skiing. at the classic in switzerland, it was a swiss skier i came up -- that campe up. surprising -- it is proving to be the surprising package in downhill skiing. he won his first cup in the down hill race. he proved it was not a fluke. his victory was great for him. the finish line faster than an austrian skier. the margin between second and third was even thinner. a second behind. winds cause organizers to shorten the course. 29,000 hailed the new swiss champion. he is suddenly among the favorites for the winter olympics in sochi. are out in full force here in europe. we have a round up of the latest coming -- starting with the nordic combined. a 17-year-old free silence skiier becameyle the first winner of the sport for both style and tricks are judged. one thecup champion has second round of the nordic combined race. he also leads in the overall standings. germany's i athletes excelled in the cup at an e

. >> there needs to be more dialogue, illegal underpinnings in terms of behaviours of trade unions and employers. there needs to be a more method logically sound process. >> for now the work continues on factory floors. >> if the salary is raised i will stay. if not, i'll have to go home. >> at the end of the day the thought of home and their families keeps the workers going. with little choice they'll be back in the morning with the hope that things will improve. >> japan's prime minister is in new delhi and strengthen ties with india. shinso abe is the guest of honour as india marks its 66th republic day and joined president singh for the traditional delay. they offered to hep in the energy sector. we have this report where a nuclear plant came online in july. >> nuclear power plants are the centrepiece of the energy policy. for more than 40 years consecutive governments invested in the hope of providing millions of people with electricity. >> production has begun, the newest edition to the nuclear power network. >> it's a democratic country. >> activists are convinced they have a ca

. >> there feeds to be dialogue and illegal underpinnings in terms of behaviours, trade unions and employers. and there needs to be a method logically sound wavge-setting process much. >> translation: if the salary is raised i'll stay, if not i'll go home. >> at the end of the day the thought of home and their families keep the workers going. with little choice they'll be back in the morning with the hope that thinks improve. >> imagine buying a tiny version of what you both want and getting a real thing. in a festival attracting more visitors every year. vi this report. >> the city is steeped in tradition, many dating back to before the arrival of the spanish colonialist. the festival of min tours is a good examples. they are selling tiny plastic food items, bank notes, computers. >> we live in a world in which things like telephones and cameras are smaller. here in bolivia they take miniaturisation to a new level. here small, very small is beautiful. >> this means buy me. the annual festival beginses. the god of abundance and the host of the festival is all that you want. a great deal of t

take advantage of the boom in building through city build, in 18 week program in partnership with trade unionsnd construction companies to introduce people to the industry. >> this semesters class of 43 has just three women, organizers say they like to see more onboard. >> city build says it's been difficult to convince women to join the program, sometimes they say the challenge is the woman herself, dealing with gender stereotypes or pressure from friends and family who say the work is too tough, and too dangerous. >> there is also the fear of sexual harassment. the women in construction say it's no better or worse than any other workplace. >> they are waiting for us. >> regardless, it is a tough playing field in a male dominated industry. >> try to keep your legs straight. >> construction after all, is manual labor, requiring strength, and stamina. can women with keep up? nina has one answer. we are told she holds her own, outpacing some of the men in the course's hour of physical education. >> if this is thing you want to do, you should just go for it and do it. don't let anyone bring you d

she also stuck to of course the trade unions who have dominated the british economy in the 1970's. and she also took on the might of the soviet empire. and in the suspect, she was greatly inspired by the achievement and leadership of winston churchill who was always her idol growing up as the sort of young girl. she would listen to churchill's speeches coming over the radio. she was inspired by everything that winston churchill stood for she was determined to follow the footsteps of winston churchill. and courage, margaret thatcher's courage was hand-in-hand with her decisiveness as we saw with the falcons were war. it's quite extraordinary that they launched a task force of the 100 ships and three submarines, 27,000 military personnel in the space of just two days after they had evaded. she made it very clear from her own defense chiefs that she would not accept the character being taken. it was 8,000 miles across. in 74 days they had defeated the islands but 300 miles off the coast. this was an extremely dangerous and difficult. how had i feel your it would have broken down the g

>> it's not, and one of the reasons democrats have a lot of support from the trade unions. lic sector unions and the trade unions. a quick point if i may on income inequality, democrats have to be careful about not igniting or exacerbating a class warfare. obama has talked about inequality. the middle class taking this as the 1% on the bottom. the climate we're in, has it change changed politics where a message. even within the top 1% created this kind of mess. >> are you hearing an income. >> i don't have the same opportunities. president obama did. president obama focusing on this, this will help set the sort of the tone, i guess, as democrats campaign more in 2014. republicans still haven't quite figured out how to talk about this. you had eric cantor on the floor recently saying that we are concerned about employment, not unemployment, that's great, but a lot of people unemployed who need help right now. so you can't just focus on employment. you have to help those people who are unemployed. and republicans are still figuring out how to deal with this. >> i was going to

it's an 18 week program in partnership with trade unions to introduce people to the industry. >> thisemester's class of 43 has just three women organizers. citybuild says it's been difficult to join the program. sometimes they say the challenge is the woman herself, dealing with gender stereotypes. they say the work is too tough and too dangerous. there's also the fear of sexual harassment. the women in instruction say it's no better or worse. regardless it is a tough playing field in a mail dominated industry. construction, after all, is manual labour, requiring strength and stamina. can women keep up. there is one answer. we are told that this woman holds her own, outpacing the men in the hour of physical education. >> this is something you want to do. you should go for it and do it. don't let anyone bring you down. mary says she has no problem being the shorter of the class and no concern about her abilities. >> keep chilled. >> that seems to drive these women on the forefront. recognising that they may bring something special and different to traditional fields. >> to be the only

there needs to be more legal underpinnings in terms of behaviors of both trade unions and employers. there needs to be a more method logically sound process. >> reporter: for now the work continues on factory floors. >> translator: if the salary is raised, i will stay. if not, i have to go back home. >> reporter: at the end of the day, it's the thought of home and their families that keeps these workers going. with little other choice, they'll be back here in the morning with a hope that things will improve. al jazeera, cambodia. ifrmen ifrments. >>> thousands of motorcycle owners rode together on the streets of manila to protest a bands on tandem riding. >>> there's been a profound demographic change across the asia-pacific in the past two decades as people move to live in cities. the united nations says in 1990 the region had an urban population of a little more than a billion. by 2010 that number was up by 75%. the u.n. estimates that it will more than double to 2.6 billion by 2030. more than 1 bill of those people live in china, and that urbanization process can be seen very clea

debate over the budget, opposition was trying to block the vote and bringing it closer to a russian trade union punishments for untho unauthorized protests. >> grammy weekend could be special for beatles fans, paul mccartny and ringo star will be playing together. they were the best artists in 1965 and this year for the lifetime achievement. the grammy's are january 26th. >>> we are back with a check on the forecast and it is real money. >> now we talked about the above normal temperatures, the very dry, warm conditions with gusty winds for california but now let's talk about the snow and the cold air for parts of north dakota and nebraska and we have wind conditions here. gusting up to 50 miles per hour. it is not a lot of snow coming down, but because of the wind, in fact, through the day tomorrow the u.p. of michigan will be getting 8-12 inches of snow. elsewhere much lighter conditions. throw in the wind with that and you have problems. blizzard warnings for these spots. 84 degrees for los angeles. 15-20 degrees above normal for parts of the west. to the southeast, we are getting the averag

special thanks to the men and women in the labor force, mike terio and the construction trades, the workers union, the building trade are all here. thank you for keeping this job safe, inviting and sustainable for everybody who wants to work in the city. [ applause ] again, thank you to leader pelosi, thank you to the entire federal delegation with senator feinstein and boxer and certainly the administration is here today and thank you for working with us not just on this, on presidio and the transit system, the tunnel machines are already in and working their way through a hundred feet at a time. that is all very complimentary. i want to give a shout out to governor jerry brown and the leaders of the state, houses and steinberg and perez for their leadership and supervisor kim, thank you. the tgpa has been there from the beginning. we have created that entity to make sure they all work together. you are pulling all the different transportations here to make sure we are not only getting this center done right and working with tjpa but we are going to melody it into the rail. the state of californ

. >> there needs to be dialogue and legal underpinnings in terms of, you know, behaviours of trade unions and employers. and there needs to be a more methodologically sound wave-setting process. >> for now the work continues on factory floors. >> translation: if the salary is raised i'll stay. if not i'll have to go back home. >> at the end of the day it is the thought of home and their families that keeps these workers going. with little other choice, they'll be bang in the morning with a hope that things will improve. >> nearly 300 passengers aboard a caribbean cruise ship have fallen sick with a stomach virus. they are not sure what is causing the illness, but officials are expected to board the ship when it arrives. officials are collecting speaksmans to be tested. 3,000 passengers and crews are aboard the "explorer." dozens last week were sick with a similar illness. >> the west virginia company responsible for the chemical spill have to move their tanks. freedom industries was ordered to move their attacks by march. more than 300,000 were without water. the company has already remov

productivity went up and wages were basically flat, a lot of that has to do with the decline of trade unions and the fact that people don't have somebody to represent them to help these companies make sure that some of their profits go to workers. >> congressman, when you take a look at these trade agreements, none of them have worked for american workers. and also we have seen a congress that's been very stubborn when it comes to raising the minimum wage, which is part of the equation of pulling people out of poverty. how adamant should the president be when it comes to executive orders and using his executive powers to impacting the economy? your thoughts on that? >> well, you can deal with the issue of minimum wage for federal contractors. that's real but that's small. the trans-pacific partnership is the president's deal. that is his trade negotiator. he is on that one. if it goes the way it appears to be going it is a screw job for the american workers. they'll with in deep strubl as we've seen these other trade agreements. can't go there, no fast track, and make sure if there's going t