a one sentence marriage in the united states union between a marriage and a woman.indsight, had that been language that we would have passed it back then. that is the one point i would have gone back and change. >> looking for work, would you be talking to leaders but making that a priority? >> i just think it is poignant time you will see that. is more of asee constitutional kind of doma which allows the states. we saw introduced in the house. we saw the defense of marriage provision that allows the state as the supreme court did. the decision this summer has been misconstrued. it only shut down one of the two portions of doma. one being what the federal government still marriage -- governments definition of marriage. there could be a move to provide that type of protection for the states from a constitutional perspective. do we get there? that depends on the outcome. >> before we leave this issue, it was over this issue that your office had a very frightening incident with a shooter coming him intending to do harm. 25 years of a sentence. up over a big ramp social

will it be the warming between the united states and soviet union.he pumped $2 trillion into the military. it would have been a persuasive negotiating. the treaty calls for the dismantling of all russian missiles. the man who once called the soviet union the evil empire had done a turn around. early in his administration it was telling the country it could survive a nuclear war. hardly good news. >> what can we think about a yet so callusly and quickly commit a terrorist act. >>> when the russians shot down a korean air carrier, his statement would very scantily. who can forget reagan walking with the russian president. we saw these symbols throughout his time in office and carefully calculated moments designed to be reassuring as well as a spark to the country's collective sense of patriotism. we saw him in normandy. and now the curtain finally falls. >> we meant to change a nation and instead we changed the world. >> reporter: as he said, parting is such sweet sorrow. for him the sweet was returning to california and the sorrow leaving washington.

takes place in los angeles which is home to the biggest public school district in the united states. teachers unions are fighting back arguing that suit unfairly targets older teachers. >> water officials in marin county will meet tomorrow in what is billed a drought summit. the drought has cut marin reservoir levels in half and dried up 95 percent of the pasture land. according to our media partner, the marin independent journal, the summit will dress the depletion of the local water supply and what to do about it. governor brown has declared a drought emergency and is calling for a 20 percent voluntary cut back in water use. >> silicon valley's largest water provider is expected to approve a number of water conservation policies this week including a reduction in water use according to our media party, the san jose mercury news which provides drinking water to 1.8 million. the district sells water to a number of retailers including the city's of gilroy and santa clara. >> speaking of water, we have a changing forecast. mike nicco? >> good morning, from the roof of the broadcast center, i do have s

u.s.s a very combative president barack obama gave his annual state of the unit address -- state of the union address last night. the president has made no bones about his frustration with partisan gridlock on capitol hill. he says he will use executive orders to pass legislation that is blocked in congress. america does not stand still and neither will i. canever and wherever i take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more american families, that is what i am going to do. >> president obama delivered an address before a joint session of congress and millions of americans watching on television . that speech is the subject of today's inside look. joining us is a u.s. specialist. much moreike it was a confrontational barack obama we heard in that speech. would you agree? >> yeah, but there were signs that he was going to go it alone. remember in the first few weeks, "i have a pen and i will use it when it is necessary. also, the opinion polls are bad and he has to do something about it. finally some republicans may be moving on the immigration bill. maybe he realizes this is th

but what we're hearing from the united states and from the european union is of course the most cynical hypocrisy after the last few years of the brutal police repressions of the occupy wall street movement in the united states and the anti neoliberal austerity diktats that have been instituted around the european union which brought literally tens of millions of protesters out onto the street. them calling against the violence in the ukraine where the majority of the enjoyment of the time to be against has been from the police that it was suffered injuries from allah calls talked tales firebombs knife stabbings club meetings with morning stars withered shots from trebuchets constructed and the my don and bows and arrows i mean there really were afraid to seeing a level of medieval violence from the protesters that is where the real violence in these protests is going to. be dissolved the ukrainian opposition say present because it's refused to also their questions jaron ago today but they could continue tomorrow the president did say the cabinets resignation is not impossible while opp

explains why he believes the decision is hypocritical what we're hearing from the united states and from the european union is of course the most cynical five percent. after the last twenty years of them. it's refreshing to be occupied wall street the united states in the anti me a new liberal posterity. the tights that have been instituted around the european union which brought literally tens of millions of protesters of october st. of them. call it against violence in the ukraine where the majority of the inside it has been from the elites that have suffered injuries from our cocktails fire bombs like stabbings. love the ease with morning stars. we did shots from trina which it is constructed and the mike don and both the narrows between them were frequently seen on a level of the people want us up from the protesters that is where the real time. in these protests. this pieces of the new cradle position in state prison yanukovich refused to alter the questions during negotiations today that they could continue tomorrow the president did say the cabinet's resignation is snorting possible while opposition

what we're hearing from the united states and from the european union is of course the most cynical five percent. after the last two years of the boot. it's refreshing to be occupied wall street the united states. in the anti a new liberal posterity the thoughts that have been instituted around the european union to run literally tens of millions of protesters of the screen of them. call it against violence in the ukraine where the majority of the inside it has been for weeks that have suffered injuries from olive crop fails fire bombs like stabbings. love that is what morning stars. we did shots from that revolution is constructed and unlike don and bows and arrows in the minimum frequency high level of the blue lights from the protesters that is where the real dial size in these protests come to this. and a star and all almond said the ukrainian opposition won't survive a national democracy. they want to marginalize and really didn't get a conviction his part to the region to support us. see you need it and normal constitutional revolution one of the opposition television station says

guys held this strike action and there were strikes in over 100 cities across the united states, organizing for unions fast-food restaurants and a higher minimum wage. >> yes, sir. >> stephen: i have never spoken to someone in your industry without yelling the phrase how long does it take to fry something wrrk is my order. okay, so let me understand, let me understand where you are coming from. why, your employed right now, right. >> yes, sir. >> stephen: and what dow make an hour. >> i make right now i'm making $8, because fast food workers like us, you know, stood up and have a voice, so now i'm making $8 an hour. >> stephen: so it was 7.25 minimum wage in new york and it's gone to $8 in the last year. >> yes, sir. >> stephen: so you understand that that extra 75 cent an hour is passed on to a consumer like me. and i could be paying more than 4 cents more for my go tub, you understand that. you understand that you are take money out of my pocket when you do that. >> hey, these multibillion-dollars are making-- taking money out of my pocket too. i work and give them all that money, they can afford to

. >> all of this comes on the same day the united states and european union announced that they are easing some of the sanctions they have imposed on iran. earlier, the united nations nuclear agency confirmed that tehran has started halting enrichment as part of an interim deal. iran is expecting to resume trade and petrochemicals and precious metals and retrieve of oils of dollars revenue frozen overseas as part of the agreement. , i more on those movements miller, a aaron david former u.s. state department official who is now at the woodrow wilson center. now iran isn't going to be at the talks, is it like hamlet without the prince? >> the iranians had tremendous power and leverage, if they were prepared to use it. this was a potential train wreck for what is going to be not but aarily a train wreck, key to an empty room. it is almost inconceivable to me that geneva could produce certainly anything on the political side. perhaps it will lead to a researching humanitarian effort. maybe some local cease-fires, prisoner exchanges. thenitarian corridor's on ground. to of that would be hostag

the united states and the european union will lift sanctions for six months. >> officials from the atomic energy association says they toe suspect -- suspended nuclear sites. they have taken measures according to commitments made in the geneva agreement. up enriched uranium fills their side in november. in return, partial trade sanctions had been lifted. western powers accuse iran of developing nuclear energy for military courses -- purposes. israel is not convinced. agreement,s supposedly to go into effect with iran leaves with iran the option to develop nuclear capabilities at will. dangerous.ly >> the deal said iran must stop enriching uranium and above five percent. worth billions of euros to the country. iaea.n is at the what has iran accomplished? how does it make it harder for them to build a nuclear bomb? first of all, they have to ad to enrich uranium certain purity level and it has disconnected certain centrifuges . means is thathis iran will be less able to enrich uranium further where it could be used to make nuclear weapons. iran has also agreed to stop .ork on a heavy reacto

both israel and the palestinian authority received billions in aid from the united states and european unioni'm agreement between the two sides could mean more aid. a failure to put the existing aid at risk. bothkerry has said appreciate what the consequences of the failure to make these might be. >> the russian president has lifted a total ban on demonstrations during the winter olympics and paralympics at the black sea resort of sochi. in a decree published today, he said protesters may seek permission from local demonstrations and marches beginning on january 7 running through march 21. the ban was criticized by human rights groups. for the retired formula one driver michael schumacher say his condition remains article -- critical. his family are by his bedside. he has been in a medically induced coma since he fell while skiing last week. police investigating the accident are investigating a camera attached to the helmet he was wearing at the time of the fall. on to sports and the ski jumping tournament today in austria. the home team are hoping for a good date. here is how they did in qu

finance proposal to hold the unions during the lunar new year season one reason they gave was military exercises the south koreans plan to hold next month with the united states analysts say meters and killing anyone. the south to scrap those exercises in return for holding the unions officials with south korea's unification ministry welcomed the proposal to re unite families. they say they'll top with their counterparts in the north to work out the details. now analysts say it's not clear whether reunions will happen as the south koreans don't plan to cancel the joint military exercises. japan's leaders say they're planning to relax the immigration rules for construction workers. they say the country doesn't have enough skilled labor and are looking abroad for help members of japan's cabinet had been discussing how to handle the shortage you. they say they need more people to be built from the twenty eleven disaster in northeastern japan can stop fast facilities for the twenty twenty olympic and paralympic games in tokyo and repair aging infrastructure construction company officials say their chronically short of what its skilled and plastering and reinforci

that save believes the ukrainian leaders attempts to restore peace that blocked the united states and the european union they shouldn't our very much miss a mistake and that what they should be doing is supporting the ukrainian government and urging the rebels the holdouts to accept the amnesty agree with the most important thing is to defuse tensions and prevent a new explosions of violence and the opposition are not doing this they are not in a constructive mood they were not oppositional destructive mode they don't want to make change to due process i think it would be disastrous of president you know who they were to resign i think if that was the case the danger of civil war in ukraine between eastern ukraine and western ukraine with kiev caught in the middle would be much greater president you know which should be supported by the european union and by the united states he is the main force for moderation and reconciliation left in this country. say up to date with events in ukraine twenty four seven would be helpful to our website and. find a timeline including photos from a kia as well as fresh

would be much greater president you know because it should be supported by the european union and by the united states he's the main force for moderation and reconciliation left in this country. i stay up to date live events in ukraine twenty four seven with the help of our website our team dot com then you'll find a timeline including photos from here as well as fresh reports from our correspondent. a superhero has come to the rescue of billions homeless he's not a guest from other planets no a rich crime fighter basically is just a character from magazine but as art is probably going to reports even that may be enough to help those in need. his muscles affair but he has no fixed abode it's super hobo the unlikely superhero inherited his super powers accidentally after savoring some discarded beer. normally like that man or iron man they are very very rich playboys who rescue all the world know it's the guy from the on the ground rescue which gets to the city because it's very attractive for people all over the world not because it's so correct or clean city but because of his heavy charm so it's log

john roberts right there, how many actually come to hear the president of the united states to deliver his state-of-the-unionddress. there's ruth bader ginsburg and stephen breyer. >> as we wait for the president of the united states to enter the house chamber only a few moments from now, let's take a quick look at what's going on, set the scene. you just saw the supreme court justices of the united states. they have been introduced earlier. members of the diplomatic corps, they were brought in. members of the joint chiefs of staff. they were there. you'll see the cabinet members about to be coming in. right in the middle of your screen you see the vice president of the united states. he is the president of the senate. that's why he's there together with the house speaker john boehner. all of this happening on a very, very important night for the president. he's

and what we're hearing from the united states from the european union is of course the most cynical hypocrisyafter the last few years of the brutal police repression of the occupy wall street movement in the united states and the anti liberal austerity dic times that have been instituted around the european union right literally tens of millions of protesters out onto the street. them calling against the violence in the ukraine where the majority of the injuries are the fancy of gays have been. from the police that of suffered injuries from our calls cocktails firebombs knife stabbings club meetings with morning stars a withered shots from trebuchets constructed in the my dime and bows and arrows that mean there were frequently seeing a level of violence from the protesters that is where the real violence in these protests is coming from just. and back to the studio with me as i have a cross here and. well what's next can we expect that kind of civil war that i think. anybody is not. interested what's going on a kid is going to be spending a lot of time looking at the phone that's for sure i

with a nonjury trial in los angeles home to the biggest public school district in the united states. teachers unions are fighting back argue that the suit unfairly targets older teacher. >> a back lack over companies from a billionaire founding father of silicon valley push accomplished by the "wall street journal" saying that there is a war against the rich and compared critics of text sector wealth and growing income inequality for nazis. he compares the fabled one percenters to% -- to persecuted jews. >> mr. perkins need to take responsibility and apologize. >> the venture capital company that still has his name is dissing itself from the controversy saying that tom perkins has not been involved in the company in years. we were shocked by the news. >> the presidio trust board is holding a meeting tonight after accepting final proposals for three plans to develop a site next to crissy field. the site is occupied by the department store. the presidio trust is preparing to decide by mid-february among three proposals for development including a museum by george lucas, a public cultural center and a

is not and that ok well what we're hearing from the united states and from the european union is of course the most cynical hypocrisy after the last few years of the brutal police repression of the occupy wall street movement in the united states and the anti neoliberal austerity diktats that have been instituted around the european union which brought literally tens of millions of protesters out onto the street. them calling against violence in the ukraine where the majority of the injuries for the past few days have been from the police did and suffered injuries from allah calls talked tales firebombs knife stabbings club beings with morning stars withered shots from trebuchets constructed in the my don and bows and arrows so i mean there were afraid to seeing a level of medieval violence from the protesters that is where the real violence in these protests has come from but still there's been reports of the first that some of the key is going to become some kind of point of no return ok so we've had reports of three deaths at this point one of them has been confirmed this is a survey ne

trial takes place in los angeles home to the big of the public school district in the united states. teachers unions are fighting back arguing that the suit unfairly targets older teachers. >> a backlash over comments from a billionaire founding father of silicon valley. in comments published by the "wall street journal" tom perkins says this is a war against the rich and compares the nation's fabled 1 percenters to% coupled jews. >> analogy to the holocaust are simply never appropriate. >> mr. perkins needs to take responsibility and apologize. >> the developture capital company that still bears his name is distancing itself from the controversy saying that tom perkins has not been involved with the company in years and we were shocked by the news. >> some of the biggest companies were funded by perkins so this is creating shockwaves. mike nicco has the forecast. >> how far down are we for the entire rain year which started july 1st of last year and goes to june 30 of this year? this is how much we need to make just to get to today's acknowledge. you were easiest around san jose and we only need 5.

well what we're hearing from the united states and from the european union is of course the most cynical hypocrisy after the last few years of the brutal police repressions of the occupy wall street movement in the united states and the anti neo liberal austerity dictates that have been instituted around the european union which brought literally tens of millions of protesters out onto the street. them calling against the violence in the ukraine where the majority of the enjoyment of the past few days has been from the police that have suffered injuries from our cars cocktails firebombs knife stabbings lovings with morning stars withered shots from trebuchets constructed and the my don and bows and arrows i mean there were afraid really seeing a level of medieval violence from the protesters that is where the real violence in these protests is coming from this. but it's the country's east that's remained resilient to the burning barricades around the called lisl and think you have pledging support for the legitimate government and the constitution instead our correspondent paula slayer i

the united states and european union had in fact begun to ease sanctions against iran as part of the new killer deal between tehran and six will. i was that went into effect on monday. the u s treasury department said this has lifted restrictions aimed at limiting doing in crewe all exports. easing of the sanctions when the six current customers of iraq's oil will not be required to reduce their purchases of reeling in crude. meanwhile washington is lifting sanctions on foreign companies engage tehran as petro chemical exports sections of also been suspended on the trade of some precious metals and goods and services provided to the lawns automotive sector. eu governments have also started to suspend some sanctions against iran. these include easing restrictions in the trade of petrochemicals precious metals and insurance for all shifts. the new restraints on tehran's nuclear ambitions have received a mixed response from doing the media underline sharp political differences with the country one reform leaning newspaper has healed the start of the deal. it says it will pave the way to

invariably to siding with the soviet union over the united states. saddam hussein over america. mass murdering what terrorist dictators over israel. , one like trayvon martin story after another after another. happy to takey questions. thank you for having me. [applause] as a understand it, the questions of already been prepared? >> no. we are passing car to run the audience -- cards around the audience. please write them down and bring them over in this direction. you used then, term modern liberal several times. wordntrigued by the modern, is this a new phenomenon? did this person not exist a few decades ago? >> no, this ideology has soually existed since john? -- john clouseau. changed post-ning up to it ii, leaving again -- leading up to it. untilhe dawn of time, just before i was born, every human being had to avoid disease, hunger, poverty, and physical pain. by the tape -- time i came of -- polio bank wished was think west, the chickenpox was a gift, disease was vanquished. hunger, by the time i came of age, find a dollar in the street, and you can eat ramen noodles for t

the reason that workers even in the united states have things like social security stamps unemployment insurance that these things came as a result of the soviet union that the capitalist powers the united states were forced to give concessions because the soviet union existed and it was it was in competition so so we're really seeing the austerity that continues all across europe right now and across the western world as a result of the collapse of the soviet union labor unions have been weakened. to the american city of omaha and now as we go into the yard. where a large of an animal feed plant there was left at least two people dead another ten seriously injured it's not yet clear what caused the blast and one witness inside the plant said he heard a large crowd before the back wall of the factory collapsed emergency services say all workers on the bodies not been accounted for. afghanistan fifty people working to clear mines are reportedly been abducted in the province of punjab tunes on a good local security officials say the group arrived in the area near the city of herat three years ago no one's claimed responsibility for the kidnapping at t

the reason that workers even in the united states have things like social security stamps unemployment insurance that these things came as a result of the soviet union that the capitalist powers the united states were forced to give concessions because the soviet union existed and it was it was in competition so so we're really seeing the austerity that continues all across europe right now and across the western world as a result of the collapse of the soviet union labor unions have been weakened. and i coming up just a bit later today here at the international are just about as far from coleman ism as you can get a box keyser suggests buying exactly shining examples of august. i would imagine if you asked the chairman and the president and the c b c right now what they had for lunch they would lie they would they have made just out of baloney sandwich and they said we just had a turkey sandwich because it's in their culture it's in their d.n.a. they grew up liars they are liars they'll die liars their d.n.a. if you take it to another planet another universe another parallel dimension you could sell on the open market as d.n.a. that's made a pure l

united states, have unfrozen some of iran's assets that are in our foreign banks that have been frozen as a result of the sanctions of the united nations and in the united states and the european union have impose on iran since 2006. we have given them about $7 billion of their own money. that's a lot of money. but it's not that much. it's not that much. if iran wants the $100 billion that is still frozen, if it wants to get rid of the sanctions that have blocked iran from doing any international business, frozen out of the international banking system so that you can transfer money from your checking account to your savings account online, iran can't do that. iran can't transfer money from a bank in pairs to bank in toronto they were cut off. that is crippled or international economy. if they want relief from the sanctions on their oil sale, sanctions that resulted in iran's daily sale of oil going from 2.5 million barrels a day to less than 1 million barrels a day, they've lost almost 60% of the revenue from oil. if they want to get that back they've got to come back and sign a comprehensive deal. in addition, they will be left with some enrichment capability that substantially sm

it's basically, do we want to have union, mandatory unionism in the united states or not. >> unions have a long time. they do great things. i loved the way people complain. oh, i could do it myself. do you think you could get the same wages on your own that you get through the union? do you think? how about tenure? teempers have job security. imagine having a job you don't have to worry about getting fired. >> i have tenure right until the end of this show, probably get another 12 hours. imagine every week, every month, every year. >> you think they shouldn't protest, they don't protest the benefits and goodies that come with it? >> i don't see it complaining at payday, benefit day, lifetime health care. tenure. boy, you can hear a pin drop there. >> i adegree with that aspect. i agree, randy. >> i'm sorry. >> wow. >> what i think -- >> you are a conundrum. >> code, yes. these people are saying in america the first amendment allows me to opt out. if i don't want to take those benefits, i don't have to. i'll do it on my own. i think they basically are saying, we don't hate the union but w

importantly, from the european union's, the united states, and other major world powers. that is in the context of where there are limited financial resources available from african nations. we saw that here. a similar accident -- a similar tract is for molly. mawli.tice from >> it does seem that there is a limit to what exactly africa can do to help african problems, especially in respect to the central african republic. >> there are these massive funding constraints, but also, it is a case of there being european boots on the ground. is the african led force around 5000 troops of the moment. there are also 1600 french troops there. the un security council approved the deployment of a 600 strong european union force. european powers are being embroiled in the conference -- conflict in africa. this has led france to say that there are limits to which it can be expected to operate a policeman of african affairs. >> and not the only major conflict going on. major worry.s a is there anything new to report on that front? is aroundflict there six or 7, 8 weeks old. it has been

they are concerned that the united states, which has close ties to the european union in terms of politicalalliance and the nato alliance and why is the united states spying on the friendly nations and that is what the europeans want to know. they want to know how the obama administration intends to cut back on the efforts that are being done by the nsa and in particular for friendly nations. they know there is the issue with the americans having the phones tapped and the intelligence gathering going on there and they want to know about what is being done on the global scale with the nsa. >> thank you, fphil. we have the hot spots in latin america as well. >> they are meeting here in havana and what they are expecting to hear is immigration reform. it is the major domestic policy with implications for the region and trying to achieve before he leaves office. this is important for mexico and the central american nations because of millions of their citizens in the united states and many of them legally and illegal and they are looking for reform to be passed under his watch. they are looking

united states. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> ahead, big moments from the state of the union and why one lawmaker is in trouble for what he said to a reporter. >>> you could run into trouble if you plan on traveling today. next, we're checking the airports to see how the winter weather is affecting air travel. >>> snow has ended around the metro area. and we're going to have a cold day ahead. >>> 4:09. we're tracking another round of winter weather this morning. part of same snowstorm that's pummelling the south is affecting many of us. we're tracking the storm as well as some possible bad road conditions. weather & traffic on the 1s coming up in a moment here. >>> the winter weather could cause you some problems if you need to catch a flight out of town today. more than 800 flights are already canceled nationwide this morning. about 30 were supposed to be out of our three airports. the south, expect to change re your plans. airports in places like atlanta, houston, new orleans, and raleigh topped the list for cancelations today. new orleans says it's unlikely any flights will get out today. many airports in the south say they

. >>> the united states and the european union have lifted some economic sanctions against iran. inspectors confirm iran has unplugged centra finals. they now have six months to negotiate a final agreement to insure that iran cannot build a nuclear bomb. the deal would allow iran to continue at low levels to fuel an electricity generator. >>> u.s. officials concerned over security at the up coming winter olympics in russia. they are particularly worried about the plaque widow. officials think she may be helping islamic extremist groups who vowed to attack olympic games. >> i think they think this is a political embarrassing situation for them. that is really the wrong attitude when talking about an international event. >> russian president has assigned nearly 40,000 police and military personnel to the olympic site. russia has spent about $50 billion on security. >>> a skier triggers an avalanche and captures it all on a go pro camera. even more incurred establish he lived to tell about it -- incredibly, he lived to tell about it. >> holy. >> despite reports of dangerous avalanch

united states and european union will imelement the sanctions we committed to. >> we are scaling backhe deal was supposed to be the deal was we lift the sanctions and that roll back the nuke. >> they it are freezing the program and not rolling it back. we are using our best leverage now so that the ability to get what we want to roll back. we'll not have leverage to do that. >> michael, you don't think the safrpgzs are effective. >> i don't share kt's vow and that is not to say it is an educated vow. there compelling evidence that sanctions are not working. the uranium stock piles are reaching and the plant is under construction. we have to look at what sanctions are really about. iran is a religious part to the political structure and a democratec part. the unelected religious part of the people who have power. a yatolla controls military and foreign policy and the way that iowa ran. and not rouhani. and sanctions hit on the people. they are going to do what they want to do unless we pursue diplomatic channels. >> kt, sanctions mike said did not work. >> why do we want the sanctions?

john roberts right there, how many actually come to hear the president of the united states to deliver his state-of-the-union address. there's ruth bader ginsburg and stephen breyer. >> as we wait for the president of the united states to enter the house chamber only a few moments from now, let's take a quick look at what's going on, set the scene. you just saw the supreme court justices of the united states. they have been introduced earlier. members of the diplomatic corps, they were brought in. members of the joint chiefs of staff. they were there. you'll see the cabinet members about to be coming in. right in the middle of your screen you see the vice president of the united states. he is the president of the senate. that's why he's there together with the house speaker john boehner. all of this happening on a very, very important night for the president. he's got to make his case, a strong case, on lots of domestic issues as well as international issues. we want to welcome our views in the united states and around the world to our continuing coverage of the president's state-of-the-union address. i'm wo

>> they have called for sanctions from the west, from the united states, and from the european union. we have seen the european union politicians stepping out here in independent square promising to take sanctions against the president and his officials. nothing of that has yet taken place. i doubt that it will happen in the near future. >> and looks to be another tense night ahead in kiev. thank you for joining us. u.n. secretary-general ban ki- moon says intense and urgent discussions are underway in this week's peace talks ontario -- on syria. >> the un's chief was dismayed after ron issued a statement on monday rejecting any preconditions for the talks. the main opposition in the syrian national council says it will pull out if they do not cancel the invitation by this evening. >> for more on that we are joined by our middle east expert. this was already said to be an uphill battle, where does this leave the u.n.? >> in a very dangerous situation. it might well be that in the end, the u.n. secretary general would be made responsible for possible failure of the conference. it is a

when the united states in the soviet union were vying for. influence in afghanistan an enormous project. and it was supposed to bring water to that desert what it did by the time we get to the twenty first century and and our war there is it's it is watering the greek poppy fields of the world the opium poppy fields so you have these two that arise in afghanistan is now the world's largest producer of opiate upbeat. about ninety percent of the total so that could jackie down and not move for of course first we bombed it when we and then we started rebuilding because that's where the real money is so we have hired these for profit corporations to bring in. hundreds of millions of dollars worth of. generators and what not they get jackie down is about we've got about five hundred million in that to jackie down now. there is a third turban that was delivered in two thousand and eighty but we know we're going to install it because it's surrounded by the taliban it's completely controlled country and brought up opium which was my next question a r