stay with us here on our t.v. still to come the battle of the burka find out how the latest developments in france have a government facing accusations of stirring up racial tension. but we continue first to libya where an african union delegation is attempting to convince the rebels to embrace a cease fire and start negotiating with colonel gadhafi state representatives are now in the opposition held city of benghazi after holding talks with the libyan leader in tripoli khadafi has agreed to the union's proposal truce and says he's prepared to negotiate a peaceful solution with the rebels but the insurgents maintain they won't accept any deal that would see the colonel and his family hold on to power meanwhile nato stepped up its assault against gadhafi forces sunday destroying over a dozen tanks in the largest airstrike in weeks libya's been a ravaged by civil war since february with hundreds of reported tires will tease his skin all has more from the rebel headquarters benghazi. well it hasn't spoken with his w

we're glad you're all able to be here with us. we're also joined by leslie rogers, regional administrator of the federal transit administration. we also have jose luis moss covitts of the transportation authority, jim lazarus of our san francisco chamber of commerce is here, along with red rifkin of the san francisco city of public works and melanie from the department of environment. we had a strong partnership. there was no way we could do this work without a strong partnership here within the city planning and the port of san francisco that had a strong partnership with us at s.f. park and agreed to participate in the pilot program. we have a great team of individuals at the m.t.a. who worked on this project for the past couple of years and i need to make sure we especially thank them and jape primus and steve lee. -- jay primus and steve lee. [applause] and i think you saw earlier on we had some of our team that works out in the field, our parking meter shops, those individuals also deserve recognition. they've done a great job

thank you. >> you really, you know, deserve it because you always have us here every year. e here on your program. you go to our events, you do the emcee, whatever. >> and i'll keep doing that. barbara, any final thoughts? >> i just really appreciate the fact that you have us here and you give us all your support. and you do a lot in the community yourself, not just for farm workers but for other people. you're very committed to your job. and we just feel that you deserve this award this year very much. >> thank you. this will be a tribute to cesar, not to me. i really appreciate it. >>. [ speaking spanish ] >> thank you. may god empower you to go on. >> now it's on tv, shown all over. >> here it is, the award. thank you all to the chavez family vision and the board and the family. thank you so much. may godspeed, give you power to keep going. >> thank you for all the support you do all the time. [ speaking spanish >>> up next -- a song for sa written by jorge santana and others in honor of a great man. >>> thank you again for this award. it's undeserved. you know, a lot of

two pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story more than sixty people have died during a day of rage in syria as police use their full force against anti-government protesters human rights activists report troops opening fire and using tear gas on people rallying after friday prayers most of the casualties were in the city of daraa which has been under blockade since monday the un has given the green light to an investigation into syria's bloody crackdowns on demonstrators it's demanding the regime release political prisoners and lift media restrictions united states is imposing sanctions targeting top syrian officials but political writer jon burge moss says western influence interference is contributing to the arrest in the first place. what is collapsing in the world is the west on policing the west i'm going to see has been to see to demonize oakland county that you support other counties like saudi arabia. the k.g.b. nanny and other hazim which were not better home or democratic than them in your hand but this you called it them because they were f

it is sort of reaction to what brought us here and what brought us here originally. the report laid out some strong certains ending in the recommendation that the program no longer exist. when the president laid out the parameters for him it is the same for me. there were five areas they talked about. i am hoping the speakers address those areas as they come to the podium. i know that is what i will be looking for. individual commissioners may have questions. that is their right. they want that information. i know for me what brought us here is this document. what i am looking for or how you addressed the issues and i hope i hear that as we move forward. thank you. >> commissioner. >> right. i want to the say, and i commission your concerns, however my understanding was that you would address the concerns that they raised. you met with some of us and you suggested ways that we can work with us. and i thought it was more of a working meeting so we can come together and change the rules so that they would reflect some of the changes that would reflect the concerns that

i suggest we wait until seven of us are here. i move that we continue this item to next week's's meeting. >> i second of this. >> i don't think we should have a discussion to have discussions, we should have a discussion with seven of us here. with respect, the best of intentions, we are motivated by good intentions. we ought to all the at the table. >> i suggest we discuss it next week. we can't have a motion because it is not open for action. >> we will talk about a charter next week. >> i was afraid that would put an item on for discussion. >> i don't think we should be having this debate or discussion now without all of us here. let me just respond to that. to my chagrin, items and the because one commissioner wanted. to sit around and say that we ought not do this at all and i think is completely disingenuous for many people here. if you want to have a discussion about discipline, it has got to be good for the goose, but for the gander. the idea that we won't even have a discussion about the supply and i respect proposition

at the moment and this is my kindergarten and also what i do i used to go here. watchable morgan it used to be many children in particular a lot of great of course also specialists from all over the soviet union came here to operate the nuclear power station all the mostly young people instead of still and they thought that they were waiting for a bright future talks with. so this town experienced a baby boom or government was almost caught no one used the gas masks look out there because the catastrophe happened on a saturday. so they've been kept here and were left untouched. what was in that letter you found. there is a photograph inside. here have a look. look look through the proper trickle it seems it was written by a child a small girl. justly or try there was three i was so glad to have received your letter so i decided to replied once my mom got me a new doll she's so beautiful that i'm sometimes afraid to play with her when i go to school in the morning i put her by the window and make a best for her in the evening i love her dearly the weather has alrea

six pm in moscow i'm mad tresor good to have you with us here on r t our top story syrian security units use force against thousands of protesters across the country as people are poor onto the streets for a friday of rage there's reports at least five people have been injured as agents in plainclothes fired on demonstrators in the coastal city of la taika the base of the ruling elite in the capital damascus police used tear gas to disperse a crowd of protesters opposition promised president assad the biggest rally yet following a series of killings of demonstrators. the bloody crackdown has caused international condemnation with the u.s. even pointing at iranian interference on the side of the government parties are in a delusional look at what those accusations could mean for iran. some like it hot but this spring things have heated out perhaps too much in the arab world is it's too easy a libya now is syria more than african region and the middle east and often brutal civil wars with the western powers playing an important hand some believe this won't stop anytime soon so who is next

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stay with us here on our t.v. still ahead a business behind bars look at how a foreign investor owed one hundred million dollars by the georgian government up in jail plus. almost fifty years since mankind's first journey into space we'll bring you all the latest on preparations for a special anniversary flight. before we get to that japan faces the grim prospect of several months of uncontrolled radiation leakage according to officials radioactive water continues escaping into the ocean from a crack in the fukushima plant second reactor despite all efforts to stem the flow bodies of two workers killed by the devastating tsunami have been recovered from the wrecked facility the massive wave that hit the country has now claimed the lives of twelve thousand people over two hundred thousand still live in shelters authorities have given assurances they are doing everything they can to help does but these communities are. found out that many people many of the victims feel their government has failed them. this is the

i want to thank them for hosting us here tonight. i want to introduce the emcees for tonight. we have the united players. and we have anaconda, and at the camp here in our district. i turn it over to you. >> thank you for being here tonight. this is the first step in the budget process. we are beginning early. we are being engaged. there will be a short time for public comment. it will be a short time. if you are not able to speak or bring your issues to the table, there will be more of these town halls. there will be the budget process. the more we are involved, the more we can work with the mayor and the supervisors to make sure that the budget reflects the priority of said francisco. one correction is that the translation today was provided by the office for immigrant affairs. [applause] >> how are you? thanks for coming out tonight. we want to thank greg wider. i did not read that correctly. the budget director. i could not read my own handwriting. chief good when from the police department, please be respectful. these people have given their time to come and be part of the

services have been sent to the scene we'll bring you the latest on this as we get more details stay with us here on r.g.p. for more information. russia and poland mark a fatal accident that tore the two nations apart but at the same time saw them unite dimitri medvedev and bronislaw komorowski have paid their respects to the victims of a fatal plane crash that killed poland's president and many of the country's political elite on the anniversary of the massacre and. peace in libya depends on the rebels as the african union suggests a resolution to the conflict colonel qadhafi has agreed to the union's proposal and says he's prepared to negotiate with the opposition the rebels say there will be no truce until the libyan leader steps down the. trouble brewing in france as a law banning the burka goes into effect with many accusing the government of discrimination and racism against muslims at least two women wearing veils have been arrested for taking part in an authorised protest against the bad french opinion polls suggest some people think officials will deliberately trying to stir up tensions

us today. lieutenant ford, who is from the mission statement representing the captain is here with us. tom carter from the san francisco fort is also here with us. please forgive me if i forgot to mention others. i know there's quite a number of you in the room. our panelists here, the officer who is in charge of the graffiti for city. he will be here to answer any questions during the question and answer times. i'm sure a lot of you do have quite a few questions for the police department. my boss, director of public works, who you will hear from soon. and larry stringer from the bureau of sfrirmente tall -- environmental services, the branch that is spanl for abatement and coordinating many of the activities in our city. please welcome them to the conference. [applause] i'm not sure i should introduce myself. i always do this -- but i wouldn't wait for my director this time. i am the chair of the advisory board and i also serve as the deputy director for directions at the department of works. [applause] nine years ago when i began my career with the department of public works, graffiti

. >> that is not before us here commissioner -- that is not before us here, commissioner. commissioner murphy: that is additional comments. >> i just want to say even though i am happy to serve as vice president this year, i am still the new kid on the block. i have been very appreciative, actually, of the staff and my fellow commissioners, who kind of update me on what has been going on. and i have been involved in some other city parties, and what i have noticed is sometimes we do not hear from a lot of the people that come in and get taken care of. i understand, just like when the inspectors have to go out, and then they tell a contractor he did not do it right or we have to hear from the property owner. yes, they did it without a permit but did not know they needed one. some of the stuff we heard this morning. i feel like part of our position here is to act as that bridge to the community, but to also work with the staff and help them when we did things like that. i have been tipped i think every single meeting on this commission now, and the people i see in our public

six pm in moscow i'm not treasure good to have you with us here on r t our top story the goal of the metro attack in minsk is to destroy stability in the country according to the bella russian prosecutor's office the explosion that iraq the subways busiest station at rush hour killed twelve people and left more than two hundred injured several suspects have been detained in connection with the blast artie's academy graduate spoke with those who witnessed the bloodbath in the heart of. it is a day to remember solemnly here and means good morning also the child you do you can see piles of flowers candles and i comes later rounds of the entrance to the. station he. by the explosion during evening rush hours on monday obviously emotions and feelings are running high as people want to be together on these day and many before going to work make a stop over here to observe a minute of silence. five years ago how are you feeling this morning after the blast terrible feelings i couldn't expect anything like that happening in this country it's such a crime it's not just woke up thinking that i

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in the bell russian capital minutes we'll bring you more on this is we get more details stay with us here on earth to you for further information. a preliminary child abuse hearing is being held in alaska after an american woman appeared on a t.v. show using a harsh punishments against her adopted russian son the cases sparked calls for a better adoption regulations between the two countries russia set to sign an agreement with the u.s. next month to ensure the safety of children adopted into american families at least seventeen adopted russian children have died in the us since one thousand nine hundred two or she's got a cheeky on reports on the worrying trend. what it was like to me. was a tape which caused outrage across american beyond an american mother recorded a video of how she punishes her adopted washing warty and sent it to a popular t.v. show. but running hot sauce in from seven year old christophe's mouth did not seem enough for jessica bigley a freezing shower was next. right now. we've had a lot of different things to punish the kids thinking we've learned does not work wi

i do not know if all of us were here but they are now returning. they will be performing for us and the beautiful traditions of the chinese new year, the alliance stance. please welcome students from the chinese american international school. -- the lion's dance. -- the lion's dance. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> [inaudible] [applause] this is really a unique performance. before we end tonight's program, i want to, on behalf of the city, thank at&t again for your generous sponsorship, making the celebration happening. we would liked everyone to join us for the reception. we want to thank owner of moonstar. we want to thank you for your contribution. [speaking foreign language] >> thank you. >> about four years ago, [inaudible] look at how beautiful this was. there is our relationship to the planet. these regions are the wealthiest, the most powerful. that really has impacted the planet. it is almost impossible now to go anywhere and had it really be completely dark. there are very few locations that you can find. that means our relationship to

people to take part in a commemorative march all throughout the day here in warsaw now this tragedy the latest one it's known as is being used nowadays by some political forces here in poland now the party of the of the late polish president and his brother get also is using some strong. and so russian rhetoric even sometimes going as far as accusing moscow and the current government of a conspiracy in hiding what they call hiding facts of the investigation it is very unclear according to many experts where this political game will go but clearly these emotions of the polish people are being used in political ways some sometimes here in poland and alice the investigation was a tough issue for both nations what do we know about the details of how the tragedy actually happens. with the interstate aviation commission a c released the details of its report on the twelfth of january and they conclude it is pilot error was mostly to blame for the crash of course compounded by very poor weather and visibility and psychological pressure to one of the points that's stressed and i see reports is that the ground full south to north of

i do not know if all of us were here but they are now returning. they will be performing for us and the beautiful traditions of the chinese new year, the alliance stance. please welcome students from the chinese american international school. -- the lion's dance. -- the lion's dance. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> [inaudible] [applause] this is really a unique performance. before we end tonight's program, i want to, on behalf of the city, thank at&t again for your generous sponsorship, making the celebration happening. we would liked everyone to join us for the reception. we want to thank owner of moonstar. we want to thank you for your contribution. [speaking foreign language] >> thank you. i'm the president of friends of mclaren park. it is one of the oldest neighborhood community park groups in san francisco. i give a lot of tours through the park. during those tours, a lot of the folks in the group will think of the park as very scary. it has a lot of hills, there's a lot of dense groves. once you get towards the center of the park you real

stay with us here on our t.v. lots more headed your way this hour including japan on high alert the country's raise the severity rating of its nuclear crisis to the highest level putting the emergency is on par with a sure noble disaster. but first military experts are accusing coalition forces in libya using depleted uranium in their airstrike i mean nation the deadly substance can cause cancer and physical mutations and those who come in close contact with it claims are surfacing as the ongoing nato led campaign is being staffed with no clear end in sight or he's got a cheeky out investigates just a warning some viewers may find the images in this report disturbing. these leave young men cheer on top of the tank hit by coalition forces unaware of the silent killer they could be breathing in as they celebrate though the western coalition denies using depleted uranium in bombings in the country others say there is a good chance weapons with the highly poisonous radioactive element have been used that kind of damag

joins us next with the latest business news stay with us here on r.t. . and. i want to welcome to the business update thanks for joining me b.p. is preparing to biologists russian partners in tank a b p that's according to a report in the financial times the british company is trying to save its deal with russian oil a major role sniffed to explore the arctic shelf archies correspondent laura and that has won the story. we're saying the deadline for this deal being resolved loom ever closer it's still thursday the fourteenth of april that leaves just around about three days to get this all sorted out we're seeing various rumors coming to the floor most notably one in the financial times where sources say that b.p. and potentially rosneft as partners could be preparing to buy out the russian shareholders stake in t.n. k b p now they may be going in and doing that together and it's the stake which could be worth up to thirty billion dollars now the various parties are desperate to have this situation resolved and in fact it's likely that we'll see more state int

i do not know if all of us were here but they are now returning. they will be performing for us and the beautiful traditions of the chinese new year, the alliance stance. please welcome students from the chinese american international school. -- the lion's dance. -- the lion's dance. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> [inaudible] [applause] this is really a unique performance. before we end tonight's program, i want to, on behalf of the city, thank at&t again for your generous sponsorship, making the celebration happening. we would liked everyone to join us for the reception. we want to thank owner of moonstar. we want to thank you for your contribution. [speaking foreign language] >> thank you.

one of the us here in the us but even. that's my son and he cleans condition sometimes makes him imagine he's not it's old news nursing home but in the old settlement of new real chick where everyone has a boat for christmas is celebrated in early january rather than in december and where people in nearly every home speak russian. don't struggle users of books so goes away i want to know the rest of the book i'm going to. a group of. leman is one of the few people here who still remember the russian era of the land its former legacy is gradually being forgotten much in the same way as old people's memories fade away i'd like to teach my children about their heritage referred it it's caught on especially with our oldest child our son and i think the best way we can do it was to talk about it serves some of the stories maybe even some of the language i want them to understand are very rich cultural heritage if it makes you happy and. brazenly is one of the most popular teachers at seoul don't know high school. already used t

first, we want to thank everyone who got us here. we all have someone help us, whether it was our mom, dad, pitching coach, the coaches that we have now. they had a huge and in this. we want to thank them, our wives, our family, love the ones. we had a little talk. i said if we do not do as good as we did at least last year we will be a failure. we changed that and we did a good job of it. you all have waited so long for this and we brought it home for you all. thank you. you are the best. [applause] >> 3 staples in this franchise for a very long time. i get the privilege of introducing three hitters. you will hear from all three of these gentlemen, aubrey huff, buster posey commac and, and fr sanchez. [applause] >> san francisco giants. world series champions. let's enjoy this today, tomorrow, a week, maybe a month, and then let's get back to work and make another run at it. [applause] >> this is unbelievable, guys. first of all, i want to thank god for putting us in this situation and blessed us the way he has. i want to thank my fa

it's time for a daily poll your chance to tell us what you think here's today's question how do you report shows the four hundred richest in america are taxed at an average of sixteen percent while the rest of us pay up to thirty five percent will this continue. possible answers a yes average c.e.o. pay increase dramatically and they have the budget for a lobbyist to bribe congress so of course they would not pay taxes or be no president obama has announced that those making over a quarter million dollars a year will be taxed and it will be in the next budget so far about seventy five percent of the right leaning toward yes cynics log on to tom hartman i've got to tell us what you think a poll of the open until probably coming out middle class america may have dodged a bullet with a failed government shutdown but they're still not out of the woods you may still be in the expense of iraq. let's not forget that we had an apartheid regime right here. i think. the one well. we never government says they're very safe get ready because of their freedom. you know sometimes you see a story and it

they're being here means a lot to us -- their being here means a lot to us. now more than ever, we need to be friends with government, and knowing their door is open to us is appreciated. [applause] supervisor mirkarimi: good evening. i'm ross mirkarimi. i represent the fifth district, and i'm delighted to be standing up here with my colleague who will speak in a moment. i want to thank mike farrah for his leadership and mayor newsom for helping facilitate this gathering. i'm iranian american, persians, and throughout my -- [applause] throughout my life, my family had always had very close relationships with the arab and arab-american community. i spent a fair amount of time working in the middle east in jordan and iraq and traveling through loud the milk -- throughout the middle eastern areas, so i feel very much at home, and it is important that feeling is well represented in city hall. i look at the flags that are well illustrated year. it amplifies the need that much more that san franciscans, californians should understand and become more acquainted with

anne thompson with us here in venice, louisiana. when we continue from here tonight, speaking of all that heritage, we want you to hear the distinctive voice of one man who sounds a whole lot like this region, and who says it will take a lot more than bp to drive him away. >> we've been thrown out of france, nova scotia and we're not leaving grand isle. >> tonight a local shrimper sizes up the health of these waters now one year later. >>> we're back here tonight in venice, louisiana. this entire community is set up and put on the earth to do one thing, this is where people go out in boats, harvest from the sea, and sell it all over the nation, all over the world. they've done it well here for decades until the bp spill. so when you ask how is this region doing, how are they recovering after a year, it helps to talk to a local pro like the man we spoke with today, dean blanchard. he's only done this one thing in his life. >> until i'm dead i believe every morning when i wake up i'm going to think of bp. the first day i realized that

french called there are no uprooted from any way there to be truly thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. in the studio thanks very much to me it's there from russia's ria novosti news agency. russian pilots accused by the us of international drug trafficking is facing trial in a new york constantine that was arrested last year in liberia and brought to the states illegally according to his noise that is and isn't and started checking the reports some see a tendency in america snatching people and trying them on its own soil. a legit tons of cocaine a pilot snatched up and walk to a foreign prison and one fax number this is the case of constantine your shango a russian pilot in his forty's scooped up by u.s. officials in liberia last year brought to a manhattan jail and along with more other suspects charged with international drug trafficking. is now if you were a long time he did not even know where he was when he was brought to the u.s. he was put in solitary confinement and he didn't even know he was in the united states constantine's wife victoria just to write to new york sh

news around the clock from around the world it's three pm in moscow a match reza thanks for joining us here on our t.v. our top story more than sixty people have died during a day of rage in syria as police use their full force against anti-government protesters human rights activists report troops opening fire and using tear gas on people rallying after friday prayers most of the casualties were in the city of daraa which has been under a blockade since monday the un is giving the green light to an investigation into syria's bloody crackdowns on demonstrations it's demanding the regime release political prisoners and lift the restrictions united states is imposing sanctions targeting top syrian officials rock obama has also authorized sanctions against iran as revolutionary guard foreign policy expert barbara slaven doesn't believe iran will come to president assad's rescue. the u.s. has said that iran is involved and helping the syrians and so on but you know i. think that this is very much fundamentally still an internal syrian matter and i don't think the iranians frankly with all the p

headlines now they finished a priest is charged with inciting racial hatred after an interview with us here at art's he is being persecuted for calling the man behind major bombings in russia a terrorist and criticizing about office internet nothing he's. a nato airstrike has reportedly killed thirteen rebels in libya this comes as the u.k. is accused of destroying a major khadafi controlled the oil fields costing freshness that also become illusions of true motives in libya. and portugal turns to the e.u. to drag it out of a financial black hole with threatening to rouse waves of anger among european taxpayers who will have to yet again for another bailout bill. also russia provides poland with the newly declassified data on the nine hundred forty massacre of post offices and you can see in all of this in a fresh effort to dispel tension over the incident. right well next here on r.t. our interview shows spotlight this time we'll be speaking to the can because prime minister almost a year after the revolution to change the regime in that country. and . hello yellow welcome to spotlight the

that is why they sent us here. a few days ago, i received a letter from a mother in colorado. over the year, her son's eighth grade class saved up money and work on projects of that next week they could take a class trip to washington, d.c. they even had an appointment to lay a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier. the mother wrote that for the last few days, the kids had been worried and upset that they might have to cancel their trip because of this shutdown. she asked those of us in washington to get past petty grievances and make things right, and she said, "remember, the future of this country is not for us, it is for our children." today we acted on behalf of our children's future. next week when 50 graders are right in our nation's capital, i hope that they get a chance to look up at the washington monument and feel a sense of pride in possibility that the fines america, the land of many that has always found a way to move forward as one. thank you. host: president obama in the blue room of the white ho

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up for moscow coming your way in five minutes here on our team here in the melican is up next we'll have the latest business news stay with us. well come to our business report here on r.g.p. thanks for joining me the cost of borrowing is going up in russia the central bank has increased its key interest rate by twenty five basis points to eight point twenty five percent it's the second hike this year after the bank increased the refinance rate by the same amount two months ago the bank cites higher inflationary expectations and the uncertainty on the financial markets as a main reasons behind the decision consumer prices in russia have risen over four percent since the beginning of a year japan's nuclear crisis coupled with retraction of europe's atomic energy programs is pushing demand for gas alexander the south bank says sales of russian fuel like pizza fill and become. now russian gas becomes more attractive than it was just twelve months ago more or i would say outlook for asia to munt is is very good and i didn't see any seam go because we just use less than cars percent annual growth of gas demand in asia and once ag