german right wing politician in csma says he will apologize to the son of former tennis star boris becker for a racist slur on social media whilst also blaming it on one of his staff members comes a day off to no baca whose mother is of african-american descent fall the criminal complaint against my the politician says the back of tweets was written by one of his assistants at the immigration alternative for germany party who has since been disciplined. in the list of the most overcrowded prison systems in the world haiti is not fall from the top human rights groups say around eleven thousand inmates live in what they describe as inhumane conditions that's why it is just one of the many issues facing the new u.n. mission to haiti tourism by a reports now from port au prince on the major tossed it. has been trying to find his brother for more than a week he visited more explain the stations and has just been notified that he's being held here at the port au prince national penitentiary. the police arrest my brother and he was not part of the gang and they took him away and we're looking fo

mounted the fire shells across the border into the turkish town of keys from keeley's here stephanie becker with more. the battle for intensified. the constant roar of jets and artillery targeting this important high point along the turkish border. explosions echoed over the border town of killis drawing a crowd. a strange fascination watching the war unfold but for some it's a little too close to home. even though we are hearing killis we've become used to the school has happened before when i was on the other side of the border still moved to another area for safety. turkey's offensive against the y p g the kurdish group it considers a terrorist organization is very visible here. it is also stirred nationalist fervor. was. lowered. and this is what that operation looks like inside syria turkey is backing free syrian army fighters and at the moment the main focus is pushing back from the border was the kurdish fighters say turkey's offensive has caused civilian casualties turkey says it only targets y p g positions. but as is often the case in war facts can be hard to cover. turkey's leade

german a right wing politician says he would apologize to the son of former tennis star boris becker for a racist slur on social media was also blaming it on one of his staff members this comes a day off to no becca whose mother is of african-american descent filed a criminal complaint against politicians says beck a tweet was written by one of his assistants at the anti immigration alternative for germany party who has since been disciplined. two thousand and eighteen is said to be a critical year in british and european history with the brits it plans jus to be finalised the latest part of looking ahead series saw u.k. correspondent part of the phillips travel to come to bring in england to understand people's attitude to one of britain's most significant and divisive decisions in recent years. on a busy holiday. a town steep to lease history and one which voted in favor of bricks hit by almost exactly the same percentage as the entire u.k. so a good place to find out what people think about rex it and whether to reason they can meet the challenges of twenty eighteen she's tough. s

the idea saying officials misspoke and the plans have been misrepresented or antiwar activist richard becker says the u.s. is caught between two are lies. but we have what appears to be a somewhat intractable contradiction between the u.s. interest in syria and the u.s. interest in nato and so this is something that they're trying to find a way out of but it's very difficult given the fact that it was the united states along with turkey saudi arabia france britain which caused the destabilization of syria and led to the present circumstances and the united states on the other hand is tied in with the y.p. g. forces inside syria who have been the main fighting forces that the u.s. has been allied with in the battle against isis but more than that to maintain a u.s. presence inside syria which the u.s. military has been declaring is there for indefinitely. and you british the death of stalin has sparked heated debate here in russia with some claiming the film to still its history and others saying it's just a comedy russia's culture ministry has banned the film that won in moscow cinema went a

idea saying that if the misspoken in the plans had been misrepresented and he were activist richard becker told as washington is caught between two allies but we have what appears to be a somewhat intractable contradiction between the u.s. interest in syria and the u.s. interest in nato and so this is something that they're trying to find a way out of but it's very difficult given the fact that it was the united states along with turkey saudi arabia france britain which caused the destabilization of syria and led to the present circumstances and the united states and the other hand is tied in with the y.p. g. forces inside syria who have been the main fighting forces that the u.s. has been allied with in the battle against isis but more than that to maintain a u.s. presence inside syria which the u.s. military has been declaring is there for indefinitely. a suicide bomber has killed at least ninety five people and injured more than one hundred sixty in the afghan capital local journalist. reports from kabul. we understand at this stage that the attacker was in an ambulance he had said he h

my name is ben becker, cochair of the san francisco berniecrats. you can assume i'm here to request we have an interim mayor who's not running for office. i don't really question the fact that all of you are working really hard, and i can appreciate that happen it is very difficult to be a city supervisor, especially today. i can appreciate that it's very difficult to be a mayor in the city, considering what our late mayor lee went through. i don't think that it is fair to anybody to ask them to be both board president and mayor at the same time and to have them running for mayor at the same time. so as a request to the people of san francisco and to yourselves, please appoint an interim mayor who is not running for office who can just dedicate themselves to the job for six months. we can clean things up a little bit and move on from there. thank you. >> supervisor: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> my name's art persico, and i'm a san francisco resident in district two, and i am so pleased to have the opportunity to address the

the idea saying officials misspoke and the plans have been misrepresented antiwar activist richard becker believes washington's behavior is due to their being caught between two allies but we have what appears to be a somewhat intractable contradiction between the u.s. interest in syria and the u.s. interest in nato and so this is something that trying to find a way out of that is very difficult given the fact that it was the united states along with turkey saudi arabia france britain which caused the destabilization of syria and led to the present circumstances and the united states on the other hand is tied in with the y.p. g. forces inside syria who have been the main fighting forces that the u.s. has been allied with in the battle against isis but more than that to maintain a u.s. presence inside syria which the u.s. military has been declaring is there for indefinitely. a suicide bomber has killed at least ninety five people and injured more than one hundred sixty in the afghan capital kabul local journalist so ari reports. we understand at this stage that the attacker was in an ambu

he said officials had misspoken and the plans had been misrepresented and two were activist richard becker says washington's behavior can be explained by the fact that it's now between two allies but we have what appears to be a somewhat intractable contradiction between the u.s. interest in syria and the u.s. interest in nato and so this is something that trying to find a way out of but it's very difficult given the fact that it was the united states along with turkey saudi arabia france britain which caused the destabilization of syria and led to the present circumstances and the united states and the other hand is tied in with the y.p. g. forces inside syria who have been the main fighting forces that the u.s. has been allied with in the battle against isis but more than that to maintain a u.s. presence inside syria which the u.s. military has been declaring is there for indefinitely is the news out thanks for staying with us here on r.t. more news after this short break. here's what people have been saying about rejected in. full. the only show i go out of my way to. really packed a pu

on the idea saying officials misspoke and the plans had been misrepresented antiwar activist richard becker believes washington's behavior can be explained by the fact it's now caught between two allies. but we have what appears to be a somewhat intractable contradiction between the u.s. interest in syria and the u.s. interest in nato and so this is something that they're trying to find a way out of but it's very difficult given the fact that it was the united states along with turkey saudi arabia france britain which caused the destabilization of syria and led to the present circumstances and the united states on the other hand is tied in with the y.p. g. forces inside syria who have been the main fighting forces that the u.s. has been allied with in the battle against isis but more than that to maintain a u.s. presence inside syria which the u.s. military has been declaring is there for indefinitely. and the british facti the death of stalin has sparked much debate in russia with some claiming the film distorts history while at the say it's just accommodating russia's culture ministry has

officials had misspoken and the plans that actually been misrepresented and he were activist richard becker believes that washington's behavior can be explained by the fact that it's now caught between two allies but we have what appears to be a somewhat intractable contradiction between the u.s. interest in syria and the u.s. interest in nato and so this is something that they're trying to find a way out of but it's very difficult given the fact that it was viewed in states along with turkey saudi arabia france britain which caused the destabilization of syria and led to the present circumstances and the united states and the other hand is tied in with the y.p. g. forces inside syria who have been the main fighting forces that the u.s. has been allied with in the battle against isis but more than that to maintain a u.s. presence inside syria which the u.s. military has been declaring is there for indefinite. packed with explosives was detonated in the afghan capital leaving almost one hundred people killed that story after the break. when you don't see. why. not. said. no to me to let. you

. >> my name is carol becker. i'm an educational consultant with homeschooling association and also a homeschooling parent. i'm here to give a little introduction into the homeschooling movement. >> i'm andrew hart, i represent the academy in indianapolis. >> good morning. i'm tom really come the superintendent of schools for lindsay unified school district in california. >> and diane, i am the founder and ceo of the public schools in california. >> i'm elizabeth crystal ray network. >> it morning. can wagner, commissioner for elementary and secondary education in rhode island. >> steven many. >> travis works, the executive director of the regional charter school in the state of maine. >> the morning everyone. nicole was a cofounder and ceo of thrive public schools in san diego california. i'm excited to be here. >> good morning everyone. my name is michelle ashton. i am the founder and ceo of digital pioneers academy which is a new charter school here in washington d.c. middle school will be the first middle scho

german right wing politician yens maya's says he will apologize to the son of former tennis star boris becker for a racist slur on social media whilst also blaming it on one of his staff members it comes a day off to know a baca whose mother is of african-american descent filed a criminal complaint against maia a politician says the back a tweet was written by one of his assistants at the anti immigration alternative for germany party who has since been disciplined are all moving to zambia now where a major military operation has been launched to contain a cholera outbreak that has killed more than fifty people in just over three months the un has lent it support providing two million vaccines and beds the sixteen hundred people victoria gate and be has more. extreme measures to contain a national health crisis this is a barricade in zambia's capital lusaka street sellers pitching in to help the military close off one of the city's crowded marketplaces that have become a breeding ground for cholera before the unsettling season there was this petition ready to terminate but because it in seaso

g fighters who dominate this eerie and if it's forces russia also has forces in the area stephanie becker reports there from antakya on the turkish side of the border with turkish tanks have been massing this week. the turkish army is steadily increasing its presence along this stretch of the syrian border present wretched tired aired one has been threatening to attack the kurdish run area baffling for almost a week now there has been sporadic shelling. inside after the thousands marched on thursday in protest to turkey's aggression how the guardian i see that the goal of this large demonstration is to send a message to the world and especially to turkey concerning the turkish threats we will not be a fright. in the oval office we came here to protest the attacks on offering we will stand by a free and. a free and as one of three autonomy as kurdish enclaves controlled by the syrian kurdish people why do party and its armed when the why p.g. turkey sees the why p.g. is an offshoot of the kurdistan workers' party or p k k which it together with the us in europe consider a terrorist organiz

elsewhere in syria stephanie becker has more now from. the turkish army is steadily increasing its presence along this stretch of the syrian border president. has been threatening to attack the kurdish run area of afeni. for almost a week now there has been sporadic shelling. inside africa and thousands marched on thursday in protest to turkey's aggression in the of the north the goal of this large demonstration is to send a message to the world and especially to turkey concerning the turkish threats we will not be a fright. you know we came here to protest against the attacks on offering we will stand by offering an outreach to why. is one of three autonomy kurdish enclaves controlled by the syrian kurdish people why do party and its armed when the why p.g. turkey sees the why p.g. is an offshoot of the kurdistan workers' party or p k k which it together with the us in europe consider a terrorist organization but the white p.g. has been working with the us to push isolette of syria not enough rain but further east of the euphrates river

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yes there's a role in facebook just came out with monica becker who does fantastic work running global policy for facebook and talked about the recent data on artificial intelligence now in terms of taking content down, it's improving exponentially in terms of recognizing isis content and taking it down before it even gets to a wider audience, so there are improvements to be made but the way i think about it there is a role for that but it's still content more. i almost want us to put more focus on getting the stories or the scholars were creating the new where people are motivated by tackling this in their work in terms of innovation and developing new platforms. i think that's where there's a lot of low hanging fruit. i tend to think yes, the technology side, we have ways, say domestically where the tech companies are served a search warrant or certain legal and often times they cooperate with law-enforcement and i think that's, in those certain cases does work well, but again i think the focus is on this other side on the content wars and how do we enable news stories and others tha

. >>> six schools in the becker unified school district have water fountains shut off because of lead contamination at berkeley high, willard middle school as well as three elementary schools and a preschool in berkeley unified school district. the water fountains were found in violation of district guidelines for drinking water. the schools did the testing last month and turned the water off last week after getting results. letters were sent to parents with information about the test findings and plans for correction. >>> today affordable housing advocates in san francisco will be submitting a petition to the city's election department. they are submitting 20,000 or so signatures to qualify a no eviction without representation initiative for the june ballot. the ballot initiative seeks to make san francisco the first california city to provide tenants a right to counsel against eviction. >>> a poll by the firm public policy polling finds about 60% of likely voters in the city would support the proposed initiative by a 2:1 margin. >>> a driver is facing charges after a messy hit-and-r

ra becker mercer, the billionaire donor, a stake holder in the site, in the breitbart leadership, looking to push him. he wanted to move away from bannon as being this omni present person running the whole operation. >> you reported or tweeted out earlier today bannon is "wistful," but referenced thomas cromwell in recent days, cromwell guided a king but cromwell was eventually sent to the tower. >> executed. >> what is that about? >> what was doing my reporting today with colleagues, we were trying to get a sense of what's happening inside of the whole breitbart world today as this drama unfolds, this battle with the white house. people saban none keeps talking about history, he mentioned thomas cromwell, who was an adviser to a british king. and he eventually was sent to the tower of london and executed. bannon's reason for that, they tell us, is that he sees himself as a revolutionary figure who guided a president, but he never really saw it as something that would last. >> thinks highly of himself. does he have to move out of the breitbart residence? >> we've been into that, hard to s

he also had the k bahhing of re-becker mercer which he lost this week as well when she publicly rebuked him and now he really is left with his perch at brietbart news as executive chairman. this week we heard there was a hard push according to a person familiar to oust him as executive chairman of the board. debating whether they wanted to essentially fire him from that position and we still haven't heard what happened. we know that there was this debate, but we haven't heard what happened. if he loses that position, he -- it's really hard to see how he stays influential and relevant at least in the immediate future. >> and sarah sanders said it's something that brietbart should consider, getting rid of steve bannon. i want to go to the relationship between bannon and president trump. you know, other members of president trump's inner circle have been banished before and have been welcomed back, but not after getting a moniker. right? now we've got sloppy steve. what's the likelihood that we'll see as we saw, to see someone who's been pushed outcome back? >> i think some of his advisors

parliament has sparked outrage over a racial slur aimed at the mixed race son of tennis star boris becker meyer of the empty immigration alternative for germany used twitter to describe know a backer as a quote little half negro on tuesday germany's leading tabloid build reported on the inflammatory tweet which has since been deleted from the social media service know a backer who is of african american and german descent now plans to press charges against him. and for more on that let's bring in rupert de devolves who is joining us from our parliamentary studios here in berlin so what we know that as we heard know a backer is planning to take legal action against the a.f.d. a lawmaker who used this racist slur against him on twitter what can we expect while germany has some one of the most world's most toughest laws on defamation. offering even prison sentences for on people who deny the holocaust or inciting hatred against minorities but then on the other side we also have to see that the german. justice system has been very reluctant to use these laws to the full extent in the past the

becker, you might know that the liability of that seawall not only to the rec and park department, but to the city and county of san francisco is in excess of $30 million if it fails and it did fail once before in the 1980s which led to the coastal development permit that we had to adjudicate last month. and so i wonder if you have any long-term strategic planning? >> we do not at the moment have a long-term plan to deaccusation deaccusation -- to deacquisition the park. and it's included in our stewardship where in consultation or regulation with the fish and wildlife and the coastal commission and the army corps of engineers and about 17 other city -- you know, state, local and state and federal agencies -- that we are trying -- working very hard to achieve a balance between exceptional eclogical stewardship and a very affordable accessible recreational amenity. and it is a tricky property and i think that sea level rise and climate change will require us to continue to discuss not just shock park but it's part of the reason that we have the ocean beach master planning process and pa

also has forces in the area and turkey is actively seeking support in its planned offensive stephanie becker reports now from one path on the turkish side of the border where turkish tanks have been massing this week. the turkish army is steadily increasing its presence along this stretch of the syrian border present one has been threatening to attack the kurdish run area for almost a week now there has been sporadic shelling. side after thousands marched on thursday in protest at turkey's aggression how to have the most with the goal of this large demonstration is to send a message to the world and especially to turkey concerning the turkish threats we will not be a fright. we came here to protest the attacks on offering we will stand by offering an outreach that. is one of three autonomy as kurdish enclaves controlled by the syrian kurdish p y d party and its armed wing the y p g turkey sees the y.p. g. as an offshoot of the kurdistan workers' party or p k k which it together with the us in europe consider a terrorist organization but the y.p. g. has been working with the us to push ice a

we were talking earlier about whether boris becker could hit a ball through you. that was this that you believed you'd uncovered. someone told me at when i was much younger, and i questioned it... we have consulted the finest positions and aerodynamicists in the country, and i don't think it can happen. people have been saying if you hit a stone really hard... but not a soft tennis ball. thank you for clearing that up. and we are talking sport of a kind, because nutrition is a part of sport. it is the latest superfood endorsed by bloggers and celebrities, yet it contains more saturated fat than lard. is coconut oil really all it's cracked up to be? well, the first human trial comparing its health benefits with that of butter and olive oil has been carried out in the uk, and the results are surprising. professor katie khaw, from cambridge university, where the study was conducted, joins us from our london newsroom, and dietician nichola ludlam—raine is here in the studio. good morning, both. thank you very much forjoining us. first of all, what have you found? go

schools affected include: berkeley high,..willard middle ntary >>> water fountains at the becker unified school district are shut down, a high school, middle school and two elementary schools and pre-k. they are fixing it. >>> today in san francisco, jewish groups and advocates for illegal immigrants are set to hold a rally against planned federal i.c.e. sweeps. they are meeting at noon outside i.c.e. headquarters on sansom street. raffic and weather in just a moment. >>> good morning. 8:27. we are tracking fog and some slowdowns for drivers along highway 37. excuse me, this is 101 near ignacio boulevard and if you are heading through novato, your ride is very slow as well as on highway 37 near lakeville highway. richmond/san rafael bridge, this is the toll plaza. headlights moving westbound. then we have a backup that extends along westbound 580 from marina bay parkway to sir francis drake boulevard. about a 12-minute ride. here's highway 37. right at highway 121. folks are dealing with that "karl the fog" this morning riding shotgun for the friday morning commute. [chuckling] over at t

bannon's backer, becker mercer highlighting her support for the president and distancing herself from bannon's statements. my family has not communicated with steve bannon in many months, she told "the washington post." the white house weighing in on if breitbart should fire bannon. >> i think it's something they should look at. >> reporter: the book re-ignites questions about the president's mental stability. wolff writing that the president repeats himself. everybody was aware of the increasing pace of his repetitions. trump aides dismissing those claims as disgraceful and laughable. steve bannon hasn't disputed any of his quotes in the book. but trump aides said they were misquoted. the author, michael wolff, and the publisher, say they stand by their account. the president unloaded on a tweet last night. i authorized zero access to white house, actually turned him down, for author of phony book. i never spoke to him. lies and misrepresentations and sources. look at his pass and sloppy steve, apparently his new nickname for steve bannon. >>> michael wolff joins us this morning. goo

. -- betters, becker economic -- higher yields, better economic growth. where are we since gdp? >> i don't see anything better than 2.5%. tom: wire you beneath everybody else? komal: i don't believe the tax plan will give the stimulus for the economy, just as this did for equities. ass is the same thing monetary policy and quantitative easing. ,he fed boosted equity markets and the economy continue to stay at a certain growth rate. the other issue, and the one -- iyou raised earlier think this is a bull market. after bill gross said to 60 3 am mark -- march 13, i told you that indicated that market had stopped. i thought we were in a old then, and we want to almost 2% in september. again, i said i sold my clients yesterday after the bill gross statement. this is a large. yesterday we had a major on h otc on policy as well. francine? guestne: going to ask our , we are talking about 50.6, a 10 year yield. see a just going to rotation from one asset class to the other for? 2018 -- -- could see gird road a rotation with equities. i think any backup in yields is contained. i think yo

ignores the game theory -- they don't teach game theory in chicago unless you are the late great gary becker. it is more game theory of princeton. what is the game theory that occurs if we raise tariffs on solar panels or on washing machines? jacob: i've seen something very specific of a given step of a much wider strategy swan not going to start going into each and every screw in this big machine. the approach should be -- i think that any discussion of this type should have up preamble. opennt to end up with an trading system as possible because it's good for the world economy. of course, in order to get that system, we much make sure -- gains ofe sure the trade are shared in an equitable way. nobody has invented a tariff system that improves significantly for the long run. tom: this is critical. within your sterling career, did we screw it up with nafta? we did not deliver the public good to low-paid factory workers who were hammered by nafta. the fact is we did not provide the reach training and incentives. were we fair to the supporters of mr. trump over the last 40 years? they lost the

aviation student in northern minnesota taking a marriage gavin becker wrote marry me in the snow before flying his long time girlfriend over the message for an aerial view. it took him about four and a half hours to draw it out. those letters were each 25 feet. >> wow. >> in length. and the good news is of course she said yes. how he did it so perfectly is impressive to me. >> on a lake maybe. >> doesn't that look like it's water underneath. >> water is frozen underneath. >> lucky up in minnesota nobody came skating along and ruined his masterpiece. >> hockey game didn't work out. >> video gone viral two little girls shopping with their mom in hawaii got super excited when they saw the costco clerk because they said he looked like maui from disney's "moana." the cash cheer add -- ash shear admitted he's dressed up like the character. happy to play along. >> super fun. 7:24 is our time copious amounts of rain. >> sorry i was watching the viral video. i was excited. >> you were intrigued, right. >> i mean the last video we shot a little mower of a closeup of the gentleman at work there. >

higher profit and sales at stanley black and becker down a couple of bucks dow stocks four of them and we do this every day these are dow stocks hitting all time highs look at wal-mart at 105. microsoft at 9 29, jpmorgan travelers all time highs for dow stocks. now, here's a story i just find this pass naughting. fined 1.2 billion by the europeans, why because they apparent paid off apple to use their chips so exes collusively so you have two american companies or -- doing business together, and the europeans fine them europeans fine them. >> europeans are fining them sayingon what you're icing outs competition by basically saying to a l we're going to pay you special payments to only use our chips in your phones and your ipads. you know, but basic cal will i a 1.2 billion they've had this agreement since 2011. this san agreement where it says we will pay you more money apple if you only use your chips. here's thing eu basically if you built on our company and icing outs our companies where it is our antitrust laws are about consumer pricing and better products. so -- astonishing that

boris becker for me, because i liked him. he was great to watch! holidays are a time to relax and a good excuse for that well—deserved lie—in. but how many of us have set an early alarm just to rush down to the pool and stick a towel on a sunbed? have any of you done that? i bet you have! well, that could soon become a thing of the past, because one tour operator is offering holidaymakers the chance to pay to reserve one in advance. so is it a good idea? phoebe smith, is the travel editor of wanderlust magazine and she joins us from munich in germany. good morning to you. it is bizarre that we are speaking to you in germany which is often the place where we have this sort of fancy are to merge with germans about i suppose the right to have a sunbed. 0rdo you suppose the right to have a sunbed. or do you think of this story? £20 to reserve a sunbed before you go on holiday. i think it is one of those things, like you said. if for you a holiday is all about lounging about in the sun in the perfect spot you probably don't want to get up super ear

leaders also agreed to continue to exert maximum pressure on north korea the son of tennis champion boris becker says he's pressing charges against a german nationalist lawmaker who insulted him using a racist slur on social media know a backer whose mother is of german and african-american descent described the remarks made by yes minor as unbearable and racist that said i'll have more news for you in half an hour stay with al-jazeera coming up next it's the scream thanks for watching. welcome to a new year of this stream alive on al-jazeera and i'm femi oke a now lab may to meet driverless cars and robot caregivers all once part of some fantasy but the future is he at right now today on the street. the story of human evolution is one that is intimately tied to me once we started cooking.