Ties. Binyamin netanyahu is in washington as a row raises over the upcoming address over u. S. Congress. Im m buenos aires, where hundreds dom show support for Cristina Fernandez de kirchner, and her last state of the nation address. What was planned as an opposition strength but in the end it became a memorial march for russian Opposition Leader Boris Nemtsov. Tens of thousands rallied on the streets of moscow in one of biggest demonstrations in protests against vladimir putin, four years ago. Rory challands reports. Reporter Boris Nemtsov hoped suns sundays rally would be a reenergizing of the opposition. Boris nemtsov was not here to do it. His murder arguably was a reason why they came. We came to protest because they killed a man, a man telling the truth. A man was killed for telling the truth. Translation i came because boris was killed and not only because of that because we need to fight. We cannot live like this. I look around and i want to shout. People, i love you. Reporter
Namibia. The iraqi Army Launched an offensive to retake Sadaam Husseins hometown of tikrit. A force of 20,000 militia understand and sunni tribes are push fighting to push ice oil out north of the capital of baghdad. Today, god willing, we will start and important military campaign to liberate the citizens of the province from Islamic State militants. I call upon you to deal with the citizens well. We should protect the citizens and their properties. Prime minister abaddi this afternoon is Briefing Members of parliament on how that operation is going. It has a huge political component. Iraqi military Officials Say theyve launched a threepronged offensive, theyre no longer on the defensive, coming from the south, north and west of tikrit. Tikrit is the first big city the first really big test that iraqi forces face, and part of the reason its such a test is that it is a major sunni center. Its Sadaam Husseins hometown. In the past few hours military Officials Say they have retaken the t
Food clean water medicines, everything is in short supply in yemen. People are desperate for aid as human train year groups and russia call for a pause in fighting. For 12 days a Saudiled Coalition has been hitting houthi targets all along the country. Head i fighting on the ground is blocking effort to help. Omar saleh reports. Reporter two weeks of air strikes and the humanitarian situation in yemen is only worsening by the day. In the capital sanaa there is a rush to buy food and people are panicking and preparing for the worst this. Long queue is for a sack of being wheat. The price has almost doubled since the war started. Translator the sack of wheat is almost 40 so the poor people cant afford too eat anymore. Translator some people come and buy 20 sacks whereas many others want to get one sack. I have been trying to buy one for the last two days. Reporter the fighting and air strikes have led to fuel shortages too. And people are scared. Translator i have been here since last ni
Here for those commendations. So as a compliment or alternative to that, my legislation officially recognizes that january is restaurant month in california, and establishes the last ten days of january as Restaurant Week in the city and county of San Francisco. I wanted to thank gwyneth from the Golden Gate Restaurant Association for their support and colleagues, thank you for helping me ensure we are doing the peoples business efficiently, effectively and in a way that respects the publics time. And with that, it is now 2 31, and madame clerk, we will return to roll call at a later time, because we have a 2 30 special commendation by our own district 2 supervisor, mark farrell. Thank you, madame president. So colleagues i have a great honor of bringing someone forward today before the board of supervisors. Were going to be voting on an imperative item to declare it father brenan mcbryde day in San Francisco. We have San Franciscos home to thousands of irish immigrants here in our gre
St. Patricks day father mcbride come before us on st. Patricks day. Just to give you a bit of background on father brendon, as he is known to everyone. He has committed his lifes work to help our irish immigrants. He is a native of ireland and been in in countries in the world, to eventually here in San Francisco. He has been especially formative in the Irish Immigration Pastoral Center here in our great city of San Francisco and everybody identifies father with the center. He has grown it into a thriving hub, helping irish immigrants in our city. It is a Nonprofit Community organization, assisting all irish immigrants in the bay area. I would call his style working quietly and behindthescenes one of the most humble people you will ever come across. He is both a teacher and a student to so many people. He has offered citizenship advice, Job Interview consultation, just working with our irish immigrant families here in San Francisco. He is a leadbyexample type of person and i have the g