Will he make good on his pledge to face possible espionage charges in return for mannings release . Plus, the dates developments at the World Economic forum. Reporter here in davos, nobel prizewinning Economist Joseph Stiglitz rules trumps economic policies are bound to fail. Brent i am brent goff. Good to have you with us. Outgoing u. S. President barack obama has given his last press conference, telling the media America Needs you, democracy needs you. That is after his successor, donald trump, floated the idea of booting the press corps out of the white house. Obama urged journalists to empower americans with accurate, rigorous reporting. President obama i spent a lot of time in my farewell address talking about the state of our democracy. It goes without saying that essential to that is a free press. That is part of how this place, this country, this grand experiment of selfgovernment has to work. It doesnt work if we dont have a wellinformed citizenry. And you are the conduit thro
Is home to 2. 5 million people. On april 25, 2015, the region was struck by a major earthquake. The tremor destroyed 890 buildings and left nearly 9,000 people dead. Even now, more than 20,000 are still living as evacuees. Many unesco World Heritage sites were badly damaged. 30 registered buildings, including palaces and temples were completely destroyed. Another 80 or more suffered partial damage. Many people still live in temporary housing and their wellbeing takes precedence, so the government is too busy to look after heritage sites. An npo called the Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust or kvpt has taken up the challenge of restoring damaged World Heritage sites to their former glory. With financial and Technical Support from overseas, kvpt aims to restore 16 buildings. Its not easy to secure the materials and personnel that we require for restore ration. However we want to do everything we possibly can to complete the work. The project employs around 100 local crafts people, but s
Moves. Thats my rhythm. And wearing a diaper. Well, im almost 50. There is no age requirement on this. He has on his sneaks out in the middle of nowhere like, hey people cant take away what happens. Youre in control of what happens. If you want to go out and have a dance right now and share it with other people this is the 2017 version of happy. Pretty much. And its trending. We could all use more happiness in our lives. You have to be optimistic. Im looking at captain pessimism here. You know what is funny . When this is all said and done, we need to have an office dance party. All right, hit it just dont turn the cameras on. Thanks for watching, everybody. See you next time on rtm. Not ir you guys waffles are my favorite some cough medicines only last 4 hours. But just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. Areas received beautiful snow. A Beautiful Day on the slopes for this a lot powder there, until not where itwas. He just goes flying off th
Rolling out of bed this morning. Back to work we go, and i would take the umbrella along if youll out for a prolonged period of time today. Right now were completely dry, but you see some rain out to our west. Now, i dont think all this will hit us. Its going to be moving into some drier air. This is rain coming through indiana, but here at home the air is superduper dry, so i think any rain we see during the day pretty isolated. You can see that at this hour, 6 01, really nothing happening in northeast ohio. It is totally dry, and i would expect a dry commute out there. Quiet conditions, so i gave it the green light for your drive in. Its chilly. Bundle up. Upper 30s through 8 00 in the morning, and we should hit 41 at 9 00. A yellow light for the evening commute as we could have a few spotty rainshowers around, especially out to the west of cleveland. Thats where were most likely drive, and look at these numbers. Mid50s this afternoon. You might drive home with the windows down it wi
States everyone has the right to freedom of Peaceful Assembly and association and association. In many countries, this basic right is often ignored. The cuban government regularly per cracks down on protesters, like this, just a few weeks ago. In turkey, the government represses protesters, like here in the gay pride parade. And Security Forces in hong kong show did no mercy during the months of student protests in 2014. Meanwhile, south korea is not usually associated with such images, not usually that is. A demonstration in seoul. The police put up barricades. That is illegal according to the constitutional court. In the evening, the antigovernment protests get out of control. From a distance of only a few meters, a water cannon hits this young man, putting him into a coma. It continues to pound him as he lies unconscious and seriously injured. A short time later, we are with his wife and daughters in a hospital. She has come from the netherlands with her family. We are not allowed i