Ever happen to Champions League well bring you all the action. And celebrating one of germanys past our house film makers on them vendor 75th birthday a new documentary takes a legendary director out from behind the camera and puts him in the limelight. Im sumi so much going to its good to have you with us within the past hour the e. U. Commission chief on the line has said she supports sanctions on Television Officials who have violated Democratic Values or abused human rights close to 7000 people have been detained in a Police Crackdown that followed president aleksander look at those disputed reelection earlier the government and started releasing some of those detained during the protests this apparent concession comes as theres growing pressure both at home and abroad and as more disturbing reports emerged of abuse at the hands of security officials. Protesters freed from custody. Many bearing scars. They were detained whilst painting fury at what they see as a stolen election at
Leaving families scrounging for food and sustenance we asked how much. Welcome to. Glad you could join Us Afghanistan has begun releasing the 1st of 400 taliban prisoners as part of a deal agreed between the u. S. And. The release of the prisoners was a Sticking Point holding up eventual talks between the government and the taliban many of the prisoners are accused of serious crimes and the only released after the council of prominent elders called by president bush of connie gave the go ahead. Even though grannies signed the eventual order approving the release he called the prisoners a danger to the world heres what some of them had to say as they left prison. I was detained here for kidnapping i spent almost 80 years in prison. But only by call on my plate is when the president ordered our release and call on them to embrace a permanent ceasefire and to stop the bloodshed. So that we can all live peaceful lives. The lives of our youth have been made musical journey to war and the fu
Administrations Clean Power Plan and with paris happening a month ago, Carbon Pricing more broadly . How ready are u. S. Energy companies for those two regulations . All of our companies some are across the continuum. Some have supported a trade approach. Some have supported a carbon tax. Theres a variety of different position amongst our Member Companies. The things we have focused on primarily is the science and the data. Why . Because we think that is the story thats not being told today. The relate is that the u. S. Is the leader. The president should have gone to paris and said i have a case study in the United States. Were able to grow our economy, put people to work, at the same time our Carbon Emissions are at a 20year low. We think that story should be told because we think it will help reorient other thinkers about the solutions of our time which is climate. We believe we now have a case study. We actually have data that shows how you continue to support a growing economy at
Of political party, regardless of energy conversation. We believe as i talked about earlier its all about education. Its about science and its all about data. We believe if everybody will talk from that perspective, the solutions to the challenges of our day are easier to drive at if we base them in science and data. And thats why this u. S. Model is so important is because what it shows us is we can reduce carbon emission. If thats the issue of our time, we can do that through cleaner burning natural gas. So we have not aligned with any campaign. We have not aligned with any political party. If questioned by any of them, were open to all of them because we believe this energy issue, specifically oil and gas, is a common area where we should be able to come together. Thank you. Im with the ap. Many thanks for the opportunity. I would like to ask you about the western hemisphere. What opportunities do you see and how important are they in the western hemisphere for the next year not onl