in today's first world news story wisconsin republicans have pushed through governor scott walker's anti union bill in the state senate after a three week am past the saw the state's largest protest since vietnam war public and split the m needed to pass the bills nonphysical provisions less question had been stalled since fourteen democrat senators fled wisconsin three weeks ago to deny republicans a quorum the approved legislation included provisions that would strip most public employee workers of their rights to collective bargaining when word got out about the vote thousands of workers students and union supporters raced to the capitol despite initial restrictions from police estimated seven thousand people managed to enter the building many remained inside after staying overnight wisconsin state assembly is expected to vote on the m have a on a court record medical record in marjah dharna i'll mars and tobruk the total number is plus minus one hundred killed in the first time since the seventeenth to twentieth february so the total number is somewhere around four hundred of palestinian descent were singled out by a security officer and beaten severely porters were caged in hooded one point they were forced to face the wall and the man in plain clothes placed his gun on the necks of the detained journalist and fired two shots next to one reporter's h camera operator got a corrupt and said they were detained along with other prisoners who had been tortured and said i can't describe how bad it was they were mostly them hooded and handcuffed really tired all swollen hands broken ribs they were in  screaming and there was a big operation going on there for a second floor heard a lot of screaming can't describe it was horrible the worst thing i've ever seen in my life i've seen a lot of bad stuff in egypt hundreds of pro democracy protesters have been attacked in cairo's tahrir here square small groups armed with rocks and knives were seen assaulting demonstrators ahead of the egyptian military effort to remove the last of protesters who have remained entire here since the uprising constitutional government yemen's opposition immediately rejected the offer calling for ongoing demonstrations in tulsa lay stepped down dozens of people were wounded in two people killed once allays forces opened fire on a rally in the capital will remain a spiritual leader tibet's political leadership should be elected the dalai lama's departure will be formalized at a meeting of the tibetan parliament in exile next week and  has become the first state to abolish the death penalty since two thousand and nine on wednesday governor governor pat quinn signed legislation ending capital punishment after two months of deliberation and he said it is impossible to create a perfect system  all discrimination with respect to race in economic circumstances or geography to have a consistent perfect death penalty system i have concluded after looking at everything i've been given that that's impossible in our state i think it's the right adjusting to abolish the death penalty has committed the death sentences of all fifteen illinois prisoners on death row giving them life in prison with no chance of parole executions have been halted in illinois since january two thousand mor followed revelations of the innocence of at least twenty death row prisoners they had of national public radio in p r has resigned admits controversy created by the release of an undercover video and p r president c e o vivian stepped down one day after a right wing activist james o'keefe released a video showing two people posing as muslim donors meeting with two n p r executives on the tape one of the executives suggests tea party as you know for weak and racist and that n p r would be better off without government funding the exactly ron schiller no relation to vivian schiller has also resigned the incident comes as n p r faces calls for massive funding cuts from republicans and tea party supporters white house press secretary jay carney said the government's continued funding to n p r and public broadcasting he said we do not support calls to eliminate funding for national public radio and the corporation for public broadcasting as is evidenced by our budget we think that there are worthwhile and important services over the last two years what a surprise according to national lines on mental illness arizona has it was tied for the lord's third largest cuts in mental health spending at twenty three percent and a former u s soldier has been arrested in connection with failed bombing on martin luther king day junior martin luther king jr day parade march in spokane washington earlier this year kevin williams her friend could face life imprisonment on charges of attempting to use a center nonprofit that tractate groups has identified her from as a one time member of the white supremacist national alliance to premise and influence so how is palin has voted to defend the anti l target gays and lesbians followed last year's repeal of don't ask don't tell policy which bans openly gay people to serve in the military and it's ready to vote the house bipartisan legal advisory group directed to house general counsel to defend doma in court and in media news journalist and author robert scheer and the new york city new york city based magazine city limits has been named shared wonders of the third annual izzie award for special achievement in independent media is it word is named after legendary maverick journalist i f stone who launched i love stones weekly nine hundred fifty three and exposed government deceptions mccarthyism and racial bigotry the park center for independent media at ithaca college in new york city cited cheer for being a beacon of journalistic independence who expose both major parties in issues of foreign and domestic while giving voice to the different disenfranchised and city limits is providing a model of in depth urban journalism to jennifer sanford police blotter in pictures in the blotter not from these actual vans were used for visual aid only last fall the police department on tuesday eight thirty three a m call from eight hundred block of whispering pines lane reported several vehicles had been vandalize freeman lane reported her ex boyfriend pushed her down and twelve thirty one p m it woman reported possible dennehy theft and one of nine p m call from one hundred block of his main street reported a woman under the influence of drugs she was arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest and been under the influence of a controlled substance one ten p m call from one thousand block whispering pines line reported stolen vehicle from a one vehicle hit another and at three fifty two p m call from bank of bennett street reported a man shooting things in the air with a sling shot four fifteen p m call from one hundred block of west main street reportedly b b hole in a window receiving a call from a crying woman who said she was being held hostage it was found to be a dispute not a kidnapping and ten fourteen a m caller from eleven thousand block of courtney road reported the theft of lights from the fairgrounds on march second thirty six p m a caller from thirteen thousand block brittney springs road reported someone doing wheelies and wednesday two thirty four am it woman from rough and ready highway and ridge road reported a person  lying on the edge of the road not moving a man was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public and five forty one a m a woman from sixteen thousand block of meyer lane reported hearing a banging noise no reason could be found broad street reported the theft and six forty seven p m caller from seven hundred block of zion street reported shoplifter in custody who were cited and released and that's it today for the blotter now another thanks from one of our underwriters who supports your cinema's about ten fifty p m following her import and intoxicated man by security personnel said lieutenant david stephenson an officer attempted to interview the man jonathan harris he became belligerent and kicked an officer dobs there did not require medical treatment stevenson said the man was booked into el dorado county jail in south lake tahoe and in a story written by angela dia's of the union public commentary dominated wednesday's new better city council meeting as passionate opinions were shared on bed and breakfast facilities and the homeless community the well attended meeting had a significant change in it agenda discussions on the draft ordinance prohibiting the opening of new bed and breakfast in residential areas was pushed to the march twenty third nevada city council meeting but that didn't stop to committee from speaking its min on the issue of february nineteenth nevada city council meeting council members directed staff to draft the ordinance february twenty third the council unanimously voted to send the ordinance to the planning commission for review public comment after february ninth meeting was dominated by community opposition against the opening of new bed breakfast i wanted nevada city mayor chamber of commerce board president barbie jackson i'm sorry  spoke out of the chamber support of allowing bed and breakfast facilities to open in residential areas many residents and business owners were in agreement citing the current lack of big breakfast in and the need for quality housing for tourists those agreeing with the ordinance including longtime resident laurie oberholzer reminded the ordinance is essentially in line with ect this teen zoning and their bed and breakfast soldiers are allowed in commercial zones keep neighborhoods as neighborhoods freezing night resident and business owner charles durant presented the council with the ordinance prohibiting removal of bedrooms and clothes until there is a commendation to nevada city for homeless people also slated for the march twenty third nevada city council meeting and in other business truckie based nonprofit sera business council gave a presentation on the various cities government operations greenhouse g emissions inventory the study based on farm in from two thousand and eight showed nevada city's main emissions concerned wastewater treatment because and buildings primary source include electricity and gas recommendations for reductions included continued energy audits and utilize ation of fuel alternatives the nevada city chamber of commerce gave a presentation on the newly created strategic plan twenty seven program of work the plan was developed to clarify the mission of the chamber down to fry's strengths and weaknesses and pinpoint future areas of focus parodies include marketing and communication fund development and volunteer development we somebody would focus on job council was to consider an ordinance amending and adding a nevada city minnesota code to provide for adoption of city disaster plan dot com has not been discussed as the time of this story and i don't pertain to the was added to the close session which had not been held yet and after an evening filled with public comment pertaining to the draft ordinance prohibiting the opening of bed and breakfast cereal deeds in residential areas and homeless community the nevada city council considered an ordinance amending in adding to the nevada city minister paul code to provide for adoption of city disaster plan and held a closed session to discuss certain requirements pertaining in the administrative office of the courts so i guess we won't know what that means don't later and that's it for local news today give you t v news like to thank so you press routers amy goodman the union and others for th we are broadcast three times a day on public access and c t v comcast cable channel eleven and suddenly channel sixteen in truckee and three p m seven thirty p m monday through friday and random saturday is another times check website scheduling we are streamed daily on let's face it until we start telling the truth about pot nobody will believe anything said about harder drugs mixed messages having alcohol which is a drug been separated from the rest of the drugs and been accepted in society and cigarettes which also are a drug being peddled through retail outlets everywhere every day killing millions if you want to slow down the amount of addiction in our youth then be honest about the effects of pot and don't make it the little tiny steppingstone into the drug world make the first step a giant one like heroin or methamphetamines and much less likely people will follow that path just take all the drugs and put them into drug stores take them away from the cartels and street pushers tax them all and take the money to help treat those who seek treatment and use honest and real facts to warn people away from a life of illegal drugs might not hurt to look at the million to drugs being peddled by our doctors too if you're going to on a fact hunt about drugs and quit calling it alcohol and drugs it's alcohol and other drugs i'm additional pot clinic is not going to sell pot to kids and unless the people who go in these places accident