>> hello, from al jazeera's headquarters in doha in london. coming up on the program, one bag of food to last a family of five for three days. aid is being handed out but some say the government is playing favorites. a huge car bomb happened near when talks are due about security. >> reporter: the stories we're

covering in europe. reeling from a painful political split, berlusconi reaches out to friends. >> and san francisco goes gotham for a good cause. >> first to the philippines where the aid situation appears to be improving. the united nations says the effort is being scaled up, but it's getting to remote areas that is still a big challenge. the philippines air force began air dropping some food packs to those remote areas. people had been swarming the helicopters, and pilots began to land on outskirts of villages before taking off again. and now tacloban one of the worst-hit areas. some still trying to leave, some

cueing for days for a flight out. others say they're not able to get help, and others say they don't feel safe in the city. aid is being organized in tacloban, but it's not getting to everyone. some people say they're missing out, not because aid can't reach them but because local officials are playing favorites. >> reporter: work has been nonstop for days at this national government warehouse. typhoon victims pack relief goods in exchange for food. these bags are meant to last a family of five for three days. national officials say they have serviced half of the families affected by typhoon haiyan. >> these sacks of rice are being transported by the military from a national government warehouse to a local government unit. these are the individual villages affected by typhoon haiyan. the officials in those villages

are the ones to distribute it to the residents. but there is no guarantee even under a state of national calamity with the government focused here that the aid reaches its ultimate destination. these survivors say they have yet to receive any help and food distribution has been colored by local politics. >> the village chairman, the one who from our area, 62 b. others were given numbers to receive aid. those from that area and those from that other area but not us. >> reporter: national government representatives make the rounds of typhoon-affected areas. they expect to get damage assessment from each village and the aid already received. >> i personally go to check and verify because i do it personally. i do the distribution personally. and sometimes i counter check. >> reporter: but there is always

a way to get around the system, and they are aware of the problems. the national government has little more than trust to rely on. >> we have to assume they who need it most and how to get it to them quickly and how t rememe philippines face 20 storms a year. this is how we've always worked in coordinating the local government. >> reporter: it might be time to change the system especially in situations like this where many of the local officials are victims, too. >> so that's the situation in tacloban, but it's those remote areas that is a problem. how do you get there when roads are damaged and fuel is scarce. we managed to get a ride on board a truck delivering aid to people on banti island and found

out what a dangerous job 2 can be. >> reporter: early morning light filters on the deck and fails to wake the sleeping crew. they have been up most of the night loading critical supplies for rescue mission bringing relief to a remoat island off the tip of cebu. the sleeping fishing and farming island was one of the few to be decimated by typhoon haiyan. >> i can only example what they have been experiencing over the past few days. the hunger, the fear in their eyes. >> reporter: the response team, a civil group that works with the local government to help with disaster relief say that 95% of the area was wiped out in the room. all but forgotten until now. all the people here have been without food, clean water and medical services for a week. the roads have only just been cleared but even then bringing in aid is hazardous.

>> look out, this one hit the truck. okay. completely hit this power line. as you can see this is part of the reason that this is a pretty dangerous trip for these guys to make. we're on a track taking us down to santa fe, it's not live, is it? wait, wait. and something like that to take your head off. these guys are making these trips on a daily basis. they're just coming in with this aid and they're trying to get it to santa fe. there is not one house or power line that has not been affected by the typhoon. >> reporter: they were the last to receive aid. as we arrived the first responders were confronted by the shear hunger. as day turned tonight more people came, more hungry mouths to feed. women, children, the old, the young, the desperate.

>> we need water and food. we need t help. >> reporter: more aid is on its way. international ngos are planning convoys of supplies but for now this is all they have. >> for giving--one more day, tomorrow. >> reporter: it has been very chaotic. people because it's more of survival of the fittest. they want to eat. >> reporter: less than 20 people were killed on this island and escaped the tidal surge that drowned so many but the power of the wind was evident everywhere. a favorite of mainlanders, there was nothing left of the beach side resort. almost all the boats on the island were damaged and vegetable crops destroyed. for now there is little islanders can do except to wait for aid and think about how they will rebuild. craig leesam, al jazeera, the

philippines. >> a suicide car bomber killed at least six people in afghanistan, including six civilians. it occurred where elders will be debating security agreements to allow u.s. troops to remain in afghanistan. we have reports now from the scene. in. >> this is as close as the police will allow us to get to the blast site. but behind me there is a crane that has lifted a destroyed car to be taken away. the police say it was a suicide car bombing targeting the presidenarea.this is meant to hr 200,000 representatives from around afghanistan later next week who will come here to discuss the future of u.s. troops in the country.

>> sri lanka's president has warned against international pressure against its government. they will file a complaint against the u.n. if the government does not investigate human rights abuses by march. we have reports from columbo. >> reporter: the tension between david camryn and the two leaders posed for photographs after a private meeting in columbo. during the meeting the they were given until march to set up inquiry against alleged war crimes or face an u.n. investigation. >> it was a frank meeting. of course not everything i said was accepted, but i sense that they want to make progress on these issues, and it will help, frankly, by having international pressure in order to make sure

that happens. >> reporter: but senior sri lankan prime ministers quickly reject the plan. >> reporter: the first foreign leader to arrive in more than 06 years. at one point the prime minister's convoy was surrounded by more than 200 protesters holding pictures of loved one who is they say was either killed by sri lankan armed forces or who have disappeared. more than 40,000 people were killed in the final stages of the civil, mostly tamils. they are accused of committing atrocities but most were killed by missiles. the government say the criticism isn't there.

>> our leaders were killed. ssri lankan had hoped hosting te government meeting would be an opportunity to showcase it's revival after the end of its 26-year civil war, but tensions with the british prime minister and boycotts by several others leaders have largely overshadowed the event and have put the government on the defensive over its alleged human rights abuses. al jazeera, columbo. >> murder, torture and all around brutality. egyptian government could face a long list of legal charges. coming up on the news hour. plus the countdown is on for collections in chile. we'll meet one of the more controversial candidates.

>> reporter: i'm standing outside of the stadium in mumbai where he has played his final match. >> 40 protesters killed in the capital on friday. gunmen open fired on the demonstrators. we have reports from tripoli. >> reporter: this is how a militia group in tripoli responded to a protest demanding its fighters get out of the city. the demonstrators were attacked as they marched towards the headquarters of the brigade. one of libya's many militia groups. >> reporter: these are the conditions of war not a peaceful protest. and this is the result, blood.

>> fighting broke out among different armed groups. and by the end of the confrontation more than 30 people had been killed. >> i saw scenes of total chaos at the hospital both in front of the house, and with lots of armed men trying to divert their traffic, and the same thing was reflected inside the hospital where i also saw lots and lots of armed men running around totally overwhelmed. >> a week ago the government called on people to take to the streets to pressure the military groups to disband. >> the departure of militias from tripoli is a command that is not up for discussion. it's a necessary and urgent demand. even the city council said there should be a campaign of civil disobedience. what they didn't expect was such

a violent response. security forces stayed out of it. but some people blame them for not doing enough. >> they started shooting, look this, is the blood of libyans as stated in the national congress, you traitors, where is the army? where is the police? >> reporter: the militia groups rose to power after overflowing omamuammar qaddafi. since then attempts to intergreat back into society has failed. the fighters don't want to lay down their arms. >> reporter: the streets are quiet this morning but overnight there was heavy exchange of gunfire. and the funerals of those killed likely to take place today. this city is still extreme loglines alytense. >> libya appears increasingly

lawless. >> let's talk more about these militias and the threats they pose. we're joined live from bengahzi. good to have you with us once again. why has the libyan government been unable to rein in, to disband the michelle la or observe them in the regular security forces? >> well, because it's a feeble government, but also it has a leader who is undecisive. they didn't know whether to absorb these militias into the army, but they claim that they have done in groups, which is problematic, instead of absorbing them as individuals where separate by the army or increased numbers. at the same time sometimes they're called militias outside of the rules of law. there is a problem with the

government. the government doesn't really know what to do with them. damned if they have them, damned if they don't. >> is libya there for a failing state, in your opinion? >> reporter: i don't think so. i don't think so. libya as a country, i mean, things are going on. people are sounding optimistic, but again, we still have a problem with the role of the militias who are controversial. on one hand those who deliver from qaddafi and bring the victory that we wanted, but at the same time they have become a burden, and we have to deal with them. and we do not have the application whpoliticianswho cao to regulate them into the army and make sure they come under

the democratically elected government. >> reporter: just give us an idea of how powerful these militias are. how far into state apairs does their insuranc influence extend? >> the most obvious is kidnapping the prime minister himself. and then after humiliating him they released him. they came out and one of these militiamen just went to the congress, and he made a press conference, and he said i just kidnapped the prime minister, and no one dare arrest him. that's how funny things have gone. >> where do they go today with the violence, and as we saw in oh our report, for these militias to disband, where does it all end? >> well, i think they have to disband. there is no alternative. people have made it clear in

bengahzi with charges against these militias and kicked them outside of the city, and now they're in tripoli a year later. there is no way but to disband or to join the folds of the regular army and the police. but we need applications t polio that. i think they're accomplices and are in bed with these militias. >> thank you for your report from be bengahzi. we have more from our european office. yes,ber less kony appealed to form an alliance against

their shared enemy, the center left. but he accused them of trying to murder him politically. >> it seems to us that we should have been rewarded with normal behavior between allies. instead you know what their plans are. it's certainly difficult to think that we can remain allies in parliament and cabinet with those who want to politically kill the leader. >> let's go back to rome and speak to a professor of politics at the american university in rome. now just remind us what has brought about this split. >> well, it started six weeks ago when there was a vote of confidence on the government. he decided that he and the other ministers in the government

would have to support the government. going right up to the last minute was going to try to bring the government down. when he realized he was going to lose, he changed his mind. during the de plate and the party the people of freedom, voted in favor of the former government. after the deadline of his expulsion from the senate is approaching, he has got more and more worried, and he's concerned about protecting himself. as your clip showed, he is not prepare to be in the coalition with parties, with the center-left, which is expected to vote him out of the senate because he is a convict criminal. >> berlusconi was found guilty of tax evasion, and that's why he'll be kicked out of parliament. but what does this mean for

parliament? is this bad news for berlusconi but good news for the coalition. >> it's actually bad news for everyone. ber lesberberlusconi is not ablo control the government any more. he is no longer--he is hoping with this sort of olive branch that he held thought morning that he's able to condition through alfano. the government is weaker because berlusconi because his invented party that was invented in 1994, he hopes to gain political traction being in opposition. but what is going to happen in the next two, three weeks is almost inevitable as he's going to be expelled from parliament. and then on the other side, the pv will have their leader who is

outside of parliament, and the five-star movement which controls a little bit over a quarter of the parliament also has italy with a non non-member parliament. italy is split over the last two or three days, so every single party in parliament-- >> and they are in a grip of austerity, and choosing between the right and left wing, now that berlusconi's party has split what does the right wing look like in italy? >> the right wing is very mixed. there is a center right, government center right led by alfano, and then you have a right wing center right outside of government led by berlusconi

and other smaller parties, which has taken up anti-european stance. so we have this paradox once again in italy of populous from the right and more or less from the left, the anti-european, the anti-government, and its getting rather crowded in that corner of the moment. the distinctions are more personal than political. berlusconi demands loyalty, personal loyalty from his followers. and whatever they do is not irrelevant, not at all irrelevant, but it is secondary to the personal loyalty to the leader. >> professor james from the university of rome. thank you for sharing your views with us. now we'll go to the news hour. let go back to doha. >> barbara, many things. lawyers are accusing the

egyptian military of crimes against humanity. legal experts say it's a case that could go all the way to the international criminal court. let's go live out of cairo. rory, who are these lawyers, and what have they said? give us some context here. >> reporter: well, adrian it's a pretty high-profile team that includes michael mansfield, john dugard, a south african professor who has done a lot of work for the united nations in the palestinian territories. they were brought together by a firm called itn based in london. they were acting in behest to the political wing of the muslim brotherhood. and investigating essentially what's been going on in egypt since august.

and the charges they have come up with is fairly long, murder, unlawful imprisonment, torture, persecution, and forced disappearance. it says the abuses were widespread and systemic and committed by the egyptian military. the key suspects, they say, are from leaders of the military, but also normal soldiers and the interim government. they were basically speaking to lots of people who say they have been here in egypt over the period they were investigating, photos, videos, all sorts of things coming together to build up this body of evidence. now they have a few options there saying they could go to the international court of justice in the hague, or they could go to the international criminal court. at the moment these are just allegations, and they'll look at where they can progress and take them and take for some sort of justice which is the freedom

party itself would love to see. >> why has the freedom of justice party gone to a legal team in london? >> basically because they are the political for muslim brotherhood. and they are being squeezed on all sides. essentially being stripped down by the government. the government has moved against it as an ngo and set up commissions to go after it's financial assets, and all their money as well. basically there is not much room for maneuver within egypt. so this is a way for the muslim brotherhood and the freedom of justice parties to try and exert some sort of pressure on the new government in egypt externally from outside the country. that's really what we're trying to do there. >> thanks. live in cairo.

thousands displaced and cut off from their main source of livelihood. we'll report from somalia's puntland region. >> plus i'm in dubai for the world tour championship. i'll tell if you henrik stenson was able to keep his cool. >> and developing new techniques to help clean up the energy industry.

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>> clean water, food, medicine, all vitally required. >> the australian medical team arrived. >> this is a government warehouse that is preparing relief for the families most effected. >> al jazeera america is there with continuing live coverage. >> the water rose to half-way up to the second story. >> to find out how you can help, go to aljazeera.com. >> in the news hour on al jazeera, food, water, and medical supplies are finally starting to reach people in the more remote parts of the central philippines but humanitarian groups warn there are major challenges ahead. at least six people were killed in a bomb attack in kabul. it happened close to where afghan leaders are due to meet to discuss a controversial security pact.

and sri lanka said any investigation into human rights abuse also take time. britain's prime minister threatened to file a complaint with the u.n. if the inquiry does not begin by march. in the puntland region they're calling for aid after the cyclone. tens of thousands of people are forced from their homes. and what's worse many of the animals they rely on for their livelihood were killed during the storm. >> the devastation was caused by a cyclone in somalia's puntland region. the floods that followed destroyed lives. >> the cold winds accompanying the rain killed some of the live stock, and then the floods swept away the rest. i concentrated on saving my children by putting them on the trees still above the water.

>> reporter: they are unfortunate to live next to the de composing carcasses of their goats. >> both my husband and i got sick immediately after the storm. we know we are in danger of contracting diseases but we have no energy to move away. >> reporter: on a high ground not far away from the road we found a new couple displaced by the cyclone. with no help coming their way they decided to walk here. people have lost everybody that they own and they've come here to get help. but with no military authority to assist it will take them a long time to recover. aid has begun trickling in from outside. planes carrying food and medical supplies arrive in the region capitol on friday.

>> we are thankful for the support of our neighbors. there's is the first outside help we received. the unfolding disaster is huge, and we will need immediate and long-term help. >> reporter: efforts to repair some of the infrastructure continue. here the government workers repair the road. and until it's complete rescue efforts will take time. >> now back to barbara for more news from europe. barbara? >> reporter: adrian hundreds have gathered for demonstration. it follows the conference to find a long-term climate change solution. >> we can the polar bears are

browdrowning, the philippines bg hit by global warming. so we have to do something about it. i'm here to show that i care. >> reporter: norway is trying to bury it's carbon problems literally. western europe's biggest oil gas producer is investing millions of dollars in technology to lower it's greenhouse impact including carbon capture. emma hayward reports now from the carbon capture facilities. >> reporter: it rises from the ground like a city of steel. this is the largest industrial site in norway. and it's biggest emitter of carbon dioxide which can contribute to global warming. nestled on a site among pipes and chimneys, engineers at this test facility are trying to work

out how to turn the co2 tied. exhaust gasses from the power station and oil and gas refinery travel along two different pipes. then different techniques are used to strip away the co2. the gas here is released back into the atmosphere. but with a fully working plant it will be stored underground. >> we can take large amounts of the co 2, from the production and store it in a safe manner and take it out from the climate system. >> reporter: carbon capture is costly. but the international energy agency believes it could help reduce carbon emissions by 14%. sent essentially this is an industrial-sized laboratory, but in reality several thousand fully operational carbon capture plants will be needed to try to

tackle the co2 problems. some environmental campaigners believe too much weight is being placed on the carbon capture because it still allows us to rely on fossil fuels, but supporters say it could be part of the solution. >> what we see is the demand for energy is increasing so raffledly, so it's impossible for the moment to supply all that energy with renewable. we need bridge into the renewable future. that's why we need carbon capture for the next 30, 40 years. >> norway's fortunes are largely rooted in its huge oil and gas reserves. the countryside close by are likely to escape the worse effects of any climate change. what happens at this huge site could end up being both part of the problem and the solution. emif emma award, al jazeera,.

>> emergency workers are being deployed in spain's capital to clear piles of rubbish that has piled up during an 11-day garbage strike. they began to work saturday morning. meanwhile, unions representing the regular street cleaners say they're close to reaching a deal to end their industrial action. ukraine is standing at something of a fork in the road as they try to move close for europe and away from its soviet past. they scrambled to meet requirements for a free trade deal with u.e. and we have reports from the border town. >> reporter: ethnic russian living in ukraine talks with a fellow villager about friends and family over the border in russia. they've become very hard to visit since russia tightened

border controls in funish for its efforts to a trade deal. >> i could never imagine this. before they we were free to come and go, now it has become like a war zone since the ukrainian government picked a fight with russian president putin by planning to join the e.u. >> reporter: this is an official border crossing, one of men where millions of ukrainians cross into russia every year. right now they don't have to show a passport, but they're insisting that they all get one at the cost of $100, which is a lot of money for many living along the front tear. but there is opposition, too. these people are against it a third of the population they feel culturally close for russia. but many fear the e.u. as a

threat to what they call trial values. >> just before 20, 30 years, they were pushed out from power in europe, and actually they have power in europe, but it's not their real idea of europe union. >> reporter: one won missed her funeral because of the dispute. what lies ahead politically is hard for many to understand along the border lands. especially when the historical, religious and political ties between russia and ukraine stretch back over a hundred years. >> and relics from a by-gone area have crawled through the streets of moscow as the city's trolley bus service celebrated it's 80s anniversary. retro electric buses dating back to the 50s were put on show at the theater attractin attract n.

>> thousands of troops have been deployed across chile ahead of sunday's presidential election. an army of volunteers has begun setting up polling stations. voters will be choosing between a total of nine candidates and daniel is in the area for us. daniel, there is a bit of history between the two leading candidates in this election, isn't there?

the candidate for the right wing her father was a key player in that military government, and it's her that we're focusing on. she's the candidate of the right wing here. well, behind me michelle bachelet in the opinion polls something like 20% or so they've been giving her. she will have a very tough fight on her hands. using confidence evelyn fomet, more jobs for the former minister. >> we're close to becoming a developed country. we've grown. wage versus gone up. we've created jobs but we have a huge debt. the inequality is a responsibility we all share.

>> she joined the campaign late, and she has enemies even among her own ranks. some say she's tainted by chile's past. she may have an impossible task ahead of her. opinion polls are trailing 14% of the vote since she was selected in july. a candidate for the right when their first choice pulled out because of depression. >> i believe she'll continue with the work of the president, i think there is still a lot of to be done. >> i believe in her. i believe in what she says. she has an iron fist which is what this country needs. >> they seem prepared to overlook and accept her links, her father was a leading member of the leadership.

she has been a staunch supporter welcoming him home after coming home from human rights charges. evelyn matthei has been involved with a number of controversies with member of her own party. >> she has an aggressive style that certain sectors of society find disagreeable. she's very independent with ideas of her hone. she is a very intelligent woman but a bad choice when chile was marking the end of the military coup. >> out of the spotlight and attracting a few hundreds people, it didn't look like a victory celebration. >> well, although everyone we have spoken to here are fairly

certain that michelle bachelet will win the election, but there are some uncertainties. the big one will she win the first round by gaining 50% plus one of all votes or will it go to a second vote will she will be fighting against the second-place candidate on december 15th. there are 5 million new names out of 13 million voters, and for the first time in chilean elections vote something obligatory. so we don't know where the voting will go. so some certainties and some uncertainties. >> many thanks, indeed, live in santiago. all the sports coming up, find out how many points lebron james as he produced a season-best performance. we'll be right back.

>> hello again. time for sports. >> thank you. we begin in indian where one of the greatest cricketers of all time has put down the bat. sachin tendulkar has played his last match. he bid a tearful farewell in front of his cheering fans. we have reports from mumbai. >> he loves showing off his most prized possessions. for monday than 20 years this schoolteacher has been

collecting autographs from his idol, sack sack. sachin tendulkar, he now has 150, but he won't sell any. >> i will not sell anything. what will i do with the money. >> reporter: he said he has been watching tendulkar play ever since the batsman was a 15-year-old prodigy. but he could not watch his final match played agains against the west indies. sachin tendulkar has mesmerized cricket fans for more than a quarter of a century. his shrewd batting made him the nemesis of fastballers he's the world's leading scorer in both

test and one-day cricket, and the only man to score 100 international centuries. >> what a fine performance by sachin tendulkar. >> his legacy, i guess, would be that anything is possible in any form of sport is possible, and not just for perfection, but to last so long, to behave with the kind of dignity he has. i think those are his legacies. >> reporter: it's a legacy his fans will not forget. for three days they've been co coming to mumbai's stadium to celebrate his long career. >> we knew this was his last time. we've watched him play for 4 years, and since i was a child i've seen him bat. it was an emotional time for all of us. we are tearing our lungs out creaming and cheering after every ball.

>> reporter: after the match the emotions is were palpable outsie of the stadium. >> reporter: a career that may never be matched by another cricketer. millions of indians are heartbroken, he was their friend, their hero, their god. >> so sachin tendulkar created in his 200 test. he's leading run scorer in test correccricket history a probabll be for some time to come. he has played in 664 international matches. >> that shows his quality, you know, because he thanked each

and every one there who supported him, who surrende surd him all throughout his career. that shows the great qualities of a great man. >> it cannot be replaced. i think you know legends come and legends go, but cricket, the world will surely miss sachin. approaching halftime in the second leg of nigeria's clash against ethiopia. they're 3-1 up on aggregate. ivory coast has made it to the last two world cups, and they take a 3-1 lead in the second leg. and the match is being played in morocco because senegal are

banned of playing at home after rioting at the last match between the teams. the swede are in prime condition to take european tour title. >> reporter: another hot day in the u.a.e. and another cool performance from the ice man, henrik stenson. the third round of 67 helped the swede retain his lead on 17 under. he's a shot ahead of last week's turkish airlines winner victory, the frenchman had 11 birdies in dubai. ian poulter is winless this year but remains in contention heading into the final rounds. he's enjoying third, 13 under.

six shots behind the lead will be tough for justin rose. he'll win the title, and it looks like ian poulter can challenge henrik stenson to win the $1 million prize money. the two have had a gamble over this that stenson will finish above poulter. for poulter to win the bet, he has to win the event and stenson will have to come in third. we'll see if the gamble pays off on sunday. >> one big name missing from dubai is adam scott but the champion is on the verge of yet another victory. a week after claiming the australian pga, iss he is taking the lead at the australian masters. three-time winner vijay singh at 10 under par with aussie rookie nathan holeman.

and new zealand's rugby team, the all blacks were beaten 38-21 last december and its heading for a close finish. it's now 20-16, and argentina 31-6, italy is minutes away from victory against fiji, and france will aim to erase their painful defeat to tonga at the cup and australia and ireland. producing 39 points and 14 of 18 shots from the field. dwyane wade was the second in heat history t history

tying their game at 3-3 in the third period. the match went to overtime in shoot out. and bäckström scored the only goal to give them the win. continuing dominance on the track with the fastest time in practice in the u.s. grand prix. the champion was not in the mood to let up on his opponent. red bull marked out the two spots. former driver has been making his debut at the top level of rallying but the pole came unstuck in wales, rolling in stage four on friday. he and his italian codriver were unhurt. he said that the i part of feeling out the terrain he's getting used to receiving pace notes in italian after speaking

to his former codriver who were polish before this race. there is plenty more i at our website. check out www.aljazeera.co www.aljazeera.com/sports. there are details there of how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook. new zealand narrowly leading 20-19. >> thousands of people have turned out in san francisco to give a hero welcome to the city's newest super hero. bat kid. the five-year-old leukemia survivor with a gift from the make a wish foundation. >> reporter: holy smokes its batman out in his bat mobile to fight crime. to the great relief of cities in the city. the first feat of the day, rescuing a damsel in distress.

whew, that was close. we're hearing reports of another crime. let's see if batman can put area stop to it. batman caught the riddler in the middle of a bank heist, and can he capture this villain? and of course he does. at union square in the heart of san francisco thankful fans wait to catch a glimpse of the super hero. >> well, i was at work and i heard a lot of noise and commotion. i looked out to see where all the helicopters were flying. i thought there was a crime scene, and then bat kid saved the day. it's good to be in gotham today. >> we're here to support what the city is doing. it's fantastic to represent a city that that can have so much

compassion. >> reporter: mile ac's adventurs day ends at the ballpark where he receives a key to the city. the organizers expected a few hundred people to help. instead it went viral and thousands of people offered support. the only people happier than miles himself, his parents who have been on a long journey with their son, who has fought cancer his whole life. >> reporter: his battle with leukemia has been as difficult as any battle that batman faced. melissa chan, al jazeera, gotham city, well, really san francisco. >> fantastic. that will do it for the news hour. i'll see you again. thanks for watching.

>> welcome to al jazeera ameri america. i'm richelle carey. here are the stories we're following for you. aid is finally getting to the philippines but more needs to be done to help the 2 million people displayed by typhoon haiyan. a medical square, the outbreak of meningitis. and turning the co co2 tide. norway's maneuver to become carbon neutral. ♪ >> one week in, the official number of dead in