>> welcome to the news hour. i'm darren jordan from al jazeera americnewsal jazeeraa and london. in south africa nelson mandela's body is headed to his home where he'll be buried on sunday. >> news from europe including uncertainty for germany and europe with a backing of a grand

coalition. and thousands of supporters for the ukrainian president stage a counter rally in kiev. >> welcome to the program. it's been an emotional day in south africa as nelson mandela's body made it's way home. the former south african president is now at his ancestralvillage in q unu where he'll be buried on sunday. >> in a life of contrast. from a statesman sent off in pretoria to his home where thousands came oh out to say good buy. >> i came just to pay respect. >> as you can see, mixed races and everything, this is what he

means. he made everything possible for us. we say thank you to mandela. [♪ singing ] >> earlier in pretoria a stirring farewell by the party. the african national congress that mandela had served for most of his life. the tributes were led by jacob zuma. >> he combined two things that are not easy to do to combine practice. he did it. >> reporter: so from the capitol city where once he had been sentenced to life in prison to which he return as president, now back to his roots. wife and ex-wife comfortable each other as the last leg of

the journey began. >> i think we see him now. nelson mandela and the procession accompanying the body turning the corner and into the soft rolling hills. this is an area of which he himself wrote that he spent the happiest years of his childhood. this is nelson mandela not just on a journey to his final resting place, but coming home. [♪ singing ] >> rest in peace, father. father of the nation. >> at the house that mandela built in the hills filled with traditional belief, the elders were there to greet him. the state steps back and his family steps in. and on sunday nelson mandela

will be given to the ancestors. al jazeera, qunu, south africa. >> the focus is now on qunu. they will hold a funeral on sunday. >> reporter: sunday is going to be a very emotional day for nelson mandela's family, the people who knew and loved him. the back ground, that is where the homestead is. on saturday the coffin spends the night in the homestead. there were vigils, prayers and customary things done. the very senior people who have been invited to attend this funeral, from then on the family will attend a family burial, no cameras will be allowed. only close people will be able to see nelson mandela be laid to rest.

people who can't attend are being told that they must go to places where the government has set up public viewing areas. big screens where you go and watch the proceedings. that's easier said than done. the elderly are confused by that. in african culture you go to their funeral and pay your respects. to be told she wan they can't ds quite confusing, but they want to keep people at bay so nelson mandela's family will have a chance, an intimate moment to say good buy to their father, grandfather, to the man that they know and they love. >> joining us now is political activist, let's talk first about qunu. madiba's ancestral home. he planned to finish his last days there. it didn't work out that way. >> it's a very special place.

it's where he spent his boyhood, where he had the happiest days of his childhood. his fondest memories of growing up were in qunu. he actually meant to retire there, but ill health prevented him. he needed to be near the specialists and doctors that he needed in the last years of his life. unfortunately, it did not work out for him, but i think it's fitting that's going back to his final resting place. >> let's just talk about the funeral itself. many people in local towns and communities in k qunu have been told to stay at home. that is going to confuse many people there who see mandela as theitheir own. >> the elders, there is no such thing as an invitation to a funeral. either one goes or doesn't.

you care for the person who pa passed away or you care for their family. in their eyes this is a strange proceedings. you can't go to pay your last respects. they certainly feel possessive about mr. mandela in the area. they regard him as a son of their soil, and many people are going to be devastated tomorrow when they feel they've been robbed of the chance to see him. >> the eye-raising controversies, first we have this deaf and dumb signer next to obama who made no sense at all. now we have reports that desmond tutu is not invited to the funeral. how is that possible? is that an oversight or

deliberate. >> it seems to have been a deliberate oversight. he was asked to speak at the last minute as an oversight, a last-minute decision. it seems as if the anc has taken to heart recent criticisms of it, and also the mandela family has not been very pleased for the way he castigated them over public spats earlier this year, and perhaps that is the reason he's been excluded. he has been quite gracious about it. he has admitted had he been invited he would not have missed it for the world, i think were his words, but he has been gracious saying o i wasn't invited, i'm feeling done hard by or anything like that. >> generally speaking will most south africans say they were able to give madiba a good send

off and pay their final respects despite the glaring hiccups that we've seen? >> i think so. there have been enough public services around the country, indeed, around the world, there was one here in doha today for south africans wherever they live whether in south africa or outside, where they had a way to memorialize this man, this great man, the likes we're unlikely to see again. >> an attack in the capital nairobi. and grenade attack on a bus in the same area last year killed nine people and led to a street battle between people kenya and people of somali. i'm extremely concerned with

what is happening as a result of winter, the impact that it's haling on syrians, not just here but in neighboring countries. this is an opportunity for me to talk to the government about some of the issues that we have been addressing together. i saw the foreign minister, they were able to talk about some of the improvements that we've been able to see in terms of our corporation. i've also just been in lebanon and was able there to talk to the team about the programs we've been put in place to help people through the winter. >> now politicians are still undecided in their interim prime minister. he is not sure that he wants to take the job. an agreement was reached in october to form an independent

government draft a constitution and prepare for elections. >> egypt's interim president said a referendum on the draft constitution be held next month. the vote will take place on january 14th and 15th as part of the military's transition plan for new elections next year. well, let's take a look now at some of the controversial articles in that draft. first the defense minister must be approved by the scream council of the armed forces for eight years. that seems to strengthen the military. and it allows civilians to be tried in military courts. and this could lead to the ultra religious party being citizen solved. the constitution is likely to pass despite resistence against the military. >> i don't think that the article alliance is against the constitution specifically on the basis of articles included.

that's why incidentally civil rights organizations and human rights groups as well as revolutionary groups are against the constitution because of the articles. but the intense articles, they're more concern about the process and from their prospect there is a constitution in force, a 2012 constitution, and it should be reinstated not that they have anything in particular to say about the articles per se in this new constitutional draft. they're being more and more limited to student protests and campus university campus protests but it's likely they will continue until next month. the question is how relevant they will be or how relevant they won't be. also keeping in mind also a week or so after this constitutional draft has passed, it will be the anniversary of 2011. it may be another flash point. we don't know.

there have been predictions over the last three months saying there are going to be protests on this day or that day, and they never materialized. we'll have to wait and see how large the margin will be and how large the turnout will be, but i expect the government and the military will do everything it can in order to promote the referendum and push people to go out on the streets, and we will see what sort of difference that makes. >> still to come, there will be more on mandela's final journey later in the program. and we look back at his childhood in his hometown of qunu. and china's rover lands on the lunar surface. coming up in sport see whether real madrid could come back after two points down in this match. >> now weeks of urn certainty have come to an end for germany

after angela merkel received the backing she needed for the third term as german chancellor. >> reporter: darren, thank you. members of the social democrats have voted to enter a grand coalition with angela merkel and the christian democrats. a no vote could have punch germany into crisis. they counted the votes deliberately but the result was never in doubt. social democrats celebrated as if they had won the election. this is a resounding endorsement for the party leadership. to go into coalition with angela merkel. >> the presiding officer set 76% of party members who voted said yes to going into government. >> the path is now open to another grand coalition here in germany, and angela merkel will

remain the dominant figure in both this country's politics and across europe presumably for the next four years. mrs. merkel's cdu party won the general elections but without a majority. she's made concessions to the social democrats to lure them into coalition, introducing a minimum wage and increasing pensions. by germany's tough approach against weaker countries in the euro zone is unlikely to change. >> we're playing a good cop-bad cop game that germany is insisting on the rules while the commission with be more softer. that was generally the idea in the last couple of years. now the sdb is on the side of what the coalition represents but i don't think they've let anyone get off the hook when it comes to deficit spending or not getting the structural in order. >> after the celebrations it

will be hard work ahead. the new government announced on sunday and on tuesday angela merkel is due to be formerly sworn in. >> thousands of sporters of the ukrainian president victor yanukovych has staged as anti anti-government rallies contin continue{^l" ^}. we're joined live from kiev. so robben, how much tension has there been between the two sides today? >> reporter: there was a little tension earlier when both rallies were happening simultaneously and in incredible proximity to each other. there were concerns that there might be provocation on either side. of course, the two were completely apart in terms of objectives. the one going on behind me now is still in full swing. the pro-government rally that

was taking place earlier has largely ended, and people have cleared. the european square where this is taking place. the prime minister attended thattalled thatrally, and was tg supporters that it was not the right time for ukraine to be joining europe. he pointed out the sort of things that were concerned for the conservative opinion joining europe would require ukraine to improve rights for same-sex couples and fo rights for gays d lesbians. what is happening now there is a huge concert that is about to

begin here with a rock band that is very popular not only in the ukraine can yo, but russia and e are hoping that people will be interested in coming and enjoying the concert and unifying what appears to be a divided ukraine society. >> can you til tell us more abot the crackdown on november 30th. >> yes, the president said that before mid-level officials were going to be suspended. two were going to be suspended. two have been fired for their involvement in the crackdown on ththe protesters on the 30th of november where many were badly beaten including students and journalists on the pretext that

the square needed to be cleared, that they were going to put up a christmas tree. but the opposition saying those concessions really don't go far enough. they want the government to stand down and they want a new government and the interior minister ultimately to be held accountable on what happened on the 30th of november. >> thank you very much, indeed, for that line up from kiev. more from europe a bit later. back to darren in doha. >> we'll see you then, thank you. now the leader of anti-government protests are meeting with military, but they have decided to stay out of the protests in bangkok. >> it could have been any other forum at the university in bangkok, but instead these are protests. he wants to topple the government and replace it with

an unelected body until reform has been implemented. the forum attended by academics and businessmen but mostly by protesters was a platform for at home exchange ideas. >> i am here because i would like to show those who support the government that the people are starting to realize that this country needs to reform. >> but it's the politically influential military that they're counting on and hope to explain their position to heads of the armed forces in a separate mede meeting. also invited from representatives from civil society such as academics businessmen and anti-corruption officials. >> i think its significant that the military side has tried to make sure that this meet something not seen as a private meeting between the protesters, between protest movement and the generals. they have invited other people

to be there as well. and they have insured that it is open and above board. >> the military which has been an influential player in thai politics has remained neutral and this stance is no different. this week there's talk about taking center stage. on sunday the government will hold a public forum to kick start the processes of reforms but protesters are still insisting the interim prime minister resign. the question now will be on whether the opposition party plans to boycott th in february. >> in bangladesh the execution of an opposition leader. he was hanged on thus for his involvement in the 1971 war of

independence. bangladeshys have been paying homage to victims of that war. criticizing the trials as being unfair despite her own's party stand against the movement. sri lanka's long war against the tamil tigers, until now the cost of the conflict has not been known. sri lanka is starting a nationwide survey to find out. we have more. >> he has lots of information for his officer. his wife and two sons were killed during the last month's of the war between the sri lanka military and the tamil tigers. >> my wife was killed by a shrapnel from an explosion. a few days later my elder son

died the same way. my second son was also critically injured. >> officers will visit each household in the country to record who has been touched by the conflict, and how. waiting for some news of her elder son and daughter. her son was forcebly recruited by the tigers in 2006. two years later she had been told that he was captured by the military. during the last battle the tigers took her daughter. she never saw them again. >> we have lost our property, our lives, our children in the war. and our suffering it's burned into our memory and keeps playing over and over like a film. >> her pain is familiar to another mother across the country. her son was declared missing in action 15 years ago. he had been on his first tour of duty in the army. >> missing someone every day,

day and night, 24 hours every moment to wait for their return. >> reporter: as international pressure mounts on the government to investigate the last stages of the war, it says the census will reveal what happened. although many welcome the moves this census has limitations. information on those killed and missing including from here to the final no-fly zone will only be accepted from the family which means entire families killed in the warlike tha war we counted. the department carrying out the exercise say they will avoid double counting. >> according to that procedure this data collecting. no one missing the family, we can't collect that information. >> while the census will come up with statistics thousands of

families across the island struggle to cope with the pain of death, the uncertainty of the missing and the difficulty of caring for the disabled. al jazeera, sri lanka. >> china has successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon. unmanned lunar rover called the jaded rabbit is designed to search for minerals. we have more from beijing. >> the rabbit has landed. [applause] called u jade rabbit, this wase moment that the rabbit land: arriving right on target in an area known as the bay of rainbows and watched live across china on tvs like in a restaurant and stadium in beijing. it marks another milestone following in the russian and

american exploits of years ago. >> i'm so happy to see the way the space program has developed. i'm very proud. >> i never expected to see this. i'm very happy my country managed to do this. >> a tangible display to the world of china's growing technical expertise and economic might. it's space program is a priority for the country's leadership. it now looks to build a space station on the news in the twenty20's. for order chinese citizens it's a source of pride. >> in recent years the space program has developed there is more attention being paid to chinese spacecraft, and the models are becoming more popular. >> reporter: the next challenge the rover still has to venture

out to begin its work conducting a number of tests including the use of ground penetrating radar to reveal more about what's below the moon surface, but so far so good. it may be decades since the russians and the americans were roving the moon, but as scientists point out the instruments on board are far more sophisticated than it's spread assessors. and as the people of china points out there is only one working rover on the moon and it's chinese. >> when we come back, chileans prepare to go to the polls again. and we see a new kind of farm in the united states. another construction worker killed ahead of the fifa world cup in brazil. robben will have details for us on the sport. more details later. stay with us. >> an al jazeera america

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>> he was doused in deisel fuel and he was just in a lot of pain. >> can re-living trauma lead to a cure for ptsd? technow on al jazeera america >> al jazeera america is a straight-forward news channel. >> its the most exciting thing to happen to american journalism in decades. >> we believe in digging deep. >> its unbiased, fact-based, in-depth journalism. >> you give them the facts, dispense with the fluff and get straight to the point. >> i'm on the ground every day finding stories that matter to you. >> in new orleans... >> seattle bureau... >> washington... >> detroit... >> chicago... >> nashville... >> los angeles... >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >> welcome back. a quick reminder of the top stories here. the body of nelson mandela has arrived in his ancestral home of

qunu. crowds have been lining the route. state funeral and a private burial will be held on sunday. in kenya a bomb exploded on a mini bus killing four people. it's explosion was in the eastern district home to many people of somalian origin. and angela merkel going back in for a third team. port members >> many nearly 4,500 people are expected to attend nelson mandela's funeral including many heads of state. that will be followed by a private funeral ceremony where only families members are invited.

the it will be shown live across the country. people in qunu have been preparing for nelson mandela's return. we look at what life was like growing up there. >> this is where nelson mandela started out in life. not much has changed in a place where children played freely and safely just as mandela did in his early years. back then like now people lived in beehive shaped huts. here the foundation stones of his birthplace. he was named by his father, a chief who was part of the royal household in this region. his mother now was the chief's third wife. she moved her family to qunu, the place of mandela's earlier childhood recollections. he was are a cattle heards man.

he was given the christian name nelson. this is the young mandela's favorite pastime, stick fighti fighting, sparing with branches is still popular in rural south africa. the young mandela hated to be beaten. they used to play together. the young manchester united della showed quality of determination that went well beyond those of his playmate. >> he was quite stubborn in his hay days as a stick fighter. even in the likely event that he was beaten, the following day he would be in your village, challenging you to another round of stick fighting. i was quite heartbroken at a time when he left us. because we were always together at all times. >> that targetness with friends was broken by the death of his

father. he had made precise arrangements for the future of his brightest son. >> the course of nelson mandela's life was changed drastically at the death of his father. he was forced to leave qunu. he recorded, i mourned less for may father than the home i left behind. >> this is where he was sent, the royal household after an emotional journey with his mother handing him over to live under the care of the regent. the school may look modest but this was a place where youngst youngsters were groomed for greater things. >> they came in, and for him it was an excitement when it came to the enlightenment.

it was quite greater than at his home. >> reporter: and as nelson mandela moved on through education guided and supported by the regent, his early home in qunu was always highly valued, particularly the mother he left behind. more than six decades later as a president, not a stick fighting young boy, nelson mandela was to have one of his homes built here. and it was in qunu where the family burial plot was established. he's expected to be buried near his father and his mother, and his son who was killed i in a rd accident while he was in prison, and a son who died of a.i.d.s. i.andrew simmons, al jazeera, q.

>> four u.n. peace keepers have been killed by a car bomb blast in mali. they were guarding the only working bank in the troubled town. the explosion comes a day after legislative elections. the final stage in mali's return to democracy after last year's coup. now discovering the mass grave that could contain albanians killed during the kosovo war. >> reporter: investigators have confirmed human remains have been found at the scene in southern serbia. we have reports from the villa village. >> serbian police is securing possible mass gravesite near the border of serbia and kosovo, not allowing anybody, especially media, to come closer to the location where remains were found. they're analyzing data that

they're gathering in search of evidence of mass grave. they said they have evidence that human remains that were found during ex-cha aggravations belong to kosovo albanians that were killed in 1999. it is believed 52 bodies of kosovo albanians were found at this site. they believe that the remains were transported during the withdrawal of serbian forces in june 1999, and that this was done by the members of then special police unit. >> a ferry carrying 2,000 passengers is stuck on rocks in the balkans sea. it suffered a power failure to stockholm in sweden. the ship is not taking on water, but it's not the first time that it has experienced problems

along this route. in 2010 it was stuck in ice with a thousand passengers on board. thiwe have had an update. >> the rescue effort is still going on. the company, the coast guard cannot say yet at what time the ferry will be out of the rock. there was some incident three years ago when this very ferry collided with another. it was a slight accident as well, bu. >> iran says its arrested a spy working for the british government. the man arrested reportedly admitted to giving information to british officials both inside and outside of iran. the arrest comes at a time of

improving diplomatic relations between iran and the british community. >> an iranian court official said the man arrested was working for the british foreign secret intelligence agency in m mi6. he said he had met with british intelligence agents at least six times. we contacted the foreign office here who did not want to comment as a matter of policy does not comment on security issues. this all has come at a time with relations between the u.k. and iran and an iran envoy visited u.k. to hold talks. britain had should down its embassy in iran in 2011 when protesters surrounded the building angry over nuclear

sanctions. court officials say this man will be put on trial. >> italian prime minister has met the lebanese president in beirut. italy pledged $15 million to the lebanese crisis. is a report by amnesty international said that the european community should be embarrassed by its response to the refugee crisis. >> socialth michelle bachelt is expected to win. we have reports from santiago. >> it's part of part two to see who will fill the presidential

palace, and there seems little mystery about the outcome. >> in election is like a romantic comedy. we all know what the results will be. there are a few things that need to be decided between now and the day that batch let takes office. and the end of the film is she will tak win. >> reporter: michelle bachelet fell just short of winning against her rival evelyn mattet. and it is what they're counting on. >> the leading candidate by a wide margin is michelle bachel.

>> i'm not going to vote because it makes no difference. i'd rather stay home and stay home and spend time with my family. >> the choices between the two daughters of air force generals who ended up on opposing sides of chile's 1973 military cue. bachelet's father wa died in prn while matthei continued on. >> the focus here is not at all on the similar gender of the candidates but rather on their startling different political views. >> matthei is a conservative who wants to preserve the status quo of the economy. while the left-leaning bachelet

is promising economic reforms to distribute wealth and opportunities. who will win will depend on how many people actually go out to vote. >> we have sports news coming up in a moment, and a tough day i r arsenal. stay with us. >> from our headquarters in

>> the his are investigating the motive of a teenage gunman after another high school shooting in

the united states. carl pearson turned the gun on himself after shooting and critically injuring a teenage girls. it happened in a suburb of denver in colorado. an fbi is charge arrested ao was charged wit chargeed and who die for al-qaeda. the wheat, corn and soybean fields feed millions around the world. farmers are now moving indoors. >> reporter: beneath the no fluorescent sun is the latest trend in farming. they call it vertical farming. growing greens for chicago's

most celebrated restaurateurs in water. >> we're shipping produce enormous distances. 1500, 200 miles to get something to chicago. we can't keep doing that. we're poisoning the environment where we grow the feed. >> the plant as the indoor farm doesn't grow the corn and soybeans. it grows mushrooms and must card greens, arugula. high end greens that end up on plates of restaurant. this fish nourishes the produce. a handful of other farmers including tenant farmers who rent space from the plant have joined the urban farming industry. >> for 365 days a year we control the environment and provide the best environment to grow plants in the middle of winter. we like to say that we provide june 21st sunlight every day of the year which is the longest day of the year.

>> there is another advantage, quality. >> when it comes right from yous picked the day before, it tastes ten times better. >> trucks would load up the meat and carry it off hundreds of miles across the u.s. now these loading bays are torn down. they don't need them any more. >> when finished this plant will be energy neutral turning waste from local restaurant and breweries to bio mass to fuel the plant. >> by using creativity and reusing things that other people think are wastes or should be thrown way you can find the embodied energy in the structure. you can find the good workers, all those things that have been cast aside in the past and put them to productive use. >> economies could encourage other farmers to make the move indoors. al jazeera, chicago.

>> now these are tough times for cotton farmers in india after floods washed away their previous crop farmers are now struggle to go find pickers for their new crop. we explain why. >> cotton feels grow as far as the eyes can see. india produces 477 kilograms of cotton per hectars, supporting 17 million farmers and over 400 million others in related areas. it generates over 1 billion u.s. dollars for the indian economy. it's big bus by recent gains in crop yields have been dented with adverse rains. new see seedlings have only been planted and they take time to mature. thousands of acres of land are now prepared in this region for the next cycle of cotton but it's been a difficult year and producers here are whether

growing the crop at all is worth their while. >> farmers, he has lost 70% of his crop, and he's not the only farmer suffering. cultivating it takes time and money, but more importantly labor. people are needed to pick it, and their demands are becoming hard for meet. >> cotton pickers are hard to find. there is more money in other industries, i tell the next generation not to invest in this line of work. >> 40% of the costs are labor alone. in some cases land owners are having to pay advances to staff just to stay in the area to help them not just for harvesting cotton but throughout the year to till the ground. >> the only way to get good money for the cash crop but we never get the rate that we sell to. our costs eat into any prophets that we make.

many of our members are now in debt. >> if it wants to maintain it's position the government will need to address the issues cotton farmers face. if not, the government will see this former cotton fields now growing other cash crops, less labor intensive and with potentially higher profit margins. he has already taken those reluctant steps and many more cotton farmers may follow him. >> let's check in on the sport. >> thank you so much. fifa has confirmed a construction worker has been killed at the brazilian world cup stadium. he fell from the roof of a stadium after a cable broke. the venues are behind schedule and workers are trying to complete it by an end of year deadline. it's the latest of a series of

deaths at the brazil world cup stomacstadiums. we woulstadiums. manchester city has crashed leaders arsenal to narrow the gap at the top of the table. city continued their impressive record at home. scoring first-half goals. they sealed the 6-3 thrashing. it wasn't enough to save arso te team. >> what hurts me more is the opportunity to put manchester city, so it's difficult because

it was not unbeatable today, manchester city. >> it was not easy to score the goals against arsenal. it was the best defense of the premier league, and they had at least four or five more chances to score goal. in that sense, i'm very happy, and we must continue improving. >> well, that victory briefly moved city up to second. chelsea have replaced them in second place after their win against crystal palace. everett is back in a champions league spot. and newcastle against southampton played a 1-1 draw. mike jones was unintentionally hit in the face,

and ended up with a bloody nose. after that big scuffle broke out between the home side and southampton players and staff and goalkeeper coaches on both teams being sent off. real madrid have lost further ground in barcelona ancelotti's men came back from two goals down, but had to settle for a point. >> real madrid tasted victory once in its past visits and once again they were under pressure they opened the scoring in the 68 minutes. the same man popped off again before the break punishing real's last defense for lead. things continued to unravel as the captain ran off and was sent off for a second yellow card. but it revived real's chances

with a strike on the stroke of halftime. it was their turn to steal the pressure but both sides reduced to ten minute men. and the match was leveled at 2-2. and that's how it finished an impressive come back for real madrid it's another two points lost. >> three other matches in spain on saturday, grenada lead, and barcelona's match will kick off shortly and malaga up against getafe.

>> heading to morocco for the latter stages of the world cup. there they will meet in the 70 finals after the chinese side beat egypt, and mexico will take on competition, the winner of this match will face the winners of atletico manero. >> end. >> failed to take advantage of the bat, and they disputed the video review system that it nicked the ball scored by the wicket keeper. england ruled 180-4.

and they trail by 205 runs in their first inning. >> i would have like to loss a few wickets. it was a good scrap. you know, we're still in the hunt, i think. >> from cricket, let's turn our attention to golf. the englishman is five shots off the pace in fourth. garcia had one bogey and finished strong to end the day on 7 under 65. the spaniard is looking for his very first title this year. south africas won the nelson mandela championship by two shots. the event with 54 holes with

continuous rain over the last few days. the world number thre three and secured the title. the visit of santa claus and millions of presents needing to be delivered. the man in red needs to stay in shape. the five and a half kilometer course took them through the city center of madrid including the stadium. all money raised will be going to buy christmas presents for children in need. manchester city's handling of arsenal, go to www.aljazeera.com/sports. >> robin thank you for that. stay here on al jazeera. another full bulletin of news is straight ahead. al jazeera, stay tune.

imoflt who have done their duty in their efforts to if find job but there are others who do not. it's time to step up and take care of one ever its own. after seven years, our family should not be struggling each day without this loving, caring man we love so much. the rawrnian government excess they don't know where bob levinson is, the video was sent from a pakistani internet cafe but then the investigation goes cold. randall pinkston, al jazeera. >> trueman national security project and a former marine corps intelligence officer. andrew let's start with what we heard from the government, which has

>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here are the stories we're following for you. the grim anniversary of the sandy hook shootings is marked across the united states. and solemn pr procession brs nelson mandela's body home and a china's spacecraft lands on the moon. >> it's the year ago when 20 young children and six teachers were gunned down at sandy hook elementary school. the town of new town asked for privacy but vigils were taking place in other parts of the