are out of time. thank you to all our guests. see >> this is al jazeera. >> hi, and welcome to the news hour, with the top stories from around the word on al jazeera. ukraine you turn, anti-protest laws are appealed the prime minister resigns, but the opposition still unhappy. while peace keeping troops head to the central african republic, as the country continues to slide into law lessness. we report from banghi. >> with more news from europe, including who orders the war crimes. the former bosnian serve

leader and general face each other in court. and put your royal household in order. britain's monarchky is told to get more commercial about it's money. but first, ukraine's par limit has voted to scrap it's onty laws. the opposition still aren't happy. >> the message couldn't have been clearer. parliament throws out anti-protest laws introduced just a week ago. with a resounding majority. the vote came hard on the heels of the resignation of prime minister, immediately accepted by the president. and according to the

constitution, that meant the whole cab net was out of office we asked for the resident ignoring night of the government, who is directly responsible for the situation we have now been in which is very important responsible will you stand for prime minister? >> i doubt it is in a personal position, but our main message is that if the president proposed to the opposition forces the position of the prime minister, and give them the right to form the government, we are ready to take responsibility on ourselves. >> the cancellation of the anti-protest laws is one of the main demands of the opposition. but victor remains in the presidency. and the message from his prison cell is if he stays and

the protests continue. in answer to questions we sent to the former prime minister, by her daughter, she also said the only future for ukraine is with the european union. >> she told me that the only way forward is the european association, and proposed where people stand for it, those values that are lacking in the your crane, as i said, as a rule of law human rights and of course the first freedom from the post soviet league that went on for years here. >> the removal of the anti-protest laws was instant, street blockades already being dispanted just hours after the vote. al jazeera, kiev. >> well, joining me now live, now, the protest laws have been annulled, the president

has accepted the prime minister's resignation, as well as his cabinet. will that be enough to satisfy the protestors in. >> i think it is clear it won't be enough. because since in the last few hours since that vote was taken, annulling those anti-protest laws past on the 16th of january, and then reinstating some of them but not the most controversial ones which ban for. baaing protesting wearing a helmet or a mask or erecting tents in public place. since that has happened the streets here have been just as busy. there's a crowd there as as there is every evening and then i saw an impromptu gathering of dozening of people singing nationalist songs. where we have seen what we

call the front line, where there have been protestors. there's a large amount of people down there, i think for the protestors very little has changed for the police. what we saw in the last few hours was they took down a barricade they directed on monday. speculation is that was in redness for a state of emergency. that was backtracked by the government, but i think very lit toll celebrate. the pictures we are seeing but they seem to be moving out of the capitol. along the country, especially in the east. which is as you know, a loyalist strong hold if i can call it that of the president. so his problems are worsening. >> why they are seeing a

movement in it is because he is seeing what is happening further east and south. his strong holds. generally russian speaking parts of ukraine there the west, there are more than a dozen regional administration buildings. not so much in the other parts of the country, but there have been street protests and clashes with security forces. how long he can maintain law and order, let alone control the loyalty of his elector rate, now on wednesday, kathryn ashton, the european union will be holding talks with the president with the opposition, she is hoping to get some movement on p pas early elections. and eelections in 2014, it is hard to know how long that will take. >> in kiev, thank you. >> it is the decision to turn away from the deal, and the deal instead with russia.

is united nations security council has authorized the use of force, by european troops in the central african republic, the revolution threatened sanctioning against those that have committed violations. in the basis that's where barnaby phillips is reporting from. food from the united nations from the people of banghi. they drove through a country of burned villages deserted towns and ruth lest militias. they we fuse the cross the border with their cups. two drivers are mainly muslims and we with have been warned

that any muslim that took this route would be killed. >> the trucked had an armed escort, rwanda peace keeper whose accompanied them for 550-kilometers. >> it has taken several days for the convoy to get here. so in this violent and law less country, bringing aid to hundreds of thousands of displaced people, is becoming increasingly expensive, and dangerous. watching the convoy, we find fighters waying the magic charms which they say protect them from bullets. they tell me they have been chasing muslims away. another l another sign that the tide has turned. they are hurriedly leaving what has been their headquarters for the past ten months. peace keepers will take them to a new base on the edge oif city. not happy that their departure

is caught on film. s in what a failed rebellion looks like, rich only in weapons that kill. >> then a gruesome discovery, they found a prisoner had tortured in the barracks and left for dead. we don't know if he will make it, but at least now he has a chance. >> we take a look at the abandoned presidential resident, looted by the sell ca, and now empty. >> if this country is to recover, it will be starting at rock bottom. al jazeera, banghi. >> merged with one of its rhyming naming their leadble as the presidential candidate. she will challenge president zuma at there year as elect, as tonya pays reports he had a good fight on his hands.

>> this is a merger that changes the pace. although it is unlikely to change the result of this election. it is the opposition democratic alliances fist black presidential candidate. the d.a. won 17% of the vote in 2009, but opinion polls suggestioned which is less than a year old, would capture minimal support, even combined beating the african congresses 66% share, is a mammoth task. >> that we are possessing also. and the talent a tommer antiapartheid activist, former world bank and a medical doctor.

but police analyst says those credentials don't mat tore most voters. she lacked mass appeal, she does not connect with the poor, and the working class. and about the plight of the poor and the working class. she does care. almost event month protestors accused the afc of bailing to provide basic services despite being in power for 20 years. the new alliance has a lot to prove before they are in. johannesburg.

>> plus find out why the u.n.'s top man is in havana, and not just there -- england and australia, cricket some money, but details coming up later in this program. ♪ no break through yet. confirmed that they concluded early without any progress on humanitarian aid for the people living there. james bays reports from the conference. >> for many months the old

city has been besieged. these people, men, women, and children, are trapped inside. there's no electricity, no food, and no medical supplies. conditions are said to be desperate. >> at the weekend, the mediator of these talks announced what appeared to be a break through. >> convoy is ready. >> he said food, medicine, and other supplies would be allowed in, he also told reporters the government would allow women and children to leave, but a list of men in the old city needed to be submitted to the authorities. the organization that administers the geneva conventions says that last condition is a breech of international law. people should be left to their free will. and this is whyed the it is crucial that humanitarian aid get inside or other besieges areas because it is not -- it is never easy for people to accept to leave their house,

and their belongings behind. >> the u.n. says it has a convoy already to go, medicine, shelter, and food for 2,500 people that's thought to be the number who are stuck in the part of the old city. >> it's not happened, why? >> it's not happened because this is very typical of the asaad regime. they publicly commit to someone, or they say they will do something, and then their actions belie their words the undergroups should first leave, and then we are ready to provide whatever case for the civilian whose are there. >> humanitarian access can save lives but there is so much disinstruction, that for now not even that seems possible. james base, al jazeera, geneva. >> let's go to al jazeera, who is at the talks in geneva. just picking up where james left off. as in another day, ol' disagreement, and disinstruction, any common

ground appearing at all? what do you think will happen say tomorrow or this week? will the talks make any progress well, the u.n. envoy said the talks will stay until friday. we understand that the opposition present add proposal to the government, they outlined their future vision, in that proposal, what they mentioned was syria will be a democratic state, hue manage rights respected based on the rule of law, diversity will be respected, there will be reconciliation, those who have blood on theirnd has will be held accountability on both sides. i asked the snc opposition spokesperson, whether or not they explicitly stated the words transition, he didn't directly answer, what he said is this is all part of a transition, because for them the syria of today is one that is ruled by one party, and one man. maybe they are trying to find common ground. to mocksy, words like human

rights maybe this will come out as a common document. it will be difficult. this is not going to be easy, it hasn't been, but undoubtedly the international community wants to find a way where they can push this process forward. even after between have to end. >> during the january 2011 uprising. it is now facing four separate trials on unrelated charges. dominique cain reports. and again, he questions the court's right to try him. >> tell me who you are? do you know where i am? j. the head of this court. >> morsy was flanked in the

cage by most of the leadership. >> it is now considered a terrorist organization. this tuesday, it is significant date in egypt recent history. it marks the third anniversary of the friday of rage. when hundreds of thousands took to the streets. now, his successor is charminged over a mass jailbreak during that uprising. the symbolic look, the idea that there was a prison break that happened at the height of the revolution, when the entire country has really -- or most of the political elements within the country has mobilized. of course now we see this is now being called into question, that is trying to roll in a counter revolution. >> this trial is taking place less than four hours to stand for the presidency himself.

on monday, he had been promoted to the high etc. rank of field marshal, and given a mandate by the armed forces to run for president. it was ceci who deposed him last july, with the promise that the military would not seek to rule egypt, and would ensure a stable and managed transition to democracy. there was little evidence of that in the suburbs of cairo on tuesday morning when a senior advise score was shot dead in broad daylight. well. >> and in this atmosphere, egypt now has two deposed presidents on trial in the same courts. while a man who served both of them in the military, is expected to start his own campaign for the presidency. dominic cane, al jazeera. >> what is happening on the

streets of ukraine the crisis was high on the agenda. barbara in our news center has more. >> welsh stephen, the russian president met european commission president and european council president for about three hours now. of course, this was meant to be the regular two day summit between the russians and the european unions. it lasts just three hours that was paramedic of the plan. the european union quite clearly saying they want to let the russians know, given events in ukraine and other issues that it should not be business as usual. clearly ukraine was the ghost in the room, although at the press conference it was

interesting the three men made every effort. constructive dialog, although they did admit that most of tex changes on issues of difference the voices were probably raised. when it comes to the specific issue of the ukrainians choosing their own future, their own economic alignment, somebody asked if the president in view of the p mo moan us the events that took place in ukraine. whether the lone guarantee to the ukrainian government. >> the concern here is not the sovereign choice in ukraine, but the economic impact of the agreement. we had a detailed discussion with our colleagues today. ukraine is in right now, in fact, it was originally

promoted by ukraine. we will most likely fail to reserve if it signs the agreement. but it is something that pertained directly to us. the union clearly believes that the former satellite states don't forget, should have the freedom to determine their own direction of alignment. those countries should retain their loyalty to mother russia if you like. there is no secret that president putin wanted to build his own trading block. he is called the you ray sha customs block. he feels very strongly about this, without countries like the ukraine, participating in

that block, that block is not really worth the description. they have refused to give evidence that a war trial branding it a satanic court. about the 1995 massacre and the killing of civilians during the siege officerover slow. the former leader is on trial for the crimes and wanted to question his former deputy. >> also did we have any agreement that the citizens of sirover slow should be subjected to shelling and sniping. but they first -- then he insisted that his dentures

with brought to him. proceedings were delayed for an hour. he was denied permission to read out a prepared statement. two mood was set. i am not afraid of anyone but god. it is the same so each. >> on the advice of my council, i wish to state i reserve my right not to testify. >> troops massacred more than 8,000 in -- they gathered in the town on tuesday. on television, in hopes of new insight were dashed by the obstruction. >> you can never say you feel all right. i will never feel all right. he killed our children.

it is all part of their agreement, who else could have done that besides those two. he claims he is sick, that he cannot testify, was he asking that when he was killing. the judge here has the power to compel to give evidence, and it was deeply surprised that they chose not to invoke that power. >> exercising it's a question. the chamber has decided not to compel the witness to answer this question. despite the protection afforded by rule 90 e. in light of his right. against self-incrimination as an accused whose trial is pending before the tribunal. >> it was a curious decision, given the fact that it was these same judges who had ruled that he must attend

court to give evidence. but it brought his testimony to an abrupt end. >> proed soings will also end within weeks there is one major witness yet to give evidence, and that is k actionrije himself. al jazeera, the hague. thailand's prime minister has announced that elections will go ahead as plans. the announcements with mad after a meeting with election commission. the commission had earlier advised that the poll should be postponed because of continuing antigovernment protests. they have been trying to disrupt the preparations further back. scott has the reaction to their decision. from bangkok. is government election saying it will take place as planned. they say it is illegal to post bone this. the commission has said because of the current climate

this is something they have been pushing for for a couple of weeks but the outcome is the same, just a couple of weeks ago when these two met, it cannot be postponed accord dog the government, because it would be illegal. now the commission is concerned because of safety and security, but also because they have so many things that they have not been able to do including registration of candidates. that is because antigovernment protestors have been preventing candidates from registering, they also prevented people from voting in advance polling on sunday. so many many issues from the election commission, but the government and the prime minister said this has to go forward on sunday. now, there is concern, obviously, with violence, and even outside this meeting taking place on tuesday, one person was shot as many many antigovernment protestors came to the army club where this meeting was taking place. but the government saying that the police are going to handle security come sunday.

the task for the election commission over the next five days is great, and that's to organize and make sure this polling takings place safely on sunday. >> still to come on the news hour, on al jazeera, the torture wheel allegedly used on detainees by police in one of the provinces of the philippines. plus. >> obviously i didn't think music could help save the human race i wouldn't be making music. >> u.s. artists and presidents will look back at what he gave too the american culture. the state of the union on al jazeera america. join us for complete coverage of the issues facing all of us from health care and immigration to the economy an national security. we're talking with those affected most. understanding where we are, taking a critical look where we're going. >> there is much progress to report.

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republic. and judges at the hague have accepted a demand from the former -- not to testify against his ex-boss. it appeared at the request of the former leader who is islamic farmerring war crimes. let's go to adam rain now, tell us more about the summit and it's importance. >> the key thing is that this is now a competing regional block the organization of the state that was started in the years after world war ii. the reason it is a competing organization, is because the u.s. and canada are excluded from this group. this group this community of states and that's not just by

chance, it is on purpose. it is a way that these member states are saying look, we have been strong arms and pushed around perhaps bety states for decades and we want to have our own regional group that share certain things in common. is also shared solidarity against u.s. power in the region. so that's the key big issue that this is a new group, it started just barely more than two years ago. it has momentum behind it, you have the u.n. secretary general for the kick off, and you have also an on server of the group, the secretary general of the competing organization. so it shows there is so momentum, and this group isn't going anywhere. >> as you know, large foreign investments are rare. i noticed there's just been a brazilian project to inaugurate the first phase of the deep water port. in cuba, so would all of this

plus the summit be signed that havana, cuba, is opening up for business? >> well, it's a sign that they are continuing to try to push through reforms, but reforms that they can have control on, without these reforms getting out of their hands and the people here in cuba, perhaps pushing for more change. faster than the government is willing to give it. that port you mentioned was inaugurated here on monday. we were out there, we saw this port, it is huge. it is going to be a competitive deep water port, perhaps competing with other ports in the caribbean, and they hope that it not only will help bring goods into cuba, but perhaps at some point, and some later date, this will be some kind of transport that goods are coming from other parts of the world, and cuba is making money on it to send it to other countries that can't handle that kind of trade. as i said, this is the biggest investment we have seen in years but the fact is it does comment from brazilian credits and it shows that wealthy

nations seek cuba as an opportunity, perhaps as a way to look to other countries besides the u.s. to show their power, and how that power is growing. >> in havana, thank you, adam. police allegedly spun the wheel, punishments including people being hound upside down for 30 seconds or being repeatedly punched. >> the deputy asia pacific director, she says it is a horrific case. >> it happens in secret detention centers. four detainees have come forward. and they have been involved. obviously acknowledge that this is a serious problem, and even the issues

antiapartheidty torture law a few years ago. the program is up to now the practice is obviously on going, and perpetrators are rarely brought to court. so what is very important with this new case, is that all suspected are ended. for croatia, which joined the break just in july. the annual deficit is forecast to be 5.5% of gross product. under e.u. rules it should not be more than 3%.

of course, fiscal discipline is not very easy to be implemented but i think baltic states including lithuania have shown an example how to cope with the challenges. but i think they have a challenge before it. >> a family whose expunge from france sparks protests across the country, has been told by a french court, that they cannot return. after 15-year-old was taken by authorities while on a school trip. that ruled that the deportees was justified as the family had made no attempt to intergrate into french main stream society. more than 130 buildings are thought to have been destroyed by a large fire. the fire started late on monday, and it spread through several small villages in the

flat anger area. the olympic tomorrow has arrived in the volatile russian region. including the checkian president, then paraded through the streets. fears mean that the flame is spending less time and in the north caucus republic than elsewhere. has been told to cut costs the report from the public accounts committee which is the watchdog for governmental spending looks at how the $51 billion grant -- million dollars grant is used.

other palaces have fallen further into disrepair. >> these are some of the conclusions of the report into how britain's royal household spends taxpayers money. >> what we found is that the royal household we felt was letting the queen down in a number of ways. they were spending more than they had, they were running down their balances so that they are left with only 1 million pounds. in the balances. and if you think of the massive with all the wonderful pam lass they were not planning how to ensure that the necessary repairs were made to the estate to ensure that it was kept in good condition. >> the report made several recommendations the royal household should manage its money better in the long term, reducing costs where it can. it should exploit opportunities for generating it's own income, this could mean opening palaces to the public more off. and the government's treasury

should do more to scrutinize the royal household spending. now, if this all sounds like an accountant's business plan, well that is certainly no coincidence. it is exactly what the public accounts committee wants. the financial rigor if the royal household is to continue benefiting from the large of the british taxpayer it is ginning to have to make every pound count. >> that's something many visitors of bucking ham palace agreed with. >> i think it should be a reduction in expenditures. during trying times. if they spend too much money, i think they should cut the cost. >> it is only the most logical thing they should budget, i think. >> the british royal houghs hold isn't the most expensive in europe, according to a belgium paper. the dutch royal family holds that and if you take into account population size, norway's royals cost it's people the most that's probably not too much consolation for queen

elizabeth, though her face may be on them, she will still have to get counting those pennys. al jazeera, london. >> and those are the news from europe, now let's go back to stephen in doha. >> thank you very much. president obama has paid tribute to the political activist, who has died at age 94. he was blacklisted by america in the 1950's and hissonged were banned especially about vietnam, because of his left wing views. obama praised his ability to stand up for what is right and speak out against what is wrong. official reports. he wases are famous for his political activism as he was for his songs. and even the occupy wall street movement, pete became the musical voice of dissent.

too many things can go wrong when they get big. >> he was jailed for a year for contempt, but that was overturned on appeal. he was still blacklisted for years. and so denied broadcast ex-boaz sure, he tours campuses spreading his music and his politics. when he returned to t.v. in the 1960's a protest song about the war was cut short. he is credited with popularized the civil rights anthem we shall overcome. he insisted all he did was change the second word from will, because it was better when sung. >> we shall overcome ♪. >> in later years he became friends with politicians. bill clinton called him an inconvenient artist who dares to say things as he saw them. ahead of barack obama's inauguration as president. >> on his 90th birthday he

played madison square garden. some of the biggest names in music, including bruce springsteen paid tribute to his talent. he died in new york of natural cautions. and just months after his wife who he married in 1941 passed away. allen fisher, al jazeera. how would you describe pete's contribution to american culture? >> well, he is tight up there with woody guthrie, in bringing conscience to popular american music. he sang about civil rights. he sang about peace, and he sang about cleaning up the environment, and those are elements that are of the best in american music. >> what surprised me what

surprised me is that he was 94, the songs are just as fresh today as they were ever in the 50's. not of course that i remember them in the 50's, but i was told about them. basically his belief is in the power of community, would that be a fair summary? >> yeah, and his stamina was remarkable. he risked two albums in 2011, he performed at occupy wall street. he in 2012, he appeared on the cold bear report. which has regions of young viewers. so he not only stayed -- he not only kept performing he stays relevant and fresh. through his entire life. >> he also stayed optimistic, didn't he? because he was reviled. >> yeah. >> by some in the 50's, i know he is protests about vietnam was banned. but all the way through he

smiled and i suppose that's a lesson for a lot of people. >> he did. and some of the causes that he championshipped took decades to come to any kind of fruition. he started to champion environmental clean up in the hudson river, which is home overlooked in the 1960's and it wasn't until just a few years ago, that one of the enchew ups that he started began to dredge the hudson river to get out the pcbs industrial pollution that had been dumped in there. decades before. so he had patience, but he had optimism, and a spirit that -- inspired artists from bob dillon, to toma riel low, to bruce springsteen who made one of his coolest albums ever. >> as did the birds, in fact. i think it was turn, turn, turn. all right, thank you for joining us.

>> still to come on the news hour on al jazeera, why touristism is on a downward slope. and lewis hamilton has a bad first day on the track, those details in sports.

>> violence has always made tourism a difficult sell in the disputed region, despite heavy snowfalls making ideal conditions for skiers. a new court order has presented another obstacles for hotels can are struggling to draw in visitors.

reports in indian administers cashmere. >> it's cold in this part of india, and breathtaking. it's what draws tourist from around the word to these slopes. but in sent, tourism took a hit. not because of violence in the disputed territory, but because of a high court order for hotels to upgrade their sewage treatment facilities. >> in order to have the facilities for the tourists. >> but hotel owners say the order was sudden and they were caught off guard. more than half the number of hotels in the area had to ask guests to leave to comply with the order. >> all my friends had to shut down because of that, because within two weeks the court swung into action, and said you know what, the hotels have to close down. >> most of the hotels have

reopened others will have to wait until the bitter winter ends to build the required sewage treatment units. >> please do come. >> gm car has been skiing in this area for more than three decades. he said instead of listening to rumors about it being

closed potential tourists should rely on the words that have been here. >> the people who are coming here, we reach out -- with the idea that the president. >> hotelliers say bookings are only a third of what they should be for january, and that it may not be until next season that tourism recovers. moderate to heavy snowfall makes this place an ideal destination. the only thing remaining is stronger publicity to lure back the tourists. as jamelle al jazeera, in india. >> no snow whatsoever in sport. here is raul. >> thank you very much. the correct world is involved in a bitter battle on how the game should be run. more control, didn't go to a final vote, after objections from other countries. one of the results of the six hour meeting would instead unanimous approval for a set of principles for the game's

future governance. these included india taking valleyeder ship responsibility, and the limited champion trophy to return and replace the proposed world test follow up meeting will be held to discuss the proposals again next month, be uh to discuss them right now, i am joined by correct writer. these principles are a waters down version, of what was proposed bety big three, things like a two tier test system have been thrown out, but what does remain is an increase for india, especially, good news for india, good news for world correct as a whole? >> probably not. i would say. what this is going to do is increase the amount of money that india, england, and australia received as a proportion of the total. the total is going up all the time, but it means the other nations such as south africa, and new zealand who ideally would be receiving more money because they need it.

>> can you explain how india has become so powerful? there was a time when england and australia used to call the shots. >> yeah. the sedgele biggest thing that changed was the deregulation of the indian television market. in the beginning of the 1990's, which meant as previously the indian board used to pay the state company to screen the test matches they suddenly realized what they have is very powerful, and valuable product. and they started to charge the company. and then this combined with government deregulations meant that a lot of other companies started to bid for the rights and it suddenly became very big indeed, and this combined with growing wealth of the economy, meant that it became the center for world correct, relatively quickly. and now it means that actually for all the nation's outside of india, even australia, a

visit from india, constitutes the most important revenue stream that any of them will receive. which is why the boards of new zealand, are really struggling with this proposal. because they really need in their own side, but a demanding a greater share of the money. >> just finally, let's look at the long term correct. if the game has aspirations to be a global game, as they say they do, surely lit struck toll do that under these current conditions? >> yeah, exactly. and this is what is a real shame about this. is that really these ten boards are all engaged in pushing promoting that sport, and you would like to think they are all collaborating together for the greater good, and making cricket seem as excited and as interesting as possible. but instead, that is behaving like squabbling sibling and dividing up the pot, and really we would like to see more pushing for correct to

become a truly global sport as you suggest. the most expensive player in the world supplieserred what i am told is a leg injury. well, the six games in the english premier league, could move forward clear of manchester city, the leaders play south hamilton, live pool to a force take on the early side. the accident happened just 18 laughs and the teammate had a

brand new model. >> i'm sure people who are not in the team, probably have no idea just how it has been for the team. so to get out there and drive it for the fist time, it was a great feeling and we had done the most p las up until that point, and we had a small hiccup, but we will bounce back. >> isn't a life choice many of us would make, many have to be bulky enough to lift huge weights. the training is intense, but as matt reports it can also be life threatening. that's 360-kilograms. more than twice the body weight of two large men. he can lift it before breakfast. the lithuaniaen known as big d has won three out of the last five world strong man competitions the two he didn't win, well, he just came second.

avenue the tragic death in his sleep at the age of just think one, the question is being asked, how interimly strong are men that push their bodies to the absolutely limit? professional sport for sure is not the healthiest thing in the world. to me -- strongest man in the world, you need to eat very healthy food. sleep very well. and not drink, not smoke. >> he thinks the secret to long term success is balancing what he openly admitted is an unhealthy professional life. with a healthy private one. >> come to competition, compete, one, two, three, years and then i stopped competing as i got injured,

and have health problems, but i compete for 22 years already, and this season will be twenty-third for me he is 38, and still lifting heavier weights every year he says he are quit the sport when that's no longer the case. >> it's unclear when the lifestyle of a strong man contributed to the untimely death after the age of just 31, he is strongest of them all hopefully admits staying at the top of this sport, does have its risk. he says if you want to stay a strong man, you have to maintain a healthy balance. matt rumsy, al jazeera, lithuania. >> more later. >> raul, thank you very much. we finish the program the news hour with the sound and the images of one of the giants of american music, pete sagle he just died at 94, he strongly believed in the power of music.

president obama paid his own tribute to him. indeed all the way through to bruce springsteen. >> obviously, if i didn't think music could help save the human race, i wouldn't be making music. >> ♪

♪ the congress to hopefully shed line on immigration reform as a path to citizenship. for the center of american progress, he's in washington d.c. this morning. and good morning, mr. fietz. >> good morning, del. >> are you confident that this

year immigration reform passes and are you sure why it pass it's. >> i'm confident that the president will be talking about the importance of find of bipartisan agreement with this congress, and this is obviously the issue that seems more teed up to have the senate has passed a bill by a bipartisan super majority and now it's up to the house to pass it. and we know that the pass republican conference is meeting in a retreat this week, and one of the things they will be discussing is how to move forward on immigration reform.

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