america live in new york city. with a look at today's top stories. a new warning to travelers. headed to russia for the olympic games. hundreds of thousands of people still without power, after a winter storm moves through and it could be several days. and a sign of hope in syria, as food and medical supplies are set to arriver in the besieged city.

the most expensive olympics in history is now underway. today there were qualifying events. the olympic flame also finished its tour. construction crews are putting the finishing touches on hotels and other venues and security is tight. as thousands of athletes and visitors attend the games despite threats of attacks from militant groups. more now from sochi. but on the've of the game as warning from the u.s.g. that bomb making equipment could be smuggled on to planes in tooth paste tubes. russia's deputy prime minister was quick with

his reassurance. >> this information is being checked. if confirms this means our security services are on alert. this information that we got today allows us to say that the security and the city will be provided properly. >> it's been 6 1/2 years since the city was announced. >> and russia celebrated. but since then, there's been more bad news than good, with tails of construction delays, corruption, overspending, human rights abuses and security concerns. olympic p.r. and pageantry have struggled with the negative headlines. despite all this, there are still plenty that remain skeptical about the games. a study published this week, says that just over half of the russians they are said that the games was a good idea, where

47% said that the games otherspend was due to corruption. but once the sport actually begins, the games to have a tendency to win over those hard hearts. in the beginning i wasn't excited as i am now. the infrastructure has approved, the town is prettier. >> these events don't happen every day, i want my children to be proud of our country. >> russia is well aware, that the time has come, and these games have to be note perfect. >> let's bring in nina, she is here to talk a bit about potential security threats in and around sochi. she is an international affairs professor with the new school here in new york. nina, good to see you

here. on a scale of 1 to 10, how concerned are you about the possibility of some kind of attack during these games? >> six. would be a conservative assessment of mine. even if it doesn't hit sochi, and hits somewhere around russia, russia is a very big country, nine time zones it is already a very big threat to the country and the people. >> do you believe anti-russian muslims militant groups separatist groups? likely to be responsible? >> they have been threatening attacks around sochi, and elsewhere for years now. so i wouldn't pass it by them, that they are going to actually come up with -- with a complete -- >> with some kind of an action. >> some kind of an action. >> has the government done enough in your estimation, to make these games as safe as when can possibly make them?

>> i think the government has done that. a better question for us is why do we have to go through this? many many countries are the olympics could have been held. without all this threats and preparation. >> so not have them in russia at all? >> not have them in russia. >> yes, absolutely. >> even with what is expected to be something -- they never pan out, but -- always that it will leave to some kind of an economic boom for the area. again, i don't know if that all pans out, but it is an event that brings all kinds of international prestige to a country. well, so far it's brought just embassy basemen. because the conversation about olympics is not about the athletes and how they are prepared. >> act hotel rooms safety security. >> about killing stray dogs, about how difficult it is to fly to sochi, i think from america it's about four legs you have to take four planes. >> you wouldn't rather, in the face of all that, you wouldn't rather games

be somewhere else. >> oh, absolutely. >> i would absolutely. because. >> explain why. >> because the world does not need a headache. we need a joyous wonderful occasion, and it's not this scary thing, figuring out just to give putin his little toy in the summer. >> come on. >> is that how you feel. >> absolutely. i feel much stronger than that. >> all right, a little bit, you are a professor, give me more of what you feel about this. >> it is a play toy of putin to prove that he is legitimate president. this thing came out in 2007 russia really gave a promise of becoming more -- perhaps more democratic, perhaps more developed, i think the gdp was growing at 8%, which was a very very wonderful growth, but it has been seven years and russia is absolutely not what it was, and we are now paying for putin's and the world with's kind of. >> how has the country

transformed in those seven years. >> obviously saying not for the best? >> not for the best. putin as you may or may not remember, stepped down as president in 2008. >> i remember everything. >> oh, very good. so he stepped down as president, and yet it was a very nondemocratic transition, because he put between he and the president, and now came back for another 12 years? against the protests. >> essentially president for life. >> essentially. he is going to soviet presidents can rest easy, so the country is very different. that have been threats from the caucuses ever since we had nsa scandal. we have supporting putin, bashar al asaad which doesn't really make him a good guy, and that's what russia is today, and it

is very different for what the expectations were in 2007. it is a good lesson the the olympic committee. >> you also have concerned about what happens once the game comes to an end, what are your concerns? >> well, if the games are successful, say let's just give them the benefit of the doubt, no attacks the games are successful, so to speak. and theming putin would feel highly empowered and he would start suppressing a position even more, and that antigay propaganda law will be not a propaganda law, but basically antigay law. another alternative is the more he suppresses the country, the more islamic fundamental will raise. and all the attacks may happen further and further. and rush sharks either way, would be much more distance from international community. >> wow that's a sobering view great to see you as always. >> thank you. >> international affairs professor with the new school here in new york.

russia is responding to complaints. to dysfunctional toilets and nina says yet, and surprise fire alarms. the wall street journal reports, fied back, saying that officials have surveillance video of people turning on the showers, turning the nozzle towards the wall, and then leaving the room for the entire day. and pulls away before he could be asked about that video. many -- by the second winter storm, just this week. the storm brought snow, ice, or rain, to places from oklahoma to connecticut, snarled traffic, on roads take a look at these pictures here. and there have been even more flight delays today. boy, that's pretty bad. in areas are nearly a foot of snow fell.

another day without electricity, crews are dealing with downed power lines because of the ice. marie yeah is in one of those areas, where are you exactly and how are things there? and this is as you said the hardest hit area. that tree right there, that brute down these power lines and the same scenario, you will see over and over, throughout this entire county, where so many people are without power, now some people spent the night in hotels, others went to family and friends louses. and others stayed in they homes. >> the storm is long gone. >> transformers were blowing up, it was very

colorful, and defense relatively squarery. >> mckaren is one of the hundreds of thousands of people in pennsylvania without power, after wednesday's ice storm. power lines frozed and were new yorked down. >> were you concerned that your house was getten beaten up by the branches? your car? i was worried my car would be by sected by a huge tree. >> others weren't so lucky, hunkers down with blankets is candles or seeking refuge at shelters. robert ago salt lake a deputy director of chester county's emergency management agency. he says this was the worst storm since sandy. >> we have never seen something this catastrophic. that's had such an immaterial packet on chester county. we seem to be the bulls eye of the storm.

utility workers are working around the clock. >> the health and safety is what you look for. a number of different hospitals, you are looking at those, looking at nursing homes. every day that goes by without power is stressful. >> i would be freaked out if we got another big storm in a couple of days. >> and forecasters say another storm is on the way this weekend. and tony a lot of people are keeping -- tweeted out this earlier today, some will be without service and we expect the majority of customers to have service restored by friday night.

the u.n. and the syrian government reaches a deal to allow aid to be delivered to parts of the besieged city of homes. and people who want to leave, will be allowed to do so. more now from beirut. >> achording to the governor who spoke to al jazeera and agreement has indeed been reached in order to deliver humanitarian aid. this agreement has been brokered by representatives of the united nations. between the syrian government and armed rebels in the area. according to this agreement, there will be a cease fire, that begins

at 6:00 a.m. local time for g.m.t. on friday. three hours later the civilians will be evacuated. up to 200 people will be evacuated from several parts of the old city, they include mostly women, children up to the age of 15, as well as men who are over the age of 55. the governor said that they will be receiving medical attention, and help as well as food, and supplies. they will mostly be evacuated to a neighborhood which he said was a safe area in holmes. over the next few days they will continue as the governor says to evacuate more batches of civilians living in the old city and delivering additional aid to the area. if this plan goes through, it has been

under a very heavy siege, with little amounts of food, fuel, and medical supplies reaching the civilians who are stuck there and not able to leave or flee this area. leaked an apparently bugged conversation between senior diplomates in a recording posted on youtube. and the u.s. ambassador make comments about the european union and ukrainian opposition leaders. mike responds from the white house, mike, however you want to slice this, this wasn't very -- >> no. not the usual diplomatic language, i think very clear on that, and as a matter of fact, it would almost be funny if the ramifications wasn't so dire, wasn't so serious, if there wasn't so much

at stake. well known around washington, and perhaps to certain members of the public. spokesman for hillary clinton she is now assistant secretary of state. she has been involved behind the scenes in trying to broker ask agreement in ukraine between the opposition and sitting government. which she was discussing and some very undiplomatic nation was uncovered. she talked about working with the united nations, and disparages the european union. let's listen. >> he has now gotten both serry and to agree that seri can come in monday or tuesday. >> okay. >> so that would be great, i think to help glue this thing, and have the u.n. help glue it. and you know [bleep]. >> yeah, exactly. >> okay, so you heard it,

the f bomb dropped by victoria newland, now the current spokesperson at the state department relayed victoria newland's apologies. she apologized to lady ashton, the e.u. commissioner, the top ranking official in the european union. did she really say it, they don't dispute that it is an authentic tape, and who recorded it. well the state department has it's suspicions. here is the current spokesperson. >> also let me convey she has been in contact with her counter parts and has apologized. do we think this is a new low in russian trade craft. in terms of publicizing posting -- >> trade craft that's usually a code word around washington for spying. and of course president obama mentioned in his big nsa reform speech

that other nations do the same thing, and evidently, the highest levels of the u.s. government believe that russia is responsible for listen income on that conversation, and as for e exus relations president obama will become the fist president to attend an e.u. meeting when he tramps to brussells next month. tony. >> as you know, kathryn ashton is a highly regarded, highly respected diplomate. yes. >> this is not good to say the least. >> no. >> long term unemployment will not be restored to 1.7 million americans built to celebrated tend the benefits stalled in the senate today because there weren't enough votes. john is on capitol him r the us, and john, a majority leader harry reed simply said they didn't have the votes to prevent a republican filibuster. >> no, after the do

nothing last year, and didn't reup what is known as the unemployment extension fills. have this gone forward, it would have paid retroactively going back to the end of december. and the democrat who is promoting it records it is all completely paid for, because the republicans would have nothing to do with anything but adding to the deficit. and that's how it would have been paid for. however, the votes simply weren't there, after the vote came in, harry reid, the majority leader came out and said just how very close they are, to reinstating this, take a look. >> he also put this on this side of the aisle, right now there's one

vote standing between 1.7 million americans and the lifeline to make ends meet. >> and this was it today, jack reid from rhode island was bro moting this. but he said nothing compared to the frustration faced by millions of americans. what happens next? >> well, the bill is still alive. and that means it is still kind of on the table and bubbling there. we don't know when may will reintroduce it, it could be tomorrow, one day this week, we don't know. but whatever happens it is going to have to end up eventually in the controlled house. >> capitol hill for us, you look good down there. >> how investors from professional to regular folk are using twitter to figure out where to invest in the stock market. really? and amido a gay rights controversy surrounding the olympic games questions about whether athletes will use the opportunity to protest.

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encouraged by a drop in first time jobless claims. due out tomorrow, we will have complete live coverage beginning at 8:30 a.m. eastern time right here on al jazeera. a big down from twitter today, stocks sinking almost $16 after the social media company reported disappointing numbers on active users. active users or new users. >> a little bit of a shaky time for the company, while its price declined it's value to investors is increased. >> really? >> yes. >> because they use it as a tool to gauge the market, when you think about it, right now, twitter traffic spikes

during big events. in large part because it distributes information to people who are hungry to get a better understanding of something that is largely unpredictable, so what are the largest events on the planet. the daily flow of capital, bonds, commodities and this is in this area that twitser really flexing its mustle. >> an increasing number of invest of thes looking for an edge, are using twitter as a gauge of market sentiments. >> if you are an investor, and you are not paying attention to the twitter sentiments about that company, you are missing a really important piece of the puzzle. >> on that date, billionaire investor tweeted to his 142,000 followers, we currently have a large position in apple, we believe the company to be extremely undervalued spoke to jim cook today, more to come. trading volume more than

doubles. the value increased $17 billion. >> karl celebrated salt lake a smart man, he has been delivering a message. >> the company got it's start on twitter but is now a separate and profitable social network with more than half a million users. he warns users possessions are not investment advice. >> investors need to be aware, this is still the wild west. >> that turns tweets into bits of data. and social son nardi. >> our primary customers up until this point have been hedge funds. so we have been selling hedge funds big financial institutions that can take advantage of this in a programmatic matter. >> to determine which

stocks groups are tweeter about. it then ranks the most mentioned stock as positive score means investors are talking about buying. >> we are not taking the sentiments of individuals, we are taking the sentiments on securities across all. >> that approach could minimize the approach. a you known gained control of the account and used it to post a text, claiming there had been an ex-motion at the white house. >> the dow immediately dropped 150 points before recovering. only using twitter to use the market, they are trying. the securities and exchange commission recently fined an investment manager for making misleading via twitter. >> based on the

information from twitter, is it a possible -- on trading charges. >> there is a fine line, very very fine line. i spoke to a lot of legal experts if you get a direct message, then that could be insider information. however, if you are just following someone, who follow these key investors that's public information. >> karl icon? >> yes. >> former new orleans mayor take as stand, what he had to say about accusations he took several bribes. several while in office, and outrage avoideds all jail time.

katrina devastating the city. live in new orleans, ben, what did the former mayor have to say today. >> tony, you know it isn't so much what he laudators it is more how he said it. this seems to be kind of a case today of evidence verses emotion. i have to tell you he seemed pretty calm. this is a very bold move, he could have taken a deal, instead of going to trial. right now, he is on the stand, even attacking the prosecutors claims in this case. he was only talking to his own defense attorneys but again denying all allegations in the charges against him. >> what is the

prosecutions case against the former mayor? >> well, tony, he was indicted last year on 21 counts of different forms of corruption. now, six other people in this case have either pled guilty, or been convicted admitting that they bribed the former mayor, kick back schemes different things like that. they have all testified in this case over the past ten days, putting very strong evidence in the hands of prosecutors, for the jury to hear. so the big thing for the mayor today is to try to convince them that there are some reasonable doubt. that, in fact, he didn't do these things. i can tell you on the stand he said everything he did was legitimate, he said all his contracts -- and everything was on the up and up. so it is going to be interesting. prosecutors are just cross-examining him right now. >> okay, so ben last night we talked about this case, we were talking about and using words like closure for new orleans, are you

getting any kind of a sense that this case is being something that can be viewed as cathartic for the city? is. >> you know, quite frankly, no. to be real honest with you. you have to keep in mind, 80% of new orleans was under water after hurricane katrina. and then they had to deal with insurance companies and the federal government. i mean think about it, there are still people that have not been able to get back to the city almost eight years after the storm. so when they hear the the mayor that they thought was re-elected get back in their homes was potentially involved in corruption, giving shady contracts to city contractors in exchange for these elaborate trips and for financial kick backs, they are pretty angry. no, people are still upset. >> i am still interesting in that examination from the prosecutors. ben lemons for us. >> a severe drought will

effect food prices around the world, that's because the state's central valley known as the bread basket of the word supplies fresh produce and other commodities to europe, asia, and other countries. rob reynolds has our report from fullson, california. >> the dirt is bone dry, and the reservoir is nearly empty at 17% of capacity that's bad news for rod who grows pistachios. >> is this the worstout you have seen? >> it is. this is by far the most unusual situation i have experienced. but the drought is, toking some averagers to sell their herds. and growers are thinking about tearing out orchards.

some may run out of water all together. this year there's hardly any snow at all. >> i worry most about the snow packet. >> there will be maybe 1 million acres that aren't planted in california. just wasted. >> the drought could be a severe impact on california's $45 billion a year industry. >> about 175,000 california yangs rely on full time or seasonal farm work. many of them are from the states most impoverished communities. >> the most vulnerable people for this drought are the farmworkers. families that get by on

getting 1500 a year on low wages will now be cut back. >> the drought means americans may pay more for some this year, and so may other countries at this food market in british columbia, vendors are worried. >> a lot that comes -- are from either california or mexico. and a lot of it really is california, because it is the closest place. he may be forced to buy expensive water from private suppliers. >> we will go out in the market, and pay a pretty penny for water. >> there's nothing left to do except pray for rain. >> and italy in the navy has rescued more than 1100 migrants found drifting. sailors pulled the north african migrants off nine overcrowded rafts. and this is the first time, some 2,000 highn't grays landed on italy's shores last month alone,

ten times more than last year. after that they will be taken around to reception centers across italy. and that's when most of them will start an application for the asylum seeking status, which unfortunately, because -- on strict lows may take as long as 18 months. and as we have seen. there are overcrowded and in poor conditionals. >> police have identified the remaining two gunman from the sent attack.

>> the fbi says all four shooters died. in the mall. it has been a major obstacle between the peace talks. neither side is able to give up the land, and the back and forth is the back and forth. that's a handgun tucked into his abouts. he isn't a sol or a security guard, he is a farmer, and this is his day job. he grows 6,000 trees it is one of the regions most prized plots. >> so that they will get all the benefit of the come post. >> the jordan valley separates the west bank

and the rest of the arab neighbors. with farms and military to create a buffer. which means i may be the world's most secure. miles are planted in the entire valley, and that sound of jets? two air force uses 24 as a training resource. >> israel has created this as a mile wide security zone. and high on the hill, right above his farm, the local mayor show abandoned outposts. israel provides this point for strategic depths. >> we are what stops anything vicious coming. >> and any peace deal the u.s. is pushing a special status for the jordan valley. the u.s. wants a mix of p toos possibly american to transition the valley from israeli to palestinian control, but israel insists on keeping security in it's own hands. >> i don't know that any prime minister will give

up the jordan valley. for any agreement. because it is a cut. israel doesn't even let palestinians in here. the farmers are from thailand. >> it is a bit silly, you have a palestinian you remember phoning the army, and asking permission to go down to the border, it sounds silly. >> why is that silly, it is palestinian? >> well, it is government land, and it's my land. >> but even israel's regional council admits some of sit privately owned by palestinian. the settlement and their farms are illegal. >> israel has now led to european boycotts. and in the last year, israeli you remember familiesers have lost $30 million in sales. >> the war is always carries on the simple soldiers.

you know what i mean. i am a you remember familieser, i am here, no one in the government. and the effect only the you remember familieser. >> but so far, they are more willing to give up profits in the valley. and continue to grow inside the security zone. al jazeera, outpost the occupied west branch. >> a update on arrests led to the death of phillip seymour hoffman. not the mention cocaine and unidentified pills. they are investigating whether they supplied drugs to hoffman, with a syringe in his arm. over in florida, breaking

developments in the search for missing college student. now 25 years ago, he just completely vanished. it was one of the most famous missing cases florida has ever seen. now the junior went out for her power walk, and was just never heard from again, now detectives have a suspect, and that is serial killer paul rolls. he was a pizza delivery man, and he also worked at a construction site where she took those morning walks. he died in prison where he was locked up for another crime. avoiding affluenza. a texas teen was sentenced to ten years probation, ultimately avoiding jail time all together. now the case stirred big controversial when the defense attorney pointing the term affluenza. saying he was shielded from responsibility of his actions. 59 just 16, he lad valiant and three times legal limit of alcohol in his system, with seven passengers in the back of his truck. know h request only

communicate by bringing. remember that ohio execution we told you about, that was death roll inmate dennis maguire. he was never before tried he that will injection. that was a combination of sedatives and painkillers. just this week, initial reviews show there is no need to get rid of the combination, even though it took maguire 26 minutes to die. the city was cut off for 12 days after a series of a larges buried the highway. avalanches also blocked the river, and created a half mile long lake. just to clear that roadway, and now the department of transportation has declared the road safe once again. >> okay. phil lavell to see what makes europe the center

of the cinema world. who needs bolllywood, they give us the big movies but it is the festival that give many movie makers their exposure. which is now underway, 64 years old 24 year, 64 years strong. there are hundreds all over the year every year. everybody it seems wants in, but when it comes to the larger international festivals that number is nearer to 100, and nearly half of those are held here. in europe, the question is what has this part of the world got to offer the international movie making industry. he says that's the point, it is automatically a

destination. >> and people likely have the festival to celebrate the films. so we are the old one, we have the young people coming here. >> two of europe's other big film festivals. so they have the draw of the hotter weather to match. and even though berlin is cold right now, it is winter, remember. >> the director has it's biggest festivals when he was offered berlin there was no choice that he had to say yes. >> they put your movie in theaters to a much larger degree than american does, so you get more exposure, we are going to be in -- in france, london. so it's -- all that comes out of being in a festival. like berlin.

>> it is one of the favorites to win the top prize, and even when it is over, the critics will al surely be back, maybe not to germany, but they have a lot of other options in this part of the world. al jazeera, berlin.

nearly 40,000 plains are protecting the games in sochi. the threat is closer to the olympic honest city than people realize. >> tony, the latest news

is that american government officials are now just now issue as new warning to travelers flying to russia. including one about explosives in containers as small as tooth paste containers. sochi is in the southwest corner. and then the union broke up -- who has ordered his

fighters to do the upmost to derail the games which he drained as satanic dances on the bones of our ancestors. the threats have mount to what experts as the most extensive in sports history.

>> and 10,000 american fans are expected to attend, so president obama who just convenes the national security team to adjust safety concerns has now placed two u.s. war ships in the black sea off the coast of sochi, in case of a security breach. the u.s.s. mount whitney are carrying forces especially trained to carry out an evacuation. >> to that end, his government has spent more than $50 million. tony that is twice as much as great britain spent on the winter olympics and now that the athletes and fans have started to arrive, the big question is will these precautions work? >> that's the big

question, appreciate it, thank you. >> a qualifying event, one day since the ceremonies. whether athletes will use the opportunity to protest russias antigay law. on that part of the story. >> it's the word's biggest stage, throughout the course of modern sports history. they have not been excluded in that trend. most believe the same should be the same russia again finds itself at an international -- it involved around it's invasion of afghanistan. including the united states, now in 2014 the host nation is embroiled in battles with gay rights organization after

lost pass under vladimir putin criminalized noncriminal sexual relations. >> we talk about equality and rights but when you go abroad, when you go to the middle east, and you go to russia, our brothers and sisters are being persecuted, they can been murdered they show up missing they can be in prison. so it is a great opportunity for us to take this cause worldwide and to make a huge impact where the whole world is watching. >> it's happening because of lbgt laws in russia. that's what we have to focus on. not really home mow phobia -- >> that's one reason why athlete ally, a gay rights advocacy organization has use add direct quote of the charter to build awareness and support for their attacks of what they call the oppression of russian gays and lesbians. principle six is a

prescription. that states will sport will not discriminate on race, sexual orientation, it is purely on the merit of the athlete. >> the reason this is a big deal, the reason athlete allies started principle six is because of the laws in russia. so that is where we want to have the olympics to have an impact on. >> many plan to use social media to promote their cause, instead of sending representatives to the front lines. due to safety concerns and visa availability, so whether russia likes it or not, gay rights will be a part of the winter games. >> it is saddened that we are at a time, when people still don't see the humanity in lgbt individuals. i think the sport has done so much into helping us understand race relationships and now lgbtq issues. >> nobody is more offended than me, by some of the antigay and lesbian legislation you have been seeing in russia.

and one thing i am looking forward to is maybe some gay and lesbian athletes bringing home the gold or silver or bronze. which i think would go a long way in rejecting the kind of attitudes that he we're seeing there. >> and there will be ample opportunity as 294 total medal medals will by awarded through 98 events across 15 different sports. tony, in the last few days. the actual provision in the olympic charter that prohibits athletes from any type of demonstrations. no kind of demonstration or political propaganda is permitted in any sites venues or other areas. that doesn't mean you still can't do it. the most famous one in mexico, tommy smith won gold.

i am thinking about it, there is so much around this game, the set of games here, there is the fear of terrorism. there is the antigay laws. and maybe we get back here, really soon to the spit of competition. >> that's what they want, they want to keep the political agenda out of it, i don't know if they can prevent it. >> yeah, it may be difficult to do. good to see you, thank you. when we come back, we will have a updiagnostic on the days top stories, and the other news of the day. this is al jazeera.

this is al jazeera america. w a look at today's top stories. a bill to celebrated tend long term unemployment stalled in the senate today. democrats couldn't muster the necessary 60 votes to

prevent a republican filibuster, it is unclear when congress may take up the bill again. more than half a million people remain without bauer in the northeast after a winter storm blew through a large portion of the country. it could be dayed before power is restored to some sections. president obama has declared a federal -- three more west virginia schools closed their doors today after workers complained of strange smelling water. the same problem forced two other schools in the charleston area to close yesterday. four weeks ago, a chemical spill left 300,000 people without water. the water has been declared safe to use, but the schools took no chances. as the olympic torch make its way through the host city today, the u.s. department of homeland security issued a warning to airline that tooth paste containers could be used as bombs. russia has banned liquids on flights coming into

the city. i'm teeny harris, inside story is next, if you would like the latest on any of our stories we encourage you to head on over to our website. al jazeera,.com. the constitution specifically forbids the use of cruel and unusual punishment of prisoners at the hands of governments. but when the state sets out to kill a prisoner, how should it be done? the twenty-first century death penalty is the inside story.