conversation continues. we'll see you next time. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello welcome to the news hour. i'm jane dutton. a missing anti-drone campaigner resurfaces in pakistan saying he was abducted and tortures. russia accuses the united states of trying to derail peace talks. and israel's prime minister drives himself to the palace to

resign. and how german politicians are trying to help people recover artwork stolen by the nazis. ♪ pakistani anti-drone activists who went missing over a week ago has reappeared. he was due to speak to european politicians about u.s. drone strikes in his country, but on february 5th he disappeared from his home. he said the pakistani intelligence service is behind his kidnap. the first journalist to speak to him joining us now. what did he say and what sort of condition was he in? >> reporter: jane, it was a chilling account. he is known as the face of the anti-drone campaign in pakistan. he was abducted blindfolded, shackled and tortures mentally

and physically. he described a small dungeon where he was kept at. his lawyers said that this is a form of torture that these interrogate fors use so it doesn't leave any physical marks and is very, very painful. let's listen in to what was going through hissing mind when being tortured. >> i was taken from my home and amidst my childrens and my family members, and my neighbors, and my friends, and i said that i will be killed here, and i don't know what do with my

dead body. i didn't -- didn't realize that they will -- will kill me, and will -- will view my body to my -- my family members. >> he believes that the pakistani intelligence service is behind this. if they are behind it, what are they frightened of, and why did they let him go? >> reporter: well, he was very distraught. he did not say the intelligence service was behind his abduction, his lawyer thinks they were. other lawyers that we spoke to who did not want us to mention their names said the intelligence services are scared of their complicity. he is a nuisance for those people who's bringing not just

testimony and people who are victims of these accounts, but also evidence which might suggest that some sort of involvement is taking part on the pakistani side about these drone attacks. he says he was only released because there was so much pressure by the civil society, the media, and other people who knew him who said that he is one of the few people who -- he is a victim of the violence and sticking to the case through peaceful means. >> thank you very much. diplomatic efforts of peace talks have been dealt another blow after senior diplomats from russia and the us.

>> translator: we have an impression that those in the process wanted to make the communique a subject of the talks, but they had only one thing, a regime change. >> james bayes is live for us in geneva. so you couldn't get it clearer than that, their stance on regime change. where does this leave the talks now, james? >> reporter: well, we have had dead lock here all week, no progress all so whatever, we thought that the u.s. and russian envoys coming here could perhaps give this whole process a jolt, but now it emerges that these two sides are now themselves at logger heads. so i think it's in a really difficult place. as we understand at the moment, probably the talks here are

either going to end later on today, friday, or on saturday, and then there will be another round of these talks, a third round, at a future date not yet decided, but i think in the meantime, there is going to be a lot of diplomatic effort needed, not now, just between the two parties, but between the u.s. and russia, where relations are very bad on a number of issues sthchl >> there has been very little movement, hasn't there, and all of this is having very little impact on the humanitarian efforts in the scountry. >> reporter: yes, and they were trying to get more help to the people on the ground. that was a western resolution, russians didn't like it, they came up with their own. the chief saying there is

desperate need and now we have had the syrian deputy foreign minister speaking here saying that some of valerie's comments were inappropriate. the un used to be seen as the mediator, and now they are getting drawn into the controversy. >> all right. thank you james. the united nations says it fears a major land assault on a rebel-held town. this follows days of aerial strikes and shelling. around 600 syrian families have already crossed the border to lebanon. still to come on the program, another volcano erupts. and russians are calling it a tramdy, as one of their

greatest olympic medalists retires moments before he is due to compete. we'll have those details. italy's prime minister has handed his resignation to the president a day after his own party sacked him. let's get more from lauren in our london news center. >> thanks very much, after just ten months, he is out, ousted by the young ambitious mayor of florence. he is now expected that he will be asked to try to form a go. he has never even been elected to parliament. let's get more from david. the world and italians in particular are quite used to the

revalving door of politics, but how do they feel about it this time? >> i think this time around, people here in the street that i have been talking to, there is much more a feeling of perhaps, perhaps, this might change things. but all eyes are on the presidential palace behind me, that's where he is making his consultations with political parties, but i think all eyes now are on that mayor of florence and what we can do to change the institution of politics in this country. let's have a look at the develops. >> reporter: italy's revolving political door is on the move again, after just ten tent tiff months in power, the prime minister at his last cabinet meeting. the victim of a coup inside his own party's ranks.

the scrapper, the mayor of florence. he is determined to move the party to the middle ground, and demolish the old political institutions, which has brought europe's third largest economy to the brink of bankruptcy. >> we're expecting of at least six months of full power as a government, not as a party leader, or thinking of ideology or transformation of the party, it's decisions, the economy, et cetera. >> reporter: to the weary ordinary citizens the skeptical looks like another political groundhog day. >> translator: it is a really bad idea. nothing will change. they are all the same. what program does he have? he don't know what his policies are. one prime minister takes our

money, another arrives and they take more. >> translator: i don't understand what will change i hope something will change. >> reporter: whoever takes charge will have to deal with unemployment now at a 40-year high? italy. there has been some good news on the economic front. latest figures show that italy's gdp edged up by 1%. and there has been no market turmoil like we usually see. the next man who will be calling to meet the 88-year-old president could turn out to be italy's youngest ever prime minister, maybe it really out with the old and in with the new this time. well let's just find out whether this is really going to change. i have with me one of the leading commentators here in roam looking at the political

scene. can you tell me, do you think he will make a difference if chosen as prime minister? >> well, my impression is that he's a fresh face, but covering old politics. that is the beginning of this experience, because the way in which he's going to have the -- try to be prime minister is not very elegant, and quite contradictory because in the very beginning he said he didn't want to go to [ inaudible ] instead, he said he didn't want to join a majority with a center right. third he said he wanted to go to the polls and then be prime minister. so there is a very striking contradiction, and the beginning is not so good, but let's hope the following things will be better. >> what do you think his major policies as a politician? >> well, he is very courageous.

the big question mark is if he just risks or if he gambles, that's the big question mark. and he has no international experience. but i think it appears he risk what nobody wants to risk, he risked it and apparently succe d succeeded. >> do you think he has a real chance of gaining power here? >> i think he might suffer a set back to his credibility, because the way he has taken power is not the best. so i think his move has not been very much appreciated. that said, i also think that the big problem is not him, but his party, because what they didn't explain is why just a few days ago they were clapping to rick let ta, and now they are killing

him. >> reporter: thank you very much for that analysis. to lauren now back to you. >> david thank you very much indeed. communities hit by flooding across britain are now suffering a further battering. heavy rain is now spreading across southern england and whiles. strong winds are forecasts from friday through saturday. simon mcgregor-wood reports. >> reporter: even throw flood levels along the river thames has stabilized in the last few hours, more rain is on the way. right next to the thames the authorities are preparing for the worst. it is called an aqua dam.

it's filled with water to keep the water out. but james house will be on the wrong side of the dam. >> we have beaten it so far. i have kept it out of the kitchen for the last four nights, i'm getting rather tired, but now that the flood water is gone a bit, i can lift the sandbags and get help down. >> reporter: local people helping each other, fresh wet sandbags arrive to help whoever needs them. and the british royal family, princes william and harry lending a hand. forecasting are predicting more rain in the next few hours, and that will result, another 1,000

homes at least will be flooded. now the attention has turned to the causes, climate change and shifting weather patterns are the chief suspect. the five wettest winters in the uk have all happened since the year 2000. >> they say what -- what does it mean for people like us? and what they said it means more of the same. it means more unpredictability, and more extremes. >> reporter: if this is a sign of things to come, huge infrastructure programs will be needed and cost billions. at a time of shrinking public budgets, finding the money will be a critical challenge. emma joins us live now. what are people expecting there in the next few hours or so?

>> reporter: well, they are expecting more flooding, and here they are doing their best as simon was explaining to try to shore up the defenses, the rain has finally stopped here, but it has been really coming down very heavily for the last few hours. i was just talking to an environment agency officer, and he said he simply don't know what is going to happen, but they are trying to do their best. but the problem with this defense is it will not protect all of the homes around here, but obviously some people's homes may be better protected, but all along, people are putting out some bags, and that is the pattern everywhere you go along the thames valley, and it won't be really what happens with the weather this afternoon, but where we will see the full result of the rain coming down in the next few days.

>> okay. emma hayward thanks very much indeed. more from europe for me later in the news hour. now let's go back to doha. ♪ a volcanic eruption has killed at least three people in indonesia's most populated island. it is 140 kilometers from indonesia's second largest city, which is a major industrial center. it is on the island of java which is home to 240 million people. because of fertile land close to the active volcano, hundreds of thousands of people live on the slopes indonesia is drone to volcanic eruptions because of its location on the ring of

fire. steph reports from the indonesian capitol. >> reporter: only one and a half hours after the alert level was raised, the volcano erupted. the eruption spewed gravel, rocks, and ashes as far as 17 kilometers away. volcanic ash darkened the sky over large parts of the island of java, four major airports were closed immediately. it erupted in 1990 killing 34 people, and back in 1999 more than 5,000 were killed. there were no deaths after the most recent eruption in 2007 after authorities ordered a successful evacuation. indonesia is taking the brunt of

natural disasters again. while warning systems have improved and the authorities are now better prepared, the lives of hundreds of thousands are affected again. thai police have cleared anti-government demonstrators from protest sites in the capitol of bangkok. it is the latest attempt to break up makeshift camps dotted around the capitol. one protester was injured during the confrontation. demonstrations began three months ago. wayne haye has more. >> reporter: such as been the reluctance by the government to use any real force against the protesters, but some of the rally sides have been left largely vacant for many weeks now, and those are the areas that police seem to have targeted on friday morning, going into those areas, clearing some of the equipment that the protesters have left behind.

again, hearing from the prime minister on friday saying she did not want to see any unnecessary force used against these protesters. the police did turn up here to the suburb in very large numbers. they were met by a very small group of anti-government protesters, and after a brief standoff, the police have left the area. so this may be a long process to clear paths of the thai capitol. north and south korea are talking again. they have agreed to rebuild trust and tone down hostilities between them. >> reporter: the previous gap between high-level north-south talks lasted seven years. this year the delegation walked across the demarcation line for the second time in just mile per hours. an agreement of reunions of families separated by the korean

war will go ahead as plans. >> translator: first north and south korea agree to hold the reunion as scheduled. second the north and south agree to refrain from slandering each other. third, the north and south continue to discuss issues of mutual concern. >> reporter: the south koreans insist they have made no concessions on the military exercise front with the us. >> translator: the first step towards trust building is the reunion of the separated families. so we persuaded the north we should trust each other, and the north agreed with us. >> reporter: they also agreed not to slander each other. but problem is, much of what is

called slander, kwom -- comes from south korean's media, not its government. so f after two days of talks south korea has confirmation of a deal it had already made on family reunions. north korea has a less than bullet proof agreement onning slander. and relations could always deteriorate again quickly, but at least the two sides are talking again at this level, and promise to continue doing so. the united nations says 70 men and women have been killed in democratic republic of congo. most of the victims were killed with machetes. numerous armed groups are active in the area. the un plans to send more

troops to the [ inaudible ]ing around 400,000 people have been forced from their homes because of the fighting. the rebels want an independent state. >> reporter: this food is going to feed hundreds of thousands of people displaced by fighting in the southern democratic republic of congo. rebels are battling government troops for independence. it will take at least three days for the food to reach the most vulnerable. >> translator: the situation is volatile. we are extremely worried. every day villages are burnt down. people are always running from village to village. that sometimes makes it hard to know where people are and how many need help. >> reporter: officials are concerned about the growing violence, this village, the

capitol of the province was recently attacked. this woman wants to protect her family from more attacks. >> translator: the soldiers said if you hear shooting stay in the house, don't come outside because you will be killed, but we still don't feel safe. other people rap into the bush. >> reporter: there aren't enough soldiers or un troops to patrol a province roughly the size of spain. this area has been attacked several times and people here live in constant fear. this house belongs to the village chief, when the fighting started, he ran away. he hasn't been seen in a while. the armed groups claim the killings are killed by the government soldiers, not them. the province which is rich in minerals is a source of income

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♪ hello again, a reminder of the top starries on al jazeera. pakistani anti-drone campaigner who went missing more than a week ago has resurfaced. he disappeared from his home. he says he was tortured by his captors. the syrian opposition and government say there has been no progress during another round of peace talks. it comes after russia accused countries of trying to sabotage the talks. italy east prooil has been forced to resign by his own

party. he is expected to be replaced by the mayor of florence and leader of italy's most powerful political power. bolivians are preparing for more heavy rain as emergency teams struggle to reach people cut off by floods. 42 people have been killed in -- since november, and more than 50,000 have been displaced. >> reporter: working through the depths of the floods. firefighters are on their way. this used to be a road and now it's completely flooded. there is over a meter of water. firefighters are going into places like this to look for people who need to be rescued. only two boats are available, a community leader, alerted by dozens of desperate families led the way. >> translator: when the rains began this road became

inaccessible, no cars could go in and we need food, water, and medicine. >> reporter: everyone were inside their homes in the area, but this woman and her six children were on their doorstep. >> translator: we have been drinking this dirty water. we don't have food. >> reporter: the children were loaded on one vote. they are sick and hungry. she brought some bananas for the kids, but there was not enough room for her husband and the dogs. nearby another family was also waiting. these are large families so the women and children came first. most of the men stayed behind. one firefighter says they will need at least ten trips to get most people out, but operations are limited. >> translator: we need help a lot of help, because we lack equipment and we're trying to reach people in need.

>> reporter: there are only ten firefighters in the city, and there's no back upbecause they are busy in other regions helping flood victims. family members were waiting for their arrival. city officials helped them load on to a truck to take them to a shelter. >> translator: i'm happy that we are now on dry land. it's bad to be in the water, especially for the children. it's dangerous. >> reporter: city officials prepare the housing project for them, immediately after firefighters boarded their boat and off they went. libya is bracing for more protests against a decision by the interim parliament to extent its mandate, and the chief has called for the parliament and government to be suspended. an appeal quickly dismissed by

though prime minister. john hendren has the story. >> reporter: this is the value connie from which coffey -- ka dofy used to speak to libyans for hours. and this is the kind of demonstration you never saw during his reign. however, this is a demonstration that has turned against a government that was instituted to replace ka doffy. this says leave no extension. this comes at a highly unstable time. there has been talk of a coup in the last week. a group of military officers had plotted to stage a coup a couple of days ago, and a former military officer announced on youtube that he wanted to see a

transition of government, and he still has much support within the military. so far this has been a peaceful demonstration. but this is a fragile government in which the prime minister was kidnapped just back in november. so while things are peaceful right now, there is talk of coups and nearly anything seems possible right now, amid this frig isle fledgling movement. the director of a think tank based in this tripoli joins us now. we have seen possible coup, attacks on the media and journalists, what do you think is behind this? >> there has been a heightened sense of populism over the last year, and that is no different to what is happening in particular in in egypt.

that is characterized by the way in which a grand number of protests that occurred. they are chanting leave, but there's no program in its wake has entranched a sense of populism. so i think it's a prime example of what is happening across north africa. but with libya's case there seems to be a number of activists looking at ways they can counter. >> you have the prime minister who's grip is tenuous at best, what or who do you think can make a difference, and will the vote on february 20th to elect an assembly to draft a constitution make any difference at all? >> i don't think it will make a great deal of difference. it's part of the metric of transition we want to use, but the real metric, is the breakdown across the country.

transportation, education, health care have not improved. and when you look at those -- use those socioeconomic indicators as metrics, you see a collapse of his grip on the country, and it won't improve and the rhetoric that has ravaged this country, has been one of [ inaudible ] whether it's the muslim brotherhood being in control, whether there's an invisible hand behind any decision making. but it allows for armed actors to start developing political voices, and as we saw -- >> let me jump in quickly here, could this lead to a fracturing of the country? economically it's a disaster,

this stalemate and the oil is not moving in the east of the country. >> well, i suppose it's a real question in the sense of who could have power, but i don't think any one group could have enough power to fracture and control the country. i think many could consider -- in particular [ inaudible ] and the way in which he has been able to fracture the east of the country, that's one very slow component, albeit a component that has a lot of impact on the country. but any one region being able to control the rest of the country, i think is an impossibility. you would have to have a great deal of support, tribal, regional support, as well as support from the media. and the media has come under a

lot of attack. >> very good to talk to you. security forces have fired tear gas at demonstrators heading to the site of the demolished key location in the uprising three years ago. 29 people were arrested on thursday in villages near the capitol. protesters want greater political freedom and economic opportunities for the majority shiite population. the kingdom is ruled by a sunni monarchy. let's get more news from europe now. >> thanks, jane. it has nearly 70 years since the end of a second world war, but many people are still trying to recover artwork stolen by the nazis. as phil reports from berlin, there is still a long way to go. >> reporter: hollywood's hands are all over the subject at the

moment, but in real life, finding that art is a much harder process, hidden behind ordinary homes in ordinary walls, across germany and beyond, this is a real life treasure hunt. and getting the art back to original owners can be a nightmare which is why the upper house comes in. a bill was introduced on friday to try to make the whole process easier. this is where the bill will eventually end up, the german parliament. it has now been nearly 70 years since the end of world war ii, and when it comes to the issue of returning stolen art, nothing happens quickly. under german law once a person has held that art for 30 years, it automatically becomes their property, so getting rid of that part of the law is one of the goals here, and the other one is

physically locating the art. a new task force will now be doing that, combing museums for looted works. but what was stolen, what was given under intimidation, and what was given to the nazis? it is a big legal gray area. >> an objection is stolen in in the states. and here it is very strange. and therefore it is necessary to have a law in germany. >> reporter: museums can afford huge legal fees, the individuals fighting them in many cases just can't afford it. >> they have to sign a contract that it must be sold on auction because they know they don't have the money to pay the lawyer to get back the painting and to hold it in the family. it's impossible. >> reporter: just this week as many as 60 works from the likes

of picasso and others were discovered in this home in austria. new law or not, many art pieces will probably never be found. african migrants holding their cell phones to the sky to try to get a better signal has won the photograph of the year. other winning images included this one of survivors of typhoon haiyan. and william daniels was given a prize for this striking image. jonah joins us now via skype in the u.s. congratulations on the prize can you just tell us a bit more about how you came to take that photograph. >> thank you. i had been wandering the beach

at night in the city after traveling for a month and a half over land from northern ethiopia, and i came upon these -- a group of men and women, and i asked my friend the translator, i said what are they doing? they said they are somalis that are trying to so to called catching the signal in neighb neighboring somalia to reach their loved ones back home. and i the weight and measure of it started to drip upon me in many ways, because i have been in that exact situation as well, countless times when i'm on the road trying to reconnect with my family back home. it's an image that is really all of us. >> did you treat the photograph afterwards? because there is quite a lot of

controversy around post production of photographs. >> oh, no, not at all, slight lightning, slight color balance. no, that's pretty much what it looked like. >> and do you think that that is important? should that be one of the factors in these awards, is actually the pictures shouldn't be touched up too much. >> in many ways i think we could say that, but i'm all about communication. i was just wondering through jordan a few weeks ago, and looking through 8,000 year old petro glifs, and going my gosh, that was communication. and today it is all about communication as well. but we are living in a fascinating time where every one

is communicationing. so i suppose it is up to the individual. but i feel the way it was and the way it is the way to present it. the brilliance of reality. >> and can i ask you, what your favorite one was in the awards? did you have a favorite apart from your own? >> i don't actually most of the time like my own images. i haven't had too much of a chance to look at it. i have been up since the morning receiving phone calls, but i have seen my colleagues, marcus has a very powerful story on whaling, the images out of of course the middle east and syria, are very pressing and important to our time, and the natural science our environment, that is crucial. really the work i'm doing now is not so much front line combat

photography, i have been photographing year after year and not seeing much of a change, and my focus now is the issues that lead to conflict to try to make us think before we get to that weakened state of humanity. >> thank you very much for talking to us. >> thank you kindly. the russian authorities have polled animal lovers which commissioning a cull of stray dogs in the area. but many have been struck by the numbers still roaming the streets. >> reporter: people here know that margarita and her daughter are dog lovers, so when someone came across this dog injured on the road, it was margarita they called. >> translator: when we found her she was in terrible condition. she was dying. we took her to the vet where her leg was amputated and she

survived. >> reporter: in their small flat they look after as many stray dogs as they can. >> translator: we would like our city to have an animal shelter like the rest of the civilized world, but before the olympics, many dogs were culled instead. >> reporter: we couldn't tell what had killed this dog, but sochi's authorities have been using a way to collect the dogs. this american is trying to take some puppies home with him. also a russian billionaire has funded a new shelter in we regone. but so far only the cull has

made a serious dent on the number of strays. margarita and her daughter have come to this piece of ground to feed the dogs. they say most of the dogs are now dead. mother and daughter urged sochi's authorities to come up with more humane solutions like a sterilization program. but while there are still strays on the streets, we two women will keep going out every day to look after them. and that's the news from europe. let's go back to jane in doha. >> thanks lauren. i enjoyed your chat with the photographer. coming up in sport, we'll have details with jo. ♪ ,

take a new look at news. welcome to al jazeera america, i'm del walters. right now it is just after 7:30 in the evening in sochi, russia. on slate today is men's ice hockey. heavy snow is slowing things down in tokyo. many passengers waiting things out in airports. some parts of japan having as much as 19 inches of snow. in bolivia, parts of that country are coping with floods, those floods are being blamed for dozens of deaths, leaving hundreds homeless. maria reports. >> reporter: working through the depth of the floods, firefighters are on their way on

a mission. this used to be a road and now it's completely flooded. there's over a meter of water. firefighters are going around the banks of the river into places like this to look for people who need to be rescued. only two boats are available, but the community leader alerted by dozens of desperate families lead the way. >> translator: when we rains began, this road become inaccessible, no cars could go in, and we need food, water, and medicine. >> reporter: here everyone was inside their homes, but this woman and her six children were on the doorstep. >> translator: we have been drinking this dirty water. we don't have food. >> reporter: the children were loaded on one boat. they carried some clothes and toys. she says they are sick and hungry. she brought some bananas for the kids, but there was not room for her husband and the dogs.

these are large families so the women and children came first, most of the men stayed behind. firefighter says they will need at least ten trips to get people out, but operations are limited. >> translator: we need help, a lot of help, because we lack equipment and we're trying to reach people in need. >> reporter: there are only 10 firefighters in the city, and will is no backup because they are busy in other regions helping other flood victims. family members were waiting for their arrival. city officials helped them load on to a truck to take them to a shelter until they can return home. this woman says her children are now safe. >> translator: i'm happy that we are now on dry land. it's bad to be on the water, especially for the children. it's dangerous.

>> reporter: city officials prepared a shelter, and immediately after firefighters boarded their boat and went off to save other feem -- people. a volcano has erupted in indonesia. the military has been called in to help evacuate more than 100,000 people. seven area airports have now been shut down. cluster headaches so bad they are being named suicide headaches. those who suffer kill themselves at a rate that is 20 times grater than the national average. tom akerman has more. >> reporter: describing the main is one thing, showing it quite another as many patients have done. >> i'm about an hour into my attack, and it's getting worse. >> reporter: the waves of pain spread from the major facial

nerve but peopled to be activated by the hypo thalamus. >> all of these parts of the brain are acting in concert to create these short, but incredibly intense headaches. >> reporter: they can last one to three hours at a time, coming in daily attacks or in cycles lasting months. >> after four months of this, you're -- suicide looks like a pretty good option, and it's not that you want to kill yourself. you want to get rid of the pain. >> reporter: it's a disorder that can make normal activity possible. >> i can't be around people. i need to be in my dark room in bed or a dark room period, because that's the only place i can feel okay. and basically it's waiting out the pain. >> reporter: once a year cluster

headache sufferers come to washington, d.c. to appeal for help from congress. breathing pure oxygen has been shown to shorten the attacks. but the government's medical insurance plans won't cover it. and the national institutes of health have sponsored only one study. but hallucinogenic drugs show some promise. >> when lsd was first discovered, [ inaudible ] was looking for migraine and cluster treatments, so that was in the mix at that point, and then it got shelved for 40 years. >> reporter: but as restricted substances like marijuana become a main stream treatment for other illnesses, these people want the law to give the same attention to their pain. checking the markets, an up and down pay on wall street. right now the dow is in positive

territory. there is a coffee shop in seattle that seems more like a tech builders workshop instead. allan reports. >> reporter: it's a place where anyone can walk in and make just about anything, with just about anything, from sewing and knitting machines to laser cutters, and 3-d printers. >> we have parts supplies, snacks, free internet, coffee. >> reporter: it's a place to meet, mingle, and make. it sprung out of matt's idea of what he calls the tool curve. >> at the bottom of the curve we have hammers and nails and everythings that everybody has. >> reporter: from there it goes up to the super high end printers, pressers, and cutters. like the pro toe laser that just came in. it can shave weeks off of an

electronic project by printing circuit boards. it is open every day of the week noon to midnight, and with most workplaces there is a vending machine in the corner, but you need a circuit board, or a 16-channel high current driver shield kit? it's all here. terence tam is a customer. at night he gets a chance to get out and play. >> there is, you know, a really like mined geeks like me that come down here and spend time. >> reporter: those like-minded geeks helped spur his idea for a make it yourself 3-d printer. he raised more than $120,000 on the online fund-raising tool, kick starter. >> a savvy parent that can assembly a kid's bike can

probably put it together in about a weekend and start printing. >> reporter: then you can print the parts to make more 3-d printers. while it was the cool tools that first got him in the door here, it's the creative people that keep him coming back. >> when you put people like this together in a room like this, that's when the magic happens. >> reporter: the hardest part might be figuring out what the next big thing may be so he can build it or help build it. actor ralph wait has died. he was known to millions at the father on the wallton's. he could most recently be seen on cis as seen in this photo. he was 85. you are watching al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. for news updates throughout the

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>> welcome to aljazeera america. i'm del walters, and these are the stories we're following for you. the aftermath now of the storm. dozens of cars and trucks, all in a big pileup in pennsylvania. president obama traveling to california, trying to get a firsthand look at that devastating drought. >> a 13-year-old boy, the size of an eight-year-old. and he has not eaten meat for two years or more. >> as the syria peace talks stagnate, aid workers are helping civilians on the ground.