>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ welcome to the news hour, i'm in doha, coming up, a missing anti-drone campaigner resurfaces in pakistan, saying he was tortured. theun warning of decades of conflict in central african republic as france says it is accepting more troops. >> i'm lauren taylor with this news from europe. all eyes on the man poised to become italy's youngest prime

minister. and britain's princes help flood victims as more rain and snow batters the country. ♪ pakistan, the anti-drone activist who went missing over a week ago has now disappeared. -- has now reappeared. the journalist who spoke to him joins us now. first of all what did he say to you osama? >> he is the face of the anti-drone cam pain here in pakistan. he told us the chilling or deal which he went through when he was picked up at midnight, and then he told us that he was

taken to a basement or a torture chamber as he described to us. he was shackled, restrained, blindfolded, abused and tortured. let's listen in. >> the torture was -- was different kind. mental, and i received some [ inaudible ] so the torturers tortured me really badly, and they -- at the same time they were abusing very badly, very badly. >> reporter: and this is just some of the torture that he explained to us. he was beaten on the souls of his feet and hands, and his lawyer told us that it was very systemic torture that he underwent and they did not leave that many marks, but made sure they hit him on the sensitive

parts of his body. >> what are the police or any officials saying about this? what is that side of the story if he is accusing the police or intelligence of being behind this. >> reporter: his defense team are convinced that it was intelligence agencies that picked him up. most who have been picked up in the same manner have been found dead. the police registered a case against unknown people, so there is a hearing which will commence on the 20th of february, where his lawyer says he will go to the court and try to find out who were the people behind this onduction and torture of his client. >> this is of course drone attacks very sensitive issue in

pakistan. i imagine this incident is only going to play to the tension over that issue. >> reporter: absolutely, as i just mentioned he was the face of the anti-drone campaign. his brother and son were killed in a u.s. drone strike in 2009. he named the cia station chief for carrying out the attack. the station chief then had to leave the country after all of in. he started rallies and protests in the capitol and had been campaigning since. so there is a lot of public sentiment with him. and his lawyers told us he is very important because of the fact he is of the minority of people who are victims of violence who say they will not go through suicide bombers, but rather go through legal and peaceful means to seek justice for those they have lost. >> thank you very much. now the united nations is

warning the central african republic could be engulfed by, quote, decades of violence if the international community doesn't help now. >> attack crowds of mass atrocities and sectarian cleansing loom over the central african republic. public lynchings, mutilations and other horrendous acts of violence are spreading. communities that have history of violent conflict are on a course that if left unchecked could lead to decades of debilitating conflict. france says it will second an extra 400 soldiers to the

republic. the french president is urging nay speed up the deployment of the soldiers. jacky is live for us in paris. we have the un talking about a long-term conflict, and we have france talking about a temporary increase of soldiers. >> reporter: there are a number of factors at play. the bottom line is this conflict is more difficult to resolve, more difficult to contain than originally had been expected. beyond that there are some factors which are out of france's control, for example, you mentioned the length of time it has taken for those european forces to actually come on to the ground in the car. and there is the question about the african troops. in some cases it has taken

longer for troops to arrive than some had hoped for, and the quality of the troops in some cases are less than desired. and the french forces set about at the very early stage disarming the celica, by disarming these fighters the french created a vacuum by these christian groups which have been carrying out massacres against muslim civilians, that is a very wide-spread problem, and it is the direct result of actions by the french government to try to deal with the violence, so it's a combination of factors which

has lead the french to bump up their presence in car. >> and not everybody in car has been positively reacting to the french. what is the reaction that more french troops are going in. >> i can give you a reaction to a very senior military official here in france. the ground forces were scathing about this announcement. he was very outspoken in a way that you wouldn't normally expect an officerer to be regarding his elected master. he said the 400 troops were absolutely inadequate. he said this peace meal situation is not allowing him to do his job. he said he shouldn't be talking

about 400. we should be talking about 3,000. so from the point of view of the military men, and the men planning the strategy on the ground, securing the airports and main roots through which humanitarian aid can entry the country, they are not at all satisfied with what they see as only an incremental increase in the military presence. >> thanks so much. both sides in this syria's civil war have ended another day saying there is no progress. earlier russia accused the opposition's foreign backers of trying to sab bauj the discussion, saying they were focusing on regime change. >> translator: we have an impression that those backing the opposition wanted to make the entire geneva communique a

subject of the talks, but they had only one thing in mind, regime change. >> james bayes is in geneva for us. so james now world backers backing this conference seem to be falling out with each other. that can't be good can it? >> it really can't be good. he said knows backing the opposition, he means the western countries and arab countries, and he means the us. this process all along has been guaranteed by two countries, the u.s. and russia for eight months since they came out with the idea of these peace talks. these peace talks have been going for two rounds now. no progress at all. there was some hope that when the u.s. and russia came along, their envoys, maybe they could kick start the process. instead now the u.s. and russia

are at logger heads, so it really is very bleak prospect, i think now for these talks. as i stand here right now, it's late here in geneva, 7:00. we don't know if the talks are going to continue tomorrow or be completely adjourned. there's no news, and i think that shows the crisis surrou surrounding these talks now. >> the u.s. and russia knew going into this they had very different positions on syria and talks. >> they knew they had very different positions on this, but they were committed to the process. i think there are a number of factors here, and there -- they are not all about the talks. there is some concern about the speed of the talks. russia says this process should take some time. also remember what is going on in new york, the efforts to get that humanitarian resolution by

western countries. i don't think russia was happy with those drafts. in fact they produced their own draft. the western diplomats told me this was a good time to introduce a draft during the sew c -- sochi olympics. and remember the discord over ukraine, i think that might be playing into this as well. >> all right. thanks. james bayes there. three car bombs have explod exploded, one went on outside of a mosque while worshippers were leaving the building, and two others in other towns. and while the united nations says it fears syria is playing a major land assault. it has received reports of a military buildup in the area.

the un says as many as 50,000 people have fled the town in recent days, about 600 families have already crossed the border into lebanon with many more expected to arrive. the un has temporary halted the vacation of people in holmes. after a ceasefire was agreed aids were allowed into holmes and hundreds of people brought out. many men and boys are being held for questioning by syrian authorities. coming up on the show, libyans take to the streets against a struggling government, as a former army chief's comments add to the uncertainty. plus another volcano results. indonesia bears the brunt of natural disasters again. and in sport action from the winter olympics. details coming up from farah. ♪

italy's prime has held his last cabinet meeting and handed in his resignation to the president the day after his own party sacked him. let's get more from lauren. >> yes, after just ten months of italy's government, he is out, ousted by the young ambitious mayor of florence. the president is now expected to ask him to form a government. he has never even been elected to parliament. let's get more outside of the presidential palace in rome. so italy has a history, clearly of short-lived governments, what do people make of it this time? >> reporter: well, as you can see at the palace behind me, the

president is beginning to burn the midnight oil. he has got to solve this crisis, and solve it very quickly. and it does look like he is the man that will eventually walk through those large gates and become the next prime minister appointed by the italian president. he is very, very keen to make sure there is a quick end to this political vacuum. italy's revolving political door is on the move again. after just ten tentative months in power, the prime minister at his last cabinet meeting, the victim of a coup inside his own party's ranks. the grab for pow came from this 39 year old who has gained a nickname for his style, the scrapper. it has been said his role model is tony blair. he is determined to move the party to the middle ground.

and while he is at it demolish the old political institutions. >> what we expect -- italy is expecting from him is at least six months of full power as a government, not as a party leader, not thinking about ideology or transformation of his party. it's laws, decrees, decisions, the economy, et cetera. >> reporter: to the weary ordinary citizens it looks like another political groundhog day. >> translator: it is bad. what program does he have? we don't know what his policies are? he'll go there and what will he do? >> i don't understand what will change. i hope something will change. >> reporter: whoever takes charge, though, will have to deal with unemployment now at a

40-year high, and the every present political quagmire. there has been some good news on the economic figure. the gdp edged upwards by 1%. and there has been no market turmoil here like we usually see on occasions like this. the next man who will be calling, could turn out to be italy's youngest ever prime minister. maybe it really with the old and in with the new. >> what kind of timetable are we looking at? in >> well, as i said, the italian president is very keen to make quick work out of this. he has the heads of the parties around him at the moment, or many of them, and i think his calculations will lead him

inevitably to mr. renzi. so we can expect to see him sometime tomorrow afternoon. and as soon as he is appointed by the president, he has to deal with one very critical situation, which is the fact that youth unemployment here is at a staggering 40%. they really have to bring in measures, both politically, and economically to start changing that situation. and the increase in the gdp, that is not nearly enough to make any impression on the real problems here in the economy in italy, and most critical observers i have been talking to say that he might have a slightly stronger government than his predecessor, but it is still going to be extremely difficult for him. because he is being appointed. he had not been elected to

parliament. he is 39 years old. and hasn't succeeded in anything in an election apart from being the mayor of florence. so there is a democratic deficit here. and everybody on the streets is very aware of that. and they are getting very cynical about italian politics here. >> thank you very much indeed. while communities are hit by flooding across britain, they are now preparing for a multi-pronged attack. simon mcgregor-wood reports. >> reporter: believe it or not, flood levels along the river thames have stabilized in the last 24 hours. yet more rain is on the way. the body of water like this will

only increase. authorities are preparing for the worst here. it's called an aqua dam, it is filled with water to keep the water out. but james house will be on the wrong side of the dam, all he has are these sandbags. >> we have beaten it so far, i have kept it out of the kitchen, i have been up on two-hour shifts for the last four nights, but yeah, now the flood water is got a bit, i can lift the sandbags, and get better sheeting down. >> fresh wet sand arrives to fill sandbags for forever needs them. a few kilometers away, princes william and harry lending a hand. forecasters are predicting

another 14 millimeters of rain will fall in the next few hours, and over the next few days that will result in a rise in the river again. now the attention has turned to the causeds, climate change and shifting weather patterns are the chief suspects. the five wettest winters on record in the uk have all happened since the year 2000. >> the stein advertises tell us about science, which is quite strong, i must say, but then they say -- 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 projects will be needed, and they will cost billions. at a time of shrinking budgets,

finding the money will be a challenge. and emma haywarding sent us this update. >> reporter: the battle to keep the water at bay is an ongoing one here. here you can the see water here has already burst its banks. every we have gone today, people trying to shore up the protection, filling the sandbags just to do whatever they can to protect their properties. on friday, more than 20 severe flood warnings issued. that means that there is a risk to life and property. and the environment agency is warning that the risk from flooding could go well into next week. and though flood water has nowhere else to go. so even if it stops raining, the flood water could be hanging around for a long time to come. >> i'll have more from europe

lapter in the news hour, including locating looted art. plus . . . >> i'm lower rens lee, where the fault lines over the british government's plan to frac for gas are getting wider. ♪ baharni officials say three officers were wounded from a bomb explosion. it was the key location in the uprising three years ago. 29 people were arrested on thursday in villages near the area. libyans have again protested against the decision by the interim -- parliament to expand

its mandate. they have been rallying after a chief called for the end to the order. >> reporter: this is where gadhafi used to speak for hours to the people, and this is the kind of demonstration that you did not see for 42 years under his reign in tripoli. however, there is a d demonstration turned against the government that replaced gadhafi. they are very unpopular and of course thisment comes at a highly unstable time. there has been talk of a coup in the last week, the defense minister announced that a group of military officers had plotted

to stage a coup a couple of days ago, and a former military officer announced on youtube he wanted to see a transition of government, and still has much support within the military. so far this has been a peaceful demonstration. but this is a fragile government one 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. a volcanic eruption has killed at least three people. it forced more than a hundred thousand people to leave their homes. >> reporter: more than 200,000 people living close to the mountain there was really no

choice. >> translator: we are going to a camp. we need to be evacuated. >> reporter: just one and a half hours after authorities raised the alert level, the mountain erupted, volcanic material spewed as far as 17 kilometers away. some couldn't get out in time, and were admitted to hospital after being hit by volcanic debris. ash lies over large parts of the island. three international airports were closed immediately. the mountain has a deadly past. it resuperintendented in 1990, killing 34 people, and in 1999 more than 5,000 were killed. there were no deaths after the most recent sup shun in 2007 because authorities ordered a successful evacuation. indonesia is taking the brunt of

natural disasters again. the lives of hundreds of thousands are affected again. still ahead on al jazeera, the indian anti-corruption activist turned politician who quit less than two months after a surprise electoral victory. plus we visit one of the worst-effected flood areas in bolivia. and russians are calling it a tragedy, as one of their greatest olympic medalists retires moments before he is due to compete. farah will have the details later.

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decades of debilitating violence. a pakistani anti-drone activist who disappeared has now reappears saying he was tortured. russia is accusing the syrian opposition's foreign backers of trying derail the discussions by focusing on regime change. 42 people have been killed in floods in bolivia since november. more than 50,000 have been forced from their homes. marie ana sanchez has more. >> reporter: working through the depths of the floods. firefighters are on their way on a mission. this used to be a road and now it is completely flooded.

there is 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 allettereded by dozens of desperate families lead the way. >> translator: when the rains began this road became inaccessible. >> reporter: everyone was their homes in the area, 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. 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 a family was also waiting. 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 most people out of the area, 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 backup because they are busy in other regions helping other flood victims. family members were waiting for the arrival of the families. city officials helped them load on to a truck to take them to a shelter until they can return home. >> 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 prepared a shelter for them, immediately after, firefightered boarded their boats and off they went. they have more people to save.

an anti corruption activist who became the top elected official of the indian government has now resigned. he quit after legislators rejected his plans to set up a body to investigate politicians accused of [ inaudible ]. he had lead sit-ins before his time in power. [ shouting ] >> translator: we have not come here to save the government. we have come here to save the country. i'm willing to put my [ inaudible ] at take 1,000 times. i consider myself fortunate if i had to sacrifice my life for the country. in india the recent killing of a student in new delhi has again raised questions of

racism. >> reporter: this is a theater actor in south india, and it's routine for her to interact with ethnically diverse indians. many treat northeastern indians differently, because to them they look like they are from china or myanmar. the worst experience with racism took place a year ago after a minor traffic accident. >> around 30 to 40 men gathered and started abusing me first, and then the police constable joined in. >> reporter: at this college about a third of the students come from the northwest but outside the campus they don't feel accepted. >> they said [ inaudible ]. >> they would say [ inaudible ],

which means you people, you people, you come over here and then you -- you create such knew sense and all of that. >> reporter: there's not much they can do out of fear that they could make things much worse. the it centers have attracted many people from the northeast, but an influx of migrants to most major cities in india over the past ten years have led to acts of racism in different parts of the country as well. in january 18th-year-old died after being beaten by a group of locals in a new delhi market. that lead to widespread protests. a former member of a minorities commission says racism isn't systemic, but rather the acts of a few. >> misguided, half educated or uneducated guys maybe coming from poor families, and who -- who are -- who are rather

[ inaudible ] in their respective areas also. >> reporter: locals also don't belief it is a huge problem, though they do take issue with the western clothes many northeast people wear which some consider too revealing. >> translator: i don't have a problem with them, but they don't dress appropriately. they have never given me any problems, and i have never seen any acts of racism towards me. >> translator: i consider them indians, but the way they dress isn't appropriate for our culture here, but i have no problems with them. >> reporter: but those types of comments don't help much, and people on the receiving ends of the threats and insults say they sometimes feel like second-class citizens. thai police have cleared anti-government demonstrators from a protest site at the capitol of bangkok. it's the latest attempt to to break up opposition camps. one protester was injured during the confrontation. demonstrations to demand the

resignation of the prime minister began three months ago. >> reporter: such as being the reluctance by the government to use any real force against the protesters that some of the rally sites have been left largely vacant for many weeks now, and those are the areas that police seem to have targeted, going into those areas, and clearing some of the equipment that the protesters have left behind. the prime minister said she did not want to see any real unless force used against the protesters. the police did turn up here in very large numbers. they were met by a very small group of anti-government protesters, and have a brief standoff, the police have left the area. so this seems to have been a small step in what may be a long process. >> now back to europe.

it has been nearly 70 years since the end of the second world war, but many 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 of looted nazi art at the moment, but finding that art is a much harder process. hidden in ordinary homes across germany and beyond, this is a real life treasure hunt. and when items are discovered getting them back to the original owners can be a nightmare. a draft bill was introduced on friday to try to make the whole process easier and speed it up. this is where the bill will eventually end up, the german parliament, although where it will land is anybody's guess. it has been nearly 70 years

since the end of the war, and the passoff of time is one of the big problems now. under german law once that person has held the art for 30 years it automatically becomes their property. and the other problem is physically locating the art. which is what a new task force will be doing. the big question is what was stolen? what was given under intimidation, and what was gifted to the nazis? it is a big legal gray area. >> a stolen object is stolen in the states. and here it is very strange. and therefore it is necessary to have a law in germany. >> reporter: but that may not be the big solution many need. museums can afford huge legal fees as they try to hold on to looted works. the individuals fighting them in

many cases just can't. >> they have to find 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 were discovered at this home in austria. the fact is, new law or not, many more will probably never ever be found. the world press photo of the year awards have been announced in the netherlands and been won by a picture of afghan migrants holding their mobile phones to the sky to get a better signal. people were trying to contact their families back home in somali. other winning images included this one of survivors of typhoon haiy

haiyan. and william daniels was given a prize for this striking image from central african republic. it was runner up in the general news category. earlier john told us more about his award-winning photo. >> they are somalis that are trying to catch the signal in neighboring sew -- sa mollia, and i knew the magnitude immediately of what was taking place. i was working about our collective humanity migration out of africa, and the weight and measure of it started to drip upon me in many ways, because i have been in that situation countless times when i am on the road. it's an image of really all of us, the work i'm doing now is not so much combat photography,

but my focus now is the issues that lead to cop -- conflict. politicians in northern ireland demanding a vote on frac-ing. lawrence lee reports. >> reporter: northwestern island, the farther reach of the yuted kingdom. remote have pretty, but nobody is here much so why not frac for? but there are people here and they rely on the land for farming and tourism, and air and water for life. when the g8 held its annual meet here last year, all of the security got furious anti-frac-ers. >> it is going to spoil

everything. the environment will completely change to a state we have never seen before. it is also irreversible. which is a huge worry. if it goes wrong there is nothing you can do. >> reporter: so they are planning something here, asking the people in a referendum if they want frac-ing or not. >> it's very, very important that we be informed and reach a conclusion. if that conclusion is that the don't want it, then i expect everybody would respect that. >> reporter: environmental groups which are trying everything from blocking roads to legal actions against it, say local referenda could be taken throughout the country. >> the government is really trying to circumvent what local people really think. >> reporter: but there is another fault line in this story which is every bit as complicated and controversial.

this river is the border between northern ireland and the republican of ireland. so what happens if frac-ing in one country ends up polluting a different one? a few kilometers downstream is the irish farming town. the river, the shannon, rises near the proposed frac-ing site. the government wants to use the river for drinking water, which would mean polluting it would effect millions. >> we believe this cannot go ahead because of the transboundary issue. that hasn't been addressed yet. >> reporter: we wanted to ask the australian frac-ing company if it would carry on if the majority of people voted against it. and what it thought would happen

if frac-ing polluted not one, but two country's water. the company said they have been granted a license and look forward to beginning work next year. there has been a cull of stray dogs in sochi. >> reporter: people mere 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. >> she was in terrible condition. she had blood poisoning, she was dying. he took her to the vet where her leg was amputated and she survived. >> reporter: in their small flat they look after her as well as

as many stray dogs as they can. >> we would like our city to have an animal shelter. 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 extractor to capture strays. the news has caused some outrage. humane society international wants people to adopt the dogs. this american athlete could be one of them. >> there is a family of strays, a mom and four puppies. i said the other day when i was leaving just to my buddy, i was like dude, i just want to leave with a medal and some puppies. >> reporter: also russian bill

-- billionaire has funded a new shelter in the region. but so far only the cull has made a serious dent in the number of strays. so margarita and olga have come to this piece of ground to feed the dogs. only three have turned up. they say there used to be many more of them, but now most are dead. mother and daughter urged the authorities to come up with more humane solutions like a sterilization program. but while there are still strays on the streets, any two women will keep going out every day to look after them. >> now back to sammy in doha. thanks lauren the trial of three al jazeera journalists is scheduled to begin on february 20th.

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welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. i'm almost 11:00 in the evening in sochi, russia, home of this year's winter olympics. getting you caught up, team usa right now in fourth place with 14 medals. heavy snow is slowing things in tokyo. 150 flights have been canceled coming in and out of the country. some parts of japan seeing as much as 19 inches of snow. in bolivia, parts of that country coping with flooding. maria sanchez reports on rescue areas in remote areas. >> reporter: working through the depths of the floods. firefighters are on their way on a mission. this used to be a road, and now it's completely flooded. there is over a meter of water. firefighters are going ash the banks of the river to look for people who need to be rescued.

only two boats are available but the community leader lead the way. >> when the rains began this road became 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. 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. firefighter camille 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 is no backup because they are busy in other regions helping other flood victims. family waiting were awaiting 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 on the water, especially for the children. it's dangerous. >> reporter: city officials prepared a shelter for them, immediately after firefighters boarded their boats and off they went. they have more people to save. a volcano results in

indonesia. it has spewed ash for the last two days. the military has been called in to help evacuate more than 100,000 people. right now the dow is up in positive territory, 118 points. investors in a buying mood. the market will be closed on monday. the missouri house is asking the justice department to investigate the soaring cost of propane. they are accusing the industry of price gouging. propane suppliers say the harsh winter weather has sent prices skyrocketing. there is a coffee shop in seattle that seems more like a tech builders shop instead. >> it's a place where anyone can walk and make just about anything with just about anything. from sewing and knitting machine, to laser cutters, and

3-d printers. >> we have parts, supplies, snacks, free internet, coffee. >> matrix create space is a place to meet, mingle and make. it sprung of matt's idea. >> at the cot tom of the curve you have hammers nails and everything. >> reporter: from there it goes up to the super modern high end pressers and cutters. >> now we have some things that are not even found in university lab. >> reporter: like the pro toe laser that just came in. it can shave weeks off of an electronic project by printing circuit boards. mem met -- matrix is open every day of the week. if you need a circuit board, a

16-channel high-driver shield kit, it's all here. terrence tam is a customer. he designs incubators and microscopes during the day, but at night he gets a chance to get out and play. >> there is a lot of really like mined geeks like me that come down here and spend time. >> reporter: those geeks helped spur his idea for a make it yourself 3-d printer. >> a savvy enough parent that can assemble a kid's bike can probably put this together with a child helping in about a weekend and start printing. >> reporter: once you have it assessabled you can actually print the parts to make more printers. >> when you put these guys together in a room in a place like this, that's when the magic really happens. >> reporter: for matt the

hardest part might be figuring out what the next big thing will be so he can build it, or help others build it. archeologists in egypt have uncoffered an ancient mummy they believe is over 3,000 years old. it was found in a wooden sar cough gus. scientists will try to study the remains. >> reporter: abfor ralph wait has died. he was the father on the walton's. his manager didn't reveal the cause of his death. ralph wait was 85. you are watching al jazeera america. as always more news coming up at the top of the hour. i'm del walters live in new york. and you are looking live at sochi, russia, the olympic flame

burning brightly in the background there. the united states right now in fourth place with 13 medals. ♪ ♪

welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. the nfl now releasing that dependent report on the scandal that rocked the miami dolphins. president obama is headed to california to get a look at the drought there. a 13-year-old boy who was the side of an eight year old. >> aid workers inside syria help civilians on the ground.