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on the show tonight. until next time, we will see you on online. under government protest in ukraine with the government used of stall okay reform. seven demonstrators are reported. >> opposition leader has urged women and children to leave the main process camp in kiev index square. i am barbara sara. you are watching the al jazeera newshour life from london. also coming up on the
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venezuelans rally in the capitol. >> two from pussy riot are arrested in russia. the moment of truth. find out whether this stadium will make the cut in brazil. hello there. welcome to the program. it's ukraine's bloodiest day in nearly three months of unrest. at least seven protesters and two police officers have been killed in the fighting. the vie list broke out after parliament delayed a debate over changes which could limit the power of the country's president. opposition groups have accused the government of stalling >> reporter: a return to deadly fighting after weeks of relative calm, for hours on tuesday, anti-government protesters took on riot police near parliament in kiev. police sources say there have
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been deaths on either sidewhere while dozens of people have been injured in the clark. some demonstrators threw stones and petrol bombs. the police fired stun grenades and later, rubber bullets. earlier, more than 10,000 people marched from independence squ e square. their aim to restore the the 2004 constitution, limit the powers of the president. but when that discussion. later accused the president of showing no interest in compromise. >> as a responsible plex, the president should call early presidential and parliamentary elections. this would be a way out, a brave decision. at the same time, i am urging the president to pull the riot police back off the streets.
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>> so far, victor yanokovish showed is no signs he is prepared to do this? >> we are at the brink of a tragedy. if it continues like that like today, oh, there will be no way out. the bleeding of the country, new destruction, establishing of military rule here, we don't want it. we need peaceful solutions. >> there was a breakthrough at the weekend when activists at city hall in exchange for amnesty of scores of protesters. on tuesday, a worker reportedly died after protesters trued to break in. the latest violence, a reminder of the distance between what the opposition wants and what those in power are offering. joining us now via skype is aslav yurish.
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thank you for joining us. so you were in the middle of the protesters. give us an idea of what you witnessed, what you saw. >> well, right now, we actually have the northern barricade right now. we have those around the headquarters and people running around here, russians to the barricades. right now, we are those going with another attack by the government. we just heard the news government will expect the movement of cars in downtown. defactor marshal law. >> we can see the violence was escalating. the protesters' decision to march on parliament. now, i know that this happened because you felt that parliament was stalling. did you really feel that there was no more room for negotiations that marching on parliament was the best option
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open to you? >> we seer matching. we weren't attacking anyone. the question was whether the government amass record number of troops to the street. yesterday, we witnessed the protests leading one of the options. and this was reinforcing the amnesty which was previously achieved in the parliament. we are working to make the compromise more possible. the government showed us today that it's completely unwilling to show any kind of concessions, moreover, it will continue to kidnap, beat and fill and use brute force. >> there is a deadline. you were given a deadline by the government for the government of 6:00 p.m. to end the clark, the
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deadline has come and gone even your own protest leader has urged women and children to leave the main protest camp. are you worried about what escalation you might witness in the coming hours? >> yes. we are very much. we have barricades right now. i have a gas mask given to me by one of my co-workers here we have a situation where we have two armored cores near one barricade, all police, approximately up to 5,000, one barricade on the northern barricade which is right now being pushed and the forces that are now approximately two to 3,000 police the. so we do expect a great deal of heating up and escalation right now. >> we can see -- let me just tell the viewers the pictures we are seeing, we are seeing police there moving into the protest.
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are people leaving the protests right now, or are they in the past few hours? or is everyone there pretty much determined to see this through? >> the opposite. you have these people coming right now. you have thousands of people are coming there right now with either offers of house, willing to volunteer one way or the other join the vigil in the barricades, bringing food, they are bringing in milk, supplies needed to counteract the effects of tear gas. you have a great amount of citizens from kiev, you know, coming here to help the proceedtestsors to counter the government right now. even though, there are people coming by cars and roads. they continue to support the protesters. >> spokespers, thank you for jog
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us. the opposition leader has handed health over to security no, sirs. charges of deadly violence. progovernment protestors are also holding rival rallies. the country.ial out of well, earlier opposition supporters also helped near a shopping mall. joins us live. what we do we know about the opposition leader that we are hearing
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handed himself over we know he is facing charges including murder and terrorism. and how he is taken away in a white armored vehicle, but key to this is how his base of support that can mobilize people so quickly. he has called mr. lopez's supporters fascist and says he will not budge one millimeter, i don't think that they are a threat to his power base, even some other opposition leaders and remember they don't speak with one voice have
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distance himselfs from what he is doing better ways by using the normal routs to challenge a government which can be dean for another year or so anyway. perhaps as move on the point of someone, who only just lost in the last general election, but i think what p had next is key to what happens oen the streets. as to whether his supporters react in anger or simply dissipate in what happens nec, whether he is charged and then goes on trial. we don't know. h himself was pointing police, which is the way the opposition movement has been contacting through social media, and saying look, arrest me,ly stand up for my rights almost goading them into doing that. what are the issues
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behind the protests. >> it is several factors that effect the every day lives, there is chronic food shortage here, and there has been for a year or so, butter and fire on the shelves, also inflation is the big nest the world, running it over 50%, crime is rampant, these are all thicks that are on the mind of the opposition party, as they take to the streets but if you talk to the poor people, and the poor neighborhoods can are the base of the support, they are fairly happy with the revolution. they are happy when the president does things like make private businesses, reduce the prices of household goods. i have spoke ton plenty of people who support him, and that is key, and why someone like enrique is distancing himself from lopez, and saying look, this may not be the right way to go, but at the same time, he is criticizing the government, saying if people want to take to the streets and make their voices heard.
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a sign of a healthy democracy. >> following the developments there, andy, thank you. >> go to libya now, where the swim parliament is saying it is facing an impending coupe. politicians have got into this evening to hand over power or face being ousted by the group. al jazeera is in triply, for us. john, we have always known been speaking about for years about the strength of the militias in libya, but this is an extraordinary escalation, tell us more about it? >> it is indeed. and it's not exactly clear, that this is a coupe, in the traditional sense, even if it goes forward. and the reason is the militia in the town, this is a town in the western mountains has threatened that if members of parliament fail to resign by tonight, that it will
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be specific. now, militia -- is that they inform add new government, it is not clear what would happen after that. so the government has held behind closed doors, meeting today to spotted to this, we don't know what has become of that, but we are starting to hear that sides are beginning to align themselves. there is a militia to the oh, and according to some local media, that militia has said it will sign with the general national congress, so this would end up being a stand off, right now, it is the threat or negotiation stage. this town is of course is town of a militia, is very effective in maintaining power. where he is being held pending trial. to the east, on each side of triply, triply being in the mid sol what we have here is a potential for a confrontation here
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in the capitol. right now this is just in the talking stage. very tense hours ahead, we will be monitoring all of it for us, thank you. >> fighting to retake control of mall kay, the capitol of the main oil producing state. it has been the heaviest since last month's cease fire. much of it was destroyed when the government forces retook after the last rebel occupation. led by a close ally, the rebel leader the rebels launched the attack at dawn, and the fighting is continuing. from south sudan's capitol jube ba. >> the government says there has been a counter offensive, there has been intense fighting since the early hours. whether the government says that this stage, government forces do
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control the north and the south of the city, but they also do say that some of the rebels managed to get into is this city center from the eastern side. nought rebels to clip that they are in control of the center of mallakal. they say it is only pockets of rebel whose are roaming around the center of malakal. so we cannot verify from where we are, but certainly it is a developing situation, the government seems to be quite confident that it will be able by tomorrow to expel all the rebels from malakal town, as far as saying that maybe even from the entire upper nile state. how, the government did say that the rebels seem to have some sort of support. >> bringing you some breaking. [applause] bringing into us from the reuters world agency. this involved the world
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cup in brazil, and that feoff fa is going to keep the matches in the city despite delays with the state. there has been a lot of question marks as to whether the stadium was going to be ready, but now we are hearing officially from fifa via the russia world organization, will go ahead with it. we will of course bring you more on this developing story later in the news hour. al still to come, the clean up after a day of bombing across iraq, we report on the country's worsening violence. and iran sits down with world leaders to talk about the future of it's nuclear program, we are watching the progress in vienna. and in sports, four time european champion get ready to face knock out stage manchester city.
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which is scheduled to stage four matches is still not ready, and cifa has just decided to keep it in as a world cup venue, despite construction delays. gabriel is near the stadium, and joins live now for many, gabriel, i guess it is confirmed it must be an enormous relief to organizers. >> it is, but lit be in about ten minutes. >> this mayor here is saying he is already received a phone call from them saying they will keep them as a host city. so there is a lot of relief, there is the mayor, and various officials from the state government offense that toured the arena, with some officials here they came out of that very positive, but clearly,
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this is them dodging one, if you will, because they were very close to having this world cup pulled out from under them, but all indications are, though, that fifa is going to keep it as a world cup city. >> we really a few mondays away from the world cup. what was the problems and what was behind the problems? >> well, this is the stadium behind me. there were all kinds of problems with contractors and bitters. and they were still short on some of the money they needed. it still need as lot of work, you may be able to hear some truck noise, because as the trucks are going in and out of the stadium, as we are talking here.
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it is just last month, people were here in brazil, and saved the deadline of today, that they did not start making bigger progress. clearly we don't think that will happen now, but keep in mind, this is one of 12 world cup honest cities so brazil has delivered seven stadiums, but there is still five more to go including this one. live for us from brazil, thank you. dozens have been killed in a series of explosions across central iraq. the bombs planted in park cars went off in mostly shiite neighborhoods. more now on the day's events. >> another day to clean up death. multiple car bombs exploded many in the capitol killing commuters destroying buildings. in baghdad the bombs hit four areas mostly shiite.
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more than two dozen people were killed in bombings on monday, in the past year, sectarian killings and violence have increased in frequency to levels not seen since 2008. and politically, there are problems too. one of the most influential leaders, on monday quit politics, the 2003 u.s. led invasion of iraq propelled the movement, best political and militia to prominent. he helped bring the prime minister to power, now he opposes him. >> the government came to father that shuts off opposition, the government keep a monopoly over everything. it doesn't even listen to the voice of the leaders or the voice of the partners and their complaints. we are not interested in their feats of power, we only care to offer them guidance, and to keep them away from mistakes. >> still, he has many supporters who hold seats of power, and threaten governments. which and in the western
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province, several soldiers were killed in an attack on army barracks. the army has been attempted to push back gunman, which the government says is linked to al quaida. local tribesman have controlled the area, now a group with those tribal elders is said to be behind the latest violence. and along with all this, in just two months, iraq is scheduled to hold elections with little political stability and evenless security. al jazeera. amateur footage captured the devastation moments after the attack. syrian rebels say government forts used barrel bombs and targeting the town. the bombs reportedly hit a u.n. school. nows of refugees have taken advantage of smuggling routs. 34 have been making the
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hazardous trip across the mountainous boarder. stephanie decker reports. >> he has come from syria across the mountainous border to lebanon, after his home was bombed in an air strike. he says this is no longer a revolution. >> the regime is taking money from countries and so is the opposition. and we the people with getting butchered. look at the children, if you want to fight, fight away from our towns, go kill yourselves but leave us be. >> this refugee camp is in a no man's land, it is small camp outside the town and comes before the first army check point. so people keep arriving unchecked. and we're told there are many more closer to the boarder.
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they won't be filmed but there is a lot of activity here. we have to stop filming early on, because it is dangerous, and after a while we decide to head back. >> in the border between remember nonand syria, and very unclear at some point we found ours in what was technically syrian land, and it is a very uneasy situation. we came across fighters and also people loyal to the syrian regime. this is also an area that the government often tarted with air strikes.
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it is mostly their families making their way into lebanon. they are left with little choice. many have come here with nothing but the memory of their home and country, that they long toronto. stephanie decker, al jazeera, on the lebanon syria border. >> journalists from a number of news organizations including the b.b.c., nbc, and routers have signed the joint letter calling for the release of the three detained journalist. they have been held if 52 days. their trial is due to begin on february 20th. they are part of a group of 20 people charged and accused of having linked to the muslim brotherhood, which egypt has declared a terrorist organization. you can see now from our air big sister channel has been in custody since
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last august. al jazeera rejects all charges and continues to demand the unconditional release of its staff. iran is sitting down with six world powers to talk about the future of it's nuclear program. the aim is a permanent deal following a short term agreement. the diplomatic editor has more. iran's foreign minister greeting -- he is meeting the representative at the international community, known as the p 5 plus 1, the five permanent members of the u.n. security council, as well as germany. >> after intense negotiations -- >> this country came to a deal with iran in november, it was a historic agreement, but only a temporary one, lasting six months. now they must attempt a permanent deal. there are many issues
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still to be resolved, as well as areas of mistrust and suspicion. during these negotiations, all concerned about the iranian nuclear program will have to be addressed. it will be of course -- it will be intensive and difficult work, the overall objective remains to seek a comprehensive solution, that would ensure that iran's nuclear program is exclusively peaceful. >> one of iran's main negotiators was interviewed on a state t.v. channel. he knows many people at home including iran's supreme leader seem convinced this process to succeed. as he left the interview, i asked him about the progress. >> how would you describe this morning's talks, sir? >> it was a good beginning. and very constructive. it was a good atmosphere. by lateral positions. >> no one involved has
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doubts that lit be difficult and complicated. mrs. a deadline, the interim deal is for just six months but there's a clause in it saying it request be extended for a further six months. that will be long negotiations. at the united nations, in vienna. >> let's go to thailand now where four people have been killed during fighting between police and antigovernment protestors. the violence began as police tried to clear demonstrators out of an area, but the prime minister has her office. the moment that the historic part became a war zone. antigovernment protestors and police alike scrambled for cover, as round and round of gunfire echoed across the busy intersection. the day began with the police attempting to take over the protests site.
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bulldozing tents and other structures. >> crowds jeered and taunted the police behind the riot shieldings. >> the police held on until they heard a large explosion. they fired in the direction of the explosion, more gunshots. and then chaos with people running in all directions unsure where the gunfire was coming from. by the end of the day, emergency services reported the number of people injuried and killed had climbed even higher. including one policeman who was killed. >> as the police and government protestors reclaimed this area, and created new barricades as you can see, that meant the turning even police vehicles and destroying them.
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>> the aftermath of tuesday's gun fight isn't just about the casualty toll, or the newly rebuilt barricades, it's also about the injured pride of the police force that lost one of their own, in an embarrassing retreat that could make them more determined to confront in filther clashes. al jazeera, bangkok. >> still more to come on the news hour, including the case of a british family shot in the frenching alps. we will have more detail as little later in the program.
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looking for sometreet direction after the weekend. four the dow right now trading down in a tight session today. this week of course marking the fifth anniversary of the massive stimulus plan. the package was intended to put millions of americans back to work. but as danielle lee explains americans are split as to whether or not it did so. president obama just one month in office signing the recovery act into law. >> the beginning of creating jobs for americans scrambling in the wake of layoffs. >> present day, the white house is celebrating it's success, rounding up mayors to speak in an official video. >> stop the hemorrhaging. it gave us hope. it. people back to work. >> this white house respect says the stimulus created 1.6 million for four years. and avoidedded a second grade depression. but much of america still
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calls the economy and unemployment their concern. >> there is so many obstacles and things to go through so just survive every day. >> republicans are attacking the act which was passed despite their objections. a classic case of big promises and big spending, with little results. republicans say wages are down and prices are up, and many it's no wonder that mens lack confidence in the economy. >> it is almost 11:00 o'clock in sochi russia, of course that the home to this year's went olympics. on slate this afternoon is men's ice hockey. getting you caught up in the medal count, the u.s. has 19 medals five of which are gold. two members of the punk rock banged have been released after they were arrested in sochi. they were being
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questioned about a theft at the hotel where they were staying. members of the group were in sochi to organize rah protest. sochi hasn't been as cold this year, but we can't say the same for the midwest. huge chumpings of ice, usher take as closer look at the impact from a frozen lake michigan. >> it's been a busy season for the crew. >> let's get off the entrance and take a look. >> for commanding officer and his crew, it is normally search and rescue. >> typically we are up north in the straits. northern lake michigan, northern lake your ron. >> but this year's primary task is breaking through massive ice formations to help keep commercial traffic flowing. this satellitism imagine from an orbennic administration shows just how encompass it is ice cover is this year. more than 80% are frozen.
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>> they have been forced to expand their ice breaking operations to keep whereupon the demands from this winter's extreme temperatures. >> prison boll la says it has shifted south to deep with the massive sheets of ice, and have come two to three feet thick. >> that's not typical. usually the local tugs can handle it throughout the winter, and they don't need an ice breaker. >> but tug boat operators say they require more tug boats and extra time to break through the ice. that means higher prices at some shipping companies don't want to pay. >> the reduction. >> business itself, has dropped the sales anywhere from 35, to 50%. and then turn we had to layoff three-quarters of our work force. just to keep a skeleton crew on. one tug here, one tug there. so it impacts us. >> as the great lakes environmental rem lab, scientists monitor the ice covered daily,
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normally in february, the average ice covers about 32%, and the last time the lakes were this frozen this time of year, was 20 years ago. >> the ice season got started early, of course, we had that arctic vortex in desks and early january. and the ice just kept building. >> the silver lining is it reduces evaporation. it can also be a boone for the commercial fishing industry. two ice cover protects white fish and other beds from winter storms. by should the fridged temperatures continue, scientists say the ice coverage will only increase, and as the shipping season begins this spring, that can mean an even busier few months of ice breaking to come. al jazeera, chicago. >> and chicago also going to great lents to stop some big fish from infesting the great lakes. the city now blocking the canal to stop the spread of asian carp into lake michigan, the three-foot long fish have been
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creating problems the r the area echo system displacing native species. the carp was introduced to the south more than 30 years to control build up from sewage treatment plants but they soon made their way up the mississippi river. leaks on san francisco's brand new bay bridge, are raising questions about it's construction. the bridge replaced the one that was destroyed in the earthquake back in 1989, but 25 years and since billion dollars later there are new concerns about that construction. on them, in them, you know this thing was never designed watertight. >> andrew gordon is taking us for an inspection of the eastern span of the bay bridge. we were at this spot six months ago after the bridges opening. a celebration there, now we are looking for leaks. >> we know that wattser getting in from the barrier rail. >> wattser seeping from the deck into the steel frame below.
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but gordon says this isn't a flaw in the design in construction, he says it is par for the course. an issue easily handles withn't cooing care. >> you don't just build a bridge like this and say here you go walk away. there is darely maintenance on a structure like this. >> we enter the belly of the bridge, to find where the water drifts in. >> coming in here, this this case, gordon showses these leaks are actually draining as they should. right out to sea. >> and ultimately it will make its way here and then just drain out to the bay below. >> the toll authority have told us is that the bridge needed rain to be tested and the bridge is performing exactly as planned. >> but an engineering professor disagreed.
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he has studied the bridge project for the past 15 years. >> if you have -- and if you get corrosion, and corrosion, of course, the bridge collapses. >> he is so concerned he won't even drive across the bridge, and is teaching an entire course this semester on problems in the design and construction of the bay bridge. >> transportation officials say while the design for this span may be innovative, it is not dangerous. >> most important thing to get across to the public is that the bridge is safe. these issues that we have encounters to not pose any safety risks to the bridge, or to the drivers. >> leaks are only one issue the bridge has to handle. the wager straddles two fault lines and this show piece was built to survive multiple earthquakes, a tall order from the start. these early concerns can shake confidence that the bridge will perform as planned when that big quake hits. melissa chen, al jazeera,
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san francisco. >> there is a new study out that says football helmets aren't protecting players from brain injury, especially when hit on the side of the head. they say today's helmets only reduce traumatic brain injury by 20%. two most effective didn't provide much more support decreasing by 30%, researchers say today's helmets were built to protect against broken skulls not concussions. most of us train our dogs to be friendly, but there's a new movement where dogs are taught to bite on command. a special series deciphering dogs. most dog owners want this from their pet. by certain dog owners want this. >> out, out. >> come on. >> training your dog is typically about socialization. about keeping it from nipping at strangers, but a thriving industry exists training intimidating dogs to do
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exactly the opposite. it's methods are pretty controversy, and it's entirely unregulated, and it really raise it is question, what is more natural to a dog, peace or aggression. being a pet, or being a weapon. basically if you utilizing your dog to it's fullest capacity, dogs want to work. >> mike trains so called protection dogs. he allowed us to watch him train several for his client a professional athlete. >> so what we teach is collar method. it is a positive. good boy, you did your job. a lot of love. >> negative. because you didn't perform. you didn't do what we asked you to do. >> the dogs that mike trains are not family pets they don't play fetch, there are five of them that patrol this particular property, and
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they are intended not only as a deterrent, they will certainly bark, but they will also bite when the time comes. >> blitz, blitz, goodbye. >> nice. >> he says his training teach as dog the difference between friend and foe. >> you can have a party of 300 people, and have your dog out, and it isn't going to go ballistic. so it is very calm. if somebody were to have too much to drink, and become said that you owed them money and everything, that dog is going to back them down. not attack, but back them down. >> but gene donaldson who teaches courses for aspiring dog owners says it is impossible to guarantee any form of canine behavior. >> we are very much in the problem business in behavior, just as a physician cannot guarantee a outcome, beneath kerr a dog trainer, for anybody to offer a guarantee of behavior, is basically irresponsible practice.
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>> mike believes that aggression can be safely activated and harnessed. >> this is a personal protection dog. the difference is that we are teaching the dog to use it's own instinct, but in a modified -- in a druggive way, basically. >> but donald said there's no reliable way to teach a dog when it is or isn't okay to bite. >> we have to buy out of this myth that we can have a dog that is perfectly trot worthy, but then turns on a dime, and be this machine in the circumstance that we want him to, it's just not possible. >> there is no governing authority that oversees dog training, anyone can claim to be a professional, and there's little research behind the idea that dogs can reliable tell human friend from foe. >> jacob ward, al jazeera, houston. >> with just a few clicks google being in all the other sites will translate just about any language for free.
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the technology is fast, but some say there are too many mistakes. now some government agencies are saying no more. tonya mosley has more from washington state. >> as these professional translators will tell you, translating from one language to another, is not as simple as cut, paste, and click. >> illustrate the point, spanish translator kathryn german takes us to the washington state governors website, which use it is free tool, and translates a spanish text into english. >> the translation software changed leading practices to skinny cowhandling. >> very funny. to japanese native speakers. >> she said she found all sorts of english words that it could not congress vert into japanese. >> i would have to ask the person who created this japanese sentence,
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what do you mean. >> washington state does provide personal translation for some written materials it is one of a number of states that include a button for tranlation software on many of its websites. >> this is about more than convenience, it is also the law. back in 2000, mandated that it must provide meaningful translations. but the word meaningful is up to interpretation. >> it would be very challenging for the state of washington, at least for the department to make sure that every piece of our electronic informing is available and updated every time that we change a web page. >> the office managed the washington state governors website, and estimated the automated system gets language translations correct about 80 pest of the time. his office is looking at better ways to provide the service, but highing francelators he says could be cost
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prohibitive. >> we are to keep our costs down as much as we can, and still provide the service. >> confused and frustrated by poorly translated documents he almost gave up starting a business when moving to the states. he believes proper translations off immigrants the ability to integrate faster. >> they are going to be able to pay taxes earlier, going to be able to find better jobs. they are going to be able to provide foot for their kids, education. >> language advocates are now meeting with state leaders to find cost effective ways to provide real meanin meaning in all languages. al jazeera, limb pia, washington. >> we are following a developing story coming out of ukraine, clashes between protestors and police there intensifying. these are live images from kiev. demonstrators have been throwing fireworks and rocks at police. as you can see, fires
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have been seen all around the area, earlier today, things turns deadly, several people were killed during demonstrations we have more on this story as the information comes in. ♪ well, we are looking at more snow here across the mid atlantic, but it is clearing out, getting a little break now, but just in time for the next storm. it will be warmer, and it won't be nearly as powerful as this one, and this wasn't even all that strong, with just a few inches of snow reporting. the snow is cleared out, now the temperatures are above freezing, everybody is melting just a slushy mes, it could replease, but watch the roadways as soon as that sun goes down and the temperature drops. here is the break, high pressure comes in. another storm coming in, a little bit of moisture with this, rain and snow, all of those lines push further north, for a period of rain, maybe
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light snow, tomorrow throughout the day, during the day, you will not wake up to this tomorrow morning. just light rain or snow is predicted here tomorrow. now, the storm ray cross the pacific northwest, rain, snow, avalanche danger there, and flooding problems in washington, and oregon. it will come east of the rockies and intensify on thursday. this will be the big storm, that we with are talking about, big weather story here late this week. thursday, it pulls a lot of warm air up, there's a lot of snow on the ground, so it could be a slushy mess here as everything starts to melt, and then on the back side of the storm, which is centered right around chicago, we will see blizzard conditions. ho's, 50's, and 60's, all this warm air moving north, but melting a lot of snow could cause some flooding problems. there's a risk for severe storms across the southeast on thursday as the storm pushing east. >> thank you very much. you might have noticed the number of birds in the u.s. backyard birds going down. two-thirds oif most common birds disappearing over the past 50 years. as tom ackerman explains
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the main culprit is a long time nemesis. >> on a cold winter's day, washington, d.c. may look like it's teeming with birds. but appearances can be misleading. according to the odd upon society of america, species across the u.s. including the northern bob white the eastern meadow lark, the common turn, and the field sparrow, have declined by at least 70% in numbers over the past few decades. bird experts attribute to losses to defer restization, and urban sprawl. but according to the biggest study the biggest cause is best predator, the cat. >> while birds -- the cat population of the united states has more than tripled in the last he years and here at the washington animal ration cue leagues kit city city, it is full house. >> the streets of the u.s. capitol honest several hundred roaming cat colonies. many are pets whose owners let them out to
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seek prey where they can find it. >> if they are going to let them out, they are strictly supervising them. >> ran mall advocates are guided over how to deal with the cat population boom, some only see the program they call trap neuter, and rehome. they can concede one fact. >> there's always cats available. you will always find an dotble cat in any city. >> so we take it as tnr drive, effective management tool, and that other effective management tools need to be put in place. >> the top preferred tombing, euthanasia. three-quarters of the cats that enter animal shelters are quilled.
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a drastic approach, yet still not enough to protect the birds. tom acker mapp, al jazeera, washington. >> the president to talk about a major trade deal, he says it will make it easier for the pacific to do business. but critics say those deals hurt more than they help. kimberly reports. >> jr.ry says he is a victim of free trade. he was working at the spark plug plant in the mid western state, when the company announced it was moving most production to mexico. >> they were taking my whole life away. i worked there for 32 years. did the undesirable jobs all the way, finally got to the job that i really enjoy, and it was different every day, and then they are going to take it away and move it to mexico. >> he was forked to retire early, now he has a part time job trying to scrape together enough money uh to put his two daughters through university.
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the company's move as a result of the 1994 free trade agreement, or n actionfta. i lowers barriers for u.s. companies and gave them access to cheaper labor, but also cost ohio thousands of jobs. still, the u.s. is now looking to negotiate two more massive trade deals. >> we need to wronger together to protect our workers, our environment, and 'new markets to new goods statuted made in the u. u.s.a. >> one agreement the transatlantic trade and investment partnership, would effect u.s. trade with the european union. involved countries in the asia pacific region. but critics argue the details oif agreement have been kept from the public in congress, and there's suspicious of the obama administration aggress to get lawmakers to approve the deals quickly. u.s. congresswoman is working to stop the new agreements, she says the u.s. needs to learn from the trade agreements
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already in place, like nafta. >> the workers in mexico, not able to afford a car. based on the wages they make. and the workers here out of work, who wins in that deal. the outsources. >> faith agrees but has lost hope as government will stop the new deals given it's accomplished lit until recent years. >> they can't sit down and negotiate a budget, and we go on a government shut down that costs billions of dollars and they are sitting here negotiating a trade deal, come on. >> faith says he is not against new trade deals he just wants them to be fair, and wishes politicians would learn from the past, when negotiating deals for the future. a reminder we are following a p twoing story out of ukraine. demonstrators have been throwing fireworks and rocks at police. this is happening as
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