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this this this this . >> cobbkabul. there are eight men running. three considered to be the frontrunners. he holds a ph.d. in cultural an throppology and worked for the world bank for over a decade and dami rasul. the top pick. his running mate for vice president is a woman. he is also unmarried, which is kind of unusual for a politicians in afghanistan. abdula abdula ran in 2005, finishing a distant second to a former eye doctor. he has also served with afghanistan's foreign minister. joining us to discuss this is

richard barrett do any of these bode well in the long-term security agreements? >> all of them are prepared to sign the bilateral security agreement with the united states. i think that's generally the position of most politicians in this afghanistan now that they understand there is a need and a continuing need for external support, not just for their forces but also for the economy more generally. >> so is most of the politicians in afghanistan in favor of this long-term security agreement that would keep american forces there beyond this year? why such resistance to it and why has that deal not been signed yet? >> president karzai did hold a loya jerga to talk about this. and that meeting agreed that the bsa should be signed. but karzi has hesitated to do that, i think partly because he

was hoping to bring the tatable some peace process. >> hasn't worked out. i guess that he was trying to keep some of his cards close to his chest. nonetheless, he probably understands, too, that the bsa already signed eventually. >> we have seen a particularly high turnout in this election, 7 million out of 12 million voters reportedly coming out to vote today. what does that say about this election? do you think there will be the fears we had in 2009 of corruption and fraud? >> i think it's a great turnout. it's a great result. after what? 35 years now, a complete turmoil and mahem in afghanistan, there is seven million afghans of voting age who are prepared to not only believe in the future of their country but believe that they have or can have a say in the future of their country by choosing the next president. and i think that's remarkable. sure. there will be all sorts of allegation of fraud and no doubt there will be some proof this has taken place. this is anent fledgling dem

democracy. as long as the person has a degree of legitimacy and not too much challenged by the other running mates, i think we should have a peaceful transition. >> how encouraged are? do you get the impression democracy is taking hold in afghanistan? >> it's been such a slap in the face for the taliban because the taliban rarely tried to intimidate people and been successful in some parts of the south and west of the country but generally speaking, people have said, we are not initem dated. we are going to carry on and move forward this country to a better future. the, i think, taliban must be quiet concerned that not only are they losing legitimacy which they still claim to have but they are losing any sort of relevance to the future, the political future of afghanistan. >> are they losing that. he specially considering how successful they have been in

recent weeks launching attacks against the afghan government and people and the concern they do control large swath did of that country? >> you are absolutely right. yeah. they have been very successful in the seven or eight attacks that we have been reading about in our press and seeing on al jazeera. i mean they have been ready-made for t.v. type incidents. i think generally speaking, people recognize that the amount of attacks, you said has not been mrashl great. you can even slipparticularly g you can even slip some into the hotel that is well guarded but what does it do? >> but do you think, though, the taliban may have a future in afghanistan's politics? >> well, i think that's the key question and a very good one because afghanistan works by everybody having a bit of the pie and nobody feeling that anybody else has got more than their fair share. and taliban, of course, do represent a certain amount of people. not very many. to a certain extent. they represent some of the

pashtoon population. i think the sooner taliban can see their future lies in negotiation and not in fighting, then the better it will all be. >> when you look at the big picture here, when you consider how many american lives were lost, how much treasurer was spent fighting the taliban in afghanistan to see that they are still launching attacks, still causing problems there, and now, there is discussion about whether they should be incorporated into politics. does it add up to you? is this the right direction for the country? >> well, i think it is. it's a very difficult country to manage, particularly just by security forces. after all, it's a very crumpled country, lots of rural areas and taliban are strongest in these rules areas and can melt away back into the hills or across the border into pakistan. it's very difficult to control from a purely security point of view. there has to be some sort of process of negotiation. >> okay. we will see who is actually elected president within the next couple of days. richard barrett, former quayle team chief of the united nations, thank you for your time

today. >> four weejz after flight 370 vanished, there is new hopeks a vanished, there is new hope it may be found. a signal matching a frequency of the plane's black box was heard near the search area. it's about a thousand miles off of the west coast of australia. three members of the ship's crew heard the ping but did not have time to record it. there is no evidence linking it to flight 370 but time is running out. experts say the black box's batteries last about 30 days and the airliner has now been missing for 29. >> activists are rallying across the country for immigration reform. the obama administration has deported more undocumented immigrants than any other president. rights groups say the 2 millionth person will be deported under president obama this months. we have two reports from both coasts. up first is robert ray in atlanta >> reporter: a peaceful march wrapping up as hundreds went from the state capitol to ice

headquarters looking for immigration reform and deportation to go down in the u.s. folks here don't want their families to be broken up. they don't want parents to be deported and children that are here in the u.s. to be left without a family. they are looking for a clear path to citizenship which they feel that obama promised them, and they are going to continue the mars throughout the summer, we are told. the main thing that foikdz helk want is to keep their family together and college education to the kids and to add to the u.s. economy. >> that's the word from the people on the streets marching here in atlanta, georgia, today. >> hundreds are here in san jose to ask president obama to slow the number of deportations. they are blocking intersections here in san jose, willing to be arrested draw attention to this issue. the activists say 2 million deportations have occurred.

some have been deported more than ones once. organizers say legislation stayed in congress. now a direct pleato president obama p one of those we spoke to said he was unable to re-enter u.s. after visiting family out of the country. his case was supported and he was able to come back? >> i believe immigration reform starts with family unification and with this bring them home project, that's what we are doing. we, i believe that it's not all in obama's hands. i believe that it's in our hands as an immigrant community to come out here and put a face and a voice to the situation. >> that's what we are doing. >> there has been a hunger strike in the bay area. last month, president obama did ask for a review of deportation policies. >> memorial services will be held this week for victims at 40hood, texas. he von lopez killed three soldiers on wednesday and

wounded 16 others before shooting himself. heidi joe cast rojas been following this in texas. heidi, do you have any idea of what motivated him to carry out this shooting? reporter: yeah, jonathan, the court commander said it was an argument that was a precipitating factor to the shooting wednesday. we are learning more about what that argument may have been about, from the father of one of the wounded soldiers. he says his son saw lopez enter a personnel and ask for a form to request a leave. lopez was told that he couldn't have that form until the next day and we are told that at that moment, he became upset. he went, got his gun, returned and opened fire. we are learning more about why this might have been the trigger. according to his family, in puerto rico, where lopez grew up, his mother just passed away in november.

lopez had been upset he was only given a .48 hour leave to attend her funeral. his grandfather passed away and he was unable to attend that funeral in puerto rico. while motive too early to determine according to investigators, they are looking careful at this chain of events seeing if leave might have been the key factor here that motivated him to do this killing spree. jonathan? >> heidi, to have two mass shootings at that post in five years, how is the community, the 40 there, handling all of this? >> well, today, on fort hood, there is a two city block long crime scene of where this violence unfolded last week, earlier this week. but around it, the soldiers, contractors are going about business as usual. >> that's their duty, and that's what their minds are focused on. out here in the surrounding community of killeen, we have heard from many people who say they are shaken because, of course n 2009, that's when ha.

san, an army major carried out the largest mass shooting on a u.s. military installation killing 13 people. it was just in august of this last year that he was sentenced to death. so just as this community was trying to put -- trying to find closew for that 2009 shooting, this happens. and representative john carter who represents this area says he just finds that unbelievable. >> this is my second -- second time, and i hope i never see a third. i was here at the hasan shooting and it's just almost unbelievable this could happen to this fine community twice. so many people here are talking about what more can be done to prevent something like this from happening again. they a there have been security increases. now people are saying perhaps the department of defense should remove the ban that presentlies soldiers from carry can --

prevents soldiers from carrying weapons on post. we asked carter if he supported removing that? he said while he supports the right to carry, he supports the army's decision to ban weapons here jonathan? >> what can be done? >> a tough question to answer. heidi joe cast row live for us at fort hood. the archbishop of atlanta is giving up his mega mansion. he met with church leaders and said he will sell the home. he moved in to the $2.2 million home outside of atlanta. critics call the 6200 square foot mansion wasteful. he said he will invest the proceeds into the catholic community needs. >> in russia, when al jazeera returns, international investors are pulling out. an infant charged in an attack on police in pakistan. we will explain. next. google and the world brain >> it would be the worlds greatest library, under one digital roof. but at what cost? >> google could hold the whole word hostage...

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this next story is hard to understand. in pakistan, a 9 month old child has been charged with attempted murder. the infant and in court on thursday. police say the child along with his uncles and grandfather

attacked officers on a raid. authorities were in the neighborhood cutting gas connections to houses that had not paid their bills. the child has been formally charged with attempted murder for beating and injuring authorities. russia may be sacrificing profit for politics. some international investors have been pulling out millions of dollars from russia since it took crimea. peter sharp has more on that from moscow >> reporter: it is the financial heart of the nation. they call this place moscow city, a place where the money men are starting to feel the pain. here at the moscow offices of los angeles-based property investment company cbre, they have been charting the flight of capital out of russia over the last three months. and monitoring a growing reluctance among their international clients to buck that trend. >> translator: the uncertainties scare the foreign investors who become very cautious. if we look long-term, they are generally not optimistic toward russia. when we have news like this, it

gets worse >> reporter: on the london markets, they have been tracking the volume from capital flight from russia. >> confidence is being impacted very severely. originally there was a lack of confidence. now there is a crisis of confidence. you have see that with the share value held by approximately 25% and gas prom has suffered a share in its gas price. >> president putin's foray's ratings have never been higher. the wallpeting reads russia and crimea, together forever, a sentiment shared by the majority here on the streets, united opposition to the west and its sanctions voiced in cold war rhetoric. on the one hand, prices may go up. on the other hand, nato won't be able to set up their base in crimea. >> i think it's good. crimea is ours. the west doesn't have anything to scare us. they come up with nonsense.

>> opinions delivered almost word for word what russia's highly efficient propaganda machine has been since this crisis? >> russia and putin stand firm, tall and proud in opposing the unfriendly policies of the west. this is how people see it, and this is what makes president putin and his policies even more popular. >> popular, not with russia's banks, $70,000,000,000 of investment funds have fled the country since the start of the year. amid the euphoria, the self congratulation and the sense of national pride, it's becoming clear there will be a price to pay for the annexation of crimea. >> >> reporter: sanctions, the flight of investment capital from the banks and russia's increasing international isolation, some economists are warning there is going to be a bumpy ride ahead for the people here as the political realities

begin to bite, they say that the annexation of crimea may not look like a triumph for putin's presidency, more, a dangerous miscalculation. peter sharp, al jazeera, in moscow. in crain's east, there has been constants unrest and concern the region will want to join russia. support for that idea seems to be dwindling. ken binnell reports near the russian border >> reporter: the soviet past, russia ukrainians with banners repeating calls they have been left behind. >> we are here against the government in kiev. we do not recognize it. we have been here three months. we don't want to be governed by them. >> some here believe yanukovych is the legitimate president of ukraine and want to join russia right away. there is growing support for the

id idea. they believe that would give not only more autonomy from kiev but the ability to deal with moscow in the long-term. >> chanting referendum, a small group of protesters calling for a chance to become a federal state moved to the city council. police were waiting. the shields weren't necessary. numbers of pro-russia protesters are dwindling and polls show it's the same across the region. proceed unity sentiment is growing. from the east and west of the country, meeting to support their opposing teams summing up the increasingly united stanchion. >> translator: since the revolution, those football fans were stock enemies like us and the fans for odessa are friends and play ball together. >> we are all united by the idea of nationalism. >> walking side-by-side is easy for those who believe the country is moving in the right direction. but with a month and a half until presidential e elections,

all of eastern ukraine is watching the politics play out in kiev. and it's their response that will decide the future stability of the country. kim binnell, al jazeera. >> al formal charge for inciting violence where the former presidential candidate surrendered to police earlier this year. marchian a sanchez with more >> reporter: people have gathered in the center of the city here in support of politicians lopez who has been in jail for 45 days now. if t he turned himself in to authorities after a warrant that was issued against him. this morning, the attorney general announced that he had been officially charged. the charges are damage to property, arson, illicit association and inciting

violence. so, it seems the office that was supposed to be free today, at least his lawyers hope that he would be free today. he might stay in prison. now, these people here, among them, supporters, students from universities, they say they will cross police lines and go all the way to the ministry of justice where they will hand in a document where they say that he is not a criminal but, instead, he is a prisoner of conscience. >> marie anna sanchez. a race that tastes the human body because it takes place in one of the world's most inhospitable environments, the sahara desert. andy richardson has the story from morocco >> reporter: sports most extreme has reconvened, more than a thousand runners from close to 50 countries are in the sahara desert to take place in this year's marathon. seven days, six stages of running, more than 250

kilometers to cover and all done carrying the kit and food you need to survive on your back. >> you can tell yourself that everything is in the mind. it's the mind that controls the body. and if you want to achieve something, it's within you. and there is no limit. the limit is what you put yourself. >> a view above underlines scale of the challenge, sand, salt pans, mountains and sun. it's all here these elements now combine to make a race thanks to the wonder last of one man. in 1984, frenchman patrick bauer decided to go for a walk. unimpressed by the charles of his local park, he instead decided to come here to the sahara desert. many days and kilometers later, an idea came upon him to try to share his experience with other people. two years later, he organized the first ever marathon de saab. >> a few runners are here to try to win. the vast majority, though, desire only to prove a point to

themselves. >> i remember back in the day when i couldn't run around the block, let alone contemplate doing something like this and to watch people be able to go from start to get to the end is amazing transformation of not just boydwise but mentally as well >> reporter: at 72, mario rebelatto is one of the oldest entrance. he is back for a 5th time. >> if you are young and fit, you think you can burn through the stages and still come out on top. at my age, i take it slower because at the end of the day, it's punishing. there is no doubt about it. >> everyone here sets to gain a unique understanding of their limits and of their tent mate's personal habits. al jazeera, morocco. still ahead on al jazeera america, 20 years after one of the worst general sides in history, we look back at rawanda's national nightmare.

one of he cecu ecuadoor's volca erupts spewing hot ash six miles into the sky.

welcome back to al-jezeera america. here is a look at the top stories this half hour. in afghanistan, the poles are closed after residents voted for a new president. results released later this week. the country has seen an up surge of violence in the lead up to the election. >> a chinese ship picked up a signal from the floor of the indian ocean. a crew heard a ping matching the black box's frequency. the source of the ping has not been determined. protests against washington's gross portation policy are underway in 40 cities saying 2 million deportations under this administration will take place this month -- the 2 millionth. >> the 20th anniversary of rwandats genocide over the course of 100 days. more than 800,000 people, mostly

ethnic tootsies were butchered while the world stood by. rwanda enjoys stability. mohammed has more from kugali >> reporter: this is the genocide memorial, a place for the nameless dead. dpft,000 people died in the genocide when tutus killed mostly tutus. so they would be save from the militia. it was a trap. now, there are only the remains of the dead to remind the living of what happened. >> this site represents the crisis of humanity. it's easy to say it happened in a small african country. it has nothing to do with me. in fact, this site is a representation of the failure of the world. >> here, in the rooms, there are bodies of victims. >> gus muqui is one of a few

people who survived the massacre but his parents and eight brothers and sisters were murdered. today, he walks as the site's curator. it's by choice, his way of dealing with what happened. >> i am feeling proud to serve as a guide to the genocide memorial site because i feel at this my responsibility. i am concerned. i am feeling the voice of my dad and mom and other brothers and sisters who can not talk again. >> in the 20 years since the genocide, rwanda has made tremendous strides in trying to avoid repeating the past. in the fields where mass murder was once committed, farmers from different ethnic groups walk together to feed the nation. the government continues to implement an ambitious plan to rebuild rwanda's infrastructure. >> rwanda has laid a foundation for the future where none existed before.

for all children and enforcing a zero tolerance to corruption to embracing information technology. this tiny nation is facing the future with knowledge that looking backward is not an option. >> the tragic event effects will remain in our memories but they can't stop us from moving forward and to build a bright future. >> legacy, we are having from the rwandan leadership. >> the progress is partly due to financial aid from western countries. the technology hub, people are hard at work developing software and computer applications. they say that through technology, rwandans can pull themselves out of poverty, one of the things that caused the genocide in the first place. joining me is linda mel ver, the

author of "a people betrayed." let me ask you about the title of your book. >> good evening. >> do you think the west has learned its lesson from rwanda? >> no, i don't really. i think we have to be more specific when we say, "the west" the failure was in the security council of the united nations. it provided a tiny, week, pathetic peacekeeping force for rwanda, and then it would appear failed to monitor what was happening on the ground at the time. so, i think that we have to look to the security council for this failure. >> do you think the security council in other countries like the united states, france, belgium, have learned the let'son and will keep its promise that that will never happen again? no. i don't. i mean if you have a look at the central africa republic today, the urgent need there is for the protection of

civilians. as it was in rwanda in 1994, the force commander of the peace keepers, lieutenant general romeo dela from canada had pleaded for 5,500 reinforcements in order to protect civilians at risk. at the time, there was 70,000 peace keepers in former yugoslavia. and i think that the security council's priority was quite obvious to the extremists in rwanda that they could get away with this killing machine that they set in motion. >> the argument at the time, though, was that the scale of the genocide, the amount of suffering inflicted was not clear to a lot of people in government palaces and buildings buildings across the west, that the clinton administration did not fully understand what was happening within rwandan's borders? >> i think this has been

disproven since. there was overwhelming intelligence before the genocide happened that it was being planned. and i think that once it began begin, there was overwhelming intelligence a large-scale slaughter of civilians was taking place. i know the u.s. had satellite imagery of what was going on, on the ground. i don't think in this case that anyone can claim ignorance. the international committee of the red cross was also on the ground and in the first week says an estimated 10,000 people a day were being murdered. this figure was made public. >> do you think there needs to be a fuller investigation into the west's complicity, to understanding where things broke down along the way? >> absolutely, i think there should be inquiries. there has been no inquiry at all in the u.s. or in the u.k. about

why this failure happened. the decision taken on april the 21st to the withdraw the peace keepers sent a signal to the extremists. there has been no adequate inquiry in france either. france was intimately involved with the regime that actually planned the generocide and had senior officers embedded in parts of the ro rhonwan rwandan there is no satisfaction explanation from france to this day. >> who do you think bears the most responsibility here? is it the u.n., belgium, france, the united states? >> reporter: ? >> no. i think it's the security council of the u.n. i think every single government who was on the council at that time should have an inquiry as to how those catastrophic decisions were made. most particularly the u.s., the u.k., and france. >> when you look back -- --?

>> as perm members of the council. >> when you look back at rwanda and look toward the future here, do you see the same mistakes being repeated again? the central african repuckblic and syria. is it fair to compare the two? >> yes. i think it is. this is something a senator in canada said quite recently when he says urgent troops are needed to protect civilians in a small african country, he is saying that for the second time. you would think the whole world would listen to him. >> okay. linda milburn, an investigative journalist joining us live. thank you for your insight. we appreciate it. >> thank you very much. thank you. for much more on the anniversary of the rwandan massacre join us at 8 eastern, 5 pacific right here on al jazeera america. concern is building over an eruption in he cecuador.

the plume of ash can be seen for miles >> reporter: in the indid i kth volcano lived up to that. it e vuptd after 6:00 p.m. local time shooting a plume of ash more than six miles high in five minutes. located 90 miles south of the capitol, it has been active since 1999 and is closely monitored. >> since yesterday and this morning, there were stronger than usual emissions, about two kilometers high. >> scientists have seen two major eruptions in just the last two months. >> in the afternoon, we received a geophysical report that indicated we should take precautions because the volcanic activity was increasing. >> standing at more than 16,000 feet, it is one of eight volcanoes in ecuador. it is part of the ring of fire of the pacific. the explosion in 2006 killed four people but no deaths were reported in the latest he

explosion. morgan radford, al jazeera. we have a severe thunderstorm warning across alabama and we are looking at severe weather the next couple of hours as well as into tomorrow. this band of moisture, a stalled out frontal boundary, a ton of moisture streaming in off of the gulf of mexico. cooler air out of the north. we have a the combination of those two air masses. >> that's when you can see the severe weather. we have a severe thunderstorm watch in effect as i said across southern alabama. >> goes until later on tonight and again tomorrow, we are going to see severe thunderstorms throughout portions of the gulf coast along i-10. the areas you can see in the green here, those are where we are looking at flash flood wash watches and warnings, given the fact we will have such heavy rainfall over the next couple of days. across the northeast a frontal boundary cam came

through yesterday. the and the ohio valley. right now, a little bit of snow across upstate new york into the green mountains of vermont. but for the most part, that's going to clear out. we are going to see high pressure build and it's going to be a beautiful sunday overall. a little bit on the chilly side here tonight. i will tell you why. because of the wind. winds are gusting up to 28 miles per hour in toronto. 22 in philadelphia and, also, 22 in new york city. tonight, we will see temperatures drop back into the 30s. not a lot of cloud cover out there because high pressure is in control. usually, the cloud cover acts like a blanket to help keep any of the warmth that we retained through the earlier portion of the day. there is a ton of moisture in the atmosphere pushing in to texas and we have an area of low pressure tracking here out of the west. as that continues to push towards the east, we are going to see the chance for the severe weather to erupt across portions much texas into portions of louisiana, all along this frontal boundary as we hid into

tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening when the instability is the greatest. we will want to be careful out there tomorrow and watch out for some isolate toornz, jotornados >> the community devastated by a mud slide turned to prayer last night. ♪ and know that you are holy ♪ >> a vigil was organized to provide comfort after a mud slide tore through oso, killing 30 people. the group offered thanks to more than 400 searchers. >> the first responders and the paramedics, you are the ones who run to danger to keep us safe. we are so grateful for what you did and for never giving up hope. . >> thoughs crews are digging through debris. 13 people remain missing. as congress continues to delay immigration reform, millions of undocumented workers are being detained. protests are underway in 40

cities across the country. activists say the 2 millionth deportation understand this administration will take place this month. gaylen ford shows us how a young brother and sister cope while facing the threat of being deported >> reporter: one carlos romero and his sister denise are inseparable ever since they came to new york together from mexico when they were 8 and 10 years old. like many of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the united states, they knew that life here could be tenuous. >> my mom always prepared me for what to do in case they were deported in a raid. >> the family wasn't prepared for the day three years ago when juan carlos was stopped by police. >> i was 16. >> that's when i began to experimenting with marijuana. so i would usually be around my school and because of all of the police around, i got stopped and frisked a couple of times. >> juan carlos was arrested and spent five days in jail for violating his probation.

when he was released, agents from immigration and customs enforcement were waiting to take him to a detention center. he has been fighting deportation ever since. he says the fear is always the there. >> it was pretty overwhelming. it does change me. it makes me feel like an ugly person sometimes. >> if he loses his appeal in june, he will be sent back to a current tree he hasn't seen in more than a decade. >> there is a lot of shame that's been put on us for the choices that our parents had to make or for the chases that we make. and the debate is really public right now on what should be done with us. but we are living in it every day. >> according to the department of homeland security, 1.8 million undocumented immigrants have been dportsd since president obama took officeeported since president obama took offi office. >> number is set to reach 2 million this month. after pressure from immigrants' rights groups,pom pom has ordered a review of the immigration deportation policies

and priorities hoping they can be enforced more humanely. >> immigrants rights groups say that isn't enough? >> it's dishonest to say any way dpoortation and detention can become humane. we are asking for a stop to the deportations and for the president to meet with families affected. denise says it has affected her plans to become a teacher as well. >> something i carry with me all the time. it's hard for me think about a future where i am not with my brother. >> a future that for many undo you think immigrants remains uncertain as they wait for reform. kaelynn ford, argues, new york. it's been 46 years since martin luther king, jr. was assassinated in memphis. the motel has been turned into the national civil rights museum. now, after $28 million in renovations, it's reopening with an in-depth look at history. al jazeera's jonathan martin

takes us inside >> reporter: the low rain motel seems to be frozen in time. the balcony where martin luther king, jr. was shot and killed and the cards outside and room 306 look the way they did in 1968. but beyond those walls is a museum that's been transformed, designed to chronicle the american civil rights movement in a more interactive and emotional way start with slavery in the scene 00s. >> -- 1600s. >> we saved some space so you can crouch down and see what it felt like to actually be touching one person for months as they traveled through. you can also hear actual sounds. you can hear the slaves. you can hear what they were going through >> reporter: arrest it opened in 1991, the national civil rights museum painted a broad picture of the movement. but new exhibits go in depth, highlighting the signifcancer of things like churches, homes, and

lands of fran americans while introducing lesser known foot soldiers. >> it's important for us to know make sure that folks know that it's not just the few that we know about. there were thousands of stories that need to be told. >> what did you come here again for? >> iconic exhibits like the sit-in lunch counters have been updated with sounds. you can sit inside a birmingham jail sale where dr. king wrote his famous letter defending resistance. the montgomery bus is in a new environment, complete with statues of women outside. >> every day women who could have easily been rosa parks wanting to go have a seat on the bus. u.n. >> one of the primary exhibits is about brown versus the board of education, a case that ended legal segregation in public schools. it takes you from a court room to inside the classroom where there is also a map that shows that there were legal challenges happening all across the country in places like iowa and in

michigan. >> curators added more than 40 new videos and touch screens to appeal to younger visitors and create a more immersive experience. >> we can't get away from it. it should never be forgotten. everybody must know what happened from generations on. >> the museum's final chapter briefly explores presents day issues like human trafficking, encouraging visitors not to just be transported back in time by the historical experience but to be part of today's movement. jonathan martin, al jazeera, memphis, tennessee. >> the next time you are in memphis, still ahead on al jazeera america, it may look painful but mon gol i can't is fight to go make contortionism part of its heritage. we will explain next. >> rossi at the final 4 in arlington, texas. the heart and soul of the huskies in just a bit.

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it is the weekend all college basketball fans have been waiting for, march madness is finally, down to the final four. our ross joins us from arlington, texas. how is it looking down there, ross? >> jonathan, as they say in texas, everything is bigger in texas. that is the case here in arlingt arlington, texas, some 75,000 fans will be attending tonight's game in the final four. in the first game, the semifinal match-ups, the number 1 over all seed in the florida gators taking on the huskies. the gators are streaking. they have won 30 straight games but they their last loss was in december against uconn. the gators are definitely looking for pay back. as for the huskies, nathier, 23

points per game in the tournament up from 17 point through regular season. the kid is getting it done on and off the court. the last time the uconn huskies won the championship, napier was a freshman. since then, he and the huskies have had a run. they lost the long-term coach to retirement in 2012. last year, the team was indelible for post-season play due to poor academic performance. despites obstacles, napier decided to stay in school. >> the university stayed loyal to me. i wanted to do the same. it was, you know, for me to mature and me to do a lot of things. i never regret my decisions. >> throughout his tenure at the university of connecticut, napier made some important decisions. he toiled with the idea of transferring but remained with the huskies and after his junior year when he could have answered the nba draft, the 6' 1" point

guard decided to fulfill a promise he made to his mother. >> he emphasizes why he stayed to get a degree. he told his mom he was going to get a degree. and he will. and he has a chance to win the national championship at the same time. it's special. >> while honoring his promise to earn a degree, the rocksbury native hones his skills and grew into the leader. >> my maturity, leadership skills, intangibles trying to be the best person i can be every day. you are going to go through mishaps. when adversity hits, it shows you who you are. and either you can fold or just stand up and fight, you know, and i think i learned that, you know, through my years at the university of connecticut. >> you can see him talking. you can see, his swagger. his air gans about how good we are trans lates to every geothis team -- >> he is a great leader.

he is a great leader. >> you see it on the court. it's like he's a super star. he is our lebron. >> napier has been playing like lebron james. you need superstars to play like superstars. as for the coach, the uconn coach has done an amazing job. back in january, he brought his team to at&t stadium to take a tour knowing that the final 4 would be played here so far, that motivation and team bonding has paid off, jonathan. >> okay. big weekend down there in arlington. ross. >> mongolians are bending over backwards to save the art of contortion. >> 8-year-old amabad has dreamed of being a contortionist like her mother. >> i want to be part of a performance, she says. it always looked so glamorous.

many other young girls like 6-year-old hulong want the same thing. for several hours a day, they come to learn from one of the greats. 66-year-old teaching these children how to contort their bodies is a matter of national duty. >> translator: besides the body as stetic, it gives flexibility. the younger audiences are given inspiration of ideals of the human body. she was a contortionist for years, starting her career at the age of 9. she says contortionim dates back to the 12th sent tree when flexible dancers performed for the leader, genghis kahn. it's a different kind of audience they are preparing for now. the circus is a cultural ent in mongolia. one of the highlights are the contortionists. it's seen as an art form.

m among olians wants this protected as part of their heritage. >> if the petition is granted, it will be the 12th such recognition for intangible cultural heritage in need of safe guarding. >> we don't need musical instruments outside our body. we look for music within. nod nomadics came up with these. >> this art form is a clear statement of who they are, a celebration of their past and the beauty of their heritage. al jazeera. mongolia. >> pretty cool there. more news in a moment. >> we have to move out of here right now >> i think we have a problem... >> we have to get out of here... >> they're telling that they they don't wanna show what's really going on... >> mr. drumfield, i'd like to speak to you for a minute... >> this is where columbia's war continues... >> ...still occupied... >> police have arrived...

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