see it yourselves. >> taking viewers beyond the debate. >> don't miss al jazeera america's critically acclaimed series borderland on al jazeera america also available on demand this is al jazeera america from new york city. i am jonathan betz. today's top stories, more sanctions for incursions into ukraine. president obama toasts the u.s. relationship with malaysia as he prepares for trade talks. millions of catholics gather at the vatican ahead of ceremonies that will turn two popes into saints. all of the world is a stage for the celebration of william shakespeare's birth. [ music ]

with ukraine's crisis still raging, several developments are occurring this week in g7 nations who agree to step up sanctions against russia. european xdiplomats are said to have an emergency meeting on monday. they are talking about deescalating tensions on the ground. secretary of state john kerry and his continuerpart spoke on the phone and asked to stop ukrainian actions against pro-russian demonstrators. the prime minister cut short a trip to italy because of the tensions in the east. >> russian military aircraft, today at 9:00 crossed and violated ukrainian airspace for seven times. russian aggression has its aim to undermine the global security

and global stability to redraw the lines and to revise the consequences of the second world war. >> also, from moscow, promising to help release european monitors in eastern ukraine. more on that >> reporter: on both sides, funerals are becoming political events. this time, it was pro-russian sep rat te separatists laying a hero to rescue in slovyansk, killed by ukrainian soldiers two days ago, now a martyr for his cau cause. ukraine is with russia. long live donbas. >> it's also in slovyansk that the observers are being held by pro-russian gunmen who said one way the observers could be released would be for exchange

in the government of kiev holding a number of pro-russian activists. prisoners have always been poised to exchange during times of war. it's an international practice to swap prisoners. there is nothing scary about it. this is the administration center in donetsk. there is no sign russian groups are giving um control. let's go see the other side of life in the east because for most people, things are going on as normal. they might be anxious. they are keeping opinions to themselves. >> that's the same not just in donetsk but across eastern ukraine. closer to kiev, they are marking a grim anniversary, 28 years since the chernobyl nuclear accident on the eastern border seems to preoccupy the politicians who came to this event. >> if russia continues its

aggression and ignores decisions made during negotiations, including the ones from geneva, ukraine has to remain strong. >> yulia tymoshenko hopes to be the next president although may's e elections could depend upon a successful resolution of this crisis with russia. al jazeera, dond donetsk >> more have arrived in eastern europe. the u.s. is sending hundreds of soldiers to the baltic states unless the situation escalates >> we are here to demonstrate nato's commitment to lithuania with pur cypersistence, let me make this clear, should lithuania need nato, i guarantee nato will be there. >> much more on the crisis and

the sanctions on russia later in the show. in the moon time, president obama's first day in malaysia has ended. it's the first time in nearly half a century a u.s. president has visited the country. tomorrow, mr. obama will discuss trade and the schwith the prime primary of malaysia. he toasted longstanding relingsdz between the two country tries. >> so i would like to propose a toast to the strength of our relationshipationships between country tries. >> so i would like to propose a toast to the strength of our relationsh relationship, the power of our friendship, peace and prosperity of our peoples and the good health with their imagi majesti >> looming over, there are other issues on the agenda. trade among them. the president pushing his trespassific partnership, opening up markets for east and

southeast. china looming over the first two because malaysia is among those countries that is involved in a territoryial dispute in the south china sea with no fewer than six other nations in that region. also on the agenda, although the president isn't likely to bring this up in a very obvious way, the human rights situation in malaysia, the opposition leader has been jailed twice on what many believe are trumped up charges, international human rights organizations say there is an epidemic of police brutality and censorship although national security advisor susan rice is expected to meet with opposition leaders. the president continuing his journey around east and southeast asia in kuala lumpur, this evening on saturday and sunday >> when the president wraps up his visit to malaysia tomorrow, he will then head to the philippines. meanwhile, anger boiled over in the search for that missing malaysian airlines flight. relatives took employees

hostage. more than 200 family members held 10 airline workers in a beijing hotel yesterday. they were later released after ten hours. the search area has been extended beyond where the jetliner was recently believed to have gone down. in south korea, four more crew members arrested linked to the ferry accident, the entire 50-man crew involved in navigating the ship is in custody. the death toll climbed to 287. divers had to stop their search today because of bad weather. five nato soldiers have been killed in helicopter crashes in southern afghanistan. the british chapper went down in kandahar prove incideprovince. there is no word on the nationalities of those on board >> an election campaign rally came to a bloody end in iraq

yesterday. an off-shoot of al-qaeda set off bombs killing 30 and injures dozens more. about 10,000 gathered at a baghdad stadium. they planned to announce candidates for upcoming elections. many worry whether the government can secure bbaghdad >> this is baghdad operations command. they are responsible for baghdad's security. cameras are rarely allowed into this, the nerve center that controls the movements of troops on the ground. as iraq's election gets closer, the government understands it faces security challenges. >> the enemy is trying to demoral eyes us by spreading hatred to prevent iraqis to exercise their democratic right to vote. we believe the stakes are high, but we feel we have a concrete

plan to help guarantee security. checkpoints such as this dot the city. you can find them every few kilometers, the most visible sign of the government's secure plan. the government understands the threats they face. >> we are the spearhead of the open war on terrorism in general. we are fighting on behalf of the region and especially in iraq and baghdad. the war continues with al-qaeda-engli al-qaeda-linked groups. >> his confidence isn't shared by many in baghdad. there are attacks across iraq every day and the damage is clear to see along with people's frustrations with their politicians >> according to the united nations, over 207,000 people have died in attacks like these since the year began. >> grim statistic will likely have an impact on people as they visit the polling booth did come

april 13th. imrad kahn, baghdad >> the second day the national rifle association's meeting t gathering in indiana, 70,000 people expected. four candidates spoke to the opening yesterday including louisiana governor bobby jindal >> they never talk about the other reasons our founders wanted to protect gun ownership. they think it is a phrase from a speech writer. we think the second amendment is a right created and endowed to us by our creator, god almighty. >> gun control room advocates showed up in force. gun violence survivors proceed testified background check laws and say it is run by extremists in the washington. let's talk about joined by kate lynn kelly the thank you for being in today. >> thank you. >> i want to get your thoughts on mayor bloomberg's new group.

how much difference document it will make? >> it's interesting. my immediate reaction when i heard about it was, good for him to take on this issue. it's complicated. it's national. it's not going away any time soon. i think nine months carry a lot as well. so i would urge people who feel strongly about the issue to say even if jo have children, and i don't, we care about the issue as well. making it emotional is a powerful way to get into the subject. i wish them luck with it. i think it's an interesting way to come at it. he has the funding. most people don't. >> do you think actually they will be able to make a difference with the nra and make grou ground? >> i think it's complicated because at the end of the day, it's going to be lawmakers who change the lauds and all of the lobbying in the world is not going to make a difference until lawmakers say we are going to make a difference and vote in a different way. i admire the zeal. i admire the effort. absolutely. at the end of the day, who is going to make the decision? and who is going to listen to them? >> you are saying in many cases, obviously the nra is who they

listen to? >> for years, it has been. the nra, as we know, is very determined to advocate for politicians that they believe are doing what they want or voting in the way that they would like them to. up until now, there hasn't been a really well-organized opposition to the nra. there are many people who feel strongly that the nra's tactics are not the way we want to go necessarily or they would like to go. but they are not very well organized. they haven'been united. i think bloomberg's idea is a good one because it unites people in a certain way. at the end of the day, oare people in depressed going to change the lauds when the nra starts raising money against them? it's difficult. the nra is a very efficient fundraising organization >> very poubl. do you think the power is because of the executive leadership of the nra, or do you think it is as the nra claims from their widespread support across much of support? >> it's much more widespread than many people understand. i wrote a book employ women and guns in america and interviewed

1 oilr 04 people in 29 states of all ethnic per swaingsdz, all income levels and racesuasions, income levels and races. there are many people feel it's a normal part of daily life to own a gun. they are not the gun nuts. i don't like that language, that the nra may not want us to talk about. >> that's not what we are talking about. millions of americans own guns. they may not like the nra's stances t gets messy because the nra represents them and many of them are not as vocefirous as the nra. the moderate gun owner is generally invisible. we don't hear from them. we hear from the nra. that's the challenge to get the quiet legal gun owner to say, i own guns, too, i am safe and legal but i want this right. the second amendment ends up being the defining answer for most people. >> do you think, though, considering that, that it's a smart approach for the anti-gun advocates to go so strongly against guns to go for gun

control measures maybe they should focus on other things that might have a little while more traction like mental health screening? >> that's a great question. yes. i agree. i think that's what they need to do. i think it's very complicated. one of the statistics people don't know is that 50%, half of gun deaths are suicide. >> that's a mental health issue. no law is going to prevent it. and that's a separate issue where we need to get into who is ill? how do we get to them? do we get fire articles out of their home? it's very complex. but i think that's an issue that needs a lot more attention >> certainly al complicatedition with no clear solution out there. >> sadly. >> offer of "blown-away: american women and guns"? >> thank you. >> frequent victims of violence and now many are facing an even more dead lee threat >> nick sheeve riven in rome where tomorrown in rome where tomorr tomorrow. there will be two popes can onized on the same day and

tomorrow, for the first time, two living popes will celebrate mass here in saint peter's square together. r

>> a great impact in my life. i was here in 1983 and led the nigerian delegation and my life was changed. >> high praise from one of the pilgrims who have made their way to the vatican there to see two popes, john paul ii and john xxiiii. the canonization ceremony being led by the current prop-francis with benedict xvi. not since the middle agers have two become popes together. more on how this day came about start with a costa rican's woman's improbably connection >> florabeth doesn't only believe john paul is a saint. she helped make him one. she investigated a shrine to the man she says saved her life. in 2001, her doctors said she

had an aneurysm and would live for only a month. she clutched a favorite magazine with john paul on the cover. six years after he died, on the same de jongh paul took the first step to sainthood, laura beth says he appeared today her in a vision. >> it filled me with peace and gave me the self confidence i could recover from my sickness. >> after that moment, she says she recovered instantly. her doctors called it a miracle. the catholic church does, too. >> he saved your life? >> of course. god saved my life with john paul ii's intervention. >> over 27 years, john paul's intervention transformed the catholic church. he inspired a new younger generation. his leadership helped inspire the movement that led to the fall of the berlin wall anda the soviet union. he was a pope of firsts. in jerusalem, he prayed at the

western wall and the first pope to visit a modern synagogue. he was the first pope to walk into a mosque. many including the people in each of these childhood photographs see things differently >> this is david claskey, sexually abused by father john whitely. this is brash doris, becky iamia and she was sexually abused by this time by the priest in her church in virginia >> the church admits in the u.s. alone more than 10,000 people say catholic officials abused them >> this is tim lennon and this was me. this was the year before father morris started sexually abusing me >> barbara blaine runs an abuse survivors network. she said she was 12 when her priest touched her. in my mind,ists screaming, no. stop. don't do that. don't touch me.

no. but no words came out. i was, like, frozen, and in a sense, it was like i couldn't -- i was -- i couldn't even move. and i can remember him saying, scat stop shaking. i am not going to hurt you." she accuses john paul of knowing that in the church, abuse was pervasive. she said a man who con seals sin is no saint. >> fortunately, pope john paul ii had information and authority to remove sexual predators and to protect children and he refused to do that. >> john paul's proponents deny it and he will be sainted to one of the largest crowds that will ever fill saint peter's square. let's go live to nick schifrin in rome just outside the vatican. nick, first off, tell us what's going on out there tonight.

>> jonathan, you can probably see and hear me, there is not a lot behind me. they have absolutely cleared it. the only thing going on behind me are the police and the people who are moving in the chairs for tomorrow's event. but, about 500 feet that way, there is about 3,000 people waiting to get in. it's about 10:30 or so local time. the gates won't open until 5:30 in the morning. so they are going to wait seven hours to have a front-row seat tomorrow for the historic canonization. it gives you the sense of how much positivetivity there is, how much momentum that this church feels it has sainting john paul ii, a hugely popular figure and john xxiiii. part of this canonization process is -- the term devil's advocate comes from the canonization process, the person whose job it is to actually argue against canonization. iron i cancally john paul did

away with the official's devil's advocate but informally, there was a devil's advocate brought into this process. his name was giovani fran zoni. he argued against the canonization. he said john paul was too political and not saintly enough. >> translator: he promoted the explosion of catholicism. he was an energetic figure but i believe he is to be considered more as a political leader who talked to the people like putin in russia now or general degaulle was in france but he is not a saint. >> but jonathan, that voice in addition to barbara blaine's voice from the package, they are vastly outnumbered. the people who are trying to get to the front row this morning who will wait seven hours, that is the majority of people here very much in favor of the canonization of john paul ii and john xxiii >> considering we just heard and

people with the controversy, are you seeing protests out there as well? >> reporter: there are not really any sustained protest. barbara blaine explained to me that she can't protest in this square because she will be arrested. roman police or officials from the vatican will actually make sure that there really aren't any protests here and frankly, the majority of the city and the pilgrims, of course, are coming here to celebrate. the vatican set up some dozen churches where there will be prayer vigils in six different languages. there is a sense of momentum from pope francis that he wanted to make a statement by cannonsizing these two popes on the same day there is a sense john paul was the conservative. john xxiii was the progressive. francis is saying let's move those notions of the two being

separate. john paul actually extending john xxiii's lessons. and saying let's come up with unity and move the church into the 21st century >> human moment for millions of catholics around the world. nick schifrin live in rome. while marion people have memories of john paul ii, they are not necessarily as familiar with pope john xxiii, the man who brought the catholic church into the modern world >> his was a new style of pontificate, ran the vatican for five years from 1958 to '63, time enough to show the world he was different from his predecessors? >> they were much more similar to kings or monarchs or emperors. >> that's the major difference that made him known as get pope >> the good pope was the third of 13 children raised in the italian countryside in lombardi. his education was traditional

italian but he traveled widely as a diplomat reaching out to non-catholics, jews and christians and that changed him. >> a great moment of change in the life of the catholic church >> john xxiii decided the church needed a new ecumenical council. many thought the debate was unnecessary >> it became known as the second vatican council or vatican ii. when he was asked why, the story goes he opened his window in the papal study and said, "we need fresh air." church leadters from all over the world came to rome to discuss the church's future. >> the vatican ii opens the door to a new series of themes, of issues and of texts that made the catholic church able to interact and survive and to thrive. >> another profound change by vatican ii, the language of the

liturgy. mass can now be celebrated in all languages and not just latin. now john xxiii is being can onized. pope francis is waving that only one miracle has been adescribed to him, rather than the usually two. not a problem from the author ofof "john xxiii: the miracle of mercy"? >> it was going to surface. proceed if he issors knew it was not intrfrping with the procedure. it was just expediting something that was going to happen soon >> pope john xxiii, in life and death, a saint. john teret, al jazeera, new york. at 8:00 o'clock eastern time, we will take a deeper look at the canonization of john xxiii and john paul ii tonight

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yeah...don't kid yourself >> the system has failed me welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the top stories this half hour. president obama is in malaysia, his third stop on the east asian tour. trade and economy are expected to be the top talking points when he meeting with the country's prime minister tomorrow. it's the second day of the and a half rifle association's conference in indianapolis. sent 78 gun lobbyists are in attendance with sarah palin expected to speak later today. festivities at the vatican where more than a million people are expected at the canonization of .2 popes becoming saints i a

service led by pope francis and his predecessor. troops arrived in eastern europe trying to guard against escalating texts in ukraine. john kerry spoke with russia's pr prime minister trying to agree on how to diffuse the situation. more sanctions for russia, but it could be a hard order for europe which depends upon russian trade >> reporter: a shot across the kremlin's bow, secretary of state, john kerry promised more sanctions if russia fails to deescalate the crisis in ukraine. >> let me be clear. if russia continues in this direction, it will not just be a grave mistake. it will be an expensive mistake >> so far, western sanctions to rein in moscow have been limited mainly targeting vladimir putin's inner circle with

crimean ties. western leaders have not said how they would broaden those meyers. experts believe the most powerful sanctions would aim to isolate russia financially by blocking access to international payment systems and western investment. >> cut them off from there, we could force a very rapid adjustment of the sort we saw in 2008 in global markets after lehman fell >> russia is en twied in financial markets relying on billions to finance trade and investment as well as international payment systems to process transactions. if that level of integration and sophistication that makes russia so vulnerable to financial sanctions, so much so that even the specter of them is scaring foreign invest ors >> a russian-state owned development bank said it may have to repay a nearly quarter trillion dollar loan due this month because western creditors are less willing to roll over

the debt. the kremlin is looking to decrease dependence on agreeable financial markets by creating a national payment system and its own debt rating agency as an alternative to western firms such as s & p which downgraded russia's debt friday to just above junk. hitting the kremlin with financial sajsz would not be painless for the west. he specially european nations that do a lot of business with russia >> there certainly is a great deal of hesitancy in europe to go down this path. the twist here, though, is that the u.s. can probably do this on their own. they don't need europe because these are u.s. banks, u.s. payment system, u.s. money center that is really the core. >> patricia sabga, al jazeera, new york. let's talk about this james who is with the american it stewart in ukraine. good to see you again? >> thank you. >> let's talk about the sanctions. do you think they are having an effect on president vladimir

putin? >> no. i don't think they are, both for the reasons that the lead story mentioned, that there is a limit as to how much pain the west, especially the europeans, are willing to inflict upon themselves in adopting sanctions. and, secondly, it seems to me that for moscow, ukraine is essential to their national security however much pain the west thinks it can inflict on moscow, it's not going to change their assessment of their fundamental national security concerns. really, the question is going to be: will there be an agreement, a compromise on the status of ukraine, or will this continue to escalate and the russians will do what they feel they need to do? >> james, you don't think that these sanctions at least give putin a little bit of pause? russia has not yet invaded eastern ukraine and the white house argues this is definitely having an effect on russia's economy. >> i think it is having an effect on their economy. it is causing some pain. it's starting to cause pain to

the european and even american firms that are doing business with the russians. but i don't think it will have any impact whatsoever on russia's actions in ukraine. i don't think they have moved in to ukraine because they don't want to. i think that that is the last option on the table for them, and they would rather see a political settlement in ukraine having to do with new traltneuty >> doeth there is a better tool out there that the united states and europe could use to try to end this chryses? >> absolutely. the negotiating table, to coma to an agreement that tries to put the ukrainian humpty dumpty back together, to stop talking as it were an elected administration, all ukrainians including those in the south and east who clearly reject it must submit to and issuing threats. >> doesn't do anybody any good and it will not resolve the crisis. it will not cause moscow to back

down and cause the ukrainian east to back down in its confrontation with kiev and will only may make things worse >> what makes you think negotiations will have much of an impact? i know you say the interim government is not recognized by russia. but they are calling new e legs. they will choose a new government within weeks. >> no. i don't think so actually. i think. >> you don't think the elections will happen? >> i think it will be very difficult for them to hold those elections in the east and south of the country. i think these brush-fire revolts, yes, i think the russians have a hand in, but let's not pretend there is not some level of support among the residents of these areas who simply do not like this crowd in kiev and do not consider their actions legitimate. i think they would be very hardpressed to hold those elections in all of ukraine >> let's talk about the european monitors being held. how much do you think is this the work of russia? or do you think this is actually the work of the separatists

within eastern ukraine? >> that's a good question. i think it's probably more the work of the people in the east, but again, i don't know to what extent the russians are advising them or even, to some extent, controlling or influencing their actions. look, i know this is something that a lot of people aren't going to want to hear but when these monitors come into places like this, we say, well, they are objective, neutral people. they are not always perceived like that, in what is increasingly becoming a conflict zone. these are people from western countries. a lot of the people in the east will say what are they really doing here? maybe these are embedded intelligence officers. maybe they are here for some other purpose. >> may not be valid in this particular case, but it's the kind of suspicion people there will have >> are you saying, james, those monitors should not have gone into eastern ukraine? >> i think it's a very -- yes. i think it's probably true that they should not have gone unless there was a negotiation, again, with all parties for them to go there and it may be have a more balanced representation that

included not only people from western countries but from countries that the russians and the easterners feel they could trust as well >> okay, james jatras, thank you for your time today. early results released from afghanistan's april presidential election point to a run-off vote next month. the law requires a run-off between the two top can't dates if no one wins a majority. the ex foreign affairs minister abdullah abdullah is expected today go up against asha gani. expected to take place after final results are announced on may 14th >> more than 180 people have been killed in flash floods in afghanistan. it forced thousands from their homes. caroline malone reports >> reporter: flash flaoods have turned people's lives upside down in remote parts of north and west afghanistan. thousands of homes were hit

across four provinces. >> as a result of the heavy rain and floods, our people have suffered from lots of destruction. people are beginning to pick up the pieces after the floods. they say they still urgently need help. >> our shops and houses have been destroyed. so far, we have not received anything from the government. >> the afghan military rescued people from the worst affected province. the regional police chief said they found many bodies and expect to find more. >> people took those bodies to the hospital and the bodies were handed over to their families. around 7 villages in the area were destroyed by flooding. >> it's the start of spring, usually a wet season but not to

the extent seen here in recent days. the disaster relief committee says more than 5,000 people have been displaced and medicine and drinking water are running out. caroline malone, al jazeera. the united nations warned south sudan is on the verge of africa's worst famine since the mid 1980s. more than 3 and a half million people or nearly a third of the population are facing starvation. anna cabell has more on why it's so hard to get food? >> this is south sudan's green belt in the southwest. down here, the land is fertile. they have a saying here, a hungry man is an angry man. during more than 20 years, the ability to farm was lost by the people of south sudan. but gradually with the assistance of ngos, people have been relearning agricultural skills and harvests were up more

than 20% last year on the five-year average. here on the border, there is no shortage of food. elsewhere in the country, there are people suffering from severe, acute malnutrition. people on the brink of starvation. >> south sudan doesn't yet produce enough food to feet the entire population. even if it could, the real problem is getting the food to the people who need it. in this vast country, there are almost no real roads. so huge numbers of people are unreachable by land. in really desperate times, the world food program has no choice but to air drop food to remote parts of the country. it's an expensive thing to do and seen as a last resort. sometimes, it's the only way to get food to the people who need it. aid workers are becoming increasingly concerned if the fighting continues, it will make the situation worse >> we said from the earliest part of the crisis that there is a risk of famine. it's important to stress there is no famine right now.

famine is not only about food availability, but it's about people's access to the food in the country, the abundance, the people in the east of the country are not able to access that. >> aid agencies continue to move food around the country. they are restricted. is the situation -- if the situation doesn't change, there are predictions many people could die of hunger and its related diseases. anna cabell, al jazeera, south sudan. >> a reminder for you, al jazeera is taking you beyond the issue of immigration with our new series "borderland," the life or death journof those trying to make it to the u.s. the controversial issue well beyond the border of the u.s. david shuster brings us a dramatic example, refugees trying to get into spain. >> expensive and dangerous border fences are not just for the american southwest. take a look at the northern coast of africa. here is morocco spain, the strait of gibraltar, africa to

the south and the pro shop of europe to the north. spain has two enclaves on the moroccan side of morocco and there is a boarder area between morocco and these spanish areas. once you are in the span inc. controlled area, you are technically in the european union. it's an easy ferry ride to get to the european mainland. 10 years ago, to discourage african migrants from using the enclaves, spain spent more than $50 million buildinga up barriers and border fences. in the past year, large groups of i am grant have been charging the rows of chain-link fences with increasing frequency. the migrants, you see the bloody feet, they often end up injured thanks to the efforts of moroccan and spanish authorities aggressively trying to stop them. two months ago, the spanish military police faced over 250 immigrants climbing fences or swimming near the shoreline.

authorities overwhelmed,sponding by firing rubber bullets. fifteen immigrants were killed. some appear to have been shot to death. others drown in the water. spanish government has appealed to european authorities to try to help police this border. there are literallytentions of thousands of african migrants in morocco who dream of entering even the smallest doorway to europe. if they can reach one of the two spanish enclaves, they are literally home free. >> that's because spain does not have extradition treaties with many of the countries where the migrants come from. 1 they reach one of these areas they may wait for tear their assume lum progress application to be processed. but then they will transfer them to the mainland before ordering him or her to go somewhere else in europe. a dangerous border fence and migrants looking for a better life to the north, it's an issue that the united states and the eu have in common. david shuster, al jazeera. >> interesting perspective there.

don't forget the third episode of "borderland" airs tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. eastern. still ahead on al jazeera america, the hands of a master. what scientists are learning from the works of a famed 19th century sculpture. a museum denoted to the mass der kerr in tiananmen square stirs controver controversy in china.

south africa marking 20 years of democracy. in 1994, the country held its first free elections open to all races. those were the votes that made nelson mandela president. south africa holds general e legs in two weeks. a new museum opened in hong kong marking the 1989 tiananmen square protest gives a rare opportunity to see an important bit of history.

some in china just want to move on. a report >> reporter: with a rip of a copy of tchina's state newspape dwighted 5 years ago, the museum is declared open. it's designed as a maze and takes the visitors through the events leading up to the june 4th crackdown by the military in which student protesters were killed. at just 75 square meters, it's one of the smallest museums around but organizers expect it to have a big impact. >> we are talking to the younger generation born after the june 4th massacre so they can come and experience what we have experienced at that time, the shock, the despair and, also, the hope at that time brought about by the democracy movement >> reporter: the group behind the museum is made up of lawmakers and pro-democracy activists. they formed in 1989 to support the democracy movement. the model of tiananmen square

and interactive images, the museum hopes to educate mainland tourists. last year, there were 41 million visitors from across the border. many mainlanders are unaware of the crackdown because all reference to it is banned there. there are citizen groups who feel that the discourse could threaten hong kong's stability. latisha lee says it shows only one side of the story and people want to move on. >> the tiananmen square incident is like a wart concentrate created by history. why can't we leave it alone and let it go and stop bringing it up >> reporter: some of those who share her views gathered on the street outside the building housing the exhibition. the mu the museum is in the middle of the normally quiet alley on the 5th floor of the building whiled me but it's creating a lot of noise from a con tr fronfrontation. >> it could jeopardize the

museum's existence. the exhibition ends with the goddess of democracy. she may have to find a new homesoon. the building's owner is threatening legal action saying the museum will be disruptive for the other tenants. al jazeera, hong kong consider this for the moment: an i love new york sign in moscow. might not be what you would expect to see in the russian capitol about now, but there it is in the sand. it's part of today's international sand skuculpture modeled after icons in famous cities like paris, amsterdam, ven venice. wind could destroys hours of hard beautiful work there. august rodan expressed through sculpture, especially the complexity of hands. 19th century art with medical technology to reveal a fresh

perspective to the sculpter's craft. melissa chan has more >> reporter: the twisted, gnarl gnarled texture of an august rodin work. his complex pieces examine the human condition. >> i think when you look at his sculptures, you could help but recognize the artist was so interested in the human body. he was interested in an t me, t structure of the boy and the expression >> the artist loved hands. he found them particularly expressive and often used models with diseases and deformities. what surprised doctors at stanford was the discovery they could diagnose conditions just by looking at his work. and in one of a kind collaboration, art and anatomy had come together >> reporter: visitors can use ipads in front of original bronze rodin and slide them to see the underlining anatomy from different angles.

here, we are looking inside and we see bones, blood vessel and nerves >> with the medical school providing corresponding ct scans, the museum has fit digital bones in his pieces. they call what we see here augmented reality >> this is a real colon >> stanford has used it for medical education. it's new to the art world. dr. paul broun demonstrates how you can move around life-size digital models, turn them, see a cross section of the human body and our internal organs. >> it shouldn't take much more work than we have already done to be able to have students hold their ipads over their cadavers and move it along, they can see the structures inside, all of the bones, muscles and sometimes blood vessels >> the museum has also had a little bit of fun. take a look at these two hands. one is an original rodin, the other, a 3d printed hand after

some virtual surgery. >> what you are seeing here is a replica of rodin's large left hand appearing as if it had beenfectioned by one of our surgeons. through the ipad, you can actually see the screws, pins and plate used to fix the broken metacarpal bones. this appears as if it had been sculpted by rodin. it hasn't. >> we can't know if he would have approved of doctors taking artistic license with his work but it gives nvisitors a new wa to enjoy his masterpieces. stanford, california. the english language has change dramatically over the years but a remarkable number of phrases we use every day are centuries old and popularity is due to one man. they include the be all and end all, in a pickle, love is blind, for goodness sake and the wild-goose chase. do you know who is responsible for all of those phrases?

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>> he is one of the greatest writers of all time. this weekend the entire u.k. is fans of william spake spear celebrating his 450th birthday. a report on how the bard is being remembered >> reporter: on the stratford streets he use to roam, a pageant fit for a litterary icon, a thousand strong revelling in the work of william shakespeare to mark the 450 years since he was born. [ music ] >> from music of the morris men to a birthday cake carried by horses, shakespeare's followers still put on a good show here >> this is a town that thrives on the memory of william shakespeare and his birthday is an opportunity for them to come out and celebrate his work. >> shakespeare's ink rungs

through the lifeblood of this town "when shall i see thy wholesome days again by his own enterdictions." "his appeal stretches beyond britain britain. even the young: >> shall i compare thee to a summer's day in thousand art more lovely and more testamempe >> william shakespeare >> during his lifetime, shakespeare wrote 37 plays and more than 150 poems. critics sometimes question his rise to prominence over his peers. few have managed to gain his stat fractured >> people ask me if he is relevant and i always say if love is still relevant, if joy is still relevant, if politics, war, grief, ambition are still

things people feel, shakespeare will always be relevant >> reporter: the bard's future appears to be in safe hands with the next generation of followers already learning his language. emma hayward, al jazeera, in stratford upon avon. >> you probably already figured it out. we have the answer. of course, it was shakespeare. he may not have invented those phrases but his writing cemented their use and so many more in the english language. finally, another shakespearean legacy, this one soaring in displays over the skies of north america. our randall pinkston has that story >> reporter: this is where part of the story began. new york central park in 1890 when a german immigrant released 60 starlings, the first in north america as a tribute to william spakz spear. the other part of the story began more than 300 years earlier in england where he

placed references to birds, including the starling in his plays. he loved birds, i think part-time because they are musical and when you think about birds' songs, it connects you to the human voice >> michael is director of the spakz spear library in washington, d.c. he said shakespeare was a keen observer of nature. he especially liked the starlings' ability to mimic speech. the bard mentioned the starling in "henry ix"? >> he said i will get a starling who will mention the name mortimer over and over again to the king and the king stomped off and said "don't ever say mortimer to me again" >> the descendants of the first 60 starlings number more than 200 million in north america. when they fly together in large numbers called mermurations,

they look like art in the motion. while bird watchers might appreciate them, wildlife experts say starlings are a nuisance? >> they can be tough, kick other birds out of area. i don't think a lot of other species want to hang around when you have 10,000 starlings taking up a block >> unlike larger birds like canada geese, they are smaller and pose more of a threat to farmers. the starling is one of the species the u.s. department much agriculture tries unsuccessfully to control >> it's not feasible economically or practically to eliminate them. they have pretty much reached, i think, the critical mass >> like spehakespeare's classic they have made their mark on america. randall pinkston. as the bard wrote, all's well that ends well. thank you for being with us. i am jonathan betz.

i will be back in an hour with more news. stay with us because "inside story" is next. later tonight, stick around for "borderland," a critically-acclaimed new series here on al jazeera america. >> that's sunday night at 9:00 p.m. i think one of the big things where we have to recognize that we are complicit. i am only talking about the negatives here because i think we have far too comfort addicted >> his perform applications on screen have made him one of hollywood's most respected act orders. oscar winner sean penn on press freedom? >> i think the press needs to have absolutely freedom.