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this edition of inside story. in washington, i'm ray suarez. pro alumini association this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm jonathan betz with the top stories. out of bounds anger grows over alleged rashist remarks made by an n.b.a. team owner. catholics around the world celebrate two popes declared saints. >> i felt really, really bad. vaccinations nearly eradicated it 50 years ago, why
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are american doctors seeing more patients with the mumps? the playoffs are heating up in the n.b.a. the story getting the most attention is happening off the court, with audio of what is alleged to be donald sterling, l.a. clippers's owner ranting to his girlfriend. jessica taff has the story. >> when ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance you don't have to do anything, jut let them talk. that's what happened here. i have confidence that the n.b.a. commissioner, adam silver, a good man, will address this. >> reporter: when the leader of the free world takes time out from a press conference around
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the world, it's gone viral, renewing the debate about america and racism. >> how new commissioner adam silver acts will set the tone. lebron james is calling for adam silver to take a stand. >> there's to room for that in our game. we found a way to make this the greatest game in the world. comments like that take the game, it can't have it from a player, owner, fan, so on and so on. >> this is not the first time an owner of a team alienated a fan base. mark shot, major league baseball was suspended and fined for a total of three years in the mid
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'90s, after being racial slurs about african minister and favourable comments about adovl hitler. an investigation into the matter could be complex. they must prove the authenticity. and there's an issue about whether the reporting may have been obtained unlawfully. due process has been promised by adam silver, and a quick investigation. as for the team, l.a. clippers coach doc rivers believe they are making a stand by moving forward. >> the biggest statement we can make as men, not as black men, as men, is to stick together and how strong we are as a group much it's easy to protest. that'll be in the play. >> the sentiment was obvious twitter, with indiana pacer david west not holding anything back saying:
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. >> it's a case where balancing legalities with humanity will be a test for the league. melissa chan is in oakland where the l.a. clippers are taking on the warriors and joins us live with more. seems the fans are not happy about this. >> well, across the board every fan we spoke to had similar reactions to donald sterling's alleged racial slurs. >> to me, personally, he sounds ridiculous. he owns a basket team with nothing but african-american players, that makes him sound rashist. the league needs to investigate the situation and consequences need to come about, rep re helpings, suspension or something that needs to be done to let the owner know it's unacceptable in today's society
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and the n.b.a. >> i am sure he speaks for a lot of fans. do we have any idea how the n.b.a. will handle this? >> that is an excellent question. as the report alluded to, part of the challenge will be whether they can authenticate the audio recording. without doing that the n.b.a. will have a tough time moving forward. we are in this period, in twooep period where the n.b.a. -- between period where the n.b.a. comments - you can see that with the doc rivers comments happening behind me now. >> i think if there's anything racism and justice, it should be front and center and we should never run from it. i think we all do a good job of running from it. you should confront it and do your best to handle it. we are doing our best in this case to do that.
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>> one really important thing is some people are saying it is coming as no surprise, comments by donald sterling, that this has been going on for years, and sports journalist wrote and complained about it. he made comments after african-americans and hispanic, even in sworn testimony and the question may be why is there outrage now, and why action now. >> there's a lot of questions to be addressed. joining us on set is charles smith, the chairman and c.e.o. of the professional basketball alumini association, and a former l.a. clippers player. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> you played with the l.a. clippers if 1988 to 1982. donald sterling owned the team. what was your experience with him? >> he's definitely a different kind of guy. you know, he's a gentlemen that
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probably still owns the first piece of property he purchased years ago. he kind of runs the organization the way he wants, whether he has the skill sets in different areas or not. that's the type of person he is, controlling and does what he wants to do. >> did you get the impression that he is a racist? >> you know, i heard things. i did not get the impression. i just gave the impression of what i thought about him. seeing the comments, it's not socking but -- shocking, but i'm not surprised. >> you're not surprised, how come? >> the way he does things, he dances to his own beat and drum. he does whatever he want to do. >> how do you think it should be handled by the n.b.a.? >> well, if it's not handled with a perfect solution, it's gone viral, it's a global topic,
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and if it's not handled and dealt with in a manner that gives the fans, players, the leaving the resolve it needs, it will permeate and come up at some point in time. >> there's a hot of talk of boycotting the team and the game. >> when you boycott march or picket you do it because you want to bring awareness to a situation. you bring awareness to a situation because you want a result. the awareness is out there. the players have spoken up. it's not good for owners, league, fans, it's not good for america. boycotting is not going to do much. the players need to hold on to personal currency. they don't need to spend it at this point in time. let the openers do what they do, sow the outcome and make the
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next step. >> a lot of fans are watching this, struggling how to interpret this, what to do with the information. a lot of people want to punish the owner. how do you punish the owner without punishing the players and coaches? >> we don't know the rules that the n.b.a. have. it's been said they have broad rules in their infrastructure to deal with a matter like this. we don't know what they are. what we do know is that there's an outcry from the public that forces them to do something that will achieviate how people feel about this. >> would you feel comfortable going to an l.a. clippers game. >> at this point now i would not want to support, going to an l.a. clippers game. it's a little different to me because - the l.a. clippers is an organization at one point in time that was probably the worst
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sports franchise in all the sport. the fans there from back when i played and before, i went to a game. they are still there. they are die hard fans. ticket prices were not that expensive, and they are still going. it brought joy to my heart to see they are there. they deserve championship. i'm torn with that. >> i think a lot of fans are torn. you uds earlier, you love the players and the coaches, it's hard to support one without supporting the team overall, the owner's pocket book. >> yes, that's why you hope the n.b.a. handless this in a -- hand ms this in a -- handles this in a proper matter. when we went to the play-offs, there were race riots, we had to move from the arena and play at the utah jazz in another place.
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i remember during that time how the race relations were going and the city was in flux, didn't know what to do. doc rivers was on the team, that's why when you hear his comments, you couldn't have picked a better coach at this time to deal with the situation. >> let's play doc rick's comments. let's take a listen. >> i think this is so individual, it really is. it's so individual that there'll be certain particulars that will be great, and certain players that have been thinking about this all night and can't function. >> they cannot function. how does this affect the tam and the players -- team and the players. how big a distraction is this? >> i remember that and this incident, and the city is in flux, no one knew what to do. we were kind of walking around numb. but what we took utah to the game, we were up by 17 at the half, what i do remember about that time, you know, as a
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professional athlete you have the ability to amid distractions perform. when the guys get on the 94 feet, they've been doing it for so long, all year, it will click. when you get on the floor it will click. you may have emotions, but guys rise above the emotions and things like that at key teems. >> do you think it came as a huge shock to the current players? >> i think it did. the franchise changed. they are not like they used to be when i played. the organization spends more money to get the team because they wanted to compete for a championship. before it was an organization that wanted to be there to make money. now they want to win a championship. the guys there, they'll be focussed, win the game and prove that they can be champions regardless of the circumstances. >> it's worth noting that the
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clippers are losing by 20 points. >> didn't know that. >> just to let you know. information coming out is michael jardon. the charlotte bobcat's owner releases a statement saying: >> he is one of many concerned about this. how far do you think it will go. what do you think can happen to sterling at this point? >> it goes beyond the american borders. the league has owners from india, russia, south-east asia and it is a global league. they view our race relations in the united states differently. when you see something like this come out and it goes global and viral, they are looking at how the commissioner will deal with this. they think about it differently. do they want to be a part of something like this, and the
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league is trying to go global. >> charles smith former l.a. clippers player, thank you for coming in. we had our first look at european observers being head. captives made them available to reporters. one was freed, the rest are under arrest. barnaby phillips has the details. . >> reporter: the european observers were paraded before the cameras. they are in no position to complain about what has happened. >> we are not prisoners of war, we are the guests of mayor vechislav ponomaryov. and we are treated as such. >> at least they were able to show their families they are alive and well. later, an observer from sweden was released on grounds of ill health. others have not been treated so kindly. these three men were captured by pro-russian gunmen near slovyansk. ukrainian intelligence officers.
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this is what they looked like after the interrogation. on the road into slovyansk, the ukrainian army. this is not a town under siege, but the soldiers are working to prevent more weapons coming in. >> this is the ukrainian army trying to show that it is in control. throughout the crisis the approach has been hesitant and cautious, that's because russia will respond to any use of force by these men. in the next town a demonstration in favour of rubbisha. it's a -- russia. it's a small crowd, they have some support on the sidelines. pro-russians control the government building in donetsk, and have an unexpected visitor. mikhair khodorkovsky, once one of russia's richest me, before
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falling out with vladimir putin and imprisoned. is trying to mediate. they call him a traitor and tell him to go away. >> in donetsk armed pro-russians took over a regional police station and the ukrainian police, unreliable allies of the government in kiev stood by and watched it happen. the largest crowds of the day were in the cemeteries. this is the day of the dead, when people meet the ancestors spirits. nataliya mourns dead relatives and wonders what they will make of today's chaos. >> my relatives would be shocked if they could see what is happening. they would say "you have to fight for our beloved ukraine." i'm afraid a war. and a war that my son would be taken into the army. >> she's part of a silent majority that wants peace.
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a majority that wants to stop the drift into conflict. still ahead - from baghdad to basra, beyond the borders. iranies prepare for this -- iraqis prepare for this week's elections. >> i'm nick schifrin in a rainy room after an historic day, the first time two popes became two saints in the catholic church history, the first time two popes celebrated mass together, and perhaps the largest crowd in st peter's square.
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>> reporter: yes, absolutely it was extremely clear for the ceremony even though the rain has come together. it was a day of firsts, celebrations for two towering figures in the 20th century history and an opportunity for pope francis to develop two messages - one of unity and one of striving for improvement on a personal level and for the church itself. [ singing ] >> reporter:. >> reporter: in front of a million faithful. an ancient ceremony became one of the catholic church's memorable moments. never before has the church sainted two popes at once. never before have two living popes celebrated mass together. never before have this many
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people made the pilgrimage to rome and st peter's square. prap sis canon -- pope francis canonized two popes with remarkable differences. >> john xxiii and john paul ii's legacies are fresh, strong for andreas widmar. >> a lot of people come looking pore hope and meaning and -- for hope and meaning and expressing their faith. john paul ii said "do not be afraid, turn to god and have faith." >> andreas widmar arrived in rome as a 20-year-old swiss guard. when andreas widmar met john paul, he was agnostic. >> i came because i thought being a body guard was the coolest thing. i changed once i started to meet john paul. i would see him pray and i felt
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differently. someone brought a peace about them, making me want to pray. >> john paul taught andreas widmar that faith didn't have to be difficult or complicated. >> he talked about i being made for excellence and it could help me fly like an eagle. >> john paul expanded the message john xxiii was progressive. pope francis argued they both had the tame goal. >> john xxiii and john paul ii cooperated with the holy spirit in renewing and updating the church, keeping with pristine features. >> the canonization ser mopies remained the same for more than a century. john paul's blood.
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and a relic. they remind everyone that to be a same time is human. >> only saints go to heaven. we are built, created to become saints. we need to understand that the spiritual life and the holy life in that sense is not that far off. >> there are critics of the dual caponisation, but for the faithful it was an unprecedented ceremony. two popes, two saints and 2,000 years, the church has never done this before. >> some of the pilgrims waited 12 hours to get the front row seats to talk about the implications of today. i'm joined by a national correspondent for the national catholic reporter. let's talk about the red tape cut to have the day work. john paul ii, the fastest
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canonization, john xxiii never performed the second miracle. why was it important for pope francis to cut the red tape and get this done? >> when john paul ii died in 2005 penn dict almost immediately waved a 5-year requirement, the time to make a person a saint. because it happened. pope francis had them sitting on his death. we knew that pope francis has a great affinity for pope john xxiii. there was reports that he wanted to be named john. there's a message of unity at the church, wanting to cole esque 26 years of history into a message of unity with the two folks toot. and for two models. >> you mentioned the second vatican council. john xxiii convened. francis had its own coup,
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convening bishops in rome. what are the plans. did we see a hipt in the message of what he'll deliver in the council. >> what is interesting is the council occurred 56 years ago. implications are unfolding in the church around the world. one is a masteral sense. lisp to them in need. he's called the senate at the vatican in a worldwide meeting of bishops to discuss issues of family. in a sense, this is almost whether pope francis is embracing his own sense of what needs to happen as a council, 56 years on. and they say that it takes about 200 years for a church council to have a full impact. we are 56 years in. it's interesting to see how the pope will manage this on his own. >> and pope francis making a big
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mark today, an historic day for the church. we thank josh. back to you in the studio. >> nick schifrin live in rome. there's an estimated 78 million americans identifying themselves as catholics. john terrett talked to some in new jersey. at the cathedral that john paul ii visited in 1995. >> i think there's an ongoing lo affair between most american catholics and john paul ii. he came so often. he game seven times in total. they know him well. he's been to all the major cities, pretty much all of them, said mass all over the country. they report john xxiii with what he did to the second vatican council. they love john paul ii. we went to a church, cathedral
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of the sacred heart, because jpii went there with the president. after mass, the people we spoke to showed nothing but love. a woman says you better get to the church and open the family's account with the two new saints. >> i heard from my mum in haiti, and she said "you have to go", because i haven't been in church for a couple of weeks. she's like "please make it in for me." my mum in haiti, she was watching it as well. >> tell people who aren't catholic why the saints matter? >> you know, we go to the church and pray to the saints, ask for help, strength to guide and protect us, it's a lump of different stuff. people put it in a different way. i prayed to the lord. i pray to the virgin mary. i prayer. >> now you pray to john, paul and john.
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>> yes. >> it's amazing. i never thought that i would live in a time where i would be able to relate to john paul ii. and actually see him canonized as a saint. i think it's great. i think he truly is a saint. >> and american catholics that went to church were given a flyer, showing a picture of john xxiii and john paul ii - both, of course, saints. >> people will frame the flyer. >> i think they will. >> when you talk about john paul ii, so many talk about the controversy. >> it's a real issue, it's a burning issue. there are a lot of americans who are upset with their church, feeling they have been ignored by the vatican and overruled saying how can this man be a saint. he presided over a church, over 27 years, where terrible sex abuse scandals came out and accuse him of doing nothing to help the victims and protecting the paedophile priests. the church and most american catholics take the view that
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we are glad you are watching al jazeera america. here are the top storeys - from popes to saints, two catholic giants, john paul ii and john xxiii entered saint hood. huge crowds gathered in st peter's square to witness history. one u.n. military obviouser detained has been -- observer detained has been freed. the observers were seen and insisted they are not being mistreated. >> the n.b.a. play-offs get under way, things are heating up off the court. anger is occurring after racist
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marks by sterling , l.a. clippers owner. >> president obama met with malaysian president on his third leg. the missing flight mh370 overshadowed the visit. the president un-raffled some of the mystery. >> reporter: after weeks of criticism that he and his government have not shared everything they know prime minister najib razak got a public boost from president obama. >> the united states and other partners found the malaysian government eager for assistance, have been forthcoming with us in terms of the information they have. najib razak's government is under fire for human rights records with charges of systematic abuse and targetting of gays. president obama defended najib
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razak and defended not meeting the gaoled opposition leader. >> the fact i haven't met with anwar ibrahim is not indicative of our lack of concern, given the fact that there's a lot of people i don't meet with and opposition leaders i don't meet with. >> president obama will send susan rice to meet with anwar ibrahim. najib razak insists he pushed through reform. >> you should not underestimate or dim jipish what we have done. >> the crisis in ukraine hung over the stop. the u.s. and its allies threatened sanctions. some in europe are baulking. sunday mr obama said the u.s. will not go it alone. >> we'll be in a stronger position to deter vladimir putin when he sees the world is unified and the united states and europe is unified rather
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than this is a u.s.-russian conflict. >> and the president will ask in the philippines for the time leg of his tour. syria missed a deadline to hand over the rest of its chemical weapons. so far the government has given up 92% of the arsenal. the n deadline is end of june, when all weapons must be destroyed. they need access to one more site to get the rest of the weapons. >> we are talking basically of the remaining 7.5-8% of chemical weapons material that is currently in the country in one particular site. 6.5 roughly needs to be removed. a small percentage needs to be destroyed, regardless in a country that can be done. >> she added 12 weapons facilities need to be reviewed. asaad agreed to hand over
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weapons after hundreds were killed in a gas attack. violence in iraq is increasing ahead of elections on thursday, the first national partiy elections since the united states pulled out in 2011. in basra, corruption and the lack of basic necessities troubled many. . >> reporter: this woman makes tea for her family, a pleasure, but not as uncomplicated as it looks. the water from the taps across the city is undrinkable. it's been like this in basra for decades. >> you can never drink it. it's salty. if you wash your face the eyes burn. the children get stomach ache. you can't wash before prayer. >> life was better before. >> we lived a good life in the '60s. it's not like ta for the children. as the situation changed, we
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were changed too. >> nibras is the father of the house, forced to leave the police force after suffering a blood clot to the brain. he pays his bills, but the water is bad, daily electricity blackouts continue, and he can't afford medical treatment he needs. >> translation: my wife is dark. i can't explain my feelings. we have poor electricity and the water is foul and polluted. the daylight is dark in my life. >> basra could be one of the richest cities in the world. around three-quarters of iraq's estimated 1,141 billion barrels of oil lay under the ground in the region. their budget was $3 billion. money for water, sewerage and electricity structure. most have given you have waiting for promises to be kept and want to know where the cash goes. >> reporter: people in this
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neighbourhood and others never had drinking water from their taps, despite promises from the local authorities. one of the reasons is because of corruption. wael abdel latif is a candidate in the april 30th elections and assess the government doesn't give enough money to basic infrastructure projects. >> translation: when the central government gives local government money the stealing starts. the corruption in basra is like in a lot of cities in iraq. >> pro-government politicians say the country is struggling with a legacy of saddam hussein, but the battle against corruption can be won. >> translation: in the time of sus april he concern -- saddam hussein he concentrated on the killing of the spirit of corruption. >> for this woman and her granddaughter who walk to fill
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their bucket with fresh water, the fruits of basra's oil wealth and democratic system must seem a very long way away. tonight on "the week ahead", we talk about the changes facing iraq as people prepare to vote. join us for a look at iraq's elections. a second round of voting for afghanistan's election former foreign minister abdullah abdullah has 45% of votes. ashraf ghani, a former economist with the world bank comes in second. the two will head to a run-off in june. several million afghans went to the polls. this is the country's first democratic transfer of power. south africans are celebrating freedom day, marking the first post apartheid election sweeping nelson mandela
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into the presidency. nisreen el shamayleh reports. >> photographs of this woman's family brings back fond memories. she voted for freedom in the democratic elections in 1994, but feels young people do not understand what it was look living under apartheid. >> i told them they are stupid. i wouldn't want to tell them they are fools, because we live - we used to live like dogs. >> violet calls the apartheid years the dark days. some that spoke out were arrested, disappeared or killed. 20 years later, the ruling party. the african national concess is credited with ending apartheid. >> this 23-year-old learnt about it at school and word of mouth. without apartheid she knows she probably wouldn't be doing this job. she feels democracy should be
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more than freedom. >> there's a lot of issues that come up with regards to the caliber of leadership in the country. this is riddled with a lot of corruption, leaders that have, in a sense, forgotten people. >> millions are jobless, approximately one in every four. there's anger at the failure to address poverty and growing inequality. >> we have a different kind of apartheid, a class of apartheid who benefits those that benefitted under apartheid, but with a small layer of the black middle class grafted on to those that benefitted historically. that has to change. >> the ruling national congress has done well. >> we have basic needs and services. it's good today.
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>> but millions more across the country say they are waiting for the basics like water and electricity, along with affordable housing. >> two major electioning are taking place in macedonia. the prime minister is likely to secure a third term the current president is expected to stay in office. opposition leaders called the prime minister an authoritarian ruler. under him the country's economy has improved. macedonia is one of the poorest countries with a 28% unemployment rate. >> in somalia, an orphanage opened in the capital, notable because rebels recut children for col -- recruit children for combat. many years of war left children addicted to drugs. there still is a bright future for kids.
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. >> reporter: among them are future leaders, doctors and experts. because they received help, i am sure they'll give help to others. >> the center houses more than 200 kids. 9:00 pm is the al jazeera original series called "borderland", following a small group of migrants fleeing america by train, including a mother and her 9-year-old daughter. here is a preview of tonight's episode. >> it's dawn. our six will join 500 migrants boarding the death train. the statistics surrounding this train are harrowing. 80% of migrants riding the train will be assaulted. 60% of women will be raped. 40% will reach their final destination. over the course of a year, 500,000 people will risk their lives on this journey.
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>> for sure, nervous to ride the train. definitely. hectic. i'm excited. it's cool. we have to do it. >> we pray for everyone on the train. >> i have ridden a lot of tractors, motorcycles, never a train. it will be exciting. >> i have never felt such anxiety, nervous. my heart is racing. i'm looking around. nobody looks scared. everyone seems like - i don't know, they are ready. do you know what you're walking into. >> i think it's what they are walking out of. >> that why there's hope, and they are not afraid, because what they are running from is scarier than the train. >> this [ bleep ] is crazy.
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>> it is. imagine their life to be willing to do this though. that's the thing. where they are. they feel it is worth their life. that's what they see. it's better to die trying to have a better life than stay there and possibly die. that's what this is for them. is hope. [ ♪ music ] >> on the route migrants are at risk of being raided by corrupt
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police or kidnapped by gangs. as the train leaves the group discovers how uncomfortable the journey will be. being up here, i will never complain about transportation as long as it has a seat. my back hurts. you have to be careful how far you move and don't move. there's anywhere from 300 to 500 on top of the train. they are not in the cars, they are perched on the top. it's not safe. it moves back and forth. >> to see the rest of that episode join us at 9:00 pm eastern, 6 pacific here on al jazeera. when we come back - the mumps is a dangerous virus that
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. >> remember the mumps? hopefully you don't. vaccinations nearly wiped out the virus in the '60s. now it's making a comeback. andy roesgen explains why. >> wisconsin student jane roberts is required to wear a mask so she doesn't give anyone her mumps. the truth is she doesn't want us to see her swollen face. i didn't know thou painful it would be. it's the worst i have experienced. >> since jane has been told to stay away from classes professors have been given her an extension, she's been ordered to stay in her apartment. >> i feel light-headed.
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it's hard to lift my head from the pillow. i have to use my hands. >> where did she get the mumps? >> from her room-mate who got it from her boyfriend and got it from his resume meat. >> they didn't know they were infectious, they were touching everything. >> judy gave the virus to jane, a friend and her sister before she showed systems. >> i felt bad. >> mumps outbreaks are reported in wisconsin, ohio, new york and new jersey. the worst of it is here in and around the campus of ohio state university in columbus. close to 300 people have come down with the mumps. the school is offering mumps vaccinations. at uw maddison, this is the first outbreak since 2008. >> we thought it's trouble, coming our way. we said that we expected to see more cases. >> like most states, wisconsin
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requires mumps vaccinations and requires a second shot once the kids are about to enter college. >> in all the cases every stupid that got it had got both vaccinations. the question is why? >> why some people lose their immunity and others don't, is it genetics, the vaccine. we don't know. >> robert says the vaccine, two of them, is 88% effective. he expects the number of cases to trail off as students leave for the summer break. no one knows what caused the outbreak. in most cases the virus causes flu-like symptoms, but can cause swelling of the brainful. >> i'm not worried about it. i am, but i have not heard anyone that has gotten sick. i'm in a bit of denial. >> believe it or not. jane and judy's other room-mate is not too worried. >> we are friend. we do not avoid her, but still
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do it. >> there's no cure for mumps. once you have it, no treatment. >> the good news, getting it once, pretty much guarantees you will never get it again. >> yikes. saudi arabia says it has 26 more cases of middle east res pier at tri virus. -- respiratory virus. 10 have died. the outbreak in saudi arabia may be spreading to egypt. >> there's no vaccine, so far it killed more than 40% of people that contracted it. mers, or the middle east respiratory sindh roam. detected in saudi arabia in 2012, it can cause coughing and pneumonia and related to the sars virus and spread to egypt. >> translation: the patient arrived from saudi arabia with corona disease, and underwent analysis quickly. the infection was confirmed. the important thing is to
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prevent the spread of the infection and put him under supervision, in isolation, to take the necessary medication. >> in the two years since the discovery, mers killed 93, and infected hundreds more. the worst-affected has been saudi arabia, where 313 people contracted the virus. it spread to 13 other countries around the world. most infections occurred in and around the arabian peninsula. >> identical types have been found in camels, suggesting that there is a transmission from the camel to humans. that's why we see the virus in the middle east. >> the possibility of france mission from this type of -- transmission from this type of camel is significantly. the virs us has been common in the animal in the past 20 years. two infections have been from separate individuals from different companies who travelled to saudi arabia, and
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drank camel mill. a victim -- milk. a victim died. the world health organization said urgent investigation is needed to understand the transmission pattern of the virus. >> scientists in switzerland are working on a technology that could cut the number of car accidents. listen to this - it's an emotion detector reading how drivers are feeling. it adapts the car's atmosphere. anger, leading to road rage and fatigue are dangerous feelings. >> with the car, if it detects the driver is tired, it may change the light of the dashboard to make it more aggressive. on the contrary, if it happiness the driver is stressed. the car should, for instance, start calm music or a soft light
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to calm the driver. >> the technology is being tested. it's reading driver's emotions with 85% accuracy. protesters in taiwan have a message - no more nukes, demanding the government halt construction on a fourth nuclear power plant, worried it will increase the likelihood of a nuclear crisis like in fukushima. the government is going ahead with the project saying stopping it could lead to electricity shortages. third party brought to the united states to solve one problem, they wound up being a bigger problem. next, an ingenious way to handle the asian carp.
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waterways. for two rivers fishery. the answer is earn millions, sending them to china and credit for removing a nuisance fish. last year we export half a million pound, and this year we'll enlarge the numbers for exports. at the same time we market in the u.s. for sure we'll cut down the numbers. >> the massive asian carp arrived in the '80s to control the algae, floods overwhelmed the floods, carrying them to the local waterways. now they are bounding out of lakes and riff across the mid -- rivers across the midwest. one breaking darryl butler's ribs. >> they jump into the boat, hit my ribs much it's dangerous. they are increasing. >> they are too big, too boney and foreign for american's
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taste, earning $0.10 a pound instead of the popular amount. ever-present carp are catching on. george kupelian uses a bow and arrow. >> carp in this country is a dirty word. in europe and asia, it's a delicacy. people here don't know. they are used to the big macks and french fries and don't want to explore other opportunities. >> for most fish you cab reel them in. there's nothing that is liked better to commeet the stocks of carp. >> we are trying to feed people and employ people in a community that needs employment. >> it has more bones than other species does, but it's really good. people need to try it. it's delicious. >> with the first of the critters appearing in the great lakes watershed.
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no one is worried about overfishing asian carp, except, perhaps, two rivers fishery. >> finally the story of the buried treasure in a remote mexican desert. it was not hidden by pirates. it was buried by a video game company, atari, back in 1983. 728,000 copies of et. it is considered one of the worst video games of all time. it was so bad, atari, they dump the cartridges in a landfill hopeful they would never be seen again. it didn't happen. film makers followed up on the rumours about the game and spent nearly a year digging before striking what can only be described as nerd gold. lord knows what they'll do with the video games. that's it for us on a sunday afternoon. stay with us. "america tonight" is next, and
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