>> start with one issue ad guests on all sides of the debate. and a host willing to ask the >> good afternoon, this is al jazeera america. i'm del waters. international cries for justice call for the kidnapped school girls after another brutal attack. >> 250 years after apartheid south africans are going to the

polls. russia's president putin is meeting with the key european leaders and wants to find a way out of the crisis in ukraine. there are reports of a brutal mass murder happening in the north eastern part of the country. the government officials are saying more than a hundred people are killed in attacks. it abducted over 300 school girls. they are adding to the urgency to find the girls and it is time for the world to intervene. >> this is not just in nigeria, this is a global issue.

they are against the education and against equality and we have to fight them and take them on. >> new the u.s. pledged help and there are concerns over what the united states is going to do. >> this is a story in the american media and protests on the streets of america's biggest cities. in washington, d.c., los angeles, and in front of the united nations in new york. u.s. officials offered help from the first day and saying a that the nigerian government refused until now. >> the government had its own set of strategies, if you will, in the beginning, and you know, you can offer and talk, but you

can't do if a government has its own sense of how it is proceeding. >> the offer is now accepted and the countries have different ideas on what the united states is actually going to do in nigeria. >> deploying the u.s. security personnel to work with the counter parts for the search and rescue. >> they refuted that. >> we are not considering the military resources and any operation to free the girls is protecting human rights. >> we have to deal with the broader problem of the organizations like this. >> u.s. officials are being careful in describing the mission. they are stressing that the u.s. plans to help as much as possible, but saying they

believe it is up to the nigerian government to secure the safety of their own citizens. >> al jazeera is on the ground in nigeria at the capital and joining us by phone, and what can you tell us about the brutal attacks that we are hearing? >> we are learning that the attack happened on monday on the border. the information about this attack is coming from the minister of informations of the state, or locally, the commissioner that says that this village was raided by hundreds of armed militants that embarked on a spree and a number of people were killed. we have been trying to verify the accuracy of the report and coordinating what the minister is saying and trying to get to

the senator from the state and saying yes this attack took place. the infrastructure is a federal center. not a state set up and therefore the police, the military and the arms of the security services are controlled at the center and they have not commented about this attack that was reported by politicians within the state and trying to get across the the military and the police and the state security services to confirm what is happening. we hope to bring that to you. >> can you understand the international confusion taking place after the school skills were abducted. it was days knowing how many girls were seized and now this attack took place on monday and now it is wednesday and the international community is asking who is in control in

nigeria. >> i can understand the question. but the international community needs to understand and grasp the complexity of this country. it is massive size and population 170 million people, pour borders and poor infrastructure and most of the areas where the attacks are taking place are difficult to access by road and by air and not uncommon that the information about any incidents can take days or weeks, weeks even to filter down to the centers like the commercial capital. in terms of who is in control, we have the state government and the federal governments and they run the infrastructure and they are the people trying to fight the groups that are behind this reported attack and the runs that have the information about

the security situation. they are not the -- in the sense they have a strategy of trying to get to the place, trying to establish the facts, trying to establish exactly what happened and then feeding it out to the public and to the media. obviously in this particular incident, the residents in the area who told the state officials that this attack happened. >> as always, she's been the first on the situation involving the crisis in nigeria. once again, another massacre by the group, this time more than a hundred people said to be attacked in a town. thank you very much. >> that on going violence in nigeria has the officials more concerns today. the country is hosting a meeting of the world economic forum, thousands of business and global leaders in the capital amid the heavy security. nigeria is africa's largest

economy. >> well, they are voting in south africa and the eyes are on the born frees, voting for the first time. not born throughout the apartheid rule. today's elections are already being marred by violence. >> the police on high alert and on horse back. people were protesting on tuesday night and burning down the polling stations and no need for the people to vote and feeling that the government is not deliring on the promises they have made with the water and food and housing. there is a bit of a party atmosphere. some of the political parties are trying to get them to vote and cast a vote. lots of people, they are in the

line and waiting for many, many hours. they are all saying the same thing, 20 years after the end of apartheid why so many black people living in poor conditions. jobs in particular, people are frustrated here. they are going to cast their votes and hoping that the politicians they choose or voting in power will deliver on the promises for a better life. >> as they choose the leaders, change is happening beyond the bood borders. >> in downtown, a revitalized city block. a generation undaunted by a troubled past is dancing, cheering, and spinning its way to integrated and hopeful

future. >> this entire area wants to get down to being and making things work and move. >> it was known for racism. >> the space allowed us to live out what we imagined for ourselves. >> thoesz places are the bars and kitcheners and neighborhoods. it might be the new model. >> a lot of patience and tolerance and opportunity. >> could be a lawyer. >> meet the man that saw the opportunity. about a decade ago 36-year-old adam bought this building. >> this is the building. >> and then bought the street and then the whole neighborhood.

>> everybody thought i was crazy. >> well, after apartheid ended this area was abandoned and neglected. >> adam envisioned a radical change. a vision when nell son -- nelson mandela became the president. >> people like me saw the potential in it all. >> he built where no one else saw the potential, he built it and they came. >> it is a whole new generation and a whole new fabric. they are walking into own imaginations and i'm facilitating that. >> just as the team is departing from the social past, her

generation is feeling free to depart from the political past. >> we have to look at who is the right leader for the right reasons. you need to start answering to us now. >> would i like to be the mayor, you bet i would. take something that is run down that most people have a horrible misconception about and changing the world opinion. >> inspired by the spaces, parties and each other, they are picturing a new future. >> there are mixed signals coming out of ukraine, putin is meeting with the chair for the organization of security and cooperation in europe and the monitors were held and released by the forces in ukraine last week and putin is working with europe to solve the crisis in

ukraine, but ukraine is warning of escalation. >> the region is the biggest magnet for actions and probably terrorism using weapons and exclosives. antiterrorists operations are continuing, there are on going clashes with armed forces. >> the leaders are promising to find a way out of the conflict. 200 people were killed in the clashes between the military and the separatists. paul is on the ground. >> no certainty for the people here. ukrainian army might attack the separatists or choose to hold back again. but the residents here it is mentally exhausting. >> i want this to stop as soon

as possible. i don't want a war. the ukraine authorities have to do something. we are all tired. >> to the northwest, the wreckage of the chopper shot down. they brought it down with heavy machinery fire. >> he flew once or twice and shot rounds. it was terrifying. they blew up their helicopter. >> now people are taking turns manning the barricades. the elderly residents can only hang on. >> there is still some food left says this old man, i don't know what is going to happen later. i don't want anything. it is time for me to die. >> the town is surrounded by the ukraine military units for weeks now. it is not winning the hearts and

minds. >> it is awful that the people are fighting each other. it is hard to take in. even hitler didn't turn the troops against his own people. i don't have words. we are at one with russia and hopefully staying with russia. >> a referendum is promised here on sunday and the voters are not bodily lating on the tying with russia but recognizing the people's republic here but the consequence of a question result is closer links to moscow and kiev is not going to allow that to happen without the fight. >> and there is a deadline, the clock is ticking for ukraine to pay the debt to the russian gas giant and they have until the end of today to hand over $3.5 billion. >> lawyers for a man on death

row in texas is trying to deny the excuse. they don't want a botched excuse and want the source of the drgsg it is going to use. he's on death row for killing a woman in 1991. >> if fight for gay rights is making its way to the deep south, setting upshot in alabama, arkansas. this is on the controversial law that goes into effect in mississippi on july 1st. >> they have happily married and living in jackson, mississippi. >> i'm married federally but in the state single. >> they have two biological daughters. they were married in maine but mississippi is not recognizing them as a couple.

>> i'm told i'm going to hell and all kinds of things. >> they are worried about fewer rights after july 1st. the law is protecting the residents from the laws that allows them to practice their fate. >> i think we are being governed by people that don't represent us any more. >> we reached out but nobody spoke to us on camera, but one by phone. a the only thing you understand in order to tell the story fairly we need to get lawmakers that voted on camera to talk about this. so it is hard to tell -- >> we are not --

>> can i ask you, are your views antigay and lesbian, what's your take? >> i'm not sure what you are asking me? >> you are antigay and lesbian? [laughter] >> um, i don't know where that question is coming from. i don't know how to answer that question. i don't believe in that life style. mississippi lawmakers are facing opposition to the law from business owners, richard moore has a support campaign if you are buying, we are selling. >> straight, gay, christian, whatever, they are all business owners and they are saying we are supporting you and we are here for you.

>> the fight for equality has only just begun. >> i think that mississippi is i think we are starting to stand up more than we ever have. liberals, progressive people, african-americans, poor people, everyone. >> several couples are planning on suing the state of mississippi because of the law. if an equality can happen here in mississippi it is a good thing for gays and lesbians across america. >> coming up, it used to be an empty factory and now an urban farm that is creating jobs. how it goes from an idea to a start up.

>> many syria rebel righters are being evacuated from the hard

hit city of holmes and passage to the north. the homes will be under the government control again. most of the people there having no access to the food or medici medicine. 1400 people were evacuated. >> chemical weapon attacks are continuing and 60 different attacks in 16 different towns. displaying photos. they have concluded that the regime used gas in one of the attacks. >> antigovernment protestor in thailand are protesting. the country's highest court ruling that he was guilty of

violating the constitution and abusing the power. many are middle class protestor that have staged the violent street demonstrations. >> wall street is starting positive, the dow is up about 28 points. in china, about to make an impact on wall street and announcing a $1 billion public offering and that is modest and the ipo could bring in $16 billion and no word on which exchange is going to debut on. a meat smoking plant on the west side of chicago is bustling with activity. the empty factory is turned into

an urban farm. >> there is a secret garden. four years ago, an entrepreneur bought the former factory. >> when i look around i see the waste everywhere, i'm a big industrial history buff and i see the beautiful buildings with energy and potential and reusing what is around us and not trying to come up with something new, but to bring together what we have. >> he did that by starting a nonprofit urban farm called the plant. the venture is a third completed and creating hundreds of jobs on the chicago's west side. it is liviing or januaryisms an fresh fish farming and soon a brewery. >> brewing is important to the

plant, it is a waste intensive busy and the output is distillers grains, carbon dioxide and feeding them to the plants in the basement. >> shelby started as a volunteer and now in charge of the operations that using the fish to grow salad greens and herbs. >> they are part of the system. we feed the fish and they give us the fertilizer to grow the plants. >> it is unique because it is not producing waste and reusing the waste and nourishing other parts of the cycle. the long term goal is making the building produce its own energy and doing that with a huge digester to consume up to 30 tons of waste from the neighboring businesses and convert that to power. >> it is demonstrating how energy can be recycled internally and we are hoping

other people will take pieces of this and apply it to their businesses. >> it is innovation that aims to reap what it sews from life. >> buy me peanuts and pink baseball bats. mlb is going pink for a good cause.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. putin is meeting with a chair in europe and the monitors were held and released in the ukraine last week and the european leaders are promise to provide a road map out of the conflict. >> there is a 5th vote since the

apartheid. >> in nigeria more reports of atrocities and killed over a hundred people in a town this week and claiming they have kidnapped more school girls. >> the president is going to be in arkansas today for a look at the devastation caused by the tornados. 15 people died when the twisters broke out on april 27th. the president is meeting with the victims relatives and the survivors and the first responders. >> mlb is going pink. more than 200 players are using pink bats on mother's day and supporting breast cancer charities. >> we want to thank you for watching al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. check us out 7 days a week, 24

hours a day by going to al jazeera.com. go out and enjoy this great spring day, all though some of you are seeing the rain. >> the big international reports on climate change have not moved the needle as much in the united states. the white house gathered the latest science and focusing on the here and now. will that get your attention? that's inside story. >> i'm ray suarez.