Skip to main content

tv   News  Al Jazeera  May 22, 2014 4:00pm-5:01pm EDT

4:00 pm
only on al jazeera america this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. with a look at today's top stories. the u.s. says there's no justification, and warns it will hurt relations between allies. ny fighting in eastern ukraine, four days before a critical election. a bill to end collection of your phone data pass it is house, but critics say it is watered down. and 50 senates call on the nfl to change the name of the washington red skins. ♪ the secretary of
4:01 pm
state condemned today's coupe in thailand, says lit have a negative impact on u.s. taye relations. the army chief who is now prime minister said the move was necessary, to restore stability and order. after taking power, the military impose add nationwide curfew. this is the 12th time the military has taken control of thailand. since 1932. al jazeera has more on that. >> the chief of the armed forces and his comrades in uniform have taken over all functions of government. a put reversal of what he said when announced martial law. they are playing cold war era mar, anthems. citizens have been order to stay in their homes
4:02 pm
after 10:00 p.m. the justification for all this, the military says is to restore peace and order, after sporadic violence and demonstrations in bangkok. was ousted when the constitutional court judge chief acted illegally when she fired an official. threateninged maz strikes and major disruptions to force out the remanence of the government. the red sureds who support the administration, insisted elections be held. the general called for all the parties to join talks at an army location. >> that's where they were when the troops took over and brought them to an undisclosed location. another era of military
4:03 pm
rule. vironica, al jazeera, bangkok. >> the white house today condemned what they call add horrific terrorist attack. more than 30 people were killed and nearly 100 injured in a marketplace in the capitol of the troubled region. it is the deadliest act of violence in years two, vehicled drove into a crowd of shoppers and the attacked threw explosives out of the windows. the chinese government warned of a crack down, saying the attackers will not succeed. northee yeah fires shots near a south korean patrol shift. it happened near an island. the incident comes two days. al jazeera with more now from seoul. >> the south korean military says two north korean artillery shells within 150 meters of one of it's patrol boats about ten-kilometers
4:04 pm
south of the northern limit line. they factor a maritime border. a border that north korea does not recognize. the south korean says it appears to have been land based artillery, the island which was attacked by north korean artillery in 2010, with the loss of four lives. south korean officials say they ordered the evacuations of locals to bomb shelters, they odderred shipping back into port, and they fired baaing from the vessel five warning shots landing within the same kind of range. now this is interesting because earlier this week three north korean patrol boats came south of they were forced back, warning shots were filed. it was simplylessing illegal chinese fishing vessels in the area, and that it warned south korea on wednesday, that it would target south korean ships as a result of that. south koreans have contacted north korea,
4:05 pm
they say by the military hotline, saying they will heed north korea responsible, they have already warned them they will retaliate if attacked. >> the u.s. says the u.n. approved sanction today against the radical group. this comes as protestors took to is streets of nigeria's capitol. that protest took place as people in the central city mourned those killed in tuesday's deadly bombing. some disturbing images. >> one of the many people killed. >> able to get out, this
4:06 pm
is very unfortunate. >> and the main market, red cross officials were still looking for body parts. some on the roofs of nearby buildings. in the hours after the attack, they found complete bodies thousand there by the force of the ex-motion. >> just like that. >> irene was lucky to have survived. she was buying food from one of the stalls when the bomb was detonated. >> she said i might be saved but i am not happy after seeing all all of those people. >> this is the central force by the blast, the goods that they were terming remains true all around. through second hand. we -- fire spoke of the market, and police are saying they will have to go into them to see if there is anybody under
4:07 pm
the rubble. >> at hospitals across the city, the injured received treatment. >> i don't know what happened. i just -- it just found myself in a fire. everywhere was black, i was running in the fire -- i didn't think it was real at first. and then i realized the pain i was burning in a fire, and i said no. i can't die here. >> . >> does not claim responsible but many suspect the radical group is behind the attacks. until recently the groups activities have been respected to the north. >> already taking shape, improve our individual
4:08 pm
lenes. i am afraid this one. >> the cemetery, the mourners have finished with the first burial. with so many boko haram attacks, it's no surprise that people here, seem to have more trust in god than they do in the government. mohammed, al jazeera, central nigeria. >> it has been five weeks since the girls were kidnapped. pushing for more support for girls education. >> it couldn't be better timing.
4:09 pm
>> a resolution on syria, that resolution would have referred the bloody three-year-old conflict of the international criminal can court for possible war crimes and crimes against humanity, prosecutions. james because joins us now from the united nations. always good to see you, walk us through what happened today. >> this was the first time in more than three years of all the bloodshed, all the crimes in syria, that the u.n. security council have the chance to refer the whole syrian file everything done by all sides in syria. all those crimes to the international criminal court. they voted a majority voted in favor of that. 13 countries. but the two that voted against, were russia, and
4:10 pm
china. which are permanent member have a veto it means that the criminal court will not start it's work. >> in the end of august last year, by the regime. the french contact and that's a fact. really. which means there will be more dead, more devastation, it's really awful. >> a grim picture, from
4:11 pm
the french ambassador there who tried to get this resolution passed today. a resolution blocked by china, and russia, having said all of that the french ambassador said some human rights experts, tony, said they felt eventually the momentum of this would become unstoppable. >> while way have that vote, he also got ahold of this. this is the latest report of the u.n. secretary general to the security council on the humanitarian situation.
4:12 pm
>> will russia and china block that resolution? is there will be a lot of diplomatic rangeling. >> ur ode tor at the united nations for us, appreciate it, thank you. one with year later rebels have lost a lot of ground. not just to government forces but also to fighters with the islamic state of iraq. nato said today that limited russian troop movements near the ukrainian worder may suggest preparations for withdrawal. this comes as at least 13 ukrainian soldiers were killed when gunman opened fire. no one has claimed responsibility. two deadliest attack of weeks comes days before ukraine's presidential election.
4:13 pm
meanwhile, some in eastern ukraine are taking the fight against prorussian sprays entice their own hands. al jazeera caught up with ukrainian soldiers. >> the attack took place in the early morning hours of the mourning. somes say pro russian sean separatists approached them. >> it's terrifying to speak of, three of my friends are lying there and i cannot even collect their bodies. he has been lying in there in the field for over 30 minutes already. an amateur video shows two approaching the area, to support the soldiers. however, this amateur video appears to show one of the helicopter gun ships firing, and then a
4:14 pm
soldier is heard saying did he lose his mind completely? victor who does not want with to show his face, nor give his put name, says he rushed to the scene to help rescue the soldiers. hens withed the helicopter as it opened fire on one of the vans belonging the the pro russian separatists. >> the soldiers were hiding behind the armored vehicling trying to shoot back, but they were being destroyed and then the vans left. the ambulance arrived and the helicopters came. some of the soldiers started running towards them, two landed and one was still flying. it started shooting into the van, it destroyed it on the third approach, but it also hit a ukrainian. >> this was just one of four attacks that took place overnight wednesday. ukraine's national security chief has predicted that more attacks will come, as the country heads to presidential elections next sunday. it is a fear many here share. >> our government is
4:15 pm
supposed to prevent such attacks and find a peaceful way out. i think they want to ruin the presidential elections. people are angry with the current government. they should find a compromise. >> the attack was the worst yet on ukrainian soldiers. but it underlies how vulnerable they are. and how difficult it will be for the government in kiev to regain control in the east of the country. al jazeera. >> the house took the first step today toward changing how the national security agency operates. lawmakers passed a bill that calls for major changes to the bulk phone records collection program. details of that program were revealed by ns action leaker edward snowden. libby, good to see you, what would this bill do? what changes here? [the biggest change is the nsa could no longer collect that information about your phone calls. who you called and when you placed the call.
4:16 pm
instead, that would be held by the phone companies and they turn it over to the government only after the government went for the fisa court, the foreign intelligence surveillance court. now there is a work around, if it is considered an emergency, the government could get access to it right away. another change is it limits the number of degrees of separation that the government can go to when they are looking at someone that they suspect of terrorism. how many steps away from that person can they look t a and investigate. >> i see. despite pushing for changes some privacy, and companies are now pulling their support the the bill, saying it doesn't go far enough. what are their concerns? >> that's right. we are hearing from groups and people who just a couple of months ago were hugely pushing for this. it's been changed in the past week or so. and critics say there are now loopholes and that it's been watered down. what happened is that leaders in congress, members of the intelligence panel, as
4:17 pm
well as the white house, put their heads together and made changes. included in they want are items like this, the fisa court. there was a proposal to have an advocate on there. inch stetted it is just government officials and there can only be a friend of the court brief. another criticism, companies like google and facebook, and apple say they believe there's a loophole that will allow for the collection of american internet records. we heard from some members of congress, like mike honda, he is a democrat who represents the silicon valley district. explain today why he just want support it. >> it leaves open the possibility that both surveillance can still continue. and that no longer protects the public through special advocate in the fisa court. i am disappointed that this popular, bipartisan bill has been so drastically weakened. and it can no longer support it.
4:18 pm
>> we did get a statement today. and while he applauds these first steps at changing surveillance, he said he was disappointed by what he called key reforms that have be removed. >> libby, appreciate it. the democratic senators sending a letter to insist the washington red skins change their name, why they say the term is on the wrong side of history. and comcast --
4:19 pm
4:20 pm
4:21 pm
story that has it'se roots. it has its roots in a team sport that in the and on season, what it 14 left. so the red skins controversial over the name won't go away, spurred on by the speed with which the nba moved in donald sterling ice case when he was caught on tape making racist remarks, 50 u.s. senators have written to the nfl saying the time has come for red skins as a name, to go. we urge you in the national football league to send the same clear message as the nba did, that racism have no place in sports. the net went on. >> in a response, the nfl spokesman tweeted "the intent of the team's name has always been to present a strong,
4:22 pm
positive and respectful image." in the past red skins owner has been blunt about refusing to change his team's name. he says the team honored the name, and native traditions. we will never change, i said never. >> ray of the united nations is leading the fight to change the red skins name. if it is offending people, then it is time to change it. >> it may be time, but there's no sign yet that the team or the league is ready to make a change. any time soon. >> yes, there is no serious sign to make a change. so you know, tony, i think the problem is the general population doesn't feel that the term red skins is as offensive as the n word. for example to african americans. but to native americans it is and then you have the president saying if he was the team owner he
4:23 pm
would change it. but when you have 50 senators writing to the nfl, i think there's a head of steam building up here, and sooner or later it is going to change. >> but when. >> you know, where are republicans senators. i am asking you as a question. >> the answer is this was a initiative, not all democrats sign id it it. and it generates publicity. >> the other point, is we tweeted it out as a question, and we just sacked folks to response as to whether or not they believe, you believe, the name should be changes. there are some saying let's do it, others that say it is apt big deal. most of the people in the bleachers are african-americans and they don't care to change the name. so it's very interesting
4:24 pm
discussion. seven of the top 50 teen passest eagreing countries are in the lone star state. except for gaithers burg maryland the other fastest growing cities are in the west, south, and the west is in the middle of a population boom, with energy confection being one of the fastest growing industries in the united states. stocked may slight gains today on newsability a factory activity. the dow gaining 10 points, and the tech stocks rose about 23 points today. comcast is pushing hard. but it can't do it without washington sport. that's why they have hired more than 70 lobbyiest who woo members. it is all to help seal the $45 billion deal.
4:25 pm
byron taft joining us now, he is a report who covered lobbyiest for politicalo. good to talk to you, 75 lobbyists at current current, working to get this deal done. does each one have a specific responsibility or jock or is this kind of a shock in all flood zone campaign? well, this seems to be a big flood to zone campaign for comcast. certainly a lot of these have ties to individual agencies, individual members of congress, or important congressional committees. but there's certainly a lot of hiring going on on this merger in particular. the time warner comcast merger and it's almost a little mini stimulus package for case read and the lobbying class here. >> i am curious as to why why why you would think there would be a simple business case to make here, and if you have a simple business case you don't need all this muscle. so do you employ this much muscle because you
4:26 pm
have a difficult case to make? i think for any big corporation, face any kind of scrutiny, a couple million dollars here and this on lobbying is really a small price to pay. certainly this merger fits that molted, there's a lot of money at stake, this is a major telecom company. >> right. >> morning with major cable provider, and a couple million dollars of extra lobbying fees is quite a good investment for this company or at least that's how it is internally. >> and yes, aren't they certain here. does it mean too much consolidation. will it be consumer friendly on price and surface. with minority voices and hiring practices and content choicing. aren't those simple questions that are essentially front and
4:27 pm
center in any kind of deal like this? is. >> they shall simple questions but when it comes to politics nothing is similar. the two entities merging here, time warner and comcast, don't really overlap. so it is kind of wayhorizontal merger. there's a second at&t merger being considered with direct tv. and that's kind of playing a role here. if we approve one do we have to approve the other, so there's a lot of complicated issues and telecom politics are always a role of the dice. so comcast sees eight as a savvy move to make sure this goes well. >> he is a reporter that covers for politico. >> there was a lot of criticism about the bill that passed the house that would make changes.
4:28 pm
does it go far enough, or is it just watt erred down policy, we will take a deeper look, and new information in the case of a california woman finally released after ten years in captivity.
4:29 pm
4:30 pm
today placing limits onnd the mass surveillance program, it comes near my a year after edward now den revealed the mass intelligence organization. it has a lot of critics rights groups and major technology companies pull their support for the bill. >> they called this version watered down. and here is why. it doesn't allow the public to be represented. while the nsa won't pull bulk phone records phone
4:31 pm
companies will, and most importantly, agents can use broad search terms to get data, this means pretty open sended. that means bulk collection can still happen. joining me for more on this, she is a senior policy council with access. s that an organization that advocates for open access to the internet, good to see you. because of this legislation, sort of drill down on this. the government would no longer with allowed to do what specifically? >> hi, tony, so specifically, this legislation is aimed at stopping bulk collection, as defined by the u.s. government. that means massive surveillance of everybody. what will be allowed is bulk collection, this means wide surveillance, but it is still keyed to something. so it can be key to a zip code, or a store that a lot of people shopped at. >> i see.
4:32 pm
so is it a new role or a current role for phone companies under this legislation? >> so securitily, the program as it operates the program that we know about, requires phone companies every three months to accept -- by an order issues every three months provides the authority for phone companies to turn over all of their phone records. >> everything. >> every single phone call to the u.s. government. and the government collects that information, and then searches it based on interim policies and regulations that aren't overseen. the government will have to go to a court, get an odor, that meet the standard. and then only get the specific records. so it will stop the program we are aware of. this bulk massive program. >> why are the tech companies annoyed by this legislation? is there's a suggestion
4:33 pm
here, we heard it just a moment paying, there is this loophole here, that can still allow for the collection of bulk internet data. >> exactly. so -- again, we are kind of playing with words here, and the government likes doing 24 a lot, they like defining words in a specific way, to mean something limited that isn't kind of how normal people talk. >> right. >> so when they say bulk collection, they are talking about the specific universes, of meta data that everybody. that won't be able to occur, not for internet or telephone. basically won't be able to occur. whats the letter grade on the issue of transparency, when it comes to this legislation. does it contain enough oversight, and public oversight. >> i think it would give it a d on transparency.
4:34 pm
now, that is saying that i would give the nsa kind of an across the board failing grade. and some people get a better view into what the nsa is doing. but this is really just a tiny step forward. in fact, the u.s.a. freedom act as it stood. it is substantially better than how it is now, but still more needed to happen. and one thing that needs to happen is opening up the secret service national security agency to public accountability. and we haven't seen a lot yet move forward. t. >> the chief responsible for watering this down. the first is when it went with through the house judiciary, and intelligence committees. and the two committees worked together to weaken it a little bit.
4:35 pm
when it went to the next step, really behind closed doors house leadership, and the administration, and the intelligence community, all worked together and just really really weakened every single provision. >> so the administration had a significant hand? you pick it, a hand in weakening this? >> it wasn't in the meetings that a eswhat people are reporting. >> she is a senior policy council, with access and that is an organization that advocates for open access to the internet. have been in prison for more than 45 days. they are falsely accused of conspiring with the outlawed muslim brother load. a journalist at the doha center for media freedom spoke to al jazeera is
4:36 pm
about the court proceedings. it's been anything but predictable. we were hoping last week that the defense could begin in earnist, but it suffer add set back, so way with think once the defense can really get into this case, that the international support will play a huge role in proving that they were there doing their jobs. >> flood waters in the ball kens are starting to reseed, revealing the scale of the death and destruction at least 51 people were kille killed ad more more are homeless after the worst flooding in the regions history, but bureaucratic issues between bosnia and serbia, are getting in the way of providing aid to borders. >> left to fend for themselves aid may be reaching the larger towns but here and hundreds of other small villages aid
4:37 pm
is not getting through. the people are becoming increasingly desperate. escaped with her life, now she has nothing. we need water, food, and clothing we had nothing. we lost our house, we have nothing. we need help. >> the worst floods to hit the ball kins in living memory. >> it will cost billions to repair the damage. in western serbian two people died when torrents of mud ripped through buildings. in this area alone, hundreds have been made homeless.
4:38 pm
>> that had been dislodged, among the dispair, a tiny glimmer of relief. in bosnia, a family cat believed dead is rescued alive. from the wrecked family home. tim friend, al jazeera. say they will accept a cease fire, even though they have captured a number of towns to the north, urged the government and rebels to sit down and hold peace talks. last weekend to drive the fighters out of the north, but rebels turned the tide, and took baxter story.
4:39 pm
a spring of islands near the southern coast, but beijing says most of the area belongs to china. territorial disputes over uninhabited islands have definitely raised tensions. and in spain, a new poll find as record number of spaniards do not plan to vote in european parliamentary elections starting on sunday. the countries ruling party says it entered huge problems but spain's project has left a lot of young people unemployed a bad sign, for europe's future. lawrence lee reports now from madrid. >> of this school, the teen years have been drawing what they see they are country going through. so they get a man looking through -- a woman shivering because the electricity is too expensive. cuts to the health soft, children sharing a sandwich. children realize the parent lings couldn't afford to feed them properly. >> in the summer they bring winter clothes and when it is winter they bring summer clothes.
4:40 pm
and you can see not the right material to be in the class. they don't have pen sits. they don't bring notebooks. >> so then they called in for a charity for the first time in it's history is spending money on spanish children as it does in asia or latin america. they say this is what it has done. >> obviously the situation was not taking place, seven or ten years ago. in fact, in spain, there's always been a portion of structural poverty that's not the segment we are working with. way are working with a segment of the population that's been directly affected by the crisis. >> frankly any school chide can understand there's a contradiction inside spain at the moment. this country may have the full lodged economy in the euro zone, but it also has 30% child poverty, that's the second worst in the whole of the european union. the only place worse is romania. >> fresh allegations of
4:41 pm
corruption involved with with famous people. corporate politicians.
4:42 pm
the latest joke is that no one with knows the date of the final, but no one with knows when the european elections will be. >> new details emerging today about the california womanment in captivity for ten years. maria has that story and other headlines from across america. >> the man accuse of holding the woman captive for a decade, he is accused of kidnapping the wog woman in august of 2004, when she was just 15. police say garcia inflicted years of abuse, even forcing the young woman to marry him and father a child. >> i am so happy and privileged to be with my family. >> more for my mom and my sisters. >> neighbors say they never noticed anything unusual. garcia was arraigned on five felony charges. his lawyer says he denied the charges. an appellate court will take another look at the he that will drug
4:43 pm
challenge from a detrain mate. his lawyers challenged the state secretsy surrounding the he that will drugs. they argued the ink mate suffers from a rare medical condition, that could have made his death an excruciating process. hundreds of mcdonalds protests for the second time in a row. they are demanding the company raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. the current minimum wage for fast food workers is $8.25. critics also plan to confront the ceo of mcdonalds. hundreds of protestors were arrested during yesterday's protests. in dc today, president obama praised and poked fun at the seattle sea hawks during their visit to the white house. world championings. best football team in america. >> yeah. >> i considered letting sherman up here to the
4:44 pm
podium today. [laughter] >> giving him the mike, but we have to go in a little bit. so... . >> and if the president was referring to corner back richard sherman's remarks which made headlines after during the game last season, he went on to commend sherman for overcoming much adversity in life, winning a scholarship to stanford, and really nice things to say. >> and we didn't get to see marshon lynch. >> that's right. >> loved to have spent some time with beast mode. just wanted to say beast mode again, and i did. two u.s. agency that investigated air crashes is calling for more testing on the lithium ion batteries used in boeing 787 planes. they come after uncontrolled overheating led to a battery fire on a boeing dream liner that happened last year.
4:45 pm
didn't come out and call the ballries unsafe, what did they have to say. >> the jet was actually parked at the time at boston's logan airport, when the battery burst into flames. the ntsb wants more test, it wants better fests on these batteries. on both the ones on the dream liners as well as other planes that use them. the faa did ground the 787 for three months lat year while it looks into this problem. the agency said these planes are safe, and boeing said also we made a lot of changes. so now the faa will have to look at these new
4:46 pm
recommendations to see what it needs to two about them. >> so any reaction? >> . >> these batteries might meet these new standard, but they are shaying look, we still need to have this new standard in place with all batteries. >> one of the first opening gay officials but the debut is not without controversy.
4:47 pm
4:48 pm
4:49 pm
>> a new stamp out today, honors harvey milk, one of america's first openly gay elected officials. the u.s. postal service called him a visionary leader but some conservatives are upset about the stamp, as you might imagine. rocks sara is live with this. >> the postal service, released a stamp today that is printing 30 million of them. and gay rights activists see this as a big victory, but some critics say this is no role model. >> my make is harvey milk, and i am here to recruit you. >> for many americans sean penn's portrayal of harvey milk, with was the first time they had heard. he was openly gay when he won a seat on the board of supervisors in 1977, the next year a
4:50 pm
disgrunted colleague shot him to death. now the u.s. postal service is honored him a statute, saying he gave hope to the community when fate issue add love of discrimination. >> for this discrimination, legacy, and brave man. >> a rare honor for the stamp. the stamp comes after more than seven years of campaigning by milk supporters. they say he was a visionary. >> in his time, he not only was about gay civil rights but also may outreach to seniors, people of color, issues and the farmworkers. >> some conservative groups say milk doesn't belong on a stamp, because he was gay and preyed on children. >> harvey milk was a very dishonorable man, a sexual anarchist with no
4:51 pm
sexual boundaries, he was a predator of teenager boys and boyish looking young men, and he was a public liar. >> it sadden pes me that these fanatic right wing groups attack the reputation in the legacy of harvey milk that way. and remembers the shoulders we with stand on and one of those my jar icons. and play wright a awilliam in 1994. none of them specifically hon farred an about viselike milk. because associated with violent protests and mother teresa because she wasn't a u.s. citizen. >> that's right, we with have seen this before. >> thank you, appreciate it. you know it has been a rough start to spring in the united states. with tornado, decimating parts of the south. but some good news as we head into hurricane season, listen to this,
4:52 pm
the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, says 2014 will have a near or below normal hurricane season. noah says there's only a 10% chance of worse than normal conditions. last spring, june through novel. el nino, dave warren joins us to explain that possibility. a lot of those factors shaping up for the beginning of the season. really developed conditions that are unfavorable for storms to really intensify, but with that said, here are the numbers. but these are just numbers they don't look at these numbers in the forecast, take that into effect, all it takes is one with storm. look at this.
4:53 pm
this is a new product being issued it was a storm surge estimate, shows which areas these are just examples. but this is something you need to see. which area is close to the coastline, could see a storm surge and how high that water would go. above the surface. so that is very important. it's not just the wind, it's the flooding with the storm surge, that is often the big problem with with these hurricanes. this is a factor that goes into the forecast, the movement, and the speed of the storm, and also the slope of the ocean bottom. >> a couple. >> big problem. >> all right, appreciate it. >> and still to come, comments from dallas maverick owner, mark
4:54 pm
cuban cause add controversy today, here his comments on social media, and the deaths of 13 ukrainian soldiers at a military check point, could have serious implications for upcoming elections. that is the subject of today's inside story with ray swarez. >> thank you, tony. seven those elections are said to take place sunday. the man who seized various cities are threatening to keep the balloting from happening. while an election holding the potential for the fresh start, the with on going unrest, how much can an election help. we have two guests in kiev, monitoring develops in the run off to election day, join us at the top of the hour for inside story.
4:55 pm
4:56 pm
>> the cyber attack compromisessed ebay 5 million users. passwords and other
4:57 pm
information. >> the overlay caused some of the software to fail. facebook is tightens it's settings to keep thing as little more private. the social network with is changing it's settings to only friends being able to see your post. before anyone can see your profile, facebook also says it is doing an expending privacy check up for all of it's 1.3 billion users. mavericks owner, mark cuban is fending off criticism over an interview where he talked about ratism. cuban told inc. magazine that the company has come a long way at putting bigotry behind us, but it isn't always easy for everyone to adopt or evolve. have a listen. >> we are all prejudice in one way or another. if i see a black kid in a hoody, and it is late at night, i am walk withing
4:58 pm
to the other side of the street. if on that side of the street there's a guy that has tattoos all over his face, white guy, bald head, tattoos everywhere, i am walking back to the other side of the street. and the list goes on of stereotypes that we all live up to, and are fearful of. okay, social media is fired up. >> reactions.f different he went on twitter telling one of his critics this, the pointer is before we with can help others deal with racism, we have to be honest with ourselves. there shall many, she is a basketball player and college she writes honest conversation like that of mark cuban is key to education, and breaking down walls. but we with are afraid of facing our own fears.
4:59 pm
>> we have the little friend, that essentially said george zimmerman was right tock fearful and then went back to counting his money, i am going to work. he is a normer player, he wrote not sure what he is trying to accomplish with his comments. i know he isn't p siding with donald sterling, but why is he rational idessing? june 3rd is when the nba owners will -- and cuban says he knows what his vote will be, but people will have to wait until then to find out. yeah, what exactly he trying to say. >> thank you. >> a look up two men in china did just that, and save add life. they were out in their neighborhood during a thunderstorm, when they saw a one-year-old boy climb out of a wind with doe above. look at this. owe. as the footing shows you, the boy falls but the men were there, and made the life saving catch.
5:00 pm
they returned him safely to his mother, the men says it was nothing but human -- one more time, one more time. >> wow. >> all right, tony harris in new york, inside story is next, back in a minute. as we get closer to national elections in ukraine, the struggle for the eastern part of the country continues armed men are killing each other, and it's unclear how much the leaders in kiev or moscow control the action. it's inside story, next.