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innocents. and jacobs now his political work cut out for him. i'm david shuster, in for ali velshi, on behalf of everyone at "real money," thanks for watching. ♪ dozens of people killed in a crowding marketplace in china. why north carolina wants to make it illegal to disclose what chemicals are being pumped into the ground. plus. >> this was the year for 2000 years nobody knew about it. >> lost to history, it could be the place for
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jesus christ walked and the first christians gathers. >> we begin with thailand, one of america's most reliable allies. but today, thailand's military took over the country, and suspended the constitution. it's not yet clear how this coupe will effect trade, but there are fears that the coupe could spark more protests more violence. reports from bangkok. >> the armed forces and his comrades in uniform have taken over all functions of government. a full reversal of what he saw when he announced marshal law. all radio stations have been ordered to only broadcast army material. >> citizens have been
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ordered to stay in their homes after 10:00 p.m., a curfew is in place from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. the justification for all this, the military says is to restore peace and order, after sporadic violence and demonstrations in bangkok. the prime minister was ousted when the judge acted illegally when she fired an official. the so called yellow shirts who have been demonstrating for months threatened mass strikes and major disruptions to force out the remain innocence of the government. the red shirts insists elections be held to resolve the crisis. the general called for all the parties at an army location, that's where they were when the tooks took over, and brought them to an undisclosed location, simultaneously announcing the coupe to the nation. knights fallen on
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bangkok, and thailand enters another era of military rule. individual liberties have been twoed and i think you will see a backlash. political from that divide have been warning ever since martial law was declared on tuesday, warning that things could get bloody. so this is a very tense moment. >> reporting there, is state department gave about $10 million to thailand over a year. well, a portion of that goes to the thai government and the military. now, those groups are at odds. two state department explained what it is doing now to track how that money is being used. >> we are reviewing our government, we have taken steps to suspend military engangment, and assistance. this is a standard part of the process that will take place, so right now there's a comprehensive review of that.
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>> i spoke with ernie bower about the situation, he spent his career studying southeast asian politics and has been a leader in driving u.s. investment, i acted him about a motive, and what reform means in thailand. i think the military has varied concerns to try to have some legal basis for this. they are using the 1914 law, and the rational that the general mentioned. i think what is going on here, is there's an existential struggle for power, in thailand. and to control power when the succession takes place, and the military has felt that it needs to step into that, because the two sides could not find an accommodation. >> what does reform mean there? >> i think reform is
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going to have to take place under an elected government. i don't think they are going to be able to put in place reforms that would be sustainable. that people would -- people by definition, haven't selected the leader whose are putting these reforms in place. i think it's a mis -- sort of a misguided idea to be honest with you. >> of course there has been violence over the past few months but this coupe itself has been a blood less coupe, do you see that continuing to be the case? i think the things to watch for are the following. if the military tries to put a nonelected civilian government in place, like it did after the 2006 cowher, i think you will see massive demonstrations by the red shirts. which if you recall, in 2010, when the military tried to disburse those protests, that were prolonged, it ended up with 99 people dead in the streets of bangkok.
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and i think if they try to go that rout again, i am afraid history will replay itself. >> how should the united states respond to this? mow should the international community respond to this? >> i think with a real -- with both a strong voice, and deep understanding. so that's a nuanced recipe for a nuanced approach. i think it is a coupe, and i think we all have to wish that the talent would move back immediately. on the other hand, i think we have to indicate to thais, the thai people, that we care. deeply, about what is happening in their country. and that we are not lecturing or we are not telling them what to do, that we are approaching the situation with a lot of humility. only thais will be able to resolve this. not americans, not other countries. so we have to support
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fives as they hopefully resolve this crisis without bloodshed. >> and this is actually the 12th effective military coupe in thailand since 1932. is this cycle going to continue? >> i don't think so. i think the reason that this particular coupe is different is that the king -- i think the stakes are high. because the king -- when the king goes flu the succession period. when he passes away, there will be whoever is in power at that time. will probably be able to have the leading edge on reordered how political power structured in thailand. and that is why we are seeing something quite different from the earlier kuhns.
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separatist groups in the western regions and in fact, today, it is being blamed on those groups adrian brown rothers from beijing. but recent violence in the the portion has been blamed on separatist. >> this incident lays bear the antisocial, and anti-civilization nature of the terrorists and deserves the international community, and the chinese people. >> the chinese government is confident and capable of cracking down on violent terrorists.
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their plots will never succeed. a few weeks that killed three people and injured 79. the city has been quiet since mass riots killed almost 200 people. ethnic tensions have existed for years. >> the forbidden city show the separatists are beginning to target civilians and not just police and government officials.
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which the village is in, told thaws the velocity large was attacked by suspected gunman, who are from boko haram. and -- on a motorcycle.
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>> the gun ships are firing. then ason saying did he lose his mind completely? is. >> vick store who does not want with to show he is face, nor give his full name, says he rushinged to dereceive and help rescue the soldiers. he witnessed the helicopter as it opened fire on one of the vans belonging to the pro russian separatists. hiding behind trying to shoot back, but they were being destroyed then they left, the ambulance arrived and the helicopter came. some of the soldiers started running towards them. two landed and one was with still flying. it starts 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
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wednesday. ukraine's national security chief has predicted that more attacks will come. as the country heads to the presidential elections next sunday. it is a fear many here share. >> our government is 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 the ukrainian soldiers. but it underlined how vulnerable they are, and how difficult lit be for the government in kiev to regain control in the east of the country. al jazeera. >> russian said today it is moving troops away from the ukrainian boarder, the top military commander confirmed the movement, but say as large and threatening force remains. russian president had
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said troops were withdrawing several times. russia has about 40,000 troops gathered near the border. a tense confrontation on the high seas erupted today between north and south korea, the two sides exchanged fire near disputed maritime border. south korea says the north fired first, the scare sent residents to bomb shelters and fishing boats back to fort. harry faucet reports. >> the south korean military says two north korean shells fell within 150 meters of one of the patrol boats. the ken kilometers south of the northern limit line. the maritime border that separates northern and southern borders. north korea does not reck night. they say there ato bees line based -- the island which was attacked by north korean in 2010 with the loss of four lives. south korean officials say they ordered the evacuations of locals on
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that as they go back into port, and that they fired back from this vessel five warning shots landing within the same range to the north korean patrol boat just north of the northern limit line. this is interesting because earlier this week, three north korean patrol boats came stoudt of that maritime border, they were forced back, warning shots were fired. north korea saying it was policing illegal vessels in the area, and that it warned south korea on wednesday that it would with target south korean ships as a result of that. they called off conference in south korea.
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they scheduled that next month, the spokes woman says he is able to make a full recovery, and we hope so. putting limits on the sna, to spy on americans but some wonder if it goes far enough. plus, prejudice and bigoted billionaire mike cure ban's personal admission as he weighed in on the donald sterling racism controversy.
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are jumping ship.tes they they say it is a watered down version, libby casey reports. >> the biggest change to government surveillance that the house bill would make is that it takes out of the hands of the nsa american's phone call records. that information about who you called and when you called them would no longer be kept, instead it would be in thend has of phone companies for 18 months.
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two nsa could get their hands on it if they go through the fisa court. this bill also change a number of hops the government can make when investigating someone if they are looking at a suspect, this would limit the number of associated. now some privacy groups and members are advocates. pulled the support at the last minute. that's because major changes were made. intelligence committees and the white house, tinker the bill and did create some softer landings. one with change, there's no longer an independent advocate called for on the court, someone representing the suspects, instead it is all government represented. instead, there could be just friend of the court briefs something that's already allowed today.
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congressman mike honda, who represent the silicon valley oriented district, talked about why he wasn't going to support this bill, on the house floor thursday morning. >> it leaves open the possibility that bulk surveillance could continue, and no longer protects the public through a special advocate in the fisa court. i am disappointed that this popular, bipartisan bill has been so drastically weakened. i can no longer support it. >> congressman honda was among 120 of his colleagues who voted against this bill, it still passed the house. he didn't meet all the requirements that he and others were calling for. >> for more than 100
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years the fbi has had a rule against recording interrogations. that will change, the justice department says it will now require the fbi and other agencies to take suspects while they are being questioned. the policy allows for exceptions including objecting to recordings our if national security is jeopardized. north carolina moved one step closer to making eight crime for anyone to reveal the chemicals used in fracking. 24 comes an environmentalist are demanding that same information be made public. for more on legislation, and the reasoning behind it, let's bring in jonathan. >> north carolina is not even allowing natural gas drilling yet, but some there want it. so lawmakers are joining the debate seen across the country in the 32 states that do allow fracking. it's weather companies should reveal the chemicals they are using. >> for an industry focused deep underground, concerns is burying information.
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and north carolina is moving to make sharing that information illegal. >> just like on the side of a box of cereal. they tell you all the ingredients in it, this bill, keeps the people from knowing what the chemicals in the fracking fluid are. >> to free trapped natural gas, drillers pump millions of gallons of water, sand, and chemicals deep under the surface. the mixtures are considered trade secrets that supporters say should be fiercely protected. north carolina's proposal would make the act of leaking the list a million dollars. misdemeanor. north carolina needs the jobs, and america needs the nudger. but i'll add something to that. i'd wrath err buy the energy, from them than some other country. >> and facing increasing
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pressure for more openness. >> this law is unusual. >> several other states require companies to reveal their fracking secrets. and some companies do it voluntarily. making north carolina proposal so surprising to some. these trade secrets like others could cause criminal penalties if they are misused. that seems quite aggressive. >> north carolina's proposal will allow hospitals and first responders to know that chemical list. the state senate passed that bill today, but it now face as bigger fight in north carolina state house. we are a lot more vigilant, and a lot less
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tolerance of different views. we with are all prejudiced in one way or the other. if i see a black kid in a hoody, and it's late at night, i am walking 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. so in my business, try not to be hypocritical. i know that i'm not perfect.
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>> cuban said in hindsight he should have used different examples. some u.s. senators are using the racist comments to call for change in the nfl. the issue, the name washington red skins. 478 democratic senators the two independents have sign add letter the nfl commissioner urging the league to drop the name that is angered native americans for decades. the senators wrote this. the comments made by mr. sterling have opened up a national conversation about race relations. we believe this conversation is an opportunity for the nfl to take action, to remove the racial slur from the name of one of it's marque franchises. and here is the response from the nfl. the intended name has always been to present a strong positive and respectful image, the team name is not used by the team, or the nfl in any context. in any context, though, we respect those that view it differently. up next, how safe is
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still flying but the government says there's one part that needs more testing. what scientists hope to learn from a special underwater robot.
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♪ we begin with with government concerns dream line terrorist attack jets lithium ion batteries have overheated in the past, leading to a fire onboard juan of the planes last year. now there's a call for
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more tests updates from washington. >> rachelle, the mtsb says that this process used to certify the safety of these batteries with inadequate and if they believe they failed to take into account how they would be used in the real word. this comes to as the ntsb is investigating the fire onboard the dream liner it happened on a japan airline jet a year ago. the n tvb says there needs to be more testing and better testing to make sure these batteries do not overheat. the f.a.a. is says it is working on that. it is talking to other officials internationally. and that they are coming up with with new standards for these ion batteries. the safety board says boeing may be right about that.
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that it is still wants the faa to come one with standards that will apply across the board to these batteries, not now just in 787s but also in airbus 380s and boeing triple sevens, and boeing 737s. the faa says lit take a look at all of the recommendations to see what more may need to be done to insure the safety of these batteries and the safety of those folks who are on these airplanes. rachelle. >> the syrian government says it has regained control of a key prison facility. because it is near the turkish border. al quaida fighters took over that prison a year ago, trying to free more than 4,000 inmates. the reports today that troops are broken the siege, but the battle over the northeast region has -ed almost two years. it would have sent
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reports of human lights violations to the criminal court. james because has the story. >> they have few equals in modern history. sadly, because of the decision by the russian federation, to back the syrian regime, no matter what it does. the syrian people will not see justice today. they will see crime, but not punishment. >> the russian ambassador
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made it clear he felt the french had drafted the vetoed resolution, were looking for something more than justice. isn't this just to try once with against to create a pretext for armed intervention in the syrian conflict. >> france's ambassador is resolution had been co-sponsored by more than 60 nations told me after the vote, this has been a sad day. >> what is your message to the people of syria? >> i think i really am ashamed. really in a sense, to tell them, we are sorry. my country, has done it's best, the french -- really that's a fact. which means in the coming weeks and months there will be more dead, more devastation, more rapes, torture, it is really awful. al jazeera has obtain add copy of a new report to the security council. about humanitarian access
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in syria. it suggests the situation is getting worse. particularly across borders without the syrian government's permissions. they could again face a veto. >> al jazeera, of the united states. >> the global center for the responsible to protect. you have worked extensively in the region for the people, and we appreciate your time. just a moment ago, the syrian people will not see justice today, they will see crime, but not punishment, the veto today have prevented atrocities from testifying at the hague. mr. adams, was with there ever a chance, this resolution would pass? were with there any back door negotiations that actually gave this a real shot. >> there's always a chance, and always back door negotiations.
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it became clear when with the russian foreign ministry came out and formerly stated it's intention to veto i think they started talking about a publicity as a stint. 100 nongovernmental issues. include in the middle east. were in support of this. i think what happened today. and this was a vote for impunity. for those perpetrating mass atrocity crimes. it strengthened the hand of those that are committing these atrocities. >> on syria, is there any way to force the hand of the russians? >> well, there's no way with to force their hand
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in the sense that there's nothing outside of international law. they obviously hold a veto on the security council, but i think that everybody should throw their hands in the air, and just walk away from the situation. first of all the general assembly should investigate the special tribunal. to look at war crimes. i think there are other things that be done as well. the whole issue now that is coming up more and more. that was raised by six of the ambassador is the whole issue of u.n. reform, and of restraint on the use of the veto. by the permanent members. surely, if nothing else, they can make a commitment to all of us the people of the world that they will not use veto in any situation where crimes are faking place.
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what it did is refer the entire situation. this was not a vote yourself just to defend the government, but it also -- if you like, protects those people who are from extremist groups inside syria. includes al quaida affiliates. it protects them from prosecution as well. given an opportunity to the i.c.c. to investigate and proprosecute, and people who are deemed to be responsible for crimes and i think what we with have seen is that would weaken hopefully those who are committing the greatest amount of atrocities and start to push towards the possibility for accountability, and towards some sort of a solution to the civil war in syria. >> you talked about the need, possibly, maybe the need for reform, what effect does the veto have the reputation of the u.n. security council?
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when so many people are dying. >> well, it looked consider terrible, is the short answer. i mean -- what three years into this civil war, more than 160,000 syrians have died. with have 9 million people displaced. millions more are still displaced. we have 9.3 million syrians in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. and the security council is completely absent, in terms of trying to find a solution to that conflict. so it brings the security council into disrepute. it weakens it's credibility, and i think it poses a fundamental question of what is the purpose of the u.n. security council, if not to protect ordinary people. from crimes against humanity and war crimes in the world. mr. adams, thank you. >> thank you. >> now on to a update of the top stories in tonight's briefing the military, has taken over
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in thailand, the leader of the armed forces anouned the coupe today and twoed the constitution. key political leaders were detained or ordered to report to military posts. the entire country is also under a strict curfew. the military says the cowher was necessary to maintain order, but it is feared it will fuel more protests and violence. an attack on an open air markets that killed 31 people. witnesses say they heard at least 12 blasts. new fighting in eastern ukraine, at least 13 soldiers were killed othernight, when prorussian separatists attacked an army check point. as the country heads towards this weekend's election.
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he fears for his future, if it returns to his home country. >> a young man without a country. but he dares not return home. >> who decided to stay here in the quite? >> first, i can -- i can have human rights. >> before attending the spell international science and engineering fair in los angeles, awesome was arrested in cairo, and charged with violating egypt's restrictive laws against protests.
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he says the charges are absurd. >> of course. it's great. >> the government in cairo did allow awesome to travel to the science fair, then his parents urged him to stay in the u.s. ly be okay here. >> for now he is being supported by members of the egyptian american community. and he plans to ask for political asylum. >> he says it is by no means unusual for miners to be granted asylum, and he thinks he has a good chance. >> he lefevour to prove that he has a well founded fear, or reasonable fear of being -- that he has been harmed in the past, or will be in the future. he can bring all the evidence that he needs to show that he has this fear of being persecuted based on his political opinion. but it isn't necessary. his words alone can be the basis for a grant of
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political asylum. >> he is determined to continue as a scientists. i am getting used to it. >> whether he gets into a top university, can depend on many factors. including his grades and whether scholarship money is available. but what is certain, is that egypt appears to have lost a bright and talented young person, who could one with day have helped his country and it's people. smart young man. >> scientists are trying to revolutionize the way sharks are stubbeddying. it's a modern use of decades old technology. techno davidson explains.
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>> this might look like a tore pead doe but it is the robot we with have been talking about, tell me about it? >> we with have this aton mouse underwater vehicle, and you deploy it in the ocean to go collect data. and this project, we with want to collect data about sharks. once it dies down, it uses a couple other sensors, compass, and something called the dopler velocity log. >> what are the sensors and what are they doing? >> so we attach sensors that listen for the sharks, they listen for tag that we attach to the sharks and we with basically put this in the water, it listened for the tags attached to the sharks and it will drive around, and follow the sharks as they move. what we with have here these will attach to what we with call hydrophones. and this -- he was listening for some
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acoustic tags the these are about this big, that we will attach to official shark. and every two seconds they will ping, ping, ping. ma rita, these robots they frac the sharks but they are also analyzing the underwater environment. what do we learn from that? >> well, so as you saw in the clip, the researchers are interested in shark behavior. and studying sharks, well, we don't know a wohl lot about them, they are illusive. and so these devices what they are doing, is they aren't just allowing the researchers to track the sharks so they know where they are boeing, but they are measuring conditions in real time under water, that will allow them olynyk the behavior to the different conditions in the ocean. so they can basically say, what might be causing this behavior? and that's a powerful tool, in an environment
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that is really difficult to study. >> yeah, the researchers expect studying sharks near catalina, besides the fact that it is gorgeous, why there? >> it was a cool place to do a story. but sharks are hard to study, and these researchers they are eventually aiming for the big one, the great white shark, but you can imagine they don't really want with to start with with that big one right off the bat. so what they are doing is they are studying leopard sharks and leopard sharks are relatively small, they are pretty doll sit, noll harmful, and they just happen to aggravate in huge concentrations just in the watt errs off the island. well, it's not an easy task. they have to attack a france mitter to an individual shark. so that the robot can basically communicate
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with it. that's not easy to do, but i will tell you, i was impressed with not just the accuracy, but the range that the robots had. they seem to be tracking these very closely. which is exactly what they want it to do. >> what are they hoping to do? >> they are on the leading edge of this kind of research, and they consider this kind of technology a revolutionary one. and i would have to agree with with that. so they see a day when with they will have armies of these, and not just applying them to animal behavior. is being that the ocean covers 70% of the planet, that's a really powerful thing to be able to do. where people want to know more, absolutely. for more on shark
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tracking robots and the latest technology use, turn into techno this saturday 7:30 eastern, 4:30 pacific. up next, history and the holy land, a look inside 2000 years many believe it is where jesus lived.
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well, we were talking about severe weather with last night. we will get to that in just a moment, but for new england, as well as down across the east coast, we are talking about severe weather this evening. it has begun to die down. we saw incredible hail, parts of virginia, as well as here across parts of new jersey. now that the storm has pushed out, still dealing with major airport delays anywhere from law guard ca, as well as kennedy. you can see those thunderstorms are still in issue. we still have watches -- here are the watches for parts of maryland as well as the regions down towards norfolk. and over here towards the west, into colorado, last night we saw the tornado, well, now we can see active weather all the
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way down here. as well as into texas. so that's going to be a problem as well as a little bit starting going on later on in the evening i will talk about what the hurricane season has in store. for 2014, that's a look at your national weather, your news is next. he will be in jerusalem sunday. one of the sacred sites the pope plans to see.
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in the holy land if you dig in the right place, you might find jesus' footsteps. >> i was like oh,ky be part of something of history. >> roll tiers have come from all over the world to work here. bible country. where jesus has said to have inspired his first followers. where he has said to have healed the sick. or he may have walked on the water. and on the shores of the of galley, they discovered where he may have first preached. >> jesus comes precisely to this place. this community, is one community. actually it isn't everybody divided from the jewish people. we with have so much in
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common as first they were pleased to discover a local place for the local fishery. >> fish that were sold in the markets in rome. >> and then they were shocked to see the best kept in israel. >> there are six categories of water and this is the best level. >> you can see the steps here. it is beautiful. >> but then a few feet away, just a few inches below the soil they found this design. >> it is an amazing pattern that has the significance of eternal life. >> and then these mosaics. >> for us they are very special. we know the whole place is first century. from the year 29. >> the fact of having a mosaic in the first synagogue was unheard of. you can imagine him sitting here, or here by this pillar. why not. >> and then this.
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wow, that's amazing. >> this was here for 2,000 years and nobody knew about it. i think was the first time they found in the country. here. this is contemporary to pompei. >> they realize this is one of the oldest synagogues. on one side the older menorah discovered another still has grooves for a tore rah. >> and the sides of the stone, the teacher, the rabbi, opening up his control and rolling out is spools here. so then -- >> fits right in. >> and it is held in place. >> and that rabbi, that father kelly is talking about. >> there's a group of people following rabbi jesus. obviously you can say that this is the beginning. >> so perhaps it is understandable he is enthusiastic, but don't just take it from him. >> and italy, and
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istanbul, he says this is the most impressive anywhere. >> the first and only opportunity, and seeing it come alive, with all the respect of turkey. >> this isn't just about jesus, the whole site is dedicated to the women described in jesus' life, because archaeologists say this is mag goal la, her hometown. the church hopes to use it to restore her reputation. >> jesus apostled her, so she is the first apostle. >> and she wasn't the only woman supporting jesus. in a newly built center is what faster kelly is a rare tribute to women. >> and here in this column, we represent susanna, and johana the wife who married, soloma the mother of the sons of zebed. this is for all the women who throughout history
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have been pillet alreadies in the transmission of the faith. >> and next door, with the sea of galilee in the background, the yet to be used chapel. as it was for the first christians the faithful will pray on the seashore, and as it was for the disciples a mast will be their cross. >> we read how jesus preaches from the boat so the preachser in his shoes and providing that leadership, giving that word that he gave us, and this is a call to the preacher to be more deeply personally identified with jesus in his preaching. during his trip to the holy land, he will bless this, and continue an effort to reach out from the vatican once shunned. >> now days it pits us against each other. classes, races, faith. in that sense, we have quite a providence allowingtous find this place. 2000 years later. >> it is called and open our arms to more
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religious, to be more open. and this is what the center is. in the time of so much conflict, we needed today. we needed to encouraging us in that which divides us. >> united as the faithful in this temple this church. al jazeera. >> coming up all new tonight, at 11 eastern, paying big bucks for a college education, but is it still worth senate we will talk to the director of a new documentary exploring that question. plus honoring the fallen military heros the 66-year-old tradition underway at arlington national cemetery, these stories and much more tonight at 11:00 p.m. eastern. a new stamp honors one of america's first openly gay elected officials. it was unveiled at the white house today. the postal service called him a visionary, and several leaders spoke at that event.
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i am proud this nation will honor the legacy of this brave man. who gave his life in the struggle against hate, and discrimination. and this country. >> me served on the board of supervisors but was shot and killed by a former city politician a year into his service. today would have been his eighty-fourth birthday. they ran into the president, taking a walk to the white house on wednesday with. some of the stunned on lookers just stared. so the president reached out and said we can shake hands. one said it was the best day of her life, a kid look at the headlines when we come back.
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welcome to al jazeera america. here are tonight's top stories. the military has taken over in thailand. the armed forces said the coupe was needed to restore order. the constitution has been twoed, key political leaders have been detained or ordered to report to military possessions and a curfew has been put on the entire country.
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these pictures show the open air market after the incident. and threw explosion 2005 the crowd. at least 31 people have died. and dozen more are injuries. 29 workers are killed during another attack in north eastern nigeria. it's the late nest a string of violent attacks linked to the radical group which kidnapped close to 300 school girls last month. at least 13 soldiers died after a pro russian attack. the ukrainian officials warn more attacks more come as the country gets ready for the weekend's presidential election. the bill adds limits to the way that national security agency collects invest about private citizens but technology companies say it removes protections and leaves americas more vulnerable to government surveillance.
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mesh tonight that's up next, and you can always get the latest news online, at our website, so be sure to check out aljazeera.com. on america tonight, out in force. more help for the kidnapped girls and more force against the terror group behind the attack, but will any of it help? also tonight, fathers rights and fathered wrong. you are grabbing to put the possessions back together, and it isn't there and you can't find it. >> you see personal stories here. >>