. [evening. this is al jazeera live from new york city. here are today's top stories. >> terror in a california college town, a gunman leaving seven people dead. pope francis in jordan. the first part of his historic pilgrimage begins. plus fear of the future. the obstacles facing girls in ni nigeria more than a month after hundreds are kidnapped in broad did a daylight the horror of fake drugs.

hundreds of thousands of people die each year because the prescriptions they need aren't the real deal. we begin in southern california where seven people are dead after afternoon overnight shooting spree near the campus of uc santa barbara. they say people were gunned down in drive high by shootings. al jazeera's brian rooney is there right now. what do we know at this point? >> reporter: isla vista is a student residential area off of the santa barbara campus. it is crowded with students at any time of day or night. last night, friday night obviously, a lot of people were out. apparently a black bmw pulled up

to a group of people and the driver started shooting. there wereples nearby who engaged him. we don't have the exact sequence but there ended up being as many as nine locations where gunshots were fired. it ended with the gunman in the bmw dead. six other people were killed by the gunman. seven were injured. the police are still sorting it out. it's a big crime scene. it covers an area that i can see from here, police tape all over there, several football fields of a crime scene. >> that videotape evidence include the videotape entitled, "elliott rogers retribution"? >> we are investigating to determine that at this time. but it would appear that that is connected with this crime. >> i know. i thought you were going to ask. >> we are being cautious about -- we are being cautious about identifying the shooter. they have not officially named

him. but that was in answer to a question, a press conference about a 22-year-old named elliott roger who is generally believed to be the shooter. from his postings on facebook and a video that he put on youtube, police are saying it looked like he planned this mass shooting. from what he said on his internet postings, he was in despair about that women were not interested in him, and we have seen reports just a few minutes ago that he was in some sort of psychiatric care. but again, he's dead. he he has not yet been officially identified by the police. >> that women were not interested in him? brian rooney live in california. that you were for being with us today. >> gunfire at a jewish museum in brucels has left at least three people dead. this, as one legislator said anti-semittic sentiment in belgium has been on the rise. >> just outside the building, walked in, fired off a couple of shots and drove often. a fourth person was seriously

wounded and the mayor of brussels said he police have a lead on a suspect. pope francis's historic tour of the holy land is underway. the pope arrived in jordan this morning. part one of his 3-day trip. today, he met king abdullah ii of jordan and helpd a mass in iman. nick, what's happening trans? >> reporter: well, morgan, pope fran is's focus has been not on jordan but actually on neighboring syria. he has come to the holy land. jordan. he will go to palestinian territories and israel. his real focus is on refugees today. >> that's the syrian refugees here in jordan. the syrian refugee crisis is something he has obviously wanted to highlight every month from 100 syrians fleeing their country. >> means by the end of the year, they will be the largest refugee crisis since world war ii. he came here and had two events:

the first one, a huge massive stadium event. it was happy. it was joyous. there were christians i saw from all over the middle east, from lebanon, from jordan, from all of the current trees that neighbor jordan and they cammie here and they listened to a homily in which he pleaded for peace in syria. he talked about how so many refugees were coming in, and he talked about the people who were actually selling guns to syrians, armed rebels, and he said that this has to stop. he pleaded for everyone in the region and also an i am plicit message to the west and the arab gulf neighbors arming the syrian rebels. mplicit message to the west and the arab gulf neighbors arming the syrian rebels. he met some syrian christian refugees as well as iraqi refugees to a visit of bethany beyond the jordan. he repeated the same message there. he pleaded for peace, especially in syria and he knows how big this crisis it and he wants the world to be talking about it too, now.

>> nick, plea for peace. we stay posted over the next three days. thank you for joining us. over in ukraine, it's decision time for voters after months of political turmoil. presidential elections begin tomorrow to replace a government that was ousted by protesters last winter. russia's president, slid mirror putin promises to expect the result but pro-russian separatists are threatening to block polling stations. dana louis joins us from kiev. dana, this fighting between separatists and the ukrainian military in the east, are there any signs that this will, in fact, hurt tomorrow's vote? >> i think it will, morgan. the question is: how deep will the damage be? they are carrying out acts of sabotage on polling stations in the east. they have could noted to hit ukrainian guard chick points there so -- checkpoints there so that the army makes it impossible for them to create

conditions for a vote in the east. they pulled out polling station ballot boxes in donetsk and destroyed them. so, indeed, the interior ministry is here, is now saying that there is probably about half of the 34 electoral districts will not be able to hold a vote tomorrow in eastern ukraine but, you know, that is a very small percentage of the entire country. so overall, the vote is expected to proceed in ukraine properly tomorrow with a very big turnout and, of course, one of the front runners for that is a russian ukrainian billionaire, petr petro porashefrningo. >> in a kiev suburb, this truck blairs the message. >> give a gift to ukraine and elect petroporoshenko. his supporters and polls say this 48-year-old has victory in the bag on the last day of the campaign meeting with several eu foreign ministers, he already talking like ukraine's elected

leader. >> russia lost the battle for supporting terrorists. >> he is the candy man. the king of chocolate stores and factories. one like many of ukraine's wealthiest businessmen seems to have built his empire in an honest and transparent way, criss-crossing the country, he has promised it all. he says he will rebuild the economy and turn ukraine away from russia towards european prosperity. and security, he says he will rebuild the army to deal with russian separatists who refuse to lay down their weapons. he tells us amnesty for some but not all. >> i am going to have direct talks with the people who are in the street who are armed in the east, the terrorists as you call them. >> people are on the street in the east where people with their arms. >> he has somehow emerged unscathed from a long history of politics. he is a former government

minister including trade and foreign affairs. when the violent demonstrations broke out in kiev, he was one of the first officials to go to the streets. he supported those fighting for regime change. he has publically dennoounced corruption and doesn't rule out ukraine one day joining nato. >> if the security questions are rising up. if the instability will not stop after presidential elections, who knows whether we should make a decision. >> ukrainians are in no mood for false promises, and time is running short. whoever wins this election has russia to deal with. in these demon -- and these demonstrators want a massive government overhaul and they won't wait long. >> at this tent camp, they honor those killed by police bullets. sarahine hopian was gunned down. his father visited the at the present time where he lived and he told us, of course, i didn't want him to be here, but he told me he would stay until victory, or he would pay with his blood.

his close friend, i have a n, warned. boreshenko must deliver or demonstrations will begin again. he predicted they will be more serious and violent. >> put ukraine's next president under the gun. >> morgan, you know, poreshenko is so far out in front, there is little doubt. but will he get it on the first round? he needs 50% plus one vote. >> dana, i want to go back to some of the challenges that are happening in the east. if the voting is disrupted there, what challenges would this new government then face in solving this fight with those very separatists? >> reporter: i think it will be disrupted and people in the east will say it's not a free or fair election but across ukraine, others will say it was absolutely a full validation of a democratic process. i think you will see the international community, given

all of the ground work that's been done here with international observers, they will say it was a free and fair election. they hope that russia will then recognize it. then we return to the same problem: what will they do with separatists in the east? how will they deal with them in an armed way? and poreshenko says his greatest challenge is to win hearts and minds there, improve the economy, dissolve parliament, deal with the official languages, make sure russians feel they are included in the country and reach out to them. but that's going to take a long time. nobody knows if he has got that much time. they seem to be losing ground in eastern ukraine the longer this goes on. >> speaking of time, time will tell starting on sunday. dana lewis live in kiev. pleasure to have you. in syria, at least 30 people are dead after a mortar attack in the southern city of dera. syrian state t.v. says over 200 people were wounded during the attack on an election rally. the pro-government campaign was meeting ahead of presidential elections being held next month, and that's a vote that many

believe will give president bashar al-assad a third term. he script's campaigning wrapped up ahead of next week's presidential elections there. former tammy chief el pave asisi is expected to win. he overthrew mohammed morsi last july. >> colombia will vote for its next president. poles suggest the current president is neck and neck with the current try he's finance chief. he promised better peace talks with rebels. in south africa, jacob zuma has been sworn in for his second term and his party, the african national congress won a slightly reduced majority. this is the 5th election since the end of apartheid. zuma meeting with other african leaders focused on fighting terrorism in africa. nigerian president goodluck jonathan in attendance as the search for the missing school girls continues and really, without much progress.

the "new york times" reports that nigerian troops are ill prepared, poorly trained and too corrupt to successfully organize which is why soldiers have largely avoided fights with boko haram even as the rebel group attacks citizens. with little government protection, many in nigeria are worried of another mass kidnapping. al jazeera reports on how conditions can be very limiting for young girls and what's being done to empower them. >> marianne says she believes she was 13 when her parents married her off. there are many things she didn't learn, including her age. one of eight siblings, the family could not afford to send her to school. she now has three children of her own. they are six, three, and one, and she has been coming to this vocational center hoping to pick up a skill that would help her support her own family. >> i was upset i couldn't go to school. i am envious of the other girls who were able to. i had no choice but to accept defeat.

>> this is one of the modest attempts by the government of borno state to help empower disadvantaged girls and women. conservative values and extreme poverty in this part of the country has meant many girls are left without education, forced into early marriages, early pregnancies and early divorce. as if that wasn't enough, the kidnapping of more than 270 girls by the radical group boko haram and it's repeated attacks on schools is worsening what was already a bad situation for girls here. >> reporter: local activists say only 4% of girls in northern nigeria complete secondary school. it's also believed that more than 50% are married off before they turn en even 15. >> without education, the girls end up tracked in a cycle of poverty, dependence and sub serveience. what to many around the world is a simple routine of showing up to school is a daily victory here over restrictive attitudes and over the hard liners engaged in a war on education.

women's rights advocates in the states have been involved in a campaign for several years. they have helped set up literacy and vocation a.m. programs but they say the fight is bigger than them and international donors need to step in. >> almost 80% of schools have been burned down en if you want to go to school. a very big attempt to international community, in spite of the situation, with the society of borno needs their presence. >> boko haram has threatened to sell the kidnapped girls. the fighters have told girls during other attacks on schools that they should get married instead of getting an education. but in spite of all of the obstacles, mariam says she wants her daughters to go to school. it's the only way for them to have a better life than hers, she says. al jazeera, northern nigeria. >> still ahead, your memorial

day forecast, plus how the political unrest in thailand is destroying one of its key industries. >> i am lawrence lee on the open border between german and the netherlands. with antieuropean union parties doing so well in opinion polls, are we seeing the beginning of the end of free movement across europe? r

♪ in arizona, fire fighters are battling a wildfire by actually et letting it grow. they are planning to let the flames burn through some flat areas where they believe they will eventually be able to contain it. ultimately, though, that means it can grow up to 36 square miles. it's unclear what started tuesday's fire in the first place. over in portland, oregon, the water is once again safe to drink. just a short time ago, the city lifted a boil water notice that had been in effect since yesterday. the water warning followed tests that showed elevated levels of e. coli bacteria. those tests did, in fact, come back clean. a community outside of los

angeles is making a monumental tribute to america's fallen soldiers this memorial day weekend. they are unveiling a replica of the vietnam memorial already happening in washington, d.c. people came out to view the names of nearly 60,000 fallen soldiers. the center piece of an exhibit that runs all around the clock until monday. speaking of memorial day weekend, al jazeera rebecca stevens is here to tell us about what kind of weather we can expect as you fire up the grills. >> yes, a lot of folks will get nice weather. >> i hope we are among them. >> it does look like we have some areas around new york city and parts of the state of new york that have showers. >> that's where we don't want the grills. where we have some great weather in places in the southeast, but if you start to move to the a midwest and southwest, this is where we have problems with severe weather. we are watching the satellite radar indicate heavy thunderstorms moving through central texas. we have severe thunderstorm warning in texas and a tornado

warning within the last hour. these storms are being brought up by a lot of moisture coming out of the south, down towards the gulf of mexico. got more to show you on that in a second. first, a closer look at the radar. this is a more high resolution radar to show the intensity of these storms, the radar is quite unique in that as the beam shoots out and hits the raindrops, it can tell you exactly where hail cores are within these storms, what elevation and what kind of weather we are experiencing, and it was a radar indicated potential tornado that spawned that tornado warning in texas this last hour, otherwise, the southwest getting much needed rainfall. the problem is, it's also coming with a lot of lightning strikes as well. so these showers will continue through the evening tonight and the storm system, a low pressure system on the southwest sits. it's keeping things on the cooler side, which is always good for the southwest. you had some record-breaking heat this last month. so the cool weather is welcome. now, let's get to some summer weather and when we think summer, we think hurricanes a

lot of the time. the eastern pacific hundred season, well underway. it started up june 1st. sorry, may 1st and we've got the hurricane amanda. first the pacific season. if i step aside here, you can see that storm system developing. we are watching this one because, you know the price of limes has gone so high, and a large part, we had all of those storms sweep through mexico near acapulco. and it wiped out a lot of the lile crop. we will watch any storm in this vicinity. the last thing we want to do is pay more for those drinks. more on the weather in the next hour. >> thanks so much, rebecca. let's go overseas where the u.s. is suspended three and a half million dollar in military aid to thailand over this week's coup. the state department says more aid will stop if the country doesn't return to democratic rule. >> that's look what's happened. >> meanwhile, hundreds of protesters took to the streets in bangkok saying they don't agree with the way that the army

seized power. this while prime ministerlingling yingluk shinawatra remains under house arrest. thailand's tourism industry, a major sector of the economy suffered pretty badly sips the political unrest began -- since the political unrest began six months ago. >> reporter: these are not your normal bangkok holiday snapsh s snapshots. just last year, the city became the world's most visited tourist destination. but that was before six months of political conflict leading to a coup on thursday. >> it's kind of sad because i want to see bangkok, but everything is closed at 10:00 or 9:00 or something like that. but, yeah, i am here and try to enjoy bangkok. >> since the military announced its takeover, more than 50 countries have issued warnings about travel to thailand. this will no doubt increase losses in the $30 billion a year

tourist industry, an estimated 3 billion was already lost during the first three months of the year. >> this is wateroon, one of the most popular tourist spots. a lot of tourists were already here the biggest concern for the industry moving forward is future bookings. >> if the current decline in tourist dollars continues, this year will end 40% down from the northal rate. >> i am very concerned about the futu future. tourism is the first industry of thailand. many of my indianesian tourist groups cancelled their trips next month. >> one of bangkok's biggest draws is the nightlife. the military has imposed a 10 to 5:00 a.m. curfew. there is no indication of when it will be lifted. at this club, business is down by 50% since the political crisis started last november. with the curfew in place, they have shut their doors. >> i can't tell about the

future, just try to do or put all of my energy in the club, try to maintain it, just try to present the great music in the club, and i hope we are going to recover as soon as possible. >> but for the smaller businesses operating on thin profit margins, recovery will have to come fast. they need more tourists coming to the sites of bangkok and fewer soldiers. scott hideler, al jazeera, bangkok. >> in mali, tawreg troops agree to on that scene at the scene of intention fighting last week. many people died and another 30 were taken hostage but later released. in america, six years ago, a terrible crime shocked the entire country: the suspects confessed to the deliberate and horrible murder of six people including two small children, but there has never even been a trial. al jazeera's alan shoveler tells us what's the hold up. >> a lot of people would like to

have the delay explained. there is an abundance of caution being taken in this case because two people could be put to death by the state of washington and defense attorneys are saying they are just doing their job and being as careful as possible. but relatives of the six people who were shot and killed on christmas eve six and a half years ago say these delays are tactical, intentional and meant to boost the price of capital punishment. >> michelle anderson and her boyfriend, joseph masonry face possible death sentences for shooting andersonses parents, brother and sister-in-law and niece and nephew. the 2 suspects describe in detail killing the older couple, hiding the bodies, then waiting for the young family to arrive for a holiday dinner and shooting all of them. 5-year-old olivia and 3-year-old nathan last. >> dear god, how do you do that? a small, little tiny blond haired, blue eyed baby boy in diapers. it's sick. >> pam mandel lost her daughter

and two grandchildren that night. she estimates she has now watched more than 100 pre-trial hearings. no jury has been seated yet. she calls it all a circus. >> is justice being served? >> no. no. absolutely not. we are exactly the same place that we were in october of 2008 when they decided on the death penalty. >> court-appointed attorney katie ross, a veteran of capital cases represents joe mcinrow. >> she says we have to get the experts that are necessary. we have to bring the moses that are necessary, a minimum of two attorneys. >> so far, the defense has spent more than $6 million of county money. prosecutors estimate they are spending about a million, also county money. ross and other opponents of the death penalty say it is ineffective, expensive, and that costs should be a consideration

in sentencing. >> public officials should always have money on their mind. that's what i think, as a taxpayer. >> twice the state supreme court has reversed rulings by the judge in the case. each decision taking months. now, justices are again considering several issues, including a rare request from prosecutors to have the judge replaced. law professor anne murphy calls some of the legal manoeuvring unheard of and strikingly strange but still understandable. >> then you are talking about executing someone in the name of the state. so they should be very concerned about that. are we going to see more of this? i have no doubt, absolutely. >> these are some of her drawings. >> for pam mantle, her granddaughter's school work provides memories but little comfort as she seeks resolution that could still be years away. >> they need to come down on the defense and say, enough is enough. we have waited a long time for this trial, and we need to have it, and let's get the show on

the road. >> the state supreme court will be hearing arguments in the latest issues brought before them at the end of june, june 26th. and we don't have a firm ti timetable at this point on when we might have a decision. >> al jazeera america's new series called "the system" with joe berlinger explores controversial cases in the criminal justice system. this sends discusses mandatory sentencing. watch at 9:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 p.m. pacific. when we come back, an update of our top stories, including the mass shooting in southern california, plus after months of protests, violence and uncertainty, ukrainians prepare to choose their new president.

>> these protestors have decided that today they will be arrested >> these people have chased a president from power, they've torn down a state... >> what's clear is that people don't just need protection, they need assistance.

good evening to you. welcome back to al jazeera america. here is a look at today's top stories: seven people are still in the hospital after a drive-by shooting in california. about 100 miles north of los

angeles. at least one person has already gone through surgery, and seven others were killed, including the shooter. as of now, the sheriff's office hasn't released any names. pope francis is in jordan on the first leg of a 3-day trip to the middle east. francis celebrated an open-air mass jordan and headed to beth any where the faithful believe jesus was baptized. he is headed to the west bank tomorrow. ukraine is preparing for tomorrow's national elections. russia's president, vladimir putin promises to respect the results of tomorrow's vote but pro-russian separatists are threatening to block polling stations. prescription drugs are designed to cure people. right? but this life-saving science has given birth to a $75 billion counterfeiting industry. an african alone 100,000 people die each and every year simply from taking fake drugs. in a series of raids this week,

interpol arrested dozens of people seizing more than $35 million worth of fake or deadly drugs. this is a global problem. we would show you a map of where these problems are, but really, they are everywhere. a report on the effort to fight this very deadly trade. >> reporter: last november, i am an yell got typhoid but the drugs he took were fake. he bought them at his local pharmacy in lagos. >> i was very weak. the weakness doubled and i had some reaction in my nose from boils in my nose. my lips and it was like my health was getting deteriorated. >> the world health organization says hundreds of thousands of people like i am manuel get sick in africa every year from accidentally taking fake drugs to treat illnesses. scientists at the national anticounterfit drug agency in lagos do their best to get the fake drugs off the streets by testing what's on sale.

consumers can text them using a mobile phone to check whether drugs are authentic. but the counterfeit drugs keep coming. >> styles, alongside with the parts, motorcycle parts sometimes they drop them off in clothing material and ship them like that so it is very difficult to uncover them. >> the agency also carries out raids like this one in lagos. several men were arrested for selling counterfit drugs for treating malaria and tuberculosis, the most common fake drugs sold in africa. >> it's incredibly difficult to keep people from buying them. genuine medicines are more expensives. many people feel like if it looks like the right thing, it might work. >> many are sold to farmsists who don't know the drugs are fake. doctors say it's affecting their relationship with patients. >> a lot of times, you see patient, they come back to you and tell you, you have treated

me. i am now okay. and they doubt your competency, your integrity as a clinician, and then, it makes it look like you are not one who knows what you are doing. >> raids like this one have helped reduce the number of fake drugs. in 2008, 60% of the drugs were counterfeit. by 2012, that has fallen to 20%. the permanent solution is to stop the counter fit drugs from getting into the country in the first place. >> will take a wider global effort. he v he. >> joining me is peter pitts. explain this to me. what exactly are counterfeit drugs? >> counterfeit drugs are medicines that are made to look like the brand name that are actually fake. >> means they can have no active i ne ingredie ingredient. if means they can be sugar pills, have dangerous products in them.

they can be super potent, sub potent but most importantly, they are not what they are advertised to be. they are fakes, sold by criminals, to unsuspecting people, very dangerous. >> but i also understand there is a difference between counterfit drugs and substandard drugs. what is that difference? >> that's right. in many countries in the developing world, there are drugs which we would refer to here as generic drugs produced to mimic the therapeutic benefits of the innovator of the brand names. >> essentially the same. >> essentially the same but p r poorly manufactured. oven times they have the wrong i need agreedients. even though they claim to solve the same medical problems that the bland drugs do, they don't. they are legal. >> that's the difference. >> you are saying generic drugs are often substandard as well but they are legal? >> in many countries, that's true. the major difference between counter fits and substandard drugs is that counter fits wo d worldwide are against the law. they are criminal, being sold. they are fakes. they are wrong. they can be prosecuted. substandard generic drugs is a

different problem, a huge problem not being perm traded by criminals but can result in significant health problems. >> but then internationally, is there any universal definition for what a counterfit drug is? because for example, there is permissible ingredients in spain that may not be permissible here in the united states. how do we have a common understanding? >> if a drug produced in spain, for example, or in nigeria is imported into the united states, that's a crime. >> that's -- those drugs are not legal, for sale, in the u.s. but they are counterfit. illegal. now, the language kind of crisscrosses and confuses people. the most important thing for people to understand is they need to deal with real pharmacies, prescribed by their doctors action stay , state out of the pathway of potential counterfeit drugs. in the u.s., we have a pretty tight chanin of custody. in africa, asia, in the middle east, it's significantly more porous and the different sation between counterfits and sub standards merge and cross quite

often. >> fuzzy. >> that's right. people have to be vigilant. the government has to do the right thing. >> peter, when you mention being v vigilant, how do drugs make them into the hands of ordinary people like you and me? >> you know, a good place to start is the internet. you know, when people start buying drugs on the internet, you know, bad things happen. criminals -- it's a great lighted path for criminals to start selling products. there are legitimate internet pharmacies. we will get our drugs through the mail. and that's a good thing. but criminals have figured out a way to fool people, to make it sound as though they are legitimate farmacies. when you go outside of the regulated pathway of buying m medicines at a brick and mortar pharmacy, or online, trying to get something for nothing, that's when the red light should go off. it's like my dad used to say. sometimes a bargain is just too expensive. when you try to buy medicines, regulated medicines, prescription medicines that

follow a path and you decide to go outside of that path, that's dangerous. >> sometimes a bargain is just too expensive. wise words from peter pitts and husband dhis dad -- and his dad. >> my pleasure. >> tomorrow's elections in ukraine, voters will be choosing a government to replace the one that was ousted back in february. joining me via skype from donetsk is the spokesman for the your o activist movement. the prime minister said just holding thely, itself, is already a national victory. so, as someone who has been involved in the protests since they began last november, do you agree? has victory already been de-claired? >> i agree this is a first step to victory. i think that elections, themselves, are a very important way for people right right now to express their opinions on who

should lead the new ukraine on the future we fought for. i believe this election will be a nice test of what this country achieved and whether it is able to of select somebody who can be appropriate enough to implement difficult changes we need now. but i think that there are many more steps we need to take, though. it's hard to say that what we have right now is a rosy picture. >> okay. but, let's talk about the east, just regionally for a minute. given the annexation of crimea and the referendum in lunask and donetsk, will a new president be accepted? >> east right now is in a problematic position indeed. donet donetsk, a hotspot and in here, you have a difficult situation with the elections, with the lack of preparedness on most of the electoral stations and polls. and what we are seeing is that most people in this region, it's

not about accepting the election. it's about them having lost the ability to actually express their opinion. >> interesting. >> it's clear to me that here, many people would want to say and would want to express their own view on how ukraine should be governed and who should govern it. but these separatists with their as far as referendum deprive them up of that right. >> that's an interesting distinction you made between accepting the outcome and expressing their opinion. but let's go now to russian president vladimir putin. he said he would respect and accept the choice of a ukrainian people but really, why should the world trust him this time around? why the about-face? >> i honestly can say that even we would trust him. with these actions every time, putin has stated he would do something, it's always exactly the opposite that he actually does. putin has, for example, made many attempts to declato the wo

that he would take the troops from the border of ukraine. but he didn't, and he continues to state many problems with the new ukrainian government and the new direction the craukrainianse taken. we would need more steps to see reapproachment to russia rather than just a small statement not compounded by any actual changes in russian policy. >> all right. what do you say to those people who really feel the interim government in ukraine is really illegitima illegitimate, the agreement hammered out with yanukovych was dishonored. >> a new government has been put in place by a parliament e led in 2012, first of all, and the agreement that was forged on the 21st of february was broken by mr. yankee yankee, himse -- m mr. yanokovich before he could

sign the changes to the 2004 constitution that he agreed to under that deal that he signed. >> spokesman for the movement in donetsk, thank you for being with us this evening. >> thank you. coming up: elections in europe, this issue facing voters. we will tell you all about it coming up on al jazeera america.

available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now the european union has been dealing with a number of challenges from the economic downturn in grease to diplomatic conflicts in russia. this weekend's european elections are expected to be some of the reaming on's most critical. fellow at the truman national security project. ari, this is a huge under taping, some even calling this

the most importantly since the economic coun turner. what exactly is at stake here? why is this sufficient regi such a big deal? >> these elections have many different things at stake regi stake. this is once every peevedic number of years. the lastriodic number of years. the last. regi was regi takes over 28. this regi the european union is the culmination of creating a europe after world war ii that is free, whole, and at peace and prosperous and one plank of that europe is now very you have regi much under the regi threat, the question of having a prosperous year regi europe, recovering from the financial crisis and you see that reflected in the politics, the european union project is very much a sent rift and very much a technocratic projectcentrist and very much a technocratic project. it has chad regi challenges from the right and left that are positive regi regi that are populist, sometimes very

nationalist and sometimes skeptical of the union, itself. >> i want to jump on what you just said. you mentioned the threat and those who are skeptical. it's predicted that the euro skeptics could actually gain a pretty large share of the seats that are up for grabs. what is it that they want? >> well, the term encompasses a number of people who have a number of objections to the european union. there are those who view the unnun regi yun as an infringement on national sovereignty. and thrower regi there are thought regi those on the left that view it as an infringement or something that is not democratic. so there isn't a coherent whole that euro skeptics want. they want a slowing down of the integration of the european process but they want it for different reasons. they don't is a coherent program. it's the case that if the elections go out the way the polls sorry to show -- seem to show they will, their voice will increase and the projects will

regi of further integration will slow down. >> all right. let's talk about what impact does the outcome of this election have on the united states? >> a couple of things. europe is massively important world region, the largest in the world in terms of economics. it's a region in which the united states has fought several wars in, world war i, world war ii was the mote regi main scuffed regi security provider. clearly we won't go to war in europe anytime soon hopefully. but the economic side alone, president obama's regi, one of his major economic pushes will be called t regi atlantic trade and investment partnership initregiitiave, a real transatlantic free trade area. it has opposition in the united states with the euroskeptics take control and they will have more opinionzition in europe. >> why do you say it will have

more opinionzition? >> a number -- opposition? >> much like president populist movement in the united states or other parts of the globe, very skeptical of free trade regi trade. >> that's one free trade. >> thank you very much for being with us this evening. >> the cannes film festival wrapped up today with the jury awarding the colorado palm d 'or for "winter sleep" good regi about a turkish hotel other than. others include americans, julian moore took home for map to the stars. british activist, speaking of

the film industry, in the states here, it's seen a major shift in the last several years. film and television production have both been migrating away from hollywood to regi toward states providing big financial incentives. here is more. >> you may not know the name ed gutent regi tog but angels chaz are you regi are you know he regi some of his movies. forrest gump, war of the worlds, a few of his film credits. after 26 years of working in hollywood, he is doing something he never thought he would do. >> at the end of march, i am leaving behind my wife and daughter. >> the reason? two words: film flight. he and thousandses of others working in the film and television industry have been watching helplessly as high paying production jobs in california disappear. >> there is not the same opportunity here as there used to be. >> according to a report called "a hollywood exit one done by the milkin regien institute in

2004 and 2012, california lost more than 16,000 production jobs. new york, hol book regi lookingwoodts biggest competitor added well over 10:00,000. most movies, those set in california, regi aren't filmed here any more. the number 1 reason is incentives. >> kevin clouden is talking about tax incentives. for example, offers $420 million a year in tax credits, roughly four times what california offers. >> it means that other places will be the ones adding jobs and california will continue regi continue to bleed out thousands and thousands until you might as well presume productions will take place in new york or georgia or louisiana or britain. >> that leaves places like this prop shop all dressed up with no where to go as production leaves the state. the businesses that support the industry, everything from a regi equipment rental, sound stages,

craft services, even this place, they all end up losing, too. >> so does california, which is not only losing roughly $2,000,000,000 a year in terms of lost wages. it's also losing bragging rights as the entertainment cal regi capital of the world. >> claim to be the entertainment capital of the world claims regi is difficult. we used to make more than 50 regi 64% of the large features. now, we are down to 8%. how do you make that claim any time regi any more. >> cinematogrher ed gutentag says you can't? >> this might be the only thing left that means hollywood. >> this summer, california lawmakers are expected to vote on a bill to expand the state's tax credit program. but it's unclear if it has the governor's support. what is clear: the ending to this hollywood drama regi drama has yet to be written. if this were a movie, chances are it wouldn't be filmed in california. jennifer london, al jazeera, hollywood. >> the popularity of ginseng in

china has created a fantastic opportunity for the abrigonal tribe in new zealand. >> in this remote wind-swept part of new zealand, the pine trees are hiding the potential for positive change. the owners of the lands believe they may have found a lucrative new income stream hidden beneath the canopy and soil is a trial crop of ginseng. the roots are highly sought after across asia particularly in china and core e a for medicinal qualities. it could be of the highest standards. >> the regi a simulated version seems to be salable. it is being grown by a mali

tribefo from an area known as kimming country. at the moment, the income is derived from forest reand regi regiry and tourism. at about $2,000 a kilogram, it's hoped ginseng could come over. >> many land disputes have been settled with mali drives regi tribes. in the meantime, it's trying to look after itself and its people the bigtest settlement seems largely closed for business. it's a situation the tripe regi tribe wants to change. >> if the business grows as we think it will, we think it will make it a lot easier for us to sell to our. >> it regi the idea kale from a visiting south korean who suggested the conditions here would be perfect for growing ginseng. it appears he is right. the crops are growing faster

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ground in 60 seconds. >> a vignette of a day in the life of a tree sloufring you to ponder what used scan regiallow ponder what used scan regi. >> beautiful those regi though they are, the motivation for this event is economic a strong dollar has hit the tourism hard. it is known as a summer city. the beaches are quiet between june and august. the city needed something to keep it on its toes. >> looking for ideas how to fill hotel rooms and wind regi winter in sydney that's how vivid sydney was born. >> running an ice cream business can be tough in winter. during last year's festival, revenues went up 70%. >> every year, it seems to get bet regi regi get better. more people. they come when the son regi sun goes down and stale until eleven:00 o'clock at night. >> expectations for this year's festival are higher than than ever.

>> organizers expect almost a million people to see these lights contrib ut regi butting almost $20 million for sidney's economy. >> it helps this year's winter so far has been exceptionally warm. out door fetched values do particularly well when it doesn't 15 regi feel much like winter. >> you might not think of yemen as a happy place since it has been the center of a strung between rebels and al-qaeda but one group wants to get your attention. ♪ it might seem crazy, what i am about to say. ♪ sometimes she is hear. ♪ you can take away >> that's right. pharrell's mega hit "happy" by "regi "support yes, ma'amep." they are trying to bring about non-high violent change and they tell al jazeera that it took three and a half weeks to shoot that video, but because of all of the power cuts, it took

nearly two and a half weeks to edit. we will bring you more on their story tomorrow. happiness is the truth. all right. i am morgan radford. talk to al jazeera is coming up next. for news updates around the world, go to our website, "aljazeera.com." >> regi >> i would say antisemittism globally is the worst i knew regi it's been since leach two or regi war 2. >> more than 25% of the world is antisemmet regi regi semittic. an extensive survey of global attitudes toward the jewish people. >> region is a major determineant. religion, also, is. >> in the united states, he says the trends are improving. >> while the law permits you to