the motive behind the madness - police detail why a young man went on a rampage in santa barbara, killing three and injuring more than a dozen. election day in ukraine - people head to the polls to choose the next president. day two of the papal pilgrimage. pope francis travels to

bethlehem and holds mass for the faithful. there would have been further loss of life and further injury, especially when we determined that the suspect had over-400 remaining rounds of ammunition a college town rocked by a killing spree. good morning, i'm john henry smith, we begin with the deadly rampage in california. as you heard santa barbara sheriff bill brown says as bad as the scene was, it could have been worse. it happened near the campus of u.c. santa barbara, with 22-year-old elliot rodger murdered six, and injured 13 more before taking his life. brian rooney has the story. >> reporter: it started when three young men were stabbed to death in an apartment. 23-year-old elliot rodger tried to get into a sorority house.

within minutes there were two exchanges of gunfire with police in as many as nine elections where shots were fired. rodgers came to a stop and found dead of a gunshot. 20-year-old christopher martinez was one of those killed, his father spoke to reporters. >> you don't thing it will happen to your child until it does. chris was a great kid, ask anyone who knew him. his death has left our family lost and broken. why did chris die. >> investigators say elliot rodger wrote a 141 page manifesto describing his life and what he wanted to do. he wanted to kill girls that wouldn't go out with him. i'll have to get my housemates

out of the way, he wrote. he was found with three legally bought pist soles and ammunition. >> if a person is not institutionalized or tape against his will or put on a hold, that information is not entered into a database. that information is not put in a database. >> hours before the spree he posted a threat. >> after i an anhilated every girl in the sorority house, i'll take to the streets in isla vista, and slay every single person i see there. >> on a busy friday fight there were plenty of witnesses. >> i saw a guy laying in the street attending to someone in a driver's seat. elliot rodger titled his youtube video "retribution", and he rambles on, describing his

frustration with life. >> for the last eight years of my life, when i hit puberty, i'm forced to endure loneliness, rejection and unfulfilled desires. girls have never been attracted to me. >> police say elliot rodger's parents asked law enforcement officers to check on him a month ago because of his youtube posts. they went to his home. found him polite and courteous - that's quoting them - and left. joining us to provide inspite and dr bob rossi, political psychologist live via skype from california. we are happy that you are joining us. this was a case where there was plenty of warnings. the youtube videos had the parents asking police to check on him. is there anything that police or others could, should do

differently? >> well, at first off it's nice to be with you. second, i think it's important to take a look at the fact that all the shooters have common denominators. outline the shooter are depressed. anxious, angry, and they feel like they are not part of the society, they are on the outside looking in. you can see with the young man, he had problems with young girls, in his relationships with peers, and multiple personality problems, a lot of issues. what psychologists talk about is retained anger generating into a rage and it acts awe against society and again against himself. there are all these science and symptoms, and the fact that he looked good. when the police arrived it's not the big picture. we want to look at the big picture and mental health. there'll be more shootings, more

situations like this and appearances by me, talking about it, which is unfortunate. we need to take a look at mental health in the country. >> i'm concerned about what people could see in the situation. i know it is one thing that we are supposed to look for mental health. this guy presented himself as someone to whom at first glance was sane, polite when police came to see him. his parents were alarmed and alerted authorities. what could the parents have done differently. >> to answer your question, there's a history obviously with this shooter like the others. i think the parents probably d the right thing by alerting authorities. they probably needed to do more and police needed to do more. they needed to take a look at the history. too many parliamentary problems out there in our society. if we don't look at what

happened in the past and the whole profile of a person, rather than a temporary visit by a few police officers, which will not solve the problem. we have too many people with serious issues and need parents to come forward, come forward and take their 22-year-old or force commit: we need to change our rules, regulations and outlook when it comes to mental health and problems. >> we have 20 seconds look, why in the vast majority of cases are these killers men? >> perhaps because men seem to possess more retained anger and rage. it generates violent behaviour. there are some women that fall into the category. men become more angry, they have problems with the opposite sex and fall into peer group problems and go all the way down the line as we discussed. >> dr bart rossi live via skype.

thank you so much. >> elections are underway in ukraine. a crucial vote for the next president which could solve the crisis. 21 candidates are running. there are three leading candidates. petero poroshenko running as an independent. former prime minister julia tymoschenko and tomorrower defense minister from the pro-european party civil position. dana lewis joins us from kiev. there has been security concerns, especially in the east where the voting process has been disrupted, sometimes violently. what happened? >> well, john henry, it has gone pretty much as everyone expected in eastern ukraine, not as everyone hoped for. that means that the gunman, the separatists were largely successful in closing a lot of polling stations. some of the initial figures from

the government here is that seven out of 22 polling stations were only open in donetsk, and two out of 12 in lugansk. they were able to harass people at gunpoint, threaten people and took some of the voting boxes out of one polling station and destroyed them. threw a hand grenade in another. foreign journalist came under attack. a french journalist wounded in the leg at a checkpoint. we are told that an italian journalist near slovyansk was fired upon at a check point and he died. ukranian officials will say look, that is a small area of ukraine. somewhere around 7% of voter turn out much the rest of the country, that we see on the ground, there's a tremendous voter turn out. people are going to the polls, they are thirsty and we were in tral kiev, and this is what one polling station looked like that we visited a short time ago.

voting station number 214. people have been lined up here for more than two hours to place the vote. some of the volunteers go in and tell us they have never seen it so busy. there are international observers. unlike eastern ukraine, they are voting in big numbers, and determined to make the vote count. people who are running the election. they want it quickly, that the votes are clean and fair. it's a new chapter in ukranian's future. john henry, we spoke to one young man here in maydan in february. he was taking a camera and photographing the clashes between the protesters and police. he was so the in the hip. the bullet coming a millimetre away. he had a huge smile on his face when he went to the polling

station. we'll show you him later on. it's incredible. you have to understand the passion, the people. and that this election will bring them stability. we'll have to look what it really does brick them. >> thank you so much. >> pope francis arrived in the west bank, held an open air mass. the site where it's believed jesus was born and he met with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. this is day 2 of his trip to the holy land. nick schifrin, today was the first time a pope travelled into the west bank rather than entering via israel. what symbolism does that hold for palestinians? >> well, the pope is endorsing the idea of the state of palestine. if you look at the agenda he visits the state of palestine. they visited with the head of

the state of palestine. he spent time to highlight the plight of palestinians. he will meet with refugees and what the most powerful images according to people here are talking about. photos of the pope stopping at the separatation barrier. israel builds the barrier. it separates bethlehem from the rest of the - from israel. and that barrier at that point is about 25 feet tall. the pope stopped and prayed there. he almost looked shocked at the size of the wall. a lot of palestinians are happy, as well as the mood, the tone of the visit that stopped at the wall. >> bethlehem used to be entirely christian, but now they make up no more than 20% of the population. has the pope expressed desire to express christianity on the trip? >> yes, absolutely.

there's a lot of that. not only about bethlehem and the west bank, but the entire middle east, the cradle of christianity. the exodus has been going on for decades. what the pope is trying to highlight is the plight of christians not only in the palestinian territories, but neighbouring countries. he spent yesterday talking about syria, meeting 500 syrian christians, he met with iraqi christians that had to flee their country. the pope is highlighting the fact that christians in the middle east could have been scarce and he's trying to fight against the exodus or reduction in numbers. >> jewish police arrested 26 protesters, what were they planning, do police say? >> police have gone off hard in the last week or so. jewish extremists, israeli extremists, who they believe have been spray-painting

churches, delivering threats to catholic and christian officials. there was a protest early, 4am. 26 people throwing rocks at police, guarding the site of the last supper and where jews believe king david is buried, a police that will be in the news tonight. pope francis will pray there. the people protesting there don't want israel to give away any of that land, give away rights to the catholic church to the last summer room, the church has been negotiating with israel for access with christians. that tension there is particularly acute, but it comes at a time when israeli police are worried about extremists disrupting the pope's visit. >> thank you so much. >> belgium is stepping up security at jewish sites after a deadly shooting in the capital. three were killed when a gunman opened fire. a fourth victim is in critical

condition. officials say it may have been an anti-semitic attack. two that died were israeli tourists. investigators were looking over tourists to find out who was responsible. authorities have taken one person into custody. they are looking for a single suspect who ran from the scope, and likely acted alone. some great weather across the country. eboni deon is here with all the good news. >> we'll have good news and bad news. it's a 50/50 weekend. it's the middle of the country that we'll see active whether and into the holiday. keep it in mind, anywhere from chicago to milwaukee. we watch a slow moving storm system that will press eastward. as it does, it keeps the rain in areas that need it. it's going to throw rough

weather in our direction across the upper midwest. as we take a close-up view, this is an area where we'll deal with the same conditions that we had around yesterday. here is the area of low pressure back out over the four quarters region, continuing to lift moisture out of the golf of mexico. heavy rainfall, strong gusty winds and hail. right now it's mainly just all rain coming down. we see the heavy rainfall here in the west and northern areas of texas. some areas set records for the day, with rain fall exceeding 2 inches around st. angelo. that's where we have a flash flood watch. over towards midland, flash flood warnings, be careful getting out on the roadways. north is a frontal boundary. in advance of that warm humid air. warm temperatures, once you factor in the moisture, storms spark throughout the day. not a lot of activity, but

afternoon, evening storms. the rest of the country on the quiet side. high pressure and control. through the mid-atlantic, but let's head into the tropics, the first hurricane of the season, well-defined eye. that app intensified and category 4 winds up to 140 miles per hour. it's staying away for now. >> it's hurricane season already. eboni deon thank you so much. good news for people in arizona dealing with wildfires, they will not have to leave their homes, the sheriff's office will order a preevacuation order to two towns. mandatory evacuations are in place for the scenic oak creek canyon where fires burn. firefighters have been working around the clock to bring the flames under control. the balkans are cleaning up after record flooding. 50 died from the raging

floodwaters across serbia, bosnia and croatia. thousands had to flee. many have lost everything they own. >> locals work with emergency teams to recover the rotting carcasses of livestock. for this farmer it means watching his livelihood carted away. >> translation: everything is destroyed. all my cattle are gone. i don't have a place to come back to any more. it's sad to god. i feel store for all of us. >> six villages in the region have been cut off, leaving many of the 7,000 people who live her homeless. for now, only authorised volunteers are allowed in. after filming his last recovery mission, he showed fields turning to lakes. livestock is decomposing.

with the risk of disease and the smell of carcasses, residents are keen to clean up as soon as possible. with the scale of this disaster undeniable. it could be weeks before they are allowed to return to their homes. >> many residents are coming here to a local school turned emergency shelter. more are arriving every day. the school is running out of the basics they need soap and antibacterial spray. >> what about the future. for now they need everything to eat. everyone speaks of humanitarian aid. we have not seen it. after meeting at the school thee asked to see the house, saying she and her husband worked on the house.

when the water came she only had time to take her handbag. everything elts is gone -- less is gone. heart break is mirrored on the faces of most. all aware the real work is just beginning. recovery could cost $2 billion, what it cost after the bosnia war in 1990s. pop-up protest in thailand. people opposed to the coup testing the nation's military by defined warnings being chased off the streets. >> in tasmania australia on an experiment to chip and track bees. they hope to find out why bee numbers seem to be in terminal decline. plus, how n.a.s.a. managed to get people around the globe to take a selfie. and a life look at what is certain to get you in the

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good morning, welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john henry smith. protesters taking to the streets defying a military ban. first, let's get a look at what temperatures we'll see across the nation. eboni deon is here. >> we are starting in washington d.c. it will be fantastic through the end of the holiday weekend. looking good. boy, will we feel the heat building. good news. it will be short-lived, get the acs cranking. you won't need them. we'll see a cooling trend as temperatures fall to the mid 70s. up until that point textures will close in. heading south into atlanta looking decent. you'll need to keep an eye to the sky. showers and storms are possible thanks to a frontal boundary. we expect isolated storms food and into the memorial day

holiday. lots of sun here, and plenty to go along with it. >> pack your sunscreen and rain coats down south. anti-coup protesters face off against troops for the second-straight day despite the crackdown on rallies criticising the takeover rallies of more than five people have been banned. scott heidler. >> reporter: defying orders by the military government several hundred protesters gathered in the hall behind me. it was different in the protest we saw in the last six months. this seemed to come out of the wood work. there are a couple of protesters that kept growing. after 3.5 hours they left here, marching from this wall towards the monument. this is something we have not seen in the growing movement. this comes at a day that the

military called in more people, to meet with them. including academics, newspaper men and business executives - particularly with energy concerns in thailand. what is interesting, moving forward, is more people are moving forward. will the army and the police maintain this posture they had here where they allow a little bit of room. also, is the anti-government, coup protest movement going to grow in numbers. how are they going to deal with those in charge. >> thank you. another bombing shakes a city in nigeria. three were killed in the blast. police say the suspect dropped the blast holding explosives near a crowded theatre. it's four days after two car bombs exploded killing 130. no one claimed responsibility, but authorities suspect boko

haram is behind the attack. >> the department of veterans affairs say it will allow veterans to receive health care. the da coming under fire over allegations that some vets died awaiting treatment. 26 facilities are under investigation, the head of the agency says the department is expanding its capacity to help vets get there sooner. coming up in the next hour, we bring you the story of the nation's oldest vet, who turned 108 years old. his stories of surviving world war ii, and the secret to living a long and healthy life. electing a new president. we examine the three leading candidates. juvenile injustice. why children in bangladesh claim mistreatment when they lands behind bars.

welcome back, i'm john henry smith. these are the top stories. teams of observers are in ukraine monitoring the situation as ukrainian votes for the next president. let's look at the top candidates. leading with a margin is petero poroshenko. he is a wealthy independent politician known as the chocolate king for his successful confection business and is the former trade minister and head of a council that runs the national bank. he subjected in the past that joining nato is not a good idea. another key contender is yulia tymoshenko of the party called fatherland. she is ukraine's former prime minister and a natural gas

tycoon. a key goal for her party is ukranian membership in the e.u. ranking third is anatol. >> y hrytsenko. a former defense minister and his party was known as mighty ukraine, and was affiliated with yulia tymoshenko's party. with us is the executive director of the american institute in ukraine. thank you for joining us. let's see, does this election have the ability to lift ukraine out of violent upheaval. is this a major turning point? >> it is a turning point. the kiev authorities had a problem with legitimacy. they came to power in - last winter, in february. through a lot of fighting and firebombings of the facilities.

they have been trying to re-establish a degree of legitimacy since then. this will help a lot. the big question is what about the east. will the authority extend to the east if it doesn't participate. you know, we'll see what happiness with that. >> we'll look at numbers as ukrainians head to the booth. a poll shows petero poroshenko with a lead of 44.6%. followed by yulia tymoshenko with 8.4% and anatol jirks with 7.5%. if petero poroshenko wins, what does that mean for the future of ukraine? >> if he wants to win on the first ballot, that's the number to look for, if nothing is a run-off between the top two. you indicated that he is skeptical, but that is important. one thing is how will moscow react to this.

vladimir putin said recently in moscow that he was - he was asked could he work with the new president. the first thing out of his mouth is where is our money. ukraine owes russia 3 million. it's more than that. the last large payment to the ukrainians is 3 million, and he wants his money back. he'll have to deal with this. it's not going to be easy. he'll face - if petero poroshenko wins, and i think he will, the big problem with how he extends authority to the east. what will he do about membership, that's a red line. if he goes he'll have a big problem with moscow. he has to get the i.m.f. money and pay the russians back and find a way to stablilize the

economy. meaning long-term dealing with moscow moscow's $500 billion in exchange were in a position to help the economy. the europeans don't have that kind of cash on hand. >> these elections have not been free of obstacles, not the least of which is violence reported in the east. have the elections, to your estimations been free and fair. free and fair - i mean the kiev authorities, it would seem, have been conducted in a free and fair fashion. there has been few polling stations available to voters in the east in order to vote. that will have something to do with how they deal with the east after this. as far as we can determine, reporting from the ukraine, it seems like a strong turn out and people voting with enthusiasm.

it will be a legitimate result. moscow indicates that they intend to respect the final poll. >> executive director of the american institute in ukraine - thank you for your time. >> there's another election taking place, voters in europe are picking a new parliament. people from 28 countries are voting. 400 million eligible. voting began on thursday, continuing through sunday. there are 751 candidates vying for seats. some of the biggest issues include fixing the economy and cutting costs. people in columbia are voting today for the country's president. it's the tightest election columbia have seen. it could determine if the country substance up an offensive to end a decades war.

the two candidates, santos, and oscar ivan zugolarga. the elections have been marred. malawi will we count ballots manually. there are more votes cast than registered voters. they nullify the election, the high court rejected it. the court said that she does not have the power to stop the elections, and there are allegations that mane citizens voted multiple times and tampered with ballots. egyptians will vote for a new president. former army chief abdul fatah al-sisi is expected to win. if he does he'll be the latest in a long line of military many to lead the country. al jazeera's correspondent explores the role of the military in politics. >> in 2011 they overthrow an

army general. three years later they are about to elect another. egyptians are divided over the role of the military in polit s politics. >> we don't want a political role for the army. its role is to protect, not to rule. >> it's been over 60 years since the army got involved in politics. the first generation of leaders were seen as national war heroes, tasked with liberating palestine and ending the israeli occupation of arab land. during the subsequent rule of hosni mubarak, perceived internal threats took place over external ones. hosni mubarak turned his security on opponents, imposed decades of emergency laws and prepared his sin to replace him -- his son to replace him.

when the egyptians deposed him they distinguished between the despotic leader and the military. the army refused to crackdown on protesters. the military helped in the overthrow of hosni mubarak, and were seen as the saviour and defender of democracy. it didn't last. army leaders formed a military council to rule an open-ended country. military police brutally crushed protests before the army accepted to hold elections. a democratic president was elected. it didn't mark the end of the military. a coup was stage pd. popular support was shape by one camp and hosni mubarak supporters, secular egypt chance and other opponents of the brotherhood. on the other hand security

forces opened fire on anti-coup protesters, killing several hundreds in cairo. the fooled marshall posed as a man that did not want power. that changed. i announce my will to run for the egyptian presidency. i would be honoured to have your support. >> abdul fatah al-sisi's candidacy and the crackdown that preseeded it caused many to worry that a captor of the military -- chapter of military oppression is about to start. this is the only solution for egypt at the moment. the challenger to abdul fatah al-sisi in the elections is hamdeen sabahi. now, he came in third in the last elections two years ago, and voters chose mohamed mursi as the president. three of our al jazeera journalist are spending 149th day in an egyptian gaol.

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are accused of conspiring with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. the trial adjourned one more time since june 1st. al jazeera rejects the charges and call for their release. >> pope francis is on day two of his trip to the holy land. with us is patrick horn back. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. > how significant could the trip impact relations between the vatican and the state of israel and catholics and juice in gener -- and jews in general. >> this is only a 3-day trip. more important than the relations with israel is the pope is recognising the state of palestine. as a peer with the vatican, a non-observer state, the united nations - that could be the most significant thing from a

geopolitical perspective. >> you touched on it. he has gone to freight pains to say that the trip is religious in nature and not political. how realistic is it that gip they are in a place where region and politics are intertwined. >> in the middle east you can't separate one from the other. that's the case tore thousands of years. one of the things oist been impressed by watching the pope is the level of faith that he has. the level of calmness that he has to walk out into the crowd. today there is a point atway he stopped the motorcade and walked to the dividing wall built between israel and the palestine territories and he stopped and prayed there. i can't begin to imagine what must have been going through his mind and heart. >> once more we are seeing a way in which pope francis in an image like that captures the heart of people. >> i wish he was riding the pope mobile. i worry for his safety.

>> what do you think pope francis hopes to accomplish? the original purpose was to commemorate a meeting that took place between the patriarch of the eastern orthodox churches. there's 300 million in the world. we know them in the u.s. and today, later today, the pope will meet patriarch barth ol mu, the head of the churns. this is a space on the road to the unity. it was back in 1054 that these churches split apart. and 50 years ago that they came back together. in the time that is the church world, i think we are seeing significant progress. >> that is a long time to hold a grump. >> is this meeting between barth ol mu - it's an historic thing. is it just as important as his outreach towards israelis and

palestinians. i think it's hard to compare them, it's apples and oranges. one piece is unity. and the other is one of the pope's priorities, sooking peace in a world where people are separated. i was most moved when at the end of a mass the pope says "i will welcome the israeli and palestine authorities into my house." some people are calling it the peace talks, after the name of the pope's resident. >> sure. you have had a chance to look at the pope's itinerary. anything about it surprise you. >> the most significant thing is if uses the term state of palestine. the first time the vatican is recognised. it's recognised as a state under itself. tonight we'll see the pope and the patriarch standing together as brother and broth are. tomorrow there'll be a moment where the pope says mass in the upper room, where jesus

celebrates his last supper. the moment for christians was of all different stripes. what the strip is is deeply pastoral. this is a man that has an overflowing heart, going out into the world, connecting with the different groups, as we speak, he's having lump with five palestinian families torn apart by the conflict in their region. that human touch has been a trademark for pope francis, something that we are seeing in spades. >> some popes are polarizing others are bringing people together. and pope francis is the latter. >> patrick horn beck. thank you for your time. >> in bangladesh a child can be held criminally responsibility at age 9. many of them, juve nigh detention centers are home. not all children leave the facility better off. we have more. >> this boy escaped from a

juvenile detention center. we protect his identity. he does not have fond memories of the treatment. >> translation: first they tie us up, our hands and our feet. then they beat us with big sticks really hard. >> reporter: this is a child xroest center. children guilty of crimes are brought here to serve their time. inside there is a badminton court, a playing field and a school some of the children complain about being beaten and tortured. at one juvenile detention center riots led to fights. these children say they are abused and not set properly. a growing number of them have tried to escape. >> this is the social welfare minister, the man in charge. juvenile centers. >> there is high finance. giving money, 10,000 for burning

a bus. >> reporter: an estimated 4 million children live on the streets of bangladesh, they are prime targets for drug dealers looking for cheap labour. the ministry has a difficult task ahead. back at the shelter this boy is nearing the end of his own journey, nearly 18. he is getting training to become a carpenter. if he competes he'll have a shot at a normal life, one that is elusive from many children that go through bangladesh's juvenile justice system. on a programming note al jazeera america presents part 2 of its 8-part documentary series "the system" with joe berylinger. this focuses on a father sent to prison for 20 years for defending his family for firing a warning shot at his

girlfriend's ex-boyfriend. >> one of the reasons for this bill, i imagine, is your belief in the second amendment, right. >> our society is a polite society. what i want to prevent happening in the future is somebody who has not physically harmed anyone sent to prison for 20 years. >> the bill makes warning shots legal in the state of florida and was inspired by walid and others like him, who said they were protecting themselves and families by firing a warping shot. one could set him free, another has the potential to trap him for 20 years. >> here is the bottom line. when this is over, and i'm 58, i'm not planning on checking out immediately, it's coming. i'm getting older. when that comes, and god looks at the book, and says, "well, did you do a good job", i did the best i could. i tried to do the right thing for the right reason, no matter

the consequences. and that i can live with. >> when i saw the condition that my husband was in, and the fact that he had resigned himself so spending 20 years in prison for shooting a hole in the wall i went from being sad and depressed to being angry. i think the system has failed me. the system fails lee. and the system is going to fail a lot of other people. if we don't do something. "the system" with joe berlinger on mandatory sentences can be seen tonight at 9:00 pm eastern, 6:00 pm pacific. all abuzz about saving the bees. why scientists are tracking the

insects to ensure humans will continue to populate the planet. [ singing ] music once again showing no bounds. as the latest viral video of a popular song shows people in yemen are also happy. [ ♪ music ] it's certain to be busy in a hue hours, you are looking at myrtle beach. al jazeera america back after the black. -- after the break.

fault lines the deported only on al jazeera america welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john henry smith. a turkish flick that took top honours at activi cannes film festival. and first a look at the snow.

you taught me a word yesterday. >> precip. >> i like it, i'm hip. >> we are not going to get that. it's not the same in the middle of the country, it's an area we'll watch through the day to day and into monday. slow-moving storms bringing a lot of moisture across the southern plains, looks like texas will be the vokal point. >> keep an eye on the precip. >> scientists say bees are dying by the billions. they may be pests, but they pose a threat to food supply. researchers in australia are microchipping the insects to find out what is behind the decline. we have this report from tasmania. >> reporter: until one stings you bees are easily ignored. they are crucial. almost everything people eat is depent on what they do. >> every piece of food starts

off with pollination, everywhere from a plant and the aninstalls eat the -- animals eat the plant. >> reporter: bees are in crisis, colony collapse disorder has wiped out a quarter of the world's hupy bills. einstein said if bees disappear we have about four years to live. whether he's right, i don't know. i don't want to put him to the test. >> reporter: scientists in tais are testing bee's movements. tiny microchips are attached to bees with superblue. >> it's a third of the weight that a bee can carry. it's not much, just like someone walking with a backpack. >> reporter: as each leaves and comes back to the hive, the identity is recorded. 10,000 pees will be chipped and tracked. the idea is to get the broad data on how bees move under

different environmental conditions. >> bees are tracked in pristine conditions to establish a base-line pattern of behaviour. >> what we expect from the technology is a deep understanding of how the bee behaves, so we know how many times each bee leaves the hive and for how long they have been out. >> soon low levels of pesticide will be put into the sugar water the bees feed on, and then separately components of pollution, to see if either changes behaviour. >> bees navigate to a source and back, and communicate that information. that information is not being received by the nervous system, bees are not doing it or getting back to the hive. >> once it's clear what changes behaviour or damages them, that can be addressed. movement patterns guide the positioning of hives. a world with few bees use them efficiently.

bees, after all, like being busy. n.a.s.a. created a global mosaic made up of selfies, look at the interactive project on the website. it asked people to send in selfies, curators sorted through 50,000 submissions. the global selfie was created to spread awareness about the environment. the 67th education of the cannes film festival comes to a close. the palme d'or went to "winter sleep", to a turk your film-maker. it's the second time for a turkish director. the win despite a push for more female represent ties. >> reporter: the palme d'or was decided. this is the director's fifth

awing "winter sleep", a movie about an overbearing man controlling the lives of those around him. the best of 18. >> it seemed to be a fart from early on. i said to a colleague this is the palme d'or and it ended up being the one. >> it was a big award for a british actor. international audiences know him from the international movies. he was best actor for "mr turner", a biomic of a picture painter. best female to julien more for "map to the stars." the jury prize split between "the mummy", a 25-year-old director, one to watch. this tale of a mother whose son has adhd honoured alongside this from jean luke, the god father, "good buy to language" sewer reel and revolutionly for the

way it took on 3d. a grand prize, to a woman director, competing against 16 males. no palme d'or winner, jury head jane kompion the only-- campion the only woman to have won it. was it a night of surprises? no, the man expected to take the top prize did. this year it's been about highlying the lack of female directors, something that jane campion is passionate about. she'll be hoping that next year there are more than two contenders in a short list that has been dominated by men. phil lavelle looking dapper. the happy craze is spreading to

yemen. [ singing ] >> this machine up of "happy", was created by yemeni bloggers and social media activists. they say their mission is to encourage civic engagement. yemen is one of the poorest nations in the middle east. the viral videoened with a message despite the difficulties, happiness will never cease. >> that's the end of the first hour. here is what we are following - police confirm that 22-year-old elliot rodger is responsible for the death of six people in santa barbara. in video blogs he vowed to kill women who rejected him and men who succeeded where he failed. ballots for the next president in ukraine. >> pope francis visits bethlehem, the birthplace of jesus. on monday he'll travel to israel. >> i've been shot at, bullets flying over your head. he enlisted in the military

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[ singing ] anger and sadness in the wake of another deadly shooting rampage - the motive and heart-breaking reaction from the father of one of the victims. >> it's incredible. we are not used to this another deadly shooting - this one may have been a hate crime. the attack targetting jews in a

place that rarely sees violence. that attack comes as the pope visit the holy land - why the airport where the pontiff landed is considered symbolic. millions voting for a new president in ukraine. outrage is boiling over in one region where ballots were burned and polling stations shuttered. >> when will enough people say stop this madness, we don't have to live like this? too many have died. we should say to ourselves not one more. heart break for the father of one of the victims in a santa barbara shooting. welcome back to al jazeera america i'm john henry smith live in new york. a college town rocked by a senseless killing spree. civilians video showing chaos in a delhi. 22-year-old elliot rodger going

on a rampage after posting a video manifesto. it appears the killings were because he couldn't fit in. brian rooney reports from the scene where it happened. >> reporter: good morning, the santa barbara sheriff late yesterday gave a details account of a wild incident, with a speeding car, running chases, gunshots and 10 locations in all. >> it started when three young men were stabbed to death in an apartment. 22-year-old elliot rodger tried to get into a sorority house before shooting three girls on a street. within minutes there were two exchanges of gun fire, and as many as nine locations. elliot rodger came to a stop and was found dead of an evidently self-inflicted gunshot. 20-year-old christopher martinez, a sophomore student was killed. his father spoke to media.

>> you don't think it will happen to your child until it does. chris was a really great kid. ask anyone who knew him. his death has left our family lost and broken. why and chris die? >> investigators say rogers wrote a 141 paged manifesto describing his unhappy life and what he planned to do. he wanted to kill pretty girls:. >> despite a history of mental troubles, elliot rodger was found with three legally purchased pistols and rounds of ammunition. >> if a person has not been institutionalized or taken against their will and put on a hold, the information is not put into a dassa base and not disqualified information. friday, hours before the shooting spree he posted a threat in this youtube video. >> after i have anhilated every

single girl in the sorority house, i'll take to the streets of isla vista, and slay every person i see there on a busy friday night there were plenty of witnesses. >> crashed into a parked car on the side walk. a guy laying on the street. >> the man in the car was elliot rodger. the 7th and the last to die in the incident. several people are in the hospital, two in serious condition. >> back to you in new york. well u.c. santa barbara held a candlelight vigil saturday night to remember those killed in an isla vista tragedy ♪ amazing grace ♪ how sweet the sound the school set up counselling services for students, faculty and staff. elliot rodger was not a student

but attended santa barbara city college nearby. >> it's easy to feel angry and confused, but our best reaction is to come together as a community and take care of each other after the vigil hundreds took part in a memorial walk throughout the neighbourhood. many said they were in disbelief, trying to come to terms with what happened. elections are under way in ukraine. a crucial vote for the country's next president that could potentially solve the crisis. 21 candidates are running. there are three, petero poroshenko, running as an independent. former prime minister yulia tymoshenko, and anatoli, a former defence minister from the pro-european party civil position. nick spicer looks at what is at stake in the election. >> reporter: a record turn out

is expected for a vote deciding not just the fate of ukraine, but the state of relations between russia and the rest. 17 candidates are in the running. the ones in the lad want closer ties to the european union. not something moscow wants. this is about what ukrainians want. >> translation: this election means a lot. the fate of the country is being decided today. we have never had a more important election. we kicked out viktor yanukovych and we now hope to have justice and peace now. >> petero poroshenko, a billionaire former foreign and economy minister was shown to be far ahead in opinion polls and could win outright with 50% of ballots cast on sunday. >> the challenges the next president faces is enormous. fixing an economy, fighting corruption and establishing ties to europe. russia annexed the region of

crimea and 2 million inhabitants. the interim government accusing it of supporting pro-russian separatists. men in fatigues bearing knives visited this school and told the principal voting should be stopped. window broke, less damage than in other places where ballots were taken away by separatist fighters. there are places in the east where international election observers will not go. still, the head of the biggest observer mission says the work was critical. >> this is not for us to ascertain the legitimacy of the elections what is our role is to observe the process and we'll do so, except in a few areas. >> whatever the voters decide and the observers say, the most crucial voice may be the one in the kremlin. russian president vladimir putin said he would respect the outcome. many have their doubts. >> it was al jazeera's nick

spicer reporting. now to dana lewis, joining us from kiev. dana, what is the voter turn out like so far? >> john henry, it's early, we have five hours for the polls to continue and people to vote until 8:00 pm. i can tell you the polls that we have seen, people are lined up. we went to a school in central kiev, and people who had worked in the last election were there, and they told us it was extraordinary what they were seeing. on a sunday morning you see not many people voting, and it builds throughout the day. it was already built in a big way. people lined up and down two levels of the school. they waited two hours to vote, and enthusiastic to do so, some frustrated about the time it was taking. there were 3,000 election observers spread out across the country, it's important that the elections are seep as clean, fair and transparent, putting the kremlin and russia in a

position where they won't have a way to deny that elections took place, and there's a full legitimate president and we'll see the exit polls at 8:00pm we look at maydan square. this is where people fought. some died making sure the elections happened, chasing the president out of the country. we spoke to a man a millimetre away from death. he was enthusiastic. 25-year-old has just learned to walk again. he was filming the clashes on maydan square in february when he was shot at point blank raping. here you see the cam yes jerk as he is hit. he collapses and calls for help. later medics tell him the bullet lodged in his hip, a millimetre

from his main artery. today we watched him vote in kiev, determined to be part of the revolution he believes changed ukraine for the better. >> this election is the first. after this, everything will grow up and we feel our power, the feeling that you are the first one, the first person in your life, and you can change everything. john henry, that were reports of the commission computers derailed by a virus. we talked to a number of officials, including petero poroshenko's campaign, and they are denying that, saying it's rubbish, that the computers are operating and we'll have good results after the polls close at eight tonight. we saw in nick spicer's report that there has been violence in the east particularly. what can you tell us about that,

dana? >> just in general terms, at the point of a gun separatists have been largely successful in closing down the polls in lugansk, and around the donetsk region, throwing a hand grenade into one station, threatening other people, threatening to kidnap them and volunteering some doors were locked. only rough estimates about 20% of the polls opened. you have to keep it in perspective. and that is that it accounts for somewhere around 7% of the votes. ukrainians will say that the elections were legitimate. it's a problem. what do you do with the area. separatists will continue on, how does the new president. how does he deal with russia and reach the region and keep the country toot. al jazeera's dana lewis in kiev. later this hour we'll take you to the donetsk region where

pro-russian separatists carry out a promise to disrupt elections. israeli and palestine presidents agreed to meet at the vatican. pope francis is in the west bank. nick schifrin joins us from jerusalem, and the pope said that the israeli palestine stalemate is unacceptable. what is the significance of the two leaders agreeing to meet at the vatican. >> reporter: pope francis promised the trip wouldn't be political. clearly he changed his mind. he invited both sides to the vatican, a trilateral or short peace summit. what can come of it, probably not much. president steps down at the end of next month, he'll have a

meeting as his last official meeting. clearly pope francis is here and has been inspired or his aides have been inspired to step inside or into the peace process scpjs that is what he's -- process, and that's what he's trying to do, he's talking about the state of palestine and the state of israel having the right to exist and he feels he can help the peace process. >> bethlehem used to be christian, but now they make up no more than 20% of the population. has the pope expressed a desire to promote christianity on the trip? >> yes, i think today has been about the promotion of two things so far. that is the palestines right to have a state and christians right to love in the middle east -- live in the middle east, the cradle of christianity. christians are down to 2%, and pope francis highlights the flight of christians, yesterday

he talking about syrian christians and today palestinian christians and endorsed the idea of the state of palestine. his agenda says state of palestine. his aides sail he'll visit mahmoud abbas, the head of the palestinian state. the top of the trip changed with photos taken of pope francis stopping at the separation barrier, the separation wall that separates bethlehem from israel. it was an unscheduled stop and a lot of people are talking about those photos being powerful reminders of what they go through. and the palestinian officials feel strongly about that. it highlights the plight of palestinians as well. >> we understand that the pope will take a step in the next couple of hours to promote christian unity. tell us about that. >> yes, this is the official

reason that pope francis is here. it was 50 years ago behind the walls that you see behind me that the catholic church and the orthodox church ended 900 years of not talking to each other. at that time the heads of the catholic church and the orthodox church met for the first time. it's a celebration or marking of that anniversary. pope francis will meet the spiritual head of the orthodox christian in the head of the hopy seppual kerr, the site jesus is believed crucified and resurrected. they'll have a meeting tonight and a second tomorrow. that is the most important part of the trip, to continue an interfaith dialogue and harmony that was started 50 years ago in the city. >> nick schifrin live in jerusalem. thank you. belgium officials say a shooting in brussels may have been an anti-semitic attack.

three from killed when a gunman opened fire on the jewish museum. simon mcgregor-wood has the details. >> reporter: the shooting happened in broad daylight. at 4:00 pm a car pulled up with two men. one got out walked in and started shooting. a man and a woman were killed inside the entrance. another died inside and a fourth injured in critical continue. the area was cordoned off and the prosecutor's office announced they arrested one man. >> we have identified one person who left the scope in a vehicle. they have been detained and questioned as a suspect. we do not know if the person is linked to the incident. other witnesses spoke of another person who seems to have fled on foot. we have not identified or detained them. >> there's a huge police operation under way and a sense of shock that an incident could happen here in the center of the city in broad daylight at a time

when it was filled with hundreds of shoppers and tourists. belgium's prime minister visited the scene to express condolences and determination to catch those responsible. the government is shocked by the government. we condemn with force acts of the violence. thoughts, emotions are with the victims, family and friends. >> given the nature of the target there's speck u lights that this was an anti-semitic attack. jewish community leaders said no threat. an actor is so incredible. we are not used to this. we had few anti-jewish terrorist attempts. if it's the case, it's a bad signal for the future. >> as a precaution, security has been stepped up at other sites throughout the county two of the people who died were israeli tourists and a

third a french citizens. police released one man and authorities are looking for a single suspect they believe acted alane. in thailand hundreds take to the streets to defy a military ban. anti-coup protesters faced off with soldiers for a second straight day. demonstrators becoming angry already troops moved in. the military is tracking down on those criticising the take over, including the media. gatherings of more than five people are forbid ep. >> it's memorial day weekend. barbecues, and we look at the forecast. >> along the east and west coast we should be in decent shape for the barbecues. this is a look at monday, memorial day. it will be wet from wisconsin to

minnesota, to the dakotas, we need the rain, but it's coming in fast. we have pecked up 2-3 inches in some locations, and are expecting one to three on top of that. flash flood watches in effect through monday, and we have a warning up for midland and odessa. watch out, we'll see the rain spreading across oklahoma, into kansas. i 35, i 20, i 40 - it will be slow. don't cross any road. what you deal with is a batch of moisture, it's interacting with a slow-moving storm system. there'll be more systems firing up. strong to severe. it persists up across the midwest providing lift and instability. bismark, a stormy afternoon. we are dealing with our first

hurricane. this is hurricane amanda, wound up to 140 miles per hour. yesterday around this time we were talking about a tropical storm. it has intensified with respect the last 24 hours, strengthening as expected. thank you. they say they are fed up with the way uncle sam is handle lipping public lands. >> we can't ride atvs, or graze cattle. the government is encroaching. >> a group of ranchers planning a rally, the grass march, and why the federal government says they are dead wrong. >> that's my exercise, sweeping my driveway. keep the muscles going. 108 years young, smoking cigars and drinking whiskey. the amazing story of the world's

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wildfires, they will not have to leave their homes. the sheriff's office will lift an evacuation order in kokinono country. mandatory ehaving uckss are in place for scenic oak creek canyon. firefighters have been working around the clock to bring it under control next, spending memorial day in protest of the government. first meteorologist eboni deon looks at your holiday weekend forecast. >> we'll have warmer temperatures. we have the crowds and wet weather, off and on. holding the numbers down. you'll get a little more of a boost with low 80s. we'll get close to 80 degrees. there'll be a few '60s around boston. hiding into the deep south and the heat in place, running 5-10 degrees. 87 in atlanta.

90 in birmingham. 88 in houston. find a way to keep cool. we'll keep the heat in place across the upper midwest. >> looks like big straw hat weather. eboni deon - tomorrow is memorial day and a group of ranchers are planning to make the most of the holiday. they'll saddle up for what they call the grass march. a 70-mile horse back ride to protest graving rules. it's the latest in a series of challenges to how the feds managed public lands. in utah, more than 57% of the state is under federal control. paul beban reports from salt lake city. >> reporter: as you hike down into recapture canyon, one of the first things you notice is the silence. >> we are barely inside the closuring, and we have come to

the first archeological site. >> reporter: all around there's evidence that ancient native americans called this home. >> this is what we call an outside museum. it's a special place where there's remains. past. >> recapture canyon is protected land administered by the federal bureau of land manage, or b.l.m. in 2010 they closed the cappion to motorized vehicles, something that didn't sit well in the nearby down of blanding, where locals don't want to be told what they can or can't do in the canyon. >> on may 10th of the roar of engines filled the air as terrain riders took an illegal spin. >> seven years into the process, it is ab surd. >> bill boyle runned the local paper and says people in these parts are fed up. >> say yes or no more heavens

sake, but don't drag it out for seven years, otherwise you have local people feeling disenfranchised, taking marts into their own hands. >> that man organised the protest ride. >> the protest is not about capture or atv, it's about the figure, the b.l.m. criminalizing people. >> reporter: the blm's challenge is it can't be all they cans to all people. that is what it's supposed to do, balancing competing demands for resource development, conservation and recreation across the vast american west. even with hundreds of millions of acres at the agency's dismesal, it teems there's not enough to go around. this is a director of the b.l.m. >> what you hear is things are

taken away, we can't ride atvs, we can't ride cattle. a sense that the government is encroaching on their life. >> it's not that we are taking something from the citizens, we need to manage it not only for this generation bus ones to come. >> reporter: um the road from -- up the road from recapture is a town drawing tourists and where off-road vehicles share b.l.m. land with 190 million-year-old fossils. b.l.m. archeologists rb ebbinga hunt -- rebecca hunt-forest shows us where one fossil was stolen. >> reporter: they came with a crow bar and pried it up. >> yes. the fossils belong to all of us. >> here relations between the b.l.m. and locals is more cordial and collaborative, the

way things will have to work if they are to avoid armed confrontations that grab headlines and rally extremists. >> participation and interest is more than idea lodge ebbingal, and the way that -- ideological and the way we use the west is not the way we'll use the west in over 100 years. the bureau of land management came under fire since an armed standoff began with nevada rancher cliven bundy over underpaid grazing fees, and he became the face of an anti-government movement until racist comments cost him supporters the shooting spree in santa barbara breathing new life into a fiery debate - how to stop the crimes happening in the future. we are talking gun control - weekend politics is next. >> translation: there is no good war that's why i'm determined to end the bad war with a peace

treaty ukraine is not the only country to decide its future, the vote in columbia that could bring an end to a 50 year guerilla war.

you are looking live in new york harbour, lady liberty standing tall as we remember fallen men and women. >> i'm john henry smith, live in new york. the president of lebanon finished his 6-year term. why there's nobody replaces him - in a few minutes. first, a deadly shooting rampage in california is likely to reignite the debate over gun control. a young man from an upper class family, seemingly normal able to buy multiple guns and kill six innocent victims. he was on the police radar, but they were powerless to prevent the attack. many are asking what can we do to stop the mass murders.

that's first up in weekend politics. joining me former senate aid to hillary clinton, and a former advisor to new york governor pataki. >> happy memorial day. >> and to you both as well. this young man was able to buy the guns, pass the background checks. he had two semiautomatic weapons, 400 rounds of unspentam unition. -- unspent ammunition. he used knives and a car to hurt people. what do we need to do to strengthen the background shots. what do we need to do to keep gunned out of the hand of the mentally disturbed. >> let's look at the foundation of this as a parent of the 25

and 23-year-old. when you have a 23-year-old kid writing manifestos and purchasing gun after gun after gun. where was the parents. i would know if my kids were involved. there's no question as a republican that we need have toinger background -- we need stronger background checks. >> you say where are the prnts, but it appears that the parents called authorities a month or so ahead of this thing saying "look, our son is having trouble, can you look in on it", from the first look at the facts in this case, it doesn't look like the parent were negligent. >> no, it doesn't. when a 22-year-old driving a bmw - it comes down to family. family has the ultimate ability to do a lot of stuff. a lot of control in this situation. the laws as we have them today. we can say look, he bought three guns over the last year. 400 rounds of ammunition.

this is where i have issues, how many rounds of ammunition does a 22-year-old have. i'm tired of the slippery slope conversation. we need to end it. to the point, to what mayor bloomberg is doing. we need stronger checks. we need to make sure young, old, middle age people don't by these weapons. >> part of that sounded very democratic. >> i think n.r.a. openers will agree with -- owners will agree. they are not the problem. the problem with the n.r.a. is not allowing commonsense measures to be put in place. that's what america wants, commonsense. >> why can't they do that? >> the n.r.a. is about self perpet use. they are trying to survive.

they have lasted for 150 years. the tactics that they use will last another 150 years. mayor bloomberg is trying to do there 50 billion of his own money, making internet transport of illegal weapons, trying to tighten that up. it's not the states that is part of it, in new york we have strong gun laws, but the transport from states with strict laws is what contributes significantly to the problem. tom and i talked as a democrat that conversation around getting rid of all the guns in this country, you'll not get rid of the second amendment. it's about the gun laws. the stronger background checks and digging deep into how to get guns out of the hands of the

ill. >> the newtown massacre - can we expect the same from leaders in washington. >> we'll have a little conversation, it will not go that deeply. many others that i grew up with died at thehands of guns, it's a debate that goes op in neighbourhoods across the country, in the just when you have terrible incidents. >> let's turn to election, not one established g.o.p. candidate lost. some were challenged by members of the tea party in particular much senate majority leader mitch mcconnell easily beat his tea party oponded. now, while losing recesses was the tea party winning the conservative culture war. did mitch mcconnell have to move more to the right in order to

saabiate what is becoming a growing tea party minority? >> no, i think the tea party has been a conservative faction, like the elizabeth warren faction. it's a small faction, what happened is republicans were tired of losing seats, whether it was colorado, et cetera. the list goes on. they said "we need to elect a conservative candidate. as you saw in oregon, georgia, canadien, we elected commonsense conservatives. the majority in the senates, they hold it. with the result of midterm elections, they got scared.

a lot of folks feel the democrats will lose the senate. tom is right. electability is important. one of the things we saw differently is a tone down of extreme language coming from the right. they are not scaring women. you'll not get minority support, a lot of the rhetoric is slowed down, and what happened may have scared republicans. saying we need to recoup and realise we need to win. democrats were scared. unfortunately a lot of policies coming out. some of the scandals with the v.a. that we'll talk about will keep a lot of the base at home. let's turn the conversation to

benghazi. there's a house select committee comprised of five democratic - they said they weren't going to take part at all. now they are. will they be able to affect the narrative in a way they hope. >> to me it was important for the democrats to be seated, otherwise you give the republicans unfettered opportunity to continue and craft the message. now you have got five democrats who have significant armed forces experience, and i think hopefully if not controlling the debate they'll push back a little bit. i don't think you'll find new information, but at least you'll stop a lot of the rhetoric coming from the other side. >> why is benghazi still important? why is it so important. >> i think it's important because of any reason for looking at it, we have not gotten a lot of information. we see emails coming off after

the fact. craig dourty is a reported prosecutor. they run the risk of overreaching. they saw allow the prosecutor to come in, hold the hearings, tone it down, get to the facts and let them be what they are. if there's nothing to hide, the democrats somehow do this with open arms. republicans have a great opportunity. don't overreach. back in the '90s where bill clinton ran problems in "94, gingrich was elected. lit it stay on the obama administration, the failures, don't make it about us the less we talk about pal jip, cruz, the better as a party we do. >> former senate aid to helicopter elliot rodgers, former advisor to george pataki, thank you for giving up part of your sunday morning to share with us. >> good to be with you. >>

ukrainians are filling out the ballot for the next president. they are wondering if this could solve the crisis in ukraine. as reported from donetsk. pro-russian separatists are fulfilling their promise and preventing people casting a vote. >> there'll be no elections. the only polling station was sealed off a few days ago. it's on the orders of the donetsk people's republic, says the local deputy. >> translation: in this territory there'll be no presidential elections. how can people vote in a neighbouring country? . >> reporter: pro-russian separatists are determined not to let anyone reach a ballot box. to make sure the polling station couldn't be moved, they burnt all the paperwork from posters on how to cast the ballot to copies of the electoral look, credential cards and

registration form for monitors. >> polling stations have been taken over. there has been no campaigning. the few posters of the presidential candidates have been removed. any show of support towards kiev was quickly silenced. >> we met in a park away from a work place. this is one of the few people least trying to save election day. >> it is important. usually i speak russian. now i speak ukrainian as a matter of principal to show our position, to show that there are people that want peace for this country. >> unity is elusive. armed men were often seen on the streets in a show of force. to keep order in the new

republic, for many, it's like intimidation. one of the biggest threat to the election is a lack of enthusiasm among those that regard the east as ukraine. >> vote where? there are no places to vote. if i voted it would be against all the candidate, the same people that caused the mess. frustration is common. people feel trapped in a game where it seems every move that either side makes inches eastern ukraine closer to a stalemate. here there will be no winner. there are 21 candidates running for president in ukraine. there's another major election taking place. voters in europe are picking a parliament for the european union. today is the fourth and final day of the vote. elections have taken place in seven state. the e.u. parliament vote has

been a mild affair, but this is the first vote after years of economic crisis. rising unemployment and poor growth. surveys show turn out is expected to be low this time around. people in columbia are voting for their country's president. it's the tyingest election columbia -- tightest election columbia has seen in two decades and could determine whether they continue peace talks with leftist guerillas or steps n an offensive to end the war. al jazeera's correspondent reports, the race has been marred by kougs accusations of electronic espionage. >> reporter: from the political right to the left, none of the five candidates competing for the presidency has overwhelming support. there is one candidate not on the pallet. the one for home what poet and novelist worked tirelessly for.

>> translation: we wanted to give life to the blank vote. we needed a candidate. we chose him. nobody for president. he has no face. no represent us, his slogan is nobody gives us health, nobody gives us education or work. let's vote for nobody. >> reporter: it's more than a whim. columbia's constitution stipulates that if 50% plus one of the votes are blanks, new elections with new candidates must be held. it reflects widespread does content with voters' choices. >> translation: the image people have is that the state and all institutions are corrupt and they don't believe in the headers, not one. >> reporter: an alarming diagnosis for a country with pressing need. according to a u.n. report only syria has a larger percentage of

population displaced by war and violence. these people have been camp out here for more than three weeks, a measure to get authorities to take notice of their plight. during the election season, as you can see, no one seems to be listening. they show me a video of place trying to evict them with water canon from the bogota's plaz a, a large voting venue. president juan manuel santos insists that to insure social justice he needs a mandate to end columbia's 50-year-old war. >> translation: there is no good war. i'm determined to end the bad war with a good peace treaty, leaving our country in peace. . >> reporter: the president's main rival oscar zuluaga, if he wins,ual bets are off. >> translation: i'll be sworn in as president on august the 7th, and i'll declare the provisional

suspension of peace talks with the terrorists. >> reporter: the future of the peace process hangs in the balance. polls show most are concerned about corruption, crime, and inadequate public health and education, problems that many disenchanted politicians believe none of the politicians can tackle. there are five candidates running in columbia's lacs including a -- elections including a former major and defence minister. none gaping more than so -- gaining more than 10% in a poll. gridlock in libya's politics creates a hole. the president ended a 6-year term. parliament in lebanon can't agree on a replacement so the country has no president. president suliman's term ended.

as he left the presidential palace - no one replaced him. because, neither of the two major coalition groups had enough votes in parliament to elect their own candidates. >> i urge the parliament and political block to elect a president and not to bear responsibility of the dangers of a vacuum in the presidential post. >> that is not likely to happen soon. it's not just of the lebanon mps with a say in who is the next president. neighbouring syria, iran, saudi arabia, the u.s. all have a say in running the small country. they are entangled in a tug of war reflected in lebanon through the allies here. >> small conflicts inside lebanon are tied to bigger regional conflicts. when the region shakes, so does lebanon.

they have, to an extent safe-guarded lebanon. that has not helped reach agreement on the new president. >> no one wants to concede who is going to be president without bargaining over the series of issues on who controls lebanon. >> suleiman's term ended. as he left the presidential palace - no one replaced him because neither of the two major coalition groups had enough votes in parliament to elect their own candidate much. >> translation: i urge the parliament and political bloc to elect a president and not to bear responsibility of the dangers of a vacuum in the presidential post. >> but that is not likely to happen soon. it's not just those lebanese mps who have a say in who will be lebanon's next president. neighbouring syria, iran, saudi

arabia, the u.s. all have a say in running the small country. and they are entangled in a tug of war reflected in lebanon through the allies here. >> small conflict in lebanon are tied to bigger regional conflict. when the region sakes, so does lebanon. >> they have, to an extent safeguarded lebanon... > well, it's like a trip back in time in honour of mem yorial day. -- memorial day. that is not syria or ukraine, it's austin texas, remembering the real among of memorial day with a powerful display. he enlisted in the military when there were segregated units.

america's oldest living veteran and the street to making it past the century mark. >> the borderland memorial day marathon only at al jazeera america

[ gunfire ] observing memorial day with a trip back in time. hundreds gathered at camp mayberry in austin texas for a world war ii re-enactment, the demonstration focussing on battles between the gis and germans, using small arms did radio equipment from the era. welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john henry smith. in a moment the oldest survivor of the great war. first, eboni deon with the weather. >> we talk about the rain coming into texas. we need it. the soil is dry, so it's causing flooding concerns.

we are dealing with severe weather along i-10, a thunderstorm warning in effect for another 10 minutes. could be dealing with hail, moving to the north-east at 50 miles per hour. lots of lightening with the storms blaring off across texas, a stormy day, dealing with snow on the backside of it with the highest elevation of the mountains in colorado. al jazeera america presents part 2 of its 8-part documenty materials "the system" with joe beryling area. part 2 focuses on mandatory sentences, a father sent to prison for 20 years for defending his family by firing a warning shot at his daughter's ex-boyfriend. >> i tried to do the right thing for the right reason. no matter the consequences. that i can live with. >> when i saw the condition that my husband was in, and the fact that he resigned himself to

spending 20 years in prison for shooting a hole in the wall - i went from being sad and depressed to being angry. i think the system failed me. you can catch the system with joe berylinger tonight. memorial day is all about honouring those that lost their lives. this morning we want to introduce you to a veteran that lived his life for his country. we caught up with richard offer tonne. >> reporter: looking for richard overton. this is where you'll find him. >> i don't inhale them. >> by early afternoon chores are done. >> i sweep my driveway, that's

the exercise. you have to keep it going. >> alder tonne is the oldest living veteran, turning 108 years young. >> i've been shot at. bullets flying across your head, around your side. never hit. >> overton doesn't like to spend a lot of time talking about his time in service. >> the more you tell the more it comes to you. >> reporter: as for what he believes kept him alive when others perished? >> that is god's business. >> president obama honoured overton in remarks at the arlington national sem ety last veter veteran's day. > i want you to know something about mr overton. he was at pearl harbour when the balleships were smouldering. he was there at okayin awe

weigh... >> he got meet the commabder in chief. >> there were a lot of steps. overton witnessed a great deal of cheap, including times when he said why people were hesitant to interact with blacks. >> they are there now, come with me, make themselves at home. >> as for what he credits to longevity. >> a new system. weaken your body. >> overton never had children. he has been married twice. although he comes from a big family. >> six sisters and four brothers, now dead. >> he says he is not opposed to marrying. but must we aim appropriate.

>> if i could find a woman old enough. >> that age is around 90. finding sun at that age able to keep up with him. she'll do the work i do, might be too great of a challenge. richard overton a true american treasure. that will do it for us here in new york. the latest on the elections in ukraine just ahead in the news from doha. i'm john henry smith, thank you for watching. trip. >> security in beirut is tight. ... yourity in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america.