award winning investigative documentary series venezuela divided on al jazeera america [ sirens ] >> an explosion hits a busy shopping center in nigeria's capitol killing dozens. it's the latest in a succession events around the country. hello there, you're watching the al jazeera news hour live from london. also coming up in the next 60 minutes iraq's prime minister rejects calls for emergency government as the violence in the country continues.

efforts to extend ukraine's fragil fragile cease-fire as russia said it won't be going in. and the controversial biting in world soccer. let's start the program in abuja where a shopping center has been targeted with a car bomb attack. at this stage no one has claimed responsibility. abuja has repeatedly been attacked by the rebel group boko haram. we're joined live from abuja. yvonne, what more do we know about the explosion? do we know anything about the number of casualties. >> we know that the explosion

was incredibly powerful. now what we can see here is 70 or 60 burned out vehicles that have been completely destroyed. and there is a lot of building debris as emergency services, unfortunately, are still picking body parts up off the floor. and it is simply a very terrible scene. thousands have shown up here to see what is going on. the military has been trying to hold back the crowd, who are just shocked and concerned about what has gone on here. and what we understand to be the emergency services is that there are people who have been killed. they are not saying how many one

unofficial report is suggesting somewhere around eight people but we're also hearing a figure of 21 as the police are talking about up to 21 dead. this is really terrible. a chaos and scene just a shocking scene at an electronics area where people come to purchase goods from the city. >> boko haram have been active in the north of the country, but they have threatened abuja before and even attacked the capitol. >> it does look like the work of boko haram. there is no other organization who do these sorts of attacks. in the last few months. in the last couple of months we've seen two other attacks.

in may more than 70 people were killed in a bus station that was blown up suspected to be done by boko haram, and this is very much in the nature of what the group do. they have threatened on several occasions to take explosions in the capitol. they have appeared on internet with president jonathan stating that boko haram is active in the city, and what we're seeing, what we're witnessing in the capitol is further evidence of what boko haram say they're capable of doing. >> we're live in abuja. thank you. well, this attack comes as borno state government investigates the possible mass abduction of more than 90 people. witnesses say that 60 women and girls were taken from villages,

and we have more. >> reporter: the borno state governor has issued a statement where he says the shares the pain of the families, however he does not confirm this pass kidnapping. he does infer that it took place, but he is calling for accuracy in information and thorough inquiry into what's going on. now he is in a pretty awkward spot. he represents the opposition, the apc. they rule this state. whereas federally there is the ruling party in control, and they are responsible for national security. they ran into trouble, a big dispute after he criticized the military when the original kidnapping of 276 school girls took place two and a half months ago. now the situation is that the people in displaced person's camps like this are in desperate

state. the whole fabric of society has been ripped from boko haram activity at a precedented level. now we have a situation where the state is trying to calm the situation, trying to keep things going while the federal government is claiming that's what they're doing. no one is really addressing the prime concern about the people suffering in this way. >> nouri al-maliki said that they want to destabilize the

country. in a market north of baghdad the killing of 13. we have more. >> reporter: after days of completing claims iraq's government said they are in control of the refinery. state tv shows iraqi helicopters landing in the oil refinery compound, iraq's security. they're able to get the message across, but it's them not rebels wh rebels, the islamic state in iraq and the levant, who are in control. the rebels say that the army controls own part of the refinery and they'll take over soon. >> the government is finished and the army is on the run. either they will surrender or we will storm the refinery and take over.

>> the call for forming a government is just an attempt for them to destroy it. >> reporter: the u.s. insistence that it forms a national unity government before the u.s. decides to give any more help. right now there are u.s. drones, intelligence gathering over iraqi skies plus we have the first contingence of 300 special forces arriving here in baghdad. what the prime minister is saying please stay out of our political affairs and step up the military assistance that we've been asking for now for a very long time. meanwhile, isil say their position on the al-qaeda border crossing were hit by syrian jets. there is no independent

verification of the event. is there. >> there are so many people who pay no heed, and no one can stop them. they take the gasoline and sell it on the black market. >> reporter: analysts say in the short term iraq will not be able to grow its oil market. answer sustaiany sustained talks will destroy supplies at home and push up prices internationally. >> philip hammond said that it could offer an inclusive iraqi government. >> we said that we don't believe a military solution can be the answer in iraq. but if the iraqi people do come together form an inclusive government, and that government in taking the fight to control its territory to the insurgents,

to the toists asks for support, technical support, advisory support, perhaps equipment we would certainly consider any such request. but we have no intention of direct military involvement. this has to be involved in iraq by iraqis. >> that is certainly a sentiment echoed by the u.s. secretary of state john kerry. speaking in brussels kerry said he didn't discuss the emergency government with any iraqi leaders during his recent trip there, but he again urged the importance of an unity government in the fight against isil. >> the united states is not disinterested in what happens to iraq's leadership but the united states is not going to engage in the process of suggesting to iraqis who that ought to be. it's up to iraqis to make those decisions. and we have stated clearly that we have an interest in a government that can unite

iraqis, that the grand ayatollah said, will not repeat the mistakes of the past and go backwards but bring the people forward. it's up a up to the iraqis to decide who can do that and bring them that future. >> has the iraqi nouri al-maliki effectively snubbed john kerry? >> not according to john kerry and the state department. she suggest that al maliki has been misunderstood in what he was ruling out. he was ruling out national emergency formation government according to the state department, not an unity government within the constitution. that is supposed to begin next week with al maliki and other iraqi political parties forming a government next week.

they said this is not a problem for us. we were not calling for an emergency government. we were saying to al maliki when you do come to forming a government next week, make sure its less sectarian. the problem with that narrative is we have so many accounts that the american officials and john kerry himself has been in baghdad trying to convince officials to get rid of maliki and form a coalition, whatever words you want to use, we have not heard how constitutional that government would have to be. that's why al maliki made the speech in the first place say we're going to stick with the constitution beginning next week. there should not be any extra constitutional government in the meantime. >> live for us in washington, d.c. thank you. the russian senate has voted to revoke president putin's right to prevent military intervention in ukraine. the move that confirms russia's

intention of peace talks with its neighbor. they have agreed to a limited cease-fire. the truce is expected to last until friday. ukraine president poroshenko has threatened to stop it after the shooting down of a plane killing nine people. russia is accused of supporting armed groups. >> it's outrageous how russia has broken its international commitments and it's commitments to n.a.t.o. russia founding documents. so i can't put it any other way that requests immediate positive

steps from russia medicin federation to de-escalate the situation. >> we go to eastern ukraine from donetsk. what does this mean on the ground? >> reporter: well, in practical terms at the moment it means that the cease-fires will remain in place. there are already sporadic exchange of fire. it had put severe strain on the government side of the unilateral cease-fire, but it seems that president poroshenko has chosen that he would not end his cease-fire early. he'll keep it going through

friday. but it has allowed him to put more pressure on the russian president vladimir putin. president poroshenko involving himself, germany chancellor merkel and french president hollande all three of them on a call with president putin, basically telling president putin more was needed from russia in order to de-escalate the situation. we understand that there will be another conference call on thursday. so it's not ending just with one call. on the type of measures which are being proposed, and demanded from the russians are to allow the international monitoring group to monitor the border area, the flash point area where it has been alleged that russia has allowed militia and weaponry to across into ukraine, and also monitor the roadblocks where there have been the scenes of abductions and hostage taking in

recent weeks. in addition to that, they also want a comprehensive list of all those hostages of those exchanges between the separatist side and the kiev government, and for russia to bring huge pressure to bear on the separatist leaders themselves to release the hostages that they are holding. now those are--it's a pretty comprehensive list and it's now--the ball is in vladimir putin's court as to how he's going to respond. >> as usual in a conflict like this, it's the civilians in the middle that suffer the most. what is life like there with the cease-fire? >> yes, it's difficult. it's difficult because it's economically difficult. you have roadblocks everywhere. it disrupts your daily life. you have to negotiate them ourselves on a daily basis both army check points and separatist check points. they check your car. they slow you down. it's intimidating in some

respects. these are people who are often wearing masks. you don't know what mood they're in. they could just wave you through. in ukraine the economy is in straits. it's already having problems, but the retail sector, the small- and medium-sized businesses, people are leaving. they don't see a future in the medium term, and the economy is collapsing. the hotels are empty. businesses are staying away, and investors because of the uncertainty, they're staying away, too. it's a difficult situation all around. >> it's been going on for months now. paul brennan in donetsk. thank you, ball. still t, paul. still to come, a plane

window is shot out killing one passenger. we'll look at claims that louie suarez has bitten an opponent. >> a suicide-bomber has blown himself up in beirut. it happened at security forces raided the hotel as part of an operation against armed fighters. the explosion caused the fighter on the hotel's third and fourth floors. we're joined live from beirut. we have seen similar attacks in recent times in beirut. tell us a little bit more about this one. >> well, according to the

interior minister, he said the hotel that you can see behind me, that's the hotel where it all happened. the hotel was not the target. what happened the security forces raided that hotel looking for suspected suicide-bombers. and it seems these two young men who were there when they felt the security forces coming so close, one of them blew himself up. he was killed. the young man with him was wounded. he's in security custody now. now that interior ministry said one of them, the one who was killed was a national. and this area is residential and touristic. right down that street is the mediterranean, and it's a place where many tourists hang out here. people come here at the end of the day to have a look at the scene. right across from me 15 meters from me is the saudi embassy. so this location is not actually a prime target. people did not think that some of these attacks would happen

here. but as the interior minister said, this was not the target. it was a preemptive operation, and the suicide-bomber blew himself up because he did not want to be caught. you they are on alert for suicide-bombers. yesterday they heard the news and confirmed in the northern part of the country a plan t to kill, assassinate a high security officer. this is the third explosion, and people are very tense. many feel this is the direct impact of what is happening in iraq. the violence has encouraged sleeping cells in lebanon to start attacking targets. >> live for us in beirut. thank you. emirates airline has suspended flights into pakistan

after a gunman fired at a jet as it came in to land. a female passenger on a plane was killed and the captain was narrowly missed in the cockpit. we look at how fragile the situation is. >> reporter: the plane was hit when it was hit by eight bullets. no one knows who the gunmen were. just over two weeks ago the pakistani taliban carried out a brazen attack on karachi international airport. 37 people were killed. >> daytime is not free. it is fruit with dangers.

>> the attack on pakistan's largest and busiest airport stunned the government. it's now the military campaign to try to wipe out the pakistani taliban. a spokesperson of the organization has threatened with more attacks. >> we all all t warn all foreign investors airlines and multi national corporations that they should immediately leave pakistan ordinary they will responsible for their own loss. >> with two attacks at airports in the last couple of weeks pakistanis are in a state of high alert. if the government wants to keep foreign companies here and people flying it needs to convince them the it can stop these attacks. al jazeera, islamabad.

>> uruguay striker louie suarez is waiting to see if he'll be banned from the world cup on allegations that he bit an opponent. fifa is examining footage of the match, and suarez could face a long ban. >> 12 minutes from the end of their final group game with italy, the striker tussled with chellini. the referee saw nothing but chellini's reaction is clear. suarez bit him on the shoulder. they are under pressure for the next game. >> this is in the hands of the disciplinary committee, and they're working together and analyze all the elements as soon as possible before a decision to

decide. >> reporter: suarez previous twice has been punished for biting in the past four years. in the netherlands and england. >> he can't be biting all the time. he can't be biting all the time. he's gone too far. >> it's complicated. very complicated. look at him still celebrating. the problem is he'll have to go to the dentist now. >> if found guilty suarez could be facing a 4-month ban and one that could rule him out of matches against liverpool. the world cup that showcases the best of the game now has seen his worse. >> an expert in football psychology, and he's with me in studio now. thank you for joining me on al jazeera. now it's bad enough to bite

someone once, but this is the third time that he ha it has-alleged. should he be playing football at that level? >> the problem is he's good, he wins player of the year and so he's highly respected for his immense talent. people are going to turn a blind eye sometimes to these misdemeanors, that's why he has gotten away with it twice already. >> it's interesting that fifa already started investigating, and i mean, there has to be a push in some way. >> got to be. this is the biggest tournament, the biggest stage, and he has gone and done it for a third time. it's incredible. >> what could he face? >> fifa could ban him from 24

games. >> he's out of the world cup. >> the biggest fine that fifa has imposed is eight matches against an italian player for breaking somebody's nose. so it's unlikely he'll get a similar ban. >> correct me if i'm wrong but he has been banned before. not trying to sound like a teacher, but he has not learned his lesson. >> he's not learned his lesson, and unless he wants to change he's not going to change. it's no good saying that you need treatment to deal with this issue. if he doesn't want to change, it's like the treat fighter, if he doesn't want to do it. it's obvious. >> there is something about biting which is grotesque. we see acts on the football field, people break their legs but there is something about biting that is repulsive, and if he did it in a public place he would be arrested. >> but the fact that he has

bitten a player, one, it's the wrong thing to do, but the referee might have saw it, somebody would have seen it. he would have been sent off. >> was he trying to get away with it. >> obviously. the fact that he went down as well after he had done it as if he had been hit as well. the referee sees an incident but didn't see quite what happened. so can't do anything. but retrospectively with the tv cameras. the player may have just got annoyed but ten minutes later uruguay scored. >> roberto, expert on football psychology. thank you for sharing. >> still more to come on al jazeera, including the court of princess christina. ththe king of spain's sister is

charged in a corruption case. houston texas is trying to crackdown on modern slave trade. and in sports, we have the details a little later.

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one else will ask. >> real perspective, consider this on al jazeera america >> here is a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. police in apology near gentleman say that at least 21 people have been killed and 17 were wounded in a car bomb attack on a busy shopping mall in the capitol a abuja. iraq ac's prime minister nouri al-maliki said that unity government would only divide the country.

the i don't know going violence in libya mean that only a fraction of the voters made it to the ballot box for the election today. they are desperate for unity and civility. >> the turn out is not expected to be high, but those who do cast their ballot for a new parliament in libya will do so hoping for an end of violence and lawlessness that has gripped the country since qaddafi three years ago. >> right now we need brave men who put the country before themselves, who will do our part and god willing we have good and better people. >> reporter: but the hope to bring stability to libya seems a forlorn one, still there is no viable army or police force.

the government is routinely ignored by rebel groups who fight for territory. attacks that they have kidnapped a prime minister, blocked the parliament. tensions are particularly high in the east. libya's second largest city bengahzi, here a former army general has declared war, and the countries that he says support them. turkey and the gulf state of qatar. >> we always hope for the best and god willing it will be a better libya. >> this election may be another step in libya's transition process after decades of automatiauto cratic rule but

it's a process not yet over. >> as libyans have headed to the polls, hundreds of turks have left the country and left threats for the retired general. it accused qatar of meddling in libya affairs. >> there are many thousands of turks working mainly in the construction industries. the turkish government have advised citizens not to travel there, but it's not at the moment planning a massive evacuation of turkish workers already there. these 400 to 500 workers many in a power plant evacuated at their own request. they said they weren't feeling safe any more. this is because of this retired libyan general haftar. he said he's fighting islamic

militants east of libya, and he has given turks 48 hours to leave the area. he said turks have sent spy there. they say they are grounded. the libyan government also said the general's orders don't carry any weight. they are not law, but the libyan government has very little input on the ground certainly in that part of the libya. >> britain's defense secretary philip hammond is calling on allies of the egyptian government to express concern over jail terms given to al jazeera journalists on monday. perimeter grest and mohammed fahmey were given seven years and bader mohammed has been

given ten years. there has been an international outcry over the verdict. and postponing the trial of 12 people charged with sexually assaulting women in cairo's tahrir square. the 12 deny the charges. the youngest sister of the king of spain is to appeal against a decision to formerly charge her in a corruption case. princess christina has been charged with talk tax fraud and money laundering. accused of embezzling several million euros of public funds. both he and the princess deny the charge against them. >> we are aware of the opinion but we do not agree with them.

it is a decision that i of the tax agency which several times has said that princess christina has not committed a tax breach and there is no basis for this accusation. >> joining us live from madrid is spanish political analyst, thank you for joining us on al jazeera. how potentially damaging is this for the royal family, who is at the sensitive period right now having just changed kings. >> reporter: already it's very damaging for the spanish crown. and although the new king has nothing to do with this scandal, he's not directly connected with it, and he has, in fact, distanced himself from his

sister and brother-in-law. it will reflect negative on him as well. and there is the problem whether he will not interfere. he has not interfered, but there it would take a lot to convince people that that is not the case. for example, one of the appeals on the princess family, that seems unlikely. >> tell us little bit more about princess christina? how well-known is she? how popular is she? is she like prince harry here in the u.k.? >> well, no, she's not that well-known. of course everybody knows who she is, and in fact, when the scandal broke out she was pushed aside from all the official

gatherings. she's known because she was a sportsman, she was part of the spanish olympic team. but well-known, no. >> do you think that after the shock of the other king settling down that perhaps the spaniards now are resigned or accepting of the royal family? >> well, it's difficult to tell. the abdication was well received. the new king is not unpopular. he's rather popular. he has the potential to become even more so, and in fact, one of the most common quotes of his proclamation quotes of his

address was he wants to be an exemplary king. and he wants accept the judiciary. this indicates he will not interfere with the cause of justice, and he will try to solve all the problems of transparency. so if he does i think he has a chance of becoming very popular. >> first test for king phillippe. thank you very much. >> the lawyer for a sudanese woman freed after being sentenced to death for apostasy is now being charged with forgery after trying to leave the country. she was freed on monday after given the death sentence for turning from islam to christianity. she now is being questioned over

travel documents. >> they accuse her of committing two crimes. which is providing false information, and also of obtaining--because she had the documents to travel from south sudan. they have refused. they have stayed they need mor --they have said that they need more time. and this is absolutely not acceptable. >> a new wage deal has ended south africa's longest and most damaging strike. thousands of minors are return to go work after january. following five months of negotiations a deal was

reached. the company's estimate a strike has cost several become dollars in most areas. the u.s. economy shrank at its biggest rate after the recession. the drop which is equivalent to 2.9% annually is blamed on the harsh winter in many parts of the country. the storms kept people at home and out of the shop and car show rooms. analysts say the economy is rebounding for the april to june quarter. staying in the u.s. the sex trafficking industry there generates an estimated $9.5 billion every year. now several u.s. states are cracking down on an industry that is condemning thousands of youngsters to lives as sex slaves. we go to houston in the southern united states.

>> selling in the street is the best job she has ever had. for the first time since childhood the money she makes she gets to keep. that did not always happen. >> from the time she was 12 years old, cameron was sold against her will as a commercial sex slave. she is one of thousands abducted by criminals known as pimps. here is where they often end up in the southwestern city of houston. >> it's transportation mode. it's multi culture city. it's a crime that is very profitable on the commercial side of things. bringing a young girl enter into the sex trade, sell her over and over again. >> reporter: much of the illegal activity takes place at the port of houston. at the international shipping

and close to the border. a state government reports said most of houston's human trafficking is run by domestic gangs with links to mexican drug cartels. they have no idea how many human trafficking rings are operating in houston. all they know is that the majority of them are hidden in plain sight. officials directed us to dozens of sexually oriented nightclubs where human trafficking was suspected. once inside with our hidden cameras we discovered that fancy drinks were not the only thing being sold but also young women. the fact that slavery exists in america today is embarrassing, it's frustrating, it's frightening, and it is tragic. >> houston officials have created a human trafficking task force. they want people to report suspected trafficking and illegal brothels that seem to pop up as quickly as police shut

them down. >> there are young ladies who are still going through the same thing, and they need help. >> reporter: rewards up to $10,000 are offered for information leading to the arrest of a human trafficker, but getting that information to police is a challenge. in an industry why traffickers can make tens of thousands of dollars in a single night a $1,000 reward provides little incentive. >> still to come on the al jazeera news hour, australia considers scrapping its law banning insult based on race. and will will divided loyalties join at the world cup.

>> the australian government wants to scrap allawi makes it illegal to insult someone publicly because of their ethnicity or race. we spoke with a prominent muslim artist who has used discrimination as a catalyst for his work. >> a rising star affidavit australian art world. twice he has painted paintings that have made him win top prize.

but it's personal pore operate. >> the ex-submission called siege because in australia under siege is how muslims feel as sub human. on one side of his family he is seventh generation australian. but he's also half ma lay and has a distinctly muslim name. that has made him feel an outsider in his own country. he fears things could get worse. right now australian law makes it illegal to offend or insult, humiliate or intimidate people based on color or ethnicity. the law is rarely used but a journalist was convicted of insulting fair-skinned aboriginal people in a newspaper article.

>> people do have a right to be bigoted. people do have rights to say things that other people find offensive or insulting. >> reporter: abdullah fears th. >> the government is saying that it's okay to say those things. that they said that you have a right to be a bigot, and they talk about free speech, but they don't give me the freedom to just exist as a person and not be dehumanized because of my ethnicity or religious background. >> it's been debated in australia and it's been watered down or abandoned. this personal experience of discrimination may have been the catalyst for his art, but he doesn't want it to continue nor get any worse. andrew thomas, al jazeera, melbourne. >> now let's get the latest on the world cup from sanaa.

>> thank you very much, barbara. nigeria still reach a lost 16th, messy smashed in his third goal of the tournament after three minutes. but their lead lasted just 60 seconds as they curled in a superb effort to level. messi added another goal o on the stroke at halftime, and argentina led 2-1. then it was brought to 2-0, and

the lucky deflection with the 3-2 win. and joining us live, apparently there was an invasion of argentinian fans to watch that match. what is the atmosphere like? >> absolutely. well, you saw there were lots of goals and enormous amounts of excitement to the argentine fans are ecstatic. there are anywhere between 80,000 to 100,000 fans here to cheer on their team. only 40,000 were able to make it into the stadium. the rest came here as you see behind me, and it was a very joyful but peaceful crowd which is good news because the security was extraordinarily tight. for the first time fifa allowed riot police to go into the stadium. this is an exception, they don't normally do that, because of

fears of argentine hooligans would cause trouble, but they did not do that. they have not caused trouble, at least not so far, so good news on the part of argentine fans. >> more than 120,000 fans. did she have problems with the tickets? >> salt ever salsome of them did. there were stories of people in line assaulting others for their tickets. there are other fans who bought tickets on the black market and ended up being fake tickets. they spent sometimes up to $1,200 for these tickets just to find out that they were false, they were fake, and they couldn't see the game. bad news for them.

>> thank you very much for that. >> they reached the knock out phase for the first time. they scored their third goal at this year's tournament but to no avail as they were also knocked out of the competition. >> so that was argentina top group with nine points. nigeria also through the knock out stages. bosnia and iran are out. france and ecuador still the game yet to come. all the games in group e still have a chance to make it in the knock out advance. now winning after the first two group games france played ecuador as we mentioned. with plays coming from former

colonies that france has and ethnically diverse team. we have reports that this has sometimes divided the nation. >> it's a snapshot of france's diversity. these kids are french but many prefer the national colors of their country of origin. a microcosm of france's complex story of race and identity and story of divided loyalty in the equally diverse national side it's a side tha of scrutiny. >> it is perceived that it's the minority that caused the trouble. when everything goes well everyone is integrated and we see the fruits of france successful. >> french fans are daring they could go all the way. as they did so famously in

1998. similarly diverse team which some hoped would be the template for better race relations. it didn't happen. if anything racial tensions have worsened. the immigration international front doing better than ever. in 2010, the training ground bust ups, and france fell out of love with with its footballers. the international front pounced on it as a symbol of all that was wrong. two wins in two matches has reignited the side especially among the stars of the future. expectations this time around are probably more realistic. >> sports, football is one element to help integration. it won't be football ballers themselves who will forge a new society.

>> reporter: france's headlines are dominated by its economic and social challenges. a good world cup run won't fix those problems, least of all ones of race and national identity, but it is a much-needed distraction, and for that many are grateful. >> football's governing body fifa has opened proceedings against louie suarez. we have more. >> reporter: well, fifa processes are notoriously slow, but in this case they don't have much option because the world is watching. the world has made a judgment apart from uruguay on what suarez did. they found him guilty of biting chiellini. even though fifa has been very

kick to open penalty proceedings, they want a chance to review all of those television angles. i think they will have done and will be doing that fairly quickly. what they don't want to do is to look any way to look prejudiced in the case and not hearing both sides of the story. then we'll see if suarez is removed from the world cup, which will have a huge affect on uruguay's chances especially in that game against colombia is coming up. but that's what football fans around the world are expecting to see. >> djokovic through the third round. andy murray had it a bit easier to reach the third round. he's just two games on his way to set straight victory.

6-s 6-1, 6-6 is how it ended. venice williams to reach the third round of a major for only the second time in her last ten grand slam tournaments. as we mentioned earlier, argentina's football team has beat nigeria, 3-2, but their fans have given support. where they have supported that all al jazeera staff be freed. >> that is it for this news hour. we'll be back in just a few minutes with another 30-minute program with the latest of the day's news. i'll see through. thanks for watching.

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