you mean we as humans. >> as humans, yeah. let's see who it is that we share the planet with before we external nature them all. >> what a brilliant thought to end this on, peter gabe bre yell. thank you so much for your time. thank you thank you so much for your time. thank you >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm richelle carey. from one diplomatic challenge to the next, john kerry met with his russian counterpart. next up talks with israeli and palestinian leaders congress reaches agreement on a spending bill after intense debate. former vice president dick cheney doubles down on his defense on the use of torture. and why google is about to shut down some of its services in

spain. from the strained relationship with russia, to the bitter divide between israel and the palestinians s, u.s. secretary of state john kerry has a lot on his agenda. he met today with foreign minister sergey lavrov, raising concerns about the prospects of u.s. sanctions. >> we have a number of issues to talk about. i'm appreciative of prime minister sergey lavrov, travelling here on short notice, changing his schedule. i look forward to our conversations. we have more on the meeting. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry, and russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov met in rome on sunday. at a time when u.s. and russian relations reached a low, particularly after last thursday, the u.s. senate passed a ukraine freedom account bill in which it proposed to impose

new sanctions across mosul, and relieved $300 million in hardware to help fight back in the southern region of the crimea. the russians didn't appreciate, obviously, that bill, and put out strong words on the russian foreign minister ris website. calling it an overly confrontational message, saying they are anti-russian sanction, and saying that russia will not be intimidated into giving up its interest and tolerating interference in internal affairs. they'll use long words against kerry during the meeting. he has a few aces up his sleeve, and in particular he may threaten to withdraw from a deal that sees russia taking the bulk of the iranian nuclear programme to convert it into fewer rods so rain can use it to produce energy. it may not be a coincidence that the next meeting to discuss the

deal takes police in geneva, next wednesday. >> that report. on monday john kerry turps his attention to stalled police talks when he meets with israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu. they are expected to talk about a bid urging israel to withdraw from the west bank. something the prime minister says will not happen. >> translation: we are facing the possibility of a political offensive, an attempt to force us through united nations resolution to withdraw to 1967 borders within a time frame of two years, bringing radical islam to the outskirts of tel aviv and the hearts of jerusalem - we will not allow it. >> the secretary of state will move to london on tuesday, and meet a palestinian negotiator and a delegation of arab foreign ministers. the $1.1 trillion spending bill is awaiting president obama's signature. according to aids, the president lot sign it. the final vote in the senate was

56 to 40, with half the republicans voting against it. senator john mccain was one of them. >> the reason why we are in the debacle we are in, is because we refuse to pass any of the appropriations bills, most of the authorisation bills, so you pd up jammed up at the end of the year. the reason i voted against it last night, here is a trillion dollar bill with a few hours of debate. >> on the floor of the senate we saw the sole of the republican party being debated. ted cruz was in the well pushing his constitutional point of order. 5 feet away was mitch mcconnell imploring senators to vote the other way. >> republicans were not the only one. many voted against it because of a provision rolling back the financial reforms. we'll examine the issue on the week ahead. that starts 8:30pm eastern, 5:30 pacific.

>> dick cheney said the senate got it wrong about the use of torture. >> the harsh tactics do not add up to torture. dick cheney said what was done was legal and effect difficult. >> it worked. it worked now for 13 years. we avoided a mass casualty attack. we captured osama bin laden, and senior guys from al qaeda. i'd do it again in a minute. >> the reports reignited the debate over how the u.s. treats its prisoners, kristen saloomey has more. >> vice president dick cheney and other officials are facing tough questions as more details come to light from a 500 plus page senate report detailing the attacks. cheney defended the tactics, including water boarding, hanging people by the wrists, putting them in coffin size

boxes, a technique known as rech tall vibration. it may sound tortuous, but according to dick cheney, they stop short of torture as defined by the justice department. it details steps taken by the c.i.a. to make sure the agents did not cross the line laid out by the justice department. that said, vice president cheney says not only are the techniques justified. he felt they were morally justified. >> i told you what meets the definition of torture. there's 19 guys armed with airline tickets and box cutters did to 3,000 americans on mich. >> there's a lot -- on 9/11. >> there's a lot of debate. the republican party is divided. senator john mccain, a former prisoner of war takes a different view. >> some of these practices fly in the face of everything that america values and stands for.

>> you can't claim that tying someone to the floor and having them freeze to death is not torture. >> while there is a lot of debate and discussion taking place in congress, there's little appetite to prosecute anyone in connection with the c.i.a. tactics. on the international level, however, more outrage and questions being asked, including from the u.n. special rapporteur on torture. juan menendez who said there should be a referendum. how the united states should be held accountable remains to be seen. kristen saloomey there. another hurdle for president obama's pick, to have the social security demonstration, the senator move to the nomination on saturday. senate majority leader harry reid cancelled a vote, meaning it will probably fake place next year when republicans take control of the senate.

the iraqi army said it killed 100 i.s.i.l. fighters in the last 24 hours in anbar province. jane arraf has the latest from baghdad. >> in the latest attack i.s.i.l. detonated a humvee packed with explosives. on the road from ramadi to the border point. it is an increasing for of attack by the group. they managed to seize hundreds of humvees, the u.s.-made armoured vehicles sold or given to the iraqi army. iraqy officials as well as the tribal officials and fighters trying to battle i.s.i.l. say there's not much they can do. they do not have the weapons or even the ammunition to fight against attacks and armoured vehicles. that is what they are calling for. in some of the towns taken over by i.s.i.l. in the past few days, the police had to retreat because they do not have

enough ammunition. they called for more arms, more heavy weapons, more ammunition, air strikes, more of everything, scpept for troops, they do not want to see large numbers of troops in the province. the province is a majority sunni. a lot of tribes have turned against i.s.i.l., and they are fighting against the group. that is where a lot of violence has come as well. i.s.i.l. engaged in massacres, in retaliation for tribes against it. brit cane said it will send several hundred trainers here to help train the forces in the fight against i.s.i.l. they are expected to remain in bases, including the kurdish region of iraq and bases around baghdad, and areas in britain when there were large numbers of troops here. they are not expecting to be out in conflict, which officials say makes it important for an

agreement to be reached with the iraqi government to arm the tribes i.s.i.l. gained control of the syrian province of deir ez-zor. the syrian government is hoping to keep a stronghold in the area. we have this report from istanbul. >> reporter: deir ezzor is one of the last remaining strongholds in the east of syria, the forces of marta bassino managed to hold on to the airport and parts of the capital, while i.s.i.l. consolidated its hold on the rest of the province. there are oil fields around the airport, winning control. it will give i.s.i.l. control of the oil. they have made previous attempts to get on to the airfield. fighters have been bapt back by syrian forces. the pro-marta bassino channel aired this video, claiming that the government is in control of the area around the airports.

in kobane, kurdish fighters from syria say they have pushed i.s.i.l. out of much of the southern part of the down. they say they have cut an i.s.i.l. supply line. three months of car bombing and fighting reduced much of kobane to trouble. >> i.s.i.l. controls the east of kobane, and has a supply route open there. the group faced its stiffest resistance, pushing easily through other parts of syria and iraq. syrian kurdish fighters are backed up by iraqi peshawar and u.s.-led coalition air strikes. the syrian government recaptured territory around aleppo. a fierce battle is raging for control of the area around syria's second largest city. districts held by the opposition have been distrod by barrel bombs, crude devices killing

indiscriminately. they are pushing for humanitarian aid to be allowed in. afghanistan's president is making on impassioned plea. >> enough, no more this, is unacceptable. it is un-islamic. it is inhuman. >> weeks before the pull out of most international combat troops from the country, there has been an escalating series of taliban attacks on civilians and foreigners. ashraf ghani said they will not surrender to terrorism voters in japan have given shinzo abe another term in office. the lack of voter turn out showed a lack of enthuse yax for his economic and policies. >> reporter: japan's voters did was the pollsters and the prime minister predicted they would. giving the government another term in office. for those voting for shash -- shinzo abe, there was a lack of

zeal. >> the opposition was weak, we had no choice, even if you wished others could challenge. >> opponents were fatalistic. >> it's an legz designed to be won. so it's strategic, as a citizen, it makes me wonder why now. >> the polls suggest a majority of japanese voters are confused by the need for the election, two years into the government's term in office. there's little enthusiasm, more a sense of a duty being reluctantly performed. each those voting for chin zo ashy. after the country slipped into recession, it was known ag abby nomics. it succeeded in bucking japan into inflation through stimulus and funny printing. the third statement, structural reform is stuck in low gear. >> they were facing a tough re-election. so the presidency of the party, as he delivers 300 seats, he is

going to be sitting pretty and not facing leadership challenge for the future. >> reporter: this gives shinzo abe more time to make good on his economic prejudices. it allows him to move ahead, cementing his reinterpretation of passivist constitution. it was a big political opportunity and japan's prime minister grasped it with both hands. >> reporter: joining us from washington d.c. the japanese politics and intelligence, and we appreciate your time. as some of the voters are saying, why now. there wasn't necessarily a need for this election. why now. >> well, the trigger for the election is a fight in shinzo abe's party. it was an ar gain reason, something that voters were not

attuned to. something that voters, i don't think, got it. only 52% showed up. it was a post-war low. 7% lower this time. >> let's talk about the issues they have to tackle. economic reform, the country is in recession. what are the plans, what can people expect from him. >> i think the first challenge is getting the country out of recession. in the first part, we'll see a stimulus package. based at low-incomed household. a lot of people are suffering with the yen at 7-year lows. anyone who is dependent on imports, small business or household that buys a lot of food, you are hurting.

there's be a stimulus package aimed at low income households. the other thing that shinzo abe will be focussed on is wage yeseses -- wage negotiations. abby nomics is not going anywhere if income is not greater than inflation. hopefully for the prime minister they'll see the wage increases. without them they'll be in trouble. >> how much of an issue is nuclear energy for the citizens of japan? >> it's a bit of a puzzle. if you look at polls. they are dead set against the preach. they don't want the reactors online, there's not a lot of interest to see the energy future. it wasn't an issue. it was sort of a sense of resignation, that it would go ahead. there's not much anyone can to

to stop it. they have given the green light to two reactors on their island. they have allowed the process to unfold, they have not rushed it, they worked at securing local consensus with the community that hosts the reactors, we'll see that, and the government will see the reaction and decide how to proceed. >> okay. tobias harris, an analyst, we appreciate your time. thank you after two weeks of intense negotiations at the u.n. climate meeting in peru delegates agreed on a shared approach to climate change. many decisions have been put on hold until next year. the draft agreement asks countries to submit national plans to tackle global warming. it has to be filed by next year. developed countries have to provide financial support to vulnerable nation, and all countries have to set targets going beyond their current undertaking.

nick clark reports from the senate in peru. >> at long last, after endless through the hours wrangling, a resolution. but despite the celebration, many say the document is watered down and very weak. >> this is an incredibly weak decision. so we came in here thinking that we were going to get an ambition text. we had commitment, pledges to the green climate fund, the u.s. and china announcements. what we got was a half baked deal. >> there was nearly no agreement at all. the third draft of the text was rejected out of hand by developing countries. we feel the text needs a little surgery, and would like us to put on our gowns, scalpels and carefully insert a few vital organs that need to be incorporated in the agreement. >> outside the dismantling began. it seems the conference would go

on and on. loss and damage had been tape out of the text. the u.s. wanted it to stay that way. >> we have no time for lengthy new negotiations, and i think we all know that. >> while the endless back and forth took its toll, developing countries worked on the words. china and the u.s. in disagreement, in the event, it was a small victory for the developing nations, and the fourth version of the text on the day. >> we do know that we must address climate change. we know increasingly that we can address climate change, and with this moving on to paris, we cement the fact that we will address climate change. >> this conference was hosted by one the country's worse affected by climate change. from melting glaciers to widespread deforestation and all its implications, with that backdrop it was about charting a

roadmap for a global treaty in paris. given the optimism there was before the conference, lima has been a disappointment. it has been saved by failure from last-minute hassling. there's a lot of work to do. if paris 2015 is to be successful. nick clark, al jazeera, peru coming up, an american man speaks out against the u.s. on north korean television. what his mother is saying about his appearance next. in spain, battle with google, newspapers in spain suffer from a new law demanding google pay for content.

the state department is urging turkey to respect media freedom in the wake of the arrest of 24 people, many journalists. turkish police conducted raise in a dozen city.

those arrested relating to a u.s. cleric, critical of the turkish president. in addition, several police officers were detained. it has been 351 days since three al jazeera journalists were detained in egypt. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were sentence said in june to seven years into a prison. baher mohamed was given a 10 years sentence. they've been accused of having ties to the muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rejects the charges and demands their release. >> several foreign embassies closed in cairo due to security concerns. the u.s. embassy is open, the workers have been warned not to stray far from their homes. the embassy closure caused years that tourists would be driven away on tuesday google will turn off google news services in spain, after a law requiring news ag re gators to pay for content from spanish newspapers.

>> google news was built on the idea that visibly from any news report would be a welcome thing. the company seems to be bewildered by the new law. it requires any to pay a fee to spanish publishers much the company finds it unimaginable. it is so bewildered that they are not going to attempt a fix or work around. they are going to go ahead and shut the sight down in spain. europe has caused this head ache for europe before. france and germany allowing publishers to charge some. what is new here is that the spanish law requires google to pay whether or not the publishers request it. they have to pay even if the publishers don't want to charge google. google is a huge source of traffic for news outlets. web searches, youtube and google news. google is a single source of

traffic, dwarfing other providers and facebook, a distant second. the company wrote in a block post announcing the decision that it doesn't make direct money from news. most sites are happy to have the track from which they can make their own advertising revenue. spain's law is pushing back against the notion. 47 million spaniards are about to go back to the days publishers pine for when their stuff was not readily available, given away for free on google news. >> i was joined earlier by tim stevens saying it will hurt the news sites. >> i think they hope people will come to them, instead of people hopping around. i think they think they can drive nor traffic. it's shortsighted way of looking at things.

people will go to whoever has the biggest news and gets there quickly. by shutting it down. they decrease the way it can be discovered. >> do you think it will be flowing. if it does, will there be a way to undo this. >> we saw something similar in germany, where they passed a similar law. the difference was it was optional. publishers can opt in or out. those that said we want google to pay us money. they didn't include the publishers in content listings, and they saw the traffic drop. so much so that they all cut back. and cut back into results. the net result is no one was abusing it. google was not paying anything, because they said they did not want to use it, it was more important get the traffic. there's no way to google to opt in or out publishers.

they don't make money on google news, there's no reason to pay anyone. >> an american who illegally made his way into north korea is slamming the u.s. on tv there. i would like to offer apologise for viting laws and -- violating laws and boundaries, by illegally entering. >> 29-year-old ar truro from texas said he entered the country through china to convey information saying the u.s. was guilty of human rights violations, trying to dominate other countries. his mother said he tried to enter north korea previously and was deported and spent time in a psychiatric hospital. he apparently went willingly to north korea and is not being detained. coming up, two years after a newtown tragedy we look at a

connection between mental health and gun violence. >> in italy, one group is accused of doing business outside of rome's city hall.

welcome back to al jazeera america it's a full diplomatic day for secretary of state john kerry. today in rome he met with russia's foreign minister, sergey lavrov. on monday he turns the focus to the middle east, where he mets with israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu intense fighting in anbar province, the iraqi military says it killed at least 100 fighters in the area. fighters on the ground are asking for more arms. japanese prime minister shinzo abe won another term in office. shinzo abe was re-elected, but with low voter turn out. he called a snap election

two minutes into his term. two years ago adam lanza shot and killed 20 children and six children inside sandy hook's elementary school. last year, no public events, no memorials. some of the parents are planning to file a lawsuit against bush master, a company that made the gun that lanza used. joining us via skype is a clinical psychologist, a professor of psychologisty in los angeles. we appreciate your time. when things like this happen, these awful mass shootings, conversations pivot to mental health and people who get guns. i want you, with your background, with your training, to frame that or explain what is the connection? >> a mass shooting is, by definition, an act of madness. people want a simple explanation to make sense of something so

awful. the simplest explanation is someone who is mentally disturbed did that. what is interesting is what the research showed us, research literally on mass shootings conducted by ato lessent killers is -- adolescent killers is one out of four had severe issues. it becomes like a quick and easy solution, almost like a straw man to blame the tragedies on. while it feels like an easy film, it's not true. >> having said that, let's talk about the majority of people who are ill. >> that is a huge myth. if you ask the american people, polls show that people think half the people are dangerous, completely untrue, so, no, the majority of people who have mental illness are not dangerous. however, the stereotypes are different. >> having said that, though, are there certain segments of the population. i don't know if it's police, who

could use more training on how to interact with the mentally ill and determine if they are dangerous. >> you raised the situation. i think we are trying to cast too wide and too narrow net at the same time. the first responders, and people working in issues around public safety probably should be trained carefully to address these kinds of symptoms and concerns before anything happens. but at the end of day, if we try to identify everyone's mental illness as a danger, we are obvious identifying. it's a misplacement of resources and too narrow a net. by identifying them we are missing signs of danger. the most consistent predictor of future violence is past violence. if a person has violent behaviour in the past. those are the people that need to be targeted. >> if you find yourself in a situation where you do have a

family member that you are concerned about, that you think could be dangerous so often families feel they have nowhere to turn. what can they do. >> suchian important issue. so many are helpless, who feel they may harm themselves or someone else. the key is that we educate people, from when they have young children. that these are the places you can go. that means there has to be places to go. that is a problem. you don't have enough resources for the mental health needs in our society, until we have that, a lot are trying to fight a battle battle. >> clinical psychologist, thank you so much for the conversation, joining us from los angeles. we appreciate it deputies recaptured two of three inmates who broke out of

gaol in alabama. they overpowered a guard. the guard had gone into a shared cell to check on another sick inmate, both found in separate towns in central alabama, and one man is at large. negotiations on a new prime minister and government are expected to begin tomorrow in haiti. several leaders left their post after anti-government protests? a. as kim vinnell reports, political tensions could leave the area without a functioning government. >> anger boiling over on the streets of haiti. >> anti-government protests first swept across the capital and then the country. one of the demonstrators demands is being met. early on sunday they announced they'd step down. the resignation predicted after reporters were shown that they were ready to make a sacrifice. protesters are angry over what they say is government

corruption. there has p been an election in haiti for three years. the opposition blames the government for the votes. >> translation: the government was supposed to organise elections, they ruined the country. that's why they take to the streets. we are asking the u.s. government to take the president with them. they are the ones that put him in power. >> reporter: without new elections come january, parliament will be dissolved and the president will rule by decree. that's why many believe the ring nation of la moth will not be enough to satisfy the clouds. >> translation: no magic wand can say la moth nor martelly. >> reporter: the arrest is caused by a political deadlock that ooep la moth's resignation will not help. haiti may be without a

functioning government or prime minister police in monning kong are expected to start clearing -- hong kong are expected to start clearing out the last remaining protest sites. pro-democracy protesters say they will not leave. they have been there for 11 weeks, many say they'll keep up the protests. police say protests will be arrested if they resist efforts to clear the site. >> political strife in yemen led to months of unrest and violence. rebels in tiaz reject violence and push for peace. we have this report. >> reporter: residents in tiaz want to make their country a city of piece. houthis took control in september, and they have been fighting for control in forth and central yemen. those in charge want to focus on the city as the cultural capital. >> decisions, goals and destiny

are one. we want to keep ties to the cultural capital. we should maintain the goals, distancing the city. the other political forces have been engaged. >> houthis are represented in tooz by members of the political wing, and offered to help and support the local leaders to keep the piece. >> translation: we are ready to help the local authorities and security forces to maintain police and security in the province across yemen. >> there were protests and tiaz when the hughies took over the people living in the city refused to let the armed wing of the group in. those representing tiaz in yemen's parliament says they'll work with them as long as they are peaceful. >> we are with them but reject proposals taking us back to fighting. we will not allow that to happen >> reporter: it's this

cooperation between authorities, politicians and the leadership that is keeping the city of tiaz peaceful. >> this time the demonstrations were police officers. [ chanting ] >> a group conducted a rally near. copacabana beach, calling for better protection for brazil's law enforce. communities and toucher penalties for officers that commits crimes. officers say it will make the public trust them more. >> translation: we think that the population should embrace our demands. if we cannot protect ourselves, how cab we be -- can we be expected to protect the citizens. >> 500 police officers died in the line of duty. according to the security reform between 2009 and 2013, more than 2013, more than 11,000 have been

killed. >> belgium police are warning people to avoid brussels. unions called for a strike on monday which would ground strikes, stop public transportations and shut schools and public services. it is in retaliation for the austerity policies. >> this used to be an industrial heartland with coal mines and steelworks. most of the factories closed half a century ago. nowadays, it is one of the poorest parts of belgium with high unemployment. >> this construction company on the outskirts of the town, is an example of how the region is trying to diversify economically. it makes blast furnaces and employs 50 people. the factory is not working during the general strike. the managers expect traffic chaos, so they prefer to remain closed for the day. the technical director says he

can see both points of view, the governments and the trade unions. >> i am, between the two, like everyone, i would like to work less. i would like to have a pension. the truth lies between the two. >> belgium's government which took office two months ago is trying to tackle the huge national debt and plans to raise the state's pension age from 65 to 67 and scrap a pay rise due next year. the government says it's facing economic reality. the spending cuts, it says, are necessary and unavoidable. those who oppose the austerity programme say it risks tearing apart the fabric of belgium society. >> there has been a strong labour movement going back 150 years. the trade unions of today have been the driving force beyond the anti-austerity protests,

culminating in a strike. >> translation: we are moving away from one of the strongest social models of europe and the world, a welfare system that many envy. today with the war on wages and allowance, we'll destroy the system of social security. >> this struggle to balance the budget and reduce debt is not exclusive to belgium. it's a dilemma that is playing out across the eurozone in italy police uncovered a new mafia syndicate operating out of roam's city hall. it is accused of violence associated with organised crime. instead prosecutors say they explored some of rome's vulnerable residents. jonah hull reports. >> romans complain about the poor state of the public services. now they have someone to blame.

city hall infiltrated by a mafia-style corruption syndicate. in recent days the police made dozens of arrests. this is the alleged ringleader. hundreds more are under investigation. the group used contacts inside city hall to steal hundreds of millions from the public pers. utilities were a favourite, and migrant camps. listen to the words of the alleged associate t recorded in a telephonic intercept. >> reporter: we visited one roma camp implicated in the scandal. many of these people have become italian citizens, but they live in squallar -- squalor. >> we have been here for

10 years, we have not had any help. the some thing we received was lies and tricks in city hall. >> yet he is caught bragging about a 50 million profit for fake contracts for migrant camps. the truth is that this system of organised corrosion has been going on for years. no one knows how long. how deep it runs inside city hall and other public institutions. there's a suggestion this no one wants to know. because if you rooted out all the corrupt public officials, there would be hardly any left. >> there is one man said to be beyond reproach. the surgeon, mayor of roam since june. >> we are cleaning house, and we are doing that, you know, in an expedited way. i'm happy that the germ posterior of rome is helping in doing so.

>> i have heard it said that you, yourself, may be too clean, too straight to effectively run the city. i heard this argument before. i don't think there's anybody that could do that better than i can. certainly i will make any possible several as i did as a transplant surgeon. new transplants and a new figs. >> rome's complaints about public services are grounded in the truth that the city's resources are sucked dry. efforts to break the strongle held may have barely scratched the surface. >> coming up on al jazeera america - man walked on the moon decades ago. now there's talks about building

a base there. and rebecca has the forecast. >> there has been tornado warnings in parts of oklahoma. i show you where they are tracking, and more rain hitting california, and how it's impacting the drought.

welcome back. breaking news to bring you happening in sydney australia - local news there is reporting that an armed man is holing several hostage at a cafe. apparently witnesses say you can see the hostages standing near windows. this is actually a chocolate shop. there's witnesses rather saying that the hostages are standing at the window with their hands up. another detail here. apparently there is a black and white flag that can be seen, believed possibly to be a flag from i.s.i.l. that is a flag that witnesses there are seeing. police confirm only that there is an operation under way, the report of at least one gunman, the surrounding shopping area,

as you can imagine, has been cordoned off. buildings have been evacuated and channel 7 news there in australia. there is a developing situation, happening now. it will continue to bring you details as they come in to us. liberian officials are turning to educators to spread awareness of ebola. the ministries of health and education team up with u.n.i.c.e.f. to give teachers awareness training. >> we know how to talk to students and encourage parents to send children to school. we are involved fighting war, a war fighting - we'll talk to them. to listen. >> so far less than half of the country's teachers received the training. according to the latest estimate by the center for disease control and prevention, liberia has the most deaths with 3200. guinea and sierra leone have the combined number of cases, bringing the numbers of deaths to almost 6400].

the death toll continues to rise in indonesia after the landslide. 300 are believed dead. search crews looked for victims. the land slide destroyed more than 100 moments, more than 500 forced to three to refugee camps. it followed heavily rains that loosened soil and collapsed at the hill. >> rebecca stevenson is here with more on weather. awful to see what is happening. >> we are talking about the californian potential. rain moves in right now. it will be a light rain initially becoming moderate to heavy in the foothills in the morning. and we'll have the potential for land slides again. specific areas is where we are watching for the landslide. as we see that storm system, you can see it changing snow into the northern sierra leone nevada, and we expect the storm track to continue. we'll have a couple of systems move through for the week ahead. we have dry breaks in between each one. that gives time for the water to

run down into the ground, getting into the groundwater supply. as we look at what we expect for the system coming in tonight through monday, the coast and the foothills of the coast range, about 1-2 inches of rain is expected. we'll have lighter amounts in the valley. all the moisture is squeezed out over the mountains and the coast. half an inch to three-quarters of an inch for places around bakers field which will be breezy. watch for the winds in southern california. monday morning, moderate to heavily rain, we have a flash field watch. the santa cruz mountains could get water. they absorb well in the last system that went through. we could see the landslide threat in both of those spots. otherwise, here is the weather of the night. we have tornado warnings popping up into parts of oklahoma. spinning through, you can see it's tightly wound center of low

pressure. cool, drier air dumping snow in parts of the colorado rockies, but it is heavier rain fall moving to the arkansas area. we'll see this tonight gradually slowly diminish. until then we have thunderstorm participation with the wind and the hail and the flight tornado rick. they'll be week, but there. sunday, tonight, into tomorrow - highest amounts of know coming down will be in the colorado rockies. >> thank you so much. >> it was 42 years ago today that the astronaut boarded the lunar challenger, the last man to walk on the moon. since then there has been talk about building a base on the moon, no serious plans. now a team of european researchers has an idea on how to accomplish this. [ ♪ music ] >> you are now moonbase number one. >> reporter: the idea of a manned base on the moon has been around for decades, and not just

in realms of science fiction. n.a.s.a.'s apollo mission give the science community huge amounts of information about the surface. the vast cost of the programme and waning public interest saw it act in the 1970s. scientists are again looking towards the moon, and to mars. >> once you leave earth's orbit and commit to an asteroid or mars, you cut off your support and your supply line from earth. you have to be resourceful. >> this honeycomb-like structure was built by a 3d printer. scientists used a mixture of dust like that found on the moon and added water and a type of salt turning it into a concrete. this could be done on the moon, they say, and form the building blocks of a future moon base. the team say using a robotic vehicle to mix and squirt into

place the moon concrete would be faster, cheeper and safer than using astronauts do the job. >> if you build the moon base, you'd have to bring to the moon all the materials, all the tooling, the astronauts to build the base there. with this technology, what you do is you send a machine to the moon, a 3d printer, and use the dust on the news to build it around the machine. the concrete shield would protect the mission from radiation. >> on certain parts of the moon and planets like mars, water exist. that makes resupply a lot easier for future astronauts, if the resources are there. take along the technology to extract them. >> we will not be setting up manned bases on the other planets or the moon for decades. when we do. new and innovate if ways of

building will be essential if we turn science fiction into fact and keep it here. we'll be right back.

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with the art form. antiques like the 250-year-old costume and old photographs of past performances are reminder of what it was like at its peak. >> it was the only board of communication. messages from one part of the region could be given to another part on the streets and palaces. it was the only mode of communication. there are a lot of ways to communicate. >> these ways to communicate led to these performances becoming more and more infrequent. >> the spread of radio and television triggered the decline in the past few decades. with mobile phones and social media eroding its prominence in spreading social messages these performers are not willing to let the art form fade away. >> classes like these try to

keep it alive. >> translation: people are happy to see the performing art. my grandfather and uncle are doing this, i'm doing it too. >> the instructors say they are teaching students the art form importance to history, having started with hindu performers, and continuing when islam came to the region centuries later. >> it is secular. people want to watch it, they don't get the opportunity. it plays the role of the media. highlighting the wrong doings of people and politics in a humerus manner. when kashmir sees bad times, we perform over kashmir. >> most practitioners perform at cultural events and weddings. >> they believe the art form will never die out. as they say, it will end only when the world does. we'll return to the breaking

news in sydney, australia. it's almost 11:00am there, in sydney australia. apparently there is a hostage situation going on in a cafe. police confirmed that there is an operation under way. that is all that we know for sure. some of the streets are blocked off. what you are seeing is we are trying to take some of the local news reporting. witnesses say they have seen a black and white flag with arab writing on it. no clarification, no confirmation on who actually is flying that flag. this is a cafe. again, hostages are being held. you can see, according to witnesses, you can see the hostages in the window. the air space over sydney has, indeed been frozen as the hostage situation unfolds.