feeding new york's hungry. saudi war planes bomb shia houthi targets in yemen for a second night. the houthi response is absolute did hefee identify's. hello and al jazerra head quart in other words doha. i am jane dutton. the police searched the home of a copilot who deliberately crashed a germanwings plane. den million children don't get to experience this in nigeria as

the presidential election looms. we look at education. the next astronauts will blast off for the space station. but just what does the future hold for them there. first to yemen the houthi rebels claim his country has been occupied. a second night of strikes. the latest including the mine strong hold of sanaa in the north. gerald tan has the latest. >> reporter: these pilots are part of the saudi led coalition against the houthi rebels in yemen. for a second night the alliance says it hit military positions in the capital sanaa taiz and sanaa. officials say there is no plan to sends troops at least for

you. >> we could be ready for all of the circumstances. our forces are ready for the different threat. air threat or ground threat. for the time being there is no such operation but if need. we will be red ready to face this kind of threat. >> reporter: so far the strikes have crippled the country's air force. the houthi response defiance. >> what go they expect to us do, vendor accept our defeat. act like cowards watch do they expect for us, walk away, collapse absolutely not. >> reporter: but houthi fighters aren't the only ones being hit. houthis say about a dozen civilians were killed in the strikes on thursday. during the day pictures of the hugh i supporters in the capita

sanaa which they have held since last year. they are not the only ones in the streets this rally was taken out in favor of the strikes yemen has been unthat i believe for years, all the while the houthis with the support of iran have been expanding the territory outside the traditional base in the north. in january they forced the government out of the capital. then last week, this bombings at two shia mosques in sanaa killing houthi leaders. isil claimed responsibility for the attack and the houthis responded. attack aden in the south. president mansour hadi is now in saudi arabia, he's recognized by the saudi-led co collision and world powers as the legitimate yemen leddy. arab nations are now proposing a unified military force to face growing regional threats. the saudi-led intervention in yemen is being seen as a message against iran's inning clueing

influence in the region but for yemenis caught in the conflict. hopes of a peaceful solution are dwindling, gerald tan, al jazerra. >> mo happen he had is a professor at teheran university, joining me now from the iranian capital. how do you think they will take this on? what options are open to them? >> i think the world should be looking at saudi arabia and i think much of the world is. they are behaving like the israeli regime which slaughtered innocent people in gaza. the saudis are doing the same thing using shaw and awe tactics in yemen and using the same excuse that the israeli regime would use in gaza, saying that the iranians are hiding there somewhere. this is, of course, an old tactic that has been used. but just as the israelis face defeat in gaza and in lebanon

the saudis are in for a lot of trouble. the yemeni people -- >> what will the iranians being helping in bring that go trouble onto the saudi arabians? considering your support of the houthis and the statement made by the arab world including the pakistanis that they are concerned about iran's over reach. >> i think one should look at it from a different perspective. the arab league is constituted of countries that are largely dictatorships and many of them are family dick tailer ships like saudi arabia which is ran like a family business. the allies which constitute the majority of yemen, they have people power he that's why the saudis and others failed in iraq and syria, -- >> can i just jump in here, i am trying to find out from you what iran's response is likely to be? >> well, as i said the iranians,

they look upon -- they believe that the world should be looking at saudi arabia. the iranians support the aspirations of the people of yemen. they believe that there should be freedom and elections in the country. mansour hadi -- >> how does the support manifest itself? will we see any sort of military intervention? i know one of your m.p.s said this will have far-reaching consequences. will iran be involved in the far-reaching consequences what impact will it have on the nuclear talks? >> i am not privy to those sort of decision-making processes. but the iranians will definitely support yemen just as they supported the people of palestine when arab air jets did nothing to protect them from the israelis and the iranians supported the lebanese when these arab jets did nothing to support the lebanese. i think the important points to keep in mind, though, is that

yemen is a much larger country than is lebanon. and gaza. and the saudis in the past have already been defeated by yemeni forces in the north of the country and other countries that have been involved in yemen have faced serious defeat. so i think it's a major miscalculation, probably the greatest miscalculation that the saudis have made -- >> i am still intrigue today know how iran will support. you keep saying iran will support the houthis like they have supported the palestinians how? in what way? >> the iranians, russians, the chinese. the iranians will support them in any way that they can in accordance with international law just like the russians are opposed to what the saudis are doing and so are the chinese as well as other countries. but the important thing to the iranians is to keep note that

mansour hadi was never elected by the people. he was the only candidate in an election staged by the united states and the saudis and their allies. he was supposed to be president for two years, he stayed on for much longer. and ultimately it was the popular will to push him out of power. right now the saudis are basically fighting on the same side as al qaeda in yemen because both of them show animosity towards an soar and the allies the same cat terrific mistake they made in libya syria and iraq and the devastation continues to grow and the rise of saudi support for this is becoming an international problem. >> let's leave it there. good to have you on the show, thank you very much. >> thank you. investigators have search the the family home and flat of the co copilot of the germanwings flight who has believe today deliberately crash the a320 in the french alps. they are trying to find any clues as to what his note i have

could have been, accord to this flight data recorder. andreas lube it's took control of the plane before it crashed the pilot could be heard frantically knocking on the door trying to get in. airlines around the world including easy jet in air canada are introducing new rules that require two crew members to be in the cockpit at all tiles charlie angela reports. >> reporter: piece by piece investigators pick through thousands of bits of wreckage scattered a cross the mountain side. bits of twisted metal mostly unidentifiable, certainly nothing that clearly resembles parts i've plane. some pieces are bagged up by forensic experts yellow markers placed on larger objects any human remains found from the 150 passengers and crew are treated with the utmost care. this is a crime scene. families of some of the victims traveled to the accident investigation base, they are here to try to see where their

loved ones died. and give dna samples to help identify their body parts. analysis of the black box recovered from the site hats already start today reveal the plane's final moment. listening to voice recordings from the plane prosecutors say the pilot was locked out of the cockpit during the flight's final moments. the copilot apparently conscious was at the controls and appears to have deliberately crashed the plane. the passengers are heard screaming just before the plane's final impact. >> translator: the most likely interpretation we can make at this point is that the copilot deliberately refused to open the cabin door to the captain. he then activated the button that triggered a severe loss of altitude. we do not know why he activated this button, but can be interpreted as a deliberate attempt to crash the plane. >> reporter: little is known about copilot andreas lube it's, he was a 28-year-old german

citizen with over 600 hours flying experience. german police say he had no terrorist background. >> translator: of course this is a big, big shock for us here. asi can only repeat that we are shocked and very sad. i think in our worst nightmares we would never have imagined such tramming did to happen in our group. >> reporter: air bus, the makers of the a320 say there are safeguards in place for situations when crew need to enter the cockpit. seen here in an air bus training video, an emergency access pin can open the cockpit door but not if access is denied by the pilot inside. this tragedy has been felt throughout europe. germany's parliament held a moment of silence to remember the victims think later chance lohr angela merkel expressed his distress. >> translator: today's news is another blow to the relatives of the victims. in these dark days, we think of them. >> reporter: nightfall in these mountains brings freezing

temperatures, so recovery teams will resume their work at sunrise. this disaster has really shaken the aviation industry and some european airlines are already changing their safety procedure to his make sure that two crew members are in the cockpit at all times. a rule that could have saved flight 9525 and its passengers. charlie angela, al jazerra. syria's president says he's open to dialogue with the united states bashar al-assad made the comments in a television interview with u.s. broadcaster cbs. but said there must be no pressuring of syria's sovereignty. >> at principle in syria we could say that every dialogue is a positive thing. and we are going to be open with any dialogue with anyone including the united states regarding anything based on mutual respect. >> the united nations has more than doubled its estimates of syrians living in ba sieged

areas, the new number is close to 440,000 people. i three-day lockdown aimed at stopping ebola has come in to force in sierra leone the president told everyone to stay in doors from friday night to sunday morning they will be going door to door to educate people. 10,000 people have been killed in west africa. much more to come on the program program. >> i don't currently know the goals and objectives the offed saudi campaign. >> how much did the u.s. know about saudi intentions in yemen. plus. >> reporter: i am daniel lack in dawson city. home to a man who canada's government says shouldn't have a passport. an identity, even a driver's license here.

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>> the stream, >> your digital community >> you pick the hot topics and express your thoughts the stream it's your chance to join the conversation only on al jazeera america ♪ ♪ you are watching al jazerra. a reminder of our top stories. saudi arabia and its allies have targeted the houthi strong hold of sanaa in yemen. it's part of a second round of air strikes against the shia group. the houthis seized power in a coup last month. yerman police have searched the family home and apartment of the copilot of the germanwings air bus. they believe he crashed tin tensionally all 150 people on board were killed.

a three-day lockdown aimed at stopping the spread of ebola has come in to force in sierra lee only the president has ordered earn to stay in doors from friday morning until sunday night. more now at saudi-led air strikes in yemen. pakistan sending a high-level delegation including military official today saudi arabia to discuss what if any support islambad can provide. >> reporter: saudi arabia has requested that the pakistani government help it in its war against houthi fighters inside yemen. now pakistan has released a statement it says that anything that threatens the integrity of saudi arabia willie vehicle a will he vehicle evoke a strong span from pakistan. on friday they are sending a delegation to saudi arabia to discuss what kind of assistance, if anything they could provide to saudi arabia. the two countries have a very good and strong relationship.

there are strong economic ties. saudi arabia often the first country to help pakistan whenever it has economic problems, energy crisis or a natural disaster. and already there are 800 troops deployed across various parts of saudi arabia. but on the other hands pakistan also enjoys a good relationship with iran. and pakistan will be concerned about becoming too deeply involved in any regional conflict that starts to look like a proxy war inside yemen between saudi arabia and iran. the other big reason for that is because 20% of pakistan's population are shia. already in pakistan there is sectarian problems, a lot of tension and often violence and the pakistani government would not want to make that situation even worse and escalate the violence by becoming too deeply involved on the side of saudi arabia against the houthi fighters who were backed by

iran. >> the u.s. is also supporting the operation in yemen but there are questions about the extent of its involvement. patty culhane explains. >> reporter: within hours of the first air strikes in yemen u.s. officials came out to voice their support for the saudi-led effort promising logistics and logistics and intelligence helpful in congress open questions about how much the u.s. is really involved. the top general in the region admitted the saudis only informed him right before the first bombs fell. >> isn't that quite a machine terry on our relationship with saudi arabia ya and other the 13 countries in their coalition that they would on literally the day of their attacks they tale you that the united states of america that they are going to launch a major campaign? i mean, that is really a fantastic indicator of the deterioration of the trust and if i defense that these

countries, particularly saudi arabia have in us. >> reporter: and the general couldn't answer one key question. >> what's your assessment of the likelihood of success? >> in yep yemen? >> yes. >> again senator, i don't currently know the specific goals and objectives of the saudi campaign. and i would have to know that to be able to assess the likelihood of success. >> reporter: from the u.s. perspective. the definition of success say simple one. >> the u.s. would basically like to see stability there but they are not willing to pay any price for it. so led i the saudis do it enables us to achieve your goals without being involved. >> reporter: the u.s. is considering sending saudi tankers and radar planes but for now the u.s.' contribution is ad vice and support. patty culhane washington. campaign is winding down ahead of nigh nigeria's presidential election, leading candidates are delivering their final messages

before saturday's vote. the opposition leader is challenging goodluck jonathan for the leadership of africa's most populous country. he called out to nigerians to vote enemas and vote out the incompetent in office. access to education will be key. people are demanding that the government provide free schooling across the country. a report from where the governor has been trying to improve the education system. >> reporter: teachers say this 10-year-old is the brightest in her class she has big dreams. >> i want to be a doctor so that i can help to treat people. >> reporter: these children attends the government school in nigeria's southern river state. the governor is the man largely credited for trying to improve the education system in this oil-rich state.

>> once we declared a state of emergency, we started building new schools and started recruiting teachers. we are training our teachers. quite a number of teamingers were not trained for many years but once they came on board we started training our teachers, the teachers and workers. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: education in river state is free and compulsory. officials say textbooks and school uniforms are provided by the government at no cost. the concept is simple. children wear the same school uniform, it doesn't matter whether you are from a rich family or a poor one here in the classroom you are all equal. but facilities in several government schools across nigeria and even here in river state report good. activists accuse some politicians of having double standards. >> but their children are being educate ahead broad with our money, with our resources. because they are in political power. that is most unfair. and yet the children of other

people, ordinary people, the voters are not able to attend those schools. >> reporter: precious attends a private school. tuition is roughly $1,000 a term. the 16 year old says the government-run school can't give her the opportunity she needs to get a head start in life. >> the government schools don't have the kind of education we have here. the library the computer lab the physics lab chemistry lab they are well equipped. >> reporter: but it seems some poorer schools are catching up. the facilities at this government school are better than most. the challenge for politicians is making sure that every child has success to the best too. al jazerra. myanmar's military commander says he will support successful elections in november, but warned that the army will not tolerate instability or threats. he was speaking to troops at a military parade on the 70th

anniversary of armed forces day. this year's elections will be the first held by the semi civilian government that swept to power after a 2010 vote. the u.n. he have mates that there are at least 10 million people worldwide who aren't citizens of any country. they can't provide proof of a national identity. that means they can't get support from any government. daniel lack met one a man in uconn in canada trying to prove that he's canadian. >> reporter: some exercise for donovan mick love lavas gets his kid from school. not that he could pick them 90 family vehicle he has never had a driver's license or a passport or a birth certificate. >> daddy why are you on the roof. >> reporter: his anarchist parents didn't register his birth because they mistrusted government for decades he wandered north america settling do you believe only recently to raise a family. in 2009 his past caught up with him. >> border agent showed up at my house and it was just me with my

children at the time. unfortunately he came with an attitude that i wasn't canadian that i am an american. and i am not. >> reporter: immigration authorities threat toned deport him. he said he doesn't remember where he was born, but has lived here all his life. lately three heart attacks bought big bills, even with canada's healthcare, people on their own are on their own. >> i am nobody in the eyes of the government and i am tired of being treated that way. my dog has more rights than i do. my parents -- my parents made the choice and i am the one that's had to suffer for it. >> reporter: he's appealed to the federal citizenship minister who use his discretionary power to grand canadian nationality. one of the ironies of donovan's case is that it's happening here in dawson city, a place that

until the early part of the 20th century wasn't clearly defined as being part of either the u.s. or british-ruled canada. during the klondike gold rush this photo of a u.s. independence day crowd fright ended ottawa in to asserting canadian is off at this here. but today's authorities seem in no rush to address mr. mcglaughlin's prix dick. or that of dozens of other stateless people in canada. >> citizenship is framed in the refugees or the immigrant or skilled immigrant. so those particular classes are getting more and more attention. just citizenship in general for those who do not have citizenship it's just not a priority. >> reporter: donovan and his family await the canadian government's decision, he hopes that he might soon, 61 years on, call it his government. get a birth certificate and finally be a citizen of somewhere. daniel lack, al jazerra dawson city. russian launch crews on two

continue net are putting the final touches on rockets set to blast off. run is sending two satellites in to orbit from the amazon jungle the other is carrying a three-man crew to the international space station, two of the new crew members will stay in space for a year, nasa and russia are doubling the mission length but the future of the interim nation the space station is in. [ inaudible ] tom ackerman explains. one of the world's greatest achievement thanks to $100 billion. more than 140 rocket and shuttle launches and 180 space walks. bigger than an american football field. nine international space station equals the weight of more than 300 cars. and orbits earth at eight miles per second. it's been a mecca for astronauts from the u.s., russia and 13 other nations where they have performed hundreds of medical plant, and physics experiments. but no nasa it's become a

stepping stone no earth earthlings to reach another planet. >> nasa is firm low a journey to mars. make no mistake that journey will help guide and define our generation. >> reporter: cost overruns and tech knowledge glitches forced a skate back of the station's original grants design. >> but the element that survived throughout it all was to facilitate human exploration further never space. >> reporter: the i.s.s. was supposed to be shutdown by 2020. but u.s. press barack obama has committed to its operation through 2024. yet a government audit has raised questions about that objective. point to go nasa's limited capacity for transporting large replacement parts at short notice. and the station's solar pams wearing out sooner than expected. then there is the matter of cost. private money to maintain the research projects has been running short. and america's international partners have been slow in commit to go extends their participation. they include russia whose

vehicles have been the only manned transport to the station since nasa ended its shuttle program. while private american companies have begun to deliver cargoes and due to taxi astronauts in 2017. russian officials claim their country is getting the shortened of the station's commercial stick. >> translator: we want to create problems for the russian rocket industry. they are saying. the americans have been attempting to cause as much damage as possible to the development of russian space. >> reporter: later this year a newer russian dream is due to be open it may be preparation for building their own station in the next few year old. >> nobody is making much of a profit in space these days. and building a separate space station might be an attractive idea, but that would be a huge investment of funds as well. >> reporter: so for this generation of enthusiasts the center piece of space

exploration will remain that huge lego set some 300-kilometers above the earth. tom ackerman, al jazerra washington. that story and so much more can be found on our website updated 24 hours a day the address bottom of your screen, aljazerra.com. it's one of the toughest jobs in america now, ferguson, missouri's new acting police chief - speaks for the first time on national television to this show about fixing what is broken, and of the fear his companies face on the streets. >> they are afraid. if you are sitting looking in the crowd, it's in your mind who has got the gun. and there's no way to prevent it. also - a major american city that asked the department of