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he has never lost an election and today florida senator marco rubio set his sights on the biggest prize in the united states the white house. he formally announced his candidacy about an hour ago. david shuster is here now with more. >> marco rubio declared he is the best person to guide the united states into another american century and promised a vigorous race against candidates he described as yesterday's leaders. in front of thousands of supports in miami on friday, marco rubio made it official. >> inspired by the promise of our future i announce my candidacy for president of the united states. >> reporter: at 43 years old, rubio is the youngest candidate in the 2016 presidential field. he cast himself has a

forward-looking next-generation heard, a con instruct with jeb bush and democrat hostaging. >> we americans are proud of our history, but our country has always been about the future and before us now is the opportunity to author the greatest chapter yet in the amazing story of america. but we can't do that by going back to the leaders and ideas of the past. >> reporter: his announcement came in the shadow of miami's freedom tower which served as a processing center for thousands of cubans fleeing if ied del castro system. >> i live in an exceptional country where the son of a bartender and a maid could have the same dreams and future as those who come from power avenue privilege. >> reporter: it could have wide-spread appeal particularly to hispanic americans. he is well versed in immigration

reform. he cosponsored a bill that called for tighter boarder security legal status for some undocumented workers, and a pathway to citizenship, many republicans likened it to amnesty and were infuriated at rubio, and for the past two years he has distanced himself from his own legislation. on foreign policy he is hawkish on isil and iran and believes the obama administration's effort to normalize relations with cuba is a mistake. >> the total disregard for human rights around the world. >> reporter: his own cam contain staff says he is beginning this presidential race behenned jeb bush and scott walker. walker has the early buzz and

bush has larger network of political donors. still rubio insists there is no down side for a lean yet ambitious presidential campaign. presidential elections, he notes are usually about the future not the past. rubio has credibility with a conservative grass roots he will need in the primaries after defeating democrat and charlie crist in a senate rate five years ago. but he offers a policy not as hard line as other tea partiers. >> yeah. all right. david stay here. i want you part of this conversation. michael shure joins us from los angeles. what does senator rubio's announcement mean for the campaign? >> well you know, it means -- i don't want to overplay what marco rubio jumping in the race means. he has an uphill climb.

he like jeb bush is from florida, and they are going to be going to the same places. he is jeb bush's pro ta jay, and they will be going to the same people to raise money. it mean there is some youth, and different kind of conservatism. he is going to cast himself as very different. >> what is the case -- david, what is the case for marco rubio running for president. >> the case is generational. if you go back the similarity to some republicans, hillary clinton versus the establishment candidate, versus barack obama, who is able to grab lightning in iowa and makes it about race and about hey, hillary clinton is the past. marco rubio is going to try to do the same thing.

jeb bush is one of these historic royal families i'm fresh, i'm knew give me a chance. >> we have first-term sen no, sir this race. didn't republicans if my memory serves me correctly, hammer another first-term senator who had the gumption to run for candidate, by the name of then senator barack obama. or is it different now? >> they did, of course tony. and the new hampshire democratic party issued a statement saying marco rubio doesn't have the breadth of experience but they were ballyhooing the candidacy of barack obama. right now in the republican race you have three first-term senators i think off of the top of my head that is absolutely unprecedenteded in presidential races. >> and i'm surous there were

shots today, certainly at hillary clinton. yesterday is over and we're never going to go back. we heard that today. you could take that same shot i suppose at jeb bush couldn't he? >> that's exactly what he is going to do. he is trying it out of hillary clinton and then he is going to work it against jeb bush. they are going to be going after the same dollars, a lot of the same supporters and jeb bush is very popular with the latino vote. his numbers are high. marco rubio's even higher in some places but the cuban electorate about 5% of hispanic vote and that's all in the miami area. >> what would marco rubio -- i'm thinking about economics, what did he hear in this announcement on the economics of the country at this point. what would he do to improve the lives of his mother the maid

and his late bad the bartender. >> he has some real problems when people take a close look. he does not believe in cutting back in popular welfare programs, but tax breaks for the rich need tocontinue. so these numbers don't make sense. >> it's still an exceptional day, right, when someone decides they want to run for the highest position in the land. and controls the message for probably the first and last day of this campaign doesn't he? >> he does. they make an announcement that they are going to make an announcement. >> yes. >> but it's the day after you saw hillary clinton tweet out an announcement, get in a van and

go to iowa. you see a 43 year old running for president. so the idea that they are going after a younger vote this time, people who maybe voted for the first time in 2008, 2012 trying to get that end give. but yes, we'll move on to the next one. ben carson said he has announced that he is announcing in may. >> one thing that michael said that i think is so important. we may have seen a way that republicans go after jeb bush and that is that go after hillary clinton as the establishment, and they don't even have to name jeb bush. >> right. right. >> i think that's something we'll see more of. >> all right. thanks to both of you. hillary clinton's campaigned announcement video has had nearly 3 million views on

youtube since it was released yesterday. but in russia viewers under 18 are not allowed to watch it. it was given an 18-plus rating because of the gay propaganda law. an elderly sheriff is facing a second manslaughter charge after the killing of an unarmed black man in tulsa, oklahoma. video of the deadly encounter was made public over the weekend. >> roll on your stomach now! [ gunfire ] >> i shot him, i'm sorry. >> heidi zhou castro joins us now from tulsa. and heidi tell us more about the manslaughter charge facing robert bates. >> sure tony. the da just made that announcement today that the 73-year-old reserves sheriff

deputy is facing second degree manslaughter with involving culpable negligence. oklahoma law defines that as failing to do something that a reasonable person would have done. he said he was reaching for his taser, but accidently instead fired his gun, killing mr. harris. this charge is announced today despite the finding of the tulsa police department who found that bates had not committed a crime nor violated any policy tony. >> baits is a reserve sheriff. what exactly does that mean? >> right, the sheriff's department actually has a lot of them more than a hundred on the staff, tony. these are basically volunteers with varying degree of law enforcement experience. bates is 73 years old, and served for about a year back in the 1960s. according to the sheriff's

department the reservists do receive just about as much training as any other full duty deputy. they have to show a -- proficiency with their weapons and once commissioned and on duty they do have the full powers and authority as any other deputy on the force. bates's day job is to sell insurance. he is an executive at an insurance agency and he was assigned to the violent crimes task force, tony. >> eric harris's brother i understand spoke out today, heidi. what did he have to say? >> that's right. he brings into question the relationship between this reservist and his boss the sheriff of tulsa county. >> the sheriff has said the two have been friends for more than 50 years, and bates sold him his insurance policy. bates has always donated thousands of dollars worth of

vehicles and weapons to the department. and hairy's brother says that's not right. and he said the sheriff reached out to him, trying to discourage him from hiring an attorney. >> the sheriff asked me -- he said did you hire a lawyer? and i said yes. and he told me that -- well if you hire a lawyer it will slow this process down. what we want to do is speed this up. if you hire a lawyer, it will g ump things up. >> reporter: we asked the sheriff's department to respond to those allegations. they did not immediately respond. the sheriff has previously told the tulsa world newspaper here that he remains friend with bates and this friend baited an error. >> thank you. a group seeking to end police violence began a 250-mile protest march. organizers call it the march to

justice. the walk began in statton island. in california a man videotaped while being beaten by police after a chase on a stolen horse has been released on bail. the district attorney's office says it has yet to decide whether to charge the 30 year with any crime. ten sheriff's deputies were placed on leave, and the fbi has opened a civil rights investigation. as world leaders move closer to a final iran nuclear deal, moscow has lifted its ban on shipping missile defense rockets to tehran. rory challands has our report. >> reporter: the russian foreign minister says the agreements reached in iran basically mean

that this kind of self imposed arms embargo is no longer necessary. he said that russia is unwilling to carry on incurring the financial and reputational costs associated with it because iran has been pursuing russia through the courts over this. now what does this decision do? well, it does a number of things. one thing is that it smooths over the -- those ruffled feathers with iran. it allows russia to carry on its good relationship with tehran. it also moscow thinks allows russia to show it is an dependant actor on the global stage, and also is likely to raise the blood pressure of policy makers in washington, d.c. secretary of state john kerry is on capitol hill briefing house members on the framework nuclear deal with iran. he is also urging lawmakers to back off on legislation that would require congressional

approval to ease sanctions on iran. mike what kind of reception is secretary kerry likely to get during these closed-door briefings? >> reporter: well they arrived on capitol hill about two hours ago here in washington. secretary kerry telling reporters that he wants congress to just give us some space to come to a interim deal. june 30th is the deadline for a final agreement. and tony it looks like it is going to be tough sledding on capitol hill. he arrives at the capitol tomorrow at the senate foreign relations committee. there is a bill that would give congress the right to approve or disapprove what the president has agreed to. and it is getting overwhelming

support from republicans, but significant democratic support might give it a veto-proof security and the white house promised it would veto the bill if it went into the white house. but secretary kerry talked about what was on the table. >> it's good to have an opportunity to really be able to discuss with people what is really contained within the parameters and also to lay down some of the work that we have left to do. we have 2.5 months more to negotiate. that's a serious amount of time with serious business still to do. so we hope congress will listen carefully and ask the question that it wants, but also give us the space and time to be able to complete a very difficult task. >> reporter: and tony what makes that task even more difficult are some of the contradicting statements we have heard out of iran number one the right to

intrucive inspections, and number two phased withdrawal of sanctions, iran says it is going to happen as soon as the ink hits the paper. >> one more for you, mike secretary kerry's visit is just one part of the administration's effort to sell this deal and maybe you alluded to it just a moment ago. how is that going so far? >> reporter: it's an all-out strategy by the president, secretary kerry, and the entire administration really to build public support and support in congress of course closely related. president obama holding closed-door meetings today with two separate jewish american groups. the president wants to explain to them why this is a good deal why it is the best of perhaps some bad alternatives. secretary kerry and others continue to make phone calls.

president obama has made phone calls to capitol hill as well. so a crucial series of votes coming up. >> mike. thank you. gaining ground against isil a new pentagon assessment of the fight in iraq. and a group of teachers convicted in atlanta of a huge cheating scandal. we're learn their fate. fate.

in atlanta, a judge is urging ten public school teachers to accept a last-minute plea deal in a cheating scandal. the teachers were convicted of inflating their student's scores on standardized exams. andy gallagher reports. >> reporter: this has been called the biggest cheating scandal in u.s. history. 180 employees from the atlantic public school system were charged or accused of being involved in this cheating

scandal. we're here today, though because ten teachers who decided to go to trial are now facing sentences of up to 20 years, amockst the charges, racketeering. when they cheated on the examines they got oboe news. but their supporters say the punishment does not fit the crime. this is part of a larger problem of standardized testing. but it has caused a great deal of damage to the entire public school system here. the ten teachers decided to go on trial, the judge at one point telling them if you do go to trial, the consequences could be dire. and that is the situation they are facing now. the judge said look having heard from character witnesses about how great and committed these teachers are, he says many

of the particularly young african american males who left school or dropped out of school may well end up in front of that judge, and he may have to hand out mandatory ten-year sentences according to their crime. in that may be an indication of how severe their punishment may be. much of the south has a really rainy week ahead. more than half a foot is expected in some areas. kevin? >> last week we were dealing with tornados. this week we're dealing with flooding. as you can see here on the big picture, anywhere from texas all the way over to florida, we're looking at a lot of rain. you can see how some of these showers have been quite severe as they push through parts of mississippi, as well as alabama. take a look at some video of

mobile alabama. of course it has caused a lot of problems on the roads. some water mains even broke in that particular area. unfortunately we are not done yet. i want to show you what we had seen across the area in terms of totals here. biloxi over five, almost six inches there. gulf port saw almost five inches of rain. we have flood warnings across the region. these will stay in place at least for the next four days. take a look at the amount of rain we expect to see over the next 72 hours. the ground is saturated so they are going to be seeing really a lot more flooding going on across this region. >> that's a lot of rainfall. >> it is a lot. >> thank you. a controversial best side is threatening bees across the

country. bee keepers say hives have been dying off in increasing numbers in recent years. the white house is now considering new ways to save them. >> reporter: i'm in california and here these beekeepers have brought a whole colony of bees up to a wild area to get them away from agriculture. they rent out these bees to big agricultural growers, and that's because bees are essential for basically everything we eat. the problem is that a new generation of pesticides are creating all kinds of havoc. this came from an almond grow and these guys again rent out these bees for the use of growers. when it came back this frame had been covered in part by this

shiny stuff here. and that's a protective barrier that these bees used to quarantine off what they think is a threat to their group. they are seeing this self-defense behavior all over the place, and it's because of a new generation of pesticides and certain kinds of fungy sides that go into plants. sometimes multiple crops over the course of a decade. so what these beekeepers want is for the white house -- which formed a task force to investigation this problem. they want the white house to step forward to protect these bees. beekeepers aren't particularly organized as a lobby. so they form this crucial link but they are getting pushed around. they are hoping the white house

comes forward with regulations that could do let's say what the european union has already done outlawed a class of pesticides and has begun to see bee populations come back to a certain extent. so that's the kind of action beekeepers will come out of what the white house announces. coming up next on this program, it has been one year since boko haram kidnapped more than 200 girls in nigeria. the new hopes and fears from parents and the community. plus the growing diplomatic dispute between the pope and turkey. what he had to say about mass killings a century ago.

♪ there is growing tension between turkey and the vatican. during mass in rome yesterday, pope francis called the of armenians, quote, the first genocide of the 21st century. hours later, turkey recalled its

ambassador from the vatican. >> reporter: 100 years ago this month ottoman turks began rounding up armenian christians. it is 1.5 million men women, and children were killed. on sunday in a mask commemorating the mass killings pope francis said this. >> translator: our human family have lived through three massive tragedies. the first which is widely considered the first genocide of the 21st century, struck your own armennian people. >> reporter: in response turkey recalled its ambassador from the vatican. the president of armenia welcomed his comments. >> translator: we are getting messages from all over the world, armenians all over the

world are touched by this message. they consider this 100-years long fight for recognition is still going on but there are already significant results. >> reporter: turkey has long maintained the deaths were the result of civil war and general unrest its allies have refused to recognize the genocide. turkey's foreign minister says turks will not recognize the pope's statement. >> translator: i don't support the world genocide being used by a great religious leader. >> translator: you can't say it happened. you can't say it didn't happen. my personal opinion, yes, it did. yes, there was a massacre on both sides. >> reporter: the vatican has acknowledged the armenian genocide since a declaration was signed in 2001. >> sarah leah whitson is a

member of the group that works to mark the genocide. >> it has been the position of the catholic church, and they have held the moral high ground despite turkish pressure for a long time. the centennial statement that the pope made was particularly important. he gave a mass for survivors and victims. and calling on the international community to recognize is an extra step that he took. >> he added that concealing or denying evil is like allowing a wound to keep bleeding without bandaging it. what is the importance of speaking out in this way? >> it is so important. the armenian community remains

stunned, and remains painful and a living wound, but interestingly it's not just a wound for armenians, it's a wound for turks too, because they haven't been able to put the issue to rest. it continues to fester because there hasn't been an ability to deal with the past. >> the death toll has been inflated and those killed were killed by virtue of a civil war and unrest. what do you think of those statements? >> i think it's persistent denialism and defensiveness that is not worthy of the turkish government and leadership today. it may have an appropriate to take that apologist position. but 100 years later i think the turkish government should be able to move on in the way that

many have moved on and come to terms with the past. so it really is time for the turkish government to step up to the plate and deal with its past. killings and deliberate systemic extermination of people that might have happened at a time of a world war is no justification for it. >> why is the united states the government of the united states -- the government of the united states has never used the world genocide to describe what happened. >> i think sadly the u.s. government has apieced and acquiesced to the pressure from the turkish government because of strategic interests, including an air base in turkey overflight rights and so forth, treating the matter as a political football. and sadly, most disappointedly even president obama who said he would recognize the genocide when he was campaigning, and

samantha power talked about why it is such a horrible thing not to stand up to genocide today neither can be called upon to use the world genocide. >> you described the armenian community. what about you, personally. what has your life been like living with this history, your going back i would imagine it would be incredibly emotional for you, personally. >> it is very emotional. my grandparents were victims of the genocide. my grandfather was orphaned and survived in an orphanage, and like many i was raised daily and monthly with the stories of the trauma. and the injustice, the deny of the turkish government it is very much a living issue for me.

and going to turkey is not just mourning for those who perished but it is also celebrating those who survived. >> thank you. >> thank you. tomorrow will mark one year since boko haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls in nigeria. and despite a campaign to find them those girls are still missing. >> reporter: this boy is three years old. all he understands is that schoolgirls were kidnapped a long time ago. his parents have been meeting almost every day for a year. they don't want the girls forgotten. >> something terrible happened in nigeria, and we should unite and demand for the rescue of those girls. as long as our children is out there, our children look at us and know that we sold them. >> reporter: the fighters attacked a school in the

northern borno state and abducted more than 200 schoolgirls. every girl taken wanted to achieve something in life that's why they went to school even though boko haram leaders forbid western education. mohammed will be sworn in as president in may. some hope his new administration will do more to find the girls. others are skeptical. >> the government is going to use the same army that the former government have used. and there are many separate to us in the army that [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: a year is a long time. slowly reality is sinking in for some of the families. even if some of the girls are found live their families don't

know what kind of condition they will be in. how many will be pregnant or have children or how many will be safe. the outgoing administration kept telling nigerians the girls would be rescued skoon. but soon turned into weeks, months and now 365 days. >> we don't know where they are. we are not hearing anything about them since they have been kidnapped, you know. >> reporter: many in nigeria haven't given up hope of finding all of them alive. and they are asking the world to keep up the pressure and not abay done the schoolgirls. four former black water security guards received long prison sentence today. they sentenced nicklas slayton to life in prison.

three other guards were sentenced to 30 years and one day behind bars. all were connected with the shooting in baghdad. they argue they opened fire because they thought they were under attack. the offensive to push isil out of northern iraq appears to be working. isil has lost nearly 30% of the territory it once controlled in northern iraq, but during a visit to the white house tomorrow iraq's prime minister is expected to warn that the battle is far from over. jamie macintyre is live from the pentagon. is this offensive a significant blow to isil or not? >> reporter: nobody here at the pentagon is declaring victory. what they are saying is after months of air strikes, that ildz is slowly being pushed back and that isil no longer has the ability to maneuver freely in that 25 to 30% of iraq that it

once called. the u.s. central command released another group of videos with the allied air campaign now into its ninth month, the pentagon is anxious to show the slow war of attrition is producing results on the ground. it released a map comparing the territory isil controlled last year to now when the pentagon claims the group has lost its freedom to operate in roughly 25 to 30% of iraq where it once held sway. a spokesman said it showed the combine effort of iraq and the u.s.-lead coalition is having a significant effect. >> it's still early. this is a long fight, so i'm not prepared to say the tide of battle has turned but i will say iraqi security forces along

with the coalition air power have unquestionably inflicted damage on isil and began to push isil back. >> reporter: tikrit recently retaken by iraqi forces shown on the map as still contested. the next city is listed as isil controlled but the oil field is said to be in iraqi control. but the map also shows a different story in syria, where coalition air strikes have done little to diminish isil's region of influence, and where the group has actually gained ground. in an interview, john allen, insisted isil is losing power by the day. the u.s. and the coalition powers are able to provide,

really precise fires that not only accomplish the director, but also reduce collateral damage and reduces the likelihood of civilian damage. >> reporter: more than 6,000 isil areas have been destroyed. remember the question for the authorization for the use of military force, today ken mccarthy acknowledged they are not the votes to pass that in fact some people say it may never pass. but as the iraqi prime minister is preparing to visit washington the obama administration is trying to show the war against isil in iraq is continuing despite any congressional inaction. >> jamie mcentire thank you. myanmar is one of the world's fastest-growing economies, and after five decades of military take tait

forship, money is flowing into the small nation again. yet human rights activists are concerned. >> reporter: a lot of children as young as eight in villages like this in myanmar drop out of school and go to work. they can earn around $15 a month tending cows. but in the cities they can earn at least twice as much. that's where this boy ended up. he is only 12 and he has turned into a breadwinner. >> translator: when i don't work sometimes my family is all right, but sometimes they are not. it depends on whether any stepfather can find work. he doesn't have a steady job. >> reporter: some children find jobs through friends and relatives. others through brokers who take a cut of the children's wages. tonight with the use of an undercover camera we'll show you how this business works. a lot of people here tell us

putting children to work in this country is pretty much normal but children's rights activists say if myanmar doesn't address the cycle, the country's path to democracy will be in jeopardy. >> you can see her full report in our next hour. china has bowed to international pressure and freed five women protesting against domestic violence. the five were arrested in early march as they prepared to disdistribute posters and stickers on women's day. the international community pledged billions of dollars to help rebuild gaza after last year's conflict with israel but aid agencies say they have made little progress and donors are not living up to their commitments. >> reporter: it's been six months since the international community pledged $3.5 billion to reconstruct the gaza strip, and this is one of 19,000

destroyed homes in the war that have yet to be rebuilt. he is living in a makeshift shelter near his home which israel heavily bombarded last summer. without the most basic necessities, staying warm is hard work. he searches for wood in the piles of rubble around him to make a fire. >> translator: i blame all sides. i cannot blame one party. all parties have to agree on how to carry the reconstruction. if they don't agree, we'll be the victims. >> reporter: 46 humanitarian organizations have issued a report saying only a quarter of the money has so far been released. 100,000 people are still homeless here after israel's third and most destructive war on gaza in six years. some people blame their own leadership for their despair. >> translator: both hamas and

fattah are using us as a cheap commodity to trade with the international community. this leaves us with options. we either invite israel to finish us off or explode in our government's face. >> reporter: the report calls on the international community to urge israel to lift the blockade on gaza and resume long-term ceasefire negotiations. it also described the crisis in gaza as a man made one while some donors have refrained from releasing funds due to the political rift the report says by doing so both donors and israel are entrenching this political split rather than challenging the blockade the report also found that most donors are accepting ways to work around it. >> what we really need is a change to how the international community addresses the

blockade, which is making sure that there are consequences. making sure there's accountability for it staying in place. >> reporter: the aid groups that put the report together say unless world leaders implement a new approach that addresses the worsening situation in gaza another war may be inevitable. the report suggests the international community should use the u.n.-armed trade treaty to pressure israel. it obliges signatories to suspend arms transfers to countries that will use them to commit attacks on civilians. the question is whether the international community will respond to this recommendation. crude oil has lost more than half of its value since last june. that is forcing countries with economies that depend on oil to make difficult choices. the international monetary fund

plan to discuss the issue this weekend. >> reporter: the oil pumps along ecuadors pacific coast continue to work day and night. reaching deep into the earth to extract what had for decades been liquid gold and more recently a valuable tool in the president's economic and political policies. [ applause ] >> reporter: until oil prices dropped and put a powerful break on government plans. >> so it's a difficult situation for ecuador, so ecuador what it is doing, because there has been too much public expenditure before is try to limit that. first limit public expenditures then borrowing from china, trying to get more income instead of oil. >> reporter: intensive public spending has been at the heart of the president's popularity.

it has kept thousands in jobs and pumped cash into the system. but thanks are changing. but the price of oil is actually not the main concern. ecuador's economy is pegged to the u.s. dollar and as the dollar goes up it makes it harder for the government to attract more cash. [ applause ] >> reporter: when the president took office seven years ago, he declared a moratorium on the country's foreign debt. [ applause ] >> reporter: coupled with low oil prices those decisions are coming back to haunt him. >> translator: low prices mean change, and the government has to find new sources of financing, even those these traditional sources are closed due to its own policies. >> reporter: ecuador is borrowing heavily from china, and implementing higher tariffs.

the government announced mid- and high-level public employees could take a 10% pay cut, but many on the street are wondering if they won't have to face cost-cutting measures themselves. and just ahead, remembering nobel prize winning author and former nazi soldier. plus his life-saving work the scribblings of allen turig up for auction.

he was once known as germany's moral compass and has died at the age of 87. simon mcgregor-wood takes a look at his legacy. >> reporter: he was the german writer who most boldly confronted his country's past.

his 1959 novel the tin drum propelled him to international fame. in 1999 his work was rewarded with the nobel prize for literature. writing well into his 80s, he was an outspoken, and ultimately divisive figure. he campaigned for disarmament and social change but was against german unification. he fiercely defended the author salmon rushdie. in 2012 he wrote the poem what must be said criticizing israel. it's not just the context in which he wrote, but also that the writing is exceptional. he is one of the great german authors if not european authors of the 21st century, and i think

the political voice may diminish overtime but the work will stand true. >> reporter: but his role as the moral conscience of germany was critically damaged in 1996, in his autobiography. he revealed his membership of the ss soldiers. he tarnished the legacy of his remarkable career. rare hand-written notebook by british mathematician alan turing sold for a little over a million dollars today in an auction. he also worked to break newazi

coding during world war ii. >> reporter: the oscar-nominated hit movie that brought the incredible work of alan turing to a wider audience. >> we are going to break an unbreakable nazi code and win the war. >> oh. >> reporter: now a rare glimpse inside the workings of his find. a humble 56-page workbook. >> this is the very first time we have been able to see his notes, and how he went about figuring things out. and this makes this truly a unique piece. >> reporter: in the notes given to his friend and kept private until now, turing grapples with mathematical theories. perhaps surprisingly he also admits difficulty in understanding a famous calculation. although written while he was

working at britain's secret site during the second world war, the notes are relayed to laying the foundations for computer science as we know it. >> he is working on saving the world during the day, and then he comes home and in his downtime he is working on pure mathematics. >> it's the greatest encryption device in all of history. >> reporter: also under auction, one of the very machines he and his team worked so hard to create. it is estimated his helped shorten the second world war by at least two years, but he is also considered the father of modern day computing, and the impact of his work can be seen all around us. his hand-written notebook

remind us that even our high-tech devices had humble begins. and for a look at what is coming up at the top of the hour. >> coming up at 8:00 caught on camera a reserve deputy kills and shoots a man after grabbing his gun instead of his taser. plus presidential politics. republican or democrat? some believe each nominee could spend up to $5 billion to win in 2016. we'll take a look at the business and management that candidates have to master to win office. also he has created a half a dozen worlds on the hit tv series, "game of thrones," we'll meet a special effects whiz. >> thank you, john. if you complained about flying recently you are certainly not alone. customer complaints are up 22%

from last year. there were fewer late flights, but more bags were lost. as for the best company to fly with virgin islands america, followed by hawaiian airlines and delta. that's all of our time for this news hour. thanks for watching.

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