markus is in the water. jordan's in the water.e roiling seas. they each activated their emergency beacons. their attempt to be the first crew was obviously ending in disaster. their boat, which was designed to right itself, had capsized. they deployed their life raft but for nearly three hours they struggled in vain to right the "james robert hanssen." jordan wouldn't give up on the boat named for his late father. >> and jordan kind of lets out this, you know, sigh under his breath and he's, like, come on, dad. and your heart just kind of goes, oh, right? >> reporter: and then they drifted in the high seas, hoping rescuers received their distress beacon. in fact, they did. even now, a year later, it's still unclear why at first there were reports of just three beacons. while out there waiting for help, adam, the proud canadian, found his thoughts wandering back to the olympics. >> and the -- you know, the americans had their chant, usa, usa! the rest of the world finds it incredibly annoying. and we were telling these stories and

single board computers, as markus said. >> there's a whole host of things. baby blankets. a woman in detroit. she worked with cart heart to get excess material to make sleeping bag coats for the winter, to, you name it, there's ut. >> it's endless. >> with the rise in innovation that can result, what is the future of america look like. we'll have more on that when we come back. >> weekday mornings on al jazeera america >> we do have breaking news this morning... >> start your day with in depth coverage from around the world. first hand reporting from across the country and real news keeping you up to date. the big stories of the day, from around the world... >> these people need help, this is were the worst of the attack took place... >> and throughout the morning, get a global perspective on the news... >> the life of doha... >> this is the international news hour... >> an informed look on the night's events, a smarter start to your day. mornings on al jazeera america va >> welcome back. va we are talking about the rise of do it yourself culture, and what it means for the

single board computers, as markus said. >> there's a whole host of things. baby blankets. a woman in detroit. she worked with cart heart to get excess material to make sleeping bag coats for the winter, to, you name it, there's a host of good that is coming ut. >> it's endless. >> with the rise in innovation that can result, what is the future of america look like. we'll have more on that when we come back. is a >> welcome back. we are talking about the rise of do it yourself culture, and what it means for the future of innovation. how do you think it will impact the quality of the products entering the marketplace. will we see a rise in the sophistication of things created coming from small and one-person operations? >> absolutely. and i would say not only sophistication, but last year there was - the first maker fair, and i have to say there were 35,000 attendees. we saw design taking off front and center. in addition to very cool products, we have cool products that are well designed. i think that we are starting to see a little bit of healthy, you know, competition bet

and i commend bernie markus on bringing this to the people's attention. i commend him on all he has done for my state and for our country, and i hope he'll keep on giving us his opinion of what's best for the united states of america. secondly, america was insulted earlier this month, or earlier last month by the iranian people. the government of the nation of iran has appoint add new ambassador to the united nations, that new ambassador's name is hamid aboutabeli. he captured 52 americans and held them for 442 days, a man who claims he was an innocent bystander and did have much to do with that tragedy. if you were alive at that time and watched "nightline" shows night after night to watch the beatings, torture and terror and capture of the american people, you understand full well nobody could have been within sight of that embassy and not claim to be a part of it. my state has been touched. almost every state in the union. those hostages held right up until the time ronald reagan was sworn in as president was released at the last minute when the united

time now for markus karlsson to look at that new french government from the money angle. >> definitely we will be diving deeper into one of these headlines. we're going to look at the 20 put in charge of the french economy. when the government was outlined earlier, the finance minister got the sack. chelveteran politician mi sapin got the job. he will be working with the economy minister, a controversial choice. earlier, antonio barroso was a political consultant and i asked pam whether investors would be worried. >> i think it is a little surprising for investors. given his criticism towards brussels. i do not think it is going to be an issue. obviously there is a cacophony between the finance minister, the new finance minister, and it could be a problem, but in the -- the end of the day, montebour g will be calling the shots. >> so you're saying even though we have these two names and the economy ministry, you are not from the a real break formal policies of the french government? >> absolutely. it will be the policy that francois hollande wants to implement in the coming months. he

with markus karlsson. >> a developing story coming out of washington this tuesday. that's were the chief executive of general motors is facing difficult questions on capitol hill. a is appearing ahead of congressional committee, being whizzed over technical problem with the ignition switch and some gm models. the issue has been linked with at least 13 deaths. there was a recall of 1.6 moving cars back in february. it has been revealed that gm knew about this issue much earlier, without taking action. ahead of testimony in washington, families of the victims dollar did -- gathered in front of u.s. congress. they want to know why gm took more than two months to recall the defective vehicles and why the government did not intervene. today, i cannot tell you why it took so long for a safety defect to be announced for this program. but i can tell you we will find out. while i cannot turn back the clock, as soon as i learned about the problem, we acted without hesitation. i would like this committee to know that all of our gm employees and i are determined to effect a new

. >> thank you very much, markus. >> hello and welcome to today's web news. we will be taking a look at some of the stories making headlines. coming up, somali refugees announced an anti-terror operation in kenya. web users help find a missing new york woman and two french base jumpers take on the world's tallest building. hundreds of somalis have been arrested in kenya. web users have been sharing photos on social networks. this is the beginning of april, seems like this have become commonplace in the neighborhood of the capital nairobi. the arrests are part of an anti- terrorist operation launched in response to a wave of attacks across kenya over the past month. those arrested are taken to a stadium in nairobi which has been take -- turned into a police station where hundreds are held. the film reminds viewers the aim of the security sweep is to identify potential terrorists from the armed islamist movement al-shabaab. web users are concerned with the interrogation methods and have taken to twitter to voice opposition. they urge the government to end the e

markus was a remarkable writer, what is his legacy? >> it's an enormous one. i don't know about you, but a lot of people of my generation go back to the issue of "vanity fair" in the early '80s, that had a remarkable tail "chronicle of a death foretold", thas and everything after, the magic realism is a remarkable and loom nous style of writing. he was a spare writing, adding in odd character to the novels gave them a fulfilling body. i remember him saying when elephant flying is not interesting, but if you put 53 of them flying, that specificity creates a realism. >> we are looking at a video of him on his 87th birthday. you mentioned "100 years of solitude", "love in the set of cholera", it was made into a movie. he inspired writers with magical realism, influential in latin america and all over the world, translating into 30 languages. >> you see, of course, in terms of american writers, a bit of him in some of the great wild jonathan leth am books. it was a wonderful time of writing. i think of some people who are a great part of the literature, they came

markus beasley and michael arosco wouldn't get the chance to take the field after the mexican club team refused to let them play. m.l.s. had no problem letting chris play, burying putting the u.s. up 2-0. mexico rallied. 4th minute. michael fabian's clinic finds the back of the net cutting the lead to 2-1. they go back on the attack. paul shot each, feasting on the rebound for the equalizer. the game ending in a 2-2 draw. >> got to love the energy and the spirit. the world cup can't get here soon enough. thank you. >> kids are catching world cup fever as well. a lesser known soccer tournament is underway in rio. al jazeera's rob reynolds shows us how the game is bringing attention to the problem of child homelessness. >> football is under way in rio, argentina battles tanzania, two teams competing in the street child world cup. teams from 19 countries are taking part, organised by a british charity. these children are growing up in poverty, and have spent time living on the streets. now they have been reunited with parents, and are attending school. earlier the boys and girls visited ri

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