here is john terrett with more on that. >> reporter: seven stories below ground zero and it's as if it just happened. the impact of the smoldering showers. there was never a doubt that a museum would be built, but that it would be easy was misguide: many 9/11 families are average that thousands of unidentified body parts are stored in an area that flooded during super storm sandy. >> would we ever have picked a basement that could be flooded? >> reporter: a former firefighter who lost many friends, helped. >> they say housing the remains fulfills a promise played to a coalition of family members back in 2003. another concern is the six minute video called the rise of al-qaeda. advisory committee found it an inspiration. >> didn't deal with the cuttel and sophisticated way with a difference between al-qaeda and islam as a religion tradition. >> the experience is well documented throughout the museum beyond the al-qaeda exhibit. >> we over and over again make it clear that this is not mainstream islam we're talking about. this is a radicalized group of people with a murderous agenda who

john terrett joins us live from the world trade center where victims' families have shown up in protest. >> reporter: what can you tell bus the decision to move these bodies? >> good morning, morgan. first of all, i don't know if you have ever been to the world trade center or lower manhattan on a se saturday morning. everything is calm and peaceful. that's what is happening here. before there was a procession approaching the world trade center side as the unidentified remains or 40% of all the remains here were moved back to ground zero for the first time in 13 years. and there was a pro session involving police riders and police vehicles, and three could have finishes draped in the american flag were lifted from the vehicles and taken into the new 9/11 memorial museum which is due to be open formerly before president obama next thursday. now this was a very, very emotional morning for people here, particularly for many of the families involved. morgan? >> john, it sounds like the victims are being honored. so why exactly are the families concerned? >> well, there are two types of rema

john terrett is live at the united nations. what happened. >> good afternoon from the united nations. the russians called for the meeting of the security council to get their ideas out there, into the international headlines on the television programs in tomorrow's newspapers, and that they have done. the russian ambassador talking about how the west needs to rethink its position vis-a-vis ukraine and the area disputed in eastern and southern ukraine, and talked about how ukraine itself is not abiding by the april geneva agreement regarding the whole situation. now, that seems to be the way the russians handled the whole thing at the united nations. you might say attack is the level form of defense, because they constantly go on the attack as they did today. in response we heard from the uk ambassador talking about the proportional unmeasured response by kiev and the hypocrisy coming from moscow, that he called breath taking. samantha power is the u.s. ambassador the united nations and responded to what the russian ambassador h

john terrett is live at the un headquarters now, and john the leaders reached an agreement in genevaast month, so why the emergency meeting called by russia now? >> well, good afternoon from a pretty warm united nations. the russians called this meeting and the reason as always is to get their message out, to have their say, to get their point of view in the international headlines. and the russian ambassador is saying basically all that is going on in the eastern part of the country is ukraine's fault. he said ukraine is not abiding by the geneva agreement made back in april. and this is the strategy we have seen from the russians. their strategy is to also attack, attack first before anybody else can attack you. and he said the west needs to rethink its positions. now for the other key members of the security council, we heard from the french ambassador who said all of this was like a bad spy novel with russia deploying forces some with uniforms some not and causing trouble. he said the russians were basically opening a pandora's box. the united kingdom talked about ukraine ufring

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john terrett has that story >> reporter: racing out of the fort pitts, a city known for bridges is aenter for financial services companies, medical centers and high-tech industries. pittsburgh's mayor said it had to be flexible to survive when the steel industry left town. >> you can bomb a city. you can burn a city. you can flood a city. or you can tear the economic heart of a city out. as long as you invest back into the people who believe in that city, the city will come back. >> the mayor says he has talked with detroit about recovery there. motor city needs two to $3 billion to clear blight. it's earmarked 400 million. unlike detroit, pittsburgh never accepted federal government cash but nevertheless, its taken 30 years to roll back from when giant factories like this, now city. >> today, only these old stacks from the u.s. steel homestead works stand in honor of a once-great industry that employed tens of thousands of people. the city raised $300 million to develop this charging mall that names. how has pittsburgh raised the cash? >> jeremy waldrop says 5 and a half billion has

john terrett has more now from new york. >> seven storeys below ground zero it's as if 9/11 just happened - rescuers, shock, pain, disbelief. there was never much doubt that a museum would be built. any notion that it would be easy would be misguided. arguments slowed down the progress of the september 11th memorial museum. many families are angry that thousands of body parts are stored this far under ground, in an area that flooded superstorm sandy. >> would we pick a base that could be flooded? >> former deputy fire cap tape jim richards who lost his tonne jimmy spent months clearing the site of rubble and funny parts. >> it will be a powerful museum, they don't need a production of putting human remains in the noose eem. >> the director says housing the remains fulfils a promsize made to a coalition of family members. a concern is the 6 minute video called "the rise of al qaeda", an interfaith clergy advisory group said most of the exhibit were inspirational but there was a problem with the film. >> it didn't deal with the difference between al qaeda and islam as a religious tradition.

as john terrett reports, it comes a year since president obama recommitted to closing guantanamo bay's detention center. >>> protesters in times square demanding the release of guantanamo bay prisoners approved for transfer out of the base, still there, held without charge. >> the frustration stems from the fact that the authority has the authority ci to transfer now. 77 out of 150 men have been approved to leave by every government agency. half the prison could be empty. >> that includes the hunger striker cheered for transfer to uruguay, whom a federal judge ruled may be force-fed via a tube through his nose. the judge critical for refusing to compromise and find a method that doesn't inflict so much pa pain. >> the prevailing mind-set at guantanamo bay is anyone on a hunger strike is conducting asymmetrical warfare. >> the inmate was representeded for transfer in 2010. he's been held without charge three months shy of 12 years. >> his hunger vibing is a way for him to protest his decontinuation at guantanamo bay. >> in deab's case. the protesters blamed the slow progress on the obam

john terrett is looking into the area facing the huge task of cleaning up from this natural disaster. >> reporter: that's right. we used to know this whole area now called the balkans as yugoslavia. but after the collapse of yugoslavia these single entities separated into multiple countries. slovenia, croatia and bosnia serbia, kosovo, montenegro. boosbosnian officials say 100,00 homes we are told, 250 schools have been destroyed or damaged in 2100 landslides. that's an extraordinary number. the extent of the damage is so horrific that it is better not to reveal any details before we have a clear picture. 2,000 miles have been destroyed and 30% of the country's railway stations have been destroyed. 100,000 people are suspected to be affected by this flooding. the damage may be equal to that of the 1992 war. almost no one in the region has property insurance and serbia is one of europe's poorest where unemployment tops 20% but in reality it's more like 40%. now e.u. and n.a.t.o. officials are at this moment touring the area to see what needs to be done. international systems are sure t

. >> john terrett is here. >> reporter: we thought we would put this in perspective for you. here are some of the key playe players. the former prime minister, shinawatra. he's played a big role behind the scenes even though he has lived abroad in exile for many years. he did win two landslide victories in 2001 and 2005 by promising people in rural areas universal healthcare, a micro credit program for villages and a death moratorium for the farmers. in 201148-year-old ying luc shinawatra became the prime minister herself. she studied at the university of kentucky, so she spent time here as well. just last week she was removed from office by tie lap's court. we're told the reason was there was an abuse of power. now we get to the interim prime minister. that is quite some name. you have to admit to western eyes that is quite something. it's pronounced. he's 66 of years old. he has been on the fringe of politics for years. they pretty much won every election for 13 years now. now this is the 66-year-old command center chief with the royal thai army. he is the man calling the s

. >> john terrett, we appreciate it. >> thanks. >> some of the iconic cities, jacob ward joins us from san francisco, jacob, some of the best places to live in the united states are on the coast line, but rising coast lines could drastically change those locales. >> that's right. and it's not just the question of the beauty of it all, but the coast line has an incredible economic impact. it's going to be drastically changed based on information we're getting out of this new climate assessment. here in san francisco one of the major changes is the sea level rising would change the way this city is laid out. here i'm standing at the high tide mark, the high tide here. one of the busiest on the west coast. the assessment report points out that it could be--we could see rises from a foot to four and a half feet by the end of the century. if that's the case not only where i'm standing would be underwater, but the fifth row of at&t park would be underwater. we're talking about an incredible change. a mapping software scarce before and after shots. this is what san francisco would look like u

john terrett is here with the list. ow known upstairs in the newsroom. i am john, number 27. otherwise known as a gift from god. there go. let's crack on. these are the top five baby boy names. and right in there at number five is good ol' rock solid william and mason. we have jacob, very popular for people who go to church. liam at number two. liam is nice and smooth as opposed to jacob, which is quite hard. that is one of the reason why people use liam. and number one is noah. that's arguebly because of the russell crowe movie by the same time. but to be honest with you that is just a guess. in reverse order for the girls. number five is ava. isabella. hanging on from the 1970s is olivia as in olivia newton john, and number two, emma, and so now the number one most popular girl's name for the third year in a row is sophia. if you spell this with an "f." becomes number 13. what is interesting this year is how the trend is actually away from even the most popular names. for instance, just over the 18,000 babies named noa

. >> that was a terrific report, john terrett, thank you.ael jackson and whitney houston, who knew. >>> the drought in the winner status is helping to spread an illness. the number of cases have gone up dramatically over the last 15 years. melissa chan has more now from california. >> reporter: the sun beats down over the parched land in the third dry year in california, and the weather has brought unexpected consequences. for virginia, it first felt like the through, but then she started walking slower, feeling confused and found herself unable to communicate. >> we were discussing one of our relatives' sons who place baseball. she said, who plays goose ball. i said i don't know, who is goose ball. we talked to her daughter about it, and we thought that she had a stroke. >> reporter: it wasn't a stroke. it was a disease caused by fungus. it appears in the american southwest and the number of cases have shot up from 2,000 in 1998 to more than 22,000 i in 2011. the wind out here picks up the dust carrying the fungal spores, and with one breat

john terrett is here with more on the mega-merger. it's the trend. >> do you know what at&t stands for? >> i don't remember. >> it's american telephone and telegraph company. telegraph is in there all niece years later. it -- these years later. no one uses a telegrap. at&t, dallas based, reckons it will be worked out in a year. they are trying to move servers on to tv, freeing you will broadband for customers. there's more to it. >> reporter: at first blush you think they are unlikely bedfellows, the oldest telekom firm sniffing around a satellite television provider direct tv. look again. you'll see why the boards agree a marriage to create the second biggest cable and internet provider in the u.s. is a good idea for them. at&t means content and cash. and one had a couple of rough quarters. direct tv makes piles of money, looking for high speed technology, guess who is good at that? correct. at&t. both businesses reached the saturation point when it comes to attracting new customers. the possibility for growth is greater. there's no

john terrett looks at the major players. >> yes. thailand's political crisis essentially is groups jockeying for position, as the haves from the cities, and the have not from the rural areas trying to gape the upper hand before the elderly copying dies. here are some of the key players at the moment. first one, 64-year-old thaksin shinawatra, he was found get your of corruption, won two landslide victories in 2001 and 2005 by promising universal health care and credit programme for villages and a debt moratorium for farmers. in 2006 he was ousted by the military in a coup backed by the wealthier middle classes. this is where it's interesting. in 2011, 46-year-old yingluck shinawatra, the younger citiesster of thaksin -- sister of thaksin bail the prime minister. she studied at kentucky university. she maintained her brother's popular policies, such as the rice programme. she was removed by the constitution constitutional court for abuse of power. the interim prime minister may need every occupies of a compromise and public relation

john terrett is live. >> good evening. welcome to ground zero. this is new york city. they have been rowing sense the get go - everything from the price of administration to the location of human remains in a vault, to a video ta muslims say payments them all as terrorists. many said this museum would never open. tomorrow it will, in front of the president. >> seven storeys below ground zero, it's as if september 11th happened, the impact, the towers, the rescuers, shock, pain and utter disbelief. there was never much doubt a memorial museum would be built. any notion that it would be easy was misguided. for 13 years, three longer than planned arguments slowed down the process. many 9/11 families are angry that thousands of unidentified body parts are stored this far underground in an area that flooded during superstorm sandy. >> would we ever have picked a basement that could be flooded? >> former deputy fire cap tape who lost his firefighter son jimmy spent months clearing the site of rubble and body parts. >> it will be a powerful museum, they don't need productions

john terrett is here with the latest. >> yes, this is happening now. that's the paint that the white house is saying, it's happening now. america the beautiful. do you love that song. >> it's a great song. >> it's a fantastic song. america the beautiful may turn that america the stormy and dangerous, according to this study. it's broken down region by region and makes a grim reading. let's dive in. where do you live. in the north-east 64 million people in the densely populated part of the country face heatwaves, heavier rain, snow and coastal flooding as sea levels rise. 80 million people, says the report, in a fast-growing metropolitan area of the country face decreased water supplies and threats from hur karnings that decreased supply is because of the building going on. the midwest, bread impact, faces longer growing seasons, oddly better yields. the downside is heatwaves, droughts and floods are like i to increase. too little precipitation falls in the vast seat between the two area, the great plains. it's stressing communities causes billions in d

john terrett is here with both sides of the story. >> reporter: yes, and in a way this is a two-prong story. it was a year ago today that president obama revisited the issue of guantanamo making it a campaign issue in 2008. they went away from it because they could not close it because of congress. they came back with a major speech from the president. but there is a man who suffered and charges that he has been force fed, he does want to live. he wants to go home and be with his family. but he does not want to be force fed through the nose. his attorneys say that is abuse. >> reporter: approved for transfer out of the naval base but still there held without charge. >> the frustration stems from the fact that the administration has authority to transfer the men that it has cleared for transfer. of the 154 men who remain, 77 of them have been approved to leave by every government agency within the state and detention. half the prison could be emptied now. >> reporter: that includes the hunger stricter cleared for uruguay. he now be force fed by his nose into his stomach. the he's refus

john terrett is here with more on this. it's an ongoing issue for the president. >> it has. it's 12 months to the day that president obama recommitted his administration to closing guantanamo bay. it's 24 hours since a federal judge told the military to resume force-feeding a prisoner on hunger strike. he's on hunger strike for two reasons. he's upset at the 12 years he's held without charge and the way he'll be force-fed - tube down the nose. >> reporter: protesters in times square demanding the release of guantanamo bay business, approved for transfer out the base, but still there, held without charge. >> the frustration stems from the fact that the administration has authority to transfer at least the men that it has cleared for transfer. of 154 me at guantanamo bay, 77 have been approved to leave by every government agencies in the state. at least half the prison could be emptied now. >> that includes jihad man, cleared for transfer, who a federal judge ruled may be force-fed by the military through a tube via his nose and into the stomach. the judge critical of the d.o.

john terrett has the story. >> reporter: racing out of the fort pitts tunnel.come to pittsburgh, the former iron and steele capital. it's a center for financial services companies, medical centers and high-tech industries. pittsburgh's mayor it said had to be flexible to survive when the steel industry left the up to. >> you can bomb, tear, burn a city or tear its economic heart out. as long as you invest in the people, it will come back. the mayor talked with detroit about recovery. >> reporter: motor city needs $2-3 billion to clear blight, earmarking $400 million. unlike detroit pittsburgh never anticipated federal government cash. it took 30 years to come back from when giant factories like this dominated the city. only the old stacks from the u.s. steel homestead work stand in honour of a once-great industry that employed tens of thousands. the city raised $300,000 to develop the mall which is on the site, carrying all the names. how has pittsburgh raised the cash. >> jeremy walled rop says $5.5 bill won came in in the past eight years. >> we have seek a r

john terrett has a look. >> tony, good afternoon. this is what the twin towers looked like before the towers came down. i'm now standing in the museum. you're greeted at once by two steal columns taken by the ex-teatheexterior. you continue with a sloping walkway that takes you down seven floors down. the exhibit takes the viewers back almost 13 years it's as if 9/11 happened just yesterday. the vezee street stairs which thousands escaped. part of a motor used to propel one of the elevators. the giant slurry wall that held back the hudson river, and the fire truck with an inscription written by an anonymous person that says jeff, we will not forget you. >> reporter: the whole project is surrounded by controversies. tomorrow, this museum will open with president obama the guest of honor. the museum opens to the public on may 21st. >> johnter rat, thank you. that is all of our time for this news hour. i'm tony harris in new york. real money with ali velshi is next. david shuster is sitting in tonight for ali. >> middle class families w

john terrett reports. >>> new york's young people's chorus at the start of a dedication ceremony for the new september 11th memorial and museum, a day that was sub due and inspirational. president obama used the occasion to reach out beyond u.s. borders. >> we look into the faces of nearly 3,000 innocent souls - men and women, children of every race, every creed, from every corner of the world. >> the museum's dedication comes three years later than planned, sitting where the world trade center tours stood. the aim is to show the build up to september 11, 2001, 13 years ago when they came down, highlighting those that died and those that came to rescue them. artefacts and video and moving tape-recordings with loved ones saying goodbye or trying to. >> a man called america's mayor rudy giuliani pointed out the random nature of those that died and those that made it out alive. >> we'll never understand why one escaped and another didn't. how random it all seems. and how powerless it makes us all feel. >> this woman was one of the few to make it out of the south tower. she took her heel

. >> john terrett join us live. >>> they escaped death dodging a landslide that killed thousands of people>>> struggling to survive the fight for food after catastrophe in afghanistan. plus, a tragic accident in mid air. the search for people after a hot air balloon goes up in flames. >> coming up, the streets of the windy city covered with eyes in the skies. trafg cameras - looking for more from drivers. >>> veterans in arizona took their complaints to john mccain. it happened at a forum - he heard from veterans and family members about problems with health care hospitals. >> it took months for them to see him. they wouldn't call us back... >> john mccain told the crowd that arizona was not alone, saying that reports of va problems are surfacing all across the country. >> throughout the va system, at least in a number of other facilities, we are hearing reports of atlanta, colorado, california - a number of other va facilities where the same kind of scandalous procedures are being pursued. >> john mccain said there's no doubt the system was broken and vowed to get answers after three exec