in addis technological progress but not just technology but is so much of the modern world ideas. take for example planning the professional planning with engineering. interior -- an engineer today we have them that distinguish themselves with the engineering profession to know the targets of other engineers. it is the military field for better or worse our world is so world built by war. >> what have we learned from over civil war? >> we have learned a lot about supply and logistics' with food and materials wrote the world today we have learned a lot about metallurgy and chemistry. all from military purposes from the civilian economy but the harshest part but to be crazy over irrational but to think rationally if you don't think rationally you will disappear. >> this is the great history of though for. from what we call the dialogue tell us the story of the army landing on the island to say we don't want to hear. so if you try to stave the will fight. but then they said our cause is just so sure they the gods will take up our cause. did they set of course, we believe in the gods

. >> katherine many thanks, katherine soy there in addis ababa. >> negotiations trying to bring an end to a cycle of religious violence that has killed and displaced thousands of people. a report from ali mastasa. >> they have been negotiating in kenya since december. >> the next step will involve a frank discussion with all political actors and civil society in the central africa republic. >> general am amnesty for the fighters. replace in from the president katherine samba panza. it's not areal accord, rather it's a series of grievances from the two parties that hold the country hostage. hundreds of thousands fled leading to a backlash from a christian armed group calling itself antibalaka. before france intervened. france has also rejected the militia agreement and but the militia groups in nairobi are warning of more violence if the proposal is rejected. >> we would like to call upon our external em enemies. >> the interim government has been unable to provide security. a government minister and aid worker were kidnapped in january. they face an uncertain future as the political le

. >> the african union is holding its summit in addis ababa. it's also pushing for a power sharing deal between south sudan's president and its vice president. >> peace and security definitely dominating this year's summit. a lot of countries are in crisis we have conflict in south sudan they have been holding direct talks to move forward the peace talks that have taken way too long. since january last year, there is still a lot of contention on power-sharing. the peace and security council also had a meeting last evening they discussed ebola ravaging some of the poorest countries in the continent. they also discussed boko haram its threat to niecialg n and nigeria. calling for forces of 7500 troops, there is also talks of the political issue in libya central african republic still remains fragile. the democratic republic of congo, huge humanitarian crisis in the country. on top of all this, this is an election year, a dozen or so countries are scheduled to hold elections. others that are bound to arise in the year. >> the government in the cen

web users have called on authorities to severely punish her attackers, currently on trial in addis ababaonal geographic created an integrated -- interactive into graphic showing every mission to mars from 1962 today. it is no surprise that russia and the united states are behind most of the missions. generally -- more recent trips have seen much more success. the curiosity rover has been exporting mars since 2011. a website connects customers and professional hackers for higher, so anyone can post a job offer or offer services for all manner of tasks, from changing a university student school car to accessing an e-mail account or facebook page. a lot of tasks verge on the illegal, and fees can be as high as several thousand dollars. aman american dad turned his house into a huge play area for his kid, with thousands of plastic balls. the boys were absolutely delighted, as you can see in this video available in its entirety on youtube. ♪ m pacifica this is democracy now. >> the vast majority of people who have died are yemeni. and other muslims. but we don't talk about that. the day the f

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and alvin addis, well, he says it's the first time he's met such a kind pope. visit lasted just 15 minutes, but the father who runs the shelter says it meant the world to these children. >> it means that they are not of age, they are the children of the world. >> reporter: he estimates there are 6,000 to 10,000 hard core street children in manila, children with no homes to go to and parents who can't or won't take care of them. volunteer alexandra says the pope didn't say much while he was there, but it wasn't about his words. what did his visit do for them? >> hope. it's hope. >> reporter: now because the pope did, perhaps the world will take a second look. anne thompson, nbc news, manila. >>> that's our broadcast on a friday night and for this week. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. lester holt will be here with you this weekend. we of course hope to see you right back here on monday night. in the meantime, have a great weekend. good night. >>> nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. >> breaking news in the east bay. a heavy police pr

addie brinkley is her name and she has lived in this house with her two grandchildren that she is raisingghter bought a home in june and is living in it until brinkley moved in in november. somehow, the vacant home managed to use 546 thousand gallons of water cost more than $7,000. enough to fill 30 swimming pools. they told us that the water during those months was used even though the house was vacant. >> i'm doing the best i can do. it making should have a decent home. >> will show you what brinkley is doing. >> and those children there as well. it we learned about this problem through a tip. if you have a problem you need chris and the rest of the investigative team to check into, send an e-mail to tips@wjl a.com or call this number on the hotline. 1-866-236-3401. >> that amount of water can't just disappear. >> not through a leak, for sure. >> don't do business with friends. >> these dogs were raised to be food. the amazing journey that brought them to our area for adoption. >> nude developments from air asia flight 8501. sounds were heard where they recovered the crashed jet. it's u

. >> in ethiopia, his president meeting on the sidelines of a summit in addis ababa. all of this the latest push to bring an end to the conflict in south sudan. it began in december of 2013 when the president accused his former deputy of an attempted coup, leading to fighting between forces loyal to both men who come from rival ethnic groups. a year ago a truce was broken, escalating in april. hundreds of civilians from rival tribes were killed. the food cries in south sudan was called the worst anywhere in the world. third ceasefire signed in november broken, last week, both sides sign ago deal that is meant to be used as a roadmap to end the conflict. >> we are joined now from ethiopia's capitol catherine what's new about this try? >> this time, it's just about to start. they are waiting for the heads of state so that they can continue this meeting. basically, it's supposed to be putting more pressure on two leaders to sign this deal, to make compromises on this political settlement, as well. people are saying that because of all the pressure that is now the chinese

. >> reporter: an addi allows him to feel free.t may be the mo sought after ride of all. gabe gutierrez, nbc news >>> up and down the east coast we are all getting ready for a big winter storm. today thousands of salt trucks will be treating the roads. in the northeast they're cleaning up from a storm as well right now. take a look. you can see in massachusetts, the weather had bad accidents. a similar story in new hampshire and new jersey. watch "news 4 today" tomorrow morning, you'll be on the air tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. to tell you about any problems and school closings in your neighborhood. >>> amelia you have new information that just came in. >> winter weather advisory was issued for pretty much the entire area. if you've been watching this morning, some of you have been under a winter storm watch. that watch coulde either gone to an advisory or a warning. obviously a warning being the more serious of the two weather alerts. here are the counties under this winter weather add vialsry, everybody in purple. this includes fairfax,

the idea being that at the next round of peace talks in addis ababa, the president will have more leverage over the rebels, because they have the 11 influential people back in the fold. >> the idea is that leverage can be used to try and bring a built more stability to the area. what about the situation right now? has the fighting stopped? >> unfortunately, it certainly hasn't. in fact, in the last week, we've seen more fighting. the government claimed they'd been attacked in the north of the country on the border with sudan. not only that, they claim that the rebels have been attacking places within lake state a whole new front line in this conflict. that's a new state where we haven't seen this fighting. this conflict is far from over. the talks today are a very good step in the right direction but we're still a long way from see ago ceasefire on the ground. >> the oil cartel decided to keep output unchanged despite sliding prices. the move is creating volatility in the market without benefiting oil producers. the oil minister said ohman suffers as a result. >> in june of last year, roya

every two days, addie takes a trip to maryland to fill these five gallon jugs with the water her family needs to survive. >> so you heat this on the stove and pour it in tub and get a bath. >> on december 2 two weeks after she moved into this northwest d.c. home this single grandmother who is raising two children had her water shut off. three months before she moved in, while the home was empty, it somehow used 546,000 gallons of water. costing seven grand. >> i'm disappointing. i'm very disappointed. i can't afford it. >> d.c. water maintains nothing is structurally wrong. the water was pumped into the home. utility tells "7 on your side" it sent seven high usage and cancellation alerts but not to brinkley or her daughter who bought the home in june. citing privacy concerns d.c. water would not say who did receive them. only that it was a name associated with the account. now, brinkley is stuck to pay for water she didn't use. we talked to her again today. >> you see for yourself there's no water in the basement or no water in the floor not damaged. where did the water go? >> when peop

film begins with the death of four young girls -- denise mcnair, carole robertson cynthia wesley and addie collins -- on september 15 1963. they were killed when the ku klux klan bombed the 16th street baptist church in birmingham alabama. the bombing came less than a month after the march on washington. i asked duvernay why she opened "selma" with this devastating attack. >> for me, our approach to violence in the film was one that we considered very carefully. i am an independent filmmaker so this is my first film. there's so much violence in this era were talking about, but i wanted it to be something reverential and respectful to the lives lost. in trying to figure out how we brought people into the story and how we established a reference -- reverence for these black lives that mattered at that time, that we approach it in a way that got you right at the top. four little girls was the catalyst for so much of what happened in selma, the very visceral shaking of the leaders of the civil rights movement to do something off the beaten path, out of the box with a push toward selma. but als

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addis allow driver of fairfield three test lot for concord. this building much better than yesterday up towards cerros the about 5 mi. there. press the bay area seeing him miles visibility even sfo. tell him that any delays on arriving flights the for the dull so we have fog advisory in effect all o'clock this morning. then pass that we will see a lot more sunshine develop their. temperatures for the delta will not be as warm as we expected along the coastline. headlines show oneself fog clears sunny warmer conditions and will see with similar weather if not a little warmer into tomorrow. >> reporter: i had into next week a cooling trend and affect an increasing cloud cover, what weather on the horizon monday night through wednesday. and we will see a lot rain with the system pretty weak " pressure system but it could bring a few raindrops for those of the north of the golden gate bridge into the afternoon highs the tech this for saturday so. and rosa 7261 for any of oakland and los 77 the for half moon bay sunnyvale has a high of 70 and 69 de

. >> we have sandy and addie. let's add the rest of that in there. pets need a name. what should we name the pet? >> what do you think. >> hmm. >> what do you think? >> mickey. >> mickey. the pet's name is mickey. mickey needs a home. pets come with responsible tiz. stick your finger in there. is that empty? >> it is empty. >> the boys are checking. >> have the boys give their masculine appraisal. it looks empty. we'll put mickey in his home. he'll go to sleep. pets need food. we'll cook food for them. what do all mice eat? >> cheese. >> would you sculpt that into cheese. help out. everybody helps. >> i don't want to rush you, but -- >> here we go. >> all right. cheese. put the cheese inside the yellow canister. that's good. watch, the cool thing about magic is you can make the make believe real. and that's a real mouse. you too can make kids crazy. >> that is awesome. >> isn't he cute? that's mickey. >> we're going to tell you -- we're dwoeggoing to come back with our "ambush makeovers." awesome. >> back after yo

she flew addie to doctor clark anderson of city of home in california. >> with chemotherapy alone hisvival was less than 20 percent. >> reporter: doctor anderson gave them a prescription to take back to romania and kerry started the adoption process to bring addie back to the u.s. so he can continue his treatments at the hospital. addie has been cancer free for almost ten years and is dreaming of his future. >> i want to pitch for dodgers. >> and see the rose parade for the first time this year riding on the city of hope's float with other families fighting cancer. >> we were given very little will hope that he would survive and he is here today and so, here's hope when it seems hopeless. >> in semi valley california, danielle nottingham for "eyewitness news" on the cw philly. there is hope. >> doctors say that addie's chances of relapsing are close to zero. >> wonderful news. what a special experience to ride in the float that is a big deal to ride in the float in the rose parade. >> i cannot wait to see him hitch for the dodgers. >> there we go. >> get him here for philly. >> hey, t