the adf was formed in neighboring uganda.t's estimated last year the armed group killed 850 people. the violence has displaced more than 1.6 movement people here and more than 2.2 million in a northern province. unicef says almost 3 million people in those areas have been helped, but an appeal for emergency funding has not raised $80 million, less than 1/5 of what was asked for. let's bring in our guest, democratic republic of congo country director. a researcher at the center for research and in cape town, a senior project leader at the institute for justice and reconciliation. welcome to the program. one of the things i don't really understand about this new move, and will come to the state of siege in just a moment. who are the adf, and what are they fighting for? >> the adf is a ugandan rebel group, they've been around since the late 1990's. they have claims around governor in sin uganda. they believe they are prosecuted. -- persecuted. their speaking of a perspective -- i wouldn't give it much power, but beyond adf, ther

would you envisage, though, come paula, sending troops to help combat the adf? no man mars it up. it's not planned. we want to take these on groups in a pinch movement on the simply speaking, the adf, or eustace traveling our borders. so we must avoid misunderstandings and abuses that could threaten cooperation with our you can the neighbors, the adf says that he has links to i school to the islamic state. do you think that those links mean the violence will grow in jan is our goal is still in an embryonic state in congo, and it's still possible to snuff them out and eradicate them completely. that's why i'm calling for the collaboration of all countries in the region in mozambique were saying, similar situation armed groups who say they have links to isolate. if i make state violence is growing there. do you think they could be some form of regional military response? because at the moment, the president mozambique is saying that he doesn't want any intervention from the outside of the country, is it creek on my understanding that these terrorist groups have links with the adf .

the adf says that he has links to, i saw to the islamic state. do you think that those links mean the violence will grow in the region you saw still in an embryonic state in congo? and it's still possible to snuff them out and eradicate them completely. that's why i'm calling for the collaboration of all countries in the region in mozambique were saying, similar situation armed groups who say they have links. i thought if i make state violence is growing there, do you think there could be some form of regional military response? because at the moment, the president and most am because saying that he doesn't want any intervention from the outside of the country, is it creek on my understanding that these terrorist groups have links with the adf . so they are starting to coalesce, it could become an international coalition of evil. we must not neglect the contribution that can be made by other countries. the humble sports shoe is now $80000000000.00 industry high in sneakers, of being presented as works of art at a new exhibition at london design m

local officials say the allied democratic forces, or adf, is to blame. the armed group has conducted frequent attacks in the region in recent years. mark m y b as in go mind the east of d r. c says many local, don't believe the adf is responsible. 70 important to understand in this part of the country anytime that there's any violence at all the government, the local administration, and the un do always blame the adf, even though there are actually other groups and conflicts going on in this area. the adf is sort of an internationally recognized scape goat did not respect who they are. they are indeed responsible for many brutal massacres that have happened there, especially over the last 5 years. but we've spoken to several people from the effected communities on this occasion, and they believe that not the case. a lot of people on the ground believe that this is part of an ongoing, an escalating conflict between 2 groups over access to farmland. one group from that area, they've been displaced by local militia, and so they've been settled in a camp far

local officials say the allied democratic forces are adf, is to blame. the armed group has conducted frequent attacks in the region in recent years. let's speak to my wife who is in go mine eastern d r. c for markham. what more are you hearing about this? are talking, tory, we've heard that the local officials have indeed, playing the adf. it's a rebel group that originates from an arm group that originates from you, gotten of it 70 important to understand in this part of the country anytime that there's any violence at all the government, the local administration, and the un do always blame the adf, even though there are actually other armed groups and conflicts going on in this area. the adf is sort of an internationally recognized scape goat did not respect who they are, indeed responsible for. as you mentioned many brutal massacres that have happened there, especially over the last 5 years. but we've spoken to several people from the effected communities on this occasion, and they believe that that not the case. a lot of people on the ground believe

the adf is sort of an internationally recognized scape goat did not respect who they are. they are indeed responsible for many brutal massacres that have happened there, especially over the last 5 years. but we've spoken to several people from the affected communities on this occasion, and they believe that are not the case. a lot of people on the ground believe that this is part of an ongoing, an escalating conflict between 2 groups over access to farmland. one group from that area, they've been displaced by local militia, and so they've been settled in a, in a, in a camp, farming in the area. the other group has been on the move for decades, moving all around eastern congress, having in the 1990 fled, ethnically targeted violence in neighboring rwanda. their ethnic hutus from orlando, you haven't been accepted in numerous places where they've tried to settle here in eastern congo one and a half years ago. they will arrived in trucks in this part of the country they tried to find farmland, but that resulted in this conflict with the local community. initially, it was low

the adf says that a has links to i school to the islamic state. do you think that those links mean the violence will grow in the region? you saw still in an embryonic state in congo, and it's still possible to snuff them out and eradicate them completely. that's why i'm calling for the collaboration of all countries in the region in mozambique were saying, similar situation armed groups who say they have links to isolate. if i make state violence is growing there. do you think there could be some form of regional military response? because at the moment the president mozambique is saying that he doesn't want any intervention from the outside of the country. you click on my understanding that these terrorist groups have links with the adf. so they are starting to coalesce, it could become an international coalition of evil. we must not neglect the contribution that can be made by other countries. a panel of experts with one of the toughest jobs in us politics as hell. its 1st meeting joe biden, the presidential commission will look into possibly ad

you do have adf and beckett and others but business is going to go way up. >> it's one of the things -- so many worthy cause us but if you care bit religious freedom it's important to support our lighthouses, our rfi is a lighthouse. so is the alliance of defending freedom and first liberty and that's the good thing. this fires are breaking out. there a lot of fires breaking out across the country and it's not just new york, and california, read the book. you'll read about birmingham, alabama, case in mississippi in jackson, mississippi the fires are burning but they're firemen. they're fire stations. and so these friends of liberties are just so -- they won -- adf has won seven in a row. >> let's end with your recommendations to these good people and those that are watching. ... because the education in the united states young people are learning about our culture freedom and probably learning in many schools as you well know different kinds of attitudes towards the united states. my response is >> are people moving out of the united states to venezuela and cuba, and central america

. >> soldiers in the democratic republic of congo where the adf has killed thousands of congolese inecent years. two provinces have been placed under military rule. ethnic militia have been fighting each other, killing civilians, and displacing residents. the president has put the army and police in charge. two generals have been appointed as governors. some human rights activists say that civil liberties are not at risk, and the forces could exploit this new power. >> we are in unprecedented territory. with a police raid, they could loot civilians, but we also want to have a good relationship with them. >> the security problem here has persisted for many years. this is the result of the latest mass spate of killings. >> they could have protected my husband when he was alive. they did not. >> there have been street protests against the government and united nations for not doing enough to keep people safe. tens of thousands of soldiers, including united nations peacekeepers, have been deployed over the years, but they are up against more than 100 armed groups and have had little succ

. >> reporter: the connecticut lawsuit has since been dismissed, but the adf says they plan to appealana smith, who's still competing and considering various college scholarships. what are your plans for track and field, and what's the dream? >> i want to go to a d-1 school to run track and possibly go pro. >> are the coaches and scouts looking around? >> yeah. >> reporter: andrea is finishing freshman year at north carolina central university. but she says her running days are over. >> were you offered a scholarship? >> no. no. >> can you explain to me why you think that is? >> uh -- hm. i guess maybe because -- i mean -- maybe because i am trans. schools may not want all that negativity attached to their name, attached to their university. >> what closed that chapter in your life? was that voluntary on your part? >> i think yes and no. all the negativity -- i didn't feel like going through that for another four years all over again. as much as i would like to say it didn't affect me or it wasn't that bad, i mean -- in all honesty, it did i guess get to me a little bit, more than i w

although the adf has conducted frequent attacks in the region in recent years. hundreds of thousands of people displaced by a volcanic eruption in democratic republic of congo and at risk of cholera. doctors that i borders says several cases already been identified in soccer. mark on my reports from the time for nearly 200000 people. i've taken refuge feeling a 2nd. a robson on this church is now home for hundreds of people who fled mount near congo africa, most active volcano. some of their homes were destroyed by interruption last week. others followed the army in order to then evacuate the city of goma in the democratic republic of congo. esperanza move sheeka is one of several people here who told us they lost their children in the panic. i was on my way out by flower when i saw the fire, my children were paying we will run away. i didn't know where they went. later i was told they were in a car accident trying to escape, but i can't find them in the hospital more. they would have had missing and yet to find them. got to be hard to find anyone here in the town of saki. it's over,

conducted frequent attacks in the region in recent years, but local say, they do not believe that the adf is to blame. those are the top stories. stay with us, the stream is coming up next and i'm going to have the latest on all the new stories that we've just been talking about in under half an hour. i hope digital media and thanks for watching. ah ah ah ah ah, i am okay to down the street. we're going to bring you the latest on covered 19 in india. of course the story about india 2nd wife made headlines for many weeks. we are not leaving this story behind. so if you're on youtube right now, you've got comments, you've got questions, we have experts in the house today. you can also than anything, and i'm sure they will be out to respond to you. so be part of that conversation. meanwhile, earlier this week, at the beginning of the week, prime minister modi in india acknowledge the india have multiple challenges, right now. tropical slide close to deal with and also a global pandemic capitalist regard days, booty. we are witnessing how our nation is fighting, covered 19 with full strength.

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kovacs really came out of a small meeting of adf handful of individuals and davos atvi the world economic forum including seth berkley who runs the global vaccine alliance, doctor tenders who runs w.h.o., the folks from the world bank. the folks from the global fund to fight aids and tuberculosis. the idea was can we come up with a mechanism that can ensure some kind of equity? that was the intent behind kovacs. 194 nations have in fact sign onto the kovacs mechanism. either committing to abide bite and provide funding and vaccine, or committing to receiving vaccine. the problem of course is everybody soon as they heard johnson & johnson has a vaccine, novak has a vaccine. moderna, whoever. everyone started placing orders. and the orders at the front of the line were the ones that put the most money up front. set up cannot ship put in enough orders to vaccinate i believe every single canadian four times over. the united states has put enough into vaccinate every american i think two times over. the uk is up around three times over in theory. and so on. this of course means chad has none.

amplifies the problem we are discussing today is not a black problem, not a jewish problem, not an adf problem, not a republican problem, not a democratic problem, it is an american problem. the strand of domestic violent extremism is something that threatens our entire democracy and there has to be a national imperative to address it. thank you for putting this discussion together. >> what an outstanding panel. thank you for your leadership on this and thank you bob and mike -- i hope we can have you back because it's going to be an ongoing discussion, unfortunately. something we are going to have to deal with. i just want to let you know we have some important conversations coming up. we will be talking about voting rights and the american democracy. we are in the process of scheduling a timely discussion on hamas, gaza and beyond with a former director of the mossad. that will be fascinating. then later in june, we have exciting rising leaders to meet. so, thank you very much, everybody. hope to see you next week. [captioning performed by the

melissa will the adf tap paper villages in the area. we told the band came in, they killed people using knives, and they said they kidnapped some women and children of authority in that part of the country trying to look off the people who being displaced by the insecurity as well as people in goal. my now who was trying to hit the safety in case this volcano area, thanks very much and i'm attached to their joining us live from her ari in zimbabwe . let's take another live update on another continuing story. molly's transitional leaders have been released as being removed by the country's vice president, as, according to local military kernel, asked amy goiter, one of the military officers who led the crew of last year arrested the prime minister and precedent. on monday, the un security council used an emergency meeting to call for their immediate release. they were held in a military base and the tunnel carty, one of gators representative, says they have resigned from their positions live now to pamlico, and out to zeros nicholas hart

rosen: there were some adf agents nearby because of the exclusive devices, the bomb threats -- explosiveevices, at the republican and democrat headquarters. that was part of why we can get people to the capitol so quickly. i think it was around 2:00 that i saw them on tv. rep. lawrence: you said later, and i quote, "i am horrified and dismayed, as you watched the rioters breach the capital." that was around 2:00. you stated that you soon learned that a.t.f and fbi among others had received requests from the capitol police and were beginning to respond. how many a.t.f. and fbi officers were deployed to the capitol, -- so you did not call for them come at you learned by watching -- you later learned that they were deployed. you did not call for them? mr. rosen: so the way this works is the capitol police establish what they need in advance and then if they need additional help, they coordinate ahead of time with the mpd, park police, d.h.s., national guard. when the violence occurred, they requested help from the a.t.f. and fbi and we responded with greater urgency. we had pre-positioned s

i'm going to go back to the very beginning of this hearing and e just make ath public service adf forthose that want to get us back together and they think, you know, most people have been vaccinated. i come from michigan, which both dr. brooks and dr. collins know, and almost 50% of the people in michigan have had at least one t vaccination. we still, i'm, told, have close to 100 people in our institution that haven't been, our hospitals have been full, our children aro still in the intensive care units, our nurses are stressed to their limit. i had to find the money to bury a frontline worker on sunday who committed suicide over covid. so anybody who thinks this is o. over, these two attest to what it's been like in michigan. it isn't over and we can't let down our guard. so covid fatigue is what leads to some of this happening.rought so thank you to both of you. i want to think that a lot of us have brought this up and i juste want to build onnt it. i think all of us heard from b constituents, too, who had have chronic fatigue. worri i can tell a number of us have met with them and