zimbabwe's president in charge of the africa union despite allegations of human rights abuses at home. >> i'm andy richardson, in equatorial guinea and africa cup of nations. >> it was a law that helped condo developments stay afloat >> we would have to sell and have to leave our unit >> now, this law is being used to take peoples homes >> there's nobody helping us... >> honest people, losing hope... >> i didn't fight vietnam so that someone could take my property away from me >> hard sell an america tonight investigation only on al jazeera america >> hello again welcome back. a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. a day of violence across iraq. 18 people died at security check points. in jordan the army is still demanding proof that a captureed pilot is still alive. >>> and pro russian rebels in ukraine fighting government troops in the eastern city of donetsk. well the number of groups claiming affiliation with the islamic state in iraq and the levant has grown beyond it's power play of iraq and syria. responsibility for thursday's attacks in egypt which killed 45 people

how successful has the africa union been? >> well, it has not been so successful so far in view of the many constraints that the a.u. faces. number one the like your reporter said, the a.u. is funded by donaries, and it receives money from member states based on their good will. so the political will to do things is there, but the wherewithal that's what makes a.u. as a body. >> that's all very well wanting to be independent but if you don't have the money to be independent it's hard to be independent. how can that be addressed? >> well again on the part of the member state on the heads of state should translate into the willingness to provide adequate funding. but you see most african governments receive support from e.u. from ifm world bank. they have to rely on external sources to fund it's budgets. it makes it very difficult to try to channel those funds. but again the heads of state need to have the willingness to properly adequate the a.u. for everybody to fulfill-- >> well funding is one thing. cooperation and working

and in chad the africa union agrees to send a joint force to take on boko haram. >> egypt's president says the country faces a long hard battle after one of the bloodiest attacks on the security forces for years. sisi was speaking after meeting top military officers following thursday's attacks in which 45 people were killed. he announced a new joint force to combat armed groups operating in sinai. the attack was claimed by a group pledging allegiance to the islamic state of iraq and levant. >> this is very tough and very bad, this will take a long time. the egyptians are now paying the price. the sons of the army, the sons of the police are all paying the price for the sake of this country. we will never leave sinai. we'll never leave sinai to anyone else. sigh knee issinai is ours, and we'll die for it. >> the egyptian court has banned the group hamas and listed it as a terrorist organization. ruling was denounced by hamas as a dangerous political decision. >> this is a dangerous precedent by all means. this is a political decision that has nothing to do with the judiciary or legal

the africa yoinl peace union peace and security force. the conflict in south sudan salva kiir and riek mash mashar, many such agreements have been made before and broken. there is also the election of the zimbabwe's president robert mogabe, been met with a lot of people's concern he has a right, he has a right to be the next chairperson adrian. >> 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

countries including international organizations like the united nations the african union, the economic community of west africa european union and others shows the urgency of the situation on the ground. butt general feeling across the ring sun that much time has been wasted with these conferences going on and on and no particular force is on the ground to tackle boko haram peoples think people are losing time especially in countries affected by boko haram violence, now, there has been little coordination between countries affected by boko haram violence, countries like cameroon, nigeria, chad and niger. there has been some form of military lines between nigeria chad and niger they sent setoguchi up a joint task force to deal with cross-border crimes in that particular region, but unfortunately, there seems to be little yards nation among all of them, that is on one side. on the side of nine year i can't and cameron there has been some form of coordination, unfortunately individual countries are tackling it the way they think best. what came up in this meeting in particular. there is little coordination betwee

in his state of the union address last night, president obama hailed americans who've served on the front lines. >> in west africa, our troops, our scientists, our doctors, our nurses and healthcare workers are rolling back ebola. >> brown: sitting with the first lady during the speech, dr. pranav shetty served as the

. >> the fight against the radical islamic terrorists now also in africa, where the african union isding 7500 troops to nigeria to fight boko haram that terror group. this as the militant group increases its attacks ahead of nigeria's elections. boko haram has been accused of killing thousands of people since 2009. you may remember kidnapping those hundreds of school girls. it is trying to carve out its own islamic state in africa's top oil producing country. the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon welcomes the decision to add more troops and says the united nations is ready to fully cooperate with that effort. >>> coming up, we will have much more on our top story the isis releasing another horrific video. >> it of course claims to show the beheading of the second japanese journalist. how does this happen, how do we stop them, what does the western world do? (melodic, calm music.) hi this is conor. sorry i missed you. i'm either away from my desk or on another call. please leave a message and i'll get back to you just as soon as i'm available. thank you for patience at this busy time

africa. because this is a small part of a european union on the african continent, migrants often see it as a way of getting into the eu and smuggling people into europe has become big is this. while investigating that story, our reporters uncovered disturbing evidence that children are now being used by traffickers to increase their profits still further. >> she is drawing her new home. this girl came to spain from central africa two years ago. she was just five when she got into a notepad with refugees along with a man who claimed to be her mother's boyfriend. >> i remember that i was in a boat, and i went to sleep, and after that, i don't know where i was anymore. >> the boat ended up stranded in a spanish exclave on the north african coast. the man disappeared. she was taken to a children's home, and the spanish authorities took charge. children like her often end up in the hands of strangers. it's not clear what the human traffickers plan to do with them >> there are indications they intend to sell the children or do something else with them that is illegal. at any rate, some kind of ill

. >>> a string of crisis across africa is top of the agenda this year's african union summit and leaderscularly focused only boko haram attacks in northeast nigeria and eu has a plan to set up a multi national task force to fight the armed group and also pushing for a power sharing deal between south sudan president and the former vice president and we have more from catherine covering the summit at the eu ethiopia capitol and of course it seems like it's no ordinary eu summit what is at stake here exactly? >> absolutely. security in the continent is at stake here and what the leaders have been talking about. many sideline meetings on different countries that are in crisis. the opening session of the summit is still going on and those who made speeches are focusing on security and the au chair, the au commission chair talked a lot about security in the continent but she also talked about eu agenda 2063 and need to diversify economies and also the need to feed itself and a speech by ban ki-moon who touched and the crisis and on boko haram he said the u.n. will support africa troops and ex

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with concern in west africa growing, the president of ghana has called on europe and the african union to do more. >> i am encouraged by the news that chad moved through cameroon. terrorism affects the whole of the world. we cannot ignore terrorism in any part of the world, because it has a tendency to grow like a cancer. >> nigeria's neighbors have long promised to work together against boko haram, but so far there has been little cooperation between the armies, and too much mistrust. that has played right into the hands of the jihadists, whose brutal campaign of violence is spreading. bbc news, nigeria. >> what is it that fuels groups like boko haram and spurs their violent extremism? and her new book, sarah chase argues that government corruption often plays a major role. she joined me to discuss her findings. you are just back from nigeria. how do you think is fueling the rise of boko haram? >> particularly at the beginning, boko haram was seen by many people to kick back against corruption. the public integrity was so devastatingly lacking that it was as though you had to have --

africa. it was u. s. leadership that spoke to the soviet union and brought about change. it is critically important that we see change in vietnam, brunei, and other countries. and that we use this opportunity to achieve those objectives. i will be advocating very carefully that not just what we do in tpa, because we're so far down the line in tpp, but a fair process as it relates to human rights and fair governance. tpa would you with more than just tpp. it would be what ttip. as you pointed out. there is concern that our european partners are sympathetic to bds legislation. i'm wondering in those negotiations if we had been raising the issues and if our partners would be against our overall trade objectives and if we are using ttip against such legislation. >> thank you. tpp it does in fact have strong government and anticorruption provisions. one of the innovations of tpp is to make that core part of the agreement. it really goes throughout the whole agreement in regard to transparency, regulatory transparency, and across the board, strong enforcement mechanisms. we agr

africa. it was the u.s. leadership that spoke to the soviet union and their human rights on immigration through jackson vannic that brought about change. it is critically important that we are going to see change in vietnam and brunei and malaysia and other countryies that don't have that record that we use that to achieve the objectives. so i will be evaluating very carefully not just what we do on tpa because we're so far down the line on tpp. also, an open process on both tpp and tpa as it deals with human rights in good governance. i want to ask one more question and then have your response on that in the second question. and that is, tpa would deal with more than tpp. it would deal with t tip as you already pointed out. there's a growing concern with our european partners that they are sympathetic to bds legislation dealing with boycott boycotts and sanctions. i'd be interested in those discussions whether we have been raising the issues that such action by our european partners would be considered to be against our overall trading objectives and whether we are using t-tip as an important to protect agai

another union member said he was slaughtered like a dog. his parents are previously from north africaer the video of his death was made public, social media lit up with tributes to a slain officer who was killed trying to defend a magazine that at times made fun of his faith. this tweet reads, i am not charlie. i am ahmed, the dead cop. charlie ridiculed my faith and culture, and i died defending its right to do that. it also showed the #je suis ahmad. it, too, began to spread on twitter and instagram. this image made a big statement. it reads, this is not a religion. but it was this tweet that said so much about a man who lost his life so others can speak freely. merci, ahmed. thank you. >> "charlie hebdo" lost its editor and famed cartoonists in the attack, but the main contributors all vowing to publish again next week. >> defiant, indeed. patrick is among them, not only a columnist but a paramedic called to the scene moments after the attack. as we go to break, take a listen to his conversation with our anderson cooper. >> the if the objective of these killers was to silence you,

africa who are trying to get in. because once you're in you're in spain and the european union and then it's short ferry arides to theup into frans and the rest of europe. that's why authorities are focusing on those two territories trying to weed out in the muslim populations there people they think might be terrorists. >>> hundreds of boko haron militants have launched an attack on the city. insurgents started assaulting the city just local midnight local time. witnesses from the fighting say a military jet also bombed the militant. they've released almost 200 people they hads held captive, according to local official pps the community leader says the newly released hostages will ask for government assistance on sunday. the militant groups set their homes on fire earlier this month during an attack on a village. they released young men, women and children. at least 20 other people are still being held captive. >>> in the u.s. fighter jets escorted two passenger planes into atlanta's international airport on saturday following a bomb threat made on twitter. southwest airlines flight 2492 and delta flight 1156 landed

africa. i interviewed the company -- the country's investment minister. i asked him if you jets who is largest trading partner is the european union, will be affected by theision to begin a massive stimulus program. >> europe is the major trading partner of egypt and definitely there can be problems. egypt will be one of the major and a fisheries of this. >> can weakness of the european economy trickle down to egypt? has that had an effect? >> i don't think so because egypt has taken on an approval. while there is a slowdown in the total economy, egypt is growing. we anticipate 4% gdp growth coming up from 2.2% last year. i see this in the country, but every part of the world are looking now with their eyes on egypt to focus on egypt, to focus on opportunities in egypt the growing economy. >> sir for any company looking to invest, stability is key. we are over four years from the start of the arab spring. how would you describe egypt's current clinical and economic climate? >> i would describe egypt is now a stable place. we have moved forward from the constitution to the vote to the presidential elections and lastly the parliament elections announced on

huge wave of immigrants that came up from north africa that came from the middle east and that's the population you're dealing with now in the european union. here they have to come sort of individually. they don't have the same kind of support structure that they do in a place like france or belgium or europe where even the paris attackers got together and trained in a park. that was their neighborhood. that was their gang. if you begin to look at some of these cells we call them as little more than criminal gangs intent on creating maximum violence maximum damage. it takes on a bit of a different aura. everyone is afraid of terror. that's what terror is about. terror is about uncertainty. that's the capital of terrorists. if you look it's different between what is going on but i'll tell you a number of security people i talked to here are saying they are grateful that what is happening is europe is not happening in the united states. doesn't mean it can't. we saw the tsarnaevs. but it's a different degree right now. >> many thanks to you. i appreciate it. let's head to belgium where the threat was described as imminent. frederik pleitgen

union, zimbabwe's 90-year-old president, robert moog got a. his new job will not be easy. he'll have to deal with many problems and crises facing africa. at this summit, one of the main topics is the challenge posed by extremist. >> in particular, the brutality of oklahoma rom against our people. the senseless killings, the destruction of property, the enslavement of our people especially girls are a threat to our collective safety, security, and development. >> attacks by boko haram in northern nigeria have grown in intensity over the past few weeks. zuma says boko haram is no longer just a nigerian problem. the african union's peace and security council is calling for a regional force of 7500 troops to fight the militants. the united nations secretary-general is on board with the idea. >> terrorism knows no boundaries . >> the african union is hoping that the united nations will provide the money for its military offensive against boko haram. >> at lst 49 people have died after an attack on a shiite mosque in southern pakistan. >> officials say the attackers set off an explosive device during friday prayers. dozens were wounded. the

forth for trade and high fences keeping migrants from africa trying to get in because once you're in, you're in spain and you're in the european unionit's a short ferry ride across the mediterranean sea and that is why authorities are focusing on those two territories trying to weed out from the muslim plopgs the population there people they think might be terrorists. >> scott walker and chris christie poured on the charm yesterday. we will tell but that coming up. >>> front runners like marco rubio, rand paul, may have sat this round out in iowa but they are on the stage tonight in california. we will tell you what that means up next. creeping up on you... fight back with relief so smooth... ...it's fast. tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue ...and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. ♪ tum, tum tum tum... smoothies! only from tums. lbut once a week i let her play sheriff so i can wash it.ress. i use tide to get out those week old stains and downy to get it fresh and soft. you are free to go. tide and downy together. i am a lot of things. i am his guardian. i am his voice. so i asked about adding o

union. >> we are at war against al qaeda, its manifestations in yemen, manifestations in south asia manifestations in east africa, north africa and at war bound to destroy isil in iraq and syria. >> as we actively and aggressively pursue terrorist networks through more targeted efforts and by building the capacity of our foreign partners america must move off a permanent war footing. >> a year ago this month the president was saying america must move off a war footing and then today saying we are at war with al qaeda. a few days ago the president did not mention the phrase al qaeda at all the first time in the state of the union that was not mentioned since 9/11. if you are at war with al qaeda makes you wonder why the president did not mention it. >> if his speech was this tuesday instead of last tuesday i don't think he could have gotten around that because of what happened in yemen. the white house chief of staff i understand made news on another terror story today, as well. >> no doubt about it with isis. you saw one japanese citizen beheaded by isis this weekend. horrible images. we have a second citizen. d

in his state of the union address last night, president obama hailed americans who've served on the front lines. >> in west africatroops, our scientists, our doctors, our nurses and healthcare workers are rolling back ebola. >> brown: sitting with the first lady during the speech, dr. pranav shetty served as the embodiment of that effort. >> brown: as global emergency health coordinator for the non- profit international medical corps, shetty is more typically found in health hot-spots around the world. in august he went to liberia to help establish and oversee two ebola treatment units and a training center for health workers. shortly before going to the capitol last night, and just days before leaving for guinea to continue the work against ebola. he came to our studio to talk. is it fair to say the worst case scenario of spinning out of control has been avoided at this point? >> we can say tremendous strides have been made in addressing the response. the worst-case scenario was predicated on the fact that nothing was done and that we were at the state we were especially in liberia, you know, several, several mo

union address. special coverage begins tuesday, 7:00 eastern. right here on al jazeera america. >>> mortaren shall rain in south-east africa in mozambique 25 children swept away. in malawi 48 dead and tens of thousands homeless. heavy rain to last 2-3 more weeks. >> cold is creating deadly conditions for millions of refugees displaced by syria's civil war. the u.n. is calling for a huge influx of international aid. >> reporter: it's freezing cold in aleppo. this person is trying to keep warm. without wood and fuel he can't. he has no choice but to use what he find. >> reporter: we >> translation: we have no money, we are forced to break our furniture for heating. >> reporter: aleppo used to be a city for business. it's buried under rubble and covered by snow. most of the neighbourhoods have no electricity. diesel and gas costs have increased threefold. if it's available, people can't afford it. a few clinics look after the sick. they do not have enough supplies to help them recover. winter is killing people. >> tonight, as a result of the harsh cold this is an indirect cause of death. the direct cause was respiratory and cardiac arrest. >> reporter

union just last year. >> we are, however at war against al qaeda its manifestations in yemen, manifestations in south asia. manifestations in east africah africa and at war bound to ultimately destroy, first defeat and then destroy isil in iraq and syria. >> even as we actively and aggressively pursue terrorist networks through more targeted efforts and by building the capacity of our foreign partners america must move off a permanent war footing. >> mentioned this year's state of the union where the president did not mention those words. >> dennis mcdonough listed a lot of wars. i think the president's message is let's talk about domestic affairs. we have ended the wars. we are off a permanent war footing. the fact is that we are still on a war footing. and he is sending more troops little by little into a lot of these countries. he has raised a number of troops in iraq and i think he will have to continue elsewhere because the strategy of training these armed forces of these so-called friendly governments hasn't worked yet for us. i think it is a real problem. we are right in the middle of a bunch of sec sect arian wars. we don't rea

you have the european union, so you a giant population of 500 million people in very close proximity to the middle east and north africa. who can travel freely within 28 countries without a passport. so, you know, there's very free movement across a very big swath of territory. this country has europe's biggest muslim population. it has europe's biggest jewish population. so the authorities for a long time have regarded the situation in france as kind of a tinderbox. we have seen that play out not only in the last few days but the last few months. the french citizens who mounted attack against the jewish center in brussels the shootings a couple of years ago. >> let me bring in my colleague, vivian richard engel. richard, are you there? >> yes, i can hear you. i'm at the location at the industrial park. there are new reports coming out in the french media about how exactly this operation took place. the afp news agency just reported a short while ago that french counter terrorism officials decided to launch this operation about an hour ago, it seems, when they noticed that the two brothers the two hostage takers the ko

union member said he was slaughtered by alike a dog. what his killers may not know, he was muslim, parents reportedly from north africa.death was made public social media lit up with tributes to a slain officer who was killed trying to defend a magazine that at times made fun of his faith. this tweet reads, i am not charlie. ano, ma'am i am ahmed, the dead cop and i died defending his right to do so. and includes the hashtag, jesuis ahmed, meaning i am ahmed. this on twitter, made a big statement. i reads this is not a religion. but this tweet read so much about a man who lost his life so others can speak freely. mercy, ahmed. thank you. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> jesuis ahmed. there's a lot more to tell you about. a lot more in the next hour. the new yorker of the magazine the next issue. powerful statement standing in solidarity with the people here in france. and slain writers and caricaturist. the new yorker eiffel tower with a pencil on the top. our coverage continues for the next hour. we'll take a short break and be right back. here's your invoice, ladies. a few stops later, and it looks like big ollie is on

africa, it's not that challenging to get your hands on illegal weapons. there is a black market for weapons across europe and because of the fact that the european union, irlier, i flew between zurich and france and back. no one ever checked my id. and that kind of gives you an idea that the border patrol around these areas are fairly course. >> after the charlie ebdo attack in france is it going to be considerably harder in france. we'll talk about that next. here we go, here we go here we go. ♪ fifty omaha set hut ♪ ♪ losing feeling in my toes ♪ ♪ nothing beats that new car smell ♪ ♪ chicken parm you taste so good ♪ ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ ♪ mmm mmm mmm mm mmm mm mmmmmm ♪ (son) oh no... can you fix it, dad? yeah, i can fix that. (dad) i wanted a car that could handle anything. i fixed it! (dad) that's why i got a subaru legacy. (vo) symmetrical all-wheel drive plus 36 mpg. i gotta break more toys. (vo) introducing the all-new subaru legacy. it's not just a sedan. it's a subaru. alright, so this tylenol arthritis lasts 8 hours, but aleve can last 12 hours... and aleve is proven to work better on pain than tylenol arthritis. so why am i still thin

africa has been granted parole. he ran a death squad that targeted opponents of white rule. >>> the egyptian president cuts short his trip to the african unionadly attacks in the sinai peninsula. 26 people, mostly soldiers, were killed in the attack. >>> here in britain, events are taking place in london to mark the 50th anniversary of the state funeral of world war ii leader, sir winston churchill. we're going to take you live to the river themselvesames where a ceremony recreating a flotilla carrying churchill's coffin is taking place. you can see the flotilla making its way downriver. tower bridge has just been opened in its honor and the flotilla is making its way down to the houses of parliament where there'll be a special service there. also at westminster abbey in a few hour's time to mark that moment, 50 years ago, when thousands of people lined the banks of the thames and the streets of london to pay their respects to sir winston churchill. we'll bring you some more live pictures in just a minute. first, a report on the day britain stood still to pay its respects. >> to the sound of the funeral solemn marches run up to the other. >>

union's labor on construction projects. the other 11 members in this group have all pleaded guilty. >>> a u.s. medical worker exposed to ebola in west africa is headed to omaha, nebraska, for observation. the nebraska medicine center says the unidentified patient is not ill and not contagious but the health worker was exposed to the deadly virus while working in sierra leone, so this is a precaution. the center has treated three patients so far with ebola. >>> there have been many stories of survival in the ebola outbreak the spread of the deadly disease is not under control. that's why one doctor from philadelphia is heading back to west africa this week. nbc 10 was there when dr. trish henwood with the hospital of the university of pennsylvania left for liberia in october. she has since returned but will go back again to treat ebola patients. dr. henwood tells me her work this time around will be focused on a rapid response team that will seek out the victims who can't get to the medical facilities. >> the idea that the outbreak in certain areas is improving, but then there are these remote places in different villages that are more isol

africa will also be there. and catherine pugh from maryland also part of the white house guests that day. >>> there will be a lot of road closures in place for the state of the unionlearned the potomac and anacostia rivers restricted. the coast guard is blocking off the big area in yellow starting at 5:00 p.m. you can see it on our map, to maintain security throughout the event. >>> and for more on the state of the union we're joined by luke russert from msnbc "the briefing." >> hey, good morning. >> stoop down a tiny so you're not towering over mere. >> can i move down? live on tv. there you go. we'll show you. you're bigger than me barbara, without doubt. you are. >> so happy to have you with us. you'll be with us on mondays and fridays. you're with "the briefing." we'll talk about that shortly so people will know what it is but we're going to hear from the president. will he reach out to republicans tomorrow? >> he will reach out on the issue of trade, and that's something that is not a very sexy political issue that a lot of people tay attentionpay tangsattention to. actually face some opposition from his own party on that but the main thing we'll hear from pr

africa! frs >>> hello and welcome. president obama has declared an end to the financial crisis saying the u.s. has turned the page after years of war and recession. in his state of the unionhe appealed to the republican-controlled congress to back his strategy for what he called middle class economics. but made clear he would veto any bill that would threaten his nation's achievements. >> the president of the united states. >> reporter: the capitol hill for his sixth and penultimate state of the union speaking for the first time before a republican congress. the president set out to extricate america from its foreign wars is now having to cope with a myriad of new challenges abroad, not least the jihadist threat to ancient allies like france. >> we will continue to hunt down terrorists and dismantle their network and we reserve the right to act unilaterally as we have done relentlessly since i took office to take out terrorists who pose a direct threat to us and our allies. >> reporter: some members of congress took their cue for that and made their show of solidarity for those killed in paris. from the domestic front, michelle obama must be pleased with her husband's app

union will continue to drop with a person like robert mugabe being at the helm given his track history. so that's the only challenge i think. >> thank you. >>> still ahead on the program. south africants parole to the man dubbed prime evil one of the country's most notorious assassins. >>> and i'm finding out why milk is now cheaper than bottled water in the u.k. and what it means for dairy farms. >>> i'm finding out with more than just football stadiums will be left at the end of this african cup of nations. ♪ ♪ >>> quick run through of the top stories on al jazeera. isil fighters have killed at least 15 iraqi soldiers. a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives close to an army base. more than a dozen others have been killed in separate attacks across iraq. >>> at least 49 people have been killed in a bombing in a mosque in southern pakistan. the explosion happened during friday prayers. around 50 people have believed to be wounded. >>> pro-russia rebels in ukraine say at least seven people have been killed in the eastern city of donetsk after an attack on a cultural center. five soldiers also died in the fighting. a rebel spokesman has warned that the separatists will take ov

africa anarchy extremism and terrorism continues to threaten the interest of the united states as well as allies and partners. in europe russians intervention in the ukraine challenges resolve of europe yn union and effectiveness of the north atlantic treaty organization. while the cycle of north korean provocation continues to increase. the rate of humanitarian and disaster relief missions heightens level of uncertainty we face around the world along with constant evolving threats to the homeland. despite all of this we continue to reduce our military capabilities. i would like to remind everyone that over the last three years we have already reduced the capabilities of the united states army. this is before sequestration will begin again in 2016. in the last three years the army's active component strength reduced by 80,000. reserve component by 18,000. we have 13 less active component brigade combat teams, eliminated three active aviation brigades, removing over 800 rotary wing aircraft from inventory. we slashed investments in modernization by 25%. we have eliminated our vehicle modernization program and eliminated our scout helicopter development program. we have significantly delayed ot

africa? the apartheid movement was well underway by the time. it was very weak compared to what later became. everyone in the 1960's that would last forever, like the soviet union. >> yeah. where it comes up in the book is that i think it is very much part of king's legacy. those in the anti-apartheid movement who have an interest in getting the comprehensive sanctions through congress over reagan's veto, certainly see themselves as carrying on the legacy of these civil rights movement. king, of course, did have a great interest not just in south, but in africa generally. he drew from examples of activism there and vice versa. people invoked king's name despite a very decisive term by nelson mandela against the gandhian tradition of nonviolence. and that movement embraced the struggle. i think it is an important counterpoint for people who believe in nonviolence. people who see -- and this was much discussed in the 1970's, the legacy of the civil rights movement and nonviolence. it was chewed over. in south africa, people, the anc, abandoned the gandhian strategy with different conditions. you have a majority black population. overwhelming majority. you have na

africa, like indonesia, like india so there's bright spots. i can't move further without talking about the u.s. economy. we heard from obama with his state of the union address but that's not to say there's not real concerns here. whether it's nationalism and pop you populism in europe. there's huge concerns. another one, russia there's many concerns here but there's also reasons to be optimistic. it's a great time i think to bring leaders together and debate some of the huge issues going on right now. whether it's conflict. whether it's growth. a number of things impacting investors right now. >> italy continues to be a focal point for investors. a historic decree if you will. this is how italian prime minister matteo renzi described the reforms shared by the government. shares soared this week in anticipation of the measures which changed shareholder voting rules and obliged them to become joint stock companies. this could lead to banking consolidation and your conversation addressed that. and i asked him also how concerned he is about this idea of risk sharing between the ecb and the national central banks. listen to what he had to say on that poi

of european union need to put together the vast number of weapons in the countries of the former yugoslavia and disrupt the supply of weapons in other parts of the world especially north africa. the measures we have taken are in addition to the substantial work the government is undertaken an continues to under take to counter threat from terrorism. last summer parliament approved emergency legislation to prevent sudden and rapid loss of communication and the ability to intercept communications where it's necessary. parliament is skrooutcrutinizing the proposals as we speak. it will enhance our ability to deal with those in the uk who pose a risk. in familiar, it will allow the relocation of people subject to terrorism prevention and investigation measures to other parts of the country. in addition, the prime minister has announced 130 million pounds over the next two years for the agency's police and others in addition to the more than half a billion pounds spent on counter terrorism policing every year. this government has done more to confront the ideology behind it. we've invested more time resources and money in counter narrative operations. mr. speaker we have always b

european union need to work together to put the vast number of weapons in the countries of the former yugoslavia and disrupt the supply of weapons from other parts of the world especially north africa. mr. speaker the measures we have taken following events in paris are in addition to the substantial work the government has undertaken and continues to undertake to counter the threat from terrorism. last summer permit approved emergency legislation to prevent a sudden and rapid loss of access to communications data and the ability to intercept communications where it is necessary and proportionate to do so. parliament is of course scrutinizing the proposals in the counterterrorism and security bill as we speak. this important legislation will strengthen our powers to disrupt the ability people to travel abroad to fight and control their ability to return here. it would also enhance our ability to deal with those in the u.k. who pose a risk. in particular will about the relocation of people subject to terrorism prevention and investigation measures to other parts of the country. in addition the prime minister has announced 130 million pounds over the next two years or agencies please

africa anarchy extremism and terrorism continues to threaten the interest of the united states as well as allies and partners. in europe russian intervention in the ukraine challenges the resolve of the european union and the effectiveness of the nato. across the pacific china's military modernization effort to raise concern from allies and regional interests while the cycle of north korean provocation continues to increase. the the rate of humanitarian and disaster relief missions such as the recent threat heightens the level of uncertainty that we face around the world's along with constant evolving threats to the homeland. despite all of this we continue to reduce our military capabilities. capabilities. i would like to remind everyone that over the last three years we have significantly reduce the capabilities of the united states army the last three years the army's component has been reduced. thirteen less active component brigade combat teams and eliminated three active aviation brigades, moving over 800 aircraft and have slashed investments modernization by 25 percent eliminated are fighting vehicle modernization program and have eliminated our scout helicopter. we have significantly delaye