villagers in southern albania rescued livestock after rivers burst their banks sunday. now, so far, no casualties have been reported. but homes, and businesses and farmlands all being inundated, and also unfortunately many of the livestock, many of the farm animals have drowned because of the water. albania's not the only one facing all of this flooding greece macedonia, bulgaria, all dealing with the major water problems here because of this weather pattern that we have seen in the southern portions of europe. and we are going to see even more rainfall as we continue on into tuesday, another low pressure system has developed in the western portions of the mediterranean. and that combination of cold air wrapping around and then bringing in the collision with the warm air, that's when it's going to really pick up steam and bring rain into the italian peninsula and also into the balkan peninsula. we're looking at areas of up to 80 millimeters of rainfall in the next 72 hours. that may not sound particularly impressive but when you already have land that's saturated with w

in albania. and helping at the time was occupied by the germans. who is also a civil war. the multiple insurgencies going on and somehow these guys had to get these nurses out, and they sent in lloyd taylor. on site lloyd smith, who is this unassuming guy and i'll never forget he pulled out this 357 them when interviewed him and he put on the table and he said this was hayden's that i want in a poker game before the mission, and that's what i was armed with when i went in behind the lunch. that's what this college wrestler from pennsylvania with hardly any understanding of the culture of albania did with a .357 magnum, he navigated hundreds of miles and found those nurses and brought them back, and hayden and it was there to transport them back on a boat that could be made for a movie but it was like it was called the yankee and those of old fishing boat that they repurposed, camouflage and they put a 50 calendar for -- a .50 caliber machine gun on and they brought the nurses out with one exception. they left by behind, and i'll never forget the story. lloyd told me that a

you served in albania and macedonia. suffice it to say, you become an asset in the balkans as that region was torn apart by war. i am i am particularly interested in your meetings with melissa fitch. he would later be tried for torture and genocide for his role in bosnia and kosovo though he died before the trial ended. is it hard to negotiate with someone you find is repulsive the right word? >> repulsive works. there are some other words as well. you know you looked at him, he didn't believe in anything. he was in the serb nationalist, communist, he disbelieved in power. you know when you go back in history the serbs and not always an easy time. the reasons why they feel oppressed. they felt that they were the ones who bore the brunt of the ottoman turkish empire. they felt that they were -- the germans made sure they had directly and roots the germans were extremely rough so they have this tremendous sense of victimhood. like all victims, there there is truth to the narrative. the problem was, we were in a situation w

the southeastern part of albania, the river overflowed.ers were rescued and taken to safety but there were high livestock losses. more rain expected through the end of the week across this region. and the numbers have been staggering when it comes down to how much rainfall. in europe a month's worth of rain has come down in parts of mont negro. of course any snow that has come down is now falling across this region. and that's what's going on in the south of europe. we'll have more news coming up with rosie and john, shortly. it's even better. [evie] i go up...heeeeyyy... [alex] when i put my feet up on this bed my stress just goes away. [announcer] visit your local retailer and discover how tempur-pedic can move you. ♪♪ nineteen years ago, we thought "wow, how is there no way to tell the good from the bad?" so we gave people the power of the review. and now angie's list is revolutionizing local service again. you can easily buy and schedule services from top-rated providers. conveniently stay up to date on progress. and effortlessly turn

i bring is albania and is not pleasant and sheep drown and didn't all survive, a couple of deaths reportedhuman population as well and it's from the coast to bulgaria to the black sea and this is a couple days ago and it has been an ongoing situation. and the weather in europe at the moment is circulating around itself, the center of the low is scandanavia and behind you is the satellite picture moved quickly on a forecast shows that we still have a lot of rain from western turkey and the black sea and that i think is not important, it left the balkins dry a few days and what is developing in the west is likely stormy. western med mediterranean and this is snow and hits the warm mediterranean and snow and pretty strong winds and north of africa is not the place to be the next couple days. >> thanks very much rob. still to come on the program, lebanese fishermen find themselves entangled in syria's war plus. >> i'm daniel in buenos aires where investigations of a prosecutor making controversial accusations against a president. >> in sport the mets leave it late in the nba and we will be her

. >>> to albania now where residents have been forced from their homes after a torrential rain drovehappened. second strongest rains on record. >>> malaysia malaysia's president reporting from kuala lumpur. >> he's been walking in and out of court for over a decade trying to clear his name. his previous acquittal was overturned last month. now guilty of sodomy, and in prison for five years, he's been on became pending appeal. being removed from office, it was 1997, and he was the deputy prime minister. charged and convicted he spent several years in jail until the verdict was partially overturned in 2004. whether he was released on appeal. -- whether he was when he was released on appeal. . >> now as long as this case is pending and hang over his head he probably wouldn't be able to focus 100% in leading this country towards change. he is still seen as the most significant political leader to bring this country to a better place. >> he has been a traditionally popular figure among young people and those disaffected with a government that's been in power for over 50 years. often speak

here in southern albania. 2-3mm is the total for the months so far. that is more than double what you'd expecting doctor -- during the month of february the the result of the rain you see across the region you see real problems taking rain. all the bad weather systems coming through the mediterranean, we'll see a train, and see the systems from the north, bringing in cold air behind them. it could be snow across much of the balkan region. this is fairly active. driving across central parts of europe. we have rain ahead of it. not to the same extent as in recent days. there'll be a respite, but the snow looks like it will develop and as it moves on towards the south, through into the balkans region. then we'll see it fall away. it was well below what it should be. a maximum. should be about 14 this time of the year. by that stage, four. >> thank you. and to come on the newshour an economic setback for the chinese economy as new figures show imports and exports are flowing. plus how a cluster of h.i.v. and aids cases fall in this village - how it scarce

be across the balkan states and we expect strong winds, isolated tornados and large hail greece, albania, macedonia, the balkan peninsula leaving the possibility of stronger storms this afternoon. the u.k. getting in on the action especially monday in to tuesday as another low pressure moves in. we will get a brief break in the winds through the course of your sunday and early monday. there's the next system moving in for dublin. very wet and windy conditions. look out. we have the possibility of airport delays today. highest near munich. 60 to 90 minutes possible 0. check those flight plans. natalie, back to you. >> thank you. >>> we are keeping an eye on the australian open men's final underway right now in melbourne. novak djokovic is taking on sixth seed andy murray. the match started about an hour ago, and right now the score is get this 4-4 in the first set. tie breaker. looks like a duel on hand perhaps. >>> the pressure is high for both men, but especially murray. four-time winner djokovic has never been meeting at melbourne park in a semi final or final. but get this should murr

. >> meanwhile, there has been fighting in yemen's albania province.eventeen people died including 13 houthi fighters killed in attacks on their checkpoints and gather did, the others were soldiers and tribesmen. a cease-fire between government forces and pro-russian separatists appears to be holding in eastern ukraine but there has been sporadic shelling reported in the contested town of devalssave. of devalssave. >>> one of the closest tongues to debalseve, we are hearing incoming and outgoing shelling despite this call for a trusses. the separatists won't let us film their firing positions. >> translator: five minutes after the cease-fire began, the ukraineian army started firing towards us and toward residential buildings. some people still live there, especially older people. i am not sure how many died. we informed them in advance if they fired first, we would respond. that's why we are firing. >> reporter: the fighters say the heavily fought over town of debaltseve is not included in the ceased fire deal. the john boehnerian military say the sep

seeing america as a benevolent country, as a member of the community of nations, somewhere between albania and zimbabwe. >> you took that directly from peggy noonan. >> it's true, though, that -- >> all our experiences are different, but let me ask you this about who loves or doesn't. african-americans have a totally different experience, their love of the country has to be a little different than the person that got on the of boat and everything has been great. >> he -- how big the economy is growing, how much he's pushing for things. he seems perfectly fine working hard. how can you run for president without loving the country and wanting to improve it? i just find this whole rationale -- the notion that he's more critical of the u.s. han other presidents, i think that's true. >> i think i started this whole thing with my treatment of ma reharf of the state department when he talked about the long-term -- and i'm viscerally, i get hot sometimes, i get mad. i get mad about the president's lousy debate performance, i get upset about 20 pointsb hind hillary. i get reactions to things. i adm

but having covered the war in kosovo albania, bosnia, they were slaughtered in the conflict, that was an example he could have used as christian bar barety that was current. i believe too many people have been killed in the name of religion. the president was right on his point. his second mistake -- >> i disagree. >> -- was his timing. >> why give cover to isis at the time when the nation of jordan and the rest of the world was outraged over the burning of the pilot and the retaliation against that. >> sean, here's the difference. my friend geraldo's right about the timing being off. but there is no moral equivalency between what radical islamists have done and christians have done. first of all, here's the key difference cht when christians commit acts of violence, they are doing so in opposition to the teaching of their faith. you can't find a single verse in the new testament that says kill the unbelievers. they're just following the founder of their faith jesus christ as well who said love your enemies. when they commit acts of violence -- >> 35 verses in the quran that call for

there and it also includes georgia which accuses moscow of trying to annex the region and crotia and albania> a former prime minister of den mark who stepped down of secretary of nato and joined us for an exclusive interview and talked about the danger of a cold war at a time when russia is adding missiles to arsenal and nato is reducing military spending and asked him if russia is taking advantage of nato weakness. >> nato stands ready to talk all measures necessary to defend our allies against all kinds of threats. so nato allies can feel safe but over the last five years we have seen nato allies cutting defense budgets by 20% on average while the russians over the same period of time have increased their defense spending by 50% and obviously that situation is not sustainable, that trend must be reversed. >> britain defense minister said russia poses a real and present danger tore the baltic countries which are nato members and you yourself have warned there is a high probability that putin will intervene in the baltics so what will nato do if that happens? >> we will defend the baltic sta

mediterranean, the rainfall has been so tremendous upwards of 150 millimeters has come down around albaniaof rainfall in three or four days. look at the footage on bulgaria not far from the black sea. significant flooding. sashls officials saying a state of emergency in these areas hit hard and also from hurricane-force winds. the coast also seeing flooding where dozens of homes have been inundated. you see sandbags there to protect the communities, and the thames have been above the norm that -- the temperatures have been so far above the norm that flooding is a problem. a lot of land being flooded with the recent rainfall. y now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good around ♪ ♪ turn around, barry ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ [ female announcer ] fiber one. i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your p

albania, we know thousands of hectares flooded.rs, roughly 7 inches. 200 is the monthly average for this region. so it has been rather soggy the southern portion of europe rarnd the mediterranean. >> do you like muscular nude men riding -- >> i'm not going to answer that. >> this story is for you, if you do. >> you got me at the top. >> see you tomorrow. >>> experts may have solved the mystery of two sculptures. after detailed study, experts say the sculpt tours bear the hallmarks of the renaissance master down to the belly but the ton. evidence linking them to michelangelo will be presented in july. meanwhile, both pieces will be on display in cambridge, england until early august. >>> once again, the super bowl is the most-watched event in u.s. history. according to nbc, they watched the new england patriots defeat the seahawks. more than 28 million tweets during the game and the halftime show. the halftime performer, katy perry made history as well with her super bowl performance in front of a record-breaking odd anse of 118 mil

herda was brought to the united states was albania at the age of is 1.she grew up in grosse pointe, michigan. she became an academic star. she graduated with a 4.50 grade-pointage of. she is a member of the varsity track team, a member of the national honor society. she went on to the university of detroit, mercy and graduated with honors in a major of electrical engineering. she's been very involved in her community, has volunteered at homeless shelters, been part of tutoring programs at her church. listen to what her friends say about her. "i'm humbled by herd a's desire to serve. she spends hours tutoring kids and volunteering at the junior high school sunday class. it is a joy to watch so many kids run up to her at church because of the love they receive when they're with her. herda after she graduated learned that she could be protected from deportation -- because she's undocumented -- with a presidential order called daca. it's deferred action on childhood arrivals, and it was an executive order by president obama which says that herda lucio could

. >> woodruff: assisted suicide is already legal in switzerland, germany, albania, colombia, japan andn the u.s. states of washington, oregon, vermont, new mexico and montana. a sitting member of the u.s. house of representatives has died. republican congressman alan nunnelee of mississippi passed away today in tupelo, after battling a stroke and brain tumor. nunnelee was re-elected to a third term last year. he was 56 years old. and, nbc news announced an internal investigation of anchor brian williams and his statements about an incident in iraq, in 2003. he's admitted his helicopter was not hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, as he previously claimed. but he's faced growing criticism. in a memo to staffers today, the head of nbc news said: "we're working on what the best next steps are." still to come on the "newshour: highlights from the strong jobs numbers; the mother of a journalist missing in syria for two and a half years; why streaming music has made playlists the new albums; mark shields and david brooks on the week's news; plus, love, work, conflict and community around the w

other nations that the united states state department has listed include italy, poland, denmark, albaniand croatia, with different roles, new zealand, romania, south korea as well. and then the regional allies are in particular turk ki, saudi arabia, jordan, egypt, qatar, iraqi kurdistan and bahrain. i want to go to christiane amanpour who's live with us in london. that's a significant list. is it possible the inhumanity of what we're seeing today, the murder of this pilot in the most heinous and atrocious manners, might see an increase in this coalition or a decrease? >> isis -- this is how the analysis goes -- is trying to draw that very overreaction that you're mentioning. it is trying to get people to stop this coalition, to stop the war against isis. isis is currently under raeal military pressure. it's not militarily on the ground doing as well as it was over the last few months. that's a direct result of the air strikes and whatever ground forces can be mustered. in the case of kobani and parts of iraq, the kurdish forces. so this is what's happening right now. at the same time, i

there were palestinian terrorists, intuition islamic jihad, people in albania that were terrorists, iranian terrorists in bosnia. it had not coalesced quite as clearly as it has today. when i look at it today, what i feel like is when we invaded iraq in 2003, we basically unleashed a much clearer demarcation that coupled sectarian rivalries in islam with great power rivalries in the middle east, and used terrorism as the weapon. when it comes down to now is when you talk to people in the middle east, the only ones who are willing to fight and die are terrorists so they are being used for state purposes in the middle east. i did not see that at the time. we upped the intelligence collection. we struck back, but we also improved our defenses. we knew a lot about what was happening in the 1990's. that was from the military perspective. sandy and nancy and mark can you do a better perspective from the presidential level of what this looked like. >> the president, it was in 1995 that he called terrorism the defining threats of our times and there were a number of actions, missile strikes in 1998

and to albania dr. rick brennan is the senior political scientist. from the ran corporation. and prior to joining ranked. he served as a senior advise for the u.s. military in iraq for five years. and the studies for the new and american security previously she served in as the staff the national security council. a professional staff member on the senate as well. we will welcome them all and without objection witnesses will have a full prepared statement as part of the record they have have days to submit questions and staple and materials for the record. ambassador jeffrey if we can start with you and ask to you summarize your remarks in five minutes. thank you sir thank you mr. sherman and members of the committee. it is very important to note what we are doing today as you said, considering an authorization for the use of military force it is fitting and just that they would untake the grave decisions as this. i am proud to be here today to provide whatever help that i can. will the me start with isis. they have received a lot of help from the three or four of you have sp

james jeffery visit visiting on middle east policy and previously served as am ambassador to iraq and albania. dr. rick brennan a senior scientist at the rand corporation and prior to joining rand served as a senior advisor to the u.s. military in iraq for five years. dr. dafna rand is the leon pennetta fellow and of security and previously she served on the staff of the national security council. she was a professional staff member on the select committee on intelligence as well. we welcome them all and without objection the witness's full prepared statement will be made part of the record and the members here will have five legislative calendar days to submit statements and any ex extraneous material for the record. ambassador, if we could start with you an ask you to summarize your remarks in five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, mr. sherman, members of the committee. first of all, i think it's very important to note what we're doing today, as you said, considering an authorization for the use of military force. it is fitting and just that the congress as well as the executive branch u

i don't know what the next large scale flow will come from haiti or condo or albania or self india but i can be pretty sure it will come from somewhere this is why we have to continue to have in place a tight immigration system. i rhodopes recently entitled its immigration is and all its cracked up to be. arguing for skilled immigration is easier to assimilate and it is true to a degree but there is a new once on the economic part no question if you let in college graduates there is a less likely to be on welfare although they are more so than american college graduates but has a similar effect looking at this issue was estimated taking in 1 million college graduates per year to be completely made up of college graduates would reduce the wages of a decade and a half and in the long run by reducing the returns until a 3940% drop. but that will not all ) people majoring because those that they talked about taking in is where a significant reduction of atrophy to create the homegrown talent in a technical or scientific field is a problem. something that was implicit before but alex made i

washington institute for near east policy and he previously served as ambassador to iraq, turkey, and to albania. dr. rick brennan is the senior political scientists at the rand corporation and prior to joining rand he served as a senior adviser to the military in iraq for five years. dr. daffna rand is the lee on panetta fellow in studies at the center for new american studies. she served on the staff of the national security council. she was a professional staff member on the senate select committee on intelligence as well. and we welcome them all. and without objection the witness' full prepared statement will be made part of the record and the members here will have five legislative days to submit statements and questions and any extraneous material for the record. so ambassador jeffery if we could start with you and ask you to sum rise your remarks in five minutes. thank you, sir. >> members of the committee, first it is very important to note what we are doing today as you said considering an authorization for the use of military force. it is fitting and just that the congress as well as t