allen fisher reports from washington. >> houses a great part of the art treasures stolen by the nazis. >> art hi historians. scholars. when hitler was defeated it was up to the monuments men to track the artworks down. he helped return what had been looted. >> we did not take it. i did not see to it that it was i saw to it in my case, we had quite a number of are paintings that belonged to the museum in the city write was born. three blocks away. >> reporter: now harry and the rest of his unit have been awarded america's highest civilian honor. >> because knowing where we're from shows our children where they can be. no task is more precious than that. no award is greater than this. and so for monuments men, for te united states mint has struck a congressional medal. >> in the end they recovered almost 5 million pieces of ashtd anartand literate. rembrandt's rare self portrait, and works of boticelli. >> works of art define who we are as a people. and i've heard over and over from people around the world, their works of art and cowrlts trurs theculturaltreasures they. >> they did a re

allen fisher has more. >> in the shadow of u.s. capital building they came tens of thousands from all over the cub marking the day 20 years ago when black men gathered prayed and called for change. >> it is a great experience to see this many people come together for this great cause. i really believe over the past 20 years a lot have changed and it is time for us to continue doing these things to continue to make progress in what's going on in this country today. >> truly aplaysing. 20 years from now like this is so historic. >> reporter: the 1995 event was considered a watershed moment, the largest gathering on the national mall. authorities claim there were one and a half million there, lewis farrakand, the leader of the nation of islam, called upon people to take control of themselves and their families. several fatal shootings respond the black lives matter campaign, a growing political force in the u.s. >> the cops in the community need to come together and realize black lives do matter, you can't do something any time you wa

of a white wash and grand jury in cleveland will decide if officers involved will be charged, allen fisherra. >>> history classes in south korean courts will be taught using a state authored book and education ministry say textbooks contain historical errors and say they want to portray the father, the 1960 and 70 dictate ner a better light and harry faucet is in seoul with more. >> the current system which has been in place since 2010 has eight privately published government approved textbooks which can be chosen individually by schools across the country and the problem for the conservative ruing party they feel the majority of textbooks are by liberal and left leaning academics and want to issue a corrective and this single textbook that has been announced on monday is called the correct history textbook and the problem is history is a very subjective topic and ruling party says things like north korea's early history has been taught in a left leaning way and want to make sure the children of country are taught the proper history of south korea and people say it's no coincidence it's be

allen fisher, al jazeera. >>> million man march staging another event in washington. thousands of african american men and women came out for saturday's justice or else march. >> all the answers were given to the problems we have, we wouldn't be here 20 years from then. >> we did not have a pronounced sense of injustice experienced at the hands of the police. it seems like the past two or three years that has just been a main stain within our psyche. >> during his remarks louis farrakand says these are america's next civil rights leaders . >> eants woul wouldan >> antibiotics. al jazeera'al jazeera's tarek by reports. >> antibiotics sold in the united states now used on animals. the overuse of the drugs on animals is a problem that can result in so-called superbugs, strains of drug resistant bacteria that can be used on humans. >> the use of antibiotics as ogrowth promoter is something we discourage, because at the end of the day, the antibiotic residual in the meat in the seafood, that you are buying, will also you know, give you, over time, the problem. >> reporter:

let's go now to allen fisher. he joins us from the u.s. capital. hi there, allen. what are troops going to do while they're there? >> as you say they're be involved in del venezuela recovering. they were despised by a come more which will take the contingent up to 300. you'll remember back a few months ago when barack obama made his tour of africa he was saying he thought there had efforshould be effort against boko haram. they would like to see chad and nigeria get involved as well. but as they've asked for help up to this point, this is why they've put them on the ground to do the job they need to do. always in support of the regional efforts that have been put into place against beckham had a ram. >> any idea how long this will be? >> i'm informed this is happening. he has to do that under the war powers act and said this is an open-ended operation, that they'll be there as long as needed. >> that does suggest that they will be there for quite some time. >> alan fisher joining me live from washington. thank you. >> now morallies have been held in south africa ur

allen fisher last the story for al jazeera. >> going at the request of the cameroon government. they will eventually be helped by a few others, getting numbers to around threnld. they wil300.that will mean the f drones over the border in cameroon and nigeria. now they have said, the americans, that they wanted to help the regional countries in their fight against boko haram. and so you can see why they're putting these number onto the ground. they will be armed but we're told that this is for force protection rather than for any offensive role and it is an operation which has been promised by barack obama and he also said they will be there as long as they are needed. throngas long as the cameroon government says we need them, and they're welcome there, this is open ended, no end in sight, there's no guarantee they will be out by the end of the year. as long as the mission is thought to be important to the cameroon government and as long as the americans are willing to help. >> allen fisher in washington. >>> al jazeera catches up with a family who videotaped immigration officia

wash and grand jury in cleveland will decide if the police officers involved are to be charged, allen fisherra. >>> bolivia president has called for a conference on climate change ahead of a u.n. summit in paris in december. in his country the city people fear their voices won't be heard at the confwrens, many still don't have access to running water as daniel reports. >> she wants clean running water so she doesn't have to climb to this tank every morning or pay $6 she can't afford to fill it with three weeks of water and pays more than the wealthy residents there commits to a working system. speaking through a translator she told me she wakes every morning unsure whether her limited supply of water will cover her family's needs. carlos heads the neighborhood water committee unable to raise the funds to renovate this broke end system. >> translator: the water will never reach us, how many years before they build a proper system? they said we will have one by 2018 if they start work now. but there aren't any funds. >> reporter: this and other neighborhoods gain control of their water in 2000

it's the latest in a long line of shootings in the country prompting anger from the president as allen fisher reports. >> this was a day like no other. flags fly at half-staff. after the horror comes the reality, the pain and the questions. >> i feel numb. it's a mix of exhaustion and denial, did this really just happen. >> the shooter has been named as chris harper mercer. be six guns, plenty of ammunition and a hate-filled note. >> i continue to believe that those media and community members who publicize his name will only glorify his horrific actions. >> the police are going through th his social media and argumenapartment. they want to know what drove him to much such horrific actions. >> this will not change until the politics changes and the behavior of elected officials changes. and so the main thing i'm going to do is i'm going to talk about this. on a regular basis. and i will polite size it. >> the new academic year in the united states got under way just a few weeks ago in august. since then there have been 24 school shootings. this is now the latest. >> many gather where mass sho

al jazeera's allen fisher explains those reports were released in the interest of transparency. >> it was a video that shocked the u.s. and the world, a 12-year-old playing in a park. cleveland, ohio, with a toy gun. it was missing the orange cap which would indicate it was a toy but it was enough to scare someone. the mancienne here sitting in the background is calling the police. he said the gun was probably fake. but that wasn't passed on to the officer who fired the fatal shots within seconds of arriving on the scene or his partner. he also had no idea that the victim was just 12 years old. >> shots fired. male down. black male, maybe 20. >> anger brought protesters out on the streets across the country. it was seen as another case of excessive police violence against the black community. >> i want to thank everybody for supporting my little brother, and i don't know why they did that. he was only 12. he wasn'ted to play basketball in the nba. >> local prosecutors commissioned expert reports into the incident. they've just been released. former denver prosecutor lamar sims wrote t

as allen fisher reports from roseburg. >> the president says mass shootings are routine, but this was a day like no other. events canceled. after the horror comes the reality, pain and questions. sarah cobb was in the room when the shooting started. >> i feel numb. a mix of exhaustion and it's kind of like denial, like did this really actually just happen. >> the shooter is chris harper mercer. police found guns, ammunition and a hate-filled note. >> i continue to believe that the media and community members who publicize his name will only glorify his horrific actions. >> police are going through the 26-year-old's social media and his apartment. they want to know what drove him to such dreadful violence. >> this will not change until the politics changes and the behavior of elected officials changes. and so the main thing i'm going to do is i'm going to talk about this. on a regular basis. and i will politicize it. >> they join tucson, charlotte, sandy hook and other places where mass shootings took place. >> the number of dead from a landslide in guatemala has risen to 30. as many a

allen fisher, al jazeera. >>> the polish parliament has elected a new prime minister who must now startonstruction in the country, after two devastating earthquakes. k.p. sharma orly. as leader he will have to deal with minorities protesting about a new constitution and the fuel increase in the aftermath of those recent earthquakes. >>> well, voting is over in belarus' election. lukashenko has gained 80% of the vote. that would be mean aist if consecondtive -- consecutive victory for him. the e.u. is expected to lift sanctioned on belarus aft result is announced. >>> for a number of years a mysterious group has been posting extremely complicated puzzles on the internet. john hendron went to the illinois institute of technology and scratched his head to find out more. >> this puzzle has the brightest minds in the world perplexed. they are confounded first by the puzzle itself, one of three placed on the internet by a mysterious entity, calling itself cicada 3301. and the baffling question: who is behind it? >> n.s.a. has been speculated and mi6, central intelligence agency, terrorist gro

. >> allen fisher al jazeera washington. >> lots more on our website, of course, aljazeera.com. get the latest on all the stories worth following there. "talk to al jazeera" is next. for everyone else, the international headlines. the mit media laboratory - which is credited with driving the multimedia revolution. the research center brings together hundreds of leading thinkers in design, science and technology. >> we had license to do things, which, you know, i can be a little revisionist and tell you it's all because we were smart. but, some of it is because we had a lot of space. >> from gps to touch-finger technology, negroponte has - for the most part - accurately forecast what "new thing" was on the horizon in the digital world. now he's suggesting we'll be able to ingest information - just like we eat food. >> you should be able to swallow a pill and know english. or swallow a pill and know about the french revolution. >> he had a decades-long relationship with apple's steve jobs, but has some pointed criticism for the company now. >> apple, if you had to think of a compa

allen fisher, al jazeera, washington. >> and senegal, something as simple as getting to work can prove to be a mighty task. the main mode of transport is often bogged down by traffic in breakdowns. but the government is hoping to change all that. they're help to update it's transport system. we have reports from dakhar. >> every morning no matter how hard she tries, she's always running late for work. she works in town but lives in the suburbs. finding reliable transportation is not easy. this is the best option. they're anything but fast. frequent stops, breakdowns and traffic congestion makes this the most unpleasant part of her day. >> we're sitting here for hours, it's an unpleasant start of the day. >> imported from france the drivers have added colorful touches to the ex-tear yes, sir, but on the insid inside the basic mechanics have not been changed in more than 40 years. the state wants to get rid of them in a volume of traffic. >> these vans are dangerous and not adapted for a modern city. our goal is to relace them with vehicles that will offer more comfort and a better servi

. >> allen fisher, thank you very much. >>> now high level talks at the u.n. have failed to come up with a peace plan for libya. the war-torn government has not agreed to a peace deal that was drawn up by the u.n. the u.s. and other mep states. they wanted to discuss the agreement in morocco. while the ambassador said that the deal has to go back to tibrouk for approval. secretary of state john kerry said that he hoped that an agreement could be reached soon. >> there is no time to waste. libya has already suffered they deserve better and the path is open to achieve better. but each matter has to live up to the responsibility of this criminal moment, that means reaching the agreement on the names of new leaders, not tomorrow, not next week but now even while libyan delegates are here in new york. this can happen. and we hope that the process can be completed within a very small number of days. >> kristen saloomey has been following developments from the united nations in new york. >> the united nations envoy had described this as a moment of truth. the last de

allen fish h fisher, al jazeera. >> a computer maker dell announced a takeover of emc. it is a storage technology firm. the deal is said to be worth more than $67 billion. dell executives say buying e mrmtmcgives the company one of e biggest names in data storage. >>> house republicans are scrambling to replace john boehner. meanwhile a few new names are coming up. live pictures now, is that a live picture? okay. manchester where presidential hopeful of both parties, new jersey's governor chris christie there are hoping to appeal to independent voters, we're back in a moment. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. >> ...as if there were no cameras here, would be the best solution. >> this goes to the heart of the argument >> to tell you the stories that others won't cover. how big do you see this getting? getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> we're here to provide the analysis... the context... and the reporting that allows you to make s