andrew thomas at abbott hq - is it going to script? >> it certainly it, off the script to an extreme level. early results are trickling in, showing a swing against the labor government , between 5-10%. predictions of some of the television networks is the right of centre coalition will win around 90 to 100 seats out of 150 parliament. that's a huge, huge landslide. a former labor prime minister came out in the last few minutes and accepted defeat. he said - this is bob hawk - said the government lost it rather than the opposition winning it. the abc is formally predicting a coalition right of centre win. i'm loath to call it this early, we are an hour after the polls closed and some polls in the western part of australia are still open. this will be decided in the east. they have swung so heavily towards the right of coalition, i'll say at the risk of having egg on my face later in the evening that this is tony abbott's moment, he is elected prime minister. >> you've said it now. tell me though, and this is it like what bob hawke did,

> reporter: those in the palm oil industry say in the past they have been part of the problem, andrew thomasera. >> reporter: the population dropped by 96% because of over fishing so japan is taking steps that hopes will boost the population and we have this from tokyo. tokyo fish market has a brisk trade-in the morning and growth in tuna is auctioned off and in 15 minutes it's all over. the fish are packed and loaded, destined to up up in a restaurant. like this one, a typical sushi bar in japan where the food is freshly repaired in front of its customers. >> translator: it is not because i'm japanese, it comes to me naturally as i've been eating it since i was born. >> reporter: this dish explains why the japanese consume close to 80% of blue fin tuna and sushimi and raw fish and love tuna is the most highly prized and popular. consumption of tuna increased as japanese food is more popular worldwide and the blue fin was not as endangered as atlantic until recently but the population is 3.6% now. partly because of over fishing and the fact that the pacific species be given other tuna takes

andrew thomas has this report from borneo. >> reporter: take away the people and she's alone. pigmy elephant at the malaysia first sanctuary. the expectation is there will be 50 injured elephants joining miss rock oh, company for her, but that demand is a worrying sign to the wildlife. the center was officially opened by a government minister, but it's mainly money from the palm oil industry paying for it. the very industry some accuse are doing more to damage wildlife than any other. you are the main sponsor of this problem. your involvement part i've guilty conscience? >> definitely not. what we have done is that we are -- there is a realization that we cannot live in isolation, i think it's a realization that we should be part of the overall effort. >> reporter: it is still possible to see striking wildlife down the river, though the chance of seeing an elephant in the wild is highly unlikely. there are thought to be fewer than 2,000 left, no one quite knows how many there once were, loss of habitat tat is to blame, first it was logging, then rubber, now what were once rain

andrew thomas, an hour ago on the channel called the election - you are a brave man doing that. let's be fair, there shouldn't be doubt left here. >> well, i'm not taking it back, put it that way. it's fair to say that tony abbott has won the election, and will be australia's next prime minister. the only question is the scale of the victory. admittedly this is a room full of his party supporters, but the word going around is landslide. all the polls across australia closed, even in the western states, which are two hours behind where i am in sydney. the counting is under way. the way the counting works in australia is votes are counted where they are cast. you get results in quickly. it's quick and easy to see a swing when it happens. it certainly is happening away from the labor government toward the right to sen -- right to about 3-10%. the opposition may have 25 or 30 more seats. they could be looking at 90 of 120 seats. that would be a landslide. this is a big, big moment for the right of centre in australia, and the real destruction - it's the only word for it - of the lab

andrew thomas has the report from sydney. >> for tony abbott, almost almost like any other. >> how does it feel to bake up and be prime minister-elect? >> it was an extraordinary day yesterday. >> reporter: abbott's victory gave him a big mandate on his priorities, which including scrapping a carbon tax on pollution he says is damaging the economy. his government will trim budgets cutting funding for foreign aid and public transportation and it will toughen a tough policy towards refugees that head to australia by boat. he also has priorities thrust upon him, potentially to back the united states in strikes against syria. after his bike ride, it was on with the suit for meetings with officials. >> they provide with this very swift incoming government brief. >> reporter: all this as many australians were still waking up, some to news of the blissful shift. australians are slow to warm to abbott, a man seen as socially conservatives and someone they say has a problem with women. >> a lot of people said he was unelectable. because he has a good team of spin doctors around him, they have ke

. >> andrew thomas reporting. what do we know about prime minister elect tony abbott? we know he was a rhodes scholars and his long struggle to connect with female voters and was considered unelectable. he had vowed to boost the nation's flagging economy. your weekend forecast is coming up. hello. >> hello, richelle. while it's comfortable in the northeast and hot across the north central plains we have severe weather threats. please stay tune. i'll tell you all about it. that's all i have an real money. victoria azarenko >> for a second time former nba star dennis rodman is visiting north korea leader kim jong-un. he tweeted i'm calling on the leader of north carolina o north korea to do me a solid and release kenneth bae. then when interviewed he said it was not his job to ask about b bae. >> it's amazing that since he's a very young individual, and he wants to change things. he wants to change things around the world. and when i go back to america so i can say very good positives, and very good things about this country. >> rodman and kim reportedly had a cordial ta

we start with andrew thomas, with more on tony abbott's constituency. >> in australia many voting stations like this in a surf life saving club back from the beach. i'm in northern sydney, tony abbott's constituency. this building is a surf life saving club but has been turned into a voting station. there has been a steady line of people lining up. tony abbott among the first, voting as soon as polls opened local time in australia. all the predictions are that tony abbott is on track for a win and a big win at that. that, of course, would mean defeat for the existing prime minister, labor's kevin rudd. his party is feeling disarray. they've had two changes of leadership. he was originally prime minister and was overthrown by julia gillard, who became the first ever female prime minister in australia. but the labor party in turn got rid of her when it looked like she would lose, and lose badly in the upcoming election and they returned to kevin rudd. it doesn't seem to have been enough. on policy issues, kevin rudd's party seems not to have performed. there's concerns about autonomy, but it

. >> al jazeera's andrew thomas was at that speech in price bonn. >> reporter: the speech went down very well. this is a room full of labor party supporters and activists. it depositing well on television on the evening news broadcast that kevin had convinced and he did try to do that ^py appealing to what they know about the fate of the economy. this is a relatively strong economy by international standards. plenty of jobs and aaa kre credit rating and still that message hasn't so far gotten through. many australians are worried about future and pose fears that the opposition has a play on and it put him in a commanding position in a opinion poll of concerns. they have had to pull a big rabbit out of the hat to turn the opinion. ohs around and convince them that even though his party had a last few years, he was in a place the prime minister you'll remember and then replace her as prime minister and want to convince the wider australian public the vote and a chaotic day behind many years still the right person to take australia forward. >> half of indonesia's rain forest has disappeared

he andrew thomas has been tracking the results and has more from sydney >> this was a comprehensive victory led by tony abbot but a complete rejessica of the labor government. and it was as much them losing this election as it was tony abbott's party winning it. i think that this unity in the labor governments over the last few years has really damaged their brand in the eyes of the australian voters. kevin rudd was elected in 2007. three years later, his own deputy took over that top job. she effectively three years later, he did the same to her. he took over the top job again in june. and that disunity, that merry-go-round of leaders upset the public. if the labor party can't run themselves, how on earth can they run the country? he claims to be united and kevin rudd had a strong track record in foreign policy. one of his campaign slogans was that tony abbott didn't. tony abbott made a gaffe a few days ago saying it was buddies against buddies. all trade i can't is a very strong ally of the united states. it would seem whatever the united states chooses to do, australia will support it. b

. >> that report from al jazeera's andrew thomas. coming up next here a new york church takes center stage. where broadway's goes to peace and answers after the curtain call. on august 20th, al jazeera america introduced >> we end this night with a look at the catholic community closer to home. if you're in times square late on saturday night you may see a few actors bolting were broadway to a religious mission. some are headed to church, the actor's chapel. likely the only church in the world where a stuntman changes a life and a choir with residents could deliver the faithful the best seats in the house. >> we visited a church in new york city and met some folks you might already know. >> dear father, it is hard for me to put into works what st. malikis meantimes to me. it is where i first took my children to mass. where i would go often between matinee and eave performances, and when i would meet fellow actors i can't imagine broadway without st. maliky. god bless. florence henderson. >> it's called the actor's chapel because we'r

andrew thomas, al jazeera, sydney. >> think of fine wine, and that's what south african growers are servingup. it's partly to introduce young people to the world of wine. organizers are hoping the event will encourage more to go into the wi wine business. >>> coming up on this news hours, a recovery, but only for some. we find out who is being left behind as the u.s. economy picks up. cracking codes that's supposed to keep your online information private, new revelations about u.s. spying. >> in madrid, the olympics outsiders who have served up a convincing bid to host the 2020 games. >> barack obama and vladimir putin have opposing positions on chemical attacks in syria, in speaking at the g20 summit in st. petersburg. >> what i'm emphasizing and continue to impress that this is not just a tragedy, it's a threat to global peace and security. >> i want to remind you that force against a sovereign state can only be done in defense, and as you know syria is not attacking the united states. doing so would put themselves outside the law with the united nations. >> in other news anti-coup protes

andrew thomas reports from sydney. >> the morning after the night before - for tony abbott it was almoste any other. up at dawn to go for a bike ride. >> how does it feel to wake up to be prime minister-elect? laughs laughs. >> look, it was an extraordinary day yesterday. >> abbott's victory gives him a big mandate. his priorities include scrapping a carbon tax on pollution that he says is damaging the economy. his government will trim budgets, cutting funding for foreign aid and transport. it will toughen a tough policy for refugees heading to australia by boat. he'll have priorities thrust upon him, potentially whether to back the united states in strikes against syria. >> well, done, team. great effort. >> after his bike ride, it was on with the suit for meetings with officials. >> thank you for giving up your sunday to provide me with a swift incoming government brief. >> all this as australians were waking up - some to news of the political shift. australians have been slow to warm to abbott, a man seen as socially conservative and a previous prime minister called a miss only nous.

andrew thomas, al jazeera. >> okay, so now it is time for sports and here is joe. >> thank you.rld tennis number one, has reached the quarter finals of the u.s. open. he dismantled in straight sets. winning the last 26-love, 6-lo. love. was then double bagelled. he won 13 in a row, the top seed cruising through. the 2011 champion will play twenty-first seed mikkel in the quarters. >> today second and third set have been some of the best tennis i have played in my career. and it all comes with a great time for me. it's something that i was wishing for, definitely to be more aggressive as the tournament progresses. >> well, joining him in the last day is defending champion andy murray. he was later battled against the unseeded -- the number three seeded scott dropped the first set, but fought back to win 6-7, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. murray clenching match with a beautiful smash. the defending women's champion dished out another walloping on her way to the semis. this time it was spain's navaro at the receiving end of the thrashing. the top seeding blazing in. next up serena out of channa.

andrew thomas reports. >> when elected as prime minister he promised to reverse decades of treating malaysians differently based on eth nifty, he had a catchy sloggon - one malaysia. >> despite shows of unity, he is accused of backtracking. following a controversial election earlier this year, where voting was mainly along ethnic lines, he announced a package of measures for one section of society, people indigenous to malaysia or ethnically malla. they'll be the beneficiaries of an economic empowerment play. >> the malacommunity providing the majority vote need to be rewarded to show their support was not in vain. he comes in aswujing the party support base. >> some communities need help. there are some communities where poverty is common. new policies will go further soon. >> to me what the prime minister announced is the effect of other policies override the interests of the economy. that's why i say there should be more. >> some say for everything the population gapes, others comparatively lose. >> about a third of malaysia's population is not malay. most are indian or chinese much they wo

andrew thomas, al jazeera, malaysia. >> and some in china are turning out to watch the tide roll in.he phenomenon is called "tidal bore." it happens when the incoming tide is so big that it's leading edge forms a wave. that wave moves along at 25 mph. >> meteorologist: i'm meteorologist dave warren, what is not moving and causing problems is tropical storm manuel. it was hurricane manuel. it made landfall on the coast of mexico and just after 5:00 local time the center of the storm moving and leaving a lot of rain in the same area as the slow moving storm. that's the problem with these. it could lead to flash flooding and more mudslides. that's the concern there. still watching this area of low pressure developing in the gulf, it looks like it could slowly begin to intensify and track off to the northwest. but right now not much happening. it's just an area of low pressure developing and slowly we'll start to move north. from there it gets tricky. it could turn off to the northeast or sit out over the associatioocean. we'll watch that track slowly. >>> some of the temperatures climbi

will know if they have a change of government coming within two hours of the close of polls and andrew thomas >> wildfires in and around the yosemite national park were started by an illegal camp fire. they say the fire was started by a hunter who let the flames grow out of control and firefighters contained 80% of the blaze which is the fourth largest fire in west coast history. walmart is one of the most valuable companies in the world bringing in 10s of billions of dollars in revenue. but across the u.s. activists and employees have been protesting against low wages and poor conditions. john went to one protest in new york. chanting at the edge of water mart's parking lot in valley stream and they are allowed no closer. 25,000 a year, better conditions and benefits and the reinstatement of 20 workers allegedly let go for attending similar walmart protests last year and those are the demands. elaine is one of 20 laid off and fighting for walmart associates who she said are afraid to speak up. >> you have associates that don't have money for food, don't have money to put clothes on their kid

andrew thomas, al jazeera alice springs. >>> okay. let's take a look now at some of the other headlines from the world. the japanese government says its contacted international experts about the leak at fukushima nuclear plant. on wednesday, it was revealed radiation levels were worse than first thought. two years ago, it was hit by an earthquake and tsunami which damaged its cooling system. >> tens of thousands of teachers in mexico say they will disobey educational reforms taught by congress. it will strip the unions of certain powers. mexican teachers have been able to sell their position or pass them on to their children. but now, they will face tests to get jobs and promotions. >>> it's thought this 118-karat diamond will break records when sot h-e-b y's puts it on the auction block. the starting bid: $28 million. but if that's out of your budget, it was a cheaper version. this is a vivid blue diamond that's expected to sell for more than $19 million, though. the auctions will take place in hong kong. >>> even before world leader

andrew thomas reports >> reporter: this was rudd among friends, labor party activists in a convention center where he is not just prime minister but the local member of parliament, at a final campaign rally but his prospects do not look good. opinion polls suggest nationally his party is well behind his opponents. it looks unlikely to hold on to the government. he might lose his own seat in parlorpal. >>. >> we are en gailing in the fight of our lives. it's a fight about the values which underpin australia's future, a fight about our vision for allstralia's future, a fight about how we go about building echt trail i can't's future, a future for the many, not just for the few. >> how did it come to this? in 2007, kevin rudd's party was elected with overwhelm support but after a flury of reform, his popularity wanek waned >> rudded mounted challenges, eventually winning his olds job back. he launched into a frenetic comeback tour promising he changed from the man many described as dysfunctional. reformed a controversial carbon tax and said his opponents would wreck the economy with spen

sister joseph andrew and peter thomas.ful. why do you guys want to make an album? >> we wanted to, as dominicans, we're teachering and preachers. god is blessing us with so many vocations, so many young women. you just can't get everywhere. in this way, we can get into people's homes and cars and their lives and bring god to them. >> the average age in your community, i was just hearing, 29 years old, which is remarkable and obviously counter to the trend. you're doing something right. you recorded this in three days? >> that's right. >> how? >> you know, singing is part of our life. we sing together in prayer for, five times every day. so this wasn't something we set out to do. but the opportunity presented itself. and it's just a natural overflow of what we're already doing as our life of prayer. so the opportunity then just take that and share that with people, what it already is for us is a beautiful one. >> you enjoy senging together? >> absolutely. >> oh, yes, singing in community is the best. >> music is so essentia

thomas reese a senior analyst for the national catholic reporter. father thanks for being with us. what did you make of the pope's comments? andrewking about this pope as a storyteller. that's something i think that resonates with you as well. >> absolutely. i think that this pope, like jesus, tells stories. he doesn't work out of abstract philosophical categories that are unchanging. he talks in stories. for example, i love the way he talks about the church as a mother. you know, when we go home for thanksgiving, we want to be hugged by our mother. we want to be greeted with warmth and love. not a nagging parent. we've had too much in the church where the church has been a nagging parent who tells us everything that's wrong with us. what pope francis wants to do is hug us and tell us about god's love for us, tell us how jesus came to talk about god's love, his mercy, his compassion, and how we should do this to one another. >> so father reese, does something then change? i mean once you have the man who's running the church who's leading the church saying these things, how does that filter down or does it? >> i think the way it

thomas reese a senior analyst for the national catholic reporter. father thanks for being with us. what did you make of the pope's comments? andrew was talking about this pope as a storyteller. that's something i think that resonates with you as well. >> absolutely. i think that this pope, like jesus, tells stories. he doesn't work out of abstract philosophical categories that are unchanging. he talks in stories. for example, i love the way he talks about the church as a mother. you know, when we go home for thanksgiving, we want to be hugged by our mother. we want to be greeted with warmth and love. not a nagging parent. we've had too much in the church where the church has been a nagging parent who tells us everything that's wrong with us. what pope francis wants to do is hug us and tell us about god's love for us, tell us how jesus came to talk about god's love, his mercy, his compassion, and how we should do this to one another. >> so father reese, does something then change? i mean once you have the man who's running the church who's leading the church saying these things, how does that filter down or does it? >> i think the

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andrew thomas, al jazerra, malaysia. >> okay, you can always keep us to date on our website you'll find that at br* aljazerra.com. >> was this an opportunity to really measure the methane, at so many sites what did you find out that either surprised or didn't surprise you? >> we found the equipment on the well pads were leaking a lot more than we had anticipated. and we were positively surprised that the equipment was so effective, and so those are -- that's -- you know, a mixed bag. we have something that reaffirmed the positive nature of what was happening but the need for additional activities. >> thank you so much. when we come back, more on this study and frac-ing safety? general. on august 20th, al jazeera america introduced a new voice in journalism. >> good evening everyone, welcome to al jazeera. >> usa today says: >> ...writes the columbia journalism review. and the daily beast says: >> quality journalists once again on the air is a beautiful thing to behold. >> al jazeera america, there's more to it. >> welcome back to "inside story." we continue our look at frac-ing, and a f