al jazeera america's andrew thomas explains. >> reporter: six years ago all this was farmland. now there are tens of thousands of apartments, and plans for many more. shendoa lives in one. in her apartment only four argumentapartments are occupied. >> it's too quiet. on weekends or weekdays it's the same. you don't see anyone on the street yet sometimes cleaners. >> reporter: do others are around to ask. if there are tumbleweeds this is where it would be blowing. it's a weekend, middle of the day, it's not raining. hundreds of apartments and the streets are virtually desserted. the only sound, the winds and the birds. it's as though some terrible accident has cleared all the people out. in fact, they've never arrived. most front doors are still wrapped in cellophane. the city has been planned by its pro convention government which hopes 2 million people will live here. in established cities houses has become prohibitively expensive. 15 families have two rooms each in this building. the theory is that this will offer quality housing, but most of the housing has been sold to spec

. >> i'm andrew thomas in a city that sprung up around china with virtually anything you could want - except any people. >> hello, i'm david foster and these are the top stories on al jazeera. students at cairo university will not attend exams in support of protesters on friday. five people were killed and 260 were arrested. >> china has officially eased its one-child policy. china will be allowed to have two children, if one parent is an only child. they will also shut down labour camps. >> one person has been killed after a gunman opened fire at a protest in bangkok. it's the latest violence and unrest which has lasted for a number of weeks. >> the first peacekeeping reinforcements arrived in south sudan's capital juba. 72 police will bolster security around u.n. bases where tens of thousands of people are sheltering. the u.n. security council voted to double peacekeeping missions. more than 1,000 are thought to have died so far. african leaders have been trying to find a solution to end the violence at a summit in kennia. the meetingeneded with a call for dialogue. the president sa

andrew thomas, al jazeera, sydney. (t) house leaving washington for the holiday recess. the senate is expected to leave town later on this week without taking care of the sticky budget deal. mike viqueria joing >> the house of represents, has been a straight -- representatives has been a straight party vote. last week a landslide, 332 members of the house. they only needed 218, passed that bipartisan budgets. it was a big surprise. john boehner putting down an insurrection, on his right flank. outbursts coming from john boehner but over in the senate normally a place where there is a little bit more cooperation anyway, they flipped the script. sharply partisan divide. they needed 60 to pass the budget, it is believed they have 60 now and it will pass but it has been touch and go for a while. some surprising republicans have signed up including ron johnson a very conservative member from it. looks like smooth sailing but we won't be sure until tomorrow. >> 2013 will go down in the year interesting statistics, all in all, 942 hours work for the entire year for the house of

andrew thomas has more. a letter of concern paints a dangerous picture of a detention center where 2,000 are held. christmas island is where most refugees aim for. the detention center is where they are held, in line with australia's tough policy of not allowing refugees coming by boat to australia to stay here. 15 doctors all worked on christmas island and they say there are numerous unsafe practices and gross departures from acceptable standards. asylum seekers examinations are quick. often they are soiled in urine and faeces. they talk about asylum, and natal care is unsafe, basic medical stops are low. they say the health service falls below acceptable standards. the immigration minister said the claims are taken seriously and an assessment is underway. once that's been done, there has been recommendations and they'll be acted pon. >> more to comme. thousands of indians out in the cold waiting to return home. >> and a sweet scoring sweet success at the e.u. we'll have the details. >> welcome back. you ar

andrew thomas explains. >> six years ago all this was farmland. now there are tens of thousands of apartments and plans for many more. in her building are 44 flats, just four are occupied. >> it's too quiet. on weekends or weekdays it's the same. you don't see anyone on the streets except sometimes cleaners. >> do others feel the same way? there was no one around to ask. if they had tumbleweeds this is where it would be blowing. there is something quite spooky about walking around here. it's the weekend, the middle of the day, it's not raining. there are hundreds of apartments yet the streets are virtually deserted. it's almost as if some terrible accident has cleared all the people out. in fact, they've never arrived. most front doors are still wrapped in cellophane. the city has been planned by a provincial government who hopes that 2 million people will live here in a city housing has become expensive. provincial governments expect chinese will move to rural areas that's why they're creating new cities. the theory is if they offer affordable ho

. >>> andrew thomas has been at a cricket club in sydney getting reaction. >> reporter: this victory the sweeter for being relatively unexpected. just a few weeks ago it was the england team that was being talked about as the strongest for years. and they had won the previous three ashes series. ben stokes sentry in perth was the only one england got across all three matches. australia got seven. byron is a history teacher and a keen cricketer here. when that last wicket was taken, what was your reaction? >> i was absolutely over the moon. really excited and relief. i suppose. it has been too long. >> reporter: what does it mean that the ashes are coming back? >> it means everything. the english have been giving us a good ribbing, and it will be good to give it back to them now. >> reporter: thank very much byron. it's 3-0 down, england has lost the better of five series. they will want to retain something, though, even if it is their pride. >>> hundreds of angry fans set fires after myanmar lost booting them out of the semifinals. and it may have come down to a misunderstanding of t

andrew thomas explains. >> six years ago all this was farm land. now there's tens of thousands of apartments and plans for more. >> shen dehua lives in one. in her building of 44 flats, four are occupied. >> translation: it's too quiet. on weekends or weekdays it's the same. you don't see anyone on the streets, except sometimes cleaners. >> do others feel the same way? there was no one around to ask. if cheng gong had tumble weed. this is where it would be blowing. >> there's something spooky walking around here. it's the weekend, middle of the day, there are hundreds of apartments and the streets are deserted. it's almost as if some terrible accident cleared the people out. >> in fact, they have never arrived. most front doors are still wrapped in cellophane. the city has been planned by the provincial government, which hopes 2 million people will live here. in established cities housing is expensive, millions living in pore conditions. 50 families have shared areas, bathrooms and cooking are communal. it is expected that urban chinese will move.

and kandahar in noncombat roles and hundreds have been killed and hundreds seriously hurt and andrew thomase from sidney. >> reporter: troops went in afghanistte afghanistan in 2001 and thousands served there, 40 of them killed, 261 seriously injured. but despite that the australian prime minister and the involvement in afghanistan had not been in vain. said for the country and alls -- australia and the world and australia troops served and conditions improved and they get an education there. they were not getting that when australia troops arrived and when troops leave afghanistan they would leave with not defeat but hope they were leaving afghanistan in a better state than they found the country. no troops will leave, the combat mission is over but 400 will remain in a training capacity. tony abbot, all are aware and their troops have now left the fighting in afghanistan is not over yet. >> reporter: the soldiers are going back to australia and they set sale from that land to try and stop japanese whale for the tenth time and are prepared for violence and aggression from whalers this year

examined while exhausted, dehydrated and filthy and being paid to compromise their medical ethics and andrew thomasfrom sidney. >> it paints a damaging picture of the christmas center and more than 2000 people are held and christmas island is where most refugees head to australia aim fore and detention center is where they are held before they go to other countries in line with the tough policy of not allowing any refugees who come by boat to australia to stay here. 15 doctors who wrote this and worked on christmas island and say there are numerous and unsafe practices and gross departures from general medical standards going on there, examinations are too quick and often five minutes for people straight off the boats when they are dehydrated and soiled in urine and feces and going for hours without medication and the care is unsafe and basic medical stocks are low and overall they say the health service falls well below acceptable standards and dangerous. the immigration minister said that for two weeks and once it was public on friday he said the claims are taken seriously and the assessment is u

andrew thomas tells us what is being done. >> six years ago all this was farmland.ow there's tens of thousands of apartments and plans. this woman lives in one. in a building of 44 flats, four are occupied. >> translation: it's too quiet. on weekends or weekdays it's the same. you don't see anyone on the streets except cleaners. >> do others feel the same way. there was no one around to ask. if it had tumble weed. this is where it would be blowing. >> there's something spooky about walking around here. it's the weekend, the middle of the day, and it's not raining. there are hundreds of apartments. it's almost as if a terrible accident cleared all the people out. >> in fact, they have never arrived. most front doors are still wrapped in sello feign. >> the city has been planned by the provincial government, hoping 2 million people will live here. in established cities housing is expensive. millions in poor condition. 15 families have two room each. bath room and cooking areas are communal. it's expected more chinese will move to rural areas, that's why they are creat

andrew thomas reports from sydney. >> australian troops first went into afghanistan back in 2001 and 25,000 australian soldiers have served there. forty of them have been killed, 261 seriously injured, but despite that, australia's involvement in afghanistan hasn't been in vain. he said that for our country, for australia, afghanistan and for the wider world said it has been worth it, good for national security. he singled out a province where most australian troops ever served, saying conditions there have improved, girls get an education there, they weren't getting that when australian troops first arrived. back in october, when troops came to leave, you it was said they would leave with hope, hope that they were leaving afghanistan in a better state than they found the country. not all troops will leave. 400 will remain in a training capacity. all australians are aware that their troops have left the, the fighting in afghanistan isn't over yet. >> secretary of state john kerry focusing on north korea. over the weekend, he discussed the uncle of leader kim jong-un, calling his deat

thomas to the rim, andrew bogut blocks the shot! he got the rebound, warriors win! [ applause and cheers ] >> andrew bogut came through with the big block. and the warriors win it, 115- 113. warriors starting to get the momentum back, just wait until they get andre iguodala back in the line-up. that will do it. everybody, have a great day. >>> thank you, vern. play of the day from the broncos-chiefs matchup. denver's running back.... knowshon moreno... stole the show with some denver runningback moreno stole the show with interesting moments. first he cried during the national anthem just gushing out then the crawl comes after he was finally brought down by what seemed like the entire kansas city defensive line. and there he goes. doing the worm out there. moreno's moment today's play of the day. the broncos won, too. >> they did win. >>> developing now in kansas city, a deadly altercation outside the chiefs stadium is under investigation this morning. police say a struggle happened after the victim was found inside someone else's car following yesterday's chiefs- b

andrew lewis. a discussion on productivity in the 113th congress. thomas mann and norman orenstein join us. you can see "washington journal" each morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you. putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, conferences, and offering gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house. of privatervice industry. created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. now, you can watch us in hd. justice ruth bader ginsburg spoke about the supreme court during a conversation with theodore olson. olson recently argued before the court on to say sexy marriage -- on two same sex marraige cases. [applause] [laughter] >> [inaudible] >> audio. someone will also have to control the microphone. [laughter] >> it is a great privilege for me to have the opportunity to ask questions of justice ginsberg instead of the other way around. [laughter] i want to thank all of you out there who planted questions with me in the hopes that i would ask those questions, but i probably will

. >> isaiah thomas playing beat the clock. , thomas to the rim, bogut blocks the shot, he got the rebound, warriors win! [ applause and cheers ] >> andrew bogut came through with the big block. and the warriors win it, 115- 113. warriors starting to get the momentum back, just wait until they get andre iguodala back in the line-up. that will do it. everybody, have a great day. >>> thank you, vern. play of the day from the broncos-chiefs matchup. denver runningback moreno shoal the show with interesting moments. first he cried during the national anthem just gushing out then the crawl comes after he was finally brought down by what seemed like the entire kansas city defensive line. and there he goes. doing the worm out there. moreno's moment today's play of the day. i think the broncos won. i'm not sure. >> they did. >> they are pretty good. >> yes. >>> 5:25 right now. toys are getting more high-tech from digital barbie to smart pajamas. we have some hot ticket items you may want to include on your cyber monday day list. >> and if you are coming into san francisco to shop for gifts, muni has a warning for you. >> the lights just turned o

andrews agrees. she's a professor at chicago kent college of law and has made a specialty of genetics. when we think of patents, we think of things like thomasght bulb, you know, guys who invented things. >> well, you're right about what the patent law was intended to do, which was to reward inventors who brought something new in the world. but the patent on human genes, it's as if the first surgeon who took a kidney out of your body then patented the kidney. >> it all started in 1980, when the supreme court ruled that a life-form--a genetically altered bacterium used to clean up oil spills--could be patented. biotech companies saw that as an open door to patent another life-form, human genes. since then, nearly 10,000 have been patented, nearly a third of the genes in your body and mine. lori andrews says those patents can have serious implications for health care. >> a typical gene patent says, "i own the gene. i own any mutation later found by anybody else. i own any treatment based on the gene later found by anybody else." and in this case, myriad owns breast cancer. >> myriad won a fierce scientific race to identify the first breast can

andrew cuomo and two state agencies for allegedly delaying study determining whether fracking can proceed in new york state. we called governor's office for a statement, we got back, a no comment. thomas, it keeps lingering. you think that there is a collusion or a chewin collusiont has nothing to do with scientific findings ans? >> you hit it on the head, we've been in this delay mode for five 1/2 years, new york state squandered one of the biggest economic opportunity its had. charles: i have to tell you from my point of view, i see like mark ruffalo, some people, they really have fought so hard, they have the ear of the governor, hundreds of thousands of people in new york, new york state, with these amazing great paying jobs, it is just feels so heartbreaking that a celebrity, onone or two can be more importt than hundreds of thousands of citizens? >> you know that is another great point that you make. that is the issue here. we have hundreds of thousands of people in southern tier who want their mineral rights developed, companies willing to come to network this state, create good jobs, pay royalties, and governor andre cuomo has them stopped dead in their tracks, this is 5 and a

andrew lewis of the international studies. and then the discussion on productivity in the 113th congress. thomasmann of the brookings institution, the american enterprise institute. since it is even worse than it looks. you can see the washington channel each morning at seven eastern on c-span. >> i'm standing in front of the 1905, the world's first practical airplane. the third and final experimental airplane that the wright brothers built. today it survives as the second oldest of their plans today. this airplane which was considered the world's first practical airplane was constructed and loan in less than six years' time between the time that they built their kite and the success of this particular plan. this is also a plan that was billed less than two years after their first flight at kitty hawk , north carolina on december december 17th 1903. what is interesting to think about is that the rights flyer and kitty hawk flew four times, just four times on one very historic day, four very important flights and very much for the proof of concept of power. but the airplane behind me, the 1905 ri

washington journal" we talk with james andrew lewis. 230 a discussion on product in the 113th congress -- then a discussion on productivity in the 113th congress. thomas mann from the brookings institute joins us. you can watch "washington journal" each morning at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. front of theng in world's first practical airplane. this is the third and final experiment to airplane that the wright brothers built. it survives today. wrightrplane that consider the first practical airplane was constructed and flown.-- phone -- this is also a plane that was built less than two years after the first flight to kitty hawk, north carolina. what is interesting to think about is that the wright flyer in kitty hawk flew four four times on one historic day. it was a proof of concept of power. waslane behind me, the 1095 905 capable of repeated flights and landings. it had upwards of 40 minute. is airplane could fly in graceful circles and do a figure eight and bend and turn and five very much like a modern airplane flies. his is very much a modern airplane capable of being with three independent axes of flight. >> there is more from the wright brothers a