in armenia when they offer you food, you have to eat it. they would welcome you and food is very important for them. >> in every armenian community we feel like we're a "smallville"age and they come together to put on something like this. what i find really interesting about san francisco is the blends of armenia that come together. once they are here, the way people work together at any age, including our grandmothers, our grandfathers, skewering the meat, it's fun to see. fun to see everybody get together. >> we call it subarek. it's a cheese turn over if you want. we make the dough from scratch. we boil it like you do for la san i can't. >> the amount of love and karin fused in these foods is tremendous. they come in every day to prepare, cook and bake bread, all in preparation for this big festival. >> nobody says no. when you come them, they have to come tomorrow for the feast. >> what a treat it is to taste a delicious recipe, all made from scratch and passed down through generations. it really makes you appreciate the little things.

he is currently part of the legal team representing armenia at the european court of human rights. the case will determine whether denying the genocide of armenians under ottoman rule is a criminal offense in switzerland. this year marks the centennial of the mass killings during world war i. he is also the author of the book, "an inconvenient genocide: who now remembers the armenians?" welcome. geoffrey: hi, ethan. ethan: the topic, i want to divide it into two parts. one is what happened and the other is why it matters. why don't we start with what happened nearly 100 years ago next month? geoffrey: in 1915, april the 24th, the istanbul authorities -- constantinople, it was called then -- rounded up the armenian intellectuals, leaders and killed them and that was the beginning of a genocide which took over half the armenian race. the turks now say they only killed about 800,000, but probably over one million were killed. more than half of the armenian people. the men were generally shot if they were over 12. the women, children and old men were put on 500-mile marches across the

georgia armenia, they've also been raising rates.ch is the ruble, the russian ruble, as all the economies are very closely tied to russia. since the end of january, it has rebounded against the dollar. it is up by 11%. morgan stanley says it could be setting the ruble up for further declines by reversing course after last year's rate increase. we had that surprise rate increase by the central bank of russia in december. it surprised the world by raising rates in february. it took back some of that. morgan stanley says it could do the same again, putting pressure on the ruble. what is that going to do to the worst performing currencies? anna: 7:47 in london. europe's largest -- said profit would be subdued. the ceo tells a cc 2015 about laying the foundation for growth. >> we will deliver a significant improvement this year. i think this shows that we want to increase our results significantly. 2015 will be a year of preparation and transformation for us to leave a good foundation for our midterm targets until 2020. we are investing t

turkey armenia court, she engaged with pakistan, for first time in 40 years, she did a u.n. speech, saying that gay rights are human rights she created the diplomacy development review, which was modeled after defense department, these are unprecedented. kennedy: what under cuts that if he spend so much time in the air, could she not have read and of the benghazi security memos and responded to them appropriatappropriately. back to cronyism statement, her biggest donation from goldman sachs back, j.p. morgan, and citigroup, she will have a hard time selling this pop limp that works well for warren but it is hallow for a millionaire. i am say that caroline, one thing i like about senator clinton, she is pro fracking are you with plea? >> you know, he is by and large, environmently she does win liberal issues, she was against the artic drilling he takes steps and acknowledges crime changes real and human made. certainly, she appeals to liberals more than to moderate democrats, she is not going to have an issue with the liberals, you know kennedy, i do -- >> she is not going to

focuses on armenia. leaders are launching an effort to remember the mass killing of their ancestors. >> they plan to tell 100 stories about the people survived and those that saved them. roxana saberi reports. >> reporter: for this composer and conductor, music keeps memory of tragedy and triumph alive. >> my whole existence relates to the genocide. it's been always part of my inspiration. >> in 1915 troops from the otto mon empire arrested and killed armenians, mostly from al jazeera. many say 1.5 armenians died in what armenians called the genocide. >> my grandparents perished during the genocide. >> reporter: his parents were children, and found safety in lebanon after fleeing. 100 years since the start of the massacre, a group of armenians are launching an effort to save 100 stories about the people that helped them survive. >> there was a light. it was my light. >> reporter: when he was orphaned age 4 he lived in maria's orphanage in beirut. through her, he found music. >> she had an old weather gra

. >>> albania beat armenia as well. >>> slovakia, the defending champion raced through the opening setsit six love. then he fought back in the second. then takes it 7-5. he raised his game and dug deep in the deciding set and won it 6-1 setting up a third-round match with the qualifier from belgium. >>> serena williams is also through to the third round. her passage a bit easier. showing few signs of strain. she's a fourth-time champion in miami. >>> the golden state warriors have secured the top seed for the playoffs. in portland the blazers beat the nuggets. will barton getting the assist. three behind in the final but there was a 10-point lead. portland closing in the win here 120-114. busy day in sports and we've covered most of that sports on our website, aljazeera.com/sport. that is where we leave it for now. >> glum face. you don't look sad enough. two guys who now have to live without cricket on television every day for a while. >>> if you're watching this on television or online the chances are you're taking the electricity supply that powers that device for granted. the same m

. >>> it was a day of remembrance on the golden gate bridge to remember those killed in armenia between 1915 and 1918. they shared stories about their ancestors before walking across the bridge. 1.5 people were killed during what is known as the armenian genocide. to this day, turkey and some historians dispute whether the widespread killings can be called genocide. >>> "today in the bay" is back after the break. a warrior's big man is out for today's game in boston. he hasn't won at the shark tank all month. could they get back on track against ottawa last night. we'll show you next. for those who appreciate quality and precision, here's grounds for celebration. experience exceptional coffee and espresso in one essential machine, and delivered to you with a push of a button. the nespresso vertuoline. swiss-designed precision brought to your kitchen. celebrate one year of vertuoline with $100 dollars off. it's the best price we've ever engineered. ♪ >>> it is not something we are used to around these parts. the sharks missing the playoffs but after ten consecutive postseason appearances

. >> well, i think that they are faced with a lot of problems with his deputeht with armenia.e don't understand where genocide means wiping out part of a race. that was genocide. you don't have to find an order. there was no order. what is fascinating is to look at the language used by the turks and the language used by adolph fikman. they were not relocating they were evacuating the jews but that was based on the language the ottomans used of the armenians. the laws of abandoned property. >> property wasn't abandoned. >> the same euphemisms the genocide euphemisms are very much the same. >> the next literature you write that this unquestionably was genocide and in fact there's a lot of reason to think that. the next question is why should it be against the law to deny it. we are not used to that in the united states. >> no, of course you're not. but you've never been occupied by the nazis. you never had part of your population extinguished. in europe, it's a different matter. the french, the belgiums were occupied. the germans and austrians were doing the occupying. that is w

the drills are taking place in russia's caucasus districts and at bases in armenia, breakaway regions of georgia, and crimea. that province was annexed by moscow last year. the war games are expected to last until april 10. >> woodruff: the u.s. ambassador to south korea, mark lippert says he's doing well and will be back at work soon, after a knife attack. a korean man slashed lippert across the face and arm during a breakfast meeting today. it took 80 stitches to close the cuts and repair damaged tendons and nerves. south korean police say the attacker is a long-time opponent of america's role in korea, and of the latest joint military drills. >> ( translated ): the suspect kim ki-jong stated that he had committed this crime in order to protest against the military drills that interrupt the south and the north's peacemaking atmosphere. >> woodruff: north korea's state-controlled media praised the attack, saying the "knife slashes of justice" were a "deserved punishment." >> ifill: the last known ebola patient in liberia headed home from the hospital today. the first case was reporte

. >>> and remembering those killed in armenia between 1915 and 1918.the group shared stories about ancestors before walking across the bridge in a show of community and reflection. as many as 1.5 million people were killed during what is known as the armenian genocide. to this day turkey and some historians dispute whether the widespread killings can technically be called genocide. >>> a rowdy day of protest. [ chanting ] the anti-islam group held its first rally in britain but outnumbered by counter protestors. scuffling broke out trying to keep demonstrators away from her opposition. thousands showed up to oppose this. new castle is a few hundred miles north of london. >>> new reports say the isis executioner known at jihadi john went through anger management therapy any high school and later complained of his treatment by british security. we have more on the unfolding story of the man who left london it become a terrorist. >> reporter: in e-mails from 2010 released tonight, mohammed emwazi complained of violence against him by a british security of

he's created virtually a state in armenia. how many lessons do we need in what is happening here?his is the ability now to cause instability at will, in terms of european security. we need to counter that. we need to have a larger and permanent presence in the baltic. we need to beef up the baltic air patrols. we need to look at countries like poland and see whether we need to have a greater permanent nato presence there. we need to use the powers that we have to show that we are not going to allow this concept this sphere of influence, to take hold. for example we should be sending our naval power into the black sea, just to show that we have every right to do that, and that this is not the personal pond of putin. so there are things that we can do. but we have to have the will to do it. and we have to have the leadership to do it. >> let me turn to the european union. in some ways, the may 7 general elections is, in part not completely about the future of great briive in the european union -- about great britain in the european union. obviously you've been a critic of the e.u. a

victoria nuland testified about her trip where she met with leaders in georgia and armenia. she also does just efforts to implement the cease-fire agreed to last month in minsk. this to our hearing is chaired by ed royce. >> welcome. this hearing will come to order. our topic chairman royce, ukraine's undersea -- under siege. unfortunately, the response to russia's aggression by the administration has been tepid. one year ago, russia invaded and seized crimea and some thought that vladimir putin would stop there. not so. last april, we led a delegation to ukraine. we travel to the russian speaking east. we had eight members on a delegation. we went to bordering areas and i have to share that the members -- that the ukrainians -- russian speaking ukrainians -- they wanted to be ukrainian. they did not want to be separatist. we spoke to the women's groups the lawyers grace, civil societies, jewish groups various ethnic minorities, the governor, the mayor. mr. angle spoke of the largest community center -- the largest synagogue in eastern europe. i can share with the members he

she recently returned from a trip to the region where she met with leaders of georgia and armenia.s is just over two hours. >> welcome. the this hearing will come to order in our topic today as some thought of vladimir putin would stop them and not sell. last april, we led -- we had eight members of the delegation and we went into a bordering town of donetsk. and i have to share with the members that many ukrainians and these are russian speaking ukrainians mr. angle and i met with wanted to be ukrainians and did not want to be separatist. we spoke to groups there, the lawyers' groups, the jewish group. varies and is minorities, the mayor -- a various ethnic minorities, the mayor. and, i can just share with the members here what alan will attest to. one of the thoughts shared with us is it seems russia has recruited every skinhead in the russian speaking world and are trying to bring them into the east. we can spot them. they are coming in from russia in order to try overthrow our government. and, so we of seeing the situation where moscow moved from crimea to aggressively supporti

arkansas mean ya cambodia -- armenia, cambodia, el salvador combat mall la mexico -- guatemala, mexicoe are countries that now have their second largest population in los angeles. another fundamental feature is the tolerant that we've -- tolerance that we've developed over the last two generations for a very very large number of unauthorized immigrants in our country. we're less than 5% of the world's population, today we probably have about a quarter of all the unauthorized in the world. of course, the current pause in the comprehensive immigration reform seems to be set on a kind of intermin bl mode. and and as we continue to deal with what flush shah called a broken -- felicia called a broken system, immigration remains -- our concern or our attention to immigration remains episodic. now we pay attention, now we don't. and it's mostly crisis-driven. yet, of course, the story of the great mass wave of immigration of the last two generations is a story that has unfolded quietly and behind the scenes, the story of the unauthorized young emerging adults. and college is really fundamenta

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is greater virtually a state in armenia. he has not annexed crimea. how many lessons do we need and what is happening? this is the ability now to cause instability that will in terms of the european security. we need to counter the. we need to have a larger presence in the boldly. we need to beef up the baltic air pixels but when you to look at countries like poland to see whether we need to have a greater nato presence there. we need to use the powers that we have to show that we're not going to allow this concept this fear of influence today called. for example, we should be sending our naval power into the black sea just to show that we have every right to do that and that this is not the personal part of putin. so there are things we can do but we have to the will to do. we have to have the leadership to do it. >> let me turn to the european union. in some ways than a seventh general elections is in part not completely, about the future of great britain and the european union. obviously, you have any credit of the eu and britain's role in the. exp