he became known as the bookkeeper of auschwitz. this woman survived the horrors of auschwitz. she was only 18 when she was deported from the camp along with her family. among the guards on the ramp, oskar groning. >> he stood there. he didn't do anything. he just stood there and watched. he knew what was going on. reporter: in out -- in auschwitz, her sister and parents were immediately sent to their deaths. she says this case is not about retribution, but doing justice for the loss of her family and her own imprisonment. >> i had nobody to whom i could turn and ask what should i do now? at the same time, these so-called people who serve in the ss and were at auschwitz started families and had children. they carried on living. reporter: oskar groning maintains he was just a small cog in the use machine of nazi terror. >> oskar groning was part of the killing machinery. auschwitz was a sophisticated system, and apparatus of death not a collection of individual psychopaths. reporter: this man represents almost 30 coplaintiffs. he says it is disgraceful that fewer than 50 of over

ava's parents and elder sisters died at auschwitz. ava spoke about what seeing grening on trial meant for her. >> it did a lot of mentally and emotionally. i think in one respect the man who was functioning at that level, he's doing very best. it's a very long day. >> in previous interviews ten years ago he chose to speak about his time in auschwitz and opposed who said that the exterminations never happened. now at his trial he accepts his own moral guilt. dominic kane al jazeera. berlin. >> in argentina they have thrown out the case against president kitchener. kishner. the court ruled that no crime had been committed. >>> in buenos aires with more on what this court decision means. >> this is the third time that the accusations that the government that christina kishner was trying to cover iranian involvement in the bomb attack in buenos aires. they said there is no case to answer. there was no crime involved in this although i think this is the end of the case legally it's still not the end of the case politically. argentina is st

eva's parents and sisters died in auschwitz. she spoke about what seeing groning being on trial meant for her. >> i'm sure emotionally and physically an i think in one respect who is functioning at that level he's doing his very best. >> in previous interviews ten days ago oskar groning chose to speak about auschwitz to those who deny that deaths that the happened there. >> you canremember you can get more news from our website. and the address you go to is www.aljazeera.com. they want to take? we need a huge emergency room to fix this. it can't be done as pore ready dickcally any more. we need a nationwide effort. >> many teachers are paid 100 to $200 a month like this teacher in west java. they say more money has been made available for salaries but teachers need to improve their qualities, too. the future of 50 million indonesia school children are in their hands. al jazeera, west java.

examines charges into a former nazi accused of complicity and hundreds of thousands of deaths at auschwitz. he has asked for forgiveness. also this hour, we will have a look through the international papers. florence villeminot reporting on the taking of russia's giant gas industry. eu preparing to take gaszpr om. your watching live from paris. ♪ italian police say they have charged the captain of the boat involved in the mediterranean's worst migrant disaster. the u.n. says at least a hundred people died when it cap size off libya over the weekend. the man was among 28 survivors who arrived in physically and was arrested alongside a fellow remember. reporter: a long way from home among the 28th survivors of sunday's disaster are people from mali, senegal and bangladesh. many survivors are syrian, like the captain, charged with human trafficking and multiple human off-site. -- human homicide. >> we have arrested two alleged traffickers, the captain of the shipwrecked vesicle, and a crew member. reporter: the fishing boat left tripoli in libya at 8:00 a.m. on saturday carrying more than 800

ava's parents and elder sisters died at auschwitz. eva spoke about what seeing hill on trial meant for her. >> it has meant a lot. physically and emotionally and mentally - he did a lot of things. i think in one respect, functioning at that level. he's doing his best. it's a long day. >> in previous interviews 10 years ago. oscar chose to speak about his time at auschwitz, to oppose those who deny the exterminations ever happened there. but now his trial has heard he accepts his own moral guilt. >> joining us now is belinda cooper, a senior fellow the editor of war crimes the legacy of neerim burg and the daughter of a holocaust survivor. thank you for joining us. oscar admitted guilt and knew what was going on but didn't do anything to stop it. >> he is guilty of something. it lessens his guilt of not killing anyone. it's a question of the level of guilt or complicity. >> his case is during. in germany, he's one of the few people that came out and spoke about what had gone on and his involvement in it. in the '80s, charges were dropp

eva's parents and elder sisters died at auschwitz. eva spoke about what seeing him on trial meant to her. >>[ unintelligible ] to think a lot of things through he remembered. and so i think in one respect maybe functioning at that level, he's doing his very best. it's a very long day. >> in previous interviews ten years ago oscar verneing chose to speak about his time at auschwitz, as he put it then, to oppose those who denied that the exterminations ever happened there. but now his trial he accepts his own moral guilt. dominic caine aljazeera berlin. >> people investing in motorbikes as a cheaper alternative to transportation. but there has been a dramatic increase in motorcycle deaths and injuries. allen fisher takes to the road to see how bad the problem actually is. >> reporter: the cheap, easy way around is also very dangerous. getting a reputation in brazil. one that it doesn't warrant. >> in this area in the last ten years, the number of motorcycle accidents has gone up by 140%. that's because there are more motorcycles on the

gene cline was interned in auschwitz for an entire year. he went on to discuss the day he was liberated by russian soldiers and the nazi engineer who risked his own life to sneak food into the prisoners. >> he tells me i'm a civil engineer i will be here for the next two weeks. and to survey the future roads. i need someone to help me with my equipment. and he just walks away from me. this is the first time in six months i've been alone. i've always been with hundreds of prisoners. i am on vacation. i don't have to go to slave labor. next day, the first thing he says to me is this. i know what terrible situation you people are in. again, i'm thinking okay well you know you are one of those people who put me in this situation. but the next thing out of his mouth is i'm going to bring you back to hook up with your work party to march back to the camp a half hour early. when i point to a barracks in the woods, this is where the ss guards and the civilian german employees have their lunch. it's going to be way past lunchtime. don't worry. go to

. >> this is auschwitz, where you arrived. we are shipped here to be killed. >>> on this holocaust remembrance day we hear his story and how he made it out alive. . >> spectacular video from n.a.s.a. it was shot on a go pro camera. it shows verts and fellow astronaut routing cables. they were outside preparing for the arrive of two docking attackers. the suspension is over for player petersen. the running back is reinstated tomorrow. the league suspended him for most of last season. violated and charged with miz narn and punished his son. around the world. it's holocaust remembrance day. >> reporter: in israel sirens brought life to a stand still in honour of jews killed by the nazis, gene was 16 when he and his family were sent to auschwitz in 1944. he's 87. his scory of survival in our first person report. >> i'm gene cline and i'm a holocaust survivor. i remember soldiers waking us up tell us us you are going to get on trains and move to places and we don't know where. and the journey takes three days and three nights. we a

known as the bookkeeper of auschwitz he is 93 years old. he has admitted he shares moral responsibility for the deaths of a but it is up to the court if he is convicted. jenny hill has more. jenny: it is almost a lifetime ago. he was once an ss guard at one of the most a torilla's death camps. he is accused of helping commit genocide. today, he says he was not directly involved in mass murder but did witness atrocities including the killing of prisoners and a gas chamber. he had been asked to be transferred out of auschwitz on three separate occasions. this will be a highly emotive trial. the fact it is happening at all is due to a recent ruling enabling prosecutors to target people like oskar groening. they don't need direct evidence of involvement in mass murder, they can convict a defendant were simply working at the camp. behind these gates, unimaginable crimes were committed. more than a million people, men women, and children were murdered here. when prisoners arrived their money was confiscated, some were immediately kill. oskar groe

the nazi guard called the accountant of auschwitz facing justice after 70 years. we're in the courtroom as an amican survivor of a death camp faces him down. >>> malisa's story. our look at what it means to be a transgendered child. after a huge response. tonight a brave little girl and her grandfather whose public message touched so many people. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. there is a lot to tell you about tonight. we want to start with the threat of dangerous weather. strong storms and the potential for tornadoes popping up across a huge part of the country this hour. storms from texas all the way to connecticut. it started what is looking like a several-day outbreak. let's turn to al roker who joins me in the studio. al, where is the biggest risk tonight? >> right now, texas, lester. in fact we have a tornado watch in effect for northern texas and a tornado warning currently just south of amarillo. we're watching this cell develop. it was a funnel cloud on ground. warning is in effect until the top of the hour. for tonight we are looking at this

gene was 16 when he and his family were sent to auschwitz. he shares his story in our first person report. >> i'm gene cline and i'm a holocaust survivor. in the spring of 1944, the slaughter of the jews has been going on for years now, all over the europe wherever the nazis occupied. it was our turn now in hungary. hungarian soldiers waking us up and telling us you are going to get on trains and move to places and we don't know where. start marching to the train, which consisted mostly of cattle cars big carts with sliding doors. and the journey takes three days and three nights. we arrive to the destination, which we don't know where it is what it is. doors open. we have maybe a few minutes to hug when the order comes. women and children on the left-hand side. men and boys from about mid teens up all in rows of five and you start marching on. i get up to the front. my father is next to be. an ss officer points to him, you this way you this way they were playing god. if you went to the left you go directly to the gas chambers. after i talked

eva kor's parents and elder sisters died at auschwitz.spoke about what seeing grÖning on trial meant for her. >> it meant a lot physically and i'm sure emotionally. i think that in one respect maybe the man was functioning at that level he's doing his stress best. it's a very long day. >> in previous interviews ten years ago oskar grÖning chose to speak about his time at auschwitz, and he put it to those who opposed that exterminations ever happened there. but now his trial has heard he accepts his own moral guilt. dominic kane, al jazeera, berlin berlin. >> at least 11 people have been killed by a car bomb in somalia capital and several others have been seriously injured. a vehicle rammed into a mogadishu restaurant and explode: somali soldiers are among the dead. kenya's government is offering a ten-day amnesty for al-shabab fighters to hand themselves in. after killing 148 people at garissa university earlier this month, we have this exclusive report from somali town. >> on patrol of the border between kenya and somalia. this is the ne

doctors at auschwitz was in court to hear oscar. eva parents and elder sisters died at auschwitz. eva spoke about what seeing him on trial meant for her. >> he has a lot of difficulty physically, and i am sure emotionally, and mentally. to remember -- so i think that in one respect maybe functioning at that level, he is doing his very best a very long day. >> in previous interviews ten years ago oscar chose to speak about his time at auschwitz as he put it then, to oppose things who denied the exterminations ever happened there. >> but now his trial has heard he accepts his own moral guilty. dominic cane, al jazeera berlin. >> and that is it for me in the news hour team, you will have misty and company in just a minute, more on the decision to end the bombing campaign of yemen. >> p soddy led coalition has now launch add new operation. this one called renewal of hope. you are watching al jazeera live. also coming up. >> 20 years in prison. the manage known as the account at that particular time of auschwitz goes on

he says this is auschwitz berkenau. i've got to come up with some sort of goals in my mind and i came up with two. i told myself my mother and two sisters are alive and well, and they're going to make it home. i have no idea what happened to them. you know, in auschwitz. they could have been dead but i told myself they are alive. and the other thing was these nazis if they kill me, they win. if i stay alive i win. and one morning when they're coming out because you could only spend a couple of hours because you are sometimes laying down next to prisoners who are dying and it's just awful. we come out and the first thing we notice, no guards at the machine gun towers. all of a sudden, there's a break in the fog. all we see is two horses approaching with one human being on one of the horses. one of the polish kids said, look at his head, and i look, red star. what a feeling. know that you made it. so the three of us, as fast as our skinny legs could carry us, running to all the barracks, opening the door, all the language

the accountant who kept the books at auschwitz stands trial. horrifying allegations against him, his defense, all that and as lot more coming up. big day? ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel. kept the supermarket shelves stocked. made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. what's up for the next shift? ah, nothing much. just keeping the lights on. (laugh) nice. doing the big things that move an economy. see you tomorrow, mac. see you tomorrow, sam. just another day at norfolk southern. . >>> time for the next step in the nuclear talks between the united states and iran with the june deadline looming the obama administration may be opening up to the idea of sanctions relief sooner rather than later. something iran has strongly demanded. joining us from new york is mighter, a cnn political ken xhen tater and joining us from wind sore, california via skype, military analyst retired colonel rick francona. the talks are just starting up again, a lot of work to do between now and the end of june when everything is supposed to

in the war he was a member of the nazi ss assigned to auschwitz.oday, it is a 86 year-old woman who is finally get herring day in court. during the war she was a jewish teenager deport todd auschwitz where both of her parents were murdered. now in the german court fate has brought oscar growning and the woman together again. he is accused as an accessory to 300,000 murders. >> condemned to death. >> reporter: she as a witness to his crime. >> i cried after my mom and he heard me, turned around. >> reporter: she was one of more than 400,000 hungarian jews deported to auschwitz in 1944 and one of the small percentage chosen for work. her parents were not. >> we just looked at each other and he didn't say a word. i awe her turn and walk away. i was ordered to go to the right. i never saw her again. >> reporter: oscar was not one of those who decide who had would dianne who might live. his job was to confiscate the victims valuables. he was the the bookkeeper, a cog in the machine he says. those that pushed for this trial says without cogs, machines do

hedy bohm on the right, an 86-year-old grandmother, hedy bohm then, a teenager deported to auschwitzth more than 400,000 other hungarian jews where the vast majority, including both her parents, were murdered. oskar groening says he didn't directly kill anybody that he was just a cog in the nazi murder machine, but without cogs machines don't run. hedy bohm will testify against him. >> i cried after my mom and she heard me. >> reporter: the family were separated as the train carrying them and thousands of others arrived at auschwitz. >> we just looked at each other and she didn't say a word, and i saw her turn and walk away. i didn't know at the time that that was the road that led to the crematorium, to the gas chambers. >> reporter: groening's job was to collect valuables. he was the nazi's accountant. he pleaded while he was morally guilty, he was not legally guilty. and in all the german war crimes trials until now groening's argument is right even for the nazi brass like herman groening at nuremberg direct proof was required but oskar groening's trial is different. for the first

, auschwitz. >> it's not an ice cream sandwich, jimmy.'s house. and afterwards he said she would have been a belieber. i said if she had heard your music, she would have ubered to auschwitz. and this morning i wake up, and i get a twitter message from auschwitz. it's like they're using this for marketing or something. >> jimmy: did you really? >> i swear. >> jimmy: what did they say? >> they said there's some length to visiting that location. >> jimmy: i think you should go. >> i think everybody should go visit once in their life, including justin bieber. it's amazing how global this s i'm getting tweets in every language. people who don't have anything to eat in their country are tweeting me, like, be nice to justin! be sensitive! and i searched my name this morning, just jeff ross, the word no chill. >> jimmy: what does that mean? >> it means that i have no mercy. and thousands of people think i'm reckless. >> jimmy: that could be the name of your next special by the way. >> reckless. >> jimmy: or no chill. >> i like that. >> jimmy: spe

>>reporter: they are currently 11 open investigations into former auschwitz guards. the charges have been filed in three of them including greening's. in lending, greg fox2 news. >>> health officials concerned a local college student has a case of meningitis. we will tell you what the school did to try to keep other people from getting sick. >>> >>> water districts are willing to pay you too get rid of your lawn. how you can qualify for the rebates, and the one district where you could end up getting tens of thousands of dollars. >>> top women golfers here in san francisco for the classic. the youngest player to ever be ranked number one in the world and what she thinks about playing in this week's tournament. life's the food that brings us together. and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. just can't seem to escape... another sneeze attack... you may be muddling through allergies. don't get caught off guard. try zyrtec® dissolve tabs. powerful allergy relief, now in a tablet that starts dissolving instantly. zyrtec® dissolve tabs. muddle no mo

there are currently 11 on going investigations against former auschwitz guards. one of the survivors is at the trial, and actually met oscar face to face in court. he has a lot of difficulties physically and emotionally and i am sure mentally. so i think that in one respect, maybe functioning at that level, he is doing his very best. >> the government says lit be a ten day amnesty for new fighters to hand themselves over. the somali based group after killing 1008 people earlier on this month. this exclusive report from the somali town. on patrol of the border between kenya and somalia. s this the militia of somalia's newly created. part of an international effort to build somalia from the grass roots up. they are on the look out for roots out of the undergrowth and armed groups to cross back and forth between kenya and somalia and the territories. >> the boardser long, it is 700-kilometers long, we cannot patrol it on foot, we try our best to cover all the routs. >> the militia men are paced in the town a few kilometers from the border. other the years they have

at auschwitz, 10,000 young jews from israel -- killed by nazi germany. in auschwitz, the site of the largest extermination camp is now a memorial and museum. around one million jews were killed there in for it was liberated by red army troops 70 years ago. anchor: marking the anniversary injury was slim, benjamin netanyahu issued a dire warning. he says the government of iran wants to wipe out the jews just like hitler did. reporter: it is chilling -- it's supposed to be. at the stroke of 10:00, sirens wailed through israel. for two minutes, the country stands and silence remembering the 6 million murdered by the nazis. an official ceremony took place at the holocaust memorial in jerusalem. prime minister benjamin netanyahu issued fresh warnings against iran, this time with a genetic comparison. prime minister netanyahu na: just as thezis tried to destroy civilization and wipe out the jewish people, so is iran striving to take over the region. on there they will spread on words with the declared aim of annihilating the state of the jewish people. reporte

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he was known as the bookkeeper of auschwitz. his case began in 1978 only to collapse and restart.ther ss guard was found guilty. out of the 50 plaintiffs, all auschwitz survivors, only 12 could physically make it to the court on tuesday. for more on the signatures of this trial, rabbi abraham cooper joins us now from los angeles. rabbi, thank you for being with us. they tried to prosecute groenig before, but that case was thrown out years ago. what is different this time around. >> well, german governments through the decades have a commitment to try not to welcome if their eyewitnesss left. and in many, many cases, a paper trail wasn't enough. after the conviction in germany a few years ago, the rules changed. and so people who were able to dodge the bullet decades ago were brought back before if bar of justice and, in fact, he's one of the first that actually, in a sense, admit at least his moral guilty and how the famous nazi hunter said at this late stage in history, we need people like him more as witnesses to history or as much as we need them as convicted criminals. and aga

. >> thousands walk the march of the living at the auschwitz concentration camp where more than a million were put to death. >> and turning abandoned buildings into public works of art. how graffiti art is growing in india. india. >> on al jazeera america ali velshi looks at the issues affecting us all... >> we're taking a hard look at the most important issues out there that get you the answers that you deserve. >> real money with ali velshi only on al jazeera america >>> a sombre anniversary in eastern poland as thousands gathered at auschwitz for holocaust remembrance day, many that made the 2 mile march of the living were young israelis waving the flag symbolic of the trek from auschwitz to a big nazi death camp. a million jews were put to death there more than 70 years ago. >> every year we come to the march of the living and from here to here is more difficult. here we are. and we have to remember and learn to the future. because what is going on in the world these days in some countries, is really terrible. >> reporter: by the time world war ii ended in 1945, 6 million jews opinion

he was a nazi guard in auschwitz.e didn't commit any crimes but admitted he feels morally guilty. if convicted he faces up to 15 years in prison. there are 11 orn going investigations against auschwitz guards. >>off va is a survivor of aush wet and she attended the trial and met him face-to-face. >> he's [ inaudible ] physically and emotionally. so i think that in one respect maybe [ inaudible ] or functioning at that level, he is doing his very best. it's a very long day. >> reporter: south africa says it is going to be sending troops to durban and johannesberg after attacks of immigrants there. at least seven have died in violence against foreigners. south africa's government criticized for not protecting them. here is charles stratford. >> reporter: i'm here at one of two camps in durban where migrant workers have come having fleed the violence they have been subjected to. we'll told there is around a thousand people here. we're not allowed to go inside the camp. we're here on a day when the ministry of defense has

. >>> now a 93 year old man, known as the accountant of auschwitz is on trial for his involvement inder of 300,000 holocaust victims. he admits to serving as a guard in the death camp. he faces a 15-year sentence if found guilty. >>> there are currently 11 pending investigations against former guards. joining us for more on this is an associate professor of history and director of the studies at the university of albany. thank you so much for joining us via skype from new york. this trial is unlike many we have seen over the years, because he didn't actually kill anyone and has denied his guilt. >> what he is being accused of is being the accomplice to the murder of some 300,000 people while he served as an ss officer our it with in 1944. that was a time when large numbers of hungarian jews were sent to auschwitz. >> at the start of the trial today he asked for forgiveness. do you think there is still a point in pursuing these cases against men like him, who are their late -- you know very old -- i mean 93 years old. and he could face a 15-year prison sentence. is there a point -- do

auschwitz was a massive complex. there were three main camps and some 40 sub-camps. the prisoners controlled to accompany them to labor details, to keep track of them to register them to discipline them. there's a whole range of duties that the guards were assigned. >> he's 93. why is he on trial now? >> well it's a complicated story and a complicated question. 20 years ago we'd never see this trial. the german justice officials and authority have reinterpreted the approach to these kind of cases. in the past they had to prove an actual crime with witnesses, documents, and eyewitnesses. we saw in your last segment how difficult it is to determine what happened last week in baltimore. here we have a case that took place, you know, more than 70 years ago. how do you put together a criminal case under german criminal law that can meet the standards? so it was a very difficult standard. now the standard is whether you were a participant in a system of persecution, if you could prove you were a guard at the camp then you could be accused of accomplice being an accessory t

[laughter] president clinton: auschwitz i -- plus which, i will really be burned up when al gore turnsbe funnier than me. [laughter] let me say to all of you, i have loved these eight years. i read in the history books how other presidents say the white house is like a penitentiary and every motive they have is suspect. george washington complained he was treated like a common thief and they say they cannot wait to get away. i do not know what they are talking about. [laughter] president clinton: i've had a wonderful time. it has been fun to serve and laugh. i wish we would have left more these last eight years. because power is not the most important thing in life. it only counts for what you use it. i thank you for what you do everyday. thank you for all of the fun times that hillary and i have had. keep at it. it is a great country. it deserves our best. thank you and god bless you. [applause] >> the white house correspondents' dinner is next saturday and we expect remarks from president obama. this year's entertainment is "saturday night live's" cecily's. starting at 6:30 p.m. east

the former guard known as the accountant of auschwitz gave chilling details of operations at the nazi death camp today. at his trial in germany, oscar groening faces 300,000 counts of being an accessory to murder. survivors of the camp say it is never too late for justice. >> i don't see -- too many people died. scott: 425,000 jews died at that complex between may and july of 1944. he has said he witnessed the atrocities and feels guilt for that but did not take part in any himself. alison: we turn to a "7 on your side" consumer alert. trek bicycles has recalled nearly one million bikes sold over the past 15 years. at issue is a quick release lever on the front wheel that can interfere with the brakes. the problem can then cause the wheel to stop turning or even break off. one rider has already been paralyzed. trek is replacing the lever for free and providing a coupon for bike accessories, too. automakers want to make it illegal for you to repair your own car specifically the electrical and the computer components. the companies say it can lead to equipment failure and security issue

. >>> the trial of the 93-year-old so-called former accountant of auschwitz underway.ar growing facing hundreds of thousands of counts of accessory to murder all for his role in orchestrating the deaths of jews at the notorious concentration camp. many holocaust victims and families show showing up at the german court today. they waited seven decades to see justice. >> he admitted it all the things that happened there. it was emotional. >> graining job was to collect and organize the belongings of holocaust victims once they arrived in auschwitz. stripping them of anything that could help fund the nazi war effort. he told judges that he feels moral guilt over hess roll and the atrocities at the camp shoplifting in westmoreland county pennsylvania caught on camera using a shopping cart to get away. everything in the cart stolen from local wal*mart in february. police say she walked through the store crossing things off a list looking like a normal shopper except she seen putting things in tupperware containers. police say once her cart was full she left right through th

moral guilty and is asking forgiveness at his trial in germany, he was called the bookkeeper of auschwitz. he collected money from new arrivals before they were put to death. he is now 93 years old he denied any direct role in the murders of 300,000 uses at the camp. >> new information today about the cost of deporting undocumented immigrants from the u.s. a homeland security department review found $12 million was spent between 2010 and 2013 on charter fights to return them to their home countries most of those flights were nearly empty. immigration and custom officials say delaying flights to fill seats would incur greater cos. meanwhile, some people in the u.s. for years awaiting to see if they too will be deported. that include as man who was adopted and brought to the u.s. when he was a toddler. somebody took me as a child sent me to this country and failed neglected to timize the adoption and the naturalization process. >> he was 3 when his mother left him and his sister at this korean orphanage. adopted months later by american parents he then bounced from home to home, before bein

he was known as the gook keeper of auschwitz is being tried on 300,000 accounts of accessory to murder. >>> charges on russia's state- state-own gas company gazprom is charged with taking advantage of its dominance in the market to overcharge and limit others to resell gas. >> there is history here, and it's russia has used gas in ways that have been accused russia has been accused of in a political manner. there is a different scenario these days, though. one is that the price of oil which gas is linked to, has considerably weakened, and also european union has done a lot over the last few months to make itself more sufficient sufficient more reliant--less reliant on russian gas. so that all gives russia less of a bargaining chip, less of a leverage point to use when it comes to this sort of thing. >> rory challands in moscow. pope francis will be visiting cuba in september his way to the u.s. exact dates have not been released. the pope harass instrumental in launching negotiations to restore diplomatic ties between the u.s. and cuba. president obama is on his way to the florida ever

many papers are reacting to the trial of the man known as the bookkeeper of auschwitz. >> he admitted he was morally complicit. that is a quote you can see in an article i have pulled out. he says that he is morally complicit in the crimes against humanity committed during the holocaust. he is one of a handful of elderly nazis, who german authorities are hoping to prosecute before they die. an interesting article from another german paper. it is critical. it does not make sense. is this justice or is this revenge? how can we punish someone who is accused of being an accessory to the murder of 300,000 people when his life expectancy is unlikely to be sufficient to read him the whole verdict? the only thing the trial highlights is the eternal shame of the german justice system. the paper says that is how little the german government did to pursue not the perpetrators. anchor: today is earth day. >> this paper mocks the day -- hype around earth day. earth day was created in 1970 by an american senator. the idea is to raise awareness about the environment. according to this paper, 45 year

the manage known as the account at that particular time of auschwitz goes on trial at the age of 93. and the people behind the bullet train have come up with a new mode of transport, one that floats on air. >> hello, in two hours the coalition says it will end it's bombing campaign against houthis fighters. after a 27 day aerial assault. the military says it is achieved it's objectives of destroying all heavy weapons. renewal of hope will now be launched focusing on security aid and a political solution. they still continue to target the movement up side yemen. >> today the coalition has completed the decisive storm campaign over the quest of the government and the president, the campaign has been achieved and sovereignty has been protected. the yemen citizen is no longer subject to danger from houthis militias and they have lost a large part of their capabilities p we are able toen co firm they are no long ear threat to yemen citizens over neighboring countries. the government will now undertake all of races. they will continue until mid fight. and then the operation of returning ho

auschwitz. the most up-to-date institution was better equipped for killing. transports of prisoners from all over occupied europe were sent for extermination in one of the special vernichtungslager. here, four million people were murdered. as many men, women, and children as you could pack into a great city. >> howard: the dead have been buried. it remains for us to care for these, the living. it remains for us to hope that germans may help to mend what they have broken, and cleanse what they have befouled. thousands of german people were made to see for themselves, to bury the dead, to file past the victims. this was the end of the journey they had so confidently begun in 1933. 12 years? no, in terms of barbarity and brutality, they had traveled backwards for 12,000 years. unless the world learns the lesson these pictures teach, night will fall. but, by god's grace, we who live will learn. >> >> go to pbs.org/frontline for more on the making of tonight's film and new research on the camps. >> frontline is made possible by viewers like you. thank you. and by

the nazi guard called the accotant of auschwitz facing justice after 70 years. we're in the courtroom as an american survivor of a death camp faces him down. >>> melissa's story. our look at what it means to be a transgendered child. tonight a brave little girl and her grandfather's message touched so many people. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new

classified -- collecting classified information and collaborating >>> a 94-year-old bookkeeper from auschwitz goes on trial in germany. survivors held a news conference today. about 60 joined the prosecution as co-plaintists. oscar is charged with 300 counts of accessory to murder. he maintains the sentence >>> the governor of wisconsin declared a state of emergency. the state's national guard activated to deal with the crisis. officials say they found the h 5 n 2 virus at three farms. in iowa, 5 million exposed chickens and turkeys need to be killed to stop the flu spleding. a dozen states have been hit by the same strain spread by a water foul. we have an expert disease guest join us. we had a scare about bird flu worldwide. is this something that can make the jump and transmitting from animals to human? >> this strain is not thought to make the jump between animals and people. in general, these flues are close to being able to join disease in humans. that's a reason we need to control the outbreak. every time it multiplies you have more mutations. the other is they kill a lot of chickens.

examines charges into a former nazi accused of complicity and hundreds of thousands of deaths at auschwitz

: murray cohen was 12 years old when nazis took him and 80 relatives from their polish ghetto to auschwitz, his mother and little sisters died the the first night. >> murder is by choice, they chose to murder us. >> reporter: he and his father spent two and a half years starving as slave laborers. >> people literally walked and fell dead. >> reporter: he enrolled in brooklyn college and began studies. after teaching from the beth israel congregation in vineland in 1980 a invitation to lecture at richard stockton college. he has been there ever since. >> community of students, that want to understand how this can happen, how humanity can produce it. >> reporter: doctor cohen's impact on stock exton university cannot be overstated. under his guidance stockton created largest studies program in the entire world. there are now 19 courses each semester with a thousand students each year. stockton also has holocaust resource center where fellow survivors can share their stories. >> so lessons from the past are translated to what about today. >> reporter: as world marks 07 years since lane racial

the nazi guard called the accountant of auschwitz facing justice after 70 years. we're in the courtroom as an amican survivor of a death camp faces him down. >>> malisa's story. our look at what it means to be a transgendered child. after a huge response. tonight a brave little girl and her grandfather whose public message touched so many people. "nightly news" begins now.

. >> tomorrow night, the man known as the bookkeeper of auschwitz goes on trial in germany. ofngoscar grunig. expected to be one of the last nazi trials. >>> in our global news segment. we look at how various capitals are reacting to world events. the udithers over immigration. the crietions crisis on the mediterranean italy's mare nostrum was shelved to appease right wing sentiment. operation triton, run by frontex. italy's correa de la serra the editorial says the tragic deaths of the mediterranean are quote evidence of another sad reality the nonexistence of europe. the article equates the smugglers to slave traders and lack of punishment louse the cycle to continue. deutsche vella says the estimated deaths of he 700 migrants makes it high time for the eu to act. mourning from politicians who deem search and rescue operations too expensive. >> in china thousands of competitors are welcoming the spring season with a colorful festival of kites. the high flying tradition dates back centuries. and as margaga ortiga reports. >> a sign of better days ahead. no one can stop kite