and 45,000 people landed on australia shores and that is the reason why the new australia prime ministery abbot started this controversial plan, quote stop the boats. and i'm joined live by andrais who is with the human rights watch and they go to australia seeking a better life and many don't make it, what are your concerns of the human rights organization about perhaps tony abbot's plan? >> our concern is that it's not humanized these people, it's not humanized with the asylum seekers because when they are in the high seas and indonesia waters the danger is pretty big. meanwhile they themselves don't way to stay because they are detained and can't move and kids cannot go to school and staying is not an option. they want to go to australia prior to getting into the country where they would like to accept them. what abbot should do is ask the government to sign and ratify the refugee conventions because that is the mechanism to protect the asylum seekers. >> why is this not happening at the international convention? >> it's not a priority because we have 20,000, 30,000 refugees inside ja

there's compulsory voting in australia. everyone has to vote. that means 30-40% of people in any other country wouldn't vote at all, they are often the people that do decide elections here. that means that all the stacking which in other countries goes towards the fringes, you get strange policies on the fringes, here it's all about taking no notice of politics for most of the period between the elections and suddenly you need to, and then personalities matter. when you ask about policy, tony abbott made much of the australia economy. by international standards it's a strong economy. tony abbott is saying that australia's economy should be stronger than it is and blames a carbon tax, a tax on pollution in australia, saying that that is damaging the economy. he would get rid of that, he says. also asylum seekers, that's been a big issues. the numbers of people coming by boat to australia by refugees has gone up and up under the labor government , and tony abbott says only his parties can stop the vote. when kevin rudd came back to the leadership

so far australia criticized indonesia for not doing enough and they are not taking responsibility at all for what is happening now and a lot to be discussed at the moment in the palace. >> steph, thank you. now more questions are being asked about the kenya government's handling of last week's seize of westgate shopping mall and they suggest the government was alerted a year ago to the possibility of an attack, suspected members of al shabaab stormed the center and at least 67 people were killed and al jazeera has more in the capitol of nairobi and let's talk about the head of intelligence because she being grilled today by mps, what is the latest on that? >> we have just spoken to the committee that has been formed to investigate what went on and michael, the head of the nis, the national intelligence service, won't be giving evidence on monday and the reason is this, the committee wants to see the mall, it wants to go on site before it starts its investigation. there is an old party committee and joint committee effectively of defense and foreign relations and administration in nat

i this i in terms of our own foreign policy australia has to be caifl. we had members of the sunni and shia communities in australia, there will be limitations on what the government can do. we will not be supplying any forces or anything like that, instead the diplomatic relations through the united nations. >> thank you very much. >>> 40% of those are girls that's a huge change from the current time in powrp but as jennifer glass reports there are still many challenges. >> this is one of afghanistan's model schools. in an upscale neighborhood of kabul here girls study diverse subjects and virtually all will graduate the 12th grade. that is not how it is everywhere. in a village of pastune zargun, schools are held in a tent. less than a third of teachers have official qualifications. in gosni in eastern afghanistan there is a lock on the door. >> the taliban closed a school three years ago. it's they said because girls should not be in school. >> students and staff are under threat. >> there have been recent incidents where teachers were affected by bom

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we are looking at north korea, turkey, australia, spain, saudi arabia and italy on board. the job is to convince europe. >> the moment senior u.s. doiment forges on with a campaign to attack syria. >> john kerry to europe courting support. he has a big task ahead. >> european powers appear to be stepping back from top of the military strike. beneath the smiles, those in st petersburg, leaders of the g20, lie deep divisions. the russian president is insistent that no action can take place without the green light of the security council. he maintains that the justification of syrian government using chemical weapons on august 21st is wrong. >> translation: the so-called use of chemical weapons is a pro proposition. using military force is an illegal act. >> the french government, a strong u.s. ally for intervention struck a more cautious tone. >> you >> translation: france should not accept that this chemical massacre should remain unpunished. we await the decision of congress, u.s. senate, house of representative's and the report from the un supports. taking these into cons

thousands of them each year set off in rickety boats risking their lives to reach australia. on friday, a boat carrying a group of asylum seekers from the middle east sank off the indonesian coast, en route to australia. at least 33 people were reportedly dead and dozens are missing. during the recent election, abbott campaigned on a so-called stop the boats policy, promising to intercept them and turn back the vessels. officials in jakarta have said the policy may breach indonesian sovereignty. indonesian foreign minister last week raised concerns through a meeting with his australian counterpart, julie bishop. he said the policy could affect cooperation between indonesia and australia on immigration issues. even so, indonesia places high priority on maintaining good relations. one reason is that it sees australia with its large agricultural accept ter as a nearby source of food as a demand at home rises amid the growing economy. >>> according to abc of australia, in a joint press conference after the leaders' meeting, abbott described the talks as very warm and constructive

over 45,000 people have landed on australia's shores. the controversial program, off the thstopthe boats. >>> what more can you tell us? >> there are a group of around 20 survivors of last friday's both accident. they are kept in this hotel in west java and basically being questioned by police and immigration officials because they want to know who actually arranged this whole trip, who was the smuggler here. one man lost eight of his children and his wife. they're all devastated. they said they didn't know what was going to happen to them. they actually managed to leave lebanon. they set there was an area that was a lot of syrian fighting going on, this area of lebanon. they left lebanon to go to jakarta. after five days they sent distress signals to indonesian officials. they saw their own rests drowning. if they would have known that this is what was expected and they would not have reached australia in the first place because of the new restrictive policy they would have gone home right now. >> top of the agenda, immigration and asyl

australia's opposition coalition sweeps to victory in a general election. among those hoping for a seat in the senate is wickileaks foun r founder. and documents point to the n.s.a. massive decryption effort to harvest private information. we report from a rally in berlin. >> very good morning to you. you are watching the rt network. it is just after 1:00 a.m. here. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is on a european tour trying to gather support for an american strike against syria. it is agreed that some form of action should be taken but any decision still has to be made through the u.n. president obama has been having a hard time trying to win over backers for armed intervention. the last couple of days he failed to get allies on board at the g-20 summit. all he managed was 11 nations backing a so-called call for tough action but stopped short of explicitly approving military intervention. international opinion polls meantime show strong opposition to an armed assault in the united states. 56% said no to any form of military action in syria. over 60

we'll see if that happens in australia as well. now we'll take a closer look at prime minister elect tony abbott. his long struggle to connect with female voters and he was dubbed as unelectable. >>> maldives holds election. we have a sneak peek of the september 11th museum in new york city. the museum takes people deep inside the footprint where the two world trade center towers once stood. next wednesday will mark the seventh anniversary of the attacks that claimed nearly 3,000 lives. the museum is set to open next spring. >> well, a very hot day across the north central plains and the midwest. high pressure is in control. now you can see the clouds rolling in out of the west actually containing quite a bit of moisture across north dakota. it's going to pour in just a couple of hours. that's the reason why we have a flash flood watch in affect. one good thing about the rain is it will cool it down just a bit. check out these temperatures. it's oppressive in fargo into kansas city, and in minneapolis expected to climb to a high of

new leader tr triumphant in directly. >> i declare that australia is under new management, and australia is once more open for business. >> abbott promised to concentrate on boosting australia's economy to cut taxes and to restore political stability. >> i now look forward to forming a government that is confident, that is trustworthy, and which purposefully and steadfastly and methodically sets about delivering our commitments to you, the australian people. [ cheering ] >> disagreement within the labour party is what is widely seen as having costed election. outgoing prime minister kevin rudd had only returned to the top job three months ago then winning in a public fight for power. he was returning the favor after she had taken it from him three years before. conceding defeat, rudd conceded his position as leader of the labour party. >> as prime minister of australia i wish him well in the high office as prime minister of this country. it raise an eye, to wish he and his family well in coping with the stresses and strains of high office ahead. we know a little bit of what that is like.

in australia, i should say votes are counted where they are cast. you don't have to wait for a central collation, which is why we get results quickly. those results that are in - they suggest a huge, huge victory for the right of centre coalition. >> andrew thomas live in sydney. the man who called the election on al jazeera. we'll check in with peter in brisbane. are they pretty much conceding there, peter? >> well, as you can imagine there's a pretty sad feeling of the loss here. i've been speaking to a few alp die hard supporters, who have refused to accept that a lose as big as this, that they are suggesting, suggesting that the swing will come back in their favour as the evening goes on. i think everyone understands that the election is over, the liberal party won, and i think a lot of blood will be spilt over the floor. >> it's not uncommon to see defeated candidates or leaders leave the position of leadership at the end, when they lose an election. kevin rudd has only been back as leader of the labor party for a few months. >> that's right. a

. >>> it's election day in australia. leaders have their campaigns in cities along the south and east coast. the superior has been largely ignored much to the frustration of those who live there. alex thomas traveled to the town. >> reporter: >> reporter: cut down dead trees in the australian out book and firewood for more than 20 years. but regulations are getting tougher. it will get government people back, as far as the area larger than most countries but with fewer than 50 voters. it stretches from the national park in the north to more than 2,000 kilometers south. to get a flay very of the terrain when you take to the air. jason livington *pson has been floating across the red center here. >>> kangaroo as well. >> reporter: across australia's northern territory, it will stretch beyond horizons. it may the look empty but the landscape down there has a tiny aboriginal community. so the two weeks of free polling, pallet boxes are for them. voters want containers before they go in to vote. candidates cough up thousands o

. >> slowing demand from china for mineral resources has put a break on australia's economy. abbott's government is expected to seek a wider range of trade ties with japan and other asian countries. abbott was first elected to parliament in 1994. abbott is now 55. he was a health minister in a previous conservative coalition government. >>> thousands of residents are still waiting to go home. vast tracts of land are still waiting to be restored and more than half of the fishing ports on the pacific coast must be rebuilt. people in northeastern japan still face challenges following the 2011 disaster, but step by step, they're moving forward. see their stories every wednesday on "the road ahead" right here on "newsline." >>> a former japanese government official says the company responsible for the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant failed to keep a promise to contain leaks of radioactive water. is imio sumio mabuchi is the executive member of japan's democratic party governed the country until last december. he served as an visor to the prime minister in the aftermath of the marc

australia's opposition coalition sweeps to victory in a general election with most of the results now in and among those hoping for a seat in the senate is wiki leaks founder julian assange. and the justice commissioner of course for new europe wide previously those are the recent revelations by snowden show a new front in the n.s.a. data trolling. international news and comment watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow. now u.s. secretary of state john kerry is on a european tour trying to gather support for an american strike against syria he used foreign policy chief is it great that some form of action should be taken but her statement added that any decision still has to be made through the u.n. president obama has been having a hard time winning over backers for an armed intervention over the past two days he failed to get allies on board at the g. twenty summit in st petersburg artie's alexy. was there. everyone is speculating. on the syria issue to the press this morning and the majority have been saying that. initial plan was to disrupt. the military intervention into syri

australia's conservative opposition switched to power tony abbott said take the reins for in the general election of wiki leaks founder julian a son she is one of those hoping for a senate seat. on thousands protest in berlin four in the latest revelations on america's efforts to break open encrypted online data concerns voiced the german government's reaction. live from moscow twenty four seven you're watching r t i'm kerry johnston. u.s. secretary of state john kerry has set off on a european tour in an attempt to gather support from the american strike against syria while the east foreign policy chief has agreed that some form of action should be taken to specify that any decision should be made with the u.n. agreement of president obama hasn't had much success in enlisting backers for an armed intervention in the past two days he failed to get full scale support of the g twenty summit in st petersburg well however he did manage to get eleven nations supporting a call for tough action against syria but the statement stopped short of explicitly approving that military intervention whic

australia has a new prime minister.ony abbot has won. >> secretary of state john kerry continues to push for support overseas and president obama used his weekly radio address to talk about syria. the president is expected to address the nation on that tuesday night. >> protests from new york to los angeles highlight divisions within the syrian community over u.s. intersyringes in syria. we report from los angeles. >> well, jonathan, we are outside the federal building in los angeles for a protest. this is an anti war protest. there's a couple hundred people here. not sure if you can see behind me, a lot of people carrying flags. the folks here do not want u.s. intervention in syria. joining us now is eddie dagger. why did you feel compelled to come out here today? >> well, i'm here just to send a message to the president obama that it's a big mistake to will more people, thinking you are doing the right thing in syria. that's right supporting al-qaeda. we know 100%, bashar al assad and his regime would never do somethi

sun absolutely and not a moment of bleakness there the wiki leaks party campaign for a seat in australia's senate has consisted mostly of social media blitzes a virtual town hall meetings and a mullet wig music video where candidate julius songs recorded his own version of oz icon john farnham's activist anthem you're the voice that's right the fugitive whistleblower belting it out to the hearts and minds of voters he hopes will get him into a senate seat in victor victoria state now musical manifesto aside the wiki leaks party formed just last month promises to bring transparency accountability and justice to australia's parliament by pushing for public oversight of government practices to fight corruption and by providing people with a range of what it calls twenty first century freedoms that includes the free flow of information internet liberty protection for whistleblowers national sovereignty and integrity in the global community as you can imagine andy that is a very tall order for any party was this just a p.r. stunt by them to get a bit of publicists to your disease actually stand

didn't australia... australia passed sweeping gun regulations 16 years ago and it had a tremendous impact on the country. >> it was interesting. our conservative leader at the time. we had mass shooting and it was a big wake-up call. in australia, i hate to say, this but you're used to hearing it out of the united states. like you hear these things, but it never happened there. immediately there was this government buyback i believe and everyone just handed in their guns and they destroyed them. the conservative leader at the time said this has got to stop, and the whole country just went for it. >> it was howard, wasn't it? >> howard. he's gone now. >> jon: gone now. not gone now. he's alive. >> yes, he is alive. politically gone. >> jon: isn't it terrible? like in america, he's still there, right? i have no [bleeped] idea. but you're right, that's the american way. we only follow what's happening in our country. i think other countries view this as a kind of madness. i think they view it why can't they

campaign because it's been very colorful hasn't yes it has absolutely his campaign for a seat in australia's senate as you mentioned has consisted mostly of social media blitz is in virtual town hall meetings along with a mullet wig music video where the candidates recorded his own version of oz icon john farnham activism and you're the voice of that you. didn't please the president of ecuador too much that this was shot in the ecuadorian embassy but that's another story altogether but i have been making some serious points to the haven't they that we can expound seen them manifest they can you outline what they've been saying and absolutely now it was just established last month and it wants to bring transparency accountability and justice to australia's parliament by way of pushing for public oversight of government practices fighting corruption and providing people with a range of what it calls twenty first century freedoms and that includes the free flow of information internet liberty protection for whistleblowers national sovereignty and integrity in the global community which is as yo

australia's prime minister kevin rudd has conceded defeat for his labor party in the nation's general election results indicate a sweeping victory for the conservative coalition was formed the opposition for the last six years its leader tony abbott had come paint on an anti asylum seeker an anti green tax platform we could leaks founder julian assange should also run in the election isn't likely to secure a seat in the senate earlier though my colleague andrew farmer spoke to ati's lindsay france about the songes bid for office. he's got the power to pull votes away from other australian anti establishment parties such as family first's the pirate party and the sex party you heard that right those three opposition parties he has the power to to to get good tension away from them just with his name alone and also with his campaign because it's been very colorful hasn't yes it has absolutely his campaign for a seat in the senate as you mentioned has consisted mostly of social media blitz is in virtual town hall meetings along with a mullet wig music video where the candidates recorded

the people of australia have finished voting for the next parliament and it's just been announced that opposition leader tony abbott is coalition has secured seventy six seats required for a victory over the labor party and then not the only ones who've been running among them is the party of wiki leaks and it's a june the sun choose aiming for a seat in the senate and it's get the details now if marty's in the front thanks andy wiki leaks party campaign for a seat in australia's senate has consisted mostly of social media blitzes virtual town hall meetings and a moment wig music video where candidate julian assange recorded his own version of oz icon john farnham's activist anthem you're the voice that's right the fugitive whistleblower belting it out to woo the hearts and minds of voters he hopes will get him in a senate seat in victoria state music manifesto aside the wiki leaks party formed just last month promises to bring transparency accountability and justice to australia's parliament by pushing for public oversight of government government practices fighting corruption and pro

australia's opposition coalition sweeps to victory in a general election with most of the results now in and among those hoping for a seat in the senate says wiki leaks founder julian assange. also has nearly documents point to the n.s.a.'s massive decryption operations to harvest private information issues tarnishing germany's political elite we report from a rally in berlin. very good morning to you just showed us what should be our team network live from moscow with me kevin oh in a small it's just after one am here now first the u.s. secretary of state john kerry's on a european tour trying to gather support for an american strike against syria big time the u.s. foreign policy chiefs agree that some form of action should be taken but a statement out of that any decision still has to be made through the u.n. president obama's been having a hard time trying to win over backers for an armed intervention over the last couple of days he failed to get allies on board at the g. twenty summit in st petersburg all about to get into the day it was eleven nations backing a so-called call for

when some of them travel to australia, it also burdens indonesia.he solution is cooperation, effective, precise, and good cooperation. >> reporter: only 28 of the asigh yum seekers mostly from lebanon and iraq in the boat accident. he lost his whole family trying to escape violence from the conflict of syria in his hometown. he says they unsuccessfully asked the australian navy for help. >> translator: what happened to me? i lost my whole family at sea. i don't know anything about them. they all died because australia didn't help us. >> reporter: tony abbott's controversy policies have so far not deterred any asylum seekers from taking the risky boat ride to australia. thousands are waiting here in indonesia, among them many who say it's too dangerous for them to go back home. while indonesia has promised to tackle the problem of people smugglers in the country, australia needs to reassure jakarta it will respect their sovereignty. a difficult start between two countries that faye an influx of desperate asylum seekers willing to risk their lives at

we use in australia similar types of viruses and it's a well-known technique. i don't know why our american publisher does not like sentinel chickens. i thought it was a pretty good title. maybe it could've been chickens sentinels which means calgary soldiers which is totally unsuitable. i'm not sure. that is where it stands. the pandemic's book the pandemics book deals a lot with tuberculosis and the big threats that are out there. and also the chickens book has three chapters on implants of because in both cases the influenza viruses maintain a in nature as diseases of water birds and the bird book tells the story of how that -- we didn't know this before the late 1960s. it was put together by two friends of mine. these viruses are maintained in true water birds. why is that? influence of viruses and birds grow essentially in the intestinal tract relatively asymptomatic but the virus survives well in are and it infects just about all species of water birds and impacts many species of mammals as well. the influence of viruses is in whales and seals and leopard

it is found off the coast of southeast australia. it feeds on crabs and lobsters. what a pretty little face. that will do it for us. see you tomorrow night. have yourself a good day. 

a fight about our vision for australia's future. it's a fight about how we go about building australia's future. a future and no charge for the few. >> 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

australia ending flat ahead of the general elections this weekend. bombay sensex bouncing back by 1.2%. and the shanghai composite and the hang seng in hong kong are seeing a little outperformance this week, almost fell down there, luckily enough i didn't. that would have been quite embarrassing. let's talk about the bond markets where we are seeing a lot of action in terms of key level and psychological levels being taken out, especially for the ten-year gilt yields there. the yield yesterday hitting 3%. back below that level now, this is because the boe didn't come out with a statement on monetary policy yesterday. the ten-year treasury yield also touching that all important 3% level in yesterday's trading session yet again. this is after the services data, the ism number coming in much better than forecast, and the ten-year bund at 2% above that crucial level there. this is the highest in almost two years. in the forex markets, we saw the notable fall, sterling against the dollar, after we got the disappointing manufacturing output and trade data,

. >> as prime minister of australia, i wish him well now in the high office of prime minister of this office. >> australian prime minister concedes to tony abbott's conservative party. >> in madrid, which is up against tokyo and istanbul for the 2020 olympics. >> welcome to al jazeera. the european union chief say the world cannot remain idle after chemical weapons use in syria. remarks were made after intense lobbying by secretary of state john kerry. >> in the face of the cynical use of chemical weapons the united nations community cannot remain idle. a clear and strong response is crucial to make clear that such crimes are unacceptable, and there can be no impunity. >> we're very grateful for the statement that came out of the meeting with respect to syria, the strong statement of accountability, and i'm particularly grateful for the president's comments and the prime minister's support for the efforts to tol hold the assad re responsible for what it has done. >> government forces want to revent rebels from entering damascus. [ gunfire ] >> armed opposition fighters. >> military ac

they pay money to traffickers to reach australia. t promised to turn them back with an iron fist. >> why has there been such a big swing away from labor? ministerputy prime said very clear that the voters have punished labor for this unity. lots of voters are fed up with confrontations within the ruling party, especially between kevin rudd and his predecessor julia gillard. they're looking for unity within government and hope that tony abbott will be able to deliver. at the same time, others fear the new conservative promised or will push australia back into the 1950s. >> thank you very much that report. tomorrow, moscow will go to the polls in the city's first mayoral election in a decade. support for the opposition candidate has surged in recent weeks. he is one of five weeks running against the kremlin-backed candidate. heisn't expected to win and is still fighting to overturn a controversial jail sentence for fraud. but he says that he wants voters in moscow to send president putin a clear signal for change. >> his file campaign

expert on australia's international relations here on r.g.p. giving us his thoughts on the australian elections. even the computer information we thought we had encrypted was very radical the n.s.a. all bridges a g c h q it was snowden's latest leak or show that america's spy agencies spend billions of dollars in the past decade to break through protective codes and get at the peoples of private data the european commission for justice fundamental rights and citizenship has spoken out on the n.s.a. is global snooping activities i do the brita all of us has more on what she had to say. the e.u. justice commissioner is spoken about the leaks from edward snowden as a wakeup call to europe and says that new legislation must be put in place to protect the privacy of e.u. citizens other stands up at the moment each of the twenty eight member states interprets the current framework in a different manner some of which contradict each other she wants to see a one continent one law system put in place but when it comes to debating what will be in that la

was just established last month and it wants to bring transparency accountability and justice to australia's parliament by way of pushing for public oversight of government practices fighting corruption and providing people with a range of what it calls twenty first century freedoms and that includes the free flow of information internet liberty protection for whistleblowers national sovereignty and integrity in the global community which is as you can imagine a very tall order for any political party and also a very tall order if he does win if there's no chance and he does win we'll have to get back to strongly wax and how is that going to be possible well if there's a lot of twists and turns that could take he's got plenty of federal agents after him but he's got to get to australia of course to to fill that seat if you were to make it and now we spoke with his running mate benoit kept mark who told us that the responsibility for granting safe passage for him back to australia should fall on the shoulders of the australian government doesn't feel very good certainly it would be australian

were turkey and australia, saudi italy, canada, japan, and spain, france, and south korea. not germany. no one is doubting a chemical attack in syria killing children and take place, it is who to blame and how to respond that is causing such heated disputes. >> delivering chemical weapons against children is not something we do. -- we do not do it against kids. we have to stand up for that principle. >> good afternoon, everybody. x for all of the intense lobbying behind the scenes with david cameron doing his part, the backing for u.s. military action does not seem to have worked. over, important to win isn't it a serious setback? >> i do not think that is in the slightest bit surprising. what struck me in the debate about serial last night is those countries making the argument that we should uphold the international cap do on chemical weapons had the best arguments, best argumentse and greatest support. , upsettingt putin america's plans is probably what he wanted. for barack obama, it is a disappointment and a worry. >> for more on the diplomatic hurdles facing the u.s.,

and australia has a new prime minister. we'll take a look at the election and what americans need to know about tony abbott. >> welcome back. here is a look at our top stories. protests in brazil as the country celebrates its independence. they're all protesting against government corruption and slow reform. demonstrators have been met with force by police in rio de janeiro. >>> secretary of state john kerry me in lithuania and now in his way to france to meet with the french foreign minister. >>> president obama is heading back to congress to convince congress for the need of a military strike in syria. what does he need to do to convince congress to support the strike in syria. >> he still has starting the day after tomorrow when congress is back in session, a lot of work to do in order to make some head way on the hill. let's hear from a couple of lawmakers what their thoughts are. >> the problem is that we're trying to figure out if we go in, is more harm possibly done by some type of retaliation by president assad and

. >>> australia may have banned guns, but they didn't ban meat cleavers. this guy walks into a gas station holding a very large cleaver and demands cash, and, of course, cigarettes from the guy behind the counter. [ bleep ] >> i'm not going to touch you. empty the cash register. >> there's also another customer in the store this is around 11:30 at night. here's another video. less than 48 hours later. >> i'm not going to touch u. sa guy, using the same tactic, the same night. a little earlier in the evening, 7:30 in the night, same demands. police believe he lives nearby, because on both instances they saw him leave on foot in the same direction. >>> broward county sheriffs in florida are looking for a different type of criminal, this woman. see her there in the pink sleeveless shirt? she's shopping but not for food. she is shopping for people who are not paying attention to their wallets and purses. she notices a woman in the pink shirt is not keeping an eye on her purse which is in the top of the shopping cart. she cruises by, peeks in. notices a wallet.

. >> look at australia. australia had two elections where socialist won. and what the liberal party -- conservative party -- they are reverse. neil: water turns opposite way so do politics. >> liberal party in australia went along with it, they changed their policies they went along with global warming de emphasize the issues they did all that folk moss come aroun -- folks sd do this in new york and the coast they lost, they nominated this guy who catholic, i'm just saying, and he his big tax policy change, was to help the family. he ran against global warming, that australia of the more bought into than this president was, and he stood up for a tougher immigration policy, right down the line where rick santorum was, and emphasis iimportant of families in the economy and won a historic victory in australia. neil: norway conservative leadership now, sweden, conservative for them. germany. >> the point is -- >> what is going on? >> american public is not stupid. we nominate people who don't believe whether they say they believe, they see, that i have to tell