i guess that's brazil, right? >> yeah, it's brazil., but not in the whole city. >> how different is salvador from rio and sao paolo? >> man, salvador is the mother. you know? the music here, the attitude, this area is amazing. >> it is. >> amazing. eat, drink, history, memory, anything. >> pelourinho, pelo for short, was salvador during the portuguese colonial period. it's almost always a party, a series of parties, actually, but tonight is special. ♪ >> look at this smell, man. >> smells good. >> yes. >> oh, that's good. >> isn't that good? >> where to next? >> go to this area. >> yeah. >> i like to bring you today because coming here, people everywhere, this is a free party. you can dance, you can drink your beer everywhere. it's good to see the show inside. it's amazing. ♪ >> you'll try that. >> what is it? >> it's carameo, clover and a mix of honey and limon. >> alcohol? >> yes. >> alcohol of unknown origin dispensed from atop the head of a stranger? >> it's good. >> that's good? >> mama always said that was a good idea. ♪ i don't

health care system. >> guia lopes da laguna is an impoverished town in the far west of brazil. thirteen thousand people eke out a living here, not far from the border with paraguay. a place of modest appeal, it's difficult to get doctors to come here. there's a medical centre, but there's not always been a doctor -- despite the pressing need for health care. but luckily, a new doctor arrived in the small town a few months ago and he's planning to stay for the next few years. denis comes from cuba. he's a general practitioner, who specializes in orthopedics. he has already spent three years abroad working in venezuela. he's experienced and friendly. the people here are relieved. >> i really like him and hope that he's a really good doctor. it's not just me. we all need a doctor. >> mais medicos", "more doctors" is the name of the brazilian government program designed to improve the country's poor health service. more than 11,000 cuban doctors were brought here to do just that. they earn around three thousand euros, but only on paper. two-thirds of their wages are sent straight t

brazil kicks off carnivale celebrations. five days of nonstop parties. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> and i'm antonio mora. we begin tonight in argentina where officials are renewing an investigation into argentina's president kirchner, following up on a bombing of a jewish community center moreover two decades ago. >> who was lind the behind the bombing is still unclear. today a prosecutor reaffirmed accusations that kirchner held back blame. both kirchner and tehran deny it. >> aflalberto nisman died before he could prevent his evidence. >>> allegations will not go away. the allegation is they covered up iran annually involvement in the 1999 attack on a jewish center in buenos aires the government has always vee mentally denied those rks -- vehemently denied those accusations. >> translator: one has to distinguish between the judicial and the political aspects. the judicial aspect is highly questionable while we can't deny it's having an extraordinary political impact. >> the allegations were initia

. >>> and the desperate need to save water anyway they can because of the severe drought in brazil'sgest city. ♪ ♪ >>> well isil forces in iraq appear to be getting closer and closer to a major government base housing hundreds of u.s. troops. fighters attacked the we siege the al baghdadi in anbar province. it's close to an air base where the u.s. marines are training iraqis. most surrounding towns fell under isil control last year. more from imran kahn who is in baghdad. i don't know what you have been able to find out in the last 60 minutes, imran update us if you can. and tell us how many u.s. soldiers are there. >> reporter: well, what i found out in the last 60 minutes more details have emerged what we are hearing is that isil fighters were inside the city of baghdadi and what they had what a number of sleeper cells that's what the iraqis are calling them, that they activated that they were able to take control of parts of that city and use it important a base to try to make a push towards the air base. now, that hasn't happened. they are still fighting inside the town. now, acc

until an encounter with the darker side of brazil. last year she was mugged. and the incident left her physically and mentally burst. >> i had sudden flashbacks that made me cry and hyperventilate. i couldn't take it anymore and i thought i needed to go back to japan. >> word spread on facebook that kudo was struggling and needed help. her teammates reached out. and one month later kudo was able to rejoin them. >> everyone told me, you are not a foreigner. now you are a member of the community. that helped me realize i am not on my own. and now i feel like giving something back through samba. >> for the seventh time kudo is performing on the streets of rio. drivenpy the power of samba and the bonds she developed far away from home. nhk world, rio de janeiro. >>> some hot moves under the brazilian sun but it's a different story in north america. people across the couldn't continent are dealing with extremely cold conditions. we have more. >> i feel like a broken record. these areas are seeing record breaking cold temperatures. i want to show you a picture of ni

. >>> brazil's carnival bring dancing to the streets of rio de janeiro. the best of the performers are pasistas. among them a japanese dancer. >> reporter: this is the only foreign pasista representing her school. her squad is among the favorite contenders at the carnival. >> translator: i gave it 120%. i danced so hard. i didn't care if i collapsed on the spot. >> reporter: there is fierce competition among the carnival's leading dancers. only 40 members are selected in the 4,000-strong team. they train under the sharp gaze of one of rio's prominent choreographers. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: she's feeling the pressure. >> translator: i need to move three times more than the fleshier girls. otherwise, i won't have any presence. >> reporter: she started practicing sumba in japan at the age of nine. her hometown was devastated by the great earthquake. a troupe of 150 dancers arrived from brazil to bring a beat of sunshine to the survivors. >> translator: it felt like i was in a dream. a dancer's body overflowed with energy. i told myself, on

is in brazil.this is worse than what's happening in southern california water being shut off after 1:00 p.m. officials there saying some doctors having to cut short dialysis to patients with kidney treatment because of the lack of water. but the world's largest water supply to the north, very poor distribution of where the water ends up. we want to show you a satellite imagery in brazil. this gives water to some 9 million people across a city of 21 million. this is august of 2013. in august of 2014 we know some water here coming down to levels of 5% of what is considered normal. and the aerial photos looking something like this across the south of brazil. i want to show you the rainfall and what you would expect this time of year. this is historically the wet season. 225 millimeters, around eight inches for the seasonal norms. june july august the laster portion of the year. in western brazil some significant flooding taking place. thousands of people displaced across the region and we know some to

in brazil two things come to mind football and carnival. [music] >> the celebrations are well under way in rio de janeiro. when king momo was handed keys to the city. it would hold five days of non-stop partying. the party will be held under tight security with 15,000 military police on under. 6,000 more than last year. >>> that's it for this news hour. we'll have a full update of news for you in just a couple of minutes. bye for now. >> monday on techknow. what if there was a miracle >> grace's stem cells are in this box >> that could save the life of your child >> we're gonna to do whatever we can >> would you give it a try? >> cell therapy is going to be the next big advance in medicine >> tech know, every monday go where science meets humanity. >> this is some of the best driving i've every done, even though i can't see. >> tech know. >> we're here in the vortex. >> monday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> the us is now the world's largest oil and gas producer in part because of what's happening here in north dakota where ad

nothing is wasted in an effort to economize on what has become the most scarce commodity of brazil's economic capitol. >> sao paulo is such a large city, i don't know what we'll do if there is water rationing. the government is considering cutting total water five days a week. >> in the poor neighborhoods the worst drought in southeastern brazil's history forces this woman to russia home to gather water before the tap runs dry. >> we gather water in buckets and bottles. sometimes it disappears for days. >> the washing machine is being used simply to store water. according to brazilian experts the on going deforestation is blamed for the country's changing rain patterns. while the cause may be environmental, the repercussions are both economic and political. many disgruntled residents accuse the state and national governments equally of not investing in sufficient water infrastructure ahead of what was a foreseeable crisis. the drought is now in its third year. this drought is impacting industry and it's now threatening to unleash an energy crisis given brazil's dependence on hydroele

in the biggest bribery case in brazil's history. allegations of senior executives bribing contractors with $4 billion going missing over the past decade. yes, we're going to take a look at how this has got the country in an uproar and whether these allegations could reach the highest level in government. >>> we start "gmt" with breaking news. after months of speculation, one of the key figureheads of islamic state has been named by the bbc. the masked executioner known as jihadi john is british man mohammed emwazi. he is from london. he was known to british security services. mohammed emwazi has appeared in numerous pieces of footage of the killings of several hostages. with more details, here's mike aldrich. >> reporter: he was dubbed jihadi john by the media after several people held by him used the name john as a pseudonym for him, as a member of an i.s. cell day referred to as the beatles. all of them spoke with british accents. behind the dark humor of the name have come repeated acts of brutality. videos of the apparent behead

in brazil bad matin was not popular. almost no children were interested in the sport. but that changed when he introduced his regional method of training. >> here in brazil anyone can dance to the rhythm of samba. and that helps to improve their bat mitten skills. >> badminton requires fast footwork. he thought samba would help improve the youngster's badminton game. and he was right. club members have brought prestige to the club. some have competed in international junior competitions. >> translator: if i made the practice too hard the kids would stop coming. >> 40-year-old jonathan has been playing badminton since he was 9. he's reached the level where he can take part in international competitions. jonathan and five family members live in a building made of concrete block walls and covered by a roof of galvanized sheet. his mother shows us medals her son was awarded. she keeps a record of john tlon's achievements. >> translator: he's really a wonderful boy. he sets a great example for his younger brothers. >> i want to win a medal and become an olympic champion. >>

. >>> the ongoing drought in south-east brazil reached a critical stage. south america's most popular city sao paulo, things are so bad they are considering water rationing. >> in this middle class home the awareness of the need to save water transformed everyone's life. this woman and her family use a bowl to catch the water when they wash their hands. when it's full it's used to flush the toilet. a bucket cashes the water. while the shower warms up. when full she takes it downstairs to be used as a dishwasher or the washing machine. the soapie water is connected for a second lot of clothes, and used to wash the floors or pots or pans. nothing is wasted in an effort to economize in what has become a scarce commodity. >> sao paulo is a large city. i don't know what we'll do if there's water rationing. the government admitted it is cutting water five days a week. >> there are severe shortages in the poor neighbourhoods where the worst drought in south-eastern brazil's history forces many to rush home before the tap runs dry. >> we gather water in buckets an

. >>> southeastern brazil is suffering a major drought and it looks like getting worse.reservoir already reaching critical levels. lucia newman is in sao paulo. >> reporter: in this middle class home the awareness of the need to seay water has transformed everyone's life. she and her family use a bowl to catch the water when they wash their hands. when it's full, it's used to flush the toilet. a bucket catches the water they used to waste while the shower warms up. when full she takes it downstairs to be used for the dishwasher or the washing machine. the soapy water is collected for a second lot of clothes, and then used to wash the floors or pots and pans. nothing is wasted in an effort to economize on what has become the most scarce commodity of brazil's capitol. >> translator: sao paulo is such a large city i don't know what we'll do if there is a water rationing. >> reporter: there are already severe shortages in sao paulo's poorer neighborhoods. where the drought forces this woman to rush home to gather water before the tap runs dry. >> translator: we gather water

this one in brazil on motorcycles. this video getting a lot of attention. recently posted to the facebook page of a police support group. the guy we're riding with is ace police officer on the road right in front of him another police officer that's tailing behind two suspects who are getting away on their motorcycle. for a very long time they chase them. they're not giving up easily. when you think they're closing in and they make it these guys find a way to speed away. and this goes on for a while longer. >> wonder what are they running from? we see videos from brazil they're stealing bikes, it happens all the time. >> it's our understanding the cops are part of a drug unit. and watch this. right about here you finally get to see the police officers get them to slow down. one of the guys on the motorcycles falls off. he takes off running and trying to get into a residence. on the other side of the street this police officer draws his gun, points it at the rider left on the motorcycle. he is then arrested on the spot. and you see another police officer. >>

local community >>> and the need to save water any way they can because of the severe drought in brazil's biggest city. >>> well i.s.i.l. forces in iraq are moving closer to a major government base housing hundreds of u.s. troops. fighters attacked the western down of al-baghdady and anbar from two directions. it's been besieged from i.s.i.l. the fighting a few clms from an air base -- kilometres from an air base where u.s. troops are training iraqi troops. let's go to imran khan our correspondent in baghdad and tell us about what is happening down there? >> this is a serious situation. americans said there are squirmishes close to the base where the marines are based. it hasn't come under attack yet. we have seen this tactic via i.s.i.l. time and time again. when they want to make an attack on an iraqi army base - the first time in anbar province - every time they want to attack what they do is they take over towns and villages on the outskirts and use it as a launching pad. they have been successful. i.s.i.l. nose the territory really. a lot of fighters are were anbar, fighting it for a

one of them is rodrigo from brazil who was arrested in 2004 with 19 kilograms of heroin hidden and was sentenced to

in brazil, its manufacturing.n brazil you have to manufacture locally to be able to sell consumer electronics. because otherwise the taxes are too high. in brazil, we expect that the way in which we communicate with our fans is going to be different. it's going to be much more humor focused, probably very inappropriate, it's just a different psyche, different sense of humor. we adapt and learn, but there new challenges everywhere. >> what new markets are happening for xiaomi in 2015? >> we are in a markets already we're launching brazil sometime later the semester. after that, we're still kind of thinking about -- we have our eyes and a bunch of different markets which we would like to enter. we are thinking about mexico or thailand, vietnam, maybe russia. it's still in the evaluation stage. we don't have any actual people in these countries yet. >> johnny is on this tremendous growth clip -- xiaomi is on this tremendous growth clip. what is next for the capital story of xiaomi in terms of fundraising for an ipo?

culp donna brazill this is bad for the gop. don't you agree? >> no. with all due respect to you, anybody who will answer that question is an idiot. and scott walker answered it exactly as he should -- >> you don't know how to answer the question. please don't call me an idiot. you say it is not bad for the republican party. please continue -- >> i wasn't speaking about you. what i said is anybody who would answer that question is an idiot. and the reason that i say that is because it's rudy giuliani's personal opinion. he's put it out there, and scott walker did exactly what he should have which is to say i don't feel that way. it's his opinion. i have m.i.a. own opinion about what i think is as -- i have my own opinion about what i think is as a patriotic opinion. rudy giuliani made his comment, whether you like it or not is up to you. i don't believe it was as insendiary as people are making it out to be. as far as other political candidates, the left is grasping at straws if they believe this is going to be the hotbed of what decides the next presi

both in brazil. we were in argentina at the time. we want to deliver a good can company, so we brought in ar jen argentina which counts more or less for 900 million euros. it's important that our recurring operating is extremely solid. so this gives us the possibility to increase the complex and focus it. of course not to ask to deleverage, we launched a very important new efficiency plan both on owe pecks and traditional so efficiency will pay half of the bill. and a part of the operating will dedicate it to new investments. >> just to con ferm in terms of your relationship with the ratings agencies and what they want to see from you and what you want to do in terms of getting back to investment grade, that's not the priority now, though. >> i think that the capital structure is just one portion of what the rating agency looks at. the other parties worries the stabilization of your financial results. this plan, having that acceleration of investment we target not only the stabilization but rebound. having a rebound, what we assume i

nothing is wasted in an effort to economize on what has become the most scarce commodity of brazil'sol. >> sao paulo is such a large city. the government has admitted it has considered totally cutting water five days a week. >> reporter: in the poorest neighbors, this woman is forced to rush home to get water before the tap runs dry. >> translator: we gather water in buckets and bottles. >> reporter: in this case the washing machine is being used simply to store water. the ongoing deforrestation of the amazon is to blame for this country's changing rain patterns, but while the cause may be environmental, the repercussions are both economic and political. many disgruntled residence accuse the state and national governments equally of not investing in sufficient water infrastructure. the bought is now in its third year. this drought has already impacted industry and it's now threatening to unleash an energy crisis given brazil's dependance on hyde -- hydro electric power. >> depending on the duration of the drought, we'll certainly go into recession. certainly. there's no reason why to

brazil. high commodity prices. in brazil's case, there was also a domestic credit boom.erest rates were low. they had a huge domestic credit boom. poorer countries have freed up markets. they are catching up and that leads to faster growth. lay on top of that a boom from extra credit and commodity prices. >> layover that the oil prices and fracking in the u.s. >> we had a conversation, if anybody had said it will prices were half of what they were, i would have laughed. it is a big shift of wealth to consumers from producers. if you are an oil consuming country, you are better off. producers are worse. the world economy overall is better. but there are pockets hit. >> iran, russia. >> venezuela, nigeria. the u.s. is a big producer but also a big consumer economy. there's a macro effect where it is like a tax cut. but the shale industry has been hit. this has happened because of supply. the supply has been shale. one question is, can the prices last? the investment horizon -- a lot of u.s. shale is not profitable at these prices. once you have built the rigs which you can

how does that affect, let's say, brazil?ey have treated demands at the moment, as well as commodity prices. you have an environment where they are not only suffering because u.s. liquidity in the dollar gets taken away and that is impacting the economy, but on top of that, commodity prices are something, which decimates the economy. >> i'm always amazed when you talk to local traders around the world, they are much more sophisticated than people coming in london, from new york. looking at this from where we sit in manhattan, are we missing local stories that could be traded on? we say this is a dollar story and emerging-market decline? >> that is the point to make. when you look at emerging markets, you cannot look at the in a fashion where you are looking at them collectively. it becomes very granular as you look through the individual issues which i outlined. and each country is very different when it comes to the specific issue they've got. >> where are you when it comes to hedging the emerging market exposure in the curr

brazil clearly has growth challenges. it is a place, were continually on the front end of the curve, where you could pick up a tremendous amount of yield there are developments they have to work through and financing they will have to do over the next number of months. brazil is challenged on the growth side, but we think it will be an opportunity later this year. brendan: you are starting to sound like jim o'neill, forget brazil, look toward jakarta. rick: if you look at where the rates are, they are pretty darn attractive and it has been the haves and have-nots in terms of monetary policy. you have to find where there is value in the world, and a lot of the e is in a much betterm place than it has been historically you were getting paid the right price and terms of where rates are. stephanie: what do you think? carl: it is astounding to see this kind of jobs growth not just engendering number, but the revisions that were substantial given that the economy slowed from a 4.5% pace in the second quarter and third quarter,

it provides oil platforms to brazil's state-owned petrobras. petrobras is under allegations that it paid billions of dollars to win contracts. shares of the parent company sold following confirmation -- further consolidation in the industry. it is preparing for a possible takeover. altice is the parent company. a german sportswear maker puma, is confident of the financial turnaround. the fourth quarter came in at 4.6 million euros. it plans to increase its brand presence. a bittersweet note. over the weekend, one of the world's wealthiest candy makers and italy's richest men died -- died. michele ferrero died. he was the patriarch of the family best known for the tele- -- for nutella. forbes estimates the family fortune at over $23 billion. with that', it's a wrap. back to you. >> thank you very much. we will find out what has people clicking and sharing over the it is time for "web news." >> hello. welcome to the "web news," with our pick of the stories making the online headlines. coming up. web users the world over react to the copenhagen at

>> it's the second biggest trading partner after brazil. they are basically aiding argentina in many ways. they are investing $5 billion in hydroelectric dams. if you go and write on the subway, all the writing is in chinese characters. these are old trains from china. most recently and most important, they have gotten an $11 billion currency -- they can draw on currency from them to boost their reserves. they have gotten 3 million since october. if you look at argentina's foreign currency reserves, they have been on the rise since then. they have had the biggest amount of influx and currency from them since 2008. >> let's flip the coin. what is in this for the chinese? >> they need a strong foothold in latin america. they have been doing this throughout the region with argentina and ecuador and venezuela. they need to feed their people. they are the biggest market for soybeans. they're helping to deliver up -- develop oil fields. >> there was no embarrassing situation involving the president. she sent out a tweet today that mimicked the ch

it's bad enough under yussef's leadership brazil's economy had shrunk.t has some opponents asking for her impeachment is a multi-billion dollar corruption scots involving petro bras on whose board she once served as chairwoman. >> the petro bras scandal has deeply impacted brazil's system in the sense it's the biggest scare going to the ruling coalition. >>> argentina's christina kirshner dropped from 70% to the low 20s is playinggued by corruption charges involving her, her deceased husband, business partners and her staff. while she denies them all, the courts are investigating, including putting the president on a head-on collision with judges and prosecutors. even yhile's president considered squeaky clean has seen her popularity plunge to the low 30s in the last two weeks. her son was forced to resign as head of a government charity amid allegations that he and his wife abused their position to obtain privileged access toss a $10 million bank loan. argentine deputy said it's a pit that is correct women who are making history as presidents are embroi

comes out of brazil.sk why do we have exceptional droughts taking place. it's distributed poorly. the water among the amazon basin to the north for only 4% of the country's population resides. you come toward sao paolo, 21 million the most densely populated area it's a mess when it comes to water rationing and droughts in place some doctors cutting short dialysis for patients because of the lack of the water. people scrambling to get by across the areas of brazil. >> what happens to the people on dialysis? >> i don't know. honestly it's a tough question for a lot of people. the water has been the reservoirs down to 5% of what is considered to be normal. >> it speaks to the importance of fresh water all around the world. the u.n. estimates that's what wars will be fought over in the future. fresh water is essential. thanks for the update. >>> it took less than three hours to reach a verdict in the high-profile american sniper trial in texas. details after the break. >>> kurdish forces in northern iraq say

week. >> reporter: shortage in south palo poor neighborhoods where the worst drought in southeast brazil forces her to rush home to gather water before the tap runs dry. >> translator: we gather water in buckets and bottles and sometimes it disappears for days. >> reporter: in this case the washing machine is used to store water and the ungoing station of the amazon is to blame for the country's changing rain patterns but while the cause of this unprecedented doubt may be environmental repercussions are both economic and political. many disgruntled residents accuse the state and national governments equally of not investing in sufficient water infrastructure ahead of what was a foreseeable crisis the drought is now in its third year. this drought has already impacting industry and is now threatening to unleash an energy crisis given brazil's dependent on hydro electric power. >> depending on the duration of the duration and even the drought we will certainly go into recession, certainly, there is no reason why to think otherwise. >> reporter: afraid of what is to come one of south palo t

happy carnaval brazil. hey, brazil that is not from me but from people that told me to say that. i'm sorry. >> why did you have to remind them of that? why? you should have skipped that read. >> tough one. >>> a good opportunity to key up shakira music. >> partying in brazil. ♪ >> do that again please. >> ♪ >> okay. well let's move on people. coming up -- >> i'm sleep deprived. let me tell you about this. couples who watched "50 shades of grey" and whether it put them in the mood. >>> also ahead, the photographer in love with his job because he captures couples most magical moments. the innovative business. >>> life-saving advice as millions of americans kblut on icy roads. how to steer clear of winters big dangers. you are watching with "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by lysol. over 200,000 people are hospitalized every year with flu complications. so to kill the germs that may make your family sick, we recommend using lysol disinfectant spray every day. lysol is approved to kill 80 germs, including hard to kill viruses that can live on su

telecom italia operating down in brazil. what is the story there?telecom italia owns the second largest wireless operator there. they, being under consolidation talks for about two years. everybody is waiting to see when that is going to happen. telecom italia was coming from a very weak position, now they are stronger and they want to play a bigger role in that consolidation. there's been talks about a possible merger with oi another big operator in brazil, but whether telefonica and the other big operators will allow that to happen remains to be seen. jonathan: if that deal happens manuel will be sitting right next to me, bringing that news. a quick check on the greek markets. equities trading a little bit higher. up by over 1%. the greek three-year note trading down by over 31 basis points. that is still a pretty hefty yield. your-sterling trading a little lower, setting a fresh seven-year low. weaker euro, stronger sterling. join us again in two. we will talk credit markets. ♪ jonathan: welcome back. its been a pretty busy week for equity market

brazil and peru and chile have benefited from that ride. a huge market and it economy.ico has always been a competitor. it was selling many of the products china sold. it was not exporting anything to china. china is fading from what it was and is not the engine of world growth the way it was before. mexico is a much more open and competitive economy. particularly the part tied to the united states. the united states is pretty strong. >> what impact does that have on mexico? >> it has a huge impact on mexico. it is the export destination. because of 20 years of nafta, we have an integrated production platform. we make cars, tvs, blenders, airplanes. as the u.s. economy strengthens, so does the mexican economy. things that could hold it back -- many of those could be, maybe, addressed by these reforms. if you pass them, can you implement them? does he have the political capital to make them become reality? it is incredibly important. that is how mexico might have his moment. >> jorge, we are glad you could join us. give us a sense of how you see it. how do you see mexico

police in brazil say it was something out of a movie.s, two guards let them in and the women served up the whiskey which, by the way is laced with drugs. those officers are found the next morning passed out with no clothes on and handcuffed. those 26 prisoners gone. 11 of them have been found they're back behind bars. those two guards are out of a job and yeah, that's quite a story. >>> now, to a woman fired over a tweet it's not the first time someone has gotten into hot water over a post on social media and it won't be the last but this teenager hadn't even started her job as a cashier at a pizzeria yet. the night before she tweets e. we i start this (bleep) job tomorrow with a bunch of thumbs down. guess what, someone else working at that pizzeria showed the tweet to her manager, robert waple who tweeted her saying no you don't start that (bleep) job. i just fired you. good luck with your no money no job life. apparently he hasn't checked his twitter account in six years and her tweet and his response have generated quite the firestor

will get a flu shot and have surgery, due to that. >> reporter: while any injection can cause damage brazil says most cases involve flu shots given at retail pharmacies. journal of the american familiar cyst association published an article last year outlining danger a and given pharmacist tips on procedure proper including the ideal spot for injection. raul's case is still pending. >> this has affect every single as peck of my life not to be able to dot things i was able to do because of the simple flu shot. it is horrible. horrible. >> reporter: on facebook the the net says the same thing happened to her. she says just to get awareness out is there huge as the person who gave me the shot will never know they administered it incorrectly. >> health care workers who give any type of shot are supposed to have training but the rules on how much, and what that includes, vary from state to state. we have got a lot of reaction, object this story we have been telling you about. we have updated the information on cbs philly.com we will keep you posted on twitter and facebook. >> well, we have put o

now across the southern hemisphere, it's the rainy season for peru bolivia, and western parts of brazil. many floods have been reported. i want to take you to acre state to show you the flooding situation. heavy rainfall has caused serious problems in western brazil. 1200 families have been displaced because of severe flooding along the acre river as of tuesday. hundreds of police and emergency crews have been sent to the area to help more than 4,000 people who are affected. the rain set up in the northern portions of south america have led to issues into bolivia, as well as peru. now, because of the rainy season, more rain is expected for the next three days at least. up to 150 millimeters of rain is likely for the coastal locations, enough to cause more flooding and usually the rainy season ends in march. so the risk of flooding continues to rise. now across china, there are two systems to talk about. one here is a rainmaker. right now affecting the yangtze river basin with heavy rain. especially in jejing province. that will move into western japan as well as central japan by thursda

boys from brazil. the only reason people were against it was the movie "the boys from brazil." >> larry: i made the jokes about the nawts naughty-- >> we weren't even given the hitler option. do you want your child to be hitler. >> larry: how do you like this mustache? >> they didn't even give us the option. >> larry: i'm concerned about the class issue because some people aren't going to be able to pay for this. are we setting up a super class of people? >> we have that already. they're called white people. ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> larry: oh! >> keeping it honest. >> larry: oh, snap. >> no i mean, realistically, i.v.f. is incredibly expensive without adding extra genetic testing. i think if you do a five-day transfer, you have the option to do genetic testing and you can find out the gender. that's an additional 10, 20 grand. so when you add in eye color, all of that other stuff, it's incredibly expensive. so the people who could even afford is, it's a very, very small, small -- >> it's small now-

this is committed to the amazon region of brazil. commercial truck -- commercial chocolate production. the plant does not have any of the fruit or cocoa pods on it, which are harvested and processed in order to make chocolate, but you can see some really beautiful flowers that are forming. one of the most fascinating things about this particular tree is it produces lowers from this them or trunk, and that is called clippers. there are a few trees but when you have them, they are quite interesting because it is a different presentation in terms of location for the flower. we love to pollinate the plant so it can produce wonderful chocolate pod. unfortunately we do not have the natural insect pollinator which is a mage and the topical environment. the gardeners act as little insects and will take flowers off of the other plants, take them over here and carefully touch from the other flowers to the stigma on this one and create wonderful fruit. typically we do that around the fall. they come to maturity in the late spring or so. in addi

you have negative yields in brazil, negative real yields for investors.ia 2, 3 years back when everything looked bleak. these are some of the interesting areas right now. >> we are seeing a turnaround right now. in terms of other emerging markets, do you think you will at least see more strength and what the challenges are facing brazil right now? u.s. dollars strength, we know that real economic growth is coming from a lot of emerging markets. we will continue to see growth in the real economies of india and china. prices, it isrket hard to say which markets will move up. a strong economy. it is showing the right signs. but the markets are expensive. the sovereign bond lay is interesting -- play is interesting. i have invested in indian sovereign bonds for three years. we're inexpectation -- the start of the easing cycle. we will probably see some more sovereign prices. it is a tactical position you could take. 15 central banks around the world when it comes to easing this year. alright, we are going to leave it right there. thank you for joining us out

we report on the severe drought in brazil's biggest city. >>> i'm reporting from new zealand which isparing to host a major international sporting event less than four years after the city was struck by a major earthquake. ♪ >>> egyptian state media says that a police officer has been killed in a bomb blast in cairo. the government says the roadside bomb targeted a police patrol in the capitol's northeast. nine people are reported to have been injured. an armed group said it attacked the patrol because it was heading to disperse protests. security forces used tear gas to disperse some demonstrators at a rally in giza. they were protesting against the military coup that ousted president morsi in 2013. they are also calling for the release of political journ -- prisoners. >>> mohammed fahmy and baher mohamed are back home with their families in egypt. their retrial on charges of colluding with the banned muslim brotherhood is expected to resume in ten days. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: after 411 days -- after too much time alone in prison it's like a dream come true. >> repor

. >> the action that he took in brazil, in terms of documenting nature and his style in being immersed in total subject matter t. is that what makes this documentary totally different than others, when you talk about photographers in your estimates? >> i think so. it came as a surprise to me, that he had so entirely collapsed, and that him coming back to life was nothing that he had concocted but it was a present given to him by nature. by planting trees on the land that he had inherited, he realized that damage to nature could be reversed. and them he planted a few thousand trees and then the water resources came back, and he ended up planting 2 and a half million trees and the first man who replanted the tropical rainforest and learned how to do it, and this is now being done on a huge scale all over brazil. >> wim wenders, thank you so much for letting us talk on you on aljazeera. salt of the earth opens in theaters on march 27th. finally, tonight's freeze frame comes from singa pore, where they're celebrating the new year. and this is different from the chinese new year which happe

brazil's president has refuse today receive indonesia's newly-appointed ambassador.has already withdrawn its am bass door to indonesia. >>> security forces in the philippines have been fighting two of the longest running conflicts in the world. they are battling muslim separatist on his one front and communist rebel on his the other. and in recent months, government troops have suffered some significant losses. as part of our series on mental health margo ortigas has been meeting survivors who have to cope with more than just their physical wounds. >> reporter: this is war 25. -- ward 25 rarely seen and often only whispered about. it's where soldiers first go to be evaluate today psychiatric treatment. the stick stigma of needing mental orie motional help is no less when they are moved in to rooms without bars. corporal this been here for six months. ever since his unit came under heavy fire from a criminal group in the southern philippines. >> translator: it felt like new year's eve. you didn't know where the explosions were coming from. since then, i haven't been a

. >> reporter: now brazil's biggest city south palo suffering from severe drought and even if it were rain it wouldn't be enough to fill reservoirs which are virtually empty and latin america editor has been seeing the drastic measures some people are having to take in order to save water. >> reporter: in this middle class south palo home awareness of the need to save water has transformed everyone's life. and she and her family use a bowl to catch the water when they wash their hands. when it's full it's used to flush the toilet. a bucket catches the water they used to waste while the shower warps up when full she takes it down stairs to be used for the dishwasher or the washing machine. the soapy water is collected for a second load of clothes and then used to wash the floors or pots and pans. nothing is wasted in an effort to economize of what is the most scarce commodity in the capitol. >> translator: south palo is such a large city and i don't know if there is a water rationing and government totally thinking about cutting water five days a week. >> reporter: shortages in the poo

sugarcane is something we associate with tropical brazil. certainly we associate it with baked goods. if you're into biofuel, you associate it with ethanol. it is an old plant utilized in ancient times. we believe it was found in the southeast asian arctic pallidus -- archipelagoes. it was moved around in ancient times and able to find its way to europe by the middle ages. anecdotally, we believe christopher columbus brought it from the azores to the new world on his second voyage to the new world. it ended up being an important plant economically in plantations, grown predominantly by slave laborers. first in the caribbean islands and then later on in south america and the gulf coast of the united states. it is fascinating and reflective and solemn to think about the history of this plant and the wonderful resource in terms of sugar it is capable of providing us. also the dark and sordid history of how human beings chose to cultivate this plant in terms of utilizing it is one of the main pillars of the slave trade. and really having it be a