boko haram hinted at joining forces before, butle timing is important. the group has recently lost ground in the northeast of the country, and some see this pledge of allegiance as a desperate attempt to draw isil into its operations. >> the military slowed boko haram with forces from nigeria cameroon and chad and forced the fighters from their bases, taking back many towns r. towns villages, but face resistance from boko haram. now the group has stepped up attacks on soft markets like markets and bus stations causing concern among nigerians who have witnessed such attacks before. al jazeera. nigeria. >> in egypt, the trial of two al jazeera journalists. they made their third appearance in court in cairo over their alleged livings to the beened muslim brother hood. in february, mom familiar gave up his egyptian citizenship and egyptian baher mohammed were released on bail after being detained for more than a year. after leaving court they spoke of frustration with the process. >> everybody here, i think is just we're from here and respect the court but i

boko haram hinted at joining forces before, butle timing is important. the group has recently lost ground in the northeast of the country, and some see this pledge of allegiance as a desperate attempt to draw isil into its operations. >> the military slowed boko haram with forces from niger cameroon and chad and forced the fighters from their bases taking back many towns r. towns and villages, but face resistance from boko haram. now the group has stepped up attacks on soft markets like markets and bus stations, causing concern among nigerians who have witnessed such attacks before. al jazeera. nigeria. >> boko haram has wage add six year war to try to carve out an islamic state in the northeastern part of nigeria. many victims have been children. 42 students were killed when boko haram stormed dormitories in a gun and bomb attack on a government bordering school in a village. in february last year, gunman killed 40 students after throwing explosives into a dormitory. the group's most high pro feel attacks came in 2014, kidnapping 276 girls from a town i

butles i want to start with you. we talked two hours ago about the initial psychological test the examinations before a pilot joins an airline. what about the background checks in the context of the reporting from this german magazine that an ex-girlfriend said that he said he was going to do something so heinous people would remember his name. relatives, people close to the pilots, these applicants are they interviewed at any point. >> it's a great yes and a small correction i'm still actually flying so i'm aware of some of these things that are done backgroundwise. when he came into this country and apparently, you know some of these records are a little sketchy, but when he came into the country and apparently went to phoenix, he would have got a background check just by virtue of the fact that he was foreign to the country when he came to the u.s. so the tsa would have got involved. he never would have been able to begin his flight training number one. so that was more a nefarious type background check. they woul

the gas station would be number one, high volume butle too close to their neighborhood, their schoolsple who live around here as well as a community pool. this is the costco right now which people are not upset with. they say it's conveenlts. it's the gas station they have a problem -- convenient. it's the gas station that they have a problem. they announced in 2010 the plans to put a gas stietion. the people who live -- station. the people who live around here say no way. they say the high volume gas station would bring too much traffic so they formed a coalition to stop the costco and that's when the appeals came in and the delay. opponents say it's not just a case of not in my backyard. it's a case of in no one's backyard. because if the gas station does happen, it will set precedent for other retailers around here to do the same thing. opponents of the gas station say they have concerns over environmental problems this could cause. cars idling and that could lead to bliewtion but today at 9:30, we could get a final decision after this debate has been going on for five years at the