cameroon fa has issued a statement saying recent allegations of fraud around the cameroon world cup,es, southwest the existence of seven bad apples in the national team do do not reflect values and principles promoted by our administration and ethnics of our nation. let's take you to rio for the latest. what more do we know? >> the football sensation cameroon referring to the match fixers as seven bad apples. these allegations overshadow the results cameroon has had in the world cup. i have our news correspond end following the the story. richard, how serious are allegations? >> these are serious. it's the first time allegations of fixing have interested the world cup. we've seen claims center around friendly game or other tournaments. this is taken seriously. they're looking into the matter this. all stems from a claim made by a convicted match fixer, man by the name of wilson. he told the german newspaper that he predicted the score and that the play would be set off. that raised the alarm bells and raised suspicion. they have started an investigation to try to get to the bottom of

to cross border attacks into cameroon since friday nigeria believes the group wants to use cameroon as a base transit strives to carve out an islamist state. more than fifty people have been killed in heavy clashes across libya in the city of benghazi clashes occurred between libyan special forces islamist militants leaving many civilians dead and in the capital tripoli dozens of egyptian workers were killed when a rocket hit their home during clashes between rival militias battling over the city's main airport for the past two weeks libya has been facing a teary security situation many embassies have recently suspended work and evacuated all that. on. a small number of iraqi christians attended that church service in baghdad in a show of defiance to islamist militants today's service followed order by the islamic militant group giving christians an ultimatum to convert pay taxes or be put to death many of the christians have fled the conflict since about up to a million lived in iraq prior to the u.s. led invasion in two thousand and three now they make up fewer than half that number

weeks, sometimes months in the west of central africa to get to cameroon and cross the border.we see here is that in these camps, which are growing by the day, a child of two or less than five years old are mall nutritioned. and they represent 20% of the camp. as you said they have very traumatic experience. i remember interviewing a woman with two of her children who explained how she saw six of her eight children burn and die in front of her. you can imagine how difficult it is to pursue with your life and cope with your essential needs when you have lived through such high level of violence. >> absolutely. thanks indeed. ♪ >>> we're approaching the midway point on this program. more concerns over the quality of free food serves to millions of poor kids in india. >>> and in the murder capitol of the world, why so many are trying to escape honduras to start a new life in the u.s. >> yes! >>> and we'll take a look at the millionaire behind the bid for the l.a. clippers. the details in around 20 minutes. ♪ ♪ >>> good to have you with us. this is the news hour. adrian finighan wi

boka haram has kidnapped the wife of cameroon's vice prime minister.uge plast brought down three cooling towers this morning at a closed power plant in england after standing over the town for 40 years, they were completely demolished in 10 seconds. look at that. many people saw the towers as iconic. hundreds gathered at a distance just do watch all of that action unfold, ignoring directions from officials to stay home. >> all overt world, the nuclear power industry is trying to recover from the 2011 meltdown at japan's fukushima plant. a new plant is getting ready to start up in tennessee. robert ray was given unprecedented access to the a reactor under construction that will be the first in the u.s. to go online this century. >> this leads to the reactor core. >> right in here. >> you may not have heard of the watts bar nuclear power plant. >> this is where the side of the plant that makes electricity. >> but this 1700-acre site in tennessee is now 90% complete. >> nuclear power, you can't hear it. you can't see it. you can't smell it. >> yet it's th

. >> i mean, i think the scenario from cameroon, the entire population in cameroon of elephants justsappeared. and one month is it, it8n was sh a brutal -- >> this is a an example of the terrorist groups the state department and president obama and secretary clinton believe are involved in the so-called horse gangs went into northern cameroon in one case and wiped out a population 450 elephants. a complete decimation. they see the elephant as sort of cash to be harvested. >> it is. the prices have in 2010 you would get $750 for kilo of ivory and now it's $2,500 or something like that. so there's a lot of cash. >> rose: is the biggest demand coming from china. >> i think it is coming from china. >> started out as an emerging middle class. >> exactly emerging middle class and that's where the demand is it's seen as a status item. i think the united states has import and demand center and also really sets a lot of the framework for the rest of the world. the world follows the united states. for better or for worse but i think for here hopefully it's for better because the united states

to cross border attacks into cameroon since friday nigeria believes the group wants to use cameroon as a base as it strives to carve out an islamic state. with fifty people have been killed in heavy clashes across libya in the city of benghazi clashes occurred between libyan special forces and islamist militants even many civilians dead and in the capital tripoli dozens of egyptian workers were killed when a rocket hit their home during clashes between rival militias battling over the city's main airport for the past fortnight libya has been facing a deteriorating security situation many embassies recently suspended work and the fact you waited all diplomats. be honored it is. a small number of iraqi christians attended a church service in baghdad in a show of the fines to islamic militants today service followed an order by the islamic militant group giving christians an ultimatum to convert pay taxes or be put to death many of the christians have since fled the country. up to a million lived in iraq prior to the u.s. led invasion in two thousand and three they make up fewer than half

there is one person each from switzerland, belgium, egypt, ukraine, nigeria, cameroon and mali. all six crew members are from spain. the plane may have crashed in mali. >> translator: despite intensive search efforts, no trace of the aircraft has been found. the plane probably crashed around gao in northern mali. >> two reconnaissance planes from a military base in neighboring niger will join in the search. france president, francois hollande, says his thoughts were with the families of those on board and everything will be done to find the plane. >>> police officers from australia will soon be heading to eastern ukraine. they'll help with the investigation into of the malaysian airli killed in the crash. >> we are ready to deploy au help secure th an international team under united nations authority. >> prime minister abbott said pro-russian separatists have prevented a thorough search of the crash site. he said 50 australian police officers are preparing for their mission. all 298 people on malaysia airlines fli lastwh shot down. but international experts assessing the remains

>> the scenario from cameroon, the entire population of elephants just disappeared in one month -- wast? it was such brutality. it was people from chad. >> the terrorist groups that the state department, president obama, secretary clinton believe are involved in this, the horse games went into northern cameroon and wiped out a population of 450 elephants. complete decimation. they see it as cash to be harvested. >> the prices in 2010 you would get $750 per kilo of ivory and now it's $2500, something like that. there's a lot of cash. >> is the biggest demand coming from china? >> it's the emerging middle class. it's where the biggest demand is. it is seen as a status item. it is still an important demand center and it also really sets the framework for the rest of the world. for better or for worse, but for here hopefully it's for better because the u.s. is very much a leader in this area. we've taken a lot of steps legally and on the enforcement side of the rest of the world seems to be following which opens good. >> what are the steps? >> we've really focused on enforcement. really no

. >> let's talk about this thing with cameroon's team. >> yes. breaking news. >> sports fixer in asia, a gambler predicted in one of its first-round games, that cameroon would lose 4-0, and predicted that a certain player would get a red card and get objected. >> right.. >> raising questions about whether the game was fixed. >> he predicted the score and the red card and he's a notorious match fitcher. >> match fixing has been a problem. particularly in the african federation. there are a lot of problems with players getting paid by their host countries, the gardenan team almost wept on strike because of problems with their payment, and it shows a lot of ipp ekalties, another thing that makes it a story that lasts is that sepp blatter, much of his base of support comes from the african continent. it will be interesting to see if the corruption scandal, the match-fixing scandal tied to his leadership. >> we have to talk wimbledon. >> tragedy. >> this was sad to watch, serena williams, an all-time great. we are seeing here walking off the court. le

this time in cameroon. three were killed, and the wife of the vice prime minister was kidnapped. the attacks happened in a northern town. boko haram has been going into cameroon in the last few weeks since they deployed troops to stop them. the town's major, a religious leader, was also kidnapped. >>> the end of ramadan is upon us. for muslims, it means many things. >> translation: we need peace so we cab live -- can live again. the violence must not continue. we are one people >>> coming up preparations for the eid. >>> later - coping with the refugee crisis along the american border. you're watching al jazeera america. ah, got it. these wifi hotspots we get with our xfinity internet service are all over the place. hey you can stop looking. i found one. see? what do you think a wifi hotspot smells like? i'm thinking roast beef. want to get lunch? get the fastest wifi hotspots and more coverage on the go than any other provider. xfinity, the future of awesome. >>> muslims around the world are celebrating eid on july 28th, marking the end of fatting for ramadan -- fasting for rama

the nigerian-based group has been going in to cameroon. the town's mayor, a religious leader, was kidnapped in a second assault. >>> the final journey of the "costa concordia", is over. it was brought from giglio where it capsized years ago. >> translation: we know that what happened took place due to an error someone made. it was a tragic ech, and we are not -- event and we are not here to celebrate. >> over the next few months crews will remove furniture and other heavy items. in the mediterranean the italian coast guard g rescued migrants from a small boat. officials are among thousands fleeing north africa. 500 died in the mediterranean in the past six months. >>> asylum seekers who tried to enter australia by boat are and sri lanka. it stirred controversy after australian authorities held them for weeks. the deportees are back at square one. >> reporter: glad to be alive. this 30-year-old is back in sri lanka after a failed attempt to hake it to new zealand -- make it to new zealand by boat. >> translation: we ran out of fuel. we ende

boko haram again hitting targets in northern cameroon after they had a crack down on the group's activityre. the u.n. says south sudan is on the threshold of a full-blown famine, and fighting there continues. last year, fighting broke out between different factions of hasruling parties, and it killed thousands and displaced over 1.5 million people. >> the conflict in south sudan has taken almost everything from these people. they had no chance but to take efuge in the camp. it is mostly women and children who have come here, seeking safety away from the violence. >> the violence has been very bad since the fighting broke out. we have no food, and we have to survive on wild berries and. >> they say the situation south sudan is among the worst and could lead to famine. is no sign the country's civil war will end soon. farmers fromted planting crops. that means a situation is likely to get worse in the coming months. the intensified bombing and fighting during the planting season, may, june, and july, will likely have an impact on the harvest and the families they feed. warnedu.n. has alread

. >>> cameroon football association are to investigate 7 of players over allegations they were involved at the world cup. cameroon lost all matches and allegations were made in a german newspaper by convicted match fixer from singapore. this is the latest controversy for african teams at the world cup, both gahna and nigeria were in disputes over money. they take on switzerland in round 16 and massi is the best and this is one of four teams to win all four of the world cup games and face a tricky switzerland with players. >> translator: a great world cup and what all of us expected and what he expected, that is what his mates expected and that is what the whole argentine public expected and i'm very happy for the team in general and for him, it's obvious he is a key player for us and so is messi. >> reporter: the final round of 16 games features the united states taking on belgium, they won all three of their games to top group h and supporters of the teams have been arriving in one of the most historic cities and we report from salvadore. ♪ the calming notes reverberate off the walls o

. >> well, the german making sfwleen that a world cup match between cameroon and croatia may have been is asking the magazine to provide all of its conversations with a match fixer. the "new york times" obtained a confidential report by fifa and found that matches were fixed prior to the 2010 world cup, but fifa has been monitor and doubts that the fixing has gone on with this world cup. >>> last year's wimbledon champion went down. dmitrov will face novak djokovic. roger federer defeated a physical low swiss player. this will be his 35th major in his career. >>> check out this foul ball made at the detroit-oakland game there. a vendor actually grabs it, yes, with his bucket. check that out again. luckily, he didn't charge for it. he actually gave it to a young fan. not bad for sportsman-like conduct. back to you. >>> plus, a full house wedding with all the fixings. up next. would you consider a 4-star hotel that's up to 60% off, you just can't know the name? just no name? until you book. um... yeah, i'd do that! ♪ are you about to spend that on paper towels? mom: well, i use bounty...

. >> translator: most of my cameroon friends are already in kiev.we're trying to see if we can do the same thing. transfer our courses there. all of the f african students here just want piece. >> reporter: donetsk is a city of contrasts, a place where shells fall but flower beds are still tended to with loving care. it's all they can do, keep up appearances and hope for the best. >>> the russian government says the u.s. will feel what it calls the tangible losses from its destructive and my optic statements. that statement after washington and the european union announced more sanctions against russia. they target the energy, banking, and defense sectors. russia of course have made a trading partner with the eu. david shater has this report. >> reporter: the export of cut flowers brings a multi-million dollars bloom to the dutch economy each year. russia was a growing part of it, but each round of sanctions has blighted the business. brokers in this high-tech auction room are finding the falling ruble and rising energy costs for producers are prici

. >> the german magazine is claiming that a world cup match between cameroon and croatia may have been fixed. the fifa is asked them to share all of their conversations with a convicted felon. they found that prior to the 2010 world cup matches were fixed. fifa has been monitoring. >>> last year's wimbledon champion goes down. andy murray lost in straight sets to 11th seeded grigor dimitrov. he will face novak djokovic. roger federer, this will be his 35th major semifinal of his kreefrmt and check out this foul ball catch made at the detroit/oakland game. the vendor makes the grab with his bucket. luckily he didn't charge for it and he actually gave it to a young fan. that is sportsman like conduct. >>> the vatican's new take on exerror civil. plus, firefighters struck by lightning. >>> plus, police dumping this wheelchair bound man to the street. carmax is the best with a quick written offer, right on the spot. perfect for jeannine, who prefers not to have her time wasted. ...and time! thank you. your usual. she believes life's too short for inefficiencies. i now pronounce you husband

cameroon lost all of its matches and was eliminated with the worst record.nt football fans are collecting beer and drink cups sold at the side of the world -- brazilian football fans are collecting beer and drink cups sold at the site of the world cup. welcome back to "countdown." i am anna edwards. the time in london at 6:45 a.m. $90 million was awakened box office sales -- weekend box office sales for "transformers: age of extinction." china.shot partially in >> it certainly was. the morning to you. $90 million. it was $100 million. a strong support. the film has all of the elements of hong kong in it. you see the ferry there that is recognizable in many elements of chinese culture very shots of the great wall. you can understand why many fans lined the street of hong kong last month to catch a glimpse of the stars mark wahlberg and a number of chinese favorites. the movie has turned into a box office smash hit in china. that is partly because it features so heavily chinese actresses. $90 million the first weekend was set. the franchise earned $56 million

cameroon has become increasingly involved in the fight against the extremist group despite the group'sning to stay out of it to risk further attacks of the group still holds, boko haram, still holds hundreds of nigerian schoolgirls they kidnapped back in april. martha: house speaker john boehner prepares his lawsuit against president obama over his use of executive actions, some high-profile republicans have called, some of them for impeachment of the president but they're not only ones. the white house itself has been talking a lot about this potential impeachment even though a lot of members of the gop want nothing to do with it. it is being used by some democrats to drive up their fund-raising dollars. however house republican steve scalise talked to chris wallace this weekend. he says the whole impeachment thing is a ploy to distract voters. >> we're going to continue to be a check and balance against the administration. >> but impeachment is off the table. >> white house is ironically talking about impeachment and they're fund-raising. >> i'm asking you, sir. >> the white house wi

we are talking leaders like cameroon who is 82, we're talking about folks who are geriatric and a population that is under 30 and hungry and concerned and motivated but the gap is 46 years compared to 16 in the united states. beyond that economy you also have this sort of -- is not a ticking time bomb and terms of the population being dangerous, but a bunch of waiting for these leaders to move on and young people to assert authority in these hierarchical simple structures where people are encouraged to defer to elders and wait their turn. is a recipe for frustration but the book profiles different people are taking on that challenge and doing it in a way that is instructive for young people everywhere. >> one of the things you encourage in the book is to drop archaic language, first world, third world, developed world, developing world and you encourage us to replace it with the words that end lean. i wonder whether you are just trying to to poke us for having bad diets or where you are driving us with that distinction? i assume moving away from developed and developing is important because

i was watching the game between croatia and cameroon this afternoon, for real.nd found this moment so electrifying, i have dubbed it, our world cup play of the day. ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ [ applause ] >> jimmy: can we see that again in slow motion? you know, i had been watching almost all of the games. one thing i like is the player introductions. at the beginning of every game, they introduce the lineup and show each player folding their arms trying to look intimidating. but instead of looking intimidating, it just comes off as kind of odd. >> this is the first usa lineup without landon donovan for the first time since 1998. marcus beasley becoming the first american to play in four world cups. six of them are making their world cup debut. [ applause ] >> jimmy: i don't know ton about soccer, but there's a sports radio host that i like a lot. he hosts a show in new york, and they simulcast it on fox sports tv. yesterday, he interviewed the head coach of the st. john's university men's soccer team to talk about the world cup and soccer in general. in all my life, i do

this time in cameroon. according to reuters, the militant group called boco haram stormed the vice minister's home in the northern part of the country. killed at least three people, kidnapped the vice minister's wife and attacked his home. >> investigators are being kept from getting to the crash sooichlt find out whau a russian commander is now telling our reporter at the scene about what's going on. >> a little later, he's a professional cage fighter, but it's the deadly fight going on in his homeland that has his attention now. we'll have his story and why he says he's dropping his glove and picking up a gun. ♪ sweet, sweet, st. thomas nice ♪ ♪ so nice, so nice ♪ st. croix full of pure vibes ♪ so nice, so nice ♪ st. john a real paradise ♪ so nice, so nice ♪ proud to be from the virgin islands ♪ ♪ and the whole place nice [ female announcer ] to experience your virgin islands nice, book one of our summer packages today. for over 19 million people. [ alex ] transamerica helped provide a lifetime of retirem

you talk about china, et cetera, but in your testimony, talked about cameroon. can you tell us what opportunities are there for american made goods and services on the continent of africa? >> africa is the home to six or seven of the fastest growing economies in the world. i just returned two weeks ago. there are great needs in power, transportation, water. i was in angola, who agreed to buy a billion dollars of locomotives and power units, so there are enormous opportunities, but we face intense competition from china, which will provide financing for any and all exports going to africa. quickly, i went to meet with trans net, as a result, split their order between the united states and china. and the ceo told me point-blank china offered 10, 15, 20 years. what terms do you need and what rate do you need to pay and we'll make it work. >> now, let me ask this in my little time that i have left. how does the size of xm bank, its particular mission and the terms it is able to offer compare with other foreign export credit agencies? >> well, china as i mentioned, i

we have stranded border control, establishing a systemized border control, with cameroon, chad, niger, to ensure that these people don't cross the border. >> as recently as today, an explosion caused by boko haram. is there any sense that the military is in any way flailing trying to gain control over a very shadowy terrorist movement? >> let me make this clear. attacking boko haram, is not a sure business. this is a group that has struck over 1000 times, the armed force he are facing a worldwide global al qaeda challenge and it takes more than just one strike to deal with it. that's why we are making progress -- we are making progress, it may be slow to the world but it is steady and consistent. >> we understand that president jonathan has just met for the first time with the families and survivors of the initial attack on the girls. why did it take so long and what can he tell them to assure them the girls are going to come back? >> i can assure you that what the president told the parents of the girls was convincing, facing confidence what the president said. >> but many of them ha

. >>> cameroon's football association are to investigate seven of their players over allegations theyvolved in match fixing at the world cup. they lost all three matches. the allegations were made in a german newspaper by a match maker from singapore. both ghana and nigeria were embroiled in disputes over money. all eyes will be on messi on tuesday. argentina's coach says messi is the best player at the world cup. the south american cup is just one of four teams to have won all three of their world cup games, but they face a tricky switzerland side packed with experienced players from across europe. >> translator: messi is having a great world cup. that's what all of us expected. that's what he expected. that's what his mates expected, and the whole argentine public expected. so i'm very happy for the team in general, and also for him. it's obvious he is a key player for us. >>> our correspondent joins me now life from bane necessary ireries. how are people there feeling about messi right now? >> well, i think maybe surprised by his grandfather's opinion. i think the opinion of most p

cameroon, over half the exports that went to cameroon we financed. why? it's hard to get any bank to step forward. in places like western europe we do very little business because the banks are able to do it. japan, we hardly do business because it's a well-defined banking system. >> is xm doing enough to going to the private market and not finding capital before going to the banks? >> i think that gets into sort of the underwriting and what they are doing in terms of looking at eligibility and analysis done there. we have work under way right now looking at that. that work is not yet complete. i would point out we made some recommendations back in '07. this is just to clarify a point, though xm has been cooperative and agreed with our recommendations, not all have yet been implemented. there are some back from '07 that look at this economic impact that it's still working on. >> okay. let me ask also in terms of the numbers and what numbers are right. both sides of this debate are claiming numbers that support their case based on different accounting meth

the cameroon guy who was the original -- >> the one who was really in charge of the entire mission. >> de lare's contacts in new york. their response was always whenever he would give them a report from the field and typically with political leadership is you want to trust the people in the field giving feedback because they are the ones that are actually in the physical situation but they didn't regard anything he had to say. their response was no, you're straying from the bounds of your mission. i think ultimately that was -- to me, it was the most concerning. >> it's so striking to de lare how frequently people he's appealing to are playing defense. they seem to be looking for ways to actively avoid what he's calling for or what seems to be compelling based on the circumstances. >> often this is out of self-interest. one has to of course analyze motives and take a lot of things into account here but it seems that at times people who should be in sight site 20 clsh 20. we look back and at blatant self interest that seems to be happening or the careerism is particularly concerning. >

johannesburg and said the problems in his province, he found solutions to from an individual of cameroonhad a conversation with for the first time on campus. faith was at the university of texas in austin and she learned so much from her cohort about digital media and how to use it and that's going to accrue to the benefit of young south africans this need the skill sets. >> the friendship program has been renamed in honor of nelson mandela. you got to south africa shortly before he died and saw that painful transition. >> yes, yes. >> one generation to the next. >> remarkable time. obviously, we all know that president obama and three of the former presidents came down because this was a once in a lifetime, remarkable leader but i think that the 500 young people in that room yesterday and the 50,000 young africans who applied to get into this program really are grabbing the torch from mandela and his generation and saying that this will, indeed, be an african century in partnership with americans. >> faith, how painful is it to you to see the terror in nigeria and elsewhere, a governmen

other reports say the girls were taken even further out of reach to neighboring cameroon and chad.uman rights watch says the terror group is waging war in the northeast and the vast borno state is its biggest target. so far, they say, more than 1 4rksz 00 civilians in borno alone have been killed by the militant this is year. and beyond the stronghold, the group is suspected of attacks in the country's capital, including the bombing of a bus station in april and another at a shopping center in june. although the fate of the school girls is still uncertain, experts say they are sure of one thing -- attacks in nigeria by boko haram are on the rise. >> all right, we have a few uplifting stories now to get you up to speed on, events at the commonwealth games will begin in the scottish city of glasgow and nearly 1400 medals are up for grabs. amara is eager to get one of them. prince charles is among those checking out the facilities. his mother, of course queen elizabeth, opened the games at celtic park stadium. >> and around 4, 500 athletes are taking part in the games. the opening cer

can do, try to highlight this great pressure, not just on nigeria but rur sounding governments, cameroony to in a sense form a government pincher that limits boko haram and work with the nigerian military and try to raise the costs when they go out and slaughter young muslim men in the north, thereby creating more support. at the end of the day, there's only so much you can do pushing from afar. unfortunately, so far the president, goodluck jonathan and the military completely dropped the ball. malala is the only grown-up out there. >> a 17-year-old on her birthday renewed the wish to get them free. it is a shocking turn of events. we're not -- a slow-motion shocker, if you will. the fact this played out over the course of a quarter of a year. >> and of course, not just those girls, so many other teachers have been attacked, schools attacked. girls who aren't able be to attend school, and you know it would be great to see this become a moment when we could support education more broadly. >> well, part of it begins with people writing great columns, renewing our attention on it. always gr

group responsible for kidnapping more than 200 school girls in nigeria has struck again, this time cameroonrding to reuters. the militant group called boca haram killed at least three people and kidnapped the vice prime minister's wife as well. >>> pope francis has accepted an invitation to visit the u.s. in the fall of 2015. during the world meeting of families in philadelphia, it would be the popular pontiff's first visit to the u.s. as pope. i want to bring in professor brent strong, who teaches religion and theology at emery university and is an ordained minister. this is huge news for american catholics, something that benedict first agreed to, and francis seems to have said yes to, but he's kind of walking into the lion's den, isn't he? >> there has been some scuttle, of course, with pope francis and the archbishop of philadelphia, especially early on. the archbishop seemed to adopt a wait and see attitude about the pope. but that seems to have been smoothed over recently. the archbishop says he's never spoken ill of the holy father and will not critique the pope, and they share a lot

we know where the girls are being held, in the forest on the border with cameroon.erian government just doesn't have the capabilities to go in. and we understand that boko haram have -- they have mined, land mined around the area where the girls are being held. and the worry is that any attempt to rescue them could trigger some kind of horrifying mass killing. but speaking to nigerians back in the north of nigeria, brooke, their biggest concern is those girls will be forgotten, as we come to the 83rd and 84th day since this abduction, people will start to lose help and forget them. so i think just talking about this with you today, continuing to remind people that those girls are still out there. and that hope shouldn't be lost. because like these girls and women that managed to escape, maybe there might be a chink of an opportunity, chink of light these girls might be able to take. but just remembering these girls, i think, is the most important thing we can do for them for now. >> keeping up the conversation, keeping up dialogue and the awareness, we will. nima el

michael steven hoza to be ambassador to the republic of cameroon. joan a.polasch i want k of virginia to be ambassador to the people's democratic republic of algeria. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to the vote on the andre nomination. without objection, all time is yielded back. question occurs on the nomination. all those in favor signify by saying aye. opposed? the ayes have it. the ayes appear to have it. the nomination is approved. under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to the vote on the hoza nomination. without objection, all time is yielded back. the question occurs on the hoza nomination. all those in favor signif signiy saying aye. opposed? the nominee nation approved. under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate on the polaschik nomination. without objection, all time is yielded back. the question occurs on the polaschik nomination. all those in favor signify by saying aye. opposed? the ayes appear to ha

>> the border that is separate nigeria from cameroon and chad are little more than lines on a piece of paper drawn by the british, french and germans at the end of the 19th century, the area is a kind of geographical and cultural unity, and operatives for boko haram, as well as perfectly legitimate traders pass back and forth across them. the french president held a meeting with heads of state in paris last month to work out what might be a better way for the states involved to coordinate. >> the pakistani school girl shot by the taliban saying what she wants for her 17t 17th birthday is for the girls to be brought back home. with that type of high profile attention brought to the cries, are you convinced it will once again go back on page one? >> it's very hard to know. page one is very crowded these days, particularly with isis and the palestinian or the gaza crisis involving palestine and israel. this cries has gone on for a long time and there has been relatively little change in the situation. we know fundamentally little more than we knew six weeks ago. not much is changing. >> t

principle deputy assistant secretary of state for south asian affairs and positions in pakistan, india, cameroon, banine, togo and haiti in the 32 years since 194 the. she's the mother of two grown daughters. they have served a huge service of their professional career. proudly rep sent the united states as they do their business and raise their families abroad or are ambassadors in a different way. a head of business development for investment management, he also serves as a member of the united states holocaust memorial council. his business background, he served with international discount telecommunication. '02-'06, he was director of strategic planning. from 1999-2001, previously vice president of marketing and strategic in monteray. he began his career after his bachelor's and master's degree in georgetown serving for proctor and gamble. welcome. it's good to have you here. finally, charles adam social security the managing parter in of the geneva office international law firm. he has worked in geneva for over 20 years serving as managing partner for two law firms and his practice focuses

the cameroon guy who was the original -- >> the one who was really in charge of the entire mission. >> de lare's contacts in new york. their response was always whenever he would give them a report from the field and typically with political leadership is you want to trust the people in the field giving feedback because they are the ones that are actually in the physical situation but they didn't regard anything he had to say. their response was no, you're straying from the bounds of your mission. i think ultimately that was -- to me, it was the most concerning. >> it's so striking to de lare how frequently people he's appealing to are playing defense. they seem to be looking for ways to actively avoid what he's calling for or what seems to be compelling based on the circumstances. >> often this is out of self-interest. one has to of course analyze motives and take a lot of things into account here but it seems that at times people who should be in sight site 20 clsh 20. we look back and at blatant self interest that seems to be happening or the careerism is particularly concerning. >

. >> there is actually a story, cameroon may have fixed a match in this world cup. >> really? >> der spiegel has a story, a guy says there are seven bad apples on this team. he predicted the exact score and the exact red card that happened. >>> this is a red, white examine blue body suit. it's called a morph suit. andrew, i think you should wear that today. >> on the commercial break, try that on. >> i'm going to put it on right now. can i ask a serious question? >> these are all privilege husband questions we've been asking? >> why in the world cup is it not knockouts from day one? >> wow, you're going deep on this. i thought it was going to be joe's arguing penalty kicks. you don't like the group stage of the world cup? >> no, i don't. >> i want it to be like every other -- >> i'll tell you what, did you hear what dennis miller said, ending these games in this round the way they're winning, it's like taking a winner of the masters with a windmill hole, a putt putt hole -- arguably, the defining moment of the sochi olympics was what? hockey purists hated it, but the rest of t

boko haram needs to be addressed because they just kidnapped the vice minister's wife in cameroon. and as well, we need to be table to -- need to be able to bring about some solution to the devastation of ebola in liberia. there are many issues. we should not go home. we should address them. we need to get to work and do what is right by the people of the world and the american people. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or on which the vote incurs objection under clause 6 of rule 20. record votes on postponed questions will be taken later. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> i move to suspend the rules and the bill h.r. 44 6. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the bill. e clerk: a bill to allow solicitations for passenger air and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from pennsylva