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. >> reporter: yes, the latest we've been hear something overnight the clashes spread into its capitol city. now in the past few hours there were reports of renewed heavy fighting outside and inside. of course, this is a huge concern because the hope was that the issue would remain contained in the capitol city. but once you see spread outside the capitol could there be a domino effect? could we see other states as well affected? that's where things get a little bit messy. this political dispute between the president and his former deputy, both of whom belong to competing tribes, could take on a whole new dynamic of possible tribal clashes, wider tribal clashes. that is the concern that many observers have now. we've also seen citizen citizen- citizen--civilians take refuge. many people still refuse to go leave the compounds despite assurances that everything is under control. >> reporter: afraid for theirs r lives. these people are looking for a safe place to hide for from the hiding. the message from their government, go home. >> when you came here you were looking for peace. now there is

. >>> samantha power first going to a hospital in the capitol city.he hospital has been overrun with the wounded. she is also scheduled to meet with the religious and political leaders. >>> ousted egyptian president would be put to death if he is found guilty of charges against him. he was ak kuszed of conspiring with foreign groups to commit acts of terrorism. the egyptian .military deposing morsi back in july. >>> it took a jury just 90 minutes to reach a verdict in a case that shocked britain, two men found guilty of hacking a soldier to death last may. >> reporter: the two young men, both in their 20s, convicted today of the murder of that soldier, back in may on the streets of london in brood daylight. what they were not found guilty of, however, was attempted murder of a police officer. a team said while the two were in possession of a firearm, the firearm was in such disrepair that it was no threat to anybody. while they did have a firearm, they didn't intend to kill any police officers because they wanted to be shot down on the streets of lond

we have more from the capitol city of juba. >> reporter: people say this is why the u.s. plane was shot at. bor is controlled by the rebels. they say when they saw the aircraft coming they didn't know they were coming to evacuate people. thinking it was the enemy they started shooting at it. the plane had to turn around and go back to uganda. there was panne pandemonium on e ground. the problem is those who were meant to be evacuated haven't been evacuated and they're worried about what is going to happen to them. foreign ministers have met and said give them one week to meet. no one knows where machar is, but he said the only way he's going to talk is for the president so resign. the president has refused to do this. people are worried about the situation on the ground. and the general of the army has joined the rebellion and will work to overthrow the government. people are concerned about what is going to happen next. in south sudan. >> secretary of state john kerry has sent an envoy to join the talks to avert a full blown civil war in south sudan. the united nations a

geoff and his team touch down in port vila, capitol city of the island chain.ere, they'll buy supplies and make final arrangements for their expedition, but getting this accomplished in a town with its own relaxed island pace is proving to be quite a challenge. the following day, the weather is clear, finally giving the team an opportunity to fly. geoff: it's a very stressful business planning exactly which is going to be the perfect day for weather to fly up there. there is no weather forecast for the middle of nowhere. the weather in port vila can be dramatically different from the weather up the mountain. different from the weather up the mountain. laila: the plane from port vila can only take the team to the edge of ambrym island. from there, a helicopter will transport them and their equipment to the top of the volcano. geoff: every time we go up there, the weather is always appalling. you're flying in the helicopter. you dump all your gear wherever you can up the top of the mountain, and the helicopter gets out of it before the weather gets so bad that it

the thai king turns 85 years old, and rival sides arement coming together to clean up the capitol city>> reporter: in less than a day it went from rows of riot police to rows of street sweepers. with a truce in place, workers cleared and scrubbed the area around the monument. these two pitched in. in previous days protesting. but today cleaning. traveling in from the privileged part of bangkok, the two have been friends for years. >> at least we make a point and make the -- our presence felt. and that even though the goal may be remote -- >> reporter: that goal being the resignation of the prime minister. >> the government still insists that they -- they don't care about millions of people that come out, and they still think that things are normal. >> reporter: on the other side of town they are still protesting. they came to the police headquarters demanding there be investigations into the shootings over the weekend. among them were these two. the friends work for the same company in a nearby office. they too have been protesting together. for over a month, heading to the rallies dur

here is more from the capitol city of jew bah. >> reporter: sending in more troops will really go a longay. they need all the help they can get in trying to protect the civilians who have fled the fight. there are still diplomatic efforts to try to get the two sides to sit down and agree to peace talks. the un delegation is flying in later this afternoon. we with hearing that both sides say they are willing to talk. but the former.has said he wants these talks to take place in ethiopia, because he thinks that will be a more neutral venue, but this is the mourning headlines here in jub bah. the president saying he is not sure about the people in his government, he is not sure about who he can trust. he has one quote, he basically said some people are sitting here in government with us, that are deeply involved in the coup. we aren't erasing them because we don't know who they are. so it remains to be seen whether this mistrust and issues will delay these peace talks. because if the two sides agree to meet and talk perhaps the violence we see now could end. >>> 150 marines are headed to so

now the latest from the capitol city of juba. >> reporter: sending in more troops will really help theituation here. there are still diplomatic efforts to try to get the sides to sit down and talk to peace talks. we are hearing that both sides say they are willing to talk but there are conditions. the former vice president has said he wants these talks to take place in ethiopia, because he think that would be a more neutral venue. this is the morning headlines here. the president saying that he is not sure about the people in his go. he is not sure about who he can trust. here is one quote he states, some people are sitting here in government with us in this house. they are deeply involved in the coup. we aren't erasing them because we don't know who they are. so it remains to be seen whether this mistrust or the other issues will delay these peace talks that many people are hoping will happen. if the two sides agree to talk perhaps the violence will end. >> reporter: a powerful blast tore through egypt today. peter reports. >> reporter: this was the biggest car bomb that egypt has see

we have more from the capitol city of juba. >> reporter: people say this is why the u.s. plane was shot at. bor is controlled by the rebels. they say when they saw this aircraft coming they they didn't know they were coming to evacuate people. thinking it was the enemy, it was shot at. there was pandemonium on the ground as people ran away trying to get out of harms' way as the problem started. people who were supposed to be evacuated were not evacuated and they're worried what is going to happen to them. president kiir and his former deputy machar. no one knows where machars but he said the that the only way he would sit down and talk with the president is if those who have been arrested and flown to ethiopia and that the president resigns, but the president refuses to do this. the army general said he has join the rebellion and will work to overthrow the government. people are concerned about what is going to happen next. in south sudan. >> secretary of state john kerry has sent an envoy. even as hundreds of soldiers mobilized the united nations is leading the effort to

. >> from the capitol city of j yub. >> soldiers from the army have defected and joined rebels loyal at the time former vice president riek machar. the u.n. is having a really tough time dealing with thousands of people, running to their bases for shelter. earlier i talked to toby lanza the u.n. coordinator. >> very, very tense in the past few days, i've just come off my phone in the office there. the tension continues, there are skirmishes that are ongoing. not only the parties who are having this political struggle for power here, it's also now armed youth who are increasing reply taking nature into their own hands in different parts of jonglei state. we will do whatever we can in the united nations to make sure the people who have sought refuge, over 15,000, that they will be safe. >> will everything be done to stop a civil war to break out? >> well, everything will be done, i'm focusing first and foremost making sure the people are safe and do the best we can getting to them on time, those engaged in that process to do everything they can to bring people back to the table to talk

voted to send a peace keeping force into dozens of people were killed in the gun fight in the capitol city. it has been plagued by lawlessness. john kerry finished meetings with heeds of state today, he reassured prime minister of america's devotion to the country's relationship, calling their bond -- unbreakable, this comes after he publicly opposed the u.s. signing a nuclear deal with iran. computer scientists at the university of illinois at chicago are taking three computer imaging to the extreme. w the ultimate video game console. in this stunning 320-degree cav vern, data comes to live. numbers transform into a flight skimming the surface of mars. known as the k 2, this was dreamed up by computer scientists at the university of illinois chicago. >> a project room or a war room where you hang up pieces of paper and photographs. and you take them to the wall so you can see a lot of different data. >> at the same time. but today all data is stored in computers, and rather than print them out, and tape them to the walls we wanted electronic walls are you can display information. >> the k

it's about 550 miles from the capitol city of moscow. blast happening six weeks before the winter games in sochi. peter sharp has the details. >> reporter: the chaotic aftermath of the attack on a railway station. a body lies on the ground as the emergency services scramble to treat survivors. regional officials say a women set off explosives near metal detectors near an entrance to the main train station. the blast captured on camera. the station was packed with thousands of people leaving on their chris mat holidays. inevitably the attack killed and injured dozens of people. inning. >> according to preliminary investigation the power of this explosion was the he whiff lent 10 rounds of tnt. there would have been many more victims if it weren't for the so-called guarding at the train take, preventing the suicide bombing from getting in where at the time there were lots of people because three trains were late. >> reporter: in the same southern city in october 7 people died in a suicide bomb on the ground a bus, the woman behind that att

that development fired up protestors in the capitol city of kiev who were joined this afternoon by republican senator john mccain of arizona and democrat chris murphy of connecticut. they told the crowd of more than 200,000 that americans support their resistance. protestors want closer ties to europe, not russia. on friday the united states said it was freezing the assets of dozens more companies, it says violated the sanctions against iran. today iran responded. our elizabeth palmer is in tehran. she spoke with iran's foreign affairs minister mohammed javad zarif. what did he say? >> reporter: he restated iran's position and that is that if the u.s.'s main concern with iran is its nuclear program, then sanctions have just made it worse. >> i believe sanctions have failed. they failed because when sanctions started, iran had less than 200 centrifuges. now it has 19,000. so a simple calculation will show that sanctions have not produced the results that they were designed to produce. >> reporter: now the united states would argue that those sanctions have produced enough economic pressure on

city. >> weeks of protest in kiev. and protestors march on the capitol. >> a head injury in a sea accident. >> a suicide bomber has attacked a train station in southern russia killing at least 15 people, another 34 have been injured. it happened in the southern city of volgograd. comes just months before the russian winter olympics are set to start. >> a body lice on the ground -- lies on the ground as merge services the blast captured on camera. the station was packed with thousands of people leaving on their christmas holidays. inevitably, the attack killed and injured dozens of people. >> according to preliminary information the power of this explosion was the equivalent of 10 kill greams o kilograms of t. prevented the suicide bomber from getting through the metal detector into thing hall at the time there were lots of people because three trains were late. >> seven people died on a suicide bombing, the woman behind that was from the republic of dagustan. sochi lice just 400 kilometers from the troubled districts of chech nachechnya and dagustan. >>>

the fighting continues in the streets of the capitol city that is normally quiet. i think the most disturbing feature is that it is moving along ethnic lines. even though the tensions at the root of this conflict take on tribal, or interethnic tone. through a decade long war with the north, and the product of the libbuation movement, so they know the pain and danger of a civil war, and the message we want to sent to officials is to avoided that from happening again. avoided subjecting their people whoudan, and pushing it forward. >> i want to get to that point in just a moment. let me see if with youky be really clear with what is going on. what's happening here? is this as president maintains the army fighting off an attack by soldiers alied to the former vice president? or is this president taking advantage of this military flair up to crack down on those in the military, and elsewhere, who have altercation, and the fact that he has gone and arrest add number of senior former government officials, that counts up to 10, i think. if not 11, including the secretary

a group in baton rouge, louisiana, wants to breakaway from the state's capitol city blaming poor educationit has half the signatures it needs to go to voters. >> jeffy doesn't miss a moment with his grandchildren on the north end of baton rouge. >> i enjoy all the time i can. >> even though they're not in school he knows education is key to a better life. >> i want them to go to school and learn as much as they can. >> but that's a challenge where 60% of public school children are not learning at grade level. >> how many more generations of children do you have to dis-serve before we say let's try something different. >> they claim they're pushing for a different plan for better schools. by breaking away from east baton rouge parish and creating a new city. st. george would b would be theh largest city in the state. >> is it all about education? >> it's totally all about education. we came in to this say be we want to take control of our schools. >> it would take more than just at accountability. the city could cost the city at large $53 million, 20% of the budget. and st. george would be

crimes against civilians do not go unpunished, thousands of people have taken refugee in the capitol city's international airport which has been secured by french soldiers. fighting between christians and muslims have spread across the country. peace keepers troops are trying to stop the violence and keep it from spreading further. >> reporter: another peacekeeping force in the making. dress rehearsals for a ceremony on thursday that ushers in another military acronym for a country on the brink of more killing with the threat of genocide. the initial support mission to central africa republic, will double their number to 6,000. with the military build up more political pressure is prayering down on the c.a.r.'s interim president. >> we have discussed the transition to rally and assist on what needs to be done to prevent further atrocity crimes. in other words, it is critical that the message comes from himself to make sure that nobody will be immune from prosecution. >> reporter: here killing has not diminished just like it hasn't in the capitol. it's clear that boulder military action is n

well, the capitol city has been relatively calm. that doesn't mean that nothing takes place here, but across the rest of the division of cities and towns the violence was nonstop for one month. it just hasn't been reported too much internationally, there is a continuum of violence every day. police are having a tough time, actually, putting things under control. >> on the election that was stated for january the fifth? that is if the election takes place, considering the ground reality, although they are banned from participating in the election, the party itself is not banned. they do have supporting the rule, many of the -- the highest number was 18, so there is a possible a lot of support may not turn out thank you for joining us. live from dhaka. now, the israeli government has cancel add controversy bill to resettle nearly 30,000 living there. the plan would have pushed them from their villages and forced them to live in towns. nearly 200,000 live in the southern dessert region. the settlements are not recognized by israel, and

more on the tense situation in the capitol city. just looking like a muslim here and make you a target. they say he is a general, they want to kill him. he says he is just a local businessman. they arrest the man, taking him away. >> in another suburb of the city, a man is carries to safety, he has been stabbed. locals accuse him of being part of anti-balica, a mainly christian group. >> we asked where he was from, he couldn't tell us. >> french soldiers have a difficult task, there are thousands of armed people in the city, and french forces are under a u.n. mandate to disarm them. the french stop this pickup, they are told to move away from the vehicle. the french soldiers here say they found weapons and grenades inside the cars of these men. the cars have been confiscated you can see they are arrested with their hands behind their backs. french soldiers have told us these mean are the same people responsible for an exchange of fire earlier, close to the airport. >> our priority is the same. it is to security this zone so we can g

. >> reporter: so from the capitol city where once he had been sentenced to life in prison to which heeturn as president, now back to his roots. wife and ex-wife comfortable each other as the last leg of the journey began. >> i think we see him now. nelson mandela and the procession accompanying the body turning the corner and into the soft rolling hills. this is an area of which he himself wrote that he spent the happiest years of his childhood. this is nelson mandela not just on a journey to his final resting place, but coming home. [♪ singing ] >> rest in peace, father. father of the nation. >> at the house that mandela built in the hills filled with traditional belief, the elders were there to greet him. the state steps back and his family steps in. and on sunday nelson mandela will be given to the ancestors. al jazeera, qunu, south africa. >> the focus is now on qunu. they will hold a funeral on sunday. >> reporter: sunday is going to be a very emotional day for nelson mandela's family, the people who knew and loved him. the back ground, that is where the homestead is. on saturday

angry mobs set fires in central african republic and nearly 500 people have been killed in the capitol cityangui. in lebanon many families are enduring freezing temperatures and are not receiving help because they're not registered with the united nations. >>> and kenya's high court ordering health workers back to work. workers are angry about the resolution to decentralize health system. >>> there are 6,000 african union soldiers on there way to central african republic. james bays has more. >> reporter: african troops along with french forces now have the difficult task of restoring order to the natural l african republic. there are supposed to be 6,000 african soldiers, but they're likely to be slow to arrive. in mali, a force made up of african nations is supposed to be 12,000 strong, but so far only half that number has arrived. iit highlights the problems, of peacekeeping, the budget and the ability to pay for it all. lie bear i can't, mali, a mission in south sudan, and disputed territory between i sun and south sudan. and the a.u. have large peacekeeping force in somalia as well as

pittsburgh band boarded bus today's to catch a flight bound for england capitol city. >> it's really a big deal. not only for what our accomplishment are but for the kid. most have never been on the air plane and this is their first plane ride will be international to london. >> kahn imagine how excited they are. oak grove marching band members from san jose join the band in the uk for the 2014 celebration. london new year's eve parade like times square draws hundreds of thousands of spectator and millions of viewers on television. quite thrilling and an honor. >> starbucks customers have been showing their holiday cheer in big way. drive through customers at this connecticut starbucks have been paying it forward and then some. so far more than 1,000 people have paid for the person behind them. and not just on the east coast. in nevada 73 customers in a row paid it ford. in north carolina one woman posted her starbucks gift card on facebook urging people to use it. instead something very special happened. >> people are releading it. they are paying it forward buying it for strangers.

this mall is in the capitol city of bangkok. claims it gets more than 100,000 visitors every day.l media is especially popular in thailand. last year's winner was an airport in bangkok, neither is popular as jasper the dog or meatloaf. >> onused army mega blimp? space peas? today the report on government waste that will have you clinging to your wallets. welcome, everyone, this is "your world." the 2013 waste book it out. 30 billion of your tax daryl win down the drain. topping the lest, the president's botched healthcare web site. okayed is here to break it down. let's start with the web site. >> yes, that web site. >> how much the waste book says how much was wasted there?

them in beirut of course, they are throughout the country but a number of them in lebanon, in the capitol cityirut as well. so you are talking about a presence that is very important. and let us not forget that syria has occupied lebanon and militarily for three decades and even though they are withdrawn in 2005, on march 14 members still believe the presence is subtle but present so the issues are not going away, lebanon is still unstable and as long as the syrian developments are the way they are lebanon will be effected and see more of these types of unfortunate tragedies. >> reporter: good to speak to you and get your thoughts and that leads us to comments that the army general made to us earlier and he talks about the assassination in beirut is directly related to the crisis in syria. >> we didn't expect assassination and we did not expect this operation in lebanon. in the last two months and also in the next few months and since there is escalation in the operation in syria on both sides, what did they expect in lebanon also. and killing people, innocent people in the southern suburbs of

. >> reporter: but the man the world most reveres wanted to be buried far from the capitol city in the village he called his home, even when politics became his life. born in the british empire, he will be buried in a distant corner of a country that is in every sense his. the man who made the miracle of modern south africa, who brought a nation with him on his long walk to freedom. though the world now mourns and presidents will visit, it is ode south africans who gain from his struggle and in finding out what this democracy looks like without him. >> woodruff: a short time ago, i spoke with lydia polgreen, johannesburg bureau chief for the "new york times." lydia polgreen, thank you for talking with us. >> my pleasure, judy. >> woodruff: how are south africans reacting today to mandela's death? are they all black and white united in their view of him? >> overwhelmingly i would say yes. today i was outside his home in an upscale suburb of johannesburg. and there were not just black and white, there were, you know, yalmke and muslim knitted prayer caps. there were young and old, people

. >>> california's capitol city is officially in the holiday spirit.overnor jerry brown and his wife ann and their dog attended a tree lighting ceremony outside the state capitol. the tree came from a forest near redding. it covered in large blue, red, and green ornaments. people attending the ceremony were asked to donate to the california emergency food link food bank. >>> oakland police say they have spotted a disturbing trend. the hunt for a group of carjackers who turn around and use the stolen car to commit another crime. >>> early morning house fire displaced one oakland family. the fire spread to three homes. we'll tell you about some of the challenges firefighters face. >>> on the sunol grade 680 southbound that traffic looks pretty good as you head down. but we already have places where traffic is beginning to slow. i will tell you where. >>> a slightly warmer day in the forecast for your friday. we have about two hours or so until the sunrise this morning. waking up with partly cloudy skies and patchy fog. where it is thick and a look at you

. >>> california's capitol city officially in the holiday spirit. governor jerry brown, his wife, and their dog satyra tended the tree lighting ceremony outside the state capitol. that is a pretty tree. it is now covered in large blue, red, and green ornaments. it has 10,000led lights. people attending the ceremony were asked to donate to the food bank. >>> small park in richmond's neighborhood is getting a makeover. the $2 million state grant is helping to revitalize that grant. it is expected to be complete in the spring. >>> 6:26 is the time. oakland police call it a disturbing trend. the crime that is committed following a carjacking. >>> crews are still on the scene of an early morning fire in hayward. some say they heard an explosion before they saw the flames. >>> good morning. highway 24 we're looking at that and the traffic is getting busier by the moment. as you drive from walnut creek to oakland we will tell you more about the contra costa county commute. >>> seasonally warm weather is on the way for your bay area weekend. this morning wa

>> well, there was violence outside some of the mosques here in the capitol city and cars being burnednd supporters going on a rampage and elsewhere in bangladesh there are reports of five people being killed in the southern part of bangladesh as well as blockades being put up around the country's second biggest city and clearly they are responding in a way one did expect in quite a violent manner. but it's not clear exactly how this is going to proceed. >> calls for a nationwide strike on sunday, how big is the support for the opposition, how many people do you think may well turn out for that strike? >> well, the way strikes work in bangladesh is basically they want to close the country down and close shops and stop transport throughout the country and it's not so much about how many people will turn out but how effective they are in closing the country. on the 15th of december there are to emotional days in bangladesh, on 14 of december people remember the killings of intellectuals that took place 42 years ago in 1971 allegedly at the hands of the pakistan military. the 6 of decembe

fired along with the rest of the cabinet in the summer in july, it started off with clashes in the capitol city of juba on sunday and has devolved into clashes in the rest of-- in other parts of the country. >> brown: and are you saying it would be hard to walk it back if it becomes-- how strong are the ethnic divisions or how much of a factor is that in this new country? >> it's a bit of a factor. but it's important not to reduce the conflict, this political conflict to dinka versus nuer. dinka are the majority ethnic group, the second largest there are several other ethnic groups, the reason the ethnic issue is important is that these groups were on posing sides of the civil war in south sudan. and riek machar himself was-- he was responsible for some of the worst ethnic violence. he was responsible for initiating some of the worst ethnic violence in south sudan. >> brown: this is also an oil-producing country, right? how much is that a factor in what is happening or what could happen? >> it's-- the issue of oil is not a factor at this particular moment but there is a potential it could be an

perhaps we're seeing some give. >> what is the feeling in the capitol city?there a chance to end this peacefully? >> well, i don't see any real change of mood among the protestors on the ground. i've just walked across the square, come through the barricades, which they are allowing you to do if you're not the enemy, as it were, that is the riot police, who are still poised in bares, ready to roll and push back demonstrators. they know it and are building defenses. >> opposition protests in thailand ever cut the power to the prime minister's office in bangkok. >> the demonstrators of tried for weeks to get the prime minister to step down. she was not inside her office when power was cut. she gave a televised address just a short time later saying she has no plans to 10 down. >> for a second day in a row, thousands of south africans are lining up for one last moment with nelson mandela. you're about to look at live pictures from the union building in the capitol where his bowed is lying in state. mandela's coffin will be on display. tomorrow, people have been

fighting between rival factions erupted overnight in the capitol city.n embassy is urging u.s. citizens in the region to exercise extreme caution. south sudan's army is divided between those supporting the president and those in favor of the former vice president. the president fired the vice president and the rest of his cabinet in july to crush growing dissent within his government. today's clashes are the first in south sudan gaining independence from sudan more than two years ago. >> an israeli soldier has been shot to death in gunfire on the lebanon border. israel says it has retaliated and shot two lebanese soldiers. it is unclear what prompted the shooting. this is the first incident of violence on the border since 2010. >> there is some relief from freezing temperatures in the gaza strip today. the region's only power plant is up and running again after receiving its first fuel shipment in two months. israelile allowed 120,000 gallons into the blocked territory after the weekend after a request from the u.s., israel provided four water pumps and

. >> we have the latest from the capitol city of juba. >> thousands of civilians hiding in u.s. across the country. there are diplomatic efforts to get the two sides to sit down, talk and agree to peace talks. the e.u. delegation is flying in to du juba this afternoon. the former vice president has said that he wants the talks to take place in ethiopia, a more neutral venue. there is still a lot of distrust here. this is the morning's's headlines here, basically the president saying he's not sure about the people in his government. he's not sure who he can trust. he basically said some people are sitting here in government with us in this house. they are deeply involved in the coup. we don't know who they are. it remains to be seen before this distrust will delay peace talks you that many are hoping it will happen. if the two sides agree to meet and talk, perhaps the violence could end. >> in neighboring central african republic, nine were killed monday in fighting between christians and must les. peace keeping troops from the african union and france are struggling to maintain

nelson mandela's body lying in state for a second day in the capitol city of pretoria.at automatic the people. people are waiting in line sometimes for hours just for a chance to say good-bye to the man they call the father of their country. nelson mandela's body will lie in state for one more day, and then on saturday his body will be flown to the village where he grew up. then he will be buried on sunday. >>> we're also finding out this morning more about the sign-language interpreter at nelson mandela's memorial service who is being accused now of using random hand motions without any meaning at all. now, you saw him. the man says he is a qualified sign-language interpreter, but that he suffered some kind of schizophrenic episode during the event. he says he heard voices and saw angels. >> do you look back at your performance and are you happy with it? >> absolutely. absolutely. what i have been doing, i think that i have been a champion of sign-language. >> well, there have been a lot of questions raised about whether he may have also been a security risk. i mean, h

as we report from the capitol city, south sudan is a country in crisis. >> as the violence he is skatesying to escape the fighting. government soldiers have lost control of the capitol. they are also battling to repap at your another area. >> there are lots of people who are now in the u.n. compound. the whole town is evacuated completely. it is only these rebel soldiers who move about in the town. all the bodies have not been collected. we don't know what is the number of the deaths up to now, because the town is under the control of the rebels. >> the rebels are loyal to form vice president. he accuses the president of plotting acoup. he said he is ready to run the country. >> the answer i didn't say, you would like to be the next president? >> yes. >> government officials seem to be losing patience. >> since he is continuing with his atrocities against the people, the government of south sudan will not allow him to continue to kill the people. meanwhile, we fold our hands and keep on waiting for him to accept peace. i strongly believe that after this, there will be no way, but we'll

more than as you heard 613,000 internally displaced persons, including almost a quarter of the capitol city's population and wild you heard in the recent months we have seen an additional 70000 refugees going to the neighboring countries in fact there are some 230,000 total your refugees in the countries and the neighboring countries. and virtually all of the displaced are hiding or makeshift camps with little or no security, water, food or shelter. they fled the sectarian of atrocities and the potential for the killing demands that we ask what more can be done and how can it be done faster and who can do eight. we can think the government for deploying the rescue forces of the 1600's troops in the recent days and the realities of the community is woefully slow to respond to the signs of the rising insecurity and a growing religious tensions between the christian and muslim communities and the stalled political transitions. the state rarely seen beyond now is vanished in the capitol with ministries and courts as you've heard the description of the health is the same description of every other

his followers have been arrested, so there's nobody there to mind the security of the city, the capitol of south sudan. >> an unknown number of civilians, women and children are among the dead, while world leaders are asking the word's newest nation to show restraint circumstances on the ground remain in flux amounted south sudanese people caught in the middle. >> politicians under arrest for the coup attempt. there is a search for the vice president. >> some european countries are asking the plea of france for humanitarian aid. humanitarian concerns could soon trump the violence. >> mapping out the immediate future for security in a city that's paralyzed by fear, the french army patrols give some reassurance. for now the only way of reducing the violence is by trying to keep christians and muslims apart. this is the muslim settlement beside a school, even with the big security presence, no one will consider going home again and nobody feels safe. here is the center, abandoned, a no man's land for a sectarian divide that neve existed in this country before the political turmoil of the p

. >>> iran's government is considering moving its capitol from tehran to a new city. here is more from tehran. >> tehran is a new city by iran's standard, it's been its capitol for 200 years. now they want to change the seat of government. >> this is just moving the question, not the solution. there are too many ministries in tehran. highways built and planned, i don't think it's positive. >> it's not possible to move it with all these government buildings. okay, if you move it somewhere else we'll have the same problem. it's ridiculous. >> reporter: tehran's population fluctuates between eight and 14 million as people come and go during the day. it's also the country's largest city. add to that the 150,000 people who move to tehran each year and there are problems. pollution is the major one. it forces the closure of schools and businesses and causes serious health problems. >> when you're in tehran you can't see it because of the pollution. it's so bad that i can feel lead on my tongue. they should do something about it instead of making a specialized lung hospital.

cities are a mixed bag. some are thriving. some are sinking. one thing they have in common is this: when they get into trouble they can't look to the state house or capitol hill for help. running cities in the time of austerity. that's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. for many american cities the big municipalities for the core of the metropolitan areas it was a rough half century. from the 1950s on many of them watched as people, investment, infrastructure, corporate headquarters all fled to the suburbs or newly zooming cities in the sun belt. the government propped up sagging cities with programs, housing support, transit and educational funding all kinds of taxpayer funded support. as the axis swung to the suburbs resentment of the cities grew and they tumbled into decay and decline. since then many places have started to grow again. many suburbs have long since gun to have the same problems as their urban neighbors. even as economic growth has been uneven, sporadic, many cities are healthier financially than their states, healthier than their federal government. an urban report card on this addition of "inside story" we begin with this bac

violence erupted near the presidential palace in the capitol city. here has been growing instability since rebels ousted the president in march, the latest in a series of coups since the country gained independence. we report on the latest violence from the capital city. >> we've heard sustained gunfire and mortar rounds pretty close where we are in this hotel right now. the city is deserted, people staying inside their homes, it's probably the worst fighting since rebels came into the capitol taking control of the country in march of this year. we understand this is from the french military that the people behind this attack, known as antibalica started off as a protection source. we don't know whether they have actually grown in size, whether they do have a lot of heavy weaponry at the moment. the african forces which are here and present have been deployed to different parts of the city. there are only a few hundred forces mainly to protect the french citizens. this all comes as we're waiting for a u.n. secure council to vote in a second resolution

heavy gunfire and explosions rocking the capitol city for two days promising the u.s. to close. dozens of troops have died in that region since. aljazeera is live from nairobi. the south sudan army is divided between those supporting the president and those in favor of the former vice president fired in july. you just spoke to the vice president's spokesperson. what did he have to say? >> yes, del, up until now, we had only heard one version of the story, that being the one given to us by the president who accused his former deputy, former vice president who he tired in july as masor minding this alleged attempted coup. the spokesperson of the former vice president refused to comment on those allegations. he was very stern, saying i do not want to comment on this, but of course i wanted to find out exactly the whereabouts of the former vice president, and he told me that he has not been arrested, that he's still in the capitol and "fine, very fine." the government is seeking his arrest and arrested five other political leaders who are supportive of the vice president.

cities are a mixed bag. some are thriving. some are sinking. one thing they have in common is this: when they get into trouble they can't look to the state house or capitol hill for help. running cities in the time of austerity. that's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. for many american cities the big municipalities for the core of the metropolitan areas it was a rough half century. from the 1950s on many of them

to be treated here were boarded on flights to be taken to special burn units in the capitol two hour's away. this city used to be known as stalingrad, and the shattered buildings a reminder of the defeat of the german army that changed the whole course of the world war ii conflict. today the people here have a much more elusive enemy. there is a feeling they have been let down by those who should have protected them. dennis is a local businessman. >> people are afraid -- people are afraid to use public transport. i'm frightened, and i'm afraid for my family and friends. >> reporter: they are stepping up security across southern russia, more than 30,000 troops will be deployed in the buildup to the winter olympics. >>> health experts are testing the air quality in north dakota after residents were forced to evacuate following a firey train cash. the accident happening about 25 miles west of fargo, north dakota. that collision, as you can see, setting off a series of explosions that burned a total of 21 rail cars. >> it was the third explosion that rattled the house and the windows and doors were all sh

capitol. >>> the syrian city is enduring its fourth straight day of air strikes. >> the activists say it is terrible situation. it is the fourth straight day of government air strikes. what they are being hit with is what they are calling barrels. it's barrels loaded with explosives that come down and create a lot of damage. doctors without borders say the hospitals are really struggling to try to cope with the number of the injureded. in the fourth day of air strikes there are at least 100 people that have been killed including children. and they are calling on the international communities to do something to end the government's offensive. >> reporter: the activist you refer to, do they believe this is now an escalation, and if so why at this particular point? >> well, what the activists are saying, and political analysts is that the government is pushing forward trying to capture as much as possible the territory being held by the rebels now, before the start of negotiations next month in geneva. they want to have the upper hand and be in this a strong position. and the opposition forces

. >> we are in south sudan's capitol city, reporting on a new incident renewing fears in the region. >> a plane was coming from uganda trying to land at the international airport. it was going to evacuate people from the airport back to uganda. as it tried to land, it crashed. no one knows why has happened. government officials have rushed to the airport to investigate. the airport has now been shut down until the source of the crash can be found. government officials are telling people not to panic. understandably, they are. it's been a tense few days. there are now rumors and speculation that perhaps it was shot down. the government is telling people to stay calm until it investigates to find out why the plane came down. people are walking about, trying to get food. that those in the u.n. compound are too afraid to go home. the big concern is the fighting going on. they are hearing that things are getting worse there, the army has september in reinforcements and people are concerned that the violence will spread in the country. >> turning now to south sudan's neighbor, samantha pow