while africa has been dubbed the continent of hope. on wednesday indonesian president joko made an opening speech at the asian-african summit. he addressed the belief that global economic problems can still be solved through the world bank, the international monetary fund and the asian development bank. he called that idea obsolete. china's president xi jinping spoke about a multinational economic cooperation framework to promote large-scale infrastructure projects for the entire asian region. he emphasized the importance of establishing china's proposed asian infrastructure investment bank, or aiib. the latest conference comes in the year when people are also marking the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii. even after so many years, indonesian president joko admits that many countries in asia and africa are still plagued by poverty. >> i think what the asian and african countries needs to do is to break down all these big visions of the leaders in the -- in this conference. if these asian countries, asian-african countries can

we have to rebrand the continent. when you look at the ebola crisis in general, you know, a lot of it stemmed in certain parts of africa. and, yes, it has to be contained in so many ways. in a lot of ways i think it's been overly exaggerated to where it will affect africa's economy in the future. >> what has been exaggerated. >> the ebola crisis. malaria killed more then ebola. if you look at it, it's a billion in change, people in africa, a couple of chows and affected -- thousand affected. less than 0.1%. of the fear is so strong that people wouldn't want to travel to africa because of that. that affects the economy, future, business. >> what do you thick of western charity songs as a response to african emergency? >> honestly, you want to applaud anyone that wants to do something great for a cause. once it is done, what is taken afterwards. it's the same amount of people infected. more now, than before. it's only a few thousand people. why isn't anything happening. happening? >> use commonsense. it's not going to a

and it's causing some serious problems in the central portions of the continent.et me show you some video to give you an idea of what it looks like on the ground level. a powerful storm blowing through central europe tuesday leaving one person dead and causing widespread damage. the storm knocking down power lines, toppling trees, and also knocking over a cement wall onto a home which resulted in the death in germany. dozens of flights being canceled out of frankfurt due to the strong crosswinds at the airport. rail services also being suspended throughout the country. an as we continue on throughout the next 24 hours, may even see a big drop in the temperatures that may lead to seeing a little bit of some flurry activity as we go throughout the next day or so. in the mean time still looking at the severe weather possibilities with isolated tornadoes, some severe wind gusts possible and of course some thunderstorms. extending through central europe and also into the eastern side of the continent. so have the umbrella handy and keep aware of the weather situation,

so as the theater commander, it was in collaboration with the ambassadors around the continent seeking to say how do we tailor the force to achieve the specific mission. and it was different in each case. >> do and so how did countries view contractors differently from american military? if you have trainers by bancroft or trainers by dyncorp why was that different than having, you know, a special forces group do the training? what was the difference in the eyes of specific nations that asked for contractors as opposed to u.s. military? >> well there's a couple of issues. some of them are driven by u.s. policy. the fact of somalia u.s. policy was we're not going to put uniformed u.s. folks on the ground there. so contractors filled that void and did so pretty capably in my view. there are other benefits and many of which sean highlightedment one of the benefits -- highlighted. one of the benefits particularly in a training mission is you typically get greater continuity than you do with the uniformed military. the uniformed military, we're going to generally subscribe to whatever the s

as the theater commander it was in collaboration with the ambassadors around the continent seeking to say how do we cater for force to achieve the specific mission. it was different in each case. >> so how did countries view contractors differently from american military? if you have trainers by bankrupt or traitors by dyncorp, why was that different than having a special forces group do the training? what was the difference in the eyes of specific missions that asked for contractors as opposed to u.s. military? >> a couple of issues. some are driven by u.s. policy. the fact like somalia u.s. policy was were not going to put uniform use military folks on the ground they are so contractors filled that void in to so capably, in my view. there are other benefits many of which shone highlighted. one of the benefits of a contracted workforce, particularly in phishing ethnic training mission is you get greater continuity than you do with the uniformed military. evenyou for military we're going to jimmy subscribe to it ever a service rotation policies are which could be as short as 60 days,

. >> we've been northerning the tale of two weather situations over the continent of europe. high pressure is keeping the skies sunny on the western side of the continent but on the flip side towards the east a major low pressure system. can you still see the spin with this particular core that's produced lost of rainfall and strong thunderstorms and we're talking about some damage in places like poland. let me show you the video to give you and idea what people experienced on the ground level in northern and eastern side of poland. numerous homes lost roofs because of the strong winds along with the downed trees. this powerful windstorm kicked up hurricane strength winds monday night, 20,000 homes remain without power as of tuesday morning and winds have backed off just a bit since monday allowing emergency officials to help repair damage to buildings. as we continue on throughout the next day or so we'll see a little bit of a change over when it comes to those winds because the winds responsible for producing the active weather is lifting to the east. moscow you'll see the

they celebrate their survival but know they face many struggles to come in europe a continent that does not want them. >>> paul brennan sends us this from the court where the two men appeared. >>reporter: it's an important case this one. not just because of the disaster that it's related to the loss of almost 800 lives estimated last weekend. the biggest single loss of life in this whole crisis. but also because of the message it sends out. the italian authorities are determined to prosecute traffickers whenever they're arrested but the challenges entailed in that are clear from this proceedings. it was supposed to be just preliminary proceedings. we expected it to take just a couple of hours. but the prosecution chose to call ten witnesses. after ten hours, we've really only completed one witness' evidence. it's that much detail. there's interpretation that has to be done both for the questions being posed to the witness and also for the witness's answers back to the judge. and then of course there's the matter of the captain and the ship's mate who will seek to persuade the judge that

on the other side of the continent, still have those thunderstorms kicking up there into southeastern portions of europe, even over toward western russia. some snowfall back there toward the north. temperatures look like this. warsaw with a high of 14. berlin up to 20. paris getting up to 23 there. some sunny skies on your tuesday. talk about sunny skies. the heat is continuing to dominate the indochina peninsula over through india and into the philippines here. this is kind of the summertime for this area of the world. and the main governing thing behind the weather out here and the tropics is cloud cover. you're not really seeing it. you have the itc down toward the south and the westerlies in the north so that makes for warming temperatures. some of you high 30s to low 40s out here. you want to stay cool. combined with the heat index, over toward the philippines, it's pushing into the 40s as well. now, i want to wrap things up here into northeast asia. let's end on a good note. we had storms in japan on monday. things are improving. high pressure coming in now and temperatures are

. >> i banged my fists on the table and told them it's dishonorable that the continent turns its back. there needs to be a european policy on immigration and help for disprits people who ask for desperate people who ask for asylum. >> to consider them not as mieg mymigrants but human beings. >> such tragedies should not be repeated. >> reporter: then gave a televised news conference. his words aimed not only at the italian public but also his fellow eu leaders. >> translator: we think that the fight against human trafficking should be a priority. not just for italy and malta but for the whole eu. >> reporter: and his appeal has produced a response. the yeuz's foreign eu's foreign policy chief has weighed in, we have said never again. we have the duty to save human lives. sharing among all the 28 this duty and the responsibility that for too long has been left only to the southern countries. the influx of migrants and proposals for tackling the migrant issue will be discussed on monday at a meeting of eu foreign ministers in luxembourg. the estimates given by the few survivors paint a

this was responsible for creating some very nasty weather earlier in the central portions of the continent. that will push to the east bringing snow into moscow and kiev and another system bringing rain into london and paris. in north america we have this cold front and low pressure system responsible for causing really nasty weather with several reports of tornadoes. for friday morning looking at enhanced risk for severe storms and that will move toward the south and east closer to the deep south as we go later on into the afternoon. rain and thunderstorm chances will exist as we go throughout friday for the mid south. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> okay well that's it for us here on "newsline." don't go away there's more to come here on nhk world."mc habaab militant group carries out its worst attack ever on canyon -- kenyan soil. survivors say the shooters had scouted the area before hand. a positive step forward for a dangerous gamble? the world reacts to the framework agreement over iran's nuclear program. the germanwings copilot accelerat

. >> six people from six continents. their work to save the environment. ♪ ♪ the beautiful sound of customers making the most of their united flight. power, wi-fi and streaming entertainment. that's... seize the journey friendly. >>> just two days before earth day, six people from six continents, singled out for the goldman prize. debora villalon is at city hall, where that reception is just now wrapping up. >> reporter: more than 2,000 people enjoyed the ceremony tonight at the opera house, celebrating a 26 year tradition that keeps on giving. >> phyllis omedo from kenya. >> reporter: this mother from kenya worked at a smelting plant where car batteries were melted for led. finding her own breast milk contaminated, she led the fight to close the plant down. >> i started, i thought maybe we would just write a few letters. >> reporter: it took years, enduring harassment, and false arrest. >> we were unfortunately under surveillance by government. the more they resisted us, the more we felt this was wrong and they had it t

it's released energy from the whole continent being sort of compressed and pushed up against asia foren suddenly it releases. >> okay. i'm having geology 101 flashbacks. it's fascinating. here's my next question because i heard on one hand you really can't predict quakes but at the same time it was just a week ago, professor, that you had these experts actually in kathmandu saying listen, the next big one was imminent. how did they know it was coming and why couldn't they predict precisely when? >> some of it is just about time. you mention the time since the last earthquake. you know india is moving north at a certain rate of speed, which we can measure, actually using gps and so we know even though the whole continent is moving north that the convergence zone has not moved. we haven't had an earthquake. so we know the pressure is building up there. but this kind of thing is really going on ten kilometers deep underground to 50 to 100 kilometers deep. so knowing when the rock has finally reached the breaking point and is about to release is the really hard part that we really can't d

fundamentally unfavorable in the continent. in conclusion, all of you who share this vision, from new york to california, from wisconsin to florida, our brothers and is on the road through national unity and a new america. [applause] those of you who were locked outside of the convention hall and 19 ca, those of you can now common folks will be worst one site . give me your help at this hour. join me in an effort to reshape our society and regain control of our destiny as we go down the chisholm trail. [applause] >> you represent a trend for more women. >> i specifically recommend a trend for more women, and black women to enter into politics? elected office? yes, i definitely feel and recognize that it is the result of over 20 years of the great need. there are certain aspects of legislation that probably would be given much more attention if we had more of them invoices and the whole of the legislature is not in at the national level. the kind of legislation that has to do with the conservation preservation of the most import

. >> i banged my fist on the table and told them it's dishonorable that a continent like europe turns its back. it's not a temporary emergency, but a problem to deal with for years. there needs to be a policy and help for the desperate people asking for asylum. >> reporter: in the vatican the pope asked europe's leaders to recognise the migrants not as numbers, but human being. >> translation: i make a heart-felt appeal to the international community to react decisively and see to it that such tragedies are not repeated. >> reporter: the italian prime minister was briefed and gave a news conference, his words aimed not just at the italian public, but fellow e.u. leaders. >> we think the fight against human trafficking is a problem for the whole e.u. >> reporter: his appeal produced a response. the e.u.'s foreign policy chief weighed in saying: the influx of migrants and migrant issue will be discussed on monday at a meting of e.u. foreign ministers in luxembourg, and the need for progress is recognised. >>> with darkness fallen the hopes now of finding more survivors and bringing them

fact that you can get on a computer and have a service provided by somebody living in a different continentuntry. again, that raises all sorts of questions we are just getting to grips with. >> i think we need to have a whole separate discussion on that. i hope you'll come back and join us again guy ryder is the director general of the international labor organization. >>> tonight we are looking at the high cost of cheap. coming up how cheaper oil could come at a high price to our fragile planet. what's wrong with that. >> some do. maybe not much wrong with that. but a lot of things attach to that in the terms of the way we order our society. you know, for most of us, if you have a labor contract, that's what social protection is about. that's where your guaranteed income is b that's where your healthcare comes from. i think we have to think very carefully and i think society is going to have to adapt to the idea that that if that relationship is going out of fashion we have to organize ourselves to deal with a totally new situation. now, if you want my opinion, i don't think that this is a

i am here in contin, california, one of the most dangerous cities in the united states to speak withple about gun violence. >> they should have procedures that should prohibit people to get guns. >> it kills innocent people and it's wrong. it's not about that. >> i feel like a permanent solution to a temporary problem. >> i was seven years old and eight years old and there is a try by shooting with bullets flying everywhere. it was very scary i could've lost my life and i didn't want anyone else to lose their life as well. it's terrifying. >> they call it street justice but there is no justice. it's just someone losing their life. it's really stupid and trivial. >> that's what a drive-by is. it's just cowards in a car. >> every year, more than 230,000 guns are stolen from those who legally purchase them. >> we ended up arming criminals. that was not with the intent of why we had those guns. >> the rap community is changing its using guns and the warmer long beach guest: >> we are the snoop dogg is leading the charge. >> you should do something about it. >> i'm here in newtown, connec

>> many people on the continent are tired with britain desiring to exit. the main costs would be incurred by britain, not by the continent. manus: there you go. the celebrated famed mr. thomas piketty said it would be our problem, not theirs. quite frankly, i don't know how to finish that phrase on air. quite frankly, my dear, i will send it back to you. anna: thank you manus. we are joined by mark mobius. thank you for joining us on "the pulse." every investor must be watching what is happening in europe and wondering how this is going to resolve itself. what do you need to see happen to enable us to not talk about greece anymore? mark: there is no question that the greeks have to adopt some of the reforms. that is primarily the privatization of state-owned enterprises. if that happens, i think the troika will begin to accept them and help them with their debts. i think that is the key and i think it will happen. it is a matter of time. i don't think greek is going to leave the euro or the eu. they are a very important part of nato as you know. i think th

there was no part of this continent's -- this continent that was unknown to the indigenous people at the time. there were 2000 different languages being spoken, all neutrally unintelligible to the others. that suggests a long time in which they were evolving separately. the latest research has some of the scientists believing there were as many people in the americas in 1492 than there were in europe. that overturns the notion of an american wilderness. there was no wilderness in 1492. the americas were fully occupied, they were owned. every part of these continents was owned by somebody. it is important to the american origin story to refer to the americas as being wilderness at that time because that makes it ok. that others tame and displays the people already there because those -- but displaced the people already there. this is the depiction of a city which was near current day st. louis. this city in 1100 was larger than london. london was the largest city in england. there were cities throughout the western hemisphere that rivaled in size of their european counterparts. there

there was no parts of these two continents unknown to indigenous people at the time.there were 2000 different languages being spoke, all mutually unintellable to the others. that that suggest as long, long period of time which they were evolving separately. the latest research has some of the scientists believing that there were as many people in the americas in 1492 as there were in europe. now, that completely overturns the notion of an american wilderness. there was no wilderness in 1492. the americas were fully occupied, they were owned every part of these two continents was owned by somebody. yet it is important to the american origin story to refer to the americas as, being wilderness at that time. because that makes it okay that that others came in and displaced the people who were already there because after all those people were only picking perryies -- berries and hunting deer and not doing much of anything. this is depiction comic one of course, this is the depiction of a city near current day st. louis. this city, in 1100, was larger than london was in 110

and -- continent.and this bringing together of species is another way that we are running geological history backwards and at a very high speed. so around 250 million years ago all of the world's land masses were sort of clumped together in this giant supercontinent that's been called tangia. and then, you know, owing to the effects of plate tectonics they broke up, started to drift apart and formed the world as we know it today. and by bringing together by transporting all these species and bringing out all of these evolutionary lineages that have been living separately for tens of millions of years, we are effectively bringing these continents back together again and biologists have termed in the new pangia, we are creating the new pangia. and not all of the species we bring together have disastrous consequences. the vast majority of them probably don't even survive in a new place and then there are many that survive and coexist peacefully with what's already there. but if you're moving so many speci

once you're on the continent, you can move quite easily from one continent to another. >> amy kellogg thank you. >>> commemorations tonight marking the 100th anniversary of the slaughter of amenians. they refer to it as genocide. turkey says the numbers are inflated. as a presidential candidate, then senator obama, promised to use the word genocide but delegations with turkey has prevented him from doing that. >>> a clinton connection this time to haiti. we'll talk about the political and legal implications when the panel joins me aft . >>> the fact that you had such a large donation a group of donations coming in that were not disclosed, that doesn't concern the white house at all? that lived up to the standards set by the president? forget hillary clinton but by the president. >> i've been in a position where there have been other, to put it mildly conservative authors that have launchehed written books based on what they purport to be serious allegations against the president of the united states. right now, that's what is happening with secretary clinton. >> i'm just asking you wh

of mandela, south africa became a beacon and a refuge for millions of africans from all over the continentheir freedom and their country. as i understand, a lot of them are pretty pissed off about we're just getting our -- together and all these congolese and nigerians are coming here. >> sanza has no formal culinary training. he's completely self-taught. picking up bits and pieces where he can. often from the women in the neighborhood. >> you're plucking the best of everybody in the culture. >> every day. every day i learn. what are you eating? where are you from? i've been taught by some men. that's not how it's cooked at home, you know? go to that auntie. to the back of some dingy cab. there's a small kitchen. look, there, it'll be nice. she'll teach you something and then that is me. hey, auntie, you know, i'm really keen on knowing how you make your particular sauce. >> they'll show you? >> she will show me stuff and i pick up. then i rush back to the shop and i try it out. i have all of the elements now. >> at his cook shop, he mixes recipes, ingredients, techniques and traditions as

[laughter] the first day of the wall street occupation set forth upon this continent a new revolutionaryion. [applause] >> in addition to its own programming as -- of artist talks, meridian has been a downtown host for san francisco states well-known port trees center. recent luminaries have included david meltzer, steve dixon, and jack hirsch man. >> you can black as out of the press, blog and arrest us, tear gas, mace and shoot us as we know very well, you will, but this time we're not turning back. we know you are finished. desperate near the end. hysterical in your flabbergastlyness. amen. >> after the readings, the crowd headed to a reception upstairs by wandering through the other gallery rooms in the historic home. the third floor is not usually reserved for just parties, however. it is the stage for live performances. ♪ under the guidance of musical curators these three, meridian has maintained a strong commitment to new music, compositions that are innovative, experimental and sometimes challenging. sound art is an artistic and event that usually receives short shrift from most

it can crisscross continents. reporter: i woke to find myself in a dark wood where the right road was wholly lost and gone. so begins dante's divine comedy, the inspiration for an eclectic exhibition of african art. this video evokes the damnation of a pure land. all the works around purgatory and hell. welcome to hell. some of them may seem quite heavenly. it represents the unity and light of faith. it also represents what happens when that faith turns to fanaticism. the masterpiece about the soul search for god has inspired many modern interpretations. this is the first major exploration by african artists. >> it is often presented as a universal taxed. is africa part of that universal? you look at issues that are fundamental to all of us. and how that is part of this global intellectual heritage. reporter: it is expected to be one of the highlights. >> it's about humanity and we where masks to get ahead. laura:reporter: she is one of africa's leading photographers and credits technology for the explosion of int

. >> keep our focus on african continent now.south africa dealing with a rise in xenophobic attacks in recent days. >> the possible reasons behind the violence. >> reporter: heavily armed police attempt to quell the violence as mobs armed with machetes and firearms turn on foreigners. likely fueled by the high unemployment rate. with 25% of the population out of work, new arrivals from other african nagsz, accused of taking their jobs. in a south african port city of durbin, two foreigners and three south africans have been killed in clashes including a 14-year-old boy who was shot. south africa's president condemned the violence asking his cabinet to address the issue. jacob zuma told the local radio station we cannot accept when there are challenges we use violence particularly to our brothers and sisters from the continent. i think this now must stop because we cannot continue killing one another. >> i used to think that south africa is a good country, because in our country, we can't say that we want to go back home, because

that is amazing on a continent where there are so many elections disputed p.m. they hope that they will be an example to the rest of africa. this year, we have some countries going through what could be difficult elections. they hope those countries can learn from them and move forward. >> live from lagos as muhammedu buhari addresses supporters there on the first day since his historic election victory in nigeria's presidential elections. huge challenges remaining though for the incoming president, as we've been talking about. we've got much more on this and all the stories we are covering here on al jazeera in our next half hour. we've got lots more, as well on events in yemen. stay with us. there's more on our website as always aljazeera.com. get the latest on all the stories we're covering there. >> every sunday night. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> gripping... inspiring... entertaining. no topic off limits. >> 'cause i'm like, "dad, there are hookers in this house". >> excl

every part of these two continents was owned by somebody. it is important to the american origin story to refer to the americas as being wilderness at that time because that makes it ok. that others came in and displaced the people already there. because the people who were already here were people who were hunting deer and picking berries and not really doing much of anything. this is the depiction of a city which was near current day st. louis. this city in 1100 was larger than london. london was the largest city in england. there were cities throughout the western hemisphere that rivaled in size of their european counterparts. there were people here, a great many people here, perhaps as many as 40 million on the two continents. have many of you have ever been to peru and machu picchu? in the end, the current estimates are there were 10 million people living in that part of the world. they were self-sufficient. they were growing a variety of food. hunger was unknown in the inca empire. they were stunningly healthy because of their diet and

but it seems like continent to continent, it's nearly simultaneous. do you believe there's an increase in activity in recent weeks or months or build up towards something, or it's just merely coincidence. >> no an increase in activity isis and other groups increased numbers of postings they have and the thousand of jihady websites with the various postings and propaganda material. the increase in material has led to an increase in people interested in the material and interested in joining up. we've seen that with tens of thousand of people from 70 din countries going to syria and iraq to join isis to oin other groups al shabaab, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and it'sen increasing. authorities are increasingly overwhelmed intrying to keep up with it and have done an amazing job when you think very few plots have gotten to where they were carried out. attacks in canada australia, london. but you know the majority of attacks have been thwarted before they've reached the point of somebody getting killed. >> tom fuentes, thanks so much. appreciate you

a copy of his classic work, "the open veins of latin america: five centuries of the pillage of a continent since its publication in 1971, "open veins" has sold over a million copies worldwide despite being banned by the military governments in chile, argentina, and his native country of uruguay. while in exile after the uruguayan military junta seized power in a 1973 coup, galeano began work on his classic trilogy "memory of fire," which , rewrites five centuries of north and south american history. he is also the author of "soccer in sun and shadow," "upside down," "the book of embraces," "we say no," "voices of time and mirrors," among others. his most recent book was called, "children of the days." he received numerous international prizes, including the lannan prize for cultural freedom, the casa de las amÉricas prize, and the first distinguished citizen of the region by the countries of mercosur. amy: the writer john berger said of eduardo galeano -- "to publish eduardo galeano is to publish the enemy: the enemy of lies, indifference, above all of forgetfulness. thanks to him, our cri

so his dream was really to get to the continent, and he was never able to fulfill that dream he passedon to every one of his children. my mom went in some ways to fulfill his dream, but also she was looking for a missing face of africa. at that time there was a sense that we can go back to a kind of homeland. so she went thinking that we were going back home. you know what emerged was that actually there was a connection that a connection that we have to africa, but we are definitely americans. have that tension of this homeland that we want to go back to but that is in many ways a method, and. >> c-span: when did you graduate from harvard, and what did you study hear? >> guest: i graduated in 1924 and i studied biology. i was going to go to medical school and do my md. >> c-span: what happened? [laughter] >> guest: somehow i realized i was an artist. i knew that i had always been a photographer and worked with the images and poetry actually was my ninth-grade poet laureate in high school. but i did not really no any artists filmmakers. and so my mom was a scientist is a scientists and

>> well seven continents, we'll see if we can get it all out. seven continents. that's going to be fun. go to liveearth.org to find more about that. >> yes sir. >> jimmy: let's talk about "the voice" now. [ applause ] you've got the team. >> yeah. >> jimmy: you've got the team to beat. blake has won four times, right? >> blake is the master. >> jimmy: he's the greatest, i love him. >> it's amazing what a country accent can do. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's not what it is. >> no, no, no, no, he's a a genius, first of all. >> jimmy: yeah. >> he's a very, very talented man, but you know, the accent allows him to say anything. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, you're right. you're going to have to get a a country accent. >> i have to figure it out. >> jimmy: yeah exactly. well here's your team right here. and i'm telling you right now, i think this guy's going to win it all. >> wow. >> jimmy: sawyer fredericks. this guy is phenomenal. how old is this kid? >> sawyer's 15. >> jimmy: 15 years old. >> and when he sang, let me just tell you, he was like -- ♪ and we're all like, okay,

they celebrate their survival but they know they face many struggles to come in europe a continent that does not want them. barnaby phillips al jazeera, sicily. >> in yemen, saudi-led airstrikes targeted houthi positions in this aden at dawn on saturday. the rebels along with forces loyal to the former president have been trying to push their way in to darsad a district northeast of aidden. >> rounds of artillery target houthi fighters along the coast in aden fighters from popular resistance committees loyal to mansur hadi are trying to protect the city. for some, it's the first time they are using a weapon. most of the men here have nothing but this gun they have never had any kind of training. thank god, the resilience has been heroic. they are the ones keeping the houthis from controlling aden. battles to control the streets south of sanaa. local resistance fighters were able to push back the houthis. army units and local resistant fighters attack other houthi positions. >> we call on those joining us to come ahead and do it. this is for yemen. fighters loyal to president hadi have b

. >> we could link to different institutions around the globe maybe one per continent maybe two or three in this country then once they are all networked, they begin to communicate with one another and share information. in 2010 the website will launch, but it will be what you would call an informational website and then we are going to try to by 2011, invite people to add a memory. so in a funny way the member rely grows and there is something organic about how this memorial begins to have legs so to speak. so we don't know quite where it will go but i promise to keep on it 10 years. my goal is to raise awareness and then either protect forests from being cut down or reforest in ways that promote biodiversity. >> biodiverse city often argued to be important for the world's human populations because all of the medicineal plants and uses that we can put to it and fiber that it gives us and food that it gives us. while these are vital and important and worth literally hundreds of billions of dollars, the part that we also have to be able to communicate is the more spiritual sense of how im

tell the story of european contact with native people, but very quickly our story will include the continent of africa and africans being brought into the americans through documents like this. this is one of my favorite pieces. the dateline's cambridge -- the dateline is cambridge, april 20 9, 1775, so this would be the boston area. it reads, "this may certify that the bearer, mr. paul revere, is messenger to the committee of safety and that all dispatch and assistance be given him in all instances that the triumph of the colony may be facilitated," signed by joseph warren. this was paul revere's path -- pass to move about the minimum lines in the boston area. this past to paul revere was written about 10 days after the battle of concorde, of lexington, the shots heard round the world that will officially begin, i guess, the american revolution. it actually gets even better because i think our most prized possession is the only known surviving handwritten copy of the declaration of independence. we know that this was created in philadelphia, and then in early 1777, franklin will use it to c

they celebrate the survival but they know they face many countries in europe, a continent that doesn't want them. barnaby phillips, al jazeera sicily. >> trying to use the crisis to their advantage. >> it really breaks my heart to see a family, a sicilian family, to again risk their lives in the hands of these smugglers and traffickers and horrible gang gangsters, to look into the future with hope. there is also a reaction of fear in many european societies that populists, that make life difficult for those that try omake people understand that it is absolutely essential for europe to have a positive attitude in relation to these movements.people thatmovements of people that ring the mediterranean to offer legal afns for avenues to come to europe. >> hoda abdel abdel hamid reports. >> a good number of these boats packed with migrants depart from here, now this is a tugboat that was meant for civilian use that was taken over by the libyan coast guard. and you can see here they have adapted it, put an antiaircraft, they say this is for their own security. apart from that they don't have

people all over the continent were shocked when a german aircraft, on its way back to germany from barcelona, crashed in france, killing all on board. the crash itself was bad enough.

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. >> this season they're going to be on four different continents. >> it feels so good right now to layn off the ground. >> i don't know. >> survival steve hanson and christina the queen isn't getting along. >> you get the more come if i side. >> it's so downhill. >> this is like [ bleep ]. >> oh. >> i guess the sleep number is a tree. >> not only do they have the n uncomfortable positions and places they also have to see themselves. >> it looks like a red tail boa. >> i love animals but i am hungry and i'm going to be way more hungry in a few days if we don't get something. >> that's good. >> to find out more about what it's leek to be one of these extreme survivalist and exist in this kind of situation we have steve hanson and christina the queen via skype right this minute. welcome to the show. why? why would you do this to yourself? >> kind of a dream since i was a little kid actually. i love going to the woods and building forts and catching critters. next logical step was to take a knife, get naked and run into the jungle. >> it was more of a challenge for the adventure and defini

let me show you what is happening in the central portion of the continent. a powerful wind storm blew over europe this week. it knocked out power to several thousand residents. close to hurricane strength winds on wednesday. in germany, the storm is being considered one of the strongest in history for many areas. major travel delays including trains and roadways because of many trees that came down. we have warm air coming in from the south, cold air from the north, that collision is where we're seeing the strong storms and we will see this continue as we go through thursday. so keep aware of the weather situation, very wet weather from paris to berlin vienna, and kiev. we are seeing very unstable weather in the united states and into north america. down here toward texas we had strong storms and hail reported. some close to three centimeters in diameter. quite large as we had this system running through. a cold front was pushing against warm air and that will create the possibility of thunderstorms and rain as we go throughout the day. temperatures extendin

it is estimated at 1,500, it is a story repeated against the continent. nick clark, al jazeera. they have spent the last four years sending back information from the planet closest to the sun. to mercury gets worse, will finally come to an end as it crashes into the surface of the planet. our science editor reports it is transformed the knowledge. and the smallest planet. >> it is only slightly bigger than the moon. but until the space craft arrived little was known about the planet, since then, messengers seven scientific instruments have been feeting back volumes of data. >> and it is now all assured that there is a liquid surrounding this mercury which is producing a magnetic field. the moon like surface in unprecedented detail. between minus 170 and plus 420 degrees celsius. and it happened ancient lava flows and discovered ice at the planets poles covered by a layer of dark mysterious matter. >> the material delivered to mercury by the same objects that brought the water. probably from the outer solar system. of what on our planet were some of the building blocks or organic

the steam rail way system and across the continent, the electric rail ways in marin county and the east bay. even the ferry boats on the bay were controlled by the southern pacific. >> some where along the line, the railroad would do more than to find commerce, it would capture and define the big brawling imagine of america conquering its own. the iron horse huge and powerful would take an unexpected step of beauty, grace and glamour. riding the rails on streamline steam became a rallying cry for southern pacific. a railroad would build a new locomotive to redefine itself and it would do so in the teeth of the great depression. southern pacific chose to fight the economic doldrum by building what some say was the most beautiful train ever put on rails. at an unheard cost of $1 million per train, in 1937 sp built the now famous. >> in the observation car is mod -- modern design. tier are deep soft chairs. >> reporter: from san francisco to los angeles, its was not so much how the daylight traveled, sure 135 miles of california coast could be extended enough. but the way it looked in the

we were going to go across the continent in time. in 1783, the war came to an end.d suddenly there were 13 of england's 32 colonies that were no longer are british. the people had very strong prejudices against people in other colonies. indeed, governor morris who was the man that drafted the united states constitution and owned the south bronx, his father's will provided any amount of money necessary to have educate governor -- anywhere in the world except for the colony of connecticut where the people hide behind god but really are avaricious criminals. he didn't use the word criminals but if there was that kind of prejudice between the bronx and connecticut, you can imagine the attitude that new englanderss had towards southerners and southerners had toward new england. what held the united states together after 1783? it's very fragile, believe me. a national debt. $25 million. a common language. and the pride in having defeated the strongest military and especially naval power in the world. well we're from where was congress going to govern this country? we had