hello, i'm darren jordan. also on the programme - a new anti-austerity cabinet in athens holds its first meeting. we'll be there live >>> mexico's government says all 43 students who went missing in september are dead. >> east germany's dark past took a tour around the once feared secret police. >> let's stay with the developing story. israel soldiers has been hit by a rocket fired from southern lebanon. the attack happened in the disputed shebaa farms area. on the border with lebanon. there are reports that it hit farmland close to the border. a confusing picture. let's bring in nicle johnson. she has the latest from beirut. talk us through what you are hearing about the attack. the initial response what have you been hearing. it's a confusing picture at the moment. >> that's right. the most significant thing from the lebanese story that hezbollah claimed responsibility. they came out and said they had no information. in the last 10 minutes they claimed responsibility. they have said that they carried out thi

. >>> that is it for me but due stay with us because we have a full bulletin of news with darren jordanof the hour in a few minutes time. ♪ >> tomorrow. from race relations to foreign policies, terrorism and the economy. >> if this congress wants to help, work with me. >> ali velshi kicks off our special state of the union coverage at 7:00. >> we'll take an in-depth look at our nation's financial future. >> then john seigenthaler breaks down the issues. >> we need to know what's going on in our backyard. >> plus, objective analysis and live reports from across the nation and reaction from around the world. the state of the union address. special coverage begins tomorrow at 7:00 eastern. right here on al jazeera america. ♪ the standoff continues in the yemen capitol and surrounding presidential compounds. hello i'm darren jordan and watch ing this live from doha and ghani introduces nominees to the parliament. they choose a new president following the death of michael satta and anger in argentina after the death of a prosecutor who accused the president of being involved in a cover up.

i'm going to take my leave but darren jordan is going to fill this seat and keep you up to date withbal headlines here on al jazeera. ♪ foreign airlines suspend flights in and out of baghdad after a plane is sprayed with bullets. ♪ hello i'm darren jordan and you are watching al jazeera and also on the program greece new leader naming the ministers that will be asked to negotiate a new deal with brussels. argentina president moves to country's intelligence agency including rogue spies of trying to undermine her. new york city shuts down as a massive snowstorm blows through the coast of the united states. ♪

. >>> welcome to the news hour, i'm darren jordan from the news center in doha. these are the top stories - the secretary of state arrives in nigeria. they battle boko haram in two nearby cities. >>> six protesters killed in egypt on the fourth anniversary of the revolution that deposed hosni mubarak >>> people in greece vote for austerity. and... >> i'm

. >>> hello, i'm darren jordan you are watching al jazeera live from doha. and jordan says it will release a woman who has been on death row, if isil releases a pilot. >>> and greece's new cabinet holds its first meeting. ♪ >>> welcome to the program. the u.n. says a peace keeper was killed in southern lebanon. hashem has the latest. >> reporter: this is moments after an anti tank missile hit an israeli military vehicle in the disputed region near the border with syria and lebanon. israel deployed sold ers in the area, and fired rockets into lebanon. the armed group hezbollah which is based in lebanon has claimed responsibility for the attack. it says it is an response to an israeli attack last week against its fighters in syria. israeli prime minister benjamin netenyahu has warned of a swift and painful retaliation. >> translator: the idf is responding to events in the north. to everyone who is trying to challenge us at the northern border, i advise them to consider what happened there not far from the city of [ inaudible ] hamas took its hardest hit since

. ♪ >>> hello, i'm darren jordan.lso ahead the military standoff continues in the yemeni capitol. >>> heading to the polls voters in zambia choose a new president. >>> and keep on running, these athletes running seven marathons in seven days on seven continents. ♪ >>> in iraq isil fighters have seized a compound belonging to an influential tribal leader. the battle began on sunday night in anbar province. nine policemen were killed as gunmen blew up the buildings. tribes fought with the u.s. military against al-qaeda. jane is following developments for us from bagdad. jane what more can you tell us about this pro-u.s. tribal leader? why was he targeted by isil? >> reporter: well this attack is -- is really a strong message on several fronts darren. it marks an incursion further in to the tribal area by isil. isil already has 70 to 85% of anbar, the biggest province in bagdad but significantly, this man is in washington, d.c. where he has gone with a delegation of senior officials. the anbar governor and others to lobb

. >>> hello and welcome to al jazeera, i'm darren jordan live from our headquarters here in doha. also coming up kurdish fighters in iraq launch a major offensive against isil. >>> the price of security france announces an $800 million plan to stop attacks on its soil. >> reporter: i'm tania page reporting from south africa on the launch of digital classrooms in some public schools. ♪ >>> welcome to the program. al jazeera has obtained a leaked telephone conversation which suggests that the toppled yemeni president has been working with the houthi rebels. the audio is dated late september. he is heard coordinating political and military moves with the houthi leader. well let's bring in hashem now. he has reported extensively across yemen and has been following the events over the last few days closely. we have these extraordinary recording with the president coordinating military moves with the houthis. if true is this explosive. >> absolutely. and this explains some of the accusations leveled against hadi by the international community and the americans in particular in november.

i am darren jordan live with. morehead and political strike in yemen as houthis try to hold the country together. >> the battle continues. we are on the frontline with peshmerga forces still trying to drive isil fighters out of northern iraq. and looking to the future can russia return to the front ranks of science or or are its glory days over

. ♪ >>> hello, i'm darren jordan you are watching al jazeera lye from doha.lso on the program, u.s. president barack obama arrives in awed -- saudi arabia to pay his respects to the team. >>> argentina's president decides to disban our intelligence agency accusing rogue spies of trying to undermine her. ♪ >>> we're getting reports that a siege at a popular hotel in the libyan capitol is now over. earlier i spoke to al jazeera's correspondent who was on the scene in tripoli. >> the situation is very tense here where the attacks happened that killed four persons including a filipino national and three libyans and injured 11 people. now security forces here are besieging the hotel. they say the operation to free the hotel and free the hostages inside the hotel is over and now they also say that they have managed to rescue eight american nationals who were inside the hotel when the attack first happened. as we know report is coming from these security forces say that the attackers were three and they designated a car bomb in front of the main gate and after that

. ♪ >>> welcome to the news hour i'm darren jordan these are the hop stories.hia houthi fighters have surrounded the home of yemen's president. now they lay out their demands. >>> targeting supply lines, kurdish peshmerga forces launch a major offensive against isil. >>> the price of security france announces an $800 million plan to sto

hello i'm darren jordan and watch ing this live from doha and ghani introduces nominees to the parliamentthey choose a new president following the death of michael satta and anger in argentina after the death of a prosecutor who accused the president of being involved in a cover up. welcome to the program and breaking news out of central african republic where armed men have kidnapped a u.n. peace keeper in the capitol bongi from the reuters news agency and keep you updated as more comes in on that story. fighters from the rebel group are surrounding the prime minister and the palace and yemen capitol sl largely quiteet on monday when this broke out between fighters and the army and expected to hold an emergency meeting on the situation and we are live in the southern port city of aden and omar we understand the president is having a meeting with all parties following yesterday's dramatic events in the capitol sanaa, what are we expecting to come out of this latest meeting? >> well, let me tell you the latest update i have with regards to the meeting, the government's spokesperson told al

i am darren jordan live with. morehead and political strike in yemen as houthis try to hold the country together. >> the battle continues. we are on the frontline with peshmerga forces still trying to drive isil fighters out of northern iraq. and looking to the future can russia return to the front ranks of science or or are its glory days over? ♪ >> welcome to the program. let's start with some news from somalia. a massive car bomb has hit the capitol mogadishu where african union peacekeepers are based. the armed group am shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack which targeted somalia's national intelligence agency. it's confirmed four civilians were killed. the bombing comes after an al shabaab attack in bydoa. that was believed to be in ret trib rettribution for a u.s. air strike that killed one of the group's leaders a few days before. over the past few months somali troops and african union forces have stepped up their offensive against al shabaab fight to go impose islamic law in somalia. attempts

. ♪ hello i'm darren jordan and you are watching al jazeera and also on the program greece new leadering the ministers that will be asked to negotiate a new deal with brussels. argentina president moves to country's intelligence agency including rogue spies of trying to undermine her. new york city shuts down as a massive snowstorm blows through the coast of the united states. ♪ foreign airlines flying to iraq capitol city suspended flights after a plane was shot at as it landed at baghdad airport and it was hit by bullets as it came to land at baghdad's international airport. we will speak to jane who join us from the iraqi capitol and what more do we know about this incident including the fly dubai plane, what more can you tell us? >> darren it seems to have been small arms fire by fly dubi and the fire came from the wall beyond the baghdad international airport and the sniper fire is in a area controlled by iraqi security forces and still under control of iraqi security forces but understandably it has caused a lot of concern among international airlines in particular, after the in

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. >>> hello, i'm darren jordan you are watching al jazeera live from doha. and jordan says it will release a woman who has been on death row, if isil releases a pilot. >>> and greece's new cabinet holds its first meeting. ♪

hello, i'm darren jordan. also on the programme - a new anti-austerity cabinet in athens holds its first meeting. we'll be there live >>> mexico's government says all 43 students who went missing in september are dead. >> east germany's dark past took a tour around the once feared secret

. >>> welcome to the news hour, i'm darren jordan from the news center in doha. these are the top stories - the secretary of state arrives in nigeria. they battle boko haram in two nearby cities. >>> six protesters killed in egypt on the fourth anniversary of the revolution that deposed hosni mubarak >>> people in greece vote for austerity. and... >> i'm andrew thomas in a most talked about art gallery in australia. that car, a machine that defecates - if you think that is strange, wait until you hear the story of the man behind the museum >>> welcome to the programme. secretary of state john kerry arrive in nigeria, with the election set to take place. it comes as the army is battling boko haram. they have been exchanging gun mire in made ugary. we are joined from abuja. what can you tell us about the latest attack by boko haram? >> well in the last 30 minutes we have managed to speak to someone in maiduguri, a member of the civilian joint task force. ordinary nigerians that have been supporting the military in the fight against boko haram. this individual said

. ♪ >>> hello, i'm darren jordan you are watching al jazeera lye from doha.lso on the program, u.s. president barack obama arrives in awed -- saudi arabia to pay his respects to the team. >>> argentina's president decides to disban our intelligence agency accusing rogue

. >>> hello and welcome to al jazeera, i'm darren jordan live from our headquarters here in doha. also coming up kurdish fighters in iraq launch a major offensive against isil. >>> the price of security france announces an $800 million plan to stop attacks on its soil. >> reporter: i'm tania page reporting from south africa on the launch of digital classrooms in some public

. ♪ >>> welcome to the news hour i'm darren jordan these are the hop stories.hia houthi fighters have surrounded the home of yemen's president. now they lay out their demands. >>> targeting supply lines, kurdish peshmerga forces launch a major offensive against isil. >>> the price of security france announces an $800 million plan to stop attacks on its soil. ♪ >>> we begin this news hour with developments out of yemen where shia houthi rebels have surrounded the home of the president. they are calling on the president to appoint a vice president from their group. they also want hadi to integrate hewthy fighters into the army and security forces. our correspondent has more from yemen. >> reporter: the general people's congress in a statement said its leader and former president had sent a letter dated on december 19th to the current president, demanding him to cancel the u.n. sanctions against the former president as well as two houthi members. also in that letter apparently former president called on hadi to call for early parliamentary and presidential electio

i am darren jordan from al jazeera's newscenter hein. doha, to the stories. 340r fighting in yemen as houthi rebels reject a pipeline designed to hold the country together. the battle continues. we are on the front line with peshmerga forces still trying to drive isil fighters out of northern iraq. >> the palestinian authority has chosen to launch a confrontation with the state of israel. we are not sitting idly by. >> israel's prime minister justifies cutting off urgently needed tax revenues to the palestinians. can russia return to the front ranks of science, or are its glory days over? ♪ welcome to the program. attempts to hold yemen together as a country are in deep trouble. there has been a bombing of the presidential guest house in domar city about 100 kilometers south of the capital sanaa. several have been killed including a houthi t.v. reporter. an agreement has been rejected to dive i'd the country six regions. houthis control most of the army's assets and are growing impatient for reform. the latest from the yemeni capital san

. ♪ >>> hello, i'm darren jordan.lso ahead the military standoff continues in the yemeni capitol. >>> heading to the polls voters in zambia choose a new president. >>> and keep on running, these athletes running seven marathons in seven

darren sproles and evan mathis. >>> phillies mad a few moves today. they claimed jordan denks off wafers. he can play all three outfield spots and has some power. phillies came to terms with ben reveer and dominic brown. reveer will make 4.1 million. brown will take home 2.5 million. >>> sixers and pelicans tonight at the center, bet teams struggling. sixers looking to break a two game losing streak and jrue holiday questionable with ankle inflammation. >> i think it is cool. obviously i want to come back to the place where i feel like i kind of grew up and defined myself as a basketball player and to be able to come back and play in front of the fans, who i used to play for and give me all for is pretty cool. >> nice to see jrue back here. >> good guy. >> hopefully they give him a big hand tonight. we know they will. >>> still to come in the next half an hour sweeping terror arrests across europe, we will tell you you why tonight authorities remain on high alert. >>> plus, $1.85 a gallon, are you kidding me south jersey is loving this cheap gas. i'm cleve bryan. i'll tell what you low fu

favors that the government through darren griffin used on amawi to keep him interested and keep him talking. >> in the summer of 2005 amawi and griffin traveled to jordanvisit amawi's family. all on the government's dime. griffin brought five laptops with him. >> griffin locked all his laptops with chains, to the pipes, it was really awkward to my dad when my bloart came in and he was like -- when my brother came in and was, you know you have doubts that this guy is an agent or working with the government? doesn't matter if i do or not, i'm not doing anything wrong. >> it's extraordinary to me your brother new he was recording with an fbi informant and continued to spend time with him? it strikes me as playing with fire doesn't it? >> exactly. that's what he was doing. he had fights with my mom and my family but always in hi opinion he didn't do anything wrong. >> late one evening griffin called phone. >> do you know when you're going to hear about the serial? >> i'm trying to find out about that now. we it was a long night, we didn't sleep at all last night. i had to wrestle the strongest guy last night. >> ha ha ha. are you okay? >> ain't no place fo