one small but important step along guatemala's long roads to justice, david mercer al jazeera guatemala>> in ukraine at least two people have been killed during artillery fire in the eastern city of donetsk and intestified in the last few days as the battle over donetsk airport continues and army claimed on sunday it had seized it back from pro-russian separatists and the economy is badly hit and shoppers in kiev are finding out how they are coping. >> reporter: from the high-end retailers to the street market in the suburbs is less than ten kilometers but it may as well be 10,000 a woman samples a bottle top of milk to test for freshness, every spending decision here is carefully pondered, as inflation erodes the meager income and all the cash is precious. >> translator: definitely yes, everything has become more expensive, utilities, food everything. the wages are the same. but everything else is more expensive. >> reporter: 12 month inflation to the end of december was 24.9% and ukraine gdp dropped 7% in 2014 and the currency is worth 15 to the u.s. dollar just half of what it was a

. >> i think we're going to see hillary clinton do what david mercer just did. country is tired of the divisiveness. the country is tired of the gridlock in congress, and we need answers. but david said that the national unemployment right is 5.5%. but in the black or hispanic community it hasn't changed much. whoever the nominee on the other side, they're going to have to come up with a plan to create a better america. i think the folks on the right are going to be victorious. >> so is how do we get down to sympathizing these issues and bringing it down to a common value and a common good for the people so we don't see the bickering on the left and the right, regardless of who runs? >> i think what we need to have, kelly, not the hope and change and not motivational speakers. but people who actually but forth policies and tell the american people how they're going to do it. and not blame people if it isn't done. i think you're going to see with a jeb bush or hillary clinton or mitt romney, you're going to see people put forth a plan and not give beautiful speech

. >>> and real drag on the president's government, david mercer reports from mexico city. it's early saturday morning and jorge nava opens up his tortilla shop. while his business is located in mexico city's wealthier areas jorge rarely earns more than $tom leyden omonth. he struggles to support his family and with customers buying fewer tortillas than ever life is getting harder. >> translator: the minimum wraij is about $4.50 a day and to be honest it isn't enough. we have to pay rent transportation food school fees and supplies, shoes clothes everything we need. the minimum wage is not enough. >> with sluggish groal and a weakened peso, jorge says he needs a boost. something mexican president enrique pena nieto will bring to washington when he meets with president obama. but this could take a back seat to a more pressing issue. in pena nieto's political career just two years into his presidency polls show his approval is dropped to 40% the lowest for a mexican president in nearly two decades. when the leaders met in early 2014 the u.s. praised mexico's energy reforms an

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david mercer, al jazeera, mexico city. >> in argentina the political landscape this year will be dominatedy the presidential elections. the constitution does not allow cristina fernandez de kirchner to stand for a third consecutive term. some of the main issues are inflation, rising crime and political corruption. this are reports from buenos aires. >> she heads the party founded by three-time president in 1940s. president cristina fernandez de kirchner and before her her husband nestor, have served longer in their top job than their hero did. president kirchner is working now to make sure that the legacy remains. >> this political project began in 2003, and with all its faults and benefits, has established in argentina a nation of equality. with change the economic model reindustrialized the country created thousands of job. >> the government claims improved public transport, a deal for pensioners, and improvement to education but not everyone in argentina is content. >> looking ahead, it's not clear whether the party in power will win october's election. that means there is great uncerta

al jazeera's david mercer has more. [ ♪♪ ] >> reporter: though her hand are small and her feet do notch the pedals. she plays the piano like a virtue oweso. every saturday morning she practices. when you hands are on the piece she travels to a different place. place. >> translation: i listen to music. a tune will come to me and ask why am iling to music. i -- i risening to music -- listening to music, is i said "i lo music. >> a year ago she started pionno. dozens of young people from the communities opt for free classes. this year her potential was discovered. >> translation: i was shocked at how well she played. you can appreciate support. you give her a home she does it. it was important. i think she has a great future. >> reporter: for most indigenous children the prospects are bleak. many families struggle to put food on the table. education is rarely a priority. guatemala is latin america's youngest country with a population under 20 years old. what could be a creative asset is the root of many problems. >> reporter: her parents from hired to give her the opportunity they never

. >> as david mercer tells us, number one on the agenda may be help for mexico's struggling economy. >> it's early saturday morning and jorge opens up his shop. for three decades he's been making tortillas. while his business is located in one of mexico city's wealthiest areas, he rarely earns more than $300 a month. with customers buying fewer tortillas than ever, life is getting harder. >> the minimum wage isn't enough. we have to pay rent, transportation, food school supplies shoes clothes everything we need. the minimum wage is not enough. >> with sluggish growth and a weakened peso. they say their country needs an economic boost. it's a message the mexican president nieto will bring to washington when he meets with the u.s. president barack obama but economic cooperation could take a back seat to a more pressing issue. >> the meeting comes at a crucial point in his political career. polls show his popularity has dropped to 40% the lowest approval for a mexican president in nearly two decades. >> when the leaders met in early 2014, the u.s. praised mexico's energy reforms and the

and a strategy that is not paying off - david mercer reports. >> reporter: it's early saturday and this man opensities tortilla shop. his business is located in one of mexico city's wealthiest areas, he rarely earns $300 a month. he struggles to support his family, and with customers buying fewer tortillas than ever life is harder. >> translation: the minimum wage is about $4.50 per day. it's not enough. we have to pay rent transportation, food school supplies, shoes, clothes, everything we need. the minimum wage is not enough. >> with sluggish growth and a weakened pay load. they need an economic boost. >> it's a message that the mexican president will bring to washington when he meets with the u.s. president obama. economic cooperation could take a back seat to a pressing issue. >> the meeting with president obama comes at a crucial point in his political career. the popularity dropped to 40%, the lowest approval for a mexican president in two decades. when the leaders met in 2014 the u.s. praised mexico's energy reforms and the capture of drug bosses. in late september '43 students d

david mercer spoke with some of the families. >> reporter: while people around the world are celebrating start of a new year the parents of mexico's 43 missing students are back in mexico city close to the president's house, determined not to let their children be forgotten. it's been more than three months since police kidnapped the students and handed them over to a drug gang. recently it was revealed federal police and soldiers not only knew about the attack but might have participated. investigators have been only been able to identify the remains of one of the students. while many mexicans believe all of the students were murdered back in september, their parents say they are holding out hope. >> we don't know when we will find them. but we have to do whatever it takes. >> the case has shocked the nation and people across mexico are calling for the president to step down. with congressional elections coming up in july and the parents planning more protests the big question here is whether mexicans are ready to forgive and forget. >>> there have been traditional sell brakes around th

effect the president's visit to washington will have on this man and millions of mexicans like him, david mercera, mexico city. >>> sony has used a speech at consumer electronic show to condemn the cyber attack that led to it delaying release of the film the interview and it's about a plot to kill the north korea kim jong-un and before release sony pictures was hacked and leading to halt release and u.s. blamed north korea for the attack. let's speak now from las vegas at the consumer electronic show and it's very interesting in this context of the hacking that took place, what does it mean for consumer electronics going forward from what you can gauge there? >> well, what it means is a lot of concern about hack proofing some of the gadgets and devices and keeping our personal information personal. we've seen a lot of facial recognition software and devices that have added security to get into them and i think you know a lot of the technology has been being developed for years and years and the back drop of what happened for the last few weeks which the sony chief used is keynote to address it s

david mercer al jazeera, guatemala city. >>> much more still to come for you on the al jazeera news hour we have a serious problem in this country, we have an imposter to impose himself on power. >> reporter: a reaction in the democratic republican of congo and could extend the rule of joseph and after unexpected result in sri lanka dwe details on the shake up the tennis player will go for an open title and we will have all the details. ♪ sri lanka has 100 day reform and promised to bring in new political culture but we report from columbo he has his work cut out out. >> reporter: she is a retired teacher, like many people she has been feeling the pinch of spiralling costs. >> translator: sri lanka people find it hard to put food on the table and must reduce prices not just on a limited number of items. >> reporter: after ending the brutal civil war they began a major development drive, the people were faced with increasing prices. the rising cost of living is just one of the issues new president has promised to address in an ambitious 100-day plan and says his other top priorities are a

david mercer spoke with some of the families. >> reporter: while people around the world are celebrating of a new year the parents of mexico's 43 missing students are back in mexico city close to the president's house determined not to let their children be forgotten. it's been more than three months since police can i kidnapped the students and handed them over to a drug gain, yes recently it was revealed that fad al soldiered were by it and may have participated. many believe they were murdered back in september but their parents say they are holding out hope. >> translator: we don't know when we will find them. but we have to do whatever it takes. >> reporter: this case has sho*bgd shocked the nation and people across mexico are calling for president enrique peÑa knee eight owe to step down. the big question here is whether mexicans are ready to forgive and forget. >>> now, protesters in the u.s. have been marking the end of 2014 by calling on police to end the use of excessive force. people in boston layed down on the streets in a so-called die-in demonstration which was meant to hig

bush and david mercer. mercedes, let me start with you. senator tom coburn just retired, long distinguished career dealing with budgets and security. he took apart the dhs on what they have not been able to achieve. >> that's right. he shed light to the fact that the dhs is quite frankly dysfunctional. they have a dysfunctional approach in setting priorities in these different missions dhs has five different missions, dealing with counter terrorism and cyber security and border security. i mean it's really compiled these different areas and where they have been ineffective. you can take for example the fact that fema spent billions of dollars yet they weren't able to track these funds in order to see how you can improve counter terrorism action. they have different state and local fusion centers that again were ruled ineffective in terms of preventing terrorism. what i think dhs will need to prove quite frankly are the metrics. how can they be able to describe the fact that they really secured the homeland and really actually securing the

al jazeera's david mercer was there. >> while people around the world are celebrating the start of a new year, the parents of mexico's 43 missing students are back in mexico city, close to the president's house determined not to let their children be forgotten. >> it's been more than three months since police kidnapped the students and handed them over to a drug gang. it was revealed that federal police and soldiers not only new about the attack, but may have participated. only one student's remains have been identified. while many believe the students were murdered in september their parents say they are holding out hope. >> we don't know when we will find them, but we have to do whatever it takes. >> this case has shocked the nation and people across mexico are calling for the president to step down. with congressional elections in july and the parents planning more protests, the big question is whether mexicans are willing to for give and forget. >> 1,000 people have been killed in gang related violence in mexico, 27,000 have completely disappeared. >> protestors ringing in the ne

david thank you. >>> new video tonight, a burglar tries to break into a home by throwing a fluoro pot through a sliding glass door not once but twice. this happened on coach lane in hopewell township mercern the shower. now, after feeling the house shake that homeowner ran downstairs to investigate and scared off the suspect. anyone with informationing is asked to call police. >>> up next, a hero in the face of tragedy. hear from the off duty officer who jumped into action saving two lives after an icy crash on the blue route. kathy. >> coming up, new information about our system bringing snow tomorrow plus two more chances for snow in the seven day after this. we'll talk about what's to come and what we're looking at with those as well in the seven-day forecast. >> also ahead here on "eyewitness news" at 11 o'clock, new details on the pope's vis tightest to philadelphia. hear what we've learned about the trip including where the pontiff may be meeting with some childre >> liftoff of the atlas five rocket. >> impressive video from florida tonight. you're looking at the liftoff of the atlas five rocket. it is carrying a 15,000-pound navy communication satellite. this satellite is the thir

mercer county on the ramp. an accident on the shoulder we've seen accidents on ramps specifically. >> reporter: temperatures have dropped in the last couple of hours. 24 in saint davids in pottstown, 24 in chester. across the river in south jersey, similar numbers low 20s in a lot of spots. 25 in smyrna delaware. if you're running errands no problems, we'll cloud up, but it will be dry high of 40 around 2:00. you can get stuff done, later on this evening, we're looking at the arrival of precipitation even though this is rain now, as an area of low pressure gets past us and comes in this evening, it will be cold enough to start out as snow. it will get to philadelphia around 9:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. in the lehigh valley. it will change to rain overnight in most areas but snowy and a little dicey later this evening. # it doesn't get much easier than picking 2 things. you pick 2, and... you're basically done. look for pick 2. coming soon from the pennsylvania lottery. easy to play. simple to say. >> reporter: we have lots of accidents out there and dave you're looking at satellite and radar. >> reporter: that's the rain coming in it will change to snow around 9:00 p.m. it w

david murphy. >> storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you there are still bands of heavier snow highlighted in brighter white in southern bucks county mercerou're caught under any of that. snowfall amounts way under perform even our low end projections because the storm din intensify and it shifted out to sea. a coating to an inch philadelphia west. as much as one to four as you get up to trenton. matt. >> more storm coverage including a live report from philadelphia international airport as airlines work to recover from mass cancellations. donald trump stops by live at kelly and michael. that's next here at 6abc. i'm matt o'donnell. have a great tuesday everyone. announcer: it's "live with kelly and michael." today from the movie "wild," actress reese witherspoon. and, we get a visit from the talented steve carell. plus "shameless" star emmy rossum all next on "live." fundsfund [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] announcer: now here are kelly ripa and michael strahan! [cheers and applause] ♪ [cheers and applause]