. >> overall, this is a critical facility that we maintain in djibouti. we could not do it without the presidents cooperation. we are grateful for him. agreeing for long-term presence there. >> more than 5000 u.s. and filipino soldiers have launched two weeks of joint military drills in the philippines. the annual drills opened one week after the unveiling of a 10 year agreement to revive the u.s. military presence in the philippines. on monday, activists protested the deal outside the filipino army headquarters. facilities use our rate-free, tax-free, they can access anywhere in the country for turning the place into a military base, even private defense contractors are given tax breaks. this is a grossly unequal it agreement that benefits only the superpowers. >> the former second-in-command of the u.s. nuclear weapons arsenal has been reprimanded and fined $4000 for using fake poker chips online to an investigator. at the time of the incident, rear admiral timothy giardina was deputy commander of u.s. strategic command. by accepting his penalty from a

. >> in neighbouring djibouti there has been a grenade attack at a restaurant popular with westerners. two have been killed, a dozen others injured. djibouti had dozens of troops, fighting as part of the african union mission and is home to the biggest military base in the region. >>> a car bomb exploded outside an alcohol shop in northern iraq. 11 were killed in kirkuk. they witnessed a growing number of attacks in this city. >>> votes are being counted again in malawi presidential election after an attempt by the president to order a re-run. as reported the election commission admits more votes were cast than there were registered voters. >> the head of the malawi commission tells the staff to ignore the president's order to nulify the elections. there were too many irregularities. fresh elections will take place, and joyce banda will not participate. the president does not have the power to cancel elections. in an election like this, where a lot of things are happening, i think every stakeholder, every competitor will try to look at the possibilities. >> after going to court the el

djibouti had hundreds of troops fighting as part of the african union mission. it's home to one of the biggest army bases in the region. >>> a car bomb explots in northern iran -- explodes in northern iran. the city has witnessed a growing number of attacks. >>> the votes are being counted again in malawi's presidential election after an attempt by the president to order a re-run. the election commission admits more votes were cast than there are registered voters. >> reporter: the head of the election commission tells staff to ignore an order. there were too many irregularies, says joyce banda: others say the president does not have the power to cancel the elections. exercising power has more effect in an election like this. where a lot of things were happening. every stakeholder, every competitor will try to look at the possibilities. after going to court the election commission was allowed to continue counting. it's believed test rigged by the opposition. officials showed observers what they say is an example of election fraud. >> if you compare the numbers,

[ laughter ] i didn't even get a djibouti call. shake shake shake, shake shake shake.o, biden, stop it. get out of here. get out of here. if you can't handle this meeting, get out. [ laughter ] my body's djibouti-licious -- get outta -- hey. [ laughter ] other big news. the kentucky derby. did you guys watch the derby this weekend? [ chee exciting. won the race with a time of 2 minutes and 3 seconds. after the race california chrome was pretty tired but still had enough energy for an interview. and he had this to say. feels great to come in first. i trained all year for this. i believe in myself and what can i say, i did it. oh yeah, and one more thing. none of what i said is true because i have no idea what was happening because i'm a horse. [ cheers and applause ] i just went out for a run. that's it. did you see this? before the start of the kentucky derby on saturday, i was watching on "nbc." and they showed all jockeys like in a chyron on the bottom of the screen introducing themselves. you know like football players do it and they say their name. stuff like that.

military operations already average more than one a day in almost every country from algeria to djibouti and just this week the obama administration it expanded its big plans for africa and announced it had renewed a contract with the beauty coast a military base there for the next ten years djibouti is a strategic point for the u.s. intel launched counterterrorism operations in the region and most importantly drone strikes in somalia and yemen and the country is barely the size of the state of new jersey it receives thirty eight million dollars a year to host an extension of the military industrial complex in fact according to al-jazeera the pentagon has inform congress of plans for a dramatic expansion of its facilities in djibouti proposing more than one billion dollars in construction projects and this week's renewal didn't come without a massive price tag either in fact the u.s. agreed to nearly double the base fee djibouti to sixty three million dollars a year without really stating the reason why such an increase but why would there be an incentive to tell the people where their t

i had a hearing today with two ambassadors, one to djibouti and one to jordan.on security. that's more important than the blame game. >> stay here. we want you at home to weigh in on the fireback question. will karl rove speculating health care's health care backfire? we'll have results fire? and the outrages of the day. i'm outraged at some of the students at my alma mater. ♪ ♪ no matter what kind of business you own, at&t business experts can help keep it running... seamlessly. so you can get back to what you love. when everyone and everything works together, business just sings. narrator: these are the skater kid: whoa narrator: that got torture tested by teenagers and cried out for help. from the surprised designers. who came to the rescue with a brilliant fix male designer: i love it narrator: which created thousands of new customers for the tennis shoes that got torture tested by teenagers. the internet of everything is changing manufacturing. is your network ready? i'm d-a-v-e and i have copd. i'm k-a-t-e and i have copd, but i don't want my breathing pro

agreed to nearly double the base fee to djibouti to sixty three million dollars a year without really stating the reason why such an increase but why would there be an incentive to tell the people where their tax dollars are going when the public doesn't even know that they're funding an undeclared war against an entire continent so if you think that it's finally time to stop expanding the u.s. military's presence to every corner of the earth join me and let's break the set. it'll either they believe very hard to take that leap. lightly yet or act like that when they're looking. at least a little. please please. please. if you look at the data from last week's job report the department of labor economic recovery from the financial crisis appears to be on the up and up the u.s. created nearly two hundred ninety thousand jobs last month the unemployment rate has fallen the six point three percent and the stock market is booming one only needs to take a quick glance at the factors behind the numbers to see that the so-called recovery is largely a mirage so the unemployment rate has dropp

i won a bottle of wine at work by knowing the capital of djibouti, it's djibouti. >> we're very pleesdwe don't want to put any undue pressure on you. we expect you to win because you're representing all women all the time. >> thank you for the vote of confidence. >> i want you to win so you're the champ and i can say i talked to you. >> that's a great reason, too. >> longest running female "jeopardy" champ from the chicago area. thanks for joining us on "new day." >> what is the name of the "jeopardy" song? >> we can all sing it. >> we'll figure it out in the break. >>> up next, we have a very special young man, becoming the newest member of the new orleans saints. how? by refusing to being defined by his limitations. devon walker. "good stuff" coming up. that's why i got my surface. it's great for watching game film and drawing up plays. it's got onenote, so i can stay on top of my to-do list, which has been absolutely absurd since the big game. with skype, it's just really easy to stay in touch with the kids i work with. alright, russell you are good to go! alright, fellas. alright,

the former head of african command told us drones could be brought in from a base in djibouti, as wellrveillance aircraft. cp-3s that could listen in on cell phone conversations below. >> you could have nigerian security officials aboard those aircraft, listening. so, you've got someone who has the language skills. >> reporter: the most important tool in finding those girls will be human intelligence, people on the ground. and that will have to be up to the nigerians. we have no one there, especially in those remote forests. but there's still a great deal of hope that at least some of these girls will be found. george? >> we have to keep trying. martha, thanks. >>> we're going to turn to the mysterious fire at the florida home of tennis star james blake. four dead bodies found inside the mansion, which burned to the ground wednesday. police convinced it was a crime. and abc's gio benitez has the latest from miami. >> reporter: this morning, a beautiful mansion at the center of a heinous crime. >> oh, my god. it's so bad. i was walking my dog. and the house just exploded. >> okay, ma'am