the girls are from 18 different tribes from east africa that go to school peacefully together, live on. >> volleyball? >> yeah. >> reporter: two students came to america for the first time to attend the boarding school in the valley for three weeks. they were welcomed by other students who acted as ambassadors. >> so you feel pretty lucky that you were chosen to come here. >> reporter: they already know what they want to do their lives, even before they graduate. >> discriminated and want to go and hear their voices. i would love to be a general just like you. >> reporter: their principal, victoria, came with the girls. she said students are highly motivated in spite of their circumstances. >> some girls do not have parents. others have parents but are so poor to the point that they don't have a job and they have to be away from the children to find money. >> we provide a four-year scholarship for them. when they leave the program they have life skills training and they exit our program being prepped for college career, and community. >> i fell in love with east africa were jason a cal

in southeast asia, in east africa's great lakes region, and on north africa's mediterranean coast.ple in the 10s of thousands are trying to escape homelands rav i believed by extreme poverty. and violence. they have an ill defined but simple dream. the hope of a better life. but for many, running away from trouble brings new dangers. people smugglers soak them, neglect them. abuse them and in some case these pay with their lives. the. >> i am looking for a safe place to live. because our country is so dangerous. and there is -- there is -- there is a war. >> from africa, asia, and the middle east, they risk their lives hoping for a better future. fleeing conflicts in search of safety. paying top dollar to smugglers who often abuse aura ban done them. >> the captain left us with the boat and ran away and, left us alone. >> he ran away with another boat to turk any. >> i don't know. maybe. i think so, he has this small you beer boat, you know this rubber boat for rescuing, he got in and just like run,. >> and he left you alone? >> yes. >> hundreds of thousands left their homes often

we are talking about major attacks in east africa. not only the westgate mall in 2013.s was a same mull taken yus attack where dozens were injured. but, also the more recent attach at the university. that's when they took 700 people hostage and they separated out the muslims from the christians. and then started systematically killing the christian students. >> where is she thought to be? >> she is thought to be in somalia at this time. what's interesting about her case is that she is really a gateway or linkage between western recruits and bringing them into the al qaeda fold. and she has shown herself to be very adept at understanding the kinds targets that are going to unnerve western governments and in this case universities and also shopping malls. because, you remember, after the westgate attack in 2013, security here in the united states at shopping malls was stepped up as well. >> it's hard to think of it. here is this western woman joins. >> women and children as suicide bombers. >> suicide bombers and now responsible for almost 400 murders. it's absolutely. >>

. >>> a bay area nonprofit that created a school for girls in east africa invited two of the studentso school here for a little while. they spent three weeks at a school in portolo valley. and they are determined to become leaders in kenya. ♪ ♪ >> this is from the academy website and shows the girls who attend this tuition-free boarding school in kenya. it means bridge. it was founded by a san rafael couple. the girls are from 18 different tribes in east africa that go to school peacefully together, live on the campus and are learning to be leaders. two of those students came to america for the first time to attend a boarding school in portola valley for three weeks. they were welcomed by other students who acted as ambassadors. >> you were lucky that you were chosen to come here, right? >> they already know what they want to do with their lives even before they graduate. [foreigning language] >> i would like to be a journalist just like you. >> the principal victoria, came with the girls. they said the students are highly motivated in spite of their circumstances. >> some girls do no

. >>> a bay area nonprofit that created a school for girls in east africa invited two of the studentsschool here for a little while. they spent three weeks at a school in portola valley. and they are determined to become leaders in kenya. ♪ ♪ >> this is from the academy website and shows the girls who attend this tuition-free boarding school in kenya. it means bridge. it was founded by a san rafael couple. jason and jenne dougherty. the girls are from 18 different tribes in east africa that go to school peacefully together, live on the campus and are learning to be leaders. two of those students came to america for the first time to attend a boarding school in portola valley for three weeks. they were welcomed by other students who acted as ambassadors. >> you were lucky that you were chosen to come here, right? >> they already know what they want to do with their lives even before they graduate. [foreign language] >> i would like to be a journalist just like you. >> the principal, victoria, came with the girls. she said the students are highly motivated in spite of their circumstance

where they get their money, asia, japan, middle east, africa. q1, until we see things normalize drug this dollar impact will be the tory. alix: and pardon my wonderment if we just part of my wonderment if we see the dollar churning lower is if we will see these forces hedge. part of the hedging was that some of the extent of companies could not do it. i'd ago, if you wanted to buy protection on one million euros for six months, that was going to run you $25,000. now it will cost you 35 thousand dollars, a huge increase over the last year to protect yourself. at the end of the day, a lot of companies could not do it. joe: i also think it is worth stepping back and saying, why this recent dollar weakness? the answer is, the economy has been weaker than expected and we had the week q1 gdp number -- q1 gdpkend -- weak never. i have to say am skeptical of the whole story. early this morning we got initial jobless claims. it's the lowest it has been since the economic crisis. i find it hard to square that with the fact that the economy is losing its w

nine other were injured in that attack which comes at a time of tensions in east africa. thousands of protesters marched through the city today defying a threat of a police crackdown. 20 people have died during the unrest there which was triggered by the president seeking a third term in office which is opponents say violates the constitution. here is the latest from the capital. reporter: we have just calm from where the attack occurred. we confirmed to dad. we followed them here to the hospital. as we arrived, a woman told us there were more than two dead and over 30 wounded. we have not confirmed that yet. we are on our way into the hospital to find out. so far no news on who threw the grenade in the market. tom: despite warnings of a crackdown, it seems as though a number of people to ask to the streets today. julia: yes. despite two days of live fire from the police, protesters were back in the streets today. it started more slowly. by the afternoon, they were out in the thousands. they told us that on monday they will return to the streets. they are taking a two-day

the giraffe is in real danger in some areas of east africa.e, at least, there are people who care for the giraffes and leave them in peace to enjoy all of that greenery. brent: how could you heard a giraffe? anchor 2: i don't know. brent: all right that is going to wrap it up for us. we will see you soon. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >zññzzí[ó[[[óççó[[[[óó[zç[z[ó[[[[[[[[çç w[[çççççÑuyÑ ]Ñy rÑvvpjá.ç>.çájá.Ñáájáç.>ç.j.çánçx ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> this week on "wealth track," great value investor tom russo looks for leading consumer brand companies with the capacity to reinvest in what he calls the exist to suffer. when both qualities matter are next on consuelo mack "wealth track." ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> new york life along with mainstays family of mutual funds offers investment and retirement solutions so you can help your clients keep good going. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> additional funding provided by

in the last 20 to 30 years it has moved from south east asia to africa, east africa, southern africa. these are countries with weak health systems as we saw observe break havoc inebola wreak havoc in these areas that have weak health systems. it's very concerning that we could see a rapid spread. >> a threat in those countries but what about in the united states? >> in the united states our major risk for typhoid fever is traveling to a developing country. we recommend that people see their physicians before traveling to these countries. they can receive a vaccine. unfortunately, they're not routinely available in the developing world. they're not cheap and the prices really need to be brought down significantly to be incorporated in routine vaccination programs. >> i want to read another story to you. the fda propose rules that would roll back a lifetime ban of blood donation of gay men. the proposal would prohibit men of giving blood if they've had sex with another man in the last year. critics say that proper screening can eliminate any risk. what is your reaction to that new idea,

in east africa a meeting to discuss political crisis seeking a third term in office leading to a coup and weeks of protest. the united nations says it is worried about the growing number of children participating in protests against the government. this report from the capital. >> reporter: he looks about 14, and should be in school. he's in the street in the capital, protesting. the schools are closed >>> opposition members have been protesting for weeks against the president wanting a third term. some of those killed during the violence have been children. >> it's very bad. the children don't go to school. they don't eat enough any more. they don't - unfortunately in this demonstration we have about five children who have been killed. >>> despite the potential danger children are still on the streets. sometimes children come onto the streets because they are curious or get excited by the protest. when the police opened fire to disperse the protesters that's when the children get hurt. >> reporter: when the protest started a month ago many schools closed. if the political crisis drag

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that: they are just a stones throw -- nick: around 360 migrants from east africa have set up tents some just on mattresses. across the mediterranean from ethiopia, this man has been here for two weeks and says there is food and water but little else. >> we come here one or two times a day. there is no shower, no toilet here. nick: it is believed the camp will be closed due to health concerns. there is a fear of disease outbreak. the migrants will be relocated. >> there are few double -- there are suitable places for them. emergency facilities will be made available to them. nick: many are looking to get into the u.k.. the euro star leaves from there. some want to stay in france. a protest last week and another part of paris called for the reform of eu immigration rules to help migrants cross the mediterranean. molly: 2000 asia, where burma has seized a boat of -- to south asia where burma has seized a boat of migrants. it comes a week after a similar boat carried 200 bangladeshi migrants. the people on board this boat that was found today, the number has not been made clear. this comes

the giraffe is in real danger in some areas of east africa.e, at least, there are people who care for the giraffes and leave them in peace to enjoy all of that greenery. brent: how could you heard a giraffe? anchor 2: i don't know. brent: all right that is going to wrap it up for us. we will see you soon. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] t -- engulfed fifa. sepp blatter has refused to step down despite a chorus calling for his resignation. russian president vladimir pugh 10 is backing bladder for a fifth term. -- vladimir

. >> other countries in east africa have taken refugees from burundi. the u.n. said that thousands have fled. this camp has around 5,000 people. 2,000 of them are children. some say they crossed into rwanda late at night so they wouldn't be seen by people. >> they removed them from another area. so far we're coping. if more come it will get worse. >> thosethe president wanted a third term, but his critics want him out. some believe that that violence in burundi is far from over and they won't be going home soon. >> rebels have backed out of a peace accord with the government and other armed groups. they signed a preliminary deal but wanted more and they say the deal does not meet their needs. >>> boston bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev sentenced to death after deliberations of 14 days. >> dzhokhar tsarnaev sat with a stoic face. >> there is nothing happy about having to take somebody's life. i'm satisfied. i'm grateful that they came to that conclusion because for me i think it was the just conclusion. but there is nothing happy about any sing bit of this situation. >>

everybody from east africa you migrate into mesopotamia, tigers in the euphrates, you have to to havethen migrate across asia raising wheat, eating stuff then the ice age, all the stuff is frozen in the mountains, you can walk to sarah palin's future house, and then you come down the west coast -- >> larry: i feel racism is about to start. i feel like it's starting. >> it's started, because you've got these tribes and they have different skin color as a result of ultraviolet light. now, you can run this test larry. >> larry: what is the test? if a guy from norway one of my people -- >> larry: yeah. -- has an interaction, can we say interaction on television? >> larry: we're on basic cable. with a come from zimbabwe, all you're going to get is a human you won't get some other new thing. >> larry: you're going to get some good hair too. that's a joke. >> we're all the same thing fromta scientific standpoint, so there's no such thing as racism but there is such a thing as tribalism. >> larry: you got that, when a guy from norway has sex with an african woman, racism is over. that's what

. >> we had to east africa now working his government is threatening to close the largest refugee camp-- where kenya's government is threatening to close the largest refugee c amp here they say hundreds of thousands of refugees pose a security risk. grace we have this report on the plight of somalis in the camp. >> flying above what seemed like the middle of nowhere in kenya it comes into view, the biggest refugee camp in the world. some 400,000 people live here. the majority are from somalia. they fled to escape civil war and hunger. this is one of the lucky few to find a job here. he works as a medical technician. he was six years old when his mother brought him and his siblings here more than 20 years ago. he hasn't left the camp cents. residents are not allowed to live anywhere else in the country. he says his life here is still better than at home in somalia's civil war. recently, he heard that the kenyan government was planning to shut the camp and send the resident's home. >> there's no need for me to go back now he said. he says he grew up here. he is only a somali citizen by b

trouble in the middle east africa, ukraine. do you think the united nations have been overwhelmed?i do think that we face a major challenge in our world in terms of global leadership because i think that we live in a highly politicized environment . in many ways, i think people think it was more straightforward when you had a kind of world when you had two axes powers. you had the united states and you had the soviet union and now it's changed and different countries have power for a whole range of different reasons now. we are also seeing more and more countries that are really wanting to establish their authority and their sovereignty. some of that is very positive but i'm also seeing the negative side of that when you have an arrogance of some leaders, when you have leaders that care nothing, absolutely nothing for their people and you're using sovereignty and authority to say that as a country -- other countries should not intervene have absolutely no role. how we deal with this and how we get greater accountability i think is going to be one of the major challenges going forwa

. >> east africa leaders have condemned the coupe.eturn for constitutional order and an end to the violence. it does not cause the problem. we condemn the coupe. and we call upon an order in that country. >> at least 38 people have been killed and 55 injuries in a number of attacks carried out by the islamic state of iraq. in the town a series of suicide car bombs targeted the military and shia militias. in the west of the province, isil fighters have mounted a surprise attack, surprise attacks are a number of locations. al jazeera joins us live on the line from baghdad right now, and what more can you tell us about what appears to be an escalation in violence. >> well, clearly isil is on the offensive in the western province of on bar like you mentioned. isil targets using six car bombers and 16 suicide bombers in the town. now, the town has been contested for some time now it is not far from isil strong hold, the government has been trying to capture this town, recapture it from isil for weeks now but they have been bogged down in f

embassies in east africa. the attack killing 224. he was found guilty of four counts of conspiracy. and was osama bin laden's spokesman and media visor. >> federal investigators interviewed the engineer and two crew members of a train that derailed on tuesday. when a last scheduled press conference was held, it dropped a bombshell. investigators are looking into reports that the train may have been hit by a project il moments before it crashed. the latest revelation opens up a whole new line of investigation. >> you know it does. that was the bombshell moment talk of a projectile, and the fbi called in. it happened at that n.t.s.b. press conference the national transportation safety board and they revealed they've been talking to brandon bostian, the driver of the train on tuesday, this afternoon. >> reporter: the national transportation safety board has been front and center every day since tuesday's crash. friday was the time day before retreating to analyse the data. the headline the interview with the train engineer brandon governmentian. >> we found -- branton bostian. >> we fo

. >> a couple years ago i was in east africa when a famine broke out so i was physically seeing the effectse famine on young children. we need to respond to this now. >> will let launched a 1 million meal goal after this week's tour they'll have packaged 800,000 so they are well on their way. if you would like to get involved head to our web site cbsphilly.com to find a link to stop hunger now web site. so, great efforts there. >>> in fairmount park it was a race to raise awareness today. "eyewitness news" at the 11th annual memorial day weekend teal ribbon 5k for ovarian cancer. runners and walkers helped raise money for important research. at this time there is no test for early detection of ovarian cancer. >>> what would memorial day weekend be without fun down the shore of course. "eyewitness news" in ocean city as folks packed the beach and the works. memorial day is the unofficial start of summer and by the looks of things down there plenty of people were taking advantage. you can barely even move there justin. take a look there. that's the place to be. >> like sardines. >> do you see

. >> reporter: other countries in east africa have take end in refugees from burundi and the u.n.thousands have fled. this camp has around 5,000 people 2000 of them are children. some say they cross into ruwanda late at night not seen by people trying to hurt them. aid workers are worried more are still coming. >> translator: this is meant to be a transit camp families stay for a few days then remove them to another area so far we are coping but if more come it will get worse. >> reporter: those loyal to burundi president ziza want him to have a third term and some refugees believe political instability in burundi is far from over and means they won't be going home soon al jazeera on the burundi border. >>> indonesia navy stopped a migrant boat with hundreds on board from entering indonesia waters and fishermen rescued more than 700 other people at sea and we are at the center where they are being treated. >> reporter: they were on the boat for three months and their condition is very, very weak. they are here at a temporary shelter after they were rescued by fishermen, initially

. >> a couple years ago i was in east africa when a pham famine broke out. physically seeing the effects of the famine on young children. we need to respond to this now. >> will let lurched a million meal goal and after this week's tour they will have packaged 800,000 so they're well on their way. if you'd like to get involved head to cbsphilly.com to find a link to stop hunger now's website. >>> all right. let's neck with justin drabick. picture perfect weekend. >> you and lesley have been so nice to me because of this weather. >> extra nice. >> i'll bet that changes with all this humidity coming up. it probably messes up your hair. >> i'm not going complain. it's all good. >> lay it on me when it's humid out. >> no worries. >> let's break it down for you. comfortable outside right now. take you outside look at the ben franklin bridge from campbell's field. pretty nice. plain pleasant outside keep those windows open. still tonight. the humidity levels will slowly creep up through the day on memorial it day a few clouds around much what's talk about what's a

. >> secretary of state john kerry is in kenya discussing security operations in east africa. he offered american support in the fight against groups like al shabab and commemorated the victims of past attacks including a shooting at garissa university last month that killed nearly 150 people. >> in new york, a city police officer remains in critical condition after a weekend shooting. officer brian moore and his partner were talking with a man when he opened fire, shooting moore twice in the head. the suspect has been charged with attempted murder. >> in the political campaign, two new republicans in the presidential race this morning carly fee reno just announced that she is in she is the former c.e.o. of hewlett packard. >> i am announcing. >> carson has never run for public office. mike huckabee is also expected to join the republican field with an announcement tomorrow. senators ted cruz, marco rubio and rand paul announced they are running for the republican nomination. there are reports that they. a's government says no more fortune rescue workers are needed in katmandu

joining us now is cisco's president of europe am a the middle east, africa and russia.ic that europe has turned a corner? >> we saw this five quarters ago so we have seen five quarters of consistent growth. 2% across but that was because without russia it was over 4%. we see that optimism and the focus that companies have in generating new revenue streams and focus on growth. manus: is it fair to say it is a battle against software developers? the traditional products you sell are the ones that really shown through last night. is that pattern repeating? >> there is no question. it is all about the speeds of conductivity and particularly because of video. whether you are in business, it is all video. your increasing the networks at exponential rights to handle this proliferation of video so you are seeing a 10 gig move to 40 gig and constant increases in speeds. next generation is gigabit wireless so you see upgrades of networks to provide the capacity. that is really what is driving it. video is at the heart of it. manus: i have internet all over the house. using more b

for me the main focus is where we are fighting now, middle east and giant conflict, singular conflict that stretches from north africa across the middle east towards afghanistan and pakistan. you're on the chair of the armed services committee. your chair is oversight of the military and wars. do you think the rest of the congress is adequately focused on what's come oug of the united states and in the interest in the region right now? >> adequately, probably not. but much more focused than they used to be. i think it's not just members on the armed services or foreign affairs that are focused. i think the american people and most all of the representatives in congress have some appreciation for the seriousness of what's happening and i'm getting more questions at home in my district about what's happening around the world than i ever have gotten before, other than right after 9/11. but i think the american people have a lot of interest and therefore there's more focus in congress on it. you can get distracted by the day to day, of course, issues. but there's a lot more interest in the world. >> is that something you

going on there they have special operations launched out of there helping uganda and countries in east africa are also launching operations into somalia. they have a a response force that will be the military response if something happens to the ambassador. and they also are looking strategically at the entire horn. i want to read a quote from the commander of the horn of africa task force. he says, we sit here, we're able to help our east african partners and to neutralize violent extremists but also looking north into the arabian peninsula. obviously, yemen a crucial period with so many refugees with the fighting going on there at the moment. >>> 55 minutes past the hour. is retirement as we know it a a thing of the past? the harsh reality about how long we may have to work. come back, i'll tell you about that next. >>> i'm christine romans. let's get an early start on your money this wednesday morning. u.s. stock futures are higher. a reversal from yesterday when the dow fell 142 points. the nasdaq it lost 1.6%. why? well the trade deficit is at a six-year high thanks to a strengthening do

bill: series of tweets report by a 25-year-old jihadi with al qaeda from east africa al-shabaab.kate, is this a growing threat a new threat, or is it the same threat. >> i certainly think it es growing. you look what happened last night, i would say that is definitely escalation when it comes to the islamic state or whatever terrorist group these people are tied to is going to do to american citizens exercising their first amendment rights. also you could is a it is new, yes, but could also say cut from the same cloth of islamism. and this anti-free speech idea that it is okay to murder people because you are offended about a cartoon. the bottom line is, we've heard for a long time that we have a homegrown terror problem in this country. we're seeing it escalate with the tactics that isis is using saying don't come over to syria to fight. take it to events in your home country. easier to get to. issue your jihad there. exactly what we saw last night. shouldn't treat it any differently than that. >> i'm out of time. pete, squeeze in a final thought here. >> this is why what happen

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in anticipation of new millionaires being minted, also looking at the middle east and africa. market than all of europe. , one of the reasons why they are going to this area. the china luxury market has risen from 12% to 27% over five years. you want to follow the money. angie: all of the money is in china. thank you for that. islamic banking. indonesia tries to rival malaysia's hub for finance. we'll take a look at the plan when "first up," returns. ♪ angie: welcome back. you are watching "first up." indonesia is looking to a province to drive its campaign to be a hub for islamist banking. a $2nts to tap into trillion industry dominated by neighboring malaysia. haslinda amin has been taking a look at this. isn't this a little bit of an unusual choice? haslinda: it is a surprise toys. it is recovering from a 30 year conflict. bloody time of insurgency that claimed more than 30,000 lives. look at the religious makeup. muslims account for 98%. the highest percentage in all of indonesia, which has the largest muslim population in the world. regions, it dozen is the only one that

world 2.5 billion in western capitalistic experience they are not just in india and china but in east africa and southeast asia, that onboarding is creating this excess goods and services, factory capacity, and two weeks ago with chairman ben bern energy inbernankein the green room, he said listen in old world looking at way things work, we would be raising rates but not right now because of this dramatic change in what shaping what is happening in globalization. neil: is this music too the ears of hillary clinton? >> yes, and no, likely federal reserve the start raising rates in 2016. >> you think that 2016 is going to happen? >> you will get a 50 base, 2 two 25 basis point moves anything into the election. i am prone to drama but feds may wait until after the election. i think that data is improving enough it will not happen. neil: thank you very much wall street week. sunday 11 a.m., i am glad for his success but i am recent full it has -- so just because he is italian i'm not saying he like a pal, but if is annoying. just saying. anthony thank you. neil: forget when rates go up but how w

. >> john kerry wrapped up his tour of east africa today first secretary of state to make an official visit to djibouti. the people of yemen need all the help they can get. >> we are deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation that is unfolding in yemen. shortages of food, shortages of fuel shortages of medicine. the situation is getting more dire by the day. and we're deeply concerned about that. >> kerry's next stem was riyadh, saudi arabia. meanwhile, yemen sent a letter to the u.n. security council pleading for help. al jazeera's mohamed val explains. >> yemen's letter to the united nations comes at an interesting time. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in saudi arabia, asking for be humanitarian relief to be channeled, the letter is asking the u.n. to give its blessing or to send troops to the ground that means a ground invasion. saudi arabia has been launching these strikes for about six weeks now without very clear results. the oivets of objectives of those strikes were to expel the houthis from be many cities such as aden, and come to the table for peace discussions

are challenged by a con -- by a combination of extremism, and general instability in the middle east and africa. isil has lessons learned from al qaeda and has rose to prominence a relatively short. of time -- relatively short period of time. isil has been extremely effective at targeting english-speaking audiences throughout multiple social media sites. al qaeda's use of the internet and social media has provided isil a blueprint on how to attack our critical infrastructure and our economy. their outreach is allow them to reach tens of thousands throughout the world. as our director said last thursday, there are hundreds and maybe have the people across our country who are receiving recruitment overtures from the terrorist group or being directed to attack the united states. he added that it is like a little devil sitting on their shoulder telling them to kill kill kill. with regards to foreign fighters, that threat is to's it -- is tied this degree to isil and other combat zones around the world. but this message is attracting thousands of people around the world interested in joining isil. w

most are from east africa, escaping a decker toal regime and a military that pays almost nothing.s man says they fled what is close to savery back home. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: even yet you know you take the risk even though a lot of people died. >> because i can -- >> reporter: what do you think of the italians that save you? >> a nice country. we know that before when we are coming. we know that. >> reporter: then we walk over to the other side where women and children are sleeping seeking shade where they could. getting water for her travel companions and kids, saying they all waited for a long time for this, with cruel conditions in libya. >> were you afraid on the sea? >> yes. but we pray to god also. they save our lives. >> reporter: so god came in the form of the italians? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes, i'm happy. >> reporter: back on the ridge, the commander operates the rescues. they takes hours even on calm waters. there are up to 1,000 crew at sea all the time. task force commander admiral has won special mission aside from saving lives, stopping these merchants of death by

much >>> the secretary of state john kerry upcoming visit to kenya and djibouti signal concern in east africa. high on the list of topics to be discussed is what do about the somali-based group al-shabab. >> reporter: whether in somali djibouti, kenya or uganda, people on the horn of africa know the threat of al-shabab. >> it's the biggest security threat in somali an important country in the east african region. we are seeing over the last three years or so, ever since kenya invaded somalia in 2011 we see it becoming a greater threat. >> al-shabab, what the u.s. calls a designated foreign terrorism organization is not as strong as it used to do. it's been forced out of mogadishu and the countryside. it's been targeted by u.s. drone strikes. it's still lethal. >> reporter: in kampala uganda in 2010, al-shabab set off bombs at two public screenings of the world cup. in kenya al-shabab attacked civilians several times. in september 2013, 62 were killed when the group stormed nairobi's westgate mall. >> and at the beginning of april al-shabab members fired on students at garissa university colle

the president was in tanzania for an east africa community summit on the crisis in burundi and that's when this coup was announced at the attempted coup was announced. and these soldiers went to various key points. the state board closed the airport. yesterday you saw that presidential troops loyal to the president started to fight back and seize back some of the key points. but this problem has been going on for around a month, natalie. we can take you back and see exactly what happened, how it all spiraled out of control, as we take a look at the rap of events surrounding events surrounding witness's events and what looks like it has failed. >> and where is the president at this time? do we know? >> he says that he tweeted yesterday, natalie, that is back in the country, and that he is at an undisclosed location for safety reasons. he thanks burundis for staying calm and this has been an ongoing situation. we've seen massive protests, thousands and thousands of refugees going to neighboring countries and elections looming around the corner. whether they will happen or not is a quest

. >> east africa leaders urging burundi's president to delay elections. a summit focused on the crisis in burundi. after weeks of violence, parliamentary election are due to be held friday and presidential elections on june 26. >> the bodies of 17 people have arrived at port augusta on the italian side of sicily, found during rescue praises on friday. that saved more than 4,000 migrants trying to cross the mediterranean sea. >> the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is receiving treatment in hospital after breaking his leg in a cycling accident. kerry was riding in france a day after he held talks with iran's foreign minister in geneva. he's canceled his visit to madrid and paris to return to the u.s. for treatment. let's get the latest now from our state department correspondent, rosalyn jordan, live in washington d.c. before we get on to the importance of this political implications, how is he? >> well, he's said to be in stable condition. he's still at the hospital in geneva switzerland, where he had been meeting on saturday with the iranian foreign mi

it's certainly the most serious security threat in somali which is an important country in the east africa region. we are seeing, over the last three years or so, ever since kenya invaded somali in 2011, it's become a greater threat to kenya >>> al-shabab, what the u.s. calls a designated foreign terrorist organization is not as strong as it used to be. it's been forced out the mogadishu, into the countryside by government troops and forces. it's been targeted by drone strikes. it's still lethal. >> in kampala, uganda in 2010, al-shabab set off bombs at two public screenings at the world cup. more than 70 were killed. in kenya al-shabab struck. in september 2016, 72 were killed when the group stormed nairobi's westgate mall. at the beginning of april, al-shabab fired on students at garisha college. 137 people were murdered. so when secretary of state john kerry visits nairobi and djibouti analysts say he'll bring a message of economic political and moral support. what will not be on offer, promises of increased military involvement. washington is reluctant to do so sense the black hawk dow

the middle east africa that sort of thing.e exercises actually is going to take place on u.s. military bases in the southwest, but in texas, they've been talking to land owners and only with their per mission, asking if they can train on their land. it's getting attention because some of it they may not be in uniform, they may be carrying weapons with blank ammunition traveling in private vehicles but the pentagon insists there will be monitors with them at all times, there is no risk to the public that all of this is being done with everyone's permission but right now, you see people weighing in all over the country, senator ted cruz saying he knows he understands why texans are concerned, chuck norris weighing in and even on the other side of the equation jon stewart weighing in on his tv show. >> very, very bizarre indeed. we invited by the way the governor greg abbott to appear with us. so far we don't have a final answer but hopefully he'll come on the show to explain his concerns about this u.s. military special operatio

kerry asked them to investigate the crimes and heads to east africa where he is expected to talk about security and economic growth. >> coming up on al jazeera america - a year after the wave of undocumented children from central america smuggled into the u.s. we look at the situation today, and the problems the children face like being held for ransom after making it to the u.s. >>> it's saturday night, together we look at a deeper look at the issue of children coming into the country alone without parents or papers. numbers are down last year, it was a record year, when tens of thousands poured across the boarder from central america, despite controls when you are making the journey, many are theeing poverty and violence in search of a better future in the huss. heidi zhou-castro is on the border. bring us up to date. >> i'm here at the busiest border control checkpoint. this freeway is the only artery north of the border region and you can't get past without papers. human smugglers drop off immigrants and force people to fan out into the wilderness for 2-3 days to make a wide circle

isis savages are creating mass chaos throughout the middle east, africa and nigh now nigeria.though president obama promised to confront isist, and downgrade it, that has h not happened. isis continues to expand, murdering thousands of innocent people, creating chaos wherever it goes. in response, the president speaks of climate change to the coast guard academy graduating class last week and touts its international record. >> today is the first memorial dayay in 14 years that the united states has not engaged in a major ground war so on this day we honor the sacrifice of the thousands of american service members men and women, who gave their lives since 9/11, including more than 2200 american patriots who made the ultimate sacrifice in afghanistan. >> what the president did not say is that isis is now expanding into afghanistan. the northern part of that country now a free fire zone as the taliban and other islamic militants seized territory from the government. in fact there arern very few victories in the war on terror these days. syria under siege by isis. iraq tottering a

federal investigators about his desire to travel to africa and china the al qaeda affiliate in east africa al-shabaab. investigators are considering whether the two men had direct ties or were inspired by foreign groups. and there was tweet -- -- the tweet was sent by a british jihaddist based in syria and it reads in part: two of our brothers just opened fire at the prophet muhammad art exhibition in texas hash tag texas attacks. this account has now been disabled. we were told that four known isis accounts, leadership accounts began tweeting about the attack in texas within a shore period of time and the early analysis suggest they'd did have foreknowledge over assault but the chairman of the home inland security commit see says he believes it was terrorism and the two individuals were inspired by isis. >> thank you very much. we'll have more on this texas development. what we're learning of these assassins. i want to back to new york city right now where we got confirmation that a police officer who has shot in the fate over the weekend by an ex-con has died. this latest on that right n