i'm mary in evanston it's good to have you with us. we begin in syria where according to a relieved group more than 200000 people have fled a government assault on italy province most of them have been heading towards the turkish border syrian regime forces backed by tanks are continuing their ground advance. rebel held areas in southern and eastern adlib about $250.00 people have been killed in the latest flare up of violence. syrian tanks fire on targets as the ground assault to date province advances. government forces captured village after village their immediate opening a major highway that's been closed for 7 years the army ultimately wants to recapture the province from the al qaida the militias which control it. as the troops push forward civilians try to flee the line of fire tens of thousands are on the run. we are leaving because of the shelling we're worried about our children and that the situation worse why else would we leave why would anyone leave his house. a regiment table. with the turkish border closed the only opt

i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us the leaders of china japan and south korea have agreed to work together to promote dialogue between the united states and north korea in a bid to ease tensions over pyongyang's nuclear program chinese premier leaky chong japanese premier and south korean president one tree in the summit in chengdu in china against the backdrop of increasing threats from challenge young north korea has settled. take unspecified action if sanctions against it are not lifted by the end of the hear you. well to talk more about all this i'm joined in the studio now by good of you correspondent bob encroachments who is based in beijing good to see you so what is likely to come out of this summit to will we see any new initiatives to ease u.s. north korea tensions will there be concrete steps taken now so far what we've seen coming out of the summit is more a symbolic message namely that all 3 nations want peace and do you know crews ation of north korea however i mean concrete steps i don't expect anything that is a breakthrough but we could see lower le

i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us we begin with some breaking news coming in police in somalia say more than a dozen people have been killed by a car bomb in mogadishu dozens of people were injured a bomb according to police the bomb was detonated during the morning rush hour at a busy security checkpoint local broadcaster radio dolphins' side of the mayor is saying that several university students were among the dead no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. well for the latest we're joined now on the line by somali journalist abdul aziz. so i'm doing these we're hearing that this was a very intense blast what more can you tell us. well just as you have mentioned despite this is no claim of responsibility yet but these are all the hallmarks of part of the previous outset of attacks now as you mentioned the tactic take place out of security under taxation checkpoints southwest of mogadishu during rush hour these subsidies the fusty of the weekend overseas so many people are going about their activities students going to the universities people going bac

this is for black evanston residents. we were intentionally targeted. law, the policy, the actions, the culture of the community intentionally excluded black residence. the city council expects the $50,750,000 a year and the fund would be capped at $10 million. but for now, there is no exact plan on how or where to spend the money. and housing, job training and other economic benefits but only one member of the council voted against the reparations plan and that is because he was comfortable how the money would be distributed. and according to a recent poll, the country may be scriptable as well. only 29% of americans believe that government should pay cash reparations. the past two decades the black population of evanston, illinois has decreased by about 20%. shannon. >> shannon: trace gallagher, thank you. new tonight senate minority leader chuck schumer said the fbi considers apps like these have to be a potential threat to national security. phase app allows users to edit photographs and developed by a russian company and that is a concern for law e

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american evanston it's good to have you with us. christians around the world are celebrating christmas marking the birth of jesus more than 2000 years ago at the vatican pope francis led the midnight mass at st peter's basilica his blessing emphasized forgiveness not just for sinners but for the church itself after a difficult year in which sexual abuse scandals continue to rock the catholic church francis urged christians to keep the faith. orde i he does a ritual that dates back to the 1st centuries of the catholic church the midnight mass at some pages is a spiritual gathering there the pope is said to confide the word of god to the faith food of. it. that he may god who by the incarnation brought together the earth and the heavenly realm fill you with the gift of his peace and favor and may you share it with the church in heaven this was. for the pontiff and followers of the catholic faith it has been a trying him scandal has reached the very top of the church in many places. so in his sermon the pope appealed for believers to m

i'm married to evanston welcome to the program australia is bracing for another week of bushfires as temperatures are expected to soar and winds are picking up firefighters have been trying to contain the fires since september 8th people have died 2 of them firefighters many of those on the front line are volunteers and now the australian government says it will pay them for their efforts. it's one of australia's worst bushfire season is over. with so many blazes to basle it's often volunteers who answer the call for help. giving their time and paying the costs. of. 1516 hour shifts in a row you're exhausted at the end of that you might have one day break and then they want you to go again. it just takes its toll physically and emotionally on the family they don't see you and me it means i use my annual leave maine said i you know i use my time in leech time. now there is help for the helpers some volunteers to be compensated for about 20 days worth of income lost while fighting the recent fires. as very prolonged for sleaze this is putting additional demands on our firefighters in p

i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us. a deadly typhoon has struck the central philippines at least 16 people have been killed and the fear is that the death toll could rise many buildings and other properties have been flattened large areas are without internet or electricity typhoon found phone brought severe rain and wind speeds of up to 195 kilometers an hour on christmas day. the extent of the damage caused by the typhoon is beginning to emerge the. sun phone destroyed many homes leaving families to spend christmas sheltering in the open air bus or she's evacuated tens of thousands of people ahead of the storm's arrival as a precaution. sun phones powerful winds wrecked have a conservative provinces in central philippines the same part of the country where thousands of people died when it was hit by typhoon haiyan around 6 years ago. damage from fon fon blocked roads and cut communication lines there are reports of people taking shelter in the region's airports. now that the storm has passed for those who are returnin

and you're up to date now on d w news stay tuned for world story is that up next omarion evanston for me and all this can for lent thanks for watching. it was the speech of his life perhaps his best certainly his most difficult. the speech by colin tristram on december 19th 1989. shortly after the fall of the of the chancellor addresses the people of east germany. the mideast tense the crowd clamors for german unity. journalist peter allen borg was at the scene. 30 years later looks back on the. interest and starts to simmer 90 d.w. . this week no more stories. of georgia beating the drum for reforms. coming rather than playing normal life for children in china but we begin in chile here as everywhere in south america the gap between rich and poor keeps growing many people are forced to live in slums where conditions are cut a straw fick. day. this is my house. this is where a friend of mine sleeps. i got me this is my room. i'm not ashamed to show it to you i gave it away this is where i sleep it's a bit messy because on the weekends i like to rest. in and go you know and i believe i

omarion evanston welcome to the program ukrainian government forces and russian backed separatists have begun a prisoner exchange. these are live pictures of that prisoner exchange underway right now the swap is part of an agreement that was reached earlier this month at a summit between the leaders of ukraine and russia brokered by germany and france the swap is taking place at a checkpoint in the separatist wrong hold of done netsky. forces as separatists have been fighting in eastern ukraine since 2014 the conflict has claimed more than 13000 lives. russia and ukraine swap prisoners last september raising hopes of a wider settlement but fighting continues despite a cease fire agreement. a major prisoner exchange with russia i'm pro russian separatists in september it broke inmates harm and fostered hundreds of the war nice to meet crime could soon be ending it was an early victory for ukraine's new president followed him is a lengthy. middle morally we have agreed the 1st step to one block dialogue or not it is returning our soldier was probably a little prisoner's. to more than 5 ye

omarion evanston welcome to the program we begin in the somali capital mogadishu where authorities say at least 30 people have been killed by a massive car bomb dozens of others were injured in the attack and there are fears that the death toll will rise a government spokesman says the bomb was detonated during the morning rush hour at a busy security checkpoint local broadcaster radio dial son cited the mayor is saying that several university students were among the dead no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. well for more we're joined now on the line by somali journalist abdul aziz bilal abdul aziz what is the latest you can tell us about this attack. just as you've mentioned the impact of these it's awkward behind all across mogadishu surrounding everything's on the objective was to cause and ready. to put together. a large scale was able to take place during rush hour now on saturday is the cost of the week in the sauna comfort all under course most part of the country and that is a deadly attack targeted a position checkpoint that is the last defense barrell for m

i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us. pro-democracy demonstrators are in hong kong are staging their largest anti-government rally in months thousands of people are thronging the streets in what is the 1st large scale march to be approved by the city since august after half a year of protest demonstrators say they want to show the world they are not giving up city authorities and protest organizers have called for calm ahead of the rally police and now they had arrested several people on weapons charges our correspondent charles until is in hong kong and she joins us now for the latest so charlotte we've been seeing that today's protest is the biggest that's been held since hong kong's pro-democracy camp won those city elections last month is this a sign that the pro-democracy movement has somehow been reinvigorated. mariana yes we've had from organizes all of this march today that 800000 people took to the streets just to clarify police have put that estimate far lower they say over 100183000 people at the peak of this r

i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us. we begin in australia where several bushfires have joined together north of the country's largest cities sydney they've formed what's being called a mega fire that's burning out. control in an area roughly 60 kilometers across and just already say it's just too big to put out bushfires are common in australia but meteorologists say climate change is exacerbating the fire season and they're forecasting more hot dry and windy conditions in the coming days. some of the flames the 30 metres high this footage was taken by a fireman on his phone east in australia has been plagued by bushfires for weeks now at least 8 smaller fires have merged into a mega fire 16 kilometers long fire patrols are being tested to the limit. for the next there's a 30 to 40 boarders. bushfires are not uncommon in australia but this year they've started unusually early for years large parts of the country have suffered extreme drought in such conditions fires start easily and spread rapidly. communities that far

i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us. the leaders of china japan and south korea have agreed to work together to promote dialogue between the united states and north korea in a bid to east tensions over pyongyang's nuclear program chinese premier league japanese premier shinzo abbay and south korean president moon jake in held a summit in chang due in china against the backdrop of increasing threats from china. yang north korea has said it will take on specified action if sanctions against it are not lifted by the end of the hear. well to talk more about all this i'm joined in the studio now by beijing based journalist bobbie and. good morning to you good to have you with us so the leaders of the 3 east asian countries decided to or agreed rather to continue close cooperation on north korea but what are we talking about here are we going to see any new initiatives to ease u.s. and north korea tensions i mean china recently has proposed a new measure and it's lifting parts of the sanctions against north korea and they prop

omarion evanston welcome to the program we begin in the somali capital mogadishu where authorities say at least 30 people have been killed by a car bomb explosion injured dozens of others and there are fears that the death toll will rise a government spokesman says the bomb was detonated during the morning rush hour at a busy security checkpoint local broadcaster radio doll son cited the mayor is saying that several university students were among the dead and no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. well joining us now on the line is somali journalist. below so what is the latest you can tell us about this attack. well the government of somalia is not just commenting officially on though the exact call from a senator is actually a conscious version of subsidies junction on the outskirts of mogadishu but so far we know that 90 people have been hospitalized. on that medical emergency. to figure the death toll bob of 60 double the number at this amount of government initially said dundas also comments from opposition lawmakers are saying that the government is not giving th

omarion evanston it's good to have you with us the australian government has called up the army to help fight wildfires burning out of control near the country's largest city sydney authorities are bracing for an extreme heat wave this weekend following a few days of cooler weather fire has destroyed vegetation and millions of hectares of land across the country over the last 6 weeks at least 9 people have been killed . not just thought you might expect at one of australia's most popular tourist sites visitors to the blue mountains west of sydney are forced to wear face masks because the smoke from nearby bushfires fills the ass. the iconic rock formations are barely visible in the haze. it's really disappointing to really looking forward to seeing if you always want to see the blue mountains such a shame when we. all know this. but that problem is small compared to the challenge firefighters in new south wales are set to face at the weekend. after a brief or spite securing a few days of damp weather over christmas temperatures there again expected to soar bringing new risks. that's goi

i'm mary in evanston it's good to have you with us. pro-democracy demonstrators in hong kong are staging their largest anti-government rally in months thousands of people are throng the streets and what's the 1st large scale march to be approved by the city since august after half a year of protests demonstrators say they want to show the world they're not giving up city authorities and protest organizers are calling for calm ahead of the rally police announced they'd arrested several people on weapons charges correspondent phil is in hong kong and she joins us now for the latest hello to you charlotte so it does seem like in the last couple of months things have quieted down at least since the city's elections recently there's been far fewer demonstrations we can see a lot of people behind you there how big are today's demonstrations. pounds into the streets to join protests over the last couple of weeks since the results of that district council election which we know you saw a landslide victory for pro-democracy candidates people he

i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us. pro-democracy demonstrators in hong kong are staging there a largest anti-government rally in months thousands of people are thronging the streets in what's the 1st large scale march to be approved by the city since august after half a year of protests demonstrators say they want to show the world that they are not to give a. city authorities and protest organizers have called for calm ahead of the rally police announced they'd arrested several people and weapons charges. well our correspondent charlotte charles until is in hong kong and she joins us now for more hello to you charlotte so it has seemed to since last month that election that things in hong kong have quieted down somewhat there are far fewer demonstrations that we've been seeing so how big is today's protests shaping up to be. there has been a bit of a lull in protests the number of people who have been on the streets over the last couple weeks as hong kong really took stock of the results of that district council elect

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i've been here at evanston learning about evanston northwestern in chicago and it's been a lot of fun and i'm so happy to be here to talk about this book project. let me tell you where this book got started. this book started in the final moments of 2016 when i was at a new year's eve party in maryland with my friends and my husband and my husband wanted to leave because there was very loud disco music play in the background and he had had enough. i ended up having this conversation with the woman we were having dinner with whom i had never met before. turns out she was a lawyer from the u.s. department of justice and over this long unexpected conversation robin gold started telling me about this little known unit deep inside the u.s. justice department that has spent three decades hunting nazi war criminals on u.s. soil. she spent a decade on the staff of the "washington post." i knew very little about this woman and i remember two things, asking myself two questions after this two-hour conversation. number one how was it possible that so many gears after the war 70 some years after

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. >> evanston which is 14 miles north of chicago has been looking into reparations for its white residentsor the past 5 years. the big problem has always been where the money would come from. in june illinois became the latest state to legalize recreational marijuana but a lot of illinois suburbs have decided not to open marijuana dispensaries. it is normally planning to open dispensaries next year but use the profits to pay reparations to address the lingering institutional effects of slavery and discrimination. they propose the reparations bill, she's very well aware of the controversy surrounding reparations but says the source of this money is even more appropriate because many black residents were victims of the war on drugs. >> i offer no apologies, this is for black residents. we were intentionally targeted. the law, policy, the culture of the community intentionally excluded black residents. >> reporter: city council expect the dispensaries to generate 500-$750,000 a year and the fund would be capped at $10 million but for now there is no exact plan on how or where to spend the mon

. >> i'm speaking in evanston at the rally for impeachment.ne in chicago area will come out to see me, say hi. >> there you go. as with all our guests, we wish you all well. thanks for being a good sport, rob. rob and jill, very informative. i feel like i learned something. i'm going fit in a break. when we come back, giuliani admitting to a new part of the ukraine plot. you've got to hear this. and first, i have a very special guest who is going to go behind the scenes with us into this impeachment fight, when we come back. fight, when we come back i'm finding it hard to stay on top of things a faster laptop could help. plus, tech support to stay worry free. worry free...boom boom! get free next business day shipping or ...1 hour in-store pick up shopping season solved at office depot officemax or officedepot.com. ♪for the holidays you can't beat home sweet home.♪♪ we go the extra mile to bring your holidays home. >> welcome back. i'm joined now by republican congressman mike johnson, a member of the judiciary committee and chairman of the ho

based in washington dc for the first quarter at northwestern i have been here learning all about evanston and northwestern in chicago and it's been a lot of fun and i am so happy to be here to talk about this book project. let me tell you read this book got started. this book actually started just in the final moments of t 2016 when i was at a new year's eve party in maryland with my friends and husband and my husband wanted to leave because there was very loud disco music playing in the background and he had had enough, but i ended up having a conversation with a woman we were having dinner with who i'd never met w before. turned out she was a lawyer from the us department of. justice and/or this long unexpected conversation robin golda started to tell me about this little known unit deep inside the us justice department's that had spent three decades hunting not to war criminals on us soil and though i had spent a decade or so on staff at the "washington post" i knew very little about this unit and i remember thinking to things, asking myself to questions after this two-hour conversatio

scratch race descended into chaos as half the field were wiped out in brisbane ryder and not to evanston just stay on the track and win golds. lucky went for her i think that is all your sport for now patron back to you for many thanks leave out the news not a stops here 0 that's it for the news hour but i'll be back to update you again in just a few. a story along suddenly i'm free to go into my living years and you were at school we heard the sounds of large explosion. and the hardships faced in captivity became for me a midnight they told me to leave my son i said goodbye is in my so so much pain in the unions and the other female prisoners in the our pricing. on al-jazeera. capturing a moment in time. snapshots of other lives. other stories. providing tips into someone else is what. they. do day or. inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. witness on al-jazeera. new leaders place children in this refugee camp the latest victims of the unending sectarian violence in central african republic among them are survivors of unspeakable violence 10 year olds work his mother is de

scratch raised descended into chaos as half of the field were wide dead and grizz been home rider and evanstonmanaged to stay on the track and win gold. and that is all your support for now adrian back to you for many thanks indeed that's it from the time for us to hand you over to lauren tyler journalists in london so you get back. talked to al jazeera we were told to get to that because through all the russian has this been addressed by you took a listen what is the proposal. for a couple on you know we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the road was there a. news is happening faster than ever before from different places from different people and you need to be part of backed you need to be able to reach people wherever they are and that means being across all social media platforms this is where all the ins live as well as in front of a t.v. there on the smartphone there on the tablet there on the confusion. about the way al-jazeera is of all into a true media network. with. from ancient emperors to come mislead us. age old philosophies and the rule of o

into the mainstream of their democratic members of congress who probably support the boy fight and evanston sanctions against israel. thatth moment, many liberals i talked to, very well-intentioned people, genuinely believe that that movement is ending the occupation that was made. that is a lie. that is not what that movement is about. what the movement is about, but with the founders see, and consistently state day-to-day, is that it is about raising any jewish state between the jordan river and the vegetarian seat. what is that mean. what is that actually look like. what that actually looks like is another genocide frankly against the jewish people. i don't see how that is and anti-semitism. you can be maybe an anti- zionist if your nag artist it was at berkeley brooklyn and you think that no nationstates at all have the rightha to exist. that's a really nice loophole for about 40000 people in this country. and yet somehow those people are never talking about raising the border between india and pakistan or lebanon or syria or all of the other nations states across the middle east we are

at the history department in evanston at american bar foundation fellow and has written a wonderful book about york black life postwar called to stand and fight. david stovall, a professor are you an assistant professor? are you an associate professor? yes. [laughter] at the university of illinois chicago in education. he teaches at the chicago freedom school and the author of 12 brilliant books and we are very happy you are here. professor dorothy roberts from northwestern law school also to -- two distinguished -- too distinguished to introduce and the author of two books. and many of you know our journalist from chicago, with a long and distinguished career, editor back in the day of mohammed speaks currently a journalist. barbara ramsey is a historian at the university of illinois history department, african-american studies, everything. just about everything. chairing about everything doing about everything. author of a wonderful book called ella baker and the black freedom movement. another legend in chicago longtime activist around labor rights. around human rights and civil right