so we've got sugar plantations, brazil, french guyana, guyana, suriname, haiti, all of these areas. that 96% are going to those sugar lands. let's talk for a moment about what life was like on the sugar plantation. you saw these cane reed here, okay? you heard that once the harvest started, the sugarcane had to be cut and processed no later than 48 hours. what we is we had droves of people, women, children. they were constantly hoeing the plants to get rid of the weed. you'd stand there all day long in the broiling sun getting rid of the weeds. that would spring up around the sugarcane. there were other people who were sent in to plant, and they had to plant in a very exact way. you see this tile here? it would be right in the middle of that one and then the next one and the next one and the next one. then there were very often the strongest slaves were the ones who eventually would be sent in, and they would be the cutters. and they would cut the cane, and they'd use -- they'd call it either cutless or machete, and they'd cut it. they'd hold it up top, cut it here, let it go down.

for a soon to be opened new package itself american space complex in french guyana. this you wouldn't. know who or two of our rockets are currently stationed to go elicit a scenario through though the infrastructure was created and developed our complex . missiles past the test security on the move up in a think we're through this launch pad is functional and in april we will take a look at it in the mobile. service to our for a dryer when you're nice it's just as well i know it's the women we're counting down to liftoff here at the. for russian space engineers it's a new mission on a new con tropico french guyana is a far cry from the traditional russian launching ground on the cosmic step and they've been working with european partners for the better part of a decade to ensure it a site is ready to launch pad will be unique insight use a storied history the first incorporate a mobile service tower and the first to install the rockets payload in vertical instead of horizontal position. the launch melt will also be fixed instead of rotating so the rocket itself has b

for russian space engineers it's a new mission on a new con tropico french guyana is a far cry from the traditional russian launching ground on the cosmic step and they've been working with european partners for the better part of a decade to ensure the site is ready the launch pad will be unique insight uses storied history the first thing for break a mobile service tower and the first to install the rockets payload in vertical instead of forests on top position. the launch melt will also be fixed instead of rotating so the rocket itself as been designed is the first in our seven family capable of roll maneuvers for proper post launch positioning with first liftoff slated for august or september of just year two caruso you center will give european satellite launch capacity a much needed boost and will be yet another in a long list of high points produced by russia's progress. the technological level and capacity of this plant and several other high tech factories that work among other things with cryogenics equipment will allow us to develop a new launcher under the name. and i think.

1978, more than 900 followers of reverend jim jones died in the mass murder suicide in a commune in guyana. almost all were from the bay area z a congressman were murdered in a nearby air strip. the group says the cemetery went back on a promise to erect a memorial wall. the group paid thousands of dollars to a stone make twror build some of the wall panels but evergreen cemetery says it's never approved this project because plans for the wall were unfeesible. >> they were much, much too large for the area. they could not be safely installed in that area. >> the cemetery has given a go head for another memorial marker. the group includes victims' families as well as jim jones sons. jones junior says his group just wants to get it done for the next anniversary, this fall. >> it's embarrassing, vick. that 32 years later, we dmot have a place that -- remember, memorializes those names. >> this will display not only names of the victims but jim jones name will be one of the 918. that angers norwood and her group. >> it's like going to the jewish community telling them to put adolf hitler's nam

jones' son was to have the memorial in place by this november's anniversary at the 1978 tragedy in guyana. >> the san francisco municipal transportation agency will temperature settling 12 more legal claims relating to a massive crash involving two muni trains in 2009. a moving train slammed into the back of a parked train at the westporttal station leaving dozens of people injured. the operator said he blacked out shortly after taking manual control of the train but federal investigators haven't yet determined an official cause. the san francisco chronicle reports the collision resulted in 57 claims. 40 have already been settled. they expect settlements will bring the total payout bill to nearly $1.5 million with five more cases pending. >> 6:07 now. let's think back, december very wet, january very dry, february wet again so today march 1st -- >> already dry/wet -- that's my vote and i'm stickin' to it. >> i think you both could be right. dry for the daylight hours and wet during the darkness hours. >> such a diplomat you are. >> 24 hour temperature change. remember we had all those clo

about my family's connection to sugar because my great grandparents traveled from india across to guyana which is in south america, but it's considered part of the caribbean, and they came to cut, to work on sugar plantation. so part of what fascinated us was what is this substance where someone in his family all the way in russia, a serf, and someone in my family looking to get a better life over here in india and then over to the caribbean, why what is this substance that could effect people from such different parts of the world? >> and before we trace that out, we want to ask you a question. how many of you think you might have sugar somewhere in your family background? some so that's one, two, three -- oh, man, yes! yes! >> all right. what i'm going to do, is i'm going to bring it on, i just want to hear from a couple of you where your family might have been from, okay? >> well, i think my family might have been in the caribbean. >> caribbean, okay, very good. >> absolutely. >> okay? >> i feel my, i feel my family was either in the caribbean or in europe. >> very good, both. >> okay

caller: i was born in south america, guyana. host: thank you.guest: we focus on arab nations and the middle east for the simple reason because that is where the violence has been for the last two months. there's this wave of revolution that swept through the arab nations, tunisia, libya, egypt, etc. it has not directly affected israel. that said, as the caller said, israel is a major lobbying force in the region. they are watching all of this very, very closely because it affects their national security, above all else. israel is well represented in washington. aipac and other groups are very influential, spend enormous amounts of money and have close relations with many house members and senate members. but their role in the current events, which is what we are talking about today f. obviously is the focus of my story, is more has an onlooker and -- then an active purchaser and. host: what other countries should we know about that are very active? guest: saudi arabia we have not talked about much. i was alluding to them earlier. they are as big