as more tourisms are coming to haiti.nt are putting the basic infrastructure, they are finding a place. coming to haiti and help develop the country has to be done with a certain amount of risk because investors take risks. that's why i invited them to come, think of haiti as a place to visit as a way of helping the equipment kpomt. going to restaurants, buying from the street merchant, all of that goes a long way. >> ininports, exports, and manufacturing are helping to boost the economy. >> grew to 4.3%, the inflation is down 5.1%, so all those indicators, you know, over the short, mid to long run, they will geem haitians in haiti having more jobs and more businesses are created. and that's why we have to make it easier to open a business in haiti. diversifying of our gdp, diversifying the economy. of course we have to increase our tax base and also boosting public spending in areas like education, health, security, those areas that are essential to the people's well being. it's important to care for children's malnutrit

the professor represented haiti in the past. claims for repatriations are a hard battle to win. >> i'm a realist, and nations all over the world have been treated by developed nations. and on the other hand, you never can give up. because small victories will add up to really a new national identity for places like haiti. >> reporter: for thousands of others, reparations could mean a brighter future. this teenager is determined to make changes. >> i want to be the president. i know god will help me, i know it will be hard. i know who i am, and i know i can be that person >>> where reparations are delayed, there has been an argument that simmered for decades. for the girls, they are free to be together and safe. it's all that counts. >> don't forget, you can keep up to date with the news on the web site. aljazeera.com. >> i'm lisa fletcher. born one gender and living another. >> our digital producer wajahat ali is here.

and haiti's painted shanty towns. >>> the armed group that killed 30 soldiers last month has released a video pledging allegiance to isil. they have threatened to carry out further attacks unless the military campaign in sinai ends. we have more. >> in a half hour long video the group showcased what it billed as it's latest triumph. it cannot verify authenticity, but it is showing the attack on the sinai peninsula that killed 30 soldiers. the video shows the group's fighters killing the soldiers, shooting them in the back of the head. the footage is accompanied with a message from the leader of the group which has applied itself to isil. an >> we have warned you time and again, but you do not listen. you take our women and children. you bomb our homes and dispel us from our lands. despite what we've inflicted on you in this attack, we tell that you this war just begins. >> the group has taken, um, arms in response the military's bombing along the sinai. hundreds of families have had their houses demolished. many of them remain homeless. president fattah al sisi said the buffer zone is

. >>> we are in haiti and looking at slavery as they launch a challenge and examining the chances of. >>> in sport the biggest pay day in the history of women's golf and find out how much money this teenager collected. ♪ ♪ welcome back, i'm julie and reminder of the top store i haves on al jazeera, trying to remain confident about agreement over iran's nuclear program and powers and tie ran have until midnight local time to strike a deal with talks in vienna and militia has taken two towns under isil control northeast of baghdad and more storms in morocco after flash floods and 31 people died and others feared drown. first presidential elections since the resolution four years ago likely to go to runoff and the turn out was around 65 percent. exit polls suggest neither of the two candidates are likely to win outright and we have more from the capitol tunis. >> reporter: after a historic day of voting tunesians go to polls again to choose president. election commission expected to announce it in a few days but parties of the front runnys initial tallies show they are going to a second

over young woman here was rescued from slavery, a practice still common in haiti.mertha is a typically case, given to a family and forced to work for nothing, she was often beaten and abused. an example, say campaigners of a shameful european legacy. >> it is not something we want to to hide any more because it causes so much hurt, and people -- in people's lives. we need to talk about it and change it. >> slavery existed in haiti from the 15th century and was said to be brutal during the french col colonial period. the revolution of 1804 is the only successful slave ref oath in human history but it's a chapter that's far from over. >> this statute commemorates the first to free himself, sparking a revolution, but over two centuries later, there are more than 200,000 enslaved people here there has been some support in europe over talk of rep parations. many in the legal community think any kind of victory is slim. >> the reaction from european governments has been mixed with many simply dismissing the lawsuit the proofer has claimed many in the past. he said it may

despite traveling 4,000 miles, they're the first international team to arrive in haiti. as night falls, they secure a truck to assess the damage in port-au-prince. >> it was completely dark. there was no electricity. people were burning tires and stuff on the streets to get light. >> with them is cameraman thoreson. he's filming for a documentary about isar, never imagining scenes like these. >> i had to cry when i was alone. it was so sad, you know. you have to. it moves you, of course. >> there seems to be no end to the suffering. isar veteran guteman is stunned. >> we started seeing bodies being piled up on the sidewalks everywhere. >> there's little time to mourn. fearing widespread disease, the government orders all bodies removed from the city. >> you had excavators picking up the body and dumping them into dump trucks. and they were taken outside the city and put in mass graves. this was something i could never have imagined. >> light of day reveals more tragedy as the team drives to their first search location. >> in full daylight, you could see the scale of disa

attention. >> "surf haiti" remains for now a small project with few customers.ves like this, it's hoped that will soon change. >> today on the stream, >> is one of the largest manufacturers of airplanes valuing corporate interest over safety? a look at a groundbreaking al jazeera investigation on the boing 787 >> the stream, on al jazeera america >>> tonight we started our week-long journey to some of the frontlines between russia and the west as we descend in to a new cold war. we took you from eastern europe to the arctic circle with both sides are competing for influence and spoils. tomorrow well say look at the economic costs of sanctions to both sides in the new conflict. but i want to bring this back to the catalyst for it all. the crisis in ukraine. much of the narrative in the west has focused on russia's aggressive tactics and its willingness to flight international law to maintain influence and control in ukraine. indeed, there is a lot of truth to that. but we shouldn't overlook the negligence of the united states and the european union that helped cr

which began hiring workers in haiti to make a line of handcrafted bags and satchels.ompany set up its manufacturing base in one of the most impoverished part of port-au-prince. he handed over the reins to his 22-year-old co-founder ben green. under ben's leadership, the company has partnered with a small local non-profit committed to helping haitians participate in their own development and aid in in rescuing children from situations of abuse, slavery, homelessness or severe neglect. a portion of the proceeds goes to helping vulnerable haitian children in addition to funding the salaries of its full-time employees. for finding a way to partner with the haitian people in leading their own recovery and building sustainable partnerships for the future, the young entrepreneurs of this company are our foot soldiers of the week. that's our show for today. thanks for watching. i'll see you tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern. we have a packed program tomorrow, including the news of ray rice's appeal to get back into the nfl and the story of a young woman with her eye on c

shockingly slavery insists in haiti. we have this report from port-au-prince. >> at this house, a chance to play with your friends is not taken lightly. for these girls, the home is a refuge. every young woman was rescued from slavery, a practice common in haiti. this is a typical case. given to a family and forced to work for nothing, she was beaten and abused. >> it is not something that we want to hide any more. it causes so much hurt. and people lie, we need to talk and change it. >> reporter: slavery existed from the 15th century and was said to be brutal through the french colonial period. it is the only successful slave result history, it's a chapter far from over. the statue commemorates the first slave to free himself, sparking a revolution. there are still more than 200,000 enslaved people here. there has been support in europe over talk of repatriations, many in the legal community believe victory is slim. the reaction from european governments is mixed, with many dismissing the lawsuit. this professor represe

drawing tens of thousands in the capitol that aims to shine a line light on modern day slavery in haitire's cnn's michael holmes. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: it's music with a message. ♪ 6. >> reporter: 20,000 haitians at the national soccer stadium cheering along to a dozen artists all performing their original songs of freedom. haiti has the distinction of being the only country ever formed as a result of a successful slave revolt. now the country's young people are joining efforts to abolish what the united nations calls a form of modern day slavery. >> this is a big social issue in haiti. it's systemic of so many of the social problems here, from gender based violence to illiteracy to poverty. >> reporter: she's founder of a foundation. a term derived from french means to stay with. >> so many adults have gone through restiveck. they're hurting people. we want to stem the tide. this is what it's all about. >> reporter: in 2011 the cnn freedom project a lock with the grammy award winning artist common traveled to haiti to learn more about the restivick system. originally developed as a way for

later, with respect to haiti and the dominican republic, the foron that was given invading those countries, or at least the reason the navy department gave for invading those countries, was to keep german influence and u-boats from being established in those countries. referred to, again, not favorably, by the end of his administration as king josephus , andirst, ruler of haiti sometimes referred to as the king of the dominican republic, because it is basically the navy and the marine corps that are running those countries during daniels' administration. he gets involved, again, rather reluctantly, in these gunboat excursions in the caribbean and central america. another aspect of the administration's policies with respect to the war before the united states enters the war is theformal policy of administration, which is neutrality. supporters a staunch of the administration's neutrality policy as it was announced. he and wilson had a great deal of conflict over how the policy was actually carried out. view,, in daniels' favored the british. arguably, that may have been the more popular pol

jake in the haiti earthquake.e began a relief effort and his group has retired military personnel that were eager to lend a hand. jake wood, there is so much depressing news and it is nice to bring a nice story. you have been out of the marines for a few months and then haiti happen. what made you go help out. ? we saw a great dmeed and i served in iraq and afghanistan. i knew there would be devastation and a lot of violence potentially and a lack of information and i knew that i had an opportunity to help in an environment like that. i had been in those environments before. >> you pulled together combat engineers and coms, medics all of the type of folks who have resources to help out. how did you do that? >> i mean, it was easy. veterans are coming home and want to it serve their community. and what we identified is a method and outlet to do that. use the skills from the army and marines and air force for good. there is no shortage of disasters. we have two and half million veterans coming back from iraq to afgh

from afghanistan to haiti to all over the world, we are under more humanitarian pressure than we have ever been, certainly during my tenure. that is why this ebola funding request to congress is so critical. it we are going to sustain the level of effort we have put in, the only way to do it is by having an emergency funding request be supported by members of congress. when it comes to projecting america's humanitarian efforts, if we do it well, there has been an a traditional bipartisan support. i value that a great deal. >> that request is for $6 million. they will attend to that after the thanksgiving break. >> i wanted to follow up and ask beyond ebola, with congress being controlled by republicans, do you have any concerns about funding or support at a time where you seem stretched? >> i am very hopeful. we have implemented a new model of development that is really focused on public-private partnerships, measuring results, and as important members of congress of both parties have seen the new model in action, they have expressed a great deal of support. so, for example, are feed

. >> reporter: in january 2010 a devastating earthquake struck haiti, killing tens of thousands of people veterans of the wars in iraq and afghanistan spontaneously decided to gather a small group of former military service people to go to haiti and help. from that small beginning emerged team rubicon. now with more than 20,000 members, they have responded to emergencies ranging from typhoon haiyan in the philippines to tornados that ripped through oklahoma, and wildfires that scorched towns in the american west. >> we have got 2.6 million vets, we have more every day taking off the uniform, and we repurpose their skilled learns the hard way in wartime. when you look at what our veterans learn in the military, it's a lot more than blowing stuff up. it's leading teams. it's solving problems under really difficult circumstances. >> reporter: it's a nimble organization. in the philippines team rubicon members made their way to devastated remote villages days before larger organizations arrived. former navy medic and firefighter bob east mission took him to moore, oklahoma after a tornado str

. >>> haiti's public health system does not have the capacity to treat a rising number of cholera cases according to doctors without borders. the organization says more than 3,000 people with cholera symptoms have been treated in the capital since mid october. haiti's cholera outbreak back in 2010 and has killed more than 8,000 people. >> in the beginning of october 2014 we still had fairly low numbers of cholera patients specifically here in port-au-prince, within a few days the numbers exploded. exponentially. within the last few four to five weeks, we have treated almost 3,000 patients for symptoms of cholera in the cholera treatment centers. >>> now, the recent deaths of 14 women in india after sterilization surgery has put the spotlight on the lack of men willing to undergo the operation. recent figures show nearly half of all of those sterilized in india are well, everybody though the procedure for men is lessons vase i have and has fewer risk. a report from new delhi in the first of our series on family planning. >> reporter: they are loving parents to their children. but they de

port-au-prince, haiti. >> let's catch up with sports now. here is sana. >> thank you very much.we start with the latest from the world number one djokovic has just beaten nishikori. he took the opening set 6-1, but nishikori came back. and roger in a tel nadal will play later on. >>> it could be a big night for captain wayne rooney who is expected to win his 100th cap. the 29-year-old who began his international career in 2003 sits six goals off bobby charleston's all-time scoring record of 49 goals. >> it's a great honor to play for england, and i hope to do it for a lot more years. i think the ultimate goal is to win trophies and it's certainly worth doing. and to join the players who have reached that is a great honor for me and something i'm extremely proud of. >> nine qualifiers on saturday defending spain who is second in group c, second from the bottom against bel belarus isa. on friday, losing 3-1 to denmark as the qualifying campaign continues to go down hill. serbia is punished by violent scenes in the previous qualifier with albania which had to be abandoned. they cam

hay que pasar por los pueblos de santiago, monte cristi, y hasta la frontera con haitÍ. ♪ ♪ >> luego bienvenido haitÍ. >> cuÁn importante es el pueblo para ti como un pueblo pequeÑo en una esquina de nuestro mapa... >> bueno, es el alma, es mi cuna yo quiero decir pÚblicamente por televisiÓn y aquÍ que el día que yo muera... quiero que me entierren aquÍ. porque todo estÁ aquÍ. >> cuando se dan cuenta tus padres que habÍa posibilidades en ti de ser un cantante? >> nunca, mis padres no vieron esa posibilidad. sabÍan que me gustaba cantar, sin embargo no veÍan la posibilidad de soltarme y dejarme volar. >> en quÉ momento te ofrecen a tÍ la primera marihuana? >> no lo puedo decir por respeto. >> cuÁl fue la peor droga que consumiste? >> tecata, a mÍ nunca me dio la reacciÓn de vomitar pero sÍ me ponÍa mal. >> hoy es un hombre nuevo, hace 21 aÑos dejÓ los vicios y desde hace 13 uniÓ su vida a fÁtima, su gran amor. >> en pocas horas dirÁs que si acepto, cÓmo te sientes? >> me siento mÁs que orgulloso porque es una experiencia que ha caÍdo exactamente en el momento adecuado con la mujer ade

haiti was born in a black rebellion. but liberia was formed by the united states. so why was -- what was the delay for liberia being recognized? >> why the delay in having liberia recognized since it was established as a state in part through american philanthropy and government? the answer seems to be that the democratic administrations that preceded lincoln were reluctant to have black ambassadors come -- ministers come to washington and be treated with respect and dignity as members of the diplomatic corps. lincoln was asked would he object if the haitian government sent a black representative, diplomat to washington. he said, of course not. yes, sir. >> we heard this morning that presidential candidates did not go out and campaign. and i understand that lincoln and others made it appear they weren't doing anything. >> they didn't overtly campaign. >> behind the scenes. what about fremont, did he sit back also? did he do things? >> fremont eventually withdrew from the race as part of a deal. >> july, august, what -- >> he worked behind the scenes. he didn't go a

this is after the huge earthquake in haiti in 2009.roup of veterans who went to haiti on their own after the earthquake to try to help. >> i've been in two third world countries where everybody second i had to worry about my own safety before i could worry about doing good and helping others. it was the complete opposite down in 80. i was able to walk through a rebel-strewn, just destroyed city. it looked like it had been carpet bombed. i was there to do a job. to help people. i have a renewed faith in mule manty. clay hunt worked in afghanistan, he worked in afghanistan, he worked in haiti. and it was a great shock and a tref sadness among his family and friends and fellow act viss that he had got the news that he had killed himself in maer, 2011. but they have put their grief to use. in the senate this week, clay hunt's mother testified about her son and about this bill that bears her son's name. this bill that, honestly, they really might pass in this lame duck session of congress. watch this. >> i constantly voiced concerns about t

flooding has battered parts of haiti, thousands of homes are inundated with water. dozens more are destroyed torn apart by steady rains. schools are acting as shelters. the storm killed 12 people in nearby puerto rico. mudslides are reported in the dominican republic. >>> very different scene here. very cold out there this morning. >> reporter: let's go live on sky 6. you'll need to bundle up this morning. it's the coldest morning in seven months. we have air temperatures in the 20s and 30s. not much of a breeze. that's the view of the ben franklin bridge. we have a few high, thin clouds building north and west. 36 degrees in philadelphia. dewpoint, 25. winds out of the west/northwest at # miles per hour. 28 degrees in slatington. fleetwood, 28. coatsville and oxford, 28 degrees. tanersville 26. saint davids 28 and chester and center city sharing 33. glassboro, 29. buena, 28. hammonton, 30. and woodbine 33 degrees. most windchills are 3 to 5 degrees colder than the actual air temperatures. clear across the delaware valley, high clouds moving in across the lehigh val

>>reporter: in january, 2010, an earthquake struck haiti killing tens of thousands of people. two u.s. veterans of the wars in iraq and afghanistan spontane s spontaneously decided to go to haiti and help. it created team rubicon. now with more than 20,000 members, they've responded to emergencies ranging from a tie phone in the philippines to tornado that ripped through oklahoma and wild fires that scorched towns in the american west. >> we have 2.6 million vets from the conflicts in iraq and afghanistan, more every day taking off the uniform and reinteresting civilian life. and we repurpose their skills learned the hard way in wartime. when you look at what our veterans learn in the military a lot more than blowing stuff up. it's leading teams. solving problems under really difficult circumstances. >>reporter: it's an nimble organization. former navy medic and firefighter bob overnear's first mission took him to oklahoma after a tornado hit. >> my first day there i realized that's what i was missing in my life. >> i know that this is what a big part of team rubicon is all ab

>> wilma is originally from haiti. she's also deaf.have an interpreter with her to help us understand what she wants to say to you. >> she was abandoned at age 2 by her mother. she grew up in the orphanage. she survived the earthquake in 2010 and came to the u.s. in 2011 to be adopted. >> from that bright smile and eager response you can see she is willing to learn everything she can. >> wilma is a delightful little girl, energetic, fun loving, affectionat affectionate. >> hoping and adoptive family would encourage education and wilma would like an adoptive family that spends time in the kitchen together. >> i want to cook more. >> you would like a family that likes to cook? >> yes. >> they had her do a teaste tes on the strawberry cupcake, her favorite flavor. with the help of her signing interpreters, wilma said -- i love cupcakes. >> she taught me to sign cupcake. >> she's a delight to be around. everyone falls in love with wilma. >> it's easy to see why everyone loves wilma and we think an adoptive family would feel the same. >> if

america then indicatorrably gives it to poor haitians, but before all this haiti was self-sufficientn rice. >> when they started flooding the haitian market with subsidized rise, rice became a cheaper commodity. we are now consuming rice three times a day seven days a week. >> because it's practically free. >> because farmers could not make a living outside in the rural area, they moved in looking for better days, and we overbuilt slums. and what is this? it actually created more poverty. john: and haiti stays poor despite all this aid. >> one of the stories we tell is about a company called anursa that makes solar panels. before the earthquake they were selling about 50 solar panels a month after the earthquake there was a huge demand, but organizations in the united states and solar panels began to ship solar panels down there for free. one of their founders told me, we went from selling 50 a month to five in six months. so our desire to help actually delayed the development of local business to help the poor. john: the answer can't be to just do nothing if people are horribly poor

come on back. >> wilma's originally from haiti. so she spoke french as her original language.'s also deaf. so we have an interpreter here with her to help us understand what she wants to say to you. >> she was and b, abandoned at e 2. she survived the earthquake in 2010 and came to the u.s. in 2011 to be adopted. >> from that bright smile, you can see wilma wants to learn everything she can. >> wilma is such a delightful little girl. she is so energetic. she's fun loving. very outgoing. she's affectionate. >> it's hoped an adoptive family will help encourage her education. wilma would like an adoptive family that spends time in the kitchen together. >> i want to learn to cook more. >> you would like a family that likes to cook? >> yeah. >> great. >> wilma did a taste test on a strawberry cupcake, her favorite flavor. >> it's good, it's good. >> with the help of her interpreters, wilma said -- >> i love cupcakes. >> and she taught me how to sign cupcake. >> she's a delight to be around. everyone falls in love with wilma. >> it's easy to see why everyone loves wilma. we think an

from afghanistan to haiti, we need more humanitarian impression than we have ever had. history, that is why this ebola funding request to congress is so critical. we are going to sustain the of effort we have, we need that emergency funding by uest being supported members of congress. it comes to protecting america's humanitarian efforts, we do it well, there has ional n a tradit bipartisan support. is for $6 request million. ask beyond the being , with congress controlled by republicans, do you have any concerns about funding at a time where you seem stretched? helpful, ctually very over the last several years we new model mented a which is based on public and private relationships. members of both parties have action and model in they have expressed a huge deal of support. we have a cultural initiatives in 19 countries. we should not just treat people when they are starving with our food, we should give people ability to use their things. to work with agriculture to help people move in a sustained way. d tremendous support for the if you must go it was introduced in a

rain has battered parts of haiti. thousands of homes are inundated, some destroyed torn apart by steady rain. the coastal damage is expensive, the storm killed 12 people in nearby puerto rico. floods and mudslides are being reported in the dominica republic. >>> 7:11. it's cold outside. >> reporter: the moon was full on the 6th. this is a waning. storm tracker 6 live double scan there's no precipitation out there, there's not much in the way of clouds. we have to go into the lehigh valley to pick up the high, thin clouds. it should be a nice looking day. temperatures wise you'll need to wear something with sleeves, especially this morning because we have winter-like temperatures out there. we'll rebound this afternoon. but it's way below average. 36 degrees, dewpoint, 25. winds are light out of the northwest at 5 miles per hour. 26 in allentown. lancaster, 28. freezing in trenton. 29 in millville. sea isle city, the shorepoints are only a couple of degrees above freezing. it's the coldest morning we've seen in seven m

. >> we first met wilma earlier this year, an orphan from haiti. we think the right family may not have been watching the first time. barbara harrison has her story. >> reporter: georgetown cupcakes was wilma's choice for a place to visit. we got there early before the crowds lined up. >> we hear you're a big baker. are you ready to decorate some cupcakes? >> wilma is originally from haiti. so she spoke french as her original language. she's also deaf, so we have an interpreter here with her to help us understand what she wants to say. >> she was abandoned at age 2 by her mother. she grew up in an orphanage, she survived the earthquake and came here in 2010 to be adopted. >> you can see wilma wants to learn everything she can. >> wilma is such a delightful little girl. she's so energetic, fun loving, very outgoing. she's affectionate. >> we hope an adoptive family will help encourage her education. she would like an adoptive family that spends time in the kitchen together. >> i want to learn how to cook more. >> so you would like a family that like

port-au-prince, haiti. >> again the al jazeera website you can find out a lot more about the latest news stories. al jazeera.com. >> i was able to create this mural that was directed as this one block, like as if it was their little secret yet put it on instagram, flickr, facebook, and now i'm able to essentially like work with these social issues and ignored citizens and have the work i'm doing for them to be seen by potentially the worlds. >> so shree, the met just released art in high revolutio resolution, what value does the net see in this digital art experience? >> the met has had pictures of its objects online for many years. what we've done with our latest update to our evolving image use policy is make sure that people can use and download our images for non-commercial uses for scholarly work, for putting on their person site much more easily. you don't need our permission, and you don't need to pay a fee to do that. that's what's changed. that's part of a larger strategy at the museum. what we want to do is to make sure that we create a circle between the in-person and the onli

and a room with a view, how haiti is clearing up it's shanty towns to create the perfect picture postcard. >> the armed group that killed 30 egyptian soldiers in the sinai peninsula last month has now released a video pledging allegiance to isil. they have threatened to carry out more attacks if the egyptian military does not end its campaign in sinai. [ music in the background of explosions ] >> reporter: the group showcased what it billed as it's latest triumph. al jazeera cannot independently verify the video's authenticity, but it shows the attack of the sinai peninsula last month that killed 30 soldiers. the video shows the group's fighters killing some of the soldiers, shooting them in the back of the head. the footage is accompanied by a seven-months message by one of the leaders of the group. >> wasatch front warned you time and again but you do not listen. you bomb our homes and continue to expel us from our lands and despite what we have inflicted on you in this attack we tell you that the war is yet to begin. >> the group claims it has taken up arms in response to the egyptian

. >> every third friday called big night in little haiti. >> brown: at the little haiti cultural centerclaimed novelist edwidge danticat told us part of miami's cultural energy comes from its immigrant population. >> it's sort of where a lot of people land, whether they come by boat, and a lot of people do come by boat, or whether they come by plane, it's a lot of people's first home. so that brings with it a lot of voices, but also a lot of voices... how the voices merge, how they interact, how they don't interact. and that's always exciting for literature. ♪ >> brown: the fair this year featured an evening of haitian music, along with authors and publishers from around the globe. most of all, though, danticat says, it allows passionate readers, herself included, to rub shoulders with authors they love. >> sometimes it feels like a religious experience because people wait really long lines to get in to see the writers, and it's really one of those opportunities also to have an exchange, i think, with the rest of the literary culture of the country. >> brown: of course, all this is happ

. >>> in haiti thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets.re demanding the regular resignation for president for failing to have elections. >>> uruguay's former president is the favorite to win sunday's presidential election, whoever wins will be expected to follow a progressive and fiercely independiente general duh. daniel reports from the capital. >> reporter: then it was voting rights for women. better working for women and education for all. more recently the outgoing president oversaw the legalization of same-session marriages and abortion, and a percentage campaign of his was to provide syrian refugees with houses, jobs and education. >> translator: what we are spending now on bringing them here will be repaid because they are going to work to pay to taxes. so really this is not an expense, it's an investment. >> reporter: another ground breaking policy was for uruguay to become the first country in the world to legally produce and sale marijuana. >> ther >> translator: there are so many interested parties, economic, political. moral.

. >>> haiti's public health system is struggling to cope with a rising number of cholera cases accordingctor's without borders. more than 3,000 people have required emergency treatment in the capitol since october. >>> scientists say they may be one step closer to finding an effective vaccine for the ebola virus. a trial has passed the first round of safety tests. >> reporter: for most people who catch ebola, it is fatal. for those who survive, it's a painful disease, and there is no cure and no vaccine. but for the past months teams of researchers have been working to change that. this drug is called cad3 and working by stimulating the immune system to produce an antibodies against ebola. so far it has been given to two small groups of volunteer. one on a light dose. another on a larger dose. the results with the higher dose were really quite favorable. virtually all of the people who received the higher dose got a very robust antibody response, which is the classical response that vaccines illicit. >> when cad 3 was given to animals it proved effective. but moves to vaccines for use in

his parents had to come to the united states to escape turmoil in haiti in the 1980's.wing up, money was always tight, and the family's situation was made tougher by his dad's medical condition. jason: my father lost his vision when i was born, so that's 25 years he's been blind. allie: with his blind father unable to work, it fell upon his mother to make money for the family, usually working as a maid or a housekeeper. what are some of the qualities that you see yourself using in tough times or throughout the football season that you're like, "you know what, i got that from my mom."? jason: my mom's tough, and she was a strong woman. you know, she worked for, you know, 25 years for me, you know, feeding me and made sure i go to school and get my education, and i thank her, because without her, like i wouldn't be the man i am today. allie: when he was old enough, jpp went to work as well at the fast food restaurant, and he might still be there if it wasn't for that persistent coach at deerfield high. jason: he dragged me to the football field and was like, "no, you're c

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you are looking at ain't government demonstrators clashing with police on the streets of haiti. calling for the president to step down, and fair elections in the country. marr tellie was supposed to set a vote in 2011. the move is being blocked by the haitian senate, say the government >>> i.s.i.l. - the c.i.a. estimates there could be 30,000 i.s.i.l. fighters. half are foreigners. al jazeera talks to the number one recruiter of french fighters. zeina khodr has more. >> reporter: it was in early 2012 when foreigners started to join the fight against the syrian government. some mobilized by the surgery of syrians. for some it was a religious duty. >> reporter: this man, according to french government authority, is the number one recruiter of french fighters. this senegalese french national has given interviews before. this is the first time he revealed his face. al jazeera obtained a tape in which he explains that travelling to syria is migrating to the land of islam. >>: >> reporter: he used the internet to reach out to recruits. it's not clear how a han who is not a cleric and

he is part of the american imperial machine and his relation to haiti and the dominican republic and my critique, it is hard to be on fire for a long time because you have 1860's 7-65. he had 30 years to live. malcolm died at 39, malcolm got at 39, ellen baker was going to get to that. will was on fire her whole life. it is hard to be on fire your whole life and leno's that because we live in the age of the sellout. and 20 and 30, now you look at them and their well adjusted and even discerning what is going on with the fire in ferguson. and discern what they're going on, the get freedom fighters like ashley yates or alexis templeton and tory russell and brother of wiley, right now in the belly of the beast in mississippi, ferguson. >> let's jump to lighten up wells in fact. she was an extraordinary woman and i discovered so much about her. don't think the lot of people know much about. >> i wish her name was well-known. and to the degree to which she was and a red hair telling the truth about american terrorism. we have a lot of talk about terrorism since 9/11. all americans feel un

jonathan goodluck has been under criticism for failing to rein in boko haram >>> in haiti, effort to clean up a neighbourhood is receiving some criticism. some say it makes the area better to live in, others call it superficial. >> reporter: from a distance, this area looks like an artist's canvas, with blue, reds and yellows. it's said to be inspired by a haitian artist famed for dazzling cities in the skies. look at life in the cinder block homes clinging to the side of a mountain. this community barely has electricity. most of the wires are illegally tapped into the grid, and fresh water has to be trucked up the hill. it takes 30 minutes to get drinkable water. >> translation: life it miserable here, we have nothing. i have to walk a long way to get a leempt people fight over it. otherwise you need money to buy it. >> reporter: others are unhappy at the expensive paint work. this man saying they should have fixed the inside of the houses, not just paint the outside. to add to the problems of having no running water, electricity or sewer im, many are built -- sewerage, many are bui

been a paramedic, firefighting smoke jumper, volunteer medic in a laundry list of dangerous places, haiti, ethiopia, cambodia, and now liberia. >> just called me a couple nights ago and asked if i could go and so we're racing around trying to get ready. >> reporter: after a week of training, he will be deployed to villages to help treat a disease that kills 70% of its victims and can easily be transmitted to healthcare workers if they are are not properly protected. are you nervous, worried? >> i have a healthy apprehension. but i also know that once i get to there, um, i will get in a frame of mind that, um, i -- that will make it as safe as possible. >> reporter: this is a man who sees the worst in life but also some of the most beautiful. he is a renowned naturalist painter who has had a one-man show at the smithsonian. >> he has a strong heart. he has what we call rescue bones. >> i'm getting inundated with wonderful supportive facebook messages. i wanted to take my phone and show my ex-wife. [ laughter ] >> you know, other people think i'm an okay guy, you know? [ laughter ] >> repor

liberia to help fight ebola. 64-year-old davis perkins has been a medic in disaster hot zones like haiti and cambodia. perkins left last night bound for villages where he will treat the disease. so far ebola killed 70% of people who get it. we asked him, take the risk? >> you are going to arguably the most dangerous deadly spot on earth. why the are you doing this? >> um, i think i'm the best man for it. i have a lot of gratitude in my life. and i think it's, um, a nice thing to be able to, yeah, to give back. >> perkins is going as one of 20 volunteers for the group called "heart to heart international." >>> thousands of people under ebola quarantine in sierra leone are running out of food and leaving their homes to stay alive. it's contributing to the spread of the virus. sierra leone's government and the u.n. have been delivering food to the quarantined areas but many villages are being missed. >>> it is 4:56. voters nationwide sending a very strong message to washington. details this morning on the sweeping gains for the republicans in tuesday's elections coming your way. >> reporter

she participated in a program called build on, going to haiti to help families and build a school. she is also involved in several school organizations. congratulations to ania. >>> the georgia department of transportation will hold a two-day drill this week following last winter's storm that stranded thousands of drivers. remember that? the state is focusing on pretreating roads and has extra tankers and snow plows. the state is also adding nine salt barns for crews to restock. >> hard to believe the brining season is upon us. actually, it's not hard to believe, given the peak that bill gave us for the week coming up. >> the cold temperatures starting tomorrow, right? >> oh, yeah. you'll feel the difference this time tomorrow morning. it will be very cold, but it will be dry by then. the rain this morning is falling with temperatures above freezing. low clouds and a little bit of fog is forming. this is a view from the loews hotel camera. normally a clear view across to the aramark building. you can usually see the flags blowing. the flags are not blowing that much this morning. i

so in haiti, do people have cell phones in the density they have them here? >> definitely, definitely. the developing world, if you will, is smart -- not smartphones, but phones. penetration would be probably more than an american venture. not smartphones, though. text messaging becomes a very kind of good way for folks to communicate and get all types of information after a disaster. so people are putting the information out there, so the work i've been doing is trying to understand and look at, okay, how can we use this information to understand people's behaviors better but also understand kind of movements and how can emergency managers use that information after a disaster? there's been a whole host of kind of interesting competitions, case studies and research in that space around how can we use the crowd source, if you will, for locating people in a disaster situation. >> i think we have a real life example here. i want to ask the audience how many people heard a screeching from their phone about 3:00 this afternoon? yeah? and a buzzing. i guess it cou

there is an anthropologist that has been to haiti who studied toxicology.oo priests are experts at toxicology. this man, that you are looking at right now, he was buried in this grave for 24 hours after he was given a poison. that is weighed david. you could literally be buried in a coffin for a couple of days. there is actually a trading, a slave trade, if you will, of voodoo priests among them. these are the zombies, that man that you saw was one that was -@declared dead, buried and revived. zombies do exist. there is a law in haiti that prohibits. >> i am saying absolutely nothing. new at noon. gas prices dropping. new at noon. someone who saysseventually, the drop could be bad for the economy. we talked to the company that is not using photoshop or airbrushing. the second hour is two minutes away. ♪ aluminumroduion in south africa, and at t. rowe priceindustry inhe u.s erstand the nnections of a complex, global economy. it'sust reason over 70% of our mutual funds beat eir 10-year lier average. t. rowe price. invest wh confidence request a ospectusr summ