what's happened to those forced to haiti. what does their arrive mean to haiti, already a burden to those on this side of the island who call it home. and where you might not expect a clarclash or a cry of black livs matter. >> the migrant crisis in the caribbean. we continue our look as our team traveled from santo domingo in the dominican republic to haiti. thousands of people fled over the border have crossed it and caught in limbo with no idea what will happen to them next. correspondent david mercer now continues his report from the haiti side. >> reporter: a makeshift camp in haiti just a few minutes from the border with dominican republic. this is just one of the few camps that have sprung up in the last six months, more than 2500 people call them home. this shack made of tree branches and cardboard is all that miguelito has. from the moment he steps outside each day he feels anxious surrounded by strangers in a strange land. miguelito's routine is always the same. he goes to get water twice a day. there's one source f

what's happened to those forced to haiti. what does their arrive mean to haiti, already a burden to those on this side of the island who call it home. and where you might not expect a clarclash or a cry of black livs matter. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york. >> at 7:00 - "news roundup". tony harris gives you a fast-paced recap of the day's events. >> this is the first line of defense. >> we have an exclusive story tonight. >> then at 8:00 - john seigenthaler brings you the top stories from across america. >> the question is, will these dams hold? >> and at 9:00 - >> i'm ali velshi, on target tonight... >> ali velshi on target. digging deeper into the issues that matter. >> i'm trying to get a sense for what iranians are feeling. >> the migrant crisis in the caribbean. we continue our look as our team traveled from santo domingo in the dominican republic to haiti. thousands of people fled over the border have crossed it and caught in limbo with no idea what will happen to them next. correspondent david mercer n

we are live in southern haiti near the border. migrants seem to be caught in a very very difficult situation. >> they are stuck between two countries that really aren't doing much to help them. this camp is called french gift park. there are few gifts being handed out. there are a lot of young children, and old people. people feel stuck and helpless. we visited in july right after that order from the dominican government and many say they were deported, many fled because they feared for their lives. there's a history of massacres of haitians by dough minute kens in the past, several deck kids in the past but that's a fear that's ever present in this community. walking around this camp last evening and earlier today, this morning, what we see are unlivable conditions. in fact, we see no sanitation. we see people either having to use the bathroom in the hills outside here or young children doing that here in the camp. it's no surprise that there have been dozens of cases of cholera here. at least nine people have died in this camp a

in haiti. a lot of followers. people had a lot of affinity for him, and after the earthquake, i thought he can probably be helped to move the country in a direction because people will follow and lead him. >> the documentary talks about that whole movement, and the whole anguish and anxiety that was in the country. what did we learn about the dynamic of a celebrity you nighting but then having to govern? what did we learn in the documentary? >> well, in this documentary is really about the people's voice. it's about haitians getting together and saying our voice is going to be recognized. he was the third elected democratic president in 207 years, so it's all about all that's possible. that's really what this documentary is about, but just to give you behind the scenes of what happened in the campaign. it just so happened i'm a musician. he was a musician. it was a real strange happening, but it happened. >> now, talking about strange, one of your colleagues wyclef jean, decided to run also at

antigallagher, port-au-prince, haiti. >> much more to come. we look at a mother in aleppo struggling to put food on the table to feed her family. and the oil boom in the united states. when you're on hold, your business is on hold. that's why comcast business doesn't leave you there. when you call, a small business expert will answer you in about 30 seconds. no annoying hold music. just a real person, real fast. whenever you need them. so your business can get back to business. sounds like my ride's ready. don't get stuck on hold. reach an expert fast. comcast business. built for business. to discover the best shows friends together and movies with xfinity's winter watchlist. later on, we'll conspire ♪ ♪ as we dream by the fire ♪ a beautiful sight, we're happy tonight ♪ ♪ watching in a winter watchlist land, ♪ ♪ watching in a winter watchlist land! ♪ xfinity's winter watchlist. watch now with xfinity on demand- your home for the best entertainment this holiday season. platt. >> now a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. fifa's ethics com

. >> from port-au-prince, haiti, where children in slavery is the issue of a program that tackles the problem head on. >> i will fight for me and for fifa, the words of sepp blatter, as he and fellow high ranking official michel platini are banned from having anything to do with the game for eight years. the fifa ethics committee found that they bay used their position when blatter made a $2 million to platini four years ago. both men continue to deny wrongdoing. many believe that accept platter's career is certainly over and platini's hopes of taking over fifa is all by finished. >> sepp blatter once again the center of attention. the 79-year-old fighting to get into a press conference as he fights for his very future in football. on monday the uefa chief and blatter were given eight year bans over a $2 million payment made by blatter to the frenchman in 2011. blatter's 340-year association with the world governing body seemingly tarnished forever. but the swiss is not going quietly. >> i will fight for me, and i will fight for fifa. >> for years they had a plan. blatter would pass t

there was food available in haiti for patients.it was being flown them because haiti was being forced to do deal with us government so that us farmers could get access to the haitian market. haitian workers and farmers were seen as secondary then american worker and that's a profound problem. water was not a main focus and that is something i think people often feel on this issue that one of the so-called solutions is not a people solution, but almost such an obvious thing. for example, if disaster strikes the about what local people want and listen to what they say. don't always presume an outside contractor who's getting paid a hell of a lot of money notes that a. sometimes they may know better but often they won't and soap you haitians themselves were actually employed or trained or given any kind of experience, so when those left, which they usually do, what is left? a lot and that to me on what the reality is for people on the ground. [inaudible] >> there are three people here waiting to ask questions. when do we have each of

haiti's president had to concede the point. >> translation: what haiti wants today is to offer france a new relationship, not a rich country supporting a poor country. >> reporter: the best answers offered was for kvelling haiti's 77 million dollar threat. the own rap registrations to france for 150 million gold francs that they were forced to pay slave owners for the loss of property. that will not be given back > >>> columbia says it has discovered the wreckage of a long lost spanish ship filled with treasure. it was sunk more than 300 years ago >> reporter: it had been called the holy grail of ship wrecks and it has been found. these are the first images of the gallion. 1708. one of the largest amount of valuables to have been lost at sea. gold and precious stones value you had between four and 17 billion dollars. >> translation: it constitutes one of the greatest if not the biggest finds in the history of mankind. the government will continue its investigative process of exploring and protecting subemergencied cultural find. >> reporter: it was found after years of complex investi

. >>> we'll bring you any latest from haiti's border with the dominican republic where haitian refugeesave been stranded since -- july. >>> and it is not a ride for the faint hearted the cabin sky in a georgian mining town. ♪ >>> hello. the leader of a rebel group has been killed in syria. the group says it's secret headquarters, situated on the outskirts of the syrian capitol, damascus, was targeted in an air strike which what it said were russian war planes. the group leader has died in the attack. it is the largest rebel group in damascus, it is one of the most organized rebel groups and consists of thousands of fighters. al jazeera has gained firsthand access to the site of a maternity hospital damaged by russian air strikes in syria. at least 14 people have been killed in recent attacks. our correspondent has this exclusive report. >> translator: there have been russian air raids against this syrian city on aloan poe. the raids have targeted this maternity hospital. this is not the first time this hospital has been hit. as you can see, the outer fence has been destroyed and there a

there have been cases in other camps between haiti and the dominican republic. this follows the deportation of fleeing crisis of thousands of people who left the dominican republic. many say they were forced to. others say the authorities difficulty rally deported them. that is a charge that the government continues to deny. meanwhile, it is unhygienic here. the water is unclean. on christmas eve we spoke to someone from the department of water who was installing some equipment. the water pump is running dry and people continue to get water from the river and aquaducts. we see children using the toilet in the open in this camp making it completely unsanitary and increasing the likelihood of more instances of cholera >>> there was a large gas explosion in south-eastern nigeria yesterday. officials now report that as many as 100 people may have been killed. thursday's blast happened as a truck was filling up tanks of butane for a crowd of customers. it burned for more than five hours. bodies were brunts beyond recognition. the blast also damaged nearby homes. up n

. >> haiti's president michel martelly haiti is taking positions. >> not good enough is the response from a leading haitian party to investigate claims of fraud in october presidential election. >> the members of the commission were hand picked by president amelia earhart anameliamartellyl process. >> there's been growing anger and protests over the first round results. opposition groups say some people voted multiple times while intimidation kept many from casting ballots. that in a race with dozens of candidates vying for the presidency. these are just some of the faces of the 54 original presidential candidates here in haiti. now the december 27 runoff has been postponed indefinitely but people we have been speaking to say no matter when that vote takes place they have little faith in the democratic process. >> translator: i've totally lost confidence in the system because they stole our votes, it is a very dirty game. >> during the election the people are just pawns. even if you vote the results never show who really won. >> sputiosuspicion also fuels a. although the government h

meanwhile on christmas eve we spoke with someone with the water department in haiti installs a basic filtration system in some latrines. that water pump is running dry, and people continue to get water from the river and aquaducts places themselves at risk seeing young children using the toilet in the open in this camp making it extremely unsanitary and increasing the likely hood of more cases of cholera and more death here. >>> the fate of a u.s. airbase in japan prompted a court baelths between community leaders and japt neez government. the military is building a new base in okinawa, the sail island home to an existing base shuttered. island residents want the u.s. marines gone and they filed a lawsuit. 50,000 american troupes are stationed in japan on auk gnaw what. turkey's president is credited with safing a man's life. he was contemplating sued suicide and they told him the president wanted to speak with him. after being escorted to the car the man leaned in for a conversation. officials say he was depressed over family issue and he promised to help. >>> it is one of the oldes

and i don't ever think you can save haiti. i never tell anybody that you can. that, that's a country with a lotta problems. but you can save this much of it. and if everybody saves this much of it, you know, you can make a dent. and that's my, that's my this much, those 40 kids. so that's the other part of the charity that i do. >> mitch albom writes about death but he says that dying is not the focus of his books. he explains, up next. >> at 9:30 - "america tonight" - top investigative reporting, uncovering new perspectives. >> everything that's happening here is illegal. >> then at 10:00 - it's "reports from around the world". >> let's take a closer look. >> antonio mora gives you a global view. >> this is a human rights crisis. >> and at 11:00 - "news wrap-up". clear... concise... complete. >> i'm stephanie sy and you're watching "talk to al jazeera". i'm speaking this week with mitch albom, author of "tuesdays with morrie" one of the best selling memoirs of all time. >> so much of what i'm hearing you say, seems to go back to these lessons from morrie. but,

and i don't ever think you can save haiti. i never tell anybody that you can. that, that's a country with a lotta problems. but you can save this much of it. and if everybody saves this much of it, you know, you can make a dent. and that's my, that's my this much, those 40 kids. so that's the other part of the charity that i do. >> mitch albom writes about death but he says that dying is not the focus of his books. he explains, up next. >> i'm stephanie sy and you're watching "talk to al jazeera". i'm speaking this week with mitch albom, author of "tuesdays with morrie" one of the best selling memoirs of all time. >> so much of what i'm hearing you say, seems to go back to these lessons from morrie. but, you know, reading your writing is almost like a spiritual, almost quasi-religious experience i think. i, i'm just curious whether that is a part of your life in any way, whether you're driven. >> faith? >> whether you had a rabbi or you have a faith. >> yeah. i was raised with faith. faith is a big part of my life. probably more in a spiritual and, and knowledg

. >> i'm in port au prince, haiti, a country with 200,000 children in slavery.e'll be highlighting one radio program that aims to tackle the issue head on. >> and in sport, the milwaukee bucks ends a 12-game losing streak on the road. details coming up with rahul. >> there is so many changes in my life... i was ready for adventures. >> from burlesque dancer to acclaimed artists. >> art saved my life. >> reflections from her new memoir. >> no no no no no... i'm way to dysfunctional to have an ordinary job. >> see what lies ahead for molly crabapple. >> who emerges from life unscathed? >> i lived that character. >> we will be able to see change. >> hello again. these are the top stories on al jazeera. fifa has banned sepp blatter and michel platini from all football activities for eight years. >>> afghan officials are taking control of the province in helund province. earlier they went on facebook asking for help. >>> spain has ruled out going in competition with the people's party. iit won on sunday's election but was not enough to call a government. >>> david la

haiti's president had to concede the point. >> translator: what haiti wants tube today is to offer france relationship. not the classic one which is a rich country assisting a poor country. then we can come up with a program of exchange and investments. >> reporter: the best france has offered was forgiving haiti's $77 million debt after its 2010 earthquake. but haiti's own reparations to france, the 150 million gold franks that haiti was forced to pay its former slave owners in the 19th century for their loss of property, that will not be given back. tom ackerman, al jazeera, washington. >>> more to come for you on the al jazeera news hour. including. >> reporter: i am john hendon in the republic of the congo one of the most remote place on his earth and one of the few places where engaging danger great apes can prosper. >>> and in sport an easy day at the office for australian golfer mark like man. as he powers to his first victory on the european tour. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back. as world leaders continue to discuss climate change in paris environmentalists have highlighted the threat it's p

. >>> the latest from haiti's border with the dominican republic, where haitian refugees have been strandedince july. >>> and it's not a ride for the faint hearted, the cabin in the sky in the georgian mining town. ♪ >>> hello, in the first time in more than a decade, an indian leader has made a visit to his neighboring rival, pakistan. the visit comes as a surprise, and cosided with the birthday of prime minister sharif. the two nuclear powers are expected to discuss a number of disputed issues. kamal hyder says there is significant economic significance attached to the visit. >> reporter: the first progress would be the willingness to talk on kashmir, that is one of the bones of contention for pakistan. for the indians it would be to see progress into the probe of the mumbai incident in 2008. both sides will have to show some flexibility. but it shows that both sides are willing to talk, but the more important thing is the economic aspect of all of this. recently the prime ministers were in [ inaudible ] with a gas pipeline. india is looking at pakistan as a conduit to central asia, so bo

. >> there are nearly 36 million people around the world who are enslaved and haiti is high on the indexeport from port-au-prince. >> a group of actors are going through their lines. it's a passionate affair with good reason. this team processed more than a dozen radio shows every month that aim to entertain and he had indicate their audience. one of the biggest issues they write about is child slavery. they've recorded scenes both powerful and disturbing. >> i had goose bumps listening to that and that's horrible, but this is why we're here, to have people face the reality and really realizes how hard it is. >> in haiti, radio is a dominant medium. the show reaches well over a million listeners. the idea is that this is a soap opera for social change and those involved say it's working. >> this actress tell us many listeners never miss a show, pay close attention to the plot lines. in a country where childhood slavery is a huge problem, that may just save lives. >> many child slaves were sold by their own families. thankfully, there are places of refugee for those who escaped and can be

she visited haiti and was able to help out on the ground. >> the school in haiti is a community learningenter. you drive three hours up the mountain to get there. but we got to visit. we asked them what would you guys need? and they really -- they are like we just really need a nurse. we were able to raise the funds to get a nurse's station out there. so now the medications come immediately. some of the kids, they forego going to school to get the water for their family. we provided cisterns up there to catch water to have the water there means they can have a better education. you realize how much you take for granted when you get to go and visit different places. but you realize how much we don't say thank you for the things we do have or we don't stop to think about wow, i can walk today. i have a water bottle. i'm very thankful for this right now. >> jordin admits that singing is what really drives her. but she has been able to use her fame to shine a light on issues and causes she cares deeply about. >> i have to sing. every day i wake up and i know that there will be a moment where

says it's concerned over political uncertainty developing in haiti. the president election run offset for december 22nd was postponed. david ariosto has more from port-au-prince. >> in the capital city of the western hemisphere's poorest country, this is another day. tear gas mixed with protests as security forces struggle to maintain order. >> this is part of the problem. you have security, police force, a tank of water talent blowing back protesters, coming on the heels of developing semblance in this country. >> it happened in october. amid voter fraud in the first round of presidential elections, they have become a weakly occurrence. the team headed to one such matter in port-au-prince. >> it's about free power. they express dissatisfaction over the run off results. you can see them coming, denied, saying the president's hand picked candidate is someone that doesn't roept the country. >> elections were postponed amid counting pressure usual. the president ordered the creation of the commission to assess the process, allaying concerns by involving

an historic 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes the caribbean island nation of haiti. in just 35 seconds most of the capital city of -- is in ruins. >> what happened in haiti was beyond anything i've ever seen. >> the disaster is compounded by the fact that haiti, one of the world's most impoverished countries has a vulnerable infrastructure and poorly constructed buildings. strong aftershocks further traumatize the capital's 2 million residents. news of the earthquake travels around the globe. >>> on another island across the ocean, isar learns of the disaster. isar is a group of volunteers in iceland trained for emergency rescues on land and sea. immediately prepares to deploy. >> i was called and asked if i was able to go. i just said yes. and things evolved pretty fast after that. >> the icelanders are on the ground within 24 hours depiet traveling 4,000 miles near the first international team to arrive in haiti. as nightfalls they secure a truck to assess the damage. >> it was completely dark. there was no electricity. people are burning tires and stuff on the str

haiti was unprepared in every way. the environment and social organization come together. >> i'm going to switch back to little bit. you mentioned your the president of the world medical association. a couple questions about that. you are obviously a physician. i would say the fellow epidemiologist diet questions all the time about what that is. >> it is not to do is scan. >> precisely. and i don't thinki don't think most people expect their physician to be doing this kind of work and talking about these kinds of issues. could he talk ayou talk a little bit about what it means for you to be in epidemiologist and how you have been able to evolve your career to really become an influential voice in the health and equity in general >> well, i come -- will come back to the medicine thing in a moment. my case one thing led to another. it is not that i had a grand plan. what i was practicing medicine in sydney's attorney doctor, what good does it do treat people and send them back to the conditions that made them sick. i was

adam raney is lye for us in southern haiti near the board we are the dominican republic.m am i right in thinking here most of these younger people are second-generation haitian because there has been this chris-cross across the border now for a long time. >> reporter: indeed, if not second, third, or fourth. there has been a long cross-border living and movement situation in the dominican republic. you have many people who still live in the dominican republic who have haitian roots. and we're meeting young people here when you speak to them. i speak to them in spanish, they have a dominican accent, they start to struggle when they try to speak to their parents in creole. it shows they are culturally domini and they really feel isolated here, and not just because there is little to eat and drink in this camp, but because they don't even have family here. one older woman said she doesn't know how long she has lived in the dominican republic. she said she might have a brother somewhere in this country, but doesn't know how to fine -- find them. meanwhile she left behind a hu

and i don't ever think you can save haiti. i never tell anybody that you can. that, that's a country with a lotta problems. but you can save this much of it. and if everybody saves this much of it, you know, you can make a dent. and that's my, that's my this much, those 40 kids. so that's the other part of the charity that i do. >> mitch albom writes about death but he says that dying is not the focus of his books. he explains, up next. house? >> you know, just with respect to my successor, let me first of all say that i'm anticipating a democratic succeeding me. [ laughter ] >> i'm confident in the wisdom of the american people on that front. even if somebody from a different party succeeded me, one of the things you find when you're in this job, you think about it differently than when you're just running for the job, and what you realize is what i mentioned earlier, that american leadership involves not just playing to a narrow constituency back home, but you now are in fact at the center of what happens around the world, and that your credibility and americ

adam rainey al jazeera, haiti. >> imagine someone dialing your number by mistake? that happens. but from outer space? that is exactly what british astronaut tim peek did and he has apologized for accidentally calling the wrong person from the international space station. he says asking her if he'd reached planet earth was in fact not a prank. new york's metropolitan opera has hosted some of the world's most famous opera singers but these days is attracting a different kind of crowd. kids. unique spra program is teachingr city program to appreciate art. kristin saloomey has more. >> a trip to the world famous metropolitan opera house in new york never fails to impress. >> me and my friend were like gasping. >> it was like watching on television but in real play. >> for many city kids it's their first formal exposure to a classic art form. attending a dress relersa reheas just one part of a comprehensive program sponsored by the metropolitan opera guild. the guild represents artists like haralin blackwell who in addition to being a world class performer has herself spent time teac

. >> close quarters for those stuck in a camp in haiti near the dominican republic border. six months after fleeing the dominican republic they have received no help for resettlement from east country. hungry and penniless, they remained hopeless many are weakened after being struck by cholera. >> i was vomiting, i had diarrhea. he went to the hospital and got medicine, but i still feel weakened. >> this man left a home and horse behind but here he had nothing. he showed me a meager packet of rice that a priest had given to him and his family to eat. we first filmed in july a month after the dominican republic began a sweeping crackdown on migrant workers who lacked proper documentation. many long established residents appear to have been caught up in that sweep. some hearsay they feared for their lives and came here on their own. others say they were deported. >> when we visited in july, dozens had been affected by cholera: dozens had died in this camp alone. they have little to eat. little to dink. despite that every day there are signs that people keep showing up. >> thi

. >> it's like the fires of haiti themselves open up in front of them. >> hear about the unlikely hero that first spotted the fire and saved the people living inside. >> good job. >>> an animal rescue volunteer comes to the aid of an injured and stuck deer. >> looks painful. >> find out why this rescuer had to carry the deer to safety. >>> a man tries to rob a convenience store, but the employee is ready for him. >> what? >> the crock a dial done dee approach. knife. >> see who wins this machete melee in malaysia. >>> and a woman gives her husband a mystery gift. >> ding. ding. ding. >> exactly. >> wait a minute. that have change his life forever. >>> a two-alarm fire in chestertown, maryland, gives us stunning video but also a pretty compelling story as well. from the get-go here we are on the helmet cam of captain david easton, jr., they are approaching a two story farmhouse fire. this is where somebody lives as well. now, the alarm was raised by the feed delivery driver. in the early in the morning he was turning up to deliver feed of course, noticed there was a fire. he was the one

clintons even figured out how to make money in haiti. there's no money in haiti. but yet there is a big envelope of $10 billion of asian money. bill clinton can be the un appointed assignor of that aid and hillary his wife is a secretary of state, i mean, i can just a match in the glasses of champagne in the clinton household. it's like putting bonnie and clyde in charge of this haiti building operation not surprising very little of the egg go through why? because these guys have figured out how to make politics pay, big time. hillary looks bored when she said we start out bro, but it's true. the clintons had no money when the when into politics. now, they have quite a few hundreds of millions of dollars in their foundation is over 1,000,000,000. how do you go from zero to 200 million at warp speed? when will you do it is you and that the iphone, they did not do that. they figured out how to make politics pay. we have not seen this level of corruption in america before. we have had rich presidents, fdr was rich, jfk was rich, but they were rich before. no one woul

that means people like douglas will continue to be forced out. >>> haiti's president has defended hisprocess. the presidential runoff vote that had been scheduled for sunday was canceled after allegations of fraud. adam raney has more. >> reporter: not good enough, that's the response from a leading haitian opposition party to the formation of a commission to investigate claim of fraud in the october presidential election. >> translator: the members of the collision were handpicked by the president and his prime minister. so this commission has nothing to do with what we recommended, therefore we don't recognize it. >> reporter: the critique followed the prime minister's announcement of the five-member commission on tuesday. >> translator: the government guarantees the commission's complete independence in carrying out its duties to make all of the necessary truce to restore the political process nch >> reporter: there has been growing anger and protests over the first-round results, opposition groups say some people voted multiple times while intimidation kept many from casting ballo

socially the 21-year-old was struggling at home in haiti where he lives with his brothers. >> there used to be shame because people used to make fun. reporter: doctors in haiti tried to remove the benign tumor a decade ago, but it grew back. >> it tripled the size of his jaw. reporter: doctors agreed to bring ronnie to boston and donate surgery. >> got him here and it takes a lot of effort, particularly financial effort. reporter: a team of surgeons removed the massive tumor jie. we basically took from one angle of his jaw to the other angle of his jaw including his lower teeth. reporter: the second part of the surgery involved reconstruction. >> it involved taking bone from his leg and kind of contouring it to a titanium plate that would replace his jaw. reporter: he has captured the hearts of the medical team with his enthusiastic response to the surgery. >> he sat up and gave us a thumbs up. reporter: they call these the >> he look different. even his mom can't believe it when you send a picture to his mom. >> ronnie will be home with his family for christmas and will continue his fol

haiti has postponed the election. it was to take place on sunday but has been moved to january.fter two candidates won in a field of 54 but neither had a majority in the october contest. accusations of election fraud caused those results to be delayed. violent protests followed in the capital. tens of thousands of migrants in south africa live in overcrowded hostels left over from the ap apartheid area. more from the province and our correspondent>> reporter: a bed for less than $3 a month. this man who is unemployed and has a wife and child to support, this is the only option they have. they share this small area with two other families. >> translation: we wish for a bigger space to live with family in a better way. living here in the situation like this with children, we are not even able to do good work. >> reporter: about 22,000 people live at these hostels outside der bin, enduring cramped, poorly maintained housing. after months of violence, police patrol the area 24 hours a day. their resources are stretched. over the past 18 months more than 15 people have been killed in

. >> in haiti, rising up against france, french president frnd francois hollande. >> what haiti wants is to offer france not the classic relationship, they we can come up with exchanges an investments. >> the after its 2010 earthquake acknowledge haiti's own reparations to france, the 150 million gold francs for their loss of property, that will not be given back. tom ackerman, al jazeera, washington. >> we'll be right back, after this. >> the only live national news show at 11:00 eastern. >> we start with breaking news. >> let's take a closer look. >> part of northern england and scotland are facing widespread flooding and power outages tonight. the power loss is affecting 50,000 homes and could last for days. the army has been evacuating while the coast guard has been rescuing others. one man was killed as high winds blew him into the side of a moving bus. >>> nasa is calling new pictures of pluto the best ever of its surface. six times better than the last ones. icy planes and a mountain range with visible craters. the images were taken last july after a fly-by of the news horizon

forced from the dominican republic will be spending the final week of the year in makeshift camps in haitio leave the dominican republic after the government began a crackdown earlier this year on what it called illegal migrants. some effected say they were born there, but can't prove it. a cholera outbreak has also been reported at some of the camps. adam raney has the latest from one camp. >> reporter: things are much bleaker at this camp than they were six months ago when we first visited. al jazeera was the first international media to come film at this camp. since then there has been an outbreak of cholera. dozens have come down with the illness, at least nine have doned from it in this camp. but there are cases in camps that run up and down this border. this follows the deportation or fleeing crisis of thousands who left the dominican republic. manies say they were forced to, others say the authorities literally deported them. that's a charge that the dominican government continues to deny. people say they sleep in dust and dirt, they breathe this is, and they think that is sometimes

. >> reporter: close quarters for those stuck at this camp in haiti near the dominican boarder.ter fleeing or being deported they have received no help to resettle from the government of either country. hungry and pennyless they wait for help while chirp here keep their spirits up somehow. many now are weakened of being struck by cholera. >> translator: i was vomit, i had die roo a went to the clinic for one or two nights and they gave me medicine. i got out but now i feel weak when i walk even slowly. >> reporter: manuel, like many here is more fluent in spanish than haitian creole. hhe says he was born in the dominican republic, he left a home and horse behind. here he has nothing. he showed me a me are packet of rice that the local priest sometimes gives him and his family to eat. we first filmed here in july a month after the dominican republic began a swing track down on migrant workers who lacked proper documentation. and many long established residents of haitian did he dect appear to have been caught up in the sweep some feared for their lives and came here on their own,

. >> reporter: these are just some of the faces of the 54 original presidential candidates here in haitinow, of the december 27 run off has been postponed indefinitely but people we have been speaking to say no matter what the vote takes place they have little faith in the process. >> translator: i have totally lost confidence in the system they stole our votes sits a dirty game. >> translator: during the elect the people of pawns, even if you vote the results never show who really won. >> reporter: suspicion also fuels apathy. only 26% of registered voters cast ballots in the first round. although the government has not set a new date, there is growing international concern that the second round should be held soon. in a statement on wednesday, the u.n. security council called on all candidates, political parties and political actor to his publically commit to the electoral process and timely government formation in accordance with the constitutional time frame. including the inauguration of a new president by the 7th of february next year. those in charge of the election are trying to

i'm in haiti. will tell you why a presidential run off has been put on hold indefinitely >>> a cricket corruption scandal, a player still facing obstacles in a bid to play for his country. his country. >>> you're watching al jazeera. our top stories. the iraqi military says it has liberated large parts of ramadi from i.s.i.l. iraqi soldiers backed by tribal fighters began an offensive to recapture the city on tuesday. there have been three attacks in the occupied west bank. israeli police say a palestinian man was shot after an attempted car ramming. they shot another man dead in hebron after he tried to stab israeli forces with a screwdriver. earlier a palestinian was also shot and killed. in afghanistan the taliban is fighting for control of helmand province. the army has been sir surrounded by fighters in a number of districts after heavy fighting in the past few days. a key battle is now in sangin. the taliban and their allies make money from a number of ventures, most importantly opium, crop c

haiti's president had to concede the point. >> what haiti wants today is to offer france a new type of relationship, not the classic one, which is a rich country asking a poor country. then we can come up with a program of exchanges and investment. >> the best france has offered was forgiving haiti's debt after its 2010 earthquake. haiti's reparations to france, the 1 million gold franks that haiti was forced to pay its former slave owners in the 19th century for their loss of property, that will not be given back. tom ackermann, al jazeera, washington. >> china's capital is under a red smog alert for the first time in history. that is the highest level. schools are closed. it is a third consecutive day of severe smog. in paris, world leaders hope to cut dependence on fossil fuels that reduce greenhouse gases. >> we should recognize that having 184 countries come in with targets is really a tremendous platform for the final discussions that will address important issues, differentiation, transparency, reporting on progress, of course, finance. these are all critical issues, but i think

. >>> we'll have the latest on haiti's border, where refugees have been stranded since july. >>> not ride for the faint hearted. a cabin in the sky in a georgian mining town. >>> and i'll have all of the day's sport, including lebron james and cleveland prepare to meet the golden state warriors in a rematch of the final. ♪ >>> the leader of the rebel group has been killed in syria. he died in an air strike which targeted his group's headquarters in damascus. the group says its secret headquarters were targeted by what they describe as russian planes. i'm joined by hashem ahelbarra from turkey just across the border from syria. how significant of a figure was he? >> reporter: lauren he was the most powerful opposition military commander in damascus. he has an army of more than 20,000, well-trained, well-equipped fighters operating in areas in basically the eastern outskirts of the damascus capitol. he was always seen as the immediate threat to president bashar al-assad. they told fire rockets targeting areas not far from the presidential palace. and his basic task was to wait for the

adam rainy, al jazeera, haiti >>> to kenya now where we bring you the second part of our series, look at some of this year's most significant stories through the eyes of families affected. in april 2015 gunmen stormed the university in kenya killing 14 will people. most of them were students. kenyan forces surrounded the building for 15 hours. four gunmen were killed. the fifth detonated his explosive vest. al-shabab say it carried out the attack. ketoacids roan soy-- catherine soi met one family. >> reporter: they shot her seven times. one bullet shattered her spine. she is now parcel identified from the-- paralysed from the spine down. this one was studying in the university when fighters attacked in april. her parents live more than a hundred kilometres north of nirobi and coming to the center every other week and take care of her has taken i toll on the family-- a toll on the family >> translation: at first it was very hard. she did not eat or talk to anyone. we had to be there to make sure she is well taken carry of >> reporter: they will never forget the images from the attack a

. >>> haiti has post pointed its presidential runoff elect. place on sunday of but now moved to january. the run off was called after two candidates won in the field of 54 but neither had a majority in the october contest. action sayings of election fraud caused those results to be delayed and violent protests followed in the capital port-au-prince. >>> in the united states, a grand jury has decided no to the return any indictments in the case of a black woman who was found dead in her prison same. sandra bland was arrester ed in july for allege enlargedly faio use her car's indicator officials said the 28-year-old hanged herself with a plastic bag after three days in jail. her family and others have questioned that account. >>> iran has criticized a new united states visa restriction aimed at people who visited so-called high-risk countries, banning visa free travel to the united states for anyone who has visited or sold sid sen ship in syria, sudan, iraq and iran. some say it goes against a nuclear deal struck by a ran and six world powers,

and free blasks haiti strike for revel lution, right? it's the only successful --trader, a traitor, and you understand the economic importance of slavery, you understand that the world is shifting underneath you. many of these people need to change. they begin to look to other markets. that is where mozambique comes in. it had been oriented toward the indian ocean. gets reorganized by the portuguese. and around the cape primarily over to brazil. >> about a million people from mozambique are brought to brazil. well into the 19th century. slavery in brazil doesn't end until 1888. importantat this is is that it allows us to tell ist story of slave trade much more complicated than just west africa to the united states. people understand how large the impact of the slave trade was in the caribbean, in latin america. how small it was in the united states compared to that. >> when did the last slave ship land in the united states? with the trade being outlawed in 1808. you begin to see the numbers decline. but you still see people smuggling in

there is in haiti. i can recognize the children's uniform from greta home. that's haiti as well. or is that the dominican republic? >> dominican republic. that's dominican republic. so it's not too late. people can still go online and be part of this. >> yes. the samaritan.org build online. >> build online. it is wonderful. and, like i say, these kids have had nothing, living in landfills, nothing. >> and, greta, i want every child to know that god loves them. he hasn't forgotten them. that's what christmas is all about. god loving us and sending his son from heaven to this earth to take our sins and dying on a cross for our sins and so it's about god giving. god gave his son so at christmas time we want to give these boxes and we want these children to know that god loves them and hasn't forgotten them. >> reverend, nice to see you. thank you. merry christmas to jane, your wife as well. nice to see you and we will be going to haiti. >> thank you. >> this is a fox news alert. this a deadly tornado touching down in mississippi. two people are dead. but that's not all. much of sout