after 11 years he's been released back to sudan, along with fellow detainee ibrahim othman ibrahim idris. >> >> translation: we are in a stable medical condition and doing check ups to make sure we are fine. generally speaking we are in a good condition. >> they pleaded guilty in february 2011 to conspireing with al qaeda. that gave him a life sentence. this is the third guantanamo release this month. the two saudi arabia nationals were freed, following two others. they are part of a push by the obama administration to shut down the prison camps. they were set up following the attacks to foreigners caught in counterterrorism operations. the u.s. president is facing considerate political opposition. speaking at the united nations in september, he again announced plans to repatriate them. >> we are transferring detainees to other countries and trying terrorists in courts of law and working to close the prison at guantanamo bay. >> there are still 158 prisoners, controversial and expensive, the operating costs run at around $2 million per detainee. there's the damage guantanamo caused to th

second round of parliamentary elections legitimize is the country's return to democracy the president ibrahim who was a case that houses both of the cap obama co for him get the money back on track will help them accounted for decades of corruption. this film could be used to these huge amounts which are being rerouted to profit others although the money and people will be accounted for one time zone. holders to school day was small enough to play this game with them and who would they will get what they desire. also i'm told it's the people. i've promised them that i would do it with gold winning shot voter numbers for know when the first round of elections last month when nineteen of the hundred and forty seven parliamentary seats were undaunted. sunday's turnout remains though and went off without violence but insecurity did overshadow the polls on saturday to un peacekeepers were killed and several quick injured in a suicide bombing in the northern town of the doubt. the parliamentary elections are in the final icing on the store to recovery following the march twenty twelve minute rico.

so it is up to ibrahim and his brother to make the daily trek for water. nearly 200 refugee families live in this tent city, one of at least 1400 such camps across lebanon. families make shelters with whatever scraps they can find. no running water, no sanitation, no electricity. at the tent city here health workers treat a stream of children, many suffering skin diseases and malnutrition. >> some are scared. they are not able to speak. they cry at night. all they can do is scream because they are scared what may happen. >> reporter: for now aid workers face an uphill battle trying to give the children a childhood they were forced to leave behind. ayman mohyeldin, nbc news, lebanon. >>> when "nbc nightly news" continues on this saturday, a new twist on the house call. you will be surprised who is showing up to help. later a remarkable comeback story. how they are thriving again on the coast of florida. >>> with millions of people focused on health care and the government's new insurance program we want to tell you about a novel approach to bringing medical

let's bring in the south african ambassador to the united states, ibrahim rusul joining us right now. mr. ambassador, i want to convey once again our condolences to you and to all the people of south africa. you're making plans in addition of for what's going to happen in south africa for a major memorial service here in washington, d.c., is that right? >> it's absolutely right, wolf. i think that the idea of a washington memorial is really gaining momentum. and i've been in touch with our consulates in chicago, new york, los angeles, our honorary consuls from across the country and i've been in meetings tonight with the trade union movement, anti-apartheid movement, people from congress and the city and so forth. i think we are witnessing one of the most remarkable upwellings of love and support and admiration who want to pay tribute to nelson mandela. so we will play a part in washington, d.c. but i think that this thing is really grabbing the attention of people across the united states. and it should. because i think that the united states citizenry have played such an enormous ro

ibrahim came to me in the morning. i told him to tell me everything to conceal nothing from his mother. i asked him what happened he said. i don't know for sure but it seems that restylane and i have been killed. but then my father came to me and he said i know this is hard to have to say you know now that your sons have been killed you have already endured we did will it. be strong because. behind has also been killed. with. three but we buried all three of them like that two brothers in one grave. they're all lying close to each other. but. we have to live with this pain and grief. several years later police officers again came under attack. the internal affairs department was blown up and does run more than twenty people were killed and one hundred thirty injured. it was later discovered that these terror attacks by. the commander of the criminal paramilitary units from the caucasus emirate. as a policeman himself he knew the strongest and weakest points of law enforcement agencies. but eventually he was found. amon

rahinah ibrahim's lawsuit against the department of homeland security. went to trial today.claims, she was arrested in front of her daughter, while trying to board a plane at san francisco international airport back in 2005. and told her name was on a list of terrorists. >> pam: she has denied any connection to terrorism. >> pam: oakland mayor jean quan officially has a new challenger. today, oakland city councilwoman libby schaaf. filed the paperwork to run for mayor. >> pam: schaaf took over mayor quan's former council seat back in 2010. >> pam: some say, she has a real shot at unseating the mayor in 2014. councilwoman schaaf says, her priorities are reducing police response times and creating jobs. >> pam: before joining the council, schaaf served as then- mayor jerry brown's top aide, and former councilmember ignacio de la fuente's chief of staff. couple small earthquakes in the south bay early this morning. >> reporter:the first.a 2.5 magnitude quake.coming at 1:35 this morning. then a half hour later.a 3.7 magnitude quake. >> reporter:they were both about 5 miles south

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joining me now, south africa's ambassador to the united states, ibrahim rasual.can imagine the heartache that you are feeling and everyone in south africa is feeling on this night. >> i think heartache is an understatement. i think that we really, as a nation, despite having anticipated that mr. mandela must go some time, that we really remain shocked that it has actually come to pass. i think that it's a shock filled with anxiety about life after nelson mandela. and i believe that every south african, wherever they stood in the apartheid years and wherever they've stood for the last 20 years, are absolutely united in their grief for nelson mandela's departure. and every south african are united, i hope, in the understanding that we need to emulate him. we need to live up to the values and the ideals that he had stood for and that we need to find our better selves in order for us to make us a success of south africa. >> is there love -- love for nelson mandela among white south africans as well? >> i think that there is enormous love. i don't think it started out

. >> ibrahim. abraham. the name of the biblical patriarch remains popular with all three faiths today. >> we have so much in common believing in the same father and being from the same family. and sharing a lot of the values. >> the story of how this extended family came to be begins with heartbreak. although abraham and his wife sarah had tried for years, they were unable to conceive a child. >> sarah married to abraham ten years was barren. she offered her maid to abraham for surrogacy. >> once hagar had given birth to a boy named ismael, sarah told abraham she wanted both of them out for good. >> you see hagar's extreme disrest in the bible. and then god appears to her and he says fear not, from this child i will also make a great people. and those are the arab people. >> arabs to this day trace their lineage right back to abraham through ismael. every year, millions of muslims make a pilgrimage to the place they believe ismael made his home, mecca in saudi arabia. here, moslems also believe that abraham

a federal court in san francisco will oversee the case, although ibrad has imwill n-- ibrahim don the.s. >>> this past weekend was president obama's deadline to get a sick patient back on its feet -- health care website. it's been getting emergency car since it began life in critical condition two months ago. after the disastrous start that cost the president a big dip in poll numbers, he promised to have it work by the end of november, this past weekend. karen traverse explains that the website seems to be working tonight. >> reporter: since its launch two months ago, health care.goff has be-- healthcare.gov has bee plagued by system crashes and slow speeds. the obama administration says the site's on the mend. >> we were able to make the necessary improvement to the website so the vast majority of americans who use the website have an experience in which the site functions effectively. >> reporter: the white house set a deadline of december 1st to reach the goal. over the weekend, it released a report touting what it says is significant progress. some 400 software bugs and hardware

a good man, ibrahim shihata. he said, can i see you in the lobby? he said, why? he said, mr. president, you cannot use the c word. i said, what the hell is the c word? he said, corruption. i said, why can't i use the c word? he said, probably about half of your directors represent corrupt countries. i said, maybe we can do some about stopping them being corrupt. the cancer of corruption. six months later, every director of the bank in the meetings talked about corruption. every one of them. it got the thing going. since that time, there has been a substantial move -- >> there you go, mr. former president. >> that was the start of it. >> is a technical problem. we need a microphone. >> that was a good start. before that, the lady sitting next to me who chairs a group called transparency international -- a couple of former bank employees got it started. they told me it was not my idea, it was theirs. whether it was my idea or theirs, the whole movement against corruption has become more active. the question is, is it effective? that is my answer to your question. >> mr. volcker

a federal court in san francisco will oversee the case, although ibrad has imwill n-- ibrahim don theend was president obama's deadline to get a sick patient back on its feet -- health care website. it's been getting emergency car since it began life in critical condition two months ago. after the disastrous start that cost the president a big dip in poll numbers, he promised to have it work by the end of november, this past weekend. karen traverse explains that the website seems to be working tonight. >> reporter: since its launch two months ago, health care.goff has be-- healthcare.gov has bee plagued by system crashes and slow speeds. the obama administration says the site's on the mend. >> we were able to make the necessary improvement to the website so the vast majority of americans who use the website have an experience in which the site functions effectively. >> reporter: the white house set a deadline of december 1st to reach the goal. over the weekend, it released a report touting what it says is significant progress. some 400 software bugs and hardware problems have been fix

uthman muhammed and ibrahim othman ibrahim idris are both considered to have been members of al qaeda. they have been detained at guantanamo since 2002. this is the third release of detainees this month. 158 detapees remain. hundreds are feared dead. the country's army has been split between presidential supporters and those loyal. clashes escalated. south sudan's army says it lost control after reports of clashes there. the u.k. is airlifting its citizens out of juba as the situation worsens. as stefanie dekker reports there are fears of a civil war. >> in the world's newest country many people are finding themselves without a home. the u.n. says up to 20,000 people are seeking shelter at its camps in the capital juba. >> we have been able to get medical assistance, enforce medical services and provide them with emergency assistance. >> fighting broke out over the weekend after what the government says was an attempted coup by the ousted vice president. the disagreement is being put out. soldiers south sudan army are fight others. sdla is dinka. the other is nuer. those familiar with

ibrahim shihata.im he said, can i see you in the lobby? said, why? president, you cannot use the c word. i said, what the hell is the c word? he said, corruption. i said, why can't i use the c word? said, probably about half of your directors represent corrupt countries. i said, maybe we can do some about stopping them being corrupt. -- the cancer of corruption. six months later, every director of the bank in the meetings talked about corruption. every one of them. it got the thing going. since that time, there has been a substantial move -- go, mr. former president. >> that was the start of it. >> is a technical problem. we need a microphone. >> that was a good start. before that, the lady sitting next to me who chairs a group called transparency international accompanied a -- a coupleemployee of former bank employees got it started. they told me it was not my idea, it was theirs. whether it was my idea or theirs, the whole movement against corruption has become more active. the question is, is it effective? that is my answer to your question. vogle

ibrahim al-asiri whose devices include the 2009 underwear bomb that was able to bypass traditional airport security, the chairman rather of the house intelligence committee says al-asiri remains a threat to this day. >> we're very convinced that he is very active, the bomb-maker is active. the bomb-maker is applying his innovation trying too find that next avenue to cause us harm and damage. >> reporter: well you also see when you examine the affiliates is that the leadership in many cases includes al qaeda operatives who have longstanding ties sometimes going back at least two decades to usama bin laden himself, jenna. jenna: is this assessment consistent with what the american people are being told about al qaeda? >> reporter: well it is certainly accurate that the al qaeda core, that is the term used to describe the leadership in pakistan, has been seriously degraded with the loss of bin laden and u.s. drone campaign in the border region of afghanistan but if you listen closely to congressional testimony from senior counterterrorism officials you will see they are urging caution about a

we have with us here in washington ibrahim razuhs. south africa as ambassador to the united states.press all our condolences to the people of south africa on this loss of your great leader, mr. ambassador. tell us what this moment means to you. >> i think there's a personal moment and then national moment. at the personal level, i think we are all deeply shocked. i think we've been expecting it, but that does diminish the personal shock and the national shock i'm sure we will absorb over the next few days. i think he represents probably that the finest or country, our continent, maybe even in the world, is capable of producing. it challenges us to reach within our better selves, and we need to make an effort to live up to that standard. at the moment of great grief is also a moment of great challenge to us to rise to the occasion and to emulate him in whatever way we can. >> as we know, he was 95 years old, very gravely ill now for at least a year in and out of the hospital, lung indianafections. you have prepared your country, your government for what is going to happen over the ne

families travelled from the ibrahim from guinea scaled a fence hoping to find a better life. >> translation here we have the hope of getting through. we know that every couple of weeks there are people that get to maaliga and other places. we earn a little bit to support ourselves. >> the move has been criticised by some rights groups. we don't agree. we don't think it's an adequate solution. it will make their situation desperate and will stop people coming in. its geographical location means millia has been a gate way. it's impossible to cope with a surge of migrants. >> the europeanionion has to get involved. there are politics from the 28 countries regulating the growth. from this moment they should do more. >> for many here, the long journey to raech reach europe it is disappointing. the gulf never feeling wider. >> unemployment is now at 7% report. we'll tell you about the surprising effect on women coming up. >> welcome back, you are watching al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live from new york city. here are the top stories: >> an american detained in north korea for more than