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s own envoy to the buntry jamal benomar, has -- country, jamal benomar, has resigned. he'd been overseeing elements to reach a political deal but it fell apart when the houthis staged their take over. the number of dead and injured keeps rising. more than 730 people have been killed in the air attacks and street battles. nearly 2,700 people have been injured. >>> meanwhile the former president of yemen ali abdullah saleh, has been trying to make an exit of his own, asking for safe passage out of the country. forces loyal to ali abdullah saleh are accused of helping the houthi rebels. the spokesman told al jazeera ali abdullah saleh has no role in yemen's future. >> we are addressing now security situation for the yemeni's occupation. we are trying to bring those initiatives for yemen. ali abdullah saleh, and the militias they are... ..yemen. they are in the same boat. they should find the same end. no one finds ali abdullah saleh could be part of the future of yemen >>> saudi-led air strikes hit the houthi strong hold of sadr in yemen. the attacks damaging a petrol sta

jamal is already looking to the future. god willing i intend on bringing my parents over here, i'm working hard on that >>> from what the survivors told >>> the arrest that we heard of on the mediterranean size. we have pictures be can show you from 30 miles down the coast from here augusta, where another boat has docked today, bringing migrants who were rescued from the middle of the mediterranean. 446 people brought there. we are hearing of another 112 have been brought to the island of lampedusa, and another boat with 500 on board, a navy boat will dock at the port of salem, the mainland. with more coming in. e.u. leaders prepare for the summit on thursday it's clear that the flow of migrants is not slowing. >>> there has been protests in egypt against a 20 year gaol sentence handed to deposed president mohamed mursi. that's pictures show hundreds demonstrating in cairo. mursi was a democratically elected president but removed from power in a 2013 coup. dozens in hong kong have been rallying against an electoral reform p

we call him jamal and he is one of 28 survivors. in somali he told me there is no happiness, only al-shabab. what jamal experienced at the hands of libya's people traffickers was worse. >> translation: the problem we face in libya is around the fact we had our money taken and we were beaten up badly. some we know died of starvation. traffickers didn't allow us to speak to families. we weren't allowed food. a trafficking ring was uncovered. he blamed it on a woman who he beat severely. she came back she was crying. >> reporter: jamal was herded on to the boat on a journey that would turn into disaster. he said it was so crowded he fell overboard. >> when we were on the ship we had no food and water. i had one fish. we travelled for a day with no water or food. we saw the ship from europe. >> reporter: just as he thought they would be rescued, disaster struck. >> i was with a friend who was hungry. i shared my fish. after yelling for help we overturned and he died. i was underwater for five minutes thinking "god, god" and i managed to

>>reporter: jamal feels nothing but bitterness towards the traffickers who jamal believes deliberately put the passengers in mortal danger. the migrant boat's captain and the ship's mate are now facing charges of reckless multiple homicide. jamal is already looking to the future. >> god willing i intend to bring my parents over here. i'm working hard on that. >>reporter: from what the survivors have told us about what happened on saturday it's truly remarkable that anybody actually managed to survive and the matter of fact way they are describing the circumstances of the rescue is evidence of deep psychological scars they will have to cope with. but now here in italy they have a chance to build a new life a chance denied to hundreds on the vowage with them. >>> still ahead on al jazeera, protesting over a controversial electoral reform plan in hong kong >>> and a powerful storm batters ausa's southeast leaving three dead and thousands without power. power. >> al jazeera america brings you a first hand look at the environmental issues, and new understanding of our changing world. >> it'

abu-jamal.e don't want him suffering, laboring in that prison unnecessarily. >> they want daily visits with abu-jamal abu-jamal. >>> controversial ads on the sides of buss are bringing people together. the campaign went up on septa buses earlier this week on wednesday. it depicts adolf hitler with a muslim leader plotting genocide against jus. the message is bringing christians jews and muslims together. >> out of something that was men the to be divisive god has blessed us to make it something that will help to teach each other. >> in response to a court order to run the ads they will change policy policy. they'll no longer accept political ads on septa buses. the current ads will stay up until the end of the month. >>> a dirt bike theft, police say happened during an online botched sale. they were trying to sell their dirt bike for $2,000 on craigslist. they met with a buyer but things didn't go as planned. >> the guy wanted to test ride it. so he gave my dad the cash and then he took off. and

. >> reporter: brian, jamal al- labani is the first u.s. citizen killed in yemen during this recent conflict. family and friends gathering in hayward today are still in shock and believe more could have been done to save him. a prayer to remember the life of jamal al-labani, the pain of his death still strong. >>> every time they remember his name, they just cry. >> reporter: mohammed is jamal's cousin. he says jamal left for yemen about two months ago to see his 2.5-year-old daughter and wife, who is pregnant. he wanted to bring them back to the u.s. where he lived in oakland and owns this gas station in the city. but chaos caused by terrorist activities and civil unrest in yemen made it impossible to leave. >> he was pretty good. he was pretty worried for the past three weeks. >> reporter: jamal died tuesday when he and his 14-year-old nephew were hit by mortars in a rebel attack. family and friends say this could have been prevented. the u.s. state department issued a travel warning for yemen on friday but so far there are no plans to he

the only thing i'm going to pray for him and -- >> jamal is the first reported u.s. citizen to be killed by rebel fire this past week. the moved to the nuss the mid-90s and owns a gas station in oakland. friends and family are outraged more isn't being done to help u.s. citizens trying to leave yemen and right now, there are at least six yemeni american families from the bay area trying to leave yemen. live in hayward, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> thank you. new at 6:00, people wore traditional tribal clothing demanding answers from mexico's government. activist want know what happened to 43 college students who have been missing since september. family members spoke in san francisco's mission district. one of the missing students is 19-year-old is israel from san jose. mexican official says badly burned human remains were found near his school. i might not be possible to identify. the prosecutors claim members of a drug cartel confessed to killing the students. >>> developing new out of the sierra nevada where a wildfire forced evacuation for campers in sequoia

jamal is already looking to the future. god willing i intend on bringing my parents over here i'm working hard on that >>> from what the survivors told us about what happened during the sinking on saturday. it's remarkable that anyone survived. the matter of fact way with which they described the circumstances makes it clear that there is deep psychological scars that they'd have to cope with. in the former orphanage, they have a chance to build a new life a chance denied to hundreds on the fateful voyage >>> there has been protests in egypt against a 20 years gaol sentence handed down for deposed president mohamed mursi. these pictures show hundreds of people demonstrating in neighbourhoods of cairo. they were removed from power in the military of 2013. dozens of people in hong kong have been rallying against an electoral reform plan. pro-democracy protesters called for an open election with no interference from the government. they are angry that the blueprint complies with the guidelines and they'll screen candidates. sa

the latest to arrive here are the luckiest of all to protect his identity we're calling him jamal, he was one of just 28 survivors from last weekend's deadly sinking in the mediterranean. he told me there is no happiness, only al-shabab. if what he experienced at the hands of libya's people traffickers was even worse. >> the problem we face in libya was mainly around the fact that we had our money taken and we were beaten up very badly. some individuals we know died of starvation. we weren't given any food and we were constantly beaten. one time the trafficking rings was uncovered and the boss man blamed it on a woman who he beat severely. she cam back to us. she was crying. >> jamal was herded on the trafficker's boat for a journey that would turn into disaster. he said that the boat was so crowded that at one point he fell overboard and had to be dragged back in. >> when we were on the ship we had no food and no water and i only had one fish. we traveled for a day with no water and no food and then we saw the fish from europe. >> just as he thought they would be rescued disaster str

mohammed is jamal's cousin. he said he left for his home country of yemen to see his two- and-a-half-year-old daughter and wife who is pregnant. he wanted to bring them back to the u.s. where helied lived as a u.s. citizen in oakland. but it became impossible to leave. >> he was pretty worried the past three weeks. >> reporter: jamal was leaving a mosque with his nephew when they were hit in a rebel attack. family and friends say it could have been prevented. they were killed instantly. so far l are no plans to help u.s. citizens safely escape. that with american islamic groups. >> we have the largest military in the world. by far. and to see that smaller lest stable countries are able to get their citizen's out, the u.s. government is saying it is impossible is difficult to believe and very disappointing. >> it is really upsetting. it is really sad. i talked to other families here. they have some american relatives back in yemen. and they don't know what to do. >> those families want something done soon. they a

third graders have to send get well to mumia abu jamal. he's currently serving a live sentence for murdering a philadelphia police officer. fox 29's bill anderson is in our newsroom tonight with specifics of that assignment, bill, there are very strong opinions about this one. >> reporter: there are. there always are when it relates to mumia abu zsa zsa mal. for 30 years he has been that decisive figure. he was convicted of killing officer daniel faulkner. controversy isn't unusual. but this time it involves get well letters written by eight year olds. >> in 19 yuma mia abu jamal was convicted of shooting and killing philadelphia police officer daniel faulkner. he's been a controversial figure for most of the last 30 years. but today he's back in the news as some are outraged that a new jersey teacher had her students write hem get well letters after an apparent illness had his rushed to the hospital. >> marlyn first tweet on her twitter page make it clear she's an a supporter with the hash tag free mumia listed. but the orange new jersey

jamal did a lot of positive things in the past. participation in the formation of all of the implementation of the initiative of the gcc and after that the follow-up of the election process in yemen. we than in the beginning jamal benomar was doing a great job. but the problem started when jamal benomar thought he might promote the presence of the houthis as a militia group with using their force as the powerful element in the political spectrum that nobody was expecting. and from that points we started to have a lot of disagreement with his benomar he started to negotiate without con sending with the pled of the republic and -- president of the republic and we started to have serious problems. we welcome the new adviser. and will work very well with him. and we will couldn't and support his efforts. >> the conflict on the ground in yemen is continuing. there appears to be no end in sight to the fighting. in the port city of aden, fighters loyal to yemen's president mansur hadi continue their push against the houthis. clashes have

mew me jamal supporters supporters say this has been over broken. you would defend her. michael core joined us on fox 29 weekend. he said don't rush to judgment. the teacher has rights, too. >> in cases like this, in new jersey and pennsylvania anywhere else you're talking about a teacher's first amendment rights that means free speech. talking about the teachers fifth amend the right due process in terms of what the administration can do. >> reporter: thousands of national comments are calling for the teacher to be fired. but there's a school board meeting tomorrow. which could give us a better idea of how much this matters to local residents and if bringing third graders into this controversy will ultimately cost this teacher her job. now mumia abu jamal is current serving live in prison for officer faulkner's murder. >> all right, thank you bill. >>> the new jersey shores 127-miles of beach are famous for their beauty and their natural wonder but once a year they're also famous for this. disgusting debris either left behind by beach goers are washed up witness tied. c

jamal is looking to the future. >> god willing i intend to bring my parents here. i'm working hard on that. >>> now, the united nations humanitarian first chief said the responsibility for the disaster is a monumental failure of compassion, and as european union leaders prepare for the summit. emergency summit to come up with proposals, that is the split between them. there's a lot of lobbying to block the flow of migrants. refusing to allow them together. the belief being it will prevent them setting off. the other idea is compassion is needed now. >> they are in catania. >> more to come on al jazeera. how a blend of poverty and broken promises is fuelling anger against broken forces. a century after mustard gas was used, the united states gets rid of its last remaining stockpiles. just because i'm away from my desk doesn't mean i'm not working. comcast business understands that. their wifi isn't just fast near the router. it's fast in the break room. fast in the conference room. fast in tom's office. fast in other tom's office. fast in the foyer [pronounced foy-y

also jamal bryant. he delivered a eulogy at freddie gray's funeral today. jamal bryant tell us about that funeral today and how much time lapsed between the end of the funeral and when this activity broke out this afternoon? >> the funeral really was a heartwarming moment for the family. gave them a peace and solace and prayerfully some closure. we were actually en route back from the cemetery when getting the news of the uprising taking place across baltimore. it was disturbing and disenchanting considering we called for a day of no marching and no protesting. to be met with this news is painful and regrettable. it gives a black eye to the legacy of what we've been doing over the last seven days. >> you said hours ago from the scene there in the street that you were going to help activate people from your churches, from other churches, men to go out there into the streets and help bring calm to those streets. how has that been working so far? >> it's been moving. yesterday, what the news did not cover is the blood and krips gangs signed a peace treaty. i e

the only thing i'm going to pray for him and -- >> jamal is the first reported u.s. citizen to be killed by rebel fire this past week. the moved to the nuss the mid-90s and owns a gas station in oakland. friends and family are outraged more isn't being done to help u.s. citizens trying to leave yemen and right now, there are at least six yemeni american families from the bay area trying to leave yemen. live in hayward, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> thank you. new at 6:00, people wore traditional tribal clothing demanding answers from mexico's government. activist want know what happened to 43 college students who have been missing since september. family members spoke in san francisco's mission district. one of the missing students is 19-year-old is israel from san jose. mexican official says badly burned human remains were found near his school. i might not be possible to identify. the prosecutors claim members of a drug cartel confessed to killing the students. >>> developing new out of the sierra nevada where a wildfire forced evacuation for campers in sequoia

traffickers who jamal believes put the passengers in mortal danger. the migrant boats captain and the ship's mate are now facing charges of reckless homicide. but jamal is already looking to the future. >> god willing i intend to bring my parents over here. i'm working hard on that. >> well, let's talk to paul brennan, who is live in catania on the southern italian island of sicily. we're going to hear from the summit of leaders who have met to figure this out. what can we expect? >> well, the they had met in brussels to come up with some kind of plan that will tack this will phenomenon that we've seen for the last three years. but i think it's going to be very difficult for them to find a way of bridging the gap between fine words and effective action. there have been several plans put forward several proposals a ten-point plan has come up by e.u. foreign ministers who met earlier this week. it clued things of fingerprinting migrants, trying to set um, some sort of refugee camps in north africa. also the perhaps achievable idea of increasing the numb

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, mumia abu-jamal. >> supporters are demanding daily visits with abu-jamal. >>> this morning, we areearning the scope of a data breach involving the philadelphia fire department three years after it happened. names, birth dates and social security numbers were all taken illegally. investigators say an employee of advanced data processing gave patient information to a theft ring. that company handles billing services for ambulance agencies across the country including ems services for the philadelphia fire department. the fire department's independent investigation revealed that the employee accessed information of 750 patients who used ems services on april 1st and 2nd of 2012. that's in addition to the four months worth of information stolen from ems patients between february and october of 2012. right now, it's still unclear whether the information was used fraudulently. if you think that you are affected by this breach the fire department is offering free credit monitoring services. you can get forms from the fire department or for more information, just download our free nbc 10 n

there was no reason for him to live any more. >> jamal robinson has a long list of people to thank he has no ill will toward paul jordan. >> he clearly has problem that we can see and he clearly needs help. there's no hard feelings. i'm home safe with my familiar and feeling pretty good right now. >> reporter: some of the firefighters say that paul jordan actually made a call from prison to apologize again we are told that jamal robinson accepts that policy he's looking forward to getting back to work much the firefighters here will be back to work starting early tomorrow morning. we're live in elkins park david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> david, thank you. >>> developing now police in mercer county shoot a man who investigators say was stabbing his father and had attacked his mother. this story is unfolding on the 1600 block of nottingham lane in hamilton. "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco has the latest development development. >> reporter: police remain outside the 600 block of nottingham lane crime tape is up and the investigation continues late into the evening. after p

jamal. we do not want him suffering laboring in that prison unnecessarily. >> supporters are demanding daily visits with abu jamal. >>> funeral service will be held tomorrow for the offduty officer killed inside his delaware county home. a viewing will happen at 10:00 a.m. for darby borough hudson. there will be a motorcade that will pass the firehouse. officer hudson was off-duty when he was shot to death with his own service gun. it happened at his house in glenolden last saturday. his girlfriend was charged with the murder. police were already holding finch for an alleged assault on hudson from last summer. >>> religious leaders from different faiths are coming together this good friday to denounce an ad featuring adolf hitler that is now on the side of septa buses in philadelphia. as we have been reporting, the ad stirred complaints and concerns and even a legal battle from septa that the transit company eventually dropped. jesse gary spoke to the organizers of the event. what is the mes

the airport shut down and escaping became impossible and tuesday, as jamal was leaving a mosque wivesimmediately. >> people are sad because he is -- they know him the person that always has a smile on his face. >> he bought other lot next to me to build.

everyone was worried when jamal left for yemen in february. he wanted to get his wife and daughter out of the country. the two had been living there for five years without him. with the air strikes and bombings increasing escape proved impossible, even for jamal, who is a u.s. citizen. >> when you hold an american passport, you expect a big help. nothing. chinese got help, india they got help, everyone except the americans. >> the state department is not evacuating citizens from the area. at least six bay area families are trapped in yemen right now. >> we are losing life every every minute. >> but the one they are missing most is jamal al-labani. >> he is not a bad man, he doesn't get into people's business. and he always has a smile on his face. >> jamal has two sons living in fresno from a previous marriage. in fresno, lisa amin gulezian abc7 news. >>> a couple is wanted for questioning after their child was found dead and they might be in oakland. case started when north las vegas police checked in on the couple's 17-year-old daughter and

even for jamal, who is a u.s. citizen. >> you expect you know a big help when you have an american passport. chinese, they got help. indians, they got help. everyone except americans. >> reporter: the state department is not evacuating citizens from the area. at least six bay area families are trapped in yemen right now. >> we lose lives every minute. >> reporter: the one they're missing most is jamal al abani. >> he doesn't get in people's business. a person that always has a smile on his face. >> reporter: jamal has two sons living in fresno from a previous marriage. in hayward, abc 7 news. >>> police in nevada believe a couple wanted for questioning after their child was found dead might be in oakland. the case started when north las vegas police checked in on the couple's 17-year-old daughter and her baby. the 4-month-old was found to be malnourished and in critical condition. in another home they found a 3-year-old girl dead. but they could not find her parents. they believe kelly phillips and john may be on

everyone was worried when jamal left for yemen in february. he wanted to get his wife and daughter out of the country. the two had been living there for five years without him. with the air strikes and bombings increasing, escape proved impossible, even for jamal, who is a u.s. citizen. >> when you hold an american passport, you expect a big help. nothing. chinese, they got help, india they got help, everyone except the americans. >> the state department is not evacuating citizens from the area. at least six bay area families are trapped in yemen right now. >> we are losing life every, every minute. >> but the one they are missing most is jamal al-labani. >> he is not a troublemaker, he doesn't get into people's business. and he always has a smile on his face. >> jamal has two sons living in fresno from a previous marriage. in fresno, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> police in novato believe a couple wanted for questioning after their child was found dead might be in oakland. the case started when north las vegas police checked in on the coup

we were told what was thought of jamal benomar's efforts. >> we think that jamal benomar did a lot of positive things in the past. his participation in the formation of all the implementation of the g.c.c. initiative, and the follow up of the election process in yemen. in 2012, then the follow up of the outcome of the national dialogue in 2015. in the beginning they were doing a greaton. the problem started when it was thought that the president of the houthis was thought to be promoted as a militia group, using them as a powerful element. no one accepted that. from that point we had a lot of disghts. disghts. -- disagreements. we started to have problems. we welcomed ismail ould chekh ahmed as the new advisor and will work well with him, and cooperate and support efforts. there's no end to the fighting we have a report on the latest violence. >> reporter: on the offensive and pushing forward. they continue to make gains in aden. they destroyed a tank. joins made and lead to the defection and surrender of 50 sold yers formerly loyal to the post president, an ally of the houthis. oppon

rallied in center city claiming abu jamal is not getting proper medical care in jail. officials for the department of corrections told nbc10, in part, that when an inmate requires a higher level of medical care that inmate is sent to a local hospital. >>> we're learning more about a north jersey man who was attacked by a coyote while working in his yard yesterday morning. >> police now believe it's the very same coyote that mauled a neighbor's dog a week earlier. this is happening in saddle river, bergen county. jen maxfield gets us new details. >> i had chased her. she had gone down in the woods. i figured she was gone but she came back. >> reporter: 77-year-old retired school teacher was attacked by a female coyote monday in his own front yard. >> that's when she got me. >> reporter: back inside his home on twin brook road he shows us a puncture wound on his left calf which sent him to the emergency room for a series of rabe business shots. >> no stitches. went right through my heavy jeans. you couldn't see the hole. just a little blood. >> reporter: his leg is feeli

jamal? >>reporter: indeed. in turkey there are commemorations taking place here. they're on a much smaller scale but they are by thank you armenian communities. it's important to know that turkey has a large armenian community still living in it. as you say, there are two sides to this narrative. we spoke to the daughter of a general who served in the on the man army at the time and we caught up with ottoman army at the time and we caught up with her. her father was a general in the ottoman army. his story gives a glimpse into the turkish version of what took place when thousands of armenians were allegedly killed by the ottoman turks. >> there was no problem between turkish and armenian people. after the armenian betrayed the ottoman government they said you have to change place because you are with the russian people and you are killing me. we give them milk and doctors. >>reporter: according to the general's memoirs, it was the armenians who instigated the violence. >> i show the scars on the arms and bodies on the ground. >>reporter: it's a stark contrast to a

jamal, let me start with you.you come down a little closer to henry's caution and skepticism, or the optimism and freely openly made statements thing? >> well, i do think everybody won. i think i came down on the side of everywhere at the netting tail. i think the sides overperformed. everyone got something they can go home and tell constituents we won, we got what we wanted. that's the bottom line. >> is it so complicated to carry out. this is a fearsome set of requirements, that there's going to be, instead of lowered suspicion, heightened suspicion for a while? >> you know, trust was the big gap here, but i think the parties, by talking, for 18 months, managed to bridge. now, is the deal too complicated? i don't think there a way that you get a deal dealing with nuclear physics. international sanctions, and seven countries, many with no love loss with one another, and you put something together that is simple than the framework outlined. it's not possible. the trust deficit has been addressed and we are on a pa

the officer that mumia abu-jamal is convicted of murder nearing 1981. now the teacher, marilyn zuniga, she had her grade schooler were to mumia. she wrote a get will card were to quote lift up his spirits as he is ill. she used the hash tag fruit mumia. he is sick from diabetes while serving his life sentence for killing officer faulkner. zuniga teaches a at forest street elementary school in orange, new jersey. our dave kinchin went up to the school yesterday to try to track down the teacher and school officials zuniga has since deactivated her face book and her twitter accounts and the orange school district has not gotten back. you would think they would because this issue has been making national headlines. we spoke to parent who are just furious. >> i think it is both alarming, and outrageous, that any teacher would use a group of innocent seven year-olds, to promote a twisted a agenda glorifying murder, glorifying hatred and glorifying violence. >> he is not a role model. kid should be writing to roll models, not to prisoners. they are third grade

to protect his identity we are calling him jamal, and he was one of just 28 survivors from last week'sking in the mediterranean. in skoeomalia he told me there is no happiness, but just al-shabab, but what he witnessed at the hands of the people traffickers was even worse. >> translator: the problem we faced in libya was mainly around the fact that we had our money taken, and beaden up very badly. the trafficker didn't allow us to speak to our families. we weren't given any food and we were constantly beaten. one time it was uncovered and the boss man blamed it on a woman who was beaten severely. >> reporter: he was eventually herded on to the boat that was so crowded that at one point he fell overboard and had to be dragged back in. >> translator: we had no food or water and i only had one fish. then we saw the ship from europe. >> reporter: and just as he thought they would be rescued disaster struck. >> translator: i was with a friend who was hungry so i shared my fish with him. but after yelling for help we overturned and he died. i was under water for five minutes, thinking god, g

but jamal is already looking to the future. >> god willing i planned on bringing my parents over here. i'm working hard on that. >>reporter: what the survivors have told us about what happened on saturday is truly remarkable that anybody actually managed to survive. and the way they have described the circumstances of the rescue makes it clear that there are still deep psychological scars they'll have to cope with. but at least here they have a chance to build a new life. a chance denied to so many on that fateful vowage. >>> still ahead on al jazeera, hong kong waits for a decision on electoral reform that would determine its political future >>> and escaping the violence. migrants in south africa are heading home. heading home. >> al jazeera america brings you a first hand look at the environmental issues, and new understanding of our changing world. >> it's the very beginning >> this was a storm of the decade >>...hurricane... >> we can save species... >> our special month long focus, fragile planet >>> the top stories here on al jazeera, the saudi-led coalition says its months-lon

she had her class write get well card to mumia abu-jamal. she posted to lift up his spirits as he is ill. mumia is sick from complication was diabetes while serving his life sentence for murdering officer daniel faulkner in 1981. people are not very happy here. former fop head richard costello speaking on fox and friend yesterday. >> i think it is both alarming and outrageous that any teacher would use a group of innocent seven years old to promote a twisted agenda glorifying murder glorifying hatred, and glorifying violence. >> kid should be writing to roll models, not to prisoners. they are third graders. what can a prisoner tell a third grader, i mean really. >> have of course, a lot have of outrage here but do i want to highlight the timing. lets come back out here live, while we're standing here at the memorial here at 13th and locust for officer daniel faulkner. according to the the free mumia web site, i just looked it up, it is national day of service for mumia. they are having rallies from l.a. to new york city, so we really cannot

jamal benomar was blamed of being responsible playing sometimes a negative role. no because the new envoy should know exactly what happened in yemen, and what is the real role of the - you know the envoy of the united nations. he was criticized by the government and houthis, he did not play enough role to contain the crisis and engage parties together and times actually blamed him for being - helping houthis and other players. >> thank you very much indeed. >> my pleasure >>> now, amnesty international says rampant human rights abuses continue in bahrain despite government reforms. the abuses against shia muslim activists and critics of the shia leadership include torture, arbitrary aarrests and a ban on protest. amnesty began a fact-finding process since the crackdown on protesters. bahrain's government has not responded to a request for comment >>> ultimately is calling for more help in rescuing migrants that risk their lives crossing the mediterranean sea into europe. at least 400 are feared drowned after a shipwreck off the coast of libya on monday. the italia

they are saying undiagnosed diabetes put abu-jamal in the critical care unit. his blood sugar was dangerously high and could have gone into a diabetic coma. >> he said he wasn't feeling well at all and just got very loopy. you know and he passed out. >> abu-jamal is serving life in prison for the 1981 murder of philadelphia police officer daniel faulkner. >>> police still have not released the name of the woman killed inside a northeast philadelphia nail salon yesterday. investigators tell us an elderly driver accidentally hit the gas pedal and plowed into this salon on bustleton avenue. another customer and worker are in critical condition. the driver is okay. police do not expect to file charges. >>> and the investigators now say someone intentionally set a fire at an ocean county university's largest dorm. the fire broke out early sunday in maria hall in lakewood. the county prosecutor's office said someone set fire to paper flyers on a dorm room door. this triggered a fire but there was no official damage. >>> there could be a decision over a controversial

case involving a third grade teacher who had her students write get well letters to mew mow ya abu jamalacher marlon was suspended with pay. >> we received a statement from the orange new jersey school superintendent saying she will be immediately suspended with pay until such time the investigation is completed and based upon the results of the investigation additional action may be taken by the board of education. >> the release also explained that the principal administration and parents were not aware of the letters to abu jamal. parents and the community may not have been aware of the plan to write letters but that didn't stop them from having strong responses to them. >> very impressionable when they're that age and to talk to a criminal, you know, in the third grade and for a teacher to advocate something like that, that's crazy. >> my kid is in the six many grade, of course he's not there but -- if that was him i would have heart attack. >> social media played a huge part in this controversy and the heated discussion continues on facebook with comments like she should be fire. sh

his wife spoke outside the hospital in huntsville yesterday saying undiagnosed diabetes put jamal manythe critical care unit. his blood sugar was dangerously high and he could have gone into a diabetic coma. >> he just passed out and said he wasn't feeling well at all and got very loopy. you know and he passed out. >> abu-jamal is serving life in prison for the 1981 murder of philadelphia officer daniel faulkner. >>> a new report shows one of the most common pain relievers may not offer relief to those suffering back pain. a study released in the british medical journal says acetaminophen does not offer that much pain relief. they say the effectiveness of acetaminophen is well documented and supported by 50 years of use. >>> and a price car is going on with the consumers the winner. the pc battle is between google and microsoft. google released two versions of the chrome was released on the laptop and now both companies are vying for students and budget-conscious families. >>> and the wind is blowing here making it feel like the 20s, but the rain has stopped and you don't need the umbr

jamal, al jazeera. >>> now the syrian president assad has given interview to a swedish t.v. and friday is a national day and the country is bitterly divided and no end to the civil war inside and assad said terrorism is a global issue and not just a regional problem. >> as long as you have terrorism growing in different european countries sweden cannot be safe it's the backyard of europe and mediterranean and north africa and in chaos and full of terrorist and cannot be safe. >> reporter: meanwhile government forces stepped up attacks in aleppo and idlib killing 40 civilians including 20 children activists say the syrian regime have packed the eastern side of aleppo city with barrel bombs. the air raid killed at least ten people in the neighborhoods and idlib the government reportedly dropped bombs containing toxic gas according to a human rights group and have been over 100 strikes in the area over the last few days. russia says the arrival of 300 u.s. troops in western ukraine could seriously destabilize the situation, the u.s. ambassador to ukraine posted a photo on twitt

on everybody behalf. >> jamal's former colleague paul jordan held jamal and three others in the basement. jordan work at the department but was recently let go. we spoke to a woman who said she's friends with jordan. >> i can't believe he did it. like, i can't. it's nothing that i would say -- even thought he did it because -- i don't think he would be able to do something like that. >> detectives say jordan had a loaded handgun and fired a shot into the wall. minutes later he surrendered. we stopped by his house to see if anyone was home. no answer. but we did find his sister at another location. she claimed to not know about the incident and shut the door. >> no comment. >> reporter: "eyewitness news" has learned jordan worked for the salvation army and is currently employed as a manager with the philadelphia housing authority. he also listed the us army under work history on his facebook page. >> just glad everybody was safe. i'm glad nobody got hurt and the gunman didn't shoot nobody. >> reporter: a pentagon spokesman told me tonight that paul jordan never served in the united states

we are calling him jamal. he was one of just 28 survivors from last weekend's deadly sinking in the mediterranean. in somalia, he said there is no happiness, only al shabab. what he experienced at the hands of the people traffickers was even worse. >> the problem we faced in libya was mainly around the fact that we had our money taken and we were beaten badly. some individuals died of starvation. the traffickers didn't allow us to speak to our families. we weren't given food and were constantly beaten. the one time the trafficking was uncovered. he blamed a woman and he beat her severely. she came back to us crying. >> he was herded on to the traffickers' boat for the journey that would turn into disaster. he said the boat was so crowded that at one point, he fell overboard and had to be dragged back in. >> when we were on the ship, we had no food or water. i only had one fish. we traveled for a day with no water or food then saw the ship from europe. >> just as he thought they would be rescued disaster struck

get well letters written to mumia abu jamal caused an uproar and people are demanding she lose her job. >> i think it's both alarming and outrageous that any teacher would use a group of innocent seven-year-olds to promote a twisted agenda glorifying murder murder glorifying hatred and glorifying violence. >> reporter: backlash continues to grow in the case involving a third grade teacher who had her students write get well letters to mumia abu jamal the man convicted of killing police officer faulkner over 30 years ago. we received a statement from the orange new jersey school superintendent that explained that the school's principal and district administrators vehemently deny any knowledge of the assignment and preliminary inquiries find that no approval was ever sought nor were parents notified about this unauthorized activity. >>> the teacher has been suspended with pay and that further investigation will continue after the district returns from spring break. parents in the community may not have been aware of the plans to write the letters to abu jamal but they had plenty of respo

to protect his identity we're calling him jamal. he's one of the survivors from the deadly sinking ship in the mediterranean. he said there is no happiness with the al-shabab. what he experienced at the hands of the libya's people traffickers was even worse. the. >> problem we faced in libya was mainly around the fact that we had our money taken and we were beat beaten up very badly. the traffickers did not allow us to speak to our families. we were not given food, and we were beaten. one time the trafficking was uncovered. the boss man blamed it on a woman who they beat severely. >> jamal was herded on the traffickers boat for the journey that would turn into disaster. he said the boat was so crowded that at one point he feel overboard and he had to be dragged back in. >> when we were on the ship we had no food or water. i only had one fish. we traveled for a day without water and food. then we saw the ship from europe. >> just as they thought they would be rescued disaster struck. >> i was with a friend who was hungry so i shared

jamal. they are looking for the future. >> god willing i intend to bring my parents here. i'm working hard on that. >> supporting the authorities in italy. migrants rescued alive and those pulled from the water. there's a large number of n.g.o.s, and joining me now, it's one of them. andrea from the italian red cross. what is the main priority for the red cross here. the main priority is the core business. the human being is important on the land. we don't deal with it. you may be a refugee or a regular. >> our response is based on the identity. you need every support or every help. you need to keep perform ag. >> you were not reuniting families. what you are doing is putting survivors in contact with people back home. so they'd be worried about whether it was alive or dead. >> it's completely forget about the position. most of the people think a service must be arriving. there's family they want to have information. basically not if they were alive. the incident is about 700 people. they've received a lot of cause. the these are my father. surviving. difficult some time.

what i'd love to tee up is jamal bryant reverend jamal bryant offered the eulogy today for freddie gray. dante, we're engaged in a really spirited conversation on great terms and a great spirit and i want you to hear a bit of that conversation when we come back. we will be back in just a couple of moments with our continuing coverage of the situation in baltimore and the other news of the day. e day. >>> this is another major story on this day. it's about 5:00 in the morning in nepal, and thousands have spent another night outside fearful of being inside in the event of another powerful aftershock. the death toll from the 7.9 quake has risen to more than 4,000. the state department says that includes at least four americans. the united states has sent tons of humanitarian aid and specialized search and rescue teams to nepal. a drone captured video that shows the scale of the devastation in the capital of kathmandu as andrew simmons reports for us now, a severe shortage of necessary supplies is only adding to misery there. >> reporter: they're fighting over sheets of plastic. anything re

leon: we did hear earlier pastor jamal bryant calling for people to move downtown. that likely is going to happen. as a matter of fact mentioned that there were a number of members of the nation of islam already there downtown lining the streets to direct people in that general direction. horace: one more thing, if i can. we just got this just handed to me, the university of maryland baltimore has issued a shelter in place order because of the potentially violent activity that could be moving down there. university of maryland baltimore located right down campus right down in the inner harbor so they are now have issued the police there have issued a shelter in place order. leon: all right. thank you for that horace. we're being told now that montgomery county as we saw brad bell speaking with one of the sergeants from the montgomery county there's a number of officers who have been dispatched there and assistance there. we understand that montgomery county has 40 officers that have arrived there on the scene. some of them medics. others parts of the special respons