we want to find out how this is playing in kabul where we find jennifer glasse. and jennifer one of the points of the speech that received the loudest ovation was ghani pointing out that in 2001 there were very few children in schools, in 2015 there are 3 million. how will this play on the streets of kabul? >> reporter: i think that's one of the most encouraging signs you see here in kabul is young girls going to school. they make up about -- almost 40% of the 8 million children in school across the country. it was at the american university this afternoon which he mentioned in his speech and i was encouraged by the young women who are at that school now, and talking to them that these are the future of afghanistan, and really the bright side of afghanistan. it is this youthful educated population that won't let the country slip back into the dark past. but doug made a very good point moving forward to the future is still a very very difficult task ahead. it's a very poor country. it is heavily reliant on foreign aide, and ashraf ghani, i think in his speech to co

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we get the inside story from jennifer glasse in kabul. stay with us. >>> welcome back to "inside story". i'm ray suarez. the new afghan president ashraf ghani is in washington concerned for an ongoing threat from a still potent taliban, and a growing risk for security problems. ashraf ghani asked president obama to slow the timetable for the planned u.s. complete withdrawal of forces from afghanistan. as both leaders said today, afghanistan is still a very dangerous place. >> i'm pleased to say that the departure of 120,000 international troops is not brought about the security gap or the collapse that was often anticipated. i'd like to pay tribute at this moment to the continued sacrifice of the security forces civilians and a patriotic nation. >> our transition out of a combat roll has not changed. now, i am the first to say that as long as our me and women in uniform are serving in afghanistan, there are risks involved. it's a dangerous place. >> for more on how this and how the new unity government of afghanistan is working so far, i'

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drone strike dealt with one of those leaders. >> jennifer glasse reporting from kabul >>> the snarling between the obama administration and the israeli prime minister didn't end when the israeli leader begun his election. next week we dig into the tense bilateral relationship taking a turn for the worse, and the "wall street journal"'s bombshell report that not only was israel spying on talks to iran, but the information was passed on to the president's republican opponent in congress. that's all for this edition of "inside story". see you next time. >>> on "america tonight" - ♪ heading down the highway ♪ >>> kate pearson exploded on to the music scene with the b-52s. now, after 39 years and the bs, kate is going solo >>> also tonight... >> the f35 is the most expensive weapons programme in american history.

drone strike dealt with one of those leaders. >> jennifer glasse reporting from kabul >>> the snarling between the obama administration and the israeli prime minister didn't end when the israeli leader begun his election. next week we dig into the tense bilateral relationship taking a turn for the worse, and the "wall street journal"'s bombshell report that not only was israel spying on talks to iran, but the information was passed on to the president's republican opponent in congress. that's all for this edition of "inside story". see you next time. >> in 1996, sonja marcus was sentenced to a maximum of life in california prison. >> i couldn't believe it. it did not compute they're taking your life. i was 46 years old. >> her crime: possession of less than a gram of heroine. >> how do you call yourself a judge with the interest of justice and look at somebody and...

jennifer glasse reports. >> reporter: 3400 meters high afghan engineers are working to restore powerllions of people. 1100 towers along a 500-kilometer route bring electricity or did until the snow came. >> translator: we were standing right now there's 10 to 15 meters of snow. so we can't bring in our heavy machinery. we can only use basic equipment. >> reporter: this tower and two others are completely destroyed. workers must carry all 15 tons of the replacement ton through the snow. the force of the snow was so powerful it tore a 15-ton tower off of its cement base and carried it 150 meters down the hill. and working in these conditions means doing almost everything by hand. for two weeks no power flowed at all, one line now carries 100 megawatts to kabul. a third of the normal load. two hydroelectric plants and an expensive diesel generator are making up the shortfall. >> translator: african americans, high -- avalanches and the possibility of rock slide makes this very dangerous. >> reporter: this is the worst that has happened since the lines were installed six months ago. 5 mi

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and the target of the bombing was the head of the provincial council and more explanation from jennifer glasseorrespondent joining us from kabul, jennifer? >> reporter: well, the head of the council is safe but as you said in the car bombing outside of the headquarters seven civilians killed and 20 wounded, no one claimed responsibility but interior ministry is blaming the taliban and say it's retaliation for offensives going on that afghan security forces are carrying out across afghanistan not only in helman province where the fight between taliban and security forces has been fierce all winter long but in another province and afghan security forces ended a five-day offensive there and killed 13 taliban in that offensive, they are basically trying to get the upper hand ahead of the spring fighting season which usually starts when the snows in the mountains begin to thaw but the fighter was at higher levels than we have seen but the fighting this summer expected to be even more difficult from the afghan security forces because it's the first one they are fighting on their own. nato ended comb

we are live in kabul with jennifer glasse to tell us more about this. ahead. >> reporter: that's right, the capital of the province, the car bomb meant went off. and we have been told seven civilians killed and 20 injured in that attack. they are blaming the taliban for that attack. the taliban have not claimed responsibility. but fighting between the taliban and government forces and the police in helman province has been particularly fierce even through the winter months when there is usually a lull. but, of course, now that spring is approaching here, saturday marks the afghan new year now. that usually also marks the beginning of a new fighting season and afghan security fors are gearing up for a fight against the taliban babb and it all comes of uncertainty on where the new government stands with the taliban and peace talks, president ghani has promised that he will make peace with the taliban and right now his new foreign minister and the deputy head of the peace council, are in parliament answering questions parliament did hedemand to go know wha

. >> i'm jennifer glasse in afghanistan.avalanches have torn down electricity powers and engineers are rebuilding them by hand. >> just as west africa's ebola outbreak seems to be easing, sierra leone poses a lockdown. >> the korea's formula one circuit try to figure out a future without formula one. >> the military is claiming to have destroyed the headquarters of boko haram. government forces have in the past few weeks recaptured several towns from the armed group. boko haram has killed thousands in the six year conflict aimed at establishing an islamic state. security is one issue as nigerians head to the polls for presidential elections. we are joined live. what can we verify exactly as having happened there? >> >> the truth of the matter is that it's impossible to independently verify what the nigerian military are saying about the capture of towns from boko haram because huge restrictions have been placed on civil society, civil rights organizations and even the media in terms of accessing these towns. the military hav

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jennifer glasse, al jazeera, afghanistan. >> let's return to our top story on yemen now.i'm joined by the columnist and editor joining us live from london. very good to have you with us on al jazeera. if i could start off by asking about the ongoing saudi-led airstrikes we've seen in yemen for the past two days now, do you think that they can bring the houthies to the negotiating table? >> well, they said yesterday they're not going through negotiations. whether in doha or in riyal. but as these military actions continue, i don't see any other option in front of the houthies but to go to the negotiation because today, for example the whole yemeni air is under the control of the coalition forces. like a longer time, very advanced aircraft, and do nothing but to change the direction of the fight the battles on the grouped. i couldn't see any reason why they cannot go to negotiation although he was trying last night to say that they are strong and they will fight to the end. there are some signs mr. saleh the form president, a very strong ahigh school ally of them. he gave a

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let's get more now from jennifer glasse who is there. jennifer gen -- jennifer what more can you tell us about this explosion. >> reporter: it was a car bomb in the center of kabul just before sunset here. police and health ministry sources tell us seven people were killed and 31 injured in this massive blast. darren it left a big mushroom cloud over the city and officials say that the dead and wounded are mainly civilians. they were heading home from work during the rush hour. a very, very large bomb blast. it was not far from the ministry of finance, right outside of a police station. >> and this comes off of the back of the afghan president visiting washington where it has been agreed to slowdown u.s. troop withdrawals from the country. >> reporter: that's right. president ghani is in washington today. he is going to address a joint session of congress but yesterday he was at the white house for several hours, and he has president obama have agreed that b 10,000 u.s. troops will stay here through the end of the year. about 5,000 u.s. f

jennifer glasse. >> cricket team here in kabul as they returned from their very first ever world in australia and new zealand. they are being hailed as heroes here. they have come a very long way in a very shortly period of time. cricket is a relatively new sport here and a bright spot in a country with so many challenges. world showing with this afghanistan team means it will get an opportunity to play more against their international counterparts even if only in practice marches. >> two days after celebrating her 100th birthday with a skydive above cape town, a sent americancentenarian has taken a shark dive. she's pretty game, i have to say. if i'm declining are as 100 i'd be very pleased indeed. plenty more stories on our website, the address aljazeera.com. talks over u.s. and iran over iran's nuclear program. watch live. >> i became beautiful when i became a fenninist. up to then i was a pretty girl. i was not pretty. >> the face of filminism, gloria steinem. believes the women's battle is going on. >> a blue-colour uniform job for a man pays more.

jennifer glasse is in kabul. >> reporter: the explosion happened in the very center of kabul not far from the presidential palace near the ministry of finance and just outside of a major police station, police strict number 2. the dead and injured were mainly civilians heading home from work. the blast happen just before sunset during the evening rush hour here. i saw two very damaged vehicles being taken away by police, it comes just a day after ashraf ghani met with president barack obama, and grayed that the forces will remain in afghanistan, 10,000 forces will remain in afghanistan threw the end of this year. that's a slowdown in the u.s. withdraw. the united states was expected to pull out 5,000 of its forces at the and end of 2015. but ashraf ghani convinced them that they could use the help through the end of this year. what will happen in 2016 still remains to be seen. but in the face of what president ghani expects to be a very difficult fighting season, he said his forces could get all the help they can get. >> nigeria will close its sea borders from midnight wednesday to m

but as jennifer glasse reports, women are still fighting for their rights. >> translator: this womann attacked twice because of her prominent role in local politics, but she says she won't quit. she's the deputy head of the provincial council in a conservative province. >> translator: i'm a woman. i'm a legitimate representative of the people. people voted for me. i'm trying by best to solve people's problems. >> reporter: one of her constituents accuses a member of parliament of stealing land from her. mistreatment like this is common for those without powerful supporters. she travels with a bodyguard after the taliban killed her husband and injured her children. she said the local government blamed her for the attack and refused to reimburse her. in last year's election that chose carsy's successful, women cast more than a third of the vote. she says that sent a message. >> the message was we're a partner. the message was we are citizens who are responsible and we are citizens who believe in democracy. >> reporter: the new president promised there would be four women ministers in h

jennifer glasse, al jazeera, afghanistan. >>> more news straight ahead here on al jazeera. a bishop's appointment sparks a big row in chile. we'll tell you why. ♪ >>> a state funeral has been held for the former australian prime minister who died last week. tony abbott joined hundreds of mourners who remember the man. he died at the age of 84, following a brief illness. >>> myanmar's military commander says he'll support successful elections in november, but warned that the army won't tolerate instability or threats. he was speaking to troops at a mill stair parade on the 70th anniversary of armed forces day. this year's elections will be the first held by the semicivilian government that swept the power after a 2010 vote. >>> a thai court has ruled that a family of suspected muslim uyghurs must be held in detention. it's a diplomatic tug of war between china and turkey. the family says they are from turkey and want to return. beijing says they are from the northwest region of china. >> reporter: the fate of 17 muslim uyghurs here in thailand is still in limbo. their detent

afghanistan now, where they are watching this speech closely as well, that's where we're joined by jennifer glasse our afghan reporter there in kabul. jennifer what is the sense in afghanistan about what they want to hear from the afghan president? >> reporter: afghans, del, really would like to see ashraf ghani move forward politically with his presidency. he was inaugurated six months ago, and he doesn't even have a cabinet. so many afghans are very frustrated with the slow pace of change here. so while i think some have been encouraged by the fact that the u.s. troop withdraw is slowing down, just as ghani is getting ready to speak to the joint sessions of congress just this morning there was a car bomb here in kabul. and the afghans want to see an end to this kind of violence and uncertainty. the economy is in terrible shape, and they want to see things get better across the board and they have high hopes when ghani was inaugurated last year with his unity government. there isn't that kind of government ever before here in afghanistan, but his inauguration last year marked the first time in af

al jazeera's jennifer glasse is on the line now from kabul. jennifer, what more can you tell us? >> two suicide bombers were targeting an afghan member of parliament in kabul outside the very center of the city. those two attackers fought with police for a little bit of time. one of them detonated his suicide vest the other was shot in an exchange of fire, two dead and eight injured in this attack. this is the second attack in kabul in a week, a suicide car bomb in the very center of the city wednesday evening killed eight and wounded 31. >> more on that suicide attack in kabul when we have it here on al jazeera. >> the iraqi military says it's in the final stages of an operation to recapture tikrit from the islamic state of iraq and the levant. government forces have been helped by airstrikes on the northern city from the united states. particular result has been in the hands of isil since june. >> only meters away from enemy lines, iraq key forces prepare for what they call the final push into tikrit. >> our forces have advanced towards the out skirts of the neighborhood to flu

jennifer glasse saw the team returning home.[music] >> it is a homecoming for afghanistan's cricket team here in kabul as they return from their very first world cup in australia and new zealand. even though the team won one of six matches, you can see they're being hailed as heroes here. this team has come a very long way in a very short period of time. cricket is a relatively new sport here, and a bright spot in a country with so many challenges. they'll have an opportunity to against their counterpart. >> the cal tournament is one of the biggest events outside of the grand slam, the four-time championship beating diego schwartz ofman of argentina. rafael nadal also threw. last year he lost his opening match at indian wells. last year's am champion wawrinka knocked out by haase. >>> serena wells is through to the fourth round as she continues her return to indian wells, the world number one had ended her 14-year boycott of the tournament. she has not played since the the 2001 final when she said she was racially abused. >> leb

the update from jennifer glass. no one claimed responsibility. the interior ministry blames the taliban, saying it's in retaliation for the security forces. those operations have gone not only in helmand province but fighting where they have been fierce but the afghan government completed a 5-day operation in the eastern part of the country. and there they say they killed 13 taliban fighters. it comes, of course as the new year is about to dawn. ahead of a spring fighting season. could be a difficult fighting season. this is the first time the security forces could be on its own. n.a.t.o. hit the combat mission in 2014. parliament today calling the government on the carpet to demand what is happening with taliban peace talks. why have peace talks and fighting go on. this could be opt tick trying to claim the ground work. no signs as to what progress has been made. the foreign minister the gains to the past 13 years will not be lost. >> to iraq where government forces volunteer fighters and militias are accused of serious abuses. coming from human

jennifer glasse saw the team returning home.usic] >> well, they return from their very first ever world cup in australia and new zealand. even though the team won only one of its six matches, you can see that they're being hailed as heroes here. this team has come a very long way and a very short period of time. cricket is a relatively new sport here and a great one in a country with so many challenges. they hosted the world cup showing that this afghanistan team will have an opportunity to play against its international counterparts even if in practice matches. >> roger federer has made a winning start to his campaign in indian wells the california tournament one of the biggest events outside of the grand slam. round three, the world number two will face a man who knocked him out of the australian open. rafael in nadal also through. last year nadal lost his opening match at indian wells, but the world number three is aiming for his 28th masters title. last year's open champion has been knocked out. this is the fourth time that

jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. >> the cia is planning a major restructuring with focus on digital espionage and cyber cyberspace. the overhaul is meant to allow for for more collaboration within the department. >>> the man accused of attacking the u.s. ambassador to south korea has been charged with attempted murder. the 35-year-old man denied any ties to pyongyang. >>> peace talks between the two warring parties in south sudan have been suspended indefinitely. leaders have failed to preach an agreement while meeting in ethiopia. we have reports from south sudan's capitol juba where people had hoped for an end to the violence. >> 13 months of negotiations have ended in a stalemate. they held several direct talks this week. their position on key issues, their security arrangement between the government and parliament are still miles apart. the two sides blame each other for failure to agree in front of cameras, though, they chose to be more diplomatic. >> negotiation is a process, it is not an event. we come here to negotiate. we depart from here. it does not mean that we have fail

jennifer glasse was there. >> a homecoming from afghanistan's cricket match even though team won only one of its six masms as you can see they are being -- matches you can see they are being hailed as a hero. cricket is a relatively new sport. coach andy mull hosted the world showing, makes it, only in practice matches. >> tennis now world number 1 serena williams, making a return to the california tournament which is regarded as one of the biggest outside the grand slams after a 14-year boycott. she says fans racially abused her in the 2001 final but she's having no problems on her return to the court dropping just two games in her victory over sarina diaz. that's sport for me. i'll hand you back to barbara. >> thank you very much. asia's leading contemporary art fair has opened in hong kong. but local artists seemed to have been left out. >> for a couple of million dollars this two meter bronze pumpkin is yours. a disak of colorful cakes stack of colorful cakes. this year's art basil has put hong kong firmly on the art lovers being forecast. >> art being people are not interested in

. >> we saw jennifer's ocd firsthand when she showed us her glass art. >> i like fuse glass. >> can i touch it? >> actually don't touch it. >> sorry. >> that's okay. >> how tired are you with dealing with this? >> you i don't remember what it's like to be happy, to do normal things. >> what do you wants to do? >> to me normal things are being able to shower in your house being able to wash your hands and not wear gloves and be able to do 100 things that everyone else takes for granted and thinks is so easy. >> jennifer has been searching for a cure for years. her journey has now led her to the mayo clinic in rochester minnesota. doctors here are pioneering deep brain estimation for psychiatric disorders. >> the patients that are enrolled in these studies are really the worst of the worst. so these are patients that have tried everything and have failed. >> dr. kendall lee has been performing brain surgeries to decade. >> what is deep brain estimation. >> deep brain estimation is state-of-the-art technology, to treat disorders like parkinsons and tourette's disease. >> like roger fresh

>> the only reason i said yes is i knew jennifer lopez and keith urban and jimmy kimmel would be touching the glass like some peeps milk? >> let me try the eggnog. >> okay. i'll try the marsh mallow. >> jimmy: this is the eggnog. i'm going to make myself a little suicide, as we call it, maybe mix them up and see what happens. and? the judges say? >> it's going to hollywood. >> jimmy: it is going to hollywood, keith? >> that's amazing. >> yikes. >> it is kind of good. it's just pure sugar. >> it's like milky sugar. >> jimmy: it's like the bottom of the cereal bowl without having to eat cereal. a little rum would be nice. thank you guys for coming. do you travel everywhere together? >> yes. >> yes. in a little van. >> jimmy: are you getting along? it seems like you get along. >> yeah, we do. >> jimmy: maybe not. who has the biggest dressing room of all three of you on the set of american idol? >> wow. >> well, ryan, but he's not here. ryan seacrest. >> jimmy: he does, really? >> i think so. >> yeah, he does. he's a diva. >> jimmy: besides ryan, yours is the biggest? >> amazing. >> not amazing. >> our

. >> i felt glass breaking and i was on the top sliding across i am fortunate i hung upside down until somebody got here. >> jennifer paterson is owner of aim high academy in oklahoma, she told abc she has a system in place for severe weather you see me snap my hands and point, you get the babies down into the basement as quick as you can. >> she hustled to move more than 50 children and their instruction teres into the storm shelter. >> there was a lot of rattling and we heard screams from little kids, it was scary at that moment. >> everybody made it out safely firefighters and rescue crews carried the children out of the destroyed building. oklahoma's governor declared a state of emergency for 25 counties to make sure necessary aid gets out quickly. >>> in other news pope francis added a new stop to his first official visit to the united states, the white house the white house announce that pope francis will visit president obama and the first lady on wednesday september 23rd just ahead of his visit to philadelphia he is expected to discuss a wide range of issues including economic equality and religious freedom.

glass breaking and i was on the top sliding across. i'm very fortunate. i hung upside down until somebody got there. karen: jennifer paterson is the owner of the academy in sand springs, oklahoma. she told abc she has a system in place for severe weather. >> if you guys see me snap my fingers and point, you know exact what to do. get those babies down in the basement as fast as you can. karen: last nights the wicked storms were coming through, she hustled to move more than 50 children and their instructors into the storm shelter. >> loud boom and a lot of rattling and the lights went out and we heard a lot of screams from a bunch of little kids. it was pretty scary at that moment. karen: everyone made it out safely. firefighters and rescue crews carried the children out of the destroyed building. oklahoma's governor declared a state of emergency in 25 counties. to make sure necessary aid gets out quickly. reporting from northwest, karen traverse, abc 7 news. jummy: around here the warm air has finally arrived. there are some runners. you can see people out at haynes point in southwest washington enjoying the nice w