nicole johnston, al jazeera. >> appeal for billions of dollars in national aid. largest ever for u.n. half that money they say will go to syria. >> this is the largest amount we have ever had to request at the start of the year. $6.5 billion of this will support our efforts in syria and in neighboring countries and again this is the largest ever appeal for a single crisis. >> the u.n. says the civil war in syria has resulted in the largest displacement crisis sin the genocide in ira rwanda. >>> now facing a winter storm that could kill even more. anita mcbryde has more from istanbul. >> the sort of figures that the war in syria is generating are now becoming difficult to even adequately comprehend. the world food program says it's staying $2 billion a month to feed the syrian and the last figure we had was 9 million syrians in need of immediate assistance. the refugee crisis will be almost twice the size it is now by the end of 2014 if nothing is done to deal with the war raging inside the country. but however bad the situation is for refugees outside, it is infi

jeh johnston could have a vote today. and janet yellen still on to he both are expected to pass. >> last week the year. >> mike viqueira joining us from the white house. >> the population of guantanamo bay, the prison, is shrinking, two detainees have been transferred to saudi arabia, coming after a review of their cases. neither was charged with crime. there's 160 detainees at guantanamo bay. >> australia's role in afghanistan is over. the last of their troops eving afghanistan. that leaves a 12-year commitment for the country over. we have that story at sydney. >> with the lowering of the flag at the main base in afghanistan australia's combat role comes to an end. the handover was to afghan soldiers, and they'll pat roll where the australian troops will. the afghan flag will fly at the taryn cout base. >> australian soldiers went in 2001. 40 australians were killed, more than 250 seriously injured. despite the sacrifices, the prime minister says australia's involvement has not been in veinful. >> we have ended our long

nicole johnston has the story. >> no child should have to experience war like this boy. he's clearly in shock. many people in aleppo will feel that way after a bombing raid on the city. in the al-haidaria neighbour hood bombs fell on a garage. >> translation: they call us terrorists. they are the terrorists themselves. may god take revenge on them, our cars were burnt with women and children inside. >> this is what is left after what activists say is one of the worst attacks on the city. 11 districts were hit, buildings destroyed before and people killed. on sunday 100 people died, and many more were injured. >> we have not rested since mourning. more than 10 different areas in aleppo came under bombardment. as you can see this is the only equipment the civil defense team has. we don't have other tools or equipment. >> al jazeera's correspondent inside aleppo reports that 50 people at least are trapped under the rubble and the syrian military dropped barrels filled with explosives on those below. they are made of large pipes or oil drums packed with tnt, oil, nail and bo

david cay johnston , a best selling author whose recent book "the fine print: how big companies use plain english to rob you blind." i asked if it's a fact that the rich pay most of the taxes in this country. >> that's correct, although many of the rich pay little or no tax because if you're very wealthy, bill gates or any billionaire you can borrow against your assets and interest rates are 2%. why would you pay 15% tax? warren buffet revealed that his tax rate was 17%. what he does is borrow against his assets. when he has income, $64 million the year he disclosed that. he had a company that was sold and cashed out. he had no choice but to take the money. so very wealthy people can legally live free of the federal income tax and many of them do. >> people in the lower part of the income scale, they pay a bunch of other taxes. >> especially state taxes. >> when you earn that little money, you need more of it. >> yes, well, that's the fundamental concept that athenians brought to us. when they decided that we were all equal also said why should the rich have more of a voice than other peo

david cay johnston, thank you for joining us. a pulitzer prize-winning journalist formally with the new york times, now writing for tax analyst and al jazeera. we will link to your articles on democracynow.org. a moment with legendary poet and distinguished professor nikki giovanni. stay with us. >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. saturday marked the anniversary of the newtown massacre. andstudents were shot wounded at another school in colorado over the weekend. the gun man died from a self- inflicted gunshot wound. president obama marked the anniversary by urging americans to push for tighter gun control. that weis anniversary will never forget, that is the example we should follow. done enough to make our communities safer. we have to do more to keep dangerous people from getting their hands on a gun so easily. we have to do more to heal troubled minds. we have to do everything we can to protect our children from harm and make them feel loved .nd valued and cared for as we d

ready and caught these on to seven fifteen and flows upstream defence minister said that at the johnston that said twenty five thousand australian batsmen had stuffed in the fun is done with the maximum deployment three to fifteen hundred in his death at one point. approximately four hundred lesson and that remaining in the goddess in training and advice because what the security forces. you know learning. the forty killed in action. we will bring. time not just down the snow but we will bring on the lessons learned the cost for the government now. he's too. this is what we've been doing for the last ten years from the perspective. all the white forth to try different sports. well all foreign troops raises issues about to catch up to walk on concrete but business and cannot women's prison are terrified about their future article. she flew to london in sixteen nineteen the use of guns done sick and not just business funding the was eighteen and fifteen iq is still often says painting from my dear teacher in the race. kidnappings and i have become more and more kinds. money is always dying

. >> reporter: e john johnstone and eric king founded gun by gun.org and for johnstone the issue is personale involved 21 years ago. i lost my dad to gun violence. i was 10 years old and it was here in san francisco. he was shot and killed by a 16-year-old in an attempted robbery. >> reporter: the group launched its first drive in san francisco this summer. now they have gotten request from cities across the nation. in two months donors contributed nearly $19,000 in san jose. $20,000 was collected for oakland's program. >> we've gotten a couple assault weaponings and lots of handguns and so getting guns off the streets, especially the i wille one, is absolutely worth it. >>> hundreds of high school and middle school students gathered for an lgbt youth conference. the goal was to ensure all students, including gay, bisexual, and transgender have the opportunity to succeed in school. >> having so many people here is wonderful. it means so many people are here to learn and to kind of help us with what we're trying to do which is to make school safer for everybody. >> the ninth annual conference

and nicole johnston reports. >> no child should have to experience war like this boy.is clearly in shock. many people in alepo will be feeling that way after an intense bombing raid on the city. bombs fell on agarage. >> translator: they call us terrorists but they are the terrorists themselves, may god take revenge on them and cars were burned with women and children inside. >> reporter: this is what is left after activists say is one of the worst attacks on the city. 11 districts were hit, buildings have been destroyed before and people killed but on sunday alone more than 100 people died and many more were injured. >> translator: we have not rested since morning. more than ten different areas came under heavy bombardment and shelled with missiles and this is the only equipment that the civil defense team has, we don't have any other tools or equipment. >> reporter: and al jazeera correspondence den inside is reporting that at least 50 people are still trapped under the rebel and that the syrian military dropped bombs on people below and this is not the first time th

. >> nicole johnston has more on the south sudan conflict. >> the crisis in south sudan is becoming more dangerous. the government is sending troops and tanks to jonglei state to take on the rebels. re rehn gayed soldiers are taking control. gun fire hit american aircraft was they were about to land and evacuate u.s. citizens. four were injured. in the middle - people looking for safety. >> bor is a strategic location within south sudan, and within the crisis both factions and the government forces are using it as a point that they want to dominate. >> however, even the united nations has been a target. on saturday it held a memorial service for two indian peacekeepers killed at a base at akobo. it had been attacked by 2,000 armed youth. >> the attack happened like a frontal attack on the base itself. the two peacekeepers were killed in action in protecting and trying to prevent the entry into the camp. >> the fighting began with a power struggle between rival factions and the army. it got worse when the president salva kiir accused his former deputy riek machar of attempting a coup. >>

trent johnston added 62. ireland posted 225/7 in the 20 overs.nson had a good day with the ball. all the out for 157. both teams qualified for the tournament in bangladesh. >> italian motorcycle racer has died in an accident at an event in memory of his late compatriot. he raced betweening 1996 and "97 when moto gp. he fell off his bike. he was killed at the 2011 malaysian grand prix. >> india is winning the first space race. it successfully entered the second phase of its journey. it took off on november the 5th. it's on a journey around the sun and on course to reach mars in 10 months. stay with us, another full bulletin for you ahead. >> clashes in the it streets. police in thailand unleash water canons and tear gas on protesters trying to take over the government. >> progress report. in a few short hours the obama administration is expected to give us a check-up of the nation's heath care website. >> immigration issues - escalating tensions between the dominican republic and haiti could force hundreds of thousands to lose their citizenship. >

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johnstone ticket for a long time was considered the second most powerful man in north korea any government meeting the president park and kate also pointed out that it remains unclear to what direction the country's political situation would evolve. she noted that south korea should be ready for the development of the situation. the president urged the military to stop a vigilant to the north border especially in the flashpoint of the toc border the winners of the national competition among school students for the best innovation projects have been awarded today to mark independence day over forty applications for the competition were received most of the projects are in that searching for alternative energy sources they're also projects in the sphere from ancient agricultural technologies water conservation in medicine hop use in a multi functional mobile device called mama patel won the competition as the best projects. the authors received the grade in the amount of one hundred and fifty thousand tv in the remaining participants of the products received fifty thousand teams each. among

in this case a former accountant front row column and seventy four and has an address at the post johnstone on our income because there is listed for trial here tomorrow morning. for adults fourteen used mace circuit court. chief executive the central remedial connect prime home loan has reiterated the cd that he will not be attending tomorrow's accounts committee meeting despite polls today for his attendance. the chairman of the committee deputy john mcguinness said. it took five after tomorrow's evidence if it will take steps to compel mr conlon and others to attend. six every media kit efficient or two before the accounts committee tomorrow but the former chief executive brian comment when not be attending. despite repeated calls to date from the commission chairman john mccain is. he also worked in the former chief executive paul kind to attend. this is an issue of accountability whether they have resigned or not. all were treating with the finances of the past it is absolutely necessary for them terrified that position. a spokesman for mr condon said the cbd and allocate this position

upstream defence minister said that at the johnston. that said twenty five cars in the street in question and hats out of the funnest on with the maximum decline in three to fifteen hundred in his death at one point twenty four hundred lesson and bigger meaning and a goddess in training and advice because what the security forces. you know learning. the forty killed in action. we will bring. time not just down the snow but we will bring on the lessons learned the cost for the government now. he's too this is what we've been doing for the last ten years from the perspective. all the white forth to try different sports. well all foreign troops raises issues about to catch up to walk on concrete but business and cannot women's prison are terrified about their future article. she flew to london in sixteen nineteen the use of guns done seeking not just business funding. the was eighteen and fifteen iq is still often says painting from my dear teacher in the race. kidnappings and i have become more and more kinds. the polish and i know mom wh

nicole johnston has more. the crisis with south sudan is becoming more dangerous. >> the government is sending troops and tanks to jonglei state to take on the rebels. it says rehn gait soldiers taking control of the state capital are attacking people. on saturday gunfire hit three u.s. military aircraft as they were about to land and evacuate american citizens. four u.s. servicemen were injured. this the middle of this are civilians looking for protection. >> 35,000 are camped out at u.n. compounds in bor, juba and bantu. >> bor is a strategic location. and therefore within the crisis both factions and the government forces are using it as a point that they want to dominate. however, even the united nations has become a target. on saturday it meld a memorial service for two indian peacekeepers. it had been attacked by 2,000 armed youths from the nuer tribe. >> this attack happened like a frontal attack on the base itself. the two peacekeepers were killed in action in protecting and trying to prevent the entry

as soon as i snapped out of that and got my senses together i said to myself, hey, i'm get ing johnstonei have to do. >> i said jim is going to have to kill me to stop me from trying to get my son back. >> reporter: the custody battle reached all the way to guyana. jim jones claimed the boy was rightfully his. 5,000 miles from california, he wasn't about to give him up ever. >> my decision is that i will personally see that john does not suffer or be made a pawn to go back. that he be deprogram ed and his mind be taken by you for the evil means and whatever chemicals. they are not going to use him as a pawn. >> reporter: conflicting documents raised questions as to who really feared little johnstone. his birth certificate listed the father as tim stone. grace's former his baend a top jones lieutenant before he too defected from the temple. another document indicated that jim jones was the father. >> i'm thoold tim jones signed a paper that said he is not the father of your son. >> right. >> how can that be? >> everybody signed those kind of papers. i have here affidavits i have friends t

nicole johnston has more on the situation. >> the crisis in south sudan is becoming even more dangerous. the government is sending troops and tanks to jonglei to take on the rebels. >> it says renae gayed soldiers have taken control. gunfire hit three u.s. military aircraft as they were about to land and evacuate american citizens from the town. four u.s. servicemen were injured. in the middle of this are civilians looking for protection. 35,000 are camped out in u.n. compounds in bor, juba and other places. >> bor is a strategic location within south sudan, and within the crisis both factions and the government forces are using it as a point they want to dominate. >> however, even the united nations was a target. on saturday it held a memorial service for two indian peacekeepers killed at a base at akobo. they were attacked by armed youths at nuer tribe. >> the two peacekeepers killed were killed in action in protecting and trying to prevent the entry into the camp. >> the fighting began with a power struggle between rival factions in the army. it got worse when the president salva kii

. >> marianne johnston lost her bid for reelection to silva and went back to running the balloonery.re hoping mayor silva can turn things around. if not, he and his neighbors from western ranch are drawing up plans to succeed from stockton. staffing is still a problem for police, who have hired just six officers so far in 2013. but things are looking up. after a record-breaking 71 murders in 2012, this year the homicide rate so far is down. and officers like sergeant hutto credits citizens like the neighborhood watch groups and the guardian angels with the turnaround. speaking of the guardian angels, they're still going strong, fixing up area playgrounds and joining forces with tony finnegan, helping him to drive customers home from his bar. tony has had to add two more hats to his banned list, but he has managed to keep his bar free from violence. on april 1st, 2013, a judge in federal court declared stockton officially bankrupt. the city is now starting the long process of restructuring its finances and paying its creditors. stockton's bankruptcy is historic. and how it works its w

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nicole johnston al jazeera. >> we are joining from the bangladesh doca and the journal list david bergmannd thank you for joining us and it has been a bit of a shock to people when the execution was revealed earlier on friday, are you expecting more violence and there was talk of more violence after friday prayers? >> well, there was violence outside some of the mosques here in the capitol city and cars being burned and supporters going on a rampage and elsewhere in bangladesh there are reports of five people being killed in the southern part of bangladesh as well as blockades being put up around the country's second biggest city and clearly they are responding in a way one did expect in quite a violent manner. but it's not clear exactly how this is going to proceed. >> calls for a nationwide strike on sunday, how big is the support for the opposition, how many people do you think may well turn out for that strike? >> well, the way strikes work in bangladesh is basically they want to close the country down and close shops and stop transport throughout the country and it's not so much abou

we didn't even speak a little bit david johnston began. it's good to see as yours is reporting on or even a discrepancy between me and the ideals that aspired to and in that confronts the problem is that reaching across the aisle is very difficult. it's true the inference is so difficult to speak with dr. however the prisoner with that of mindanao in the mirror and like it or in france. do we tell you when the second grade because of the independence of his country. this difference to how as a sort of deal on ornaments approach where in london i was trying to talk up the cup. i was hoping it's the record for brochures from it empowers people to court so they can all say that and it was a big boost in state or country. new to us and the distance. i'm certainly have no love lost between those two presidents minute of it to me so that's the ticket was mentioning that speech by nelson mandela whose nineteen sixty three. opening arguments at the roof only a trial that would send him down for twenty seven years. nelson mandela to the four hour s

from his pace as according to to make is in south korea the country's spy agency told them that johnstone kayak vice chairman of the north's top of that utility companies seen in for a few weeks ago michael is a saying that to be uncouth close aides have been executed for corruption not to abide in his voice us opposition to china's new and defend sign above disputed islands in the east china sea bass on a visit to japan the us vice president said as immediate crisis management mechanisms and effective tunnels a picture of communication between china and japan to reduce the risk of escalation. japan is the fast up on biden's weeklong trip to the stage nothing much softer and outside the top of the bushies artistic director had bought a center as part of me teaching career has been jailed for six years organizing in any case this revealed this the rivalries and in feinstein and the bold choice. the money through the obstacle ten years behind bars on a fat man was sentenced to four get to that gorgeous tiny reports to use today and someone of the world's most famous beaches. now the twenty

johnston was a domestic politician. kennedy had always been because of his family, in britain in world war ii, more internationally focused. i think he understood the world better. >> host: one or two, because of his military background, undoubtedly military heroism in world war ii, greater respect for the joint chiefs then maybe lbj did because johnson was trying to direct the war, picking bombing targets and things like that. it was mcarthur who beg to johnson in 1964 to get involved in a land war in southeast asia. johnson did not listen to him. i was wondering if kennedy would have listened to macarthur, great respect for douglas macarthur. >> guest: i went to his funeral in norfolk, virginia. i remember it. bobby kennedy showed up in the spring of 64 he died. i saw bobby on the main street in norfolk, virginia. of course the macarthur memorial is right there. i know we're running out of time. i just wanted to mention the fact we have a chapter on each of kennedy's nine successors. we have new information and new nu

if nelson mandela's vision is ever to be brought to fruition that's rojas is reporting that from johnstone. in other world news typical small us the polls today to face in a second round opponent reactions which esteem has been the final phase towards the full restoration of democracy in the country but time out of prison being lighter. a recent upsurge in violence by al qaeda linked rebels has overshot a fact it took about half an hour for the first photo to walk to the dorset this polling station in the money and capital. ballot boxes remain relatively empty. election officials say the country's citizens by distribution. tom is a great series. when you see the behavior of their currencies as leaders of this country. people are discovering styles the second round of parliamentary elections did it summarizes the country's return to democracy the president ibrahim who was a case that houses both of the cap obama co for him getting money back on track to have been accounted for decades of corruption. this film will be used to these huge amounts which are being rerouted to profit others altho

coming to us from johnston, iowa. i want to welcome kathy. welcome to the show.w if this is your first national appearance in 2016 cycle. you probably will have hundreds before it's over so as i said in the interim there, what struck me about what i read and what i heard from brian sweitzer in iowa this week. this wasn't just a guy saying, hey, i'm a fallback, in looked like a guy saying, hey, this was the contrast between me and hillary clinton. >> exactly. governor sweitzer said that you have a history of nominating people from the same families. you got bush, bush, maybe another bush. you got clinton, clinton. maybe another clinton. maybe it's time to nominate somebody who is not a bush or a clinton. when we are asked, he was asked are you going to challenge the throne? he played a little coy. i tell you. i have lived in iowa all my life. i have not been to all 99 count. you don't say you will go to all 99 counties unless you are running for something. >> i was expecting him to say, well, you know, lots of thing in the future, i'm not thinking about that. i wa

. >> reporter: photographer shannon johnstone says she is rescuing them one at a time with the clicks. >> reporter: how many dogs have you helped? >> he was number 67. it was harold's turn to buckle up and ride to the land fill where the magic happens. she posts her photos online where thousands of families come to fall in love with dogs that play and fly. >> i will post pictures on facebook, a lot of times at night and i will wake up in the middle of their night like did they get a home yet? >> reporter: scott and sherry lynch were watching that facebook page when they saw carlos's face fly by. they adopted him the next day. >> if we had go gone to the shelter i would have never looked at him. because he is big. who would know he is such a sweetheart? thanks to shannon. >> reporter: she says here's the key. taking pictures that show the joy of the real dog, instead of the frustration that frightens families when they visit the shelters. they screen each dog for behavior and social ability but sometimes it takes convincing. >> everyone finds themselves having hard times and these dog

dollars, in colorado, of course, a month ago there was a billion dollar proposed levy led by mike johnston, state senator. had gotten it through the legislature, it went down in a 2-1 defeat as a referendum. curious if you think that speaks to public appetite for additional education dollars at this point? does this have any relevant as you think about it this connecticut? >> if we hadn't done -- i've been governor for three years -- if we hadn't done what we did to support education, we would have lost thousands of teachers in the state of connecticut, thousands of professionals in our systems -- >> and by doing the things to sport education, you mean -- >> additional dollars, at the same time driving a reform agenda. doing both things. you know, going to a school system like a new haven or a bridgeport or a new london or a new britain and taking teachers out of the building and not replacing them is not a way you're going to drive higher achievement. and so we came up with a different model, and that was to concentrate where we were going to spend additional dollars on those districts th