acompaÑarÁn en la gira que comienza en jordania, vamos con katia con mÁs de los preparativos. >>> serÁprimera visita del papa francisco a tierra santa, y jordania su primera escala se prepara para recibirlo. >>> es un mensajero de paz el papa francisco. >>> desde buenos aires argentina, este grupo de cristianos y judÍos viajaron a jordania para verlo al sumo pontÍfice. >>> son decenas de personas que nos acompaÑan para rezar, orar y acompaÑar a francisco aquÍ. >>> serÁ un viaje estrictamente religioso. >>> aunque el papa dijo que seÁa un viaje estrictamente religioso, serÁ dif ignorar el tema polÍtico, en jordania hay refugiados de siria e irak, en palestina estÁ el muro divisorio y asentamientos, la divisiÓn de judÍos y cristianos es una realidad histÓrica en tierra santa. >>> en medio oriente la

desde aman jordania, katia lÓpez, telemundo. >>> se vivieron momentos de pÁnico en un autobÚs en rusiaras, el domingo los colombianos saldrÁn a votar para elegir a su presidente por 4 aÑos. como explica maribel, los candidatos se enfrascaron en una guerra sucia, sus respuestas para resolver conflictos del paÍs, quedaron a un lado. >>> los candidatos que se disputan la presidencia de colombia son 5, en realidad nos se llevaron la atenciÓn con los ataques, acusaciones, e insultos que se lanzaron el pÚblico. >>> el. presidente tiene que esperar sabe que soy un hombre de carÁcter. >>> su campaÑa acusÓ al presidente santos de haber recibido fondos de narcotraficantes en su primera aspiraciÓn a la presidencia en el 2010, santos lo negÓ rotundamente, acusÓ a soloaga de espiar el proceso de paz con la guerrilla de la farc. >>> me montaron una trampa, me hicieron una manipulaciÓn. >>> esas acusaciones temerarias que hacen que el video fue una campaÑa, no sÉ que campaÑa, la mÍa no fue. >>> fueron tal las acusaciones que entraron en escena abogados penalistas. >>> se desatÓ una guerra sucia elect

katia lÓpez hablo con uno de ellos que le contÓ como se prep rap para maur preprÁn para aunque miro elesario. >>> los requisitos son otros, empezando con ser ciudadano suizo. >>> haber hecho el ejÉrcito ser soltero, hombre, entre 18, 30 aÑos, tienen que ser catÓlico. >>> el papa le dio la bien vemosed a los soldado nuevos y como regÁlele dieron una navaja suiza. >>> es una tradiciÓn que tiene mÁs de 500 aÑos, en ese entonces suiza tipo ahÍ el mejor ejÉrcito, y aceptaron la tarea de cuidar al santo padre, el seis de mayo de 1527 casi 150 soldados muro ieron defend eepd al papa del momento. >>> y la guardia suiza tiene que cumplir con entrenamiento militar viven aquÍ mismo en el vaticano reciben un sueldo y el hacen un servicio de dos aÑos. >>> como cons tenientemente deben proteger al papa los guar ideas van a visa aproximadamente cuatro veces por semana. >>> las tareas de estos guardias van desde me rizar nombres de oficiales del vaticano hasta mant ners inmÓviles en ceremonias pÚblicas reciben entrenamiento personal y contra terrorismo. >>> son tÉcnicas que aprendemos acÁ, instrucciÓn

long-term residents like katia kelly want it cleaned up before it's built up. >> 12 story condo glass buildings where people pay a lot of money in flood zones and next to open sewers. we think it's funny if it does do that. >> in a city where housing is in demand, stemming the tide is impossible. >>> unemployment in the united states dropped to the lowest level in more than five years. government statistics released indicated that 6.3% in nearly 300,000 jobs were added to the economy last month. but that may not be all good news. >> reporter: not all working-aged americans are considered part of the workforce. you must have a job or be actively looking for one. that's how the u.s. bureau of labour statistics calculates the rate. where it stands casts a shadow over an unemployment rate of 6.3%. >> economistsant to see unemployment drop because jobs are created. in april more than 800,000 americans left the workforce, bringing the labour force participation rate to 62.8%. that's the same level as december, when it hit a 35-year low. >> labour force participation has tanked in the wake o

to explain i am joined now by katia porzecanski. why are they doing this?ere are local options, anything that is more to the local tasting. >> what other problems have a habit in brazil? >> there have been others that they have not compensated for workers, there is a worker that said that he gained 60 pounds after working at mcdonald's over 10 years because he had to eat that food. and only that food. this is -- they have very strict labor laws in brazil so this is the troubles that countries -- companies run into. >> have they had a tough time complying with the laws in brazil? >> walmart has ran into some trouble. they're accused of overworking their employees and not compensating them properly. they have been sued as well. in these countries you have union laws that change from state to state and they're very detailed and particular. you can get in a lot of trouble for not complying. the courts side with the unions in the majority of these cases. >> it sounds as though doing business can be more of a challenge than you would first thing. what if other --

. >> katia kelly called this home, renovating a brown stone and raising two children. the neighbourhood she writes and loves has a history. 2km away it has the most tom irk water in america, the gowanus canal. >> worried about the fact that without understanding where i chose to live my life, i may have put myself and children at risk. >> since the 1870s gas plans and vackt ris -- factories dumped chemicals into the waterway. jospeh alexiou studied the history. >> there's a 1922 article saying $100 million of goods were shipment through the gowanus canal and they call it one of the shortest and dirtiest waterways. >> it flows into the new york harbour and has been popular for fishing. when rains overwhelm the plants, raw sewerage flows into the canal. >> here comes the garage. >> katia kelly knew the water was dirty, but not toxic. some of her neighbours thought it was healing. >> some here thought the strong airways good for healing cup. >> that changed in 2010 when the environmental protection agency put it gowanus canal on its list. scientists found cancer causing c

en jerusalÉn katia lÓpez, telemundo. >>> nos vamos hasta colombia en donde el candidato opositor se impuso se ha convertido en una piedra en el zapato el exministro de hacienda en la primera vuelta de las elecciones presidenciales logrÓ mÁs votos que el actual mandatario. >>> Él representa al partido del ex presidente Álvaro uribe. >>> somos un equipo, me siento muy orgulloso de ser el candidato de uribe. dice que ser elegido presidente, suspenderÁ los diÁlogos de paz que estan en la habana hasta decretar un cese al fuego. >>> todo aquel que atente contra los colombianos hay que persegu perseguirlo. >>> esto serÍa condenar a muerte un proceso de paz que por primera vez en 50 aÑos de guerra asegura que han avanzado 60%. >>> una notificaciÓn muy clara de que el proceso de paz de colombia llega hasta el 7 de agosto si los colombianos escogen a oscar leÓn c. sin embargo, el tema de las guerrillas de la farc serÁ que mÁs veces tendra en la visiÓn que tomaran los colombianos el prÓximo 5 de junio. >>> colombia lleva muchÍsimo tiempo en un conflicto sin sentido. >>> no estoy de acuerdo que la imp

. >> katia said she knew it was dirty but not toxic. some thought it could be healing. >> some people in the neighborhood thought that, you know, the air, the strong air in the guanus canal was good for healing croop. >> that changed in 2010 when the environmental protection agency put the guanus canal on the super fund list. scientists found pesticides, heavy metals and cancer causing chemical did called pcbs? >> it's your witch's brew of contamination from the turn of the century until now. to give you a perspective, when we measure contamination at sites, sometimes we measure it at parts per million or parts per billion even depending upon the contaminant. in the case of the guanus, we are finding contamination at parts per 100. >> the clean-up will cost half a billion dollars and take more than a decade. more than 20 feet of toxic coal tar will have to be dredged from the bottom of the canal. centuries of contamination have given the canalal its color and it's overpowering smell but despite the epa clean-up plan is not underway. rea

. >> katia kelly has called this part of brooklyn home for 28 years. renault fating an old brown stone and raising two children. the neighbourhood she loves and writes about has a toxic legacy. two blocks away is some of the most contaminated water. worried about the fact that without understanding where i chose to live my life, that i might have definitely put myself at risk and certainly put my children at rib. since the 1870s gas plans and factories dumped chemicals into the waterway. jospeh alexiou studied the history. >> there's a 1922 news article from the "new york times" saying $120 million worth of goods were shipped through the gowanus canal, and it's called the shortest, the dirtiest and one of the most important waterways in the country. >> it has been a popular place for fishing. >> when heavy rains overwhened the city's plans, raw sewage flows into the canal. >> here comes the garbage. >> katia kelly knew the water was dirty. some thought it could be healing. >> some thought the air, the strong air and the gowanus canal was good for heali

but long time residents like katia want the canal cleaned up before it is built up. >> you are going to have 12-story condo glass buildings where people pay a lot of money that are in flood zones and are next to open sewers. we think it is funny if it weren't so sad. >> but in a city where housing is as in demand as new york, stemming the tide seems almost impossible. kaelyn forde, al jazeera, new york. >> they have lost their daughters and have no answers from the government. still ahead on al jazeera america. the terrible saga playing out in nigeria where hundreds of teenage girls were kidnapped from their school. coming home from war, a former child soldier returns to the village he was kidnapped from. >>>. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the top stories remember following at this hour: in ukraine, separatists have freed the european mediators held captive for the last week. the second day of military action is underway as the government in kiev takes back some separatist strongholds. >>> in afghanistan, a rescue operation has been abandoned after a laid slide bur