lawrence lee, al jazeera. >>> can't work or won't work? lawrence lee looks at unemployment and attitudes, from the roma. that's the news from london now, back to doha. >> welcome back to doha. you know, president obama, proposed steps to collect data by the national security agency. but those steps don't go far enough. rob reynolds reports, activists far from washington are taking matters into their own hands. >> reporter: if you have wondered where the national security agency stores all that data it collects, well, you are looking at it. this is the utah data center in bluffdale, a 92,000 square meter complex completed last september at ocost of $1.5 billion. robert banford has studied the nsa for decades. >> it is designed to hold information, the phone calls, the e-mail, the metadata, everything it collects, it needs a place to store it and that's what bluffdale is for. you can sort of think of it as nsa's external hard drive. >> reporter: the nsa declined a request for an interview. but in bluffdale population about 8,000 most people

the third part of our series in europe, lawrence lee is a school in slovakia. >> . >> is this bun whos helping an awe tattic boy says children like coming here because they are not intimidated. >> the teacher went roof their people scourged them to educate their kids without fear that they would suffer racial abuse. there's nothing in this picture that looks at owl out of the ordinary in the society. it is worth bearing in mind when you consider this, that in recent years the government has considered forcibly separating roman children from their parents. and making them go to slovak boarding schools. considering to them, just how successful this school has been by the simple idea of adding roman teachers. and just how needless -- here are the children learning about hitler and world war ii, are made to sit together. other classes use board games to encouraging bonding with amazing results. this girl became the hungary national draft champion. schools all over hungary are trying to copy this place and it's ability to draw out the obvious talents on so many roman children. they are ver

in the first of al jazeera's three-part series lawrence lee asked can eastern europe integrate. ♪ it'sn northern slavacki and plenty of see for tourists who do not look at the roma wandering around looking for food in bins and locals try not to notice either. >> we are for peace and they are not working. >> reporter: and they have had enough of what they say as the roma which had this man as the regional mayor and labor posing for the cameras in front of a bipg -- big part of land to kick the roma office. and the roma had people look at them like monkeys in the zoo. >> translator: we are okay said the old man until the whites get drunk and come here. on every level these people are under attack. so this sort of thing happens over and over again, roma communities are forced way beyond the boundaries of the town and accused of not wanting to integrate and people who would regard themselves very much as being moderate politically, are ending up voting for parties who look a lot like a bunch of fascists. they populated the land a thousand years ago and ever since they are treated a little

lawrence lee, al jazeera, london. >>> the royal sea, the explorer of the seas arrived back at port inew jersey today. nearly 700 passengers and crew members became stick with a stomach bug. centers for disease control is looking for cause of that illness. >>> super bowl week is more than just a buildup to the league's championship game. it also provides a platform to promote charities. michael eaves joins us more. you can really feel it in the city, as we get closer or closer. >> regardless where it is, sports and charity have long gone hand in hand. and since the first gulf war, athletic events provide a forum. former nfl players are helping some of our country's biggest heros, ross. >> the game. the big game on super bowl sun. amputee football team as 9/11 first responders, this game benefits the wounded warrior project, which was created to help our injured men and women. this game is getting as competitive as it gets. >> the wounded warrior football team has meant a lot to me. it gets me you back in physical condition to play with these competitive athlete. >> dan is a true hero,

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lawrence lee, al jazeera in eastern europe. >> a romani living in western europe, they must work to redefine themselves. >> the way we have been seen so far, also try to redefine ourselves in positive terms. what are our values and what are our principles? tell stories that are empowering, and positive. put the emphasis on role models. help roma that are invisible and they deny their identity as i did for a lock time, come to terms with this identity because their life is very different than you know what usually see in media and so on. >> she added for many years she herself actually denied her roma identity. >>> right now a bunch of ceubance are in the united states on a rare academic trip. the u.s. will provide classes to those still living in cuba. christine an pueg has more. >> victor vasquez hernandez of miami-dade college says this dream is now a reality. first time in 55 years such a large group of students has come to study in the u.s., here to study computers, psychology, business and english. the acquain students ranging fro 37, were picked in conjunction with the college. they we

lawrence lee at west minister for us. >> here is a thorny question about ethics and the rule of law.hould the british government have the rights to strip a person of his or her passport, and render them stateless, if the government deems that person to be rah threat to national security well, it is being debated. and ministers at the states of immigration law, particularly european law and the way that it effects people perceived to be a terrorist threat. at the moment, it goes like this. and you have a family here, and the government sees you as a threat to national security. well, at the moment, the law says you can claim family ties and the government should haven't the right to expel you. there's so much anger about that, that the government is try tock rush through new legislation, which would allow ministers to strip that person of his or her pass pirai leaving them without any passport. if you ask what the mood is, frankingly a lot of people would be supported because they would say it is entirely unfair for people to come to britain, take a passport, but then claim the right

insight into the mind of prime minister margaret thatcher who passed away last year and we go to lawrence leet have we learned today? >> a little more of the mind of margaret thatcher and this allows people to bury things they don't want the public to know and release them through the archive when they think it's not controversial anymore and obviously margaret thatcher was prime minister and the miner strike and right wing and attempt by left wing held by leaders of miners to unseat her. what is clear now through these revelations is that her government, which actually beat the miners at the end thought at one point they might lose so they hatched a secret plan to bring 4 1/2 thousand armies if they run out of coal and food and despite this, this was a woman who under no circumstances was prepared to budge an inch, didn't want to negotiate with them and prepared to bring the troops out in her attempt to crush them. in the end it didn't happen because they won anyway but says something about her mindset. >> on the foreign policy front what have we learned? >> there was another footnote and ne

lawrence. thank you. >>> well, san francisco mayor ed lee had quite a week.ed the first lady michelle obama during the state of the union address on tuesday night. and this morning, we are very lucky because he is our special guest. good morning. >> good morning. good morning, frank and michelle. >> happy chinese new year. >> yes. happy lunar new year. so how was it? i mean, what an experience. >> you know, it was an honor to represent the residents of san francisco and it's just sitting there in that box with first lady obama meeting the other 23 wonderful americans. i got sandwiched between a four star admiral of the navy and the fire chief of moore, oakland. boy, did we have a great conversation. >> i -- moore, oklahoma. boy, did we have a great conversation. >> what was it like with your wife being there with you. >> being at the white house live in person it was a tremendous honor. its one of those moments where your heart kind of flurries because you know this is one of the highest points where you get to really hear in person and see and when you hear

want to personally thank brian lawrence and bruce am as -- armstrong for their incredible assistance to getting us to this point and lastly my partner and brother-in-law lee for his tireless work for nearly 4 years in bringing all of the pieces of this amazing puzzle together. thank you everyone and everyone i did not mention. before i bring up the mayor, i would like to discuss something. we also install a time capsule. we want to make the time capsule more meaningful. in addition to burying it on the sight, -- site, we plan to have a display of it. most likely and most obviously it will be how dumb our smartphones are for that time. i guess i should show you what it looks like. we are actually not going to bury it today. we are going to take some suggestions. anybody ha has any interesting ideas, please be sure to let one of us know. so far our partners at kennedy are contributing aerial photos of the before version of this area surrounding the transbay center and to make this local and timely we also couldn't resist including a picture of the bat kid who put so many smiles on san franciscans around the world this year. next, we'll hear from mayor edwin

one married to tommy lee, kid rock and to rick salomon and remarrying again to rick salomon. >> is that four marriages? >> 3.5. >>> jennifer lawrencexcited to make out with former batman christian bale but didn't want to kiss him with his american hustle appearance. she said, quote, he's fat man, not batman. >>> out of the four big flicks that hit theaters this weekend, lone survivor took the top spot. sean penn held a gala on saturday on a night where anderson cooper outbid piers morgan, shelling out $1.4 million for a customized sculpture. when he texted his boyfriend with the news, he responded with, are you blanking kidding? >>> by the way, talking about the golden globes, i got to show this picture, jennifer lawrence, very interesting -- >> that's you. that's you, but jennifer lawrence wore a dress that was white and -- >> that was photo shopped. i would never do something like that. >> i did tweet the before and after. i'm richard lui. this is "early today." we hope it is first stop of the day on nbc. bill karins and that dress. [ woman #1 ] why do i cook? because an empty pan is a blank canvas. [ woman #2 ] to share a moment

lawrence are two wthe pick. >> oprah winfrey we thought she would be in for lee daniels the butler. s for 1985 for the "the color purple" leftt in the cold. jennifer lawrence i said she would lose and won of course. this year i have to concede she will win again. dennis: even though she won last year? i don't want to vote same person. >> a chance of upset would be for lupita, for "12 years a slave." julia roberts looking strong. dennis: "12 years a slave", has a message about slavery bad -- best actor, was tom hanks robbed really? >> he was so strong in "captain phillips." one of his better performances. nominated for "big." great performance. "captain phillips", very dramatic. film up for best actor. his co-star, he gets nominated. tom hanks doesn't. dennis: best supporting actor? i would think he would win. pick on best actor? >> honestly matthew mcconaughey, "dallas buyers club." won golden globe. will probably win the sag award. transr transformative role. i think he wins. dennis: this is hollywood underdog. they love that out of nowhere. >> i predicted that by the way, best supp

lee. and josh, only two of those people have a political career left at this point. that's also kind of a road to nowhere doing that tea party response. >> yeah, lawrence, it just underscoringdeep divide in the republican party right now that you need a separate republican party address. and most of the people you sent are elected officials. they work with the republican leadership the past legislation. yet they can't work together to have one cohesive response. it shows both senators deeply involved with the leadership. you have boehner, cantor and folks in leadership, they can't even see eye to eye on who's giving the republican response. >> thank you both very much for joining me tonight. >> up next, republicans know they have a problem with women voters. i'm nathan and i quit smoking with chantix. when my son was born, i remember, you know, picking him up and holding him against me. it wasn't just about me anymore. i had to quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. chantix didn't have nicotine in it, and that was important to me. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in be

lee. and josh, only two of those people have a political career left at this point. that's also kind of a road to nowhere doing that tea party response. >> yeah, lawrence, it just underscoringdeep divide in the republican party right now that you need a separate republican party address. and most of the people you sent are elected officials. they work with the republican leadership the past legislation. yet they can't work together to have one cohesive response. it shows both senators deeply involved with the leadership. you have boehner, cantor and folks in leadership, they can't even see eye to eye on who's giving the republican response. >> thank you both very much for joining me tonight. >>. co-ing up next, republicans know they have a problem with women voters. (vo) you are a business pro. seeker of the sublime. you can separate runway ridiculousness... from fashion that flies off the shelves. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. and only national is ranked highest in car rental customer satisfaction by j.d. power. (natalie) ooooh, i like your style. (vo) so do we, business pro. so do we. go national. go li

lee to. >> best performance by an access in a supporting role, the nom fees are sally hawkins, jennifer lawrenceroberts and june squibb in "nebraska." >> for best original song, the nominees are "alone yet not alone" from "alone yet not alone", music by bruce braugton. "happy" from dispick kabl me 2. "let it go" from frozen. music and lyrics by kris ten anderson lopez. "the moon song" from her, music by karen o. and spike jonze. and "ordinary love" from mandela, long walk to freedom." you may know them better as u2. lyrics by paul houston. >> for adapted screenplay, the nominees are richard linklater, julie delpy and ethan hawk for "before midnight, billy ray for "captain phillips", steve coo ganl and jeff pope for "philomena" and john ridley for '12 years a slave". for best original zreen play, "american hustle," wooddy allen for "blue jasmine," bob nelson for "nebraska." >> for best animated feature film we're pleased to nominate "the kroods, accounts chris sanders, "despicable me 2", "earnest and so les teen", frozen" and "the wind rises." >> for best documentary feature, the nominees are the