so women were ready for change in liberia. and i'm glad that they decided to go ahead and vote a woman in office. i'm privileged to have been the one to represent their aspirations. >> to be on that frontier really not just for africa but for the entire world. i've also read that genital mutilation is something that you want to address before your term expires. how much resistance do you face culturally when you take on an issue like that on the continent? >> it is a difficult one because as you pointed out it is cultural, long standing. but you know we've already made some progress in liberia on this. we have begun to sensitize traditional women leaders - pointing out to them the ill effects of this on young girls. some of them have begun to see it, even the traditional leaders - men also are beginning. so, it is still going to be a long road but i'm optimistic that if we continue on the progress we have already made, that we can get to - that is a battle i'm going to fight. >> how did you get this fight in you? i have read t

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they want the new york blood center to continue caring for about 60 chimps that are living in liberia. the new york blood center has stopped doing this biomedical research, but that was what they were using the chimps for in liberia. in march, they stopped funding their care. the new york blood center says that's the responsibility of the country was liberia, to take care of those chimps. they are being cared for by the humane society and other animal rights groups, but it's a costly venture. it's about $20,000 a month. the chimps live to be about 60 one of them is under the age of 10. so these animal rights activists are out here protesting and demonstrating because they say they want the new york blood center to do its part and help them with the financial care of these chimps. we talked with one of the demonstrators just a short time ago. >> we're out here today to show the new york blood center we aren't going away. in march of this year, they gave up funding or totally left chimps to die in liberia, africa, and we have taken over the care. we are demanding they reinstate funding

more than 11,000 people have died of the disease in liberia, guinea and sierra leone. >>> australia'sual motor race kicks off this weekend and for the first time in 17 years, an all-woman team will be competing. andrew thomas reports. >> reporter: in a sport dominated by men, the novelty of female drivers brings attention. the v8 super car race is an inning insurancinning endurance. they are the first female pair to to compete it in for seven jeans years17years, but profess. the ladies are used to standing out. >> it just starts from the beginning when we look at go-karting hundreds of boys and maybe five girls, so then right in the beginning the ratio is much different. >> reporter: it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to compete in this race. ability and possibility of winning attract sponsors but so does novelly. gracie says men suggest she gets more support than them because she can wear a kurt skir skirt k april i in general men are supportive. one in particular, racing against gracie will be her boyfriend, last year he came fifth. your own hopes for this weekend to beat you

. >> this week on talk to al jazeera - the president of liberia ellen johnson sirleaf. >> my life story fighting and getting up and being beaten and rising again and fighting for the things i believe in. >> the first woman elected to lead an african country has spent almost a decade rebuilding post-conflict liberia. >> people were tired of war. war was seen as something that had been initiated and carried on largely by men. so womene

that's our >> this week on talk to al jazeera - the president of liberia ellen johnson sirleaf. >> my life story of fighting and getting up and being beaten and rising again and fighting for the things i believe in. >> the first woman elected to lead an african country has spent almost a decade rebuilding post-conflict liberia. >> people were tired of war. war was seen as something that had been initiated and carried on largely by men. so women were ready for change. >> she survived a violently abusive husband - and advocating for women's rights and full gender quality have been among

. >> this week on talk to al jazeera - the president of liberia ellen johnson sirleaf. >> my life storyting and getting up and being beaten and rising again and fighting for the things i believe in. >> the first woman elected to lead an african country has spent almost a decade rebuilding post-conflict liberia. >> people were tired of war. war was seen as something that had been initiated and carried on largely by men. so women were ready for change.

i have not been to liberia for about five years. but when i flew there, it was about nighttime. and at that time, he did not you could not see a light. that city did not have electricity. you are talking about a imaginen where cannot process in an a emergency of that scale. the don't have the people, infrastructure, or the power. people,on't have the infrastructure, or the power. you are trying to solve 20 problems at once. it is not just the ebola crisis. it is many different crises at the same time. the thing i love about that fund stafft gives tony and his the ability to just react, to go in and do it. we need much more of that kind of philanthropy. our money in the private foundation should be the absolute first risk money. we should not worry about bragging about what we got right. you should tell people how we failed. that is the truth. too many people want to feel good about what they did. they want to tell everybody else how well they did something. certain places. it is the wrong thing for philanthropists to worry about, with the kind of flexibility and money we have. w

." >> i remember speaking to a minister of parliament in liberia when we were setting up the movie who was the commander and lord that ousted charles taylor and he said, without any filtering, you know, he said the child soldiers who fought for him were his best soldiers by far. they're the most loyal, the most eager to please and the most fearless. >> rose: violence in israel, picasso's sculpture at moma and "beasts of no nation" when we continue. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: american express. >> rose: additional funding provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: a recent wave of violence has raised tensions in jerusalem. eight israelis were killed in stabbings over the past month. israeli forces responded by launching a major security operation in the city's arab areas. 31 palestinians have been killed since the violence began. the white house announced secretary of state john kerry will be

i have not been to liberia for about five years. but when i flew there, it was about nighttime.nd at that time, he did not you could not see a light. that city did not have electricity. you are talking about a imaginen where cannot process in an a emergency of that scale. the don't have the people, infrastructure, or the power. people,on't have the infrastructure, or the power. you are trying to solve 20 problems at once. it is not just the ebola crisis. it is many different crises at the same time. the thing i love about that fund stafft gives tony and his the ability to just react, to go in and do it. we need much more of that kind of philanthropy. our money in the private foundation should be the absolute first risk money. we should not worry about bragging about what we got right. you should tell people how we failed. that is the truth. too many people want to feel good about what they did. they want to tell everybody else how well they did something. certain places. it is the wrong thing for philanthropists to worry about, with the kind of flexibility and money we have. we

she has been in power in liberia for over a decade. >> reporter: was the oh -- 'bee la outbreak the darkestso far? >> without a doubt. every other difficulty i have faced, i new, and i had the means to find a day to deal with it. ebola was an unknown enemy. i didn't know what to do. nobody knew what to do. nobody could tell us, you know, what we were faced with. how will we react to it. people were dying. people were running. people were crying. i cried too. i didn't know what to do. we turned to prayers. we did everything in those very early days. but then, you know, we -- there came the pronouncement that 20,000 of our citizens would die by january in the three effects countries, and i think that just -- that just -- that just brought out everything in me. so i got on the air and said this will not happen. we are not going to die. >> it's a powerful interview, you can watch the entire interview saturday night at 6:00 pm eastern right here on al jazeera america. >>> nearly a dozen black women who were ejected from a california wine tour have filed an $11 million racial discrimination suit.

about 23,000 kr contracted ebola in 2014 mainly in guinea, liberia and sierra leone. more than 7,000 have died as a result of ebola at that time. more than 16,000 survivors are out there, and scientists worry they are still contagious. we have more. >> reporter: hundreds of ebola survivors may be at risk for carrying the virus much longer than previously thought. two new studies suggest it exists in the semen of male survivors for at least nine months after the initial infection. further outbreaks of ebola by sexual transmission cannot be ruled out. they found that a liberian woman was likely to be infected by an ebola survivor six months after he was affected. a study found traces of ebola virus in semen samples from a group of 93 vur vooifrs. >> this doesn't happen flektly, considering how many ebola cases there have been overall in the epidemic. we want to headache sure it's addressed as much as it could, because any new case can spark another epidemic. >> the study is ongoing and more conclusive results are expected later. they can't say how long signs will exist

for example in the central african republic, liberia, and democratic republic of the congo and worldwidethere are 125,000 u.n. peacekeepers. the largest groups come from bangladesh, ethiopia, and india. by contrast the rich industrialized nations mainly contribute money to finance missions. the un's approved peacekeeping budget for 2015, 26 teen amounts to around 7.3 billion euros. the top providers of contributions are currently the united states, giving 28.4%, or 2.1 billion euros, japan which provides 10.8%, or 0.8 billion euros, and france to the tune of 7.2% of the budget, or 500 30 million euros. but many member states still own contributions, and money is not the only answer. in late september more than 50 countries agreed to send 30,000 additional peacekeeping troops. >> four weeks investors were wondering why the u.s. federal reserve has not yet raised interest rates, and whether all raise interest rates by the end of the year. there seems to be some light shed on this question right now. in new york, a reporter joins us. i believe one of the possible presidential candidates kno

first woman elected to lead an african country has spent almost a decade rebuilding post-conflict liberia. >> people were tired of war. war was seen as something that had been initiated and carried on largely by men.

. >> by the mid-'90s, the civil war in liberia had left thousands of children homeless, helpless and feeling hopeless, but despite the severity of the turmoil, if shows an optimistic perspective when describing her experience. >> what i do remember about that time is how fearless i was and i and totally different culture and how were you able to adjust and be a part of it seamlessly? >> coming here i was ready for america because i was starved. i was starved for education, opportunity and just being able to just be a kid again. >> after college adina began scale. >> i remember buying my first house and had every penny and everything i had just to be in the family, and i remember for the first six months we'd been on the floor. literally on the floor because i had no furniture and no money to buy furniture, but it was okay, all of that sacrifice made that transaction so worthwhile because i can look back and say, wow, i did this. i did it. >> with her ambition leading the way, adina beganic maing strides toward her next goal to open an ihop in her community no matter how many doors we

the blood bank is accused of abandoning chimps in liberia after they were used for medical research. new blood center denies the wrongdoing, saying the liberian government owns the chimp and it's their responsibility to care for them. that's the latest in the news. nick is joining us. sometimes those things happen. we got the information out. nick: we did. weather department. the forecast. ernie: stay with us. we're taking a break and coming back with nick's weather in just [excited yelling] ah, yes! you can't stop it! aww...your mom liked my post. you're friends with my mother? whoa. another episode? definitely. we all use it differently. call time warner cable to get the internet speed you need. are you guys texting each other? whether it's 3 megs or 300 megs, yeah. for the right price. from $14.99 everyday low price internet, to 300 meg ultra-fast internet, we have you covered. even with wifi at home and on the go. plans start at $14.99 per month. call 1-855-want twc to switch today. time warner cable. it took joel silverman years to become a master dog trainer. but only a few com

mostly in liberia, guinea, and sierra leone, but at least 16,000 others survived, and now scientistshere is a risk that survivors can pass on the virus long after their initial ebola diagnosis. >> reporter: hundreds of ebola survivors may be at risk of carrying the virus for much longer than previously thought. the disease can exist in the seamen of males. u.s. and liberian researchers found that a liberian woman was likely to have been infected by a survivor about six months after he was infected. another study found traces of the ebola in seamen samples from a group of 93 survivors. >> this does not happen extremely frequently. however, we do want to really make sure that this is something that is -- is really addressed as much as we possibly can, because any new case of ebola could spark another epidemic. >> the study is on going. researchers cannot say how long signs of ebola may exist, or if traces of the virus discovered in bodily fluids are live or infectious. >> we're looking at things like sweat, oral fluid, vaginal fluid, breast milk. we would like to look at all of these d

the ebola epidemic killed more than 11,000 mostly guinea, liberia and sierra leone and people who livedhe out break fear the virus will return still remains, al jazeera. >>> let's speak to dr. ben neuman a neurologist in the uk and joining us from there and dr. neuman let's talk about the british nurse effected by ebola and doctors treating her are in uncharted tarterry and what does the relapse mean for her as well as other ebola survivors? >> so it's not a relapse the way you would normally think of that. what has been happening it turns out she had the same virus all this time. it's just between her first illness which lasted about a month and her most resent illness was a period of about eight months where she was essentially symptom free yet still had a little virus inside her. this is very unusual, it never happened before in humans and she actually had the virus three times as long as the next person we know of but it is the same thing that happens in the natural host of ebola which is a bat and seem to carry it for their entire lives so the virus is set up to do this but it has

she has been in power in liberia for almost a decade. says one of her biggest challenges was dealing with last year's deadly ebola outbreak. >> reporter: was that the darkest time of your time in office so far? >> without a doubt the darkest time. i mean every other difficulty i face, i knew, and i had the means to find a way to deal with it. ebola was an unknown enemy. i didn't know what to do. nobody knew what to do. nobody could tell us, you know, what we were faced with. you know, how will we react to it? people were dying. people were running. people were crying. i cried too. i don't know what to do. we turned to prayers. we did everything in those very early days. but then, you know, we -- there came the pronouncement that 20,000 of our citizens would die by january in the three affected countries, and i think that just -- that just -- that just brought out everything in me, so i got on the air and said this will not happen. we are not going to die. >> and you can watch stephanie's full interview saturday night at 6:00 pm eastern r

by registering ships under foreign flags like liberia, u.s.nies avoided costly labor laws, and environmentalnd tax regulations that regulate land-based tors and businesses were forced to follow. 1970 and 2014, the industry grew more than 4000%. the industry is drawn a lot of scrutiny in decades past. a series of incidents hit the headlines and scared passengers and public alike. from norovirus outbreaks on sick -- on eight separate cruises, two in a bola scare the created panic on a carnival magic cruiseship. to the devastating crash of the costa concordia in 2012 the killed 32 people and landed its captain in prison. then, there was the infamous poop cruise. a power outage stranded 4000 passengers without food or that happeneds before arnold donald took the helm. 99% of everyone the cruises has great time. -- the costa concordia was in action. that happens once every hundred years. arnold donald only became the ceo in 2014. he is turning a new course for the biggest name in the industry. their 62 cruise lines worldwide, serving 22 million passengers. big names like disney joined. carnival i

what have you liberia earns about the american public. >> that they are really, really smart. they get it. they don't believe what they read. because they read false stories. an i'm not only talking about myself, but just generally. the american public gets it. >> would you do anything differently. >> i couldn't say i would. if you think back, sure i wouldn't do this or that. >> like what? >> well, i don't want to get into the negativity. i could probably have said fewer things about certain things. but honestly, i'm very happy with the way it is going. >> that is the first time i've heard you say you might do something differently. >> i might. i don't look back. i like to look forward. i have learned. >> so what have you learned? >> i think i could be perhaps a little bit -- i can watch my words a little bit, maybe bet a little correct. but to be honest, one of the reasons i am doing well is because i don't want to be politically correct -- time. we don't have time to always be politically correct. and i can be more politically correct you've ever interviewed but it takes a l

the ebola epidemic killed 11,000 in guinea, liberia and sierra leone and people who lived through thehe fear that the virus returns still remains, al jazeera. >>> al jazeera journalist baher mohamed released from an egyptian jail has been welcomes to the headquarters here in doha. [applause] he was pardoned in september by egypt president along with fahmy and peter greste deported and they were accused of spreading false news and originally sentenced between 7-10 years in prison and other al jazeera journalists who were not there were not pardon and al jazeera demands their sentences be overturned. china and korea and as we report the economic gulf between the two countries. >> reporter: the trade fair which brings together businesses from both sides of the border illustrates just how far apart they are. chinese schools are bold and brash, china's consumerism on show. the contrast is still mired and a war time economy with little to sell and looks like not much sense on how to sell it. sometimes with nothing to sell at all. still from the crowds attending this year's event the hope is

we haveas important, strengthened our partnership with countries like liberia, and this is one importantiece of learning we have taken away from this, a lesson that many more people know now, which is that in 2015 domestic health is global health. what happens in other countries impacts us. we cannot wall ourselves often believe that we are going to protect ourselves totally by doing that. pooralize that infrastructure for health another countries has an impact on us. as we come out and recognize the one-year mark from the initial case diagnosed here, we also recognize that there are countries not just in west africa, but around the world, where the infrastructure is poor and crumbling, and which presents a set up for future outbreaks. >> let's talk about your big thing, which is preventative care. one of the big hurdles is that people who tend to be in good health, understand the benefits of doing things that are preventative, whereas the population they could best use those preventative care measures aren't really familiar with them, don't have great access to aboutso how you go reachi

by registering ships under foreign flags, like liberia or panama, companies avoided u.s. labor laws and environmental and tax regulations that regular land-based tourism were forced to follow. between 1970 and 2014, the cruise industry's passenger load grew more than 4000%, from 500,000 to more than 21 million cruisers each year. but the industry's environmental practices and working conditions have drawn a lot of scrutiny in decades past. and in the last several years, the industry has been plagued with a series of incidents that have hit the headlines and scared passengers and public alike. >> sick at sea. a royal caribbean cruise forced to turn back when 200 people on board get the norovirus. betty: from norovirus outbreaks on eight separate cruises last year >> nightmare on a carnival cruise ship -- betty: -- to an ebola scare that created panic. on a carnival magic cruiseship. >> we knew something bad was happening. betty: to the devastating crash of the costa concordia in 2012 that killed 32 people and landed its captain in prison. and then there was the infamous "p

last month liberia was declared ebola free.st a handful of cases each week for the last seven weeks. a massive reduction of the tail end of this epidemic. but as pauline cafferkey's relapse shows, the virus can still linger, a malignant presence in the bodies of survivors who thought they passed the worse. diana magnay, cnn, london. >> we'll continue to keep you updated on her condition. but she is in critical. >>> coming next here, cars half buried near los angeles. drivers stranded, waiting to be rescued. we'll tell you why the weather threat isn't over yet. >>> plus, how graffiti reading homeland is racist slipped into an episode of the series and what one artist behi isist is s it. i'm caridee. i've had moderate to severe plaque psoriasis most of my life. but that hasn't stopped me from modeling. my doctor told me about stelara® it helps keep my skin clearer. with only 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses... ...stelara® helps me be in season. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and increase your risk of infe

liberia has been declared ebola-free while sierra leone has gone 25 days without a case. but ebola survivors continue to die under mysterious circumstance s, health officials say. doctors at freetown's 34 military hospital said they had seen two ebola survivors return for treatment weeks after being discharged complaining of respiratory problems, including one this month. both later died. sierra leone's national ebola response center said further research on such "anomalies" is underway. the dyess air force community gathered monday morning to pay respects to one of the fallen airmen killed in a c- 130 j crash in afghanistan. a dignified transfer was held for captain jonathan "j-j" golden in abilene, texas. this type of transfer is conducted for every u-s military member who dies while serving. it's a solemn movement where a team of air force personnel carry the remains of the deceased from an aircraft to a hearse. a procession follows with security forces, the patriot guard, and family of the fallen as they leave the base to render a final salute. golden's funeral is pla

liberia has been declared ebola-free while sierra leone has gone 25 days without a new case. a clean-up operation is underway in pakistan today following a deadly earthquake at least 200 people died in yesterday's seven- point-five magnitude quake. according to the u-s ggological survey, the quake was actually centered in afghanistan near it's borders with pakistan, tajikistan and china. protestors close down a popular entryway into mexico. the bridge of americas is located in el paso, texas. mexican farmers staged the protest monday. they say that high taxes by the mexican government, and discount products from the u.s.a. being sold in mexico are making it hard for them to make ends meet. in the fight against forest fires -- indonesia is turning to elephants. the animals move easily over the swampy land. they carry in the crews and equipment. a tree trimmer is saved from a palm tree moments before parts of the tree fell away. the man was dangling 25 feet high when firefighters reached him. it took firefighters about an hour to complee the rescue. police are searching fro thr

the world's largest ever outbreak in guinea, liberia and serra leon, killed 5,000 people. and the warning is that the disease could breakout again. >>> diamonds are central to the economy of botswana, but a global supply of the precious stones is hitting the mining industry. the sales are falling and thousands of people are losing their jobs. >> reporter: botswana's bread and butter. diamonds contribute to 70% of its exported income, but with too many on the market, sales are down, and so aren't prices. >> it's a challenging period for everybody in the pipeline, us as well, the manufacturers and the retailers. as i say, that imbalance will pull through, and we're working very hard to ensure that consumers still desire diamonds. >> reporter: sales reached $80 billion for the first time last year, but this year's economic uncertainty in many countries, and a slowdown in growth in china are damaging the industry. de beers, the largest company said that they had a 20% drop in sales in the last year. >> we have $3 billion invested in future projects. >> but botswana and other c

right now if you want to fly you can go to put to canada, cancun, costa rica, liberia, nassau, montego bay jamaica, kabul son lucas and will be adding more fights later on. belize city is coming down and san jose puerto rico. this is big stuff or southwest. 45 years old and they have always been a domestic area. nothing direct from nothing direct from laguardia yet. but who knows, maybe that is coming next. >> juliet: we like that, we like more competition out there. let's get over to christina for a look at the traffic's before we have a bad situation going on we'll go to the skyfoxhd. >> reporter: we are over the northern state parkway between exits 41 and 42. a serious accident and police investigation is ongoing. one of ongoing. one of the vehicles is severely damaged. right now it is shut down in the northern direction between 41 and 42. i have mild delay into the westbound closure. minor delays on the eastbound. >> christina: if you're traveling on l ie eastbound by queens there's a crash, vanwyk by queens is another accident traffic su i'm bobby flay and new york is my home. the

. >> he must know know about the women who live liberia, switzerland. >> statistically, people woulder have a woman president than t. i. >> you're right. >> he came out and apologized. >>> a university of connecticut student roll neighborhood a food court, started cussing at fast food workers who refused to serve him. -- [bleep] . >> subway. think about it. >>> hard to reality make out what he says and what he did but things sorts of quickly escalated. >> he ordered a mac and cheese. >> and a much more sober luke gaddy posted an apology video ahead of the court appearance on those charges, breach of peace and criminal trespassing. >> i saw the video of me. for a st art,i want to apologize to all the f.staf no one should be treated that time. at that time, i was, to said least, intoxicated. >> how about out of your minds drunk. >> reporter: the food workers refused to serve the 19-year- old because he was carrying an open container of alcohol. >>> it's new jersey's version of big foot. >> people reported seeing something as the jersey devil for nearly 200 years. trending today, this p

more than 11,000 died of a disease in liberia, guinea and sierra leone. >> rwanda's highest court threwut a change to constitutional changes that could allow the president to run for a third term. the green party mounted a challenge. rwandans can be asked to vote constitutional amendments into law. the president is terming a second term of office and has not declared he will seek to extend his day in power. >> brazilian president lost a major legal battle that could clear the way for opposition lawmakers to impeach her. the court ruled the government break the law. the administration borrowed money from state-owned banks to make up for the budget shortfalls during the election. the government will appeal to the top court to overthrow the decision >>> now u for many across the united states, buying a gun is not difficult. shops selling firearms and amlun unition -- ammunition are a common sight on main street. not in san francisco, melissa chan has gone to take a look. >> reporter: these are the last days of the last gun shop in san francisco. people shopped here since 1952. inventory is

mission in liberia.nd there is a common understanding that we would incrementally choose this motion and bring it to the conclusion. the solution was adopted which expanded the [ inaudible ] of another u.n. mission for libya. the situation in the country which is characterized by the split between two confronts camps, and isil gained more ground, that requires more efficient measures made by the international community to find political solution to this crisis. we actively support [ inaudible ] in his activities and we hope that his attempts aimed at political settlement would be a success. we described the situation in sudan and south sudan [ inaudible ]. the huge prospects for the normalize of the situation in the area, could be achieved in the settlement of the [ inaudible ] region remembers of the council, a number of them welcomed active efforts undertaken by russia in order to contribute to the settlement of those conflicts. as you know in moscow, for the first time a consultation took place with t