he stayed at a hotel in central mali.n the middle of the night gunman abducted him and his colleague, philippe verdon his body was found in july last year. he had been shot in the head. he was a strong man. in the latest video, he had lost weight and had grown a beard. he said he feared for his life, and said he was suffering from asthma and high blood pressure. he was urged to secure his release. the president was in permit contact with authorities to use all form of dialogue to achieve the release of the hostage. it has been confirmed that serge lazarevic was released, the last french citizen held in captivity. >> give us some background on al qaeda in north africa. >> they pledged allegiance in the early 2000's to al qaeda. they were a terror group from algerian. we presume their structure is still physically-based in the mountain this remote parts of algeria. that is not to say they're only algerian fighters within their ranks. they attract fighters from abroad who believe in the causes of jihad. they have prospered i

it's a sad i go of the real events in mali in 2012 -- a sad echo of the real events in mali in 2012.he film's director wanted to show the courage of local people who tried to resist the extremists, while living through this horrific ordeal. >> when something like this happens, even when we don't identify with the victims, there is a problem when you don't identify with them. what is important is people are johnson by this kind of thing. flex -- >> it earned applause from the critics, but failed to go home with a prize. the press has heaped praise on a film that they say serves as a powerful weapon against barbarity and fanaticism. >> it's important to show that islam is the victim here. somewhere along the line, this religion was hijacked. these murderers are in there on way making it something dangerous. religion is peace. >> with echoes of the recent events in iraq and syria timbuktu is a country and society in english. a poetic study of religious extremism. but the thumb comes out today here in france. -- >> the film comes out today here in france. a cabinet minister in palestine

conflict opened the door to other more extreme groups, hoping to bring down mali's government. radical islamists brought a reign of terror and sharia law to the region. at that point, the north of the country had all and into rebel control. mali's former colonial master, france, was the first to intervene. >> what is happening is not just a challenge for the country's authorities. it is a met to west africa, to northern africa. >> it is also a risk to the whole international community. >> nigeria has also requested military support to help drive out extremist group boko haram, which has claimed responsibility for attacks and mass kidnappings in the countries north, including a suicide bombing in november that killed almost 50 children. >> boko haram is an attempt by people living in the poorest parts of nigeria to -- well, in their case, to destroy the nigerian state, but i would say that the basic issue is the type of state or the type of political rule you're going to have after the failure of so many nationalist governments. >> this video shows boko haram militants mocking t

businessman kidnapped in mali three years ago is now free. he was snatched in november 2011 by armed men believed to be limpinged to al quaida. last year 19 french citizens were held hostage around the world, now there are none, as he is the final one to be released. our hostage our last hostage is free. i just heard the good news from the president. who will be making a statement when serj arrives as he has not arrived yet, and i would like to thank him, who invested himself a lot in helping us free our hostage. al jazeera has more now from paris. >> a french military aircraft is on it's way to bring back serj. his daughter is onboard that aircraft, and we are expecting he could be back in paris as soon as wednesday. where he will be reunited with other members of his family and also received at that base. now, the president referred in his announcement of the release to intensive negotiations between the authorities in mali. and in fact, there is speculation in the french media that in fact, some kind of prisoner release some kind of prison

in the case of mali, the president is there today in part because of france. french troops were sent back in the 2013 to mali to help stabilize the country which was under attack by terrorists in the northern part of the country. they're also may have been a prisoner exchange involved, according to a reporter for the state run overseas broadcasting agency. in fact, there were two prisoners who were exchanged. jim bitterman, cnn, paris. >>> still to come for you here on cnn, a senseless attack inside a new york synagogue, the suspect is dead, but many questions remain. >>> plus, prosecutors have released more grand jury documents in the ferguson shooting case. some key testimony is being held back. we'll reveal what hasn't been released. come in and use your starbucks gift card any day through january 5th for a chance to win starbucks for life. i have the worst cold with this runni better take something. dayquill cold and flu doesn't treat your runny nose. seriously? alka-seltzer plus cold and cough fights your worst cold symptoms plus your runny nose. oh, what

he was kidnapped in mali in 2011.to help free him. when he landed at military base in paris, president hollande was there to free him. he declared the last french hostage has been released. >> since i came to office two and a half years ago, i made it objective to secure release of all hostages. unfortunately some were killed. you are here amongst us. this is a joy for french people because there is not a single french hostage held captive anywhere in the world now. >> as yet no details have been given about b how exactly the release of the hostage was secured. bbc news. >>> now a south african judge has granted prosecutors permission to appeal against the conviction of oscar pistorius for culpable homicide. the case will now go before south africa's supreme court of appeal. the prosecutors will search for a conviction. prosecutors describe the sentence of five years as shockingly light. the judge masipa has been giving her reason as for allowing appe. >> that being so, i cannot say after considering submissions by co

we have also made arrangements of two ships to move to maldives. >> 150,000 people live in mali. there was a fire at the production plant used to serve the island on thursday. >> mali is very heavily populated and hence our lienls e on one plant for desalination. there is water available in the rest of the country. water is being released even now and from tomorrow onwards, additional water would be released to the public. >> maldives is an archipelago. some have lived with water shortage before. bull the maldives says china and the united states have confirmed that they will insis assist in g water supplies going again. caroline malone, al jazeera. >> the icc's chief prosecutor withdrew charges against uhuru kenyatta. cuched of organize straighting post -- accused of orchestrating violence, witnesses were bribed and intimidated. >>> within its 16 year history the icc has come under criticism for failing oprosecute most of those it's charged. sonia gallego looks at how it operates. >> a budgets of hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and only two convictions. the international

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and i would like to thing him, and mali's president who invested himself a lot in helping us free ourge. >> jackie is in paris and joins us now. what more do we know about his release? >> reporter: well, we know very little at this stage, beyond what we have heard from the french president, basically that there have been discussions, negotiations involving the authorities in mali, and he will be transferred from mali to niger where we will be reunited with his daughter and then travel to see the rest of the family. people are speculating about whether or not any money will have changed hands as well, because france and other european countries are reputed to spend money paying ransoms to release hostages. now it's something which is officially denied, and yet there has been a certain amount of investigation done into this. for example, the "new york times" newspaper claims in the last six years france has spent almost $60 million paying ransoms to release hostages. so there have even been criticisms from president obama. the americans and british say you should never pay a ransom to h

nicole johnson reports from mali. >> water has become the most pressures commodity of all. it's the one thing everyone is talking about - how to get it, where to buy it and the big question, when will it be available again. >> the army and police are handing out three bottles, three litres a day for everyone. we don't get enough water. we have to drive everywhere to collect it. it's difficult to carry. i live on the fourth floor. it's heavy to take up. we are living in difficult times. >> every afternoon long lines form. some distribution points are open all day. still the city needs $13,000 tonnes of water every day, and it has less than 10% of that. >> the real problem is not drinking water, it's water for washing and cooking. people don't have enough to clean with. some are starting to get frustrated. this is a dal nation plant in mali. it stopped working after the control panel caught fire. parts have arrived to fix it, but not the expertise. >> the estimate is 7-10 days before we can have the machinery up and running. and full resumption of normal production is looking

mali requires 13,000 metric tons per day. there is water in the rest of the country.eing released now for tomorrow onwards, additional water would be released to the public. >> reporter: it is an archipelago of more than a thousand islands. many used as tourist resorts. some of the people living on the atoll have suffered through water shortages before. the mald ease government says sri lanka, china as well as the united states as well as india say they will assist in getting supplies running again. caroline malone, al jazeera. t two leaders discussed a number of issues including the fight against the islamic state of iraq in the levant. >>> uruguay has agreed to resettle 6th prisoners on humanitarian grounds even though they haven't been charged, they still can't return to their home countries. the uruguayan president wrote an open letter to the u.s.etter to president urging him to lift the embargo against cuba. daniel schwimler has more. >> reporter: a personal campaign by the out going president. he, hills, was a prisoner for 13 years under the military dictatorshi

he was kidnapped in mali in 2011. the country admitted that prisoners were exchanged for his freedom. let's listen to what the malian justice minister had to say. >> yes we did it, and we have done it for malians too before. here it concerned a citizen who comments from a country that came to help us. when our country was in a critical situation. the authorities of his country were fighting to release the hostages. mali for its reputation and honor, could only help to save the life of the hostage. >> the malian justice minister speaking exclusively to "france 24." the world health organization said today the death toll from the ebola outbreak in west africa has now reached 6,589 3. more than 18,000 cases of the virus have been robbeded in the most affected countries. christmas celebrations in sierra leone have been called off. that is amid concerns that the virus could spread further during the set brationdsh during the celebrations. a hindu priest is defying his critics and pushing to convert muslims to hinduism enem

this is mali's desalination plant, it stopped working at the control panel caught fire. the parts have arrived to fix it but not the expertise. >> at least seven to ten days before we can have the machinery up and running and full resumption of normalcy i think is look to be probably minimum a week but probably it could be longer than that, as well. >> so many people, that's not good enough. >> bottled water every day. ten days, which is too long. and i think government should have contingency plans. >> but there is no backup plan just help that's been flown in. there's 40 tons of water on this military plain from india. it's also sent a ship with a desalination plant on board. china, the u.s. and sri lanka have sent aid as well. looks like the country will have to put up with bottled water for a while longer. the island city is surrounded by the indian ocean but at home the taps run by. nicole johnson, al jazeera, mala, in the maldives. >>> why certain scenes are not making the final cut at the film festival. >>> and an emotional test match against india, all that and m

militants killed six quarry workers in a village near the so mali border per more on the attack and theitical fallout. the report contains immechanicals some viewers may find disturbing. >> they were caught by surprise asleep in their tents when the gunmen attacked. the 36 bodies here are of nonmuslim quarry workers, separated from their muslim colleagues and executed. those who survived were taken to hospital. some telling of watching their friends beheaded. al shabaab said it was in retaliation for mosque raids carried out in kenya by security forces last month. but the quarry attack near the so mali border just the latest in a string of brutal killings by the islamic militants. the group ambushed a bus, killing 28 people after they failed to recite versions from the koran. a campaign of terror designed to put pressure on the kenyan government to fight troops fighting islamic extremists and neighboring somalia. the kenyan president remains resolute. >> we will not flinch against terrorism in our country or region. >> kenya feared this latest attack and feared more still. . >> everyone

the country has been declared free of the disease since january, but mali has not been hit as hard as guinea. ebola is still spreading, and heat workers say more is needed. >> the police broke up a banned anti-government rally. tear gas was fired to dis% the protesters. the protesters have been demanding the resignation of it's presidents. >>> south africa has about 6 million hiv aide sufferers, the highest numbers in the world. scientists are driving research that may lead to a breakthrough in the virus. a vaccine that already shows to slow the rate of new infections. this woman is not a scientist but she's on the cutting edge of age research. she is part of a trial that may save lives. it's time to see if the trial is working. so far she has shown negative to hiv. she's helping because two of her uncles died of a.i.d.s. >> i'm making sure that no one dies. i want to make sure that people who are left, maybe in three-years time there will be nothing like. >> the second phase of the trial involving 200 volunteers start in january. within two years 7,000 people could be taking it. >> t

. >>> a french man who was kidnapped in mali three years ago has been freed. french president says that he is in relatively good health despite the conditions of his captivity. >> translator: our hostage, our last hostage, is free. i just heard the good news from the nigers president who will be making a statement when the hostage arrives as he has not arrived yet. i would like to thank him and the is niger's president who has helped us a lot. >> and now we go to jacky to find out what we know about serge and his release. >> reporter: french military helicopters have taken off about an hour ago on the way to the capitol to collect serge. his daughter is on board, and they could be back as soon as wednesday to paris where he'll be reunited with other members of his family and received by president hollande. i think it's quite interesting what he said with the negotiations of mali, because there is speculation that in fact some kind of prisoner exchange was involved in securing the release of serge. >> all right. jacky, thank you very much. reporting from paris.

mali group says they carried out the attack.he government is under pressure and, in an address to the nation, the president says his country is at war. >> we will not flinch against terrorism in our country and our region. we shall continue to inflict painful casualties on the terrorists. we will secure our country and region. prosperityty and depends on a secure nation and this is our commitment. we ask every kenyan to take a principled stand against terror and support this war. is referring to is being fought across the border in somalia. kenyan troopsnd are there as part of the force fighting al-shabaab. the group issued a statement that accused kenya of aggression and occupation. kenya has carried out airstrikes in somalia on what they say are al-shabaab targets. this time, a bus was hijacked. non-muslims were shot at point-blank range near the border of somalia. bethe border region may hundreds of kilometers away from the kenyan capital. the government is under mounting pressure to improve security there and to reassure peo

mali was not hit as badly as liberia or guinea. nurses in sierra leone are back at work, and wearing protective suits. ebola is still spreading in this district, and health workers say more resources are needed. >>> stop the ebola outbreak in west africa - aid workers affiliated with u.n.i.c.e.f. are helping to educate. people weren't happy to see them. they don't allow outsiders, but once introduced the workers explained how proper hygiene can stop the proceed of the outbreak. >> in africa, the battle is against aids. half the patients live in the south. scientists are testing a vaccine shown to reduce the rate of new infections by 30%. in the final part of our series "h.i.v. in south africa", tania paige reports from cape town. >> reporter: in woman is not a scientist, but is at the cutting edge of h.i.v. research. she volunteered to take a vaccine that could save lives much the trial is run from the desmond tutu research center, in an hear with the highest prevalence of h.i.v. in the world. >> so war all the blood tests came bac

well the frenchman who was kidnapped in mali three years ago has now arrived back home.azarevic is the last hostage to be released from the al-qaeda branch. >> translator: i want to send a clear and simple message to all of our citizens who may find themselves in zones considered risky. do what you can to avoid going to places where you could be kidnapped. we are in a dangerous world. there are certain regions to which one should not be allowed to travel too. there are rules. we now know the risks involved. right now there is no more uncertainty. >> translator: i'm going to keep it brief. i don't have much energy. but i just wanted to thank france, the french people, mr. president, and everyone in go for their efforts in securing my release as well as those of the other hostages. being a hostage is a bit complicated, but life is beautiful. to be able to find freedom again. i didn't know what freedom was. i had forgotten. and don't ever forget to be a free man, it's necessary to pay attention wherever you go as mr. president rightly said because freedom is priceless when

he was kidnapped in mali by al qaeda's north african wing.e was set to touch down in paris this morning. yesterday, he thanked the president for helping negotiate his release. there are reports he was exchanged for five militants in mali. >>> the california couple recently freed after two years in qatar has filed a lawsuit against the company that sent them there. matt and grace huang of h.w. global said they failed to provide security and then fire m ed mr. huang in the middle of the battle. the couple said the u.s. did not act fast enough. >> they could have did a lot more a lot earlier. we know there are individuals in the u.s. government who worked very hard on our behalf. but i feel like the u.s. government was trying to play political gains in order to protect the relationship with the country of qatar, rather than actually focusing on and doing the right thing to support their citizens. imprisoned abroad. >> the huangs were allowed to return home last week after being cleared on charges of starving their adopted daughter to death. the

mali has not been hit as badly as liberia or guinea. in sierra leone nurses are at work in the hospital, wearing protective suits. ebola is spreading. more resources are needed. >> in an effort to stop the ebola outbreak aide workers are educating people about the spread of the disease. in guinea villagers were not happy to see them at first. usually they do not allow outsiders into the community, once introduced the workers explained how proper hygiene could stop the proceed. >>> half the world's patients for aids live in nine nations in the southern part of africa. scientists are testing a vaccine that reduces new patients by 30%. tania page reports from cape town. >> reporter: this woman is not a scientist but is at the cutting edge of h.i.v. research. the trial is run from the it's mummed tutu h.i.v. research center, a scientific hub dedicated to fighting the violence in a country with the highest prevalence of h.i.v. in the world. all her blood tests so far came back negative to h.i.v. it cuts the risk of infections by 30%. she is

. >> thank you very much for that >>> a frenchman kidnapped in mali three years ago arrived back home. he is the last french hostage to be released by the north african branch of al qaeda. that's him greeted by french president frederic hollande. he urged french citizens not to travel to areas where he risked being kidnapped. >> i want to send a clear and simple message to all citizens that may be in zones considered risky. do what you can to avoid going to places where you could be kidd nonparole period. there are regions one should not be allowed to travel to. 2-3 years ago we could ask questions. now there is no more uncertainty. >> translation: i'm going to keep it brief as i don't have much energy. i wanted to thank france, the french people, mr president and everyone in government for their effort in securing my relief as well as those of other hostages. being a hostage is complicated. it's not that simple. life is beautiful. to find freedom again. i didn't know what freedom was, i have forgotten. don't forget. to be a freeman, it's necessary to take care and pay attention. free

. >>> flying water to the maldese in mali. we have this update. >> if on every street corner there are hundreds of people lining up to get either three liters of drinking water, or here to try to get water for cooking and cleaning. now most people we have spoken to they say they're getting enough water. earlier there were problems. there are fights breaking out as people try to buy whatever is left in the shops. but help has arrived. there have been ten airplanes that have arrived with water. another one is coming from the united states and china is also providing water. >> we're living in a ten-story building, and we're not getting water, even for cleaning ourselves. we have to collect water from distribution points. >> even the lines that we've seen waiting for water have been very ordinarily and it seems quite organized. clearly some people feel they're not getting enough to meet their basic needs. this situation could continue for a more days yet until the government can get th the desalination plants up and going again. >

leaders of shad, mali, burkina faso have made the request. they want an international force to disarm the rebel groups and help reconcile libya. >> well, i think, anybody who plays chess you can't just win by playing with one piece. you can't win by playing with the queen. you have to use all the pieces. and in deployment you have to use all the pieces. number one, the narrative is polarizing. that's an after effect of the arab spring with the good and evil. there is a revolutionary side and non-revolutionary side. today's narrative underlying those narrative is ultimately this mission of military power and military financial and assets. and both sides are fighting over the same thing using very different language. now it's gotten to the stage where they're trying to appeal to the international community to buy in their narrative. if you don't support operation dawn you don't support the revolution. if you don't support operation dignity, then you're fo not for the war on terror. the threat has to be the last in the resolution. it can't be a

the secretary general will visit those countries and travel to mali and ghana. the headquarters is in ghana's capital. >> i want to show support and solidarity for those effective and urge greater global action. >> his visit will be the first to the region since the outbreak begin. the u.s. defense department has announced the maintaining sites for the f-35 joint strike fighter jets that will be deployed in the asia pacific region. he has chosen japan and australia. a pentagon official says the two countries are expected to have facilities operational no later than 2018. australia will provide initial engine maintenance services by early that year while japan will provide additional maintenance three to five years later. skpus eight countries developed the f-35 jet which features capables. the defense force is planning to acquire 42 of them. mitsubishi industries is expected to receive orders for maintenance work. it could deploy workers to other countries. officials said providing a maintenance site will strengthen the u.s. japan alliance. the pentagon plans to

the disease has spread to nearby mali as well. >>> pro democracy activists are facing another court order. they have been banned from sit ins in the roads leading to dpovt buildings. they've been camped out in the city center for two months. scuffles continued throughout monday. they are demanding an election to choose the territory's chief executive in 2017. thousands tried to surround the government headquarters on sunday night. police used batons and pepper spray on the crowd and arrested more than 40 people. the high court on monday issued an order prohibiting the occupation of the road leading to the complex. authorities recently cleared barricades in kailoon. the chief executive says he's ready to take more measures. he criticized protesters for trying to paralyze the government. he says after two months of protests public patience is frayed. a leader of the hong kong student federation said their latest plan failed because police reacted quicker than expected. he says his group is now deciding their next move. china has blocked a group of british lawmakers from entering hong kong.

. >>> a frenchmen kidnapped in mali three years ago has arrived back home. lazarevic is the last french hostage to be released. he was greeted by the french president. he has urged citizens not to travel to areas where they risk being kidnapped. >> translator: i want to send a clear and simple message to all of our citizens who may find themselves in zones considered risky. we are in a dangerous world, there are certain regions to which one should not be allowed to travel to. there are rules. we now know the riskings involved. two or three years ago we could still ask ourselves some questions. right now there is no more uncertainty. >>> authorities in the french port of cally, they are overwhelmed by the increasing number of migrants trying to get to the u.k. mohammed reports. >> reporter: under the rain and under the mercy of the elements, this is a makeshift camp for migrants. driven by a desire for work and hope, the migrants just keep coming. faces like this are now everywhere here. >> translator: there's only problems here. but nothing compared to what

his release came days after two al-qaeda fighters imprisoned in mali for his kidnapping were freed. >> i want to send a clear and simple mentio message to all our citizen who is may find themselves in zones that are considered risky. do what you can to avoid going to praises where you could be kidnapped. we're in a dangerous world, there are certain regions one should not travel to. there are rules. we now know the risks involved. two or three years ago we could still ask ourselves questions but now there is no more uncertain glit let's go to ireland where there is anger over the charge of tap water. proposition leaders say that politicians have been misspending taxes. from dublin, lawrence lee explains. >> reporter: it's national rights day in ireland and revolt is in the air. there are those on th on the streets who say their rights are being attacked because government wants them to pay for tap water. >> there go. >> no way. we won't pay. >> until now water in ireland has been paid for out of bank taxation but the government said that infrastructure needs a massive overhaul, and th

he was abducted from a hotel in mali in 2011. the terms of his release are still unknown. we are about to take a short break, but when we come back, some of the biggest names in tech are dragged into an international tax scandal. >> stay with us. >> welcome back to the show. the movement opposed to the islamization of europe has seen more movement and has officials calling for action. >> it has been said -- been consistently getting bigger nubbers on the streets, demanding changes to immigration laws. so far, the political response has been divided over whether to in the aged in -- and gauge it in debate or marginalize it in society. but with it being about twice a percent of the population, that could prove difficult. take a look at this. >> they describe themselves as patriots defending europe against islamization. and they are gaining support in many german cities. alexei call upon politicians at all levels and from all democratic parties coming -- >> i call upon politicians at all levels of from all democratic parties. >> the march has renewed discussion of the role of

they located it in a remote part of mali out in the desert i believe. so that's another thing that's similar as well. the aircraft disappears on one day and with luck it's found in the next day or two. with mh370 it went on forever. >> let me ask you about that pilot's freedom to divert. how much freedom is there? what are the parameters for a pilot when they can see that a storm has just turned course and they need to do something and do something fast? how much freedom do they have? >> well they have a tremendous amount of freedom because the first rule of being a pilot, the three core rules of being a pilot are aviate navigate, and only then do you communicate. obviously he saw an issue and he requested a change of course. and then the fact we didn't hear anything else from the plane, who's to say what it would have suggested? but in a situation like this a pilot has an immense amount of power to really take care of the airplane. that's his job, and that's something pilots take very seriously. >> and you talked about this being a very popular route.

she has been accused of aattempting to assassinate a frenchman who was kidnapped in mali three years ago has been freed. he was captured by a group linked to al quaida. the french president says that he is in relatively good health, despite the conditions of his captivity. qatar says it is joining other gulf monarchies in supporting egypt's leader road map for reconciliation, this is happening at the annual summit of the leaders of the gulf state who have gathered here in doha. g.c.c. ambassadors and the u.a.e. only recently returned to doha after a diplomatic row over support the the muslim brotherhood. the gulf countries depend on unity and we need to get rid of sectarian rifts. terrorism in our age, and our region in particular, and the challenge terrorism puts on every one of us necessitates the community to work collectively and adopt the measures in order to get rid of terror stitch to deal with the real reasons that the political social and economic reasons for such terrorism. we need to pay attention to the fact that violence and oppression, and the lack of security will lead

and air algerie flight crashed in northern mali. they're still investigating the cause. now let's bring in our foreign affairs correspondent and you logged thousands of miles yourself. what about this story over the weekend is making you shake your head the most about this tragedy. >> first of all good morning bill. i want to pick up on a couple of key aspects that you just mentioned this morning. there was no radio call and there was no emergency transponder signal. that's key. it tells us that the crew weren't aware of the conditions that they were getting themselves into or there was something catastrophic which prevented them from putting out the radio call. >> i heard it is common that pilots when they're trying to save their planes their first thought is not let's call the control tower. it's let's try to save the plane first. it may not be that shocking they didn't call. >> what you're talking about is the mantra that all pilots are taught when they go through flying train chg is aviation, navigate communicate. whenever you have an emergency the first thing we're

it is not as glummy every where as it is here, santa last seen in, bamako, mali, 4 billion presents delivered already, we expect santa probably somewhere in the 2:00 a.m. hour here in philadelphia but make sure those kids are sleeping. remember kids santa cannot come until santa is talked in your bed. storm scan three does show a break in the action as far as storm is concerned but another area of rain this one here will eventually get in our area it will come will overnight. right about the same time santa is expected to come between 2:00 and 5:00 and maybe a rumble of thunder, maybe rumble of huffs on the rooftop. you never can be sure but you'll hear something tonight. 62 degrees at the airport right now. sixty in wilmington. fifty-eight in millville. sixty in allentown. so far today our high 63, so is there a chance we will hit 64 between the the hours. we will keep an eye on that. record is 64. that was setback in 1990. temperatures still rising, as we await the arrival of the last, push, of this storm, the cold front will come through early tomorrow morning and another push of rain arou

we had trained people who were actually global health students who came from mali to nih. that turned out to be an interesting model because it started off focusing just on malaria. now the people who were trained there and who trained people, in that area, they have an infrastructure that made it very easy when the case went to mali, they never would have been able to do that if they did not have that. so we really need to continue to make it sustainable in the countries involved. >> there is a bit of a mismatch, 17,000 cases in west africa, 11 in the u.s., and yet the public discourse here in the u.s. in the days before your appointment, what have we learned about how difficult it is to communicate, to engage in public communication about risks like this? >> jack, it is understandable when people hear about something that is new and dangerous that we've never experienced before, to react with trepidation. the best thing we can do in the face of that anxiety is to respond properly with an aggressive response, but one based on science, medicine, and the best possible learn

we set up a unit of exchange back and forth in mali. we had trained people who were global health students who came from mali to the nih, and then we went there. that turned out to be an interesting model because it started is off focusing just on malaria. now the people who were trained there and who trained people who trained people, and on and on, that in that area, they have an infrastructure there that made it very easy when the case went to mali to all of a sudden contact trace 300, 400 people. they never would have been able to do that if they didn't have that. we need to continue to make it sustainable in the countries that are involved. >> there is a bit of a mismatch, 17,000 cases in west africa and 11 in the u.s. yet the public discourse than unfolded here in the u.s. in the days shortly before your appointment, what have we learned about how difficult it is to communicate, to engage in public communication about risks like this? >> i think, jack, it's understandable when people hear about something that's new and dangerous t

champions ghana stand out in group c, which looks to be the toughest, and ivory coast, cameroon guinea and mali will make up group d. >> i think ghana is a contender if they come out of this group. and if they can come out of that group they have what it takes. i feel that cameroon can be a contender as well as we look at what they have done with this cameroon team after the world cup where they looked really terrible, and did not play very well in brazil. they have been able to move away from that and empowered players, and there are a lot of young talented and excited players. and it showed at the top of the group that are dr congo, sierra leone. >> chelsea extended their 4-year unbeaten record against tottenham, they came in to the match in good form, but all but over at halftime. after the interval remy grabbed a third and chelsea would stay six points clear at the top of the table. >>> charles bianchi was driving too fast when he crashed that's from the reports. the fia reviewed panels saying that bianchi did not slow sufficiently despite the warning flags. that's all the sport for now. >>

. >> he set off from mali. three years later ishmael remains stranded in more morocco. >> being an immigrant is not easy. >> like ishmael thousands of subsaharan immigrants make their way to morocco. a razor wire fence now runs all along the border area. most of the african immigrants have already tried reach europe. the fence is slowing down the flow but not stopping it. and now the european union is putting pressure on the government here to open up camps for african immigrants to be deported back to morocco. the eu has poured millions of dollars into morocco to clamp down on those trying to sneak into europe. >> the eu has been trying for several years now they do that through financial and economic aid. by handing that out many the eu pressures countries like morocco to do their dirty job. many like soko kruma were immediately sent back. rights groups such as amnesty international. >> i lived for one year hiding in the forest. each month i tried who two or three times to cross over into spain. now it's not

obamacare , mali and sasha and mrs. robinson, a happy christmas. hello everybody. is every ready ready for the countdown? we will start from five. thanks to tom been retell we hope they are ready and ever ready watching at home is getting in the christmas spirit. five, four, three, two, one, . [cheers and applause] >> thank you for coming i want to start by explaining why i have the pleasure to interview michael is and i would direct your attention to the dust jacket, the back and there is a blurb that says i read michael willis is a reason to watch tiger woods i will never play like that but it is good to be reminded what books like a genius. [laughter] so who is more shameless? me for writing that or you for putting that on your book. [laughter] >> i just stopped them from putting its in an advertisement there wearing out. so there is a place for hyperbole i believe it is the back jacket of a book. [laughter] i have a grand unified theory and i thought we would start their. in to see if you get the theory and in the preamble is principally you are a moralist. >>

. >> the leaders of chad, mali, and burkina faso has many a request to the u.n. they want an international force to disarm the rebel groups and help with national reconciliation in libya. with more, we're joined by the general director of the sada institute, a think tank on libya. how much of is the threat in libya? is there a real risk that shad and niger could be impacted by the fighting. >> well, they've already been impacted by the fighting, and it does more than pose a military problem particularly given the most phenomenon that we're facing in africa, levant and iraq. it is around the ideas of how do you manage and control your borders. as we take a look, we saw the problems that were facing niger, chad, and maully, which has been worst effected in the last two years. when we look at these kinds of issues today the problem and the threat over unchristianing all the kind of local services that has been done there have been done in ineffective ways. >> whose responsibility is it to sort this out? >> well, it's the international community, libyans, and libyan

we will s >>> her name is mali cia smith, just 20 years old. suspect is facing charges for the murder of this hagerstown woman found on a rural highway. maryland s plays have issued an arrest warrant for 19-year-old terry charging her with murder and assault. man already charged in this case told police smith and terry were passengers a car he was driving. he clai terry told him to pull over and she then shot the victim seve times. then he says he drove the suspect to new york city. >>> xvs have new details on a story we brought you at the top of the hour, body of that missing maryl toddler has been found in ohio. >> tonight, we're learning more about why the boy's mother had taken her two children from frederick to columbus just two weeks ago. >> reporter: i just finished speaking wi sergeant rich weiner and he has confirmed police believe the body found out here is that of 14-month-old cameron beck. crews had been searching several hours. the search area was as wide as a mile. they foun his0m body partially submerged in a creek in the tote ba

officials report deaths in mali. outbreaks in nigeria declared over there.e are new questions, though, about safety at the center for disease control and how to fight ebola. this happened after a mistake may have exposed a technician to ebola. joe johns reports, it is the latest development in the struggle to handle and study lethal viruses and bacteria while fighting them at the same time. >> reporter: a potentially deadly mistake at the u.s. institution that handles some of the most dangerous biological materials. the center for disease and control says the ebola virus was transferred from a secure lab to a lab not equipped to handle the virus. so far, no symptoms of the virus. the lab tech will be watched for the standard 21 days as a precaution. it's the kind of mistake the cdc director says he was determined to avoid repeating earlier this year. >> we are seeing pattern we missed. the pattern is an insufficient culture of safety. >> reporter: at that time, he was on the hot seat for handling anthrax and avian flu. >> these are unacceptable events and ne

about 1600 deaths in guinea, 8 in nigeria, 6 in mali, and just one in the united states.r president george h.w. bush has been given a good prognosis by doctors, but he will be staying at the hospital as precaution. he was taken to the hospital tuesday evening after feeling short of breath. a family spokesman said today his condition is not as severe as the illness he experienced two years ago. >>> the use of gin sing to treat medical conditions is widespread especially in asia. the use is thought to be useful for treating everything from cancer to attention deficit disorder, and while some medical experts may not recognize its medical value, some farmers are taking advantage of its economic value. >> reporter: on the shaded mountains of appalachia, the autumn gold rush has begun. chris mills and his family have been digging up ginsing roots for nearly half a century. dodging copper head snakes in search of what some say is the most lucrative root in the state. >> they can stay in the ground ten or 12 years before they come up. >> reporter: chinese and korean consumers val

trials are also under way in mali, britain and the united states as well. >> now, according to a newt across the globe, drug resistant infections are expected to dramatically increase unless some kind of action is taken. >> an economist who led the study blames the problem in part on our overreliance on an bty biotics. here's our rosie tompkins. >> in the race to stay one step ahead of infectious disease, we seem to be losing. super bugs carrying drug resistant forms of disease like malaria and tuberculosis are growing fast. and today the threats to the human race are more certain than climate change. today, drug resistant diseases claim the lives of around 700,000 people each year. now, that's expected to leap to 10 million by 2050. compare that with today's deaths from cancer. 8.2 million each year. now, the stud zi goes further to talk about the economic impact, predicting global costs will spiral upwards to $100 trillion. a staggering figure, especially when considered alongside annual world gdp today. around $70 trillion. according to the economist jim o'neill who sted led the s

officials also confirm six deaths in mali but say the outbreaks in senegal and nigeria are officially over. >>> scientists say the first experimental trial of an ebola vaccine have led to good results. it has so far proven safe for humans. we spoke with the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. skblt proof of the pudding is going to be whether it actually works. that's next step. so sometime over the next months, likely in mid january we're going to do a much larger trial, and many, many more people in west africa to determine if these promising, early results actually spell out to be a vaccine that works. and we won't know that until we test it in the setting where there's ongoing ebola infection going on. and the only place that that's happening is in west africa. >> the trial vaccine includes genetic material from two ebola strains, including the one that is fueling the deadly outbreak in west africa. let's take a very short break now, but still to come on cnn, evacuated towns have become tourist stops. while visitors are streaming through some of j