the first foreign reporter to have press credentials not renewed since melissa chan was expelled from that country three years ago. aidan brown has more >>> this woman was used to deadlines, this is one she couldn't miss. china's government told her to leave after a decision not to renew media credentials. >> there are some crazy, silly, and i cannot understand it. >> authorities demanded that she apologise. the report suggested china had ulterior motives after the attacks in paris. the real reason was to try to win support for the chinese government's own providences. the area home to a muslim minorities. this woman says she has nothing to be sorry about. >> i cannot apologise about something that is not written. >> her home is around the corner from the foreign ministry where an official said the article incited the outrage. chinese people. >> china protects the lawful lights and interests of foreign agencies and journalists, but there never tolerate the act of speaking. >> this is now the first foreign journalist to be expelled from china when melissa chan was also asked to leave t

melissa chan >>> a reminder you can keep up-to-date with all the news on our website. there it is on your screen, all the lateliest on the diplomatic row between saudi arabia and iran over the execution of a president xi jinping acleric. -- - of a sympathy that cleric. al jazeera.com children with autism and the impulses that can lead them to bottle toward danger. but first the refugee crisis in europe and the big issue now on the forefront: unaccompanied miles an hour. >> do yo minors. >> do you think about your family? >> yes. >> does your family know where >> no. >> sheila macvicar on athe road ahead for refugees. good evening and thank you for

melissa chan has been up close in california. >> it's called the benjamin franklin owned by a frenchhipping company. making a stop here in the port of oakland and a few days earlier los angeles. called a mega ship because it can hold 18,020-foot long shipping containers. usual ships hold about 5,000. >> what is important to demonstrate the port of oakland is not only ready for these ships but capable of handling them efficiently. >> this is the benjamin franklin and this is a boeing 747 or as compared to the aircraft carrier, the uss george h. w. bush. >> it's the mega ship's maiden voyage. oakland has actually dredged to a depth of 50 feet to accommodate larger ships and raised the height of eight of its cranes. but what puerto officials herald as the biggest car do ship to visit the united states will shuttle containers between asia and europe. when it comes to shipping the u.s. is behind the times. while mega ships dock regularly at ports in arab and have for years, in the u.s. major ports are just starting to makeup grades needed to accommodate mega ships bringing in bigger crane

the last was melissa chan, al jazeera reporter in 2012.er renewal was turned down after the network aired a documentary on china's prison system >>> they call the u.s. presidential election the race for the white house, but how far should the media go with the sports analogy. what happens when the coverage is an obsession. >> there's a term. horse race journalism. if you go well in the polls, as donald trump has been, it adds up to free publicity, and that matters. with so many candidates, the media assist preoccupation comes at the expense of what they are supposed to do. proposals on issues mattering to the electorate. the real looser are not just the candidates logging behind but the voters. now the news outlets and poll that is would rather crunch the numbers than do the journal. >> >> reporter: for americans with a taste for politics, surgeoned morning has been the time they could get beyond the hectic coverage of the daily news cycle to broadcast past the headlines and into matters of substance. that is the way it was. >> face the na

melissa chan, california >>> this is california's central valley, one of the most productive growing regions in the world. it is getting harder and hard onner to get water to fields like these. that's true in other places, across the south west and great plains, water short ages are making it harder. what happens if any nation in the world lost its food growing regions? could we get our food from the oceans instead? that story is coming up. >> get an in-depth look at the problems facing professional sports: see what you've been missing. >> still living in these tent cities. >> we're back to square minus one. >> the city is a powder keg at the moment. >> you see transactional sex and no one is held to account for that. >> the united nations has never accepted responsibility for this. >> an ali velshi on target special: welcome back to our look at climate change and its impact on the american west and the world. it is not just a source of water to agriculture but also drinking water. by the time it reaches this place on the journey to the pacific coast it has become a source of water f

al jazeera's melissa chan explain what many are doing to try and handle the big ships >> reporter: itis called the benjamin franklin owned by a french shipping company. making a stop here. a few days earlier at l.a. it is called a mega ship because it can hold 18,000 20 shipping contains at maximum can. the usual ship holds about five thousand >> it is important to demonstrate that the port is not only ready for these ships but capable of handling them efficiently >> reporter: this is the c macgn benjamin franklin and this is a bowing 747. the u.s. s george hw bush. it is this mega ship's maiden voyage. this port is one of the few in the country that can handle something this size. it has been dredged to receive these shifts and raised the height of eight of its cranes. it will mostly shuttle containers between asia and europe. the u.s. is behind the times with shipping. while mega ships dock regularly in asian and have for a few years, the u.s. is just making updates to allow them in. >> the federal government needs to develop a comprehensive international freight strategy. the rival

the drug king known as melissa chan is behind bars. the next stop is the u.s. with three weeks to the iowa caucuses, presidential candidates lay out their plans for the economy. also, a deeper look. >> we have been part of the fibre of this nation for centuries. >> muslim americans with a race for the white house. all that and more ahead. >>> on january 12th to 2010, the ground shook between the porous county, a devastating earthquake in more than 200 years. aid groups descended. billions poured in. what happened since may shock you. tonight, a special edition of "on target". haiti or shaky ground. . >> for a country and people no strangers to hardship. the tragedy is cruel, incomprehensible. >> water, electricity has collapsed almost entirely >>> this coming tuesday marks six years since a massive earthquake rocked haiti, killing or injury hundreds of thousands of haitians. leaving more than a million. in response, thousands of aid workers were dispatched, raising billions in donations. many of you texted personal contributions. more than 43 million was connec

melissa chan, oakland, california. >>> still ahead on the news hour from doorbells to dishwashers weworld's biggest technology show where everything is going digital. in sport miami's big names step up against the indiana pacers and andy will be here with that story. ♪ ♪ hello again and rising sea levels are causing low-lying islands off the coast of sinagal to disappear and nick laws reports homes and livelihoods are also sinking fast. >> reporter: a suitcase, pots and pans, all belongings that were once safe in the home before it was destroyed by rising water. it has become a daily ritual finding out what the tide will swallow and what she can save before it rises again. standing in what was her living room the memories are confronting. her children once played on a cot here. and this is what we mains of a kitchen where her mother shared her recipes. >> translator: i'm scared that more of our lives will disappear, washed away in this water that just won't stop rising. >> reporter: it is a slow and quiet disaster unfolding in the low-lying delta here and barely one meter above sea l

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the drug king known as melissa chan is behind bars. the next stop is the u.s. with three weeks to the iowa caucuses, presidential candidates lay out their plans for the economy. also, a deeper look. >> we have been part of the fibre of this nation for centuries. >> muslim americans with a race for the white house. all that and more ahead. >>> on january 12th to 2010, the ground shook between the porous county, a devastating earthquake in more than 200 years. aid groups descended. billions poured in. what happened since may shock you. tonight, a special edition of "on target". haiti or shaky ground.

is the hope but as mega ships dock with frequency it's how quickly american ports can keep up, melissa chan, oakland, california. >>> reminder you can keep up to date with all the latest news on our website, al jazeera.com. middle, an execution upsets delicate alliances, put be two rivals often a dangerous collision course. president obama's biggest diplomatic achievement of 2015, the iran nuclear accord could be in trouble. things boiled over this weekend when sunni dominated saudi arabia executed a prominent shia muslim cleric, sheik nimr al-nimr. he used the pul pulpit to criticize. protests in iran turned violent fire bombing the saudi embassy in tehran. saudi arabia responded by cutting diplomatic relations with iran, all travel trade and commercial relations. many saudi allies in the middle east have followed suit but unease that saudi arabia and its allies already feel over a newly ascendant iran. home of islam's holiest shrines but shia iran openly challenges that asen dance asen assen assentientcy. aascendantcy. new sanctions on iran's missile program and separately, congress has v

melissa chan has been up close in california. >> reporter: it is called the benjamin franklin owned by a french shipping company. it makes a stop here and a few days earlier l.a. it is called a mega ship because it can hold 18,000 20 foot long shipping containers at maximum capacity. the usual ships that dock here hold about five thousand. >> it is important to demonstrate that the port is able to have these and able to deal with them. >> reporter: this is the c macgn benjamin franklin and this is a boeking 747, or the u.s. s george hw bush. it is this meg that ship's maiden invoiceage. oakland has dredged to adapt the 50 feet to accommodate the ships and raised the height of eight of its cranes. what port officials herald as the biggest cargo ship to visit the u.s. will ship between asia and europe. they dock regularly in area ports, but in the u.s. they are just starting to make upgrades. >> the federal government needs to develop a comprehensive international freight strategy. the rival of these very large-- arrival of these very large ships are the stimulus to get their act togethe

is the hope but as mega ships dock with frequency it's how quickly american ports can keep up, melissa chan california. >>> reminder you can keep up to date with all the latest news on our website, al jazeera.com. middle, an execution upsets delicate alliances, put be two rivals often a dangerous collision course. president obama's biggest diplomatic achievement of 2015, the iran nuclear accord could be in trouble. things boiled over this weekend when sunni dominated saudi arabia executed a prominent shia muslim

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melissa chan explains what many are doing to handle the ship. >> reporter: it's called the "ben jam yin franklin", making a stop. called a megaship. it can hold 18,000, 20 foot shipping containers. the usual ships hold 5,000. >> it's important that the port of oakland shows it's ready to handle this. >> reporter: this is the "benjamin franklin", and this is a boeing 747, or as compared to the u.s.s. "george bush." it is one of the fewest at the moment that can handle this size. oakland dredged 50 feet and raised the height of eight of its cranes. what port officials herald as a big cargo ship. will shuttle containers between asia and europe. when it comes to shipping, the u.s. is behind the times. megaships dock in asia, in the u.s. major ports are making updates to accommodate megaships, bringing in bigger cranes and dredging to deeper waters. >> the federal government needs to develop a comprehensive strategy. the arrival of the large vessels is a stimulus to have the parts of infrastructure get their act together. >> oakland and los angeles may have welcomed the "benjamin franklin" t

melissa chan has more. >> reporter: it's called the benjamin franklin, owned by a french shipping companyng a stop here at the port of oakland, and a few days later los angeles, it can hold 18,000, 20-foot long shipping containers at maxim capacity. the usual ships can hold about 5,000. >> it's important to show that we can handle these ships efficiently. >> reporter: this is the benjamin franklin, and this is a boeing 747, or the u.s.s gorge hw bush. this is one of the ports that can handle something of this size. oakland has dredged to accommodate the larger ships. but what port officials herald as the biggest cargo ship to every visit the united states will mostly shuttle containers between the u.s. and europe. in the u.s. major ports are just starting to make up grades needed to accommodate mega ships. >> the federal government needs to development a comprehensive international freight strategy. the arrival of these vessels is a stimulus to have these particular parts of the infrastructure get their act together. >> reporter: oakland and los angeles may have welcomed the benjamin fran

melissa chan has more on the victims. >> reporter: five years ago kyle's sister amber disappeared. >> she was seen getting into a red truck. and that's as far as we know. a guy in his mid 30s, short stubbie hair, stocky build. >> gabosh was 20 years old. >> there are so many women going missing in indigenous communities, why are they more vulnerable? >> they are easy prey. a lot of people don't believe they can get away with it. >> winnipeg has the latest indigenous population in canada. many. indigenous in the city are poor. poverty makes people vulnerable to the point to the point where they are more attractive to the predators, and there are many predators out there. >> bodies sometimes turn up in the river. the indigenous feel that the government ignored the violence, there's public awareness and a movement to change things. >> it seems like the people have had enough. that - yes. >> the campaign to find out what happened to missing women picked up momentum with the support of the government. the prime minister justin trudeau keen to improve relations with the great eindigenous co