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. >> in 1992, the united nations called mexico city the most polluted city in the world. air quality was declared to be a public health risk 355 days of the year, and pollution was thought to cause 1,000 deaths and 35,000 hospitalizations annually. but starting in the 1980s improvement in air quality were achieved through an array of government programs. diesel buss were phased out and stricter emissions were mandated for cars and the metro station now has 200 kilometers of tracks and moves 5 million people a day. now all of this had a drastic affect on lowering pollution levels. the presence of lead in the air has dropped 25% while suspended particlecals have been cut by 70% in. >> taking cues from mexico, the chinese government tackles the smog situation head on. >> up north the life expectancy there has already been cut by 5.5 years because of air pollution. the central government in beijing has vowed to put in $16 million to help with the problem. the air pollution in beijing got so bad at one point that it was unadvisable for people to step out of their homes. so bad
. >> in 1992, the united nations called mexico city the most polluted city in the world. air quality was declared to be a public health risk 355 days of the year, and pollution was thought to cause 1,000 deaths and 35,000 hospitalizations annually. but starting in the 1980s improvement in air quality were achieved through an array of government programs. diesel buss were phased out and stricter emissions were mandated for cars and the metro station now has 200 kilometers of tracks and...
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official flew to mexico city and removed several boxes of documents from scott's house. one of those documents quietly declassified in the mid-1990s was a section of scott's unpublished memoirs, a section devoted to oswald's trip to mexico. lee harvey oswald became a person of great interest to us. quote scott, "oswald's visits at both the communist cuban embassy and the soaf embassy in mexicoico city during his brief five-day stay in september-october, 1963, are together with what is known what took place during these visits sufficient to make him a suspect agent acting on behalf of the soviets in self things, possibly including the assassination of president kennedy." so i have to ask you, phil, is winston scott and what he wrote in this diary to be taken seriously? was that conjecture on his part? we have the information that he might have had evidence to back that up. >> apparently, in his memoirs, he describes photographs, c.i.a. photographs that were taken of oswald in mexico city, and he describes tapes of wiretapped conversations in which oswald was involved, and
official flew to mexico city and removed several boxes of documents from scott's house. one of those documents quietly declassified in the mid-1990s was a section of scott's unpublished memoirs, a section devoted to oswald's trip to mexico. lee harvey oswald became a person of great interest to us. quote scott, "oswald's visits at both the communist cuban embassy and the soaf embassy in mexicoico city during his brief five-day stay in september-october, 1963, are together with what is...
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in mexico city, and it's thought because the c.i.a.cerned their covert operations in mexico city might be exposed. >> schieffer: bob, you you and i have seen a lot of these things. >> too much. >> schieffer: the first thing that agencies tend to do is try to make sure they can't be blamed for something. and, clearly, that is why the f.b.i. and the c.i.a. did not come clean with the warren commission, and why maybe they didn't even tell the amies in dallas what was going on. >> well, initially, in the watergate cover-up, part of the argument was, oh, you'll expose convert operations in mexico because they were laundering $89,000 of money that helped finance watergate. i think there's a theme in all of this that you have laid out that connects somewhat to what's going on now. and that is the power of this secret world-- c.i.a., f.b.i.-- particularly in what you've looked at, phil, the assassination plots geens castro. i mean, it's stunning, and this information really didn't get to the warren commission. and it's not saying that castro d
in mexico city, and it's thought because the c.i.a.cerned their covert operations in mexico city might be exposed. >> schieffer: bob, you you and i have seen a lot of these things. >> too much. >> schieffer: the first thing that agencies tend to do is try to make sure they can't be blamed for something. and, clearly, that is why the f.b.i. and the c.i.a. did not come clean with the warren commission, and why maybe they didn't even tell the amies in dallas what was going on....
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we're in mexico city with more. >> welcome to mexico city's central market. it's the largest market in the world covering more than 300 hectares. every week this hotel owner comes to stock up on fresh groceries to serve his guest. he shops here instead of a supermarket for one reason. >> you can't beat these prices. if i stop in the neighborhood i live i pay up to four more times than what i pay here. i save a lot. >> the central market pediatricians a system of 300 neighborhood markets across the city. half of all feed purchases in mexico city are made at these markets. markets have been central to mexichotel's culture life. that is depicted by a portrait by diego riviera. these markets are under threat by national and international. chains popping up over mexico. earlier the mexican court barred a city law that bars supermarkets from the neighborhoods. now the city is coming up with other ways to restrict the chains. making sure these markets continue to thrive is a way to protect the social dynamic in the city's neighborhoods. >> mexico's supermarket assoc
we're in mexico city with more. >> welcome to mexico city's central market. it's the largest market in the world covering more than 300 hectares. every week this hotel owner comes to stock up on fresh groceries to serve his guest. he shops here instead of a supermarket for one reason. >> you can't beat these prices. if i stop in the neighborhood i live i pay up to four more times than what i pay here. i save a lot. >> the central market pediatricians a system of 300...
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adam has this report from mexico city. >> reporter: welcome to mexico city's central market.he largest market in the world, covering more than 300 heckers. every week a motel owner comes to stock up on fresh groceries to serve his guests. he shops here instead of the supermarket for one reason. >> you can't beat these prices. if i buy this stuff in the neighborhood where i live i pay up to four more times. >> reporter: the central market feeds a system of more than 300 neighborhood markets across the city. about half of all food purchases are made at these markets. they have been part of economic life dating back before the spanish came here. and that is made clear from this mural. but according to mexico city's government these markets are under threat from national and international chains popping up across mexico. earlier this year, the supreme court overturned a city law that barred supermarkets from specific neighborhoods. now the city is trying to come up with ways to restrict the chains. >> translator: making sure these markets continue to thrive is a way to protect th
adam has this report from mexico city. >> reporter: welcome to mexico city's central market.he largest market in the world, covering more than 300 heckers. every week a motel owner comes to stock up on fresh groceries to serve his guests. he shops here instead of the supermarket for one reason. >> you can't beat these prices. if i buy this stuff in the neighborhood where i live i pay up to four more times. >> reporter: the central market feeds a system of more than 300...
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we begin with adam in mexico city. >> reporter: welcome to mexico city's central market.s the largest market in the world. every week hotel owner comes here to stock up on fresh groceries to serve his guests. >> translator: you can't beat these prices. if i buy this stuff in the neighborhood what i live, i play up to four more times of what i pay here, so i save a lot. >> reporter: the central market feeds a system of more than 300 neighborhood markets across the city. markets have been central to mexico's cultural and economic life for centuries dating long before the spanish even came here. but according to mexico city's government these markets are under threat from national and international chains popping up across mexico. earlier this year, the supreme court overturned a city law that bard soup -- sp soup -- spup -- supermarkets from big chains. mexico's supermarket association wouldn't speak to us but has said the city is trying to block the creation of new businesses. many have a sent mental connection to the markets. while the city struggles to limit the growth o
we begin with adam in mexico city. >> reporter: welcome to mexico city's central market.s the largest market in the world. every week hotel owner comes here to stock up on fresh groceries to serve his guests. >> translator: you can't beat these prices. if i buy this stuff in the neighborhood what i live, i play up to four more times of what i pay here, so i save a lot. >> reporter: the central market feeds a system of more than 300 neighborhood markets across the city. markets...
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many have a sentimental connection to the markets they grew up with. >> mexico city wouldn't be the samehout its markets. i don't ever want them to disappear. >> reporter: while the city struggles to limit the growth of supermarkets it's the country's current sluggish economy that led to a slow down in store construction. for now it's the old markets that still attract the most business. the city hopes they'll continue to do that for decades to come. al jazeera, incomes city. , mexico city. >> for sports here is robin. >> reporter: new world rafael nadal has earned his first match at the standings. he defeated, and nadal is looking to become the first player to win six masters competitions in a single season. djokovic suffered an injury, and in fact, the former world number one seeded fifth for this event, he did everything to catch a glimpse of the swiss player even when he took to the practice courts. and federer fans would be pleased with his performance on wednesday. he rebounded is to win, an havig beaten the argentinian battled to, and in search of his fourth title of the year. >>>
many have a sentimental connection to the markets they grew up with. >> mexico city wouldn't be the samehout its markets. i don't ever want them to disappear. >> reporter: while the city struggles to limit the growth of supermarkets it's the country's current sluggish economy that led to a slow down in store construction. for now it's the old markets that still attract the most business. the city hopes they'll continue to do that for decades to come. al jazeera, incomes city. ,...
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over the millennia, grand city-states emerged in the tropics of mexico, guatemala and honduras. this is the realm of the ancient maya. they built magnificent cities and peopled them with the portraits of their kings. these are the ruins of copan in honduras. the mystery of the rise and fall of these maya kingdoms has fascinated archaeologists for centuries. it is a puzzle presented in 1839 by the words and etchings of explorers frederick catherwood and john stephens. "architecture, sculpture and painting, "all the arts which embellish life "had flourished in this overgrown forest. "the city was desolate. "it lay before us like a shattered bark "in the midst of an ocean, "her masts gone, her crew perished, "and none to tell whence she came, "to whom she belonged, "how long on her voyage, or what caused her destruction." now, 150 years later, the puzzle first put forth by stephens and catherwood is being pieced together. archaeologists are rebuilding the ancient city of copan -- a thirty-acre maze of ball courts and plazas, monumental sculpture and colossal stairways. intricate and
over the millennia, grand city-states emerged in the tropics of mexico, guatemala and honduras. this is the realm of the ancient maya. they built magnificent cities and peopled them with the portraits of their kings. these are the ruins of copan in honduras. the mystery of the rise and fall of these maya kingdoms has fascinated archaeologists for centuries. it is a puzzle presented in 1839 by the words and etchings of explorers frederick catherwood and john stephens. "architecture,...
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supermarket association would not speak to us but said that the the city is blocking new business. >> mexico citywould not be the same without its market. i don't ever want them to disappear. >> reporter: while the city struggles to limit the growth of v it's the country's current sluggish economy that led to a slow down in store construction. for now it's the old markets that still apractice the most business. the city hopes to continue to do that for decades to come. al jazeera, mexico city. >> marathon swimmer diana nyad is more than halfway to her goal. she has been swimming for 48 hours to raise money for victims of super storm money. so far her total is over--she just goes back and forth, back and forth for 48 hours. $60,000 raised so far. just last month the 64-year-old nyad made history when she swam from cuba to florida without a shark cage. >> look, it is a good story if st. louis moves on. this would be a great story if pittsburgh moved on, wouldn't it? >> it would be, and they call it money time. time to win. the more you win, the more you get paid. and with the central championship s
supermarket association would not speak to us but said that the the city is blocking new business. >> mexico citywould not be the same without its market. i don't ever want them to disappear. >> reporter: while the city struggles to limit the growth of v it's the country's current sluggish economy that led to a slow down in store construction. for now it's the old markets that still apractice the most business. the city hopes to continue to do that for decades to come. al jazeera,...
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it might not look like it, but hundreds of clowns and mexico city are getting serious. they laugh for 15 minutes to demonstrate against violent crime. >> we want peace. there is so much violence here. laughter,happiness, smiles. that's why we're clowns. >> last week in a baja california beach resort, a convicted drug trafficker was wearingdeath by gunmen clown costumes, including weeds and rubber noses. while not leaders if a professional clowns were not involved -- if they had been, their costumes and phase paintings would have made them easily identifiable. any violence.nt now there are people who used our costumes and makeup to kill a drug trafficker. but we are not those kind of people. clowns from 12 countries have gathered for the annual convention. >> we come to train ourselves so there will be work. us clowns that are trained and not worry. we only start dying from hunger when there are no children left. >> there is plenty of shoving off here, but for most it is simply not a laughing matter. there are 12,000 clowns registered in the country. pull up to any traff
it might not look like it, but hundreds of clowns and mexico city are getting serious. they laugh for 15 minutes to demonstrate against violent crime. >> we want peace. there is so much violence here. laughter,happiness, smiles. that's why we're clowns. >> last week in a baja california beach resort, a convicted drug trafficker was wearingdeath by gunmen clown costumes, including weeds and rubber noses. while not leaders if a professional clowns were not involved -- if they had...
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september 20, this was the scene on one of mexico city's main avenues.three police taking part in the kidnapping of a colombian man. human rights advocates say 70% of all kidnappings are carried out by active or former police officers. a major reform of mexico security forces is needed, including creating a civilian authority to police the police. >> if there's a police officer who thinks that it's possible to make -- to commit a crime in the street in front of the people without any consequence, that is an institutional problem. >> mexico city's mayor said the institution is solid. >> in any given moment, a police officer might stray off the path. what we need to do is identify these police and punish them. >> not only have police been linked to both crimes, but both kidnappings were caught on video. there are 8,000 security cameras across mexico city, meant to deter crime, but make apprehension of criminals for police. >> although the pickup truck the police threw their victim last month passed cameras on its way out of the capitol, nothing was done to
september 20, this was the scene on one of mexico city's main avenues.three police taking part in the kidnapping of a colombian man. human rights advocates say 70% of all kidnappings are carried out by active or former police officers. a major reform of mexico security forces is needed, including creating a civilian authority to police the police. >> if there's a police officer who thinks that it's possible to make -- to commit a crime in the street in front of the people without any...
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they lived in the valley of mexico in the area that is now mexico city. before coming to power, the aztecs were just one of a number of small city-states located in the region. archaeologist william sanders. between 1200 a.d. and 1428, the area was occupied by 40 competing states. occasionally, one of these states would conquer some of the others and form a small empire for one or two generations. but then it would collapse again. in 1428, however, things changed dramatically. three of these states overthrow their lord, form a military alliance, and embark on a career of conquest that is to carry them over all of mesoamerica. keach: within less than a century, the aztecs had conquered hundreds of formerly independent states, established provincial capitals, and controlled a population of five to six million people. the center of the aztec empire was the city of tenochtitlan, an island in the middle of an extensive lake system. today, tenochtitlan is buried in 1978, workers digging ditches for electric cable hit something hard. it turned out to be a huge s
they lived in the valley of mexico in the area that is now mexico city. before coming to power, the aztecs were just one of a number of small city-states located in the region. archaeologist william sanders. between 1200 a.d. and 1428, the area was occupied by 40 competing states. occasionally, one of these states would conquer some of the others and form a small empire for one or two generations. but then it would collapse again. in 1428, however, things changed dramatically. three of these...
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the rally marked the anniversary of the 1968 killings of student protesters in mexico city. >>> now, it's 20 years since the u.s. suffered the embarrassment of a failed military intervention in somalia, an incident captured in the movie "blackhawk down." it left a scar on the american psyche a psyche. we have more now from washington, and a warning to viewers. this story contains some graphic images. >> reporter: it started as a mission to save lives in somalia. it ended in the worst firefight for the u.s. military since the vietnam war. 18 troops killed, some of their bodies dragged through the streets of mogadishu. it has haunted u.s. military and diplomatic policy ever since. >> the lesson that most people took away from the battle of mogadishu was that the american public was casualty averse, and you couldn't do a military operation that resulted in dead american service members. >> reporter: the troops were ambushed on october 3, 1993, while trying to capture a warlord. his fighters shot down two blackhawk helicopters and captured one of the pilots. americans were shocked. osama
the rally marked the anniversary of the 1968 killings of student protesters in mexico city. >>> now, it's 20 years since the u.s. suffered the embarrassment of a failed military intervention in somalia, an incident captured in the movie "blackhawk down." it left a scar on the american psyche a psyche. we have more now from washington, and a warning to viewers. this story contains some graphic images. >> reporter: it started as a mission to save lives in somalia. it...
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it hasn't really reached mexico city here.s a concern if it does spread it could effect people in the city and throughout the country. and this is a particular strain of cholera that hasn't been seen in me mexico before. >> translator: in the case of the americas cholera is circulating in haiti, dominican republic and cuba. >> reporter: this is the first time there has been a cholera outbreak in mexico since 2001 which was at the end of a ten-year long epidemic. so it's the government's job right now to try to spread this education campaign across the country, to educate people and inform people of the steps they need to take to prevent the transition of cholera in mexico city and throughout the coup try. >>> police in small groups of protesters in brazil formed on tuesday night. they hijacked the national teacher's protest in rio de janeiro. and through rocks, bottles, and bombs at police. teachers were caught in the violent exchange. >> translator: the government [ inaudible ] education and military [ inaudible ] our fight i
it hasn't really reached mexico city here.s a concern if it does spread it could effect people in the city and throughout the country. and this is a particular strain of cholera that hasn't been seen in me mexico before. >> translator: in the case of the americas cholera is circulating in haiti, dominican republic and cuba. >> reporter: this is the first time there has been a cholera outbreak in mexico since 2001 which was at the end of a ten-year long epidemic. so it's the...
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many have a sentimental connection. >> mexico city wouldn't be the same. i don't want them to disappear. >> it's the country's current sluggish economy that led to a slow down in construction. the city hopes they will continue to do that for decades to come. al jazeera, mexico city. wal-mart is the world's largest retailer but it doesn't have stores in places like south korea and russia. the retail giant aunderstand nos it is breaking up with its partner in india as well. up and running well, not just yet. contract talks are expected to pick back up today in san francisco. where public transit workers have gone on strike. the unions are demanding pay for raises for worker whose run the city bart rail system, and they vow to walk off the job if no agreement is reached bynd mo. just three months ago, union members did just that, and five day strike stranded hundreds of thousands of commuters. and a last ditch effort by two old friends, senators mitch mcconnell and harry reid try to end the budget bat and avoided the first government default. the medical break
many have a sentimental connection. >> mexico city wouldn't be the same. i don't want them to disappear. >> it's the country's current sluggish economy that led to a slow down in construction. the city hopes they will continue to do that for decades to come. al jazeera, mexico city. wal-mart is the world's largest retailer but it doesn't have stores in places like south korea and russia. the retail giant aunderstand nos it is breaking up with its partner in india as well. up and...
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. >> schieffer: part of those thoughts have to do with oswald going to mexico city.t part is well known, but what he did there is not so much well known. as you have gone back, found out how much the c.i.a. knew what he was doing down there. one of the things you uncovered was a memo by j. edgar hoover written to the warren commission in june of 1964, somewhat,000 tw never, ever got to the commission. tell bus that memo, you where you found it. >> it was sitting in the national archives. it was classified for years and years and years after the assassination. put butt it turns out in the middle o warren investigation, hoover wrote a letter saying that the f.b.i. has learned that oswald marched into an embassy, almost certainly a cuban embassy, and announced he was going to kill president kennedy. this document for the warren commission disappears. so the warren commission never knows that oswald was talking openly, weeks before the assassination, about killing the president. if the commission had seen this, it would have raised questions. >> schieffer: had the f.b.i.
. >> schieffer: part of those thoughts have to do with oswald going to mexico city.t part is well known, but what he did there is not so much well known. as you have gone back, found out how much the c.i.a. knew what he was doing down there. one of the things you uncovered was a memo by j. edgar hoover written to the warren commission in june of 1964, somewhat,000 tw never, ever got to the commission. tell bus that memo, you where you found it. >> it was sitting in the national...
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i have a report coming up from mexico city. >> welcome back to the show. mexican president enrique peÑa nieto has announced a plan that would raise taxes on the wealthy, and this includes new taxes on capital gains and dividends from the stock market. there is one tax hike that is aimed at fighting obesity that stands out from all the rest. frank contrary says more from mexico city. >> plans to allow forward investors to share profits with mexico's state-run oil company likely mean less income for the mexican government. to finance next year's budget, president enrique peÑa nieto is seeking to raise taxes. the president's plan would include a new tax of about eight cents per liter on sugar sweetened beverages. that is about half of what public health advocates would like. mexicans consume more sugary soft drinks and then any other nation in the world except united states. the mexican government said its tax proposal is aimed at an industry often associated with an increasing number of diabetes and obesity cases. many mexican consumers here in the capital a
i have a report coming up from mexico city. >> welcome back to the show. mexican president enrique peÑa nieto has announced a plan that would raise taxes on the wealthy, and this includes new taxes on capital gains and dividends from the stock market. there is one tax hike that is aimed at fighting obesity that stands out from all the rest. frank contrary says more from mexico city. >> plans to allow forward investors to share profits with mexico's state-run oil company likely mean...
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all eyes are on tropical storm karen in the gulf of mexico. cities her arrival. all declared states of emergency ahead of the storm. it is not that big of a storm yet. the windsor only 50 miles per hour. the winds of the blizzard are ,tronger 89 degrees temperatures above normal. 80 degrees warmer than average for the day. 72 on the eastern shore. it is warm out to the panhandle. showers trying to cut across the mountain. as could pick up showers this activity tracks to the east. a few isolated showers. partly cloudy overnight. 59 in the suburbs. right back into the 80's tomorrow. breeze coming out of the southeast. keeping the waves at one foot or less. that will continue off and on through the weekend before a more significant rain chance arrives. sunny to partly cloudy, feeling like august. down to the beach, a light weather pattern. high pressure to our south produces more warm days. the blizzard roles ease. we will not get into that cold air. we will see a cold down next week. ahead of a, strong and severe thunderstorms. now moving into the sout
all eyes are on tropical storm karen in the gulf of mexico. cities her arrival. all declared states of emergency ahead of the storm. it is not that big of a storm yet. the windsor only 50 miles per hour. the winds of the blizzard are ,tronger 89 degrees temperatures above normal. 80 degrees warmer than average for the day. 72 on the eastern shore. it is warm out to the panhandle. showers trying to cut across the mountain. as could pick up showers this activity tracks to the east. a few isolated...
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. >> phil's family is in mexico city. >> i haven't seen my mother or family. my son wants me to take him out. i can't, because of citizenship. felix and others will not give up the fight. >> thousands of new yorkers are marching in solid ardyy -- solidarity across the bridge. they are not alone. this is happening in 100 other cities. >> we are all here for the same thing. we are american, we've been americanised, our roots are here. >> the sentiments echoed in chicago, miami... >> chant chant >> ..phil delifia, and they are calling it the national day of dignity and report. one demonstrator stood out saying they should tighten border security. >> i don't care, i care that they go back to their own country. i don't care how it happens. >> these rallies were a prelude to a larger protest planned for the national mall on tuesday. >> and those protests coming three days after how's democrats would introduce a bill to reform immigration laws. a biker caught on video smashing his motorcycle helmet into an suv window has been charged with assault and criminal mischie
. >> phil's family is in mexico city. >> i haven't seen my mother or family. my son wants me to take him out. i can't, because of citizenship. felix and others will not give up the fight. >> thousands of new yorkers are marching in solid ardyy -- solidarity across the bridge. they are not alone. this is happening in 100 other cities. >> we are all here for the same thing. we are american, we've been americanised, our roots are here. >> the sentiments echoed in...
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on october 2, 1960 eight, just days before mexico city hosted the olympics, government forces opened fire on protesters in the plaza de las tres culturas. the exact death toll remains unknown, but human rights activists say as many as 350 people were killed. to date, no one has been tried or convicted for the killings. on wednesday, a protester described in 1968 student movement. of 1968tudent movement was demanding democratic lights that today allow us to mobilize and have the right to freedom of expression. they don't tell us anymore for posting posters, but we are seeing not they're tearing authoritarianand government. wednesday's protest, at least 97 people were detained. the anniversary came amid mass protest by teachers against education reforms backed by president enrique pena nieto. russian prosecutors have filed piracy charges against 13 activists with the group greenpeace as well as journalists who cover their attempt to board russia's first arctic offshore oil rig. in a statement, greenpeace called the charges extreme and disproportionate. in ouran interview studio, go to
on october 2, 1960 eight, just days before mexico city hosted the olympics, government forces opened fire on protesters in the plaza de las tres culturas. the exact death toll remains unknown, but human rights activists say as many as 350 people were killed. to date, no one has been tried or convicted for the killings. on wednesday, a protester described in 1968 student movement. of 1968tudent movement was demanding democratic lights that today allow us to mobilize and have the right to freedom...
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the way to baja, california, mexico, looking for the mythical black amazons and he comes back to mexico city and files a petition in 1538 to the king of spain asking for pension and he claims, this is how you know he is a brother. he claims to have invented the growing of wheat. because -- your majesty, i also invented wheat. we have his portrait. we have a picture of him. the first slave whose name we know came in 1528, his name was esther von -- estaban. peopleon a ship with 600 that was shipwrecked. he turns out to be of really linguist and becomes a translator. he wondered all the way to arizona, new mexico, and back and goes back again, 15,000 miles. this brother some more of the continental united states than any other non-native american before lewis and clark. we start with this contrast between a free black man and a black man who was a slave to show that the black experience, the story of black america was always multivalent, multilayered. it was always complex. it was not always about slaves or free people or whatever. we move from there to tell the story of anthony johnson. in ja
the way to baja, california, mexico, looking for the mythical black amazons and he comes back to mexico city and files a petition in 1538 to the king of spain asking for pension and he claims, this is how you know he is a brother. he claims to have invented the growing of wheat. because -- your majesty, i also invented wheat. we have his portrait. we have a picture of him. the first slave whose name we know came in 1528, his name was esther von -- estaban. peopleon a ship with 600 that was...
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. >> and residents take matters into their own hands cleaning up a town in mexico city. >>> the residents of a small town in new mexico are convinced the odours coming from a chemical warehouse are toxic. they asked the company to be accountable and for overseeing from the government. when that didn't work, they took matters into their own hands. armed with science, they are fighting back. >> they call it a bucket brigade. the local residents use a bucket to collect air samples outside the chemical warehouse. >> i can smell it. i mean, and we are capturing it. what does it mean? i don't know yet. they have long believed the helena chemical company is a health risk to the town. they operate without an air quality permit. they sent air samples to be examined by scientists on the west coast. >> this is our community. >> some believe the company should relocate outside the town. at least they want to know what they make, and how much of it. >> we talked to two company managers on the phone. they had no comment. we went to the corporate headquarters and got no answer. when we walked on to the
. >> and residents take matters into their own hands cleaning up a town in mexico city. >>> the residents of a small town in new mexico are convinced the odours coming from a chemical warehouse are toxic. they asked the company to be accountable and for overseeing from the government. when that didn't work, they took matters into their own hands. armed with science, they are fighting back. >> they call it a bucket brigade. the local residents use a bucket to collect air...
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. >>> riot police have clashed with protesters in mexico city during a demonstration marking the 45thanniversary of the student massacre. it marks the anniversary of the 1968 killings of student protesters in mexico city. >>> it's 20 years since the u.s.'s failed military intervention in somalia captured in the hollywood film, of course, "blackhawk down." it left a scar on the american psyche and still affects u.s. attitudes on military intervention. we have more from washington and a warning to viewers that this story does contain some graphic images. >> reporter: it started as a mission to save lives in somalia. it ended in the worst firefight for the u.s. military since the vietnam war. 18 troops killed, some of their bodies dragged through the streets of mogadishu. the incident called blackhawk down haunted u.s. military and diplomatic policy ever since. >> reporter: the lesson that most people took away from the battle of mogadishu was that the american public was casualty-averse, and that you couldn't do a military operation that resulted in dead american service members. >> rep
. >>> riot police have clashed with protesters in mexico city during a demonstration marking the 45thanniversary of the student massacre. it marks the anniversary of the 1968 killings of student protesters in mexico city. >>> it's 20 years since the u.s.'s failed military intervention in somalia captured in the hollywood film, of course, "blackhawk down." it left a scar on the american psyche and still affects u.s. attitudes on military intervention. we have more...
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welcome news for maria who has been living in a makeshift camp in mexico city for the past 20 years. e says she can't afford the high home prices in the city. >> i hope that the government can help us with a loan to buy a proper house, because the camp is too small and our family keeps growing. >> like many mexicans she wants to final i will be able to a home owner without leaving her community. >>> a truck has gone off the road in peru killing 50 people. the vehicle was driving through the andys when it fell 300 meters into a ravine. the victimse victimses victims s indians. is this of them children. rescue workers say it was impossible for anyone to have survived the crash. >>> iin chile hundreds protest marched thank you santiago. they were protesting against an anti-terrorism law that is being used unfairly against them. the government has blaipped a -a radical movement for a series of fatal arson attacks. >>> the african union says none of their leaders will be prosecuted by the national court while in office. it's pushing the united nations to fee lato delay a case next m. >> af
welcome news for maria who has been living in a makeshift camp in mexico city for the past 20 years. e says she can't afford the high home prices in the city. >> i hope that the government can help us with a loan to buy a proper house, because the camp is too small and our family keeps growing. >> like many mexicans she wants to final i will be able to a home owner without leaving her community. >>> a truck has gone off the road in peru killing 50 people. the vehicle was...
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adam has more from mexico city. >> reporter: nine western state is an already violent place but explodedmore violence saturday and sunday after a gun fight exploded in the town that's considered the base of the knight testimony player drug cartel. there was gunfire coming from tall buildings. several stars set on fire. at least five people were killed according to the government, during this confrontation, a vigilante leader who was leading men that has risen up against drug cartels in the state say at least 12 people were killed and he says those were members of the drug cartel but it's very hard to actually get clear statistics in the state because it's an area where vigilanty groupings, the drug tar wells and the federal government led by the army are all vying for control of a very dangerous territory. the violence continue in to the night as armed groups through molotov cocktails at power stations across the state causing blackout that his affected more than 400,000 people. and under of cover the darkness groups of armed mentor offed gas station as cross the state. there were no ser
adam has more from mexico city. >> reporter: nine western state is an already violent place but explodedmore violence saturday and sunday after a gun fight exploded in the town that's considered the base of the knight testimony player drug cartel. there was gunfire coming from tall buildings. several stars set on fire. at least five people were killed according to the government, during this confrontation, a vigilante leader who was leading men that has risen up against drug cartels in...
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david mercer, al jazerra, mexico city. >> the united nations says it needs more troops and helicoptermission in a report by u.n. second general ban ki-moon it can stake ice the north. which should have 12,000 troops they only have 5,200 troops. reach its authorized strength the they need two infantry battalions air fields engineers and informations units eye fire has broke he had out in thailand it, began in a warehouse of a department store before spreading. there has been no reports of casualties, as there were few shoppers inside at the time. >>> bush fires are spreading throughout the australian state of now south wales, several homes detroit authorities are warning residents to leave the flames are being fanned by strong gusts of wind. >>> in zimbabwe a court hansensn tensed a man to 15 years for killing elephants. he's the fourth man being convicted for poaching. came today after they a 100 elephants had been killed in one national park in one month. >>> book sales worldwide are generally on the decline with many readers opting for tablets or smart phoned, kindles and other such
david mercer, al jazerra, mexico city. >> the united nations says it needs more troops and helicoptermission in a report by u.n. second general ban ki-moon it can stake ice the north. which should have 12,000 troops they only have 5,200 troops. reach its authorized strength the they need two infantry battalions air fields engineers and informations units eye fire has broke he had out in thailand it, began in a warehouse of a department store before spreading. there has been no reports of...
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first has this clash with riot police in mexico city leaving dozens injured of thousands in march tomark forty five years since the student massacre masked rioters threw fireballs bottles and rocks at police who used tear gas in response that of us three of the killing of scores of students in the city square out of the nineteen sixty eight summer olympics is often marked by law that . people have been killed in northwest pakistan after a suicide bomber a charge the compound of a rival militant chief the pakistan taliban claimed responsibility for the blast militants targeted at the welcome to rise of advancing them after breaking away from the group in two thousand and nine thousand of people have been killed in a decade long insurgency are the time to ban tried to impose islamic law in pakistan. europe's top economy is east china is now germany's third largest trading partner and beijing could grant burden special access to its markets leaving the rest of europe trailing far behind it all of a explains. when china wants to speak to the e.u. berlin is the first number beijing calls
first has this clash with riot police in mexico city leaving dozens injured of thousands in march tomark forty five years since the student massacre masked rioters threw fireballs bottles and rocks at police who used tear gas in response that of us three of the killing of scores of students in the city square out of the nineteen sixty eight summer olympics is often marked by law that . people have been killed in northwest pakistan after a suicide bomber a charge the compound of a rival militant...
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. >> adam reporting from mexico city. >>> the archbishop from st.neapolis is responding to new allegations of sexual abuse by priests. he has order aid review of college i files at the archdiocese. following revelation that his archdiocese leaders tried to keep the abuse allegations under wraps. he wants the names of 33 priests accused of sexually abusing children. he also wants files on priests open so that they can be inspected by law enforcement. >>> the food & drug administration is looking to make it harder for people to get their hands on highly addictive precipitation painkillers. the move would limit access to vicodin and oxycontin containing the narcotic hydrocodone and are among the most widely abused drugs in the country. the new rule lowers the number of refills a patients could get. patients would be required to take the precipitation directly to a pharmacy instead of having a doctor phone it in. if approved the new regulations could take effect as early as next year. >>> a new study out of canada is raising legal and ethical concerns i
. >> adam reporting from mexico city. >>> the archbishop from st.neapolis is responding to new allegations of sexual abuse by priests. he has order aid review of college i files at the archdiocese. following revelation that his archdiocese leaders tried to keep the abuse allegations under wraps. he wants the names of 33 priests accused of sexually abusing children. he also wants files on priests open so that they can be inspected by law enforcement. >>> the food &...
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life police in mexico city is coupled with an angry crowd of protesters who describe themselves as odd a case the mosque wearing wires through fire bombs and rocks at police twenty officers are injured twenty people were detained clashes broke out during a demonstration commemorating the forty fifth anniversary over student massacre that it was claimed anything from a dozen to several hundred students were killed by government forces in the city square ahead of this summer olympic games and all know those that died teachers and students have been blocking one of the main roads into the city. featured clashes between the bankers under opponents of ousted president mohamed morsi turned deadly after a high school student was killed in the city of suez on the same day muslim brotherhood supporters held a rally in cairo's tahrir square for the first time in over two months the brotherhood accuses the army of escalating a crime to down on their activities the group was recently banned by the cause following a military coup that overthrew the islamist government that. had overrun cyberwarfare
life police in mexico city is coupled with an angry crowd of protesters who describe themselves as odd a case the mosque wearing wires through fire bombs and rocks at police twenty officers are injured twenty people were detained clashes broke out during a demonstration commemorating the forty fifth anniversary over student massacre that it was claimed anything from a dozen to several hundred students were killed by government forces in the city square ahead of this summer olympic games and all...
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protesters clashed with riot police in mexico city leaving dozens injured as thousands marched to mark forty five years as a student massacre last rioters threw fireballs bottles and rocks at police used tear gas in response that a bus or a big killing of schools of students in the city square ahead of the ninety six to eight summer olympics is often multiplied by hundreds. just a couple of minutes we'll look back at the target and days of october nineteenth ninety three when the white house and central moscow became the target more. safety. economic ups and downs in the final months of the london deal and the rest. a single day every week on a plane the list keep. playing mission free the critics should free in-store chargers free arrangements for free risk free studio time free play dumb old free broadcast quality video for your media projects a free media dog r t v dot com. the white house says muscovites no it is the building at the very heart of the city. it's now the headquarters of the russian government but it was once home to the supremes soviet of russia. and the country. the
protesters clashed with riot police in mexico city leaving dozens injured as thousands marched to mark forty five years as a student massacre last rioters threw fireballs bottles and rocks at police used tear gas in response that a bus or a big killing of schools of students in the city square ahead of the ninety six to eight summer olympics is often multiplied by hundreds. just a couple of minutes we'll look back at the target and days of october nineteenth ninety three when the white house...
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clash with riot police in mexico city leaving dozens injured of thousands marched to mark forty fiveyears since a student massacre rioters threw fireballs and bottles and rocks at police used tear gas and response then about three of the killing of scores of students in the city square ahead of the one nine hundred sixty eight summer olympics is often marred by violence. fifteen people have been killed in northwest pakistan after a suicide bomber a charge the compound of a rival militant chief the pakistani taliban claimed responsibility for the blast militants targeted a commander who has been biting them after breaking away from the group in two thousand and nine thousands of people have been killed in a decade long insurgency at the time about trying to impose islamic law in pakistan . that's coming your way skies and he's a unique view on international finance and because there are. you know i'm old enough to remember a reruns when gomer pyle used to cry citizen's arrest when he saw something wrong in mayberry and a new law in russia could allow our city average to do the same th
clash with riot police in mexico city leaving dozens injured of thousands marched to mark forty fiveyears since a student massacre rioters threw fireballs and bottles and rocks at police used tear gas and response then about three of the killing of scores of students in the city square ahead of the one nine hundred sixty eight summer olympics is often marred by violence. fifteen people have been killed in northwest pakistan after a suicide bomber a charge the compound of a rival militant chief...
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protesters clashed with riot police in mexico city leaving dozens injured. as thousands marched to mark forty five years since a student massacre most rotted through four balls bottles and rocks at police used tear gas in response and a verse for the killing of schools of students in the city square ahead of the one nine hundred sixty eight summer olympics is often marked by violence. that brings up the moment i'll be back with the news team in just over half an hour with more. witness accounts and recollections of the end of the pile up of russia's supremes. the. economic downturn the final. deal sank i and the rest. take it will be every. mission. critical patients free storage free. arrangement free. free. free. download free books videos for your media projects free media to our t.v. dot com. the white house. is the building at the very heart of the city. government. to the supremes. in the country. brink of civil. two days of street fighting hundreds. from the supreme soviet building. comes to visit son's grave. was only seventeen when he died in the. t
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adam, al jazerra, mexico city. >> that does it for this edition of al jazerra america.chelle caray you can follow us 24 hours a day online, that's aljazerra.com. up next, "the stream." thank you so much for your time. >>> hi, i'm lisa fletcher, and you are in the -- "the stream." how is social media contributing to chicago's gun violence? ♪ >>> the numbers are staggering, gunfire results in chicago about every five hours. this year alone more than 330 violence. >> you pull up on to any corner, and it -- it's almost like
adam, al jazerra, mexico city. >> that does it for this edition of al jazerra america.chelle caray you can follow us 24 hours a day online, that's aljazerra.com. up next, "the stream." thank you so much for your time. >>> hi, i'm lisa fletcher, and you are in the -- "the stream." how is social media contributing to chicago's gun violence? ♪ >>> the numbers are staggering, gunfire results in chicago about every five hours. this year alone more than...
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protesters clashed with riot police in mexico city leaving dozens injured as thousands marched to mark forty five years since a student masked rioters threw fireballs bottles and rocks at police who used tear gas in response then about three of the killing of schools of students in the city square head of the nineteen sixty nine summer olympics is often marred by violence . europe's top of column e. is looking east china is now germany's third largest trading partner and a dream granted berlijn special access to its markets leaving the rest of europe trailing far behind on or explain. when china wants to speak to the e.u. berlin is the first number beijing calls not brussels germany has the most pivotal role right now to kind of defining and shaping how europe will interact with china coming years at the moment that role is more lone trailblazer than economic shepard's close to fifty percent of e.u. exports to china come from germany trade between the two was worth almost one hundred forty five billion euros last year leading to talk of a special relationship i mean it's very difficult
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i've been covering the olympics since the one nine hundred sixty lympics in mexico city have you ever seen one that hasn't gone without a glitch. no no absolutely and there you are almost all of them do for one reason or another i mean some of been more successful than the others and there's always a panic towards the end but you know i'm not particularly worried about sochi i think that this is the decade for russian sport another stage your world athletics championships successfully got the world cup in two thousand and eighteen and obviously it's a very prestigious event and russia has got huge resources to put behind it so i'm not worried about it i'm just making the point that you know that the question of snow is something that naturally years must be worrying them if only because they've got these big reserve in place in case there are any problems and from what you know about what they've got in reserve that i was telling you this seven hundred thousand cubic meters of snow in reserve which was talked about from the very start why wasn't it is that going to be enough. job. yes
i've been covering the olympics since the one nine hundred sixty lympics in mexico city have you ever seen one that hasn't gone without a glitch. no no absolutely and there you are almost all of them do for one reason or another i mean some of been more successful than the others and there's always a panic towards the end but you know i'm not particularly worried about sochi i think that this is the decade for russian sport another stage your world athletics championships successfully got the...
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mexico and here. one of the things that other writers had touched upon, but yo expred theliohip th cubans and the soviets and this cityhat was mexico so long ago. fascinating. and who dated? [laughter] >> i think probably lee harvey oswald did, that is on the way the questions began. tens out about the cia and fbi had him under surveillance at a time that he was in touch with a lot of people who wanted john f. kennedy dead. the questions about what those people may have told him and encouraged him to do have never been answered. lou: and why has it been so difficult to get this story out? you refer to the mountain of material that is their the lightly, likely will never be completely killed and understood perhaps over maybe. why has there been such a grip on much of that material? >> for many years i think the fbi and cia just did not want anybody to get to the bottom of what they had really known about oswald because at the end of the day in new a lot about oslo before the assassination, including that he was having very unusual meetings in mexico city with people who may have wanted to see president kennedy did . it
mexico and here. one of the things that other writers had touched upon, but yo expred theliohip th cubans and the soviets and this cityhat was mexico so long ago. fascinating. and who dated? [laughter] >> i think probably lee harvey oswald did, that is on the way the questions began. tens out about the cia and fbi had him under surveillance at a time that he was in touch with a lot of people who wanted john f. kennedy dead. the questions about what those people may have told him and...
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. >> i had them all the way you to mexico city. >> let me say this.conservative writers that i know, you are the one that makes most sense. most do not make sense to me. you do. >> my career is now officially over. >> the good news is you can reup your career in the next block. we're going to stick around. charles will dock back and talk about his new book "things that matter." he's sticking around for one more thing. don't go anywhere. it will be good. >>> we are back now with charle testra new book "things that matter." pick up a copy online or at your favorite bookstore. i'm going to start with gutfeld. >> you migrated from liberal to conservativ conservative. what caused you to move in that direction. how do you see a conservative become a liberal and generally it's based on a personal bitter vendetta. like brock went over a relationship issue. you never see it done over princip principle. >> on the first one, that's the introduction, a long essay, how i changed from liberal to conservative. if you're in public life, you owe an explanation. in the
. >> i had them all the way you to mexico city. >> let me say this.conservative writers that i know, you are the one that makes most sense. most do not make sense to me. you do. >> my career is now officially over. >> the good news is you can reup your career in the next block. we're going to stick around. charles will dock back and talk about his new book "things that matter." he's sticking around for one more thing. don't go anywhere. it will be good....
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but the top city in the world, a city in mexico, its old city center is full of well sprefrbed buildings fropreservedbuildings. readers loved its look of streetlights and build boards. so much for mod were teams, reader voted in sraefl other ser categories. top lodge in is new zealand, 6,000 eekers with a turn. level golf course and beautiful views of the pacific ocean, rooms go for 420 a night per person up to 7300. of course you have to fly to most of these destinations the top u.s. airline, virgin america, easily beat jet blue, hawaiian air lines and southwest. singapore toppled emirates and he had hat for top international airline, and despite all the issues cruise lines have had over the past few years, readers gave several lines all-time high marks. disney cruise lines scored highest in the large ship categoric and crystal cruises topped automatic midsized ship lines, so many places to go, so little time. just ahead, wednesday marks 45 years since the black power salute stirred controversy i at the '68 olympics. why that moment is especially relevant now in connection with february
but the top city in the world, a city in mexico, its old city center is full of well sprefrbed buildings fropreservedbuildings. readers loved its look of streetlights and build boards. so much for mod were teams, reader voted in sraefl other ser categories. top lodge in is new zealand, 6,000 eekers with a turn. level golf course and beautiful views of the pacific ocean, rooms go for 420 a night per person up to 7300. of course you have to fly to most of these destinations the top u.s. airline,...
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but in mexico, they take hostages and they shut the whole city down. >> yes.ckfired on him, particularly when they did it and people couldn't get to the airport and a lot of the boulevards were closed because mexico city already has a big traffic problems. >> wanted it continue? >> they think that they can get it changed back and they also think that they can push back with the process of implementation and that is really one of the big question that remains out there. they change the law in the book, but is this going to be really implemented? >> a few years ago a teachers union boss planned to give 59 brand-new hummers to union officials until people heard about it and protested? >> yes. this explains why it has been so powerful. imagine that the particular unit has 1.4 million members. they collect dues from all the teachers and goes into a pot and there's no transparency or lobby for the union has to show how the money is spent. that particular union boss actually is in jail right now because the president had her arrested. but the other thing is that they
but in mexico, they take hostages and they shut the whole city down. >> yes.ckfired on him, particularly when they did it and people couldn't get to the airport and a lot of the boulevards were closed because mexico city already has a big traffic problems. >> wanted it continue? >> they think that they can get it changed back and they also think that they can push back with the process of implementation and that is really one of the big question that remains out there. they...