everything that kinds can't accomplish had been achieved in mogadishu. it wasn't simply so i could go longer i signed on as a radio reporter with abc news. abc had managed to find a wall to mention more or less intact and they hired a 40 man army of somali mercenaries to protect this compound and then some 20 of us reporters, camera crew, producer, tech people, we were all housed in this compound, bedded down in shifts while our security, as the somali mercenaries like to be called, our security camp in the courtyard. it was impossible for us to go outside this compound without a truck full of the security. even with our gunmen along there were always people massing of two bag and steve, hands tied the walls, pockets, no foreigner could even make the move without attracting a hornets nest of attention demanding grasping, pushing mobs of cursing, whining people. young men waiting ak-47 assault rifles pushed among the crowd, rustic, they did pickup trucks with gun mouse welded into the beds sputtered around on predatory errands. so there's another abc repo

another abc reporter had been in somalia for six months, to the market in mogadishu. i said sure, let's see if there was a market, and if there was a market what were the somalis buying and selling? i learned an important lesson about medium of exchange in that market. i learned there will always be a medium of exchange. the currency may not be what you expect but no matter how totally society collapses there will be a form of currency. we are traveling with an armed somali driver and this requisite truck full of armed security but even so when we get down to the market my friend leon gets out of the car and pulled out a 9 millimeter pistol and waves it over his head in a dramatic gesture and wraps a bullet into the chamber and i am looking at him and he looks at me and grinning like a maniac says i call it the visa card of the future. >> if you missed any of these author programs with satirist p.j. o'rourke or you want to watch them in their entirety you can visit our website, booktv.org. access our archives by using the search box at the top of the page and search p

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least 8 people in a minibus passengers mostly from the same family were traveling from the capital mogadishu to a funeral in a nearby town no group has claimed responsibility but many previous attacks were blamed on al shabaab fighters on the 2 nasa astronauts are due to dock with the international space station in a few hours as they begin a new era in space travel they are the 1st americans to blast off aboard a privately built rocket launch that happened in florida from when they got to reports. very few but here if it. was after a previous weather delayed a falcon 9 rocket in its capsule the crew dragon lifted off from launch pad $3098.00 at cape canaveral. on board veteran astronauts doug hurley and robert behnken manning the 1st commercial spacecraft to take nasa astronauts into orbit shortly after launch the falcon 9 rocket successfully landed on a drone ship in the atlantic ocean an engineering feat that space x. worked on for years this is a new era in commercial spaceflight for the u.s. who've been relying on the russians to make trips to the international space station nasa say it

workers during an attack on a clinic in somalia they were kidnapped by an unknown armed group outside mogadishu the government says attacks on humanitarian workers are threatening people's access to badly needed an aid during the pandemic. the people living in a colombian slum of facing eviction despite having nowhere to go during lockdown wealth or it is in the capital bogota have declared their hillside homes as illegal . he is there for us. more than 100 families live in this hillside slum on the southern outskirts of bogota are expected to be evicted in coming days despite having nowhere else to go in this fight to the country still being in the middle of the coronavirus log down many of them have a rival here to build this informal housing fleeing the country's internal conflict others are venezuelan migrants they all say they've been suffering greatly during the lockdown being and able to work other hundreds of families have already been evicted their houses demolished in the past weeks and the people here say that the police used excessive force to try and push them out of their houses.

he had been in somalia for six months and leon offered to take me to the market in mogadishu. i said sure, i want today see whether there was a market in mogadishu, if there was, what were they buying? goats feeding on offal. >> i learned there will always be a medium of exchange. the currency may not be what you expect, but no matter how totally society collapses, there will be a form of currency. so we're travelling with an armed somali driver, an armed somali translator and this requisite truck full of armed security. even though when we got down to the market, my friend leon gets out of the car and he pulls out a .9 millimeter glockpistol and he's grinning like a maniac, i call it the visa card of the future. [laughter] >> now if you missed any of these author programs with satirist p.j. o'rourke or want to visit them in their entirety, you can visit our archives, using the search box at the top of the page and search p.j. o'rourke. >> tonight, on book tv, political leaders beginning at 8 p.m. eastern, "time" magazine national political correspondent molly ball discusses t

. >> in the heart of mogadishu, it's an all out war ainst a new enemy. noavn ceowits health e world's most fragile. now, covid-19 is testing its resilience. like many african countries, the war-torn nation acted swiftly, but it's far from containing the outbreak. at this hospital, medics are doing all they can to save lives. the last three months, i have not seen my family and my infant child. riavsk of infecting my famy, and to serve my people. ve gone quiet. there are lockdowns and cfrsures acrossa. seeing 1% doubling of the rates on a daily basis. thhe lockdown, that decreased to 5%. lockdown played wivery imptant role inloprngd s of the pandemic on the continent. >> but measures are not working as intended everywhe we drove around one of nairobi's hotspots. it's thfirst time i have been here since the goverent announced restrictions. i am really shocked. t get a sense that this is being taken seriously here. in tanzania, testitoed one nth ago, and the president has asked people not to let fear disrupt normal life. the rest of t world consumed with th

leon offer to to make me -- to take me to the market in mogadishu. i said sure, i wanted to see whether there was a market in mogadishu, and if there was a market what the heck with the somalis buying and selling. i learned an important lesson about medium of exchange in that market in mogadishu. i learned that there will always be a medium of exchange. the currency may not be what you expect but no matter how totally society collapses, there will be a form of currency. we are traveling with an armed somali driver, and on somali translator and this requisite truck full of armed security. but even so when we get down to the market, my friend leon gets out of the car and it pulls out a nine-millimeter glock pistol and he weighs it over his head in a dramatic gesture and racks the bullet into the chamber. i'm looking at him and leon looks at me and he's like grinning like a maniac and he says, i call it the visa card of the future [laughing] >> if you missed any of these other programs with p. j. o'rourke or you want to watch them in their entirety, you

. >> in the heart of mogadishu, it's an all out war ainst a new enemy.ve known no peace for nearly three decades. its health system is among the world's most fragile. now, covid-19 is testing its resilience. like many african countries, the but it's far from containing the outbreak. at this hospital, medics are doing all they can to save lives. the last three months, i have not seen my family and my infant child. i have taken a personal decision risk of infecting famy, and to serve my people. whole countries and cities have gone quiet. there are lockdowns and closures across africa. yithey seem to be off, for now. >>seng 100% doubling of the rates on a dailyasis. with the lockdown, that decreased to 5%. we are sure the lockdown played a very imptant role in slowing thepread of the pandemic on the continent. >> but measures are not working as intended everywhere. hotspots.around one of nairobi's it's thfirstha time been here since the government annoced restrictions. i am really shocked. you don't get a sense that this is being takeneriously here. in tanz

i learned an important lesson about the medium of exchange in that market in mogadishu. i learned there will always be a medium of exchange. the currency may not be what you expect that no matter how society collapses there will be a form of currency. so traveling with the armed somali driver in translator and this truck full of arm security but getting down to the market my friend leon and to pull out and to rack a bullet commences i call it the visa card of the future. [laughter] . . . . >> he offers his cousin being black in america. find more information on our website, booktv .org program guide. >> hello everybody welcome. my name is beth. i think is much for joining us in this format we are continuing to bring you books. to the community at any time during the event tonight you can click on the green button below and put two nights book on the book fair . recently offering shipping as an extension especially as our physical stars, and on line purchases order bringing thisgr

killed at least 6 people in a minibus passengers mostly from the same family run their way from mogadishu to a funeral in a nearby town no group has claimed responsibility but many previous attacks were blamed on al shabaab fighters. and 2 nasa astronauts are due to dock with the international space station in a few hours as they launch a new era in orbit they are the 1st americans to blastoff aboard a privately built rocket and the space x. manned mission is the 1st from the u.s. since the space shuttles were retired 9 years ago. we'll have the news hour for you in half an hour rewind it's mixed. throughout history time has come together in our darkest moments this is a moment. where retreat from the world to see that every generation has its moment this one is ours. i am. i am. it was a it. hello welcome again to rewind i'm fully back to bill since al jazeera english launched more than a decade ago we've built up an incredible library of award winning films here on rewind where revisiting some of the best of them and finding out what's happened since 10 years ago cost of all sandwiched

least 8 people in a minibus passengers mostly from the same family were traveling from the capital mogadishu to a funeral in a nearby town no group has claimed responsibility but many previous attacks were blamed on al shabaab fighters. ethiopia has expressed dismay by the cross border fighting with sudan that targeted a military camp a sudanese army captain was killed and several others were injured in the eastern city of get a phone thursday in a statement the european foreign ministry extended its sympathy and condolences to the victims' families and it's called for a joint investigation into the incident to avoid further escalation the sudanese military is blaming armed groups supported by ethiopia. let's talk jonas horner he's the deputy project director covering the horn of africa and senior analyst covering sudan for the international crisis group he joins us on skype from melbourne jonas horner welcome back to the news hour what's really going on here it seems like a very complex crisis evolving on the ground. yes thank you peter. the main thing to i think to highlight here is that i

everything that guns can accomplish had been achieved in mogadishu. i signed on as a radio reporter with abc news. to hire a 40 man army to protect this compound and the 20 some reporters and tech people all housed in the compound while the security as the mercenaries like to be called and it's impossible to go outside the compound without the security and they're all these people and the they nipped at the wristwatch bands and then even to attract a hornets nest of attention pushing moms of cursing people. with the assault rifles. and again mounts welded like a spider around. so another reporter was in somalia for six months. p-letter austin on - - offered to take me to the market in mogadishu. i said sure. i wanted to see if there was one when if there was ever the somalis buying and selling? i learned an important lesson about the exchange in that market and i learned that there will always be a medium of exchange currency may not be what you expect but totally how society collapses there will be a form of currency with an armed somali driver and w

in the heart of mogadishu, it's an all—out war against a new enemy.ades. its health system is among the world's most fragile. now, covid—19 is testing its resilience. like many african countries, the war—torn nation acted swiftly, but it's far from containing the outbreak. at this hospital, medics are doing all they can to save lives. translation: the last three months, i have not seen my family and my infant child. i've taken a personal decision not to go home so as to reduce the risk of infecting my family and to serve my people as long as i live. whole countries and cities have gone quiet. there are lockdowns, cu rfews and border closures across africa, and they seem to be paying off for now. in certain countries, we are seeing a 30% to 100% doubling of the rate on a daily basis. but with the lockdown, over time, it decreased to about 5%, so for sure, the lockdown played a very important role in slowing the spread of the pandemic on the continent. that we can ascertain. but measures are not working as intended everywhere. we drove around one of nai

in the heart of mogadishu, it's an all—out war against a new enemy. the world's most fragile. now, covid—19 is testing its resilience. like many african countries, the war—torn nation acted swiftly, but it's far from containing the outbreak. at this hospital, medics are doing all they can to save lives. translation: the last three months, i have not seen my family and my infant child. i've taken a personal decision not to go home so as to reduce the risk of infecting my family and to serve my people as long as i live. whole countries and cities have gone quiet. there are lockdowns, cu rfews and border closures across africa, and they seem to be paying off, for now. in certain countries, we are seeing a 30% to 100% doubling of the rate on a daily basis. with the lockdown, over time, it decreases to about 5%, so for sure the lockdown played a very important role in slowing the spread of the pandemic on the continent. that we can ascertain. but measures are not working as intended everywhere. we drove around one of nairobi's hotspots. it's the first time

least 8 people in a minibus passengers mostly from the same family were traveling from the capital mogadishu to a funeral in a nearby town no group has claimed responsibility but many previous such attacks were blamed on fight is directed at the headlines and that's my lot for the day thanks for your company inside story with kim il is coming up next. how are we here again the question many african-americans are asking is yet another black man is killed at the hands of law enforcement is the government complicit or simply unable to win and 2 years of allegations of systemic racism and police brutality this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm convinced and unrest is spreading across cities in the united states over the police killing of yet another african-american like others the killing of george floyd in minneapolis was caught on video and went viral online images of police officer derek shelve a new wing on floyd's neck for several minutes leading to floyd's death sparked anger crowds protested demanding justice and attacking police and vehicles riot police and riot gear fiv

attack on a health facility in somalia they were kidnapped by an unknown group outside of the capital mogadishu are you up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera we are back with more after the latest inside story. join me steve clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on u.s. politics and society i'm changing the institutions frequently don't the system itself is set up to benefit those who understand people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line on al-jazeera. are african countries staying ahead of the coronavirus the continent has some of the world's lowest infection and death rates but always getting the whole picture of what's really happening this is inside story. hello welcome to the program and it's. when covert 19 started to spread around the world aid workers warned of disaster for africa fearing for weak and poorly funded health systems in many places and crowded cities making social distancing impossible but african countries appear to be managing data from johns hopkins university shows rela

aide workers have been kidnapped and killed by an armed group that happened outside the capital mogadishu the minister of humanitarian affairs has condemned what she described as the brutal execution and says the attacks against humanitarian workers threaten access to badly needed aid the armed group was not identified russia's president is seeking more military facilities in syria they interfax news agency says he's asked his defense and foreign ministries to hold talks of president bashar assad's government russian forces including jet aircraft have supported us as forces during the country's war. i'm russia has again recorded its largest one day increase in deaths from the coronavirus with 232 people dying in the last 24 hours it comes as the city of moscow revised this covert 1000 death toll for last month up after criticism of its initial figures the number now stands at over one and off thousands more than double the original tally russia has been 3rd highest number of infections worldwide with nearly 3 $180000.00 cases spain's government will give people worst hit by the economic i

in the heart of mogadishu, it's an all—out war against a new enemy. fragile. now, covid—i9 is testing its resilience. like many african countries, the war—torn nation acted swiftly, but it's far from containing the outbreak. at this hospital, medics are doing all they can to save lives. translation: the last three months, i have not seen my family and my infant child. i've taken a personal decision not to go home so as to reduce the risk of infecting my family and to serve my people as long as i live. whole countries and cities have gone quiet. there are lockdowns, curfews and border closures across africa, and they seem to be paying off, for now. in certain countries, we are seeing a 30% to 100% doubling of the rate on a daily basis. with the lockdown, over time, it decreases to about 5%, so for sure the lockdown played a very important role in slowing the spread of the pandemic on the continent. that we can ascertain. but measures are not working as intended everywhere. we drove around one of nairobi's hotspots. it's the first time i've been to east

in the somali capital mogadishu a group of journalists has gathered to protest against what they say is an attack on freedom of speech by their government and later today we are standing here to protest about the arrest of our colleagues as somali journalists we demand justice for all reporters behind bars the constitution is quite clear that no one can be detained for more than 48 hours without being put on trial. according to human rights watch somalia authorities are detained 3 journalists and prohibited a local radio station from broadcasting in a local dialect in the past 2 months. one of the detained journalists is mohamed up to have new editor of hicks radio he was arrested on march 7th after reporting on police brutality in the capital. his family says they've been denied access to their son. it's very worrying the cave labelled my son a terrorist for only practicing his profession i appeal to our national leaders for the release of my son he was our only breadwinner and we haven't seen him for a whole 2 months i wanted justice for my son. journalists unions in the country of

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we go through the next couple of days suspect to see some rather wet weather is easing up towards mogadishu could see some localized flooding hopefully things turning a little drought little brighter as we go on into monday got some wet weather for time also affecting the far south of south africa that's going to slip through the southern cape town in fine and try by next week. but. freezing winds and rugged terrain and at times seem impossible. but for afghan traders who braved the concordia door it's no choice. can batting the impossible to sell magnets in isolated areas so. we follow that daring journeys as they overcome the extremes. risking it all afghanistan on al-jazeera. the and. the the you. know again i missed all the attack and are on our minds of our top stories this hour more than 40 people have been killed in a prison riots in venezuela the protests started over a demand for relatives to be allowed to deliver food riots in latin america's overcrowded prisons have been increasing as coronavirus restrictions was in place. israel has reopened around a dozen crossings allowing tho

we go through the next couple of days suspect to see some rather whether it's easing up towards mogadishu could see some localized flooding hopefully things turning a little drought little brighter as we go on into monday got some wet weather for time also affecting the far south of south africa that's going to slip through the southern cape town in fine and try by next week. desperate for a better life millions of people have sought refuge in europe sometimes their dreams of century are realized but sometimes disenchantment and hostility drive them home. in the 2nd of 2 films on these contrasting experiences people in power meets the returning migrants now determined to discourage others from following the same. gambia back home from al-jazeera. but again. a reminder of our top stories this hour a dozen crossings in israel have reopened following an agreement with the palestinian authority the move allows thousands of palestinian neighbors to return to work but there are fears of health risks because of the corona virus outbreak. more than 40 people have been killed in a prison riot in v

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least 5 people and hurting more than 20 others it happened about 250 kilometers west of the capital mogadishu during a camp for internally displaced people. muslims around the world have been celebrating the ied marking the end of the holy month of ramadan but this year prayers and mosques where the band or severely restricted and celebrations were muted priyanka gupta reports. is one of the most important most investable. but this year it's been celebrated under the shadow of a global pandemic. any other nation there were no hugs no bearing gifts and no visiting families. the world's largest muslim country has one of southeast asia's highest number of called the 19 factions and deaths. was should be barred from offering prayers inside mosques and open fields. i am outside i got a lot of resigned myself i performed i had prison the midst of the plague of covert 19 only resigned to allah hopefully our love will lift up this desire yes. in saudi arabia the grand mosque in the holy city of mecca was largely empty. versions followed strict social distancing measures while marking the end of the f

young aide workers have been kidnapped and killed by an armed group it happened outside the capital mogadishu the minister of humanitarian affairs has condemned what she described as the brutal execution and says the attacks against humanitarian workers threaten access to badly needed aids the armed group was not identified. now sudan has accused the ethiopian army of backing militias crossing into its territory and raiding farm lands and resources a sudanese army spokesman says ethiopian fighters reached the eastern bank of the a bar or river aiming to reroute the flow of water sudan's military says one of its officers was killed during the incursion although the sudanese region where the attacks are happening is not contested there's been no formal demarcation off the border area up here but morgan isn't hard to mend says the reality on the ground has tarnished diplomatic hopes. while sudan has always been saying that it wants to make sure that it maintains good relationship good diplomatic relationships between ethiopia and itself and now over the past few weeks we've seen sudan and ethiop

working with the local foundation were kidnapped by an identified armed group outside the capital mogadishu the government says attacks on humanitarian workers are threatening access to badly needed aid especially around the coronavirus pandemic. sudan has accused the ethiopian army of backing militias crossing into territory and raiding farmland and resources a sudanese army spokesman says if the opium fighters reach the eastern bank of the bar river aiming to reroute the flow of water sudan's military says one of its officers was killed during an incursion if the o.p.'s in a military delegation to khartoum to discuss demarcation of the borders fighting and got a state and in eastern sudan escalated last week with civilians among the casualties it more going to stay tales from sudan's capital khartoum well sudan has always been saying that it wants to make sure that it maintains good relationship good diplomatic relationships between ethiopia and itself and now over the past few weeks we've seen sudan and if you holding several talks some of them in person here in khartoum or in ethiopia o

we go through the next couple of days suspect to see some rather bad weather is easing up towards mogadishu could see some localized flooding hopefully things turning a little dry a little brighter as we go on into monday got some wet weather for a time also affecting the far south of south africa that's going to slip through the southern cape town in 5 and try by next week. talk to al jazeera we what we will of course were when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen to after the war saying you know you've been to go build united states of you but we will not be with you we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the ground 0 on the deserted streets of we've become familiar figures couriers on bicycles delivering food or medicine to lock down colombians most of them. here are venezuelan migrants. a mother of 4 says contagion is always on her mind none of them receive health insurance for their work in exposing themselves and very few seem to have it yet there may be a bright side people who look down on them as a skilled migrants now say they're ess

in the somali capital mogadishu a group of journalists has gathered to protest against what they say is an attack on freedom of speech by their government and later today we are standing here to protest about the arrest of our colleagues as somali journalists we demand justice for all reporters behind bars the constitution is quite clear that no one can be detained for more than 48 hours without being put on trial. according to human rights watch somalia authorities of detained 3 journalists and prohibited a local radio station from broadcasting in a local dialect in the past 2 months. one of the detained journalists is mohamed up to have new editor of hicks radio he was arrested on march 7th after reporting on police brutality in the capital. his family says they've been denied access to their son so it's very worrying the cave labelled my son a terrorist for only practicing his profession i appeal to our national leaders for the release of my thought on he was our only breadwinner and we haven't seen him for a whole 2 months i wanted justice for my son. journalists unions in the co

aide workers have been kidnapped and killed by an armed group that happened outside the capital mogadishu the minister of humanitarian affairs has condemned what she described as the brutal execution and says the attacks against humanitarian workers threaten access to badly needed aides and the armed group was not identified sudan has accused the ethiopian army of backing militias crossing into its territory and raiding farmland on resources a sudanese army spokesman says ethiopian fighters reach the eastern bank of the attack are river aiming to reroute the flow forder sudan's military says one of its officers was killed during the incursion although the sudanese region where the attacks are happening is not contested there's no formal demarcation of the border area ever morgan isn't hard to mend says the reality on the ground has tarnished diplomatic hopes. well sudan has always been saying that it wants to make sure that it maintains good relationship good diplomatic relationships between ethiopia and itself and now over the past few weeks we've seen sudan and ethiopia holding several

who were aboard a minibus passengers mostly from the same family were traveling from the capital mogadishu to a funeral in a nearby town no group has claimed responsibility but many previous attacks have been blamed on al shabaab fighters. del aqsa mosque in occupied east jerusalem is reopened and have been closed for 2 months in order to contain the coronavirus worshippers are being asked to wear face masks and bring their own premis to serious herefore sit in occupied east jerusalem says the worshippers are just relieved to be back at the mosque for press. just a few minutes before noon prayers and the last people are now starting to come in through the entrances here to the alex a mosque compound this is of course a hugely significant day after more than 70 days of closure since march the 15th this is a site that is of course hugely important in terms of religion but also in terms of the culture of this place this is a large open space inside the walls of the old city here in occupied east jerusalem and it's a space that is really somewhere that people can come to relax to congregate to

you talk about when you were 8 years old you went from living a very comfortable life in mogadishu tore you say you go out into the streets and there are men who say, with guns, where is your clan? where is your subclan? you say a wrong answer could get you killed. experience, shaped who you are today? >> let me just say, you know, reliving those moments and getting the opportunity to tell these stories in my book has both been difficult and therapeutic. i realize now that going through something like that and facing death at such a young age, i am transformed into someone who really doesn't have the patience to sit around and expect someone to come and save me. but to work and create a life that is purposeful in pursuing peace and justice around the world. >> we want to thank you so much, congresswoman, for being with us. we appreciate your time today. >> thank you. >> and "this is what america looks like" is out today. >>> coming up next here on "gma," "black-ish" star tracey ellis ross joining us about hitting the high note in her new movie. >>> adam rippon gins us to chat about hi