is tacking toward the national front. there are circumstances under which it would be ok to vote far right in a runoff election. it is not just france, bythe way. all of europe. we will see why in the france 24 debate. and we'll have our media watch segment. let's say hello once again to claire. >> shame on you, shout protesters as the head of the european commission and italy's prime minister visit lampedusa. a state funeral will be held for the victims of the boat disaster. egypt sets a trial date for mohamed morsi who has been held at a secret location since july. he faces charges of inciting murder and violence. france reveals the names of two more journalists held in syria. their families did not want their plight made public. first, it really is to hold a state funeral or the 300 african migrants who died last week when their boat sank off lampedusa. the announcement was made on a visit this wednesday alongside the head of the european commission. dozens of people hurled abuse at them. echols and the billing, a host

mainstream left and the right getting together in the second round of an election to keep out the national fronthat is not something that either the left or the right seems keen on anymore. so that lack of, in front against the national front is good for them for future elections. >> what about if we look on a more european level at this sort of victory. populist right-wing parties -- how are they doing more broadly? >> you often have a protest vote in european elections, which give good results to these populist radical right-wing parties, and i want to show you an opinion poll will stop this is predictions by the polling institute in france. this poll really put the wind up a few french politicians, as you can see their bank. a predicted 24% in those elections next may. the mainstream right part of the ump trailing in the socialists' third place. a similar poll gave a big share of the vote to the u.k. independence party, which has similarities with the french national front. you have a bigger trend in europe, and if you look at research done by the london school of economics, they show four co

that is what the national front can take from their latest election victory. the party had won this seat in southeastern france back in 2011 before the vote was declared invalid. the second rerun of that election confirms their support in the region. but the far right party still holds only two of more than 4000 seats around the country, a fact seized upon by the prime minister. >> it is a very right wing county. it has already had a national council. let read remind you -- >> the national front victory as part of the bigger picture. it has always suffered in france's to round electoral system because the other parties have worked together to block our right candidates in the runoffs to each. >> the national front one, but it was only a by election. that doesn't mean that everywhere in france there will be others, but the national front is pushing up in the polls. we can put this in context, but let's not hide the rise of the national front. >> a recent survey of voters but the national front in the lead with four times the six percent support if registered in

next year's election. >> what happened to give the national front so decisive a victory? whatever it was, is it also now stirring across france? polite society has always regarded the party as extremist, racist even, appealing only to the margins. but a majority of voters in this town back them. why? are they racist? the former mayor thinks not. [speaking french] >> the winning candidate is a local hero here now. he believes marie has transformed the national front's fortunes. >> [speaking french] >> the town is tipping into evening. we spent most of the day here. we have spoken to quite a few people who told us they voted for the party and why. privately. not one could be persuaded to go on camera, which suggests there is still public stigma attached to it. wayreasons for voting that could be distilled into a powerful combination of disaffection's about immigration, people living on benefits, the fear of crime, a national political elite that seems unresponsive to the public mood, and about power in the european union that seems unaccountable. this is about people in a d

. >> everybody is to play catchup with the national front? >> it was physically about the ump, sarkozy's old party. president sarkozy when he was president was taking the ump so far to the right, that is one of the reasons he lost the election. >> in particular during the campaign. >> his infamous grenoble speech. he talked about taking away the french nationality from some people, which in terms of these a good rep -- sacred republican values of france is not something that is done. it positioned him and his party not only in the same territory as marine le pen, but in some cases to the right. they are still over there, and indeed trouble. the socialists may not win, but the ump is not going to do very well. as marine le pen says, why would you want the imitation when you can have me? >> a new law at the french parliament, not only because it runs against the french republican constitution -- tradition since the 1st constitution, but also the real problem is not immigration. it is the migration of the middle class toward the right. they are

france's right wing national front party has won an election in the southeastern part of the country.andidate had nearly 54% of the vote. the national front has a tracted voters with tough talk on crime and illegal immigration, it's also benefited from the government's lack of popularity. >>> the indonesian an government has launched a new car claiming to be affordable and environmentally friendly. but critics say extra cars will only add to congestion on the already busy roads and increase the did he fen dance i on oil. here sa is a report. >> reporter: this is a symbol of the economic growth endless traffic jams in all major cities. more than 3,000 cars here are sold every single day. and there is demands for more. in the middle of an economic downturn the government has launched this car, which it says is cheaper and e environmentally friendly and for those who could never afford a car before. the new car, which according to government should lower gasoline usage was immediately protest bide the governor and presidential hopeful. >> of course when the central government approve thi

the leader of the national front threatens to sue reporters that suggests that the anti- immigration party is anything the mainstream. -- anything but mainstream. we will also have our media watch segment. the hour begins in the newsroom. >> hello again. main headlines this hour. it recommends stripping berlusconi of his seat following convictions of tax fraud. the former premier maintains he is a victim of open data. -- victim o f f a vendetta. pope francis marks the day of warning after the shipwreck that killed 100 people. authorities are calling on me eu to rethink its immigration policy. getting their voices heard. 60 syrian refugees staged a sit in. for the right to seek asylum in france. they remain determined to move on to the destination of choice --britain. before we develop those headlines, let's go to the developing situation in egypt here at medical sources say that at least one person has died from a gunshot wound near central cairo. the victim is reported to be a supporter of the muslim brotherhood. clashes broke out in the capital this friday, as brotherhood supporter

mari low panda leader of france's far right national front is celebrating after a by election when party in the province town of oil that the winner of a fifty percent of the vote in the conservative candidate from the party of former president nicolas sarkozy this comes just days after polls revealed one in four votes in france plan to vote for the national front in mexico year's european parliament elections pulling ahead of mainstream parties for the first time. and to china now on this dramatic video showing dozens of people blundering into water when a wooden bridge used to board a ferry collapsed fortunately nearby park employees were able to throw a live rings then ten people still needed hospital treatment and assignation is being held into why the bridge which was only opened in september collapsed. and up next piece of the ballot he's going to discuss what the next he has an election in afghanistan will bring any positive changes to the violence plagued nation. switzerland will soon vote if they should start giving out thousands of dollars in cash to every adult citizen in the

and other revenue if the continues for several weeks but the most visible evidence is at the nation's front door the monuments and museums along the national mall. thousands were turned away from "the new york the most popular attraction as the world war ii memorial, a group of veterans from mississippi, who flew here just to see it, refused to be turned away and stormed the barricades. >> it makes you feel good to get the gates open for us. >> overall more than $300 million a day is being lost in taxes in cities and states because of the shutdown. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >>> fort mchenry remains shut down. a ranger says visitors are really missing out. >> people come here for inspiration, to learn about their history. it's the great value of the national parks in our country. >> he was newly hired in 1995 during the last shutdown. that one lasted 21 days. >>> the shut outer loop now even impacting -- the shutdown now even impacting some sporting events. the d.o.d. says service academy sporting events will be suspended. >>> if you've been furloughed you don't want to have to pay for

he has done is putin has widened to that conversation talking and acting to create the russian national front it is of political organizations that is intended to be the umbrella to feed ideas into russia is to rehabilitate to show it is more transparent and accountable and to push it to the outskirts because if everybody is part of the national front and you are not that means you are a crackpot but there are hopeful signs this will not be the case. mayoral elections suggest this dominance of united russia is a transient a fair in love to their own devices they will vote to elect somebody else i am not sure they want a specific person that somebody else this is something the kremlin is very cognizant it is not clear it can control or clamp down but that there are your earnings for pluralism beyond the contract created but it is not clear yet it will come to meaningful fruition. >>. >> has you know, one of the projects to revitalize russia's strength is to carve out control within the former soviet union but the idea is to allow russia to reconstitute the market with the penetration in some w

clear skies, the near full moon, temperature at 5 degrees although it is gusting to 24 at reagan national. front came through last night. had the showers here and there in the afternoon and evening so most of the streets have dried out by this hour. behind it though you see a few clouds in the mountains. a good deal of sunshine across the ohio and tennessee valley. another front is moving toward wisconsin. that is coming toward tomorrow night. let me show you the futurecast, no problems today. stopping at 5:00 p.m. looks like a fine friday across the region. tonight we will be clear to partly cloudy. high school football games, light jackets. 60s by the second half. notice the clouds to the south, a weak system in the morning, maybe even a sprinkle in southern maryland here late in the day. then we'll watch the front out in the midwest. at 9:00, notice a couple of showers in frederick and in maryland. by sunday the sun will return, just going to be a little bit cooler on sunday. here's the forecast, today 6, a very pleasant afternoon. low 40s outside the beltway with light winds. 70 tomorrow, mo

he has been talking and more recently acting to create something called the russian national front. this is about 200 different political organizations, social organizations, which are intended to be an umbrella to feed ideas into united russia. it is intended to rehabilitate united russia, show united russia is more transparent and accountable listening to all these groups and the second is to push the liberal opposition to the outskirts of russian politics because everybody but everybody is part of the national front and you are not, that means you are crackpot and as a result vladimir putin has managed so far to maneuver through russian politics that there are hopeful signs that this is going to not be in definitely the case. for example mayoral elections suggests this dominance of united russia and united russian parties is a transient affair and left to their own devices voters will vote to elect somebody else. i am not exactly sure they want the specific person but somebody else other than the established hierarchy. this is something the kremlin is cognizant over, something it

because if everybody, everybody is part of the national front and you're not, that means you're a crackpot. as a result of putin has managed at least so far to maneuver through russian politics. but there are hopeful signs this is not going to be indefinitely the case. for example, mayoral elections in places suggest that this dominance of united russia and united russia leaning parties is a transient affair. and left to the own devices voters will vote to elect somebody. i'm not exactly sure that the one specific person but somebody else other than the established hierarchy. this is something that the kremlin is very cognizant over. it's something that it's likely the kremlin can control or clamp down on. it gives you a glimmer of hope that there is, there are yearnings for pluralism beyond the construct that putin has created but it's likely it they will come to any sort of real meaningful fruition. >> as you know, one of the projects president putin is doing to revitalize russia's of strength is to carve out control within the former soviet union. i think the idea is that would allow ru

parliamentary vote or to see what's driving these fears let's have a look here the national front party is literally breathing down his back recently grabbing a stunning forty percent of elections at elections in southern. rance the austrian freedom party came third in legislative elections last month and the u.k. independence party finished runner up in three out of four local council by elections last week and there is no way it's forming a right wing minority government with the progress party snatch the place in september's elections will get a phantom and he's the leader of one of belgium's nationalist party says e.u. leaders are getting it all wrong the traditional parties which which are mainly parties in power don't listen to the people the way they handle the economic and financial crisis is in a way that they don't listen to what people have to pay for it the poor people get poorer and the way they handle this crisis is more integration more european union more generalized european policy for the whole territory of the european union and euro zone this is not the way it should

next year's parliamentary vote and to see what's driving his fear is that sound like here the national front party is literally breathing down his spine the group recently grabbed a stunning forty percent elections in southern france the austrian freedom party got over twenty percent and came in third in the country's legislative elections last month the u.k. independence party finished a runner up in three out of four local council by elections last week adding weight to the group's anti euro stance and norway now which is now tightening on immigration is forming a right wing minority government with the progress party that's not place in september's elections let's not discuss these trends with gerold anemones who is the leader of belgium's nationalist alarms about one party mr anyones welcome to r.t. so why are they right when our nationalist party is grabbing the upper hand in europe well i think it's because of the traditional parties which which are mainly parties in power don't listen to the people the way they handle the economic and financial crisis is in the way that they don't lis

next year you parliamentary vote well to see what's driving his fans let's have a look at the national front party is literally breathing down his back the group recently grabbed a stunning forty percent to the elections in southern france the. austrian freedom party got over twenty percent and came in third in the country's legislative elections last month and the u.k. independence party that finished run a rap in three out of four local council by elections last week adding weight to the group's anti euro stance there in the u.k. and norway which is now tightening on immigration is forming a right wing minority government with the progress party that's net place in september's elections get off anemones he's the leader of one of belgium's nationalist party says the e.u. leaders the getting it all wrong the traditional parties which are mainly parties in power don't listen to the people the way they handle the economic and financial crisis is in a way that they don't listen to what people have to pay for it the poor people get poorer and the way they handled this crisis is more immigration

the moro national liberation front was involved in a standoff for more than two weeks in the city of zamboanga. there are claims they were mistreated by security forces as well. we have a report. >> reporter: these boys find it difficult to share theheir stories. they say they were abducted from outlying islands in the southern philippines by moro national liberation front fighters, and at gunpoint they were forced to join the battle the fighters waged against government troops in zamboanga city. >> translator: i don't know why they took us. what they did to us is wrong. i want to go home. >> reporter: they managed to escape, and were taken by government troops and forced to admit they were rebels they say and were beaten up by the very same people whose job it is to protect them. the boys are now in the care of the social welfare department, which confirms they are minors. the philippine military denies those accusations saying it is working hard to ensure that the rights of everyone, including the accused, are protected. more than 200 fighters attacked zamboanga city in the souther

fought together as the national liberation front or fmln. santos says some of the people were falsely accused of belonging to guerilla groups. others disappeared with death squads. the picture in the yellow book shows a young woman a swollen face named carmella castro. then a group of men dressed in civilian clothes took her to her house to search it. >> laura her sister was at home when the death squad arrived. carmenda had worked with a group in honduras but returned home with a small baby to live with her family. >> what was the last thing that your sister said to you? >> they left and carmenda was gone forever. it helped them finally confirm that government agencies were involved in her disappearance. during the war, salvadoran, does the yellow book show that they were cooperating with the security forces at the highest level? the reagan administration also claimed that the death squads were independent groups. >> the argument that the reagan administration made was that these were rogue units. >> we showed him key pages from the yellow

have a extremism unit which classifies organizations far right far left we have scripts like national front who are extreme far right the me of the british national party who are far and smack bang in the center so it's not it's not a nazi organization yes it's had its problems where we thought from within to keep nazis out of the organization britain doesn't really have the same similar problems across europe with neo nazis being as poor as powerful as strong as they are in other countries. blessed for that really but we do have a growing problem which will grow with islamist threat because when we take away any platform for a healthy center for a debate by labeling anyone who says anything as far right we actually drive and push people to the far right which is what we're hoping to do is open up a healthy platform and when you when you talk about hundreds brevik if you talk if you take his manifesto i think it's page sixteen hundred eighty three he described to fence leaders noisy force he said of what the two ideologies can never be reconciled and we believe democracy can solve the probl

. >>> france's national front party looks likely to storm ahead in the regional bye election. the party is in full position to win. after unexpectedly taking the majority of votes in the first round last week. the party is tipped to secure a calm and quieter of domestic votes in nix years' election of the european parliament. >>> journalists in russia are calling for the release of a green peace photographer. he is being held on piracy charges. he was detained with 29 other enviromental activists after trying to scale a state oil rig last month. the charges carry a maximum prison sentence of 15 years. >>> in moscow protestors have fought with police over a killing of a young man. he was murdered from a migrant from the caucuses they chanted slogans and vandalized shops. hundreds of people were arrested. >>> the vatican says the funeral of a gnat zpi wa gnat y war crit be held in any of the churches because he never repented. he had 15 years of house arrest for the killing of people during world war ii. he wanted to be buried near his wife in argentina but the country has refus

on the other hand, i would like to mention some figures that are predicted at the national front level -- french level. the french people at 50% do believe that the coordinated european policy would make a strong difference in solving this crisis. only 32% of the french people believe that political party at the european level could make a difference with the left and right bloc debating. >> throughout europe, there is skepticism over how much brussels can do. if there is a snap election right now in italy, how do the main parties fare and how do the antiestablishment parties, like beppe grillo's five-star movement, farfe? >> the most likely outcome of a new election is what we have now. >> it would be the same. >> most likely. there are a few unknowns. we do not know the electoral weight and how much the story will affect berlusconi's credibility in his own party. there are a few unknowns. the most likely outcome is that there will be a 30-30-30 divide in the senate and the nessus -- and the necessity to have a grand coalition of some sort. i think this is what letta is counting on. t

and a lot of the times the third parties are on the right, we're seeing that in france with the national front and with an independence in britain. >> i'd like to see a well organized third party. i think the country would be better for it. however, right now it would help the democrats if that happened. >> bill, can we nominate nelly for the fed chairman and get rid of nelly? >> i want to hang with nelly in the upper echelon. i'm not in that. i am, but i'm not. but i like nelly. >> i like the way he said that. >> if he wants to come on this program, we'd be happy to have him. laura, thank you very much. >>> on the other side, bernstein. >>> and a house segment featuring you sounding off. that will please dennis miller >>> continuing now with our lead story, winners and losers in the government shutdown debacle. yesterday carl bernstein said this. >> the republican party today has become a rabid organization from the top down. the leadership, it's cancerous. we have to go back to the party -- to the democratic party of segregation to find this kind of scorched earth politics putting the nation

25% of people in a recent poll said they would vote for the far right, the national front, and the european elections. that is a scandal. that is what people should be putting on the front page, not some goofy french parliamentarians making chicken sounds. they should throw the ball out. >> we should be careful about these things. >> we will move on. in 1924, agatha christie published a short story in one of her famed characters who solves the caper. the story is called "the kidnapped prime minister." life imitated art this week in the predawn hours of thursday. england's prime minister was whisked off by gunmen from the tripoli hotel where he resides. he was free by lunchtime, but the story sent shockwaves. >> i hope that we will deal with this situation with wisdom. remove from any tension and escalation. there is no doubt the situation needs to be dealt with. i would like to assure foreigners here in libya that what has just occurred was solely a result of complications within libyan politics and foreigners are not targets. >> foreigners are not hard it's, a reference to the fact that la

then it would be tremendous for the far right and the national front. >> the interior minister has had run-ins with the justice minister over prison reform. he has had run-ins now with education. he has for now the support of the prime minister. do you think emanuel belongs in the government? >> i believe he belongs in the government. it is a social -- socialist government. it is an example of the diversity of opinions you might see in the socialist party in general. look at the government. you have people from different socialist sides. >> is it a bit surreal? this thursday, you had the high school student union, close to the socialist party, calling on people to march. >> it is not against the ministry of interior. it was just asked him -- >> not from socialist. >> i think he is in a peculiar document and also the left position on the whole story is a bit confused. if you look at the figures, the manual is very popular. more popular than the president. three times as popular as the president. he has got 75% backing in the french population. a lot of those people must be from the left

government soldiers and fighters from the moro national liberation front were fighting in the residentialreas of zamboanga. the crisis is over, but some people feel differently. we have this report. >> the torrment of the siege in one city is etched deeply in the home. >> my house is not home any more. >> what they have left are scars. memories built for decades, reduced to ashes. their home was one of many destroyed during a 90 day siege during philippine soldiers and fighters through the moray national liberation front. >> i'm angry. there's no solution. both side, the government and moray. i'm a civilian, innocent civilian like me, good citizens. >> the siege started when mla fighters marched, demanding to launch their flag at the center of the city. thousands of government soldiers responded in the days that followed. the crisis left 200 dead. >> residents say although they are grateful they are allowed to return to their homes they are faced with a bigger dilemma, how to pick up the pieces of their lives. >> so they say whatever scraps they can. many of them say they came home to dis

the many destroyed during a siege between philippine soldiers and fighters from the moro national liberation frontn september. >> i'm angry. there's no solution. my deep sentiment, both sides, them and the government - i'm an innocent civilian like me, good citizens. >> the siege started when mlf fighters marched on zamboanga, demanding to lodge their flag. thousands of government soldiers responded. the crisis left 200 dead. residents here say although they are grate. they are being allowed to return to their homes, they say they are faced with a bigger dilemma - how to pick up the pieces of their lives again. and so they say whatever scraps they can. many of them say they came home to disor that their homes had been looted or razed to the ground. 20,000 have been displaced. many are in evacuation examples in squalid continues with little to eat or drink. government resources are stretched. >> we just have to move forward and make sure that whatever was destroyed - we are not going to only rebuild them, but rebuild them better. at least get some consolation out of what happened. >> but adequate c

nearby, carrying weapons are said to be national liberation front rebels. philippine military believe to have opened fire. some fall, while others scamper for safety. he is no stranger to armed conflict. he fought as a soldier against the mlf which they first sought independence at the end of the 11960s, now the very same fighters are the ones that held him hostage. >> we were so happy because we thought a ceasefire had been declared. the mlf fired so the military retaliate, i was slit with shrapnel. a student lost an arm, another shot in the stomach. >> reporter: the philippine government and president has questioned the authenticity of the video. they have even suggested that it may be fake. though they are taking the allegations seriously. >> these claims been properly investigated. if there are cases that have to be filed, they will be filed. but at the same time, perhaps i should caution you that it snacks of a bit of prop began a. the actions, by the mlf brought about the crisis. >> reporter: it's been weeks since the government declared the crisis of

runs into cash in its ability to borrow more money putting the nation in front of a very real risk of two fold. the latest from new york i ninety a government shutdown with a credit default looming in the wings washington's failure to so far agree on a budget or how to pay its bills has given an entirely new meaning to american exceptionalism hundreds of thousands of americans are losing paychecks and social benefits because u.s. officials elected to lead this country are engaged in a bitter fiscal deadlock on tuesday president barack obama said he would be willing to negotiate on budget issues only after republicans agreed to reopen the federal government and raise the debt limit without preconditions republicans meanwhile are insisting on deficit reduction talks as a condition for raising the federal debt by october seventeenth members of the party have demanded also that obama's health care be delayed or defunded in return for approving funds to end the government shutdown of president obama warned the public that an economic shutdown the first in history would be dramatically wors

runs out of cash and its ability to borrow more money putting the nation in front of a very real risk of default of the political stalemate has also backfired on the country's army veterans and the grieving families of the war heroes who were killed while serving in the u.s. military since of the shutdown started now due to a lapse in federal funding relatives of the deceased countries see the death aggression which normally covers funeral and related expenses if the stalemate continues a month as the other benefits would also be jeopardize the department of veterans affairs has warned it will not have the money to pay them all this comes as both democrats and republicans refuse to capitulate to costing americans hundreds of millions of dollars every day. as the details of nine day government shutdown with the credit default looming in the wings washington's failure to so far agree on a budget or how to pay its bills has given an entirely new meaning to american exceptionalism hundreds of thousands of americans are losing paychecks and social benefits because u.s. officials elected to

national parks in the state. the interiorry state made the offer, the world war ii home front national historical park in richmond, california. certainly a mouth full that one. it's also home to betty reed who at 92 is the nation's oldest park ranger. betty, you said because of your age this is your last decade and you can't afford to have anyone wasting your time. when you heart about the government shutdown, what does it mean to you? >> it means that when i got to be 9 two years old, that there comes along with that a sense of urgency, a sense that if i don't get it right this time, i don't have time to do it over, that that gets applied to work that i enjoy, and having the shutdown interrupts all of that. >> so do you feel like they are wasting your time? >> yes, i do. >> does it make you feel like kind of the only adult in the room when you watch these politicians talking on tv? >> yes, yes, that's true and i think that washington needs a lot more adults. >> what would you say to them if some of them are watching tonight? would you want them to know? >> i'm not sure i'm wise enough in what they are dealing wi

they are waving the white flag of they are said to be from the national liberation front rebels. the philippine military is believed to have opened fire. others scampered for safety. >> junior santander morte is no stranger to conflict. he fought as a soldier for the mlmf at the end of the 196 0s. the same mighters are the ones that hold him hostage. >> translation: we were so happy because we thought a caef fire had been declared. the mlms were the first to retaliate. hostages were shot. i was hit in the head with shrapnel. a student lost an arm, another shot in the stomach. >> the philippine government of president benigno aquino questioned the authenticity of video, suggesting that it may be fake. they are taking allegations seriously. >> they are claims that will be investigated. if there are cases that have to be filed, they'll be filed. at the same time i should caution that that it snacks of a bit of propa ganned ape -- propaganda. the bottom lining is the actions by the mlf brought about the crisis. >> it's weeks since the benigno aquino government declared the crisis ove

. >> reporter: ranger betty is the nation's oldest park ranger based at the world war i national home fronterside, california and out of work for the past 16 days. >> this national park service facility is closed. >> reporter: we first caught up with ranger betty as she struggled with the shutdown. >> time for me is precious. my whole identity has become under that hat. >> reporter: but it's not just a hat. ranger betty, whose great-grandmother was born into slavery, lives to teach about the greatest mobilization of workers into history. workers from the segregated south all came together to build ships, sometimes more than one a day. >> this park brings us a chance and a way to go back and revisit that era that we moved through too fast to learn from. >> reporter: like lessons in working together that betty says could have come in handy in washington. >> have you ever, in your 92 years, seen anything like this? >> no. >> reporter: for more than two weeks, no one was allowed into the park, including surviving rosies here for a reunion last weekend. but today ranger betty is back, welcoming

been displaced by clashes between the army and accept are a activity fighters from the moro national liberation front. government troops are still hunting for leaders believed to be on the run. >> the somali armed group that carried out the west gate mall attack in kenya have threatened more violence. the president said he won't be bullied by al shabab. he promised to set up a new in cushion into the siege on the mall last week. we have more from southern somalia. >> this is the front line of kenya's fight against al shabab. the bone dry and dusty expanse stretches on you from the airport in somalias far south. the rebels are only a few kilometers to the north. the kenyans have been dug in for just over a year, watching mostly, and fending off al shabab attacks. the militants haven't pushed further since the weapons have arrived. >> fortune armies are cautious if coming into somalia, even if it's humanitarian missions. if they're coming too hard and too many civilian casualties, sow malians have driven them out. >> the kenyans crossed into somalia in 2011, after al shabab kidnapped aid workers then t

nearby, carrying weapons are set more to be a national liberation front rebels. the military is said to have opened fire. some fall while others scamper for safety. >> jr is no stranger to armed conflict. now the very same fighters were the ones who held him o hostage. >> translator: we were so happy because we thought a cease fire had been declared. the mnlf were the first to fire. i was hit with shrapnel in the head. a student was shot in the arm. another was shot in the president. >> the philippine government has questioned the authenticity of the video . they also have suggested it could be fake though they are taking the allegation seriously. >> it will be investigated. if there are cases that have to be filed, they will be filed. i should caution you it's a bit so far a bit of propaganda. the fact is that they brought about the crisis in minut minda. >> who is responsible for the death of many civilians? over 200 people have been killed. mnlf fighters took over 200 civilians hostage. they demanded to ar be able to hoist their flag. thousands of military tro

many destroyed during the siege between philippine soldiers and fighters from the mo ra national liberation front in september. >> there is no solution. both sides, government, i'm a civilian, inspect civilians like me. >> reporter: the siege started with mls fighters demanding to hoist their flag in the center of the city. thousands of government soldiers responded in the days that followed. the crisis left at least 200 people dead. >>> they say although they're grateful they're allowed to return to their homes, they're now faced with a bigger dilemma, how to pick up the pieces of their lives again. they save whatever scraps they can. many of them say they came home to discover their homes had been either looted or razed to the grouped. over 120,000 people have been displaced. many remain in evacuation camps in squalor conditions and little to eat or drink. government resources are stretched. >> we have to move forward and whatever was destroyed, we're not only going to build them, but we're going to build them peter. and get some consolation of what happened. >> reporter: adequate compensation