i'll talk about domestic violence today with nicholas kristof and doesn't -- sheryl wudunn.f mousse >>> you're watching "talk to al jazeera". i'm stephanie sy speaking with nicholas kristof and sheryl wudunn about their latest book and documentary series that calls attention to what they say is an opportunity gap in the u.s. going back the so series episode 1 focussing on sexual trafficking, episode 2 on poverty. episode 3 deals with domestic violence, and again a shocking statistic. in the u.s. domestic violence claims for than three lives a day when you average it out. have those statistics shifted much? >> they have. there has been improvement in domestic violence in america over the last generation and you see that in both the in the, the proportion of women beaten and in attitudes. in 1978 in surveys, half of americans said it was appropriate for a man to beat his wife with a stick or a belt. half of americans said that. >> in 1970. >> in 1978. it would be absurd to ask. likewise the incidents as far as we can tell of domestic abuse has found by more than half in that p

. >>> "a path appears," the latest book by journalists nicholas kristof and sheryl wudunn highlights problems in the u.s., including sexual exploitation, and was turned into a pbs series examining domestic violence. >> in 1978, in surveys, half of americans said it was sometimes appropriate for a man to beat his wife with a stick or a belt. half of americans said that. >> the husband and wife pair recruited celebrity activists as they looked at ways to tackle poverty. >> you do need to work together to raise a child to break them out of poverty. >> it's easier to help a 6 month old, than it is a struggling 16 year old down the road. >> the duo also talked about their lives and pulitzer prize winning work in china. >> when i met sheryl. she worked for "the wall street journal", and i for the "new york times". it was better to collaborate as a colleague rather than a rival. >> i sat with nicholas kristof and sheryl wudunn in new york. >> so you have a book, and a project. it's called "a path appears". sheryl, talk about where that title comes from. >> it came from a chinese author, who

it was better to collaborate as a colleague than a rival. >> i sat with nicholas kristof and cheryl.m. >> it came from a chinese author, who said hope is like a path in the countryside, as more walk, a path appears. it's about hope and strategies for shaken. that's why we thought a path appears would be about. described. >> the first episode focuses on sex trafficking. this is something the other book has to focus on. this episode was about sex states. >> right. here? >> we think it's been foreign women being smuggled into the u.s., and that's real, it's here. but there are 100,000 girls, home-grown girls who are trafficked into the sex trade each year in the u.s. the scale is extraordinary, and the response - these are victims, teenage girls. the pimples are not arrested, the johns are not arrested. they are arrested. the victims. >> it's shocking. a couple of people you profile is that they were sold by the very people supposed to love them and care for them. >> their mum sold them to a pimp at the age of 12. obviously shawna's mother herself was in the business and addicted to dru

. >>> "a path appears," the latest book by nicholas kristof and doesn't sheryl wudunn highlights problemsthe u.s., and was turned into a pbs series examining domestic violence. >> it was a 1938 survey, half of americans said it was appropriate for americans to adult. >> the husband and wife pair recruited celebrity activists as they looked at ways to tackle poverty. >> you do need to work together to raise a child and break them out of poverty. >> it's easier to help a 6 month 6-month-old. lives. >> when i met cheryl. she worked for "the wall street shawna goodwin, first of all, didn't go to school. she did go. failed the first or second grade. she remembers the one time. her mum took her to a friend's house, they go to a temp's house. the mother tried to get her to spend time with the family. >> when shawna resisted, her mother shot her with heroin. shawna goodwin remembers falling back on the water bed in a rush. that was her initiation. >> god. another shocking statistic that you mentioned is that 15% of american men regularly purchase sex. >> i think that we can dramatically improve t

nicholas: politico says, "who knows? she could implode totally."there have been few -- some are highly scathing of her in terms of criticism. others are saying we are a bit unnerved by this whole event. one quote, this scandal is a signal, a warning. it says there is a mix of concerned resignation and urgency in the democratic camp as far as its nominating process fo hillary -- for hillary goes. another quote, "hillary must go on the offensive." this magazine argues that the fact that the media have jumped so heavily on this is possibly a good thing for her. they could be doing her a favor by getting the scandal over with now. the argument is that there will be more negative stories coming through about her. the fact that this one is happening now gives her a chance to address it, to come back fighting. that paper is asking, who will be talking about this in a year's time? molly: all this without her having officially named herself as a candidate. let's turn our attention to europe. we are seeing a lot of papers focusing on the ongoing tension betw

nicholas sara cow ---sarkozy and says a picture there of the former president nicholas sarkozy lookingith himself and headlines says faced with a divided left and a national front less strong than expected and leader of unp is winner of this first stage of the local elections so that is the french press and excited in the obvious that unp came first in the first round and national round second and socialist party dragging heels in third place. >> while i have you briefly please what conclusions can we draw for the longer term after the first round results? >> reporter: i would say there are a number of lessons to be learned here. one is that opinion polls are only that opinion polls are not scientific and not predicting the future and also depend on voters actually accurately telling polsters what they are doing when they get in the privacy of ballot boxes and opinion polls over state the national front and they also tell us and confirm to us it has been a very bad blow for the socialist party and says the socialist party is out of favor and the president and his picture not on newspap

here is nicholas rushworth. nicholas: there are just hours now for iran and world powers to reach a framework agreement on iran's nuclear powers. >> negotiations will continue with great intensity. we sat together in talks throughout monday, but the truth is we are right now at a critical stage. we must continue to negotiate with great seriousness. nicholas: tehran is maintaining the suspense, saying it hopes to reveal at some point where we might reach agreement or it might be feasible, nevertheless we hope that maybe on tuesday or wednesday, a deal can be reached. nicholas: world powers want iran to scale back its nuclear program. tehran says it has no aggressive intent. sticking points in talks depended on the number of centrifuges iran could keep, the removal of its iranian-fueled stockpile, the breakout time of how long it will take for iran to make an atomic bomb, lifting the sanctions, and how long any final deal should last. while some issues appear sewn up, others have not. it is grim and i. finalized a

a comeback for nicholas sarkozy. his coalition is the big winner in the local elections. no final results from the general rule elections -- two general elections in nigeria. it is between the current president and the former military ruler. also coming up, the very latest on the germanwings crash in the french alps. investigator searching through the wreckage are forced to resume the hunt on foot due to bad weather. a week after the plane went down, how much of a financial hit is the parent company lufthansa expected to take. first, our top stories. first, there is a little over one day left for international diplomats to find a deal on limiting it ron's -- iran's nuclear capacity. they have given themselves until midnight tuesday to draw up the outline of an agreement. for the latest on those talks i am joined by our reporter. deal or no deal? reporter: these negotiations are proving to be more problematic than the peace talks than trying to end the war with iraq. the sticking points are in place. they include research and development components in the latter stages, wh

nicholas: absolutely so, and you are right.that we had a long hangover from the financial crisis and it dampened not just confidence of investors and consumers but even ceo's, and so the buyback theme became so popular. what is the next step? the survey said that growth is now the next step. julie: so how are you translating that into investment decisions? what sectors are you seeing that investment happen and where are you recommending people -- nicholas: we did work on the nasdaq recently because the nasdaq is a big composite index, but the top 10 names comprise a third of the next. pimm: cap-weighted right? nicholas: it is. 50% of the accuses apple. -- 15% of the use is apple. betty: investors want the companies to spend her but when it comes to their own money, over 40% want to hold on to their cash. they have actually more cash than they did before. what is this? they want companies to walk the talk that they themselves want? nicholas: that is precisely right come that is what the survey found. it might sound hypocritical

nicholas maduro has ordered his country to reduce the number of u.s. officials. >>> addressing congress by benjamin netanyahu. a growing number of congress members have decided to skip the speech kimberly halkett reports. >> every year, thousands of jewish advocates desend on washington, to promote the u.s.-israeli relationship, one increasingly strained because joarn invitedjoarnjohn boehner invited benjamin netanyahu to speak before the joint house of congress. why it's expected netanyahu's speech will urge congress to impose tough new sanctions. more than 30 members of congress say they will boycott the speech. undermining the white house's efforts to cement an agreement with iran, those in congress who stay issue with israeli settlement expansion in violation of international law and last summer's assault on gaza have until now remained mostly quiet. >> senate will come to order. >> but now a rare rift over supportive israeli policies are being exposed in congress and the more than 6 million juice who live in the united states. -- 6 million jews wh

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nicholas: i don't know that they are operating in good faith. think they are at the table because the price of oil has dipped for them and they have lost a lot of hard currency through the drop in the price of oil. secondly, sanctions have been very intrusive. particular leave the oil embargo by the europeans and financial sanctions by the united states and the european union. so the sanction is a bit hard and they have heard the iranian economy. iran was not in good shape to begin with. i think that is the principle reason they are at the table. that means we can combine leverage sanctions, all with diplomacy which is what i think administration has wanted to do. i think -- i hear the administration has been effective in setting this up and we will now have to see whether the iranians are willing to make the fundamental compromise at the end of these negotiations that are always most difficult. in most negotiations, the toughest issues are left for last and that appears to be where these negotiations now stand. matt: the u.s. congress, u.s. sen

. >> nicholas wapshott is next. he recounts president roosevelt's involve in the debate between interventionists and isolationists prior to america's entry into world war ii. this is about 45 minutes. >> good afternoon welcome back to lunch and learn. i'm david cowen today we'll larry from nicholas wapshott on his book by the spinx." he started his career in newspapers and rose through the ranks of the london times the world's oldest continueus newspaper to become it features editor, which means he wrote profileses of everybody from playwrights to politicians and everyone in between. then he molder to the world's oldest continuous sunday number, the london observer to do the a similar thing. comes over to the pond here to be the north american correspondent and then joins the u.s. suns a national and foreign editor and columnist. so nicholas has worked for a very wide range across the political spectrum of different editorial continuum or editorial content from different newspapers. he now is the international edito

president nicholas maduro has a little over 20% approval rate. presidential elections are looming ahead. they are more concerned about the elections than a possible air strike. >> i have been a victim of crime three times. we need to focus on that and we need to focus on the issue everywhere. >> reporter: issue of sanctions has been a matter ever national priority. where had the support extends to his own backyard will be only proved out at the polls. >> we examine the growing concerns of venezuela, this week. >>> they say this is the man who shot two officers outside the ferguson police department last thursday. the officers were shot during protests that followed the resignation of ferguson police chief thomas jackson. the county prosecutor says more arrests may come. richelle carey reports. >> at this point the stress is ongoing. an awful lot to be done. >> st. louis prosecuting attorney robert mccullough announced the arrest of the person who shot the two police officers monday morning. >> it's possible he could have been shooting at someone

. >>> in venezuela lawmakers have agreed to give president nicholas maduro new powers which allow himlateral decrease. decrees. the u.s. president barack obama had called him a threat to u.s. national security. virginia lopez reports. >> reporter: venezuela's government rula decemberbly has given president nicholas maduro swing powers, the right to pass hows without congress' approval. the national anthem and cries of yankee go home. the president spoke to the crowds in caracas the nationalist sentiment was clear. what was missing was a clear idea of what his new powers meant. >> translator: the american government has committed the most embarrassing repugnant and aggressive act that we can remember in our 200-year history. since venezuela was called venezuela and since simon boulevard liberated us, that is why i went to the national assembly. >> reporter: the move comes days after the u.s. branded venezuela a national threat and sanctioned seven government officials. as the head of the country's parliament hand delivered the enabling law thousands outside the palace roared in support

he has to get past nicholas sarkozy, the party leader.s week he said it is the battle between him and nicholas sarkozy to run up to the 2017 election. they are saying there is mania among certain people on the left. you want to watch out for them. anchor: the jihadist threat that continues in many countries around the world. reporter: one magazine is called " alternative nationalle." this is about the wave of jihadist groups we have seen around the world. the main article opens with these words.' they are delighted because we are afraid. it looks at how the network around the world is building and incorporating. their hundreds of chechen fighters in syria. the leaders in syria is chechen. another example is that the indonesian group is in principal renounced violence but has been recruiting for people to go to syria. it sent finds to syria. another magazine, which is looking at the plight of christians in the middle east. you can see the headline there. it says the vatican is launching an offensive to counter these attacks. last month 21

where poll tippings have given president nicholas maduro new powers which allow them on rule by decreeu.s. pruz barack obama imposed now sanction on his mr. ma dory option government calling venezuela a threat to u.s. security. >> reporter: venezuela's government ruled assembly have given president nicholas maduro swing powers, the right to pass laws without conga previous to him fist pumps in the air the national anthem and cries of yankee go home. the president spoke to the crowds in crack us, the national sent. was clear, what was missing was a clear idea of what his new powers meant. >> the american government has committed the most embarrassing repugnant and aggressive act that we can remember in our 200-year history. since venezuela was called venezuela and sin simon boulevard liberated us, that's why went to the national assembly. >> reporter: the move comes days after the u.s. branded venezuela a national threat and sanctioned seven government officials. as the head of the parliament hands delivered the law thousands outside the palace roared in support of what they say will al

michelle: nicholas sarkozy immediately ruled out any alliances. the former french president instead instructing unp voters to abstain. genie: nexen they will see several runoffs by the conservative blocks -- next sunday will see several runoffs for the conservative blocks. anti-immigration had a particularly strong showing in southeastern france. you will find a 25-year-old unp was also the niece of the national front leader. michelle: there is still a second round to go, but on sunday, supporters were celebrating. here a city of avenue on, the far right party receiving 35% of the vote thanks in part to this person. >> we treat the second round in all of the districts. michelle: as the youngest impey ever elected to the national assembly, she is a rising star. the 25-year-old is a useful step away from her grandfather and party founder. >> she has a kindness and restraint to her. she doesn't lash out or use word games like her grandfather to upset people. >> i was with another party for while and it was a total mess. why not go with the national f

secondly we recently have seen the political return of the ex-president nicholas sarkosy who leads the ump party. he is expected to give the right-wing national front a real rug for their money. thirdly, it's only two months since is the attacks here in paris, something that also sent shock waves across entire country and may well have a bear okay how people vote two years away from the national presidential election no major political party really edging any distance ahead. it's really up for grabs as to who could well end up president of the country. as it stands though in recent poles, you mentioned about 30% of the votes have been taken by the national front a similar all right for the unp party for nicholas sarkozy trailing behind in polls the president has seemn his popularity plummet in recent years decide widespread verdict here that he harried handled the paris attacks very well. all eyes are where the support for the national front will continue to take route on a national and level. it's been pretty clear support has continued to grow across the country. but how widespread a

nicholas hawk, al jazeera senegal. >>> more to come ton program. we'll tell you why the israeli prime minister's upcoming speech to congress is threatening the relations between the two allies. >> individuals in government who want to control. >> and why it's a confusing picture for tv viewers in kenya. >> tomorrow, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". tomorrow, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> welcome back. i'm shilly gauche. the top stories opposition supporters in moscow are preparing to march in support of boris nemtsov. >>> egyptian court declaring hamas a terrorist organization. >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is heading to the u.s. toing address a joint session of congress. contraction appeared once unbreakable. >> every year, thousands of jewish advocates descend on washington. the goal is to promote the u.s. israeli relatio

. >> nicholas sarkozy is leading in the french elections marine le pen didn't do as well as she had hoped. simon mcgregor wood reports. >> as she voted on sunday, marine le pen projected results shows a big disappointment for her. while her party gained more councilors, they did not gain one more councilor. >> the national front as a powerful force this jurisdictional victory is a good sign for future. the socialist party is disappearing while the national front is showing ssms successful results. >> led by former president nicholas sarkozy might help his fall tergfaultering campaign to become the next president. >> this has never happened before, never before have the government lost so many departments. >> reporter: the socialists of president francois hollande have been punished by voters the high unemployment and staggering economy of france. before these elections the polling suggested the french people were turning towards the national front in greater numbers, attracted to the antiimmigration stance. doesn't yet have the critical mass to intraik through and break through and that w

nicholas. a novelist by trade. nicholas wrote an entire book about the instrument.the countess. it explains the pain staking restoration back in the 1990s. >> the wear-and-tear of such instruments is high. aside from the physical stress there's change in climate. change in temperature. change in humidity. at a certain point the cello was almost as weary as he. >> nicholas' book describes a harrowing process. the cello sat in pieces for months while some of its wood was patched. >> bernie got more and more restless and more and more ready to have his heart's darling returned. he said then i will never let it go again. and he never did. >> but he did play the strad for another decade. in the last years of his life, bernard became so attached to the cello that he slept with it. every serious bidder will demand that the countess has no significant flaws. >> in this case, we did a ct scan of the cello. jamie: like a doctor does? >> yes. jamie: is that unusual. >> we don't do it very often, but there were questions if there was a crack. >> chris rooney called me one day h

joining me now is nicholas and his lawyer aaron. hello to you both.how did you think to bring this argument? were you surprised and decided to win unanimously? >> hello, ari, great to be here. we were very pleased with the result. unfortunately, it did take four years for this case to make its way up to the high court. we're grateful that the high court agreed to uphold the law as it stands in connecticut. now many people in connecticut can clear their records. >> nicholas to be clear, in your case as has been reported you have other prior convictions in addition. so why was it important to get the pot convictions expunged? >> yeah well it helps a great many other people out there who only have pot convictions on their record. sometimes they go to get a job and it's on their record and it looks bad. so now they can get it off the record and go on with life. >> and in your case in your situation, i understand you have a medical marijuana card there in connecticut, where it is legal, which reduces the stigma. how has that affected you in just your own l

also nicholas on the boat guy named nicholas took us out on the boat. it was fantastic.obs here running camera and audio, and bruno sending it all back to you guys. so it was because of them that we made this all happen. so it was is a fantastic time. i guess that's a look >>> i'm first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. as we head into the rest of today, our temperatures will be a bit cooler than what we saw yesterday. still mild, ranging between 48 and 51 degrees. sunny and nice, and then we see clouds moving in as we head into tomorrow. rain is expected by tomorrow night and that's going to last into your weekend. take a look at saturday, rainy conditions all day long. we'll see more clearing as we head into saturday evening. 54 degrees is the high. sunday windy with a high of 52. >> reporter: and, guys koebts bring you all here and i can't bring back sunshine but i can bring gifts. that's always good. matt, i know you'll be golfing. maybe another couple of months from now back up in new york. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: savannah doesn't get much anymore. i

. >> nicholas wapshott is next. he recounts president roosevelt's involve in the debate between interventionists and isolationists prior to america's entry into world war ii. this is about 45 minutes. >> good afternoon welcome back to lunch and learn. i'm david cowen today we'll larry from nicholas wapshott on his book by the spinx." he started his career in newspapers and rose through the ranks of the london times the world's

part of financial contributions to the election campaign in 2007 by the former french president nicholas sarkozy. >> is this likely to impact the political fortunes of sarkozy and his hopes for reelection? >> certainly it won't help. will car sarkozy himself obviously lost the presidential election in 2012. he had a few years in the political wilderness, but last year staged something of a comeback by getting himself reelected as leader of the opposition right wing u.m.p. party. obviously, his ambition very much to return to the palace as president of france. he's dogged by all sorts of allegations pertaining to alleged corruption. he himself was questioned some months ago. apparently there were police taps on his phone and there was suspicion that he might as we said, have been receiving campaign funds back in 2007 from everseas forces. the fact now that his very close aid who worked closely with mr. sarkozy before he was president and acted as interior minister while mr. sarkozy was president, that such a close ally and supporter someone who had been intimately involved in campaigning

former president nicholas sarkozyed party and allies are leading. the far right national front is in second place. jacky rowland has more from paris. >> it was quite a convincing lead for the u.n.p., the center right party led by the former french president nicholas sar koas i didn't, the national front did less well than some opinion poles predicted. very much a disappointing performance by the socialist party pretty much reinforcing the overall trend that the socialist party seems to be losing favor and in particular the french president francois hollande is not very highly rated at the moment. we must member also that this was only the first round of voting, because in france, there is a system of two rounds. it does give people the luxury of maybe registering protest vote making some kind of a statement in the first round while then actually getting more serious in the second round. also these are local elections rather than national elections again sometimes people vote in a different manager. what often happens in elections in france is that i

nicholas sarkozy marine le pen's party coming in second. here is jacky rowland in paris. >> a convincing lead for the unp, led by the former french president nicholas sarkozy the french president did somewhat less than opinion polls. the opinion polls are not an exact science a suggestion of voting tendencies. very much a reinforcement of the socialist party losing favor in particular the french president francois hollande is not very highly rated at the moment. we must remember also this was only the first round of voting. because in france there is a system of two rounds. it does give people the luxury of maybe registering a protest vote, make some sort of a statement in the first round while getting more serious in the second round. also these are local elections rather than national elections. again sometimes people vote in a different manner. what often happens in elections in france is that if the national front does well in a first round generally people voting for parties that have been knocked out in the first round will then rally

also nicholas on the boat guy named nicholas took us out on the boat. it was fantastic.oducer. kate. we had the bobs here running camera and audio, and bruno sending it all back to you guys. so it was because of them that we made this all happen. so it was is a fantastic time. >>> we've got a bub running a camera here. clear golden gate bridge. looking good at this hour. temperatures are going to be really comfortable today. noticeably warmer. want to show you san rafael the patchy fog burning off. we still have some lingering off the east shore. getting into this afternoon, temperatures are going to be comfortable. high pressure moving in. we're going to see the 80s by saturday. then everything changes. a few showers on the way. less than a quarter inch for the entire bay area. >> reporter: and, guys koebts bring you all here and i can't bring back sunshine but i can bring gifts. that's always good. matt, i know you'll be golfing. maybe another couple of months from now back up in new york. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: savannah doesn't get much anymore. i think

nicholas haque reports. >> is between 2000 and 2012, over this decade-long period, known as the minister of the earth and sky. he was responsible over so many portfolios responsible over lucrative details involving the port a major strategic port for west africa, also responsible for construction of a new airport. these are multimillion if not billion dollar deals. and this is where the opposition who is currently now in power say he was involved in mass corruption. at the age of 45 he is known to be very known to show his wealth very publicly, owning several properties, et cetera, et cetera. now, since the sentence, this prevents him from running in the next presidential elections. you have to remember that this sunday, the members of the opposition had voted in kareen wad as their presidential candidate. given the six year sentence he is likely to be unable to run. >>> the 2016 presidential race has kicked off yep with texas senator ted cruz saying he wants to be the republican's man at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. it was not impossible, it was to reignite the promise of america. are. >>

exit poll suggests nicholas sarkozy's and allies leading in the local french elections.he national front party is in second place. it's expected to make big gains against potulny's lance armstrong. a sirius kong 10er for the presidency in two years time. more on this now live in paris. what is thought to be behind marine lapenn's momentum in routined years and the gains she is likely to make in these local elections? well, they have made history here in france. shock results, of course last year when the party won 24 seats in eu parliamentary votes. >> sent shock waivers across france's political landscape. initially, the national front shared they were against continuing with the euro. they wanted to return to the franc. they wouldn't to introduce things like a referendum on the death penalty. in receipt years in the wake of the financial crisis and the rise of home grown viewer lens and the influx of fighters leaving france and heading to the middle east all of this has played in to a narrative that marine lapenn and the national front continued to share that they are

. >> nicholas maduro has a little over 20% approval rate and parliamentary elections loom ahead.n these streets, people are more worried about the soaring crime rate than a crime tract. >> our domestic problems are more real than a foreign enemy n we are being robbed and killed everywhere. >> president nicholas maduro has successfully turned the issue of sanctions into a matter of national sovereignty. it's brought international support, but whether the support extends to its own backyard will only be known at the upcoming polls. al jazeera karakas. >> still ahead on al jazeera, when we come back: the front line in iraq has reinforcements join a battle to retake the city of tikrit from is isil. the deaths of two young boys 10 years ago led to riots in a paris suburb. two police officers will go on trial. we will tell you why. step ahead of them because they're out there. >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is my selfie, what can you tell me about my future? >> can affect and surprise us. >> don't try this at home. >> "techknow" where tech

they will give president nicholas maduro to rule by degree and last week barack obama put sanctionedvernment calling venezuela a threat to u.s. national security and virginia lopez reports. >> reporter: venezuela government given president nicholas maduro powers the right to pass laws without congress approval and fist pump in the air and yankee go home they spoke to the crowds and the sentiment was clear, what was missing was a clear idea of what his new powers meant. >> translator: the american government has committed the most embarrassing aggressive act that we can remember in our 200-year history. since venezuela was called venezuela and since we were liberated that is why i went to the national assembly. >> reporter: the move comes days after the u.s. branded venezuela a national threat and sanctioned 7 government officials and hand delivered the law, thousands outside the palace roared in support of what they say will allow the president maduro to protect the oil-rich nation from a u.s. invasion and it was festive and not a country under siege. >> we have to unite in the threa

found guilty of corruption and wad was running for president sentenced to six years in prison and nicholasts from the capitol. >> reporter: guilty of embezzling $1.4 billion under his father's presidency, a foreign minister and leader of opposition did not show up in court to hear the verdict and preferred to stay in his cell for the trust he has in the justice system and knowing all too well the outcome of the trial. outside the courthouse his supporters were out in numbers, fearing the protest could turn violent the crowd is pushed further back. >> translator: he is our future, i want to exercise my right to show my support. they won't be able to shut me up. >> reporter: amnesty international accuses police to use force to suppress demonstrations. police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and the government says it's maintaining order, stating no one is above the law including wad. during the decade-long presidency of his father wad kareem controlled government positions holding the nickname minister of earth and sky. under his watch deals to oversee the port and construction of a new air

his successor nicholas maduro still faces massive economic challe compensation losing support even amongllowers. virginia lopez has this report. >> reporter: it's been two years since venture have swa* los los venezuela's hugo chavez died of cancer. his absent is still felt for some taking on a relike us furfur, for others, sadness has given away to dissolution. the oil-rich nation faces the highest inflation rate in the world. chronic food short i believes and an overall sense that the golden years of the revolution are over. continuing shortages of milk and auto parts hit her twice at as hard. she often returns home empty handed. >> translator: i personally think if chavez hadn't died maybe things in the country would be working better and not like they are now. our situation is critical. we have to queue for hours we can't find basic products, shortages are becoming too much to bare and that affects all venezuelans. >> reporter: and yet only a few doors away, another shop owner says life here is still business as usual. >> the revolutionaries, some are unhappy with some things in the

dan deleeuw and nicholas aithadi -- aithadi.an oscar. your work was great and your names are even better. congratulations. >> jimmy: did your mom enjoy the oscars? did she have fun? >> yeah. >> jimmy: was she nervous? >> she loved it. you know, going to the oscars is epic and we always watched it, so she loved going. but she had no clue who anyone was. which is was hilarious. >> jimmy: she doesn't like to watch movies? >> she claims she does, but she doesn't. >> jimmy: no. she didn't recognize anybody? >> we met steve carrell and i was like "hi, steve, i'm a big fan," whatever, blah blah. and he said "oh yeah, i know who you are, ansel, it's good to meet you" or whatever, which was really cool. and then we talked for a little bit and my mom was there and he left, i said "mom, you know who that is, right? she said, "no." [ laughter ] i said mom that's steve carrell. and she said, "who is that?" i said, " he was in 'the office', he -- 40-year-old virgin? that's steve carell." "i've never heard of that." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah

nicholas maduro described the move as the most unjust aggressive and poisonous step the u.s.as ever taken against caracas and jordan has more from washington d.c. >> reporter: demonstrations against the worse economy in venezuela and the government of president nicholas maduro and security forces cracked down on them and in light of the arrest of political opponents and death of some protesters, one just 14 years old, u.s. president barack obama ordered sanctions against several government officials on monday, no travel to the u.s. their assets seized. >> there certainly are restrictions against individuals, separately we put out last week some information about what will be required to travel to venezuela in terms of visa's given restrictions put in place so there are a couple of things happening at once. >> reporter: maduro accused the u.s. of trying to over throw his government and saying the late president chavez and with the oil falling and the economy collapsing people are questioning maduro's effectiveness of president and them and government forces has alarmed washing

nicholas true thorns around the bottom part because he wanted to suggest that freedom would not be easy. this is not the end of a story but there would be more trouble to come for everybody. the baby was free. no chains. plan earth -- the planet earth behind it all which suggest it was freedom not just important to the southern states of the united states, but something to the entire world. i think for abraham lincoln that is not a bad legacy, i don't think. not a bad legacy. thank you very much. thank you. [applause] no take some questions. >> -- i will take some questions. >> did you come to any conclusions about the extent of federal government authorities in the booth conspiracy? traveling to canada, supposedly getting money from confederate sources, and the person in charge of the secret service leaving the country and never talking about anything involving the war. did that lead you to any conclusions? dr. alford: yes. i was attentive to questions. i wanted to know what connections booth had with the government. i did not find anything. i just did not find anything. i did help the

led by former president nicholas sarkozy.cted to win almost two-thirds of france's councils. that might help his faltering campaign to become the you feel m.p.'s next presidential candidate. >> translator: with their vote the french have reject the massively the politics of francois hollande's government. this has never happened before. never will have have the has the government lost so many departments. >> reporter: the social assists of president francois hollande have been punished by voters, frustrated with france's stuttering economy. and high unemployment. the result suggests they have lost up to 30 councils, to the u.m.p. before these elections the polling suggested the french people were turning towards the national front in greater numbers. increasingly attract today its anti-immigration anti-europe nationalism. these projected results show that while the party is gaining grassroots popularity, particularly some nba some regions it doesn't yet have the critical mass to breakthrough. and that will reassure those look

the lead party was nicholas sarkozy's mainstream party. about 50% of voters turned out on the first round of this poll and they voted in the mainstream conservative party. second place was the socialist party. there has been a lot of disenchancement with be socialist president francois hollande. and 24% of the vote they had a decent score. >> on that decent score is that motivated in part by the terrorist attack or immigration policies or what's been happening? >> absolutely, after charlie hebdo astack, their popularity dubilityd. -- doubled. that they don't control corporation and crime has really increased their numbers but another thing that added to the national front success during this campaign is there's a lot of disenchantment with both mainstream peashts that they're the same thing, that -- parties that they don't do the same thing, marine le pen, the new leader for the last four years she took over from her father, she's really changed the image of the party. it used to be sort of a good old boys club of these former algerian fig

in france the party led by nicholas nicholas sarcozi and thought to behave badly as the front party didell as she hoped and from paris simon mc-greger wood reports. >> reporter: she hoped this would be a breakthrough election for the national front and that it would finally gain control of local counsels but projected results suggested a big disappointment for her and will they gained more counselors it might struggle to control one counsel and she tried to put a brave face on it. >> translator: the historical fact this evening is the establishment of the national front as a powerful force. the victory is a good sign for the future the socialist party is disappearing while the national front has shown exceptional results. >> reporter: the clear winner of elections was the right wing unp led by nicholas sarcozi and projected to win two thirds of france counsel and might help his faltering campaign to be unp's next presidential candidate candidate. >> translator: with their vote the french people have rejected massively the politics of france and the government, this never happened before

nicholas figueroa was on a date at the sushi restaurant when it collapsed. the date made it to the hospital but there is no sign of nicholas and his family is distraught. >> i think they should try a little more harder, at least give more information to us but we barely got any information ours. we're just left clueless. >> reporter: of course the search continues for nicholas and the other missing individual. as for the cause right now officials say initial evidence points to a gas explosion. rick. >> all right, alicia thank you. back here philadelphia developer bart blat stein says this plans to redo atlantic city's pier shops is back on. he bought the ocean front complex for $2.7 million last fall. the complex cost 200 million to build. the purchase set off a legal fight with caesar's entertainment which was only recently settled. he says his company will announce plans for the site next week but he said last fall the project will not include gambling. >> it is time for your "action news" traffic report on a friday. >> yeah, t.g.i.f. matt pelman in the "a

nicholas"": the how ability is about 25% or 30%. alix: that is not nothing.t is your take on grace when as you heard nicholas say perhaps 25 or 30% exit? michael: you have to get down to the wire. that is necessary politically and within the european union. nobody wants to be the person that gave way too early. it is likely that the deal will happen. i do not consider myself an expert. i would not argue with 25%. i am read about an actual dislocation taking place. rather than some mess up in the european union. bill: the problem was out country like greece. if they had their own currency it would have plummeted and tourists would have flocked there and then attracted to their practices in services and the germans want to know part of that. just let them fry. now that the euro is falling like a lid lid which is very helpful to greece relative to u.s. tourists. ironically, the world of economics is every action has an equal and opposite reaction. the europeans have accepted a currency that is going to $.75 to the dollar. alix: you listened to two investors say

one of them has been identified as 23-year-old nicholas figure rel figorela who was on a date when he was killed. 22 people were injured when it looks like a natural gas line exploded and leveled the she buildings. there may have been something inappropriate that hampered with the gas line. >> nuclear aagreemented will come tomorrow at midnight. there are people backing away from the critical component of the deal. the joint military force is born out of the yemen crisis. kevin corkkorke is -- corke is live with the latest. >> you are right about a change by iran. for months they said they were willing to at least for perhaps a portion of this talk send a large portion of the uranium to russia. but the deputy foreign minister backed off of that at the 11th hour and all of this is happening as the deadline is quickly approaching in the arm's deal. with all of this happening critics are saying the administration's policy toward iran as it relates to a potential deal simply makes no sense. >> i hate to say it like this. but it is almost like a policy of willful ignorance. to me we have s

. >>> nicholas maduro has described move as most unjust poisonous that u.s. has taken against venezuela. lucia newman last the story. >> reporter: as the deaths of some of the protests, one just 14 years old u.s. president barack obama ordered sanctions against several government officials on monday. no travel to the u.s., their assets seized. >> there are certainly restrictions against individuals. we also put out last week some information about what will be required to travel ovenezuela, given vee is visas. >> reporter: maduro has accused the u.s., with the price of oil falling and the economy collapsing, more venezuelans is questioning maduro's rule as president. the u.s. senator who wrote the law authorizing the sanctions praised obama. "in response to venezuela's culture of impunity thee targeted actions are a long overdue step towards accountability of the victims of maduro's campaign of state sponsored violence. violence." >>> personal ties with the u.s., rosalyn jordan, al jazeera . >>> any nuclear deal wouldn't last after president obama left office