. >> huge areas of the niger delta are contaminated.hundreds of oil spill from pipelines have poisoned the region's mangroves and fish. in some areas contamination levels are 900 times the legal limit, a disaster for fishermen and farmers. over 15,000 people filed suit against shell. under the terms of the settlement, each person will receive payment of about 2900 euros. for years, shell refused to take any responsibility or pay compensation. it said leaking hot blondes were not the cause of the contamination. shell blamed criminals for illegally typing cap lines -- tapping pipelines. they say they have little choice. >> this is too dangerous. two or three times fire has broken out. >> schill says the pipeline loses 10 million liters of oil every day. if payments will not repair the environmental damage. the u.n. has estimated it would cost billions and take as long as 30 years to clean up the contamination. >> this is the first time shell has given compensation to the affected villages in nigeria. justice has been a long time coming to

in two separate attacks >>> now, in nigeria, the shells agreed to an $84 million settlement in niger delta for two oil spills. the deal follows a legal battle. they were operated. the community suffered greatly with large areas and surrounded left with oil. the official report admitted responsibility. that's been contested who say more than 100,000 have been split. 53 million will go towards individual payments. the other 50 million will go in general. the business and human rights campaigner - how big a victory is this decision by shell. for the community in the nigeria. >> yes, this is an awesome victory. it will be unlike many in the nigeria who suffer the impact. they'll receive some meaningful compensation helping to alleviate the suffering that they had to endure for more than six years as a result of the two massive spills. tens of thousands of people in the community have been affected by the spills and they you know, have not been able to fish as they used to. their food sources and clear water has been affected. it devastated their lives. so it's good news for them that they are

when do you it in south sudan where you need security, that costs money or the niger delta. as go down in price people will stop producing. the department of energy said that 2016 we'll get to $70 a barrel. that's about the price--$50 to $70 is where everybody makes money. >> all right ali can't wait to see the program tonight. ali velshi tonight on al jazeera america. lots of talk about bipartisanship in washington this week. we'll talk with democratic congresswoman sheila jackson lee and see how realistic that is. and in power politics, both men from the 2012 g.o.p. presidential ticket are making news about a potential run in 2016. that's next. >> returning now to our top story. france remains on high alert after last week's deadly attacks. thousands of soldiers and police have been deployed to protect people in public places, but some people question whether that is a proper strategy to prevent evacuation. >> reporter: on parole at france's most popular tourist destination, the eiffel tower. 10,000 soldiers have been mobilized to protect public places. many support the id

we used to have problems in niger delta, they are producing. venezuela is declining. there's more supply. you can make money, as you and i talked about, if you have a place to store it. people know this will go up. we are seeing it go down. bottom line - gone down again. we have not found a solution. o.p.e.c. says it's not cutting production. enjoy it for a while. >> a lot of people think cheap oil is good for the economy. >> it is. >> is it true. >> yes, there's an offset. jobs will be lost in texas and north dakota and company and shares in oil companies go down. in the end the game to consumers for low gasoline prices and the gain on heating oil for those in the north probably offsets that. let's see if it stays this way for too long. geo politically the countries weakened by this are those without the leverage - iran russia places like that. >> venezuela - huge lines. >> they are really suffering. >> appreciate it. see you at the top of the hour on islamic state of iraq and levant. "real money" with that -- at the top of the hour on indianapolis. indianapolis. --

the claimant say the 2008 spills devastated their small niger delta community with the leak of 500,000 barrels of oil. shall initially claim this bill was only a fraction of that size, but later acknowledged it could have been bigger. it is the largest ever out-of-court settlement for an oil spill in nigeria, but still much smaller than cases in other countries. in a statement, amnesty international said -- the fbi says a deliberate explosion outside the colorado office of the naacp may have been an act of domestic terrorism. in improvised explosive device was detonated on the naacp buildings wall and colorado springs tuesday morning. a gasoline can was placed nearby, but did not ignite. and fbi spokesperson said the hate crime is among the potential motives. police have announced a person of interest in the case, a white male around the age of 40. the bombing of the naacp, the nation's oldest civil rights group, has received almost no attention in the corporate media. according to the website thinkprogress, a search of news coverage over close to 24 hour. through wednesday afternoon f