nigeria's oil production has made it a haven for a huge fight. there's a political movement there to try to get people out. there is a possibility these two are interconnected, the crime that's happening offshore, what's happening with oil on land? >> yeah, quite so. the group that we're looking at right now is possibly connected to the kidnapping, called the m.e.n.d., movement for the emancipation of the niger delta. it agreed to a truce a few years ago, the militants had put down their guns and gotten benefits as well as education. but it seems to come back up again. it's basically organizing people from the niger delta who are upset at the amount of oil that's pumped out of their part of the country and how little money they have from the national government to show for it. >> so is this lucrative enough? is that why this keeps happening? >> in terms of the kidnapping, yes, definitely. and also what's called bunkering which is the stealing of oil or gasoline products from pipelines. we have criminal groups that are operating loosely with polit

they have been kidnapped by pirates off the coast of nigeria. where they are tonight, what it will take to set them free is pretty much anybody's guess as jim miklaszewski reports the kidnapping happened in an area where ocean-going criminals have been stepping up their attacks. >> reporter: in a brazen attack, pirates kidnapped two americans off this u.s. oil ship. officials say once on board, the heavily armed band of pirates singled out the americans. the captain and engineer and took them ashore as hostages. it all happened in the gulf of guinea off shore from nigeria. with its vast record of oil rigs and cargo ships, this area has become a fertile hunting ground for pirates. while piracy around the world has dropped to its lowest level in nearly a decade, the number off the coast of nigeria has skyrocketed by more than 30% so far this year. nbc news sailed with terry mcknight, the commander of a task force that hunts down pirates off the coast of africa. now retired, mcknight tells us with no such counter-piracy jobs in the gulf of guinea.

this is nigeria, and the spot where it happened. so much of the canadanaping -- candidate napping that happened was in somalia but nigeria is now the hot spot for kidnapping and pirating activity. it's two-thirds the length of a football field, this ship taken hostage. the fbi is taking the lead in this investigation. we reached out to the company in louisiana that owns the ship, but have not heard back. a state department spokesman did update reporters. >> at this point we don't have indication this was an act of terrorist. we have been disturbed by increase of maritime crime, including piracy in this area. i think at this point that is what we are operating under. >> that's comes two weeks after the release of a new tom hanks filled, called "captain fillies." the real life story of the hijacking of the merck alabama in 2009. we covered that extensively at the time. navy seals saved the crew in what was described as a daring raid. that happened off the coast of somalia, and led to a crackdown, and we have seen fewer pirating activi

off the coast of nigeria. u.s. officials say here in the gulf of guinea, it was another act of piracy on the high seas. >> we are seeking additional information on the incident so that we may contribute to safely resolving the situation. obviously our concern at this point is for the safe return of the two u.s. citizens. >> reporter: the sea retriever is owned by the louisiana-based company, edison offshore. attacks against nigeria's oil facilities, shipping and personnel, are rising steadily. 62 last year. an increase from each of the two years before. >> they're out for anything they can get their hands on. cargo theft is a large part of it, be it machinery, supplies, be it the actual fuel. be it prisoners that they take ashore and hold ransom kidnapping, essentially. they're looking for money. >> reporter: the rise for violence off western africa is in marked contrast to the decline in attacks off somalia, on the east coast. where the world's attention was riveted in 2009, when navy seals rescued captain richard

are millions like him in nigeria out of school and out of luck at the moment.s the government finds a way of stopping the exploitation millions more will never know the joy of childhood. and i'm with al jazeera. >> reporter: and a what leer yeah vaccine could help protect millions of children and glaxo-smith-kline said they help up to 17 months. they have a new tax on solar power and solar panels will be stopped from selling back to the grid and we report. >> reporter: it's a complete 180 degree about turn for spanish solar energy and complete 180 for those encouraged by government subsidies invested in it and mr. rodriguez was one person and he built this farm south of madrid and they are all facing financial ruin. >> translator: it's illogical and ask for support and leaves you in the gutter and we don't have heat in my house and it's sad. >> reporter: if this clears and in parliament which it is certain to do this farm and others like it will probably die. there are people here and abroad who are scratching their heads at the moment trying to workout what is

i think a lot of people when they think of nigeria, they think of the oil, and they think of the wealtht is more in itself a veneer. below which is significant amount of poverty, and i think that some of the problems that you have -- your reporters highlighted are the ages that come to the surface when you peel off the veneer. i think the key issues are the government needs to redirect its focus into the issues that surround poverty. those issues in my view, that of education, that of providing social infrastructure that would help the very, very poor in the community move out of the poverty level that holds them down. >> the island nation of the m l malldeez is facing more political upheaval. one of the candidates aledged voter proud to and challenged the result. and the former president fell short of the 50% needed for an outright victory. the new election will be held in 12 day's time. >>> just hours after the supreme court ruling, masked men set fire to a tv station supporting the former president. >>> ahead on the news hour, we will be in brazil -- >> translator: i'm here for my ki

the vessel the sea retriever attacked by pirates off the coast of nigeria.he vessel and most of the crew are released unharmed but the pirate kidnapped two men the ship's captain and another. >> our concern is safe return of the u.s. citizens chief of mission security at our missions in nigeria are kidnapping the kidnapping report. we believe it is an act of piracy. >> nigeria ordered naval forces to mount a rescue operation. most pirate activity in the area had been confined to the red sea off african's eastern coast off somalia. it has been an increasing problem off the west especially off the nigerian coast. they are aware of the growing danger and is working on a plan to make the waters safe. >> we are concerned about the disturbing incidence of maritime crime especially off of the coast of west africa. we have and will continue to work with west african governments to build the capacity and political will needed to address piracy. >> piracy accounts for over 16 billion in shipping losses per year. so far in 2013 there has been over 200 reported incident

soyinka was born in 1934 in western nigeria.had master of the anglican mission school, and it was here that soyinka received his easterlieers education. school and his lived experiences in traditional religious beliefs and cultural practices. he attended university college and then went on to the university of lead leeds, where he read tragedy with g. wilson knight, the foremost shakespeare critic of his time, and with arnold kettle, a marxist critic. he began as a reader another london's royal court theater between 1957 and 1959, with the performance of his play was the first of numerous performances of his work that would earn him a place alongside his fellow countryman on the international literary stage. a claim for his work came early on. the british writer wrote of soyinka in 1965. he has done for our natching language what dramaists from ireland have done for centuries, booted it awake, riffled its pockets and scattered the loot in the middle of next week. the image of the brigand artist is one which soyinka embraced. he

al jazeera, nigeria. >>> okay.still ahead for you, counting down on internet freedom and new reports of many not countries censoring the cyber world. protests outside the headquarters of world football's governing body. more from zurich and the rest of the sports next. ç] >>> welcome back. there's a warning that internet is becoming less free. the new report from independent watchdog freedom house has set out increasing attempts to control and censor the internet in many countries around the world. here are the key findings. the report said china led the way in expanding internet censorship and it's deteriorating in vietnam where the government has introduced censorship. myanmar is described as having taken significant steps to ease censorship. madeline is an asian media and internet freedom expert, and she joins us life now from washington, d.c. madeline, first of all, just describe to us a little bit about how these governments, what tools they use to control the internet. >> absolutely. the freedom on the net re

there are millions in nigeria who are out of school and out of luck at the moment.nd unless the government finds a way to stop the exploitation millions more will never know the joy of childhood. >>> the international labor organization estimates one in four children in nigeria under the age of 14 are now part of the work force. >>> still ahead another day another nobel prize the winner this time of the nobel prize in physics. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are your headlines. members of the house leadership held a news conference about an hour ago. both parties say they want to end the government shutdown, but neither has taken any action to make it happen. a second team of weapons inspectors going into syria. banky moon calling for the inspection. >>> and north korea putting its troops on stand by. >>> the winners of the 2013 noble prize in physics have just been announced. awarding professors francois englert, and peter higgs, winning the prize. they created what is better known as the god particle. four other physics who worked on

soyinka was born in 1934 in western nigeria.r of the anglican mission school in his village, and it was here that soyinka received his earliest education. christian training in school unfolded in parallel with his lived experiences in traditional europa religious beliefs and cultural practices. he attended university college and then went on to the university of leads where he read tragedy with j. wilson knight, the foremost sake spear critic of his time, and with a preeminent marxist critic. he began his artistic ascent as a reader at london's royal court theater between 1957 and 1959 where the performance of his one-act play called "the invention" was the first of numerous performances of his work that would earn him a place alongside his fellow countryman on the international literary stage. acclaim for his work came early on. the british writer pe knellly gilead wrote of soyinka in 1965, soyinka has done for our napping language what brigham dramatists from ireland have done for centuries, booted it awake, rifled its pockets

in nigeria, islamist gunmen killed nine health workers in february. as part of the effort to persuade families to give children the drugs, the program coordinators and pakistan have involved religious leaders and other influential members of local communities to support the scheme. >> there is no letting up or change and pakistan's consistent policy of destabilizing kashmir. recently, the pakistan army aided and pushed militants into the sector. here is a detailed report. >> the indian army has rejected the perception that the incident was part of the intrusion of 1999, saying it was just an infiltration led by terrorists, but suggested the complicity of the pakistan army in the episode. the incident with the army had engaged for 15 years with a group of 35 to 40 militants, about 300 or 400 meters inside indian territory, an incident which reminded about the intrusion of 1999 when indian posts were occupied. but the current situation allowed for media speculation. >> no, no, no. it was nothing like that. it was an infiltration attempt i-30 to 40 terro

he joined the ever-growing number of people working in mines across nigeria. for him the pay justifies the pain. >> with the little i earn here i support my family and take care of my needs. what options do i have? i'm happy with what i do. >> osama says his parents are happy with him working but he'd rather be in school with his mates. with support from a local musician, osama brush aside the danger of this work. some have been killed. or injured. this is a site where he and his neighbors come to labor for less than a dollar a day. this backbreaking job is the only viable option for getting through for their families. despite the dangers they feel lucky to be here. the stones dugd by osama and others are brought here to be crushed. these are the dealers who fund most of the operation. with these they make most of the profit. they reject the idea that using children like osama is exploitation. >> this is the opportunity of a lifetime. most of the people here are from poor families. they can hardly afford three meals a day. they are better off than the educated

. 30% of our oil is imported from nigeria, by the way.pect with the hostages. bun of the concerns is that there's an established international criminal network, and there are al-qaeda affiliates in the area. there's a group in northern nigeria which is an al qaeda affiliate, also al-qaeda in the islamic maghreb which comes close to nigeria, so the concern is that terrorists, may be benefiting from this international criminal network that these pirates seem to be part of. patti ann: and in this case the americans were apparently targeted. the ship was a u.s.-flagged ship owned by a louisiana company. it supplies cargo to oil platforms 220 feet long. the pirates allegedly specifically took the two americans and freed the others. and also instead of staying offshore, they are believed to have taken their captives to land. what do you make of those differences from the usual mo? >> well, it's certainly not good news. we're all trying to sort through this, you know, they did target these americans, and that's why we're wondering what the next

mariners kidnapped off the coast of nigeria. identified as the captain and chief engineer of the sea the two were singled out from the rest of the crew and taken against their will on wednesday afternoon. today rebels in the troubled oil-rich niger delta say they have been contacted by the developers. for more on the danger and what is being done to combat piracy, i'm joined by the president of the international organization. thank you for being with us. tell us why it is so dangerous, this stretch of water off the coast of west africa. >> there is a tremendous amount of wealth being extracted from the seabed. where there is wealth, there is robbery. the situation has gotten out of control. >> why has it gotten out of control? >> i think there is insufficient government regulation and insufficient government forces in the area. the civil state of nigeria is in jeopardy. there is virtually a civil war going on there. the oil corporations are active there. they are doing what they can to secure the safety, but clearly they are not

mariners kidnapped off the coast of nigeria. identified as the captain and chief engineer of the sea the two were singled out from the rest of the crew and taken against their will on wednesday afternoon. today rebels in the troubled oil-rich niger delta say they have been contacted by the developers. for more on the danger and what is being done to combat piracy, i'm joined by the president of the international organization. thank you for being with us. tell us why it is so dangerous, this stretch of water off the coast of west africa. >> there is a tremendous amount of wealth being extracted from the seabed. where there is wealth, there is robbery. the situation has gotten out of control. >> why has it gotten out of control? >> i think there is insufficient government regulation and insufficient government forces in the area. the civil state of nigeria is in jeopardy. there is virtually a civil war going on there. the oil corporations are active there. they are doing what they can to secure the safety, but clearly they are not

it is not that way in nigeria in many cases. martha: it's a reminder of what happened on the somali coast. that story is playing out on movie screens tack america. the kidnapping of captain phillips off the m earks rsk alabama. -- off the mearsk, alabama. >> i saw how committed they were and they weren't going to give up. i told them the navy is never going to give you money. you can let me go and this would never end. they were committed. they were not going to give in and it was just basically two forces coming together and trying to win out. martha: there he is on that day in 2009. he went back to work on the high seas. he he dealing with piracy is one of hazard of the job out there. bill: people take these jobs because they pay well. we don't have identities yet we can talk about publicly but we are talking about that. martha: back home kathleen sebelius is remaining defiant in the face of a tidal wave of criticism. a growing number of lawmakers called for her to resign over the massive problems on the obama-care web site. b

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the search on for two americans captured off the coast of nigeria. we'll have a man who lived out this scene in real life warns of the growing danger at sea. >> this is the mo for nigerian army. it is dangerous out in the gulf of guinea. >> also today spy games. we're going to talk to the tweeter who turned tables on former nsa chief michael hayden. this as germany and france demand a sitdown with the u.s. to air their anger over reports nsa eavesdropped on the conversations of 35 world leaders. jon stewart seemed to think they should consider this a good thing. >> get over it, turn that frown upside down, don't think of us as overly aggressive superstar, think of us as what anyone is looking for in a partner, a good listener. a great listener. the best listener in the history of the world. >>> we appreciate you being good listeners today. thanks for being with us. good day from washington. i'm peter alexander. from my friend andrea mitchell. facing opposition from a growing number of democrats who believe their constituents deserve an extension on t

. ♪ earning less than a dollar a day an army of child labor digs for gold in nigeria plus. >> i'm waynen tokyo where we meet a man facing this for the second time in his life because of the city's decision to host the olympic games. >> reporter: they are celebrating in la, joe will have the latest on the mlb playoffs in sports. ♪ the captain of the boat that sank off the italian cost last week is arrested and he has been charged with multiple murder and aiding illegal immigration and bodies of 231 migrants have been recovered off the island of lampedusa and we are joined live from lampedusa so an arrest has been made even as the death toll from this tragedy continues to rise. >> well, indeed, with the authorities from the detention center here on the island of lampedusa where he was detained with the other hundred and survivors of the shipwreck and he was identified by tens of them and they say he was the captain that went from libya here off the shores of lampedusa and now he has been brought to be transferred by the italian police to the town on the island and will be charged for aidi

one in nigeria. four in syria. i wish to say to them this simple message, do not give up hope. >> the french president also said the former hostages would return to france as soon as possible. the french foreign and defense ministers are to bring them home. speaking not long ago on french television, the grandfather of one of the hostages said they all seemed to be in good health. the men were abducted on september 16, 2010 in the town of our let. they were working for a nuclear giant. >> this was the home of danielle where they were kidnapped on september 16, 2010 by terrorists linked to al qaeda. five other people were kidnapped that night in the city. they all worked for nuclear giant areva. authorities say the companies could have done more to protect their employees. >> this kidnapping took place because employees were not protected. i am not criticizing, that is just a fact. >> the kidnappers took the hostages to an unknown location. they took these pictures. they show daniel and franÇois and others in captiv

. >>> it has been more than a decade since nigeria passed a law banning child labor, but millions ofildren are still believed to be working in the country. many under dangerous conditions. al jazeera met some of them working in the country's gold mine. >> reporter: this 11-year-old is one of millions of children forced to work in conditions like this. he dropped out of school when he was eight to join the ever growing number of people working in mines across nigeria. for him the pay justifies the pain. >> with the little that i earn here i support my family and care for my needs. it's hard work but what options do i have? i'm happy with what i do. >> reporter: he said that his parents are happy with him working but admits he would rather be at school with his mates. with support from a local musician, they brush aside the potential dangers of this work. they dig for gold in tunnels hundreds of meters below with no protective equipment. some have been killed or injured. >> reporter: this is a sign where osama and his fellow regularly come to earn less than a dollar a day. this backbre

straight to lagos nigeria. first what do we know about the attack and who was taken? >> reporter: well, here what happens we know. sometime early morning on wednesday, this u.s. vessel, owned by a louisiana-based company, was attacked by pirates. we don't know how many, details are sketchy. during or after the attack, two american sailors, the captain and the chief engineer, were taken hostage. we have not heard about where they might be at this point. what's interesting where this attack took place, took place as you mentioned in the open, in the gulf of guinea. historically, piracy has been very, very common in east africa, off the coast of somalia, as you know. in the last couple of years weave started to see an uptick in piracy attacks in west africa. in the gulf of guinea 30% of all attacks in african waters happen in the gulf. the nigerian navy stepped up efforts to patrol the coastline and chase pirates when they do see them but it's very difficult. this area's known as the river delta. for many years, militants attacked and kidnapped all sorts of usually oil e

you've got to understand it's dangerous out in the gulf of new guinea but also on the land in nigeria. >> the navy always has phillips and his capitalers in their sights through thursday they disappeared. piracy is down to the its lowest level in nearly a decade. attacks in nigeria up 30% so far this year. >>> investigators want to know what drove a national guardsman to go after his own. a guardsman recruiter shot two superiors in the leg and foot tuesday and put the entire base on lockdown. he was caught but police did not know the whereabouts of the handgun he used. >> the millington police department responded within seconds, not minutes, within seconds. the spectacular was apprehended and taken into custody and the investigation continues. >> the suspect has not yet been identified, no motive is known but he was recently relieved of duty after serving six years. >>> revealing testimony on healthcare.gov. the entire system was not tested end to end until two weeks before it was open to the public. they were grilled for more than four hours. >>> is that a system you're proud of. >>

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grn reporter ben is live in nigeria with the very latest. ben, what is the latest on the pirate kidnappings? >> i spoke with the spokes american of nigerian navy -- and he said that the guy nigerian navy have divided to deploy a number of personnel to come to the area and the government to see that the kidnapped americans are set free. those should be arrested and brought to court that is a letter. -- nigerian navy, american navy and even of the u.k. because for 14 days they have been training nigerians how to counter piracy and -- kidnapped. this tells you that it is a knock on the navy. >> it is a very scary story as we wait to find out the fate of these americans. ben, thank you very much for joining us. >> okay. >>> now to yim testimony in of the utah dr. macneill, prosecutors say he drugged and drowned his beauty queen wife so he could be with his mistress gypsy. two daughters testifying against the father. testifying about father's behavior at family lunch following her mother's funeral. >> did you observe his demeanor at that luncheon

piracy worldwide is down to the lowest level in a decade, yet attacks off nigeria are up 30%. >>> and investigators are trying to figure out what drove a national guardsman to go after his own in a tennessee shooting. two are injured and the guard is in custody. he shot two superiors in the leg and foot and put the entire base on lockdown. he was caught but not with a small handgun used in the incident. >> the police department responded within seconds, not minutes, seconds. the suspect was apprehended and taken into custody and the investigation continues. >> the suspect has not yet been identified but he had been recently relieved of duty after serving six years. >>> and then testimony on the rollout of healthcare.gov. the system was not tested until two weeks before it opened. >> is that a sister you are proud of. >> >> these problems need to be fixed fast. >> we are not excited nor are we pleased with what we delivered on october 1, but in principle it worked. >> the automatic administration said 700,000 people have registered, but they are not saying how many people have bought t

this is a very rough piece of territory off the coast of nigeria, very violent.ot of pirate attacks. let's just look at some of the numbers on how the violence has grown. last year alone, 62 attacks and if you look over the previous two years, in 2011 and 2010, a steady rise. a lot of the violence here is over the oil-rich revenues in this region. holding people for ransom but some 55 commercial mariners have been taken hostage in recent months. a very rough situation for the families, jake. >> so what now? is there any hope of a rescue? that certainly has happened in the past. >> reporter: well, you know, the world's attention was captured off somalia, wasn't it, when captain phillips of the maersk alabama was rescued off the coast of somalia. here, it may be much more difficult. they don't have very good intelligence about where these people may be at this moment. right now the pentagon says there is no role for the u.s. military in any of this, but ironically, there is a military exercise in the region right now. a number of countries, including the u.s. and n

we have a lot of immigrants coming into different parts of nigeria.o we are trying to tell the story of immigrants in logos, d we are portraying it as, which it is, the land of opportunity. red hat musical also has a modern twist. >> this is uncharted territory for performs arts. they are referring to it as ryu lution area as they hope it will set a new trend to nigerian theater. >> music is at the heart, and with the hope of reaching a wide audience, there is a bit of something for everyone. >> we don't just play the music. we do it differently because we want everything we do in this production to be unique. >> it has taken up to three months to put this together. what a task for the cast and crew, who never worked in anything like in this-. >> as an actor, it is not evans are you day you come across work like this. you usually say your line. but here, you task yourself. you bring to play everything you have learned in acting school, singing, dancing, acting. everything comes together. >> the production opened to a full house in lagos. old and young

photographs that celebrate the dandes of congo brotherville and hairstyles of nigeria, brought togetherhanks to this woman, the daughter of a moroccan painter. with 54 countries in africa, is there such a thing as different art. >> it's full of energy. this is what you can see on the wall. there's no theme. what is surprising for all the people is the diversity of it. >> the thing is european history and kav can culture are intertwined. >> ideas are merged from african and british history into sculptures and feels african art is sold cheaply compared to that from europe and america. >> we've probably done more than some of our white contemporaries that are more successful. we have an african tag. people are shy of looking at what we do. >> the fair has been busy. people have been buying, which, after all, is what it's all about. although much of the art is new, is this the same old story of wealthy europeans taking the best from africa? most contemporary african art is still bought by collectors in europe. that is changing fast. dealers at the fair tell us that more and more wealthy col

we have a lot of immigrants coming into different parts of nigeria.o we are trying to tell the story of immigrants in logos, d we are portraying it as, which it is, the land of opportunity. red hat musical also has a modern twist. >> this is uncharted territory for performs arts. they are referring to it as ryu lution area as they hope it will set a new trend to nigerian theater. >> music is at the heart, and with the hope of reaching a wide audience, there is a bit of something for everyone. >> we don't just play the music. we do it differently because we want everything we do in this production to be unique. >> it has taken up to three months to put this together. what a task for the cast and crew, who never worked in anything like in this-. >> as an actor, it is not evans are you day you come across work like this. you usually say your line. but here, you task yourself. you bring to play everything you have learned in acting school, singing, dancing, acting. everything comes together. >> the production opened to a full house in lagos. old and young

we saw what happened in moli, and certainly in nigeria and in the horn.o that is certainly a haven for al-qaeda affiliates. >> and what about libya condemning this raid? >> well, i'm not sure that that is all going to wash out clean in the end. certainly when we have these operations we definitely coordinate with the security officials on the ground. i -- myself while i was in m mie -- nigeria and congo, i was briefed on two attacks. whether they brief all the way up to their prime minister that's an issue for them to work out, but i can't imagine we didn't have coordination and cooperation on the ground. and even his wife talked about the people that took him -- that captured him spoke with a libbian dialect. >> this is al-libby's wife. >> exactly. >> and she said what? >> she said that the people that captured him had libbian dialects. so we had to have some sort of coordination -- >> are you suggesting -- not to interrupt you, i apologize -- so are you suggesting while on the one hand they are condemning it publicly, that they may have had something to

they were taken off on oil rig ship 15 miles off the coast of nigeria. >>> classes resume at danversold student with first-degree murder. maryland's attorney general said he should have wondered what was in those red plastic cups at a teen beach party he visited. though he made public service ads about the dangers of under aged drinking the ag did not ask questions when the stopped by the party to see his son as photographed there. >>> a high school in maryland is making students sign a contract promising not to twerk at the school dance. the contract spells out what body parts can't touch. if the student doesn't sign, they can't go to the dance and if they sign it and violates it they get kicked out of the dance. those are some of our top stories on this friday, october 25th. >>>> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now." >> oh, man. oh! yes. can you tell it's friday? >> in case you are wondering, parts of the body not allowed to touch are buttocks. >> two people's buttocks are not allowed to touch. >> correct. unlike what i thought which is right and left buttocks cannot t

two americans where being held off the coast of the nigeria.t are the two agencies taking the lead on this in the response. we have not heard what the response is going to be. >> our concern is for the safe return of the two u.s. citizens. chief of mission security are

i if you november africa, nigeria, 43% of the anymore nigeria are antisemites, and there are fewer than in brazil, and then if you good to asia and country after country, large percentages of the people are antiseptember metic, and in china, the rising power, 55% of the people are antise maineityic. there are no jews in china. this is astonishing. move back to europe. jews -- it's not just a question of the beliefs, the antisemitism that exists, but also the real world effects upon jews. jews are fleeing europe. they're leaving because they -- many jews think there's no future for them in their communities in europe because there's so much antisemitism because they are under such threat and such danger, not from the governments, but from people in their neighbors, people in their communities, sometimes people who have come to the country recently, sometimes people have been there for a long time. jews get attacked on the street. the situation is grave. in country after country, jewish leaders and jews who are not leaders, talk about this, and write about it, and try to raise the alarm,

these pirates are nothing more than common criminals out of nigeria, their m.o.not to seize an entire ship. they'll take the cargo off the ship but they don't want to be captive themselves on a ship if any nation comes to the rescue ever that hijacked ship. what they do is go on and get off as quickly as possible with whoever hostages they can grab, whatever cargo they can take with them easily enough and so, it appears that at this point that all efforts are being directed toward somehow contacting middlemen in the region and gaining the release of these hostages. >> thank you very much. you're going to keep us up to date on any developments there. new detail emerging about the massachusetts teenager accused of murdering his teacher as students return to class for the first time since her body was found. first, senator ted cruz is capping off a post shutdown tour with a speech in hiiowa. it is his third visit in three months to iowa and you know what kind of speculation follows. we'll get a live report. >>> the person president obama appointed in charge of fixin

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. >> a developing situation off the coast of nigeria where pirates are holding two american sailors hostage. we joined from washington with the latest on the kidnapping that some say looks like a hollywood movie. >> this was brazen teams of f.b.i. agents dispatched overseas and at homes of the kidnapped individuals. the pirates are looking for americans. >> terror on the high seas shortly after dawn, pirates stormed the american supply ship and kidnapped two americans the officials say the crew was sored by nationality and only the two americans, the captain and chief engineer were taken. >> you take an american you get a good price but you bring a last heat on you. >> the americans were taken to land where they will be held for ransom. >> on land, be frank, this is going to be a nearbied process, not a rescue attempt. >> this oil supply vessel was known last to be on the western side of africa 15 miles off the coast of nigeria. 30 percent of united states oil companies through this area which is prime target for pry -- pirates the. >> they are more organize asked more violent. >> officials

it's not clear whether the two american hostages have now made land, now in nigeria. that changed the calculus in terms of rescue operation. the nigerians are going to mount a rescue operation, but most likely they will want to keep these two americans alive. they'll be setting up some sort of ransom negotiations with the louisiana-based shipper. in fact i talked to one man who has negotiated 40 ransoms with pirates off the coast of somalia, and he said they would rent a plane and sir -- sir ran wrap and drown the money into the water and get the ransom to the pirates. >> its criminal -- its incredible what is happening. >>> let's talk to a woman who has come face to face by with pirates. she was kidnapped and and has written a book. called, "impock -- impossible odds. >> remember covering your story, you spent 93 days in captivity. >> it was long time, 93 days, and i can only imagine what these gentlemen are going through right now. i can really empathize with their families. >> i have seen excerpts where you talk about how difficult it was to manipulate your kidnapp

in nigeria nearly 30,000 people died of the disease in 2011. we report now from the caduna state. >> reporter: these patients are being treated for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, it's a form of airborne disease that can't be treated by the two drugs nosrmally used to cure it. they hope the world health organization's decision to declare the disease a global public health crisis will lead to a solution. s specially patients like this man who was taking normal anti-tb drugs for months. but the symptoms of the disease, coughing, fever and tiredness didn't go away. then his doctor realized he was resistant to the treatment. he has to spend eight month in isolation and another 20 on medication. >> it has not been easy. we were confined to our place for months, away from your family, your friends, your social activities. you have to take drugs every day, including injections. >> reporter: drug-resistant tb is normally caused when tb is not diagnosed properly and not taking the normal drugs effectively. there are not enough hospitals to treat tube

we have a special adviser to nigeria's aviation industry. he's live on the phone. can you bring us up to date with what's happened in the crash, whether there are any survivors? >> well, i can confirm that today the crash of an airline happened on our premises. the propeller aircraft crashed around 9:30 on its way with 20 passengers. the rescue operations have commenced immediately. some of the survivors, about 5, have already been rushed to hospital, and they are receiving treatment. we also recovered the black box where investigations will commence immediately. we would like to call on people to remain calm and avoid speculation as we try to look at the airline. i'm speaking to you from the crash site. >> thank you so much for that update. >>> the u.n.'s push to deal with syria is picking up momentum. it's describing the situation there as horrifying, and the security council is calling on all sides of the conflict to allow aid in immediately. this is what the u.n.'s humanitarian chief had to say. >> this consensus statement clearly calls on all parties to do the