and then the countries in northern europe are the best performing asylum seekers so the proposal.. commission which is is the executive in brussels which is across the street from me is trying to provide a comprehensive answer to all of these. many aspects aspects within the even u., asylum policy, little agreements so far the uk is an exception. but also they are trying to address the issue you in the countries of origin and transits transits. and niger, for example, there is going to be a test case, a pilot case where people will be handled in cams, and hopefully avoid these fortunate russ journeys through the libyan desert and through the sea if they do not qualify for asylum. >> you noted at the outset one of the reasons the world is having these problems is all these crises are happening at the same time. there is no time horizon that i can see where syria will be involved and eritrea will be solved and somalia will be solved and southern sudan will be solved. all at the same time. so you can handle your crises one by one. doesn't the world need a more comprehensive view of n

we have something called the national origins corker act, and then in the british isles and northern europe at the time that he become you become president 85% of the immigrants were from the british isles and northern europe. this past year 15% of immigrants were from those places. people don't think of lbj as the man of the yards and those of you familiar with washington for decades and congress just wouldn't do it, and lyndon johnson said let's name it the john f. kennedy center. he passed out in a week before he gave the first state of the union message because he knew he could get its done that way. the national endowment for the arts and humanities spawned thousands of companies and orchestras and the freedom of information act would create its own set of problems for the candidates and the corporation for public broadcasting where we now have 300 plus public television stations and the first clean air, first clean water, the first disposal motor vehicle pollution, the highway beautification act and lots more i want to drag it on. >> as i was listening, one of the great stories to me

europe. we followed some of the asylum seekers and we have this report from the northern greek border. >> they start at dusk crossing fields of maize and wheat that mark the edge of greek territory. there is no legal way for them to get to the heart of europe, so they take their chances on foot. among them is a yemeni man who left his beef and small children behind to travel with his two teenage sons. >> i will never see my children fight for al-qaeda. sooner other later one side or another will approach them. >> they're at a temporary resting point and a point where they return after failed crossings. >> this is the start of what migrants call the black road, a freight track running along the river valley north all the way to serbia. and here for a depth of several hundred yards behind me the migrant crossings will prey to rival gangs. >> many have seen those attacks. >> i've seen fractured shins thighs arms, forearms, bruised faces, broken noses skull fractures. these are not accidents but the result of violence. >> doctors without borders have seen worse. >> we saw people in serbia who fain

for many of those especially the syrians what they want is to get out of italy and get to northern europe where they have family and friends. and in order to do that, they have to leave italy undocumented without having their fingerprints taken. and that sets off a gang of cat and mouse. >> sheila, the voice of the mediterranean, she sounds very determined. >> she is a remarkable young woman. when syrians get on board these boats leaving libya or egypt they may have two phone numbers in their cell phones. one will be for italian coast guard and the other will be for noel's phone number. she told me at the heart of the conflict there were 17 boats eight of them were calling her begging her to talk to the italian coast guard because they were sinking. >> how do they know about her? >> this is a community that is organized around social media around facebook around text. these smugglers have facebook pages, it is a completely social media driven and directed world. so her name gets passed her phone number gets passed and when she can she meets refugees the syrian community is the community s

afghanistan. >> reporter: the reason these people travel is to apply for it will call ally sum in northern europew confirms them to the e.u. country they first arrived at. but the european union is now considering changes that rule sparing them the per rels of a forbidden journey. volunteers from nearby villages hand out food nappies and toothpaste. all are exhausted, but these people are determined to press on people like this man who's house was demolished and his wife disabled by a bomb. his memoriesproof too much for his youngest daughter. in their minds the dangers they left behind tower over those ahead. >>> after a lull in the number of ebola cases, a fresh outbreak in guinea is worrying health officials. 27 new cases have been recorded in a week. authorities are particularly worried that some cases are being found along the border with a country with very few health services. >>> gaza's economy is on the verge of clap according to a new world bank report. it says the unemployment rate in gaza is now the highest in the world, with 43% of its 1.8 million residents without work. the report s

but for most migrants italy is yet another transit point on their way to northern europe where they think are more job opportunities. many here in italy fear under the current atmosphere across europe and with the tightening of the borders, holding centers like this one could just become permanent homes. italy has so far bore the brunt of the influx of migrants. they have had to move them across the country wherever there is a an emmy building. this one will soon open its doors to the newcomers. an abandoned school is also being refurbished. it's on the outskirts of rome. people living here fear the sudden arrival of a large number of migrants. >> translator: this area is isolated. there are few public services. there are no shops, pharmacies telephones. there is nothing. these are people who are still in the process of being identified. we don't know who they are. it is something that scares us. this is a private area it could become a ghetto. >> reporter: a group of homeless people have also set up shop in front of the school. they say italians in need should come first. >> translator:

. >> a huge nato training exercises under way in northern europe close to the region's border with russia. >> over 100 fighter jets from the u.s. and eight european nations are involved. the exercise was designed to test cooperation between nato and the nordic nations. >> meanwhile, moscow is conducting a simultaneous exercise, also involving large number's of aircraft and military personnel. worries are growing in nordic countries over increased russian military at trinity -- activity in the region. >> moving on, police in malaysia have begun the grisly task of clearing dozens of gravesites in suspected people-smuggling camps. >> those camps were used to hold migrants while the smugglers demanded ransoms from their families. many of the inmates never made it back home. >> the abandoned camp was deep in the jungle, an ideal spot for traffickers to warehouse their human groups. 37 grades have -- graves had already been identified, and it did not take long for diggers to make some grisly discoveries. the dense forest along the border had been a major staging post for people smugglers. they

by no means is that the end of the voyage for many especially the syrians, they want to get to northern europehere they have family and friends, and in order to do that they have to leave italy undocumented, without having their fingerprints taken. and that sets off a game of cat and mouse. >> you can watch the series premier of compass with sheila macvicar right here on al jazeera. >>> traffic on a highway had completesly shut down for weeks presenting aid to getting in from nepal's northeast from china. our correspondent reports on what people in nepal are doing to cope. >> reporter: right now, it's the essentials that are needed most. >> we started this because tents are really hard to get in kathmandu. >> reporter: with so many left homeless by the earthquake makeshift open air camps have sprung up throughout the capitol. people who's houses are still standing are often too afraid to return to them. shelter is a priority. >> we as a group decided to take the initiative to produce tents as much as you can, and to provide to the relief groups to distribute to the villages. >> reporter: with

and eight other european nations are also taking part in military exercises in northern europe it involves00 u.s. fighter jets and 4,000 people is aimed at testing cooperation among ak tick nations near russia. >>> at least three people have been killed and a dozen more are missing in the wake of flash flooding in the state of texas. more than a thousand homes have been destroyed, and 24 counties have been declared disaster zones. >>> a volcano has been resuperintendented threatening a rare species of pink inguinas. >>> an agreement has been reached in nigeria that could end a serious fuel crisis. but power cuts across africa's biggest oil producer may take longer to fix. >> reporter: it's revision time for this boy and his friends. the crucial end of session examinations are here. they must up their grade in order to progress. with no electricity at home or in their classes, they are forced to revise their notes in an unusual environment, under street lamps on a major highway. >> i'm here in order to read my lecture notes because there is no electricity in our area. here there's enough el

. >> abdurahman also wants to continue onward to relatives in northern europe. he arrived at the home in mid-april, with the last wave of refugees. abdurahman is just 14. he left mogadishu when he was eleven, fleeing the war and the al-shabaab terrorist group. in libya, he saw other children brutally murdered because they had no money. abdurahman also has next to nothing. but he has a bed, food and can brush his teeth every day. the social workers say many of the young refugees are still traumatized by the dangerous boat crossing. this past year, almost 19 hundred unaccompanied minors vanished in sicily -- about 40% of the total. some set out on their own -- but not all of them. amalia: when they disappear shortly after arrival, they may have ended up the victim of some criminal gang. those gangs are often involved from the beginning. some of the minors who are accompanied by people claiming to be a parent or relative are actually in the hands of human traffickers. >> when the social welfare office gives the ok, amalia setterini can also send unaccompanied minor

but for most migrants italy is yet another transit point on their way to northern europe where they thinkre more job opportunities. now, many here in italy fear that under the current atmosphere across europe, and with the tightening of the borders, holding centers like this one could just become permanent homes. italy has so par borne the brunt of the migrants, authorities have had to relocate them across the country whenever there is an empty building. police have recently con if i skate third degree one from the month of i can't, it will soon open its doors to the newcomers. an abandoned school is also being refurbished it's in a leafy neighborhood on the outskirts of rome. people living here fear the sudden arrival of a large number of migrants. >> translator: this area is lies lated, there are few public services, no shops pharmacies, telephones, there is nothing these are people still in the process of being identified. it is a private area it, could become a ghetto. >> reporter: a group of homeless people have also set up shop in front of the school. they say italians in need shoul

. >>> benefits being a lot greater in northern europe, and italy was bearing the brunt of this, that o help it out >>> have you managed to send more resources? >>> well, if you remember, that emergency meeting, that was called over a week ago after more than 800 migrants drowned and they said that they were going to enforce immediate actions to make sure they didn't see those kind of deaths again and they were going to triple the budget and deploy more forces and we spoke to them, and the border control and they said those pledges of more money have not yet arrived. >>> turnquish police have used, teargas to disburse the play day demonstrators ins taken ball, more than 10,000 police were deployed and illustrate tors matched, and stones and, bottles, and, the turkish government and giving police more powers to crack down on demonstrators, and an estimated 13,000 people turned out for the mayday march and it and, even joining the marchers, and, to prompt their you a stays atymission sampling, and the government is locked in negotiations with creditors and, john, has this update from the

for many of those what they want is to to get out of italy and get to northern europe and, in order to do that, they have to leave italy undocumented, and without having their finger prints taken, and that sets off a game of cat and mouse. >>> joining us now is the host of compass. >> cl >>> it's a debate continuing to raise questions about informed consent, jenda identity and patient rites >>> well there is worldwide excitement over the upcoming star wars movie. case in point. more than 6,000 took part in the run this week. you have stormtroopers, chew backer and darth vader there. that does it for me, the news continues with del walters. >> today's top stories - a clean bill of health. violation of humanitarian laws as civilian death toll rises. severe weather affects part of the country. one person is dead after a tornado touches down in texas. in "deeper look", a plight of americans who can't afford to stay in their homes any

europe. their numbers are expected to triple this year and their plight is a dangerous one. we have this report at the northern greek border. >> they start at dusk crossing fields of maize and wheat that mark the edge of the territory. there is no legal way for them to get to the heart of europe, so they take their chances on foot. among them is a yemeni man who has left his wife and small children behind to travel with his two teenage son. >> i will never see my children fight for al-qaeda. sooner or later they will approach them. >> this is where greece ends and the former republic of macedonia begins. this is the start of what the migrants call the black road. a freight track that runs all the way to serbia. here for a depth of several hundred yards behind me the migrant crossings they lie in prey to attacks. >> i've seen fractureed shins thighs arms, forearms, skull fractures. these are not accidents but the result of vie glens doctors without borders the only group setting up posts among the root that migrants follow have seen worse. >> we've seen people in serbia who fainted in front of us because they h

and eight other agencies are taking part in exercises in northern europe. the drill involving fighter jets it aims at toasting cooperation among arctic nations near russia. rush shags public defender vladimir putin hoping to restore the space program has suffer add new blow. the state auditors have uncovered about $1.8 billion worth of financial irregularities. that have shaken international face in the space industry, and put commercial contract in jeopardy. charles straitford has more from moscow. >> another major embarrassment and huge set back for russia in the attempts to reform and rebuild it's aging space program. the state auditor says it has evidence that misappropriation and misuse of $1.8 billion in state money, by the federal space agency now it says the majority of these allegations are being focused on the building of a new crone, a place in the east of the country. this is one of the pet projects it was hoped that it is going to have the around 300,000 people in the future even the ability for space tourism to be conducted at this plant. now

that's what you see out of germany and i think if germany is looking good and northern europe, there is the beginning of let's call it a one, 1.5% economy, which is better than we had. >> i know we talked about a the idea you shouldn't be thought of that way but there is a small percentage of the company that is. the fact that oil bottomed and went through $60 will be bullish for dow stock, isn't it? >> look so the whole oil connection we have proven with two quarters of performances that we have the portfolio that can perform. as oil bottoms and moves up we take this current earnings performance which is ten straight quarters of earning's growth six straight quarters of beats and make that more positive. we did not take the negative of low oil. we took a positive out of it and we can become more positive. leverage to the plus not minus, jim is the message we've been articulating not because we're saying it because we're doing it. >> when should we talk about free port and the dow saudi arabia company. shouldn't that be the focus now? >> look i was inside aa rain ya last week. the pl

in some cases, people who are going to join their family in northern europe.ssibility also. and ultimately for those who do arrive, they'll be properly screened. and in some cases, we can help put them into different categories, either into the labor migration field. some will have to return and we can even assist with that. i'm very pleased that the european union is now focused on saving life. if we don't save life, the other options are not useful. >> now, what's interesting is southeast asia is grappling with this same issue as well. thousands of people who pled myanmar and bangladesh are believed to be stranded on boats in southeast asian waters. the international organization for migration says many of them are mall in your risched. >> some boat versus actually made it to land, but many countries are apparently turning many of these arrivals away. the foreign ministers of thailand, malaysia and indonesia will meet on wednesday to figure out how to deal with human trafficking. >>> refugees are also fleeing an african nation of burundi. and all of them are

quickly that happens, they will try to continue their journey towards the end destination, often in northern europe sometimes because they know someone there sometimes because it's a big community of their own there or because they think there are job opportunities. it's still going to be extremely difficult, because the situation they were in in libya or even before reaching libya whereby they were illegal immigrants crossing borders illegally continues on this side of the mediterranean. they still don't have money but they do say most of them do say that once they have gone through in africa, coming here and this last leg for them sounds easy. they are probably not very much aware about the problems of social integration the problems of finding a job here, the problems are nothing how to communicate with people. i was very surprised at the young women i was speaking to that are featured in my report had really no clue where was denmark or holland or wherever they wanted to go, however it was, how to get there so it's really a whole new world that is opening in front of them. they were attracted b

what many want is to get out of italy and get to northern europe where they have family and friends. in order to do that, they have to leave italy undocumented. without having fingerprints taken. and that sets off a game of cat and mouse. >> you can watch the serious premier of "campus" with sheila mcvicar. >> china's armed police restore a highway linking their country to the nepal highway that was completely shut down for two weeks. that prevented aid supplies meant for earthquake survivers getting to the northeast in china. devastated infrastructure is slowing relief deliveries all over nepal and the u.n. said that more donations are desperately need: more reports on how people are trying to cope. >> right now it's the essentials that are needed most. >> there was an inflation of prices well. >> with so many left homeless makeshift open camps have sprung up around the capital. people whose houses are still standing are often too afraid to return to them. shelter is a prime minister priority. >> we as a group decided to take the initiative to produce tents as fast as we can and to

that is, you know, -- there is not rhetoric that we expect to hear post-world war ii in northern europe we are hearing it now. amy: wikileaks founder julian assange speaking inside the ecuadorian embassy in london where he has taken refuge for the past three years. if he steps outside the embassy he will be arrested. to watch part one of our exclusive interview, visit democracynow.org where he talks about leaked drafts of the tpp the transpacific partnership, the recent disclosures of her british nuclear summary and whistleblower who says it is harder to get harder does it is harder to get through airport than on a nuclear submarine, and plans to use military force, in other words the influx of migrants from libya. that does it for our show. special thanks to dennis moynahan -- democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] ted at suppressing my imagination to perpetuate the imaginat

centers where they are held and some of them will make their own ways for smuggling networks off to northern europeany do not want to stay here but it's an incredibly difficult situation and the journey takes money and many of the people talking about numbers but have individual tragic story and minors arriving here without their parents so it's extremely difficult situation to control and we had a warning earlier on this month from the head of the eu border in charge of operations and he warned and talking huge number 500,000 to 1 million migrants could be waiting to make the crossing so because this weather now is perfect, the summer is just about to start, it's a real concern. how many more will be arriving on the shore. >> staggering numbers there stephanie, stephanie decker live for us and thank you. let's go to the other side of the mediterranean and spoke to misrata in libya and with the coast guard on the libyan coast and i don't know if you heard what stephanie decker said they could be expecting between half a million and a million people to make what is a very dangerous journey and what

greece becomes more like northern europe and structural reforms which is politically impossible for theernment. or there is fiscal pulling. it is off the table. given those two scenarios, only two stable equilibriums. any other is unstable. mark: simon, great to see you. manus: coming up we get an exclusive look from the former sony ceo. that interview when we come back. ♪ mark: welcome back. let's give you some of the breaking news from ubs. the agreement from the department of justin regards to libel has been ripped up -- department of justice in regards to libel has been ripped up. over $200 million in addition but it will not plead guilty to the fx charges. mark: a big day. stay with us. ♪ we live in a pick and choose world choose choose choose. but at bedtime? ...why settle for this? enter sleep number... don't miss the memorial day special edition mattress with sleepiq technology. sleepiq tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. you like the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! now we can all choose amazing sleep, only

people here would not be as shocked as we are in northern europe with the united states as to how business be done this way in this part of the world. we have a big scandal with petra grass, for example. the big energy company were billions of dollars were siphoned allegedly from the country. it is a normal part of the business around the world. extremely popular around the world despite what we are reporting. erik: we have got to leave it there. thank you so much. later this morning, you will hear directly from loretta lynch holding a news conference in brooklyn. you can watch it live right here. stephanie: when we return chief moynahan said his business will have to find new ways to cut expenses even further. we will have more on those when we return. ♪ fuel prices are now rising. oil is up 34% since the middle of march, though when it went down, everyone said we will not see it in effect. another republican is getting ready to enter the presidential race paired it is getting crowded in the gop. the former pennsylvania senator rick santorum is set to announce his white house bid. he woul

for many especially the syrians they want to get out of italy and get to northern europe where they have family and friends. in order to do that, they have to leave italy undocumented, without having their fingerprints taken. that sets off a game of cast and mouse. >> sheila, they are really between a rock and a hard place. your investigation is part of compass, a brand new show beginning this week. tell us more about it. >> compass is a single subject half hour, dedicated to the larger ideas of foreign policy, a very big word, but we're going to try very hard not to be very wonky. we're going to look at the stories through people. this story examines the big question of asylum and what to do about syria and the war in syria, we focus on the people who have had to leave their homes. there are now more than 3 million, some say 4 million living outside the borders of that country as refugees. that's the direct result of four years of war. we go on to ask the question, what could and should the united do. >> really looking forward to the program, thanks for joining us this morning. you can

across germany and other places in northern europe.it turns vodafone into this european center, quadruple play telecom. guy: people have talked about vodafone scype, transactions like that. it would keep them in the t.m.t. space. they don't really become a media company. >> that is exactly right. i think there is still a philosophical debate. whether content is king or whether it is not, we're both old enough to remember when it was king. now some people think it is king again. vodafone has been pretty reluctant to play that game. my bet would be vodafone wants to stay as a networks player, truly a telecom company. as you say, a deal with liberty would mean closing the door on a big content strategy. guy: matt campbell joining us. i want to explain the banana thing. you keep the banana in a jar but you to figure out how the get your banana and your hand out. marks and spencers plans a share buy back. we'll break down the numbers after the break. ♪ guy: welcome back. you're watching "the pulse" live from london's headquarters. marks & s

approach to certain areas i'm sure you're aware of instead of being one home gins market the northern part of europe is different proposition and it is recovery devil from the regions of europe we've identified in order as you recall we made a similar commitments on the private equality side to tvmg of the norway dick region the norway dick region has been growing steading for a number of key regions i think first and foremost they have a growing well educated and relatively wealthy population and vast natural resources at the their disposal as well is it so not the same strong recovery the us is showing but growing steadily there is interesting opportunity that type of investment has attracted a lot of capital from the regional and from black stone and the team has been you know investing in the region for over 10 years and have developed a local and strong very proprietary network and in addition in their team has been together for a long time the senior merchandise have over 25 years of real estate experience that helps in terms of the franchise it leads to a track record that is a net of 60 perc

. >> we like to be more germany and northern europe. as you brought up, the uk the pound has been strong. the uk will be strong with its involvement within europe. we like japan. it's not been a popular view but we think abeonomics we think that's going to make sense. you have to hedge the currency. the dollar rick santelli said it, the dollar's not going to be weak but it's also not going to be much stronger than it is. you want to hedge yourself. we think those economies, the central banks are easing. our central bank is neutral to tightening. you want to be in those markets for increased opportunity. >> the third arrow being the structural reforms they haven't gotten to. >> yes, exactly. we were talking earlier about summer jobs and we were in high school and college. a little birdy tells me what you were doing. >> i was lifeguarding at the pool where you grew up in california. >> at the old rosita park there. great pool by the way. >> it is. i think they labeled it the bill griffeth swimming pool, didn't they? >> doubt that. >> a lif

you have a very different health spectrum -- where health indicators in northern europe, the nordic countries is far different from what we see in other communities so the challenge for the arctic council, as it is developing its thinking is how -- there's not one size fits all but how to meet the needs and bring the study the information to focus together. so there's a lot of information. i welcome you to read the report. i just wanted to conclude by highlight something recommendations, and two are particularly perhaps provocative to state department colleague. i am a proponent of rethinkingthinking the arctic council's governance structure in light of to its birthday next year. it was design net 1996 for one purpose, but as we just talked about over the last three and a half hours so much has changed. do we have the right align independent our working groups? do we have the right alignment in how the arctic council meets challenges? so we very provocatively recommend that the arctic council should think about having a working group designated for arctic health and well-being. if people are

particularly northern europe's security. at the same time we had -- >> we've heard that from some of our own military leaders as well. >> absolutely. at the same time, we had the senior state department official that's very engaged on the arctic saying russia is a partner. i am struggling with the concept of partner, yet i'm seeing extraordinarily aggressive actions, missing civilian airliners, a lot of military exercises in the arctic. i'm getting repeated calls. maybe you can help me. reporters say, is this a new cold war? what are we seeing? i'm growing increasingly concerned that the u.s. government isn't focusing enough attention on this. what do you think? the foreign minister won't be at the ministerial. what is moscow sending us now on the arctic? >> i, for one, perhaps take the signal of aircraft in areas that are unexpected and unwelcomed and very aggressive. i take that as a strong signal that causes me great concern. there is a pushing of the envelope here with russia. if it's not getting the attention of our lea

concerned that russian military air craft turned off transponders flying into crowded air space over northern europe how do we meet this challenge? do we need something as a codes of conduct in the future? >> just the implement the agreements we already have. that is a very straight forward thing to do. and to fully respect all of the documents we have related to relationships in these areas of activity. then of course we will also look into how we can develop these kind of agreements and documents. this isn't a nato agreement. this is within the frame of oc but all of our allies are taking part in this. and we have a special focus on risks connected to increased air activity. russia has increased its air activity by around 50 percent. that is also one of the reasons we have increased air policing from the nato side intercepting more russian flights now than just a few years ago and the european aviation security agency provided a report recently addressing the challenges related to the increased air activity and flying without the transponders and nato was commended for the way we conducting our mi

this is a issue for those trying to escape from northern africa to europe. >> and the scandal involvingnton may have impact. and seven weeks in which mrs. clinton formally started her campaign a share of people with a negative view for hillary clinton jumped 42 percent from 36 percent in last month's survey. and only a quarter of registered voters rate her as honest. and 50 percent rate her poorly on characteristic of honesty. compared to last month. it dropped to 45 percent who compared her honestly down from 54 percent from last year. >> and michael waren. with the weekly stannard. and jackie is with the daily beast and is hillary clinton in trouble here? >> i if she is in trouble, but the scandal and e-mail server has taken a toll. when they go out on the campaign, your approval does drop because you for the spotlight. they tried to stem the bleeding and talking on about income inequality. and the attention to the scandal took the toll. nmike, you say the left wing. democratic party is suspicious of hillary clinton. and if the folks in the middle are questioning her honesty, that can

drowned but the coast guard said it rescued nearly 7,000 over the weekend and many escapeing northern africa for europe in the united states a woman who got into a deadly car crash tweeted she was too drunk to care will go to prison 24 years. that has the ruling for the judge. the woman pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter for a crash nearly a year ago. and now video from inside a bus where the driver locked the kids inside the bus and refused to let the children leave. the driver said the elementary school students were misbehaveing and once they arrived at the bus stop the kids shouted for help. >> your kid will get off the bus when i'm done with them! i'm not letting anybody off until you listen to what i have to say. >> nobody off until they listen to what he has to say. eventually he drove back to school where he finally let the kids off the bus. the school district reports the driver is now on leave. >>> the actor ryan gosling paid tribute to a man who created a series social video called ryan gosling won't eat his cereal. the filmmaker died on sunday from brain cancer. ryan gosling liked

now, in western europe, northern ireland remains the last country where same-sex couples are barred fromhe knot. next month, activists will hold a rally in support of marriage equality there. so far, legislative attempts have been vetoed in the northern ireland assembly by the democratic unionist party and a majority of ulster unionists. well, for more, we go now to belfast, northern ireland where we're joined by gavin boyd, the policy and advocacy manager at the rainbow project. gavin boyd, welcome to democracy now! can you take us through how this happened? >> [indiscernible] the social change that is been happening in ireland over the last 15 to 20 years. i think all credit has to go to the yes campaigners in getting this over the line. it helps there was a real consensus of support for the issue across all the political leaders in the republic will stop i think it also helped the catholic church kept their heads pretty much close to the grind on this issue. i think that stopped it from becoming a very divisive issue. aaron: what do you think accounts for that approach by the church,