to markommemoration is the 20th anniversary of the genocide in rwanda but the official mourning has been overshadowed in renewed claims france was complicit in the killings. a tearful oscar pistorius takes to the stand for the first time in his murder trial in south africa. he apologizes to the mother of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. he admitted to shooting her dead last year but he said he missed to -- mistook her for an intruder. the biggest election in the world gets underway. some of india's 814 million voters head to the polls in the first of nine voting stages to unit a new parliament. -- elect a new parliament. >> also coming up, tap dancing is no longer the preserve of gentlemen in top hat, black shoes and shiny shoes. the dance has been reinvented by an australian troupe touring the world and they are tapping their weight right here into the capital. 20 years on, the genocide still casts a long shadow on rwanda. we will take a look at how moves toward reconciliation are taught in school. that is our top story. this monday in rwanda, carla --, moderation tell to mark the 20th a

to markommemoration is the 20th anniversary of the genocide in rwanda but the official mourning has beenvershadowed in renewed claims france was complicit in the killings. a tearful oscar pistorius takes to the stand for the first time in his murder trial in south africa. he apologizes to the mother of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. he admitted to shooting her dead last year but he said he missed to -- mistook her for an intruder. the biggest election in the world gets underway. some of india's 814

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simon grayson is based on the twentieth anniversary of the genocide in rwanda official mourning has been overshadowed by when you lay in france was complicit in the killings. russian protesters stormed three government buildings and industrial heartland frank government in kiev and moscow trying to diss. the election a world gets under way in he has eight hundred and fourteen million voters head to the polls in the first of nine stages to elect a time watching the screen cap for joining us first of this monday in rwanda commemorations are being held to mark the twentieth anniversary of the genocides for three months in nineteen ninety four. some eight hundred thousand people mostly tutsis were slaughtered. i could to malaysia. rwandan president paul gandhi had just lit a flame at the memorial center in on the flame will burn for one hundred days the length of the massacre. cats georgia kelvin smith is at the stadium and going out with a commemoration ceremony will take place. georgette the grief over the genocide today is being slightly overshadowed by these renewed claims of france was

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a week of official mourning has began in rwanda to mark the 20th anniversary of the country's genocide0 were killed in 10 days in 1994. many of them hacked to death with machetes. the president kagame has marked for leaders. the french ambassador has been barred from attending. let's get this report now by my colleague george now. >> reporter: it's called the land of a thousand hills. 20 years ago this was the scene of the fastest killing spree in modern times. it took just 100 days to exterminate three quarters of the minority tutsis population. one of the massive massacres took place here in the south of the country. 60,000 were killed at this half built school where they sought r refuge. the mob cut off water and cut supplies getting in. then they moved in for the kill. women and children, elderly, no one spared. >> how do you remember the past without getting trapped in it? how do you reconcile victim and perpetrator? every sit, town, village in rwanda, these are the challenges they're dealing with. emmanuel led a group of the killers two decades ago in a remarkable act of generosi

they gave me a tad basically says that the policy she did with an official mourning. i will miss that i've managed to find the reason i'm fine but nonetheless is the one in and let's just do the same thing again a film about the mission of this kind of that incident shows an example of just how suspicious russian officials all from tennis at times of high tensions between moscow and kiev as it is of the month and while bob was that the boy back. i'm so so it really was late into the tent by the customs and dress the several cars but the minute activity at the bus on school class on a bed. and i was to you of all the reporting. the vote counting continues his exit polls suggest indonesia's main opposition party has called the most votes in legislative elections to form a government however jakarta's charismatic government. we'll have to form a coalition sourcing of potentials and indonesia's parliamentary elections come to occur is the biggest economy in southeast asia has the potential electorate of one hundred and seventy people. and then choosing for maybe two hundr

reat to all of us everywhere yesterday rwanda launched a week of official mourning to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the genocide, which left 800,000 people dead and changed the face of a nation forever. and i want the people of rwanda to know that i stand in solid -- with them during this solidarityy in this week of mourning, but i stand with them next week and stand with them the week after that and stand with them the week after that, because what happened during the toong and summer of 1994 is important to be mourned only on an anniversary. the tragic consequences of ethnic hatred and violence must never be forgotten. but we must never allow the events of 1994 to be repeated, else. rwanda or anywhere we must once and for all put all racial and ethnic strife behind us as we strive for a better, a better future for our children and grandchildren. and mr. speaker, we have in this whose voice one has always spoken about justice, ne whose actions was to feed those who are hungry, clothe those who had no clothes. put a roof over the head of those who were homeless. we have in the c

mourning in south korea. it's been a week since that ferry capsized. the official death toll 152, and 100 people still missing. the davis have found no air pockets inside the hull and it's unlikely that they'll find any survivors on board. they still have not been able to get into the ferry's stern. >>> in south korea three-quarters of the dead were students from a local high school there. we go to how the community is trying to cope. >> it's the community crushed by grief. there was a steady pro session of mourners. the majority of the dead and missing are students from the same local high school. funerals are the few occasions in south korea where people are expected to express their feelings. it's been an emotionally draining week, and with so many bodies to be recovered scenes like this are set to be repeated for days if not weeks to come. many hope the area will recover after losing so many of its young people. >> first it needs to recover from this sadness, and the students also need to recover and be able to go back to their schools again. >> the operation t

mourn the death of three of the victims. the search effort continues. there are new questions if officials should have done more to protect residents. before the most recent tragedy there were five others. and after that the county placed barriers in the river to stabilize the area. many thought they were safe. >> we thought the problems were fixed and we were done with it. >> you thought the problem was solved? >> yeah. >> the death toll stands at 30 and 13 people are missing. crews say they will search until everyone is account canned for. >>> we have a health warning that may have you checking your freezer tonight. thousands of pounds of chick cannen nuggets are being recalled after some complained of finding small pieces of plastic in the nuggets. tysons is recalling the chicken nuggets sold at sam's clubs across the nation. it applies to frozen white meat chicken nuggets. chicken nuggets sold at oh retailers are not part of the notice. >>> anthony is here now. a nice day today but it will feel like summer before you know it. >> oh, yeah. temperatures near average. we saw the rain the

increasingly nervous other stories trying earnestly to mourn anti corruption campaigners on trial are facing order charges after they called for officials to publish details of their assets of all men are members of the new citizens movement a group working for reform within the chinese system is the latest in a series of similar trials that have been condensed by both the european union and united states. this is the main entrance to the court today jane jones from a moving car police stopped him. most of the building. china wants no publicity at the trial and presented a group of foreign diplomats from attending the way and change as she are accused of around thirty cases of organizing and staging street protests. it covers things like displaying banners and making speeches coming for officials to declare assets. the defense lawyers as the trial is a farce and nothing more than reflection. this little scene that they didn't cause any harm to society moreover the behaviors should be praised and encouraged. this is a very easy tasty junction it doesn't require much extra legal knowledge. they are clearly innocence. there isn't even a tr

officials at fort hood from last week's deadly shooting. the news conference set to get underway 18 minutes from now, 3:00 p.m. local time in texas. over the weekend military personnel and families gathered to mournhe victims. the white house has announced president obama will attend an official memorial service at fort hood day after tomorrow. yesterday flowers decorated a fence honoring those who died or were hurt and a flag flew at half staff. army specialist lopez had gotten into some kind of argument moments before he opened fire. they say he killed three people and wounded others before turning the gun on himself. bog both families and neighbors of the gunman say they are still stunned. rick, what do we expect out of the news conference? >> we have just been told they won't be taking questions today. lieutenant general commanding officer will not be attending today's news briefing. instead it will be chris gray and someone else from fort hood. we know they will have a large map they will show us. the same building where the media was staged for nidal hasan's trial. the news conference will happen sometime in the next 20 minutes or so. no questions. apparently there will be an update on the

shannon's body was never found new york funeral, no official time to mourn, the years unfolded in a surrealfashion. a sophomore with a quick wit, a champion debater, the daughter of caring and present parents, it can happen to anyone, anywhere. thank you, ann. shannon will always you. -- will always remember you. mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from -- the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. kaptur: a threat to liberty anywhere is a threat to liberty everywhere. freedom's bell rings now for nations around our world to choose between the fledgling democracy of ukraine or the dictatorship of russia. as the russian bear eats its way through ukraine's eastern most resquons with abandon, the scene seems almost surreal as the world waits while putin pushes his illegal aggression further. the questions for freedom loving nations are, who defines freedom's edge for ukraine? surely not russia. where does the edge of defiance stop and who will push the bear back in its

mourning period. the nepalese government is offering more compensation to families of those killed. officials say sherpas will return to work on saturday. the guides say the government's offer is not enough. >>> today is earth day. to on our the environment some cities are turning to greener technologies. the university of california, davis takes food waste and transforms it into energy for eat and natural gas. jacob ward is in davis. r- in the distance behind me you see the hills that form the beginning of napper valley. this is central valley. the food grown here is about to begin providing electricity to 500 homes thanks to these biodigestors which opened today. i could have shape you mean amazing things. i shows to bring you up close and personnel with a clean fuel. there's a little water melon, lasagna, bananas - it's token garbage. what sets the system apart is that this doesn't have to be mixed with water. it can go right into the digester in solid form like this, get spun for a little while in this system, and get slowly pulled into the chambers here, which clelent methane gas coming

officials order them to put on the life vests and get ready. people may have to abandon ship. the crew replied, it's hard for people to move. this woman mourns her 17-year-old boy. one of the few whose bodies have been recovered from a ship that has now disappeared in the mirky waters. divers tried today repeatedly to enter it but strong currents stopped them. >> it's impossible to go down, but we have to try. >> reporter: the hope that air pockets might keep some children alive is dwindling. one man who escaped the ship was the vice principal in charge of more than 300 students on board. at the school they announced today he killed himself. this was the school of rising, anger, and fading hope. parents overwhelmed by loss and grief. the high school is a school of tears. the classrooms lie empty except for the clothes of the missing children, the books they piled up ready for their return. normally at this time, you would hardly be able to move in the corridors or hear anything but noisy, excited teenagers. but this isn't normal. this is the silence of the disafeared. the empty classrooms of an entire school year. at the hospital near the sc

officials are analyzing the video. there is no word yet on exactly when the gathering took place. >>> they are mourning in south korea. crews continue searching for the hundreds missing in the ferry disaster. want to give you a live look at the scene. the coast guard saying divers have pulled bodies from the ship how totally sub mermge ee eed m. the death toll is 36. david piper has the latest for us. >> reporter: the ferry's captain says he fears passengers would be swept away as no rescue ships had arrived. he and two of his crew were taken into custody overnight. >> translator: at the time the current was very strong. temperature of the ocean water was cold and i thoout abouhou te left the ferry without proper judgment, they would dwrift around. >> reporter: the captain also cop firmed he wasn't on the bridge at the time of the accident. but instead in a cabin. prosecutor said the third mate, a 25-year-old woman, was navigating the area where it sang for tk for the first time. data reveals the vessel made a sharp turn. some experts believe the tight turn could have dislodged heavy cargo including more 150 vehicles.

official announcement won't be made until tomorrow. basketball insiders say former warrior mitch richmond will join alonzo mourning as this year's inductees in to the hall of fame. richmond was one of the nba's premier shooting guard in the 1990s. he won the 1988-89 nba rookie of the year award as a member of the golden state warriors and made six all-star teams. on this year's short list but not making the cut richmond's former warrior teammate tim hardaway and long-time phoenix sun kevin johnson. hardaway tweeted yesterday that he fell short of the required votes. the sacramento fire department is staying on the scene of this huge fire this morning. it ripped through a commercial building in midtown sacramento last night. and investigators believe it is suspicious. the warehouse stores exotic cars. and those may have contributed to the heavy flames. 85-firefighters went to could not stop the fire from damaging two nearby businesses and a house. at this point, no injuries have been reported. a violent home invasion rattles an east bay neighborhood. san leandro police are searching for two men who tied up. blindfolded and pepper-sprayed o

mourn the death of a large number of sherpas. for many who risk their lives, they know it won't be the last. >> there's no sign that sherpas want to climb mountains. government officialsxtend the permits for another three years, giving g giving them a validity of five. those groups that work at the base camps are packing their backs, because the season to climb the world's tallest peak came to an end. >> now, at least four people, including a senior police officer has been killed in a suicide attack in pakistan's largest city in a fruit and vegetable mark. the police officer was targeted by groups several times before. >>> staying in pakistan - fighter jets carried out air strikes in the north wist, bombing bases of suspected armed group in the kiper agency close -- khyber agency close to the border. 37 killed, 18 wounded. >>> china is introducing tougher penalties for polluters as part of an update to environmental protection law. pollution is a huge problem. reports suggest up to half a million people died prematurely from smog every year. it's the first change to the law sips introduced 25 years ago. the amendments will come into effect next year. >>> a deadly stra

mourn the deaths of three of the victims. as the search effort continues, there are new questions about whether officials should have done moreo protect the residents there. before the most recent tragedy, there were five other mudslides, the most recent in 2006. after that mudslide the county placed barriers in the river to stabilize the area. many neighbors thought they were safe. >> they implied the problems were fixed and they were done with it. >> you feel the problem was solved? >> yeah. >> the official death toll stands at 30 and 13 people are still listed as missing. crews say they will keep searching until everyone is accounted for. >>> protecting consumers from i.d. theft, that's the goal of a new bill in sacramento that would require businesses to adopt better security practices to protect your personal information. under the new legislation if data breaches occur, retailers would be responsible for reimbursing any compromised consumers. last year target was the victim of a mass i've data breach. >> trust me, credit card companies and banks and credit unions and the retailers do not want to have their systems hacke

officials grope for answers on how to deal with the emerging problem. with the mental health of returning veterans. in the aftermath. >> president obama praised those that serves and mourned those that were lost. >> to see unspeakable violence happen, in a place where they are supposed to feel safe, home base, is tragic. >> in the capitol a somber speaker spoke for many. >> i want the families to know that we stand with you. we stand by you and is we are praying for you. >> throughout the day, political and military leaders openly struggled to understand what happened and why. clearly we may have missed something, we need to understand what that might have been. >> and whether cigle thats that could have prevented the tragedy were missed. we do quite significant screening we have to constantly evaluate this. this is something we have to deal with for a long time. and that's the consequence of 13 years of war. including expanding background checks to cover a history of mental illness. that effort collapsed one year ago this month. thursday there were renewed call for actions from the republican speaker. or being able to purchase weapons. >> others thing the ban should end.

officially we believe this to be a hate crime. >> reporter: officers say 73-year-old fraser glen cross opened fire outside jewish centers on kansas city on the eve passover killing three. as hundreds mourn last night, an unexpected visit. >> i'm the daughter of this person who was killed and the mother of the son who was killed. >> her father, william corporan was killed along with his grandson. arriving for an audition at the jewish community officer center. >> he was going to sing, "he will miss me when i'm gone." >> and terriy muller, who was visiting her mother at a jewish rsh home. >> plotting to kill an kate pf pf -- an activist. >> why are people third class citizens now? >> burning anger police say now causing deep pain. >> that idiot absolutely knocked a family to its knees for no reason. >> he carried such hate for jews but in the end none of his victims were actually jewish. that will not make a different in the hate crime charges they soon plan to file. >> all right jonathan, thank you. jury selection started in new york today in the trial of an egyptian islamic preacher charged with supporting al qae qaeda. also known as abu hamza, mustafa spent several years before he was

officials say they have also heard signals that could be from the missing plane's black box. the desperate ryes for time in the hunt for the m h370. more breaking news overnight hollywood mourning the loss of a legend. he started his career before the age of 10 in films, mickey rooney dead at 93. >> moveover taylor smith. talking ho-- move over taylor smith. the top entertainer of the year. >> i heard it was the fan favorite so rist my case. >> who were the biggest winners? we will show you straight ahead. >> "fox & friends first" starts right now. >> good morning. you are watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i am heather childers. >> thank you for start rg your week with us. hollywood mourning the loss of a legend. while you were sleeping news breaking this actor mickey rooney has died at the age of 93. >> kel rewright has a look at his life. >> he was only about 5 foot 5 not your typical leading man in hollywood, but mickey rooney always seemed destined to be a big star. >> you think you are going to make a plow jockey out of me you got another thing coming. >> he was born as joel you'll jr. his parents were vaudeville entertainers. he earned his first oscar

mourns the death of a large number of sherpas. for many who risk their lives, they know it won't be the last. >> there's no sign that sherpas want to climb a mountain, officialsxtended agreements giving a validity of five. those groups at everest base camp are packing their bags because the season to climb the world's tallst peak has come to an end. >> pete is a mountain ear who reached the top of mt everest several times. and had a role in the rescue efforts in the mt everest disaster. welcome. he's in seattle. >> thank you. >> give me your reaction - did this bring back, this avalanche, anything about the 1996 disaster to you? >> well, the grief that i feel for the sherpa families that are experimenting this tremendous lose are similar to "96. all the people lost in "96 were western climbers. it doesn't diminish the amount of grief for the surviving people. >> how dangerous is it to be a sherpa. >> how dangerous is that? obviously the sherpas are a bit of a victim of their own success. they have an incredible fizziology to do well at altitude. they have become proficient as technical guides and climbers, and have taken on more and more responsibility, and h

. >> last week, israel supreme court gave officials two months a find a solution to the on going water crisis. >> rwanda is observing a week of mourningo mark 20 years since the worst genocide in modern history. ♪ >> the country held a momentum mother yell a honor the 800,000 people killed in just 100 days. rwanda's president says the country has risen above the tragedy. he pointed out other countries facing similar tragedies today. >> i believe national unity in your own countries where it exists. where it doesn't, you are walking just as we are. >> in the summer of 1994, rwanda ethnic majority killed hundreds of thousands of people. the united nations was criticized for its failure to intervene in the crisis. now after the rwanda genocide, a u.n. country's unanimously adopted the responsibility to protect doctrine. here to discuss what has changed since then, director of policy and advocacy at the global center for the responsibility to protect. thanks for being with us this morning. u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon addressed the crowd. let's listen. >> many showed remarkable bravery, but we could have done much more. we should ha