of the actual running of the country of panama, we could go back into panama?>> yes, although i think what both sides really envision as being the more likely scenario -- you are taking an extreme one -- the reason we went after noriega was not because of the canal, but the cause -- because he, for one thing, shot some of our people. but the more likely thing is if somebody else was bothering the , a terrorist from another country, another power, insurgency or something like that -- that panama could call upon us. the idea is that the parties have an absolute common interest would act in cooperation, that they would be occasions in which we might find ourselves acting unilaterally are exceptionally rare, but we wanted to make sure that they were covered as well, and they are. that will continue on forever. >> september 7, 1970 seven, the signing ceremony -- do you remember? >> i remember it well. working on the treaty for about 10 minutes before the signing ceremony. there's always last issues in translation and all of that stuff. hadpan-american union caught u

to panama. and that this was the wave of the future and that they would simply repeat their success in this very different part of the world. forgetting that panama was a vastly different terrain and topography and climate, everything. >> today if you go to panama you still see fernand around. a couple of years ago there was a steakhouse. what would he think of the video today? >> it would probably break his heart. he was something of a rainmaker. he wasn't really an engineer, he was a promoteder, and a great believer in the infinite capacity for human beings to accomplish the untried and difficult. he was swept up by his own rhetoric as a way, and he had tremendous backing, because anyone who had invested in the suez canal had done very well. so the selling of stock in the new panama canal company was a big venture, it was exciting and like some of the stock speculation today with the wonders of technology. their problem, the french problem, when they came to attempt the panama canal was that t

one of the important roles that panama played a especially in panama city and in cologne was the u.s. tolerated the creation of red light districts. bars, saloons, gambling, prostitution because officials like goethals knew that his workers would need a kind of a chance for escape for letting off steam, sort of as a safety valve. those red light districts became a very important part, sort of the disorderly counterpart to the orderly world of the canal zone. as employees and military personnel from the u.s. dominated canal zone would go to let off steam in panama city or cologne, a lot of times there would be trouble. the u.s. folks were known for causing trouble for getting drunk sometimes and as a result sometimes fighting in the riots would out between the two groups. >> host: julie greene tell us about the city of balboa. >> guest: the city of balboa was the city created by the u.s. to house the administration. >> host: the way workers? >> guest: yeah and it was a very, a lovely town. it's the images that are remember from it depicts very much a town that represents the u.s. empir

rachel levin was on the seen in panama city. >> we are here on the panama canal, celebrating its 100thersary. celebrations were subdu innocent. they were about thanking the workers, the 10,000 men and women working 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a week. this canal is a work in progress, and there's an expansion under way. it has now been cost up to 6.5 billion, and we understand that that ticket price could increase when it is supposed to be finished some time next year. most people in panama will tell you they support the idea of the expansion. they voted for it in a referendum. since the project has got under way, there has been accusations that the money is not being well spent, there has been accusations of corruption, so even though it's something that people here say will help the canal be more competitive, it's quite a controversial issue. >> rachel levin in panama city. the celebration arrives as competition with the suez canal in egypt heats up. egypt gets 30% of asia's u.s.-bound shipments, particularly the ones going to the u.s. east coast. win. now a chinese-ba

traffic that panama hopes to win.hinese-backed project could offer a third, one shaking up shipping routes again. jacob ward joins us with this. >> really, the two canals, panama and suez defined shipping. a new canal is coming alone. >> reporter: for a century panama and suez canals made global economy possible - shipping goods from one side of the earth to the other, ship. before, ships moving from asia to europe, had to go around the capes, through some of the roughest seas in the world. panama is hoping to open a third parallel route by 2015. the existing canal sends ships through a series of locks. meaning each vessel can only be 1200 feet long. the suez is egypt's primary income. it is flat, and can hold ships but sit no deeper than 65 feet. now nickar abbing ua announced a 100 year partnership with a chinese company to build the biggest canal. the nicaraguan canal could cost hundreds of billions. let's look at how big the ships are. behind me in the port of oakland is the u.s. containership. it weighs 22,500 to

-panama relations and u.s.of the 20t 20th century. >> ifill: noel maurer, how would you say the canal worked after the handover to the pan panamanians as to how the u.s. controlled it in the last decades. >> in the last few decades, american control of the canal, it would not be an exaggeration to say the inmates have taken control of the asylum and the organization was almost for the zonians and their families than american-panamanian national interests. efficiency dropped through the floor, problems with drunkenness among canal pilots, jobs staying within families, all the terrible stereotypes of a government-run organization were multiplied five-fold. when the panamanians took it over, and a slow process, you had a couple of really important management reforms. getting serious about drunkenness was one of them. installing halogen lights, having canal traffic instead of two ways where collisions happened, you went one way for 12 hours and another way for 12 hours. so precision and profitability has risen sinc

the pilots here on the panama canal.ing aboard another ship is the least challenging part of vilma romero's day. after she checks in, she literally takes command and begins plotting the navigation of the 10,000-ton vessel. the panama canal is the only place in the world where captains have to turnover control to canal pilots like vilma. 16 years ago she made history by becoming the first panamanian woman to steer these ships through these waters. >> many times the captain says that's my first time working with a female pilot. so we are not too many around the world. but after we go through the first locks, they kind of ease up. >> reporter: it's a high-stress job and one she has to do at any time of day or night. and even in the middle of a storm. >> when it's raining, visibility is also, of course, diminished. and when it's windy, you have to fight the wind or work with the wind, looking at the size of a ship just calculating. >> reporter: after the lines are cast and the engine is cut, vilma commands the crew. there ar

. ♪ >> the panama canal 22 years ago.irst, we go to the bottom of things and find ourselves at the world-famous gridiron cup, which perhaps is more familiar to you. now we are traveling along some of the 160 miles of track that were laid down at the bottom of the canal. be shippedly had to as the shovels dug away at mother earth. modern liners afloat on a watery bridge that rises 25 feet from where these rails are. in the distance now, the lines of tracks are to be seen, and also one gets an idea of the width of the canal. originally specified to be 200 feet in width at the bottom, president roosevelt, tr that was, wanted the dimensions changed to 300 feet crossing the united states at extra 13 millions of dollars and well worth it. local and white labor were employed. the white labor being called the gold standard. of thesenment kept one nave of signalman, flag and hanscom at every switch. it had to. loaded with dirt one on its way. it was almost impossible to keep enough hands to tax the capacity. we don't want to bore

. ♪ >> the panama canal 22 years ago.irst, we go to the bottom of things and find ourselves at the world-famous gridiron cup, which perhaps is more familiar to you. now we are traveling along some of the 160 miles of track that were laid down at the bottom of the canal. it constantly had to be shipped as the shovels dug away at mother earth. right at the spot, modern liners afloat on a watery bridge that rises 25 feet from where these rails are. in the distance now, the lines of tracks are to be seen, and also one gets an idea of the width of the canal. originally specified to be 200 feet in width at the bottom, president roosevelt, tr that was, wanted the dimensions changed to 300 feet crossing the united states at extra 13 millions of dollars and well worth it. local and white labor were employed. the white labor being called the gold standard. the native labor, the rest. the government kept one of these nave of signalman, flag in hand, at every switch. it had to. for every minute and a half during the peak of activity

that delay could cause panama some $3 billion.to make matters worse, a chinese investor is planning a new canal 700 kilometers to the north. it should be wide and deep enough for the world's largest container ships. the new set of locks being built here will still be too small for the growing fleet of altra large ships. the panama canal authority is shrugging off such concerns. >> the panamanians fully support this massive construction project. it is extremely important not only for our country and our government but for the entire region. >> the canal is panama's greatest asset, more than a fifth of world goods pass through it. last year some 15,000 ships traversed the waterway bringing the country almost 2 billion dollars in revenue. that income is expected to double after the canal's expansion. the country's capital has been benefiting from the money. the construction industry has been booming here for years. new residential developments are springing up. the boom could quickly go bust once the plant canal in nicaragua is built

it could criminal trade in egypt and panama.e ward joins me on "real money" with that story. >> terrific. ali velshi, "real money" top of the hour on "al jazeera america." coming up, we will speak with the attorney for michael brown's friend. his version of events and in the wake of protests in ferguson. one lawmaker trying to stop a government program that sends free military equipment like machine guns to local please. >> you know, there are conflicting reports on what happened when michael brown was shot to death. ferguson pd says the officer who shot and killed him didn't know he was a spus respect. friends and family say the pd is trying to discredited the 18-year-old joie chin has been on the ground coveringents. life tells us very few things happen in a vacuum, spontaneously. what have you learned about the roots of the conflict that we are watching on television? >> reporter: tony, it is quite a story developing. we are at the quick trip where a lot of the protest took place. as you can see, captain johnson, the state hi

now a new era beckons, panama is spending $6.5 billion to widen the canal and double its capacity. board, vilma has a long journey ahead. but she loves the challenge and the adrenaline. >> i am doing a little bit to correct that panama shows to the world that we can handle this. we have done a pretty good job. >> reporter: for her and her thousands of colleagues, canal is a national symbol, not just of great success, but of great sacrifice. by those two build it and change the world. rachel, al jazerra on the panama canal. >>> if you want to find out more about that story or anything else, you can always keep up-to-date with the news on our website a aljazerra.com. >>> you alone may not be able to stop climate change, how should you and your community prepare for it. ideas from local leaders on the front line. that is the "inside story". . >> hello, i'm

here is a live look at the revamped panama canal.has undergone an expansion to accommodate larger ships. the more than $5 billion project has been marred with a series of problems. we look at a new canal in nicaragua that could create competition. >> for a century, the two great cab nationals, panama and suez have global economy possible. shipping goods cheap. before the canals, products being moved had to go around the capes at the bottom of south africa through some of the roughest seas in the word. panama hopes to open a third parallel route by 2013, sending ships through a series of locks. each vessel can only be 1200 feet long. the suez canal is egypt's primary source of income and egypt will try to double capacity next year. it is flat and can hold ships of any length no deeper man 65 feet. nicaragua announced a 100 year partnership with a chinese company to build the word's biggest canal for the biggest ships. the canal, three times longer than the panama could cost $49 billion when it opens in september of 2019. it could chan

rachel levin, al jazeera, panama. >> coming up in sports. also glamor and glitz in sarah @ >> welcome back. pope francis has warned of the damaging effects of growing inequality, the leader of the catholic church also called on young followers to combat the allure of materialism. richard martin has our report. somewhere. >> reporter: sensereception was enthusiastic. reports that some chinese had been barred from joining a youth are celebration. beijing, over its catholics. the pope visited a shrine, while he's in south korea, he will beatify 128 people. but his strongest message of the day came from the youth ceremony, attended by thousands, spiritual desert across the affluent world. >> we are troubled but the growing gap in our societies between rich and poor we see signs of idolatry, wealth, power and pleasure, with whom at a high cost of human lives. >> joining him on stage, a young catholic from hong kong who criticized the chinese authorities. >> translator: what grieves me is that while now we can see the church constantly growing in

got rights to build it in panama, but panama rejected the deal. theodore roosevelt responded by stationing ships add ends, where it would be built. panama relented. annual payment of $250,000. the project took a decade to complete and cost $375 million, that's about $9 billion, adjusted for inflation. 10% of the people who worked on the canal died because of accident or illness. it was an achievement that remained under u.s. control until 1999. 20 years after president jimmy carter agreed to transfer the control to panama. $5.5 billion expansion that began in 2007. this, is what we do. >> al jazeera america. >> start with one issue education... gun control... the gap between rich and poor... job creation... climate change... tax policy... the economy... iran... healthcare... ad guests on all sides of the debate. >> this is a right we should all have... >> it's just the way it is... >> there's something seriously wrong... >> there's been acrimony... >> the conservative ideal... >> it's an urgent need... and a host willing to ask the tough questions

got rights to build it in panama, but panama rejected the deal. theodore roosevelt responded by stationing ships add ends, where it would be built. panama relented. annual payment of $250,000. the project took a decade to complete and cost $375 million, that's about $9 billion, adjusted for inflation. 10% of the people who worked on the canal died because of accident or illness. it was an achievement that remained under u.s. control until 1999. 20 years after president jimmy carter agreed to transfer the control to panama. $5.5 billion expansion that began in 2007. >>> coming up we'll look at the pos humannouposthumous power of. >> shooting death of michael brown, including allegations he was involved in robbery, his family responds. 18-year-old victim, as his friends call him big mike. >>> state of emergency in new hampshire, after dozens have overdosed on synthetic marijuana, all that coming up after this. >> if you want free press in the new democracy, let the journalists live. >> this week was especially sad for movie lovers as the world said

got rights to build it in panama, but panama rejected the deal. theodore roosevelt responded by stationing ships add ends, where it would be built. panama relented. annual payment of $250,000. the project took a decade to complete and cost $375 million, that's about $9 billion, adjusted for inflation. 10% of the people who worked on the canal died because of accident or illness. it was an achievement that remained under u.s. control until 1999. 20 years after president jimmy carter agreed to transfer the control to panama. $5.5 billion expansion that began in 2007. only on al jazeera america >> this week was especially sad for movie lovers as the world said good-bye to both robin williams and lauren b bacall. some of the most unforgettable characters to ever appear on film. this week brought new information from another entertainer gone too soon, michael jackson released another video, like no one has ever done before. former npr arts editor bill wyman. michael jackson original again because he's debuted they have debuted for him, this video on tw

check out this zip line they built in panama city. 10,000 feet of zip line, but it doesn't end there.urns into a base jump over one of the most iconic spots in panama city. >> wow. >> marshall miller, one of the six base jumpers they have got. that just looks like a blast. they have partnered with speed stick here and he also put out a call on twitter to his fans saying i want to know what kind of crazy challenge you want to see me make a film of. you can see the dos in the behind-the-scenes footage. that guy got to go with the crew down in panama city and be part of the entire filming process. >> they are launching their shoes. >> looks like they are 50 feet above the ground. >> the building is 700 feet tall and the end of the zip line tied to two suvs. that's what they have got it rigged to. >> this is crazy. >> what steven says. >> i don't know how these guys are able to hold that stick with the camera and zip line and pull their chute all at once. >> buass between all six of the base jumpers, they have 10,000 combined jumps among them. they are experts and know what they are doing

now a new era becons and panama is spending $6.5 billion to widen the canal and double its capacity. she has a long journey ahead. but she loves the challenge and the adrenalin. >> i'm doing a little bit to contribute that we can handle this. we have done a pretty good job. >> reporter: for her and her thousands of colleagues canal is a national symbol, not just of great success but of great sacrifice by those who built it and changed the world. rachel from al jazeera on the panama canal. >> pope francis held the first public mass in south korea and the pontiff met 50,000 people who packed in the football stadium to greet him and called on catholics to reject consumer lifestyle and asked them to remember survivors of the country's resent ferry sinking and harry faucet sent us this update from seoul. >> reporter: he saw his first public mass. it's the assumption of mary when catholics believe virgin mary went up body and soul at the end of her life, an important catholic festival and one the pope didn't just perform the usual rights that he would on such a day in front of nearly 50,00

also, this from congressman steve southerland of florida, "proud to welcome defense contractors to panama city and show them the benefits of relocating to northwest florida." says to patrick murphy a company that manufactures led lighting, as part of the florida district jobs tour. comments from members of congress. next week -- >> this weekend on the c-span networks -- tonight on c-span, native american history. day on saturday, live all coverage from the national book festival science pavilion. evening, from bbc

>>hoy se cumplen 100 aÑos de la mayor construcciÓn hecha por el hombre, se trata del canal de panamÁ.ercio de todo el mundo. felicidades! seguimos disfrutando de temperaturas cÁlidas de nuestra regiÓn. ¿cÓmo estarÁ el calor para los prÓximos dÍas? mili delgado nos tiene el pronÓstico. >> gracias por acompaÑarnos, ahÍ calor cerca de la costa oeste, las advertencias de incendios continÚan mÁs hacia lo que es el norte de california, si viajan por esa zona tomar sus precauciones, la thalÍa en el aire esta muy mala. la mÁxima 73 en la bahÍa, palo alto 79, san josÉ 90, oakland 72, cero posibilidad de lluvia, para esta noche en san francisco 55 grados, con los cielos parcialmente nublado. vamos a ver quÉ nos espera en el pronÓstico extendido para la semana, maÑana domingo 67, el lunes 66, se mantiene estable, la mÍnima en los 55 grados, rÁpidamente san josÉ un poco mÁs caliente, maÑana domingo 75, se mantiene estable toda la semana y la mÍnima en 58. amigos aquÍ en oakland 55 grados, y asÍ se mantiene estable toda la semana. este es todo el reporte amigo, nos olvide que tenemos una cita esta

part of our 100-year anniversary coverage of the panama canal. >> with eyes on the future, these youngaraguans are learning mandarin chinese. the classes are free, a government initiave ahead of the construction of a chinese-backed canal. these university students and recent graduates, there are high expectations. >> when we heard the news of the canal, the first thing the young people thought was, i am going to find a job. now, we are preparing ourselves for work. for something that's projected to be really big. >> at around 280 kilometers, the nicaragua canal would be three times longer than the pan malcanal. the plan also includes deep water ports, free trade zones and an international airport at a cost of $50,000,000,000, the inegmatic businessman behind the canal has called it the biggest building project in the history of humanity. the government says the canal will create hundreds of thousands of jobs and help transform the country. >> nicaragua is the poorest nation in the americas with the lowest per capita income. in recent years, there have been big efforts to change this. f

. >> manuel mÉndez, noticias panamÁ está de gala porque el canal cumple 100 aÑos; la obra de ingenierÍamana. ♪ ♪ >> tuvimostemperaturas placenteras, serÍa ideal que estuviera asÍ el fin de semana, pasamos con eduardo rodrÍguez. >> quÉ tal, amigos, temperaturas placenteras, con temperaturas de 50 a 60 grados, de allentown hacia el oeste temperaturas de 45 a 49, un amanecer otoÑal en muchas localidades, en la tarde la temperatura subiÓ a los 75 estÁ por debajo de las condiciones normales. 74 graos la mÁxima hasta tarde en alletown; la realidad es que esto puede cambiar por lo menos en los prÓximos dÍas unas temperaturas por encima de 80 en toda la zona, la brisa del noroeste de siete a 12 millas por hora. en general tiempo mayormente despejado, podemos tener un poco de nubosidad en la noche pero repito lo principal del mal tiempo estÁ alejado de nosotros; todo asociado a la baja que estÁ girando ahÍ y se deberÍa mover poco. el domingo... maÑana un dÍa tranquilo, el domingo en esa zona frontal puede dejar algunos chubascos incluso alguna tormenta en nuestra zona asÍ que estÉn preparados, e

home city for his funeral on sunday. >> nicaragua is planning to build a canal said to rival that of panama. it's hoped the chinese-backed government will boost the economy. critics warn of danger. >> reporter: with eyes on the future, these young nicaraguans are learning mandarin chinese. the classes are free, a government initiative ahead of the scrugz of a chinese -- construction of a chinese-backed canal. for the university students and graduates, there are high expectations. >> translation: when we heard the news of the canal, the first thing the young people thought was i'm going to find a job. now we are preparing for work, for something that is to be big. >> at around 280km, it will be three times longer. it includes deep-water ports, trade zones and an international airport at the cost of $50 billion, the businessman behind the canal called it the biggest building project in the history of humanity. the government says the canal will create hundreds of thousands of jobs and transport the country. >> nicaragua's the poorest nation in america with the lowest per capita income. there

and 100 years after the opening of the panama canal, we'll assess the plan to open a rival waterway in nicaragua. >>> the top stories on al jazeera. kurdish forces in iraq are reported to have taken three towns east of the mosul dam in the islamic state fighters. now they are fighting to retake another town. >>> pro-russian separatists say they have shot down a jet. the pilot managed to eject and has been found. >> dozens of protesters in pakistan have been camping, demanding nawaz sharif step down, accusing him of fraud >>> a curfew is in place in the u.s. town of ferguson, missouri. police fired smoke cannisters. it follows days of angry protests that have taken place after what policeman killed an unarmed black teenager. jordan is relying on vast shale reserves to meet part of its energy needs. the high cost of extraction makes it difficult to take advantage of the resource. several international companies are trying to make the process easier. we have more. >> reporter: it's a resource that is globally abundant, but not appropriateliued lied yet. oil shale and corriganic rock, heat

. >>> 100 years after its poping the panama canal remains a spectacular engineering feet. it could have a rival route for ships crossing the pacific to the atlantic. 1500km north a canal project is under way, backed by chinese money. david mercer reports as parts of our 100 year anniversary coverage. panama canal. >> reporter: with eyes on the future, these young nicaraguans are learning mandarin chinese. classes are free. a government initiative ahead of a construction of a chinese backed canal. for the students and graduates, there are high expectations. >> when we heard the news of the canal, the first thing the young people thought was i'm going to find a job. now we are preparing for work, something predicted to be big. >> at around 280km, the nicaraguan canal would be three times longer than the panama canal. it includes ports, trade zones and an international airport at a cost of $50 billion. the eniing matting businessman behind -- enigmatic businessman behind the canal called it the biggest project of humanity. it will create hundreds of thousands of jobs, and tra

maryland professor judy greene about her book the canal builders, making america's empire and the panama canal published by penguin. professor green is a professor of history at the university of maryland. >> guest: thank you very much. >> book tv is on twitter. follow us to get publishing news, scheduling updates, author information, and to talk directly with authors during our live program. twitter.com/booktv. >> host: and as book tv continues, we are now joined by isaac. what do you do here? >> guest: curator of the collection of english american literature. >> host: how did you get to that position? >> guest: i worked in the rare book division, regular curator at the university. downtown at the general theological center. and a doctorate in renaissance history in colombia. all of that led to my being here >> host: and how long have you been with the new york public library? >> guest: since september of 2000. >> host: you have brought some things out to show was spirited collection. >> guest: i have. well, an enormous collection, about 2,000 manuscripts and tens of thousands of printe

estee lauder reports today. 100 anniversary of the opening of the panama canal. was like the summer book. >> summer reading book. >> 20 or zero. >> on the panama now? -- on the panama canal? >> teddy roosevelt and the urgency of getting it through. they touch on it in a biography. let's get the data check. futures up 5. what a nice close. yields go lower. dipping below 2.4%. >> nymex crude at 94 at one point. >> american oil, the big showing see,equity in place and 12.42. i put gold in there because it is doing nothing. this is europe. we will talk to gideon rose about this at length in the next hour. this is 30 years ago. this is really nice. what a churn here at 4%. ben bernanke would call this a hockey stick. is it a japanese hockey stick or -- i don't know what that is. it is a move down. this is the italian 10 year yield. whichnot like germany touched under 1% earlier this week. economic stagnation. people using the word "depression" more often. >> it is understandable. in germany and tracks -- 2/10 of a percent of it is understandable. >> this idea of a jus

the 100th anniversary of the opening of the panama canal.ring marvels. the canal, also referred to as one of the seven wonders of the modern word is between the atlantic and pacific oceans. this shortcut lessened the voyage from new york to san francisco by more than 8,000 nautical miles. construction on the canal was started by the french in 1881 but engineering setbacks and the deaths of 20,000 workers forced them to drop out. in 1902 president teddy roosevelt took over the project after negotiating a treaty with the new nation of panama. it established a ten-mile-wide strip of u.s.-controlled land known as the canal zone at the bargain price of $10 million. after 12 years of intense construction and the deaths of 6,000 more workers, the canal finally opened for business on august 15th, 1914. the steam ship "ss an con" became the first vessel to go through the manmade waterway. more than 1 million ships have passed through the canal carrying 8 billion tons of cargo, and the future is looking even brighter. the canal zone who was ceded back

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he never did anything about the panama canal treaties when he was president. i think he was right both times. he was right in being opposed to it when he could be, but once signed by president carter, once it was done and the senate backed it it, as an american he has to be for it so he did nothing to harm it. that was knowing that that document was signed by the people of the united states. president bruce herschensohn, w about the iraq war? is there going to be a lingering effect? >> yes, there will be. again, it will be a lingering effect that i can hear it now, we should never have gone in. that kind of thing. there were no wmds there. i have heard it all in countless, countless times. yes, we should have gone in. we should have gone in and won, and we were on the verge of it with the surge of petraeus. we were on the verge of winning. but we had already announced we were going to be -- we were going to end the war. you don't end a war. you either win it or you lose it. you don't end a war. churchill said you cannot win a war by evacuation. we have evacuat

the seizure of panama by a huge carol --military military gear proof sections are effective. the vast majority suffer from their government's self impoverishing policy. the commission of inquiry's systematic and widespread and grossly human violations being committed by the dpr k. demonstraters we that human rights is a constant focus for us. three u.s. citizens are being held by north korea. their continued detention is a steer is -- is a serious stumbling block. mr. chairman, we aim to convince the dprk to respect the rights of its people. each outrageous north korean act discredits the assertion is driven to act belligerently by other people's hostility. north korea is developing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles merely to prolong the kim regime and obtain benefits from the international community. north korea alone is responsible for north korean actions and resolving the dprk nuclear program is a multilateral task. just as north korea's original aggression against the south was met with a strong response from the united nations, standing up to korea today involves a

. >> nicaragua's planning to build a canal said to rival that of its southern neighbour panama. it's hoped the chinese-backed government will boost the economy. critics warn of disastrous consequences. david mercer reports as part of our coverage. >> reporter: with eyes on the future, the young nicaraguans are learning mandarin chinese. the classes are free, a government initiative ahead of the construction of a chinese-backed canal. for these university students and graduates there are high expectations. >> when we heard the news of the canal, the first thing the young people thought was "i'm going to find a job", now we are preparing for work. >> at around 280km, the nicaraguan canal would be three times longer than the panama canal. and includes deep water ports, trade and at a cost of $50,000, the businessman called it the biggest building project in the history of humanity. the government says the canal will create hundreds of thousands of jobs, transforming the country. >> nicaragua's the poorest nation in the roger mercados, with the lowest per capita, but for the develop

jazeera, cuba. >> you can see the next part of our series looking at the legacy and history of the panamaanal, 100 years on, on sunday at 02 gmt. still to come a little sooner on al jazeera. >> since the first time we came, it was an obsession. >> a film festival where stars are flocking, and the festival was foreraged in the heat of war. >>> no. sport we find if the all blacks could create a record. breaking win against australia. america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> 21 million school children in the united states are classified as poor. to get nutritious food they rely mostly on the government's meal plan, but during the two-month summer break those meals are widely not available. we have reports now from maryland. >> for kids summertime means more chances to run free in the sunshine, but many of them miss the meals they have become accustomed to receiver while school is in session. some 44 million american children get breakfast and lunch there. they qualify for the free or reduced priced meals if their family's income falls below t

. >>> still to come - 100 years af the opening of the panama canal, we'll assess the plan to open a rival waterway in nicaragua. >>> plus, how many people have wanted to do this when using windows - an ice cold shower for bill gates, supporting motor neurone disease. >>> and in sport, a 500-year-old horse racing condition. we'll report on the palio de >>> welcome back to the newshour. the headlines - kurdish peshmerga forces have been retaking villages in northern iraq from islamic state fighters. forces are battling to sees the strategically important mosul dam. the ukranian army enters the city of luhansk, taking control of a police station. separatists shot down a fighter shet. the pilot managed to eject safely. supporters of pakistan's opposition leader imran khan approached the high security red zone in islamabad, and threatened to cross it if the government doesn't bow out. they are demanding the resignation of nawaz sharif, because they think thee vote-rigged the last. >> a group of victims from f.a.r.c. rebels and the government testified in peace talks. daniel schweimler report f

it's the east coast ports that will gain the most from the ex-p ex-pan -- expansion of the panama canalwithout a doubt. this is the right time and we're ready and excited. >> sometimes people -- obviously this kind of industry employs a lot of people and those people will feel the benefits. but it's hard to convince people you are spending this much. what were the arguments about who would gain and who would lose as a result of this tunnel? >> well, there is always a current when the cost of anything goes up. we have had some issues with the marlin stadium and how that came about, but this will over all i think be a very positive impact. and you will always have the nay sayers that say $1 billion could have gone to this project or that project. but you need a vision of what can transpire as a result of this type of infrastructure in place, which i -- as you alluded to it's one of a find. >> no kidding. pete good to have you on the show. hope you'll come back again. >>> coming up next, hamas and israel agree to a ceasefire, but can they agree to end israeli block aid on gaza? ♪ >>> there

he wanted to establish 90-miles from florida and bordering the panama canal russian military bases. cuba ran up a debt to russia dating back to the soviet era of $35 billion. on the july trip president putin waved $32 billion in debt. new commercial agreements on energy and trade were made between the two. remaining $3 billion will be used for education in cuba. mr. putin wants to invest in the creation of a grand transportation hub. construction of an airport and petroleum projects on the island's north coast including drilling for new oil and vast volume offshore deposits. next stop argentina. president putin visited the arch argentinian president and signed agreements with her involving the massive russian atomic corporation. >> president obama's belief this is not a cold war, a new one, is that wishful thinking? >> no it is not. there is not a new cold war. putin is playing in our backyard because we are in his backyard. he doesn't want a new cold war. he and angela merkel are working to cut off aid to the separatists of ukraine in return of his recognition of the ownership of t

frutas identificadas estos migrantes llegan a ecuador donde no se les pide visa, se embarcan hacia panamÁsalvador hacia mÉxico finalmente ee.uu. en el caso de honduras los migrantes detenidos reciben un permiso autoriza su permanencia temporal en el paÍs una especie de luz verde para que sigan avanzando hacia el norte. en el salvador lo mÁs comÚn es que sean devueltos a su Último paÍs de trÁnsito que suele ser honduras. >> los agarran y casi casi tenemos el mismo tratamiento que como agarran a indocumentados cuando entran a ee.uu. >> la organizaciones migraciones internacionales seÑalan que las bandas de traficantes utilizan mÁs el territorio suramericano y evitan las rutas marÍtimas por mÉxico, para naciones unidas los flujos de migrantes aumentan en las medidas que lo hace la vulnerabilidad. >> paÍses y personas que estÁn particularmente expuestos a desastres naturales, shocks externos, elementos adversos en su vida personal pero tambiÉn como naciones. >> suficiente presiÓn para hacer quÉ una persona dedique hasta 9 meses para recorrer la mitad del mundo por un futuro mejor. en san salv

the south american nations panama, ecuador and zimbabwe all use similar currency. this has turned into a big issue. they spent a lot of time talking about it. i don't know how much the scottish public were insued by that. i guess it's important. examples around the world, countries use other currencies because they want to. >> it's a very big subject. it's a big issue for scotland. they could use the pound without the permission of the rest of the uk. as you said, countries like panama have done that well over 100 years. they use the u.s. dollar. they have no input to policy, control the exchange rate. they feel it's better to use the u.s. dollar than to try and have their own. >> is that entirely negative reasons because of inadequate says and worries about their own currency which wouldn't be there in the case of scotland? >>> it's normally seen as a sign of weakness. your economy is so weak and badly managed, you use someone else's currency. >> a sign of failure? >> a sign of failure. corruption is not going to be so bad you're going to use everything. if you us

panama canal opened 100 years ago.ay 5% of the world's maritime trade passes through this 50 mile or 80 kilometer canal. 1 million ships have passed through it since it opened. katie has the report from panama canal. >> when it was built, it was considered a huge fete of engineering. what's more amazing is little has changed. standing on one of the three gates, 27 meters high, absolutely massive. originally these gates were operated by gears but now operated by hydraulics. that's the biggest which i think that's changed. these gates are the original ones installed 100 years ago. >> eric is maintenance engineer at one of the locks. he started as apprentice 26 years ago. he's proud of how they've turned this water way into a more profitable business. >> people really doubt it, but they know we did it. we really did it. the other people maybe envy because we did it. they don't have the canal. >> reporter: it's a tight squeeze for bigger ships. global trade has grown considerably in the past 100 years. the canal is expande

. >> it's set in panama. the dates are introduced to three prospective partners.go on a first date and then make a final choice about who they want to continue to have a relationship. yeah, there's that. >> i will tell you this. >> he's done it before. >> if you watch this show closely -- no, i've never dated naked. i would never have a second date if i showed up naked. it's a real short story let me tell you. it would be a short date. no, there's a philadelphia dude who was on one of the episodes. >> really? >> he played basketball over at roman catholic high school. >> yeah. >> and i forgot his name. justice. >> is his last name. >> i think it's his first name. >> justice. >> we'll look it up. >> get it on twitter. just help me out with. that i'm sure he played basketball at roman. >> did he do well do you remember. >> i didn't see the episode. just heard about it. >> got a casting call you go to panama and you go on dates. >> what was the casting? did you have to get naked at the casting. >> i think it was just an e-mail. >> it shows up on some random web site.

. >> panama canal turns 100 today.elped get through the senate. 1 million vessels have gone through the panama canal. the other thing, i'm going to be here with andrea for the 8:00 and i'm going to have a swiss burger, a chocolate milkshake, new england clam chowder. >> set your dvr so you never miss an episode of "the five." "special report" is up next. we'll see you live at 8:00 p.m. >> policemen of new details and policemen of confusion surrounding why police stopped an unarmed 18-year-old african-american boy before he was fatally shot. this is "special report." >>> good evening. i'm shannon bream in for bret baier. we begin tonight in the st. louis suburb of ferguson where an attempt to shed light on a tragic tension could inflame tensions even more. authorities first declared and then denied that 18-year-old michael brown was being questioned about a robbery when he was fatally shot by a police officer.

took of the panama. interviews with those who helped to negotiate treaties. it also featured a 1978 address with president carter. first, david mccullough. he discusses the history of the canal's construction. >> he joins us this evening from boston. evening. >> good evening. >> why do you have a picture in book?