i speak of her image in poland. this image was strengthened by numerous historical experiences and it is a very well-known thing that we will pay the warm heartedness and kind -- in kind. the wonderful principle of the american democracy, government of the people, by the people, for the people. i, too, remember these words. i have devoted my entire life to the service of this idea, government of the people, by the people, and for the people. [applause] [applause] against privilege and monopoly, against violations of the law, against the crumbling of human dignity against contempt and injustice -- [applause] >> stolen verbatim: use aid -- thed by the marshland 80 used by everyone in western europe, including the countries which lost the war. it is worth recalling now the great american plan which held western europe to protect its .reedom and peace order >> now is the moment when eastern europe awaits an investment of this kind, an investment in freedom, democracy, and peace. and investment required for the brightnes

poland's solidarity movement exposed communism's first cracks in europe. and the young electrician was lack wilansa, and he became the charismatic leader, galvanising support, bringing poland's communist government to the negotiating table. 10 years later he wept on to become poland's first popularly elected president and presided over a transition to a post-communist state. but today, as the crisis unfolds in neighbouring ukraine, the polls feel pressure from moscow. i sat with a man in from the beginning. he, again, has his eye on russia. thank you so much for speaking to us. you have been speaking so much about what is happening in ukraine with russia. and poland has been very strong in saying that the west has got to resist what russia is doing. now, in the world, many team think the worst is over, the worst is behind us. in poland people are worried about russia being expansionist, wanting to do more. what are you thoughts? >> my great grandfather, my grandfather and father said there is no free poland without a free ukraine. that is why the polls are

poland is looking for new markets. we are lucky to find new areas for our export but the united states market is one of the most demanding, but at the same time, the biggest. >> and someone might say as they're watching this why must we buy your apples? we have apple orchards in america. but you're right there. it cost you to take this hard line and why is poland putting itself on the line with respect to russian? they are a member of nato. there's no real fear is there amongst poles that russia will try ointerfere in poland? >> well our history is such that you can never be sure. so we took the things in our hands. first of all, we are the process of modernization of the polish armed forces. it's a project practically going online which is the next ten years, we are purchasing the most contemporary technology, we are not probably the first target for the russians. but the situation in ukraine puts us in a worried situation. we might expenditure some pressure from russian side. actually we don't know what might happen.

it certainly is not poland. [applause] drive is for a transformation, a transformation achieved through peaceful means, through evolution negotiated with all of the parties, makes worstsible to avoid the and may be held up as a model for many other nations. as we know, changes elsewhere are not so peaceful. peacefully and prudently, with their eyes open to danger, but not giving up what was right and gradually the pols paved the way for historic transformation. we are joined along this way thanks to various help from others, hungarians and russians, the ukrainians and the people of the baltic public, armenians and georgians, and in the recent days, the east germans. we wish them luck and rejoice -- at eachuccess success they achieve. others willin that also take our route since there is no other choice. [applause] i asked now, is there any sensible man who could not say that it would be better if the kept quiet because what they are doing is jeopardizing world peace? couldn't we say that the pols are doing more

poland expects a natural gas terminal to be built by 2015, and that will help poland wean off of the 10 billion cubic metres of natural gas it imports from russia, and half of that will come into the terminal by ship. on a remote polish island in the baltic sea, the poles are building this enormous plant to import natural gas. it began three years ago in part by russia's decision to turn off natural gas supplies to ukraine in 2006 and 2009, which affected supplies to several eu countries. i sat down to discuss it with the former polish president, and icon, lec wallenca. >> poland has the problem where natural gas knolls a little bit less, and do you think this is going to happen less this other countries? >> just a few more months, years, and we'll be completely independent of russia. russia will lose out because we and others will not do it. >> the future belongs to energy, and one of the foundatians is going to be access to your own source of energy, and the cheapest energy. those cheap prices are needed for both residents and business. particularly for businesses that require a lo

they left poland.910, nearly 170,000 jews fled persecution throughout the austro-hungarian empire, the vast majority coming from the galicia region. this is the passenger record from the ss america. the ss america arrived at ellis island august 17, 1907. can you tell me who was on this ship, my friend? "naftali ringel." isn't it amazing that he came on a ship called america? i know. do you know, there used to be a law in judaism that you couldn't travel on a boat on the sabbath? had that law not been changed, none of the jews of europe could have come to america because it took more than seven days and you'd have to be on the boat over the sabbath, and that's what allowed religious jews to come to america. good move, rabbis. yeah, yeah. [ship's horn blows] gates: two years after alan's grandfather naftali passed through ellis island, his wife blima also emigrated to america, but, according to family legend, the reunion didn't go so well. dershowitz: when my grandfather left poland, he had a long, long

poland are a member of europe, a member of nato.fear that russia will try and interfere in poland? >> our history tells us you can never be sure so we took things in our hands. first of all we are in the process of modernization of the polish armed forces. it's a projects practically going -- project practically going online, which is for next ten years . we are purchasing the most contrary technology. we are -- contemporary technology. we are probably not the first target for the russians but the situation in ukraine puts us in a very worry situation. we might expect some pressure from russian side. actually, we don't know what might happen. probably, it would be worth the noble price if somebody can detect what are the plans of mr. putin. so we have to be prepared for a different scenario, even the worst one. we are a member of nato. as you said. and the european union, we have a great alliance with the united states. we want to be sure that the article 5 of nato treaty would work in the situation that something happens not necess

in 2013, poland exported 677,000 tons of apples to russia. that's 56% of all its apple exports, but that all ended on august 1. there's nobody to buy those apples now and that's going to cost polish apple growers $659 million this year. that panic over apples is a symbol of bigger fears spreading across a european continent whose economic health was already turning rotten. sanctions are taking a big toll on russia's already-stagnating economy. lower oil prices put the country on the brink of recession. the ruble plunged to record lows and the bank of russia projected investors would yank $128 billion out of the economy in 2014, more than double the amount they took out the year before. even more important, putin holds a huge weapon in russia's economic war with the west. during the 1980s, moscow built a web of pipelines, linking its siberian gas fields to gas thirsty households and industries in europe, using ukraine as a transit state. europe today is vulnerable if russia turns off the spigot. in an attempt to fix that problem, poland taking

a key person in poland's poland's transformation says it's on the way from the cold war. >>> barricaded them sestles in the gadansk shipyards. the solidarity movement was born. poland's solidarity movement exposed communism's first cracks in europe and that young are electrician was le lek walesa. eventually brought poland's government to the negotiating table. ten years later walesa went on to become l poland's first popularly elected president. and a postcommunist state. but today as a crisis unfolds in neighboring ukraine the poles are again feeling pressure from moscow. i sat down with the man who was there from the beginning a quarter-century from his historic election, lek walesa. >> thank you for speaking with us. you have speaking so much with what is happening in ukraine, with russia, poland has been strong saying the west has got to resist what russia is doing. in the world many people think the worst is over, the worst is behind us but here in poland people are still worried about russia being expansionist and wanting to do more. what are your thoughts? >> translator: my grea

poland and hungary have rapidly moved but only after years of economic evolution. east germany is faced with making the same kinds of changes, literally overnight. there is a misstep in east germany now and the result could be cataclysmic. hopefully the east germans' mentors will counsel common sense. we should also be clear and prudent in our own. there is no equivocation in our goals. we want freedom for east germany and its people. we wanted a positive announcement to be the real thing. we want to the berlin wall torn down and all other barriers to the free flow of people removed. we hope that east germany's communist cleave will transform into a new form of government. we should not do anything at this point which might needlessly add fuel to the fire. the issues of the long-term future are critical issues, issues which will be affected by what will happen in these next days and weeks. issues that we must think about now. they are not issues were heated rhetoric right now. german history is at a critical crossroads. profound changes now lie ahead. but for the m

poland expect lng terminals to be built by 2015, hoping poland wean off $10 billion in gas. half that amount of natural gas comes into the new terminal by ship. i sat to discuss it with former polish president and cold war icon. >> poland had an experience where the gas from russia, from gazprom starts to flow a little less. do you think that will happen this year in poland and other countries? >> just a few more months, years, and we'll be completely independent of russia. russia will lose out. we and others will not buy. now we are not able to do it. we will be in the future. >> it's part of an economic war planting seeds of discontent in boardrooms and berlin, to apple orchards in poland. >>> coming up tomorrow. russian roots run deep in the new cold war. that airs at 7:00p.m. eastern, and 4 pacific on this network. >> the u.s. military is tracking a mysterious russian object in space. launched in may, it was described as space debris. now it's manoeuvring around the earth, randa viewing with other russian vessels. space experts say they don't know what it is. it could be

and he was a stately, career military guy in poland, came from a distinguished family. in shaded glasses, and he said to me, i had a producer from chicago with me who was a kind of unmade bed of a man, had a hilarious sense of humor, and he said to me, i have been interviewed by walter cronkite in translation, and i have been interviewed by barbara walters, by the editor of the "new york times," now, i'm about to be interviewed by the most important american journalist at all, because i just interviewed gorbachev, mr. tom brokaw, and my producer said, no wonder this guy is in so much trouble. >> that's great. one last one to end the night on. and thank you so much for coming, everybody. you have been a wonderful audience. and we're going to get this flight out of here on time. real quickly, one reason for optimism for the future of the united states and the biggest reason for pesism that keeps you up at night? >> a big reason for opt mrcimis we're the most inventive country in the world and people are still desperate to come here and bring those skills with them. i have

in fact, in 2013 poland exported 677,000 tons of apples to russia. that's 56% of all its apple exports. but that all ended on august 1st. there is nobody to buy those apples now, and that is going to cost polish apple growers $659 million this year. and that panic over apples is a symbol of much bigger fear spreading across an european continent, whose economic health was already turning rotten. on the other side of the equation sanctions are taking a big toll on russia's already stagnating economy. lower oil prices put the country on the brink of recession. the rouble plunged to lows. even more important, putin holds a huge weapon with the west. in the 1980's, moscow built a web of pipelines linking it's siberian gas fields to gas-thirsty households and europe. that means europe today is vulnerable if russia turns off the spigot. in a bold attempt to control that problem, they're taking the most aggressive action to free itself of russia's energy dominance. a liquified gas terminal to be built by the middle of 2015. that will help poland wean over t

poland had experience where the gas from gazprom flowed a little less. do you think it will happen a little less in poland and other countries? >> translation: just a few more months, years, and we'll be independent of russia. russia will loss out because we and others will not by o. now we are not able to do it. we will be in the immediate future. >> reporter: it's all part of an economic war planting seeds of discontent from boardrooms in berlin to apple orchards in poland >>> still ahead on the al jazeera newshour. a raid on mosques in kenya as authorities tries to crack down on al-shabab >>> plus, good by pollution, hello smog. >>> yemen is divided over politics - could it unite over a winning football team. stay with us. we are back after the break. >>> plus, good by pollution, >>> welcome back, you are watching the al jazeera newshour. in iraq - five have been killed by a suicide attack in erbil. a car rammed into gates outside the government office. erbil is the capital of a semiautonomous region. five bodies have been found in the compound of a r

havepeople in east germany left them with only one reasonable choice, to go down that poland and hungary are already taking. people are the masters of the state cannot the service. will they stay on that path? the jury is still out. borders can be closed as well as opened. free elections can turn out to be nothing more than talk. members are 11 holdovers, and they are undoubtedly still powerful --ces which you will see which will see all the recent developments as a torrent and will continue to push a communist government. this is an extraordinary moment in history of your. -- history of europe. have rapidlyngary moved but only after years of economic evolution. east germany is faced with making the same kinds of changes, literally overnight. there is a misstep in east germany now and the result could be cataclysmic. hopefully the east mentors will cancel common sense. -- counsel common sense. we should also be clear and prudent in our own. there is no equivocation in our goals. want freedom for east germany and its people. we wanted a positive announcement to be the real thing. we want

. >> [indiscernible] sinceaven't talked to him this development because he just went off to poland. last week i made very clear to him that we thought we were handling it with a great sense of dignity. i don't remember that conversation -- i am sure he knows that. >> [indiscernible] >> no, he didn't do that at all. he demonstrates a quiet confidence that the federal public can cope. i say they have done a good job and here's a new development in this rapidly changing part of the world that we can salute. happening foric east germany. >> is this the end of the iron curtain, sir? >> i don't think any single event is the end of what you might call the iron curtain. wayclearly the same long of thee harsh days harshest iron curtain. >> [indiscernible] >> i think you have to say what you mean by warsaw pact. it seems to me that it is certainly a loosening up in it concurs with the helsinki final act, and it is a very good development. europe, holy is and free -- hole and free. orbotech talks about a common home. is it a step towards that? probably so. >> [indiscernible] there is no indica

you may remember that before i went to poland, i was asked by a polish journalists, if i were a pole, what would my advice be? i said i would stay there and participate in this dramatic change. you want to feel the surge of freedom, feel the move toward democracy, and to be a part of it. germans love their country, and at some point, i think a lot of germans who have felt unable to move are going to say we can move but wouldn't it be better to participate in the reforms that are taking place in our own country? i think it is too early to predict these openings. everybody is going to -- >> [indiscernible] >> yeah. >> [indiscernible] >> he has already expressed his interest in a common, european home. when you see citizens wanting to flee when it has been in oppressive society, that is the message that mr. gorbachev -- he sees it not only in eastern europe that the soviet union. i have said that we would be discussing a rapid change inside eastern europe and we have been talking about that today just before you came in. we have been talking about the gorbachev meeting, and one of the th

for example, poland, abortion used to be lealle -- legal but it was made illegal in 1993.nd the rest of the countries -- portugal legalized abortion recently in 2007 and there's only now i think three or four countries where abortion is still illegal, this is ireland, poland and malta. and actually, ligtenberg also very recently realized abortion. >> in terms of those countries that you mentioned where abortion is still illegal isn't the argument that if it's going to be safe it's got to be legal. is that argument getting through to the leadership in those countrys? is that the sort of message your group is trying to get across? >> i think that actually that is not anymore the main argument. for example, in countries like poland and ireland, women also have access to medical abortion and that's extremely safe, to be done by women themselves at home. like is happening in france and women get it through the internet or they you know, so actually, abortion is available in these countries. the problem is that it's causing a social injustice because it's the women without money

the opening of a remarkable museum in poland made possible ring ring!... progresso! homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people. make it progresso or make it yourself some people think vegetables are boring. but with green giant's delicious seasonings and blends, we just may change their minds. ho ho ho green giant! broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. >>> welcome back, everyone. we're starting this half hour with a quick look at the forecast and, matt, the rain is on many people's minds. >> yeah. showers out there this morning and we'll check in with meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning, guys. doppler shows most of the activity is south of the bay area as a cold upper low continues to rotate some showers into the south bay around loss altos hills and over to the east around, and looking at the higher elevation and 680 with showers and down through davenport and santa cruz and we'll look at the activity and the scattered showers and the possibility of a thunderstorm. look at big sur a

i was in poland, and in poland they grow something like the gruyeck apple. it's equivalent to a champagne grape. you can only grow it in a particular region and it's a fabulous apple. as you go through the polish countryside its orchard after orchard after orchard. two-thirds of the market for these apples is russia. and now russia imposed sanctions on poland and other european country. no more apples were sold to russia. the polish farmers have these apples. they started a campaign to get people to eat more apples. there is nobody else to buy these things. you have these polish farmers not selling their apples. they're rotting. then you have russians paying more for apples than they used to. and in the whole process these are regular people who are hurt by this discussion. those poles, they're really upset with russia. they don't want invasion. any pole who is over the age of 50 knows that russia dominating or germany is dominating, so they're obviously understandably worried. they thought that after the fall of the berlin wall things would be different but

i've written extensively on american policy in poland. i want to thank you all for your insightful comments. i never want to follow mel leffler f g talks -- after he talks to read it was wonderful. i'm also very happy that dr. engel reminded us of the two things that happened on june 4. there are two options -- there is the polish option, successful elections, and then there is the tiananmen option. in washington, they thought about tiananmen. i like to think that the polish experience opened the door for the other crowds to take power. as a comment on what you said, dr. engel, not all in east european leaders were troglodytes. there were reformers ahead of gorbachev, in a way, in eastern europe, and i think that should be remembered. the fear in poland was never that he would call for shots, but that he would be removed as gorbachev might have been. i think that is important to remember, that he had partners. my question is to married -- m ary. you talked about unintentional actions of the middle but also the agency of local actors. my q

i was also in teiananmen square and russia and poland. i interviewed gorbachev in '87 and persuaded him for a couple years he was the only american journalist he should talk to, and then he caught up to that. i said we have to put this in a context so people can understand the warp speed at which the world is changing. >> in our present day, the main adversary the use faces is islamic radicalism and fundamentalists and it's changed the way we cover the story because a lot of journalists can't get into syria, into parts of iraq because it's so dangerous. the story has changed and it's not as clear-cut as it used to be. it's not the united states versus the soviet union. you have these sort of tribal wars playing out in the middle east. what's important for media consumers to digest from, a, how we're trying to do our best over there in terms of getting the story out, and what does it mean for future generations if the prolonged conflict in that part of the world and a guerilla style, not only through newer technologies and also radical ide

in poland we're staying on poland bases. it's there. the infrastructure because of this connected training initiative, because of these long-established relationship, we have access to what we need and thank you to to the host nations and nations we're in, they're very aaccommodating to us. we're an expeditionary army. we have equipment and we can go and do this rotational type of footprint in places without building new bases. and it's very important. so, when you hear u.s. forces in the baltics, in poland, it's not a u.s. base we built or are asking taxpayers to build for us. it's provided by the host nation. what we'll do with the reassurance initiative is build those things we need to do to increase training capacity and readiness within our forces and increase in our interoperatability amongst one another. that's very critical. but there are some people that think we're trying to build permanent bases in these places and that's -- that's not part of our -- that's not part of our plan nor our vision, nor do we see it as required in

a remarkable museum in poland opened to the public with enormous help from the bay area man.museum that is very different from any other you've ever visited and it's the culmination of a bay area man's lifetime of giving back. >> images still as haunting today as when the world first saw them six decades ago. hitler's nazi solution. the death machine for more than 6 million jews. nowhere was the plan more devastating than in poland. 90% of the jewish population eliminated. ted towby was born in krakow, escaping the holocaust, but many in his family did not. he went to school in stan terrored and build a successful real estate business. turning to philanthropy. he's been part of a massive project to tell the other side of the story about polish jews. >> why has it been so important for you, ted, to be so involved in this so directly. i think the history of how jews lived for a thousand years prior to the holocaust is virtually unknown and we felt that that's a very, very important story to tell. >> to tell that story, the museum of the history of polish jews, a state-of-the-ar

real money's ali velshi sits down with poland first popular elected president discussing the strainsetween ukraine and russia and how his country is caught in the middle. >> western new york state once again slammed with snow this morning, up to another four feet could fall before the weekend. that's on top of the nearly six feet already on the ground. >> three students are recovering this morning after a shooting at florida state university at the campus library. police shot and killed the gunman, class are canceled. >> president obama set to layout the new details of his executive order an immigration tonight. the plan would allow millions to prevent being deported. the president is taking executive action despite warning from republicans. >> republicans are already furious at this move. is the president calling their bluff? >> the white house says republicans in congress had a chance to act and didn't. tonight's announcement by president obama will test the power of executive authority, but it's by no means the first time a president has used the oval office to steer national poli

in latvia, in poland, but in addition to that, we also have to see european countries. a really transatlantic effort, really coming together and reassuring those allies that are feeling vulnerable. >> all of these will be coming together, many of them, very soon, do you think that in terms of the time line of when we will see actual action, over there, that it is going to be soon i am hopeful thatly continue to do so, if they do see more of that, especially given the deteriorating security situation not just in ukraine, but throughout europe at large, increasing incidents of russian airplanes flying into nato territory, and other countries, i think there is a need to have a tougher and a stronger response to some of these actions, not only to assure allies but to deter russia. thank you so much. >> back in this country, republicans have moved quickly to challenge democrats, today the house of representatives approved a bill, approving the keystone x.l. oil pipeline. now for six years president obama has held up approval, in part because of opposition from environmentali

she came from poland. she was my great grandmother. she told me when she saw the flag she knew she was in the united states of america. this right here at fort mchenry and in this area, we organized ourselves to fight not only for the battle of baltimore for our country, but we organized the great arsenal of democracy to fight for the battle of britain and to save europe from nazis. the battle of north point became sparrows point where we made steel. here in locust point, we made liberty ships. in essex they made planes. we organized not to fight but to save britain. one of the most enduring alliances among people between two nations is the transatlantic alliance between the united states and great britain. so tonight it was great honor that i bring to the stage a representative of her majesty's government, a representative of a government that has been with us in triumph and in some of our darkest days. sir british -- excuse me. sir peter westmacott, an accomplished diplomat and a distinguished statesman. we thank you for your friends

. >>> the leaders of ukraine, moldova, and poland have reaffirmed their intention to maintain pro-european policies and not yield to pressure from russia. ukraine's presidential office announced the leaders of the three countries met in moldova on thursday. at the meeting ukrainian president petro poroshenko stressed linking up with europe is the only option. he said both ukraine and moldova will continue their efforts to join the european union with the support of poland. moldovan president emphasized his policy of promoting political and economic reform in his country with the assistance of the eu. his country will hold a parliamentary election on november 30th. polish president who is a hardliner against russia showed his support for the remarks of poroshenko. the three presidents met out of concern for russia's influence in separatist eastern ukraine and fear that russia may try to meddle in moldova's general election. >>> the united nations human rights agency warns that the situation in contested areas of eastern ukraine is getting worse. officials estimate that nearly 1,000 people h

john lindsay poland live from san francisco >>> now, japan, the world's third-largest economy is back in recession for the third time in four years. its economy shrank by 2%, surprising most experts who had thought it would expand. many are blaming a sales tax increase, a key element of the economic plan. another tax had been scheduled - that's expected to be delayed. >> translation: when making a decision on the tax hike, we need to be careful not to slow down the economic recovery. what is most important is not to let it go back to deflation. >> the fact that japan is in recession will put pressure on shinzo abe. stating his reputation on a high profile attempt to get the economy growing. the chief economist at japan mack ra advisors in tokyo, and says things may not be as bad as they think. >> prime minister abbe is about to announce that eel simulate the economy. i would say g.d.p. was a blessing for the japanese economy, as long as the outlook is consistentent. i would say the cancellation of sales tax hikes scheduled for next year should boost the confidence of household and the

and he was a stately, career military guy in poland, came from a distinguished family. in shaded glasses, and he said to me, i had a producer from chicago with me who was a kind of unmade bed of a man, had a hilarious sense of humor, and he said to me, i have been interviewed by walter cronkite in translation, and i have been interviewed by barbara walters, by the editor of the "new york times," now, i'm about to be interviewed by the most important american journalist at all, because i just interviewed gorbachev, mr. tom brokaw, and my producer said, no wonder this guy is in so much trouble. >> that's great. one last one to end the night on. and thank you so much for coming, everybody. you have been a wonderful audience. and we're going to get this flight out of here on time. real quickly, one reason for optimism for the future of the united states and the biggest reason for pesism that keeps you up at night? >> a big reason for opt mrcimis we're the most inventive country in the world and people are still desperate to come here and bring those skills with them. i have

they've expelled a number of diplomats from germany and poland. that follows the expulsion of russian envoys from the two countries. russia's foreign ministry and interfax news agency say officials ordered the expulsions on monday. authorities say the diplomats engaged in activities incompatible with their status. they didn't give any other details. officials in germany and poland have also not explain wide they sent the russian envoys home. in another move, russian authorities deported a former member of latvia's parliament. media reports said they accused him of spying. the man is said to be an ethnic russian and a citizen of latvia. russia is locked in a deepening confrontation with europe over the situation in ukraine. both sides have hit the other with economic sanctions. >>> investigators in japan are take the markets higher. ai uchida has more. >> investors are buying back the shares they sold yesterday. you mentioned gdp earlier, investors were shocked to see a contraction. so today, investors are going barga bargai bargain hunting. for de

also plus poland's taking a stand right in the shadow of russia. i'll talk to the

in the european union as solidarity and any of the other political movements in poland. that allowed our democracy promotion efforts to avoid the appearance of trying to pick winners and losers in the domestic political process. we had a breakdown of this in russia in 1996 where we very much had a sense that yeltsin's victory, boar wrist ris yeltsin's victory was an american imperative. we had to make sure that zuganev did not win the round of the political election. so it wasn't simply about supporting process, it was about looking at particular outcomes, political outcomes that we wanted and then as we've gone back and looked at what t willingness to compromise the process or allow the democratic process to be compromised in order to ensure president yeltsin would have his second term in office. and finally one critical part of the central east european experience which may not be replicated in other parts of the world was that the fact that the united states government put its full faith and credit behind the democracy process was very important. local governments loo

. >>> and 215 arrested in poland after clashing between police and far right rioters on independence. ♪ ♪ >>> hello, nigeria's president goodluck jonathan has confirmed he will seek another ter term in office when lexes are held in february. he announced it one day after 47 people were killed nay suicide bombing at a school. as he nears the end of his first term, the president faces mounting criticism. this includes his failure tackle the boko haram armed group which is responsible for thousands of deaths, mainly in nigeria's northeast. its violent campaign has led to medicals being declared in three states, fighters have taken over towns and villages and there are reports of the army fleeing rather than fighting back. boko haram has also abducted hundreds of people, including more than 200 school girls in april. goodluck jonathan is being accused of not doing enough to secure the girls' release. and he's blamed for failing to curb what many describe as rampant corruption in government and state institutions. now an update from nigeria's largest city, lagos. >> reporter: the nigeria