the american company controlled by sncf holds $3,000,000,000 to operate american commuter lines. it wants to bid on another contract worth twice that amount. campaigners are fight to go bar sncf for competing for business in the state of maryland and in the u.s. congress, another bill would strip it of immunity from human rights lawsuits that foreign, state controlled companies enjoy. under that pressure, the french government has begun talks to be compensating the survivors in america. victory would come too late for leo bretholtz, a campaign leader who escaped from a train before it reached the auschwitz camp in 1942. >> come up with a statement of, yes, we did send people to death camps and we got paid for it. >> two days after his 93rd birthday, he decided before he was scheduled to testify in support of a proposed legislation. one less victim to be compensated. tom ackerman, al jazeera, washington. >>> there is still much more ahead on al jazeera america. >> i looked down, this whole leg was ripped open. i was on fire. >> two brothers, both wounded in boston a year ago. thei

the campaigners are trying to bar sncf from working in the state of maryland. under the pressure the french government has begun talks on compensating the survivors in america but victory would come too late for leo a campaign leader who escaped from an sncf train before it arrived at a camp in 1942. >> yes, we sent people to their deathbed and they got paid for it. >> just before his 94th birthday he died. one less victim to be compensated. tom ackerman, al jazeera, washington. >> the u.s. president barack obama has signed a law aimed at rocking iran's envoy. abu test talabi said he only served as a translator. new legislation is being introduced in interest of national security. >>> germany's ambition is to produce 80% of its energy from renewable sources by 2050. but it's also the largest producer of one of the dirtiest forms of fuel also known as brown coal. al jazeera's nick spicer reports from near the polish border where one village faces a bulldozer to make way for a mine. >> reporter: it's a multi mega ton monitor. monster. the world's biggest mobile m

. >> the sncf was a cog in the nazi extermination machine.we will not forget it. >> unlike many other companies, sncf has refused to compensate victims and the french government has limited the $6,000,000,000 it spent on holocaust reparations to its own citizens and others living elsewhere in europe. more than 200 victims are aiming at their corporate bottom line. the american company controlled by sncf holds $3,000,000,000 worth of contracts to operate american commuter lines including this one. now, it wants to bid on another contract worth twice that amount. campaigners are fighting to bar nscf for competing for business in the state of maryland and in the united states congress, another bill would strip it for immunity that foreign straight controlled companies now enjoy. under that pressure, the french government has begun talks on compensating the survivors in america. victory would be too late for bretholtz who escaped a train before it reached the camp in 1942. >> yes, we did send people to death there. we got paid for it. >> two days

. >> the sncf, a state enterprise, was a cog in the nazi extermination machine. we will not forget it. >> unlike many other companies which collaborated with the nazis, they have refused to compensate victims and the french government has limited the $6,000,000,000 it spent on holocaust reparations to its own citizens. more than 200 victims who live in the u.s. is aiming at their corporate bottom line. the american company controlled by s m.c.f. holds $3,000,000,000 worth of contracts to cooperate american xhufrter lines. now it wants to bid on another contract worth twice that amount. campaigners are fighting to bar s m.c.f. for competing for business in the state of maryland and in the u.s. congress, another bill would strip it from immunity from human rights lawsuits that other countries enjoy. the french government has begun talks on compensating survivors in america. victory would be too late for leo brethohz before. >> come up with a statement, yes, we did send people to their death and we got paid for it. >> .2 days after his ni93rd birthday, he dude befor