know millions of young women and girls endure a painful medical unnecessary matter every year in somalia, kenya and other countries despite laws against it. it is populations shift about the globe, united states is home to a striking number of young women for whom f g.m. is a real fear. consider the numbers from the centers for disease control. while it is illegal, half the women living here have had genitals cut or sent to their home countries to have it done. that is three times higher than the last c.d.c. study of f g.m. in 1997. we'll talk about the difficult battle to combat f g.m., the violent circumstances under which it is done, and the as a result. we wanted to gain a better understanding of what female genital mutilation is. i welcome miriam, from gambia, now a student in texas. miriam had her genitals cut when she was 10 or 11. thank you for speaking to us. and a gin cological surgeon. was it hard for you to make the decision to come on the show and talk about this? >> it was a little hard. f g.m. is something we don't talk about publicly. where i come from, it's a taboo to mention t

farmers in kenya need somalia.s a mild narcotic but people who use it regularly, say they can chew the leaves for hours, puts them in a good mood and help suppress their appetite. planes leave every day caring the plant. but kenyans say it is the powerful somali cartels who are benefits from the industry. >> they must take into account the means of the farmer who toils in the farm. unfortunately they are very short sided. >> reporter: recently kenyan farmers stopped selling to somali in protest. but they got desperate, so sales resumed, but the price war is still a constant battle. >> translator: the problem will persist if the farmers increase the prices and the airlines increase the prices for transportation costs. we insist on paying less so we will survive. >> reporter: it's nighttime. they head to the capitol for nairobi. diversifying crops could be a solution but changing a way of life is difficult for some. >>> tuesday marks world wildlife day and the u.n. is calling on the world to conference call down on t

farmers in kenya need somalia, now their biggest and sometimes only market. >> it's a mild narcotic. people chew the leaf for hours. they say it helps keep them awake, always puts them in a good mood and helps suppress their appetite. >> every day, 16 planes leave for somalia, carrying 60 tons of khat each. it's a multi-million dollars trade, but it is cartel's benefiting. >> they want to continue benefiting from this industry, they must take into account the means and requirement of the farmer, who toils in the farm to procude it for them. unfortunately, they are very short-sighted, see only the profits they can make. >> recently, kenyan farmers stopped selling khat to somalia, but got desperate, couldn't pay school fees and rent so resumed. price war is a constant battle. >> the problem will persist if the farmers increase the price. we will insist on paying less, so we can survive. >> it's nighttime and they will head to the capitol to planes bound for mogadishu. diversifying into other crops could be a solution, but changing a way of life is difficult for some. >> a volcano in ch

insomnia high blood pressure and heart problems, the eu was the most lucrative and farmers in kenya need somaliagest and sometimes the only market. it's a mild narcotic but people who use it regularly say they can chew leaves for hours and keeps them awake and always puts them in a good mood and helps suppress their appetite. 16 planes leave carrying roughly 16 tons of cut each it's a multi million dollar trade but kenya feels it's a path for somali cartel whose are benefitting. >> they want to continue to benefit from the industry and must take into account their needs and requirement of the farmer to produce enough for them. unfortunately they are very short sighted and see only the profits they can make. >> reporter: recently kenya farmers stopped selling to somalia over the prices and couldn't keep up so selling continues. >> translator: the problems will increase and increase transportation cost and we pay this so we can survive. >> reporter: it's nighttime and vehicles head to the capitol nairobi and did diversifying could be a way of life but this is difficult for some. i'm in the kenya h

i know a lot of people right now who are leaving the country of somalia, kenya, and it is because therere no opportunities. they go in the wrong direction and it is important that we should come together and give these children opportunities. it can only be served by education and enlightening the people of the country. a lot of people are coming to [indiscernible] that is what is attracting a lot of people to this system. host: i want to thank you for phoning in and letting your voice to the conversation. we will give the get the chance to respond. thank you very much. guest: i agree with a lot of what ali had to say. as i was saying, in my previous comments, we are people who can be reached and can be dissuaded from joining radical islamic terrorist organizations. increasing opportunities and having a chance to do something meaningful with our lives. absolutely. i completely agree with that. i think you're in the united states only talk about the radicalization problem or struggles of the somali american community, we really need the community to solve this problem and we need to take

somalia has killed one of the world's mostmented terrorists. the man is suspected of planning the 2013 attack on a shopping mall in kenya. david martin has more on this. >> reporter: the strike was carried out thursday by eye predator drone as adan garaar was travel buying car through southern somalia. the predator launched hellfire missiles on its first pass over the carc circled around and fired again just soon sure. it was another round in the long-running, but almost ibvisible battle against al-shabaab, one of al qaeda's many affiliates. adan garaar was said by u.s. intelligence to be the mastermind of the 2013 attack on the west gate mall in noocial kenya, which left more than 60 dead and 175 wounded. four gunmen sent by al-shabaab took over the mall sing ling out non-muslims for death. hundreds of shoppers fled, but it would be three days before kenyan forces could regain control. it was the goodliest terrorist attack in kenya since the 1998 bombing of the american embassy there. al-shabaab claimed it was in retaliation for kenya having sent troops into somalia. in the past seven months, u.s. strikes have killed the

born into a muslim family in somalia, raised in kenya, she fled africa at 22 after being subjected toale genital mutilation and narrowly escaping an an ranged marriage. she broke from islam, becoming an atheist, and beginning to speak out against the faith. demanding better treatment of women and charging too many muslims were in the grip of jihad. >> all of that violence you can no longer deinvolve it from the legion of islam. >> reporter: that landed her on a most wanted list. her new book, for reforms of the beliefs she left behind. a prominent activist regarded as an influential voice. she's devoted her career to promoting tolerance and peace from within her faith. i'm joined by ayan hirsi manar omar. your argument is it's foolish to up cyst that the violent acts of radicals are k be divorced from the ideals that affect them 7. >> it's not a religion of peace. i make a distinction between three sets of muslims. the medina mecca, and the dissidents who want to reform. the medina muslims apply anything and everything that the prophet muhammad did and they apply the koran literally.

born into a muslim family in somalia, raised in kenya, she fled africa at 22, after being subjected toale genital mutilation and narrowly escaping an arranged marriage. it was later in 2002 that she broke from islam, becoming an atheist, and beginning to speak out against the faith. demanding better treatment of women and charging too many muslims were in the grip of jihad. >> all of that violence, you can no longer devolve it from the legion of islam. >> reporter: that landed her on al qaeda's most wanted list. but that hasn't silenced her. her new book, "heretic" calls for reforms to the faith she left behind. but many muslims say that change is already happening. manal omar is one of them. a prominent activist regarded as one of the world's most influential voices on islamic culture. she's devoted her career to promoting tolerance and peace from within her faith. and i'm joined now by ayaan hirsi ali and manar omar. welcome. >> thank you, thank you. >> i want to start with you. your argument is that it's foolish to insist that the violent acts of radicals can be divorced from the id

somalia. mohammed's response was, there is an entire country kenya between tanzania in somalia, how can you beuggesting such a thing about me? this is from what he was telling me. what i think really convinced mohammed this was some kind of fishing expedition and a way of trying to turn him as an individual, they said, look, we have spoken to your fiancÉ in kuwait and spoken her family and we have met them and, you know, they know about the fact you are on our radar. mi5's questioning resulted in his engagement haven't broken off. what specifically told mohammed -- actually, they knew all along they had -- they knew i was trying to build a future for myself, i like myself in kuwait. after this whole period he comes back to the u.k., then what happens is at first he tells ministry of what happened there with the deportation and then he gets a contact -- whatever efforts he is making to build a life for himself in kuwait are being stopped. on the face of it by the kuwaiti authorities, information he received from kuwait, it was at the behest of the british. at no point was he ever arrested or ch

lot of conflicts are conflicts of poverty or crisis, environmental crisis both these to kenya in the border was somalia has been a failed state for 25 years, but it is almost unmanageable because it is a drought ridden impoverished country. right right across the red sea from somalia's you can also in chaos right now. when. when i was in yemen ten years ago i came back shaking. i i came to washington and said, yemen is going to collapse. no one cared. one of one of the big problems is almost no one cares about poor people the world bank is an exception but very few people care about poor people which is a big problem. there remain poor and suffering. the 2nd kind of conflict take the conflict in syria and iraq for example. there are many aspects of that conflict. syria as i mentioned had a massive environmental crisis as a prelude to its conflict, but it is not -- it was tender that set it off and away. why is there so much killing? it is a geopolitical proxy war going on. the united states says they want to overthrow assault. bad idea. when when governments say they will overthrow this one and their a

of conflicts are complex for poverty or environmental crisis did take northeast kenya and the border was amalia. somalia has in a fit state for 25 years that it's almost unmanageable because it's a drought ridden, impoverished country. across the red sea from somalia in cnn's also in chaos right now. when i was in yemen 10 years ago i came back shaking. i said yemen is going to collapse. we should do something. no one cared at all. one of the big problems is almost no one cares about poor people except the world thinks. the world bank is an exception. very few people care about poor people and that is a big rob them, so they remain poor and no one wants to do much. .. that's a different kind of issue, that's geopolitics and to put the questions into the united nations because the security council is the only legitimate basis for international law and finding peace and not just great power doing what they think is in their interest so i would distinguish the different causes and try on the issue is poverty lack of schooling and employment that creates so much local violence that we address that more acti

man accused of planning the attack on a shopping mall in kenya two years ago was hit by a drone equipped with hellfire missiles in southern somalia last friday. the most terrific event in the conflict in bosnia. the police and serbia arrested seven people on suspicious of war crimes. they are accused of direct involvement in the massacre in which more than 8000 civilians were murdered. the arrests are the work of wartime prosecutors in bosnia and serbia. the u.s. market soared after federal reserve signaled it may move slowly to raise interest rates. the fed forecasted the u.s. unemployment rate can fall further without stirring inflation. we have michelle fleury with us to explain. my thought had been, they are going to raise rates and the markets would fall on that news? no, the markets liked what they heard. where they elated by what they heard? michelle: let me take you back to the statement the federal reserve releases. this is what had investors on edge leading up to this. it was the idea of the word patient. would it be included in the statement or not. in the past the fed said they were patient about raising rates. they d

concern because we had cases that had come up in syria cases that had come up in somalia, and they spread to ethiopia and kenya. fortunately those outbreaks are now under control. the country we thought would be the last, nigeria, hasn't had a case since july 24. and so if we're lucky, if we go another six months without finding a case, then we'd be quite sure. africa may have seen its last case. and so the focus now in pakistan and afghanistan is very intense, taking some of the same tactics that worked in nigeria and we have a period of relative stability where the area up in where the taliban controls that kids weren't being vaccinated because the pakistani army is in there, we are able to vaccinate enough children to make a difference. so we're hopeful that the polio budget, which is a combination of a foreign assistance account and the c.d.c. budget, that has made a huge difference. there was an increase there. c.d.c. is an amazing organization, a great partner. i was down there spent today with tom frieden, talking about ebola and how we work together. very impressive and the extra resources are making a

drone missile strike in somalia killed a man suspected of planning the deadly 2013 attack on a shopping mall in kenya. the drone strike came as saddam guerrier was traveling by car through southern somalia on thursday. it circled around and fired a second time. it with us the latest round in the long running but almost invisible battle against al shabaab, one of al qaeda's many affiliates. >> now to iraq where fighters are being pushed back from towns and cities they captured. that's according to the pentagon. they're also said to be surrounded by iraqi troops and shiite militiamen. holly williams is there. good morning. >> good morning. the militants are clearly still a force to be reckoned with. isis fightingers are hanging on in tell creek nearly two weeks after an iraqi mission and they killed people with car bombs west of ramadi on wednesday. on the other hand though isis has clearly been weakened by the air strikes. u.s. fishlgs say more than 9,000 isigis fhters have been killed by the strikes. local kmaernld as here tell thus many of the group's most experienced men have been killed an we even

kenya. the drone hit a vehicle in somalia caring -- carrying a top commander of al-shabaab.an: california is taking more steps to fight a drought that is in its fourth year. there will be emergency legislation unveiled today. earlier this week, regulators briefed new cutbacks -- residents can only water their yards two days per week. a big victory for tesla. they will be able to sell electric cars directly to consumers in new jersey. state automakers a block the deal. governor chris christie signed a deal that overhauled dealership laws. time is running out for you to get your march madness bracket done. i have the jayhawks. tom has the wildcats going all the way. 16 games. president obama has his bracket in. he is playing it safe with his picks. the president has picked only one national champion correctly since taking office. those are your top headlines. olivia: you can call it the dollar dent. oracle abercrombie are pinning their disappointing earnings on the dollar. omar aguilar is the chief investment officer at charles schwab. it falls on him to tell you how to alloca

drone strike in somalia killed a member of al-shabab who planned the attack in the west gate mall two years ago in kenya three people were killed when their car was hit, 67 people died in the west gate attack in 2013. relative calm returned to the streets of ferguson missouri after the shooting of two police officers on wednesday night. activists held a candlelight vigil and called for peaceful protest, the latest of many since police killed unarmed black teenager last year. [chanting] the night after the shooting of two police officers demonstrators returned to the streets, outside ferguson police department headquarters. >> what happened last night was kind of like random so it's not normal, it's not the norm at all and usually pretty peaceful at the protest and i'm a little nervous. >> reporter: they vowed to continue peaceful tactics like stopping traffic until they get the reforms they want. >> we have things that are good and necessary like resignations but they are not yet justice and justice is not experiencing trauma or experiencing accountability with people who initiated or perpetuated the tr

kenya person killed by believes to be al-shabab and attacked in the north county and the region which borders somaliatring of attacks in resent months. a new government initiative in pakistan means the first of thousands of families are returning home they are on their way back after fighting between pakistan army and armed groups including taliban forced a million of them to leave tribal areas and we have more from islamabad. >> reporter: although the government of pakistan said it is determined to help with the almost 1.5 million tribers displaced by the ongoing conflict in the federally administered tribal area along the border it will face huge challenges, the initial step will be to allow the people to go back to south villages that were vacated back in 2009 when the military launched a major offensive but last year the military also launched offensive in the tribal area and north and led to the largest displacement and these people will now be allowed to go back in phases the government of course will have to provide them security and to help them rebuild their lives when they go back to their

kenya. he was hit by a drone missile in southern somalia last week. pentagon officials believe he was, quote, a key person responsible for coordinating targets in the u.s. and other interests. 67 people you'll certainly recall, were killed in the attacks at west gate mall in september of 2013. and stunning new details into the investigation of millionaire murder suspect robert durst. police believe he was getting ready to run right before he was arrested last week withdrawing tens of thousands from his bank account and discovered a gun as well as other things in his hotel room. nbc's stephanie gochg joins me now with an update. stephanie, right now we know his court appearance is on monday but this discovery is quite interesting found in his hotel room. >> reporter: it is really interesting. these details come out of the search warrant that was executed on his home in houston just a few days ago be and they talk about what they found in that hotel. went through the laundry list. more than $42,000 in cash, a fake i.d. that latex mask that we've been ta

somalia by missiles that hit his vehicle a week ago. garar is behind this. the 2013 attack at the westgate mall in nairobi, kenya. 67 people were killed and almost 200 were injured. >>> it seems another canal has erupted at the university of virginia. a student at uva sustained injuries held down by virginia alcohol beverage and control officers early yesterday morning. >> i go to uva. how did this happen? >> johnson was arrested in front of an off campus bar in charlottesville, virginia after he was denied entry. the honor student charged with public swearing intoxication in public and obstruction of justice without force. he has no prior criminal history. a facebook post by uva's black student alliance said in part after martese was denied entry to the bar, he found himself flung to the ground. the statement went on to say, his treatment was not provoked as he did not resist questioning or arrest. president and uva president called for investigation into the office's use of force. >> this is not something that should ever happen. i don't know why it happened. >> last night johnson spoke at a rally on campus. >

kenya is dead. it was reportedly hit by a u.s. drone strike in somalia. it happened last thursday but officials just released the details. >>> university of virginia students angry this morning over a classmate's arrest. agents from the state's alcohol and beverage control arrested 20-year-old martise johnson. cell phone video shows him being roughed up by officers. johnson is facing charges of obstruction of justice and public intoxication. >>> it's 5:26, coming up a kayaking trip turns tragic. what we learned about the kayaker who died yesterday in marin county. >>> and a mother and baby boy struck by a car in a heyward crosswalk. the latest on the investigation next. >>> live look outside. city by the bay. you see the beautiful bay bridge waiting for the sun's arrival. next day of winter will be the warmest as well. you can find a new frontier. there's nothing stopping you, and a lot helping you. technology that's with you always. this is our promise. it's never been better to wander, because wherever you go, you'll find us doing everything we can, so

kenya, where farmers are struggling after european countries banned a lease. cart workers - farmers say they are forced to sell below market prices and only export to somalia.somalia. >> reporter: this is what families and the king has down for generations. most is told so somalia. they complain somalia middlemen manipulate the market. forcing them to sell cheaper. >> they want to maximise the profit and know we are desperate for the market. we have no other market. we sit down they try to make the maximum out of us. >> reporter: farmers say they used to get $600 a bag. now prices can go down to $200. some doctors say it can lead to insomnia, high blood pressure. the european market was luke rat if. farmers need somali the biggest. >> it's a mild narcotic those that use it say they can chew the leaves it helps to keep them awake, puts them in a good mood and helps to suppress the appetite. >> every day, they carry roughly 60 tonnes each. it's a multi-million trade. kennions feel it's the power of the cartels that are benefitting. >> they will not benefit, they must take into account the means and requirements of a farm erp. and to produce what a happening.

somalia. the alleged mastermind between al shabaab's deadly attack in a mall in kenya in 2013.washington editor harper's magazine andrew coburn out with a new book "kill chain, the rise of the high-tech assassins." here onset contributor to foreign policy magazine and author of "isis, inside the army of terror," michaelwise. >> "new york times" best-seller. it is going to be reviewed maybe by "the times" but being downloaded illegally by isis and spread across the globe. >> i feel like i want to bring a copyright suit against them. i don't know how it's going to shake out. >> i would just let it be. michael, help us understand what's going on in tunisia. a terror attack here. but tunisia has the most foreign fighters in isis. a place where the arab spring started. why? >> there's been a islamist current in tunisia. i would argue that one of the reasons they're probably exporting it now is it's a relatively stable country in the region. of all the arab spring nations tunisia is a success story. >> if you're a radical you're not going to get a lot of action in tunisia, as far as

drone strike in southern somalia last week garar is thought to have been one of the leaders of the attack on the westgate hopping mall in kenya in 2013 that killed 67 people. >> indonesia will end the search for the bodies of 57 people killed in the asia airasia flight. the black boxes have been recovered but officials have made nothing public. >> french is a tirrist dudonner, he says i feel like charlie kulibali. >> russian president vladimir putin signed treaty today with the president of georgia's break away region, the agreement formally rg,. >> russia's policies visa vee vees vis-a-vis georgia, in the region including through the use of force occupation annexation. >> rufers gained control of south osetia and opkazia last year. >> outside the kremlin rory challands reports that while russia celebrates the west is not happy. >> reporter: crimea's celebrations may well be stage managed but they are genuinely felt by the region's majority of ethnic russians. in simferopol, the mood the jubilant. >> we are very glad. we doubted a little bit in the beginning but now our future is with russia. despite our difficulties this tra

join strike in somalia killed a member of al-shabab who planned the 2013 attack on the west gate mall in kenyahree were killed when their car was hit in the town 67 people died in the west gate attack. still ahead on the al jazeera news hour [chanting] a city on edge protests in ferguson after two police officers are shot plus. >>> i'm harry faucet from the chinese village and 19 months after a devastating flash flood here along with the damage serious doubts remain about the official government story of what happened here. >>> and in sport why world tennis number one serena williams is ending a 14 year boycott on a tournament in the u.s. ♪ but first after four years of political instability egypt has hopes for economic revival on a major conference that starts on friday and the summit is supposed to attract millions of dollars of foreign investment and we report. >> reporter: this is the kinds of image egypt wants to promote, a hardworking and corruption-free country open for business. but egypt's economy is in trouble. even with oil shipments and cash grants from gulf states it needs around

air strike in somalia last week killed a senior member of the al shabaab extremist group would helped plan the westgate mall attack in kenya. >>> imagine discovering a handful of old grenades in your attic. that's what happened too one d.c. resident. a concerned citizen brought a box filled with grenades to a substation yesterday. officers cordoned off the area and explosives i'm came in and determined those devices were safe. today the debate over what you can say on facebook will play out in a federal courtroom. a washington state man is being sentenced for making threats against former ferguson police officer darren wilson. will so thatson shot and killed michael brown and it set off months of protests. the debate over whether social media threats are protected by the first amendment is an issue still being decided by the u.s. supreme court. >>> also the case of a man charged with three murders in alexandria will be in court. charles severance is competent to stand trial. he's charged with killing three people in alexandria over a span of ten years. >>> a teenaged boy in manassas park is facing charges after taking a gu

somalia known as el shabaab. it took place last thursday, 100 miles west of mogadishu. garr ar is thought to have masterminded the attack in kenya in 2013 which killed 67 people. >>> japanese police are investigating death threats against u.s. ambassador, caroline kennedy. she has been the ambassador to japan since 2013. last month someone made threatening phonecalls, and the united states is working with the japanese government to keep kennedy safe. >> we take every step possible to work with our personnel. and we're working with the japanese government to make sure that the security measures are in place which is something that we continue to do around the world. we're not going to comment on any details on any steps that we take to address them. >> a death threat was also made to the u.s. general consultin okinawa. it's home to u.s. troops. last month a man was slashed by a man in seoul. >>> a man says that police officers should be fired for sending racist and homophobic text messages. they were revealed last month. looking at the messages, she joins us now. >> so the texts and emails denigrate minorities and gays and they c

. >> in kenya one person has been killed by gunmen believed to be al-shabab fighters. three others were killed in an attack. the region which borders somaliaere al-shabab is based has experienced a string of attacks in the last few months. >>> thousands of families are returning home. they're returning after fighting between the pakistani army and armed groups, including the taliban, forced more than a million to leave their tribal areas. can mall haider has more. >> although they say if is determined to help with the re repatriateation . last year the military launched an offensive and tribal area as well as north wizist --waziristan. however, they're going to be challenges, and the country will certainly need foreign assistance to help overcome this challenge. >> the russian president vladimir putin has been seen in public for the first time in ten days. he met kurdistan's president outside st. petersburg. it's the first sighting of him since march 5th. >>> well, this week two french police officers will stand trial over the death of two teenagers who died a decade ago. they were remembered in demonstrations this weekend in paris. the tw

kenya has been killed in a u.s. drone strike. adnan garaar was a senior member of al shabaab an offshoot of al qaeda in somalia believed to be responsible the attack on the westgate mall in nairobi back in 2013. the pentagon says his death is a, quote, significant blow to the terror organization. >>> an army unit in alaska being dregged for a tradition many will find offensive known as racial thursdays. the army times newspaper says a platoon of soldiers based at ft. waynewright were allegedly given a free pass to use racial slurs against one another on thursdays. this is the same unit to which private danny chen once belonged. chen took his life four years ago after being hazed over his chinese ancestry. >>> if you got caught up in last year's big data breach involving target you could now get up to $10,000 from the company. target has agreed to put $10 million into a fund to settle a class action lawsuit. there's a hearing in federal court this morning on that settlement. >>> catholic church officials in san francisco are now backing down after using sprinklers to prevent homeless people from taking shelter in the doorways of st. mary

somalia, it remains a persistent threat to u.s. and regional interests. al-shabaab has broadened its operations to attempt to conduct attacks against uganda ethiopia, and especially kenya. libya-based threats are growing rapidly, including an expanding isis presence. if left unchecked, they have the highest potential amongst security challenges and africa to increase risks to u.s. strategic interests. boko haram threatens the ability of the nigerian government to provide security and services in large portions of the northeast. boko haram has extended its reach beyond nigeria's borders to cameroon and chad. in somalia, libya, and nigeria the international community is challenge to implement the comprehensive approach is necessary to advance governance and development. declining resources will make this more difficult. to mitigate increasing risks africa command issue of getting our priorities and improving the alignment of resources to strategy. we are correlating with international and interagency partners to harmonize our efforts. we are seeking to increase operationa and programmatic flexibility. we continue to provide our best military advice to policymakers to mak

somalia. killing three other al shabaab members as well. believed to be the mast per mind of the 2013 attack at the westgate shopping mat in nairobi, kenya. 67at attack. >>> in venezuela, thousands of protesters marched through caracas. many of the demonstrators work or utilities company. wanting to collect 10 million signatures on a petition to president obama to appeal the sanctions. >>> last week the obama administration froze assets and property of seven government officials and declared their country a national security threat. >>> target is getting ready to pay up to settle a lawsuit over that massive data breach in 2013. the retailer will set up a $10 million fund for the victims, and each will be eligible for up to $10,000. this news comes as target also announced its raising its base wage for workers to $9 in april, trying to match competitor walmart. >>> and finally, president obama has filled out his bracket. have you? time is running out, because the ncaa basketball tournament gets yurnlder way just after noon eastern time. the president picked kentucky to win it all. safe bet, considering they went undefeated during the regular

somalia. hell fire missiles raining down on the alleged mastermind behind the horrific 2013 attack on the mall in kenyammander with al qaeda affiliate the one al think shah bob. gunmen stormed the mall executing innocent civilians. cyclone pam slams the south pacific island nation. and the damage left behind unbelievable. >> pieces of home trees and power line littered the street. remote villages have been entirely washed away. dozens are feared dead. people on the outer island don't have running water or access to phones or internet. and used email server for sale gary murphy who lives in the secretary of state neighborhood and posted sign near her home says it started out as a joke. this scandal shouldn't get swept under the rug because we need who are honesty and transparency in our elected officials. hillary clinton's pattern suggests she is above the law. >> and he is the neighbor. be nice to your neighbor. >> a good neighbor is always right around the corner did. you see cia director john brennan speaking yesterday at the council on foreign relations. he said a lot of things and asked a lot of qu

kenya, that killed 67 people. the death was described as another significant blow to the al shabab organization in somalia. u.s. ambassador caroline kennedy appeared in public for the first time today since it was revealed that she was the target of a death threat last month. kennedy appeared at an event in tokyo with first lady michelle obama to promote girls' education. mrs. obama announced a new partnership between japan and the u.s. to help the 62 million girls who are not in school across the globe. she said failure to provide education to them is a waste of human potential. >>> meantime, president obama's floating the idea of making it mandatory to vote in the united states. during a discussion of voting rights and campaign finance in cleveland, the president said the u.s. should be making it easier to vote not harder. he says if everyone voted, it would completely change the political map. >>> two members of the band one direction will have to post bond worth nearly $5,000 before their performance this this weekend in the philippines. if they don't fork over the money, they won't be able to take the stag