that's really the south african story. the dream is there. we all agree that the visions are there. africa before i game here? exactly nothing, as it turns out. but i think based on what i've seen, that if the world can get it right here, a country with a past like south africa's, if they can figure out how to make it work here for everybody. absorb all the people flooding in from all over africa, continue to make mandela's dream a reality, maybe there's hope for the rest of us. ♪

south africans were riveted this week watching oscar pistorius trial.e has admitted to shooting his girlfriend last year but claims he miss take a look her for an intrude her h her. he is a global brand. before the trial began, t.v. stations went to court where they won the right to broadcast the bulk of the trial live. >> that's never happened before in south africa and the judge who made that ruling said the world needed to see that the country's legal system treats the rich and famous the same way it does the poor and vulnerable. the defense has argued all of that media attention has jeopardize his chance of getting a fire trial. the "listening post," nick nurhead now on the case and the coverage. south africans are used to these images outside the courts, the media trying to get a shot of the accused before they disappear into the courtroom. in the case of oscar pistorius, the world's most famous para olympic athlete, that hasn't been entirely necessary. a landmark ruling has allowed the trial to be broadcast live, apart from when the evidence is de

. >> on sunday south africans will be celebrating freedom day which marks a moment 20 years ago when millions of black voters that part in free and fair elections. the apartheid system had left the majority of the black community much forward than the ruling white minority. two decades later some rc a country transformed. our driver. he made his money from coal mining. ,e used to be a goatherder but he now holds a phd in chemistry. looking back of a good him managed to achieve all of this before the advent of democracy? >> i do not believe that i would have been able to reach the pinnacle of my achievements if apartheid was still there. i remember there were times when i was growing up that i had no home. i would sleep outside like you would see the street kids today. >> south african democracy has unleashed the potential of its greatest asset, its people. no matter how educated you work of you were not allowed to get the jobs. in 20 years we have achieved, by way of structure what a lot of nations take hundreds of years to develop. the follow the apartheid has really liberated and p

south africans at the official freedom day enjoyed pomp and party. it's 20 years since the end of apartheid when people of all races voted for the first time. mary took part in the historic 1994 election. >> what i remember, i was very, very excited. i was very happy to vote, to put muck on a pit. >> it was a day promising a new era and hope that everything would be better. in the 20 years that the african national congress has been in power, basic services, housing and health care has improved. there was a wealthy elite. millions are struggling to feed their families. >> they are struggling with basic services. toilet, drinking water, we are struggling a lot. people have to build their own toilets to collect money. the government is not providing any. >> president zuma's african national congress is facing a tough challenge at the may 7th election. there's a rising sense of discontent that the party of the nelson mandela has not done enough in the last 20 years. voters are angry about controversies such as the $22 million of taxpayers money spent on

. >>> oscar pistorius is expected back on the witness stand shortly in a south african courtroom. he is due to resume his testimony in his own defense at his murder trial. >> pistorius admits that he shot and killed his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, in february of last year, but claims he mistook her for an intruder. the olympic runner also faces three weapons charges. >> if you were watching yesterday, you heard how pistorius broke down on the went stand. he was talking for the first time publicly about the night of the shooting. listen as he describes his reaction after he says he realized the person he shot was steenkamp and not an intruder. >> so i could unlock the door, threw it open. and i said, "oh, reeva." and i cried. and i don't know how long. i don't know how long i was there for. she wasn't breathing. >> we'll take an adjournment. court is adjourned. [ crying ] >> the judge there adjourning early, about 40 minutes early because of pistorius' emotional state. he's got to finish his testimony today and address key questions no matter his emotional state. stay with us here

andou are a south african you believe in voting and exercising your right to vote, what are the options. like the democratic an option.as in the scary thing is, they don't see much of an alternative or they see this as a very credible positive right now. there are not too many possibilities and that is scaring people. there is a strong sense that there's got to be a way forward. it is the only country in the southern region where there is any possibility for the kind of reconstruction that needs to be done. you can't point to a really good solution or leaders that people have. it may take an entirely new that comes at this with an entirely new dialogue. thought orhere no credence in the future given to the creation of another party that black south africans feel serves them and has a name different than anc? >> the leading contender was a democratic alliance for a while. it suffers from a tainted past. it tries to reach out to black leadership and it lasts for about three weeks and it all falls apart. what you're seeing instead is people defecting by not voting. voting rate was beyond a

comes out through his testimony, of course, is levels of cripple and violence in south africa, and south african society's relationship with guns in general. both legal and illegal. this isn't new in terms of public debate in south africa. these are commonly recurring debating that -- that occur in south african society all the time. but this case provides yet another conduit through which people with focus on this and debate these issues. >> kelly phelps, stand by there. we have development. >> we want to go live to pretoria's high court where oscar pistorius is resuming his testimony. let's listen. >> thank you. mr. pistorius, yesterday the last part of your evidence was with you entering the toilet. can you start there? if it's possible to speak up, mr. pistorius, and maybe lean a bit forward. >> my lady, after i entered the toilet, i leaned over reeva. she was sitting -- with her weight on top of the toilet b l bowl. i checked to see if she was breathing, and she wasn't. i put my arms underneath her shoulders, and i pulled her weight on to me. i sat there crying for some t e time. i had her

the south african soccer player who socialized in the same circles said he had a temper and wants to try to pick a fight with them. >> you get violent and angry and he would fight with people. causing problems. he was drunk at a party and he started shouting. >> he admits the athlete he sees isn't perfect. >> i have seen him plenty of times where he is off temper. i said he must have temperament. you cannot become an international champion or a world champion without it. >> you have to have that fire renew and that fire could mean he sometimes had a bad temper. >> when you work with any champion, they get upset. >> he quantified for the 2012 olympics were made it to the semifinals and a 400 meters. the really team finished last in the finals. next he would shine in the paralympics with three metals, two gold, one silver. he was the golden boy and was about to meet one of south africa's top model, reeva steenkamp. she is known as one of their sexiest women. this video shows her posing for the cover of a monthly magazine. the editor of the south african addition. >> she had intelligenc

. >>> south africans mark 20 years of democracy, the end of apartheid - but how much much has things really changed? >>> two of the leading catholic popes of the 20th century have been declared saints in rome. this is the scene live. let's have a look there. that's the vatican, st. peter's square in rome. pope francis declared pope john paul ii and pope john xxiii saints at a special mass, which is under way. there, in the midst of everything going on is our correspondent for al jazeera. jonah. >> reporter: they are now officially saints, john paul ii and st. john xxiii, pope francis proclaiming the two late popes as saints using these words "we declare and define blessed john xxiii and john paul ii be saints, we enrol them among the saints decreeing they be veperrated as such by the search. that was the moment that the faithful came to see, watching in their billions, the double celebration in the presence of two living popes - an extraordinary occurrence in itself, pope francis and pope emmer it us xvi. i'm joined by andrea with the catholic and news service. andrea, there's much t

still ahead - south africans looking back at 20 years of democracy at the end of apartheid. plus we'll show you a race in ve bennos iris where competitors need poise. >> hello again. a recap of the top stories. south korea's prime minister chung hong-won resigned, following criticism of the deposit's response to the ferry disaster. >>> u.s. president barack obama visited asia's iconic monument, the mosque in the third level of his tour. >>> a team of european observers - the release sought after being held since friday. >>> it's been 20 years since south africa held its first post-apard eyed elections. celebrations will be held to mark the end of white rule. while there has been many achievements, a lot more needs to be done. this report from johannesburg. >> photographs of family bring back fond memories. this woman gets annoyed. she voted for freedom in the elections in 1994. she feels that young people do not understand what it was like living under apartheid. >> i told them they are stupid. they are fools. we lived - we used to live like dogs. >> the apartheid years were

the minute a court like the new south african development court gave a mandate to apply the south africanaty on the rule of law. some white farmers against the president, they are being disbanded. it has been suspended. in other countries, a judge has to look over their shoulder because they know if they do hold against the government, their house might be taken away or their salary may be docked. these are terminally difficult questions. professor and scholar of human rights, and only -- emily burton has shown more and more countries have adopted and signed on to human rights conventions and at the same time, there have been more and more human rights abuses. there is not much connection between the adoption of the human rights commitment and actual human rights protection, but when she sort of look more closely at which countries due in fact protect human rights versus those that don't, it is the rule of law values and the stability of the court system that is respected. up to your it questions. justice breyer security detail was secured -- was concern about your questions but just as b

but pistorius had a dark side say some, a south african player who socialized in the same circle saidistorius had a temper and once tried to pick a fight with him. >> he fought with people and cause a lot of problems. the incident with me and him was because he was drunk at a party and shouted at me. >> he admits the athlete he sees as a son isn't perfect. >> i have been asked plenty of times now the question of temper. if i said -- he must have what i call temperament. if you haven't got the temperament, you cannot become a national champion or world champion. forget it. >> so you have to have a fire in you. >> you must have. >> and that fire could mean you sometimes have a bad temper. >> when you work with any champion, any distraction upsets them. >> he qualified for the 2012 london olympics where he made it to the semi finals of the 400 meters. his relay team finished last in the finals. next he would shine in the p para limb olympics. he was south africa's golden boy and about to meet one of south africa's top models, reeva steenkamp. she was known as one of south africa's sexies

. >> of the south african police service? >> south african police service 1994 to end of 2012.uring my time there i did many different courses in either instrumental crime scene examination, exhibits, identification, those sorts of courses. locally as we're nationally from fbi. >> there was reference at some state you worked together at the forensic. >> that is so. i was in charge of materials analysis subsection of which the colonel is now the head. under that body i was in charge of all types of trace evidence, forensic geology, fibers, all types of organic pollutants, crime scene investigations which were varied such as industrial accidents or theft or break ins or break outs. it's a very wide gentlist area for those i think thises that don't fit into little boxes or big boxes. most the people when i was in charge is there were the only person or maybe one of two with those specializations. it was diverse. at one stage it used to be called diverse analysis because of that my lady. >> were you consulted by other members of the forensic department? >> yes because my first spec

he's not going to get the treatment normal south africans get. do you think that's laying this to rest? >> i think that's the key reason media was allowed in the way they have been. there's a perception in south africa that rich people don't go to jail, get away with crimes. i think people have been following this cross-examination and have felt that south africa that oscar pistorius has not been treated softly in any way. >> why do you think this trial is preventing access to other murder trials in south africa? >> to answer your question about the media. this is not just the pistorius case that will be televised. i imagine all high profile cases from now on will be covered in the same manner. this is a precedent setting case. the other other thing i think it's shown justice. a lot of people thought it was a kangaroo court. he fought cross-examination tooth and nail because he didn't feel he would get a fair trial. i think they've come out well in this process. >> is this media harder on the family. this televising them being shown live on camera

south africans are celebrating twenty years of democracy in nineteen ninety four voters participated in the first election over until all races. now the reflecting on the struggles and white minority rule and considering whether country is headed and its tumult and twenty stock reports. from my house the country to celebrate a successful day. you remember the incidence of the country's respect isn't that awesome. he said. in this film. bristol press it's the freaking th. it was that it would be senseless. i was not sent the teams in the country is it that is then connected to it. now he's elected think this will mean that it's simply a vocal duo of dance. now we have freedom to limit them to send the to do this. that's what you see. the students standard. it must be nineteen weeks. we went to bed the disagreement exists for moose south africa has enjoyed rapid economic growth it's now been ranked among the most powerful emerging economies the so called breaks. despite a growing black middle class. the gap between rich and paul and his wife. unemployment stands at twenty five percent.

. >> momentum is growing and the movement to divest from fossil fuel companies and south african archbishop is meant to two calls for an anti-apartheid-style boycott. nearly 100 harvard university professors signed a letter urging their school to stop using its $32 billion endowment to invest in firms fueling, change. then, years of living dangerously. >> everybody thinks climate change is about polar bears and melting glaciers. i think it is a big mistake. this is 100% of people's story. >> film maker james cameron and other hollywood superstars like don cheadle, matt damon, and harrison ford have collaborated on a new series looking at the devastating impact of climate change around the world. finally, imagine living in a socialist usa. >> people are completely ignorant about what socialism really is. isy are just told that it evil, that it is anti-democratic. and i thought, we really need to tell them the truth. >> we will speak with editors frances goldin and michael smith. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodma

plus a gruesome scene in a south african courtroom. >> and the battle over smartphones. a south bay judge's warning to people attending the high profile apple samsung trial. >>> welcome back. this is in the north bay. it is 4:43:emotional morning for oscar pistorius. giving evidence of his murder trial give iing an account of h he killed reeva steemkamp. paragraphs were shown of her head wound. he appeared distraught saying he did not have to look at the p photo because he was there when she died. the u.s. is on high alert this morning in lucance. 60 people are being held host e hostage. u.s. thinks usual th s russian it. >> it is not acceptable that the u.s. is facing this and standing on on the side lines and not doing anything about it using their military. >> models are being recalled citing a defective engine starter. two fires have been reported. for a full list of the models under recall head to our website. >> biggest battle in the federal court case between apple and samsung is getting people to turn off their phones in court. court watchers are hogging the court

because it tells a powerful story, very under read, understood, think about the complexity of south african culture. >> i tried -- i used paintings. as some kind of -- a real painting by a flemish expressionist artist who lived in south africa for many years and had these wonderful paintings and it just happens that i was writing a novel that was set in the area where this painter was working and then he painted the subjects that i write about. the landscapes of the area and so on, saves me a lot of work. to describe other people, to use the paintings to do the job for me. and then, in what is known as centralization, the paintings come to life and become the characters in my story and carry the story forward. i did that because i have great affinity to visual arts and as a painter myself. i do a lot of painting. since you are familiar with my work, in a lot of my novels, every novel, there is something about art, music court other controls as well. there is always something about art, not just as part and parcel of the whole conflict or revolution in my stories, my fiction, i am often told

inequality today is not just a south african issue. this is a global issue. n south africa, that is a tough conversation. >> gold may grab the headlines. there is nothing better than going platinum. we'll find out why. 'll find out. >>> a 2.2% drop in sales demand slowing for mass market products across north america. we have more reaction first and analysis in paris. not quite worth it so much then. >> the reaction is it's not really worth it in first quarter. that's the reason why they're trading well on the french market. they also suffered the negative currency effects which took almost 5% of its reported sales. revenue dropped by 10% although they were up more than 9% on the light basis. they meet expectation in the fourth quarter. they are confident that things will improve gradually this year. the company is confident that business will be back on track in the second quarter and it will post a steady growth at the end of this year. in a conference call, the ceo said that the economy context remain uncertain especially in terms of exchange rate. he belie

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. >>> the case in the trial of the south african athlete oscar pistorius denies the murder of his girlfriend. >>> rwanda marks 20 years since the genocide where thousands were killed. >>> hello. within the last few minutes, malaysian authorities have said they're hopeful two separate signals picked up from the indian ocean are the missing plane. it's described as the most promising lead so far for the hunt of the plane that disappeared a month ago with 239 on board. the signals are detective for black box pings. that has to be confirmed. >> the second detection was held approximately 13 minutes. on this occasion, two distinct pings were audible. significantly by houston consistent with trance missions from the cockpit data recorder. the chinese ship has detected similar signals twice, in line with measures consistent on fine and corroborating evidence. i urge all parties concerned to treat this information responsibly and give time and space for authorities to conduct further verification. malaysia concurs with the statement by the prime minister that all parties must be cautious about uncon

black south african as were able to vote. 20 years own they're seeing misfortunes transformed. we are driving in his rolls royce. he made money through coal mining. he used to be a goat header. he persevered against all odds. he now holds a phd in chemistry. looking back, could he have managed to achieve this before the democracy? >> i do not believe i would have been able to reach the pin kal of my achievements. there were times growing up i had no home to call mine. sleeping outside like you see today. >> reporter: observers say south africa's democracy has the greatest asset, it's people. >> no matter how educated you were, you were not allowed certain jobs. in 20 years we have achieved by way of structure what a lot of nations take hundreds of years to develop. it's really accelerated. >> it would have been unthinkable to see this, a young black couple house hunting here in a former white only suburb. they're proud of achievements but also feel guilty for those they left behind. >> i've got cousins that go to the same school my father went to and didn't have the option or o

the eu banned the import of south african horses two years ago because of an outbreak. isn't sorted out, their bid for the olympic games might fail. >> you have to move 400 horses in and then return them safely a month later, so it's a significant logistical exercise, which is manageable, but then it goes down to what risk there is to being exposed to the virus. >> reporter: there is a vehicle seen, but it is a live vaccine and didn't accepted by officials. first the horses spend three weeks in quarantine here, and then they are sent to [ inaudible ] for a further three months quarantine. not only is that double the time it used to take, but it is also double the cost, about $25,000 a horse. although horse racing isn't an olympic sport, the bid will benefit the whole industry as it will provide the pressure needed to lift the ban. >> they really need to sort it out, because it impacts a lot of the breerds and owners that spend a lot of money. so it's a very big concern. >> reporter: he is one of south africa's few black jockeys. and his options would flourish if the ban

we have a former cia agent and south african intelligence agent who have said this is the case.o we have very good reason to believe the cia did orchestrate his arrest. >> so what were the federal agencies response? >> they all responded differently. i think probably the most notable denial came from the nsa which refuses to even confirm or deny the existence of agency records about mandela. i'm quoting here, the fact of the existence or non-existence of the materials you request is a currently and properly classified matter to be kept secret in the interest of national defense. and the nsa invoted the nsa act of 1959 -- i'm sorry the nsa invoked the espionage act of 1917 to deny my request. and this is the same act in convicted. >> so professor, whether or not they are going to give these records to ryan, shouldn't these agencies at least be able to confirm or deny whether these records exist? >> the answer is probably twofold. as a general matter agencies are obligated to both identify responsive records and release non-exempt portions of them. there is a major exception, and

. >> item carries 40 to 1 >> a single vote against plans to name a street after south african icon nelson mandela. that vote from the mayor rob ford. 20 minutes later he was the sole no vote against congratulating canada's olympians. he said he voted the wrong way and he was asked to change his vote on both matters, and they would not. >> i don't think he likes polina edmunds, either. >>> shoes ice skating star polina polina edmunds is about to meat the president. she posted this of her and jason brown on a bus to washington dc. >> they're at the white house now and in about an hour the president and first lady will congratulate them on representing the u.s. in sochi. >> that is so cool. good for them. i can't wait to see how she develops. >> she he will be back many times. >> thank you for joining us on this thursday, our next newscast is at 5:00. have a great day. - lemon. - i just got my bridesmaid's dress for cerie's wedding. it is a vietnamese size two. - dressing up isn't any easier for men. do you know what it's like when a younger man shows up wearing the same cufflinks? you might

is a country that has created the worst system of apartheid and segregation since the time of south african apartheid. it has forced what has become the largest refugee population to live in the land, now 6 million palestinians forced to live outside of palestine. now cutting off peace negotiations and showing the real face of what mr. netanyahu's government is all about. mr. netanyahu is the one preferring illegal settlements to international law of peace and preferring segregation to having peace. before this agreement was concluded between plo and hamas israel used to say that it could not make peace with palestinians because there was not a palestinian leader who represent all palestinians because of the division. now that we have managed to have a possibility of unifying the palestinian system, israelis are now saying they can't make peace. what do they want? do they want for us to remain divided so we remain weak and so peace could not be achieved. >> we're going to take a short break. when we come back we'll talk about whether sides that are still so clearly divided really have that

achievements over the last 20 years and remember how important it was to end apartheid for all south africans to live freely in south africa. >>> four years ago haiti suffered a devastating earthquake. poverty and unemployment remain major concerns. 250,000 people died in the 2010 earthquake. not long after that an outbreak of deadly cholera swept through the country. now a widespread drought is forcing haiti's poorest communities to rely on handouts from the united nations. at least 100,000 people have received help so far, but as andy gallagher reports, supplies are running out. >> reporter: high in the mountains of northwestern haiti, it's only rained once in the last seven months. this valley should be full of healthy crops and livestock. instead it's dry and barren. the lack of water is making life harsh and follows two previous years of below-average rainfall. local farmer charles tells us he planted his crops in september, only to watch them wither and die. in a region already remote and poor, the effects of drought have been felt throughout the community. meals are rationed and almost

. >>> south african paralympic star, oscar pistorius broke down on the stand again today. prosecutor played this, it shows pistorius in a gun rank shooting a melon. he asked pistorius to look at the gruesome crime scene photo. pistorius refused. >> i've taken responsibility. my fingers touched her head. i remember. i don't have to look at a picture, i was there. >> it's the same thing as the watermelon. >> the olympic blade runner says he shot and killed his girlfriend by accident last valentine's day, thinking she was an intruder inside their bathroom. >>> a reward is offered to solve a case of animal abuse. an abandoned horse found on sunday in royal oaks had to be put to sleep. veterinarians say the gelden suffered from a painful leg deformity, likely caused by an untreated injury. the horse is believed to have been between 12 to 15 years old. it was also underweight with extremely overgrown hovs. the spca is offering $1,000 for information in the case. >>> in a new move to keep californians healthy, the warning you could be seeing on sodas and other sugary beverages. >

. >>> south african paralympic star, oscar pistorius broke down on the stand again today. south african prosecutor played this, it shows pistorius in a gun rank shooting a melon. he asked pistorius to look at the gruesome crime scene photo. pistorius refused. >> i've taken responsibility. my fingers touched her head. i remember. i don't have to look at a picture, i was there. >> it's the same thing as the watermelon. >> the olympic blade runner says he shot and killed his girlfriend by accident last valentine's day, thinking she was an intruder inside their bathroom. >>> a reward is offered to solve a case of animal abuse. an abandoned horse found on sunday in royal oaks had to be put to sleep. veterinarians say the gelden suffered from a painful leg deformity, likely caused by an untreated injury. the horse is believed to have been between 12 to 15 years old. it was also underweight with extremely overgrown hovs. the spca is offering $1,000 for information in the case. >>> in a new move to keep californians healthy, the warning you could be seeing on sodas and other sugar

according to the south african legal system, the decision will solely be handed down by the judge. next photo is underway in delhi for the third wave of the massive vote in india. a parliamentary election there is the biggest in world history. today is one of the most important days in the vote. polling is underway in 14 states including in the capital of new delhi. let's bring in our correspondent in new delhi. we -- how has the voter may going so far today? it is the biggest, so 11 -- in total, they would the parliamentary .eats that are available the fight is key in deciding who pradesh, uttar we have experiencing -- an instance of 2000 soldiers that have been killed, but other than this, there seems to be largely peaceful. and 1:00 p.m. today, the election commission released figures to give us a fair idea what the voters' turnout has been. as for now, it is only moderate. in delhi, 24%. said, when the polling day ends at 6:00 p.m., we do not know what the turnout will be in a decisive day in the international -- in the national election. states,to the united where in pennsylva

. >>> south africans mark 23 year since the apartheid. and doubling canonization. >> the south korea's prime minister has resigned over the handling of the ferry disaster. 389 people have been confirmed dead, but 100 people still has been unaccounted for. reports from seoul. >> reporter: eleven days past the disaster, the prime minister decided to take the fall. >> the right thing for me to do is to do the right thing and resign. i apologize for many problems from the prevention of the accident to the early handling of the disaster. >> reporter: on the day after the ferry went down, president put him in charge of the rescue effort, and literally at one point when parents of missing children threw a water bottle and scuffled with him, and once again preventing his car from leaving the island. but there is a wider sense of anger and shame in this country citizen more emerges about the safety violations that led to the needless loss of so many children's lives, has regulation and corrupt practices in south korea as a whole. they preempted any

as a matter of account fa, i was looking at some pieces in south african newspapers about panels they'ren south africa. they constantly talk about the crime problem. a lawyer on the panel said a group of man used an ax to try to knock down the door to his condo. >> the judge can't know all this. >> 1 in 3 south african women have been abused by men in a variety of situation, according to some statistics. she is a former social worker and crime reporter with a history on being tough on domestic violence. >> sunny, this is right up your alley. because they made a big deal about setting some foundation when the defense started its case. saying, you see our client up there, he's got a history of dealing with fear in his home, starting from the days where his mother was terrified and i think even had a gun in the house, right? >> yes, and i thought that was very important testimony for his defense. i agree with paul. i have a friend who has lived in south africa for a long time. she's from the united states. she says crime is a real problem. everyone has security. everyone is armed. people ta

. >> he is south african. so, a south african food is biltong, which is a kind of beef jerky.you to construct a dish using beef jerky. mario, you've had a second to think about it. what would you make lloyd blankfein? >> first of all, i would chop one of the hot dogs -- do i get more than one hot dog? i would chop one of them up and dredge it with flour and salt and pepper and some cayenne and make it nice and crispy and hot. i would take the other one, i would butterfly it open until it was flat, dredge in flour and bread crumbs. i would make a hotdog schnitzel and serve it with a crispy hotdog salsa. >> nice. >> yes, please. >> i'm up for that. bobby? >> he is the ceo of mcdonald's, you said? >> he's your competition. >> yes. i'm not going to try to serve him a hamburger. i think mcdonald's could use a little more vegetables in its life. so, i will use the sweet-and-sour sauce and i will do a roasted cauliflower, agua dulce, sort of sweet and sour with some red chilies and put it in an earthenware dish, and put it in an oven and roast it. there you go. >> sounds good. tom? >

the south african is defending himself against charges of premeditated murder in the shooting death of reeva steenkamp. on monday, the prosecutor again tried to expose inconsistencies in pistorius' testimony. listen -- >> you said you were vulnerable. you felt vulnerable. am i right? >> that's correct, my lady. >> but you approached the danger -- the two doesn't make sense. in fact, you knew that reeva was behind the door, and you shot at her. that is the only thing that makes sense. you shot at her knowing that she was behind that door. >> it's not true, my lady. >> the cross-examination was so intense that pistorius broke down a number of times. the court had to be adjourned twice so he could gather himself. here's the exchange between pistorius and the prosecutor. >> we haven't spoken about reeva. we haven't spoken about anything now. but you're getting emotional. why? >> we were speaking about reeva, my lady. >> mr. pistorius, you're not using your emotional state as an escape, are you? >> no, my lady. i can't remember how i opened the doors. i can't remember how i opened the doors

and south african urgently needs them, especially in rural areas.most people here have no electricity or running water. many cannot read and write, and one in three are out of work. theres a clear deficit of engineers, draftsmen and technicians. glyn ramoo runs an electricians business with a workforce of 35. finding skilled workers is a huge challenge. >> we're just battling to find decent supervisors, supervisors that take the company at heart and interest and monitor and mentor other people. so these schools like nelson mandela, or any school,, technical school, train the people with the management skills, i am sure they will be beneficial to us in the future. >> he will need people like loyiso, even if loyiso has other ambitions than being an electrician. mandela said, "education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world" its a vision that has secured loyiso his chance at school. >> mandela, he has liberated the whole country, he has brought us free education. and i just want to do that in the future, i want to be like hi

the cross examination of south african paralympic star asked if this story has ended on tuesday. he's on trial for shooting his girlfriend rita stay in camp last year the story is claimed he killed their inadvertently when he mistook her for an intruder. the prosecution claims the killing was murder you want to sell for the sole purpose of choosing keeping the structure human and it's the best arias cannot be filled during the trial that way but it is not expected until may the alias on this. if convicted of murder historians could be jailed for life. on tuesday a judge sent home a ton in prime minister silvio berlusconi to one year of community service berlusconi was convicted of tax evasion last year. but the milan called ruled that the seventy seven. he's too old to go to jail. when i read it. this gun east being given a test tube. i'm troubled inspections of being impose on and do well to the center for the elderly can alternate to. the a rare total eclipse of the money could be seen in parts of the world early tuesday amateur astronomers in america and the pacific watch the

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the south african runner. >> i don't know -- . >> prosecutor rers no n south africa accused him of sheetth sheeting steenkamp after an argument. the defendant arguing pistorius killed steenkamp by mistake. >> for wall street today, marked the start of corporate earnings. quarterly earnings but revenue fell short of estimates, the aluminum maker is no longer part of the industrial average, but regarded as a bell weather company. a broader markets, back in the plus markets today. nas nasdaq up by 33. that broke a 3 day losing stream. because of a deadly virus threatening baby pigs. the virus came from china, although they don't know how it got to the united states, but they say it has led to the deaths of some 6.8 million pigs in 27 states since last may. the ep depic has pushed bacon, ham and pork shop prices up 10 percent. >>> president obama signed two executive orders that are aimed at narrowing the pay gap between men and women. the pay gap is not real. >> some commentators say that the pay gap doesn't exist. a myth. but it's not a myth. it's math. >> the orders make it easy yr for fede

the basics of water and electricity along with affordable housing. >> let's talk now to a young south african here at the freedom day concert. what do young people, what do you think about south africa 20 years on? >> south africa, i think it's a colourful country. i think it's mar diverse now, more integrated and more free for everyone to live in. >> you will be voting for the first time. 19 years old. and the first time on 7 may. what will you vote for when you cast the ballot. >> most importantly i will be voting for my freedom as a person, a young person. i think it's important for young people in south africa to be free, and to do what they are capable of doing. >> it's a lot of challenges, inequality, poverty and people angry at the slow pace of delivery, what do you say about that? >> it's a work if progress. it will not come overnight. it will come gradually and with different people getting into government. contributing certain things to our poverty struggles and whatnot that will fix that as time goes. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> that's one of the many voices at the con

. >> the south african.uth african brewery is converting the dollar and it will be a concern. ingely, this is a company emerging markets. >> exactly. the emerging markets will eventually work out. at the moment, and why do foreign currency weakness. the larger term is exposed to growth. more on the prime minister's shakeup, we are joined. talk us through the changes. >> good morning. is thehat is interesting appointments for these companies . there are political takes in the past and the biggest energy company. sleevest manager and a rolled up kind of guy. mr. strategy. the head of the green power unit. we're getting someone from the inside and not a political appointment. >> what is behind the changes? you.cuse me, i cannot hear >> what is behind the changes and why were they made by the new prime minister. to reform andtted changing the way in the country. i'm not sure that new picks constitute reform. >> how have the choice is going to? think it will be received well. it is early to say because the announ

. >>> troops in the south african republic have completed their pullout.had announced a complete withdraw of its forces from car earlier this month. some accused the soldiers of siding with seleka fighters. >>> more than 100 schoolgirls who were kidnapped in nigeria on tuesday are still missing. the army is continuing the search for them. gunmen stormed the premise and opened fire on soldiers who were guarding the government college. here is the update from the capitol. >> reporter: more than 24 hours after the girls were abducted from the general secondary school, there is still no further information from the security services. that's the military and police as to their whereabouts. however, we do understand speaking to people on the ground that there is a heavy military and police presence on the ground. here to talk about the insecurity that has come over the country in the last couple of day, i'm joined by a security expert. 100 girls allegedly kidnapped by the armed group boko haram, what do you make of it? >> first the bomb explosion on monday, and

. >>> oscar pistorius is due back on the witness stand in just about two hours in a south african court. he's expected to face more tough questioning in his murder trial. robyn curnow has more now on a contentious day of cross-examination. >> this is the video shown by the prosecution in his first day of cross exam iping oscar pistorius. the olympian shooting water melons at a gun range, yelling, then saying it's a lot softer than brains. the defense called the court presentation an ambush, evidence they say they weren't privy too. the judge allowed it and then the prosecutor took everyone by surprise. ordering a graphic photo of a dead reeva steenkamp on every courtroom screen. >> i'm going to show you, mr. pistorius, it had the exact same effect, the bullet that went into her head. >> forcing pistorius to look, to compare the water melon to steenkamp. >> my lady, i was there that night. >> have a look, i know you don't want to but it's time you take responsibility for what you've done. >> and in doing so, may have overstepped. >> it's a valid strategy to unsettle the defendants so the

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many african based on the skins come to south africa to escape discrimination. from time to bring the nation fails to move on to its reputation as a second. by taking the foster economic growth in turin and a cough that will take a pic made this country the world's second largest economy economic disparities still exist of course across the country. but abandoning the cost of the nice as a result of continued credit according to its status in two hundred and fifty million people in china. having not spent on lifestyles than their parents did. we visited three generations of one of the money in beijing to hear how they see the transformation of the country. this one child a typical chinese family. joel and wise fifty three years she worked as an executive assistant to the real estate company in town she's enjoying retirement the husband turned and works in the radiology department of a beijing hospital the couple's twenty year old colt of a day is studying chemistry. this family belongs to china's increasingly wealthy middle class woman in his teeth into to get o

her most recent, securing the freedom of a south african who was still in jail because he couldn't are afford the $20,000 fine. she got him a presidential pardon. >> i'm still learning, a place where unwritten procedure will trump written law. that's something interesting to learn but as a lawyer it's extremely frustrating. >> motley says she will keep working in afghanistan but also wants to practice in other countries to apply what she has learned here. >> i think it's very easy to look at afghanistan, afghan legal system and be very pessimistic. i think the mere fact that myself as a nonafghan, american woman being able to even work in the legal system is a step forward. >> and that's al jazeera's jennifer glasse reporting from afghanistan. that's it for "america tonight." good night. >> the u.s. and nato apparently disagree on how to act with russia, how is that to putin? after two awful days on wall street, financial experts say we're headed for a crash. and was jesus married? i'm antonio mora. here's the headlines. >> the