but the help they really want is for the money to 2r5 travel south. >> reporter: in the meantime south sudanlosed the roads. so now they will have to go by plane. the estimated cost for all is $20 million. one hope is the mainly western governments that supported the south's independence might pay. but the international aid budget for sudan has been halved. >> the air lift remains the only option, which is the most expensive option, and since there are other -- other needs which we have to somehow address as the floods and the situation in the area, the budget for air lift might be costly. >> reporter: the reality is, with so many other problems to resolve, the plight of these people is not high on anyone's agenda. harriet martin, al jazeera. >>> let's get a check on the weather with richard. >> more flooding across sudan and south sudan is really an annual occurrence here. we expect a lot of heavy rain at this time of year. you can see the rainfall pattern through the year, and last year between june and october, there was more flooding, we had 300,000 people effected by the situation. it i

find out why thousands of people are stateless in south sudan. >>> as american's surge in oil production made a new global price shock. i'm tom acreman in texas. that story coming up. on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. america. >>> welcome back. the last of the u.n. chemical weapons inspectors have left syria can and have driven across the border to beirut in neighboring lebanon. the department describes the chemical weapon attack as a challenge for world. he's considering a narrative response. six people died in protest on friday. 190 others were wounded. back to our top story now the crisis in syria. joining me live in london. he's editor and chief. president obama described the suspected chemical weapons attack in syria as a challenge to the world. is it a challenge to the world? >> no. it is a challenge in the least. it is a challenge to oh the syrian, hezbollah and in a way russia. what he's going to achieve by this narrow ma. -rb mmanipulative fight,when prn 1998

. >>> find out why many people are stateless in south sudan. and could the boon times be over in australia. why the upcoming election is focusing on the economy. america. next. >> you're watching al jazeera. time to remind you of our top stories here on al jazeera. the last of the u.n. chemical weapons inspectors have lest syria. the team drove across the border to day route airport in neighboring lebanon. >>> president obama described the chemical weapons attack in syria as a challenge to the world. he's considering a narrow military response. and in egypt six people died in protest against the military-backed government on friday. 160 other people were wounded. >>> rebels in the east of the democratic republic of congo, the m 23 group has been fighting government forces and troops. malcolm webb is with the advancing soldiers as they took their positions 123-4507 these congolese soldiers are having a good day. their enemy, the m 23 rebels, have with drown from their position outside of the city of goma. this man said gon congo belongso us. we'

. >> and flooding in south sudan has forced them from their homes. and we will look at columbia's second largest group freed a geologist after seven months of captivity. lap >> they share it on the stream. >> social media isn't an after thought, it drives discussion across america. >> al jazeera america, social community, on t.v. and online. >> this is your outlet for those conversations. >> post, upload, and interact. >> every night, share undiscovered stories. >> the stream, next on al jazeera america. ♪[music] welcome back. the top stories u.n. inspectors have arrived at the scene of an alleged chemical attack in syria. more than 300 people are known to have died but activist say several hundred more were killed. the syrian government denies accusations that it was involved. both the u.s. and the u.k. says there is no doubt that they used chemical wells. it has been strengthening its dikes. they have been building new barriers to ensure the safety of the main residential areas. they have been under batter since flooding began on sunday. back to ou

still ahead, living in limbo, find out why thousands of people are stateless in south sudan. >> plus, hi-tech, looking at the 19th century masterpieces in a very twenty-first century style. >> and later in sport as replay of the 2012 champions league time gets a very different ending. you are consuming them. that's next on "consider this." plap ç] ♪ welcome back. let's recap our headlines now. the last of u. n. chemical inspectors have left syria. russia's president says the threat of u.s. force is unacceptable. accusing the syrian government of using chemical weapon weapons utter nonsenses. and indian juvenile court has found the teenager guilty in the gang rape of a woman last december that shocked the nation. he has been sentenced to three years in the reformry on charging of rape, murder, and abduction. iraqi security forces have disbursed protestors using water cannon. hundreds of people rallies in several cities calling for mass protests. the fallen security and the lack of basic services. returning to our top story. let's get some reaction from turkey, which has been an importa

adele hasn't had much assistance because she is not officially classified as a refugee because south sudan claims the land she came from, the government says she has technically remained in the same country. because the status of mile 14 isn't determined and sudan also claims it, international ngos can't classify her as an internally enlist displaced person either. thousands of ref eugenia ease get aid but because this population doesn't have an official status, they are not getting the same services. many of the people came with absolutely nothing and they simply don't have the means to sustain themselves and at the moment, there isn't a safety net for them either. >> reporter: according to aid agencies, it isn't possible to offer this community the same assistance as a traditional refugee position. >> it would mean their legal status is a prior ity to us. we do not wish to discuss the determination of legal advice. we are providing them assistance as persons who need assistance and not determining their legal status. >> reporter: food is scarce in this community and health problems are e

into a largely shiite south a shrinking in the middle many of us in these have become refugees and left the country and then end israeli occupied kurdish north and likewise sudan has been broken up into two pieces the so-called arab north and an israeli occupied south which is where all the energy resources are interesting when the israelis always seem to grab wherever the energy resources are they may own the south sudan and they own kurdistan in iraq. so libya has been broken up into a solid the east and a half the supporting west so that's the strategy is to break up all these countries and syria would be the icing on the cake yell clay design thing israel's enemies one by one how strange the one country never attacks ever israel so this leads you to wonder what the heck is going on you know what kind of radical islamic group is this that smuggle drugs and never attacks israel and whatever it does always seems to be in the interests of israel i think it's that they've created a brand with al-qaeda that is designed to siphon off anger in the arab and muslim worlds so roland's mixed who would win well first the chances are that the world would not go well for

al jazeera, south sudan. >> still ahead another twist in the gareth failed transfer saga.oming up. ç] >> the scars of the u.s. civil rights movement can still be felt 50 years later, and that's apparent in this city of birmingham, alabama. when civil rights leader martin luther king won his first major victory but at a heavy cost. >> less than three weeks after martin luther king jr. announced his dream of racial justice a nightmare struck birmingham. a bomb explode underneath the 16th street baptist church, the center for king's non-violent campaign to integrate the city's schools, businesses and parks. as they finished sunday school three girls aged 14, one aged 11 were killed. among them addy may corpulence whose sister was among the injured. >> i said called her but she dit answer. >> the brother of cynthia wesley rushed to the church but left before they could tell him that her body was identified in the republic. >> that was your sister. i didn't stay. instead, i left. >> reporter: violence was nothing new to birmingham which saw so many attacks on blacks that it bec

in south sudan. >> demonstrators have thrown rocks at u.n. peacekeepers. the police responded with tear gas. the protesters say they are confused over a disarmament item made from things. >> these people have been trying to block a main road in the democratic congo. they are angry at the u.n. they say peace keepers should fight rebels who are just outside the city. >> the u.n. came theory defend the congolese but they need to say if they are with us or the rebts. >> the u.n. convoy has reached a roadblock. it's tense. there was confusion this week when the u.n. issued a some meant the peace keepers would be addressing others but it's tom kom and gone. some people throw rofpblgts the peacekeeper fires in the air to disperse the crowd. and the police fire tear goose clear the road and the convoy passes. >> >> a lot of people here feel like they have been constantly exploited by foreigners. are of congo's minerals being mind and now the u.n. with its foreign staff threw it in action. that's actually exploiting them too. > but the u.n. says lit secure areas on

tribal fighting in south sudan has forced more than 100,000 people to flee their homes. the people say armed men from rival clans attacked them for their connections to sudan. they say they have also been the victims of violence. peter has this exclusive report. hiding in the bushes, tens of thousands of people. they are survivors of violence. reports from survivors say they urgently need help. we hope to find them. it is only accessible by air or on foot. you and peacekeepers do what they can to help the handful of people who walk to your, but they are soldiers, not medical workers. there is little they can offer the survivors. friend.eltering with a all seven of her children were killed when the attackers raided her village while she was searching for firewood. -- the deadkers bodies were ladies. most of the children were not found, which probably means they were abducted. >> she is another survivor. she escaped with her children. 14 members of her extended family did not. >> i have not seen any of them. if they did, they are still hiding in the bush. i am waiting here

. >>> the african nation of south sudan is covered with water displacing thousands.ted nations is urging people to step in and offer help. this is the worst flooding to hit the country in two decades and many fear more is on the way. the united nations plans to offer food, medicine, an shelter for the displaced people. >>> vicki, back here in the states, hail in august? parts of denver got hit in a nasty storm. >> reporter: cleaning up. >> this looks like a really bad weed eater hit it. everything see was flowers, and vegetation. >> reporter: susan thompson says her yard is a disaster. >> all the flowers were shredded. there is nothing left. it was just this overwhelming, you couldn't hear yourself talk. >> reporter: at area body shots, dents and dings all over. >> we are seeing quite a president of dents, hoods that need to be replaced. >> reporter: workers using lights to show the dings. this car might get new doors and panels because it has the new golf ball dimple look. guesstimate, over 200 hits. the south suburbs were hit with hail. in the north, it was wind da

in the past few months, we conducted three portfolio reviews in nigeria, south sudan and the drc thatbrought washington and the field together for in-depth analysis. the results are still coming in, but what is emerging is a clearer picture of the barriers that stand in the way of progress and the steps we need to take and often only we can take to address them. in the drc, for example, we realized that one of the greatest barriers to education budget necessarily the threat of endemic violation or widespread displacement which, by the way, are often the political excuses for not doing more there. but rather, something much more common: simple school fees. because the government can't afford to pay teachers, parents have to partially shoulder the burden, and that's a fact that keeps millions of kids out of school every year. .. and you want to improve learning outcomes for the 100 million other kids who are already in school. in april, we joined gordon brown and the international community to another effort to intensify our programs in these three countries, in the drc, nigeria, south

--ant to note that one scene one of my first education in thenities what -- was south sudan with young girls and boys. mp3-enabled curriculums for teachers. it was a professionally-run effort in a difficult environment. i want to take a moment to recognize the folks working in areas of crisis and security risk. could you put your hand up and let's take a moment to thank you. [applause] especially at a time when we have had to have ordered departures and shut down operations this past few days. it heightens the awareness of the risk we all take in you all take the on the front lines in those environments. thank you for your service. it is exciting for me to be able to be with you and look out on this group of educational efforts -- experts and policy makers. it was intimidating, the number of topics you all covered and have yet to discuss. you have spoken about the essential elements of our education efforts going forward, the importance of focusing our efforts we can deliver results where it matters the most. in fusing education with technology not because we like technology for its ow

you are working in environments, south sudan, parts of afghanistan and pakistan sometimes worry don't always get the sense that this is a top priority for our international partners. though i hope you're all working to engage your ambassadors, make sure that they are carrying the torch as well because this is a shared responsibility. maybe one more. board we could be done. -- or we could be done. okay, thank you very much. keep up the good work. [applause] >> thank you all for coming -- >> we are showing on core presentations of q&a here on c-span2. today, former congressman bob ney the ohio republican spent a year in federal prison after pleading guilty to corruption charges. on core q&a today at 7 p.m. eastern. then at 8 p.m. eastern, booktv in prime time. >> i am not some sort of anti-suburb person who thinks that everyone needs to live in new york city. i was very sensitive to come across as a sort of espresso sipping condo dwelling commune or, the latest of some fabric that is not why i did this booker i understand why people like the suburbs, you know. i get fed up with a lot of

the country lost revenue from oil when south sudan split off in 2011. >>> stylish women in hong kong can now pawn their high-end handbags to get loan. pawnbrokers are providing 80% of the price of a designer bag. the company can then rent the bag to other customers. the owner of the finance company says the purse will be handed back once the sloan paid off at 4% monthly interest within four months. >> you think about it, though, bags are expensive. >> apparently. >> a lot of money. >>> time now 4:52. did you catch the vmas last night? who stole the show and how he celebrated in a big way. >> and why are these daredevils doing this? we're going to take you to the world series of cliff diving. and it's coming up next. ,, people go to a mattress store and essentially they just get sold something. we provide the exact individualization that your body needs. this labor day, don't invest in a mattress until you visit a sleep number store. when we actually lower the sleep number setting to get the sleep number bed to conform to them, it's amazing the transition that you see with people. -oh

i'm glad to say that in a , thatn like south sudan is a brand-new mission that started at the outset same, here is our mandate, what are our objectives, what are our benchmarks, and when will we know that we have gotten their? -- gotten there? the second principle in the policy is about an integrated u.n. response. getting peacekeepers, whether they are uniformed or civilian, to understand they are not in the country on their own, they are there to work with other partners who are doing related or similar work, and they need to be working with them on the transition planning as well from the beginning. rule of lawi am a officer in a peacekeeping mission, i need to be working with colleagues in u.n. development programs from the beginning to see how my part of the pie fits with what they are doing. a big intellectual shift for us in peacekeeping. the third principle of our policy is about national ownership and buy-in. whatever we are doing as the u.n. surely has to be based on what is happening in the host country, in the host government, civil society across the board. how do we tai

entrepreneurial spirit provide the engine to propel his foundation to meet the critical challenges of south sudan. his unmatched commitment to the development of his country and community lies at the heart of his unwavering drive for change. abraham is one of the lost boys that founded the sudan default and foundation for his commitment to rebuilding south sudan communities. please join me in welcoming abraham awolich. [applause] >> thank you very much. good morning everyone. i just want to acknowledge and not an expert on education per say, but i'm involved in education. and this morning i'm going to share with you just a little bit about my story about the things i am working on and how i came to work on these things. many of you are aware of the conflict that has been going on in sudan for so many years. millions of people have been displaced and many lives have been destroyed and they continue to be destroyed today. why was one of those people that had been displaced by the conflict in sudan. i was displaced and got recruited into the sudanese people. the first time fi was introduced to the s

i mentioned earlier south sudan and the work being done by the mission to set up benchmarks and around with the mission has been asked to do there. as soon as the negotiations between the north and south break down and the wheel stops running and the economy falls apart so many of the aspects of the benchmark just stopped working we then report back to the security council and say this is what we were planning to do, this is what happened. we can keep going or we can slow down and recognize the circumstances. and obviously it would be our preference set down until the conditions are right there will always be a political decision and a financial decision by the states that are finding the peacekeeping presence there. if i could add in a related point what he would mention in addition to these policies we've also been working on what we are calling a early peacebuilding strategy. the number one reason peacekeeping gets sent into the places to stabilize and bring peace and security to the new environment for the people but we realize what we are doing is building activities so we develop

they are comfortable with the changing operations, particularly in a fast-moving environment like south sudan and come in for stability along the border and then there is a potential mass atrocity event. how do you get the host countries to step up to new responsibilities that come forward in a rapid fashion without the security council thinking through how they will execute on the new mission? sorry for the long comment. >> either of you want to comment? the million dollar question -- we're absolutely right -- are facing new mandates from the security council. i would point to the new resolution 2098 as an example of that. the evolution of peacekeeping over time since the early 90s has gone from having a bunch of western concerto that are members to contributing troops to a big shift where many countries from the developing world are major contributors and what will happen next? we hear rumblings from european countries about every turn to blue helmeted peacekeeping operations. we are working on a strategy of trying to expand the basic peace keepers and try to identify where the problems hav

angola, north korea, egypt, south sudan, somalia, and syria. those countries did not agree that sarin should be illegal. they didn't sign on to that convention making it illegal and that last country on the list in the lower right, syria, thought too much the largest stockpiles of sarin gas in the whole world. syria reportedly started making chemical weapons in the 1970s. they stepped it up during the 1980s and now they are thought to have some of the largest stock piles on earth. the civil war that has been raging for more than two years in syria there are frequent allegations that the government is using chemical weapons against the opposition forces and specifically against civilians. the syrian government itself denies ever using chemical weapons. they do say they think they have been used during their civil war but blame the rebel side. they say it's the rebels that use wmd. these things are much easier to allege than to prove. many countries do have chemical weapons but the actual use of them is pretty rare. and a number of things like te

disagreements between south sudan and sudan and oil exports.re seeing a million barrels a day off the market. ashley: david, is this more a brent story than a wti story though? the unrest in the middle east has much bigger impact on europe. this side of the atlantic, listen, we're coming to the end of the driving season. we didn't have a storm in the gulf that just went away. is egypt more of a threat to the brent trade than wti? >> yeah. i could see the brent-wti spread blowing out a little bit. a couple weeks ago we had three-decade high inventories at wti cushing. driving season is really coming to an end. if you look at the curve in the wti market, you see only a few months out it drops to 102, 100 and $98 seven months out. i think we're pretty much okay for the u.s. market. liz: down the road, andy, what will influence the oil market, if not arab nations and opec nations? >> well the biggest thing i see out there is china. we have really an interesting phenomenon going on where chinese imports continue to rise and u.s. imports continue to

i'm glad to see in a mission like the mission in south sudan, that is a brand new mission that startedt the outset we said here is our mandate. here is our objective. how can we benchmark them. what are the indicators we have to get there? when will we know we have gotten there? the second principle in policy is about an integrated u.n. response. so getting peacekeepers, whether they are uniformed or civilians who understand and are not in a country on their own, that they are there to work with other partners doing related or similar work and they need to be working with them on the transition planning as well from the beginning. it means, for example, if i'm a rule of law insofar as a piece keeping mission, i need to be working with the u.n. development program from beginning to see how my part of the pie fits with what they are doing and when i go how do i hand it off. this is a big intellectual shift i think for peacekeeping. the third principle of our policy is about national ownership and buy-ins. whatever we are doing at the u.n. surely has to be based on what's happening in the

say south sudan come in cuddly they are facing a potential mass atrocity event. how to you get the troop contributing countries to step up to new responsibilities that sometimes come forward in a rapid fashion without the security council thinking through how they are going to execute on the new mission. thank you. sorry for -- [inaudible] >> either of you want to comment? >> wow. the million dollar question in peace keeping today. you are absolutely right we are facing new mandate from the security council. i would point to the new resolution 2098 in dic is another example of that. the evolution of peace keeping over time has gone from having a bunch of western contributor to security members to contributing troops to a big shift to a situation where a lot of countries from the developing world and the major contributors and now post afghanistan what is going to happen next? we're doing hearing a lot of rumbling from european countries. we're working on a strategy now of trying to expand the basic peace keepers. trying to identify where the problems have been. a

what cal is talking about in terms of congo and in terms of south sudan, these are all other areas we like the media to talk about that as well. >> roiters ipsos poll and 9% of those polled favor the action in syria. that's worse than any other foreign military engagement i can remember. >> what about the image of the gas attack itself? the media are not running the worst of that because there is horrific images. >> to the extent it has been that's what it pushing the debate rather than the talking heads in washington and the people writing for and against. what is promoting it are the pictures of the dead children, the 400 of them. >> it is like vietnam. >> that's not true. we have been seeing dead people for four years. that's not what is defining this debate. >> not in these numbers. >> it is a campaign promise. it is a campaign promise that is defining the debate. we watched people die for four years. what difference does it make if they were dead because they were shot in the back or gas? >> you sound like hillary clinton, what difference does it make? >> the point is it is not m

there's just so much territory to talk about, places like algeria, libya, sudan, not south sudan, evenlighted here. all of this area where maybe an attack may come. how do you guard so much with potential targets? what about a place like yemen? this is a likely target because intelligence chatter has heard it talked about as a potential attack site. there have been u.s. drone strikes. all of that makes it a probable area to look at. but it doesn't prove that is the target. knack, you can look at other places like afghanistan and say it also has reasons that terrorists might want to strike there. 60,000 u.s. troops, military bases, outposts all over the country. u.s. aid pour flag there, $4.6 billion a year. that could make it attractive. what about wildcard like jordan, up by syria, a much smaller presence. still might make it easier to hit. there's a squadron of f-16 fighter jets there. all sorts of things in all sorts of places. that's what we're talking about. that's why this is so difficult. we don't really know, even in the chatter, what might be hit. that's why we have this gener

i am glad to say that in emission in south sudan is a brand new mission that started at the outset seeing here is our mandate, what are the objectives, how can we benchmark them and what will we know when we have gotten there. so making some progress on that early planning. the second principle in the policy is about an integrated u.n. response. so getting peacekeepers with their uniforms or civilian to understand they are not in a country of iran, they are there to work with other partners to in related or similar work and they need to be working with them on the transition planning as well from the beginning. for example if on the rule of law officer of the peacekeeping mission i need to be working with colleagues in the u.n. development programs from the beginning to see how my part fits with what they are doing and when i go how do we hand it on. this is a big intellectual shift for the peacekeeping. the third principle in the policy is about the national ownership. whatever we are doing has to be based on what is happening in the host country and the host government, civil society ac

at least in the middle east, has grown from the west coast of africa to indonesia and as far south as sudanso what that suggests is that the bits and pieces of al qaeda have started to string together such that they can threaten wide areas of the world. american interests in wide areas of the world and do it with impunity. so, we learned in benghazi what happens when you don't send out threat alerts. and surely this is a prudent thing to do it also shows how america's influence is waning in these parties of the world, tucker. old saying in the military power equals capability times will. capability is of course military capability and will is your willingness to use it and probably at no time in our history have i seen american power be any greater but american resolve and american strategy and america's willingness to use that power be so diffused and difficult to figure out. >> tucker: is this what we are seeing to some extent in the snowden case fugitive in russia and russian people vladimir putin taking great pleasure in granting him asylum and thereby number ising the united states. >>