they are a people who live in namibia and botswana, in southern africa.ve in a semi-arid or desert region. it's a very tough environment in whi tsurvive. and they are hunter-gatherers. they are peoe who live o t land. people survive really on the margins in that environment. it's very easy to go across the line and to get into real trouble through sickness. so the alleviation of sickness and suffering is a regular need that has to be addressed. the healing ceremonies that the kung perform are one way of addressing those needs of restoring balance and harmony and health. the sound of the music itself is a healing sound. the music comes to people on a subconscious level. it gets right to the core. and it has a way of transforming you. one of the most interesting things about the healing ceremonies of the kung is that there aren't any words. there's no text at all. yet that music is very powerful, very moving, very, very emotional music. and how does that work? you know, you hear people singing, and they're yodeling. you hear this wonderful melody, little fr

i live myself for many years in southern africa, and the church there is very vibrant. >> what can we take away as benedict's legacy? what were his most important achievements? >> of course, he is a very profound and prolific writer. i think his legacy will be mainly in his writings. particularly in the way that he has explored the question of the meaning of life. that, of course, is a question that concerns all of us sooner or later. the latest, of course, is when we are confronted by death. he does not do it in a way that necessarily appeals to a mass audience. that, of course, is a certain weakness in his position. he tends to be rather intellectual. people who are prepared to look into the questions of the meaning of life, that there's more to life than simply having fun -- of course, having fun is important, but if there is more to life than that, more than one in from one life style and into the next and amassing material goods -- then there is a great deal of food for thought in his writings. i think that will be his major legacy. >> some people believe there is much more to th

. >> let me talk about this, southern africa becoming a hot spot. know is if this is the last refuge of al qaeda or a beach head. is this where al qaeda is given to gather? are we paying enough attention or is this a last gasp, a push there. >> you have to look at the whole picture of al qaeda. we've gone after core leadership in afghanistan. we've gone after them in yemen. we've gone after them successfully in somali. we were always aware there was aqim in africa. as a result of the french action. we were also anticipating we would have to move into north africa to go after al qaeda. wherever they are, we have to make sure they have no place to hide. bottom line here is al qaeda is our enemy and we have to make sure we go after them. >> let me just finally, i want to play you something from your predecessor as he was leaving office. >> any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big american land army into asia or into the middle east or africa should have his head examined as general macarthur so delicately put it. >> fi

family members of the model, law graduates, and reality tv star met on south africa's southern coast for a private memorial service today. her body will be cremated. >> connecticut police say reports of a motive for the shooting at sandy hook elementary are unfounded. cbs news reported that the shooter adam lanza wanted to kill more people than a norwegian man who killed 77 people in 2011. investigators say they have not uncovered a motive for the shooting and they called the reports inaccurate speculation. >> recent mass shootings are leading to a change to recommendations on how to respond to them? . traditionally, potential victims have been told to flee and tied while waiting felt. but law-enforcement authorities are increasingly the advising people to physically confront attackers as a final line of defense. the advisories are now included in training videos and documents prepared by police. they represent a major shift in tactics. >> a virginia-based internet security company says china appear to be behind the hacking of u.s. military contractors and energy companies. hundred 4

in central africa in the gulf of guinea, there could be showers as well in lagos. not looking at. more southern parts of africa, heavy rain in gambia and tanzania. madagascar likely to get heavy downpours. namibia and south africa, largely dry. sh >> the top stories. the south african olympic athletes oscar pistorius has been arrested after his girlfriend was shot dead and his home in pretoria in the early hours of thursday morning. israel has confirmed for the first time that it secretly and present an australian-is really national under a false name after reporting restrictions on the prisoner or lifted. the man later died in custody. activists a rebels in syria have shot down a jet near idlib. this video shows the aircraft plunging towards the ground. in hama there have been reports of shelling. this purports to show the aftermath of an attack. fierce fighting around an airport in colombo after rebels took control of the military air base on tuesday - in aleppo. an iranian official has reportedly been killed in syria as he traveled by road to 11 on. the iranian embassy in lebanon says that h

as he is being denied bail in that courtroom in south africa, oscar pistorius' girlfriend reeva steenkamp is being laid to rest along the southern coast of south africa. we have a reporter live from port elizabeth near the site of steenkamp's funeral. >> i'm standing outside victoria park crematorium in port elizabeth in the eastern cape where friends and family of reeva steenkamp have gathered to pay their last respects and more than a thousand kilometers from here at the magistrate court. oscar pistorius is appearing in a court of law accused her murder. state prosecutors are arguing this is premeditated murder saying that oscar pistorius armed himself, attached his legs and shot her repeatedly through a bathroom door. oscar pistorius' defense is saying he thought she was a burglar. the arguments went out in the morning with oscar pistorius sobbing uncontrolably at times. here people just want two answers, why did this happen to a person they describe as kind and loving and someone who everybody, they say, loved back. cnn, port elizabeth. >> again, the news just out of south africa, the magistrate there, the judge ruling that

pakistan as well, the rain will be pretty heavy and could cause quite a few problems across the southern parts of africare it is mostly fine and settled, but just in the far north you can see the shower clouds that will be with us for the next couple of days. stretching all of the way eastn the tv. -- link tv. ♪ >> hello again. the top stories on al-jazeera, syria is now ready to talk to armed groups to put an end to two years of civil war. the foreign minister said that just ahead of a meeting with his russian counterpart in moscow the armed rebels said that they were ready as the president steps down. the first female president of south korea has taken her first oath of office. she used her inauguration speech to call on north korea to abandon the nuclear ambitions immediately. the head of the roman catholic church in scotland has resigned after allegations of inappropriate behavior with other priests. let's go live to london as lawrence, our correspondent is there with more on this. the cardinal denies that there were allegations -- denied the allegations revolving around his stepping down. >> it is

members and friends traveled from all over the world to make it to the funeral off the southern coast of south africa. hundreds of miles north, details of the alleged crime were released. new details were released. >> reporter: at today's dramatic hearing, we got our first glimpse of the case against pistorius and what his defense might be if this proceeds to a trial. state prosecutors claim that during the night, he got out of his bed, he put on his prosthetic legs and walked for seven meters where he fired at the bathroom door behind which his girlfriend. she died later in his arms. >> all the people she knew, can't be -- we're going to keep all the positive things that we remember and know about my sister and we will try and continue with the things that she tried to make better. >> reporter: he says he thought an intruder had entered the home. he was very worried about the security and filled with a sense of dread. during today's emotional hearing, he became inconsolable with details of what happened hours before the shooting were read out. the hearing will continue tomorrow morning. >> pistorius

also happening this morning, reeva steenkamp's family will lay her to rest along the southern coast of south africa. we have a reporter in port elizabeth near the site of steenkamp's funeral. >> reporter: i'm outside of victoria park crematorium in the sea side town in the eastern cape where friends and family of reeva steenkamp have gathered to pay their last respects. more than 1,000 kilometers from here at the court, oscar pistorius is appearing in a court of law accused of her murder. state prosecutors are arguing that this was premeditated murder saying that oscar pistorius armed himself, attached his legs and shot her repeatedly through a bathroom door. oscar hipistorius's defense is saying he thought she was a burglar. this went on in the morning with oscar pistorius sobbing uncontrolably at times. and here people just want two answers, why did this happen? two, a person they describe as kind and loving and someone who everybody, they say, loved back. cnn, port elizabeth. >> of course, pistorius is appearing in court this morning. we'll have more coverage shortly. john? >>> also developing o

about the influence peaking her interest in africa and the complexity of africa as a continent, and the very specific culture of southern east african or central africa. so she traveled to africa in 1936 to do her anthropological work in part because she disagreed with some of the racist comments she found among her classmates, and some of her professors at college. she wrote of the connectedness between african-americans and africans and said, europeans have the old country in sub- saharan africa, even though it is not a country, it is our old country -- plural old coutnries. the >> you read about her connectedness to africa and africans, her commitment to african freedom and release speaking out against the racist futrell of africa, it extended beyond the african continent as well. there are similar quotes where she talks about her connectedness to world political family of colored people, people of color, all of the world. this was a moment of decolonization when many africans were fighting against colonialism, fighting for independence, were also linked with indians and others who are fighting for independence. the

a mammoth have been discovered in the caucasus region of russia the rare southern mammoth or sudden elephant migrated from africa to raise your around two million years ago researchers uncovered the remains in a clay pit they believe may hold planting or secrets to the area has been home to many discoveries over the years including fangs ribs and other bones and locals frequently make furniture out of the finds the only thing that remains of the most recent discovery are the top. six which will now be examined by experts and if you get a minute don't forget so you are check out our new look website and these are the some of the stories that await you at r.t. dot com hatred anger and fury on the rise a recent report shows shocking statistics on violence against jews in france last year the number of anti semitic attacks more than doubled find out more online also a squadron of anonymous hackers may have fought shoulder to shoulder with washington cyber security experts to act stripped china on the cyber battlefield all that about the surprise alliance that are dot com now is the man loved by the people but feared

in the modern era, the first time almost ever, and pick someone from the southern hemisphere, from latin america, asia or africa, really where the catholic church is booming, which is the real future of the church there, and are they going to pick a pope who reflects that growth. >> tom? >> well, i think the cardinals are going to be looking for three things. one, somebody who they think will make a good pope, which means somebody who agrees with them on their values and what they think of the vision of the church. the second is someone that they can have a personal relationship with. i mean they'd really like to have a friend in the pope. and third, i think they want someone who will be accepted and liked in their own country. i mean, you think, for example, of the cardinals that live in countries with lots of muslims. you don't want the pope saying something that upsets muslims because that would not be good for the people in their country. >> and whoever it is, tom, is there any possibility, at all, that some of the things that americans, especially american liberals, want most, which are things like permiss

steenkamp was laid to rest along south africa's southern coast. ouse where they have wrapped up in pretoria, south africa. let's talk about pistorius' side of the story, the prosecutors laid out their side of the story earlier. what is he saying happened that night? >> reporter: hi there. i have the affidavit read out in court this afternoon, it's the small details, the sense of what their relationship was and what happened that night. according to oscar pistorius, he said on valentine's eve he was lying in bed watching television without his legs on, without his prosthetics and reeva was doing her yoga exercises. they went to bed. in the middle of the night oscar said he woke up, he was terrified, it was dark, he heard noises in the bathroom, he thought a burglar had crawled through a window in the bathroom. he said he didn't have his prosthetic legs on. he hobbled over on his stumps, and by that stage we picked up his .9 millimeter gun which he keeps under his bed for protection, he shot at the door, only then he said he turned around, looking fo

mammoth have been discovered in the caucasus region of russia the rare southern mammoth thoughts of an elephant grated from africa to your asia around two million years ago where searchers uncovered the remains in a clay pit which they believe may hold plenty more secrets yair has been home to many discoveries over the years including fangs ribs and other bones were locals frequently make furniture out of the finds anything that remains there were the most recent discovery of the tusks which will now be examined by experts. now in a couple of minutes we journey through the niger delta where the inhabitants of fighting for survival against a corrupt government and oil companies stay with us. if you have a business than you need customers right this is perhaps the simplest law of capitalism but if your business is making juvenile prisons how are you going to attract more customers by bribing judges into condemning innocent children so you'll have all of the captives i mean customers that you need to charge mark c. of a junior from pennsylvania has been sentenced to twenty eight years in prison for illegally accepti

africa, or latin america. >>> there's rough weather in the southern u.s. this past weekend and more is on its way. meteorologist robert speta is here with the latest. robert? >> gene, on sunday, we saw some really severe weather across the gulf states. hattiesburg, a tornado ripped through at the intensity of an ef-4. that is some destructive winds. i want to show you some of the destruction in the photos here, coming out of hattiesburg, shot on monday morning due to the tornado that ripped through on sunday night, and at least 100 homes damaged. dozens of people injured as this tornado blew through the area, really some absolutely serious footage coming out of there. now it looks like the severe weather is starting to wind down as far as very destructive tornadoes there is still a threat along the gulf coast, going through the next 24 hours. this storm system developing up and starting to push off toward the east in oklahoma. texas, you will see heavy snowfall. out ahead of it, it will put in the warm air from the gulf of mexico. flash flooding, but along the coastline, damaging winds, hail, and

africa? >> it will tough to do that. majority of the catholics are in the southern hemisphere. growing church in africa and latin america. it would make a lot of sense to do that. i think it would be pretty hard to wrestle the power away from europe especially the italians. >> all right, it will be a really interesting couple of weeks. cokie, thank you so much. >>> elizabeth thanks. now to the other big headlines. the extreme weather slamming the country. tornadoes tearing across the country. sam is tracking it all. two blizzards. a real round of severe storms. we'll start with the pictures out of minnesota. it was the sunday blizzard. not the friday one. the one in the middle of country that put anywhere from 16 inches to 18 inches on the ground. about 15 tornadoes reported in that zone. one of them in hattiesburg. dangerously close to a university. our steve osunsami is there in hattiesburg this morning. >> reporter: good morning, sam. one tornado warning after another. they just kept coming. this historic building at the university of southern mississippi has stood here for m

a live report from south africa is coming up on "good morning america." >>> after he terrorized police in southern california for more than a week, we know that rogue excop christopher dorner is, indeed, dead. the charred body found inside a burned-out cabin in the big bear area has been identified as dorner. dorner's revenge campaign against the lapd left four people dead, including two cops. >>> leon panetta will remain the defense secretary for at least a few more days. republicans in the senate have blocked a vote on chuck hagel's nomination. and since congress is in recess for the president's day holiday, the next time the nomination can be taken up is a week from monday. president obama accused republicans of playing politics. but they deny it. >>> and also, senator frank lautenberg makes it official. he will not run for his current term. he is the oldest member of the senate. he will not seek a sixth term. that eliminates a primary battle between newark, new jersey, mayor, cory booker. he's announced his intent to run for the senate in december. >>> and rahm emanuel is reportedly considerin

africa. >>> back in this country tonight, just days after the chris dorner rampage terrorized southern california, another gruesome shooting rampage in the early hours of this morning. a gunman identified as a 20-year-old part-time student shot and killed a woman, then carjacked a total of three vehicles in all, killing two of the drivers before law enforcement finally closed in on him, he took his own life. police said they have no motive for all of this. so far, they are convinced this is an isolated incident. and we're back with more on this tuesday night right after this. >>> good evening. i'm miguel almaguer in los angeles with late-blaking news. a massive fire has broken out tonight in downtown kansas city. emergency crews believe a car hit a gas main outside a popular j.j.'s restaurant during the dinner hour. after the huge explosion, chaos and confusion. several people were said to be injured and could be in serious condition. tonight, heavy smoke and flames are still pouring out of the area, which is also home to at least one apartment complex. now back to brian williams in new york. >>>

africa. >>> back in this country tonight, just days after the chris dorner rampage terrorized southern california, another gruesome shooting rampage in the early hours of this morning. a gunman identified as a 20-year-old part-time student shot and killed a woman, then carjacked a total of three vehicles in all, killing two of the drivers before law enforcement finally closed in on him, he took his own life. police say they have no motive for all of this. so far they are convinced this is an isolated incident. >>> still ahead as we continue here tonight, the wild scene at the airport. a huge diamond heist and the gunman who pulled the cops by looking like cops. >>> and later, everybody wanted to know why so many russians have video of the meteor. tonight an explanation. why cameras are so widespread in dashboards across that country and what else they recorded along the way? nexi um, the purple pill, um, helps provide many with day and night relief of heartburn symptoms caused by acid reflux disease. there is risk of bone fracture, and low magnesium levels. side effects may include headache, abdo

southern. one line, infinite possibilities. >>> reports out of south africa say that pistorius is staying at hisstorius saying prosecutors failed to prove he was a flight risk. he is due back in court june 4th. >>> back in the u.s., a dramatic week of testimony in the trial of accused killer jodi arias. a phoenix photographer took the stand, telling her version of the night she shot and stabbed ex-boyfriend travis alexander. jean casarez tells us what happened. >> the heart and soul of the testimony of jodi arias, the prosecutor will question her about her killing of travis alexander, photo by photo, stab wound by stab wound, looking at the forensics in the bathroom, trying to show inconsistencies with what she said happened with what the actuality is, the truth of the matter. he will also ask her as she drove into the desert and she realized that she could not implicate herself, she had to lie to say she was not there. he'll probably go through the videotaped interrogations to show lie after lie after lie. >> that was jean casarez from our sister station hln. >>> reports related to the benghazi

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that are based in africa or in south america that would really reflect the shift of power is the wrong word but the shift of global christianity towards the south towards the southern hemisphere where really the majority of catholics now are so if that did happen then what steps do you think the new pope would have to take to try and what a void some of the problems that have plagued his predecessor. i think he's got a big job on his hands he would be wanting to restore credibility for the catholic church particularly in the west in western europe following the scandals it also have on his hands a bit of a challenge in south america because you're seeing a massive growth in pentecostalism in an area that was traditionally heavily catholic and i think the unity the bringing together the conservative the more progressive forces in catholicism which have felt possibly like they're straining a little bit it seems over the last seven to ten years they need to be brought together and the next pope will be facing that problem rick perry field director for yourself for joining us here on r.t. today thank you very much. french and italian troops have regained control of car

we know that so they will go to africa or central america or something so that's the plan. it's not plan any southern state ever accept sampling then puts the plan forward in 1861 and a few months into the civil war matt he goes to delaware and says here's the plan but they said we are not interested in abolishing slavery. you don't understand. we don't want a plan to get rid of slavery but it keeps preventing it to the border states so lincoln's evolution i think is the evolution of someone who sees the necessity of action against the slavery but moves to different ways of dealing with it and by the middle we are talking about the innovation proclamation by the middle of 1862 comegys moving towards a completely different way of dealing with slavery which that's the proclamation is. we all saw it out there is a military order it is based on the military necessity. but if you put it that way, you don't need the consent of them anymore. therefore, all of the old policies are irrelevant. the gradualism is irrelevant, monetary compensation is irrelevant, the colonization as irrelevant. this is a new plan

side of europe for the first time ever latin america africa asia that's where the growth market is for catholicism the church is booming in the southern hemisphere does it time to go for a pope who will represent where the future of the church really lies that's the other great choice facing these cardinals and and that could you know really determine the future of the church i think if you were to advise the pope if you had his what would you be advising and what would you say is top on the list to get across consult collaborate delegate you can't do it all yourself i know you're at the top of the pyramid you have all the power but you need to get some good people in who can do the things that you're not able to do and you need to listen to a lot of people in the church benedict was not able to do that the next pope has to do that david gibson jealous apocryphal of but it was sixteen thank you for taking the time to be with us when he could have a program to thank you thank you. in bahrain seven people lead spend a decade behind bars for the attempted murder of a police officer during anti-government demonstrations meanwhile two poli

that are based in africa or in south america that would really reflect the shift of power is the wrong word but the shift of growth global christianity toward the south towards the southern hemisphere where really the majority of catholics now are so if that did happen then what steps do you think the new pope would have to take to try and well a void some of the problems that have plagued his predecessor. i think he's got a big job on his hands he would be wanting to restore credibility for the catholic church particularly in the west in western europe following the scandals it also have on his hands a bit of a challenge in south america because you're seeing a massive growth in pentecostalism in an area that was traditionally heavily catholic and i think the unity the bringing together the conservative the more progressive forces in catholicism which have felt possibly like they're straining a little bit it seems over the last seven to ten years and they need to be brought together and the next pope will be facing that problem. field director for yourself for joining us here in r.t. today thank you very much. french and italian troops have regained control of after is

africa runner, oscar pistorius is due back in court. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> the orange county jail in southernses hundreds of new inmates per day, men and women who have been arrested not only by orange county deputies but by officers with the 21 different city and university police departments within the county. sometimes these arrestees arrive fresh from a crime scene and deputies running the intake division might have little to no idea about their state of mind or propensity for violence. >> intake is a very dangerous place. you don't know who's coming in the back door. you know what they're being charged with when they're being brought in the back door but you really don't know who these people are. >> shortly after brian james arrived at intake, he tried to strangle another inmate, an alleged sex offender, to death. >> i'm not really proud of it but i won't lose sleep over it, either. >> since the attack, the jail's gang intelligence detail has been learning a lot about james. he's a member of a notorious orange county street gang called public enemy number one, also known as peni. >> he

the likes of latin america and africa already beginning the quiet lobbying, if you like, for who should be his successor there are many who want someone from the southern hemisphere. we will have more on that battle for the succession coming up later in the fox report. >> bill: it will be fascinating. you are hearing from other world leaders tonight. what are they saying? >> contributes have been pouring in from around the world today. bill, the secretary general of the united nations weighed in. he paid tribute to what he called, quote: the profound commitment of pope benedict to interfaith dialogue and to addressing such global challenges as the alleviation of poverty and hunger as well as the promotion of human rights and peace. other world leaders express sympathy for the hope. angela merkel of germany saying in our time of ever lengthening life many people will be able to understand how the pope as well has to deal with the burdens of aging. the french president called the pope's decision to resign a courageous and exceptional decision and the british prime minister david cammeron said he will be missed as a spiritual leader to millions. we have a

africa or latin america? >> well, of course, that's where most catholics are. the southern hemisphere, that's where it's growing. it's very hard to break the european barrier. here we are at this beautiful renaissance church. the renaissance was a long time ago. hard to get them to recognize what they still consider the new world. >> cokie roberts, thank you very much. you'll be back for our live coverage of the pope's departure at 10:45 eastern. >>> right now, back to new york and robin. >> a historic and beautiful day there in rome. >>> back here at home, to the extraordinary public clash between the white house and bob woodward, escalating right now. the veteran journalist accusing a very senior person in the obama administration of threatening him over his reporting on the massive budget cuts about to go into effect tomorrow. abc's jon karl joins us, now, from the white house. what's going on here, jon? good morning. >> reporter: well, robin, what's happening here is the white house suddenly finds myself in a war of words with the most famous investigative reporter in a

citadel capital, they manage monies in places like southern sudan, kenya, and he's bullish about not just egypt in the long term, but also about africa. he's like, listen, if you are trying to sun risk, just go by with t-bonds. he's very positive about the continent. it's not the demographic. it's not the natural resources. what he's really excited about is improved governance. you look at egypt which continues to be in political disarray despite an elected government and you ask yourself, is this really the case? how much of a long-term horizon do we need to have at this point? here are his thoughts on the income of governments and the muslim brotherhood in egypt. >> clearly, poor markets. clearly looking at finding their ways not yet fully. they're also learning and part of the issue is that egypt is pressed for time and you can do so much learning before you have a problem. probably their heart is in the right place, but the politics in egypt is becoming more and more difficult. and i think they need to form new middle ground and new concepts with different forces that are on the ground because in order to movie gipt into a situat

africa. >>> let's get back to the weather for a moment because a powerful tornado tore through southern mississippi never seen a tornado before in my life! that is big. martha: well he pretty much said it all. that is a big tornado, massive funnel cloud as it tore through that area. and ted did not do so without leaving damage behind. at least 10 people were injured. a lot of homes and buildings were lost including parts of the university of southern mississippi. >> i saw it right around, as it was crossing interstate 59. it was coming pretty fast. my heart was racing. i lived here my whole life. this is surreal. it is hard to take it in right now. martha: it is surreal. it went through and left a huge mess in its wake. let's bring in elizabeth prann following the story live from our atlanta bureau. >> reporter: good morning, martha. to add insult to injury people in hattiesburg are trying to clean up this morning in relentless rain. >> hit sam's and wal-mart. >> transformer. >> reporter: now lots of cell phones and camcorders were rolling as that twister ripped through southern mississippi. this l