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 which to survive. and they are hunter-gatherers. they are people who live o the land. people survive really on the margins in that envinment. 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 litt

. >> time for an update on the heavy rain in southern africa. >> yes, a couple of weeks ago we talked about the big floods across marts of madda gas ger. it rained for a time. heavy rain for madagascar at the moment. we see a massive cloud over madagascar. it's been swirling away for a couple of weeks. look how the thunder headser upt. signs in the sky. we have had reports of a drought on. extending across a good part of the country, the west of the country. 126mm of rain in 24 hours. there's more to come over the next few days. take a look at friday's picture. circulation is in place. more downpours. as we go on through friday into saturday. going on into saturday. we can see little difference in conditions. sheltered by the mountains, still a little dry. you can follow the showers. more big downpours right across into the gulf of guinea. sun is making it further north. it's heading back into the southern parts of the west here. you know what further north it is fine and dry. there's a few showers, martine, for the north-west of africa >>> everton, thank you very much. readers are ga

some of the highest rates are in southern africa. a few nations have not been severely affected.ewhere in between. as a geographer, i was interested in how aids had spread across kenya. i actually saw an article published in the paper about, um, the rate of new aids infections every year and i said, "wow there's all this information. i can... i can map this." narrator: the data veronica mapped documents a process that geographers call "diffusion"-- the spread of a phenomenon over space and time. in 1986, which was before the government began collecting information on aids there was a zero rate of reported infection across the country. in 1987, infection of the population by the hiv virus was reported only in the areas surrounding kenya's three major cities-- mombasa, nairobi and kisumu. but in 1990, the picture changed dramatically as rates of infection continued to rise in urban areas and also began climbing in rural areas. ouma: what's happening in the case of aids is that it tends to, um, diffuse, um, hierarchically-- large urban center, second largest urban center, like that.

. >> brown: alexandra fuller grew up in southern africa: rhodesia, now zimbabwe, malawi and zambia. this backdrop of war, beauty, hard living and two almost larger-than-life parents has been the inspiration for two best selling memoirs: "don't let's go to the dogs tonight" and "cocktail hour under the tree of forgetfulness". now comes a third, "leaving before the rains come," about her move to the u.s., the end of her marriage, and her continuing connection to all she left behind in africa. alexandra fuller, welcome. >> thank you. >> brown: let's start with that last thought about connections to place because part of this or at least it struck me about blonding and not belonging. that's something you wanted to explore and gnaws at you? >> i knew that's just part of the condition of being a white southern african. particularly at my age you're just possessed at birth and very aware of it particularly when you have parents like mine who sort of fought on what i consider the wrong side of history, but then felt the connection to that land that they stayed. so you're a sort of living di

got that kind of cash you're going to want to go -- go down to southern -- south america, southern portions of africa somewhere way down in the southern atmosphere. for us it is going to be cold out there. and we're talking about some bitter arctic cold. the coldest air we've seen so far this queeryear. winds are out of the south at 7 miles per hour. that's still a warm wind right now. look at the numbers. 42 in petersburg west virginia 34 manassas 35 in annapolis. we're on the mild side of this year and man we're going to be going down big time. storm team 4 is picking up a few flurries near the baltimore region. that's with one little front. that's a warm front that's moving on through. the rest of the this though look at where this air is coming from. straight out of canada follow this all the way down and this is the cold front that's going to move through tomorrow. so we have our first shot of brutal arctic air during the day tomorrow. it will come after around noon tomorrow. you're going to walk outside and everything is going to be fine early tomorrow morning. don't forget the coat. don't forg

>> well my field is southern africa.o meet nelson mandala and i worked in the anti apartheid movement for almost 30 years and i would like to say kayla is in the class of nelson mandala. as expressed that letter from prison. mandala learned afrikans to speak with his jailers and kayla was learning their language and kayla was learning how to fold the origami peace cranes. it's that kind ever reaching out, the understanding, even of the people who are incarcerating you, and depriving you of freedom. that allah was and that's in the class of nelson mandala and we need many more americans like kayla. >> when you hear the rumors at this point about what isis was doing and that unlike with men, she may have been gifted to somebody and she may have had to be dealing with that. although it didn't come across in her letter. what sense do you make of a situation like that. >> i think that we could imagine the worst brutalities. prisoners are not treated well by any group. the u.s. has tortured prisoners. so yes, she faced unspeak

has served since the late 80's and has managed product -- project developments in eastern and southern africa as well as the west bank and gaza. more recently he has served as the director of the iraq reconstruction office in washington d.c., and as mission director in lebanon, ethiopia, and iraq. paired statements will be made as part of the record. >> thank you very much. chairman smith and members of the committee for inviting us to this important hearing on humanitarian assistance. for those uprooted by the most human made catastrophe of our kind, i am submitting my full testimony, and i am grateful for the opportunity to thank you for your leadership and for congress for its unwavering support. the syrian crisis has claimed nearly 200,000 lives forcibly displaced half of the prewar population of .4 million people. almost 4 million have fled to neighboring countries, and many will remain in exile. the assad regime and extremist groups target innocent civilians already suffering from food shortages and preventable diseases. right now 12.2 million people inside syria need urgent humanitaria

he has served since the late '80s and has managed product developments in eastern and southern africa as well as in the west bank and gaza. more recently, he has served as the director of the iraq reconstruction office here in washington, d.c. and as mission director in lebanon ethiopia and iraq. we'll begin with you. prepared statements will be made a part of the record. >> thank you so much, chairman. ranking member deutsche. chairman smith and members of the committee for inviting us to this very important hearing on humanitarian assistance. for those in peril and uprooted by the worst human maid catastrophe of our time i have submitted by full testimony for the record and i'm grateful for the opportunity to update you and to thank you for your leadership and to congress for its unwaivering support. the syrian crisis has claimed nearly 200,000 lives, forcibly displaced half of syria's prewar population of 24 million people. almost 4 million have fled to neighboring countries and many will remain in exile for years to come. the assad regime and extremist groups target innocent civil

what is the nature of support in the struggles in the southern philippines, in the middle east. in north africa where there is instability, where there is bad governance, where there's an ongoing conflict about the fate of these societies. >> when i was with gallop we did research all over the world on public sympathy for violence against the civilians not just for muslim communities, but what we found was muslim communities were less likely than anyone else to condemn unequivocally attacks on civilians for political reasons. you mentioned the grieve appses. they are widely shared. what the terrorists have done is they have hijacked muslim grievances. it would be a disservice to the fight against terrorism to conflate the legitimate grievances with the illegitimate actions of a few that are wide by condemned. >> when you were helping the department of homeland security, part of the group trying to get to the bottom of these questions, were they - did you see them over time refining their approach understanding better, able to get a handle on what they were looking for and what the science were.

areas controlled in southern somalia, they are a powerful force in many places in southern somali and the horn of africa. their existence and provisions should be taken seriously. they are trying to create havoc in malls like here in the twin cities. i think the capacity is not there. i don't doubt their intentions. >> could you tell us about the recruitment tactics. the twin cities area has a huge population, we are seeing the group trying to recruit in other places not just that community. how effective are they with the recruitment? >> it's worldwide, whether they love. whether in australia, england, western europe or north america. they'll try to recruit so there are no boundaries insofar as their reach is concerned. they i think, target or at least attract those falling into a number of categories - young people who are gullible and don't understand even who they are yet. and therefore they could be bam bootsled into something like this -- bamboozled into something like this. there's a group that can be seen as deviate or maladjusted in the united states, in the twin cities in other parts of the wo

commander in chief spent presidents' day weekend playing golf far from home in southern california, terror forces in northern africaattacks and threatened to bring their violence to the doorsteps of the global christian community prompting an urgent plea from a key member of nato tonight. we have fox team coverage. it was a grisly weekend of terror.

commander in chief spent presidents' day weekend playing golf far from home in southern california, terror forces in northern africa and northern europe staged new attacks and threatened to bring their violence to the doorsteps of the global christian community prompting an urgent plea from a key member of nato tonight. we have fox team coverage. it was a grisly weekend of terror. copenhagen is touched by terror. we begin tonight with chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge with egypt's response to the brutal murder of 21 christians. good evening catherine. >> thank you ed. while there's no independent confirmation tonight, libya media is reporting that more egyptians have been kidnapped in retaliation for today's air strikes. egyptian warplanes struck islamic state targets in libya today hours after the terror group released a grisly video showing terrorists cutting off the heads of nearly two dozen egyptian coptic christians. the strikes ordered by the egyptian president general el sisi on public tv, taking military action in neighboring libya. >> we need to pull our forces together and face this thre

there are some economies are,, particularly down at the center of southern part of africa that are goodr the rest of africa but the size of the population in the 15 to 30 year old category of young men have nothing better to do than to join these groups is probably the fastest growing population demographics on the planet today. >> great, thank you. i yield back. thank you, mr. chairman. thanks for your time. >> thanks a gentlelady. and thank you all for being here. as many topics as we got today we did get to everything. i'm sorry, to give something you, you want to add on that last point? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for the question al-shabaab conducted twice as many attacks in the first nine months of 2040 as it did in all 2013. boko haram will likely be either the most or the second most lethal terrorist organization and 2014 when we finalize our data. although they're not the most active in terms of number of attacks which means their unfortunate quite efficient in creating fatalities per attack. and, of course, we just saw the first attack in chad a day or so ago, and co

there's some economies there particularly down in the central and southern part of africa that are good mod e els for the rest of africa. but the size of the population in the 15-30-year-old category of young men that have nothing better to do than to join these groups is probably the fastest growing population demographic on the planet today. >> exactly. great, thank you. and i yield back. i know we've got to go vote. thanks mr. chairman. thank you for your time. >> thank the gentlelady, and thank you all for being here. as many topics as we got to today, we didn't see -- i'm sorry, did you have something you wanted to add on that last point, mr. braniff in. >> thank you, mr. chairman. al-shabaab conducted twice as many attacks in the first nine months of 2014 as they did in all of 2013. boko haram will likely be the most or the second most lethal terrorist organization in 2014 when we finalize our data. although they're not the most active in terms of number of attacks which means they're unfortunately, quite efficient in creating fatalities per attack. and, of course, we just saw the

islam has morphed into a global jihad and it exists in western and northern africa throughout the middle east and in southernsia and every single year of the president's administration it has been expanding to the point that it has expanded fourfold and one of the means of conducting jihad is terror and they are killing systematically innocent people in this rain of terror that is going on and why would the media not report something like that? how could it ever be ignored? stuart: what has a lot of people anxious is the apparent split within the administration between the military guys and the politicos in the white house. there is that split in the -- doesn't appear to be a military idea of how to combat isis. is there really that kind of profound split in this administration? >> i do think there is tremendous tension between the obama administration, white house and pentagon and senior leaders of the military and is fairly obvious in looking at the facts. we are on the fourth secretary of defense in this administration. that is quite unprecedented and the others, what they were expected to leave on their

lincoln goes on to tell the southerners that the north is just as responsible for slavery as the south. that northern shippers have taken the slaves from africa had sold them to the southerners, that northern merchants profited from the slave trade, that northern merchants still ran mills up in my area of lowell, massachusetts , and other places in the north that processed slave-picked cotton. northern consumers bought the cotton, bought the tobacco. everyone is in this together. we are just as guilty as you are, basically, is what lincoln tells them. i think what he is trying to do here is balance some tangible inducements for them to come back with a kind of a psychological inducement. look, we are not sitting here as your moral superiors, we are all in this together, we have to work this through. all of that said and there's much more about the concept but this is the highlights. the conference rakes -- breaks up in conclusively. lincoln says to stevens, well, there is nothing we can do for our country, is anything that i can do for you personally? stevens says there's nothing, and then he thinks of something. i have a nephew who is a pris

africa. >> two people have been hurt in southern california by electronic cigarettes. they exploded. an anaheim teen hospitalized with burns to his hand after his e-cigarette burst into flames. in san diego, a man was rushed to the burn unit after his e-cigarette burst in a store, shattering windows. >> wow. a new study suggests depression among teachers can impact their students' ability to learn. researchers evaluated 27 teachers for symptoms of clinical depression and assessed their students' math and reading skills throughout the year. turns out the teachers struggling with depression were likely to have lesser quality classrooms and their students made fewer academic gains. >> good news for anyone who enjoys an afternoon siesta. a new stdy shows napping restored immune help after poor sleep. one night of poor sleep can cause a significant rise in a hormone that increases heart rate and blood pressure but they return to normal with a 30-minute power nap the next day. >> we could use that especially. >> up next at 11:00, in one of the bay area's biggest parks, a change in policy.

some of the countries in africa countries across the african conteinent and southern asia, they don't in a lot of instances. >> they wish they did. they will walk for hours -- >> be smart, people. be smart. >>> still to come for you, an exclusive look at the devastation in donetsk. >>> a state of the art airport reduced to rubble in a matter of months as kiev battles pro russia separatists. ress uh-huh... you don't love the dress? i love my sister... 40 flavors. 100 calories or less. >>> we want to get you now information on bobbi kristina brown the daughter of late singer whitney houston. we not she's fighting for her life now in a u.s. hospital. she was found in a full bathtub on saturday, and she was unresponsive. she wasn't breathing. at that time did not have a heartbeat. >> a family source says brown opened her eyes a few time on monday. but doctors don't want them to read too much into the moveless. >> it's eerie because it's reminiscen of how houston died three years ago next week. our victor blackwell has more. >>> came and got me. i wasn't breathing. her heart stopped. she h

the first corps native forces to invade french north africa and use it as a springboard for a leader invasion of southerne commander was american. and they do have the blessing of wins to churchill. he was the only one submitted. >> what lessons does is and how were burned? >> he learns what it takes to be a supreme commander. he is a rookie now not only a command of large forces but has generals and admirals working for him who out to bring him not only in a break but experience. so he has to deal with people who are far superior to him. he also has to deal with failure. >> we were not trained as well as we should have been. we were up against german troops who had been there and done that. we got our faces rubbed in the mud. at one point eisenhower didn't think he could cut it and was prepared to resign to send a telegram to marshal and the chief of staff said you cannot do that. he suppressed a. oliver: decision time for the normandy invasion and under the weight of a golf balls on the shoulders of one man, eisenhower. next. "war stories". if you keep tanning, indoors or out, the effects of harmful ra

morphed into a global jihad that stretches from western africa to northeast africa throughout the middle east and into southernion has been going on largely during the president's administration. and not to accept one that radical islam is a movement driven by a geopolitical and religious ideology is a major failing. and two then to diminish it that just runs against the very harsh facts that are out there and certainly these tragedies that we see under fold -- unfold in africa and middle east, that isis is doing, they all share a common connective tissue and that is an ideology and we need to press against it and it's obvious this president is not going to do that. that's the truth also, martha. he is not going to face up to that. he is not going to develop a comprehensive strategy to defeat it. he compared it in that interview as you know, in a sense of like a mayor or a police commissioner fighting crime in the city. that somehow these are random things that just a natural part of life. that is manifestly disturbing. it is, and it is reckless because it is dangerous to the american people. >> general, let m

southern yemen. >> make natural resources work for the people. >> for the people, why not just one, but two conferences on mining are underway in south africa. >> let's look at the top stories here at al jazeera. another ceasefire has been announced for eastern ukraine due to go into effect february 15. leaders from russia, ukraine france and germany have been holding talks in the belarus capitol, minsk. fighting continues in east issue ukraine in the stronghold of donetsk. >> an egyptian court granted bail to two al jazeera journalists, mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed have been detained 411 days in cairo accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. the trial reassumes february 23. >> al jazeera cannot report from cairo, but we can talk to cnn corresponded ian lee. you were in court today. take us through exactly what happened. >> this wasn't much optimism going into the trial people expected this to be drown out as well. one of the highlights is when mohamed fahmy gave a very passionate speech in front of the judge talking about giving up his nationality a subject very sensitive to him. he did so, he said, according to what the

are trying to work together, there is an economy is there in the center and southern part, good models for the rest of africaize of the population in the 15 to 30-year-old category of young men with nothing better to do that insulin these groups is the fastest-growing population demographics on the planet today. >> thank you thanks for your time. >> thank the gentlelady and thank you all for being here. as many topics as we got through today we didn't get to everything. you got something you want to add? >> al shabaab had twice as many attacks as they did in 2013. boca raton will be the second most lethal terrorist organization in 2014 when we finalize the data. there were quite efficient the first attack in chad taxing in cameroon and another group in nigeria among the most active groups, and associated with this so what we are seeing is increased levels of terrorist attacks and fatalities in west africa and east africa and the lot of fluidity in north africa. >> it is helpful to have some objective measurements to gauge these things. they don't tell the whole story but they enable us to compare. the other

southern back quarter although that is about to end. many fear what problems the new status may bring. >> israel's policies in africa are cynical and fuel conflicts on the continent. that's according to south african intelligence. leaked documents suggest that spies have damaged egypt's water supply. we have the latest now from the spy cables. >> the spy cables reveal israel's intrigue across the africa continents. and the resulting anger and suspicion in south africa. one secret cable details a meeting. the african chief breaks protocol to call directly. nobody even knew the agent was in the country. the south africans describe it as. >> no appropriate behavior. the agent was very arrogant and self assured. he boasted he was in daily contact with the president and heads of services. >> the south africans con fluid that the mos ssad stie is. >> i didn't want to have anything to do with mossad whatsoever. so i'm not prepared to go into internal operational activities. >> the spy cables also confirm israel's historical collaboration with apartheid south africa to develop nuclear weapons. ironically israel is working to stop it's rival ira

southern yemen. >> japan has reportedly offered $15 million in aid to filed armed groups in the middle east and africa, in addition to the $2 million to fight in isil controlled areas. they will go to countries including those who border syria and iraq. two japanese hostages were recently killed by isil fighters. >> isil fighters have taken control of a dam in eastern iraq. kurdish forces attacked with suicide bombers killing 14 iraqi soldiers, the government has held the area for the last 14 months. >> shia militias have made gains against isil fighters, but some have been accused of killing sunni civilians. al jazeera has been given exclusive access to one of the groups in the province as it prepares for an assault on the isil stronghold of tikrit. we have a report. >> 35 kilometers beyond this valley is ticket city and the surrounding areas. it's mainly under the control of the islamic state of iraq and the levant. this is the fronted line, marked by a tributary of the euphrates river, the mission is to keep the area clear of isil fighters and prepare for assault on tikrit. here militias are backed

africa. as for william he'll be leaving japan tomorrow and heading here to beijing and then shanghai and finally the southerne of yunnan where he will be talking about illegal trade of elephant ivory tusks. now, interestingly a couple of days ago the chinese government actually banned that kind of trade here for a year apparently he has some influence. paula. >> yes, he does. an important trip for the prince. thanks bob. >>> this morning we are remembering a beloved actor enduring fixture in pop culture. leonard nimoy who starred as spock on "star trek" has passed away. chris connelly with a look back at his remarkable career and the tributes that are pouring in. >> reporter: words from william shatner "i loved him like a brother. we will all miss his humor, his talent and his capacity to love." the tweets and tributes coming from all around the world, multiple generations of colleagues, ardent fans and those he inspired on screen and in space. all honoring leonard nimoy. >> i see no reason for answers to be couched in riddles. >> reporter: "star trek's" pointy-eared vulcan mr. spock. second in command on th

work against boca raton and there's some economy is their particularly in the central and southern part of africare good models for the rest of africa but the size of the population in the 15 to 30-year-old category of young men that have nothing better to do than join these groups is probably the fastest growing population demographic on the planet today. >> i yield back. thank you mr. chairman. >> think the gentle lady and thank you all for being here. as many topics as we got to today, we didn't get to everything. i'm sorry did you have something you wanted to add on the last point click >> thank you mr. chairman and for the question. al shabbat conducted twice as many attacks in the first nine months of 2014 as they did in all of 2013. boca raton will likely be either the most are the second most lethal terrorist organization in 2014 when we finalize our data. although they are not the most active in terms of the number of attacks which means they unfortunately are quite efficient in creating the fatalities per pack, and we just saw the first attack in chad today or so ago and continue the at

africa why would they have done so well? >> it's not clear. and so analysts will certainly want to know on the call because chambers said they even had growth in southernh john chambers was not slow to point out was unusual in the enterprise enterprise. they had had trouble there along with everyone else but they're managing to find growth in that region and also in asia at large, though china was down 19%, overall i think he was saying in the region it was down just 1%. >> thanks john. >> at first it seemed like it was just another activist investors at work but our next guest says something else is in play here. we're talking about harry wilson, the restructuring expert who served on president obama's auto industry task force during the financial crisis and was instrumental in bringing gm out of bankruptcy. now wilson is a gm activist investor and represents hedge funds holding a total of 34 million shares asking general motors' ceo mary barra for a seat on the board and is pressing for a stock buyback. >> our next guest is a former gm bondholder who says the company isn't so financially healthy it should burn through its reserves and believes wilson