in southern italy, the meadow spittle bug is responsible.t sucks up the bacteria and injected into other plants. >> now, brussels has stepped in. the eu has ordered according to be established, separating the infected south from the north. every single treat in this zone has to be closely monitored and chopped down if it becomes diseased. that standard -- that is standard eu crisis management practice to deal with these kinds of crises, but some of these trees go back 1000 years. there's even a campaign to have them included on the unesco world heritage list. >> in this safety cordon are millions of all of trees, --olive trees, which are centuries, even millennia old. they witnessed the huns and the moors, and now they will fall victim to the bacterium? >> antonio's small business is typical for olive oil production in the region. most companies are in family hands. the little hope for the future. -- they see little hope for the future. >> last year, we worked for six months. this year, we only have one month's work. without olives, we will

to the other processing centers on the mainland and the attempt is to spread the burden from southern italyke as many migrants to northern italy and if they have the where with all to move on and other countries willing to take them then of course the migrants would be free to move further north in north europe and the numbers coming to the southern coast of italy are overwhelming authorities and having great difficulties coping. >> paul thank you for the report and paul brennan on the italian coast there on ragoosa. ♪ now the u.n. is launching appeal for 275 million dollars to meet humanitarian needs in yemen, and u.n. says 150,000 people displaced since the fighting started. on thursday the new vice president kuled to end of offensive on the port city aiden. >> reporter: this is the man likely to be yemen's next president, khaled bahah is currently vice president and prime minister. his task is to put together a nation on the brink of civil war. khaled bahah says he is willing to work with his houthi opponents and forces loyal to the former president ali abdullah saleh but only if they di

. >> you are in a southern part of italy, where the immigrants try to land. tell us about the scene? >> we moved down here because the problem posed by the migrant situation in southern italy is not a drip drip but a tidal wave of migrants. hundreds arrive every day, augusta, where i'm standing is expecting to receive a ship midafternoon with nearly 600 migrants on it. 592 is the count by the coast guard. another ship is coming into another port with 301 migrants on board, and there's a third that has around 110 refugee migrants on board. the coast guard count so far is in excess of 10,000 plucked from the waters of the mediterranean. they know there's five ongoing operations including the three i told you, but two more where they are not sure how many migrants have been rescued. you see the problem as the summer months approach and the peak season to cross the mediterranean gets into full swing. the problem is massive. tens of thousands in a matter of months. >> all this at a time ever the e.u. cut dramatically its commitment to maritime patrols in the medit

if you talk to human rights groups here in southern italy, or aid groups involved in helping migrantsy say hold on there are tens maybe hundreds of thousands of africans on the north african coast and libya in particular who are having a very very difficult time and who are looking to escape. and they cannot escape if that root is taken away from them. if there are no boats available. so there's a clear contrast in interests if you would like or clash in interest between humanitarian groups and european governments around this issue. i should give you a tiny bit of news that has come in. the italian coast guard tell us they have picked up 82 migrants 35 miles off of the libyan coast today. fortunately no fatalities all of those picked up believed to be sub saharan africans. >> thank you very much indeed. >>> well the italian government says that nearly all of the migrants who make the journey across the mediterranean leave from libya. hoda abdel hamid reports from the libyan city on the people risking their lives in search of a better life. >> reporter: they escapes war and poverty, t

they will go before the cameras as a crisis is unfolding and intensifying off the coast of southern italy. the president and prime minister are expected to talk about a range of issues including the islamic savages and a dire situation happening between libya and italy. authorities are struggling to manage migrants who have been making boat trips across the sea to escape the radical islamist. 15 muslim migrants were arrested accused of throwing 12 christians overboard and killing them. >> this is a fox news alert. an american citizen accused of training overseas with terrorist so he could carry out an attack here at home. this is "outnumbered" i am andrea tantaros. harris faulkner is here. kirsten powers from our sister network and megan daily is back and charles payne is here. he is back and "outnumbered." >> thanks a lot. >> we had a busy news day. harris is watching the press conference but let's get to the homegrown terror. a 23-year-old ohio man is facing a judge today. officials say he trained in syria and returned to the united states with plans to a tack a military base or prison.

we have reports from catania in southern italy. >> it's not even peak season for migrants yet but the reception center on the island of lampedusa is already heaving. 1400 rescued refugees are crammed into an unit made 250. ports along italy's southern coast boats are bringing in hundreds of rescued averages. the latest count 10,000 have been plucked from the water since last friday alone. but the risks are high. on monday, more than 400 people are believed to have drowned before rescue could arrive. panic and then tragedy. >> we spoke to them. >> there were 550 people approximately, and only 145 were rescued while the others are believed unfortunately to have died in the mediterranean. >> the traffickers are becoming bolder and more ruthless. boats are no longer just being abandoned. they're too valuable to lose. >> last monday one of the vessels to italy within the framework of operation tritan witnessed warning shots fired by the smugglers who were attempting to take the boat originally carrying the migrants back to libya. this is a clear sign that the smugglers in libya are running

says more than 3,000 eritreans have fled to southern italy this year, making them the second largest migrant group after syrians. butful die before they make it. >> directly affected by the tragedies, eritrea has been robbed of its youth and its bright young people. >> reporter: many eritreans leave to avoid doing military service or work for the government at low pay indefinitely. abdel made it to a migrant camp in france after deserting the country's army. he said he served eight years. >> like to be a normal man to have the family, to have a norm life here. that's why i'm out from there. >> reporter: human rights advocates list reasons so many are desperate to leave air trea, eritrea including the most repressive president. >> the government has curtailed most freedoms from movement to compression from religion to association. >> reporter: and this week, most censored country in the world beating even north korea. eritrea defended its system to the u.n saying there is no gross resistance to civil rights in eritrea the prevailing passions andpeaceand stability. but the reality tell

." >> hundred of migrants rescued off the coast of southern italy due to arrive at the sicilian port of augusta. they are being brought in by the italian coast guard. the scene there right now after 9:00 in the morning. the un, hcr tells cnn there are 400 refugees on board. mainly of syrian descent. >> meanwhile, the tunisian captain is in jail along with a syrian crew member. both accused of manslaughter and human trafficking. among the 28 known survivors of the disaster. more than 800 others are believed to have drowned. >> well for more let's get to cnn international correspondent ben wederman live from augusta. so, ben as we are waiting for this -- this ship to come in with more than 400 people who were rescued talk to us about what the situation was for them. what boat they were on. what the circumstances were surrounding this? >> the precise details of their rescue aren't clear at this point, rosemary. but it is clearly another, yet another case of, of rickety boats often times, small fishing boats at best out along the libyan coast that have been, sent out distress signals, re

children fleeing conflict poverty, and hardship has put massive strain on the coastal towns of southern italy. ask around and you'll find genuine contempt for the policymakers of the european union. >> it's europe and the italian government's fault. all these deaths are on their conscience. his friend is even angrier. they're running away to stay alive and avoid being killed. why didn't the politicians realize that before now? >>reporter: palermo has also received thousands of migrant survivors to its port. will the summit have any affect at all? >> to be honest, i don't have much faith. i don't think they'll help change anything. there was another tragedy a year and a half ago and nothing has changed. actually, i think the situation has gotten worse. >>reporter: there is the sense here that on migration, eu leaders are barely tackling the symptoms never mind the route causes. >> either those who are trafficking trafficking, stop them. okay. >>reporter: the ship wrecks and sinkings which people elsewhere in europe can only read about here in sicily are being experienced up close and they're v

a major rescue operation is underway this vessel set to have left libya on its way to southern italy to the island of lampedusa. more than 700 people onboard, so far, dozens of bodies have been recovered and several rescued. it is feared the number of dead could be much higher. as many as 700 people were said to have been onboard. the prime minister who has just held an emergency cabinet meeting in the mediterranean called for an emergency meeting of eu leaders on immigration misery following this latest boat sinking. we'll bring you more when we have information. >> a new report from the united nations revealed a record volume of electronic waste or e waste was discarded last year. millions of tons of washing machines and computer waste was considered toxic. >> 48.1 million tons of he waste was discarded, 2 million more than the year before. if you loaded the waste into the trucks and parked them, it would stretch from new york to tokyo and back again. it weighs 110 times more than the empire state building. that 300 tons of gold, about a 10th of global production and a thousand ton

ed drowned after their boat capsizes off the southern coast of italy. the president of turkey rejects the results of the e.u. debate on the armenian genocide saying his country will disregard the parliaments views over those 1915 killings. this week the pope described it as genocide. the u.s. is set to remove cuba from its list of state sponsored terrorism clearing the main obstacle to restore diplomatic relations. also the european union takes google to task saying it is abusing its position as the biggest search engine. we will have details coming up in bills. the iconic airline of the 1970's is back. nostalgic fans travel back on pan-am thanks to a bit of movie magic. anchor: first 400 illegal migrants are thought to have drowned after their boat capsized off the southern coast of italy. if confirmed those deaths would add to the skyrocketing numbers of migrants lost at sea trying to make their way to europe. with more here is claire williams guest: warm springtime weather has prompted more to make the dangerous journey across the medicine trannian s

500 miles away, the catania, hundreds every day have put massive strain on the coastal towns of southern italy. and around catania and you'll find general contempt for the policymakers of the european union. >> it's europe and the italian government's fault says one young man. all of these deaths are on their minds. these migrants are running to avoiding killed. why didn't want polices realize until now? pole ermonth has received thousands of migrants to its port. in brussels, will it have any effect at all? >> to be honest, i don't have much faith in these summits and i don't think that they will change anything. there was a tragedy 1 and a half years ago and nothing was changed. and actually, i think that the situation got worse. there's a sense here that the migration leaders are barely tackling the symptoms that they are causing us. >> what are they doing? those who are trafficking [ unintelligible ] all of those traffickers,--. >> the shim wrecks and the sinks, especially those in europe, where people can only read about or watch on tell us, here they are very sin cynical about the effort

. >>> paul in sicily and the wave of people seeking safety as swamping refugee centers in southern italy government orders say they will be taken to reception is centers in northern italy and ear marked more than $4 million to help look after them and phil is there and reports a tide of resentment is also rising. >> reporter: there is a storm on the way here and not just in the lit literal sense and migrants keep coming to italy's affluent north and money is ear marked to house them, the people are not happy. this historic town has barely changed over the years but its population has especially recently because like much of italy it's struggling to cope with that huge number of migrants who keep arriving and you know the thing about the north is typically it's the more money and manufacturing and industry and a lot of money here. but for the people who live in these parts they say do you know what we have our own problems, we need that money to be spent on us not the migrants. [chanting] on saturday this protest was organized by the northern league anti-immigrant party. it wants italians

they will go before the cameras as a crisis is unfolding and intensifying off the coast of southern italyster are expected to talk about a range of issues including the islamic savages and a dire situation happening between libya and italy.

the experience in southern italy was that of a landlord that extracted high rent, exercised power that retarded italian unification, and so forth. in the latter regard, it is also important to recognize these different ethnic groups brought different forms of devotional piety to the united states or what we refer to as religiosity. although this was rooted in the immigrant experience, it was not until the 1930's and 1940's that we see what was considered the heyday of this kind of activity. two important points to remember about this piety and devotional ism, one was popular piety and the liturgy itself was both a cause and expression of the othering of catholics in american culture. i made the point that catholics were and in bitter -- embittered minority here for a long time. one of the most distinctive cultural markers and boundary mechanisms between catholics and non-catholics had to do with these forms of piety and devotional isism. over time, catholics come to look more like many middle-class americans. one of the ways in which they seemed weird had to do with how they prayed, ho

. >>> that is barnaby phillips live at catania, and sicily one of the southern most points in italy. in morta, a southern european country, a funeral service is being held in the capital for some of the people killed when a boat capsized off the coast of italy on sunday. the multiface surface was organised by the multiees government. >> as barnaby was saying the people arriving were picked up 15 miles off the coast. all the people that crossed the mediterranean with hopes of a better life lead from. >> hoda abdel-hamid is in misrata, and has been talking to some willing to make the journey. >> reporter: they escaped war and poverty, travelling for weeks, sometimes months to reach libya, on the way to europe. baba almost made it when his boat was intercepted. it was on the same day another carrying 400 migrants capsized. >> they got me and put me in container. and i come here. i don't know this place. somewhere in here. we don't understand where. they leaf us free. >> reporter: mohammed was on the journey, escaping sierra leone, after his parents died of ebola last year. >> we are orph

> more than 8,000 migrants have been plucked from the mediterranean sea near the italian southern coast. >> italy bears the heavy burden of refugees. we have a report about a crackdown by the european union union - why it may have led to people risking their lives. >> reporter: fine weather and seas. the ittial an coast guard nose the signs well. a record number have been rescued off the coast. they travelled on 22 ramshackle boats. one capsizing as soon as it left the coast. 144 have been saved. many drowned or are missing. in 2014, an unprecedented influx of refugees left for europe. never before have so many risked their lives in the dangerous crossing into europe. the worst may be yet to come. at least 480 migrants died in the mediterranean since january. 10,000 have them lost in lives in the same period. at the end of the last year the e.u. replaced a search and rescue operation. triton a boarder operation was criticized by border operations. >> a withdrawal is nothing short of catastrophic. it's pushed and the decision was tape to take it down. >> since november 2014 taken down we are seein

ed drowned after their boat capsizes off the southern coast of italy. the president of turkey rejects the results of the e.u. debate on the armenian genocide saying his country will disregard the parliaments views over those 1915 killings. this week the pope described it as genocide. the u.s. is set to remove cuba from its list of state sponsored terrorism clearing the main obstacle to restore diplomatic relations. also the europ

at ports along italy's southern coast beats are bringing in hundreds of refugees. 10,000 have been plucked from the water since last friday alone. risks are high. mont more than 400 are believed to have drowned before rescue arrived. survivors speak of panic and tragedy. >> we met them. spoke to them a group of people they mentioned they depart from libya. there were 550 people approximately, and only 145 were rescued. the others led to - unfortunately died in the mediterranean. >> the traffickers are bolder and more ruthless. boats are no longer abandoned. they are too valuable to lose. >> last monday one of the vessels within the framework witnessed warning shots fired, attempt attempting to take the boats carrying migrants back to libya. this is a sign that the smugglers in libya are running out of boats, and are determined to do anything including shooting their guns in order to do that. >> it's estimated that this year more than 500 migrants died trying to make the crossing from north africa. that's a tenfold increase on the same period last year. humanitarian groups say it's a direct

ports along italy's southern coast boats are bringing in hundreds of rescued refugees. at the latest count more than 10,000 have been plucked from the water since last friday alone. but the risks are high. on monday more than 400 people are believed to have drowned before rescue could arrive. >> we met them yesterday. we spoke to them, a group of people there were 550 people approximately, and only 145 were rescued while the others are believed to unfortunately died in the mediterranean. >> the traffickers are becoming boulder and more ruthless. boats are no longer being abandon: they're too valuable to lose. >> they have witnessed warning shots fired by the smugglers who were attempting to take the boat originally carrying the migrants back to libya. this is a clear sign that the mugglers in libya are running out of boats. and therefore they are determined to do anything including shooting their guns in order to do that. >> it's estimated that already the shia that a 10-told increase have died from last year. >> they have the capacity to rescue in the mediterranean is

ports along italy's southern coast, boats bring in hundreds of rescued refugees. at the latest count. 10,000 have been fluked from the water. risks are -- plucked from the water. risks are high. 400 are believed to have drowned on monday. survivors spoke of panic and tragedy. >> we met them yesterday, talked to them. a group of people mentioned that they departed from libya on the same boat. there were 550 people approximately. and 45 were rescued. the others unfortunately died in the mediterranean. >> traffickers are bolder. last monday one deployed to italy. and witnessed warning shots fired by the smugglers who were attempting to take the boat originally carrying the migrants back to libya. this is a sign that the smugglers are running out of boats, and, therefore they are determined to do anything including shooting their guns in order to do that. >> reporter: it's estimated this year more than 500 migrants died trying to make the crossing from north africa a tenfold increase on the same period last year, humanitarian groups say it's a result of the scaling ba

at ports all along the southern coast of italy. boats of bringing in hundreds of rescued refugees.s count, more than 10,000 plucked from the water since last friday alone. but the risks are high. on monday, more than 400 people are believed to have drowned before rescue could arrive. survivors spoke of panic then tragedy. >> we met them yesterday we spoke to them. a group of people mentioned that they departed from libya on the same boat. there were 550 people approximately and only you're 50 were rescued while the others are believed to have a unfortunately died in the mediterranean. >> reporter: the traffickers are becoming bolder and more ruthless. boats are no longer just being abandoned. they are too valuable to lose. >> last monday one of the vesseled deployed to italy within the framework of operation tritan witnessed warning shots fired by the smugglers who were attempting to take the boat originally carrying the migrants back to libya. this is a clear sign that the smugglers in libya are running out of boats. and therefore they are determined do anything, including shootin

countries to share the burden and responsibility which has fallen exclusively on southern european countries like italy and greece. >> the islamic state of iraq and the levant released a video showing two groups of captives held by affiliates in eat he were and southern libya being beheaded. >> the u.n. said more than 90,000 people have fled fighting in the iraqi province of anbar. a military offensive there has prompted people to leave. they're trying to find refuge in baghdad. many aren't allowed in. the defense ministry said they must have permission to enter. >> a sea of people on the run escaping isil, which is about to fully control the city. they've been walking and driving for the last two days, taking whatever they can. men, women young and old. this is a terrified population with no place to stay. somehow have been stuck near this bridge. they are angry with their politician and tribal leaders. >> they don't care about us. they sold us, they are coward and traitors. >> we slept on the streets in the open, in miserable conditions. we left everything behind. >> where are the politicians? the sh

now brussels hopes to relieve southern european nations like italy with a new distribution model. in a pilot project, the eu aims to resettle 5000 migrants relocating them proportionately between all 28 eu states, but member states are unable to agree on a binding distribution plan. the project is voluntary and dependent on the political will of independent countries. >> unfortunately, that danger does not end when migrants reach their destination. families are often 20 apart on their way to europe and reuniting them after their arrival is a big challenge -- families are often torn apart. >> we met one little girl who was separated from her parents by human traffickers. this is her story. >> this girl is drawing her new home and how she got here. she came to spain two years ago from congo. she was just five when she boarded a boat hacked with refugees -- packed with refugees with a man claiming to be her mother's boyfriend. >> i remember that i was on a boat. then i fell asleep and did not know where i was anymore. >> their boat ended up stranded in a spanish exclave on the north

the island is italy's southern-most area, close to the african coast. >> in this situation, we have been lucky, because luckily -- the coast guard was in the area. it was approximately ten miles distance from the target we intercepted. >> target is how they describe whatever they're looking for. his plane has no weaponry. during the flight, they also came across a half submerged fishing boat and a partially deflated boat, but no people. one group of migrants was lucky today, perhaps others were not. ben wideman, cnn, over the mediterranean. >>> well, the vast majority of these dangerous sea crossings start in libya, and the european union is pledging new action they hope will stem the flow of migrants. one option under consideration, taking military action against boats used for human trafficking before they leave shore. the head of libya's army told cnn he does not think that is a good idea. >> military action against libyan territory is an unwise decision. you need to deal with the libyan crisis as a whole. we are a sovereign country that needs to be respected despite what we are going

the search for survivors continues off italy's southern coast. that is where nearly 700 migrants are missing after their boat capsized. two dozen bodies have been recovered. 2,000 fleeing the city of ramadi the homeless are in the middle of a war zone. and south africa, jacob zuma says he will end xenophobic aarticulation. >>> calling for an international effort to stop the human trafficking of migrants from africa. according to the times of malta the boat overturned 125 miles south of lampedusa. the main route for migrants fleeing libya. paul brennan has the story. >> the search and rescue is being supported by coast guard and helicopters. joined which merchant vessels. planes are crisscrossing the sea where the migrant boat capsized. scouring the ways for survivors but the likelihood are grows more remote. the sicilian port of catania's mayor told me was in brussels just lack week demanding eu assistance. >> i banged my fists on the table and told them it's dishonorable that the continent turns its back. there needs to be a european policy on i

. >> it isn't only italy on the southern coast of spain, 44 were rescued after floating over from morocco life or death in these situations looks like a matter of complete fluke. >> indeed, one estimate on tuesday said that 30 times more people have died in the mediterranean so far this year than during the same period in 2014. that's to say getting on to 2,000 this year so far. already lost to the sea. surprising that so many are now called for a banned european effort to the very at least stop people dying while in the act of trying to escape war or unrest. of course, if we let them die they will stop coming that's not what we need to do, it isn't a matter of taking them all, it is a question of saving as many as we can. >> in truth it shouldn't be as hard as it seem toss rescue people italy managed it fairly well. and the big effort by europe would surely save lives the bigger more difficult question is what to do with people once you save them, whether you offer them refugee or send them home is the issue. lawrence lee, al jazeera. >> sawedly led air strikes today took aim at the capi

they'd been rescued off italy's southern coast.me, the italian prime minister appealed for the european union to stop smugglers, and recognize the migrants are desperate. >> ( translated ): the central point is that when a person is ready to risk his own life, when he's ready to put his life at risk because he needs to get out from a situation where he could be beheaded, you cannot discourage the departures with a simple statement. you do it by taking action. >> woodruff: e.u. leaders are set to hold an emergency summit tomorrow, days after some 800 migrants drowned off libya. more than 100,000 people marched in ethiopia's capital today. they protested the killing, in libya, of 30 ethiopian christians who'd been trying to reach europe. a video released sunday showed islamic state militants shooting and beheading the victims. today's protesters vowed to fight terror. they also condemned ethiopia's chronic poverty, and some fought with police, who fired tear gas to disperse them. the european union accused russia's state-owned energy

southern europe, not just greece, but italy, is a big concern.a very strong momentum but the risks surrounding the baseline scenario of about 1% growth this uncertainty is enormously high. we have the risk of a political crisis in greece. i wouldn't rule out a political crisis in spain. or problems in italy. we still have a lot of banks that have difficulty, too little equity capital. a banking crisis cannot be ruled out. you have a multitude of possible risks that are mostly to the downside. guy: so is qe benefiting the countries region, that doesn't really need it? we've got qe, and low oil prices. that is maybe not having the effect elsewhere in the region. marcel: we see that the qe program has had a positive impact everywhere. if you look at long-term government yields they have been falling in most euro area countries, and more in southern europe. spain and italy have seen, since the announcement last summer, 10-year yields coming down. in germany, they have declined by 80 basis points. what is true is that the euro depreciation actually in

>>s today another 400 people rescued off the southern coast mainland italy including more than 150 women and children from a boat which was leaking badly. there is every expectation that this migration will separate in the weeks and months to come. >> e.u. leaders are reviewing a plan to deal with the migrant crisis. what is the plan? >> well, e.u. leaders have come up with a rather hurried series of proposals in the wake of these latest disasters and that is to expand the scope and the capacity of the existing operation, which is known aspiration tight to know. they'll cover a wide area of the sea, have more vessels more visibility from the air, as well and they will have greater powers to arrest smugglers and to destroy smugglers' boats. european leaders are operating under constraints. only a year ago they scaled back their operations in the mediterranean because they felt they were too expensive and also felt that a highly effective search and rescue plan actually encourages more people to try and come into europe, and of course european leaders have to responsibility to the concerns

lampadusa italy's southern most territory just 70 miles from the north african coast.rd was in the area. it was approximately ten miles distance from the target we intercepted. >> reporter: target is how they describe whatever they're looking for. this plane has no weaponry. during the flight, they also came across a half-submerged fishing boat and a partially deflated dinghy full of fuel tanks, but no people. one group of migrants was lucky today. perhaps others weren't. ben wedemen, cnn, over the mediterranean. >> and for more on how you can help those affected by the ship wrecks in the mediterranean check out cnn.com/impact. thank you for doing so. we'll be right back. and i quit smoking iwith chantix. i told myself for so long that i needed to quit smoking. i would quit then i'd go right back to it. chantix absolutely helped me quit smoking. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. chantix helped reduce my urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal t

southern part of the european union. >> today more than 1,000 migrants rescued off the coast of italy were brought to shore and officials say they have arrested hundreds of people planning to make that voyage. we have more now. >> the publicity surrounding the migrant disasters that have been taking place i mean, this was the biggest single sinking of the whole past three years. but there have been numerous others involving hundreds and hundreds of victims. it just doesn't seem to be deterring the desperate migrants who are setting off not just from north africa but also from tunisia and also from turkey as well. we had a chip shipwrecked off the coast of rhodes. court cases have begun against them 37 they'll be backing court on friday where the italian authorities are going to be seeking to formerly lay the charges against them. charges of multiple reckless homicide. the integration of those two men is continuing based on the testimony of people like that 16-year-old somali boy that i spoke to there the few survivors giving first-hand attacks of the behavior of the captain and first mates and indeed that will be what t

southern. i'm wondering if we'll see spain, italy. >> we're already seeing a move in the bond markets as well. greek concerns. default concerns sending yields higher in the greek bond market but that's spreading. we have been seeing the italian ten year moving higher on concerns of a contagion. >> do you think it would have a big impact if greece were to go. >> you're more of an expert than i am. from what i can see they look back at 2010 and what it did to the bond market and fears and pushes investors out of that bond market. what will really happen it seems they just kicked the can down the road and find a minicompromise but it's not enough to get greece out of this financial turmoil. >> i am not sure. i am not sure. we don't have time actually right now. but briefly i'm not sure how much of an impact it would have on the european project yes definitely. but on the market impact i'm not sure there would be a huge impact. a lot of people saying the contagion would be limited because you don't have the same ties in the banks and financial sectors as in the past. it's an on going story. get in

for now, the pressure is very high on italy and all those involved in rescue operations as well as in trying to provide support to migrants. we are at the southern borders and we believe that children are exhausted. they really need psychological support and they also need to be protected. not only from italy but i think these should be a shared responsibility of all the member states. >> yes, because this is such a desperate situation that many times these families that bring children don't realize that these traffickers that are aiding them abandoned the ships sometime and these children are put at serious peril. >> yeah, definitely yes. but we also hear, for example, that traffickers are very violent towards them. they pick them up. torture them. for example, we have heard accounts of children that said they were beaten up and why traffickers did it, they asked them to call back home so that families could hear the screams. we also hear about traffickers shooting at migrants while they are on the boat. you have heard also of what happened yesterday. so you know, midwrants being thrown overboard and and so it means that the risk is increasingl

southern europe in morning. european leaders are meeting in brussels this morning to work out a plan to deal with the crisis. italy'srime minister was just one of the leaders who arrived in the past hour. he has called on e.u. leaders to provide more assistance to deal with the situation. lawrence lee is at that meeting and a has this report. >> reporter: it now looks, as though europe's leaders want to use this crisis as an opportunity of their own not to make immigration easier but to make it more difficult than it has been in the past for refugees to try to come to europe. you remember the logic of stopping the search and rescue operations run by the italians was that it was taking it too easy for people to come here and now europe has to clearly say it is doing something. but all of the leaks that have come out prior to this summit have been to suggest that if anything europe's presence in the mediterranean is going to become more militaryized warships talks of drones even bombing smugglers boats on the libyan coast, and to make it more difficult for migrants to make the voyage as all. it is exactly what the mos

italy. wants vivendi to be a power in southern europe.e options he is looking at is is a tie up with media set or the media set premium. there are a lot of moving parts. one is media set is controlled by berlusconi who is not planning on going anywhere anytime soon. you need to come with some kind of lotus vivendi -- modus vivendi with berlusconi. guy: that was a good joke. matt: something that would be more palatable to berlusconi is a deal on the pay-tv site. guy: put int in context. matt: vivendi has lots of money. it seems to be heading toward more of a traditional media and content operation than dabbling in telecom which is what it used to do. it became largely a telecommunications company. now it is a media company. one big question is does vivendi want to go back to hollywood to make big plays on american content? it has tried that before with mixed results would be the best you could say for it. but certainly that is a big possibility. another one is doing more within the u.k. and france and germany. francine: we are going to see

southern border. the crisis is much more intense. in europe these days. over the weekend italycued about 8500 mying migrants. they are straining the capacities of some european nations. in response pope francis is speaking out. quote: there are men and women like us, our brothers seeking a better life, starving persecuted, wounded, exploited victims of war. they were looking for a better life. the pep urging compassion. why is this happening? simple reason is a breakdown of order in the entire world. and a more complicated scenario is that america as be a vacated its leadership abroad causing mass chaos in countries like libya syria and iraq. joining us now from washington mary katharine ham and juan williams both are fox news analysts. juan, we also should say that there were hundreds of people who died over othe weekend. italians couldn't rescue all of them. there are so many coming over from north africa, particularly libya, that you can't regulate it and once they get to italy, they have to be provided with services, very few of them are sent back. so, do you see that the u

southern africa and northern europe. more than 10,000 people have been rescued in the seas off italy and grease, hundreds more have drowned. on sunday, a ship carrying more than 800 people sank off the libyan coast. the captain has been arrested and charged with manslaughter. on monday, a ship carrying asylum seekers smashed off the rocks off the greek island of rose. three people died there. on the same day the italian and maltese coast guard scrambled to respond to distress calls to ships from libya carrying hundreds of people. >> increasing numbers of migrants are losing their lives but the ones found today were much luckier. >> sorry, i couldn't catch your question. i think you were saying that the tide of humanity is -- please go ahead. >> i think you were asking about the tide of desperate humanity across the mediterranean. 400 people were rescued this morning in the early hours off the coast to the southeast of sicily. they were on a wooden fishing boat. it was leaking badly and they were helpless and they were very very lucky that an italian fishing trawler found them just in final and then they were rescued by th

italy has sentenced nearly a thousand human traffickers, yet, tens of thousands of migrants and refugees are still coming. kelly cobiella, nbc news, london. >>> in southern california tonight firefighters continue to battle a raging wildfire that had threatened hundreds of homes overnight. thanks to favorable weather and conditions, crews have made progress against the blaze located about 35 miles southeast of downtown los angeles. earlier today mandatory evacuation orders were lifted, but at this point fire is just 25% contained. >>> tonight millions in the south remain under the threat of severe weather including possible tornadoes. powerful storms overturned cars on a freight train in southern alabama although no injuries were reported. the same system caused damage across the state downing trees, knocking out phone lines. for more on what we can expect, let's bring in meterologist dylan dreyer. dylan, good evening to you. >> good evening, carl. there are a lot of storms out there right now. we have a tornado watch in effect across the southeast. we also have a severe thunderstorm watch in the southern plains moving into the midwest. that's really an

italy. >> reporter: so far, just a few dozen bodies have been recovered from the southern mediterranean, buthundreds more. an italian prosecutor told nbc news a survivor from bangladesh told him 950 migrants were packed on to a wooden fishing boat headed for europe. the maltese prime minister says 200 of them were women 50 children. survivors claim hundreds of the migrants were locked below deck when the boat capsized. an official suggested their weight could have quickly dragged the ship to the seabed. europe has experienced a migrant crisis. >> it's a european emergency. so not the problem -- a problem to help europe. >> there is no magic solution but there is a responsibility that we have to exercise together as europeans. >> reporter: warmer weather has brought an increased number of ships. italy rescued 8,500 migrants just this weekend. even before the latest tragedy, 900 had died this year. ten times as many as in the same period last year. why? libya mostly. this is a migration center in libya. nobody here wants to stay. they all want to make their way to europe. now they can at least

been arrested in italy on manslaughter charges after a ship carrying 800 people sank off the libyan coast on sunday. al jazeera's barnaby phillips has the latest from catania on the southern island of sicily. >> and still they keep on coming no matter how dangerous the journey. 446 people, their wooden boat leaking. all they can do is appeal for help in the sea south of ca labria. they were lucky an italian fishing boat found them just in time. in sicily the authorities are helping the few frightened men who survived the sinking of an overcrowded boat off the libyan coast in the early hours of sunday morning. the initial stories of the scale of that disaster have turned out to be horribly accurate. >> they have now interviewed most of the survivors in the mediterranean according to them the boat departed from tripoli and libya on saturday morning and it had some 850 people on board. many of these were children among those on board were some 350 air transas well as people from syria somalia sir are a leone, gambian ivory coast and ethiopia. >> they say this man a tunisian was the captain of the boat. he's been taken into custody charged with reckless homicide and causing a

southern christian leadership conference is using a former philadelphia officer to conduct an independent investigation on how this man died. >>> we have some breaking news, italian prosecutors say terror suspect in italyplotted an attack against the vatican. we are still getting more information about this. we will bring it the to you a as soon as we get it. >>> 7:10. president obama has ordered a review in the air strikes that mistakenly killed two terror hostages in pakistan. >> the incident is sparking more scrutiny about the use of drones by the obama administration. doug luzader is in d.c. with this story. doug, good to see you. >> reporter: good morning, guys. yes, this is a tragic reminder that these drone strikes, while very precise are still only as good as the the intelligence behind them. the u.s. drone took off back in january, heading for a remote part of the pakistan. the target an al qaeda compound that the u.s. officials say had been under surveillance for months. but in a shocking intelligence failure, the cia was unaware that there were two western hostages inside. warren weinstein, who was kidnaped while working for u.s. agency for international development and italian aid worker gi