journalists campaign groups rank sri lanka as a dangerous country for reporters. will anyone be apprehended, or will the attackers, as ever, remained unidentified and and point -- unpunished? >> british -- the british government is about to overall a complex system of welfare payments where they say idleness is institutionalized. >> this is an estate which relies on benefits. its residents are an obvious target for what the government sees as a culture of worklessness. 900 of these people are claiming benefits. some families here are dependent on the money, and in a time of cutbacks, that are deeply worried about what any shake-up will mean. >> people who are poor, you know, it is not easy to just go about, go get a job. >> there are people who believe reform is long overdue and in some places, any work ethic has been lost. >> that is the case right there, the people abuse the system. personally to someone who works, to see that they are getting more in benefits more than i get in a wage. >> the government believes it can achieve huge savings by combining benefits

josh harris, a furry primate feared extinct a furry primate feared extinct shows up in sri lanka. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with well watch. all eyes remain on the gulf as bp's containment cap on that blown out well sprung a small leak, but officials have decided to keep the lid on -- for now. nbc's kristen dahlgren joins us live now from venice, louisiana. kristen, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. yeah, bubbles have been the focus for the past few days. officials say that tiny bubbles of oil and gas did begin seeping out of the well sometime on sunday, but admiral thad allen, the incident commander saying he doesn't think it's consequential. meantime the seepage we talked about yesterday two miles from the well site, they also say that is not related to this well. for now, as you mentioned, they are going to keep the cap on, keep it closed and continue to monitor, the testing process. there is some thought,

we begin in sri lanka. a warship is taking part in a joint military exercise with the navy. it sailed into the eastern harbor this week. the vessel will join in a joint drill which aims to deepen military ties between the two navies. they will also provide medical assistance to civilians on shore. illegal workers have been flooding a new facility in thailand's border province. they are applying for special permits. earlier this week, thailand opened a new center to verify the nationalities of foreign workers it's a move aimed at reducing the number of illegal immigrants in the country. more than 35,000 people have already had their obligations processed. after getting the papers, they are allowed to work for two years. the indian group has been the fifth currency in the world to get its own symbol. a special panel chose the symbol. the information and broadcasting minister unveiled the symbol in new delhi on friday. the new symbol is a combination of the roman letter without the stand. the symbol will come into use within six months in india. it will take 18 months to come i

compound in sri lanka today. they demanded that u.n. officials stop an investigation of alleged abuses during sri lanka's civil war. protesters burned effigies of u.n. secretary general ban-ki moon who established the investigative panel. up to 200 u.n. staffers were trapped in the compound for much of the day. in lebanon thousands of people marched in south beirut for the funeral of the country's top shiite claire i can, the grand ayatollah. the sea of mourners filled the streets as the ayatollah's coffin was carried from his home to a mosque for burial. he died sunday at 75 after a long illness. he had denied being a spiritual leader of the militant group hezbollah. those are some of the day's major stories. now back to gwen. >> ifill: inside the white house, two allies try to patch up their relationship. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and president obama had a full agenda on tap for today's oval office meeting. but after months of public disagreement over settlement construction and the blockade of gaza, fences had to be m

has been feared extinct, but wildlife experts have rediscovered a rare metal and the forests of sri lanka's. it was caught on camera after a painstaking search by scientists. if large eyes held it during nighttime landing, but its natural habitat has largely been turned to tea plantations. it is estimated there are just 100 left in the wild. you can find all that and more top stories on our website and bbc.com. you can also learn more at our facebook page. you can also click on icon any time and direct us an e-mail. >> hello, and welcome. >> see the news unfold. if the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. go2net -- go to bbc.com to experienced in-depth reporting. >> funding for this presentation was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global expertise to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> there is one stage that is the met and carnegie hall. it is the kennedy center and a

a guy in my resolution field runs a division in sri lanka. as many of you know, i'm sure, the civil war has ended because the government has "won" that conflict. i think there is a lot more interesting research in sri lanka now because we're dealing with the post-conflict situation. all happy families are happy in the same way but all unhappy families are unhappy in their particular way. so by studying what i think are unhappy situations, i think it would be interesting to look at the happy situations. i think the comment that broke out on facebook, i thought that was fascinating because that resonates with my experience in dealing with conflicts through many of these new media channels. why would we think new media would work differently in a conflict zone than in the united states. look at the impact it has had on dialogue in the united states. i think it is pretty clear in the united states, we have a lot of polarizeation. no offense. i am a bay area democrat and i grew up in texas. so all of my high school friends are hard core bush repub

. >> lo descubrieron los especialistas en un bosque de srÍ lanka. >> parece un lemur. >> es interesanteemos escuchar? >> estamos en el medio del programa. >> pero ustedes pueden seguir hablando. >> la polÉmica de la belleza e inteligencia. ellas van a decir que la combinaciÓn es lo que mÁs importa en esta... >> ustedes ven un cuerpo bonito y ya estÁ bien. >> la belleza se acaba srs. y el cerebro no. quÉ tal una combinaciÓn? >> no existe! [risas] >> oye, cÓmo que no existe? carla, habla con ella. >> yo quiero a una bruta bonita. porque la que es fea se te va a poner horrible. >> como si se tratara de las mujeres y nosotras tenemos que opinar tambiÉn. >> el hombre bonito, inteligente existe. y la fea siente. >> [risas] >> la combinaciÓn de bella e inteligente vamos a darle la muestra con neida sandoval. >> bienvenida, gisela a tu casa. >> me gustÓ eso muchachos. vamos a hablar con ellos mÁs adelante. tero pero ahora quiero hablarles de univisiÓn. preocupaciones, aptitudes, aspiraciones >> y esta tarde en el noticiero nacional univisiÓn 6: 30, tendremos mÁs resultados de esta encuesta de u

there are -- on sri lanka. they are protesting against the call for war crimes investigation. is the u.s. concern about the protests were about the way the u.n. is being treated? >> we support people's rights to free his version. we support a robust accountability process. -- we support people's rights to free expression. this has been a decades-long conflict. to that end, we welcome u.s. secretary's announcement of a panel of experrs to provide advice on relevann best practices for investigations into alleged violations of international human rights and humanitarian law. >> the israelis announced a couple, a small number of soldiers, who will face some kind of punishment or the possibility of punishment for things done during the operations in gaza. any comment? >> they re reviewing the allegations rising out of the fighting in gaza last winter. we support the need for accountability for anything that might have happened during the conflict. this is a domestic process. we believe the democratic institutions in israel should be given the opportunity to play themselves out. >>