many other from sri lanka through the center had been given asylum in the u.s..nd large, a lot of the men [unintelligible] there is only one judge for 600 men. it may take months at a time. if you do not want to pay $2,000 for attorney who could maybe find a bond hearing free for $5,000, some just brisket and go back to america and say they could pay coyote $3,000 to go across the border in risk death. >> tom shea, where do people go to apply on august 15? >> where the new york immigration coalition holding an orientation that day. you can get more information on our website. the orientation will have immigration attorneys there who will prescreen people to see if they qualify. there will make appointments with local nonprofit immigration services. >> this is a national show. what do people do all over the country? north dakota, california, arizona? >> it is hard for me to say. >> do they go to an immigration office? >> i would go to a nonprofit illegal immigrant center. they're authorized to provide legal services. i recommend going to immigration attorneys to t

just over three years since the army and sri lanka decided to crush the militants. our correspondent charles haviland has been to a narrow strip of land that became the tamil tigers' last bastion. >> this is where the final bloody battle was fought in 2009. thousands of people perished in this place. since the end of the war, the area has been off-limits to journalists. after several requests, the bbc has been granted permission to come here to see extraordinary sights like thousands of burned out vehicles that you see behind me. some of these ordinary people's vehicles, small cars, rickshaws. some of them were trucks used by the tamil tiger militants. just across from here, a. poignant sight that is thousands of destroyed bicycles, ordinary possessions of civilians who fled the advancing army and were not allowed to leave, but were kept as human shields by tamil tigers. people left by every day possessions. we also see decapitated palm trees, many of which are just stomps, having been damaged in the shelling. and nearby are the many ruined houses of civilians that

they have introduced sri lanka in much of the best. they control and are increasing their highly lucrative trade in drugs. we have that very rare access to the mali army trying to regain control from extremists. >> this heavily-armed convoy is trying to battle islamist insurgents. there's humiliation and shame. for shame. their commander admits the morale of his men is low but he insists his nation will win the fight. >> without any external assistance we cannot fully deal with this situation. >> retaking the north without guns and equipment, it is way off target. the patrol has stopped because beyond this point the land is under the control of al qaeda- linked islamic extremists. in the capital, politicians doubt the country can face extremists alone. >> they have not been trained to face this situation. we don't have the numbers or the equipment or training. we need help from the outside. >> there's little to sing about it, but this volunteer militia is driven by revenge. many of these 400 men and women fled their homes in the north.

take a little trip to sri lanka. >> an elephant block party. >> yeah, well this elephant block party got a little grumpy. they're not too happy with just one of the safari trucks. and we're not talking just one elephant. this entire herd of elephants, they're frustrated by this truck. i'm thinking it's because there were so many baby elephants in this herd. >> and is this window broken in the back? did they break that window? >> there's a big dent and the window is busted. >> i like how they're putting their trunks up, like in the faces of these people. >> like back up, back up. >> so this safari truck, they start to back up. >> a little white bird in the back. >> you know what makes me nervous is that these people are exposed here that are in the back of this pickup truck. they're right out there in the open. >> yeah. >> you know what, they're coming into the home of these elephants. imagine what it would be like if they were coming to your house to take pictures. i understand why they're annoyed. >> but all the other trucks go by fine and the elephants seem to watch them go past. >

and that's now being used from sri lanka to next door in uganda, around the world. >> i envy you the trip and being able to report the story. thank you as always for being here with us. >>> that is our broadcast on a thursday night. thank you for being with us. we'll be back on the air of course tonight for "rock center" at 10:00, 9:00 central. i'm brian williams. of course we hope you'll join us back here tomorrow evening. of course we hope you'll join us back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening. everyone. >> a stapdoff is under way in unincorporated redwood city between sheriff's deputies and a man suspected in a series of armed robberies. it's at third and williams avenue. it's on the border of redwood city. cheryl is there. how has this unfolded? what is happening right now? >> reporter: jessica, about 45 minutes ago, county sheriffs moved us back about a block so they can bring in the bomb squad and the sheriff's department. why? as you said, police believed arm

tourists would typically frequent to beach towns like bataya in thailand and sri lanka. >> bangladesh is one of the world's longest natural beach and that's why the government wants to declare a beach being made for about 50-kilometers as an exclusive tourist resort, especially for foreign visitors. >> the government aims to double the number of foreign tourists arriving to almost a million by 2021, which they say will help to generate at least half a million jobs. but industry players say more needs to be done in terms of infrastructure if the area is complete with neighboring beach destinations. there are other issues as well. not least the question of cultural clash. bangladesh is a muslim majority country and there may be resistance some some types of foreign behavior such as sun bathing in skimpy swimsuits, however the -- however the government isn't worried. for decades tourism was not on the priority list of bangladesh, but following a certain economic outlook, tourism may offer the country the opportunity to diversify its revenue base and change its image to the world. bbc new

french kids tourists from that country get thrown in jail for that brace of the buddha statue in sri lanka. the united states has taken the protection of military secrets to a whole new level of gun tone of a baby who is defending detainees are outraged after being told they can discuss torture it's apparently part of efforts to protect highly classified cia interrogation techniques used on inmates the lawyers plan to challenge the bond as soon as pretrial hearings begin for five men charged to the nine eleven and one who waited almost three years to even be allowed to see his clients there's a legal barriers and censorship jeopardize the whole idea of a fair trial i think that the united states is worried about disclosure of how bad their conduct was in guantanamo. sort of they. were just describing a grave basically they think that that's a very harmful thing to the united states but that is a cost of trying these people you know you need to clear the error with the truth to get a foreign you i don't think it looks good and it jeopardizes the credibility of these trials of the united sta

and that's now being used from sri lanka to next door in uganda, around the world. >> i envy you theand being able to report the story. thank you as always for being here with us. >>> that is our broadcast on a thursday night. thank you for being with us. we'll be back on the air of course tonight for "rock center" at 10:00, 9:00 central. i'm brian williams. of course we hope you'll join us back here tomorrow evening. of course we hope you'll join us back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

french kids tourists from that country get thrown in jail for their embrace over stay true in sri lanka. the united states has taken the protection of military secrets to a whole new level of good on time of day and always defending the chinese are outraged after being told they come to mention the torture that klein's went through so it's all apparently a part of an effort to protect highly classified cia interrogation techniques used on the inmates there noise through the plan to challenge the bond as soon as pretrial hearings the five men charged over nine eleven start so thomas b. won't a lawyer with is so a man and standing always has defended gun tunnel bay detainees waited almost three years to be even allowed to see his clients and he told is that legal barriers and censorship jeopardize the whole idea of fair trial. i think that the united states is worried about disclosure of how bad their conduct was in guantanamo. sort of they. were describing the great basically they think that that's a very harmful thing for the united states but that is a cost of trying these people you k

we're talking 74% from four countries, iran, iraq, afghanistan, and sri lanka. to us why folks are making their way to australia and who these people are. >> well, they're refugees from hardship, war-torn countries and people looking for a better life. it is not unusual where they're from and where they're going. the problem has been this all kicked off back in june. there was a boat capsized, a couple of boats in one month, 90 people drowned and that really -- >> coming from? >> those people were coming from afghanistan at that time. now, they drowned and so that really was the tipping point if you like. the government was forced into a position where they started this big review, a lot of imminent people on the committee that did it. they have come out with the recommendations, ship it all back offshore. have these refugees process the in places like naruit, middle of nowhere, way off in the pacific ocean and also papua new guinea and process them there. why? as a deterrent to make the journey in the first place by boat because it is people smugglers doing thi

for the ipad she wore to cover the high that she lost in the 1990's when she was shot reporting in sri lanka. this was the last message that she took when her and her friend were targeted and killed by rockets fired by the syrian army. she rode i think the reports of my survival may be exaggerated. that was the neighborhood of homes which was the focal point of the resistance to the syrian regime and in retribution its people for being subjected to relentless attacks by artillery tanks. sickening, reid. i can't understand how the world can stand by, and i should be heartened by now. watched the baby died today. shrapnel. the doctors could do nothing. his little tummy just heaved until he stopped. feeling helpless as well as cold, we will keep trying to get out the information. anthony won the two pulitzer prizes for reporting one of the "washington post" and the other at times. he was born in oklahoma, his family had their roots in lebanon. he was familiar with arabic but he became fluent only after hard work as an adult. this ended up by giving him a great advantage over most of his country

eyepatch that she wore to cover the eye that she had lost in the 1990s when she was shot reporting in sri lanka. this was her last message sent not long before she and her photographer were apparently targeted and killed by rockets fired by the syrian army. she wrote, i think the reports of my survival may be exaggerated. that was the neighborhood of holmes the focal point of resistance to the searing regime and its people were being subjected to relentless attacks by artillery and tanks. sickening road marie. i cannot understand how the world can stand by and i should be heartened by now. doctors could do nothing. .. >> in his books and in his reporting in two of america's best newspapers, he was able to change the perceptions of many people in this country who are prone to seeing the arabs as either decadent sheikhs or a bunch of ragheads with terrorist inclinations. anthony continually risked his life in baghdad. during the iraq war he was shot in the arm while reporting from the west bank x last year he came close to being executed as a spy in libya. for the past year, shadid spent much tim

the best example is one that is personally involved in october 2005, radiological attack or in sri lankagoes off. something radiological coming out of the four. the problem is the department of energy put in the monitor didn't have the whole system in place. didn't have the camera, did not the tracking system so we didn't know what the heck caused it or where one is. for two weeks straight out of the white house are recorded in intelligence matters, diplomatic efforts. the navy efforts, coast guard efforts, entirety of the infrastructure to figure out what it's caused because we have whittled down to 17 ships in five ships and two were headed to new york. we had no idea what was on it and no idea if it was real enough. at the end of the day the scrap metal or radiological material scrap metal. we didn't know until we had boarded all those ships that we had identified and took two weeks of our time nonstop. >> very quickly we have a minute or two left. >> a lawyer and vietnam vet now. going back to the president picking targets, everyone is familiar with president johnson spending a lot o