i had a chance to sit down with gwen stefani and pharrell. a lot of people know pharrell because of the song "happy." that's how they know him and they think he's a new guy. he's been around. he's written all kinds of songs. this song -- i'm going to play it. i want to know if you know he wrote this song. ready? i have a little speaker. here we go. ♪ ♪ believing the rest of my season ♪ >> you don't have to stop now, girl. get up there and move. >> he wrote "hot in here." he wrote "holler back girl" with gwen stefani. yes, he did. he wrote "milk shake," the kelis song. >> my milk shake brings all the boys to the yard. >> mine is better than yours. >> wait a minute. four tunes for michael jackson song, ultimately michael didn't do, but justin timberlake did on his first album. so when justin timberlake first came out solo and people said, man, you're, like a young michael jackson, that's thanks to him. >> the song "happy," he said was written as a duet with cee lo and pharrell. cee lo didn't want to release "happy" so it stayed and pharrell got

stefani was a 26-year-old state student. his life was tragically cut short in a shooting in his apartment building on mayor third. the circumstances are being investigated. stefani was the breadwinner of his family ever since his dad passed away. he worked and studied hard in order to provide a better life for his mother and brother w whoism graltd here he was supposed to graduate he was incredibly ambitious and never gave up he was a fun-loving person and his smile lee would warm everyone's heart he loved watching the san francisco giants win or lose he supported them all the way his family thought he had a wonderful personality. this is not the first time that i or the members of the board has asked the board to adjourn in the loss of a victim from gun violence it's a preventable loss of life it's more than a state here in san francisco has a diminished a nevada and friend and a community of friends i want to extend my thrones o condolences to steve ann's family and we have a few other people to speak about stefani. i'd li

extend my thrones o condolences to steve ann's family and we have a few other people to speak about stefani. i'd like to request we adjourn in his memory >> colleagues without objection that that will be the order. >> thank you supervisor kim. supervisor mar >> thank you madam clerk, i'm introducing legislation that will help bring about fairness for the lowest payers in our city it requires nonprofit the mc o the private entities and private contract with the city and county of san francisco to pay the workers with a living wage it coyotes of grassroots coalition it helps the living wage over 15 years ago. under this ordinance the contractor minimum wage is with the c p that i, however, since 18 it's $11.03 only $0.48 about the san francisco minimum wage while the contractors has risen yearly it's $12.66 an hour it allows the mayor to send a letter to the board of supervisors it it states that the city lacks sufficient funds inform pay for the budget but it shows the report sustaining underestimates expenditures and asks the city to close the deficit it laws the nonprofit and entity in hom

stefanie dekker, al jazeera. >> government forces in south sudan say they have taken back control of the town of bentu. they have been battling fighters loyal to former vice president, the capitol and has changed hands several times since fighting began in mid december. joining us on the line is phillip aguiellr. on the light from the capital. thank you very much for being on our al jazeera. first of all, can you confirm to us that your forces have retaken the town of bentu? >> yes. in full filament of the constitutional man date. recaptured town at 4. bentu is now in the hands of the government security forces. >> the nature of the war, we are more confident this time that not only bentu. the problem with south sudan, the army have regained the control of this because attacks, mobilizing in various places and now, they are on the move. >> can you tell us what the situation is as far as the civilians your forces have been trying to regain control. what is the situation of the civilians? are they still in the town? have they been able to leave? >> the civilians, the army is strictly t

stefanie tiene el pronÓstico extendido a continuaciÓn. >> les saluda stephanie severino.taciones. se desplaza una baja presiÓn que pudiera dejarlos chubascos en el Área. 53 en san francisco. amanecemos con niebla, pero se despejan los cielos. minimas de 45 en palo alto. mÁximas con cielos nublados en 65 y hasta 73, pudiera subir el mercurio en palo alto. a partir del martes, se despejan los cielos. las mÁximas se mantendrÁn bordeando los 77 grados. >> en esta Época, ya no se requiere ser un experto en fotografÍa, para cuando tenga que tomar una fotografÍa o guardar las imÁgenes del recuerdo. cÓmo usar aplicaciones y dispositivos para obtener buenas fotos? >> nuestro telÉfono es nuestro mejor amigo. >> tomo fotos en cualquier momento. >> ya sea fotos de nuestros viajes o de nuestros amigos. >> me encanta tomarme fotos. >> pero hay que ser honestos. >> salen oscuras, borrosas. >> para evitar eso, considere estos gadgets. >> esto trae el gran angular y el ojo de pez, solo es para iphone. compras los lentes por separado y hacen las diferentes funciones. >> pegue este lente de

>> let's talk about gwen stefani.s girl came from a family of seamstresses who got into the business because she loved and cared about it. number one, have passion for what you do. you better want to work at it. melissa: no matter what. >> your name on the door or back of a jean it will sell. melissa: or hire someone else to go in. you have to be in there yourself. >> you have to be in there. look at carlos santana shoes? where did that come from? 90 million-dollar business. carlos santana. not like there is carlos santana pictures pasted up over the shoes. his girl friend and he have little shoe things. they got involved with brown shoes an amazing shoe company. gwen stefani knew she wouldn't sing and stand on a stage. she is mother with three kids, maybe four now. she wanted something. she is vested in the business. melissa: heather, you're fantastic. thank you for coming in. >> holla. melissa: we have, in case you wonder why we've been saying that. before i let you go a story very important on "money." pull on paja

. >> suerte stefani a su mamÁ con la ♪ ♪ >> hablamos con un afortunado que irÁ el mundial de fÚtbol enn todos los gastos pagos. en su segundo dÍa en chicago tony visita un estadio de bÉisbol que celebra sus 100 aÑos. ahora mismo en "primer impacto extra". ♪ ♪ bienvenidos a otros "primer impacto extra". es grande y contagiosa en la alegrÍa de un hincha que es uno de los afortunados que irÁ al mundial con todos los gastos pagos por una cervecera mexicana, veremos cÓmo se siente. >> es la reacciÓn que tuvo este aficionado al fÚtbol cuando supo que se habÍa ganado un viaje al mundial con todos los gastos pagados, y todo por saber meterla. el concurso consistÍa en patear un balÓn para meterlo en un hoyo, ernesto fue el Único que le atinÓ, durante o medio tiempo de un partido de fÚtbol fueron elegidos para intentarlo. >> me acerque junto con mis amigos y nos dijeron que al medio tiempo y vamos a concursar, y ya desde ahÍ habÍan nervios. hasta la segunda oportunidad que tuve, me dieron un balÓn con el nÚmero siete que es el nÚmero de mi suerte, y dije, no ya, con este. lo puse, le peque quedi

the libyan capital and speak to stefanie dekker. a lot is at stake there. the conference has got a presenter, a government that can actually function and rescue libya from this vacuum, the power vacuum that exists at the moment? >> reporter: that's right. there is a caretaker one in the moment. this is part of what split this country at the moment. the lawmakers have gathered in the general national congress they need 93 to be able to start and vote. they haven't quite reached that. it's around 90. it could happen soon. some are staying away because they are not happy with this vote. they don't believe when he was elected it was done properly. there is confusion about whether the session had ended or not. they want a reelection. others have seen the list of cabinet members and say that there is no one from the south and others simply just don't want him. so, it's all about politics. it's all about allegiances. this is a tribunal society. it's very complicated. we are hearing there is a gathering of armed vehicles gathering on the airport road. things have b

stefanie dekker reports. >> reporter: their 7th appearance in court ended just like all of the others: bail denied. mohammed fatni was allowed out of the cage to address the judge. he sprite to explain jublists need to explore all sides of a story. >> for me, communication with the muslim brotherhood or the new party or anyone else, this is something completely rene for me. i work hard to get an interview with an officer. i work hard to reach my sources. >> that's what journalists do >> reporter: saturday is also world press freedom day. the three colleagues shouted out happy press freedom day, they were led back to their jail cell. >> we are here in court. world press freedom day. another adjourned. getting increasingly difficult for us, family and all of the guards inside to, you know, get through this process. >> a fourth al jazeera journalist will remain in detention for another 45 days. he has been held without charge since last august and has been on hunger strike for over 100 days. he has lost 35 kilos and said he has not received any medical attention. >> this is unprecedented

we get more now from al jazeera's stefanie dekker >> reporter: their 7th appearance in court ended like the others, bail denied. mohammed fatmi was allowed out of the cage to address the judge. he tried to explain journalists need to explore all sides of a story. this is something completely routine for me. i work hard to get an interview with a be officer. i work hard to reach my sources. that's what journalits do. >> saturday is world press freedom day. our three colleagues shouted out happy press freedom day as they were led back to their jail cell. >> it's ironic we are here in court on world press freedom day. we have seen another adjournment. it's getting increasingly difficult for us, the family and the guys inside, you know to endure this process. >> he has been held without charge since last august, on hunger strike for more than 100 days. he has lost 35 kilos and said he has not received any medical attention. >> this is unprecedented case. we we have never seen a government go after an international news network for nothing more than doing their work and using terrorist-relat

stefanie dekker, al jazeera, doha. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern, our segment: a deeper look will feature international press freedom day on al jazeera america. the nba playoffs have reached a fever pitch with five series heading to a game 7 this weekend. the action on the court is still being overshadowed by the donaldstering saga. jessica taff has more. >> the spotlight should be on the excitement of play-off basketball. saturday mark the first time ever in league history the three game 7s will be played on the same day. adding to the mix, the drama for the grizzlies will play their win or go home game without zac randolph suspended for a late punch to the jaw of oklahoma city steve adams. randolph becomes the first player ever to miss a game 7 for any reason after leading his team in scoring the entire series. instead, the focus shifts back to disgraced clippers owner donald sterling after v.stiviano, the woman talked on camera for the first time sincestering was released she said she was not a girlfriend but a personal assistant and tha

stefanie dekker, al jazeera.'s hear some more now from the chair of the norwegian refugee counsel who joins us live from geneva. thank you for talking to us again, mr. egeland. you represent the refugee council as opposed to the internally displaced people. what's the difference? >> well, we work for both: people who flee their homes, we care for. and more and more, we have to care for those who are still ref umingees within their own country. therefore, we call them internally displaced. it's when they cross an international border, they become refugees, get the protection of the international refugee commission and the high commission for refugees. we work for both. >> that's, for the large part, isn't it? because there isn't any network or any u.n. agencies dedicated to help this growing number of people, people who are, as you say, refugees but within the confines of their own countries? >> these 33 and a half million that we have documented as fleeing violence and conflict in their own country have to be hel

gwen stefani and pharrell williams stopped by the set of "the voice." they took to the stage to perform a rendition of "holler back girl," you know the song. they wrote that together in 2005. i didn't know that. >> i thought he was a recent -- i didn't realize -- >> oh, no. pharrell has been a genius for quite some time. now begins a long wait until fall when they make their debut as judges on the next season of "the voice." i think that's going to be a great new addition to that. i really like the show. and -- >> good chemistry. >> i do. like when they change it up every now and then. you see different artists. >> i think they're smart about it. they haven't removed everyone all at once, just new people in. >> switch a few out every now and then. >> the performers need to do their tours and they only want to do it for one season. a win-win. >> if only we had that problem. not even close. >>> i'm betty nguyen. this is "early today," we hope it is your first stop of the day on nbc. >>> leading the news in the huffington post, students text good-bye, mama

memoriams every month we've had two difficult ones i want to thank supervisor kim so far acknowledging stefani and i hope that the trust and justice will be done. i have a memoriam that's incredibly difficult for me to do on behalf of rubbing i didn't kim in the heart of my district she worked there she was tragically taken away from us latin last night she was the victim of domestic violence her husband was charged with murder. she was the heart and soul of tagalog she was incredibly generous soul she was one of my favorite people in the city it's ouch a cliche to say she was loved by all but she was by citizens seniors and kids in between i know that my district telegraph hill and the neighbors in telegraph city will not be the same i ask we adjourn and rubbing i didn't may justice be done for you. colleagues, i have two other comments i want to echo supervisor yee's around the operatory voting and voting will be happening in my district we had dozens of 167 projects that will be presented. i'm gratified and want to thank supervisor cowen and supervisor yee for moving forward with the partic

stefanie dekker reports. >>> this is a rare glimpse of joseph kony, the leader of the lords resistance army, the l.r.a., and led an elusive ghostly existence in the deps jungles of central africa. he's been indicted for war crimes by the international criminal court, stemming from a war waged in the forth for two decades. over a million displaced. many raped and maimed. countless children were forced to kill and mutilate their families, and turn into coney's personal soldiers. the l.r.a. is responsible for every war crime and atrocity in the book. really, in the past three to four years, what we is seep is that the tactics of the l.r.a. changed a bit. the violence decreased significantly in the past few years, but history shows what they are capable of. an african union task force, backed by 100 special forces have been trying to find him for years. in march the u.s. sent four aircraft to help in the search. it's a massive challenge. covering areas of south sudan, the democratic republic of congo. it's inhospitable terrain that coney and his men know well. it's hard to measure the stre

stefanie dekker frorps tripoli -- reports from tripoli. >> reporter: these are the libyan central shield forces, headed at the request of the general national congress to protect the capital. >> translation: we have been negotiating with all parties and are exerting every effort to calm things down. we want to ensure security inside the capital. >> reporter: it follows an attack on the g.n.c. by two militias inspired by the general. he launched a campaign to rid libya of terrorists, groups carrying out killings on members of the security forces and judiciary. he reappeared on saturday, saying he and supporters will continue their mission. >> translation: there is no time back. the soldiers of the national army will not return to their barracks and homes. >> reporter: the general wants a judicial body set up to run the country until elections in june. the newly elected prime minister says he'll go ahead with the presentation of his parliament for parliamentary approval on sunday. >> who knows how the next few days will play out. what is clear is libyans are exhausted and fed up. they want

stefanie dekker reports. >>> this is a rare glimpse of joseph kony, often called africa's most wantedan. he's the leader of the lords resistance army, the l.r.a., and led an elusive ghostly existence in the jungle for years. he's been indicted for war crimes by the international criminal court, stemming from a war waged against the ugandan government for two decades. over a million displace. vo forced to kill. >> it makes is responsible for every war crime and atrocity in the book. really, in the past three to four years, what we have seen is that the tactics of the l.r.a. has changed quite a bit. it has decreased significantly in the past few years, but their history shows what they are capable of. an african union task force with 5,000 soldiers backed by special forces have been trying to find him for years. in marched the u.s., with aircraft. it's a massive challenge. the operation is based out of uganda. covering areas of south sudan, the democratic republic of congo. it's inhospitable terrain that kony and his men know well. it's difficult to measure the strength of the l.r.a. no

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. >> suerte stefani a su mamÁ con la legalizaciÓn. >> te queremos. >> gau. contenedor de carga llevan al hombre mÁs gordo del mundo a su propio entierro. ♪ un tren se estrella contra un camiÓn. lo hace pedazos. ♪ >> si toma pastillas e infusiones para adelgazar tenemos una alerta que tiene que ver con su salud. ♪ un milloario anonimo reparte dinero. y la clave para encontrarlo estÁ en las redes sociales. ♪ los fanÁticos de gerardo ortiz respiran aliviados tras saber que una amenaza de muerte contra el cantante fue una falsa alarma. esto y mÁs. ahora mismo. en primer impacto. ♪ muy buenas tardes, bienvenidos a primer impacto, gracias por acompaÑarnos. hoy comenzamos con la muerte del hombre mÁs obeso del mundo, que fue cremado hoy en circunstancias muy especiales. como nos cuentan desde mÉxico hasta el hueco de crematorio fue modificado. >> en esta crua trasladado el cuerpo de manuel uribe que pesÓ mÁs de 1300 libras, lo que lo convirtiÓ en el imposible mÁs gordo del mundo. los problemas de salud no tuvieron internado en la ciudad de monterrey. donde muriÓ po

stefanie dekker has the latest. >> reporter: it's a show of force. the military campaign was launched tuesday, and now more reinforcements arrived much it's a tricky operation. >> the government will have a difficult time trying to defeat dani alves, because of the experience of fighting, and because of their unorganised tactics of war. >> many have been culled on both sides -- killed on both sides including a commander and army officer. one leader says the longer the campaign continues, the more support the group will receive. >> we are not alone in fighting the enemy. we fight together with the tribes ta conkm the -- that condemn the drone strikes the the longer the situation goes on, the more support from the people we'll get. >> the yemeni army is uses land and air tactics. >> it's not only a yemeni threat. many of the fighters are from saudi arabia. 70% of fighters are not yemeni. it's a bit exaggerated but it shows there are many foreign fighters and yemen need the international community to help. >> the u.s. used aerial drones to target the ar

. >> i had a chance to sit down yesterday with gwen stefani and pharrell. sat in these big chairs and they're going to be coming in. advice for these guys? >> okay, well, what i would say is you really have to speak from, i guess, the vantage point of all the experiences and years you've had, you know? each artist is different. >> shakira, what do you think for gwen or pharrell? >> they both will do a terrific job. pharrell is unafraid and will try anything. and gwen is so smart and cool and i'm sure she will have the hype to deal with these guys. >> is it hard to be the only girl. >> they crack some jokes. >> you don't want to hear the thing i have to say. >> hold on a second. are you kidding me? >> is there somebody on the phone? >> by the way, where is the revenge? we're waiting patiently? he gave out your number. he totally slammed you, okay. >> he'll never see it coming. my lips are sealed. i would never reveal my tactics as far as taking him down. >> i think what he did with his hair is a joke he's playing on me. it is, like, you thought i would never

. >> stefanie dekker, many thanks for joining us. >>> still to come here on the newshour on al jazeera, aroufte3 years a former ugandan child soldier goes home. in south africa's opposition party holds e elections. >>> the latest on the playoffs including a dramatic winner, trailblazers. >>> u.s. secretary of jostate jn kerr remember has helped to rescue girls taken from their school by boko haram. two weeks ago now. he made the announcement during a visit to ethiopia. >> let me be clear. a kidnapping of hundreds of children by boka har a.m. is unconscionable crime and we will do everything possible to support the nigerian government to return these young women to their homes and to hold the perpetrators to justice. >> thousands of kids were forced to fight for the resistance army. a report from kitkam on one former child soldier who is finally, going home after 13 years in captivity >> reporter: when he was 10 years old, dennis achan was abducted from his village in northern uganda by rebels from the lord's resistance army in 2001. he was forced to become a child shoulder and to commi

here is stefanie dekker with more on the detention of our colleagues. >> reporter: their seventh appearance in court ended like all the others - bail denied. mohamed fadel fahmy was briefly allowed out of the caming to address the judge -- cage to address the judge, and tried to explain that journalist need to explore all sides of a story. >> translation: for me communication with the muslim brotherhood, the wasat party or the naerty or anyone else, this is something -- naerty or anyone else, this is something routine. i work hard to get an interview and reach sources. that is what journalists do. >> saturday is world press freedom day. the three colleagues shouted happy press freedom day as they were led to the gaol cell. >> it's ironic that we are here in court. peter's trial on world press freedom day. we have seen another adjournment. it's increasingly difficult for us, the family and all the guys inside to, you know, endure this process. >> a fourth al jazeera journalist abdullah al-shami will remain in detention for 45 days. he's been held without charge since august and has been on h

stefanie dekker reports. >> reporter: the numbers are staggering. what they amount to are millions of lives torn apart. they tell a story of the desperation, hardship and heart break, of millions of people dependent on handouts. >> it is an x-ray of a global conscience, and i think we are failing because 8.2 million people had to flee their homes last year. we have never had as many in - on record that have been forced to flee their homes as now. >> the reports by the internal it's placement monitoring center found 33.3 million people were internally displace the worldwide at the end of last year. the countries with the highest number, syria, columbia and after official figures for the first time, nigeria with 3.3 million. here, too, they have nowhere to go. central african republic. one of the countries facing the highest levels of new displacements. this is the city of homs in syria. these were homes where lives thrived, now everyone has gone. the report states into a family is forced to leave their home in syria every 60 seconds, 9,500 people a d

. >> stefanie. >> nice to meet you. what are these for?> for the key lime pie that we sell in the store. >> you guys don't make your own crust? >> no, we don't. >> why would somebody buy from you when they can buy the crust? jim, has that--have you ever gotten any complaints about that? >> we've never had complaint one about the product that we have. i mean, we've won numerous awards with these key lime pies. we sell to macy's, we sell them thousands of key lime pies every year, and the customers in new york love it. >> and i think what that proves is that you're a great marketer. the challenge that i have is, i can't invest in something that isn't proprietary, and here's why, if you make a pie and there's no secret ingredient or secret recipe, the next guy down the block can make it. i want to be able to look people in the face and tell them that i have something that's special and that's unique. i'm on my way to big pine, the company's other retail location. i'm gonna meet alison, jim's 50/50 partner. i want to find out how this store is

headlining last night, gwen stefani and pharell williams.s cat perkins in the bottom three last week, pulled out all the stops in hopes of surviving to the next round. >> it was so fun flipping a song. i've wanted to do it since i've been here. this just felt like the right way to do it after i came so close last week to going home. >> immediately after two were sent home, each of the remaining artists spent a day recording the itunes versions of the songs they sang on last night's show. it was an emotional night for 44-year-old sisaundra lewis, whose mother watched her daughter's powerhouse performance. >> my mother has never in my whole life attended any of my shows. >> hoda stopped by for a chat with the coaches and asked them to weigh in on adam's new look. >> the sexiest man in america. >> yes. >> that's not true. >> and now you're the sexiest woman in america. it's a big deal. ♪ i can't make you love me if you don't ♪ >> eight become five tonight. ♪ i believe i can fly >> when three artists are sent home. >> two, three. >> there's no t

musician what do what musical group were you going to lose that but for me it was definitely gwen stefani and no doubt i say both of them because her solo stuff was equally important brandi an r. and b. singer and. gosh what are the other two the. beatles a lot of classic rock queen loved a lot of coldplay on and a lot of like a lot of pop too. tonight at nine pm tonight right here on our to america that does appear now folks for more of the stories they cover go to you tube dot com slash our to america and check out our website our to dot com slash usa can also follow me on twitter at least in france for now have a great night. i. i think. the really. did you know the price is the only industry specifically mention in the constitution and. that's because a free and open press is critical to our democracy schreck albus. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and our press simak we've been hijacked by handful of transnational corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once built up i'm sorry mark and