as al jazeera's stephanie decker reports. >> this is a rare glimpse of joyce ef kony. joseph kony, he's been indicted for war crimes in the international criminal court. stemming from a war he waged for nearly two decades. tens of thousands of people were killed, over a million displaced, many raped and maimed. countless children were forced to kill and mutilate their own families. and then turned into kony's personal soldiers. >> thrvmentra is really responsible for just about every -- the lra is responsible for just about every war crime and atrocity in the book. but really in the past three to four years, what we've seen is that the tactics of the lra have changed quite a bit. the violence has decreased. significantly. in the past few years. but they're history shows what they're still capable of. >> reporter: an african union task force with 5,000 sol engineered backed by 100 u.s. special forces has been trying to find him for years. and in march the u.s. sent four aircraft to help find him. covers areas of south sudan the central african republic and the republic

stephanie decker has more. >> a carefully orchestrated video. first we see the are leader of the pakistan-i taliban. vowing to continue to fight until muslim law is imposed across the country. told his men that would be suicide bombers should prepare for confrontation with pakistan security forces. but some see the significance of this video as more of an internal power play at a time when there are differences inside the taliban. >> he is trying to exert his authority, the foot soldiers in ttp, when he took over many of those who understand the tribal society knew from day 1 that i would not be easily accepted by the masud tribe. >> that's a tribe that traditional reply supplied the bulk of the fighters. he is not from this tribe. creating a bit of unity reminding his men that the pakistani government is their common enemy. stephanie decker al jazeera. >> early results from seats in parliament but l fell short of a majority. imran khan has more. >> the cloiks led by prime ministe94nourial-maliki, no onea majority to be able to form a government

let's get the late fest stephanie decker who join us from the capitol. what do you hear about this operation in bengahzi? >> reporter: well, we heard from the spokesperson, the man behind this operation, he wishes to rid libya of terrorists. and he said the operation was on and we wouldn't hear more from him until it was over. there have been two airstrikes a couple of hours ago now, and we haven't heard anything left. there is one of the other political shahs in the city have said that they would support haftra in this campaign. there is a load of rhetoric from those sides. we also heard from one of the groups on haftra's list yesterday, who said if he continues thinks operations they will bring in fighters from all over the world, because they see it as an attack on islam. a lot of words going back and forth on the ground after the two airstrikes at the moment nothing really happening. >> tell us about haftara's organization. >> this is a man known to libyans for a long, long time. he was a general under qaddafi. he switched sides under the chad war an

stephanie decker reports. >> the numbers are staggering. and what they amount to are millions of lives torn apart. they tell a story of desperation, hardship and heartbreak of millions of people dependent on handouts. >> it is in many ways an x ray of a global conscience and i think we're 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. >> reporter: the reports by the internal displacement monitoring center found that 33.3 million people were internally displaced worldwide at the end of last year. the countries with the highest number, syria with at least 6.5 million, next is colombia with at least 5.7 million. then after having potential figures for the first time it's nigeria with 3.3 million. here too they have nowhere to go, central african republic. one of the countries facing the highest numbers of new displacements. this is the city of homs in syria. this is an area where homs once thrived, now everyone is gone. the repor

stephanie decker reports. >> reporter: it's a carefree, orchestrated video. for the first time we see the leader of the pakistani taliban since he was appointed last november. he's seen here greeting his men. he vows to continue fighting until islamic law is imposed across the country. he told his men that it would be suicide-bombers should prepare for confrontation with pakistan security forces but some see the significance of this video as more of an internal power play at a time when there are differences within the taliban. >> he has exerted his authority on the foot soldiers because when he took over many of those who understand the tribal society knew from day one that they would not easily be accepted. >> he is not from this tribe. there is infighting within the tribe, too, and something that this video is trying to create a bit of unity reminding his men that the pakistani government is their common enemy. >> and we have results suggesting that nour nouri al maliki will win another election. and it's election time in malawi. coming up, can the governm

stephanie decker has the story of one american egyptian who was currently on hunger strike. >> dear president obama. >> for months i woke up. >> a letter to president obama egyptian american citizens who has been in egyptian jails since last august. >> i get asked where is this world country that takes such provide defending world freedom. where are they now. >> reporter: 100 days of hunger strike have left him unable to stand. this is sultan appearing before the judge on sunday. he is the sun of a muslim brotherhood leader who is also in jail. >> it's not how democracy works. >> reporter: this is mohammed at a protest last year. he's been held on suspicion of help to plan a series of attacks against the state. his family said he's innocent and determined to carry on his hunger strike. >> we're afraid to mohammed's life, but we feel like he has no choice. by this hunger strike he's putting the egyptians first and american second in a very hard position where the egyptian government is not providing, is not giving him or not going through the due process in the right way, and it's not coming u

stephanie decker, al jazeera. >> a psychiatrist testified in the oscar pistorius actual. the defense is trying to show that pistorius accidently shot his girlfriend. >> it is my opinion that oscar pistorius has an anxiety disorder. those with anxiety disorders try to control their environment and try to relief their anxiety. >> reporter: if convicted, pistorius faces 15 years to life in prison. >>> just because they have tattoos and ride bikes together they say it doesn't mean that they are in a gang, but the australian court disagrees. >> riding in a group, they can seem intimidating and australian police and politicians say people have a right to be afraid of gangs. they say the gangs are criminal enterprises. ledging that biker gang members are behind crime, drugs, extortion, and even murder. but bikeys are hitting back. normally secretive they say right now they are the victims. >> we're very selective as to who we talk to and who we let into our club. >> bikeys are fighting what they say are new laws that enfridge on their civil rights. this meeting is taking place i

stephanie decker reports from tripoli. >> reporter: this court yard has seen it all. music and drinks with omar gaddafi and forced closures when he was in power and now a period of uncertainty. everybody has an opinion on the new government and the body that elected it, the general national congress. >> translator: the gnc's mandate expired in february. they were illegitimate. their objectives are not for the good of the country. the people protested to end the gnc, but unfortunately they have military brigades protecting them and we don't want to get involved in a sea of blood. >> reporter: the city was tense with a vote of confidence on sunday with heavy security protecting the meeting. it took around seven hours to get enough general national congress members into the building just to be able to legally start the vote. in the end, it did pass, but it's a decision that is proving controversial. many gnc members decided to stay away in protest. >> translator: what happened from the beginning was unconstitutional. the prime minister needed 120 votes. he only got 113.

. >> stephanie decker reporting live from continuely. >>> thousandsover -- thousands of syrians are livingbroad. this was the seen in the capitol earlier in the day. police used batons trying to push back crowds. it is the only polling station in the country that seemed insufficient to push back the large crowd. >> reporter: since the early hoursover the morning, thousands of syrians have come here to cast their vote in the presidential election. some of them are soup porters of president bashar al-assad, they feel it is a sign he has prevailed. and for many, they came here out of fear. they are [ inaudible ] many of them believe that president assad is not going away any time soon. he is likely to win this new seven-year term no matter what the opposition says. and they want to make sure they don't burn their bridges with the regime in damascus because it is not going away. so they came here to show up, to register their name, to make sure the government knows they vote sod they can go home to syria one day. >>> it has been a very different picture in jordan. >> reporter: i am here outsid

stephanie decker, al jazeera. >> straightistseparatists in eae say the overwhelming of those who voted in donetsk and luhansk wants to split from ukraine. >> this is the man who would be leader of the new republic in east ukraine, the donetsk republic. on the board drawings of events that soon could come. >> they were trying to tell us that russia is the occupier, but we know it's not like that. the border should be open. they are already sufficiently open in the rest of europe, and i think in the future there will be some kind of union here. >> reporter: and outside of his office in the official government building in donestk. people who were pleased with the result. >> the newly formed republic will be built as a free republic. >> we want to be ou in putin's power because our children keep dying. >> reporter: in slovyansk, the idea of separation has taken root amid the violence. >> i'm 100% sure the people have made the right decision before i was in doubt thinking maybe we don't need it. maybe it's not worth it. but there is always 100% right. >> reporter: and so they would have it

stephanie decker reports. >> reporter: this is the aftermath of the suicide bombing in the sinai peninsula targeted a police check point in the town, and killed or wounded several people. it was just one of a series of explosions across egypt on friday. this was the scene on the road to the city on the red seacoast. the bus was carrying workers to a tourist venue when a suicide bomber blew up his device. in cairo a device was detonated outside of a courthouse. >> translator: i was driving my car this morning and heard a loud explosion. we found three injured people on the streets, and one of them had a serie injury to his neck. >> reporter: friday also saw demonstrations for and against the military-lead government in the capitol, members of the anti-coup alliance took to the streets to proclaim their allegiance to sisi. >> the amount of violence in the streets have increased heavily and that is because of the so mad policies that the coup government has taken. >> reporter: but elsewhere it was different as in here, where a few hundred sisi supporters staged a rally, chanting slogans direc

al jazeera stephanie decker has been following this story for the last few days and joins me now with more details. stephanie, tell us what happened in court today. >> well, mohammed fatme was allowed out of the cage where they are being held with five other students to address the judge to try to explain to him what it is he does, journalists do. i he said i fight for interviews with the members of the muslim brotherhood and the noor party, and with interviews of officials of the military. this is what we do. so we don't take sides. he also said he had very good contacts with the military, with state security and that he would show that to the judge. so, he was trying to explain to the judge to kind of make him understand what it is that they do on a day-to-day basis. and, of course, now, the prosecution has rested its case. so the next date, may 15th, will be the defense. >> and have we any idea in what kind of conditions they are being held? are they all together or kept separately? >> that's right. well, peter gresta, mohammed fatma are allowed together in the same cell. we know i

stephanie decker reporting live there. >>> pope francis' visit to israel was supposed to be a neutral one, but there was a surprising step into politics. we watched as they said a prayer. and on the barrier a message, "free palestine." the palestinians and israeli presidents have officially accepted the pope's invitation to the vatican next month. >> the time has come for everyone to be generous and create the service in the common good. it rests on the right of two states to exist and live in preys. >> we'll be hearing from nick schifrin in jerusalem. but first in bethlehem. >> reporter: pope francis visited bethlehem. he was choppered in to a crowd of cheering thousands. his first stop was to meet with mahmood abbas. after there he got into the popemobile to make his way to manger square. but first he made an unexpected stop where he went up to the wall and prayed for five minutes under a graffiti sign that said, "pope, we need someone to speak about justice." although the pope has emphasized that his trip to the holy land was as a pilgrim, this act spoke louder than many words. he

joining us live from the capitol, triply is stephanie decker, our correspondent there, we are looking a few live pitches it doesn't look like the numbers have sustained in support of this retired general. >> well, we saw hundreds here in mortar square, in the higher hundreds i have to say, also in benghazi, that was a large crowd there, and a smaller protest, that is also in the east of the country that the message they are giving is not necessarily in support of the man himself, this former general, but actually against terrorism, and how put that into context, the protestors in the east, say they are against assigning anyone to get rid of the extremist groups that are here. and i think the message is very much against the militias, they want a strong army, a strong police force, and they just want a government that fungs which is something that maz provide add real challenge here at the moment. we have two prime ministers two governments and we are waiting on a legal reaction, to see how to proceed, but there's elections in less than a month, and that is certainly making it much mor

stephanie decker, aljazeera. >> that 33.3 million figure was up 4.5 million from the people at the end of 2012, mashing it the second year that in a row of record highs. >> another fast moving fire. >> from oklahoma to texas to further out west, we've seen a rash of these fires in the last two weeks. now with triple digit temperatures and high winds in the forecast this week and drought stricken california, residents have been bracing for their own wildfires and tuesday morning, the fires came. around 10:45 a.m., the fires started in north san diego county, then swept by 25-mile an hour wind gusts and quickly spread over 850-acres with flames in some places reaching eight feet high and smoke so thick it made the roadway nearly impassable in some parts. the fires came dangerously close to homes prompting residents to fight the fire with garden hoses. san diego sheriffs overnight said 5,000 people as well as 400 animals had to be evacuated. this morning, firefighters are still battling the fires and yet things appear to be getting back to normal. >> our residents are good to go back to t

stephanie is making a trade in her playbook. what is it? >> i'm selling eaton and buying black & decker. i think something's a little off there. laggard. >> they just had a beat and raise quarter. >> they did. it's still down in the last two years. it's still only rallied 8% versus the s&p at 37%. so it's a laggard. i think there's upside on the industrial side. >> okay. while you're at it, why don't you give us a final trade. >> i like wyndham worldwide. >> did i hear you were adding to gm? >> yes. >> on a big day for ford. >> yes, but the numbers were disappointing in terms of sales. >> steven? >> i think facebook sells. >> doc? >> jive software, talked about it earlier. >> airlines going higher, delta's the big one. >> have a great rest of the day. "power lunch" starts right now. >> "halftime" is over. "power lunch" and the second half of the trading day start right now. >> scott, thank you very much. jobless claims relatively weak. challenger says layoffs are coming. other data, maybe things aren't so bad. but what does the market want from tomorrow's jobs report, and where does the american employment picture really stand