charles stratford, al jazeera durbin. >>> stroke is a major partly of disability. hospital in london has drafted in a team of robots to help. our technology editor tarek bailey explains. baiz bazley explains. editor trek bazleytearvegtarekbazley explains. >> you can naturally move it in a way your left hand work. >> at least 500 repetitions of a movement is needed and each to make lasting change. the robots allow them to achieve this in a more focused way. >> by being able to do a high number of repetitions we know from animal studies you need hundreds of repetitions in order to get those benefits. >> the hand and arm muscles of stroke sufferers frequently tighten because of lack ever use. the robotic system can help loosen and strengthen some of these muscles but unlikely to are change conventional treatment. >> ists not the be all end all we could have a robot won't lengthen tight muscles it won't know which is specifically weak muscles that need strengthening. >> reporter: it's increasingly clear that early and effective rehabilitation produces the best recovery

he started his life in stratford-upon-avon.rian lamb: how much was he split from his wife when he lived in london and she lived in stratford? director witmore: that is a really good question, he spent time away from her, and we often think about his relationship to her. in his will, he left her his second-best bed, which sounds insulting, that there may be reasons that was a more intimate gift to give to her. one of the reasons that one of our scholars at the folger shakespeare library was thinking about is that she had bankrolled him when he was in london. that is a georgetown professor. i would love to know more about that, and i think if we do learn more about shakespeare, it will be because we find more documents connected to his life. brian lamb: how much do you trust about what you know about shakespeare, the time that he lived, he was only 52 when he died, and what did he die of? director witmore: that is a great question, we don't know exactly what he died of. the folger shakespeare library will be hosting an exhibition

charles stratford reports from durbin. >> the fences started coming down in the early morning. the government wants to move these people to the last remaining camps in durbin for foreigners who flood the recent attacks by local people. nahamin najimi came to south africa in 2003. she has four children. she came to the camp omonth ago. >> how can they remove the tents from the kids, they are sleeping, in the night it is cold and kids are getting sick every day. >> reporter: many of these people are asylum seekers or refugees from the democratic republic of congo and burundi. they fled their home countries and then atax against a foreign country where they hope to be safe. the government plans to move these people to another camp and this earnest they are pulling this tent down and as can you hear, these people are still refusing to move. >> our country there is a feet. we can't go to congo, there is a fight, burundi, there is a fight. we need another peace country to be there. >> i'm telling you no. >> united nations refugee agency has been trying to convince people in this camp

charles stratford, al jazeera, durbin. >> one of boxing's biggest fights ever is over, with the american floyd mayweather beating manny pacquiao. we have got jamila andogan standing by in manny pacquiao's home town. but allen did the fight live up to its billing? >> i think maybe it did. this was a fight five years in the making. people were waiting for a long time. they wanted to be part of it in any way they could. fans flooded in from anywhere. what we saw were 12 rounds of world class fighting. floyd mayweather they say he fights like a businessman and he certainly did that in las vegas tonight. his defense was did. he simply landed more punches. pundits said what they wanted was a good fight a decisive victory for whoever won and something that would reiterate and reinvigorate interest in the sport of boxing and i think that's what we got here tonight. floyd mayweather simply outclassed manny pacquiao. in the end a victory for floyd mayweather. >> there was an enormous purse. will there likely be a rematch? >> i don't think so. i mean, it seems pretty decisively that was it. it was

charles stratford al jazeera, johannesburg. >> we're hearing from police in nepal.arly 200 people died in one avalanche that followed the earthquake outside of the capital kathmandu. any hope of finding people alive in the district has disappeared. we have this report from what is left of that village. >> it's a valley that led to one of the most popular places in nepal. few would want to go there now. trekkers from all over the world traveled here. local people made a good living out of their presence. now there is nothing left. one earthquake followed by an avalanche destroyed everything. the massive glacier came crashing down the mountainside within seconds of the earthquake completely annihilating this village. no one here survived. it's a grim eerie atmospherer and for the recovery workers working day and day in this, it's hard to imagine what they're going through. a spanish search team has arrived to help. so far they've only found body parts. nepal's special forces have been leading the operation here. >> there were about 180 locals here and more than 100 to

a few days after the murder, a small funeral was held in stratford, ontario.d been planning to have a wedding then, donna's wedding. lynne was supposed to have been here, alive, as her sister's maid of honor. >> they dressed her in her maid of honor dress. i remember feeling such anger that -- to whoever did that to my sister. my parents, watching my parents grieve. "what have they done to my baby?" >> reporter: the coroner's report answered some questions. an autopsy determined the garrote did not kill lynne. she died of stab wounds. and the report revealed something else, traces of two semen samples. but again dna testing was not available back then. so they could not attach identities to those semen samples. >> so you began to talk to everybody who knew her. >> so that's where we started the circle of friends, acquaintances, her job, anybody that knew her. >> reporter: including all her current and former boyfriends. racquetball partners, ski buddies, work colleagues. >> we needed time to develop a little bit of background on all of the various players so t

charles stratford sent us this report from one of the camps in the port city of durban. >> reporter:ces started coming down in the early morning. the government wants to move these people to the last remaining camps in durban for foreigners who have fled the recent attacks by local people. she came to south africa in 2003 she has four children, she came to the camp a month ago. >> how can they remove the fences where there are kids sleeping in the night kids are getting sick every day. >> reporter: many of these people are asylum seekers are refugees from the democratic republic of congo and burundi. they fled conflict that their home countries and then attacks against foreigners in a country where they hoped to have safe. the government planned to move these people to another camp has now started in earnest. and they are pulling this last tent down and as you can hear, these people are still refusing to move. >> our country is leading the fight. we can't go to congo, there is a fight. burundi there is a fight. we can't go anywhere. and that means we can't stay here. we need another

charles stratford reports. >>> patrick escaped political violence in ivory coast, and came to south africa1998. he is what the south african government calls an illegal immigrant. he says he has tried for years to get political asylum. >> i feel bad because as someone who is committed to the community within the country for 17 years, being forced to be illegal, because there are no open doors. they are forcing us to be illegal so that we can be tracked down. >> reporter: it's believed there could be up to 2 million undocumented migrant workers in south africa. the majority come from other african countries, hoping for a better life. but in a country with rrnd 40% unemployment many south africans blame migrants for taking their jobs. foreign workers and their families were target ed in a recent recent wave of attacks. it has started with a crackdown on undocumented migrants. and the arrests have begun. there was a police raid here a few days ago, and we hear that the police took a number of undocumented migrants away with them. there are raids like this happening across south africa and wit

charles stratford is there. >> reporter: i'm at a stadium just outside of joe hand necessary berke. union members are gathering to celebrate may daye. the trade unions in this country have played a pivotal role in the struggle against apartheid and wield a lot of power year. they are making some very real demands on the government. it is suffering a split in its group, but it wants wage increases for public sector workers. workers. >> the workers of south africa demand 10%. the cost of living is too high in south africa. >> reporter: the government is saying if it were to meet demands, that it would cost them $1.7 billion next year and they say, frankly they just haven't got that money at hand at this stage. the government of course is under huge pressure on a wider level in this country. around 40% unemployed. over 50% living in poverty, vast amounts of inequality and a huge amount of welfare. but the union is suffering at the moment. and there are questions whether the split could compromise the progress in the months ahead. >>> as our correspondent reports, other groups are using

charles stratford spoke with some of them. >> reporter: i'm here in the stadium just outside of johannesbergesentatives of trade unions from across the country are gathering to celebrate labor day. the trade unions in this country have played a pivotal role in the struggle against apartheid. they are the largest group of trade unions. they are making some very real demands on the government. it is suffering a split in its group, but it wants wage increases for public sector workers. >> we believe the majority of workers are staying away from their communities, and therefore, the cost of living is too high in south africa. >> reporter: the government is saying that if it was to meet the demands for a public sector wage increase being made that it would cost them $1.6 billion next year and they say frankly they just haven't got that money at hand at this stage. the of course is under huge pressure. around 40% unemployed. over 50% of the country living in poverty. it's also important to recognize that [ inaudible ] itself is suffering at the moment and there's question whether the split could c

and the kremlin denies accusation that soldiers are fighting in the east of ukraine and charles stratfordw and charles explain the significance of this law, the timing of it. >> well, that is right, as you say this is being described as an amendment to the state secret law and it basically makes the deaths of man power during peace time and during special operations a state secret and it is significant because it comes at a time where president putin has for months now been under attack from the west accusations being made at him that russian military personnel are actively helping the pro-russian separatists in the east of ukraine and as you say putin has repeatedly denied this. the presidential spokesperson press scott was asked about the amendment of the law yesterday and he said it had absolutely nothing to do with ukraine but at the same time the ukraine government is saying that it has captured two russian soldiers and that one of whom has actually admitted that he was an active serviceman with the russian military operating in ukraine territory and also comes at a time where we hav

let's go to charles stratford in moscow. what do we know about this latest scandal, charles?rter: well as you say, this is just the latest in a series of scandals disasters that have hit attempts to reform russia's space industry. the state auditor came out with a few more details. it is the federal space program, the federal space agency. the majority of these misappropriation of funds, these allegations being made as you say, being directed towards the building of this new cosmo drone in the east of the country. it's being built as a means of replacing russia's current need to use a former space station in kazakhstan. it is planned to have the capacity for around 300,000 people. there are plans for hotels and training centers, and even future space tourism. president putin himself went there in september and pledged an additional $1 billion. but that came with a stanch warning that there would be zero tolerance towards inpro priority and fund misuse and it was only month later that the head of the largest contractor was arrested for stealing around $36 million in state mone

. >> charles stratford reports from motorcyclescow. >> andrew woodward is a marketing expert and said spon seniors had been through cases like this before. >> i wouldn't expect to see sponsor pull out of f.i.f.a. at that time for the reason all of these companies have invested hundreds of millions over the last, you know, four, eight, 12, 20 years in football. so at the - at one instance, there's no logical reason to, you know, withdraw from the sponsorship. you would be wasting a lot of money. marketers around the world are smart. if there was to be a vacancy in your category for sponsorship, in the hottest property in the world. plenty of companies will line up to take your place, and competitors. you'd buy a lot of money, but could be letting competitors in. >>> just to bring you news from reuters, it is saying that the confederation of african football says it's opposed to postponing friday's f.i.f.a. election referring to the presidential election meant to take place on friday. the confederation is opposed to a postponement >>> moving on to other news the malaysian government shi

. >> charles stratford reporting from moscow. >>> key sponsors are now putting pressure on fifa to cleanp its about, one major company is threatening to pull its money out of the up coming world cup. we're talking about big money. >> a lot of money, steph, and fifa brings in about $400 million in sponsorship money each year. the big sponsors have made it clear they want to see changes quickly. visa said it will reassess its sponsorship unless fifa makes changes now. coca-cola said this has tan initialled fifa worldwide. and nike said it is against bribery and is cooperating with authorities. now despite the bad pr some marketing experts say it's unlikely sponsors will pull out any time soon. adidas fifa's oldest sponsor last year sold more than $2 billion in soccer gear thanks to the world cup. >> thank you. >>> we should mention the 2022 world cup is scheduled to be played in qatar. al jazeera is funded in part by that government. >>> people in texas are bracing for more flooding with a lot evacuating their homes. the threat of the rising colorado river has people leaving their houses a

luck first showed signs of being an nfl star in the houston area, where he was a standout for stratford high school... but his long journey to the nfl actually began thousands of miles away... in frankfort, germany... cathy luck: when we lived overseas oliver was involved in nfl europe. andrew loved it no matter wahat team scored. grew up with that. had it in his blood. vo: while his dad ran a football league, andrew grew to love soccer. but when his family moved back to the states, andrew fell in love with football. andrew luck: growing up overseas i didn't grow up in a traditional environment. watched nfl europe. moved back to states in fourth grade. started to feel right to play football. just started drawing me to football field. oliver luck: when he 1st came back to the u.s. he jumped right into soccer and played very well and is often the case he wanted to play the american sports that he had not played and couldn't play overseas. i said fine as long as your doing something. and it certainly didn't hurt having a dad who played in the nfl, as oliver luck played five seasons with th

on your commuter traffic report not too many complaints out there in voorhees, in stratford, along thee in new jersey. evesham road, route 42. we're get nothing reports of problems through the region. it's early and no big weather related problems. we have 6-mile visibility in trenton, 3-mile visibility in millville with some of the moisture out there in the atmosphere you're noticing that this morning. but nothing major affecting the traffic in the suburbs just yet. tam. >> okay, thank you, karen. >>> take a look at this. a bolt bus smoking on the side of a highway didn't stop traffic on the massachusetts turnpike but this did. when it blows up in dramatic fashion. the explosion knocked windows out onto the road and then flames shot out from all sides. this happened right at 5 o'clock during the busy evening rush hour. the emergency response then snarled traffic for two hours there in boston suburbs but all 46 passengers had gotten off the bus before that blast. >>> and the number of deaths attributed to a serial kill interconnecticut has more than doubled. police announced yesterday

up next i will speak with stratford's vice president for global analysis about the economic situationeurope. "bottom line" continues in just a moment. ♪ mark: welcome back to the second half-hour of "bottom line." thank you so much for staying with us. greece is racing against the clock as the country has less the new week to prove to the european central bank that it is serious about reaching an agreement with international lenders. ministers have signaled some progress in the talks, but there is potential roadblocks ahead. joining me to discuss the implications for greece and the european economy, from washington, reva bhalla stratfor's vice president for global analysis. we are getting good-looking scenarios about the situation in europe. how does stratfor view the perception of and a comic -- reva: there is a huge gap between the perception and reality. monetary easing in the eurozone and the low price of oil has given a boost to the numbers. you have to look deeper at the situation. look at the unemployment number you can see that that number may be going down a bit but the major

the director of geopolitics for stratford will have an analysis.l see you at the top of the hour. emily: 80 percent of facebook users are connected to a small business, so what is the social network doing to keep these companies happy and buying ads? ♪ emily: this is "bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. 40 million small businesses using facebook could play a big role in boosting its ad revenue. the company is investing in its small business audience by launching special support features like live chat and setting up meeting reads in major cities throughout the u.s. we caught up with the small business vp to find out more about their strategy for engaging local businesses. >> small businesses are really important to facebook. 80% of people are connected to at least one small business something a lot of people don't understand. it matters to the people on facebook so we have been investing a lot in the products but also for national small business week. we recently announced our program, an expansion of what we've been doing for a long time, getting ou

charles stratford has the story. >> representatives of members of trade unions across the country are gathering to celebrate labor day. now it's important to recognize that the trade unions in this country have played a pivotal role in the struggle against apartheid and wield a lot of power here. now largest group of trade unions the conference of south african trade unions is making some real demands on the government. it's suffering a split in its group but wants wage increases for public sector workers. >> demand he 10%. we believe that the majorities of workers are staying away from their communities and therefore, the dos of living is too high in south africa. >> the government at this stage is saying that if it was to meet the demand for a public sector wage increase being made by kasatu it would cost them $1.7 billion next year and frankly they haven't got that money. at this stage the government is under huge pressure under a wider level over 40% unemployed over 50% living in poverty, a huge disparity of welfare. it's also important to recognize that kasatu is itself suffering

what we'll do is cross to moscow charles stratford is joining us from there. tell us what the reaction charles, has been from moscow. to everything going on in zurich and with f.i.f.a. >> the russian president came out in typical fighting spirit in support of sepp blatter, making accusations towards washington. certainly the u.s. investigation now. i'll read you out some of the things that he has been saying. this morning, the u.s. f.i.f.a. was a latest attempt to extend jurisdiction over another state. he said that he supports f.i.f.a. head blatter's approach to running the world cup, and was fully behind him in the campaign to head f.i.f.a. he said the arrest in the run up suggests the u.s. may pursue m.e.r.s.anry ends. fairly inflammatory words from the russian president. this has to be put in context in relation to what we have seen in terms of the relationship between corey washington and moscow in recent times. analysts across the world describe relations as being the worst they have seen. allegations by the u.s. with respect to russia's annexation of cr

charles stratford is there. >> reporter: i'm here at the stadium just outside of johannesberg and members of trade unions across the country are gathering to celebrate labor day. the trade unions in this country have played a pivotal role in the struggle against apartheid. and wield a lot of power here. the congress of south african trade unions are making some very real demands on the government. it wants wage increases for public sector workers. >> workers of south africa demand 10%. we believe the imagine yourty of workers are staying away from their communities to go into work and therefore the cost of living is too high in south calf. >> reporter: the government is saying if it were to meet the demands, that it would cost them $1.7 billion next year. and they say frankly they just haven't got that money at hand at this stage. the government of course is under huge pressure in this country. around 40% unemployed. over 50%lying in this poverty. and a huge disparity in welfare. and [ inaudible ] its is suffering at the moment and there's questions whether that split could compromise wor

carl stratford, al jazeera durban. >> if you are frightened of spiders look away now there's plenty more to come including. >> i'm andrew thomas, on how the venom from spiders like these, could lloyd to a whole new generation of pain relievers. and in sport then chews league are about to kick off with a heavy weight clash. we will have thatter and a all the rest of sport in a couple of minutes. these spiders are being milked. >> we put them to sleep a little bit first that makes them a little bit sleepy, and more amenable for them and us. >> it is delicate work for tiny amounts of liquid. >> a singer spider can be milked every two weeks for about five years in that time the total venom collected is about three-milliliters or half a tea teaspoon. >> but that's odd that is needed because spider venom is exceptionally popularity at the present time. >> i can't think of abe as complex in nature, so they are the most complex of any of the animals only scorpions and marine snails would come close. working out exactly which molecules do it, could revolutionize pain relief for people. mandy niel

charles stratford spoke to some of them. >> i am outside johannesburg and members of the trade unions are gathering to celebrate labor day. it's important to recognize that the trade unions in this country have played a pivotal role in the struggle against apartheid and wield a lot of power here. they are the largest group of trade unions, the congress of south africa trade unions is making some very real demands on the government. it is suffering a split in its group but wants wage increases for. sector workers. >> the government is saying if it would meet the demand for the minimum wage, it would cost them $7.1 billion next year and they don't have the money. the government is under huge pressure on a wider level in this country around 40% unemployed over 50% of the country living in poverty vast amounts of inequality and a huge disparity of wealth here. it's important to recognize it is suffering at the moment and there are questions here as to whether the split could compromise workers rights in the months ahead. >> in greece, thousands joined a may day demonstration demanding the

charles stratford reports from johannesburg on the efforts made to stop the violence. >> reporter: this man and his friends are unemployed south africans. they live in a township where there has been repeated attacks on migrant workers. they formed whether or not they describe as a volunteer protection uniting saying they are determined to stop the violence against violence. >> the guys are coming from africa and other countries. they are here to make a living. then we get stuff cheaper. i think the police are not helpful, especially now. if you call them they'll take hours to come you know. sometimes they don't come. there are a few criminals using the opportunity. >> we are told that the shop was attacked a couple of months ago by around 30 people and the somali man that ran it fled for his life. there are is number of foreign shop owners that decided to stay. they are afraid of being attacked day or night and are dependent on local patrols. this man came to south africa fleeing political violence in ethiopia. he has a wife and two children back home to support. two of his friends fro

let's go to moscow and talk to charles stratford. some support for seth blatter is coming from moscow. tell us what the reaction has been there. >> well, some fairly defensive language from the russian leader, vladimir putin bat with respect to the reputation of russia and the reputation of the chief seth blatter. vladimir putin described the u.s. investigation as being more evidence of the u.s. trying to gain jurisdiction over another country. he said this corruption scandal had absolutely nothing to do with russia. analysts around the world describe the u.s.-russia relations as the worst since the cold war. the world still angry over russia's annexation of crimea. it's interesting to note that only last month seth blatter met with the russian president in sochi on the sidelines of some games an event there and mr. blatter said to mr. putin that the russian steering committee deserved five stars in its performance so far. a lot of mutual back slapping in the past and now mr. putin stating his support for mr. blatter. $50 billion is

>> we can look at this game that taylor wimpey is working on at the olympic village in stratford, londonpay for the land once you have actually sold the house. given cash flow is the issue for smaller private builder and even the larger -- it is public-sector land if it was given and released to tier 2 and 3 players as well as taylor wimpey, we could see a supply response. if the current government is saying we need 200,000 homes a year and last year we built about 140,000. the listed guys built about 66,000. it is unrealistic to think they're going to double production overnight or even over five years. the smaller guys are crying out for finance, they want to build more but cannot get it. if they could get deals from public-sector land i think that would be a good way. francine: this is not across the u.k.? it should be in places where people want to live. to put it very basically. guy: where the demand is ultimately going to be. francine: which is where? >> i think there is a danger we get too focused on london. we are only seven and a bit million people. the hotspots are london south

charles stratford is live in moscow. putin has a vested interest in what happens to fifa and seth blatter because the world cup games are schedule would there for 2018, right? >> that's right. it's important to obviously recognize here that fifa have come out and said whatever the results of these investigations, this scandal are then certainly at this stage there will be no change of venue. the 2018 world cup will still go ahead in russia. it's seemingly turning into a bit of embarrassment for mr. putin on the international stage again. and you say say some very fiery language he used with respect to the u.s. investigation. he said that it was another attempt by the u.s. to gain the jurisdiction of another state. corruption allegations never go down well with the leader of this country. he's very defensive about it and makes a big show of cracking down on corruption in various spheres of government and non-government life here in russia. certainly there is a lot at stake both in terms of reputation and in terms of money

the final copy, the final letter, which is on loan to the national park here at appomattox from stratfordhall is on display in our visitors' centertt.oxd marshall was tasked with writing lee's acceptance letter of the terms.s acce but marshall lacked paper. grant's staff quickly produced paper for colonel marshall. right there in the mclean parlor, you have the inner dependency between the north and the south. while waiting for the final letters to be completed, lee thou mentioned to grant he had a thousand of grant's men prisoners. mainly captured at the april 6th battle of high bridge near farmville. ap bri and lee dropped another rather an large hint saying he had no foodot for grant's men and, indeed, he had nothing for his own men. no food for his own men. gr grant responded that he could to feed send over 25,000 rations to feed lee's army. lee gratefully acknowledged that that was ample. well, drafting the letters well continued, grant introduced somehe of the officers in the room with him, including general seth troduced williams.th general lee knew seth williams well. williams had

expressway to 55 and also an accident in stratford on route 30, matt. >> thanks karen.. memorial day is less than three weeks away. let's go to dave murphy for the accuweather forecast. david. >> time flies, matt. we're off to a nice start. we have some sunshine, little bit of sweep of cloud cover right now blocking it out a bit on the terrace. overall looking comfortable. 65 degrees in philadelphia. winds very light. in dover we're up to 70 and this afternoon 85 again. we'll see a mix of sun giving way to more clouds during the day but very similar to yesterday. otherwise, one difference to later this afternoon there could be a pop-up shower, maybe even a thunderstorm in a couple can of spots ann little bit more of that in the evening. 74 then tomorrow, feeling more like spring with mostly cloudy skies. back to the 80's on thursday matt. >> thanks, david. watch the live debate between the democratic candidates for mayor of philadelphia live in our studios at 7:00 p.m. on 6abc and 6abc.com. >> ♪♪ [sfx: bell] [burke] the more you learn about your insurance the more gaps

murphy: this is christina from stratford connecticut. she is a small business owner. and she has a story that is becoming pretty familiar all across the country. she left a job a couple years ago that provided for employer-based health care and she wanted to start her own job -- excuse me, her own business in bridgeport, connecticut right next to stratford. so she stayed insured through cobra for a period of time until it expired and then she had to go out into the individual market. she recalls having to fill out a 15-page questionnaire when she was applying for individual coverage. she said it asked -- quote -- "about anything that i have even remotely discussed with my doctor and, unfortunately, for her, some of those things preexisting conditions, meant that she was denied health care coverage. so she had to go into connecticut's high risk pool which meant she was paying $1,200 per month. anybody that started up a small business from scratch knows that can be pretty prohibitive. her salvation came through the affordable care act. when it went into effect in connec