the bbc team has become the first western journalists to reach the site of the attack. this report contains distressing images. syria hangs heavy with tales of appalling violence, massacre, and abuse. the alleged chemical attacks across a red line and raise the specter of military intervention. on the twenty ninth of april, they came under attack about 5 miles in that direction. using testimony in a video taken on the day, we tried to piece together what happened. the filming started at this vantage point as the artillery shells landed on the other side of the building. a day that ended in a chemical weapon attack. >> he says he was taken. verify these images, but the video you're going to see are taken on the same day by different people. and helicopter was bought at high above the town. helicopter was seen high above the town. shortly after they landed, casualties started to arrive. amended,ple were apparently with similar symptoms. they appear to be vomiting with breathing problems. , relativesffected claimed a device landed in her garden. they show her unconscious w

hi, with us is dan rather, the bbc's katty kay and david ignatius of the washington post. rm president obama was elected actually to accept a new reality. look at his caution way back in the early days of his first campaign. ? no president should ever hesitate to use force une i larlely if -- unilaterally if necessary to protect our vital interests whether attacked. but when we use force in situations other than self-defense we should make every effort to garner the clear support and participation of others. chris: but this this week -- week the president said if chemical weapons were approved for use bit assad forces he may look at a range of options. >> there are some options we might not consider otherwise that we would strongly consider. chris: now he says only if it's proven that the assad forces themselves used them and 9 international community has to accept that fact before we move and even then he's going to just consider options. sounds like he's still cautious. >> the translation is he's very cautious. realizing it's very easy to get in and extremely difficult t

there he is in 2007 at a rally held by a banned group, filmed by the bbc. >> because of the injusticeand the suspect can be seen on the left. attack activities of the organization over the years. you could say the same for tens of thousands of individuals. we have had so many demonstrations and processions. >> both are under arrest. held under armed guard and indifferent hospitals. the counterterrorism is leading the investigation and searching for evidence. one of therged that suspects was born into a christian family and then became a convert to islam. >> i remember him as a very person. he was a very gentle and humble person. he was well spoken and intelligent. andas a genuine concern love for the people around him. the activities came to the attentions of the security service and my five some time ago. clearly as of yesterday, he was wrongly assessed as not being a serious threat. what are the key questions? plot go unnoticed? when was it planned? is the evidence from the scene and elsewhere, and of course whatever statements they give to investigators. then it is a question of wh

there he is in 2007 at a rally held by a banned group, filmed by the bbc. >> because of the injusticeand the suspect can be seen on the left. attack activities of the organization over the years. you could say the same for tens of thousands of individuals. we have had so many demonstrations and processions. >> both are under arrest. held under armed guard and indifferent hospitals. the counterterrorism is leading the investigation and searching for evidence. one of therged that suspects was born into a christian family and then became a convert to islam. >> i remember him as a very person. he was a very gentle and humble person. he was well spoken and intelligent. andas a genuine concern love for the people around him. the activities came to the attentions of the security service and my five some time ago. clearly as of yesterday, he was wrongly assessed as not being a serious threat. what are the key questions? plot go unnoticed? when was it planned? is the evidence from the scene and elsewhere, and of course whatever statements they give to investigators. then it is a question of wh

the bbc's diplomatic correspondent reports. in a recordedssad interview on lebanese television tonight, claiming that russia is fulfilling its missile contract with syria, though it does not seem as though russia's controversial air defense system has yet arrived. >> we are negotiating with the russians for many types of weapons. part of the negotiation has been fulfilled, and we and the russians are continuing to implement these contracts. these sophisticated version -- it is these sophisticated russian air missiles everyone is focused on. they would let the syrian army shoot down incoming aircraft and missiles. world triesoutside to organize a peace conference, the stakes in this conflict are getting higher. the peace talks are tentatively planned for mid-june in geneva, but obstacles are mounting. it is by no means clear the two warring sides will hit -- sit down together. both are hinting at preconditions, and internationally, tensions are rising. britain and france are talking about army rebels, and russia seems intent on

thought he'd move me on, walked up, motioned to roll down the window, i did it, sorry, and i work for the bbc, we're getting coffees. he said, sir, you go out and get warm. i'll look after the car while you are in there. i thought there's no other country in the world where that kind of friendliness, openness, ability to just take stock of the situation and be easy about it, and no other country in the world would have that to the extent it happens in middle america, so i actually came away from middle america really rather loving it. it's not the future, but it's a terribly important part of the america's past, and i hope that some of the things that inform middle america, some of the ways of life that have been spawned and nurtures in middle america do actually last the test of time and do influence the waves of immigrants who come to the u.s. in the future and the people who already there who are going to be driving the future because i think middle america is, again, one of the things that's underestimated of europeans is being an important part of the america more generally, and it is an

there was a record turn-out in the election, a vote of confidence in him and in pakistani democracy. "bbcews", pakistan. >> those elections and how nawaz sharif leads pakistan, watched closely here in washington as well. here is a look at other news from around the world. burma's news says the leader is planning to make an official visit to the united states. it will be the first time a bumgarner east head of state has been on an official trip since 1966. relations with america have greatly improved since he began his program of political and economic reforms two years ago. >> a car bomb has gone off outside a hospital in benghazi. as many as nine people have been killed, including children. there have been a number of attacks on the security forces and on western interests there over the last few months. >> four of the biggest western retailers have signed a pact to improve factory conditions in bangladesh. this comes as the search for a ies in the rubble of collapsed clothing factory comes to an end. it killed more than 1,100 people. they want them to restrict trade unions there. >> we

who did not want to be named said counter terrorism police showed up at the bbc head quarters.e was arrested following the interview and taken into custody. he was arrested on suspicion of other terrorism related offenses not connected to the investigation. >> it's fascinating to hear that from someone who is a close friend of his. appreciate the reporting. thank you. >>> for the first time toronto's mayor is speaking out at length about allegations that he smoked out of a crack pipe. listen. >> i do not use crack cocaine nor am i an addict of crack cocaine. as for a video i cannot comments on a video that i have never seen or does not exist. >> blasting media accounts that reporterers had seen alleged cell phone video of him quote inhaling from what appeared to be a glass pipe. we haven't seen that video yet. >>> we have more from london. the british police are investigating the death of a female zoo worker after she was mauled by a tiger. we have older footage of the tigers where the attack happened. the press association reports that 24-year-old sarah was inside the tigers e

that post a serious threat to the global financial system. bbc news. >> for more on this, i spoke to a former prosecutor of cyber crimes for the u.s. department of justice. i cannot work out whether this is incredibly sophisticated because they managed to pull it off, or incredibly bumbling because they got caught. >> it is both. it is exactly for that reason. it takes a lot of sophistication, knowledge, and cooperation to try to do this kind of thing. but you can buy all of that on the internet. >> and do you think high- caliber people were being used to get this money out? >> some of the people were probably very sophisticated. they had sophisticated techniques. to put it together, all you need is the will to do so. >> if i decided one day that i wanted to pull off a heist like this thomas would i be able to do this? would there be information to tell me how to get this done? >> it is not just information. it is people. if you want to hack into a bank, you go online and find someone who does. they will do that. now, you need somebody who can ma

among the guests are relatives. bbc's robert hall looks back for us. >> the most famous, edmund, triumphed in the assault. >> this was a feat of courage and endurance which captured the world's attention. a germanic adventure revealed on the day. until that day in may 1953, no one had been able to conquer the slopes of mount everest. at 7:00 30 -- 7:30 in the morning, he reached the summit. short of oxygen, they only had 15 minutes to savor the achievement before making the dissent to the rest of the team. a story which inspired their sons to follow in the footsteps. >> they were out on a limb. no one had been there before. i was filled with awe. i had huge respect for what they did. >> it was more paying homage to my late father. getting to the top of the mountain was the closest i ever got to him. >> today, newly released photos firee expedition helped to imagination's and inspire tomorrow's adventurers. tell thes on display story of early pioneers who achieved their goal against the odds today. things are rather differ

many fear it is being decided by the gun. bbc news, karachi. >> as we mentioned, a key prosecutor was also caught up in deadly violence today, ambushed and assassinated. withke a brief time ago the director of the south asia center of the atlantic council. targeted killing in the heart of , what does this say about the security situation in pakistan? >> there has been a well thought out campaign on the part of the militants in pakistan to try to disrupt the elections, particularly to scare away certain parties that they have targeted. the idea is to create terror, and to some extent they are succeeding. >> if we talk about the assassination of this prosecutor, there are many potential people with motives? >> yes. pakistan is a petri dish of conspiracy theories. it is very difficult to pin down the evidence until we have more information about the assailants. most of the early indications still point to the taliban and their affiliates. it could be a punjabi group. >> how important are these elections to pakistan? >> very importan

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. >> bbc world news america. >> of the u.s. urges the immediate release of the american sentence sentenced to 15 years hard labor by north korea. president obama flies to mexico to boost economic ties between these neighbors. but it is an unavoidable topic. finding solace on the slopes. will take a colorado were wounded veterans are learning to ski as part of their weekend. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. sentenced to 15 years hard labor, are arrested in november while visiting a town. between north korea and the west, williams and reports. >> tried and convicted according to north korea state media and sentenced to 15 years hard labor. >> this is where he was arrested, traveling as part of a tour group in a special economic zone on the border with china. much less is known about the prison camps run by the north korean state. human rights organizations say they are part of an extensive population ofhe 200,000 people of starvation, torture, and execution. not the first american

of the suspects arrested in the killing of the british soldier following a bizarre interview with the bbc. how the men were left free to kill an off doubt soldier. i will so you again 1 o'clock p.m. eastern back to forbes on fox. >> oklahomans are rebuilding and cleaning up. the damage will top $2 billion and now the debate over how to pay for it. oklahoma senator tom coburn said additional disaster funds raised to the state should be offset with spending cuts. rich, you say he is right, why? >> this is the benefit of having people not running for reelection like senator coburn because they speak the truth. in and household and business, if you haven't saved up in a rainy day, you take it out of cash flow and means you take it out of other things. i wish the u.s. government would run that way and we would not be in the deficit and size and debt. >> i am sympathetic. but the fact is americans want to cut spending. but with holding funds for the victims who face a unbelievable tragedy to their town is not the way to accomplish this or good politics. in the aftermath of super storm sandy and

for the man accused of holding and abusing them, prosecutors say they may seek the death penalty. paul adams, bbc news, cleveland. >> laura, we have had members of the family coming out. the police are kind of saying, we do not want too many interviews with the family members. it is a difficult alice, isn't it or the authorities -- it is a difficult balance, isn't it, for the authorities? , and there is intense media interest in this case. the prosecutors do want to carry out in-depth interviews with the victims, and they say it will take time for the victims to be ready to tell their story in detail. in the meantime, it is a veritable media feeding frenzy here. you cannot move without tripping over camera crews. it is a very intense media market. all this nations are competing to get the interview with the relatives, to provide the insights. still the fundamental question is how was it that these women were in cleveland? and yet, somehow for ten-year us, they were undetected? this is what everyone is trying to get to grips with. that, of course, and why would ariel castro allegedly commit these

and they told the bbc, the british intelligence agents tried to recruit him six months ago. >> they wanted to ask him about his religion basically. that was the initial issue. and saying that they did not know about the individuals and so forth and why he said that if he would be interested. >> right after the interview, they arrested himself outside the bbc's studios for what they say will be suspected terrorism offenses. and the murder of the 25-year- old soldier and the father of the 2-year-old boy, they have prompted that angry backlash and calls for the report of the 10-fold increase and the attacks against the muslims. the head of their national intelligence agency is expected to deliver that preliminary report next week spelling out exactly what they knew about that suspect and what help if any that they had in planning the attack and if anything more could have been done to prevent the murder of the british soldier. cbs news, london. >> and here the state side for the marathon runners in boston. about 3,000 joined their victims to run and walk the final mile race. the one-mile cour

like the bbc, al jazeera. venews organizations we in america are only commentary networks, forse you to get a paycheck, you have to express their views. who did fox news support for the president? you have to go back and see who owns those networks. the same thing for newspapers across the country. most of the thing we out -- we have out there is commentary. the: do you separate out news reporters from the editorial boards? caller: yes, ma'am. foxke to watch abc, cbs, news, bbc, al jazeera. i do a lot of internet surfing. i like to see who owns an organization. if you want to own the viewszation, that is the they express on tv. host: another story, relating to what we had earlier, fbi director, we expect the president to name a new fbi director. one of the callers talked about the departure of robert mueller, bringing up the issue of terms for fbi director. here is a story from back in 2011, the senate did extend the term are robert mueller that allowed him to serve for two more years. he had been appointed und

the bbc learned that nigerians are fleeing across the border in fear of getting caught up in the fighting. we report from the nigerian capital of niger. >> this whole notary operation is taking place in two very different environments. on the one hand, there is the remote, rural areas of northeast nigeria. whichere are the pounds are known to have a significant presence of boko haram supporters. the military tells us can spin the rural areas have been hit, and militants had been sent into disarray. we cannot independently verify any of that information because there has been no evidence to back up what the military is saying so far. the army is telling us that many of the militants are fleeing towards the country's borders. as borders with cameron, chad, and knee-jerk,, are notoriously -- and niger are notoriously porous. -- byalso told by the map the army the militants are trying to move vehicles, among them with heavy weaponry mounted on the backs of them. that is a sign that the fighters are better resourced than many people thought. in the urban areas, it is very difficult to get any

veteran reporter ian pannell from our partners at the bbc traveled to the syrian town on this tape and takes us through it. >> reporter: on the 29th of april, saraqeb came under attack from government military positions about five miles in that direction. using eyewitness testimony and video taken on the day, we've tried to piece together what happened. the filming started right here from this vantage point as the artillery shells landed just on the other side of the building. a local activist gave us this footage. he says it was taken as the shells landed. we can't verify these images, but all the videos you're going to see were apparently taken on the same day by different people we met. a helicopter is spotted high above the town. eyewitnesses allege at least two canisters were dropped from it. they say it was shortly after they landed that the casualties started to arrive at saraqeb hospital. eight people were admitted, apparently with similar symptoms. they appear to be vomiting with breathing problems. the worst affected was maryam khatib. relatives claim a device had landed in h

the bbc is reporting the suspects are british citizens with nigerian connections. only is yesterday's attack on britain. it is also a betrayal of islam and muslim communities. >> the prime minister also crediting a 48-year-old single mother of two for helping end the violence. she distracted the alleged attackers until police arrived. the woman told british newspaper she saw the attack and responded saying i thought i better start talking to him before he starts attacking somebody else. i thought these people usually have a message so i said, what do you want? she then filmed the man's response with her cell phone. her distraction gave police time to move in. they shot the two suspects in the hospital in serious condition this morning. >>> later today, the president will address the nation talking about america's new plan to combat terror groups like al qaeda. we will take you live to washington. >>> officials in moore, oklahoma, say they feel confident they have identified all the people killed in monday's devastating tornado, a total of 24 people, ten of them chi

we will be covering the politics on the bbc news channel in the hours ahead. catch up with that. for more from westminster, good bye. ♪ >> as the ceremony comes to a close of quick reminder that if you missed any of today's state opening of british parliament you can watch it any time in c-span's video library, go to c-span.org. and we will have highlights from today's coverage sunday at 9:00 eastern on c-span. also british prime minister question time resumes next wednesday, may 15th. you can see that live at 7:00 eastern right here on c-span2. in washington today, the president of south korea will address a joint meeting of congress, she is the first female president of the country, her speech comes after meetings yesterday with president obama. she is the sixth south korean leader to a joint -- address a joint meeting of congress and we have that at 10:30 eastern on companion network c-span this morning. on capitol hill today three state department officials testify before the house oversight committee on the benghazi consulate attacks, two testified in private before the comm

source inside bbc who declined to be named said during theinterview a counterterrorism police actually showed up at bbc headquarters and waited for the interview to be completed before arresting him. now, scotland yard tells cnn they confirmed a 39-year-old man was arrested last night at the bbc headquarters. he was arrested on suspicion of terrorism, related offenses, offenses they say are not tied with the current ongoing murder investigation. >> thank you so much. appreciate the reporting. i also want to bring in neema who has been looking into the background of the main suspect in all of this. what have you learned about possible terror ties. anything tied to africa? >> reporter: there is now a growing body of evidence that links him into the broader al qaeda linked terror networks. we confirmed with kenyan counterterrorism sources that he was actually arrested in kenya in november 2010 trying to cross the border from kenya into somalia. the suspicion was that he was trying to link up with al shabab in somalia. he did face charges in the

the town of moore. talking about his son, hezakiah. >> still to come on "bbc world news." could the new early warning system for volcanos help save lives and billions in usiness? >> the national archives in britain released secret files showing the telephone line for a king was bugged. at the time he was deciding whether or not to give up his throne marry the woman he loved. >> he was the king emperor, she an american devorsa. their relationship was seen as a threat to the very constitution. the documents released today showed the home secretary was so determined to keep on top of the crisis he had the king's phone bugged. >> he was under enormous stress and strange and was acting in a very strange way. his mother described him as totally unhinged during this period. so i'm not surprised at all they started to bug his telephone. >> nearly 600 files are being released today. they relate to british intelligence between the years 1936 and 1951. and they offer a rare glitch of a secret world. >> the sands of time are running out for spain's little cesar. >> there's the story of

home sector essa may told the bbc, all the indication point to a lone wolf attack rather than a plannedperation but investigators are searching every lead. >> but we now have around 500 officers and others who are working on the case, including some officers who had been brought through counter- terrorism units from elsewhere in the country. in the wake of the kill, jeff, the british prime minister is launching a new task force to crack down on extremism in schools and mosques, and to fight radicalism over the internet. in a statement from downing street, the aim is to disrupt the poisonous narrative of hard line clerics. >> jeff: charlie, thank you. in france the hunt continues for the suspect who stabbed a soldier in a train station west of paris. the 23-year-old soldier remains hospitalized. his throat wound is not considered life threatening. for the first time syria's assad regime signaled it would take part in talks at ending the country's two-year-old civil war. they are set for geneva next month. the conflict has spilled into neighboring lebanon. with more battles between shiite

i heard that the bbc is making a british version of "everybody loves raymond."oothpaste." [ laughter ] >> steve: hey! >> jimmy: i could be wrong. i could be wrong. >> steve: are you sure? >> jimmy: i saw it on wikipedia. i don't know. i could be wrong. i could be wrong. >> steve: you read that? >> jimmy: i did see this on the internet. i saw this picture. it was on yahoo! they post -- yahoo! does good stuff. they posted a story online about dallas cowboys quarterback tony romo and how he loves golf and it's a great story. and they included a picture. take a look at the picture, there. there he is. and the caption -- look at -- underneath says, "tony romo and unidentified friend." [ laughter ] can you zoom in on that guy? that's tiger woods! [ laughter ] probably the most famous -- golfer -- >> steve: oops! >> jimmy: hey, guys, this is not good. a new poll found that 54% of americans are tired of justin bieber -- [ cheers and applause ] -- which gets even worse when you hear they only polled 54% of americans. so, i -- i saw that manti te'o's fake girlfriend actua

so she was working in the bbc, trying to run a bookshop living on this borge and then there came a point in her life, very late she decided she didn't want to do that anymore as she started writing in extraordinary series of historical novels one set in italy in the 1950's just after the war and thus the blue flower was set in germany and a novel called the beginning of spring. she does this extraordinary thing she does all this homework, she knows everything there is to know and then she kind of compresses it down so you read these 150 page books and you feel that you are in this world completely inhibited so i found this very intriguing and nobody's written about her, the family asked me to do it but i've never done a book on someone that i knew and someone whose families are around so it is a completely different kind of challenge. >> did she write historical fiction? >> that's what you'd call it. it's winning all of the prizes and that is what you associate with historical fiction. but when i see it it doesn't sound quite right because it is like as if she disappears inside this part

the polls. abc news, moscow. -- bbc news, moscow. >> a week ago, a massive tornado swept through oklahoma, killing 24 people. yesterday, president obama flew there and promised that the government would do all it could to help, and a lot of help is needed. tonight, we have three women who described the horror of last week and their determination now to rebuild. >> you were in the driveway. now we are in the front hallway area. i was curled up in the fetal position in the bathtub. i had a mattress over me. i had a helmet on my head, just like you are trained to do as a kid. i hear debris start hitting the house. i am praying. maybe it is just debris. maybe it will go north of the house and not hit. then i see white. i'm like, there goes the roof. the mattress is nothing compared to the roof in weight. you cannot even get in there. that's the bathroom that i was in. and a full-sized mattress. some debris got in between the wall and the mattress and started hitting me, but the mattress saved a lot of the big debris from hitting me. it was shaking. i don't know if it was me shaking or the house shakin

and a sharp take on what is going on, my colleague nick robinson of the bbc.e will start with you. does tell us what we might expect today and is a good to be bold and ambitious or not gecko >> what will be striking about it will be what is removed before she reads it. there is a phrase used by the conservatives new election strategist about brushing off the barnacles of the boat as it heads to a general election. removing plans for new laws that will upset voters and said the tory parliamentary party as well. on plain wrapping for cigarette papers, no measures moral democrats -- liberal democrats about electronic communications. all examples of things the government wants to get rid of. what it will try to do is focus on the really important things, the economy and immigration. it will be an ambitious program. smoke these things are still being consulted on and not ready for discussion. we are concentrating on jobs, they have already announced that the insurance benefit all over -- thation businesses will help them employ more people. and some radical measure

. >> what he told the bbc right before his arrest is incredible. he says this man, michael adebolajo was recruited by britain's equivalent of the fbi apparently to spy for him. he says the intelligence service approached him. adebolajo and another man are accused of hacking british soldier lee rigby to death wednesday. >>> washington state where new surveillance video shows the collapse on thursday of this interstate bridge north of seattle. amazingly no one was killed when the i-5 bridge fell into the river after being struck by an 18 wheeler. now, the governor of washington state says it will cost $15 million to fix the bridge. he has declared a state of emergency in the three counties that rely on the bridge for commerce. the ntsb, inspectors plan to spend as many as ten days investigating the bridge collapse. it is not clear how long the bridge which is a main artery into kaccanada, how long it wil remain closed. with more expected delays on this memorial day weekend. this is not the first time this has happened. the 58-year-old bridge was inspe

didn't know where the first boyfriend was and when the war ended about a year later she got a job at the bbc as an assistant, production assistant and there was a ring at her doorbell and was him and she only just recognized him and they had to be light the spark from where it had almost dwindled to nothing. he was a broken man and she realized the love was still there but nothing else was. she sacrificed to the rest of her life to him. his health was ruined, his mental state was dreadful and she took a backseat the rest of her life and it's a very sad story. there are many examples of that kind. i think you have those happening in the states as well. >> host: were you able to conduct oral histories for these books? >> guest: why do those for all of my books. my background as a television journalist, so why don't just deal with facts and archive material. i'm not that kind of a historian. i'm very journalistic. i talked to the women who have been through the experience is in the case about the single 1n - talking to women in their late nineties and early 100 because it was such a long time a

i know that's what one of his friends told the bbc. is mi-5 reacting to that? >> reporter: that's all what his brother-in-law told cnn yesterday as well saying that mi-5 approached one of the suspects by the name of michael ad adebolajo, one of the main suspects, it's a request he purportedly deny. plenty of questions about what mi-5 knew about these two suspects, when they knew it and what they did with that information. government sources telling us next week mi-5 will give a report to the intelligence and security committee here in the uk. no doubt answering some of those questions. poppy? >> but no response from mi-5 yet? >> not at the moment. >> and in terms of these new arrests that were made on saturday, what we're hearing is that police in london had to taser two of the them. do we know why? >> reporter: we do not. in this investigation authorities have been incredibly tight-lipped with the information. we don't note identities of those suspects, and we don't know exactly why they have been arrested, so all we know at this point, poppy, is that they were

and his childhood friend, abu nusaybah, told the bbc british ildhooigence agents tried to recruit michael adebolajo six toths ago. >> initially, they wanted to ask him whether he knew certain individuals, basically. >> i that was an initial issue. but after him saying he didn't know these individuals and so forth, what he said is they idued him about him being enterested in working for them. im reporter: but right after that interview, police arrested thatybah himself outside the cbs studios for what they say are de tected terrorism offenses. the murder of the 25-year-old stud soldier and father of two-year- old boy has prompted an angry backlash. calls to a help line report a ten-fold increase in attacks against muslims. the head of britain's national intelligence agency, the mi-5, is expected to deliver a preliminary report to lawmakers dxt week, jim, spelling out toctly what the agency knew ng ut both main suspects, what klp if any they got in planning oth attack, and if anything more could have been done prevent the d haer. >> axelrod: charlie d'agata reporting from london. thank you.

he who controls the gates also controls the revenue flows. bbc news, mogadishu. >> somalia, making progress, but still struggling to recover from decades of brutal civil war. one man wasin 1975, a boy when the khmer rouge came to power. born into a family of politically suspect artists and musicians, he was sent to a labor camp, were he survived by playing for camp guards. his brother and sister starts to death, but he eventually made it to america, where he was adopted. he has launched a cultural festival in new york, celebrating his cambodian heritage. he spoke to us about his past and his new artistic object. boy when the khmer rouge came into cambodia in 1975. we did not know what happened, just like everybody else. i was just a little boy. they came and told us, you have to leave the city, because americans are going to bomb. people were packed on the highway. i had never seen anything like that. we were holding each other's hand. i was taken by them to live in a buddhist temple, where they converted it to a killing twice. they killed three

i will be back in a half-hour talk about the great greek fire sale. >> thank you very much. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come -- refusing to accept the results. lawmakers in venezuela news an alternative method to debate the winner of the recent election. an alternative method. last month, a huge explosion at a fertilizer plant in texas killed 15 people and turned parts of the town of west into rubble. people will have lived in the worst hit areas are starting to return to see what is. to come of their is this report. what is to come of their homes. >> the plant initially caught fire and then soon afterwards it blew up with such force that it registered a magnitude 2.1 earthquake. 14 people died. 200 were injured and the town was devastated. the blast badly damaged buildings, including a nursing home and a school. now some families in the worst hit areas of west are coming home to survey the damage.. >> look at the ceiling. >> in the house was in the area closest to the blast site. her home has largely been reduced to rubble, a testament to how powerful the explosion was. >> this wa

in that we were living in a repoet part of central africa where there was no television and where the bbc radio service that we were able, occasionally, to get was crackly, and, of course, being english, we listen to the cricket matches on the radio, but for adults, the only resource was risky and adultery, but for children there, we were rather thrown around on the literary resources so reading was a major thing for us, and i -- i think that must have been rather influential because my tastes have always been in that direction, and early on, came across references to socrates, aristotle, and thinkers in an early age, and came across dialogues, in fact, at the age of 12, and this was because, by the way, a lot of, you know, brits would go out to the empire and promptly die of a tropical disease leaving the books they used at university to the local library, and there was a pile, and i took down the first volume and red one of the early dialogues, and it was about socrates talking to youth about restraint and self-government, and it sparked this sense that that, surely, is the way to live,

a live simulcast from the bbc, wednesday morning at 5:30 eastern, on c-span2 and c- span.org. >> former commerce secretary carlos gutierrez was among the rich is getting the discussion on u.s. immigration policy and potential changes to the nation's immigration laws. the migration policy institute hosted this 90 minute event. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to the joint effort of the wilson center. the title of the report -- and i am sure you have seen the reports and outside for you to take along -- is "think originally." this report has tried to rethink how the relationships in the region, including the migration relationship, but perhaps more importantly, the development and growth within the region, in which the region can compete more successfully in an increasingly global world might become much better over the next decade and beyond. the key words here are "regional" and "migration." we need to do something, and in order to do so we actually started by looking at the migration status quo, its causes, consequences, and then we tried to look into its future, but we did through a

police are telling the bbc that the two attackers were crazed and that after they assaulted a 20-year-olded his body into the middle of the road and left it there. it happened this afternoon in southeast london. >> shep, in the middle of the afternoon, terror in the middle of london that the ugly possibility officials are looking at here right now. and there's a very ugly amateur video purportedly to show the aftermath of this attack. the police report is pretty clinical, one man killed by two others using a number of weapons. the attackers shot and then injured and taken away. but what's got everybody concerned here is the brutal nature of the attack. eyewitnesses claiming that the victim was attacked and hacked to death using knives and machetes and while the victim was left lying on the streets, the attackers pronounced an islamic slogan "god is great," a sky news source saying it's believed the attack could be politically motivated. what's gotten everybody equally concerned is that this attack happened near a british military barracks here in london. the defense ministry is looking ur