when the buses were traveling on a busy highway in the capital city of nairobi. local media say the two vehicles were going to separate destinations the explosions come a day after someone threw a grenade at a bus stop in the coastal town of nome boss of four people were killed. no one has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks but authorities say militants are likely behind them. india blames a series of similar attacks on the islamic militant group al shabaab based in neighboring somalia. the attacks include last year's deadly siege at a nairobi shopping mall the left more than sixty people dead. afghan authorities have ended search and rescue operations for survivors of a landslide in the northern province of bob after sean davey estimate friday's disaster killed more than five hundred people two thousand others are still missing. the government sent soldiers and police to look for people who survived a landslide but officials say it's not possible to remove mob as dozens of meters thick they also say there could be more landslides the government on sund

the capital city has been in political crisis for months. w some residents are frustrated elections have been pushed back until next year at the earliest. >> it is too slow. i want them sooner. this delay has gone on too long, for several months now. >> the military says it needs time to reconcile political factions and must implement much-needed reforms before any voting occurs. >> we respect people's views. however, we ask for understanding. we must put the country first. the armor seizure of power was intended to solve the country's problems. inthailand's economy is tatters after months of what he confrontations. thai society is on edge with tensions between rival political camps running high. >> even friends have different ideas. we don't talk politics. otherwise we fight. deployedty forces have to prevent anti-coup demonstrations. the army chiefs say resistance to their takeover will only slow the process of bringing thailand back to democracy. drop amber the icelandic no with the unpronounceable name that brought european air traffic to

so the world economic forum is convening in nigeria's capital city to showcase nigeria as the economic is to get the davos set out of the swiss alps so they start the thinking about that can i as a good place to invest. because that starts tomorrow at the hilton in downtown abujah in nigeria. within the last three weeks there have been two huge, deadly bombings there. the most recent was last week, 19 people killed. then april 14th, a huge blast at a local bus terminal that killed more than 70 people. responsibility for the huge bombing was claimed by a radical islamist group which called itself the nigerian taliban but now call themselves boka haram. that bombing was over shadowed by what happened the next day in the home territory far outside the capital city in the northeastern part of the country. the phrase boka haram translates to western-style education is forbidden. the reign of terror in nigeria over the past five years resulted in all of the schools being shut down in the region where the group is most active. they are opposed to western-style education for anyone in nigeria

tomorrow, the world economic forum is conveing in the capital city of nigeria, a huge country, 170 millionhe most populous in africa. nigeria bleeds oil when you poke it and leveraged its oil resources to be the largest economy in africa. bigger than south africa. bigger than everybody else on the continent. so the world economic forum is convening in nigeria's call caple tall to show case nigeria as the economic engine of africa. the idea is to get the davos set out of the swiss alps so they start the thinking about that can i as a good place to invest. because that starts tomorrow at the hilton in downtown abujah in nigeria. within the last three weeks there have been two huge deadly bombings there. the most recent was last week. 19 people killed. then april 14th, a huge blast at a local bus terminal that killed more than 70 people. responsibility for the huge bombing was are claimed by a radical islamist group which called itself the taliban but now boka haram. that bombing was over shadowed by what happened the next day in the home territory far outside the capital city in the northeas

the southern city of aden. know energy were reported. the president was in the capital city where four soldiers were killed in a separate attack. the golf says it killed 7 alleged mil tans >> reporter: tight security in sanaa, soldiers search vehicles of a northern entrance. a massive hunt for potential suicide bombers and al-qaeda operatives is underway. >> i am worried sending my kids to school walking by government buildings and constantly thinking a blast might happen any time anywhere. unknown gunmen near the presidential palace on friday. security enforcers and government buildings have been targeted many times by al-qaeda. there are concerns al-qaeda might take the fight to the heart of the capitol and launch major attacks across the country. the beefed up military presence comes against a backdrop of a major onslaught against". this was an al-qaeda's main military camp. abandoned by occupants leaving behind weapons and explosives devices as well as communications equipment. we have defeated the terrorists. i want to reassure you that we will chase those who fled

they launched a major attack in the capital city just in april where they killed 70 people with bomb hat forced some of the nigerians to bring some of their best security forces, 5,000 into the capital city to protect the ongoing economic conversation which left really, really very few forces out-manned for sure. left to help out in the north. >> so they actually brought really all of their best forces to guard the capital. meanwhile leaving other parts of the country exposed? >> absolutely, you know, you just have to make choices. when this conversation is over they will be able to re-focus some of those assets. >> do the nigerians have the special forces? do they have groups like that? >> they do, they have some of their own. they have been advised by the u.s. and other friendly u.s. allies in how to conduct operations like this. counterterrorism operations. they are also part of a multi-joint national task force they put together, that consists of nigeria, chad, and niger. they clearly are getting training but it is a very small operation, focused on the border. it is so porous wit

commando and cia officer had been whisked out of the capital city after they killed two armed yemeni civilians. the civilians had reportedly tried to kidnap them. the government of yemen reportedly aided their escapes. there have been a number of attacks against al qaeda militants in yemen. >>> a motorcade brought the remains of some of those killed r 9/11 back to the site of the world trade center. the remains will be kept in the same building as the museum opening later this month. relatives of the victims protested they want the remains above ground nearby in a memorial plaza. >>> the government says technicians have finished installing solar panels on the roof of the white house. the collection of the solar panels is the size of what's installed on the typical american house, the 6.3 kilowatts expected to be generated will provide some electricity. the president said the project would begin in 2011, but installation began late last year. this as the epa took the first tentative step yesterday toward requiring companies that use fracking to disclose what chemicals they're using. so

the capital city has been in crisis for months and some are frustrated elections have been pushed back until next year at the earliest. >> it is too slow. i wanted sooner. the delay has gone on too long, for several months now. >> the military says it needs time to reconcile the warring political factions and it must implement political reforms before voting occurs. >> we respect people's views, however we are asking for understanding. we must put the country first. the seizure of power was intended to solve the country's problems. >> thailand's economy is in tatters after months of bloody confrontation and society is on edge the tensions between rival political camps running high. even friends have different ideas. >> we do not talk politics otherwise we talk and fight. >> security forces have deployed to prevent anti-coup demonstrations. the army chief says resistance to the takeover will only slow the process of bringing thailand back to democracy. turkey, where activists are planning to defy a government and on protests in istanbul. last year, a small campaign to save a city center

modi received a hero's welcome in the capital city, new delhi. celebrating his win over the congress party which has largely been in power since the 1940s. al jazeera reports. >> he and his father were loyal supporters of the indian national congress but like millions of others, his family expressed its dissatisfaction with the party at the ballot box. >> there wasn't any movement in the economy and ultimately, the common man on the ground, things were working out and was left with no choice. we were on the a long span. >> reporter: others say the party's cause was lost before leaders hit campaign trail. >> maybe they got complacent, you know, since they have been doing it for so many years, we can't possibly go wrong. >> the govern's deficit, it was something that was really felt at the grassroots level. that was the main reason congress had a huge struggle. >> the congress led united progressive alliance unexpect unexpectedly came to pour in 2004 and remained in the government for 10 years. the first five years were a dream run in comparison to

the capital city will host a world economic forum later this week, has already been the scene of terrorttacks. two bombings there have killed 80 people and wounded dozens more. nigeria is still trying to locate more than 200 girls abducted from a school last month. >>> the centers for disease control has confirmed the first case of the mers virus, which stands for middle east respiratory syndrome, is a health care worker. officials are concerned because of the fatality rate of the disease. 100 of the people diagnosed in the past two years have died. all of them are from the middle east or who have traveled case. the cdc says the case in indiana represents a low-risk because the virus is not highly contagious. >>> a federal jury in california has awarded apple nearly $120 million in its patent infringement lawsuit against samsung. the award late yesterday represents only about 6% of the damages apple had sought. the judge has yet to rule on apple's effort to block the sale of certainly products including the gal aaxy s iii. >>> condoleezza rice has decided not to deliver the commencement

the blasts occurred on sunday when the buses were traveling on a busy highway in the capital city of nairobi. local media say the two vehicles were going to separate destinations. the explosions come a day after someone threw a grenade at a bus stop in the coastal town of mombasa. four people were killed. no one has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks. but authorities say militants are likely behind them. kenya blames a series of similar attacks on the islamist militant group al shabab, based in neighboring somalia. the attacks include last year's deadly siege at a nairobi shopping mall. that left more than 60 people dead. >>> afghan authorities have ended search and rescue operations for survivors of a landslide in the northern province of bara shan. they estimate friday's disaster killed more than 500 people. 2,000 others are still missing. the government sent soldiers and police to look for people who survived the landslide. but officials say it's not possible to remove mud that's dozens of meters thick. they also say there could be more landslides. the government on sund

russian women living in moscow reviving causing national craft of pop stars of the capital city are singing the song has a claim which new. why would you pick us to present it to make first is the very bluntly told it is the quality of peace friendship and solidarity between our peoples and nations. i hope that our generation children grandchildren are also constantly celebrate this holiday is considered a somewhat low. the most important is friendship that was established by grandfathers and fathers. it should continue. we should preserve it for the future for those of the concert of creative teams coach for the evening of the friendship of peoples a year later representatives of different nationalities will come together again to celebrate the holiday peace and harmony the salt of the device biography was published in hungarian. the presentation of a common custom vehicle spoke about because the president was held in budapest the book has been published in russian english and arabic. the book traced the path the president has altered that survive from simple rule is due to the national le

the time to nigeria where he will attend the twenty fourteen world economic forum on africa in the capital city of umbrage at least third stop of the angola where he'll attend the seminar with chinese companies and overseas chinese. and in kenya have to mean he will meet the country's president and the united nations officials at the un africa headquarters the four nation tour lee is expected to oversee the signing of some sixty different agreements covering trade even helped pull chain agriculture and training sunday marks china's ninety fifth national youth day the occasional follows a three day labor day holiday period pushed the economy has just enjoyed another small booths. c'mon how will you choose to celebrate the days off you probably open your wallet as well. and if you belong to today's trendy young chinese generation you probably contributed quite a bit. cctv is id on the tube to the c student though not all young people the spending habits and their habits but keeping the country's economy you lose your chance to see most of china on a unique life. the hawks at the expense too many

more than one hundred thousand to two the streets in the capital city of jakarta on thursday calling on the government to raise its minimal wage and do more to protect workers the current minimum salary varies across the country but in larger cities it stands at about one hundred eighty ninth u s dollars per month indonesian president cecile obama bond you go your whole has pledged to increase wages by two thousand nineteen harper had protesters say it's too little too late the massive rally comes that is me and india's main opposition in jakarta governor gocco we did though as its presidential candidate he is widely expected to become the next leader of the world's third largest democracy. there are several looking international stories making headlines around the world. see you back here tomorrow night. the two prime time sports and stephen j and s olympic committee rep updates to read the business of telling time will come when the province and even improving thumbs up to the preparations for the twenty eighteen winter games. yet of the ioc coronation commission canola linda barker

thailand she has tons anti government protesters are taking up positions at various locations in the capital city in what they are calling their final offensive to house the caretaker government's few other pressures have concrete huge trolley and saturday to protest against the constitutional court ruling that forced prime minister not to resign. i like how the mass rallies the anti government protests latest attempt at the funny thing quite silly skit about it the teletubbies particular valley that she's calling the final battle in our announcement on the plant's what he made this morning just before the much sought to tie the targets today at government house and all the free to air tv stations this rally was meant to happen on the fourteenth of may that the emo today that by the constitutional court's ruling that governments can take of kindness that you not seen a lot and nine at the cabinet minister from office on wednesday. we got up abruptly brought apple with its plan to rally now put the fee at the final battle. we have to take the statement added with a grain of salt at the protest lea

and also looking at the investment of capital made around the city. i have talked about this for years since i have been in office. the level of capital investments in district 11 and i would say district 11 is pretty minimal. there is capital investments that have gone in towards the green yard, and the facilities. but there hasn't been a lot of capital improvements that have come to make the experience of riders on the lines, mission, geneva or san jose, minor things here. and i see other parts of san francisco remarkable changing before my eyes. i think that's good. but we have to make sure that neighborhoods where we are so car dependent that we make those investments to provide a better alternative to people getting in their cars and riding muni. when i ride muni and as i said before the meeting, you get on the bus and there is very little white people on the bus, very little middle class on the bus. it's not considered an option for many people, because they haven't seen a real commitment to changing the experience getting on the bus. i find it c

evacuation order could come at any moment this morning as fierce fighting erupts throughout the capital city. let's get more from pentagon correspondent barbara starr. >> john, christine, with violence rising every day in libya, the question now, is that country falling into civil war? and if it is, can the u.s. embassy remain open? can diplomats stay on the job? if the violence gets any worse, the state department is prepared to evacuate the 200 or so americans that are there. a package of heavily armed marines waiting just to the north in italy across the mediterranean, about 250 marines equipped with eight v-22 aircraft that can fly very quickly to italy. they are on a two-hour string. what does that mean? that means if the evacuation order comes, they will be in the air and on their way to libya within two hours or less. just a couple of years after the disaster in benghazi, the administration is taking no chances. it has the troops and the firepower ready to go to get americans out of libya if it comes to that. john, christine? >> barbara starr, thanks for that. >>> a war of words erupt

the city. >>> hundreds of anti-government protesters continued demonstrations in the thai capital bangkok demandinggovernment be replaced by an unelected people's council. thousands of pro-government supporters are rallying just outside the city calling the ouster of the prime minister a judicial coup. >>> more than 240 anti-government demonstrators arrested by venezuelan authorities were take ton court friday detained a day earlier in an operation to clear out four protest camps there in caracas. the united nations expressed concern about the raid, but venezuela's justice minister insists this raid was necessary to ensure public safety. >>> more now on our top story, the nearly 300 girls kidnapped and still missing right now in nigeria, where u.s. and british teams arrived in the capital city to help the government's search for these girls. our correspondent barbara starr that details. >> reporter: the names of the missing schoolgirls go up for all to see. >> there's no question we're race against a clock here. they've been gone for a long time. >> reporter: three week afrs the kidnapping of inpin

but before we get all indiana jones we're spending some time in lima, as we like the capital city justf us, from previous trips, friends here. lima is the cultural hub and culinary capital of a country that has exploded in the last decade with scores of world class chefs, cooks and restaurants. it has long been considered to be one of the best food scenes in all of south america. >> good. >> how far away is the house? >> that's it. >> yeah. >> five minutes. >> one of our friends here is chef restaurateur, one of the best most successful chefs in the country. his family is something of a beloved culinary dynasty in peru. and pocasana, a small fishing village about an hour south of lima is where they spend their weekends. koke's mom is like peru's julia child and james beard rolled into one. >> thank you for having us. >> a cookbook author, an icon of peruvian gas strongmy. to say one is fortunate to enjoy her hospitality would be an understatement. warm, generous, welcoming beyond belief. >> too bad you have to leave so soon. >> yeah. >> normally, we have lunch late, like 5:00. >> do yo

think it is easy to assume for most americans this is simply no way a great nation operates in the capital cityut as our history operates words are never a sufficient to match for action. teddy roosevelt was a man of action and said rhetoric is a poor substitute for action we have trusted only to rhetoric if we are to be a great nation we must not merely talk but act big. idea we have quoted him with two consecutive broadcast. he teaches us well and we choose to honor him for so doing. turning now do the political atmosphere currently with 181 days remaining until the mid terms. the season is under way including the price varies now we turn to our chief political correspondent. what is going on carl? >> you can count the days but today is exactly six months to the election day. so much what is happening is captured with north carolina with the republican primary to take on the of vulnerable democrat kay hagen. the front runner in north carolina is the established favorite back to buy jeb bush and 2016 potential when it be. if he gets 40 percent he wins the nomination otherwise it is a runoff wi

the government. they'll retreat to northern country side of the city but those areas are also under siege. the deal allows the state to regain the control of the city, the capital of the rev nuolutio. >> it is hard to take back to the city. >> this 24-year-old arrived a few days ago and the government's siege on the rebel held areas made the neighborhoods surrender one after another. the regime started to retake in 2012. activists appealed for help when international observers visited the areas at the time. but the world didn't act. the bomber was a symbol of defiance and he left. >> at first i thought we would return and the situation got worse. we lost over a year ago. >> it is not nuch a symbolic city, it is strategically located. it is along the coast and passing through. >> both the regime and the opposition know they can't control the whole country. it is part of the plan to partition the country. >> once the rebels withdraw, the city will longer be divided. the rebels may lose what they call the heart of the revolution but the war is still not over. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry is offering to help the nigerian government to get the school girls

the northern countryside of the city. those areas are under seeing. the deal would allow the state to regain control of a city, known as the capital of the revolution much. >> translation: now it is impossible to take back the city. we were so hungry we couldn't walk 100 metre. i used to weigh 73 kilos, now i weigh 53 kilos. >> this 24-year-old arrived in istanbul. the bombardment and the siege on rebel-held areas forced them to surrender one after the other. >> in early 2012 the regime began a campaign to retake the city. activists appealed for help as international observers visited the rebel areas at the time. the world did not act: it was a symbol of defeat when the rebels lost - he defeated. >> at first i thought we'd return. the situation was worse. we didn't lose ohms, we lost a city. >> the city is strategically located. the corridor lipping the coast passes through homs. >> the regime and opposition know they can't control the country. the regime is concern freighting on retake -- concentrating on retaking strategic cities. >> ohms will no longer be divided by front lines. the rebels may lose the heart of revolution, but the war is not over. >>

now we've got to get it here in the capital city. to their economies didn't collapse. both republican and democratic presidents have approved modest gas tax increases. even ronald reagan sent a message on sunday people on the house side. so it can be done from increasing the gas tax is the right answer. it's tough, it's doable and it's the one thing we can do in the short order. and by the way, we've got to do the same thing for our inland waterway. the barge guys support raising the barge diesel tax so that their locks and dams and levees can be replaced and upgraded. if we're going to export american energy and agriculture, which we are doing more and more of, particularly on the agricultural side, we've got to take care of that. as well as stop holding back the money already collected for the harbor maintenance trust fund. let's keep in mind that public money is only part of the equation. we must increase private investment as well. the private sector is prepared to pump a quarter of a billion dollars, $250 billion, a quarter of a

he is able to mobilize the claimtion and they still it as their territory, as the capital citizen -- city. and stalemate is not over over the weekend we had the prime minister effectively calling for war against them. that is amended that still needs to be sorted out, but at least for now, the hostages will cease to be anything resembling a human shield. >> thank you very much. mladic has called his first trial in thes hague. he denies charges in the 1995 bosnian war, including genocide. >> here is the first witness called touch -- mladic's for his defense. mladicmer officers swore to never ordered snipers file and civilians. >> we absolutely never had snipers on that position. but notormal weapons, snipers. we didn't use my bread at all. -- snipers at all. former armyr of the will try to prove he is not the of the charges he -- the atrocities he is charged with. in sarajevo, bosnia's capital, mladic is accused of shelling the population during a 44 month siege. he is also accused of planning and carrying out the massacre of almost 8000 muslim men and boys in 1995. in these images, he is

the ottoman or in india. three cities in europe at a population more than 300,000 people. in china, the capital city alone had a population of 3000 people. -- 300,000 people. europe was a backwater. by putting through the security revolution, by providing internal security, it began to civilization.ful people felt secure themselves. at the same time, there was competition between europe. european states are looking outwards. when china invents and patter, it is used for fireworks. invent gunpowder, they use it for galleons. we talknd revolution about is the revolution with the rise of liberalism. that is obviously there in the french revolution and the american revolution. the example we look at and focus on is what happens in britain. the biggest, most powerful country in the world. the america of its day. britain is similar in that the states there in the 18th century become a parasite. managed to liberals restrict the state, get rid of lots of irrelevant offices. they cut public spending on government. taxation goes down from $80 million a year to 60 million a year. they do this by opening c

offering a rare public apology after the collapse of an apartment building under construction in the capital cityrts of the building was 23 stories tall with some 92 families living there. no official death toll yet but south korean officials say hundreds of people are dead. north korean media said the accident was so great that it upset their leader. >>> former rutgers football player eric le grand finally took the stage at his university's commencement ceremony. the one time football player paralyzed at a game in 2010. there were students who first proceed tested former secretary of state condoleezza rice. le grand follows some other controversy. finally he ended up on the stage. brian, it's not supposed to work out like this. >> no, it isn't. first of all, it was supposed to be secretary of state condoleezza rice. then thomas cain was invited and after outcry, eric le grand was reinvited. he just wanted to speak to the students today. bottom line, it's been a long road for eric le grand. the rutgers start defensive tackle had nfl hopes until october 16, 2010 when he became paralyzed from the n

militants have launched another attack in the capital city. >> results of analyses were skewed in favor of the prosecution >> the fbi can't force the states to look at those cases >> the truth will set you free yeah...don't kid yourself >> the system has failed me a suburb, several peopleed are dead, the bombing was apparently close to is site of a are you cent bombing at a bus station, there has within no claim of responsibility but the group has been blamed for the april attack that killed 75 people, joining us live from the capital, with the latest, what can you tell us? >> . >> he didn't want to give his flame, and he says that at least nine people have been killed in this blast. gist off the edger of the capitol. and that more than 21 people have been ferried to hospital with serious injury, also spoken to local redses in the area that we have made contact with over the telephone, who say that the blast looks like eight emananted from a vehicle or a car so it could have been a scar bomb. at a bus station, just in the very same area. we also know that the area has been quartered off

comes at two bombs exploded in the capital city of nairobi. le died, dozens others hurt. no has claimed responsibility for the attack. an al qaeda linked terror group operates oust neighboring somalia. gunman from that group attacked a shopping mall and 67 people died. andin' 1998 a bombing at the u.s. embassy in the city killed more than 200 people. >>> a top official at the veterans affairs department has resigned after reports of mismanagement and deadly delays in providing healthcare to our nation's heroes. that's according to the head of the department, sect eric shinseki. the top official, the former va undersecretary for health, was already set to retire this year. he and the secretary testified on the scandal before congress just yesterday. the undersecretary had been accused over awarding bonuses to managers who oversaw record treatment backlogs and serious cases of hospital-borne disease. meantime, secretary shinseki is refusing -- refusing to design. he says the department is investigating and preliminary findings should be ready in

. >> to the congresswoman's point, their economy is also on the world stage as the capital city of abuja hosts the world economic forum. it's a forum to focus on their growth. poverty that secretary john kerry pointed out today could drive young people to the kind of sectarianism and extremist ideologies exemplified by boka haram. >> we see with what is happening in nigeria with boka haram the extent to which this can disrupt the world. for all of us, the truth sit's not something far away. every american needs to understand that this is related to security at home. >> and pushing for further security, all 20 female u.s. senators sent a letter to president obama saying, quote, we urge you to press for the addition of boka haram and another militant group to the united nations security council al qaeda sanctions list. as religious leaders gathered in the nation's capital to pray for the missing girls, questions remain about how a collaboration between the u.s. and nigeria will work. for more on the situation in any engineer yeah, i bring in writer and huff tinge ton post contributor loyal

city. it hit around 10:00 this morning. new video coming into our newsroom within the last hour shows people streaming into the streets in mexico city. the quake rocked mexico's capital city where one reporter said the shaking lasted as long as 40 seconds. there are no immediate reports of damage or injury. >>> u.s. fish and wildlife officials are taking over an investigation into whether endangered birds were killed or hurt by tree trimmers in downtown oakland. animal rights advocates say at least five birds and a colony of herons were knocked to the ground by a contractor hired by the postal service. it happened over the weekend when a contractor trimmed trees near the post office on 13th and alice streets. at least one bird has a broken beak. >> because they nestle the big kol knowly and it's a lookery and they only most once a year. once those babies are gone, that's it. it's really a tragedy. >> the post office wanted the branches of trees trimmed because the nest was making a mess on the mail trucks parked below. >>> president obama now getting ready to leave los angeles and head to the bay area. but along with attending several fund-raisers he's planning to ma

and how much the capital investment really costs. the last time that the city -- and the city does fairly routinely issue general obligation bonds asset for parks and library, etc. the last time that one was put forward to the voters to fund the transportation system was in 1996. and it didn't pass at that time and we haven't had a pool for the needs of the system. this is not unique to san francisco, this is a nationwide issue, and we are facing similar circumstances. the federal government estimates as a nation we need to invest $250 billion a year to do the basic maintenance on our streets and transit systems to get this grade up from "d." in facing all of that and looking at that as the context, the mayor in 2013 pulled together a 2030 task force and where we are today and what we need to do to prepare our transportation system. and he put together a group of 45 people, really wide array of stakeholders, representing everyone from big business to community advocacy groups and policy makers, and transportation experts, etc. and the group spent almost a year

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minister and also the hero when of the two thousand and five are injury of aleutian here in the capital city there is also a silent minority people who will not be going to the polls today people who say that these elections are illegal now i managed to catch up with a few of them who asked us to cover their faces and not reveal their identities because they are afraid of repercussions. nic you'll worst. criminals and our so how am i supposed to feel about this the right sector is our police force now there is no listen in on the street with your kids running away with so much i'm ready to take on fascination not to attack but to defend my family from the chaos that the dogs are after for a breed the twenty over again soon the people here have lost in my view this government has blood on its hands they kill my friends and then though i about it on t.v. i was against the mind on movement from the beginning ran to the on to my done rallies people who say all of cuba was behind the rise in iran. but no one's asking them sunday's poll is about who wins not about whether or not the election shoul

. >> nigerians in the capital city continued to call for more to be done to secure the release of thechoolgirls abducted by boko haram. >> [indiscernible] confirmed that discovered where they are. we are happy with this development. we want to see how the army will rescue these girls safely and alive and bring them back to their parents. that is what we expect the nigerian army to do. if they do that, surely they will [indiscernible] >> from one the situation in nigeria and the newly revealed us program to train so called homegrown african counterterrorism teams, we're joined by dayo olopade. she is a nigerian american of, "thet and author bright continent: breaking rules and making changes in modern africa." welcome to democracy now! it is great to have you with us. talk about the latest. >> i think just looking at those clips and hearing folks expressed confidence in nigerian government and military possibility to rescue these girls rang a bit false to me. i think this has been a problem upwards of five years with respect to boko haram and earlier in this debacle, the nigerian gover

. >> reporter: well, the first plan is going to happen on wednesday in canberra, australia, the capital city, where this team of experts is going to get together, john, and take another look at all of the data they've accumulated so far. now, this is going to include all of the calculations that led them to the specific spot in the southern indian ocean in the first place, because they want to make sure that they didn't miss anything, that they didn't miscalculate and they still believe they're searching in the right place. and you know, it's a good thing they're doing that, john, because think about these numbers for a moment. 4.6 million square kilometers have been searched. there have been more than 300 flights, more than 3,000 hours flying, 29 aircraft involved, 14 ships, and yet, not one single piece of the plane. that continues to fuel a lot of speculation about whether the plane is even there. there are even some conspiracy theories, including one that was brought up at the press conference. a reporter asked malaysia's acting transport minister if the audio recordings from the cockpit

friday to let fighters leave the old quarters and surrounding areas - a last remaining stronghold in the city. homs is the third-largest city and has been called the capital of the revolution. it was one of the first cities to rise up in 2011. much fell to opposition forces. the government laid siege to areas once home to tens of thousands of people. by the start of 2014, only the old city was still held by armed groups. if the deal holds, it will fall into government control. >>> al-qaeda leader has reportedly ordered the group's syrian branch to stop fighting rival rebel groups. the al nusra fronted has about in conflict with the islamic state of iraq and levant. the i.s.i.l. has been disowned by al qaeda. in an audio group they were told to concentrate on fighting the syrian government and its allies. >>> a troop launched an offensive in the east. ukranian's interior minister said they will not stop, they are trying to retake government buildings seized by separatists in kramatorsk. it comes a day after government forces launched a major operation in slovyansk. paul brennan is live in donetsk. tell us what the situation is in kramatorsk, and if the gov

it begins wednesday in the capital city, abuja. >> brown: we take a close look at the situation, with: carl levan, an assistant professor at american university's school of international service. and mojubaolu okome, a professor of african and women's studies at brooklyn college. let me start with you professor o combe wa, you can tell us about the strong feeling of this inside nigeria and who is it aimed at, the military, the system as a whole? >> many parents are distressed because in this happens to somebody's child, it affects everybody who is a parent because of the potential that things can spirl out of control. besides it's important for the girls to be united with their families. and this situation has dragged on now into three weeks. and there's absolutely no coheesive information. the distrust the people are feeling and a lot of the criticisms are directed to the system as a whole. >> brown: carl leffan let me ask you about that system just to frame it for people, sectarian violence going on at the same time the country still in a transition to democracy. >> the transition h

on the defense minister, the attacks near the presidential palace, these folks do operate in the capital citynd surrounding region. i know when i was there last, it was an ongoing security concern. en if you look at some of the economic kidnapping that sometimes happens among some of the tribal groups in yemen, the current trend is for those kidnappers to then sell westerners to al-qaeda. the situation was one where you can't tell the difference between somebody who is trying to make some money by kidnapping a westerner or somebody who is, you know, a serious threat to life and limb. >> let's talk about the defense minister, what happened there. you say you can't always tell, but is it a possibility that some of what is happening could be retaliation for the drone strik strikes? >> certainly. certainly. every time the yemeni government gets involved in a major counter offensive against al-qaeda and ansar al sharia, elements of those forces try to retaliate in the capitol. the last big retaliation was may, 2012, the sabine square mask kerr in downtown suna. over 100 yemeni soldiers and cadets