the congo river itself. >> the u.n. truck said he's been here since this morning. >> i've been held up for days. >> what's up, fred,? >> they're starting the engine. >> awesome. >> just broke down again? >> yeah. >> we now have one hour of daylight left. >> they buried the engines and they started. >> okay great. >> here it comes. >>> you learn quickly. in congo, things change at a moment's notice. >> welcome to the jungle. ♪ i took a walk ♪ through this beautiful world ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good ♪ in this beautiful world ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ >>> everyone gets everything he wants. i wanted to see the congo. for my sins, they let me. in "heart of darkness" joseph conrad writes of his alter ego -- when i was a little chap, i had a passion for maps. at that time there were many blank spaces on earth. but there was one yet, the biggest, the most blank, that i had a hankering after. this then is the congo. the size of all western europe combined. it should be africa's wealthi

but it's the first time to the congo, and they'll be there for the next 10 months.ss to basic medical care, and many haven't ever seen a doctor. on board the floating hospital, i met the man who steers the ship, captain tim traithway, and took a tour of the bridge. i also met buck, the 180-pound training and drilling exercise dummy, and i even got a tour of the kitchen from head chef ken hatfield from north carolina. he and his staff serve anywhere from 1200 to 1700 meals a day. when i go home, if i've gained any weight, can i call and complain? >> you can call it mercy hips instead of mercy ships. >> okay. the entire crew including the heroic doctors and nurses are all volunteers, nearly half of them from the united states. and you never know who you might meet, including the security team made up of six gerkas. believe me, the ship is in good hands. on patient screening day, more than 7,000 people lined up in hopes of getting care, all waiting patiently to be seen by the volunteers. ally chandra is one of the amazing volunteer doctors. she looks at whether the doc

we are on the mission to the congo. rankfurt, germany and then gabon where the plane refueled and then to congo. shortly after we arrived, peter and i were greeted by the founders. they launched their faith-based organization in 1978 to help the forgotten poor. >> i want to welcome her. >> over the past 35 years, mercy ships has visited 575 ports in 72 nations. it is the first time to the congo and they will be there for the next ten months. most people there do not have access to basic medical care and many have not ever seen a doctor. on board the floating hospital, i met the man who steers the ship. captain traithwaite. i also met buck. the training and drill exercise dummy. i got a tour from the head chef. he and his staff serve anywhere from 1,200 to 1,700 meals a day. when i get home, and i gain weight. >> you can call it mercy hips instead of mercy ships. >> the entire crew, including the doctors and nurses, are all volunteers. nearly half of them from the united states. you never know who you might meet. includin

. >> this year, it goes to foreman from the congo, the palestinian territories -- to four men. >> u.s. political scientist paul walker campaigns against the use of chemical weapons. this lawyer fights for human rights in the arab world. this was agronomist has increased sustainability in agriculture through his pioneering work, and this gynecologist treats survivors of wartime sexual violence in the congo. the right livelihood award honors people who have helped tackle urgent problems but have been ignored by the nobel committee. this hospital in eastern congo has treated 40,000 victims of mass rape committed by warring militias. the clinic provides women and girls with medical, legal, and psychological help. he has also been lauded for speaking out about the conflict in his country. >> he has made repeated efforts to show the international community that what is going on in the congo is not an ethnic conflict but won over resources, and one which is partly fueled by western interests. >> he has called on the outside world to do more to end the conflict. the foundation said he and oth

one of them, the president of the democratic republic of congo. drc is home to the biggest peacekeeping mission anywhere in the world. but despite thousands of what they call boots on the ground the country is very volatile. emphasis iespecially in the nore they have been battling the m 23 rebels. since 2009 thousands have fled the violence. >> without peace we cannot contemplate progress. without a minimum level of security for individuals and their possessions, development is simply hypothetical. this is all the more unacceptable when peace is breached because of external aggression. and this is recent history of my country. >> from the national spokesman for friends of the congo. joining us live from new york, can i try to get your estimate, first of all, of how many people have lost their lives so far in this conflict? >> we'll never know how many people have lost their lives. the estimate from the international rescue committee from 1998 to 2007 has stipulated that 5.4 million people have died. you know in 2013 more people have died. we know o

in the congo, they are fighting militias in the eastern congo on the border with uganda.haiti, they are trying to build up the state and get law and order sustainably in place. un peacekeepers to very different things in very different laces. more talk a little bit about how big this peacekeeping force is and who belongs to the force. peacekeeping has been at a record high in recent years. 100,000 personnel, mainly troops, but also police officers and the core of civilians who are experts in issues like human rights and mediation. the troops mainly come from africa and asia. east, you have a significant number of european troops serving under un command. in africa, it's mainly soldiers from the continent and india, pakistan, china, increasingly. operation that the u.s. funds significantly. the u.s. pays nearly 1/3 of the budget which is now over $7 billion. u.s. troops are not really resident in u.s. missions. -- in un missions. this is a task that the un -- that the u.s. leads to its allies especially from africa and asia. host: the united states picks up about 1/3 of th

i think there have been cases of that in the congo. ss, since 20 -- 2004, the un has strengthened its systems for dealing with sexual abuse. the un doesn't system sending home troops who have been found guilty or accused of sexual abuse. there is more of a zero policy them there once was. the un struggle sometimes to keep up with all of these different cases of malpractice in different countries. that certainly does have a corrosive effect on the organization's reputation in the effect it countries and more generally, worldwide. host: here is another tweet -- have there been efforts to cut our contribution to the united nations? guest: there are often debates in congress about cutting the un budget and especially the peacekeeping budget. it has grown quite large. it is approaching $8 billion. although republicans in congress like to bash the un, when you have a republican president in the white house, they actually quite like working with un peacekeepers. most people think of george bush is a anti-un president but they deployed tens of

here surrounded by dense jungle lies our rendezvous with the congo river. e greed of the kol lon newser. they grab what they could. it was just robbery with violence. aggravated murder on a great scale. and after 75 years, they had had enough. but independence came quickly. when the new country imagined to inaugurate their first leader, the cia and british working through the belgiums had him killed. we helped to install this guy in his place. he stole billions of dollars from his people and pretty much became the template for december pitism in africa. needless to say, this situation deteriorated over the next 30 odd years and by the time he was done, the congo was mired in a series of civil wars, the government was no longer paying its bills and the trains basically stopped running. this is kissengoni station. there's one short run left. service once a week when operational, which isn't often, i'm guessing. abandoned by the belgiums, shot up and stripped by rebels in the '90s, the station, the engines, the ancient passenger cars and the tracks themselves h

here surrounded by dense jungle lies our rendezvous with the congo river. ness, conrad writes about the greed of the belgian colonizers. they grab what they could get for the sake of what was to be got. it was just robbery with violence. aggravated murder on a great scale. and after 75 years, the congolese had had enough. when they nominated their first democratically elected leader, the cia working through the belgians had him killed. we helped to install this miserable bastard in his place. he stole billions of dollars from his people and pretty much became the template for despotism in africa. needless to say, this situation deteriorated over the next 30-odd years, and by the time he was done, the congo was mired in a series of civil wars, the government was no longer paying its bills, and the trains basically stopped running. this is kissagani station. there's one short run left. service, once a week when operational, which isn't often, i'm guessing. abandoned by the belgians, shot up and stripped by rebels in the '90s, the station, the engines, the anci

in 1965 when you talk about when che, we find that he's in the republic of congo. we know that in hindsight. but in 1965 we weren't sure that he was actually there. in fact, some of the documents that we look at that the cia would write these reports once a week, they basically said che was dead. they believe that he died in the dominican republic in 1965 with the uprising. so they thought he was dead, you know, somewhere in the dominican republic. they weren't sure and that was part of the failure of our intelligence at the time but we just didn't have that network going. but you're right, we got che was in congo which it turned out he was, and we were tracking him. >> [inaudible] >> that was transported to the republic of congo for chasing che or whatever operation was going on. >> absolutely, but again, they weren't 100% sure. they believe che was there, and later teachers surface of che coming in, in the congo. but at that particular time in 1965 they board 100% sure, and that was part of the failure of intelligence at the time. so then in 1967 when we believed

here lies our rendezvous with the congo river. . it was robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale. and after 75 years, the congolese had had enough. but independence came quickly. when the new country managed to inaugurate their first democratically elected leader, the cia and the british working through the belgians, had him killed. we helped to install this miserable bastard in his place -- joseph mobutu, he stole billions of dollars from his people and pretty much became the template for despotism in africa. needless to say, this situation deteriorated over the next 30-odd years, and by the time he was done, the congo was mired in a series of civil wars, the government was no longer paying its bills, and the trains basically stopped running. this is kisangani station. there's one short run left. service once a week, when operational, which isn't often, i'm guessing. abandoned by the belgians, shot up and stripped by the rebels in the '90s, the station, the engines, the ancient passenger cars, and the tracks thems

here surrounded by dense jungle lies our rendezvous with the congo river. onrad writes about the greed of the belgian colonizers. they grab what they could get for the sake of what was to be got. it was just robbery with violence. aggravated murder on a great scale. and after 75 years, the congolese had had enough. when they nominated their first democratically elected leader, the cia working through the belgians had him killed. we helped to install this miserable bastard in his place. he stole billions of dollars from his people and pretty much became the template for despotism in africa. needless to say, this situation deteriorated over the next 30-odd years, and by the time he was done, the congo was mired in a series of civil wars, the government was no longer paying its bills, and the trains basically stopped running. this is kissagani station. there's one short run left. service, once a week when operational, which isn't often, i'm guessing. abandoned by the belgians, shot up and stripped by rebels in the '90s, the station, the engines, the ancient pas

here surrounded by dense jungle lies our rendezvous with the congo river. t the greed of the belgian colonizers. they grab what they could get for the sake of what was to be got. it was just robbery with violence. aggravated murder on a great scale. and after 75 years, the congolese had had enough. independence came quickly. when they nominated their first democratically elected leader, the cia working through the belgians had him killed. we helped to install this miserable bastard in his place. joseph mibutu. he stole billions of dollars from his people and pretty much became the template for despotism in africa. needless to say, this situation deteriorated over the next 30-odd years, and by the time he was done, the congo was mired in a series of civil wars, the government was no longer paying its bills, and the trains basically stopped running. this is kissangani station. there's one short run left. service, once a week when operational, which isn't often, i'm guessing. abandoned by the belgians, shot up and stripped by rebels in the '90s, the station, th

the fighting in neighboring congo. nd abuses at home has the west wavering on generous aid to a nation that bills itself as a future at the singapore of africa. we begin in the newsroom where we are finding -- following several burger king stores. google straight to -- will go straight to claire. -- following several breaking stores. >> it is said that sarin gas was used. several people killed in a shooting at the washington navy yard. our correspondent who was at the scene. a massive and complex operation is underway to pull the cause of concordia operates. it has been lifted free of rock but no sign of two bodies officials have not located. first to the you and -- un. the findings of weapons inspectors was spent a few days in syria last month. the highly anticipated report was headed -- handed over. they found convincing evidence that sarin gas was used. for more on this, i am joined by our international affairs editor douglas. do you think of this report will really make a difference? but probably very little and the

. >> when we come back we neat refugees of the republic of congo. >> looking forward to $460 thank you a week. the rise in madrid. *p.. tonight 10:00 eastern on al jazeera america. >>> the now russia's foreign minister said they are convinced of chemical attacks in syria. he says the united states and its allies are using double standards in an effort to over throw syria's presidency. egypt's state's prosecutor said tphoepld morsi will go on trial on charges oh of inciteing the murder of protestors last september. the muslim brotherhood says the charges are politically motivated. >>> the afghan taliban who attacked the u.s. base from a crossing border in pakistan. nato says none of its soldiers were hurt, though. >>> the u.n. special on sraeu to the african to the african great thraeubgs have arrived to the great republic of congo. backed by u.n. soldiers advancing on rebels. nearly a hundred people have been killed in fighting over the last two weeks alone. testimonmalcolm went there to mt people in a church. >> reporter: these people fled their homes because of the fighting between a

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when all is said and done, i wanted to go to the congo and i wanted to go to the congo and i did. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> for korean americans, according to the stereotype, anyway, it used to be that you grew up to be a doctor, a lawyer, an engineer. there were a specific set of rules and expectations. are you asking me to be in a porno? is that what you're asking me? >> thanks to some remarkably bad koreans, things are beginning to change. >> i went to one years of law school and walked out. >> so you're a bad korean. >> any advice to someone about to marry a korean woman? the answer -- don't do it. ♪ ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ >>> all i knew was that this town was going down, and no one was showing up. so we as koreans figured that out really quickly. there's a point where you and i look at each other and say -- >> they're not coming. >> they're not coming. >> the choppers will not be here anytime soon. >> that's when all

. >> you've been active, traveling to the congo, haiti, through your roam as an ambassador. what kind of things have you seen, what has struck you the most? >> i've seen so many things, too many to recount. i've seen a woman who flat lined in a makeshift tent in port-au-prince and two minutes later, from doctors, she came back to life. that was the most profound experience. i met victims of gbg and malnutrition and scarfation. it's always an encouraging work in the field, because you see the things done. most of the medical staff are locally trained individuals. it's not putting a bandaid on a problem, it's training a community to become resilient and self sufficient, which is vital. >> the positive consequences of what you see overcome just very tough situations that you face, death, disaster, how do you deal with the suffering you witness, and how has it changed you? >> well, you know, it's impossible not to be effected by it, it's devastating. in a sense, it's a huge gift, you realize how fortunate we are in the world we live in and how wonderful i am in my life. it's deva

. >> 500 people have been killed in the congo. we have not done squat there. >> not with weapons of mass destruction. >> i'm not defending it. i'm pointing out that samantha power, his u.n. ambassador. >> who is on vacation. >> the author of the doctrine of humanity to protect. that was what was evoked on friday. >> judy, let's talk about the u.n.'s responsibility to protect. what is bigger than that is the geneva convention. it is that violation to allow 100,000 people to die which happened under all of hillary clinton's tenure. john kerry has been secretary of state a few months. the president has been consistently from and ignored the geneva convention violations in syria. >> richard, you brought up a good point. we talked about hillary clinton before we came on. a slam dunk as far as the democratic nominee and as far as the next president if polling is believed. will this go on her resume? this happened throughout her tenure of secretary of state. iraq the same thing. will this be called out as a failure when we get around to t

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people but that doesn't make the country any more stable and we can look at other places nigeria the congo libya as well as mali and we can see that the islamist movements you know that have been born and then from us we're going to read point i'm getting created. even if we go to bed i mean over the countries we can we just mention there are a lot of them have to do with western interventions i mean this is what i'm getting at i mean makes things even worse and these groups are replaced by other groups ok it's it's again this this cycle continues and i don't see it being broken it just of the american expand their presence in africa because all my goodness look what happened in kenya something must be done we keep hearing that something must be done go ahead. it does become kind of a game of whack a mole you know smashing down one terror cell here another one pops up immediately and there's a reason for that that you know just as during the cold war the united states. would. intervene in the name of anticommunism not recognizing that it's a movements of power came not from their study of

people but that doesn't make the country any more stable and we can look at other places nigeria the congo libya. as well as mali and we can see that the islamist movements you know that have been born and then from us we're going to read point i'm getting created this stephen to go to but i mean only the countries that can we just mention there are a lot of them have to do with western interventions i mean this is what i'm getting at i mean makes things even worse and these groups are replaced by other groups ok it's it's against the cycle continues and i don't see it being broken it just of the american soldiers to expand their presence in africa because all my goodness look what happened in kenya something must be done we keep hearing that something must be done go ahead. it does become kind of a game of whack a mole you know smashing down one terrorist cell here another one pops up immediately and there's a reason for that that you know just as during the cold war the united states. would. intervene in the name of anticommunism not recognizing that it's a movements of power came not fr

and managed chaos we've seen that in many places around the world lest we forget central africa in the congo in somalia and elsewhere the united states enjoys the the ability to create a chaotic situation and then manage that chaos through political means through arm twisting and so forth because chaos in syria the destruction of the state itself means a victory for the western powers because it removes assad it removes the main ally for tehran and it breaks that alliance with hizbollah so everybody benefits from the destruction of syria as a nation itself and the chaos that would be created look all we need to do is look at libya to understand a precedent for the model that could be employed in syria so while we talk about political settlements and this is all well and good we need to really be aware of what the the real possible outcomes are here because if we see some kind of a provocation whether from the rebel side whether from the assad side this conflict is going to escalate and escalation is going to mean full blown regional war and this would be devastating for everybody hey listen

main aim is the complete removal or elimination of all of syria's chemical weapons if any side in the congo flecked fails to comply well they un charter chapter seven could come into effect essentially allowing the use of force parties polly boycott has been following the negotiations for us press conference here in geneva kicked off rather unconventionally with sergey lavrov strolling in sitting in amongst the reporters chancing about the weather to them and leave waiting for john kerry to show up but after three days of tense negotiations a deal had been struck damascus has gone one week in which to provide information on its chemical weapons stockpiles and there often they must allow unfettered access to weapons inspectors from the organization for the prevention of chemical weapons now in terms of a timeframe well the on site inspections have to be completed by november and when he takes a limitation to syria's chemical weapons comes to take place in the past tom thank you. rishi to my mind we may come it out here love them chapter seven of the un security council could be applied there

the congo river itself. >> the u.n.ning. >> i've been held up for days. >> what's up, fred,? >> they're starting the engine. >> awesome. >> just

the government in the republicanic of congo will hold peace talks with m-23 rebels fighting in the eastwas announced after leaders from the great lakes region met in, new ganda and they are fighting on the congo border since last week. presidential candidates are in the final stages of campaigning ahead of saturday voting and getting the message to people across 200 islands and many young people voting for the first time and we are in the capitol. >> the people are getting ready to go to the polls to vote for their next president and given the political uncertainty that has unsued on the island nation for 18 months they hope a clear winner is announced on saturday. beach side gatherings of color-coordinated crowds and catchy campaigns. the mood is up beat here. presidential candidates and their running mates are wrapping up campaigns with final promises to voters. >> translator: we will give you a dependable legal system, a justice system where the law will be protected as well as the people's rights. >> reporter: from late night rallies to streets it's hard to escape campaigning for th

bob just back from the congo, this is "the five."dy to launch a military strike against syria, but he wants congress to sign-off on it. naturally just minutes after telling the country our national security is at risk, the president spent the afternoon golfing. but today he put down the clubs to focus on getting the votes he needs from lawmakers. this afternoon the president met with senators mccain and graham and the white house was dialing

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i would love to go back to the congo, and it's stunning and in such crisis. but i fell in love with it, and all of the programs are so inspiring. all. >> sienna miller, we thank you for joining us, and we wish you and the organization the best of your efforts. if you would like to learn more about sienna miller's organization f. go to international corp.org. go to aljazeera.com/consider this, or go to twitter@aj >>> welcome to al jazeera, america. i'm richelle carey, and here are the stories we are following. [ technical difficulties ] >>> shining a spotlight on war crimes and humanitarian aid. >>> climate changes -- [ technical difficulties ] . >>> washington is inching closer to a potential government shutdown, the

i would love to go back to the congo, and it's stunning and in such crisis. but i fell in love with it, and all of the programs are so inspiring. i would love to been in them all. >> sienna miller, we thank you for joining us, and we wish you and the organization the best of your efforts. if you would like to learn more about sienna miller's organization f. go to international corp.org. go to aljazeera.com/consider this, or go to twitter@aj consider this. see you next time. >>> held ho, i am stephanie sy. these are some of the stories we are following on al jazerra america. the government shutdown deadline is three days away. the senate is set to vote on a house bill that would temporarily fund the government but also gut the president's health care law. it has slim chance of passing. one on one with iran, secretary of state john kerry holds high-level talks about the country's nuclear program. two colorado farmers are facing serious charges, they are accused of selling listeria tainted cantaloupes that led to dozens of deaths. i possible p ba

we're going to meet with the democratic republic of congo, and the u.s. fierce form of the open in new york. paul will be along with details at 10 before the hour. mexican if the has delivered his state of the state address. stopped nieto from reaching the parliament building. he has reached the speech a day late and from inside the presidential palace instead. >> this is a time for change. for transforming mexico. we could all make mexico more prosperous with a stable economy, competitive and open to the world and this must be reflected back in the pockets of all mec mexicans. >> adam remy live in mexico. first of all tell us about the substance of that speech. >> well, if you will, kamal there's a bit of cognitive dissonance. you had the president inside that tent at the presidential residence talking about the achievement they've made, their plans for the future house they're going to make mexico a modern country under his administration it will meantime outside you have seen chaos, thousands of teachers marching, other unions marching saying, hold on,

bob just back from the congo, this is "the five."nced that he's ready to launch a military strike against syria, but he wants congress to sign-off on it. naturally just minutes after telling the country our national security is at risk, the president spent the afternoon golfing. but today he put down the clubs to focus on getting the votes he needs from lawmakers. this afternoon the president met with senators mccain and graham and the white house was dialing

that have been brought here from the all congo region and reconstructed piece by piece now the village has almost two hundred visitors a day from all over the world. back at home it was time for me to start my holiday properly. the first things first of course. so with fresh. yes. he. took a. moment grabbing a couple of buckets and heading out signs no luxury is running water for me. they tell me it's clean apparently it's pretty. handy stuff. but. i had my water i needed to boil it up. in a fine. old stove. everything seemed to be going so well. until we have one small problem. and. it's now clean water. and i happen to be living in a massive pile of kindling. i think it may be time to win this some help. i decided that burning my house down was probably not the best way to india myself to the locals so i headed into town to meet one of them and find out a little bit more about the mundra the way of life. hello james where are we going well this is our old village very happy to see you here all of our houses were built in the nineteenth century. they were brought here from the gold to

but i also hate what tyrants do in south korea, china, russia, the congo, other places. when should america intervene. what is our responsibility as the world's biggest super power? congressman steve israel says syria is a special case because they use chemical weapons. congressman, that makes all the difference? >> no, it doesn't necessarily make all of the difference, john, but it makes a big difference when you have weapons of mass destruction capabilities in iran, when you have american troops on the border with north korea and a pathological regime that is watching what is happening in syria and may conclude if it is okay for syria to use chemical weapons it is okay for syria to use chemical weapons. or you have elements within syria who can now acquire and hijack those chemical weapons capabilities because he has drawn them all out. >> don't these countries look at rwanda where half a million people were killed and also say americans didn't intervene there. why is the line here? just because your president said i draw a line? >> not at all. i support the prior payme