they had one enemy, and now it is the new leaders in tunis. ♪ they do not want any more promises gradejust want to voice their protest for music -- any more promises. they just want to voice their protest through music. politicians, they are dogs, he says. a person created by god would not do any harm to the country that he himself lives in. it exists only for phosphates, the city. they think only about phosphates. the people do not matter. the phosphate industry is controlled by state-owned companies. unrest and strikes have stopped work for months. offices are often unoccupied, and it is unclear who is responsible for what. after we tried unsuccessfully for weeks to get permission to film, eventually our contact on- site succeeds. it takes him an entire day. then we are finally on the hot and dusty desert road to a mine. phosphates are excavated in open pit mines. a few years ago, tunisia was the second-largest phosphate exporter in the world. then came the revolution and things came to a halt. now, butn has resumed only at a fraction of the scale. there are some layers of pure phosp

he is on his way to tunis. this is not a big concern for the new parliament even though the region is key to the economy. this region has been marna leitch -- marginalize for 50 years. it was excluded for all developments. it is the richest region in the country because of the raw materials. a former postal worker has not been able to achieve much for the region he represents. many hope against hope that politicians can do something for them. unpaid compensation, missing approval, denied loans, the list of complaints is in less. almost all of them are dissatisfied. we accompany him for a portion of his journey. not far from here are the mountains where security forces recently found an islamic terrorist camp. the extremists are just a passing phenomenon. radicalization is normal after a resolution. it will soon subside. he says he thinks the constitutional assembly is working well and that any claims to the contrary are wrong. he says the assembly members are working hard. he adds the constitution is almost fin

sergeant tunis estimates roughly 90% of students could qualify for enlisting.more. >> now, instead of being able to talk to 90% of the population, you can only talk to 50% or maybe less than that. >> reporter: but why? that's what "mission readiness," a nonpartisan, nonprofit led by retired military senior leaders looked into. a report entitled "ready, willing and unable" found 75% of 17 to 24 years old in the u.s. fail to meet standards to serve, starting with lack of education. 1 of 4 young americans does not have a high school diploma. >> we no longer do geds. if you have a ged you won't be able to join the army. >> reporter: then there's criminal history. standards used to be much more lax. >> you could get away with, you know, minor assaults and, you know, car theft, something like that. >> reporter: but the worst culprit of all, obesity. retired air force brigadier general jeff lawson says 27% of young americans are too fat to join the military. in california, the numbers are worse. 42% overweight or obese. years ago, lawson says that wasn't such a big d

children don't have access to a steady supply of healthy food more on that with law and order's tamara tunie later in the show and oklahoma representative jim burdon stein wants president obama to apologize for funding climate change research but i.

. >> barb wire cuts through the center of tunis. the security situation is precarious.since the 2011 revolution, there has been an ongoing tussle between different forces wanting to shape the fledgling democracy. war -- more women are choosing to wear headscarves. prior to the revolution, authorities restricted their use. the majority of tunisians are muslim, and religion is taking on increased importance in the society. this woman is dedicated to women's health and women's rights. she sees her mission as compatible with the revolution and with islam. >> we do not force anyone to wear headscarves. we try to strengthen the role of women in all areas of life -- politics, business, society. they are free to wear headscarves but not if they do not want to. it is their own choice. the revolution has had no influence there. we had the headscarf before the revolution. >> friday prayers in a predominantly salafist district. within the movement, there are also many differences. some are hard-line islamists. others, simply followers of the faith. but the move advocates testing th

. >> barb wire cuts through the center of tunis. the security situation is precarious.since the 2011 revolution, there has been an ongoing tussle between different forces wanting to shape the fledgling democracy. war -- more women are choosing to wear headscarves. prior to the revolution, authorities restricted their use. the majority of tunisians are muslim, and religion is taking on increased importance in the society. this woman is dedicated to women's health and women's rights. she sees her mission as compatible with the revolution and with islam. >> we do not force anyone to wear headscarves. we try to strengthen the role of women in all areas of life -- politics, business, society. they are free to wear headscarves but not if they do not want to. it is their own choice. the revolution has had no influence there. we had the headscarf before the revolution. >> friday prayers in a predominantly salafist district. within the movement, there are also many differences. some are hard-line islamists. others, simply followers of the faith. but the move advocates testing th

tunis will be around 32 or 33. >> welcome back.p stories here on al jazeera, talks between the u.s. and taliban aimed at bringing peace to afghanistan have been delayed. a plaque outside the office that has now been taken down. the owners of the children's nursery in a qatar shopping mall have been sentenced to jail over a fire that killed 19 people. two others were convicted and -- two owners were convicted and given prison sentences. in the city of mr. roy in rio state. -- of -- hearing forretrial the five detainees accused of planning and aiding the 9/11 attacks goes on in guantÁnamo bay. the lead defense lawyer for the alleged planner, khalid sheikh mohammed, says the commission that was set up to try the detainees is a fraud. more from guantÁnamo bay. >> khalid sheikh mohammed, the thewho says he plans september 11 attacks, is back in court for a pretrial hearing. they could face the death penalty if convicted. david nevin is mohammed's lead defense attorney. he says the military commissions which were set up specifically to t

three activist from a women's right group -- women's rights group for staging a topless protest in tunis last month. >> the government -- the judgment said that they threatened public order. they were detained after protesting against the arrest of a tunisian activist outside the country's main courthouse. >> to greece, where there has been a defiant reaction to the government's decision to close down the state broadcaster with practically no notice. >> prime minister antonis samaras is facing what is being described as a political revolt within his own coalition. the unions have called a 24-hour strike in protest. >> protesters angry over the shutdown that ert held a vigil outside the broadcaster's headquarters. the news took employees and the public completely by surprise. >> resisting this decision is the only way forward for us until it is overturned. the state broadcaster and new programs cannot be driven into the ground. >> some employees spend the night inside the building. others defied the shutdown and streamed programs online. the government of prime minister antonis samaras is

three activist from a women's right group -- women's rights group for staging a topless protest in tunis last month. >> the government -- the judgment said that they threatened public order. they were detained after protesting against the arrest of a tunisian activist outside the country's main courthouse. >> to greece, where there has been a defiant reaction to the government's decision to close down the state broadcaster with practically no notice. >> prime minister antonis samaras is facing what is being described as a political revolt within his own coalition. the unions have called a 24-hour strike in protest. >> protesters angry over the shutdown that ert held a vigil outside the broadcaster's headquarters. the news took employees and the public completely by surprise. >> resisting this decision is the only way forward for us until it is overturned. the state broadcaster and new programs cannot be driven into the ground. >> some employees spend the night inside the building. others defied the shutdown and streamed programs online. the government of prime minister antonis samaras is

. >> richard tunis is an army recruiter based in palo alto. he's had to turn away more people recently. historically high schools arer if tile ground for finding soldiers. 90% of enlisted were from the general population. mission readiness is a nonprofit organization that looks into the change. ready, willing and unable found 17 to 24-year-olds fail to meet military standards to serve. starting with lack of education. >> let's go to the first slide. one in four young americans does not have a high school diploma. >> we no longer do geds, if you have a ged, you won't be able to join the army, unfortunately. >> then there's criminal history. standards used to be much more lax. >> you could get away with minor assaults and car theft or something like that. >> the worst culprit of all obesity. retired air force brigadier general says 27% of young americans are too fat to join the military. in california the numbers are worse. 42% overweight or obese. years ago, that wasn't such a big deal. >> we ran them through a fat farm to lose the weight. thos

the arab world they were arrested while performing their stand outside a courtroom in the capital tunis in may calling for the release of a tunisian member of their group the three have been sentenced to four months in prison after being convicted of public indecency and threatening public order. the condition of a former south african leader nelson mandela is reported to be truly critical after his health considerably deteriorated in recent days president zuma has canceled a trip abroad in the wake of the news meanwhile the granddaughter of the ninety four year old says he remains in a stable condition the country's first black president has been in hospital fighting a recurring lung infection for almost three weeks thousands of supporters of the anti-apartheid i can have been gathering outside lighting candles and praying. hundreds of protesters clashed with police overnight in the chilean capital of santiago police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse the rioting crowds and more than one hundred people have been arrested the protesters were demanding changes in educational refo

spring which was launched and wait but that people against dictatorships which wedding egypt tunisia tunis here also yemen and it's still going on against the dictatorship and also against. dictatorship as well isn't democracy but i do believe that a gun has shot him in the foot he is fighting with one hand tied behind his back because he has encouraged people in iraq which is again another more christian maliki was elected through the ballot box he encouraged people and sidelined with the protesters and took them to avoid and sweep under the carpet all democratic mechanisms that is going through the parliament and also going against maliki in another general election elections opposing and he cut them to defy him to increase why didn't the demonstrations and he also have to kill fusing. brutal ruthless crackdown i think a lot of people. a lot of people michael them going there michael how do you see things going on in turkey go ahead first go ahead michael. in what way i mean. when is going wrong what's gone wrong why the protests. well where do you start i mean. there are protests all ar

the arab world they were arrested while performing their stunt outside a court room in the capital tunis in may calling for the release of a tunisian member of their group of three had been sentenced to four months in prison after being convicted of public indecency and threatening public order with the u.s. president on a weeklong visit to africa there's controversy over the goals of his trip barack obama once held as a hero by many africans but his popularity has been sliding over military operations and cuts to african aid with a tour being touted as an attempt to strengthen ties ortiz guy and sheik young reports some see it as an effort to counter chinese influence on the continent. right now africa is in the center of america's so-called war on terror we hear about new drone basis popping up on the african continent in countries whose governments we see aid from the us in one form or another we hear about the u.s. army in training security forces in a number of states in africa then we learn how some of those forces commit most horrible atrocities and get the us doesn't stop to take

in the arab world they were arrested while performing their stand side a courtroom in the capital tunis in may seeking the release of a fellow chinese activist the three had been sentenced to four months in prison after being convicted of public indecency and threatening public order. on the israeli government has given the go ahead for the construction of sixty nine new housing units in east jerusalem the move could derail washington's efforts to revive peace negotiations between israelis and palestinians u.s. secretary of state john kerry is meeting leaders from both sides later today to try to clinch an agreement to renew the talks which broke down three years ago more than half a million israelis now live on land that palestinians see their own amid continuing settlement construction deemed illegal under international rule. and while it may be tough for palestinians in the west bank they are getting a helping hand cata is pouring millions of dollars to rebuild garza with the ruling anti israeli hamas troop happy to emerge from isolation investigates what exactly such warm ties a bad

the arab world they were arrested about performing their stunt outside a courtroom in the capital tunis in may calling for the release of an easy member of their group three had been said to four years in prison after being convicted of public indecency and threatening public order. israel's approve the construction of sixty nine new housing units in east jerusalem authorities say the movie's to ease overcrowding in the area but the plan could washington's hopes to revive peace talks between palestine and israel making things tough for u.s. secretary of state john kerry he said to meet leaders from both sides today in an attempt to renew negotiations that broke down three years ago more than half a million israelis now live on land palestinians consider their territory the ongoing settlement construction is deemed illegal under international law. while palestinians face off against israel they have found it ally and carter at the county to the tiny gulf state is lobbying and millions of dollars on rebuilding the territory while encouraging the ruling group hamas to emerge from internati

"the new york times" alone would have published the cables which led to the nonviolent uprising in tunisictator out of there. he would still be there without wikileaks. sacrificed hips. likewise in egypt. i think he did pretty much what he should have done. i must say as a former marine officer and an american, i am ashamed to realize over the last few years that if bradley manning had committed atrocities instead of exposing them, he would almost surely be a free man right now. >> mr. ellsberg, there have been a lot of comparisons between you and manning because of the similarities in your case. i see huge differences, in fact. but i want to get your opinion. do you see any differences between you and bradley manning? >> well, i have to give him cred credit, as i said a moment ago, that he realized what he ought to do at 22, which took me -- i was 40 when i did it. that doesn't favor me. of course, there are differences. the material i put out was top secret r rather than classified that he put out. the material i put out was high-level decision making which didn't include domestic crim

that no child goes to bed hungry in our country earlier today had a chance to sit down with tamara tunie and ask her about that r. is a television and movie actress best known for her role in law and order s v u and most recently in the in the movie flight with denzel washington and she is the national spokesperson for every child matters which is currently spearheading the strong kids strong virginia campaign i started off by asking tamara about every child matters and how she got involved with that organization about four years ago i was asked to come down to d.c. to support a press conference that every child matters was having at the time and you know as someone who portrays a medical doctor on television and for those fans who watch law and order s v u they know some of the subject matter sometimes involves children and it's very disturbing when we're pretending on the set of law and order but i also know that the reality of children who fall victim to abuse and child is staggering every year twenty five hundred kids are. either directed buz or neglect and eighty percent of those ki

the allies tried to cut the germans from tunis and failed to do that from the rush from the invasionarea, and they formed positions to defend quite a long front. rapid launched the pass, a disaster, but lloyd was replaced after that as commander of the second core. bradl ergs y recommended the replacement, and eisenhower was satisfied with him saying positive things about him up until then, and the question, i guess, here is do you think he was a fall guy, and do you have any other insights? >> guest: well, thanks, harry. i think that lloyd is the wrong man for the job, and i think that he demonstrated that aptly. i tookize -- took eisenhower awhile to recognize that as he feels his way, and when a commander is sent to him by the chief of staff, who is not only eisenhower's superior, but ten years old, and eisenhower reveres him, and when marshall and mcnear, the chief of army grown forces send lloyd out as respectively the senior combat leader for the u.s. army, eisenhower is going to take awhile to recognize this guy is not up to snuff. there were suspicions, shared them, and they

in fact when the prime minister spoke slightly moderating his tone from tunis today where he was meetingart people were listening and the markets dropped right away in turkey because people wanted more, bill. bill: how did this all start? what started it? >> reporter: started when the prime minister announced plans to commercially develop the last green portion of the storied taxin square in istanbul. it turned into a massive show of unhappiness with what many see as the prime minister's increasingly a authoritarian style, preaching to people how they should live. he is an islamist prime minister. people have known that since 2002. they have been elect being him time and again. in the last month or so there were a bunch of bills and discussion that came to the floor about family planning, public behavior, about the sale of alcohol, so people sort of erupted into this anger about all of this. it came together at one point, bill, and as you see it is continuing for a week now. bill: amy, thanks. watching that from london. martha: back in washington eric holder is back on capitol hill this

the allies tried to cut off the germans from tunis, and they failed to do that in their rush from the invasion area. they were in sort of disarray. they formed defensive positions. they had to defend quite a long front. now, then rommel launched his famous casserine pass which was a disaster, but frieden jdahl was replaced after that as commander of the second corps. bradley recommended his replacement. eisenhower had been pretty satisfied with him and said positive things about him up until then. and my question, i guess, here is do you think he was just a fall guy? and do you have any other insights? >> guest: well, thanks, harry. i think that friedendahl is the wrong man for the job, and i think he demonstrated that aptly. it took eisenhower a while to recognize that. eisenhower's feeling his way, and when a commander has been sent to him by george marshall, the chief of staff -- who's not only eisenhower's superior, he's ten years older and eisenhower reveres him -- so when the chief of army ground forces send him out as effectively the senior combat leader for the u.s. army, eise