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these are key vacuums. >> i want to thank you very much for joining us from tunis. here in the studio, thank you for being with us. but say hello to james and some of the immediate reaction to this incredible story. >> the main media elements to this story is this fake front page circulating on libya in, and you will notice straight away the lowercase m. they straightaway pickup that is not the real deal. essentially linking the kidnapped and released prime minister to the u.s. raid. he was in the know and handed over -- >> do we know who is responsible? >> it is a mystery. take a look at how it is spelled. the french footballer. it could fool a lot of people believing there is a connection between this raid and the prime minister. doing the rounds on social media today, essentially in terms of things not being altogether authentic, the results of that will be released. the official explanation is that they were testing the mobile application. and the results leaked out but the candidates were from the 2013 election so it does not altogether hold together. all of th

and we know that boats are leaving probably every other day from tunis but don't hear about them unlesss go wrong but the majority of boats we see at the moment with sierrans even are leaving from italy because tunis clamped down on the migrant boats and also when they do find these they tend to push them into libya. libya we understand the operations there and the human trafficking is very organized at the moment. it's a multi million dollar business and we are seeing and i expect thousands of people in places like mizrata hoping to get on the boat to make the journey. the reason they go to libya is law an order has broken down since the fall of qaddafi and used to be a deal between qaddafi and berlusconi and they are trying to get in to libya to help them coordinate some sort of coast guard operations to stop the boats from leaving there but have not managed to do so so far. >> reporter: thanks. gunmen shot dead a muslim cleric in the city and three others died in a barrage described of bullets which were fired into their car and seen as the successor to controversial clerc and he is

for more let's cross over to our correspondent live in tunis.t get us up to date on what is happening there in tunis. >> reporter: those talks are expected to begin in the next hour or so. joining me now is somebody who will hopefully take part in those talks. we have the national dialogue starting soon. how hopeful are you, this is the it? finally there can be an tend to this political crisis? >> well, very hopeful because in tunisia -- end up in fining the common road -- it happened in the two past days is nart of the opposition, and the government did not use the same terms the government is going to -- his position three weeks from now. this difference in terms did not have to become a crisis, so we use is the method of the custodian and we ask the quartet to play through. and he gives his understanding of this agreement, and when he read -- prime minister by the hard opposition, they found out the problem was solved, and here we can -- this afternoon nominate the commission for the election, the commission for the constitution and mainly th

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. >> the protests have just gotten underway in tunis. there are thousands of people so far that -- so far and there still seems to be people streaming in. this will put further pressure on the government to step down in the time frame which they have already declared they are sticking to. they have yet to confirm the three-week deadline. the prime minister has up -- press conference scheduled for this afternoon. nothing is confirmed. he maybe announcing their full acceptance of that timeframe. >> thank you for that. our international affairs editor -- it seems to me this will eventually happen. there seems to be a bit of squabbling over when this might happen. >> there is distrust on both sides. the secular opposition would love this prime minister to step down sooner rather than later. if you want to look precisely at the timing. this is about a roadmap. they are structured along a road map that was launched at the initiative of civil society. what is -- we just heard about the three-week timeframe. it calls for the government to step d

in in tunis there were rallies to support the prime minister.re members of the ruling party. >> we are here today to say that the true near en people with all of its institutions, political could you are at this and military we stand in a united front to say no to all of those who want the transition to fail. >> reporter: the opposition wants the government to resign. for failing to fix the economy and stop armed groups from carrying out attacks. however, the prime minister says he won't do that. until a new constitution is finished and an election date set. tunisia's latest round of problems started when an opposition politician was assassinateed in july. division between the government and opposition has paralyzed the parliament. both sides are meeting on friday to try and sort out their differences. but it may be too late to calm things down. in the town here, thousands of people demonstrated against wednesday's killing of seven policemen. they died during a gun fight with supporters of a group. these protesters blame the government for not c

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while in this public market and the thousands like across syria shoppers and management tell us in tunis they've never been any shortages. regarding rice and sugar there are always available we never have a shortage of them and our warehouses are always full. but it's not what the foreign media reports the worst humanitarian crisis since the end of the cold war and we're seeing evidence of the humanitarian situation inside syria and it is only getting worse isom adani recently arrived in the country and was shocked to find that local stores are full i thought that there would be nothing nothing at all everywhere in the supermarkets and nothing to eat and nothing i was really very agreeably surprised there is a lot of everything you know fruits bread. vegetables were ok of syrian origin i said lives in france where she works hard to counter mainstream media bias she believes the french press like others does not report the truth about syria and they were always there ling lies and they were really part of the project. a lot of. constant b.b.c. were and c.n.n. all of them they were talking

gunmen were killed in the fighting another officer died in a separate clash with militants north of tunis although his are cracking down on fighters it says taking advantage of modern rest in neighboring libya to import and launch attacks ongoing protests have forced the government to announce it will resign or talks with the opposition on when to hold new elections have been pushed back to the end of the week because of the violence a prime minister of tunisia told me that its government is doing all it can to deal with social problems before new elections are held. having to be led since the beginning of the revolution in twenty eleven when we were down with the despotism of the heads of state a country started to focus its efforts on democracy after a lengthy dialogue we had successful and legitimate official elections the current constitutional institutions will be temporary until we accept the new constitution and hold. actions under it at the same time since the revolution so far we're solving social and economic problems we managed to achieve some progress in this however these pro

now to due indonesi due du tuni. the deadlock was called by the sagassassination, the governmenn either party is expected to resign within three weeks. >> a 9-year-old its ra ily girls been shot. police suspect she was targeted by a palestinian sniper. >>> now, four international soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack in southern afghanistan. nato says the explosive device went off during an operation in the south. roadside bombs have become the biggest killers of afghan air force soldiers as well as civilians. candidates who hope to become the next candidate of afghanistan have an hour left to register. afghans will have a duty to next year. one of his early comments was to rebuild an education system destroyed by the taliban. jennifer reports. >> the teacher appreciation in western tafg bu afghanistan puts a lot to celebrate. when the taliban fell there were only a million children in school most boys. now 41% of them are girls. >> so, if you want to make your country better, for that you need to go to college

government looking into the assassination of outspoken sector oppositions, accusing a radical imam in tunisthe same day the ambassador was killed, accusing of regrouping and forming men outside of libya. all of these different elements, the attacks we see more and more on security forces. and also what we have seen with various parts of the country seemingly breaking off. >> i don't know, but first i wanted to say, the answer is to try to provide support and help to the libyan government and him prove the security service. i don't want to defend the libyan government or anything, but they are also good people trying to do things. the problem with libya is that it is complicated because they have this kind of schizophrenic relationship. on one hand, they want it but in reality, they don't. they look at you as a foreigner coming in. i was in new york with the minister of justice as we try to have a summit on sexual violence. you see it is very complicated and i think this is one of the answers. it takes time and we have to deal with that. i am not a political analyst. maybe in the meantime, t

limited to border regions withal year algeria, tr with libya, and the only attack that has happened in tunis are the two political assassinations that occurred in this transition. the attacks in the coastal regions of t tunisia where there is high density, a lot of people, tourism, which is important to th tunisia economy. now suicide-bombers, the first time it has happened since the tunisia revolution. >> five people connected to a car crash in ti tianamnmen squa. the. >>> more than ten thousand families in the southern philippines lost their homes during a siege. the fighters were battling for control of the city. the government has declared the crisis is now over but to thousands of families the recovery will take much longer. we have reports. >> reporter: the tournament from the siege is edged deeply in this family home. >> my house, it's no more a home. >> reporter: what they have left are scars, they say, memories built for decades now reduced-to-champions. >> champion. >> reporter: their home was one of the many destroyed during the siege between philippine soldiers and fighters from

. >> on the cys coastline of tuni.orth africa continues to be a route for migrants to europe. >> and this is where many are headed but not all arrive. i'm barnby phillips on the i italian island of lap p lampedu. we'll be asking them why and what can be done about it. >> at least 50 killed in the escalating sectarian violence. >> scarred for life after a family dispute. we meet some of the india's victims of as si acid attacks. >> wifwe have all of your sports including vettel who has won all four consecutive championships. >> every single day thousands leave their homeland in search for a better life. some falling victim to traffickers and others facing a perillesperilless journey and wy arrive the welcome can be far from warm. amost of them come from five countries. afghanistan, iraq, syria, somalia and sudan. one of the main routes is from the indo nich niche inindonesia. boats carrying 45,000 people to australia. >> another route is lampedusa. 8000 m8000 mike8000 m8000 mike8n lampedusa. you are in tunisia because o

let's go to tunis. >> reporter: most of the boats that leave here leave from the southern part of thentry. we don't hear about the boats unless something goes wrong, but most migrants are deciding to leave from libya, because it's a lot easier there. there has been a break down of law and order and militias are basically in control of many parts of the country, including where this boat left from. i think the priority for the european union is to coordinate with the libbian and tunsian authorities. certainly libya has a control operation which patrols the area, and wants to get a deal going with libya. it hasn't happened so far. many of the migrants i have spoken to here in tunisea and sicily say people are making millions of dollars out of people's misery. here people are leaving for economic reasons. there is 50% unemployment in many parts of the country. they will go to italy and then fry to get to france. but i have spoken to a new wave of syrian ref gees who managed to make it to lampedusa, and they say there are thousands waiting in libya for the next available crossing. >> many

stunning picture from alaska, 10,000 cal rus10,000walruses.walru >> these are walruses crammed o to a tuny anchorage. global warming is melt ago way their usual habitat. >> that is amazing, all walruses, all due to global glob warming. >>> now to our continuing coverage of the governmentgo shutdown. with so much at stake we are getting more reaction. we took an ipad and put anan image on it, related to theted o shutdown, and asked people ond the street to give us three words when they looked at that picture that showed them. we revealed what the picture ise at end. take a listen. >> ridiculous, crazy and selfish. >> broken, intolerance, bullheadedness. >> imep used to, shame and disgust. >> ineffective, heavy. i >> three words about thatne incident, dysfunctional, and inconsiderate, frustrated. >> a terrible mistake.ke. >> looking at that image what are three words that come to mind. disappointing, crumbling infuriate being. >> can you show us the image. >> very descriptive people, a lot of people frustrated for tha lack of progress and how it got to this point. let's get it done. in this

youcef gaigi there speaking from tunis. >> u.s.py chiefs faced tough questions on capitol hill over the surveillance of american allies. speaking before members of the u.s. congress they defended their actions. we have this report from washington. >> the house intelligence committee plays a key role in overseeing the secret activities of the national security agency. >> the only scanneda louse thinks are the attacks made upon you. >> on tuesday, in the main, it provided a respectful platform for the director of national intelligence and the head of the nsa to answer critics. on the bugging of world leaders james clapper insisted he was following broad orders to give the president the best information possible on his foreign counterparts. >> as long as i have been in the intelligence business - 50 years - leadership intention, in whatever form it's expressed is a basic tenant of what we are to collect and analyse. >> on recent allegations that the united states was collecting millions of phone record in france and spain, the head of

>> actually, migrants don't leave from tunis but leave from tunisia.ore than 5,000 tunizians made it to it ly -- italy. militias are running the show, the human trafficking. it is a preferred destinations for sub-sa harans. the weather has picked up - waters are choppier, it is world. tonight, most probably a boat will leave from the nav can - north african shores. most probably they'll be given a satellite phone with a couple of numbers. most probably people that have not steered a boat, and they'll have to head in the dark towards lampedusa. >> we can see the waves behinds you, chopping behind you. i imagine there's pressure on the government in tunisia and europe to regulate, if not stop the boats. >> definitely here in tunisia there's an immense amount of pressure from the e.u. that is why the coast guard is out searching for boats, and also the national guard along the coastline. that's why there are fewer boats leaving. they clamp down on the human trafficking here. in libya there is pressure there too, but the problem there is that the prime min

between members across the whole of the north of africa from the sinai in egypt to libya to neighboring tuni srks tunisa, to mali, to nigeria as well. so this is an organization that has grown strong on the back of the arab spring, so the move now is we don't know why it's happened now specifically. if we did, we would be able to gain a lot more, a lot more insight into perhaps why not just why this has happened, but understand better the context of why it's happening. but certainly, al qaeda and the north of africa is a growing threat and danger and to go in now into libya certainly does show with the knowledge of the libyan government, does show some compliance there, but again, we don't know what the outfall for this weak libyan government is going to be, don. >> all right, our senior national correspondent nic robertson is in london. barbara starr is following this from the pentagon. i want to get now to our foreign affairs reporter, elise. she is joining us by phone. listen, let's talk about how sensitive these embassy attacks are, even years later. 1998. you cover this, the state depar

now, nazarine is in tunis. >> the coast guard has clamped down on my grants leaving this part of northwe understand 30,000 people have made the treacherous journey to europe they have no agreement with italy in terms of deporting people and there are security problems in the country. there is a porous border region of thousands of kilometers. very little security on the coastline. >> that's why my grant did a -- migrants are leaving. they can't find work back home but, also, they are fleeing war, particularly those who are coming from somalia and aratraa. they are paying thousands of dollars to get onbosis and they can't stay in places like libya for very long. if they do, they will be arrested and detained. >> now, a little closer to home in the plight of those leaving the dominican republic and puerto rico it has risen drastically. many see the u.s. territory as a potentially easy route into the country. most risk everything when trying to cross. al jazeera's andy gallagher has more >> reporter: there is a reputation not just for beauty. >> one, two, three, four, five. >> here, it's

the sting which the pope received a phone call from taiwan to tunis that's one thing to go with we doing. can he go so that the un mission while fundraising is the one thing that i didn't have much expanded to four joined the gunners back to taiwan this but john kaneria. what can work on this site is not easy here things to do this but my sense is that the un and taiwan their own people the industry committee did give a good mind to everyone to tell them they need to know how people who fall with chicken bacon too. and so that the fed doesn't get the i see that. things can bend over without well with the efforts can i do with school cope with the way of freeing some of the support of the laundry is history and i want to learn so wanna talk to them. and that he always impressed and felt we would read we commit to education he can learn much about the quality education to walk so there's a good sign. and also that done. i think of that so what i mentioned the other is a fund raising the salaries of their one i call a hot tub where an immediacy and his assault with a man this is the most it

the dysfunction in both cairo and tunis and the egyptian military's deposing of president meemed morsi in a oupe ensures that a democratic outcome is not assumed or the united states must stand to assist arab nations with long-term institution building that are necessary preconditions for democracy. in tunisia, which is small, relatively prosperous and not nearly as divided as somer neighbors, transfer of power from the current government that would oversee elections are not entirely well. but while a framework for the installation of a caretaker government remains, squabbling between the islamists and the secular opposition has slowed the progress and reintroduced uncertainty into tunisia's fragile politics. political institution building and creating a culture of good governance will require targeted assistance, training programs and a lot of patience. egypt and tunisia may be a mess now, but 10 years from now will not be the same as they are today, and we can play a role in helping to shape that future. think of some of the other countries that have democratized in recent years in e

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them in the close of his letters, not just in his letter to tripoli but in his letters to a ruler of tunisge of the koran that he employed in diplomacy in this way, even though he criticized the religion in other places. but so did he criticize christianity and also judaism. >> the book is called "thomas jefferson's koran." thank you so much, fascinating read. >> thank you. >>> right now, we take you back to iowa where texas senator ted cruz is speaking to voters there. we'll take a listen. and after this, i want to bring in norm ornstein. >> why is it that congress is held in such low regard? well, when you spend a little bit of time traveling, whether it is traveling the state of texas, my home state, or traveling the country, you very quickly understand why it is. we've done over 75 town halls events all throughout the state of texas. it doesn't matter in texas where you're in east texas, west texas, the panhandle or down in the rio grande valley. texans' top priority is overwhelmingly jobs and economic growth. nothing else comes close. that's true across this country. doesn't matter wh