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saudi arabia, the united arab emirates and algeria closed embassies in tripoli, and the u.s. increased aircraft in italy ready to evacuate u.s. citizens and embassy staff. >>> there are fears that the company could slide into civil law, the latest for officers to swif sides. we have -- switch sides. we have this report. >> a dramatic twist in libya as the commander of special forces switched sides. speaking in benghazi, he's i don't knowing forces with -- joining forces with retired general khalifa haftar. >> because of terrorist groups that have kidnapped and destabilized security we'll stand with the will of the people and join the battle of dignity under the leadership of the national army. >> the national army is led by khalifa haftar, and friday it declared open war. khalifa haftar accused the general national congress of supporting extreme groups. former rebel groups in benghazi accused the general of staging a coup. they will find against him. >> translation: they have been trying to destabilize the country. the latest coup from the murderous general, we condemn the ki

i think he was detained by the united arab emirates. he had some sort with afghan officials. i don't know much more than when we were talking but everything seems to point to the fact that it was not the americans. i have to talk to american officials and wasn't america that -- the united arab emirates to detain him whereas people point out that pakistani did ask to meet him when he was in dubai and were aware but at this moment the opposition that they were behind his detention. i know a lot of afghans who are very -- and pakistani us who are concerned about the close relationship between pakistan and the united arab emirates. they're very insecure people who are on the run or people who are worried about arrest. i wouldn't put it past but i don't original note. as for the peace talks i have never thought they were going anywhere quite frankly. certainly the taliban who were cut off of peace talks, i don't think, i think they are controlled, i think they are under difficulties because their families are still in pakistan. they can't really act as independent actors but also

the main character in the latest peace talks was a man that seemed to to be detained by the united arab emirateafter he passed fo talks with the afghan officials. everything seems to point to the fact we have talked to the american officials that asked the united arab emirates to detain him whereas people pointed out that the pakistanis did ask to meet him while he was in dubai so they were aware that he was there. but at the moment it is just an opposition that they were behind the detention. certainly i know a lot of afghans and pakistanis that are concerned about the relationship between pakistan and the united arab emirates. they feel insecure around people that are worried about the arrest. i wouldn't put it past them, but i don't actually know. as for the peace talks i never knew they were going anywhere quite frankly. they went to open the peace talks and the government i think they are controlled and under the difficulties because the families are still in pakistan and if they can't really act as independent actors. but also in afghanistan all the new people running for president, all t

i think he was detained by the united arab emirates.just after he had some talks with afghan officials. i don't know much more than when we were talking, but everything seems to point to the fact that it was not the americans. i've talked to americans and they said it wasn't an orifice in america that tipped off the united arab emirates to detain memoirist people pointed out the packets danny's did ask to meet him while he was in dubai. said they were tracking his movements and they were aware he was there. at the moment it is just supposition that they were behind his detention. certainly i know a lot of afghan and packets and a sewer very concerned about the close relationship between packets and in the united arab emirates. they feel in here, people who are on the run for people who are worried about rs. i wouldn't put it past, but i don't actually know. as for the peace talks, i've never thought they are going anywhere quite frankly. certainly the taliban to have been peace talks with the government and the ink they are controlled.

with thealk strategy chief executive of the biggest bank in the united arab emirates. what is their agenda? we will tell you what that is. stay with us. ♪ >> we open with chinese purchasing managers index. miners getting some relief. harris unchanged. the dax rising. >> i am manus cranny in london and this is "on the move" streaming online, on your phone, apple tv and the new amazon fire tv. here is a couple of stocks. we have got daily mail rising about 5.25%. they announced the much-anticipated cashing in on their property website, zoopla. looks like they are going to go for an ipo. racing is set to come. the ua shins are adding up to one billion pounds. they are going to seek to cash in on that. royal mail, stock declining. in october.ipo back what we saw was operating profits. so the markets were a little bit disappointed on those numbers. it has had a fairly good run as of late. those are a couple stocks. we are getting the purchasing managers index figures from europe this morning. french manufacturing slowed down at the top of the hour. we are joined by david tw

on the subject of syria by the foreign ministers and ministers of turkey, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, qatar, jordan, egypt. to make up the -- these are the countries that make up the core group of the friends of syria or the london 11. we held some detailed talks including with president al jarva and prime minister tomi of the syria national coalition. we are united in our disgust and anger at what is happening in syria and the regime's utter disregard for human life. we've already seen the deaths of over 150,000 syrians. and we have agreed a short communique, first of all, condemning the assad regime's unilateral plan to hold illegitimate presidential elections on june 3. we say in our communique that this mocks the innocent lives lost in the conflict. utterly contradicts the geneva communique and a parody of democracy. many millions of syrians will be unable to participate in such a so-called election and we call on the entire international community to reject these illegitimate elections as the arab league, the united nations, the united states, turkey, and the european union have

. >> president park now begins a trip to the united arab emirates, the nuclear industry still reeling from a safety scandal linked to corruption. harry fawcett, al jazeera, seoul. >>> chinese ship will reach depths of more than 23,000 feet and that unmanned u.s. navy submersible went down 15,000 compete before it malfunctioned last week. the jet with 239 on board disappeared last month. >>> school kids in coleman, 31 31 -- from colombia. are in the town of fondacian. 239 miles from bogota. authorities are trying to determine the cause. the driver who has managed to escape has been arrested. >>> if you fear disasters, chile is not place for you. there's a new study out that indicates chile could be the worst place in the entire western hemisphere to dodge mother nature. as lucia newman reports, it is time create an early warning system. >> reporter: chile's ash clouds circled the hemisphere at least five times. monitors volatile volcanos on yellow alert. >> we are monitoring 43 of the most active volcanoes with cameras, thermal and seismic sensors, so chile can have first rate informat

. >> the number of cases we have seen in saudi arabia and the united arab emirates as well of cases exported to other countries raise his public raises questions whether the virus has changed in any way. >> so far, no changes in the virus genome has been found. on tuesday the world health organization will be discussing findings in an emergency meeting. on monday, officials announced a second case of the disease on u.s. soil. now in a florida hospital, the 44-year-old patient is a health-care worker who lives in saudi arabia. he was already ill during his trip to the u.s. the cdc is contacting 500 people who were on his flight. they say that it is purely a precautionary measure. >> airplanes themselves are not a likely place for acquisition. we are intensively evaluating airplane travelers for these 2 patients that have traveled into the united states to understand where there is any risk or not. international teams are working together to explain the recent upsurge in cases and srevent further spread of mer before saudi arabia sees an in visitors for ramadan. in canada, 3 employees linked t

amanda aguer worked as a care giver in israel and the united arab emirates. she says she had no choice but to go abroad, so she could earn enough for her three children. >> translator: i want to give my children the best future. and i want them to -- and also my family. my whole family. this is the only way how to be more. >> reporter: auguilar stay add i broad for more than a decade. every month she kept sending $500 to her family. she decided to return to the philippines around the time her children were becoming teenagers. but when she got back, she discovered how family and relatives had used all the money she'd sent to cover living expenses. there were no savings. so aguilar started looking for a job, but with the nation's jobless rate over 7%, she had no luck. she's been cooking and selling meals to get by. she earns about $3 a day. far from enough to make a living. >> it's difficult because every day i do not work and i get the food for my family. every day i have to think, oh, my god. tomorrow, again. >> reporter: philippine government officials recog

increase in cases of middle east respiratory virus better known as mers in audi arabia and the united arab emirates they say there are no increased risks at the airport and are not recommending a change in travel plans but they say that two people in the u.s. have become sick after traveling to saudi arabia and that people should be cautious and protect themselvess from the spread of germs. >>> a campaign to stop bullying came to a local school today. >> who has instagram? who has facebook. >> reporter: the program is called hash tag i can help. a spokesperson asked students to report bullying to hash tag i can help. >> everyone adults are posting stuff and not thinking about it. >> reporter: the majority of colleges and perspective employers are checking applicant associate media sites and messages and images they postcan have a lasting impact on their future. hash tag i can help began in byron and is now being adopted in 100 schools across california. >>> a lot of people dream of having waterfront homes in sausalito but know that's an extremely costly proposition. >> reporter: these people live r

. >> president park geun-hye begins a trip to the united arab emirates tide to a nuclear rehabilitation, reeling from a safety scandal linked to corruption. well, the coast guard continues its operations off the coast of jindo where 18 are missing, thoughts on board. the head of the coast guard saying that there might be a change in the hearts of those workers, but he will convince them to carry on and do what they can to recover the last remaining bodies. >>> that's our correspondent live from seoul. >>> lawyers representing former bosnia army chief rad coe mill add itch are to begin their defense. he faces 11 charges of genocide from 1992 to 1995 bosnia war, and is accused of kills thousands of men and boys in scriban itch ka. the worst massacre >>> at least 44 died in the balkans, suffering its worst flooding on record. thousands have been forced from their homes. we have this report. >> reporter: in the air and on the ground. the priority is to get to the old and the sick. this is 88-year-old woman. we meet her after she was rescued by the serbian army. she tells us her house was su

. >> reporter: president park geun-hye begins a trip to the united arab emirates.he nuclear industry reeling from a safety scandal linked to corruption. down in the south coast of south korea, where the rescue operation has been going on for the past - for more than a month, it continues. 18 people are missing. the head of the coast guard service spoke there, and he said that he would hum bli submit he and his colleagues to the opinion of a nation and president, and they would not rest, they'd do their level to recover the remaining people still believed to be on the say wold. there's a different rehabilitation to the family members of the missing people. they got up on the same stage giving an impromptu press conference, saying it was the wrong time, it would affect the coast guard operations and challenged the government did they have the will to continue the operations until the last person was found. you see from that, among the families, still a lot to be done for park geun-hye to restore her reputation. >>> harry fawcett joining us from seoul, south korea. >>

officials, and they said it wasn't them, or it wasn't america that tipped off or asked the united arab emirates to detain him whereas people have pointed out that the pakistanis did ask to meet him while he was in dubai, so they were tracking his movements, and they were aware that he was there. but at the moment, it's just opposition that they were behind his detention. certainly, i know a lot of afghans who are very -- and pakistanis, actually, who are very concerned about the close relationship between pakistan and united arab emirates. they feel insecure, people who are, you know, on the run or people who are worried about arrests. so i wouldn't put it past, but i don't actually know. yeah. as for the peace talks, i've never thought they're going be anywhere, quite frankly. certainly the taliban who want qatar to open peace talks with the afghan government, i don't think they're -- i think they're controlled, i think they're under, they're in difficulties because their families are still this pakistan. they can't really act as independent actors. but also, you know, in afghanistan all the n

but the place i was talking about wasn't brunei, it was the united arab emirates, a favorite destination and filming location for wealthy hollywood celebrities. justin timberlake will perform there in may. fast & furious 7 is reportedly filming there right now. george clooney, the kardashians, all popular guests of dubai. rather than boycott a hotel in the town you live in, putting hundreds of americans out of jobs, hollywood should get cozy with the very uncomfortable truth about the world it lives in, and really, put your money where it counts. >> okay. i'll take that one. here is mine. i was actually already outraged about republicans who were trying to cash in politically on the murder of four americans in the benghazi terror attacks. but now they're trying to cash in literally, literally, financially. now that's not only gross, it is beyond hypocritical. let's not forget, the big republican critique of president obama was this. in the middle of a national tragedy, the white house was more concerned about politics than about dead americans. okay. interesting. now what is the gop resp

like united arab emirates.tival that is a hot spot for celebrities and yet their police force is entrapping gays using online dating services and jailing them, these are places that stone for adultery or throw you in prison for adultery and hollywood is fine filming their movies in the united arab emirates. it is a small step to protest small islamic country, for all the good it would do and they are spending money in dubai and abu dhabi and other places where you have that share reimposition and they don't do anything about it. stuart: it is a boycott of the beverly hills hotel. i understand quite a few events have been canceled because of this boycott. is having some effect on that hotel. and it has generated a lot of publicity. you got to say that. >> why not boycott dubai? one not boycott their international film festival? why are george clooney and others, j. low debt accounted a few months ago in dubai? the same place that is arresting as for being in homosexual relationships. if they are going to boycott

key driver of the influence partially coming from the .wnership of al jazeera saudi arabia, united arab emirates protesting guitars policy -- protesting q atar's policies. i'm pleased to have hamad bin jassim al thani back at the .able welcome. you can correct any part of that introduction if you like. >> no thanks. i don't correct. >> let me begin with the fact that you were admired and a powerful figure in qatar. all of this is sort of what has been said. emir the emea abdicates -- abdicates. it was talked about for at least a year. what happened? >> it's very simple. it is exactly what happened. four years before the change happened, he was thinking seriously to give more power to his son when he was the crown prince to take over as soon as possible. he believed he needed to transfer the power when the crown prince is ready and at that time, the prince was capable and he did a good job during the last three or four years when his father gave him a lot of responsibility, he proved that he is up to the job and he can do it right. this is why the change happened. it has not been done just like t

. >> the united arab emirates largely paid for billion dollar campus and the workers were hired by contractorsot correct directly by the university. sparked controversy before the groundbreaking. and the universities had set a strict policy othe protect laborers. it tells al jazeera if the story is true then it's troubling and unacceptable and out of standards we deliberately set. nyu is looking at the allegations but construction is done and a lot of those workers have now returned to their home country. john. >> jonathan betz, thank you. another media merger in the telecommunications world. at&t has agreed to buy satellite tv producer directv. for 45 billion. john terret has the story. >> at first blush, you'd think they are odd bed fellows aren't they. look been you'll see why the boards of both firms agree, a marriage to create the second biggest cable and credit internet provider in the u.s. is a good idea at least for him. at&t needs contents and carb. directv still makes piles of money. directv on the other hand is looking for high speed technology to get its content onto mobile and gue

the capital of the oil-rich united arab emirates, which sits on the persia gulf.billed as a center of cultural activity and it has positioned itself as a cosmopolitan reflection of a globalizing society, despite its country where criticizing the government is a crime. and for its first ever commencement ceremony, it attracted no less than bill clinton to speak to the graduating class. yet the entire thing, the whole gleaming spectacle appears to be built on the absolute ugliest foundations. last week, "new york times" reported that some of the roughly 6,000 immigrant workers who built its new campus were charged a year's wages to land the job, denied access to their travel documents, and arrested, beaten, and deported for going on strike. a violation of nyu's statement of labor values written 2009. and when you apologize to the workers who were not treated with the standards we set and when president john sexton placed the blame in part on contractors who weren't under the university's control, even though the general contractor had helped oversee construction is

alternatives from the united states whether it's gulf countries like saudi arabia, or the united arab emirates, looking for patrons besides the united states. i expect there to be difficult days ahead. >> we have syria and turkey having elections coming up. syria next week. the syrian election - we'll move past it. it's in the middle of the civil war. bashar al-assad will be president. there's not much to discuss there. >> it's a sham. it's not worth discussing at this point. >> how about turkey, what will that mean? we have a prime minister likely to be the president. he's been high handed in recent days with the turkish mining disaster, he has made terrible moves that made him unpopular, but he's expected to win the election. >> that is exactly right. president recep tayyip erdogan is a tough character. he has been overseeing an illiberal if not authoritarian term. before then, the turkish media has been under pressure. there has been, obviously, cases of police brutality, charges of massive corruption on his part. yet, he remains popular with half of the turkish population. expectations are

they are shipping it to germany, finland, the united arab emirates and china.his is a bakery owner. >> translation: we are planning to expand. >> njera. we -- injera. we can't satisfy the demand. the price is lone. >> the global demand for teff is causing fears that it may make it hard for yooeth i don't knowians to enjoy the crop. this person has traded teff in her village in northern ethiopia. >> translation: prices of teff are increasing. it's hard for me to remain in business and make profits. >> fearing shortages of the commodity they want to ban the exports of the teff grain in 2006. fields of the crop cover 20% of all land in ethiopia. there are plans to up the production to satisfy increasing demand at home and abroad. >>> still to come here at al jazeera - separating palestinian families. lebanon makes it tougher for refugees to cog over from syria -- cross over from syria. >> i'm in grens bro north carolina. i'll tell you about the dangers that child labourers face harvesting tobacco to make secrets. >> in sport - which teams booked a spot in the n.b.

not interested in becoming an informant and was later arrested when he was traveling in the united arab emiratesid he was detained and tortured there, asked questions, like what the fbi had asked him. he sawmailed me after the story and said i had a similar experience. that is how i found out about naji's story in the first place. >> in that article, you write that he was beaten on the soles of his feet, kicked and punched, held in stress positions as interrogators demanded that he cooperate. he talks about the fbi trying to make him an informant. i was visiting portland, oregon, and they needed my help. said, you have to be willing to help us, and then we can tell you. they would give me money, i would live a good life, they said, don't you want to make good money? work with us. i told them that i do not plan to be an informant or whatever they were trying to do, but i told them that if there was anything that i know, i would tell you. but as far as me going to anybody and trying to be secretly bringing information, i would not do that. nick baumann, talk about the significance of these clips t

was new york times" report censored in the united arab emirates with local distributors pulling all copiesf the newspaper on the day the story was published. "the new york times" said its local partners to the report "too sensitive." an activist in chile says he is destroyed student debt records worth $500 million. says he stolea the papers from the for-profit mar anddad del burned them in an act of love in order to free the students from loan debt. the rise of privatized education in chile began under the dictatorship of general pinochet. a new united states, study shows student debt has increased more rapidly at schools with the highest-paid presidents. report by the institute for policy studies looked at public universities with the highest rates of executive pay and found that administrative spending outstripped spending on scholarships by more than two to one. the german nuclear physicist durr has hans-peter died at the age of 84. he received a right livelihood award for his critique of the strategic defense initiative -- a reagan-backed defense system against potential nuclear attack

. >> reporter: this is the middle east comicon in dubai, part of the united arab emirates. >> middleulture. superheroes are often dressed in clothes that look like they've been painted on. there's a game of catch-up. it calls costumes and play. >> this is the strangest costume i have ever seen. >> certain things are considered a little bit dangerous in the states, but they're doing it here, and it's totally fine. ♪ >> we found the collision of cultures here also extends to gender and the muslim traditions around clothing for women. >> i have -- women in western comics. the outfit is -- >> here's a a conservetive country. you can't -- some will be revealing. too revealing. >> wau be dressed differently if you were at a western conference? >> no. >> has anyone pulled you aside and said something about it? here while you've been here? >> yeah. >> yes? >> yeah. >> what did they say? >> like, what are you wearing? you know what, i'm free to wear whatever i want to wear. >> women with diverse clothing choices outnumber men among the local comic book artists here. >> there are a lot of fema

national carrier of united arab emirates brings you what they call, the residence.ck luxury cabin for people that like to fly fancy. $20,000 is how much it costs. personal butler, living room, with egyptian cotton sheets and big-screen tv the service available on flights from abu dhabi to london. it will be available to customers on the australia route next year. >> not new york though. "off the desk,," 18-acre beachfront home in the hamptons exchanged hands for cool $147 million. making it the most expensive home ever sold in the u.s. the home belonged to christopher brown, a brown company investment firm until he died back in '09 of the his family sewed the estate in a closed deal to barry rozenstein in new york. it has a formal gardens, jerry seinfeld, just a few high-profile neighbors he will have. broke the record from two weeks ago. david: number one thing to watch tomorrow, earnings from disney and groupon. that will be "after the bell." gerri willis is next. gerri: i'm gerri willis, right now on "the willis report." , start talking to victims tied to its rec

it i based oust the united arab emirates and i want to show you pictures from their first class, suddenlyto fly straff extravaganza. it looks like a high-end cruise ship's cabin. the airline announced it's installing private residences in the sky. this is onboard the huge airbus a-380 jet and the boeing 787 dream liner. there's a bedroom. each suite had three rooms. that was the living room. this is the bedroom here. which is clearly in shades of tan and brown in this particular one. it isn't one of those lie-flat seats. it's a real mott tress that fits two people. a couple can comfortably sleep here. comfortably being the operative word you have your own bathroom with you're own shower. national hitting turbulence and you're in the shower, go crashing through the glass, blood on the floor, have to call a teenage for a traps fusion. this one comes with a classically trained english butler. and her is your -- what -- grand meeting room, private bar where you can hob nobody with other fellow first-classers. it's rolling out on flights between london and abu dab by. what's the cast? a cool 2

she has searched in iraq, tunisia, syria, and united arab emirates. she's held important positions in the department of state headquarters. she's been a role model and mentor to up and coming male and tee mail foreign service officers and a true leader. deb remarks thank you so much for coming. this is not a news program. this is a discussion with sort of a broader optic, but i can't ignore events of the last few days in libya, and so i'm going to start with that, and then we will try to get a sense of where how we move forward in libya, what we should understand in washington, what the path looks like to stabilize the country, what the american role can be. as you well know, there is a former general calf he'lla heftar who has started something called operation dignity to purge the country of islamists. there's been armed action against ansar al sharia. the state department has already issued a statement, of course saying they've not had contact. they do not condone or support, and nor has the u.s. government assisted in these actions. we are continu

she has searched in iraq, tunisia, syria, and united arab emirates. she's held important positions in the department of state headquarters. she's been a role model and mentor to up and coming male and tee mail foreign service officers and a true leader. deb remarks thank you so much for coming. this is not a news program. this is a discussion with sort of a broader optic, but i can't ignore events of the last few days in libya, and so i'm going to start with that, and then we will try to get a sense of where how we move forward in libya, what we should understand in washington, what the path looks like to stabilize the country, what the american role can be. as you well know, there is a former general calf he'lla heftar who has started something called operation dignity to purge the country of islamists. there's been armed action against ansar al sharia. the state department has already issued a statement, of course saying they've not had contact. they do not condone or support, and nor has the u.s. government assisted in these actions. we are continu

united states and china should press the kimberly process to lead review missions to united arab emirates belgium and india to stop smuggled diamonds. these efforts could identify individuals and companies against whom the united states and the u.n. could issue target sanctions. adopt ahe u.s. should regional approach to diplomatic engagement. there is an urgent need to recognize the interest of those who are drawn to the natural resources and exploit the fragile state institutions in their search for profit. the region is a largely lawless area where rebel groups operate relatively freely. the u.s. should determine a common policy for the region. america must continue to lead with and alongside international partners to stop violence in the countries. the most precious resources and people deserve nothing less. thank you. i'll be happy to take any questions. >> thank you for your testimony and recommendations. >> thank you, mr. chairman and ranking member. i want to thank you for including me in this panel to talk about this very difficult situation. what my group does is work with diasp

shares have rallied after the united arab emirates upgraded to emerging markets that is. investors can see -- appear concerned that it was overdone. it is time for a check on some of the other stories making headlines this monday. are blustering the financing ahead of and ecb area. deutsche bank plans to raise $11 billion in fresh capital. almost a quarter will come from selling a state to the qatari riyal family. for thee raised this second time in the hopes that more cash will assuage concerns about the takeover. for 117 billion dollars in the biggest ever acquisition of a geek a company. pfizer says this is the final offer and they have until 5:00 p.m. time date. a tv merger in the u.s.. they have agreed to acquire directv for close to $50 billion. it has been approved by both companies and is expected to close the next month or so. they're taking on rivals and time warner. >> that is the headlines. i am mia saini. >> tilde come on the program, after 30 years, an end to politics in india. our next guest is not changing his outlook on the country just yet. we'll ask him

earlier in april they bought the retail operations of barclays in the united arab emirates for $177 millions it continues to expand its footprint. that comes with a little bit over 100,000 accounts. i asked him as well, what's the strategy behind the acquisition was. >> we didn't buy barclays because we needed to grow. we are growing very fast. we have more than 600,000 clients. in 2008 we barely had 200,000 clients. but we are a bank that specializes in serving the eu nationals, the arab-speaking population. and we wanted to go into the expatriate segment. instead of build it, we would acquire it. that would accelerate our entry into the expat market by three years. >> more than 100,000 accounts, we understand these will be converted to sharia compliant accou accounts. are you worried about customers leaving, taking their money out of the bang and going somewhere else? >> most acquisitions have a risk of clients that are not happy with the transaction, they would typically go somewhere else. they've had two similar transactions in the last four years. for us, this is our second experience.

lawyer suspects torture and then there's youngest feet from oregon he was arrested in the united arab emirates and twenty eleven refused to become an f.b.i. informant held three months without charge he was eventually released and his lawyer thomas nelson joins us tonight in the now thanks for being with us can you tell us more about unisys case. sure nayana says young american nationalist american citizen originally from eritrea wanted to go to the to sudan initially and then to the u.a.e. to engage in business and when he got to sit on he was lured into the american embassy under false pretenses and told by two of b i agents that they needed him to help them on a case that was developing important subsequent events indicate that case involvement more mood who was an acquaintance of mr feet gray and who was subsequently. entrapped into a bombing set up by the f.b.i. a sting but in any event mr fink gratian i don't want to become an informant i don't want to work with you has a result of that he was placed on the no fly list and then a year later he was arrested and imprisoned for one hundred

. >> reporter: the president now begins a trip to the united stated arab emirates.uclear industry too still reeling from a safety accident. >>> more than half of the world's animal species are in danger of disappearing from the wild. at canada's largest zoo frozen genetic material is being used to help repopulate some animals that otherwise wouldn't have had a fight chance. >> reporter: preventing extinction with a genetic deep freeze. this is a frozen repository of sperm, eggs, dna and cells from dozens of endangered animal species. it is used in breeding programs here in toronto, but has other goals as well. >> understanding reproductive health, make babies. reproducing the again ittic material for the future, and also the long-term vision. that's where the biobank plays a big role. >> reporter: there is genetic material from around the world here, but there's also a strong emphasis on endangered wildlife here in canada. some of this captive herd came from the biobank. but the wildlife population is infected by ta bushing low sis. >> we have a lot of land, but we'

on the subject of syria by the foreign ministers and ministers of turkey, saudi arabia, the united arab emiratesdan, egypt. to make up the -- these are the countries that make up the core group of the friends of syria or the london 11. we held some detailed talks including with president al jarva and prime minister tomi of the syria national coalition. we are united in our disgust and anger at what is happening in syria and the regime's utter disregard for human life. we've already seen the deaths of over 150,000 syrians. and we have agreed a short communique, first of all, condemning the assad regime's unilateral plan to hold illegitimate presidential elections on june 3. we say in our communique that this mocks the innocent lives lost in the conflict. utterly contradicts the geneva communique and a parody of democracy. many millions of syrians will be unable to participate in such a so-called election and we call on the entire international community to reject these illegitimate elections as the arab league, the united nations, the united states, turkey, and the european union have already don

2300 entries, from 46 states, the district of columbia, and even overseas in taiwan and the united arab emirates. more than 4800 students participated either individually or in teams. prizes totaled $100,000, and here's the breakdown, grand prize entry, three first-prize high school entries and one first-prize middle school entry. want to introduce you to emma larsen, who represents the grand-prize winning team. one of three. michaela and sarah also part of the team that produced the video, earth first, fracking second. so, emmark let's begin with -- how did you and your team get assigned this topic? >> well, fracking kept coming up. i first heard about it driving to school on npr and thought, oh, this would be a good project. and then while doing a current event for our government class, there were articles in "the los angeles times," "the new york times," and we read those, and the moment where we all decided this was going to be our topic is when there was an article on fracking in our local newspaper and it said how fracking was happening two miles from our house. so there's this national pr

>> we wanted to increase our security footprint globally, especially in the region so, the united arab emiratesty benefit of preclearance is also being questioned. >> some of us have expressed concern. >> reporter: in february the secretary of homeland security was called to defend preclearance to a skeptical congress. >> i believe it's a homeland security imper they've we improve that security one way or another, and i think preclearance is a good way to do that. >> quite frankly, i would rather see one of our guests if they're going to be denied entry into the u.s. be done here. >> reporter: james hogan is the president and c.o.o. of an airline offering nonstop service from abu dhabi to the united states. >> i think it's a bigger i remember remember issue for them. they're using us as a weapon on the u.s. government. >> we need to have our system make sense, and making sense at our own borders is a key way to do that. >> reporter: and time is money. >> time is money. delays cost passengers and businesses billions and billions of dollars a year. >> reporter: now any country meeting u.s. securi

the united arab emirates would stand up munitions.and those have made the iranians those provide a greater effect for at least these two countries combined with missile defense. standoff munitions are very important, and they are causing some iranians to not sleep very well at night. let me say a final word. the above mentioned that a fully integrated system can protect the skies of the gcc and is fantastic news. the problem is, if you don't pair that with a credible cyber defense options are vulnerable. so i would urge whoever is working with the gcc nation, primarily the united states, when you are trying to integrate defensive capabilities and form an integrated cyber defense system please think more carefully. everything is integrated. you're automatically much more vulnerable cyber from. we can discuss much more the politics and the infinite dispute among the gcc countries, but i am happy to leave it to q&a. then we can get into the fed. >> okay. we will open it up to questions. i also wanted to give the panel us a chance, if the

we plan to start from the united arab emirates, fly to china, cross the pacific to the united states,ross the atlantic, get to europe, and back to the emirates. this is about 25 days of flight that will be spread over a period of three months. we can also make events each time we stop at schools, universities, for the governments and so on. >> bertrand pickard, we will be watching, sir. thank you for your time. do you have a big idea? let us know about it on twitter with the hashtag # whats the big idea. or shoot us an e-mail at msnbc@msnbc.com uni.com. thousands of gallons of oil spilled after a pipe burst. it's happening more these days, oil spills. our friends at now this news looked at the surprising numbers. >> in 2013, there were 7,662 oil and gas spills in the u.s. according toen an energy wire study. that's about 20 spills a day. sure, most are small spills but all together more than 26 million gallons of oil, gas and fracking chemicals leaked into u.s. lands and waters. which states are the worst offenders? north dakota's spills are up 42%. north dakota, up 48%. pennsylvania

we have worked very hard with andr countries like qatar saudi arabia and the united arab emirates toith them to ensure that all of the systems -- the assistance we are providing those to the right opposition, because it is a kinds of of different folks fighting for different things, all unified to be against the regime. there are elements of the opposition who are extremists and where worried about that. host: what is the status of iran's program? guest: we are in a 6-month phase where it is frozen while the negotiations are taking place. there was another round of negotiations last week in vienna. there will be another round coming up in the next month. ins is a testing period which we are trying to see if iran can live up to its obligations and if there is an opportunity for a diplomatic solution, but we remain very vigilant and concerned about iran plus nuclear ambitions. from a defense perspective, part of what we were doing with secretary hagel in the middle east is talk to our golf wonders about our military posture in aboutgion -- gulf partner our military posture in the regio

arab emirates have closed their embassies. >> nearly 60 countries are calling on the united nations to refer syria to the international criminal court, backing a french proposal to investigate war crimes there. russia, syria's closest ally opposes the measure. france is calling for a vote on thursday. an independent commission appointed by the u.n. is working on a list of suspected criminals from the three year civil war. the death toll from the syrian war is around 162,000, according to one of the few organizations still trying to keep track of the dead. the syrian observatory for human rights said 10,000 have been killed there in less than two months. that number includes more than 8,000 children. the conflict has displaced half the countries population. the u.n. stopped updating its syrian death toll early this year, citing going difficulty. >> a devastating tornado ripped through oklahoma one year ago, killing 25 people. a lot of people who live there are still trying to put their lives back together. we are joined live for more. sarah, tell us the latest in moore. >> it has been a difficult and painful 12 months, but peop

the main character in the latest peace talks was a man that seemed to to be detained by the united arab emiratefter he passed for talks with the afghan officials. everything seems to point to the fact we have talked to the american officials that asked the united arab emirates to detain him whereas people pointed out that the pakistanis did ask to meet him while he was in dubai so they were aware that he was there. but at the moment it is just an opposition that they were behind the detention. certainly i know a lot of afghans and pakistanis that are concerned about the relationship between pakistan and the united arab emirates. they feel insecure around people that are worried about the arrest. i wouldn't put it past them, but i don't actually know. as for the peace talks i never knew they were going anywhere quite frankly. they went to open the peace talks and the government i think they are controlled and under the difficulties because the families are still in pakistan and if they can't really act as independent actors. but also in afghanistan all the new people running for president, all t